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(Chronicle « Sentinel W MINIS IHY MORNING, 0< TOIiKK ‘2l. fM Future. The Loui?vill<-' Journal, in urging the im portant of n conciliatory policy toward the South, justly observes that il wc wish our country ever to become again, what it one- indisputably was, a mighty, a first (lass Power, we must make it what it was before the war, a united country.— There must be no distinction between Northern people and Southern people— Ictween those who fought against “ the re bellion” and those who fought for it. General cordiality and harmony must established. All American citizens, willing to perform faithfully, here after. the gTeat duties of allegiance, must, no matter in what portion of the United States they are dwellers, or what their past political deeds have been, con sent to strike hands warmly, forgetting or ignoring the painful issues of the past and intent only upon knitting their hearts and souls together in the great interests of the lb public and of a common humanity. The North must recognize the great truth that the rna-.-es of the South were con scientious and honest in going into the war, and the South must recognize the equally great truth tliat the masses of the North were conscientious and honest in what they did to “quell the rebellion.” The North and the South, differed in opinion, and war, staining with blood and flame and smoke, what might otherwise be one of the brighest pages of mankind’s history, was the consequence. But the war of arms has ceased, while the North and the South remain—destined, as they them selves may will, to he each other’s glory and pride and strength or each other's fear and dread and tormeutand horror. Certainty no patriot, who isn’t hopeless ly crazed on the subject of patriotism, can honestly doubt as to what the people of the North ought now to do. Their duty to the South is exactly their duty to them selves. They should seek to have a thoroughly united nation for the good of the whole alike. They should neither de mand, nor desire, nor consent to, any con cessions not involved in the taking of the oath of allegiance to the Union arid the (1 (institution. The Northern Radicals, by requiring the South to humiliate and de grade herself to a condition of ignonmin ous inequality by proclaimingthatshemust stay out of the Union and boar the heaviest of its burdens without sharing even theligli testof its benefits until she bow submissive ly and blandly to the disfranchisement of her whites and the enfranchisement of her late slaves, by insisting that she must ac. cept insolent, oppressive, and disgraceful conditions never required of any other conquered people on earth that were ex pected or desired to he thereafter of the same nation as their conquerors —wc say that the radicals of the North, the domi nant party of that section, by making all these tyranical, outrageous, and even in famous exactions, have been steadily creat ing, in the heart of the grossly injured and vilely insulted South, a spirit of hate, resentment, exasperation, and almost iufu riation. And these things are getting worse and worse every day. Northern fanati cism and rage are continually making ad vances in their oppressive requirements, and the injured South is becoming all the while more and more hotly impatient of the condition which is her present doom. Lot matters go on for two or three years more as they are now going, and the res toration of our partially lost nationality will ho among the earthly impossibilities. Every Southern father will swear his son at the altar of God, as Hannibal's father swore him, never to ho at peace with his people’s lbes and oppressors. It is a sad thing that the radicals know so little, al most nothing, of the nature of the South ern people about whom they write and talk so flippantly. One would think that even the dullest radical must have learned from the late dreadful war that the men of South n x n not '\ tbe to be .»r.^ gentled to frenzy with impunity, T’le ; o'limgtj < m ~ nowk'eto K’.- ;< initiation itefui* Judge ttel-aws. After a patient and protracted examina tion of more than two days, in which a iargctmmbur oi witnesses weio called ana sworn, both by the State and the de fendants, this ease was closed yesterday at 11 o'clock and Judge McLaws pronounced his decision. It, will bo remembered that upon the affidavit ofTenah Thomas, a warrant was issued by Judge McLaws against John Perrin, Isaac Smith and Edward Perrin, for the murder of Harry Thomas on the night of the 15th inst., in Columbia coun ty. These parties were at the time of the issuing of the warrants by .fudge McLaws in the custody of the military authorities, having been by them arrested on the night of the 17th inst., and lodged in the city jail. They were promptly turned over to J udge McLaws by the order of General Tillson, and the prosecution was conducted before Judge McLaws by Capt. Dean the A. A. General of General Tillson. The evidence showed that a most atrocious murder was committed upon the person of Harry Thomas at the time stated in the affidavit of Tenah Thomas, wife of the decedent, but the prosecution failed to show that either Edward Perrin or Isaac Smith, wero in any way concerned in or cognisant of the outrage. Both of these gentlemen showed by witnesses white and colored, that neither of them could have been at Harry’s house when he was killed. One of them—Smith—was proven to have been critically and seriously ill in lied for several days before the occurrence, and af ter up to the night when he was arrested— ’ru then still confined to his chamber of the State's witnesses pre i either Smith or Edward Perrin, i me- a when the homicide was com uittjL ' 't was Tenah, the wife of IdWftp. • 'hoebe Thomas, the moth **l;'‘ ' ton, the uncle of Harry ■ - 1 V 1 ’ ’ opportunities of see in.- '• !i"! pres. and neither of them com I.r” >i. the p<: nos Edward Per rin Oi Nu t> All ti.-e, >f these witnesses however i hi atement of the presence ot an.ly -utvi in the outra ges by John 1 Vrrin The Counsel f>r th ’-'tits offered no testimony ,o r . . ,u.- the pres ence of John 1 ■ it the time of the homicide, and , • J that under the proof, the latter should be committed. Ihe defendants were represented by Wright and Gibson, and F. 11. Miller, Esq. Mr. .Miller and Gen. Wright, both argued the case for defendants. Capt. Dean, declined to make any address. Judge McLaws, in a very able and con clusive summing up of the evidence de cided to discharge Edward Perrin and Isaac Smith, and committed John Perrin to jail to await his trial before the Superior Court of Columbia county on a charge of murder. It is but proper to state that the friends of John Perrin, are confident he will be able to establish his innocence at the trial in Columbia. The witnesses upon whom he relies could not be brought here to tes tify in his behalf, but he expects to have them at the trial before the Superior Court. Tin: Cholera is Massachusetts.— The Boston Herald says the fact of the existence of Asiatic cholera at Holyoke, Mass., is verified by statements of reliable gentlemen. Several deaths have already oceurred. the parties being sick only six or seven hours. Thefirst symptoms are violent cramps, followed by collapse, and the phy sicians pronounce the disease cholera. The deaths have mostly, if not entirely, occur red in the boarding house blocks of the Lyman Mills. A Cheap Weather Glide. —The Turf dr Field says two draelims camphor, half drachm of pure saltpetre, half drachm of muriate of ammonia and two ounces of proof of spirits, in a glass tube or narrow vial, will make a very good weather guide. In dry weather the solution wiil remain clear. On the approach of change minute stars will rise up in the liquid, while stormy weather will be indicated by a very disturb ed condition of the chemical combination. The Henry County Difficulties. We are glad to learn that the conflict in Henry county, between the civil and mili tary authorities has been adjusted, and that Gen. Tillson has ordered the parties confined in Fort Pulaski, charged with of fences committed in Henry county against persons of color, to be delivered up to the civil courts for trial. The people of Henry are under deep obligations to Col. Geo. M. Nolan, for bis efforts in laying before Gen. Tillson the true history of the condition of affairs in his county, and inducing the General to yield the vindication of the law to the courts. Col. Nolan had a long and very satisfactory interview with Gen. Tillson a day or two since, and we learn that he pledged himself to see that the laws should be fully enforced in Henry, in all cases of outrage or crime upon colored persons. We know that CoL N. will fulfill to the letter all the pledges he has made. The people of Henry county should step forward promptly and use all their powers, in securing to the black people of the county, all the Tights which under the law, they are entitled to. We believe that Gen. Tillson is not only willing, but anxious that the civil authori ties should take cognizance of all matters connected with the violations of the public law, and the proper administration of public justice. He however, demands, and in that demand he is right—that in such administration of the law by the civil courts, the black people shall be secured in all their legal rights. Our people will find it to their interest in every ease of outrage or wrong committed upon the persons or property of these poor defenceless blacks to have the offender promptly brought to justice. In addition to the score of interest, every dictate of humanity and civilization demands that we should not permit the class of people who were once our attached and faithful slaves, to be oppressed or maltreated. We trust, and believe that there will be no further troubles in Henry, especially if the people there will be influenced and guided by the action of such men as Col. Nolan. An Amiable Sovereign. Louis Napoleon i3 fast earning the title of ‘ ‘the amiable man. ’ ’ There is no record of any personage of high or low degree who bore disappointment with more equanimi ty. His expressions of disgust at the treaty of 1815, followed closely by the mod erate hint, after the Prussian successes, that he would like to extend his boundary to the Rhine, were scarcely cold on his lips when he complacently acquiesces in the re fusal of Prussia to yield to his wishes, and expresses positive delight at the reorgani zation of Germany. He sees no danger iD the growing prowess of Prussia—or if he sees it, he has a happy way of appearing oblivious to it—and seems perfectly com placent at the strides of that power to a leading position in central Europe. Ilis visions of conquest in Mexico are melting away like a school-boy’s dream, and wc are looking for an authorized de claration that the brief occupation of the land of the Aztecs, having accomplished the object for which the enterprise was un dertaken —the troops are to be withdrawn. He is just now a little disturbed at the flirtation going on between the'Russian bear and the American Eagle, and we imagine he grins a ghastly smile as he surveys the future danger for the alliance of these gigantic powers. No one who has read his recent circular can doubt the ability of the Emperor to console himself under rebukes and disap pointments that are dimning the lustre of his brilliant career. Blockade Running. The London Mercantile Gazette publishes some re markable statistics relating to the blockade running trade, which was carried on dur ing the American war. Nassau, in the Bahamas, was the chief port whence this trade was carried on, and in consequence the imports at that place rose from £234,- 020 in 1860 to £5,340,112 in 1864, and the exports from £157,350 to £5,673,398: ii. ',•« thai i.'' •. he witLou* parallel n the history of commerce. Cotton was the chief staple of this trade, and figure ! for nearly four millin'. - in both the im ports and ax port- during the war. One hundred and sixty four .ships connected with the blockade running trade, watered Nassau; one hundred and twoof these made successful voyages ; but by far the greater number, seventy-four, made not more than two voyages. As the blockade con- tinned, and the distress of the South in creased, the value of the cargoes became enhanced, and owing to the greater vigi lance of the Federal cruisers the expense of these expeditions was much increased ; so that toward the end of the war the Captain of a blockade runner would be paid one thousand pounds for one voyage, with the right to carry ten hales of cotton on his own account. Prices op Commissions in the British Army. —The official English Army List parades the prices for which commissions in the British army may be obtained. A Lieutenant-Colonelcy in the Life Guards of Blues costs £7,240 ; a Majority in the same corps, £5,350 ; a Captaincy, or troop, £3,500; a Lieutenantcy, £1,785; a Cor netcy, £1,260. . In the Line the prices are low'er. In an ordinary cavalry or infantry corps, a Lieutenant-Colonelcy oosts £4,500; a Majority, £3,200; Captaiuey, £1,800; Lieutenantcy, £700 ; and Cornetcy, or En signey, £450. The commissions in the Foot Guards are higher than in the Line, hut they carry with them extra rank. Thus, an Ensign in these favored corps has | the rank of Lieutenant in the army, and has to pay £1,200 for his commission; the Lieutenantcy, with rank of Captain, costs £2,050 ; the Captaincy, with rank ofLieut.- Colonel, £4,800. In the cavalry, the com mand of a regiment is never obtained for less than £8,500 or £9,000; and a Captain cy in the same arm of the service is never sold for less than £5,000. The Earl of Car digan's promotion from first to last is said to have cost him £20,000. Mexico and the French Emperor.— The Paris correspondent of the New York Times states that the French policy in M exieo is changed, and contemplates the prompt return of all the French troops, and non interference with Maximilian if the Imperial agent, Gen. De Castlenau, finds him able to maintain himself and protect French citizens, hut if not then the Gene ral is to look for guarantees to those citi zens among those representatives of the Mexican nation who gives the best promise of fulfilling them. This, it is claimed, will lead to the abdication of Maximilian and the organisation of a provisional govern ment ot republican elements. The corres pondent confidently predicts the evacuation in six months. Ratio of Representation.— The fol lowing figures are taken from Greeley's Tribune Almanac, whose authority no Radical will dispute, and they show that in Massachusetts two votes are equal to three in Illinois, and that one vote in Ver mont is equal to two in Illinois. The same inequality exists in favor of all the other New England States. The figures are indisputable, as any one may see By con sulting Greeley’s Tribune Almanac for the years 1864 and 1565 : No. of Voters to Representatives. Representatives. Votes Maine, 97,54S 5 19,569 New Hampshire, 65,953 5 21.964 A ermont, 42,844 3 13,281 Massachusetts, 168.175 10 16.917 Khode Island, 19,951 2 9'975 Connecticut, 77' -, 46 4 IQ ill Michigan, 154.747 6 725.791 Indiana, 272,143 11 27,740 Bhnois, 339,693 14 24,263 Wisconsin, 152.173 6 25,362 falitorma, 115.590 3 39 630 Kansas (1864), 32,880 1 32,880 . Atlanta Intelligencer has been ad vised that individuals representing them selves as agents, are traversing the coun ties ot L pper Georgia, taking testimony in regard to claims of so-called Union men who represent themselves as having been loyal to the united States during tile war in order to prosecute them before the C ourt ol Claims or aDeprtments in Wash ington. Can the Excluded States Vote for Presi dent ? A correspondent of the New York Sun desires to know how the continued exclu sion of the Southern States would affect the next Presidential election.* He says that those States will probably be repre sented in the Democratic Convchtion, that they will choose electors, and that they j will probably vote solidly against the Radicals. The question suggested is, will' the votes of the States excluded from representation be counted in the electoral college ? The Sun takes a rational, just view of the matter, and asserts very em- phatically that their votes cannot be ex cluded. The Constitution says that “each State shall appoint, in such manner as the Legislature thereof shall direct, a number of (Presidential jelectors, equal to the num ber of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in Con gress.” The electors shall “make distinct list* of all persons voted for as President, and for all persons voted for as Vice Presi dent, and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certi fy, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate." This hav ing been done, “the President of the Sen ate shall, in presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates, and the votes shall then be counted, and the person having the greatest number of votes for President shall then be President,” etc. The foregoing lan guage is certainly strong enough to give the Southern States an equal voice in the electoral college, for it leaves nothing i whatever to the discretion of Congress. It declares that the Senate shall open and count all the votes sent to them from the several States, and gives that body no power of exclusion. The Senate is likely to continue to be Radical, however, and as the Radicals think the Constitution is not of much amount, they may conclude to “let it slide” in 1868. Georgia. Col. L. P. Grant has been appointed Superintendent of the Atlanta and West Point Railroad, in place of Geo. G. Hull Esq., who goes to one of the New York lines of railroad. A vote was taken two days ago in At lanta, on the question whether or not the corporate limits of the city should be ex tended. The vote stood for 152 ; against 30—a very small vote for a city said to have 2,000 voters. A revival has been in progress in the First Baptist church, Atlanta. There were 72 deaths of white persons in Columbus, from July 2, to September 30 A detachment of the 16th U. S. R. have reached Macon. The trial of James C. Wright, for the murder of Johnson W. Bridwell, was con cluded Thursday, in Fulton Supreme Court, the jury returning a verdict of voluntary manslaughter. He goes to the peniten tiary for ten years. The negro who was implicated in the same case is up for trial. The Rome Courier oi the 18th nomi nates Colonel D. S. Printup, of that place, as a suitable candidate to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of General Wofford. The Federal Union learns that the negro Bill, taken from the jail of that city to Wilkinson county for trial, and guilty of the murder of Mrs. Rollins, and sent to the Penitentiary for confinement before execu tion, confesses that he killed Mr. Crews, of Atlanta, some time ago, and about which murder there was a great mystery. Bill says he has been killing and robbing ever since ho was sixteen years of age. Ilis full confessions (says the Union ) would make a rare sensational sale book for the news boys. Lord Stanley’s Speech at the At lantic Cable Banquet.—The London Times compliments Lord Stanley on his speech at the Cable Banquet in Liverpool, which was, it says, designed to satisfy the United States that our relations with that <a.-ni‘ry are safe n his hards Th" Times suggests that his Lordship should t ike in hand the diferen eg *&? xti.ng to the Ala humii' chrnx, which. ihtfadtohle \ii ituy way seem. it. is persuaded can he set at rest if the necessary temper and judgment he hough: to hear upon them. The Times further suggests that England should offer to submit her neutrality laws, together with those of the United States, to revision by a mixed commission; also, that the time has come when concession, respecting the- Alabama claims is no longer open to misconstruction, and would be accepted by the United States as a spontaneous action of good will. Important Decision. —A decision was recently made by the J udge of the Superi or Court of Sumter county, in this State, which will niugfit attention. A negro was arraigned on an indictment for rape, when his council moved to dismiss u;e proceed ings on the ground that the party chained Usd already been arraigned, tried and punished by a military or provost court, the crime having b§en committed upon the person of a white woman, and the punishment inflicted, ball and .ejiaifi for three months. The Judge decided that the plea could not avail the prisoner unless it should be shown that he belonged either to the army .or navy of the United States. The Court proceeded with the trial, which resulted in the conviction of the accused party, >vho was sentenced to twelve years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The Ledger Canard.— The Ledger üblishes a lengthy statement in regard to ■be late stock jobbing canard, the purport of which is, that their Washington corres pondent received the manuscript from one 11. 31. Flint, who 5a torn says that his in formant received the information from a gentleman who learned it from a person receiving it from one in an official position, whose name he refuses to give, who saw a paper in the Attorney General's office, containing queries similar to thos« pub lished in the Ledger. The Post's Washingtim special says: Flint, the forgur, has made explanations relative to the Ledger, and asks a suspen sion of public opinion until he c*n give an explanation concerning the sources of Uis information. The Rothschilds and the Cotton Crop. —The Rothschilds recently wrote to this country for ascorreet a statement as could possibly be procured of the probable yield of cotton in the Southern States dur ing the year 1566, and received in reply, from a distinguished planter, that it would not exceed, “under the most favorable circumstances, over 1,200,000ba1e5.” The gentleman who wrote this has since, in view of the depredations of worms, havoc from rust, and scarcity of labor to pick out the staple, reduced his estimate to 1,000,000 bales, of which amount he does not believe there will be 200,000 bak-s available for export Dried Fruit in Tennessee.—The Jonesboro’ Tenn., Flag , of the 2Sth ult, says of dried fruit: “The greatest abundance of this staple has been disposed of to our merchants by the farmers during the past week, the price? ranging at $6 per bushel for peaches and $2 for apples. Thousands of bushels yet remain unsold, many holding their fruit back in the hope that prices will take a rise. The fruit crop has been unusually good this year, while the season bag not been surpassed for drying purposes.” A Florida Railroad for Sale.—We have noticed in one of our Florida ex changes the announcement that the Florida Railroad, and all its appurtenances of every kind, connecting Fernandina with Cedar Keys, will be sold under the ham mer, in a short time. This is the result, we believe, of the failure of the company to meet one or more requirements of the charter made in consideration of certain privileges granted by the State. -3. cultivator was espied by a party of Nashville negroes, when one said: “A man can jist sit on dat ting and ride while “a S y OW * “Golly,' said another, ■ j d W m ™*ala w *s too sharp to think o dat fore the niggars was sot free. ” LOSS OF THE EVENING STAR. Statement of Passengers. On leaving New York everything was ascertained to have been in good order and condition, and continued so for the first fh-ee days, during which time our voyage looked most promising and brilliant. 4he weather was mild and delightfully agreeable, now and again only varied by light breezes, which added but additional vigor to the livelv and cheerful spirits of all on board. Scarcely ever did a journey commence with such auspicious promises, everything combining to render it pleasing and enter taining. and promising a happy termina tion. We ail trod tae deck without a sin gle care or dread to cloud our brows ; stories were told of travels in other scenes, some on their return from Europe spoke of their adventures in the Old W orld. Songs were sung, music lent its charm to the scene, <the convivial glass was drank, and naught could equal the festivity and gayety in which our first few days were passed on board the Evening Star ; but, oh ! how soon and how sudden was all to be changed into disaster and hardships of the most fearful kind, and to results the most fatal on record for many years. On the 29th, easterly winds set in. but not of such strength as to cause a shadow of fear or apprehension. On the contrary, we regarded them with favor, as being the means of stiffening our sails and speeding quicker our good ship on her wav. During the prevalence of these easterly winds t hey were accompainedby heavy swells, which caused the steamship to roll very heavily. No anticipation of danger entered the minds of either the crew or passengers, al most all of whom had before passed t hrough the dangers of the Western coast and the much more perilous and treacherous rlat teras. We only regarded the winds and swells as matter of the most ordinary oc currence ; nor during the remainder of the day did we receive cause to excite our alarmsthe contrary, though, was the fact, for the wind continued to blow with the same force all day without ever increas ing in strength, and did not change a sin gle poiut until late in the evening, when it became milder and the weather exceedingly pleasant—pleasant so far that up to a late hour the deck presented the full appearance of a gay and fashionable promenade. Many were the lively voices to be heard in con verse together on that evening; many and loud and full hearted and genuine a laugh was to be heard on the aistant waters from our light hearted party. The morning of the 3uth broke upon us with everything to bid us good cheer and make us sanguine of our trip; the sea was even smoother and pleasanter than on the day before. Noth ing occurred during the day worthy of note further than our constantly congratulating each other on the beauty of the weather, which was ready charming, and again an other day spent in pleasure and in expecta tion of a continued pleasant journey to be repeated the next day, October 1, when one of the most delightful mornings that could be spent at sea broke upon us, dis covering to us Cape Hatteras light abeam; the sea still smooth, the sun shining bright ly, and the weather calm and clearing off. No change during the course of this day, and none during the night, until the morn ing of the 2d, which commenced with a fresh breeze from east to southeast, with a heavy swell, increasing about evening to a gale, with heavy swells. Things now began to look threatening, and a change was easily perceptible in the countenances of the pas sengers, especially the women, many of whom looked anxious, and commenced questioning the Captain and officers, who did all in their power to allay their fears. The breeze still freshened; the clouds looted gloomy. Sails were taken in, and all those preparations made which easily told to the now frightened passengers that tlieir experienced Captain was preparing for a serious emergency, for at this moment the most inexperienced eye might easily have foreseen in the lowering clouds which hung all round the heavens, and the wild spray which began to dash in deluging torrents over the ship, the storm that was coming, and which was so fearfully to affect the temporal and the eternal existence of every soul on board. About midnight it began to blow a hurricane, with a very ugly cross sea ; ship lying in the trough of the sea. The night was dark, fearfully dark— nothing but theniost solid and gloomy dark ness all round ; no view to cheer, nothing to remind the terrified passengers of the deep , sea over which they rode but the foam of the spray which came in showers on our decks. At this time the hurricane was so furious and the steamship thrown so completely at its mercy, that for the general safety, the captain was obliged to send the women all below and look them in the cabin. We were now about 240 miles northeast of Matanilla reef and 180 miles from the land, and from this time until she went down she never changed her position. At three A. M. October 3d, we commenced bailing the ship from engine room and af ter cabin, at which the women helped with all their might and with all the :t; ngth of frenzy and despair. About four A. M. • hc’ntc rt oanl rrlder. rtiahr gar on' of ' shieve, and the wheemouaes we.ro washed overboard. At five A. M, tl engine was thoroughly disabled, in spite W the ;;er liunian efforts of the chief niginoer ...>J ins ! assistants. The increase of water in the j ship’s hold soon drove the men from their duty by the cargo’s shitting aft. The hur ricane was all this time blowing with a fury which was fearful, terrific and appall ing in the extreme. So much so, that it might be reasonably expected that the wild force of the storm would exhaust it self’, out no spell fortune was in store for the ill-fated ship cr its doomed living freight. It continued with the same vio lence, and at last the dreaded and fearful hour arrived, when, about five A. M., the Captain went into the cabin and notified the passengers that, he had done all in his power, and that the ship would certainly go down. Some of the seamen were at this moment assisting in getting the boats free from the fastenings to the ship, the Cap tain was exhorting the passengers to act .coolly, the storm continued to howl in the most fearful and depressing manner, and now came ffi.e most thrilling moment of our trying tinm, fho women shriek ing frightfully—rushed on ti>* deck in the most frantic manner, tearing their hair and ift many ways acting more like lunatics than peiifgs Avowed with reason. Reason at this moment had certainly abdicated its throne, and'nothing but the wildest stage of madness had the poor beings) tqifl e to. The men were equally as violent, and 1 for such a scene it may have been worse. The women commenced divesting them selves of their clothing, and madly and wildly plunged into the foaming surf, never to rise to its surface more. The captain and crew tried their L.st tP prevent this, but to no avail; despair eoriitoded their actions, and, rather than face a itegclipg death, many of them voluntarily sought that grave which opened with such fearful jaws to receive their mortal all. 3k hile these fearful scenes were being enacted, which was about six A, Si., the ship took a heavy lurch, settling fast, A he&yy seg boarded her, and with one fearful, con tinued lurch, down she went, and ah was over with the Evening Star. One of the l;;st persons to leave the wreck was a young lady belonging to the Italian opera troupe which yvas on board ; she behaved very heroically, waiting until tl>e last and only hope was gone, and then jumped when ev«ry hope had failed her. From what L saw and nays sieve learned, all the boats were capsized wh«u th* ship went down. After being in the water it-ffiniig the drift j wood. &c., for nearly three hours, ma of the ship’s lifeboats coming near me I got lon board, but was capsized out several ! times. During this afternoon the sea ran : very high, and until forenoon was sur rounded with immense quantities of drift wood, the wind still blowing a hurieaue. | At night the wind moderated very much. In this fearful sea I spent some of' the most wretched hours of my existence, until for i tunately rescued from what appeared to me a certain watery grave; and then, when safe again could I recall to mind the hor rors of that dreadful night on board the unfortunate Evening Star. The following account of the . sufferings of those who were saved, by 3lr. W. H. Harris, is of touching interest: At daylight the Captain told the women that nothing more could bp done, and that if any of them wanted to get into the boats they could do so. He then went away, and I did not see him again. 3lr. Allan, the purser, then came with the ladies out of the cabin. All those who could get life-preservers had them, and they were very liar He placed them in a boat, but she no sooner touched the water than she capsized, and all were grashed away. The ship all this time was filling fast: I stood by some hatches, intending to hold on to them along with several women, when we shipped a Leary sea forward of the wheel house on the starboard side and went down. In an instant the sea sgrept me clear of the deck, and carried me down dome twenty- ; five feet I thought. W hen I came to the surface I found myself in the midst of the wreck oi' tlis vessel, surrounded by float ing spars and drift wood. 3len and wo men were floating all about, clinging to they 7 could lay held of. All shouts for aid were drowned by. the fu.y of the hurricane. I secured a piece of the wreck with which to support myself, but I had to abandon this owing to the danger I was in of being struek by pieces gs the fivintr wreck, wlncn were bcinu hurled in all directions by the wind and the waves. I then got hold of a piece of the fragments of the saloon, upon which I puLed myself, but was thrown off ag*m by the violence of the waves, in each new effiirt to regain mv position, lacerating my hanue and limbs on the nails and splmu*- in the pieces of wreck. In this way I clung to life A* two or three hours. 33’hile drifting about in this way I could see the whole oi the week as l. lay before me. I saw the hurneane deck, two hundred feet long, crowded with human beings, herded together, . Some or these were standing, an l some sitting, all help less and despairing. I now drifted near a life boat, keel up, for wnich I abandoned mv piece of wreck and swam. Others were clinging to it, whom I assisted to right it. When I succeeded in getting in with the others Irecogmsed the Purser, Mr. Alien. Tt ere were now ten of us, but after this we were frequently upset, each time losing one or more of our number, again adding to them, by picking up others. Helpless to manage the boat, which was filled with water and drifting at the mercy of the'sea, we passed and repassed the wreck during the day. Towards evening we lost sight of it. had been sitting in the water all day loDg, and when night came on we be ean to Joel the want oi’ food and water, but we had neither. Just after dark I , picked up a turnip, of which we each took bite, and this was all we ate during the day. We were now so dry that some drank seawater, which made them very flighty, while others drank their own urine, which answered better. The morning of the fourth was very fine, so we determined to get the water out of our boat At daylight we came up to one of the,wrecked, who was floating on a piece of the cabin, and had an oar with which to guide his craft. W e got alongside and put some of the men on it, after which we upset our boat, thus getting the water out of it. We then got in again, and felt comparatively comforta ble, hut still suffering tor the want of food and water. We then rigged two masts out of pieces of the wreck, and made sails out of the covering of the life-preservers. We then headed east-north-east. At eight o clock we fell in with the third mate, with nine men in another life-boat, who gave each one of us a handful of crackers ; but, unfortunately, our throats were so parched with the long thirst, and by drinking sea water, we were unable to swallow this food. The two boats then parted com pany, we taking a more northerly direction than the other. At 5 o’clock on the sth, we fell in with the Norwegian hark Meet wing, from Balize, Honduras, for Liver pool, who took us on board. Here we re mained thirty-three hours. On the 6th spoke schooner-,/. Waring, Captain Frank Smith, from New York to Apalachicola, liorida. This vessel having suffered in the gale and got crippled, she put into Sa vannah for repairs. While we were on hoard the Waring the Captain’ and crew did all in their power l to relieve our wants, even at their own discomfort. \\ bite we were floating in the life boat, a young wo man, about 1A years of age, caught hold with us and clung on for several hours. She held on while we were capsized three times, but kept growing weaker. At last we were turned over again, and she was lost. We all got very much exhausted, and could scarcely hold on to the boat : Mr. Allen became very weak, and would have been lost but for assistance given him. We were all bruised more or less, and the salt water made our wounds very, painful. Captain Knapp did his duty faithfully and manfully throughout, doing all in his power to saVe his snip, and when he found there was no hope, contributed much to preserving order among the passengers and crew. He floated for some time, but while clinging to one of the life-boats he was struck on the head by a piece of tim ber and killed. [communicated.] Letter Irom Oglethorpe County. Messrs. Editors : —I have delayed writing you for several weeks, although intending to do so, to call your attention to this county (Oglethorpe) as one of the richest in minerals of any other county in the State—Hall, Lumpkin, etc., not excepted. There has already been discovered and tested here, gold, copper, lead, silver in traces, manganese, iron and kaolin. A gold mine, known as the “Wynn Mine,” was worked years ago by the late John Wynn, Esq., and with his primitive stamps and other machinery, was made to pay him very well. Within a short time other mines of gold have been discovered and tested, lying in the same auriferous region of this county ; while, within five miles of the Lexington Depot, Ga. It. It., a copper mine has been discovered, and, from a test of the ore, it is superior to the famous Ducktown Copper Mines, with the advantage of only 5 miles wagon, 100 miles railroad, and then water transportation to any part of the globe. Upon one of the newly discovered gold mines a nugget was found weighing nearly 4 ozs. avoirdupois; and subsequent tests have shown that there only requires de vclupemeut of the right kind to produce a rich return of the precious metal. 11l this _ auriferous region of Oglethorpe county, it is only needed that labor and capital should combine to produce relief to the people of a substantial and reliable kiul, and while there is nothing left upon the top of the earth here to reward man for his labor with remunerating agricultu ral products, yet we see “there is life in the old land yet,” and that under neath the ribbed hills and in the in numerable gulleys, so unseemly to the eye, there are to be found valuable Is and Is for whose a •puisi vc ’ .' i.y and toil by night. Capi- ta .’ ■ : •; will develope this region <• -i l ..site it, wr*. «*: already a'.'i’- ■*’ c, -nllncos of quick cotnmuui and vapid transportation of products frees and ot insistence tn, the inhabitants, one. of the most desirable in the State! \Y a have been overlooking these advan tages—even before the war, believing that cotton made with half starved mules, and raekrent fences, barces, and tackle of all kinds, was the he all and end-all of earth’s hopes ! Now, when cotton is not King— but a very great slave to the meanest of his former subjects while he was “King”— other matters are at tracting attention and it is “to be hoped that the result will he a full development of our talent and pow ers. So mote it be. Our Supreme Court is now in session. I notice, at the Bar, Hon. James Hilyer, Hope Hull, Esq., A. T. Akcrman, Esq., Senator Wm. T. Vanduzer, 30tli Senatorial District, Hon. Linton Stephens, and seve ral other members of the Bar from a dis tance besides our resident lawyers. A good deal of business is before the Court, some seven or eight Freedmen to be tried for felonies. The cotton crop has now upon the stalks twice as much in squares and blooms as it lias had all the season, but General Jack Frost will soon come along and away it go.es. If the clerk of the weather could just keep us dry and frostless a month lon ger, cotton balds and greenbacks would be very much plentier in this heat. Yours respectfully, F. J. R. Lexington, Ga., Oct., 16th, 1866. Curious litigation Among the Louisville Presbjteriniis-Oipjrrel over a Be quest of §160,000. Our former well-known fellow-citizen, Isaac Cromi', who died August 10, 1865, after bequeathing various portions of his large estate to his relatives, devised prop erty and funds, now valued at $160,000, to ' the Louisville Presbyterian Orphan Asylum and‘Sisters of 3lercy ofNcw York —each in equal proportions. Unfortunate ly, in writing his last will and testament, the proper title ot neither institution was giver), as required by law, that in this city being tiic Louisville Presbyterians Orphans’ Home. Upon tjjo groqnd of this failure, evidently through waqt of. caption ip draw ing the instrument, the heirs at law have instituted suit before Chancellor Turtle for the estates. The managers of the Presby terian Orphans’ Home have filed a cross bill in chancery, and although there may be a difference in the name their institu tion bears ami that mentioned by the testa tor, they feel confident that justice and equity will award . them the’ SBO,QGO that the charitable deviser evidently’intended tor the benefit of the orphans of this city. But a new dilficjfey lias arisen, and one that is quite as perplexing g.s the legal. This is of a theological character, growing out of the recent dissensions in the Presby terian Church. The constitution of the Orphans' Home prescribes thatthe mem ; bars of the Society shall consist of the ori ginal stoner? of the constitution, the pas tor, ruling elder’s, /deacons and trustees of the various Presbyterian Churches of Lou isville, connected with the Presbytery of Louisville, the Synod of Kentucky, and the General Assembly of the United States of America, Last night the anniversary meeting of the Louisville Orphans’ Ilome was held. After reading the usual reports, George W. Morris, Esq., moved thatthe portion of the constitution prescribing the qualifi cations for membership be stricken out. This instantly gave rise to _ discussion. Much iatitudo of remark was indulged in, but the representations of both parties manifested the utmost disposition to com promise and work harmoniously for the good of the orphan. A number of propo.- sitions were made, points ot order raised, occasional asperity of remarks manifested, and the session of the body did not con clude until near midnight. A proposition of Mr. Barrett for the election of Managers—five from each par ty—was debated at length, but, pa motion of 3lr. George \V. 3lorris, an adjournment was had. The only question definitely settled was that those members only 7 could vote at any subsequent mcctiug who had signed the constitution of the ocaet j.—Louismlk Democrat. 3d. A Beautiful Team.— Eight beautiful black Loyses, which have been a few times during the pa.-L tyo or three days in the streets of this city, have attracted notice and caused a great deal oi inquiry among the admires of fine horses. The owner, who usually drives six of the animals in pairs, but sometimes ip tandem, manages them very gracefully i and 33 8$ of them are fifteen and a half hands high, are ex actly matched, and travel very rapidly together, they are just now “the sensation ' in their way. The curious may be glad to know that the team belongs to Mr. Bellows, a lawer of Walpole, N. H., who is stopping for a few days with tin Collector here. The horses came from New Hampshire this week, trotting muc-h of the distance, twelye miles an hour. Each of them, driven singly, can travel )at the rate of ™ or ? V? an a m fle in three minutes. —Xeic i ork Express, IHDSTINCT PRINT. LETTER FROM GEN. TILLBON. Hd’qrs Sub-Dipt, of Georgia, ) Ass’ tAdj. Gen.'s OmcK, Augusta, Ga., October 15. 1866.) Gentlemen .—1 have the honor to ac knowledge the receipt of your communica tion of the Bth inst., forwarding copies of resolutions adopted in public meeting by the citizens of Henry county. In reply, I beg leave to make the follow ing statement: On the 18th of May last, reports reached these headquarters of out rages upon freed people and threats on the part of the citizens to shoot Mr. Phillips, agent of the Bureau, if he dared to arrest any person for whipping a “damned ne gro. ’ ’ May 25. —Similar reports were received. July 20. —Information reached these headquarters of the existence of a gang of jayhawkers in Henry county, who were whipping, robbing and killing freed’people, and driving them from plantations where they were employed. July 31. —I addressed a letter to the Judges of the Inferior Court and the Sheriff of Henry county, calling upon the civil authorities to enforce the laws and protect the freed people. This letter was sent through Mr. Phil lips, who reported its delivery, and the reply of the Judges and Sheriff that they “could not do anything.” He further re ported that the outrages upon the freed people still continued. August 22. —OneG. D. Gardiner whip ped a freedgirl most unmercifully, the blood was oozing from her back and arms when she presented herself before the agent. Gardiner was arrested by the sol diers on duty with the agent, and after wards released on a writ of habeas corpus issued by the Hon. S. 0. McDaniel, Judge of the County Court. The agent was in structed to re-arrest Mr. Gardiner and hold him under General Orders No. 44 (o. s.) from Headquarters of the Army— unless the civil authorities instituted pro ceedings against him. The Judge of the county was informed of the instructions to the agent. About that time the gang of outlaws, before referred to, murdered a freedwoman. The agent reported that he asked the Judge if the guilty parties would be tried by him if they were arrested by the agent? The Judge replied that he would not — that the arrest would be illegal. In addi tion to these reports, others were received from Captain Walbridge, A. S. A., Com missioner at Atlanta, andCaptainEhlersat Griffin—that freedpeople who had beeu subjected to cruelties in Henry county, had appeared before them to make complaint —bearing upon their bruised and bloody persons the proof of their statements. Capt. Walbridge states that frequent complaints reached him from Henry coun ty, that the inhabitant! attacked the schol ars and teachers of freedmen schools— stoned them on their way home and threat ened “to kill every nigger or white man who upheld the establishment and continuation of the nigger school. He further states that he notified the civil au thorities and called upon them to remedy the evil, but they took no notice of it, and claimed they could not. In one instance a freedwomen was fearfully beaten —her per son outraged and afterwards subjected to cruelties so atrocious and revolting that a description would be unfit for publication. On one occasion, after Mr. Phillips had arrested a man in pursuance of orders from these Headquarters—a mob of armed citi zens of the county, numbering from one hundred to two hundred, compelled Mr. Phillips to release the prisoner. On an other occasion a Uuited States soldier in the performance of his duty, was fired upon, and on many other occasions the rightful authority of the Government of the United States has been insulted, defied and treated with contempt by the citizens and civil au thorities of Henry county. Mr. Phillips reported tojine personally, that he called upon the Sheriff of Henry county, and asked him to arrest certain parties charged with committing' outrages on freed people ; the Sheriff replied, that “it would be unpopular to punish white men for anything dene to a negro—it might be unsafe—that he was not going to obey the orders of any damned Yankee —and that the rebellion was not over yet in Henry county.” Facts which have come to my knowledge through other sources, leave but little room to doubt the truth of this report. But whether or not the civil authorities have at any time used the language re ported, is of little consequence ; it can be established by positive proof that they have not diligently exercised their author ity to preserve order and maintain peace, and that they have shown no little activity in releasing prisoners arrested by the Bureau agent. Notwithstanding that the agent is acting by virtue of a resolution of the Constitutional Convention of this State and in compliance with the laws of the United States—the civil authorities have constantly and openly asserted that his acts were illegal and void, thereby giving aid and countenance to bad men, I and weakening the only power which sought to protect the ft -ed people,. During the time Mr. Irhuips has hold the office of Agent of th Bureau, he has been repos tedly threatene*‘ with death by the citizens of the county if he dared to exe cute his orders, and has received many anonymous communications to the same effect. On the. 19th of August his office was a second time fired into by a band of armed men, and he compelled to leave the county. The more important of the fore going statements do not, by any means, rest solely upon the report made by Mr. Phillips. The truth can be established from affidavits and official documents on file at these Headquarters, by the testi mony of officers of the army and citizens of the State—beyond shadows of doubt, and in a manner to convince any impartial tri bunal. All peaceful efforts having been exhausted and failed ; the civil authorities having shown themselves unable or un willing to protect the freed people, in their rights of person and property, or- to bring to trial and punishment, persons guilty of inflicting monstrous cruelties upon them ; there was no alternative but to use military force in compliance with General Orders No. 44, above referred to. 1 shall hold the prisoners and maintain a garrison in Henry county until the con duct of the people, and the action of the civil authorities warrant the belief that the laws will be enforced and all classes of citi zens protected. Longer to trust mere pro fession, in the presence of facts in my pos session, would be to indulge in criminal credulity, As the publication of the resolutions sent me tend to give the impression that the military authorities have acted in an op pressive and tyranical manner, without due invest 1 gution or knowledge of facts, I shall publish the foregoing statement. I have altogether mistaken the charac ter and intentions of the people of this State, if, after reading this statement, they shall decide that my action has been hasty, ill-considered or too severe. I am gratified to add that this is the first instance in this State when the efforts to restore the supremacy pf civil law, in a manner to protect the rights of all citizens, irrespective of color or condition, has proved so nearly a failure. I am, very respect’y, your ohdt. servt, Davis Tillson. Elilali Poster, Esq., Chairman; A. M. 51. Campbell, Esq., Secy— McDonough, Henry county, Ga. Stone Mountain jjemale college.— On the 13th instant a meeting of the -trustees of Stone Mountain Female Col lege was held, consisting of the following gentlemen, to-wit: J. T. Meador, Turner Goldsmith. H. p. WoQtten, W. S. Heren don, E. 11. Dean, B. F. Veal, Lewis Tura lin, W. W. Veal, J. L. Hamilton, 8. B. Wight. J B, Stewart and Thomas John son. The Rev. James McDonald was elected chairman of the Board of Trustees. On motion, the names of Wm. A.. Moore, A. K. Seago and Col. Jared I. Whitaker, of Atlanta, were added to the Board of Trustees. On mqtiqn of Dr. Hamilton, the former committee bn business wefc discharged. The election of a President and Secretary being next in order, the following resolu tion was offered and unanimously adopted : Resolved, That the Rev. H. C. Hornady be and lie is hereby elected President of this Institution, and that Mr. T. W. Chan dler be elected Correspqnding Secretary. On motion, Messrs. J. B. Stewart, J. L. Hamilton, E. R. Dean, B. F. Veal and Turner Goldsmith were appointed by the Chair as a committee to confer with the Rev. H. C. Hornady and tender him the Pr esidency. On motion, Messrs. H. P- Wootten, J. I. Whitaker, W, A- Moore. Jhamas John son, B. F. Veal, W. a. Herndon and J. L. Stewart were appointed by the Chair a Committee to whom all matters of busi ness should be referred. On motion, The Atlanta and all other papers throughout the State were request ed give this publicity. James McDonald, Chairman. F. W. Quarles, Secretary. . Stone Mountain. Ga., Oct., 13, 1866. The Effect of Railroads.—Mr. De- D.ow. the eminent statiejan, in an article in a Nashville paper on the effects of rail roads upon cities, says dial between 1830 and 1840, the gain in valuation of proper- i tv at Charleston was $5,160,829, which j CpL Gadsden said was clearly traceable to : the Hamburo railroad, which had not expended half that sum. The gain was ! more extraordinary in Boston, which was I $74,000,000 in the years 184i -40, upon as ospepdfture of $30.000,000 in railroads. In the fcanjo period Aew York showed an actual decline’ which reused the energies of her capitalists and enabled them in the end to turn the scales. In 1840 the dis trict around Boston had a population of 172.000 and in 1850, 293,000, —an increase of 70 per cent against 35 per cent in the previous ten years. In the same period the valuation of property rose from $l2O,- ! 000,000 to $266,000,000, upon an expen- j diture of $52,000,000 for railroads. Mr. Horace Greeley on the Black Race. A few years back Mr. Greeley gaVe his views on the negro race, which we repro duce for their admirers to-day. He said : We.believe the Caucasian race natural ly dislikes and recoils from intimacy and association witli the African, and that is Ibe real reason of negro exclusion votes. It the blacks of this country were morally, intellectually, and politically the equals of ,®. w mtes, we think this repugnance would still be manifested—that intermarriages between them would be rare, and general ly impelled by depraved appetite, rather than ennobling aflectiou. This is our be lief, and we act upon it. ****** question to be determined is this: Has the Caucasian or white race an essential repugnance to association on terms of equality and intimacy with the Ethiopian or black race?” 'Protracted observation and an earnest desire to know the truth have led us to the conviction that such a repugnance does exist, quite apart from and independent of any que: tion of slavery or anti-slavery, African equality or inferiority to Europeans in intellectual or moral elevation. There are exceptions, but they only serve to establish the general rule. We believe that, if there never had been a slave in America, this repugnance would nevertheless have existed. We find it quite as strong among the immigrants of last year, who n ;ver saw a slave, and never till recently a black person, as among our citizens who remember when New York was a slave State. We believe the time never will come when blacks will be gener ally invited to the balls, soirees and enter tainments or' their white neighbors of like fortune and general culture —that the in termarriage of the whites with blacks will always be repulsive to the feelings and tastes of a preponderantly white commu nity; and that the association of blacks with whites on juries, in military or fire companies, as judges on the bench, or counsel at the bar, though it may in some eases be effeettd, will never become general nor permanent, because it goes against the grain. All this affords no reason for denying to fellow-citizens, no matter of what color, those political franchises and civil'iramuni ties which are the natural rights of all cit izens. Our own State's refusal of the right of suffrage to poor colored men is a palpable violation of the fundamental basis of our Declaration of Independence. But while it is clear that citizens should be equal before the law, it does not follow that it is best that Blacks and Whites, Malays and Choctaws, Moors and Chinese, should be mixed up in the same community. We think it is not best, but conducing to many social and moral evils; the majority of our people still more decidedly think so. Thtyv sometimes evince a willingness to pursue the ends by means, to our minds, unjusti fiable and revolting. Hence (as we under stand them) such votes as those just thrown in Indiana—votes harsh in their effects, yet impelled by an instinct which cannot be successfully resisted. The great mass of the free white people of this country, how ever they may a indemn and detest slavery, and even though they may ardently desire to see the African race enlightened, enno bled and elevated, do not wish blacks for their neighbors and associates, but would have the Caucasian and African races sep arated into distinct and independent com munities asGod placed them at some period ■anterior to the date of Profane History. And if this be an instinct, as we believe, it were idle to hope that it can be permanent ly defeated by any dexterous manceuvering or stern resolutions of numerically feeble minorities. That repugnance of the whites to the blacks, says the Cincinnati Enquirer, is as strong to-day as ever. It is an instinct springing out of natural laws, and can not be overcome by human enactments. Yet we have among us those who teach, and want the country to adopt, the doctrine that color is simply an unnatural prejudice, which can be overcome by the enactment of laws to place the blacks on the same social and political equality with the whites. Beauties of the World to Come. Beautiful Zion built abovo; Beautiful city that I love; Beautiful gates of pearly white ; Beautiful temple, God its light; Beautiful trees forever there— Beautiful fruits they always bear ; Beautiful rivers gliding by; Beautiful fountains never dry ; Beautiful heaven where all is light; Beautiful angels clothed in white; Beautiful cr.owns on every brow ; Beautiful palms the conquerors show ; Beautiful robes the ransomed wear; Beautiful all who enter there! Russo-Amerlcun Alliance. THE EASTERN QUESTION. New York, October 12.—The follow ing extract from the Vienna Press will ex plain what is thought there of the Anier teas Russian alliance. The Press says a correspondent writes; that the cabinet of the Tu Merit? IS ffifirp- all in'its power to prevent the America n republic from ob tainim. a foot-hold in the Mediterranean by the purchase of an island in the Grecian Archipelago. It is necessary for France to prevent the United States, who so strik ingly hindered Napoleon from meddling in the trans-Atlantic affairs, from them selves meddling in the oriental question. In this matter English interests agree witli those of France. It is for this reason, it is said, that England offered to lend financial aid to the Sultan on condition of his resist ing the brilliant offer made by the Cabinet at Washington for the cession of a part of the Island of Miles. But Russian inter ests are diametrically opposed to those of the Western powers. It is necessary and sound policy on her part to form of the United States an interested ally in the question which is about to come in the East. It is well-known at St. Pesters burgthat the American republic has no intention of taking any share of the spoils in the event of Turkey being divided. Her intentions are to prevent France from acquiring any benefit, now or in fu ture, from the catastrophe that might fol low the breaking up of the Turkish Gov ernment and country, and, as far as Eng land is concerned, to act in such a manner that her power in the Indies will be bro ken. _ These are also the two objects which Russia has in view. Singular Death and Resurrection. —The following remarkable case is from the Albany Knickerbocker of Wednesday : Night before last a child of Wm. Wells, residing in the town of Bethlehem, a short distance from the city, died rather sudden ly, as the family supposed, from an attack of diarrhoea. To all appearances the child was dead, and it was accordingly prepared for the grave, and actually laid in the coffin. The coffin containing the body was placed in the front room, after having been thus arranged, the family retired. The funeral was to take place yesterday. Dur ing the night, however, Mr. Wells heard a noise in the front room; and supposed it was the cat or dog that had got in there. He went in to drive it out. Imagine his surprise to find the body of the child turned in the coffin. He raised it up, and the. little thing opened its eyes, looked up and commenced crying. Life, animated life, was there. The father’s heart leaped with joy. The mother again clasped her child to her bosom. The physician was sent for, and the whole neighborhood were soon aroused. Nourishments were administered and the child yesterday was doing well. What the President will do.—We have the assurance from parties at Wash ington, who profess to know, that Presi dent Johnson will firmly adhere to his pol icy, as against that of the Radicals. On the other hand, we have the declaration of the New Yogk Herald —which we give for what it is worth —that A witness who ought to know, declares that in the event of a Radical triumph throughout the North, the President wdl say to the Southern States and to the world—“ I have submitted my plan to the people, and so far as the people have had an opportunity to act upon it, their verdict has teen in favor of the proposed constitu tional amendment. Under the circum stances, the best advice I can give is that you (the Southern States) adopt the amendment, in order that you may be re stored to the Union, so that all the people (that is, all the States represented in Con gress) may consult upon the future of our great country,” The Laclede Races. St. Louis. October 12. —Today has been an exciting one on the Laclede Qourse. The first race, mile heats, freo for all feather weights, premium SSOO, was won by Count Bismarck. Time, 1:45 and 1:45}. His competitors were Bushwhacker, John Scott, Prairie Boy and Blue Flag. The second race, two mile heats, free for alb premium SI,OOO, was won by Mug gins. Time, 3:41 and 3:42}: The com petitors were,'Stonewall Jackson, Derby, Ring Master and Cupper. The third race, three mile Jieat3, free for all, premium $2,000, was won by Harry of the West. Time. 5:35} and 5:56, This was the most exciting race of the week. The time of the first heat i3 said to be re markable. Troubles with the Coolies.—Fre quent revolts are reported among the Coo lies in Cuba. On the 25th uit., they killed the foreman of a factory. Their resent ments are so violent that they do not hesi tate to avenge an affront with murder, and if the object of their revenge escapes, they often commit suicide from sheer despera tion. Numerous instances are recorded where several, who had been punished by the Mayor Dome, or overseer, have hanged themselves in a groupe! To-Morrow. BY 11. W. LONGFELIIOW. ’Tis late at night, and in the realm of sleep My little fatribs are folded like the docks; From room to room I hear the wakeful clocks Challenge the passing hour, like guards that keep Their solitary watch on tower and steep; Far otTl hear the crowing of the cocks, And through the opening door that time unlocks Feel the fresh breathing of To-morrow creep, To-morrow! the mysterious, unknown guest, Who cries aloud : “Remember, Barme cide, And tremble to be happy w ith the rest!” And I make answer: “I am satisfied; I dare not ask ; I know not what is best: God hath already said what shall betide.” Wreck or the Evening Star. SERMON BY REV. Pit. SMYTH, AT THE PRES- BYTERIAN CHURCH. The Rev. Charles B. Smyth, D.D.A.R, of the Presbyterian Church, corner ol Thompson and Houston streets, New- A ork, delivered an address last Sunday oil the “Lessons for the clergy, from the news papers’ account of the wreck of the Even ing Star.” He took his text from Psalms evii, 23 —“Who go down to the sea in slips and do business in the great waters, .Ac; The disaster of the Evening Star, lie said, afforded ample opportunity to the clergy to do good by wholesome advice. They could portray the scenes that occured at the time the vessel went down, arid im press upon the minds of their hearers the great lessons to be learned from the loss ot so many abandoned persons. They might do great good, first, in denouncing those men who sent to sea vessels unable to stand rough voyages and which have not suffi cient means for the saving of life, such as life boats and life-preservers. It had been too long the custom of the leading men of steamships to send forth “vessels of ginger bread” which could not with, tand the gales of the. sea. The day would come when they would find that their doings were re membered by an Almighty power. There was a Gcd who would visit them with His vengeance, and His judgments they would have to dreaff. For the loss of the hun dreds of helpless women and children through their neglect they would be “damned to depths deeper than the depths of the oqean in which perished the victims of the Keening Star disaster.” Again, it seemed that it was the duty of the clergy to call the attention of their flocks to the fact that God appeared to have at all times a certain and great means of punishing sin ners who delayed repentance. In meeting out justice to sinners, Providence, in this disaster, had been consistent. When So dom and Gomorah were consumed, had there been found a proportion of righteous men in those cities, God would have spared them, but the proportion was not found, and the cities were destroyed. And who could say that God’s mercy would not have been exhibited in like manner to the ill fated Evening Star, had there been a suffi cient number of righteous souls on board to avert this anger from flic wicked. It was sad to think of the 87 abandoned wo men, the circus company, and opera troupe, all persons of a class more or less noted for their disregard of religion and their sinful ness, being engulphed in a moment and sent before the judgment seat with all their sins upon their heads. There were a lew persons saved, and they, with one or two exceptions, were not of the abandoned circus or opera class. All these facts afforded the clergy opportunities to call their congregations to reflect upon the jus tice of God and the wonderful ways in which He pursues His course of reward and punishment—the one to the righteous,, the -other to the evil-doers. Life, they might show, was itself only a voyage, and that but one vessel could carry us to the port of our destination—heaven —and that vessel was Christ. ~ Crumb’s from Hill’s Haversack. We find the following army pleasantries in the last number of Gen. D. 11. Hills ex cellent magizene—the Land ice Love : Two dazzling dressed young officers wearing the “true blue” came one day for me to play for them, which 1 did with as good a grace as might be. After I had finished, one of them with a very gallant bow and smile said ‘I aui surprised and sorry that so good and pleasant a lady should espouse so bad a cause.’ ‘Ah, I replied, ‘Shakespeare says ‘there’s nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. ’ Looking rather perplexed ho says at last ‘Shakespeare—ah ! yes !he is one of our Virginia generals'! ! The bard would have riseji from his grave at such an accu sation (that is if he had heard it) spite of his malediction on whoever should move his sacred bones. One day, a lank visaged specimen of the genus homo, carnc in wearing an old cloth coat much toe short in the waist and sleeves uith th . tut ■ labels from off sar dines boxes!! o:i h.s shoulder to designate his position ;n P e Cijue militia, i laud ing rile a large envelope tearinga very red tape appearance, lit said in a voice of Linked sweetne-s long drawn out. Miss, there i my c nomistut,. I coins to git you to read it fur me. Them Dutch letters is rutlier too much fur me, I haint got no book larnin no how, though I have got to be one uv Uncle Sam’s ossifers.’ I read his commission; at its close he said reflectively, ‘Dad used to say Elic, you aint never goin to be no account. I wonder what he thinks now that I’ve got a shore enough letter from the Governor. Some of the boys said he’d.spelt my name wrong. Elic’s my name —Elic Sander. Sander's my middle name. I said ‘well it’s all right—Alex is only an abreviation of your name.’ ‘What in thunder is abbrevia tion ?’ I explained. ’Yaas,’ said he, ‘but I don’t like it be ginning with A. I hate that letter worse’ll the whole row. I had to be mighty nigh beat to death ’fire I larnt it.’ This same hero after awhile went to a store to get shoulder straps. The clerk covered the counter with the glittering composition of ‘Bullion’ and veliet. ‘Elic’was amazed and delighted ; he priced a great many—find ing the Col's straps with the eagle on them, to be but one dollar higher’than some others, lie bawled out ‘darn a dollar, who cares for a dollar ! dim me them with a hen on cm ! ’ Proud bird of the free ! what a fall was there ! A distinguished clergyman came to preach to brigade, when the enemy was “all quiet along the Potomac” after a sound drubbing. Someone had made him a present of real cheese and crackers, the spoils of some U. S. sutler’s wagon, which he was quietly enjoying by the road side, while the troops were marching past. It was not long before the rebel sharp shooters opened fire upon him. “Isay, Jim, it’s, the rale artic-cle. ” “I wonder if the Par son’s in the blockade-running business.” “Mister, I’ll whistle Yankee-doodle for you, if you’ll gin me a smell of that thar Yankee cheese.” “Ibaint had nothing to eat in three days, please sir let me have a slice of that crumb on your whiskers. ” Absorbed in his pleasant duty and perhaps in bis meditations, (be reverend gentleman bad not heard at first the pattering shot around him But when he became con scious that he was the target for all this desultory fire, he began to heat a retreat. Just then a long legged, and gaunt speci men of rebeldom stepped up to him, took off his old slouch hat, made him the most horribly awkward bow acd said, “not any forme, thank you kindly, parson, you are powerful good, but that thar cheese would be too excitin’ to my feelins. ” Two gallant cavalry generals, a friend tells us, were in the habit of joking each other about the poverty of their respective States. General G—of North Carolina was accustomed to taunt General Y—of Georgia with the whortle-berry proclivities of his people. The orher \vould retort by alleging that the “ tar-heels” lived on persimmons. These jokes alienated the heroic brothers in arms, but their mutual good feeling came near being broken off on one occasion. As General G—was put ting his brigade into caufp, he observed a squad of men drawn up under a persim mon tree near the spot, which he had chosen for his own tent. “Who are you and what are you doing ?" asked General G—. The sergeant saluted him with bis sabre and said in the most respectful man ner, “I have been ordered by General Y— to guard this persimmon tree until General G—should come up, and then turn it over to him for the use of his brigade !” The sergeant made good his escape: but twas a long time before the practical joke was forgiven by General G—. t A Pensacola Vessel Lost.—The United States steamer Newhern, from New York, via Key West, reports having pick ed up on the Bth instant, off the coast of Georgia, the Captain, Second Mate and three seamen of the British bark Ambrosia for Queenstown. She was’in a severe bur ricane and went to pieces on the 6th inst. The Captain and crew were forwarded to New York. The Ambrosia was cleared from Pensacola by J udah and Leßaron, op she 19th of September, with a cargo of lumber and deals. Why Gen. Wofford Resigned.—The Cartersville Express says that Gen. Wof ford resigned his place in the Congressional delegation for the following roasonji: At the solicitation of his numerous friends, he reluctantly consented to serve them, because he hoped to do them good in our national council, but as he had not had that privilege, not being recognized by the authorities at Washington, and fearing j that his position will have the contrary ef fect, he having been a Confederate Gen eral, has resign*! his position to give place > to one, who perhaps, will be loss obnoxious to said authorities at the national capitol, thereby increasing our chances for an early recognition. The General will continue his exertions in behalf of the poor and destitute of the land, as well as for the gen- : eral good of his late constituency, in hi* I more private life. A Carious Diplomatic Dispatch. The following is an extract from a letter undressed to Maximilian, the original of which is in possession of the State Depart ment at Washington. The wtiter of this letter, M. F. Eloin, is a Belgian who pos sesses tlife confidence of Maximilian and his vile, and is one of his most influential anti trusted advisers. He holds the office of Counsellor of State to Maximillian, and is now on a mission to Europe: Silt; Hie article of the French Moni tcur denying that two French Generals, Osmond and \ riand, have permission to assume the Departments of War and Fi nance proves that from this time the mask is shamelessly, aside. The mission of Gen. Castemau, aid-de-eanip and con fidential servant of the Emperor, although secret, can hu\e no other aim, in my judg ment, than to provoke a solution as soon as possible. With a view to explain its conduct, of which history must be thejudge, the French Government wishes that an ab dication should precede the return of the army, and that thus it maybe able to pro ceed alone to recognize anew state of af fairs capable of securing Its own interests and those of its subjects. f have a firm conviction thatyeur Majesty will not give this satisfaction to a policy which must sooner or later answer for the odious character of its acts, and for the fatal consequence which must follow them. The speech of Seward, the toast to Romero, (by Gen. Grant,) the attitude of the Pres ident —results ot the cowardice of the French Cabinet—are grave facts destined to increase the difficulties and to discourage the bravest. Nevertheless, I have a firm belief that tbe abandonment of the cause before the return of the French army would be interpreted as an act of weakness ; and as the Emperor holds his authority by a popular vote, it is to the Mexican people, freed from the. pressure of a foreign inter vention, shat he should make anew appeal. It is from it that he must demand the material and financial support indispensa ble to the existence and increased great ness of the Empire. If this appeal should not be heard, then your Majesty, having accomplished your noble mission to the very end, will return to Europe with all the prestige which accompained you on your departure, and in the midst of im portant circumstances which cannot fail to arise, you will be able to play the role which by ail considerations belongs to you. Important Legal Decision.—A de cision has beeu given in the Probate Court of Sumter county, Alabama, embracing the following points: 1. The ordinance of the State Conven tion, and the different acts of" the Legisla ture, for the protection of administrators, executors and guardians, are valid; and investments made by them in good faith, in the late Confederate securities, under color of law, will row be upheld ; the loss falling upon the estate, and not upon such executors, administrators or guardians. 2. Contracts made during the war, which recognized the lawfulness of Confederate bonds and Treasury notes, and which were then valid, will not he pronounced void. 3. Collections of debts due an estate, by the personal representative', in Confederate Treasury notes, will be uphold if made in good faith, even though the debt was due before the war, and the notes became worthless in the hands of the administra tor. 4. AY here rights had already vested be fore the surrender, or acts have been per formed under the laws then in force, the public policy which existed at the time such rights accrued, and not present public policy, will control the question of their legality; and loyalty to the National Gov ernment does not require interference with such past transactions, if honestly made, and in accordance with the laws of the State at the time. 5. The administrator in this case, hav ing in good faith sold a large amount of cotton, by the advice and order of the Pro bate Court, in 1803, for a fair price, and having taken a note ror the purchase money from the purchaser, which was de livered to the guardian of the heirs, and afterwards collected by the guardian in Confederate money, he is not liable to ac count again for said cotton ; although the sale was made with reference to the mar ket price in Confederate money. Life too Short for Strife.— Charles Dickens relates tbe following of Douglas Jerrold : Os his generosity I had a proof within these two or three •year:-, which it saddens me to think of now. There had been es trangement between us —not, on any per sonal subject, and not involving angry words —and a good many months laid pas sed without my ever seeing him in the streets, when it fell out that we dined, each with his own separate pat.. 1 ' in the ijtrtmger’s RoonYof tb A Club. Our hairs were almost back to bark, and 1 took > r. (I am sorry to roummber, ami did not look that way, P•; : had sat long, ho openly wheeled his chair around, stretched out.both hati.U in an engaging manner, and said aloud, with a blight and loving face, that I t can see as I write to you : “Let us be friends again. A life is not long enough for this.” Jerrold was not a Christian, hut his con duct in this case was worthy of a Christian character. On a dying bod how insignifi cant will appear many things about which we contend in bitterness and wrath ! Life is too short, its inevitable sorrows so many, its responsibilities so vast and solemn, that there is, indeed, no time to spare in abus ing and maligning one another. Let. not the sun go down on your wrath. Never close your eyes to sleep witli your heart angry towards your brother and fellow suf ferer. See him and be reconciled if you can. If you cannot sec liim write to him. If ho is a true man and a Christian, he will listen. If he is not, you will have done right, and your Mini will be bright with he sunshine of Heaven. A Child Three Years-and-a-Half Old Sentenced to Imprisonment at Hard Labor.—Shortly after midday, on Saturday, two children, named Bryan— one a girl of about eight years, the other a boy aged three years and six months—were arrested by a police constable in Westmore land street for soliciting alms. They were taken to the College street police station, and charged in due course, and were then brought before the magistrate, Mr. C. J. O’Donnell, at the head police court. The charge was proved, and the magistrate made his decision. The decision was that the girl should undergo imprisonment in Grangegorman Penitentiary for fourteen days, and be kept at hard labor, and that the boy, three-and-a-half years old. should he sent to Richmond Bridewell be there detained for fourteen days, and kept to hard labor! The next questions were, what clothes he should be dressed in, and to what hard work put ? Never contemplat ing that such a youthful prisoner would be sent to jail, tb e board of superintendence bad made no provision in their wardrobe for him, nor the in-pector-genenfi defined what hard work was suitable for his age. The result was that the humane governor was obliged to procure some slight articles of clothing for the poor creature, and send him to the hospital ward to be taken care of. Meanwhile, the inspectors-general have been communicated with, and by their in structions the local inspector has forwarded to the Government a report on the case, accompanied by a copy of the magistrate’s committal. —Dublin Paper. A Friend of the Human Race.—There are men now living on the banks of the Merrimac lliyer who are eating the bread of charity, either public or private, who were reduced to pauperism in consequence of having been the clients of Ben Butler. In order to pay his exorbitant charges after a course of foolish litigation, they were literally obliged to sell themselves out of house and home. The Big Boy Blue, who has been blowing his horn so lustily out West, and threatening the President with impeachment, swallowed their entire substance, their haystacks, barnyard fowls, kine, sheep, pigs, horses, harrows, rakes, patent thr i ning machines and other agri cultural implements and equipments, with out t c least remorse. He swallowed ail th *v had, and gaped for more. The daughters of the horseleech were among his ancestry on the female side. We have alluded to the above circum stance to show that a professional philan thropist and lover of the negro race can talk finely about the rights of men, equal suffrage and eternal justice, and yet be an extortioner, a devourer of the substance of widows and orphans, and an impoverisher of all who have the misfortune to be in his power. —Boston Commercial. Who art!Bankers in Great Britain. —A correspondent writes: Those only I are bankers in Great Britian who are au ! thorized by law. From the Bank of , England, the greatest monetary establish ' ment in the world, down through Jot es, ! Loyd & Go., Smith, Payne & Go., Hankey ; tk Go., Barclay, Bcvan & Go., and a score j of other names classic in the financial world, no one can exercise the craft with out the sanction of an act of Parliament. The names first mentioned, Rothschild and others, are those of merchants, who deal in bills of exchange, loans, stocks, bills of lading, cargoes and invoices of the staple products of the world. In English par- lance, the banker, merchant, brewer, manufacturer, warehousemen (equivalent to our wholesale merchant,) jobber and tradesmen, constitute the line of business men, and the _ order in which they are named their business ranks. The brewers take third rank, because the great brewers have for a hundred years been possessed of princely fortunes. So ancient and fixed arc those designations that our ..entirely changed business nomenclature is produc tive of no end of misunderstanding on the part of Englishmen.