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UlrcklD Jntflltflenrer. ATLANTA, GEORGIA, Wednesday, September 5. 1866. Tni: following, ns it professes, is from the l„-n of a Union man before the %var; a Union niau during the war; and a Union man now. P,,- writer oT it is well known !h thTs 'commu nity, having resided here previous to, and during i Ik* war, and was ever regarded a Southern Union 111:111 with the most decided anti-secession procli- ■L-itiwc which he took no pains to -eoncaai, ami, uhicli rendered him obnoxious in a political sense to the great body of our people. Such w..~ his past position, which will account for the allusions embraced in his communication to se- eession and secessionists, upon which we shall not comment, secession being now a past and dead i-sue, and we are for letting “ the dea lbury their dead.” It is with'the present and the lu- ture , V c have to deal, and, in regard to these, M u Stewart, the writer of the communication, occupies a sound, conservative, position—one creditable alike to his head and his heart. In him there is no taint of ra/lindistn^ But we lot 1 lie gentleman speak for himself, and for those Union men in the South, by whom he has been considered a representative of their principles and their policy: THK TRUE UNION MEN OF TlfE SOUTH. Mit Editor: As a Union man, not unknown to many of your readers, and as one who ever looked upon secession as a policy suicidal in the extreme: and furthermore, as one who was consid ered crazy on the subject by those who were per haps crazy themselves, I desire a small space in vom columns to define the views and sentiments t | lC true Union men of the South, or at least of those whose adherence to the Union during ilie whole struggle of secessionists for indepen dence, entitle them to that appellation. 1 waspf ibis class, and believe I can truly represent them. And here be it understood that my pur pose in the essay is to speak particularly of those Known as Union men during the war, and not to disparage the claims of others who, though once in arms against the Union, are now in good ear nest desiring a return to their allegiance. Those of my way of thinking were satisfied willi the old Government as it was. We consid ered it good enough for us. We had enjoyed peace and prosperity under its protection. We knew not what it was to suffer the want of any ,,f 1 lie real comforts of life. We looked upon ibis happy state of things as evidence of the ex istence of good government. We were nation alized in feeling, and free from those sectional animosities, and hatreds, which involved us in war. . We retained the full possossion of our sober senses, during the whole period of the experi ment ol secession, from its incipient steps to its filial overthrow. We had a vivid conception at the beginning, of what the end would be. We saw our people under the lead of infatuated and misguided men, going the broad road to destruc- tion. Wo saw the dangers ahead, and never lost an opportunity to warn our leading men of the certainty of final defeat, and to urge them to ■consent to return to their allegiance to the old Constitutional Union, as the only possible pro-* lection against the evil designs of ambitious men. We told them the Union w r as a wall of defense against Northern aggression; that in pulling it down, they had let the peut up and turbid waters of abolition fanaticism, like a dead ly sirocco, sweep over tlm South ; and that in stead of protection to the institution of slavery, their struggle for the overthrow of the old gov ernment would result in its emancipation. We warned them at the beginning of the desolations of war, of its tendency to <le-citizenise the people, and render them mere tools of despotic power. These and many other warnings were the out pourings of the, deepest solicitude in behalf of our great and loved country, and of its complex, but beautiful form of government. But heedless of warnings, nud reckless of con sequences, those who inaugurated the experiment of secession, turned a deaf ear to nil our cautions and entreaties; and instead.,of respecting or ap preciating our motives, these rendered us objects of persecution, visiting upon us many, and sore grievances. But we endured them with much paticnco, attributing them to a species of insani ty which civil wars ever engender. But now that the struggle is over we feel no resentment for these injuries. The same reason and sober judgment that, enabled us all along through our deplorable war to adluere steadfast to the Union, enables us now when the storm of phrenzy lias past, to forgive our persecutors. We were Union men in fact—honestly, ear nestly, and as friends to the best interests of the South, were Union men. We had a vivid concep tion of the ends of disunion and never had it in our power, as honest men, to sanction its dissolution. And now, since the war has left us in the power of a Radical Congress, which denies us represen tation, and threatens us with military rule and confiscation, wo hold that the policy of Andrew Johnson, for the restoration of the people of all the States to the enjoyqjent of all their constitu tional rights*iu the Union, must be upheld ; and that the proceedings of the late Convention at Philadelphia, endorsing his administration and promulgating sound national doctrine, should receive the cordial support of ever}’ one who loves his country, and desires the restoration of the old constitutional Union. The proposed Convention of Southern Union ists, shortly to bo held in Philadelphia, Veceives no approval from us, and in fact wc cannot re cognize them «s Union meu it they reject the terms for re-union offered by the late National Convention and refuse to support the wise and liberal policy of Andrew Johnson. Yours most respectfully, J. A. Stewart. Rome, Georgia, August ‘JO, 1800. Tin' Mark and Tan Convention. There is a good deal of speculation as to what the Black and Tan Convention will do. Next Tuesday or Wednesday—we are really not posi tive which—is the time fixed for it to assem ble. Consequently the anxious country will soon be relieved of whatever anxiety it may have on the subject. We learn through our Tenuossee exchanges, which seem to bo thoroughly posted, that Governor Brownlow and Frederick Augus tus Douglas, the latter the most amiable and ac complished man of the two, will be prominent features in the august assemblage. Though we would tread reverently over the ashes of even a dead enemy, it is perhaps to be regretted that the late Parson Pryne, and o ! ' Ossawatamic Brown cannot be present in the flesh, in order that the picture might be complete. Hate One Another. The New York Express remarks that how the New Testament Radicals, who set themselves up as ministers of the Gospel, can hold up their heads on the Sabbath day, and preach their anti- The Platform of the late Philadelphia Convention. The Radical press is very much disgusted with the Philadelphia platform, and we are sor ry to add that a few of our Southern ootempora- ries apppar to be similarly affected. In criticis- ing the platform, the line of argument against it does not necessarily run in the same channel, yet in some instances the innocent reader might rea sonably he led to believe that the articles were written for a Northern latitude. The Convention met for a specific purpose— to harmonize conflicting views and opinions, to strengthen the hands of the President in his patriotic knd statesmanlike policy, and to inau gurate a movement that would lead to the re demption of the legislative branch of the gen eral government from the hands of the De structives at an early day. Now, in our jioor judgment, the proceedings ot the Convention Mere eminently calculated to attain the end iu view, and we must be permitted to say, candor and justice, and a comprehensive patriotism, would seem to dictate that we should possess our minds in patience, calmly await the result, and not be swift in condemnation of that which, from present indications, is likely to work to our own good. And we can certainly do this with out being derelict to any sentiment of honor or self-respect. Under different auspice*, a different line of policy might have been pursued in the Conven tion—something might have been adopted which would not have proved offensive to the sensibili ties of the most sensitive. But as those differ ent auspices didn’t happen to exist when Hie Con vention was in session, and were not likely to exist for sometime to come, argument on the subject is unnecessary, to say the least. We are growing sort of tired of the terms “ restoration ” and “ re-construction,” but if either, or both, are ever to occur, it must be through a spirit of compromise and forbearance. Those who war against such a spirit, whether North or South, though some of them doubtless mean to do good,.are certaiuly working out mis chief and harm. Stop Talking. The New York Express highly commends the conduct of the Southern delegates at Philadelphia because they recognized the pro priety ot silence. The thing it remonstrates against is, not the freedom of speech, but the abuse of it. We have been running strongly in that direction for some years past, and it will do no harm to rein in a little now. Carlyle says gab is the besetting sin of the Anglo Saxon race, and so it is. The Swedish legend says, “speech is silver, but silence is gold,” and there is much higher declaration that, “ whoso kcepeth his mouth and his tongue, kcepeth his soul from trouble;” also, “that a man full of words shall not prosper on earth.” Words are largely re sponsible for much of our recent troubles. Our public men have been full of words. Probably we shall be more prosperous when we are less loquacious. At any rate, it will do no harm to give the experiment a fair trial. These remarks apply as forcibly to editors as stump politicians. Too muclt gab brought the war on. Too much gab choked the Confederacy to death, and killed off' a host of gallant men. If we are not careful, loo much gab will put old Thad. Stevens in the Presidential chair, and a delegation of negroes in the Legislature! So says tiie Montgomery Mail, and so say we. Still, we presume it will do no harm to speak out once in awhile—espe cially if one should happen to have anything to say. Reports of Cholera. A report has attained curency on our streets that cholera had made its appearance at the city of Nashville. It is therefore proper we should call attention to the paragraphs below, copied from Nashville papers of Friday. The first is from the Dispatch of that day : Don’t be Alarmed about tiie Cholera.-The news was in everybody’s mouth yesterday after noon that during the day cholera had made its appearance in the neighborhood of the peniten tiary, a couple of negroes being the patients.— We have the authority of Dr. Martin, who at tended on the men, for saying that their disease was not cholera, but simply an aggravated attack of some bowel disorder. One. of the cases had terminated fatally last night. At this late day, when the cholera lias nearly disappeared from those cities and towns where it has been prevail ing, it is hardly probable that Nashville should be visited with the disease. There need not be any alarm about the matter. The following is from the Union & American, same date: A False Rumor.—A report gained cur rency late last evening to the effect that one or two cases of cholera had occured in the city dur ing the previous night. Wc are authorized to say that the Executive Committee of the Board of Health, in conjunc tion with Mayor Brown, were engaged until a late hour last night in investigating the rumor, and could discover no foundation for it. The physician whose name was given as authority denies all knowledge of the existence of cholera in the city, and those in charge of the public health feel sate in contradicting the statement. Radical Decency We copy the paragraphs below from the Chicago Tribune, as showing the malignity and decency of the Radical press. They are about an average specimen. The first is as fol lows : Mr. Johnson is coming to Chicago with the blood of loyal men upon his garments. We ad vise loyal citizens to avoid him as they would any other convicted criminal. Let those who ap prove oftheNew r Orleans massacre run after him and hurrah for him. And again we find the following iu the same’ paper: These utterances of Johnson are startling, as coming from the President of tiie United States. And when we consider the transcendent con tinuity and desperate wickedness ot his lying and perfidy, all good meu are filled with the deepest apprehension that torrents of blood, such as this continent has never yet seen, are to flow in the not distant future. Let us not be deceived. If Johnson’s utter ances mean anything they mean that Congress must submit to euact his will into law, peacea bly if they will, forcibly if force is necessary.— It would be charitable and greatly lessen anxie ty if we could believe Johnson’s utterances, to be the fretful’peevishness of a spoiled child. But they are so redolent with devilish malignity as to admonish us that if his power and ability were at all commensurate with his mendacity and egotism everybody who oppose his policy would be sent across-lots to perdition instauter.’ Georgia Items. A writer in the Rome Courier suggests that, j as the corn c*»p is short in some sections of; Spirit of the New York Frees. Manufactures of Cotton.—The Newbury- port (Mass.) Herald says; The manufacture of coarse cotton is at present an unprofitable busi ness at the North, and is very likely to remain so, from the fact that the Southern Stales are better adapted to that branch of industry. To make cotton manufacturing profitable, with the cost of labor, machinery and motive power, as high as they are now, there must be a wider difference be tween the cotton and the manufactured goods.— Tiie South, previous to the war, was largely en gaged in the manufacture of coarse cottons, there being one hundred and fifty nine factories in the States that rebelled: North Carolina has thirty, South Carolina seventeen, and Alabama fourteen. The largest factories and best estab lishments were in "Georgia. THE FREED MEN. .. c, ^ „ , . 1 A correspondent of the Times, writing from the State, it ra necessary to cast about for a sub- ! ,, . stUut. He sav • ! Macon, says that while the negroes have not oeen a,..’ - ,r ‘ . . i as industrious as we could have wished, they have J ms may be found, to a great extent, in the : turnip. . Let ns see to what use the turnip may be put so as to save com : One of the farmer’s primary considerations is his meat. To fatten liogs corn is necessary, at the rate of seven bush els to the liCiuL I Rave known hogs made, very tat with three bushels of corn to the head, but how was this economy effected? Simplv by the use of turnips. Give your hogs cooked turnips, with a few quarts of corn meal, and a little salt; to my certain knowledge, they will fatten as fast, if Hot faster, thaP when fed on raw cbm alone. An occasion'd change to raw turnips, in mild weather, will be found beneficial. Tiie Columbus Sun d• Times, of Friday, says : l p to the 1st of September, independent of physicians’ and building expenses, the amount for small pox cases will foot up for this year somewhere in the neighborhood of *4,000. Add to this the other charges* and between five or six thousand will be reached. As recipients of this amount there have not been more than twen ty white people. Our own impression*is that not more than half that number have received aid. It the negroes had been under the control of our citizens as formerly, or if the Freedmen's Bureau had taken charge of them, the disease could have been stayed in a short time and at a comparatively small cost. The LaGrange Reymrter says: The Freedmen, iu this community 7 , as a class, are behaving them selves with commendable propriety, so for as we are aware. Except in a few instances, if any, they exhibit nothing like insolence. They are respectful in their deportment to the whites, and the whites arc respectful and kind to them.— There is no military in our midst to stir up bad feelings between the two races; and, hence, we are all getting along very quietly. The same journal says: The’Western Baptist Association will convene with the church atNew- nan, Ga., on Saturday, loth inst. This is a Mis sionary body only—having no eclesiastical pow er or jurisdiction over the churches which com promise it. It embraces a large area of territory, and numbers, perhaps, thirty or forty churches. The Sumter Republican says, we have had sev eral fine showers during the past few days.— Crops generally are doing very well; planters, we believe, expect to make very near, or quite an average crop. The following is an extract from a letter to the Augusta Chronicle & Sentinel : “ We never saw or heard of a poorer prospect for a crop. There are hundreds ot acres in Ogle thorpe, Greene, Elbert and "Wilkes which will not yield a bushel of corn to the acre. The cotton crop is very short—it is thought will not be suf ficient to purchase com to make up the deficien cy. The freedmen, in many instances, are leav ing now for West Tennessee and Mississippi. If they were to stay they would suffer for bread.” The railroad bridge at Columbus is to be com pleted by the loth. New Cotton.—The Dawsou Journal, of the 31st ult., says: “ Captain Evans, of this county, brought to town, last week, six bale3 of new cotton, which he disposed of at 27 cents. We hear of a good deal out and ready for market. The same paper says: The work of improvement in our town still goes on. No sooner does one building approach completion than the foundation of another is laid near by. The price of building lots and town property generally is going tip rapidly, and we would advise those desiring to get a start with a go-ahead town to buy at once. Political Gossip. The following occurs in the Washington cor respondence of the Louisville Courier, of a re cent date: The offices within the gift of the President, up to within a short period, have not been an ele ment of strength to the administration ; for they have heen filled by his enemies. But yielding to the demands of his lriends, as well as the ne cessity ot the case, lie has announced that office holders hereafter must conform to his declared policy, or vacate. Under this rule the guillotine is already in operation; many removals have been made, and before the fall of snow political heads will be as thickly strewn as the “leaves in Yallambrossa’s vale.” Among prominent per sonages who will be superceded shortly are Mr Secretary Stanton, General Howard, Contmis sioner ot Freedmen’s Bureau, and Judge Advo cate General Holt. Stanton would like to retain his place, aud would endorse tiie President’s policy 7 unqualifiedly if that could keep him there ; but the pressure is too strong for him.— Every- delegation from the Philadelphia Conven lion that visited the White House urged his im mediate removal. General Rousseau has been active iu trying to have Stanton removed, think he will be pensioned off with a second- class place abroad, Spain or Russia, probably.— General Tillson, who has given eminent satisfac tion by 7 liis management of the Freedmen’s Bu reau in Georgia, will supercede Howard. The President is investigating the connection of Holt with Sanford Conover, and other per jured scoundrels, and will, undoubtedly, dismiss him. Other letters than those you printed last week in the Courier have been made public, and all of them implicate him in the wicked attempt to fasten crime on Jefferson Davis. «* all ealculiila- ( building, and will be increased, since the opera tive population, both white and black, will be in creased, and it is labor they most need. We will not be surprised to see the' factories of the North, having machinery for coarse fabrics, within two years taking it out to send South, where the wa ter power is abundant, the cotton at hand, and the labor cheaper than here, replaoing the same with finer machinery, which is more'profitable, and for which our educated labor is better fitted. tion. These doctrines, according to the A'rprvss, are that the people of tiie North are to hate the South, to abhor all Southern meu and women, to persecute the South and to provoke the South to do evil. There is to be no peace. The bar barous South is never tS have self-government, nor free institutions, until the barbarians there humiliate aud degrade themselves, and the race to which they belong and from which they have descended. A Change.—The Atlanta Heir Era of Sun day morning comes to us divested of the name ot its proprietors without any 7 announcement of the change. The names of all the proprietors and publishers have been withdrawn, and the name of Wiiiiam L. S(*tuggs, ‘editor, only, ap pears in the paper. The Columbus Sun of the 29th ultimo contains the foregoing notice. Wc had overlooked the “change,” and are not aware now of tiie exact date of its occurrence. The receipts ot internal revenue for the week ending August 25th, amounted to f7,846,566 62. A Republican Convention in The South. —The Kings County Union League has adopted the following resolutions: War—War. The Nashville Dispatch makes some sensible remarks upon the probability of another war iu this country, a portion of which we quote: “We occasionally 7 hear this feeling expressed in the street. To us this is simply ridiculous.— (Tome what may at the ballot-box, peace will continue to bless us as it does this good day. A burned child dreads the fire, and the American people will not in our day 7 , nor in that of our children’s children, be precipitated into another wicked and useless internecine contest by a few ambitious and heaven-forsaken political "bank rupts. The only 7 people now among thirty-five millions who -would for an instant dream ol drawing the sword are a few selfish men who while the late fearful strife was delugiug the land with bloodshed and woe, occupied high and safe positions away 7 above the bombshell and nainie ball, or else were for in the rear, fattening upon spoils of a defrauded government and ot swin dled armies. These men, while but too numer ous and very clamorous, are yet but a drop in tiie bucket compared with the whole nation whose hearty bate and abliorence they possess without stint. “As to the South—that genial and beautiful land so foully betrayed by a weak national gov eminent, so wofully 7 misled by imbecile and in competent rulers, so wickedly maltreated by un godly 7 enemies, so gallantly 7 defended by brave skillful sons, so wonderfully 7 relieved and pro tected by the working of the Federal Constitu tion and the good heartedness of a generous peo pie—no one there is so crazy as to meditate war.” Secretary Stanton This distinguished functionary is the recipient of a good many 7 flattering notices at the hands of the press lioth North and South. Among the more pungent we find the following in the Rich mond Dispatch : The press speculates, the telegraph is oracular, upon Mr. Stauton, aud his going out, and his whither. But Mr. Stanton is as mute as marble, and stationary as the highlands of Neversink.— W e see that many applications are made to the President relative to a successor to Mr. Stanton; but Mr. Stanton can have no successor as lon_ he holds his place. Will Mr. Stanton ever give it up? The question has a fearful significance in it. It is one that a man doesn’t like to ask— it reminds him of his own end, and the continu ation of time, which must survive us all! It pro vokes an echo from the very grave! Ah,-we shall all leave 3Ir. Stanton iii the War Depart ment. War is his late! Never shall war cease with him ! Secretary of not, he is doomed never more to know peace. We look at the eternal hills, and know that they survive all human life and all human actions; but they are at rest— the emblems of peace. We turn to .Mr. Stanton and teel a sentiment of awe; tor in him we be hold the living impersonation of endless war and unappeasable agitation, and are shocked aud horrified that they must survive so long! What Political Clergymen Might Do.— Judging from the tone of the radical clerical gentlemen ot the Republican party, who have expatiated on the Philadelphia Convention, a meeting of them would not be inappropriate, where they could consistently pass the following preamble and resolutions: Whereas, The sermon on the Mount is con trary in its spirit to our patriotic ideas. Resolved, That we spurn its teachings and Whereas, we are this morning informed bv a ! inaI ,^ e 8 P D ™ , us ^acinngs and proclamation from the President of the Untied ^principles, and that we will do all States that the nation is once more intact and 1 we caaifl opposition to i s sentiments and restored to perfect practical relations, as in times ! ' ve ” 1 ' n ' a nor 4' J ote it, nor surfer it past • be it therefore ; to be read, quoted nor acted on $>v any ot our Tteolved, That the National Union Committee j congregation, if we can prevent it; and that we be and hereby is invited to call a National conceal, and will not abide j\ its lmtnic- Uniou Convention, to be held in the city D f! tions, so tar as m us lies. Richmond on the first Wednesday in October next, at noon. The meeting ot the League was addressed by Dr. Sidney, of Mississippi, one of the eleven men iu the Convention of the State which passed the ordinance of secession, who voted no.—N. I". Evening Post. This would give thc-m an opportunity to “place j themselves clean upon the record” without any circumlocution. Havana letters state the slave trade is on the increase. Seven hundred Africans had been landed at one time. behaved remarkably well during the warm sea son now almost spent. The visit of Gens. Steed- man and Fullerton to this part of the country has had an admirable effect upon the Bureau sys tem. Under the judicious management of Gen. Tilson, many of the fevils heretofore existing have been cut off, and planters can, with more certain ty, make arrangements for the future. The ne groes, as a general thing, have become thorough ly 7 disgusted with freedom, so-Oifeal, as interpret ed by those evil emissaries who flocked south ward immediately succeeding the removal of all danger. They 7 have discovered that freedom is icork, or the more fearful alternative, starvation. They have gone to work in good earnest, and that restlessness which before characterized them, is disappearing, and contracts are not unfrequent for one, two aud even three years. We hail this disposition upon their -part as an omen of good feeling and confidence toward tLeir former mas ters. THE CONVENTION—RESULT. The same correspondent writes that the action of the Philadelphia National Union’ Convention was received with the greatest satisfaction. Even those who opposed Southern representation in it, now regard it a great success. It has done more to soften the feelings and lessen the animosities between the two sections thau*any event since the close of the war. And not only so, but it has awakened anew the feelings of interest and fellowship which bound us so closely together in other days, when the North and the South stood shoulder to shoulder in establishing this great Republic. change effected by tu1®Elkgrai*h. The Express observes that^ne telegraph is gradually turning the foreigt^news channels from their accustomed courses. Thus, nine times out of ten, recently, we get our jatest intelligence front China, Japan, aud all that part ot the world, not by way of England—as of old—but through the medium ot San Francisco. Of course that news goes over to London and Paris also, through the Atlantic Cable, thus making Old Europe receiye its latest Asiatic advices from Young America, instead ot the reverse, as form erly. 1 PHILADELPHIA AND THE PRESIDENT. The World comments upon the conduct of the Philadelphia Common Council, a body 7 com posed mainly 7 of Radicals, saying that it has just furnished one of the smallest instances of politi cal spite upon record. The majority Df that body 7 refused to give the President ot the United States any official recognition on his passage through Philadelphia, merely because they dif fered from him on certain public questions. This, we believe, is the first time any such re cognition has been refused a Chief Magistrate. Respectable Philadelphians are heartily ashamed of their contemptible Common Council, and a committee of citizens, irrespective of party, has been formi 1 to tvelcome him to the Quaker City in an appropriate manner. Public opinion, speak ing through the press, is unanimous in censuring this mean-spirited Council. AMERICAN FIILU^S. In the Times we find an from its Lon don namesake, contrasting the amouut of reve nue raised from certain sources in the two coun tries, and the general working of the financial system pursued in each. It said in this article that the official reports from the United States present an account with which the American people cannot well be dis satisfied. The amount of money now raised by taxation is almost incredible, and there are no complaints—people, for instance, rather glory in paying an enormous income tax than try to evade it. This enthusiasm for the ytoke will, no doubt, disappear as the newness of^nie burden wears off, but in the meantime the people are giving the government, to all appearances quite willing ly, the immense sum of $1,078,513,347 a year, or £215,702,069. The year before the war—1860— the total receipts from the revenue amounted only to a little over fifteen and a-quarter millions of pounds. In 1863 they were $706,995,493, and what they were in the financial year ending the 30th of June last we have just stated. It cannot be denied that the American people must have a just appreciation by this time ot the terrible cost of a war. TIIE PRESIDENT’S TOUR. In an article on the President’s trip to Chicago, the Times remarks that although not ostensibly political in its character, it will necessarily be more or less political in its results. Few occu pants of the Presidential office have had heaped upon them the abuse, slander and misrepresen tation of which Andrew Johnson has been the object. The fury of his opponents lias carried them beyond the boundaries of decency. His character, his motives, his measures, and purpose^ have been assailed with an unscrupu lousness and persistency for which it were diffi cult to find a parallel. He decided wisely, there fore, when lie resolved to profit by the journey, and mingle freely with (lie people as often as the general arrangement would permit. The people will be enabled to test for themselves the fairness and truthfulness of his enemies, and to judge for themselves of his tone and capacity as they may be revealed by circumstances. And the President will not be injured by the inter course. In all respects a man of the people, he cannot but be glad of a temporary escape from the army of supplicants by whom the White House is besieged, and a chance of talking with the multitude who are not politicians, and have no especial liking for politicians’ tricks. THE PARIS EXHIBITION. The Paris correspondent of the Times says the commission of the exhibition of 1867 has defi nitely fixed the division of the ground surround ing the Palace of Industry. The Eastern side of the avenue, which divides the .^ark, will be en tirely occupied by France,Belgium, and Holland. England and the United States have the North west corner, and in the Southwest comer are to be placed, side by side, Prussia, Austria, the Ger man Confederation, and Italy—in peaceful emu lation. The interior of the palace will be divided in zones among the various nations. It is estimated that to traverse all the passages, avenues and galleries of the park and palace, a man walking four miles an hour and tea hours a day, would require a week to accomplish the journey. MONET AND TRADE. In the principal article of the World it is said that the money market is easy at "4 too per cent., and in governments and other prime collaterals round sums are obtained at 3 per cent. The banks and money lenders are already overloaded with surplus funds seeking employment in tem porary or short loans, and there is no outlet for them even at the low rate of 3 per cent. The future course of the money market is tending to ward a plethora unprecedented in the annals of Wall street. The treasury department disbursed about $14,000,000 to-day on account of tempora ry loan. The general trade of the city is improving and aud the demand from buyers thus for favors the opinion that the fall trade will be more profita ble and satisfactory than has hitherto "been ex pected. The country is bare of goods and the consumption is likely to exceed that of last foil. The Cholera in London.—Foreign advices represent that the cholera is raging in London with a fierceness of which we have little concep tion in this country. The number of deaths in that city from all causes for the week ending Au gust 11th, 1S66, was 2,797. Of that number 1,407 died from cholera alone; nor is there any appa rent diminution in the number of victimsof this disease. Medical counsel and skill in London seem contradictory, uncertain and helpless in the dread presence ot this great scourge of our race. The ravages of the disease are, ot course, con fined to those who, neglecting all the laws of health, breathe fonl air and drink impure water. News from the States. ILLINOIS. A dispatch from Chicago says: The invitation committee for the Douglas monument celebration, to-day issued an earnest appeal to the people of the Northwest, urging them to lay aside all partisan feelings aud pre judices, and unite without distinction of party in the interesting and imposing ceremonies to oc cur on the 6th of September. The cholera reports for the past twenty-four hours show only three deaths and nine cases. KANSAS. The same dispatch says .- A company ot Fenians left Leavenworth, Kan- sas. this morning ostensibly for the front. Kansas is excited with reports of Indian out rages on her western frontier. The governor of that State calls for help. The report of the massacre of the wife of Gen. Carrington, of Indiana, by Indians on the plains, is contradicted. KENTUCKY. The official returns show Duvall’s majority over Hobson, at the late election, to be 37,587. MISSOURI. We find the items below among the special dispatches from St. Louis : General Hancock has given the most positive assurance that he means to assist, and not resist, the enforcement of all laws not in conflict with the laws of the United States. He says that the conservatives complain to him that Governor Fletcher will not protect them at the November election ; but when the Governor has had a trial and fails to protect legal voters, then it will be time enough to call on the military authorities. Reports from the vicinity of Lexington show that the corn crop has been much damaged by prolonged drouth. Police reports to-day show 23 deaths. Inter ments fora! hours ending last night were S3, from deaths occurring in the poorer parts of the city. The cholera lias nearly disappeared from the central wards. In Northwestern Missouri the continued want of rain is injuring the corn and potatoes. The early planting of each is good, but the last plant ing will fall considerably below the average yield. NORTH CAROLINA. The Raleigh Standard says : We have distressing accounts of the drouth from various parts of the State. A friend writ ing from Carthage, Moore county, says : “ Times hard and money scare. The corn is nearly done for, the drouth being very fatal. I fear we shall not make a support in this section.” We have similar reports from Orange, portions of Granville, Chatham, Wake, and other locali ties. We learn that the corn crops will be short on the Roanoke and in the Albemarle country. We are glad, however, to state that the corn crops are said to be excellent on the Yadkin and Catawba. The present prospect is that the ensuing year will be one of scarcity. The Newbern Times says: We w 7 ere sorry to learn from Mr. Fred. Lane, yesterday, who has recently returned to the city from Chatham, where he has been residing for a few years, that the crops are very poor iu that region, on account of the drouth. He says the ground has not been wet thoroughly for over two months, and that many farmers will hardly make a bushel to the acre. A gentleman from the Roanoke region, in North Carolina, writes: I had a splendid time in North Carolina.— Crops there are splendid; cotton in my old neighborhood will average waist-high. Some formers calculate, should they have a late tail, one good bag to the acre, while a majority count safe on half a bag. The corn crop is tolerable good, though it has been much neglected, owing to the difficulty iu getting labor out of freedmen, and the wet weather. The Progress says: A vast multitude of negroes from South Car olina, in a starving condition, have arrived at Charlotte, on their way up through this State, with reports of thousands following after them. The Raleigh Sentinel has this paragraph in reference to maimed soldiers: There is not a day that numbers of disabled citizens, who lost limbs in the late struggle, may not be seen upon our streets. Their congregation here, to avail themselves of the merited munifi cence ot the State in supplying them with arti ficial limbs, brings forcibly to mind again the horrors ot the war, while, at the same time, their mutilated condition attests their own personal valor and heroism. 31 ay the day be tar distant when we shall cease to have open hearts or open hands for them! The Wilmington Journal, of the 31st ultimo, says: We have now the official vote in full of the election for the ratification or rejection of the new 7 Constitution. The majority for rejection is 1,982. COLORADO. The crops in Fremont county, Colorado, are thus reported.- “The crops here were never finer. The men are all engaged in harvesting. Wheat cannot be beaten for fine, plump and well formed kernels. The farmers ot this county think they will have a surplus of at least 25,000 bushels of wheat and 20,000 bushels of corn, besides cab bage, potatoes, and other vegetables enough to feed thousands of men.” Full returns from all the counties in the Ter ritory give Chillicott 127 majority. TENNESSEE. A grand Conservative Mass 3Ieeting is to be held in Nashville on the 13tli instant. The ob ject is to express approval ot the policy of the President, and of the action ot Hie recent Phila delphia Convention. General Lucius J. Polk, of 3Iaury county, is raisiug a.subscription to erect a suitable monu ment to the Confederate officers buried in the beautiful cemetery of Ashwo'od, near his resi dence. The East Tennessee Conservatives are making great preparations for their ratification meeting on the 19th and 29th of September. MISSISSIPPI. A well informed writer says: In Hinds, Carroll, Madison, Claiborn and Scott counties investigations show three hun dred and twenty-three plantations, which in 1860 employed 7,624 hands on 84,311 acres, making 46,641 bales, there are this year 3,495 hands planting 32,222 acres. From other counfojs the reports are not full. On this basis the crop of 1866 would be 400,- 000 bales in 3Iississippi, and 1,700,000 in the United States. TEXAS. The accounts from Texas in regard to crops are conflicting—some representing the prospect good,'and others, the reverse. We incline, how ever, to the opinion that the cotton crop is turn ing out very well. The Galveston papers make no mention of troubles in the State, and the re ports so rife in Northern journals, that Union men cannot live there, are, of course, without any foundation in fact. KENTUCKY. The Louisville Courier in referring to “an ap peal for the unrecovered dead_,” says : There are no wealthy contractors, no rich and grateful government to provide burial places and monuments for the Confederate dead. There are no government sinecures for the crippled Southern soldiers, no land warrants, bounties, or pensions for the widows and orphans of the Southern dead. The only aid that can cherish such objects must come from the generous im pulses of our people through the agency of chari table assciations. Another Kentucky paper says: Among the distinguished guests, recently at this place may be mentioned Gens. 3Iarmaduke and Hardee, of the late Confederate States army, and Gen. Jeff. C. Davis, of the United States army. There are now two or three hundred guests per day at the Cave, and the arrivals are from fifty to seventy per day. MISSOURI. St. Louis dispatches of the 29th sa3 7 : The report of the police this morning shows an increase in deaths from cholera during the past twenty-four hours, while the cemeteries’ re ports show a decrejise of thirteen. It is some what singular that this is uniformly the case.— IVhen the police reports note a decrease, the cemeteries note an increase, and vice versa. The head of the Radical postmaster at 3t. Jo seph, 3Iissouri, Wm. Fowler, has been chopped off, and Geo. H. Hall appointed in his place. Of the corn crop the Lexington Express says: “The long spell of dry weather we have had has destroyed all of our late com. Hundreds of acres will not make seed, while the large major ity of it will hardly do it. No amount of rain can now save it, and our only dependence for cbm this winter will be on that which was planted early, aDd had the benefit of the rains when it most needed it. In the Rat 7 county bot toms the crop will not be so short as with us, as the soil is better able to withstand the drouth, and their late com not yet past hope. It is to be feared pork-corn will be much higher than usual this winter, owing to the shortness in our com crop.” 1 Are ire to Have Another War. The New York Evening Post has an article on this subject which contains reflections worthy ot being reproduced and studied in this direction. After refuting the proposition that there is im mediate danger of another conflict, the article There is plenty of hot blood on both sides ; there are but too many reckless and unscrupul ous men in every State ready to seiz.e upon the first occasion to rekindle civil war. But let the people remember that such a step is ratal, it will be, as the spectator rightly remarks, “ war beside every hearth,’’ it will 3Iexicaniz.e the eoun- trv it will destroy liberty here at once and for ever, as well as peace and prosperity. A renewal of civil war under any possible pretext now, will be simply min to tiie country: it will band us over to interminable disorders; it will sub vert the Constitution, and set up over our heads a despotism. The authors of such a misfortune would be cursed forever as the enemies not only ot the American people, but of the cause of the people everywhere. To avert such a misfortune is the duty 01 all good men in every part of the country. But to avert it we need moderation in language and m action, on all sides. None but careful and judici ous men should be elected to Congress, and the people should sternly rebuke all immoderate or exciting language or conduct, everywhere. There is blame on every side ; the leaders ot all parties seem to tend to extreme measures, to inflamma tory appeals, to the use of language whose only object and effect is still further to irritate the people of one section against the other. Now, all this is wrong; it is mischievous, dan gerous. There are too many bad men in both sections ready to take advantage ot the irritation and passion of men in authority, and to interpret literally what is uttered in Congress or from the White'House in haste and anger. It is time for all true men to stand firm, and to unite in such action and such an expression of public opinion as will bring us as quickly as possible back to all tiie safeguards of strict constitutional govern ment. There is no safety outside of that; the danger grows greater every day ot a total wreck ot the ship of State. There is but one remedy, but one line of safety, and that is to re-establish all constitutional forms at once, and to put all the parts of the government machinery in ope ration. The BeturnlUK Tide of Specie. The annexed paragraph, from a late number of the New York Herald, possesses interest for a large class of readers: The financial items by the Atlantic cable which we publish to-day arc of the highest im portance. First, it appears, that even in Paris, there has sprung up a surprising rush for Ameri can five-twenties and seven-thirties; and next, that the steamer Scotia, which left Liverpool yesterday, is bringing over a shipment of £110,- 000 in British gold, or over $500,000, to this country. We had supposed that the late arrival of a similar shipment was a sporadic case, an experimental venture, merely as a speculation.— But from this second shipment, and this simul taneous demand for our Government securities in Paris, we may fairly infer that larger causes are at work on the other side than mere excep tional ventures by daring speculators. We can hardly avoid the conclusion that fears of a gene ral European war still exist, even iu Paris, not withstanding the peace between Austria, Prussia and Italy, and Napoleon’s repeated assurances that the empire is at peace ; and that, according ly, holders of money on the continent are turn ing to the United States, as the safest country for the security of their investments. If this is the true view of the case, then Mr. Secretary 3IcCulloch may look forward hopefully to an early appreciation of liis greenbacks to the gold standard ; and we may also prepare for the pos sible contingency of a general European convul sion, financial and political. The Peace Prospect in Europe.—A dis tinguished American, who has resided for sever al years in Europe, and who has had the best opportunity for estimating the political situation says, in a private note addressed to a correspon dent here: “We have peace—for a time. No one believes it to be lasting. The results of the Prussian or ganization and armament have been so astound ing that there is no disposition to dispute her successes and her terms so long as there is in feriority in arms on the part of those who must be opposed to her aggrandizement. Italy, too, must be detached from her alliance before France says her last word in this business. These are times of anxiety for little States and Princes. “The governing aristocratic classes—the best society—have been n at amity Austrian in the late war. They were jealous for their privileges, caste and all that; but you see the direction the masses have taken and the results. The great questions of nationalities, of popular rights and divine rights, are not yet settled. We shall have a breathing spell for a while—unless internal difficulties in Austria or Turkey light the fires of another and more wide-spread conflagration —but I don't think for long. When a general war comes, or when France and Prussia get to fighting, Belgum wiH be in peril. You will not however, see repeated in that little country the scenes in the German Principalities, where the Princes scampered off with the full assent of their people, Antwerp is now the most intrench ed camp in Europe, and the army will be able there to defend their flag and government for time against great odds.’’ French Banking.—The Paris correspondent of the New York Times makes a singular state ment in regard to banking projects in France.— He says that the blind credulity 7 of the French in all matters pertaining to projects for suddenly making money, no matter how preposperous or how visionary, is positively stupendous, needy adventurer, run down at the heel, not knowing where he is to dine, and without enough credit to obtain a pair of pantaloons, has the au dacity to send to the advertising bureaux an an ■nouncement to the effect that he has founded bank, and invites capitalists to entrust their means to his care, promising them fat dividends and no possibility of loss. The same trick has been played over and over again for many years, but it never foils of success—like the “ patent safe game,” which the French pay us the compliment to call “ vol a V Americaine"—tiie American swin die, and which lias been fully described hundreds of times by the press during the past twenty years that k has been practiced in France, but still continues its victorious career. The self- styled banker soon receives tuuds from the prov inces, and it is not long before he launches forth, a full fledged financier, until he has satisfactorily feathered his nest, when he absquatulates, taking with him the funds in liis hands. Trial of a Rebel Soldier in Maryland. —The Baltimore Gazette says : “Wm. H. B. Dorsey, late of the Confederate army, was ar rested by the authorities of Frederick county last winter on a charge of robbery, for driving off a drove of cattle whilst Gen. Lee was on his way to Gettysburg. He was thrown into Frederick city jail and ironed, from whence he was released on giving heavy bail. His case came up at the last term of Frederick County Court. Knowing justice could not he had in that court, where the prejudice was so strong against him, as well as against all other returned Confedetates, lie moved iiis case to Montgomery County Court, where lie thought justice would be dealt him. He was tried on the 16th inst., by a jury trial and acquitted, they spurning the idea that he could be guilty of robbery by capturing a drove of cattle whilst acting under orders of his superior officers. His acquittal of this charge will settle many similar cases now pending in different courts against returned Confederate soldiers.” The Star of Hungary.—The leader of the Hungarian liberal party, 3Ir. Deak, was sum moned to Vienna and had an interview with the Emperor or his Cabinet, but the offers of the Austrian Government were so small that Mr. Deak declined to accept them, and refused the support of liis country 7 . If the Emperor had given to the Hungarians what the} 7 rightfully and lawfully demanded, an army of two three hundred thousand volunteers would have been raised in a few weeks, and neither Yene- tia would have been ceded nor Austria expell ed from the German Confederacy. The Aus trian Government seems inclined to lose the position of a great power in Europe rather than to change her old fogy policy. 3Iore than once the dynasty of Lolaringed-Hapsburg has been saved "through this heroic /people. Frank ness and meeting them half way, would have brought the Austrian Empire again to Us old splendor, and the Prussian army would never have dared to cross the Danube. New life has been imparted to business opera tions by the prospect now afforded by the pro ceedings of the National Union Convention, and the President’s proclamation of sincere confi dence in the future prospects of the country, un der conservative counsels, will invigorate indus try and enterprise. Commerce between the South and the North will be restored to its former activity, and its field of operations will be enlarged. The product of cereals in the West, and of cotton in the South, promises well for active business the coming autumn. The heavy stock of good3 now on the hands of im porters and manufacturers will be in demand for Southern and 3Yestern consumption, and probably at lowest prices. If the wise suggestions of Secretary 3IcCul- loch, in his recent letter to a Boston committee, be carried into practical effect by legislation, the further depreciation of government credit and securities will be arrested, and a gradual advance towards a specie standard be secured.—National Intelligencer. Deserted. How sad, how much more desolate than death itself, must be the heart that realizes the fact that it has shotvered all its wealth of love upon a treacherous object, upon one who rifles the flow ers of one’s life of their sweets, aud then, like a bee, wings off to rifle other life-flowers. ’Twas such a heart, robbed and deserted, that sung : The river flowed with the light on its breast. And the waves were eddying by ; \n& the round, red sun went down in the West, When my love’s loving lips to my lips were prest, Under the evening sky Now weeping atone hy the river T stray. For my love has left ine this many a day; Left me to droop and die. As the river flowed then, the river flows still, In ripple, aud foam, and spray. On by the church, and round by the hill. And under the sluice by the old burnt mill. And out to the lading day; But 1 love it no more, for delight grows cold When the song is snug aud the tale is told, And the heart is given away. Oh 1 river, ran far! Oh ! river, run fast! Oh 1 weeds float ou to the sea ! For the suu has gone down on my beautiful past, \nd the hope that like bread on the waters I casi, Have drifted away like thee I . So the dream it is fled and the day 11 is -lone, And mv lips will murmur the name of one Who will never come back to me. •‘An Illustration.” The Boston Post has a foreign correspondent whose letters possess much more than ordinary interest. His last dates from Switzerland, way up among the peaks and glaciers, where the Rhone finds its source. We take from it the extract below—for the privilege of perusing which tills peaceful Sabbath morning, we know 7 the appreciative reader will thank us : an illustration. As I looked upon the mighty mass of the gla cier that lay spread out before nu\ tranquil, ma jestic, apparently motionless, yet ever advancing with resistless step, I could uot help thinking that it offered a fitting illustration of the pro gress of mv own country. Taking its origin fin back in the past amid scenes of tumult and con fusion ; agitated by rude and untamed passions which drive it none can tell whither; slowly solidifying itself and gathering about it the ele ments' of strength; seemingly barren and un fruitful, yet coutaiuing within itself the seeds of prosperity; it gradually draws into one broad and all-embracing channel the full fore ot rough and youthful vigor aud presses on in the full con fidence of an hereafter rich with unalloyed suc cess. Urged by its destiny, the infant glacier, like the new born nation, confidingly leaves the tlireshhold. where stand tow 7 eriDg and snow-cov ered peaks like white-haired fathers to give it God-speed, and moves 011 in sanguine hope. Yet its advance is not unimpeded. Ere long it is liar- rassed by many an imposing and fearful trial, and all its young strength is needed to overcome the obstacles that threaten its integrity. Giant cliffs press down upon it and mountain slopes shower on it rocks and boulders ; narrow gorges arrest its advance, and mighty buttresses stand in its way; rifts and crevasses here and there penetrate to its very vitals; yet still 011 it goes groaning with the pain of its wounds ; trembling at the assaults of its enemies; scarred and seam ed with the hardships of the conflict, yet never for a moment thinking of retreat. Some of the irfipediments it forces front the path by its in domitable strength ; others it bears along with it. The avalanches that have hurled themselves upon it like the torrent of a mighty invasion it absorbs into itself and invigorates its own power by their fierce fury, thus guiding a warlike horde into the channels of peace. Ere long its sears are healed and quietly it moves to where the more genial and softening influences of tight and heat breathe upon it, and, like the progress of civilization, mitigate the chilling and blight ing frosts of the iron age. But one more trial awaits it. Before it lies a gigantic abyss from whose edge is no retreat. Mighty throes, as of a great people in its agony,convulse its very depths, and utter ruin threatens its shattered and dismem bered form. For a space terrible is the strug gle, and direful the evidences of the conflict.— But soon even this is passed and its whole ex panse broadens into the full sunlight of assured prosperity. A PEACEFUL SCENE. And now gentle and abundant streams flow across its surface, or down its sides, and here and there form deep and placid pools. No longer is its crush harsh and sharp, but soft and yielding to the step. It expands into majestic form and size, and its unruffled slope glides peacefully into the valley. At its edges grow abundant flowers and luxuriant herbage, while from its base springs an exulting and abounding river flowing ever onward to the sea,- nud lavishly scattering wealth and happiness over all the land. Look ing back it regards the scene of mortal struggle, and lo ! it is radiant with the light of immortal victory achieved in a glorious cause, while be hind it still appear the forms of the fathers that begot it, and who yet impart tiie benificeiice of their early gifts. So do the fathers of our own land from the heaven of their exceeding peace look down upon us now, blessing us with the blessing of Jacob ; even to the utmost bound of the everlasting hills. Still from the serene heights where their own virtues have placed them, from the immortality in which they shine like kindred stars, they watch over us. and tran quilly waft their benediction over the land they loved and for which they died. Happy are they that we have not proved unworthy of the inher itance they bequeathed to us. Heaven grant that we may prove no less worthy of it in the future. A. From the Macon Journal & Messenger. Central Baptlat Association, IHilledge- vllle, Georgia. Messrs. Editors:—This association convened in our city oij the 25th instant, and was organiz ed by tiie election of Dr. Brantly Moderator,, and the Rev. S. E. Brooks Clerk. The forenoon was occupied in the delivery ot the introductory sermon by the Rev. Mr. Smith,, alternate of the Rev. Mr. Butler who foiled to- appear—the afternoon in reading letters from sister associations, and reports from the different, churches throughout this association. The Sabbath day exercises will be long re membered in this community. In the morning I heard the Rev. E. W. WaVren, preach an able and eloquent sermon in the 3Iethodist Church, which had great effect upon the congregation, and especially its members as was evidenced by their generous contributions to tiie Missionary collection. At 3 o’clock P. M. I attended the Missionary mass meeting at the Baptist Church, and heard speeches from the Rev. Dr. Brantly, Warren, and Sumner, and never witnessed more <}f the Spirit’s power, and presence of God, on such an occa sion. With a congregation of about thirty de legates, and as many citizens, tiie evening being unfavorable, the following amount was col lected: For Domestic Missions $616 60 For Foreign Missions 87 00 Total $603 50 Just think of such a collection, in the line of Sherman’s march. This Church has about one hundred and sevety-five 3Iissionaries in Georgia, who are do- ag a great and good work. Tl he Association adjourned on 31onday morn ing to meet in August, 1867, at Ramali church, Putnam county. The following resolutions of general interest were unanimously adopted by the Association. By Rev. L. W. Smith. Resolved, That we have observed with pleasure the action of the late General Assembly of this State in making provision for the education of the orphans and poor; and as this is a subject on which not only all Christians, but every phi lanthropist, can meet, we recommend it to the favorable consideration, not only of our Associa tions now about to meet, but to all Christian churches. The following, by the Hon. S. G. Lawson, of Putnam: Resolved, That we are pleased to learn that the Western and Atlantic and Macon and Western Railroads have discontinued the running of their cars on the Sabbath day, and we respectfully re commend the same course of conduct to the corporations of the same character in our State, as we consider all secular avocations, pursued on the Sabbath day a violation of the command of our Divine 3Iaster. Yisitor. Who are the Discnionists ?—The Cincin nati Daily Union tells a few truths, that the peo ple ought to understand. The Union says: Where do we find the spirit of disunion exist ing to-day ? \Y ho are doing all in their power to prevent the return of the “ era of good feel ing” between the different sections of this coun try ? Do we find the South plotting against it? Are they protesting against the authority of the Government, and refusing to recognize its de mands? By no means. They admit that they are conquered, aud abandoning slavery and se cession, they acknowledge the national debt, and ask us once more and forever to join the grand army of the Union! It is the sectional disuniou- istsof the North who stand in the way of a re stored country ! They scoff at every attempt to estore fraternal feeling, and jeer at the men who rise above party to thwart the revolutionary de signs of Congress. The American Bible Society recently met and recognized ten new auxiliaries, one in each of the Stales of Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Ohio, South Caroliua and 3Iissouri, one in Alabama, one in Georgia, and three in Iowa. Grants of books were made, amounting to 10,278 volumes. Five thousand dollars were granted to the Synod of the Waldensian Church at Florence, for Bible work among the soldiers of Italy.