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OLD SERIES, VOL. LKXV. tfluouulc i HKWfiV MOOKIi, A. 11. WIIjMIIIT. TKR .o OK St list UIKTIO.V. WKKHLV. • iwiitht '.'.'.'A.'.'. .. YEYYAYAYIi. tv> J. It. W. JOH NSTON , Jfttei'cr. A I It! 'NT A, <i A : HKDM’SnU MORMXb, SKl’TKMitl.it 5. Is it Safe for .Northern People to Come south 1 - it msty ajt|i< ar lutuany ‘ifour readers, tliifs question is one which a .S' uttli crner sojourning at the North is t iHeii upon to answer many times a day. Our attention lias been especially directed to it by the toioimißieatioD from It. 11. Jacqu •*. Esq., which we publish elsewhere. Ii avails vew little for Southern papers to re fer to thi* subject, because the number of tin:;;- Northern readers is limited compared to the ihousiif]' and, jxirhap?, millions wlm read the slanders eirculated anbut Southern society in the Northern Radical journals. A 11010111111'.' sense of fielf-refspcet and regard for truth, as well as our earnest de ire to induce persons with capital, energy and enterprise to settle among us and aid us in rebuilding our seai-twod i,ot'- r tune* -leads us to protest against th? that Nortjn mi njen ssjmunsafe in 1 llie Mouth, or tliKftliere i any tlac , respeet ahle in numbers or intelligence, who are opposed Oi their coming. Wo solemnly believe that Northern men are as sale <Oll/- i’ In 11 in the State of Georgia Ur day as they are in any district of New England. II they come here to engage in farming, in manufacturing, or in trade, they will. In- everywhere treated with respect and civility. Several have been engaged in trade in this city who were officers in Sherman’s army, which devastated a large portion of tlm State, and we •have never heard of the loa-t adront, or indignity of- I red I hem. W’e must candidly say, Iniw ever, that those who come to taunt and in sult our people on account of the war, and lis advocate negro cipiality and negro suf (rage, are neither welcome, nor would we promise them security. The presence A‘\ such men is the chief cause of the riots and trouble that have occurred in the South since the war—and it is the falsehoods of till 1 .vretehes, circulated for political if frrt, that create the opinion so eurrrent at the .North, that Northern men are unsafe here. He repcetliilly ask that each of our Northern exchanges friendly to the truth and to the reconciliation of the parties to 1 lie late unhappy strife will publish these paragraphs. In this connection we desire to call at ti lit ion to the advantages wliieli this State possesses for immigrants. One of the first requisites, especially to those with families is to secure a healthy and agreeable eii niutc. The statistics show that in these respects Georgia is unsurpassed by any Slate in the Union. Though our summers are long, heat is not as intense as in high er latitudes, and . the continued genial weather enables flic fa rmer to secure two crops mi every acre he tills. Our soil, though not as fresh or as fertile as the bot toms and praitics of the West, brings a liberal reward to the husbandman, and un der the high culture pursued at the North and Hast, is more productive than the soil of those States, and produces a wide.* range i of marketable staples. Cotton, corn,Js wheat, rye, oats, barley, hay, peas, pot.a- I toes, sweet and Irish, are grown in the liieFTcst perfectsai. Fruits abound in al most endiess variety, in lulling peaches, j pi sirs, apples, grapes, figs, nectarines, apri*! cots, strawberries, melons, Ac. For a!! j these products our admirable system of] railroads furnish convenient access to mar ket. Our fruits ripen from three to four weeks iii advance of the miudtc States, giving the Georgia farmer a monopoly of the Northern markets for early strawber ries, peaches, Ac. Lands are cheaper here than inn/wlii ir in (hr inn Id. There are hundreds of plan tations now for sale in various parts of the State, for less than it would cost to clear anil put the improvements on them. These are owned hy those who are in debt and are obliged to sell, or by those who are not disposed to inaugurate the changed system of culture which must attend farm ing w ith free labor. 1 hese lands are not worn out, hut are productive, healthy up built farms, with plenty of wood and lim ber, and in many instances irrigated hy water courses affording admirable mill situs. 11 is a shame that the falsehoods of political agitators should divert the whole tide of immigration to the West, where the trials of pioneer life must he endured— w here markets are remote and inaccessi ble where the winters are severe and the summer malaria brings fever and ague when this favored clime holds out to the immigrant all the advantages of a settled and healthy country, with land as cheap or cheaper, when the cost of improvements are counted, than the Government lands of the West. The Mormons. Tln> 'Tribune of tlio 21th contains an in teresting artieleon .'lormonism, from which we learn tint the total number of this re markable people in I uah is computed by them to Ik'from SO.luri to lIHUKH). Others put it at not over 50.000 or (>O,OOO. The nutulier in the whoU' world is estimated tit ItK).OiHk They have missions in Asia. \triea, Polynesia and Australia, in which they have desplayed great energy. They have been most successful in Kuala ml. Scotland. Wales, Norway and Denmark from which most of their converts ary leathered. From 3,000 to ,‘>.ooo emigrants are gathered together for 1 tali annually at the various missions, fully half of whom have been Seandinavians. Brigham Young jr.. is the foreign President es the Church, and publishes a paper in Liverpool devoted to the interests of the Church. lleisL’T years of aye. Pn'viotts to leaving for this country they are organized into companies, or bands, with separate head officers, who nakeall artf.tt entents. S no idea of the char acter of these colonies may be gathered from the following statement made by one of the quarantine officers of New York : "The bark favour recently arrived with 1 a load of them, and an eye-witness that saw them during the passage says the passen gers slept together irrespective of sex. and they appeared to have no regard whatever for the sacred rites of marriage, and they were so dirty and tilthy that the stench arising from them was sickening, and that several died during the passage to this I r'Ntn account of the filth. In tact, ot late tike have boon refused the privilege of occupying Pastle (Harden, on account ot their tilth and indecent habits. On reaching this country many ot them settle tor a time around New A ork. until they can make money to get to thcirontier ot l tali, where they are met by wagons irom Salt Lake. At Williamsburg there is a church or branch of about - ' members. Nearly all ot 1 1 s-, arc English. T\ m. Parr is President ot this branch. There are also branches in Newark. Philadelphia and Cohoes, each having al out fifty mem bers. I'hc 7/v/mne.correspondent attended ser vice at Adelpbi Hall, William-burg, and say- that services were commenced by the congregation singing the well-known hymn, beginning: 1s t every mortal ear attend, And every heart rejoice. The trumpet of the Gospel sounds With an inviting voice. Prayer was then made by the President of the Mission, Mr. Miles, in which he asked the blessing of God upon their Pre sident, Brigham Young. Th“ sacrament of the Lord's Supper was thou administer cd, the elements • used Icing bread and water. The President then addressed the congregation at length, claiming that the Mormon faith recognized revelations from God in visions and in direct communication, llie same as Christ taught, and liis follow ers believed, and he closed by thanking h Heavenly Father that he had found that, this religion. Fnecringly called Mormonism, was the religion of the LordJesii? Ciirist. Aside from allusions to the B ok of Mor mon and the teachings of Joseph Smith, there was. nothing said to which the most orthodox would object. Manufacturing. To show unmistakably the impor tance of devoting more attention to cotton manufacturing at the South, it is only necessary to refer to the immense profit resulting from the investment in cotton factories in Lowell. The aggregate capi tal Invested by her ten large companies is stated at s'K»,o(i‘>,Ooo. The amount of cotton consumed is one hundred thousand Ides; the number c rds produced, ex cin-ivd of yarns, something over a hundred millions ; and the number of operatives is twelve thousami. The operatives arc ■1 no ily winie 11 and '.'iris. It would require at least thirty thousand field laborers to raise this cotton, and yet it is converted intoyarns and cloths by tvjijvi lli' oporttifes. The process, for mahtiractur ing tho cotton, about doubles its value, and the average dividends declared by these companies is thirty-three percent. When W'e consider the saving in freight, anil tiie advantage which the local buyer has over the agent lor distant companies, it is manifest that with the same efficient man agement here which characters ■ the Lowell compani ;s, a profit of nearly fifty p r cent, could he realized on tlie investment. This leaves out of view the general advantages resulting from such enterprises—increasing our population~erccting local markets, and diversifying industrial pursuits. It is strange that tlie manufacturers of Europe arc not induced to transfer some of their capital to the South. They would thus outflank the tariff imposed for the bene fit of Eastern manufacturers, and save the immense amount expended on freights and charges. Meeting in Columbus. A meeting was held in Columbus a few days ago to ratify the proceedings of the Philadelphia Convention. The meeting was largely a.teinli and, and addressed by lion. .JaniesJohnson, and Marlin .J. (Jrnw lonl. A committee, consisting of Major Wiley Williams, Ex-Prov. Gov. .Johnson, Hon. M. .J. Crawford, .John I’eabouy, ft. li. Mott, It. 1!. Murdoch and A. R, La mar, Esq., was appointed. Tlie following preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted: Tlie people nf Georgia and of the other Southern States, having participated i>v their I lelegates in I he National i ’ nion Cm,, volition, recently held at, Philadelphia, and hoingdci p|\ micrested in tlie inflnenecand results of its laliors upon the public opin ion of the win>lo country,- and through public opinion on tlie policy and action of the 1 ioverninenl of the t 'idled Slates and il being, therefore, highly .suitable and proper that the proceedings of that Con vention should lie the subject of review mid consideration by us, as a portion of the Southern people." lie it therefore Resolved , By the citizens of Muscogee county, in mass meeting assembled, That we ratify the action of said Convention, and hereby endorse the declaration of principles put lorth by it, cherishing tiie hope and eonlidenoe that their practical recognition 1 1 v tho People and t 'overn ment of tho United States, is all that is wanted to iieal the wounds of our country, and make it whole again, and to ensure the permanent harmony, integrity and well being of our great Federal' Republic. Wo observe that if is proposed to hold a ratification meeting at Cartersvillc at an early day. It is deemed important., by the National Executive Committee, that meet ings he held throughout the South, in sup port of the Philadelphia movement, to tlie end that it may he ma le apparent at the North that tlie Southern people are in earnest in their desire for restoration ac cording to the policy of the President. W’e therefore suggest that county meetings be held, and that all who wish to see an end to our present anomalous political cuidi tion, exert themselves to make these meet ings effective. The fall sessions of the Court s, which are now opening, would perhaps afford convenient occasions for holding such meetings. The State Road. We learn from the fartcrsville Kcpecss that one who traveled over this road a year ago would hardly recognize that it is tin 1 same thorough faro—so great have been the improvement inaugurated under the present administration. Governor Jenkins appears to have been very fortunate ia the selection of Major Campbell Wallace, as Superintendent, and bis assistants in all departments have proven themselves faith fid and persevering officers. The track from Atlanta to Chattanooga with the ex ception of a few miles on this end of the line, below Marietta—has been put in thorough order ; several miles of new track has been laid, new depots have been built, new machine shops, round house ; many now and substantial bridges; engines and ears renovated, and everything along the line put in perfect order. The road is bountifully supplied with wood and cross ties. and everything is working as smooth as clock-work. These expenditures have cost vast Mims of money, but the revenues from the road will, it is believed, be such as to leave the pockets of the people undis turbed, and the credit of the State unim paired. How to Send Artu i.es to the Paris Kximtmox.—Congress has provided free transportation to 1 ’.iris for good; and show eases in which to exhibit gooes at the Ex position. as well as competent officers and guards to take care of them. No article will be entered or received at the exhibi tion. except those tor which applications shall have been duly tiled with, and accept ed by the General Agent at New York. J. C. Derby, T mes Building. X 40 Hark low. All applications, therefore, should be promptly forwarded to him, as he is re quired to have the descriptive catalogue ready by the l oth of next month. Well Said.— The Fredericksburg II ,- ,\U says well: It is neither necessary nor incumbent to point out where we agree and when 1 we disagree with the Philadel phia ( (invention. e are on the boister ous deep, and wo mean to get into harbor 1 iefore we have words with the crew. It will require the energy and good will of one and all to accomplish that mighty w irk. Criticism can only distract the pa triotic men at the head of the movement. It weak* ns the situ iti< n. It gives the Radical camp. They s' all get none from this quarter. A Freedhan ox Plantation Discip link. A planter of Sumter entity. Mi-?., relates to the Livingston J -mm? an ac count of an amusing interview between himsclt and his "head-man." Howard. Work had not gone to suit him, so. calling up Howard, he ordered him to quit the place. Hinging down his hat and assum ing a " fore Gd attitude, Howard de livered himself " tliusly Mass’r. I don’t wish to dictate you. or any thing o’ dat kind. But don't tell dis nigger to lobe. Now Esc bin in de family thirty years, and when I doesn't do right, jus take dis nigger's shir: off an' whin him to vour satisiaetion, and he'll be a better nigger. I doesn't want no such freedom as~mak.es me lebe home when I don’t do right. And. Mass'r. when deso udder 11 i„ r ~ doe sen tdo right, et 1u - - you. I wouldn’t go to de buro. Eil whip em for you—case es I goes to de buro gm another nigger, dev pavs no tendon : but when you dev makes vou pay money. Bat’s all de buro's fur. An. Mas.-'r. since you lost all your niggers, you can t afford it. The census of Mobile shows a impulsion of 50,000. LLTTER FKIJM JEW YORK. The Philadelphia Convention and its Re sults. (Special Correspondence of the Chronicle A: Sent*et.| New York, August 25,18G6. The Conservative movement inaugura rted at Philadelphia is fast gaining force and volume in the North. The Radical, no less than the Conservative papers af fi >rd abundant proof upon this point. But independent of evidence of this character, I find upon inquiry behind the scenes, among persons in a position to lie well infilrmed, that there is every reason to be have that tho approaching Fall elections will r -ult in large additions to the supporters of the President’s policy in the next Con gress. Conservative Bcpublicnns, war Democrats and Copperherds, so-called, are alike confident of success, and are co-ope rating wi»h each other in a manner as earn est as it is gratifying. .Since my arrival liere from Philadelphia, 1 have been in communication with leading men in all tlic.se political organizations, and find that tliey have buried the tomahawk, and are now getting ready to call a grand mass meeting where they*will smoke the pipenof peace. Indeed, when a few weeks .-ball have passed, we shall hea r no more of Democrats, Copperheads or Republicans, among the supporters of the President. The new orainization which is y;o rapidly rising %it of the ashes of those old and effete parties will thereafter he known as the Conservative Party, or the National Union Party—probably the former. This organization will embrace nine-tenths of the Southern people, and a majority of the Northern, including among the latter, com mercial and business men generally, both in the larger cities and the country. Per haps this remark will nrt apply to New England, hut even there considerable gains are expected cn the popular vote, especial ly in Connecticut, New Hampshire and Maine. Even in Boston, there is some prospect of returning two Conservative members to Congress. It is understood among the political leaders here that a Democrat will ho nom inated for Governor of this State—pre >ba hly .Mayor Hoffman of this city, or Murphy, of Brooklyn, and a Conserv ative Republican for Lieutenant Gov ernor. For Congress it is proposed tn run Democrats ia those Districts where the Democratic party has a majority, and to nominate Republicans In those Dis tricts where that party is in the ascenden cy. The only test required of candidates will be their conformity to the platform of principles laid down at Philadelphia. The leaders of these respective divisions”of tlie Conservative party seem to he perfectly agreed upon these points, and are working together with perfect harmony. In this respect their example will doubtless bo imitated by the great mass of their follow ers. This course, if pursued, as it doubt less will ho, will.it is believed, lead to the formation of a compact and homogenious party by the next Presidential election, embracing tho Conservative elements of the North, and most of its wealth and in telligence. In numbers there can hardly he any doubt hut that this new movement will carry with it a decided majority of the people. To do this, however, the most earnest and unremitting efforts will be necessary. But these efforts will be made. I have never known a people more in earnest than these Northern Conservatives are. They clearly perceive that the only alternative to their success is Radical misrule, and, per haps, disunion and civil war. Even the peace and safety of the country, they readi ly acknowledge, now depends upon the res toration of the South, or rather upon doing justice to her people, and they have gone to work in a manner that leaves hardly any doubt of final success. The success of the Conservatives of tho North will depend upon another contingen cy, namely: Upon the conduct of tho Southern people and the manner in which they shall receive and act upon tlie Phila delphia resolutions. It is true that the bat tle for our rights will be fought in the North and by Northern Conservatives; yet it is none the less true that weeando much toem liarrass as well as to aid them in the conflict. Every intemperate expression by a Southern man or journal, every act that can be misrepresented into a wrong to -the freed men, aid any untimely or unseemly de mand of rights clearly ours under the Con stitution and laws,of the land, only hurts ourselves and helps our enemies. Upon* this point there can be no doubt. And if our people cannot bide their time —-if they cannot exercise the necessary patience, forbearance and discretion, they need not expect either success in the approaching elections in the North, or an early remov al of the burdens under which they now groan. To a Southern man here upon the ground, who is somewhat conversant with the purposes and feelings of the Radical and Conservative parties, it appears very strange that the action of the Philadelphia Convention should meet with such opposi tion as it does from certain individuals and journals in the South. This remark is ventured with the most perfect respect and the kindest feelings for the journals and individuals alluded to. There are several things, in the resolutions and address, adopted by the Convention to which it could not be ex pected that the people of the South would be able to give their assent. Indeed there was probably not a delegate in the whole Convention who approved of everything that was done. It is not expected in such a Convention as that held at Philadelphia that a result could be reached which would be satisfactory to every body. It is cer tainly true, that but very few, if any of the Southern delegates were able to ap prove of all that was done. It were the wildest folly to hope that the beaten par ty in a great civil war appearing for the first time in a Convention with their con querors, would be able to have everything just as they might desire. The Northern delegates met us with great kindness and cordiality—= line of them even with tears —but it would have been extreme, itnpu dctiee on our part, especially where they are now fighting our battles with so much earnestness, and when there is no contest at the S«uth, to ask them to shape the action of the Convention with exclusive reference to tlieviewsand feelings of the Southern people. I may add in conclusion that the tide is setting strongly in favor of the President's policy and the Philadelphia movement, and quite as strongly against those, whether in the North or in the South, who have placed themselves in opposition. The on h- party test now recognized here is that of approval or disapproval of the President s policy of restoration, and the action of the Philadelphia Convention. The Conserva ; tives everywhere approve of the policy o the President and the Philadelphia rosolu tious. The Radicals and fanatics every where oppose and denounce them. No ether issues will be presented to the Ameri can people- for some years to come. Our P' should not t arget this, and above ] all -..1u1l they remember that every man who joins the opposition, whatever may be his intentions, is practically a recruit to the ranks of the Radicals, an abetter of Stevens and Sumner. P. W. A. ihe police force of Savannah, as at mvsent organized, consists of ninety pri vates. ten supernumaries. nine officers, and a detective corps of one officer and six men, in all one hundred and sixteen effectives, with full authority under exist ing ordinance, for the Mayor and Chief of Police to employ for any emergency, should circumstances require it, such additional number of supernumaries as shall seem to them needful. AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 5, 1866. Tlie Spiritualists in Council. Tlie Spiritualists, so-called, had a Na tional Convention in Providence; R. 1.. on Tuesday last. About three hundred dele gates were present. Mr. Picrpont, of the District of Columbia, was made temporary chairman, and Mr. Newman YV eeks, ot Vermont, was chosen President, with a number of 5 ice Presidents, mole and fe male. To the credit cf the .South, no names of her people figure in the blasphe mous harangues which characterized the proceedings, save a Mr. Washington Dan skin. of Baltimore. It was a mixture of New England fanatics, infidels and woman's rights people. We append a synopsis of the proceedings which exhibit a rare modleviof tratrondal isin, infidelity, blasphemy, woman’s rights, miscegenation and nonsense. Mr. Wadsworth, of Chicago, opened with a sort of diagnocis of the new phi losophy, which wc hardly know whether to class as Tit ANCEND ENT A L ISM OR NONSENSE. Spiritualism enables the human soul to elevate and progress itself, and it puts the veil between earth and heaven. This di vinity in nature is absolute and universal. Nothing is outside of God, and God is not outside of any tiling.' Every human soul that has life presents all that is essentially divine. With the spiritual phenontva be fore us, opening our way into the next •WO! Id. the hfts¥me .'fJable ftvoirfs f\m should return to this earth, and the rela tions of this world. Is it not enough to know that those we seem to have lost are not lost. INFIDELITY AND BLASPHEMY. Miss Johnson —who was pretty and spoke like a book —saw in the increasing numbers of the Spiritualists the prospect of legisla tive power, enabling them to build scoool houses; she would not say churches, for they had too long cursed humanity. Mr. A. B. Child was well satisfied that there is no such thing as death —that Christ and Fourier were worthy of our imitation— that the devil was necessary in his day 7, but would go down. _ " Mr. Foss told some amusing stories —the concluding one being of anew convert, who, upon being asked whether she be lieved the Son was equal to the Father, re- plied, “Well, considering the advantages lie had, I think he is.” (Laughter.) lie had preached the old doctrines about an endless hell, an angry God, and a devil, but lie had quit all that. AN EYE TO BUSINESS. A gentleman called attention to a cu rious window fastener, which he declared had been invented at the suggestion of a spirit. It was patented and for sale cheap. woman’s rights, miscegenation, Ac. —Mr. IT. C. Wright offered some resolu tions against war, and in favor of giving suffrage and equality to all sexes and colors, save those who attempted to des troy tlie government. NONSENSE. Most of the proceedings belong proper ly 7 under this head. A long series of reso lutions were introduced, the first of which is as follows : 1. Wc discover no practical unity in any of the various ceremonies, rites, and for mulas of any 7 of the various chui ches, and therefore abandon all and establish none, leave each individual to follow the dictates of his’oi; her conscience, believing that God cannot be informed, influenced,_ glorified, or praised by human or finite beings. Another resolution claims perfect “equali ty in rights, duties, responsibilities and opportunities for development of both sexes and all races of human boings. Other resolutions discountenance _ the excessive use of animal food, especially hog meat—and also rum and tobacco. Another favors the cultivation of music, dancing and gymnnstics ; and another dis countenances >Sabbath Schools and alft sectarian teaching ; another declares that there are no rewards or responses to mere words of prayer or praise, and claims that we must do our praying in acts of charity. A discussion arose as to whether this Convention was superior _ or subordinate to the Spiritual Convention, which was held at Philadelphia, and something was Bald aTjOUX tire C2t.v-lu.cion of*' riaoirtDorr; ' A WOMAN WANTS SOMETHING TO DO. A Miss Hutchings, of Massachusetts, thought Spiritualists were as scarce as Chris tians. She was for activity and if any body was to be excluded she would be ex cluded. Ir anybody was to go to hell, she wanted to go with him—she would work for humanity in hell if necessary. What good had the Convention done ? Nothing. What good did resolutions do when people were suffering in their stomachs ! She wanted to do something. A “pome” FROM GEN. JACKSON. Sanford B. Swan delivered a “I’oem” professing to be dictated by the spirit of Andrew Jackson. It opens as follows : Friends of freedom, awake ! All that’s dear is now at stake; Bird on your armor for tlie light, Thus all with you will bo right. God, thus far, has crowned y 7 ou with suc cess ; Peal justly and lie will you bless With victory o’er the rebel host, His angles will chase them from your coast. Tennessee, where my bones do lay, Which long for victory did pray, To-day, in God’s name, can shout. Knowing their rebel foes are driven out. Grant, who never did surrender. He, with veteran troops, came in splendor To Chattanooga’s bloody battle-Held, Where ho made Bragg to quail and yield ; His rebel columns are now broke in twain, While Longstreot did yield in pain. They say, to tight tho Yanks there is no fun hook up, friends of freedom, behold them run. We trust no admirer of old Hickory will think hard of us for not publishing the whole of this rare production. At its con clusion, the members, in the suggestive language of Miss Hutchings, went to look after their suffering stomachs. Many it is believed, started in a wild hunt for a Luna tic Asylum. Such is a fair synopsis of the proceedings of this pow wow ofcrazy fools and fanatics —as reported for the Now York World— • who propose to break down the accepted ! forms of evangelical religion, and establish ' in its place the sensless jargin of vagaries ! indicated in the proceedings. The Fall Election in Ohio. The Chicago Tribune has an estimate of the State elections this Fall, which, ac cording to its figures, are to be largely for the Radicals. We can only judge of its reliability from the figures on Ohio, which it puts down 35,000 tor the Radicals, who are to. carry all the Congressmen, except two or three. This convinces us that the Tribune man has no knowledge at what lie guesses at in any of the States. The best informed in political mat ters in Ohio, observe the same sign that proceeded the election in ISO-, when the Republicans carried five members to the Democrats fourteen. The quarrel be tween the President’s friends and the mil itary leaders at that time created a feeling that entirely destroyed the Republicans and the Republican Congress. There is the same general want of confidence in those who have been trying to regulate affairs. The Republicans will, we presume, car rv the three Congressional districts in the Western Reserve. It they carry any Con gressmen outside of that territory it will be after the closest contest, and by their pood luck. . . There is much in the sums ot ine times • lLjdi cals. not only in Ohio, but in all the Nor thern State-'. The chances are that very few of the Jacobins will be returned to Congress.— Cbtcinitnt>. Enquu-rer. Major J. L. Williams, known in this State as an eminent engineer, lias been ap pointc-d chief engineer of the railroad from Blue Mountain to Dalton, and James L. Cooper, formerly of the State Road, is to be his assistant. We agree with the Rome Courier that the railroad companies in terested are exceedingly fortunate in se curing the services of gentlemen so thoroughly versed in the duties of their offices, and whose successful experience gives confidence to all parties interested. The Macon Messenger 'say that Alexan der "Redding |shot his brother-in-law, Charles Cherry, on Saturday night, killing him instantly. The difficulty occurred in the store of Cherry on cotton avenue, in the presence of his wife, who. in trying to prevent bloodshed narrowly escaped being killed herself, a shot passing through her Jeeve. Redding was arrested and im prisoned. The Southern Delegates at the Phila delphia Convention. : Tho following article alluded so in our Editorial letter of the 22d inst.; freto New 1 ork, is from the New York Ifetshl. We have every reason to believe thl it was written by one of the So lthertfjjf. legates who was a member of the GencfU Com mittee on the Platform and Add,,- and who was also one of the Sub-(hi rinV/" of hirtecn , which prepared and repp ted those papers. The statements it ecu fains we know to be true —much more mil’it have been said of the unfair and treacherous manner in which the true SoutSorn men on the Committee were in that report. Mr. Raymond has not denied the statements made in this article, and in truth he c-annot gainsay a single state ment it contains. We wish the Foutliern people to-kuow the name of the Ohio del egate wlm moved in the sub-cojuLittee to strike out the objectionable matter. It was Maj. Gen. McCook, late of. tlm Fede ral army. This gentleman showed pmfcli more appreciation for true Southern fcel . ng than either of the Southern men named in the article which follows: There are certain facts connected with the Philadelphia Convention which have come to our knowledge that deserve to he stated, and which relieve, some of the Southern delegates £' qn the «»i,-ure v,e have’ hc'.vtoforir expressed. It is but just to observe that these gentlemen generally did not, in attending the Convention, hope, or expect, or desire to exorcise a controlling influence in shap ing the action of that body. Their chief object was to testify, by their presence,' tho peaceful disposition of their constituents, their desire to have all the States restored to their constitutional relations with the Government, and their perfect readiness to unite with Conservative men oi ail parties in the North in the work of resto ration. The duty, therefore, of preparing a platform of principles and drawing up an address to the people of the United States was tiie work of tlie Northern delegates rather than of the Southern delegates. The latter merely assented to what was offered by the former, not so much because they approved of everything that was of fered, but because the delegates from tlie North were of opinion that such a decla ration of principles was not only just and proper in itself, but essential to their suc cess in the elections to he held this fall. While insisting, as we do, that there are some things in the address and declaration of principles adopted by the Convention at Philadelphia to which Southern men can not assent without a sacrifice of both prin ciples and self-respect, the explanation which we have offered above, and which we know to be founded in truth, should be fairly considered. There is, however, another explanation, which we make upon tlie authority of dele gates to the Conventon. There arc certain terms and phrases which were employed by the writer of the address to characterize the late unhappy civil war, and one of the parties to it, that could add nothing cither to tlie force or the dignity oi'the appeal which it makes to the popular mind, and which are yet well calculated to wound the sensibilities of a large class of the ‘Southern people. The phraseology here alluded to was the subject of dis cussion in the sub-committee of thirteen who were charged with the duty of preparing the resolutions and address. It was contended by at least one Southern delegate on that committee that these’ ex ceptionable parts of the resolutions and address should bo eliminated as wholly un necessary, and when done, that it would not make those papers any the less effect ive while it would render them far more acceptable in the South. Certain other delegates from the South were unable to detect anything in the ad dress, in this respect, which required to bo changed. Northern delegates on tlie com mittee were, however, more liberal, and especially certain military gentlemen who had met the people of the South on the battle field, and knew how to respect them for their courage and honorable bearing. Indeed, so reasonable did the request of the Southern delegate alluded to seem to tho Northern members of the committee, -that it was liTiafiy agreed u.iaii; ujv. Jy, upon the motion of a gentleman from Ohio lately in the military service of tho United States, that the offensive and unnecessary terms and phrase? used in the address should be sricken out, and the member of the committee in whose hands the address was left was instructed to perform that duty. The duty, however, was not per formed, and tho address was read the next day without these alterations being made. Whether t his was the result of oversight, forgetfulness, or design, we are not pre pared to say. Perhaps Mr. Raymond could throw some light on the subject. The fact here stated should have its due weight in the South, and our friends in that quarter shou'd remember that if they were not correctly represented in all re spects in the Convention, they neverthe less did have some delegates there who made an earnest effort to render the action of that body as acceptable to them as pos sible. If these gentlemen failed, it was not their fault, nor the fault of the delegates from tho North, so much as it was of that class of Southern delegates of which Mr. Graham, of North Carolina, Governor Perry, of South Carolina, and Governor Marvin, of Florida were the acknowledged leaders. The Loyal German Party and the Grand Union Convention. At a meeting of the General Committee of the German Democratic Union Party, held last evening at the Germania Assem bly Rooms, the President, John J. Freed man, Esq., m the chair, on motion of Mag nus Gross, Esq., editor of the New York Sfruits Zntung , tlie following preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted: II hercas, The German Democratic union Party was organized during the first year of civil war for the purpose of aiding the Government in its endeavors to suppress the rebellion and combat disunion ism in whatever form it might manifest it self : and Whereas, In order to be better able to promote these patriotic objects, the Ger man Democratic Union Party did, in the year aforesaid, declare itself independent oi all other oriraTiizations founded strictly upon old Democratic party doctrines, and adopt the name of Democratic Union i arty with the express proviso that the same should be retained as long as the Un ion of t.ie e tates remained in danger, and the. authority of the Government of the I moil Mas not completely restored over all tlm states and Territories of the United States : and . N hercas , That German Democratic Un ion i arty has faithfully pursued these avowed objects during all' the vicissitudes oHlir war, and has never hesitated to form alliances with other political elements enter taining similar views for the promotion of those objects, and has always been ready and willing to sacrifice mere party interests and advantages to the interest sos the 1 Al ien an J the whole country; and Whereas. The German Democratic Union Party, actuated by the same views -ml principles, did at the close of the war con demn the acts of Radical Disunion's! s in just and severe terms, as thereto denounced the nets of sceossionGts and Peace Democrats, and did in J, t j lO National 1 nion policy of the patriotic" \n drew Johnson, and had endeavored already during the elections of 18<;r> to demon-trap' A-‘ ’ e- re fleet SC-it I-; Al ; about and understanding and em vtivU oo d operation between the Union : ami iConservative Republicans : therefore I be it Resolved, That the ( Arman Democratic j Union Party regard with joyful . motion ! the proceedings of the National rni,,n ; Convention, held at Philadelphia on the August, i eisive stop toward the realization of its j own obi. As. and recognizes the tledara ; tion of Principles and the Address to the People of the United States, adopted hv said Convention, as the emli - lim-ntof tile views and principles so long ami dearly cherished by this organization sin.-e it’s existence. Resolved, That the brotherly reunion be tween the North and South effected by and the rare unanimity and harmony cl: '.racterizimr tiie entire pro-■ jq said Onve.'iti >n. su-.v-t gn a ' ran . tee of the National Union movement in augurated thereby, the downfall of Radical Disunionism in consequencenee thereof, and the final restoration ot the Union upon the truly National and Constitutional foundation laid down by President John son. Resolved, Tiiat the German Democratic Union Party will heartily support the Na tional Union moveni-iit many united at Philadelphia, and will exert its best en :. -:, \ ratio insure ess £, Resoled, Tiiat all German -itizens and clubs sympathizing with these declared objects, are hereby invited to co-operate with us for the promotion of the same. It black dresses have stains upon them, boil a handful of fig leaves in a quart of water and reduce it to a pint; an 1 a sponge dipped in this liquid and rubbed upon them will entirely remove stain- from crape, bombazines, &e, INDSTINCT PRINT. An Alabamian upon tiie Situation Who is He? —That fair and conscienti ous journal, the Cincinnati Gazette, pub lishes a letter purporting to come from a prominent citizen of Alabama, which states that “The South is ju.-t as rebellious in feeling to-day as it was in 1 SCO,” and hopes “Congress will bring our people back to their senses before these States are allowed representation." He hopes “the Repub licans will carry every State in the fall elections,” and concludes with the crown ing and astounding, and devilish falsehood that “Every difficulty you hear of occur ring in the South is tlie work of the lately reconstructed rebels. I don’t care wliat the newspapers may say, disloyalty is at the bottom of it all.” A man that will write such stuff is a disgrace to humanity; and an editor who will publish it, for tlie truth, is no better. Southern Beggars at the North. — The Tribune indulges in quite a caustic rebuke to certain parties from the South who, it alleges, have been making appeals in the North for money for various chari table projects at the South. We are not aware that any representative people of the Spilth have visited the North on any such ■missions. A few adventurers like Captain Bryant, failing to make a living out of the poor froedtnen, have gone on begging ex pcditionsTo sustain their sinking fortunes. It is a pretty safe thing to set down any man who goes to that country to beg for money as a humbug. We need money, and have found Northern capital very advanta geous. and would like more of it, but we are still able to pay for its use. Tub Douglas Monument.—Great pre parations are being made for the Douglas monumental ceremonies on the Gtli prox. All the railroads leading into Chicago will carry passengers on that occasion at one fifth the usual fare. Rooms for President Johnson and party have been engaged at the Sherman House. We acknowledge the receipt of an invitation to be pre rent, at the above ceremonies, for which the committee will accept our thanks. All parties at the South acknowledge the ability of Senator Douglas, and however they may have estimated his political prin ciples, recognize the propriety of rearing a monument to his memory. Provost Marshal’s Bureau.—An or der was issued on the 20th, from the War 1 Jcpartment abolishing the Bureau and of fice of the Provost Marshal General, and requiring that hereafter all business rela ting to tliat department be conducted through tho Adjutant General’s office, where clerks and officers will be retained to discharge all the required duties. Ex isting orders and regulations framed for the Provost General’s Bureau, insofar as they arc applicable, will remain in force, and the officers in the respective States and Terri tories will bo continued until otherwise or dered hy instructions from the Adjutant General. From Havana.—The steamer Manhat tan arrived at New York on Thursday last, with Havana dates to the ] Sth. Rig orous quarantine of American vessels was maintained, Havana was effectually block aded thereby, and as a result, provisions were rapidly advancing in price. The Captain General has recently ban ished one hundred and sixty-six notorious ly bad characters—of whom seventy were whites—for the rest of their lives, to the Island of Fernando Po, in Africa. Business in Havana was very dull. Several cargoes of Coolies have lately ar rived. Removals.—The Radical papers are raising a terrible howl EY'jji the announce ment (if the President that those who ac cept office under him will be expected to sustain his policy. Let them how!. It is better that they vent their rage in a few impotent howls than that tlie country be longer cursed with their abuse of official power. I?is time that the work in de fence of tho Union and the Constitution be made vigorous and effective. To oppose tho policy of the President is to he an enemy to a Constitutional Union—so off with the heads of tho destructives —the sooner the better. Bogus Land Agents.—A colored ex soldier by the name of Alexander Bas comb has been imposing on the freedmen about Tallahassee, by representing himself as an agent under tbe new homestead law. A number of his victims detected the fraud, and took him before the Freedmen’s Bureau, where, in default of his refunding the money lie had received, he was sent to jail. ‘ Freedmen should be very eareful who they negotiate with for lands under this law. It will be seized upon by un principled sharpers to defraud them. Oberlin College.—This institution, which admits to college honors white and black men and women on terms.of perfect equality, held its 33d annual commence ment on the 21st and 22d. There were no graduates in the theological department, for the reason, stated by the Tribune , that the “theologies” were among the first 300 volunteers, and fought so far into ac tive life that they never came back. They are still, wc suppose —like the soul of old John Brown —their patron saint—“march ing on.” Tiie Noble Soldiers of Missouri. — A society for the relief of Southern wid ows and orphans, at St. Josephs, Mo., has sent §I,OOO, to Gov. Orr, of South Carolina, to ho appropriated in his discre tion, to the needy classes named in that State. Mrs. Abell, President of the So ciety, writes very cheerfully to Governor Orr, regretting that the contribution is not larger, and .states that the Society has sent from time to time, aid to the widows and orphans of Georgia, Tennessee and Arkansas, and expect tos persevere in the pleasing work. Gs.n t . Howard's Successor as Chief of tiie Freshmen \s Bureau. —IV ashing ton advices ofthe22d, state that a dispatch was sent to General Tilson, Assistant Com missioner of the Freedmen's Bureau for the State of Georgia, now temporarily so journing at Saco, Maine, instructing him not to return South, as his services would soon be required to relieve General How ard as Chief of the Bureau. It is presumed that the change will be made during the present month. From Japan.— A San Francisco dis patch. of the 23d. says that the war of the T nsagaii t Chasm had seen ended by eonfiscat'ng one-third of the revenue of the latter, relieving Miso of power and transferring his rank to his grandson. Riots were reported at Osaka and Yeddo on account of the high price for rice— §:,.so per picul. The Japanese are send ing large quantities of goods to the Paris I exhibition. The Italians, Hawaians anil Danes are i trying to effect a treaty with the Japanese, who are averse to further engagements. Hog Cholera. —We were informed. ! yesterday, says the Livingston Joar/uP, of the isth. that the hog cholera is prevailing to an alarming extent in some parts oi the country. The name of one planter was given who has, within a short time, lost o, «) head. A somewhat imilar disease is ; prevailing among the chickens, m the same neighborhood, and to a great ex ; tent. Chance fop. a.Brlsii. — Ihe people of Tennessee are talking seriously of getting up a convention to make tne government ; o f that State represent the popular will. Brownlow declares iu the last number of the Whig that if the convention should be attempted, be will call out the loyal militia and put it down, or die in tlic at i tempt. Emigration to the South. Mf.ssrs. Editors : In the course of some excellent and timely remarks on the sub ject of Emigration in a late number of your well conducted and influential journal, you say: “Every train of ears hears to the _ Great West hundreds of stout arms, which be come at once a productive element in those growing States. . Is there any real reason why the South may not share in thi> swell ing ride which is pouring wealth and power iuto a region less desirable in almost all re spects than the cotton States?” There is a reason why the South is not viour sharing this influx of population, in dustry, and wealth, and. though based on “false facts. ’ and an utter misapprehension of the true state of things in your section, it is nevertheless “realenough," practically, aad will have its effect till’it shall be re moved. I have had some experience in the matter, am well acquainted with pub lic sentiment here, among Northerners and Europeans, and can speak with confi dene 3 on the point in question. Emigrants are deterred from going Smith bi/ the alleged opposition and hos tiliti/of the Southern people, and the dis quiet and unpleasantness, to say nothing Os the personal danger, which, it is inferred, must result from this state of feeling. Thousands are now looking longingly to ward your sunny clime —'“the laud of the myrtle and vine” —(and as our inclement winter approaches their number will be doubled) but they hpsitate to take the firs'; step in that direction. They are well-dis posed, industrious, quiet, peaceable peo pwr fold have nU dire ire to thrust them selves upon a resident papulation opposed to their presence, and who would look upon them with aversion and distrust, if not with a more active hostility. Tliey do notS wish to go South to “continue the war” in another form—to be subjected to annoyance, insult, and violence, as they are led to lear they would be. 1 aui well acquainted with tho Southern people, from long residence among them, and having also visited the South since the close of the war, I know how groundless, in tho main, are tho fears I have alluded to, and how false the “sensation” stories so industriously circulated by a certain class of journals on which the misapprehensions of the would be-emigrant are based ; but I find it difficult to remove entirely tlie false impression. “There must be something in it,” say even those who have in general lit tle faith in the stories and assertions of Radical papers and politicians; and tlie belief that there is “something in it” is greatly strengthened hy such articles as those so widely copied from the Richmond Whig , in which the editor urges the ‘South ern people, to oppose immigration, refuse to sell tlieir land to Northerners and make the country too uncomfortable for them to live in. Badadvisersyu'e all such, however honest, and the articles 1 refer to have done the South and the whole country, through her, more harm than a hundred abusive editorials'in the New York Tribune could have done. While such articles con tinue to he published in influential South ern papers, the Radicals will not lack capi tal for their political operations against “the States lately in rebellion” and the current of emigration will not set strongly toward the South. You may well exclaim, “save us from our friends.” What is needed now, to encourage emi gration to the South, i.s trustworthy infor mation in regard to the present condition of the country, and the real disposition of the people towards those who may desire to settle among them to engage in,the peace ful pursuits of industry. There arc hun dreds of papers at tlie North which would gladly publish statements on these points from well-informed Southerners, and such statements would do more than anything else to promote immigration. I have no doubt but that an article on the subject in your much esteemed and influential journal would bo widely copied, and find thousands of deeply interested readers in tlie North. Not sharing in the misapprehensions of which I have been constrained to speak, and hoping soon to make my home among tho pine hills of Middle Georgia, I have a common interest with you, Messrs. Editors, in the diffusion of correct information in regard to the South and the Southern peo ple. D. 11. Jacques. New York , August 1 Sf/i, I SCO. “Protection of the City from Floods.” Messrs.- Editors: plan of .-em bankment srtiirge amount or 'earth will lie required which the immediate location can not supply, and there arc perhaps many persons who will consider it impracticable on that account to construct the embank ment with the dimensions 1 have proposed; but looking to tlie economy and facility with which earth may be moved for consul era!fie distances by means of a temporary [ railway, I would suggest that a largo amount of tho very best material could be obtn ined by excavating the three additional basins of the Water Works, and using the spoil bank now “cumbering the ground ’ south of the basin. It is not expected tliat tho locality just mentioned would fur nish all the earth required, therefore I would suggest the extension of tlie railway on tfie south bank of the canal to the deep cut of the canal at Warren’s, just above Ilae’s Creek, wherejan almost unlimited supply could be procured. it may be asked, if a railway is to be used, why not take the earth from the j cliff on the South Carolina Railroad, just below Hamburg ? Tlie answer is obvious, for even if our Hamburg friends would consent to such an appropriation of their part of the earth, they would no doubt ex pect to get a good price for it. While by using our own resources as above indicated, we would not only get the earth at a chcafi rate, hut would be at the same time ac complishing three most useful purposes to wit-: constructing, the embankment, exca vating the basin, and to some extent pro moting the enlargement of the canal. I do not know enough of the street rail road project to appreciate any advantage to be derived from a connection with it and the proposed railway. It is likely, however, that with tlieir teams and cars ready fin operation, an arrangement could be made which would be of advantage to both ...par- ties. You are probably aware that the main objection to the use of the water from the new Water Works is, that the water is not clear. This is attributable, to some ex tent, to the non-completion of the present j basins and tlie want of storage .room for settling. With the present basins dupli cated. or even with one large basin and the completion of the others, I have no doubt but that the water could be made as cical as that from Turknett Spring, and I be lieve there is no question as to its being otherwise equally pure. The enlargement of the Canal is a sub ject which will soon force itseft upon the consideration of our people. And as there is now upon it one of the best arranged Powder Works in the country, if not in the world, it is hoped the Government, now owning them will turn them to account, and in doing so. find it advantageous to assist in making the enlargement. If the earth for the contemplated embankment is taken from the deep cut at Warren’s, it will, of course, save so much of the expense of en largement. Respectfully, &c., , As Old Engineer. The Territorial (Jains of Prussia. The kingdom of Prussia, according so the latest census of 1804, numbered 19.304,843. In consequence of its recent brilliant campaign, the government will receive the following additions: 1. In virtue of the treaty with Austria, the two Duchies of Chleswig and Holstein, which, in 1804, had a population of 900 990. The people of .Northern Chics wig will, however, have a chance to vote on uieir annexation to Denmark. Thus the number of people annexed to Prussia may be reduced to 800.000. 2. It has-been announced that Prussia will annex the whole of the four States, which had, in 1804, the following popula tion : iianove, 1,923,492 llcKse-Cassel, 7-i-%06'.t Nassau, -T)S,:;il Frankfort, 91. Iso Together these States wou'd add to the Prussian monarchy 3,228,040 inhabitants. 3. I Iv- e-Darmstadt. by a special treaty with Prussia, cedes to the latter Power the former Landgravate of Hcsse-Hamlmrg, which hut recently, in consequence of the death of the last childless Landgrave, had been united with Hesse-Darmstadt. It lias a population of 26,817 inhabitant -. 4. Bavaria is let off by victorious Prus sia with the cession of the district of Lich tenfels. and the town of Calmbacli, both. in the circle (kreis) of Upper. Franconia, They may represent a population of about 30 .<>oo inhabitants. j Altogether, the territory which Prussia, ; according to the latest accounts, intended . to incorporate with its own dominions, has : a population of about 4,050,090. According to the tables of the English' Emigration Commissioners, during the fifty-one years which have elapsed since j 1814. there have left the 1 nited Kingdom 1 5,901,513 emigrants, of whom 3,597,780, or nearly til per cent, have come to the United States. .Since 1848 the emigrants to the United States have sent back the enormous sum. of §13,770,539 to their friends in the United Kingdom. NEW SERIES, VOL. XXV. NO. 37. The Labor Congress. Baltimore. August 24.-1„ the Labor Congress to-day, the report of the Uom mutee on Finance was taken up, looking to a levy oi a tax of five dollars on each delegate excepting tlie Baltimore delega tion. After some discussion it was ] .adopted. • Overton offered a resolution provid ing for a full report of the conference with the I resident ot the “United .States, which "’as adopted. Mu tamers, of Maryland, chairman of t i° t ommjttee on Resolution:', submitted the following : Y hereas, Ihe growing and alarming en eroainnicnt oi capital upon tlie rights of tne industrial classes of the United States, have rendered it imperative that they should calmly and deliberately devise the mrm effective and available means by wmch the same may be arrested, yourcom mitiee would recommend the adoption of the following resolutions: Ii solved, That tlie first and grand desid eratum of the hour, in order to deliver- the labor of the ■.•munry from this thraldom, is the adoption ot a l iw whereby eight- hours shall constitute a legal day's work in overy Sitata ot the American Union, and that tliey arc determined neVer to relax their ol'torts until this glorious result is consum mated. Resolved , Tliat, it is tho imperative duty of every workingman in the United Suites to connect himself with his labor organiza tion, if any exists, and where none exists, to immediately commence the formation ofthe same; that it is the equal duty ol‘ every union to bo represented in a trades or workingmen’s assembly, and also to aid in the formation oi national or al organizations, where the same do not exist. Resolved, Tliat we heartily concur in the action of tiie committee on a national or gan, and would recommended that the Workingmen's Advocate, of Chicago; the Daily and Weekly Voice of Boston ; the Daily Du ion, of Detroit : I lie Almihtcrs In ternaUonal Journal, of l’hihidelpliia ; tho II •raid, of Troy, N. Y. ; the Industrial Advocate , of St Louis; the German Reform, of Chicago, and all other papers favorable to the labor movement, receive tliesupport and patronage of the Workingmen in those localities in preference to alt others. Resolved. Tliat in co-operation, wo re cognize a sure and lasting remedy for abuses of the present industrial system, and bail with delight organizations of co - stores and workshops in this conn 1 ry, and would urge i'leir formation in every section of tlie country, and in every branch of business. Resolved, Tliat the system of prison labor, which is practiced throughout thiscounlry is not only injurious to the producing classes, but it is an invitation for mean employees to contract with the govern ment for cheap labor, and lionorablo mechanics not being able to compete with I tins class of labor and support their fami lies, are obliged to seek a living elsewhere, much to their inconvenience, and wewouid recommend that the public be requested not to patronize parties who contract for prise in labor, except they pay tin? rate of wages demanded by mechanics outside. Resolved, That we pledge our individual and undivided support 10 the sewing women and daughters of toil in this land, and would solieittheirbeaity co-operation, knowing as we do tliat no class of industry is so much in need of having their condi tion ameliorated as tlie factory operatives, sew ing women, Ac., of this country. Resolved, As the sense ot this congress, that the speedy restoration ofthe agricul tural interests of the Southern States is of vital importance to the laboring men of tho North, and that the aggregation and capi. taliz'mg ofthe surplus earnings of labor for the twofold purpose of promoting an in crease of the production of cotton, and of aiding and elevating the iabo-ing classes, as proposed by the American industrial Agency, is very desirable, and we invite the attention of the laboring men to tho subject. Resolved, That w r e w.ould urgently call tho attention of tbe industrial classes to the subject of tenement houses and im proved dwellings, believing it essential to the welfare ofthe whole community that ' a reform should he elfocted in this respect as the experience of the past lias proven that vice, pauperism and crime are the in variable attendants of the overcrowded, ill-ventilated dwellings of tlie poor, anil urge upon the capitalists ofthe countrythc ] blessings to be derived from investing tlieir 1 means in erecting such dwellings. ; Resolved, Tliat wo this day join hands j with labor in the interests of agriculture, I and hereby declare it primary in our dif j ferent organizations, and all that are now j or hereafter organized shall adopttlio same, [ in the following words I —“that the whole j public domain shall be disposed of to ac tual settlers onlyand that ollicers of this convention arc iaprifctcd to see Unit the foregoing resolutions shall t?l‘ h-.m.l'ifov. Resolved, That the ivutei..- -be longs to tlie people of'liie whole ,States, pun 'based by their blood and treasure, and is to them an inheritance; indorsing fully as wo do the opinion of our best statesmen on the subject that a minimum price lie fixed for the whole agricultural domain to bo disposed of to actual settlors only ; further, if Congress or the several States where lands may exist as belonging to Iho nation of States, that they shall not bo so con sidered, but shall bo considered as belonging to tbe people; and in cases where fho Legislatures may wish to en courage any public works with such as railroads, bridges, roads, agricultural col leges, Ac., for the several States, or in any ether improvements that may lie thought proper from time to time, in all cases of this kind it shall bo considered unjust and destructive to the best interests ofthe peo ple to make special grants of these lauds, but only of the proceeds thereof. Resolved, That this Congress deprecate what is familiarly known as “strikes” among workingmen, and would recom mend that every other honorable means be exhausted before such a course is re sorted to. Resolved, That the formation of mechan ics institutes, lyccuius, reading rooms and the erection of buildings for the purpose is recommended to workingmen in all cities and towns as a means of advancing their ] intellectual culture and social iniprove : ment. i Resolved, thatt his Labor Congress would j most respectfully recommend to the work : ingmen ofthe country that in case tliey i are pressed by the want of employment, j they proceed to the public lands and be come actual settlers, believing that if the industry of the country can be coupled with its natural advantages, it will rebound ] both in individual relief and social ad i vanccment. ] The report was adopted. Several offi ! cei’s elect were then installed into office. | After the transaction of some routine business of no general interest, the Con gress ad journed, concluding vitli a prayer j by Mr. Emmons. Slate Elections. We have been requested to furnish a j list of the States where elections are to bo held before the meeting of Congress in December next. We present the list, showing the time at which the elections take place in the several States. A glance, therefore, at the list below will furnish the information desired : New Hampshire First Tuesday in March. Connecticut—First Monday in March. Rhode Island —First Wednesday in April. Virginia—Fourth Thursday in May. Oregon —First Monday in Ac. rest. Alabama —First Monday in August. Arkansas—First Monday in August. Kentucky--First Monday in August. Texas —First Monday in A moist. North Carolina —Second Thursday in August. Vermont —First Tuesday in September. Maine —Second Monday in September. Florida —First Monday in August. Mi i sippi First Monday in August. Georgia —First Wednesday in October. Indiana —First Tuesday in October. Luva—first Tuesday iu O tuber. Pennsylvania -First Tuesday in Oct. West V irgitiia—Fourth Tuesday in October. Louisiana —First .Monday in November. Delaware —Fir.- c Tuesday in November. I Uinoi Fii -: Tn di yin November. Kansas—First Tuesday in November. Maryland—F irst Tuesday in November. Massachusetts —First Tuesday in Novem ber. Michigan—First Tuesday in N >v - id - r. Minnesota—First Tuesday in Nov mb> r. Missouri —First Tuesday in November. Nevada —First Tuesday in November. N. Jersey First To - lay in Nov< \ VsM.— i. set I . -n ‘ ■ Wisconsin —First Tuesday in November, i Colorado —Second Tuesday in Novcin i her. S. Carolina —Fourth Monday in Novem- I her. There are no other State elections held in the months of January, February. July, | and December. A Gloomy Prospw t.- a private ter from Monroe, Louisiana, the well i known Ouachita district, gives gloomy uc : counts of the growing crops. N o vain had | fallen for nearly seven weeks. Vegitation was parched literally. 'frees had "died to j the roots. The corn crop is a complete | failure, and the cotton nearly in the same S condition. The writer has seen corn fields that look as if a fire had passed over them. , Jbe river was getting very low, and navi j gation would soon be closed. A numocr of foreign consular officers, i Particularly those of the United States, Holland, and Swooden, have .suffered very | much damage. Tiie consuls haw pro i tested in the name of their respective gov ernments. The Cliristains, or insurgent.-, are2s,Doo strong, and hold important points aga list Turkish soldiers. The Boyal Palaces of England. _ London, J uly 10, ISGC. ■F Eihtnrx : —-Our Queen having boon called from Balmoral Palace to Wind sor Palace, and having left in a few days for Osborne Palace, Isle of Weight, led me to east up the amount the t hones of John Dull s land are compelled to pay to sustain tlie Queen Jin. The palace of Vt i.ulsoris the present chosen residence of her majesty. A Gothic pile, covering some twelve-acres, with every variety of tower and battlement, looking for all the world ;ts though the Goths had reigned there a thousand years and each king had added a palace of a dillereut plan—is the Castle of Windsor. How many millions have been spent there I cannot tell. But we learned that the last addition, a few years sindl cost $3,000,000. Gentle reader, do not. fancy that 1 am about to describe what required Sir James. Wyatsville six hundred pages folio to print. A palace is a small city, gotten up in the most pensive manner imaginable. T his was, eight hundred years since, l>c- S«n by lving Arthur, and continued bv William I. Ilenrys I. and 111. added ea. tie to castle. \he mews, the name given to the royal stables here, are larger and more elaborate than any single establish ment, public or private, we have in the 1 1 nited States, so far as we remember. The Pone, in 1351, in those times had his linger about everybody's business, issued a bull founding St. George's Chapel. Dieh ard ' FI. .appointed the poet Charmer as clerk of this chapel. Ilenrys \ 11. and VIK. both tinted hevv. Ti*. latter ay as buried under the aisle of the chapel. It would he hard this hour in the United Kingdom of Great Britain, within or with outher Newgate or Old Dailey, to find a specimen of humanity so thoroughly de graded, and such a disgrace to our race, as this same Henry VIII., over whose ashes we this day walked in St. George's Chapel. That good old soldier and honest sovereign', who raised Fnglaud higher and left her purer than any other, Oliver Cromwell, resided here. He was great and good with out either crown or palace. But thelami ly worship and quiet order of the Protector was changed with a witness by Charles 11. This palace was made to resound with the disgusting converse and songs of licentious wits. For the period of his reign the abandoned nobility gave themselves up, like very spirits of evil, to serve Dual much! The. moral wrecks there made of beauty, genius, and exulted station, still disgrace ihe walls of Hampton Court Palace. They might, with propriety, be admitted to the waits of the Seraglio in Constantinople. The paintings which now are here, from the pencils of great masters, would bring several millions under the hammer. A gentleman resitting at Windsor informed me that the Queen had several hundred horses, and over a hundred carriages. The splendid sets of china, where some pieces are broken so as to injure the set, are worth twenty to thirty thousand dollars—they bear the royal arms and heraldry, and can not he used by an/ subject in the realm. They arc all broken to fragments. So with splendid gilt frames, a little out of fashion, they are broken up and used as timber, because they bear the insignia of royalty. The number of castles here 1 coukl not venture to state. Cardinal Wuolsey’s chapel is being set in mosaic—as a memo rial to the husband of Victoria, it will cost the poor and the hungry, who arc crushed to the earth with taxes, the snug sum of $50,000. .She hai. erected one beautiful edifice already over his dust. Hut her wish with Parliament is a command. Prince Albert had returned from hunting, changed his dollies, and took a cold, which laid him in his shroud. The various portions of his hunting suit, ~s he took them and laid them by, are now lying in precisely the same part of the royal chamber. The door is locked, and no one but the Queen has entered it since his death. It is her chosen place to retire and mourn her desolation. I Iu was a kind, prudent, and affectionate husband. But his prospects were, on a razor’s edge at one time. About a year and a half after their marriage, Albert Vie came fond of playing cards, aud staking sums of money on the result. Victoria-re monstrated at. liis folly and prodigality, hut ill vain. At length one day, whim a number of noblemen, hungry, and of the genus InmJsliarlc, laid Prince Albert at a table, Victoria sent a polite message foe •Whusband ftHjpmtj to her jvgw.The Prince paid no attentifm tSrtne fiMuost. A m, i- urgent dcs’ v c was answered —■ jh-J the Queen to excuse me fie: a short un.c.l and 1. will be there.” A third time an officer came, with—“ The Queen of Eng land requires the presence of Prince "Al bert. ’ ’ 1 nstautly he hastened to obey. For not a subject, however exalted liis rank, dare disobey such a summons, without lie ing guilty of treason. Tlie Palace at Buckingham, that of St. James, Balmoral, Windsor, Hampton Court, Osborne, Isle of Wight, at present arc locking up some $00,000,000 treasure. Instead of yielding anything, the mere cost of keeping tlie grounds, gardens, j larks, furniture, livery, and to salary those living there, would probably support two hun dred thousand population in comfortable circumstances, besides all tlie dead capital, loss of interest on the sixty millions. At seven per cent, it would yield nearly half a million annually, equal to the entire pricely gift of Mr. George Peabody to the poor of .London. While hundreds of thousands cannot find work enough, the Park at Windsor, fifty miles in length and several in breadth, sustains ten thousand head of deer, to sup ply veiision and hunting for royal tables and royal hunters. Turning, as we have this day, from the superb forests, parks, and drives of Wind sor, to the squalor and haggard woe which thrusts on you its dreadful mill and sad pleadings of inwardj suffering, our heart sickens, and we cry, “ O Lord, how long ?’ ’ |From l!io Southern Chrislain Advocnfe.J Wright’s Improved Cotton Screw. Every thing connected with the growth of our great staple or its preparation for market will he interesting to the public ; and therefore we venture to give through the columns of this journal a brief descrip tion of this admirable improvement in the Cotton Screw, and to commend it to public attention. * * * * We mention, as ils first advantage, that the nut turns on the pin, and always re mains in the same horizontal plane, while the pin has not a rotary but only a vertical motion. The levers being attached to the nut, must also revolve in a horizontal plane, • which circumstance is favorable to the highest and easiest exertion of the motive ! power. ; Compactness is another idea of great var i uc, in the construction o! this sej-cw. jhe I cast-iron pin is only seven feet long, the j levers only sixteen feet long, the cotton ' box five feet high. The whole isthuscom- I pressed williin a very.small compass. It is ! found by many experiments made by va rious parties, that a bag of 500 pounds weight may be easily packed by unaided manual force. If heavier bags are required it will be found most convenient to use a mule or horse for the last two or thrcQj rounds, and thus 700 pounds may 1* put into a bag. Another striking feature of this machine is, that after a bag is finished and removed, by a very simple arrangement the levers, nut. and follower-block may all be easily turned off, so as to clear the col ton box of every obstacle that would impede the pro cess of refilling the box for another bale. The nut, we have said, revolves in the same plane, while the pin moves up and down. This result is effected by means of a metallic arch, which stands astride the cotton box. one end of it being confined with a fixed, the other with a movable pin or Key. By means of two Hangers, one below the arch, and the other above, and confined to theu.it, the fatter is held firmly, so that it can have no vertical motion, but only revolves with levers. By moving one of the keys of this arch, it may be turned off on the other as a pivot, along witli the levers, nut and follower, as be fog- stated. We learn upon the highest authority, that many of these screws have been in successful operation in the vicinity of Uoiumbus, Ga.. where they are decidedly preferred to every form of cotton press. One practical planter after packing five hundred bales with one of them, has backed his j idgment of their great superiority, by investing many thousand dollars in the “Right,” and in the necessary outfit for bringing then into general use. . Hie si-rew is equally adapted to the packing of hay. The writer, of this notice, once owned a grass farm on the borders of - ; of thi- 1 improved cotton screw, are pneto.s ot tmsmq W( . st _ with a rimvtoputTon exhibition, in the Lay ering districts. We doubt not, that m a short time, it will supplant every other press in those latitudes, and realise to the th« .mptei 'jriUSF Santa Amts confiscated property amounts to