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OLD SERIES, VOL. LXXV. Owonidc & Sentinel lIK.MtV MOOtti:, A.. It. WHIGHT. «K >!* (i. ■ J ISS< . PTION. J. It. \V. joHMSTOH , AI GI>TA. ti.V: WEDNESDAY MOitMM., NOVEMBER I. Augusta and Columbia Kali road. tVe Lad the pleasure of a long interview with Col. Johnson, the able and energetic President of the above road, a few days since, and were pleased to find the enter pri c in so very .-ati..factory a condition. f J he grading is very nearly completed over * the whole line, and the most extensive and Shjepensive bridge on the reed is in rapid ®jE)gres(i of construction. The road bed will be ready for the superstructure in a few weeks, and we learn that contracts for the necessary orosi-ti.i ha' e already been made, in which the contractor - io most in stances are fuhii.-l.iug the ties for the stock Ait the Company. By this arrangement very little ready cash will he required for the completion of the road... xcept for the iron, chairs, spikes, &e. %'ui arrangement has already been made for ike necessary chairs and sriike.s % with the Tredegar Iron Works at Richmond, so that really the only pressing wan* for money is for the purchase ol iron, and a small amount which is required for the completion of the Congaree bridge, and the remaining sections of earthwork and ma sonry near Augusta. We are gratified to state that the Com pany is entirely free from debt, having adopted in the outset the plan of paying cash for all work done and material fur -1 ished. This was a wise and judicious policy, the benefits of which are being now realized. With the road bed entirely com pleted without debt, it can go into the market and raise money on its bonds to purchase the iron on more favorable terms than perhaps any similar enterprise in the South. The great difficulties which our Railway Companies have experienced in exchanging their bonds for iron since the war, have arisen mainly from the large bonded and other debts of their corporations contracted before the war, and the liens which these older creditors held over their roads. Cap italists were afraid to invest their money in roads already covered with debts and m >rtgages, and the consequence has been that money lias been very hard to get, and when procured it has usually been at the sacrifice of the capital of the roads. The Augusta & Columbia road is, per haps, the only railroad company in the South entirely out of debt. The desire of tin; President and Directors is to complete the road, in every particular for the re ception of the iron, without incumbering it with any liens or debts of any character. They have a small cash • balance still in their favor, from the sales of cotton pur chased during the war, but this is not quite sufficient to pay for the bridge and for the completion of the grading and masonry near this city. They, therefore, ask from us the subscription of one hun dred thousand dollars to their stock. With this amount the road bed can be completely finished, and everything made ready for tl:e reception of the iron. AVe earnestly hope that Council will give the people of the city an early oppor tunity of expressing their views on this important subject. The members of Council, iii the vote by which they refused the aid of the city to this important work, did not, we are satisfied, express the wishes of their constituents. The Council do not seem to bo aware that the great interests of the city are deeply involved in the early completion of this important road. The property owners and tax payers of Augusta, as well as the great body of our business men, fully realize the condition of our city in relation to this and other railroad projects, north and south of us, and they, or a very largo majority, believe it to he the duty of the city to aid, to the extent of their ability, in securing the success of this road. We do not believe it to be necessary to advance any argument, or to produce sta tistic-, to prove the great importance of this road, or to show that it. will be one of the best paying roads in the South. As the Council have already reported against it. and wo believe our people have already decided in its favor, we desire, in behalf of our citizens, simply to ask of Council the privilege of being heard in an authoritative way on this most important question. Let us have the vote of the city taken at once, and then we shall see whether or not our people endorse the action of Council. Shall we have it? The Radical Plot. The special correspondent of t.lie ('in cinnati Gazelle, (Radical) telegraphs from New York the following startling and not altogether improbable account of a meet ing of leading Radicals in St. Louis, in which the whole Radical programme was fully discussed, and the course to be pur sued by that party definitely marked out and adopted. The late elections, while they have most uni pi tioiiablv shown that the present unscrupulous majority will be retained in power for the next three years, do not show any marked or decided approval ot the violent schemes of the extreme por tions ot' the Radical party. Many thou sands of votes were east in the late elec tions in favor of the Republican candi dates by men who were opposed to the Radical programme of impeachment, con fiscation and universal suftraae. lienee, we don’t believe that the violent measures of such leaders as Stevens, Wilson. Sum ner and Trumbull will l>e likely to secure a sufficient support in the next Congress to induce these revolutionists to press their destructive programme to the extent in dicated in the following dispatch : “A story i s alloat here and at Washing- , ton to the*effect that a prominent Indiana , Republican has made a statement to the effect that he was present at a meeting of Radical loaders at the Lindell Hotel, in >t. 1.0n.> in August la-;, in which the plan of impeachment of Johnson and the j seizure of the government was discussed o\ on to the length of selecting a successor, in ease Mr. Foster should prove weak kneed. “The meeting was secret. Among the leading men present were Gov. Fletcher, of Mi-souri; Gov. Oglesby, of Illinois; Senator Yates ami General John A. Logan “It was announced in the meeting that thirty thousand armed Boys in Blue would Vie iii Washington, on various pretexts, whop Congress met. and they would be ready at all times to protect and aid Con cress. , **la o:\u\Mssing; for icudor, i»cn. Ciraru was laid aside as too Conservative : Sher man was denounced as a Copperhead : Morton was thought to be dangerously ambitious, and Baker not bo,d enough. The leader selected to carry out the scheme, should 1 oster iait them, n\ as Seua tor Yates, of Illinois. “The man who makes this statement, and who was a Colonel in an Indiana r g.- ment. and is now in the regular army, also says that he was requested by Governor id teller to ask Governor Morton if he had any arms to spare to Missouri, and that Morton replied that he had not enough for his own purpose.” The President s Mexican Policy.— A \\ ashington dispaeh says that the main poiut sought to be enforced is the Monroe Doctrine,by removing European interven tion from Mexican affairs and securing to that country a stable, republican form ot government. The responsibility of this undertaking has been fully discussed by the ( at-met, and the decision has boon unanimously arrived at that the time has eouie for the energetic action indicated in the proceedings above foreshadowed. These proceedings have now taken definite form and shape, and have entered so far into prosecution as to be beyond recall. The Constitutional Amendment. The people of the South would do well to examine with fairness and honesty the propositions involved in the proposed amendments, with the view of ascertain ing what benefits the Southern States will derive from their adoption, or what greater evils than those we are now laboring under are likely to follow their rejection. The Southern States are at this time de nied representation in the Federal Con gress, whilst that Congress is daily exer cising all the rights and powers of a legally | constituted legislative assembly, and espe cially the right to levy taxes upon the peo ple of the whole L nion. The Congress of the United States is guilty of a violation of the great fundamental principle of our representative government—the principle that taxation must follow and depend upon representation. It is true that this power is claimed to arise from the changed rela tioas which the Southern States bear to the Federal Government, growing out of the late attempt to set up an independent government The Southern States are held by the Congress as conquered pro vinces, having no constitutional rights, and depending for theirgovernmentand system of laws upon the bare will of the Congres sional majority/ This view of the existing g lation-% . f the Southern States to the Federal Union is not approved or concur* red in either by the President or. as wc believe, by the great mass of the Northern people. Upon this assumption of the Congres sional majority, that the Southern States are out of the Union, they base their de termination to require of us as conditions precedent to our admission into the Union the ratification of the proposed Constitu tional amendments. They fail to perceive the inconsistency of requiring States that are not in the Union, to ratify and adopt a fundamental lav/ for the government of those that are already a part of that Union. They lose sight of the fact that if the Southern States are sufficiently in the Union to participate in shaping the funda mental law, they are a fortiori sufficiently in and a part of the Union to he allowed a voice in the enactment of those measures necessary for carrying out and enforcing the fundamental law. • But aside from this view of the justness and legality of requiring the Southern States to ratify the amendment, we pro ceed to inquire into the expediency of such action. It is too clear to be questioned that the South can, by its action, defeat the adoption of these measures. AYill it be to her interest to do so ? Aside front the great principles involved, and taking merely the present and future interests of our section in view, we unhesitatingly say that we should not give our consent to these Radical changes in the Consti tution of the United States. Upon this branch of the subject the New York World, in a late issue, closes a strong argument against the proposed amendments, in the following words, which we adopt as our own: Looking forward to its permanent in terests, the South has far more to gain by preserving the Constititution in its entire ness than by a minority representation in Congress. A Congressional minority can carry no measure; it can interpose no effectual protection. The South, even with an unreduced representation, would ho powerless to prevent the passage of any law hostile to Southern interests, the only protection remaining to minorities is the Constitution. It is vital to the pre servation of their rights that the Constitu tion shall not become the sport of mere majorities, to be moulded into any shape they please. Let the fatal precedent be set that a majority of the States may dictate amendments and compel then adoption, and the last barrier is broken down against the oppression of minorities. AVe advise the Southern States not to re linquish their only remaining safeguard. A reduced representation cannot prevent the passage of hostile laws; but while the Constitution remains unaltered, such must he confined within narrow limits, or the courts will set them aside. To ex change this solid advantage for a reduced and unavailing representation would be to perpetuate a great folly to enable a few ambitious men to draw salaries as mem bers of Congress. Better no representa tion with the protection of the Constitution than no protection at all. A Congres sional minority is no obstacle to op pressive laws; but, until the courts be -1 come corrupt, the unamended Constitu tion is. If we might take it upon us to advise our Southern fellow citizens, we would counsel them to reject the proposed amendment; to yield quiet obedience to all Constitutional laws ; to main tain order ; to protect and encourage the freedmen by equal laws, and to abstain as carefully from agitating questions of Fed eral politics as if they had no concern in them. Their only hope of redress is in Northern justice. When it becomes evi dent that they are determined to await this with dignified reserve ; that they will neither humiliate themselves nor disturb the peace of the country ; that they will fur nish no food to agitation, but quiently de mean themselves as* law-abiding citizens, and patiently await the result; and that 1 nothing will shake their resolution not to ' be parties to their further humiliation, j the Rrdieals will be embarrassed and non plussed. The odious responsibility of, keeping the Union permanently dissolved will come home, to that party, and make ! it the object of general detestation. It j will be seen that great loyal communities 1 which constantly practice justice and obey the laws, are deprived of rights plainly j i given them by the Constitution. The ! public sentiment of the country will re monstrate against and redress the wrong. The Radical party could not stand years against the dignity, determination, i and respect for public order which we re i commend to the South. We disclaim the | officiousness of intruded advice ; for we have no doubt that under the form of a recommendation, we are expressing what the South will spontaneously do of its own accord. Rut we trust it is not imperti ; nent to express our opinion of the effect such conduct will have on the public sen ! timentoftlie North. It is only because many honest citizens are deluded to be lieve that the Southern ratification of the ; amendment is possible, and may be the speediest method of restoration, that the Radicals have thus far retained their as ; eendanev. "Shoddy” Takes a Ripe.— The ac count given iu the Philadelphia papers of the luxurious style in which the distin guished banker, Jay Cooke, traveled from Philadelphia to Sandusky, seems to eclipse anything coming properly within the bounds of aristocracy, either it. this coun trv or in England. The elegant special car tendered the great buyer and seller of national securities was a superb affair, having all the conveniences of a well ap pointed dwelling—a porch in the rear, where several may sic and take the air free from dust ; an elegantly furnished saloon or parlor, with so As, tables and mirrors ; a sleeping apartment, where sola seats .are quickly transformed into easy couches; a dining-room with extension tables and all the necessary ct ederas ; a pantry well stocked with substantial?; washrooms, etc. A poor negro, in a dying condition, was carried through the streets of Chicago for two hours, the other day, before a place could be found that would take h'm in. When the Asylum was reached the patient had expired. Education-Southern Colleges. The South must foster and patronize its institutions of learning, if we would have the minds of our youths properly developed and instructed It was a great fault of our people before the war, that they too often sent their children to Northern schools, to the neglect and discouragement of similar institutions in our own seetioD. 1 The war, we hope has at least taught us ! that cur true policy is to keep the minds j of our young men free from the influences j which surround them in the Northern and Eastern Colleges. As long as we can find schools here fully capable of imparting a thorough education, and equal to those of tho North in their system of instruction, there can be no excuse for a failure on the part of the ’Southern people to patronize and support them. There is we believe in j ! every Southern State institutions of learn- ! ing that will compare favorably with- the ! best of the Northern Colleges. The State I University at Athens islully and complete- j ly organized with a corps of j and Teachers equal to any in the country. The plan of instruction adopted by the j present faculty is that which has been ap- j proved by the experience of the L*->fcalf century both in This country and the more successful and distinguished Colleges of Europe. The University of A'irginia has been thoroughly reorganized, audoffers great in ducements to parents for the education of their sons. A correspondent of the Rich mond Enquirer speaking of this institution, says: That the University is again established on a permanent looting cannot be denied. With a faculty complete and unsurpassed in ability and attainments by any otneron this continent, it possesses advantages | which cannot be obtained elsewhere. Ihe present session commenced under as ilat i tering auspices as any previous one. '1 here : are now lour hundred and titty ' students I in attendance upon the lectures in the sev l oral departments. The number of students I preparing lor professions this session is proportionably greater than that ot any • former one. Two hundred of the above 1 number are members ol the schools ot law and medicine. I suppose this is the result | of the change produced in our institutions | by the unfortunate termination ol our , country’s quarrels. Many young men in • the South, who but for this revolution would have acquired thorough academic 1 educations and devoted their lives to lite j rary pursuits, are now compelled to resort « to law or medicine as the only means ol | earning a livelihood. The assiduous man | ner in which a large majority of the stu ! dents apply themselves, indicates that they I are fully alive to the importance of einploy -1 ing well these golden opportunities. The • arm less sleeves and artificial limbs.worn by ! a number of students, remind usol the mel j ancboly fact that they have given the host ; services of their lives to the lost cause. ' It is encouraging, however, to know that, although tin* fell monster desolation has ! swept iike a vast simoon over tiie fair Ely siau fields of our land, and converted its plenty into want—its joy into sorrow—its rejoicing into mourning—there is still I manifested on tho part oi our young, men, a determination to take advantage ot every opportunity afforded them for improve ment, and by this means enable the South to reclaim its former reputation for having reared the purest aril most brilliant states men, and the highest order ot enlightened Christian gentlemen. In addition to those Colleges which are endowed by the States, there are quite a | number in the South, and particularly in | this State, which have been founded and i built up by the bounty and enterprise of ! the different religious denominations. In j this State we have Mercer University under | the control of the Baptists ; Emery College j under the Methodists; and Oglethorpe j University under the Presbyterians, with 1 quite a large number of schools and col ! leges for the education and instruction of j females. AVe believe that all these institutions are thoroughly and efficiently organized,with full corps of competent and efficient profes sors and teachers. The youth of the land must be educated. To this proposition all will agree. The only question is as to the place and mode of that education. AVe in j finitely prefer the Southern schools and | their system of instruction. LOUS NAPOLEO.V. An Early Incident la his Career. Lord Lenox tells the following story of his introduction, many years ago, to the French Emperor, which shows that Louis has not forgotten all the friendship shown to him while an exile and outcast from his native land :—“Soui after the Prince arrived in London, ho was followed by a pugnacious Frenchman, who for some pub lic grievance or private pique was anxious to fix a quarrel upon him. A challenge ensued, and the Prince’s foe was looked upon as an expert shot with pistols. A1 though brave as a lion, Napoleon felt that lie ought not to throw away a chance, and named the broad-sword as his weapon. This led to some discussion. Lieut. Col. Iladcliffe, the French challenger’s soeond, held a commission in the Inniskillin Dra goons, a regiment which had recently been commanded by my brother George; and anxious, upon so important an occasion, to consult a friend as to the line he ought to take, lie requested Louis Napoleon to al low him half an hour to consider the mat ter. With this view be called upon my brother, who was then lodging in the same house, and asked for me. He narrated the circumstance, and I at once took upon my self to say that unquestionably the Prince, being the challenged party, had the right to name the weapons. Iladcliffe adopted my suggestion, and the duel was arranged to take place with swords on Wimbledon i Common. The combatants met there at ‘ seven o’clock, on the 3d of March, 1840, ’ but the police interfered, and all parties j concerned were taken to Bow street. The ! principals were released on entering intb their own recognisances of £.500 each and j one security eaeli of the same amount, i Hearing that I had advised the use of the j sword, Louis Napoleon expressed much i gratitude to me, to this slight cause I i was indebted for an acquaintance ot a most I friendly nature, which brought about | many social meetings. And, since this | was written, I have to acknowledge a fur ther result of our acquaintance, in the shape of a presentation copy of the ' llis toire de Jules Cesar.' ” Order by Major General Sickles. —Major General Daniel E. Sickles, com manding the Military Department of the Carolinas, recently issued an order pro hibiting any officer, soldier, or other per son on duty in that department iu any capacity, subject to military discipline, from trading either as principal, actor, or agent, directly or indirectly, in cotton, rice, or other products, or merchandise of any kind, within the limits of the district or post where he is stationed. The order also provides that no person will be per mitted to interfere with the rights of the freed people, in common with all others, to sell and dispose of the products ot then own labor in any way they max* choose. This is not to be construed to revoke any temporary regulation established by com petent authority, prohibiting the sale of products raised on shares until the crop shall have been prepared for market and properly divided, nor to prevent an authorized officer or agent of the Bureau from acting as umpire in the settlement of disputes arising from the ditribution of crops raised on shares. Worth Trying. —A correspondent of i the Philadelphia Ledger writes that six ' years’ experience has convinced him that a coat of gum copal varnish, applied to the soles of boots and shoes, and repeated as it dries, until the pores are filled and the sur face shines like polished mahogany, will make the sole water-proof, and also cause them to last three times as long as ordin ! ary soles. The executive council of the colored men of New Jersey have begun three suits, two in the Supreme Court of that S'.ate and one in the Circuit Court of the United States, to test whether a black man has a right to the franchise. The council haveissued anaddress. AUGUSTA, GA., MORXING, NOVEMBER 7, ISG6. The County Court. There has been much dissatisfaction ex pressed in different portions of the State with the present organization of the County Court. So far as we have examined these complaints, they seem to be made mainly agaicst the amount of Jury duty required, and the heavy draught made upon the time of Jury-men by- the fre quent terms of the Court. These are mere matters of detail and can be easily remedied by the Legislature with out abolishing the Court, as has been urged by several of the Grand Jones of the State. AVe think that the provision of the law re quiring the Grand Jury of this Court to perform duty at the monthly terms for six consecutive terms, is onerous and oppres sive to a large class of our people. But this is a matter which can be so easily pro vided for that we cannot think it a suf ficient reason to abolish the Court. Let the Legislature require the County- Judge to draw a Grand Jury for each term of his Court, and this will distribute and equalize the Jury duty so that it will not fall too heavily upon any one. The frequency of the terms of the Court is also complained of. AVe do notthink that these complaints are well founded. The large class of people in th(i State who have recently been clotked wish full civil d>ftp and their ignorance and almost ifbtal de pravity re*quire that there should be spme tribtfnrff bcftrc' Wliosd bar violations of the* law can be speedily brought and tried. It has been urged that a large’class of the cases brought before the County Court for the infractions of the Criminal Laws of the State might be tried by the Judge without the intervention of a Jury. Those who are most clamorous for the abolishment of the Court contend that the Justices of the Peace in the several Militia Districts should he clothed with the power to hear and determine all cases of misdemeanors without the assistance of a Jury. It is urged that nine-tenths of the time of the County Courts is occupied by the trial of negroes, and that all this class of cases which do not amount to felony- should be heard and determined by the Justices of the Peace. There are many grave and weighty- objections which might be urged against this proposition. It is sufficient, however, to state only- one, which is con clusive of the matter. It is in direct and palpable violation of the strict letter of the Constitution of the United States. Article fifth of the amended Constitution j declares, “No person shall he held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indict ment of a Grand Jury, except cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia when in actual service, in time of war or public danger.” Article Sixth declares that “ in all crimi nal prosecutions the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy; and public trial by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been com mitted,” &c. The idea that tho Justices of the Peace might try without a jury this class of cases, being thus exploded, we must look to some other mode of relief, if the County Courts should he abolished. AVill it be said that these cases might be tried in the Justices Courts by a jury, and thereby evade the necessity of the continuance of the County Court ? The answer to this is obvious. Ts tho ground of objection to the County Court is the onerous jury duty- which is required in its administration, the same objection would hold with equal force against the Magistrate’s Courts, if they are hound to try criminal cases with the aid of juries. jso. far, then, a3_the jury duty is con cerned, it will he seen that whether the' County Courts be abolished or continued, the loss of time to the country, by the additional jury duty imposed by the eman cipation of the negroes, will not bo in the least degree altered or diminished. This question of onerous duty being settled, let us examine the other grounds of opposi tion to the court. It has been asserted that the frequency of the terms of the Court, tends to the multiplicity of suits, and begets and sos- ! tors a spirit oflitigation among tbe people i which works injury to,the public. The! same objection applies with equal force to the magistrate’s courts, which by law have been held monthly, since the adoption of our judiciary system in 1799. It is not so much the frequency of the sittings of this county court that has induced the large i amount of litigation as it is the fact that we have had suddenly thrown upon a half million of blacks the full and ample j civil rights heretofore only extended under j our laws to tbe white race. The number of people capable of sueing and being sued in this State, is double what it was up to the emancipation. This, in itself, would account for double tbe amount of tbe usual litigation. But we must not forget that the courts were virtually closed during the war for four years, and that in the ordi nary course of affairs, the litigation lying over and waiting for a hearing, would oc cupy now a large portion of the time of our courts. Again, the general lawlessness and demoralization of society, caused by the war, would necessarily throw increased burdens upon our judiciary. To meet the pressure occasioned by these combined causes of increased litigation, the county court was established. It has been in ope ration but about six months, and while it is true that the experience of these lew months, has developed imperfections and errors in its details, we unhesitatingly de clare our belief that the usefulness and ne cessity of the court has been fully proven and established. We must not, in our haste to procure i relief from what by some may be thought j to be oppressive and exacting duties, run j into the great error of condemning a Court j which has already been instrumental in a j marked degree in maintaining the laws'of the State, and of preserving and enforcing the reciprocal obligations which have been : created by the great changes in our social system. The privilege of suing and being sued is anew and captivating one to j the freed people, but in its novelty con -1 sists its greatest charms. We have passed | through this stage—the novelty of the right I has becom e jejune., and in the future the litigation from this direction must in the very nature of things, be very sensibly di minished. In a strictly utilitarian sense, we believe that the County Court will save hundreds of thousands of dollars to the people of the State by its frequent sittings. The ex j pense for Jail fees in the different counties \ for the safe-keeping of persons accused of I crimes would be enormous if we only had j a Jail delivery once in six months. Indeed there is not a Jail in the State capable of holding all the parties that would be eom j mined during so long a period. If tbe i County Court is abolished, we must have i some other tribunal before which parties accused of crime can be brought oftener than once in six months, or every county in the State will be seriously involved by ! the accumulation of charges for the sup port of parties committed for safe-keeping. As we have already said, let the Legis lature correct the imperfections which time and experience have shown to exist in the present organization of the court. These are apparent and obvious to all. But we should look upon a repeal of the law es ’ tablisliing the court as a very great calamity to our good old State. In another article we propose to examine this question in its bearings upon our Fed eral relations, and think that we shall be able to show that however onerous and burdensome the court in its best and most perfect organization may be, that there are controlling reasons why it should, lor the i present at least, be continued. The Cincinnati Gazette. This able, though ‘we must say, unscru pulous and malignant, of the Radi cal party in Ohio, took occasion during the last summer to administer to the Chroni cle if- Sentinel, a iuctsre ujxm our course, in commenting upoh some of its utterances which we deemed malS.lous and cowardly. The Gazette with a mffccSourish of assumed dignity ami fairness, repelled the insinua tion even, that it could ever prostitute its columns to this publication of such senti ments as we then charge ] upon it. AVe gave it at the time the benefits of its deni al, but we were not co&inoed that it was certainly free . mi the faults which we then as now couJrnn. j AVe were glad to find however#y tl!e UYine sensitiveness which it then exhihJte©hat the editors of that paper were conscious of the responsi bilities which rested upon them as such, in giving tone and direction to the prin ciples which should ever guide the mana gers of a free press in a free country. AA’e confess that while tho Jjfceut course of that paper has not &en such as to impress us very 7 favorably with its fairness or reliabili ty, we were -not prepared to find in its columns such moustrijus perversions of truth,, apd sack gr^js-and malignant libels upon ike PfjfiJe as are contained - in the following letter which we clip from its issue of tno 27th Tv;. It is proper that wc .should all know at the present time the true state of the reb els’ minds. X have just been in conversa tion with a gentleman from Richmond, V*t, who describes the feelings of the traitors as “dreadful.” He says that they ! glory- in cursing the Yankees and the j freedmen. lie represents them especially | malignant toward the latter, as being the | sole cause of their defeat by the former, and are putting the freedmen out of the way by 7 poisoned food and water, to make sure of the deteat of the “d—d Yankees” in the next war, which is near at hand, and as boldly- declaring that in less tiian two years the “niggers" shall be at any cost, in their former position—in slavery, lie affirms that to such extent has poison ing been carried that the colored people are atraid to call in a physician, and that the life of a white Union man is no more sacred in rebel estimation than that of a “chicken.” lie further assures me that the general private opinion of Union men is that Andy Johnson is responsible for this state of things. You may rely upon the accuracy of this statement, as I read it over to tho gentle man as lie lay- upon his sick bed, for cor rection. A WORKING MAN. It must be a bad course which requires such wholesale and vilanous faleshoods to sustain it. AVe advise the Gazette that if it desires to maintain a character for honesty and fair dealing, it. will be compel led to abandon the party which it now sup ports. It is becoming every day more and more apparent that the Radicals have determined to disregard all the obligations of truth, decency and virtue in the pro secution of their revolutionary designs, and the recent course of the Gazette but proves this fact. Heavy Crops in the West. It must be a matter of congratulation with our impoverished planters to know that the great grain fields cf the AVest have produced an abundant harvest, and that the prospect of low priced corn for the next year is good. Our AVestern ex changes report large crops of all the dif ferent cereals, in that teeming section, and we have no doubt but that provisions, and particularly corn, will he cheaper than for some time past. The Dubuque Herald in a recent issue says: We are informed that both five Dubuque and Dunleith elevators arc full to overflow- j ing, and tho same can be said of every ele vator on the lineof the Dubuque and Sioux ! City and Southwestern Railroad. The II- > linois Central liave not more than half cars > enough tosliipthe grain, heneeit is allowed i to accumulate. The same evils which j •naVt) cursed our West-s producers i.-. diw- i mer years arising this full with redoubled force, namely: “insufficient transportation for tiieir products.” In East Tennessee and in Kentucky the corn crop is larger than ever known before. AVe learn that corn can be bought in East Tennessee for 20 cents per bushel. The freight on it to Middle Georgia cannot be, we would suppose, more than 30 to 40 cents. Even at the latter figure, corn might he laid down on the different lines of our ! railroads at a cost of from GO to SO cents, including sacks. It would be better for our planters in each county and neighborhood who have to buy corn, to agree among themselves how much they need, and send an agent to make the purchase for the whole- amount required for each county or neighborhood. In this way we have no doubt that the corn necessary for the cultivation of the next crop can be purchased for about one half the price it is now selling at in our | largo cities. The experiment is at least 1 worth a trial. The Conservative Union Mass Conven tion in Tennessee. A convention of the conservative men of j Tennessee, was held in Nashville on Satur- j day last. Owing to the fact that the time j of meeting had been postponed several j times on account of the prevalence of cholera in Nashville, during the summer, the attendance was not large, hut the Dis patch says it was composed of a portion of the best and most influential citizens of the State. The Convention organized by the elec tion of lion. Edward Cooper as President. A committee appointed for that purpose reported a series of resolutions expressive of the sense of the people of Tennessee j which were unanimously adopted. The first resolution endorses and ap proves the action of the Philadelphia Con vention. The second expresses the undiminished faith of the people of Tennessee, in tbe virtue and intelligence of the American people, which animates them with the hope that the conservative sentiment of the country will yet rescue the government from the hands of the Northern revolution ists. The third pledges their continued and persistent efforts to secure the ascendancy of conservative principles in the adminis tration of the Federal and State Govern ments, and their determination to resist by all orderly and peaceful means, the en croachments of the Radical party. The fourth, fifth, and sixth resolutions are as follows; Resolved , That we oppose the Constitu tional amendment now pending for ratifi eation, and object to its mode ot presenta tion, and its proposed mode of adoption : that we regard it as insidious in its intent and unjust in its operations upon the States and people of the South ; that its real pur pose is to destroy the equality and impair the dignity of the said States, and place questions'whicb, under the true theorv of the Government, are confided exclusively to the control of the several States under the direct control of Congress ; and that the Southern States can never ratify it con sistently with the safety and honor of their people. Resolved, That the action of a portion of the Legislature of Tennessee in assum ing to ratify it was in known defiance to the wishes of nine-tenths of the people of the State, and was so clearly illegal and violative of the spirit and intent of the fifth article of the Constitution, tiiat it should beheld as null and void. Resolved , That we invoke the majority in the Legislature of Tennessee, at its ap proaching session by every consideration of prudence and patriotism, to abstain from the attempt to place upon the statute books laws in known repugnance to the ' sentiments of the people, and calculated to produce strife and dissension; and that we appeal to them to pursue a course which may restore harmony to the State, and permit a return to prosperity. Resolved, That our confidence in the patriotism, courage and fidelity of the President of the L nited states is unabated and that we cordially uphold the, general policy of his administration, and believe that the priciples upon which he proposes to restore the Federal L ruon, are wise, just and true : and that it is the duty of every conservative well-wisher to republican in stitutions to yield them an unwavering support. The Xewnan Herald. is informed by a letter from Griffin, that the laying down of the iron on the Griffin and North Alabama Railroad will becommenccd on the 10th of I November. [communicated.] Relief—Justice.” Messrs. Editors; Your correspondent, i “Justice,” from Avorthen’s Store, lias given your readers about the best argu ment, I suppose, to he adduced iu opposi tion to “Relief to the People.” And to show the absurdity and injustice of his position, I quote a few extracts and com ment briefly. In the first place he says, Some men,, in order to make themselves far, and to catch repudiation votes, are coiling for a State Convention to give . y» A man could not hope for his position in favor of repudiation to give him popu, larity, if “Justice” can have his way in disposing of this question. 1 This issue has : never been made before tho people, although every man, woman and child in Georgia, of our race, arc concerned, either . one way or the other, in its adjustment. Yet, “Justice" would have it settled now and forever without a hearing from the l sovereign people. 0. no; Cross-road i felloics and wool hat hoys must have no I hearing." This is a fatal doctrine, too i much adhered to in this country for a long time past. Oh, no; the convention which severed the State from the United States Government would meet and plunge the nation into war, and . deluge the land in blood, without the ratification of the people. i.'Xheu they could and reconstruct, ! strike down the right arm" of the people’s power by the adoption of the Constitu tional Amendment abolishing slavery henceforth and forever in this State, with out even claiming the least remuneration for the same, thus atone fell blow wiping out of existence three fourths the wealth of our sec tion, for it is well known to “ every man of common sense ” that tho negro was the basis of financial and monied operations in these States —the mighty lever power that moved in magestic grandeur the ponderous wheels of Southern industry. Now this can be done with impunity, hut ah ! do not speak of relief to the people, why that’s unconstitutional, ex post facto, Retro-active law. Grope your way, ye toil ing millions in Egyptian darkness —there’s no help tor you. And a little further—Georgia can relieve herself of more than eighteen millions of her own debts, leaving the people in the dark, (remember the rich speculator, the extortioner who piled up a fortune in the darkest hours of tho struggle would have been compelled* to have paid much of the eighteen millions by taxation.) The same power that has blotted out of existence every dollar possessed by many of our peo ! pie, must now, without relief, reduce them to bankruptcy and starvation, or hurl them into a dreary dungeon because they don’t produce the money thus destroyed. To quote again from the brilliant ideas of “Justice” —“/ hope the Legislature, soim to convene will con tinue the Stay Law without any change, and request the peo ple to he lenient and indulgent with each other.” All! indeed, this would be Legis lation with a vengence, this earnest request will bo obeyed, and do about as much good to release the iron-hearted grasp of the shyloek ; as the haying of the cur to stop the progress of the moon. Without Legis lation, were the people to submit, which j I am sure they will not do, in a few brief months, more than half the lands in Geor gia will be thrown upon the block to he sacrificed for a “mere sorg” and yet the debts arc unpaid. And again “Justice” says ‘'this Relief Convention could not benefit the soldiers as they were generally poor men." ‘‘lt loould not benefit the, large land owners, for they have smuggled their property ” Ah! in deed, then,gho^icouldtibenefit, would it prove a 'source of profit to the heartllm grasping, grinding note shaver and specu lator in negotiable paper, who has gather ed up the indebtedness in the country by the use of Confederate scrip during the war, run these claims into judgment, and now stands in breathless anxiety for the opening of the Courts, that they may grind the masses of our poverty stricken people into the dust, and sail in splendor over an ocean of tears drawn from the hearts of a poor, impoverished, ruined race. And now for the great liberality of your correspondent, “Justice.” "The old law aUows a sufficient exemption 0/ property for any family to lice comfortably on.” Messrs. Editors, the absurdity of this statement needs no comment, for “every man of common sense” knows this to be a broad mistake. In old countries where the soil for centuries has been in a high state of cultivation, this might be true, but in Georgia with fifty acres of red hills and yawning gullies, without capital or re sources to improve it, a man must starve or leave, for in this portion of the State you would be compelled to cut down a shade tfee to get the first rail, or the first fire of wood. For fear of trespass on your columns, I conclude with one more extract ; “I leant men to know that there are laivs in the land to compel them to do their duty, when they act unfairly.” This is the ar gument of “Justice” in a nut shell, to leave the unfortunate debtor in the hands and at the metcy of the creditor. When this is done, farewell to home, and all that is dear in life ; farewell to liberty, for no man is a freeman who is in debt under our laws. A vast majority of our people are in volved, insolvent beyond redemption, and | without substantial and practical relief, a reign of terror, lawlessness ahd blood | shed will be the inevitable conseauence. J. W. J. BucSiiead, Ga., October 18th, 1860. Washington Dispatches. The public has long observed the con tradictory character of Washington special and Associated Press dispatches to the press, especially to the press of New Pork. It is positively amusing to observe how these news-muddlers attempt to vindicate their respective claims to reliability. For instance, the Tribune correspondent says that “ Secretary- Seward refuses to give ] reporters here any items of news, unless | they promise to print it in his precise 1 language. None but the Associoted Press reporter will accede to these terms. Ilence, ! when any item connected with his depart ment' appears in print, and he does not like it, no nfatter if it be true or otherwise, ■ lie orders the Associated Press reporter to ! contradict it.” In reply to this, the Washington re porter of the Associated Press says he has i no knowledge whatever of such h sages, ' nor is he subject to the orders of any pub lic officer. There is no doubt hut some reliable au thority ought to be consulted by the A ash ington correspondents of the Northern press. Tiie Alabama’s Claims. A special dispatch to the Boston Post says that the i settlement of the claims of the L nited States against Great Britain for damages done to her marine by the Confederate privateer Alabama, is not being pushed . .so vigorously as various dispatches to the press have lately intimated. The only elaborate dispatch upon the sub jeet that lias emanated from the >Jtate Be- : partment, was written and forwarded by | Mr. Seward just prior to his departure with the President on the 25th of August last. Since that time all that has been ■ done in the matter has appertained to the , perfection of the list of the property and shipping destroyed. It is further stated | that under certain governing eircumstances j the semi-official proposition of her Majea-, ! ty’s government to refer them to a Nation ai Board of Arbitration will be assented to. The condition of the Empress C'arlotta i is described as being hopeless. i Events oOtlie Day. Gov. AA iso now resides in Richmond, in the house formerly the residence ol Chief J ustico .Marshall. The crops of wheat recently sown in Shenandoah county, Va., look more prom ising than they have for several years, so early in the season. The floating and funded debt of the Vir ginia and Tennessee Railroad amounts to $2,418,782 50. In Fall River. Massachusetts, the child ren in the public schools use tobacco, and become intoxicated to such an extent that the Superintendent of Schools hits written a public letter on the subject. The Herald's Leavenworth dispatch says that nine hundred and thirty-live ounces of gold dust were shipped from Colorado during the week , ending the 2tith inst., which is an increase of $2,000 worth over the shipments of week. Inundations in different parts of France have done immense damage, which must be estimated by millions. They have also greatly injured certain railways, especially those ofthe Orleans Company to Bordeaux and to a antes. Rev. J. 11. Haven, of Louiston, New York, "has solved the problem of perpet ual motion” —so tho papers of that section informs us. A large number of sheep, chiefly cheap grade merinoes, costing in Vermont from two to live dollars a head, are being driven from that State to Virginia. They arc said to travel about ten miles a day and get tiieir living on the road. The Herald's New Orleans special says, it is positively asserted in some quarters that President Johnson has urged Govern or Wells, to force tho amendment through the Legislature. The Pall Mall Gazette says : “Harry Grimshaw, the jockv who rode tho famous horse Gladiator to victory in the great races of lsi>s, was thrown out of his gig, on his way from Cambridge to Newmarket, on Wednesday, and killed. The Republican Banner , which was burned out on the morning of the 24th, went on with its publication on tho 25th as usual—having moved into the Union office, until their oliicce cart be refitted. The Nashville Dispatch notices the burning of a freed men’s school house at Stevenson, and says it was done by some worthless scoundrel—one of an exceeding ly small class found in most communities, who, uy their incendiary conduct invite censure on the whole Southern people. Official returns for the Indiana Legisla ture show in the Senate thirty Union "men ! to twenty democrats ; in the House sixty Union to forty democrats. The Panama steamer which sailed on the 19th took two hundred tons of Japan j tea for New York. Major M. 0. Van Horn is said to have j ridden on horseback from Huntsville, I Ala., to Delaware, Ohio, to vote at tho late j election. A convention of eight hundred Confed erate soldiers was held in Calloway coun ty, in which they denounced the Missouri registry law as tyrannous, but resolved to abide by it and trust to the Conservatives to restore tbeir rights. The National bank circulation issued during the week amounted to $251,245, being the smallest amount issued in any one week since the National banking act went into operation. The total circulation of the National banks throughout the country is at present $294,377,304. The United States bonds held by Treas urer Spinner in trust for national banks on Saturday last stood as follows : As se curity for circulating notes, $134,530,000 ; as security for public deposits in National banks designated as public depositories, $39,103,050. The official vote in Pennsylvania at the late election w'as almost 000,000, Gea ry’s majority is 17,700. The Legislature of Alabama will meet at Montgomery on Monday, the 11th oi November. The Hudson River Railway company have bought St. John’s Park, in New York City at a cost of a million dollars. It is to be the site of a city railway station. The - Cubian Fenians have sent greeting to their brethren in the United States, and ask Stephens to send some of his officers over to the island to effect an organization of their forces. Albert Pike of Arkansas, is out in a new role. He has figured as a poet and war rior, and Monday he addressed the Mem phis Chamber of Commerce in favor ofthe Little Itoek Railuo-ul. W - hnpe- he will have success in the line. The Mississippi is rapidly encroaching on the town of Helena, Arkansas. Fears arc expressed that all that part east of Main street v'ill be swept off. Arms, mostly Spencer rifles, are being purchased throughout the anti-rent dis trict in Now York. Col. Church, a leader against the anti-renters, has been shot at in all fourteen times. A body of men, styling themselves the Tennessee Conference, under the auspices of tIA Northern M. E. Church, met in Nashvijle a few days ago, Bishop Clark presiding. Negroes and whites met to gether without any distinction, and tho publication of appointments is made in the same manner. It is now said that tho French troops will leave Rome in December. The million and a half suit, between the Commercial Bank and the Great Western railway, that has been at issue for sixty years, has been closed by direct negotia tions satisfactory to both parties. A Mississippi paper declares that it will not bo able to contain all the advertise ments of sales under the Sheriff’s hammer. A San Francisco paper says there are seventy-live thousand coolies in'California; and that they are a demoralizing blight to any community in which they are domi ciled. It sayt* “they are filthy, thievish, and infamously vile. The Chinese punish robbers by putting the culprits in a large mortar, and firing them head foremost against a stone wall. Advices from Minnesota and Wisconsin represent that the crops of corn in those two States have been materially reduced or the heavy rains early in the month, while the wheat crop will not exceed, if it reaches, two-thirds of an average. The damage throughou iunesota has been almost universal. The treaty between Prussia and Saxony has been fully ratified. Pursuant to its provisions Saxony is to pay ten millions of florins. The army of Saxony has al ready been dissolved. In the Vermont Legislature Hon. Geo. F Edmunds was elected to fill tire unex pired term of Senator Foote, and Justin S. Morrill tvas elected for the term of six years, commencing from the 4th of March next. Beef has gone down in New York from about 20 cents a pound to 14 cents. The Providence Journal emphatically denies the truth of the rumor that Senator Sprague is unhappy in his domestic rela tions, and utters” this truth: If It is generally better to let a lie die out, a slander stings itself to death, Butler, in his speech at St. Louis, on the 14th instant, advocated the hanging of Jefferson liavis, the impeachment of President Johnson, and negro suffrage. A girl employed in a Milwaukee paper mill came across an old army knapsack, which, in tearing to pieces, revealed a package of 5i,600 in greenbacks, which had been sewed between the lining and the outside. A correspondent of the Boston Dailg Advertiser , who signs himseit a “Radical,” objects to submitting the question of Davis’ guilt to the decision of a court and jury, and says: “To my mind, the sovereign and victorious majority of the people of tiie United States, are superior to the Con stitution.” The St. Louis Democrat says: “At the present moment our list of pending libel suits areas follows: Madame Cora James, twenty thousand dollars; Frank Blair, one hundred thousand dollars; Ed ward Brooks, twenty-five thousand dol lars • T. A. Larkin, twenty-five thousand dollars; J. O’Neil, twenty-five thousand dollars; P. A. Berthold, twenty-five thou sand dollars. Total nominal value so far, two hundred and twenty thousand dol lars. The failure of George A. Simmons, oil eaier of Boston, for a q uarter of a million of dollars is reported, and it is stated that his liabilities to parties in that city are one hundred thousand dollars. The next session of the Alabama Annual Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church will be held, Providence per mitting, at Autangaville, commencing on Thursday, Nov. Ist proximo. Twenty lives were lost, and 3,000 per sons made homeless by the late Turk’s Island hurricane. An investigation of the Evening Star disaster is going on in New York, which, thus far, proves the vessel to have been seaworthy and strictly of the first-class, and attributes the disaster to the fact that the crew was inadequate in number to I handle the vessel. A Los Angelos dispatch says that a fierce fight had occurred between the Citi- , zens and a murderous band of Indians m i the vicinity of Hardvsville, in which fifty ; of the latter were killed and the citizens lost none. A Tahiti letter, of August 30, says that j the growth of cotton is extending. Eighty | tons have been shipped to Bordeaux, and . eighty tons more would be shipped in | Januarv. A steam sugar mill had arrived i there from London. A writer describing the progress of the j telegraph line through Russian America, i says the natives were very friendly along j the whole route, and offered the use of ! their dog trains to assist in transporting \ materials, and have contracted to supply j anyamount of reindeer meat. * NEW SERIES, YOL.XX V. NO. 46. Additional Cotton Regulations. Allusion has been made by telegraph to a late regulation in reference to the trans portation of cotton in bond. The following is an official copy ,of the circular, which may be of some importance to the cotton interest : Treasury Department, ) Office Internal Revenue, [ Washington, October 22, 1800. J It having been represented that much hardship and inconvenience is entailed upon the smaller planters and farmers in the interior counties ofthe cotton-prod uc ing districts in consequence of the enforce ment of recent regulations, concerning tiie removal of cotton in bond, and that addi tional and much-needed facilities would be afforded by allowing bonds for recurring payment of the tax upon delivery of the cotton at the point of destination to be taken by the collector ofthe receiving dis trict instead of the collector of the district whence the cotton is shipped, as provided by regulations, Series 2. No, 5, issued irom this office, under date of July 31, 1800, the following additional regulations upon the subject have been adopted for securing the payment of the tax, and as affording the measure of relief sought for. BOND FOR REMOVAL. Parties desirous of bringing cotton to seaports or other places for shipment from other districts, will be allowed to do so upon executing and delivering to tho col lector ofthe district where such seaport or place is situated a bond, with two or more sufficient sureties, approved by tho col lector receiving it, •conditioned for tho payment of the tax upon all cotton for which permits may be granted by the assessor ofthe district in which such cotton may be grown. This bond must be executed in a penal sum equal io double the amount of tho tax on the quantity of cotton intended to be removed and in transitu at any one time during its continuance, and assessors will bo careful not to grant further permits upon any bond when the tax upon the quantity already permitted amounts to one-half the sum named therein, until certificates of payment of the tax on tho whole or a portion of tho cotton trans ported under former permits are received from the receiving collector, when addi tional permits maybe granted; but in no case must tho tax upon the quantity under permit and unaccounted for exceed one lialf tho penal sum of tho bond. Thus, if the bond is given in a sum se curing tho tax upon live hundred bales, of four hundred pounds each, when this limit is reached no further permit should bo granted except upon the receipt of the certificate of delivery and payment, as hereinafter provided. Immediately upon the execution of this bond, the collector to whom it is delivered will transmit it (retaining a copy thereof in liis office) to the assessor of the district whence it is intended to remove the cotton, who will thereupon lie authorized to grant permits for the removal ofthe cotton upon application being made by the principal or his agent. The assessor must in all Cases carefully insert in the permit the marks upon tho bales, and the numbers upon tho metalic tags, which ho will either affix himself in the proper manner, or, in case this is im practicable from any cause, lie will deliver them to tho owner or his agent, by whom they will he inserted in the bale, as a mea sure of i roteetion against possible seizure and detention, as well as lor a means of identification ofthe cotton upon delivery w ith that named in the permit. If in such case, the cotton removed in this manner lias not been weighed before removal by a duly appointed weigher, the amount of tax named in the permit will be based upon the w eight as certified by the owner or tiie proprietor of the gin-liouse, and in such case it may vary from the ac tual amount to be paid upon delivery by the parties removing tho cotton. In order to arrive at the true amount of tax to be paid on the cotton removed under these conditions, it must be weighed upon its arrival in the receiving district by the officer appointed for that purpose, to whom a fee of twenty-five cents per bale will be paid for this service. No certificate for the receipt of tax upon any cotton removed under bond, iu pur suance of tho forgoing regulations shall be received by an assessor holding tho bond, unless beating the endorsement of the assessor ofthe receiving distrfet, and is ac companied by the certificate ofthe weigh er. Tho parties to tho bond, in order to ob tain cancellation thereof, upon receiving from tho collector to whom payment ol tax is made his certificate thereof and ob taining (ho endorsement of the assessors, as required, must transmit the same, with tiie certificate ofthe weigher, to the asses sor granting the permit, who will thereup on credit the party with the evideneo so furnished, on the bond held by him, and when the evidence shall lie produced of payment ofthe tax on all cotton for the removal of which permits Lave been SW: -nted, the assessotwiU cancel saitlbpiid,. and transmit the same, with all tTieevidenee upon w hich such cancellation was based, for tiie approval of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue Where the evidence of payment of the tax required for the cancellation of the bond is not furnished within ninety days from the expiration of the time for which the bond was given to continue, tiie asses sor w ilt transmit'tho same to this office, with all the. miners connected therewith, for such actiorftjjjtoiall bo deemed neces sary, unless anftflfension of tho time for furnishing the” reqljrcd evidence shall be granted upon application made to and ap proved by tho . Couiissioner of Internal Revenue. * . All assessors receiving bonds, given un der tho foregoing regulations, will keep an accurate record thereof, and also of all per mits granted by them under the same, and will transmit to this office monthly a sched ule of all bonds received and cancelled by them, in company with their monthly state ment of tho bonded account of tbeir dis trict, on Form 94. Collectors of receiving districts taking bonds under the foregoing regulations musttransmitto tho assessor of their district a schedule of all such bonds, giving date, names of principals, and the disposition made thereof, snowing the district to which they wore transmitted, and must also enter upon Form 93, eacli month, tiie amount of the tax received upon cotton removed under permits granted thereon, in the same manner as other collections upon bonded goods, so that the amount thus collected can be entered in and receipted for in the next succeeding monthly list. These regulations are to be considered additional to, and as not superseding, those contained in Series 2, No. 5, or the addi tional regulations published under date of September 25, 18GG. E. A. Rollins, Commissioner. Approved ; H. McCulloch, Secretary of tho Treas ury. Horse Thieves taught. The Sumter Republican gives the follow ing account of the pursuit and arrest and shooting of a couple of horse thieves late ly in that vicinity, and the serious wound ing of one of the culprits by Policeman Tiiicr of the Americus Police. It says: “The facts in the case arc these: It ap pears that on the night of the 21st inst., a mule was stolen from the premises of a Mr. Forrester, in Leo county. As soon as Mr. F. was apprised of the fact he started in pursuit of the thieves and traced them as far as tlrs place. Upon arriving here, Policeman Tiner was detailed to accompany him and they immediately began the pur suit again, and succeeded in following the thieves to within a few miles of Fort Val ley whore they overtook them. When or dered to halt Brittain leaped from the bug gy (for it appears that they had stolen a buggy also) and endeavored to make his escape; whereupon Policeman T. fired upon him with a double-barrel shot gun charged with five pistol shot and a full charge of small shot, the entire charge ta king effect under Brittain’s left shoulder. Brittain returned the fire with a Colt’s Navy Repeater, but happily without effect. The prisoners were taken in charge and transferred to this place, from whence (being unable to give the bond imposed) they will be removed to Starkville to await their trial. Policeman Tiner, who gives us this statement, deserves much credit for his perseverance in bringing these men to justice.” Coolies. — The Mobile Gazette urges the introduction of Coclies as the only hope for the successful cultivation of cot ton, and adds: We say, we speak from experience, when we recommend the Cooley as a laborer. When we were in Singapore, some two years ago, we were struck with the wonderful growth and prosperity _ of that city. It was little more than a fishing town in 1810, (we believe it was in that year—we write from memory,) when the j English Government first took possession ' of it, inhabited by a few Malays. It is I now a city of one hundred and thirty thou- 1 sand inhabitants, one hundred thousand of j whom are Chinese ; and it is these latter who have worked the wonderful trans formation. They are not only laborers, j but artisans, and merchants, and some of! the latter do an immense business. _ All of | the Eastern trade is concentrated in their hands, to the exclusion of the Europeans. A Crumb of Comfort.—The Nashville Banner has a friend in Washington in a position to know and speak intelligently of political affairs about the capitol, who writes thus encouragingly; “Notwithstanding the recent elections I have not lost faith. There is no doubt but the President will stand by the Constitu tion and the whole country. He has taken ! his position and Cannot be driven from it. I do not believe the Radicals will dare im peach him. Such a move would wrap the country inflames, and they are too sensible not to see it. I here is no good reason why we should despair, and I am far from doing j so. | I The Fenian Convicts. Washington, October 28.—The Secre -1 tary of State has addressed a letter to Sir Frederick Brace in behalf of James Lynch I and John McMahan, recently convicted in | a Colonial Court in Canada, and sentenced I to death upon a charge, that being citizens ! of the United States they were actors in the assault made in the month of June last |at Fort Erie, in that Colony. The Secre ■ ; tary says the United States Consul at To ronto has been instructed to procure for the information of the Government a copy of the record of the trial and conviction of Lynch and McMahan, and also of all fur ther trials and convictions of a similar character, which shall take place in Cana da. The Secretary says: The President directs me to assure you of his confident hope that her Majesty’s will not only cheerfully comply with the request thus made, but that will think it proper, also, to examine the judi cial proceedings aforesaid, with a careful regard to the rights of the United States and to the maintainance of good relations between the two countries, for this reason: it will be very gratifying to the President if you should be able to give me an assur ance that the execution of the sentences pronouneed upofi Convicted persons will be suspended.. *lf occasion for delay shall arise in the number |>efqre mentioned to make itr desirable,* it Is tiip opinion of this government that sound policy coincides with the best impulses of a benevolent nature, in recommending tenderness, am nesty and forgiveness in such cases. More About the Fenians. i New York, October 28.—The Herald's Toronto special says dispatches are coming iroui all parts of the Province demanding that no mercy be shown the convicted Fenians. It is doubtful if Crown can find evidence strong enough to convict Rev. Mr. Lums den. The threats made by New York Fenians to avenge the death of those con victed is doing great injury to the prison ers. Petitions are to be circulated and sent to the Governor-General, to for ward to the Home Government, to have the sentences commuted to imprisonment. David Whaler, Patrick Norton, and Daniel Drummond have been arraigned. Fears are expressed that the prisoners ipay es cape. There are in the city over 500 un employed Irish Americans. The Fenian prisoners at Cornwall arc to be indicted Monday for high treason, and tried the following Wednesday. Washington, October 20.—The Ta mamany Committee had another interview with the President this afternoon, and re ceived from him a copy of a letter sent to Mayor Hoffman expressive of the ardent desire of the President to procure good treatment toward the prisoners convicted by the Canadian courts. Fenian Meeting at Buffalo. New York, October 30.— Another large Fenian meeting was held last night at Buffalo. The war spirit among the Irish is excited. Large meetings were also held in Cincinnati—men and money being contributed. Not About the Fenians. Hammon, c. W., October 30.—A grand dinner was given to the English Confederation delegation last night. Speeches were remarkable for an entire absence of any allusion to the Fenians, and Secretary Seward’s letter to Sir Frederick Bruce. Georgia. The Savannah papers state that cholera has entirely disappeared from the city. There was a killing frost at Millcdgcuille on the 25th. The Medical Board of Georgia meets in Milledgeville nn t,ha J v». - cember next. A reward of S2OO is offered by the Gov ernor for the apprehension and delivery of Isaac Brogdon, freedman, to the Sheriff of Gwinnett county. Said Isanc Brogdon was found guilty of. the murder of Henry Moore, another freedman, and sentenced to the Penitentiary for life, and while on his way to Milledgeville he was, on the night of the 18th inst., lodged in jail in Monti cello, Jasper county, during which night he broke jail and made bis escape. The Macon Telegraph soys that a large number of freedmen from Bibb and Han cock counties are preparing to leave for Li beria, on the ship Golcumla, which is apout to sail for that country. The “ Telegraph ” says a negro man cal ling himself “squire” Wooten was arrest ed in that city on Sunday under suspicious circumstances. He stated that lie formal ly belonged to Judge 11. P. Wooten near Stone Mountain, and confessed that he had recently helped to murder a white man in Atlanta. He was aided by George Benson and another George, both freed men. Their object was plunder, and they got some money and a watch. Hon. James M. Calhoun of Atlanta is out as an original Union candidate for Congrsssin the 7th district. The Southern Herald of yesterday says : Yesterday was the day set apart for the second meeting of the citizens of Griffin generally, to decorate the graves of the Confederate dead who rest in the soldiers’ cemetery, and we are happy to say that the turn-out was large, the occasion an interesting one. Indeed, the graves are all in excellent order, and most of them were beautifully decorated with evergreens and flowers, some of them having been beautifully hedged around with boxwood. It was a most charming scene—the mat rons, the young ladies, the little misses, all there doing their full share of the sacred work of beautifying the soldiers’ graves. The Macon Telegraph says that the authorities of that city are obliged to furn ish from six to ten coffins per day, to bury negro Freedom is a great thing for the. poor -African. “Free to starve and to dig.” On Thursday’ uighfcJastthe jail at Bruns wick was burnt, .ami-a negro perished in the flames. No doubt is entertained that the prisoner set the building on fire, hoping to escape during the confusion in cident thereto. Lee Mallory, an artist, known to many of our citizens, died in Macon a few days ago. Mrs. Gen. Bußose, the only surviving daughter of Gen. Tooins died in Washing ton Wilkes county on Saturday last. Mr. Van Buzer, of Elbert county, has | been elected Senator from the 30th dis . trict, to succeed Col. Gholston, of Madison j county, resigned. Jas. A Heed, who murdered Capt. Echols, Clerk ofSuperior Court of Gordon county, has been sent to the Penitentiary | for f afe keeping until the Superior Court j meets in that county. ! The Bainbridge Argus is informed by a I gentleman from Middle Georgia, that the I citizens of Mcrriwether county, in this j State, held a public meeting at Greenville, recently, and passed resolutions recogni zing the impoverished condition of the | country, and declaring that no property in ; that county should be sold by the Sheriff | for the payment of old debts. Hon. C. A. Smith (Bill Arp) has been j elected an honorary member of the Jefferson | Literary Society of the University of Vir j ginia. ! At the last term of the Superior Court I of Henry county, Hon. A. M. Speer de j eided, on solemn argument, that the Stay i Law of 1861, and all subsequent legislation continuing that act in force, was constitu tional. Gen. G. T. Anderson, familiarly and popularly known as “Old Tige,” an nounces himself as a candidate for Maj or of the city of Atlanta. Abraham B. Ros3, one of the oldest and best citizens of Home, Ga., died on thq evening of the 2Sth.