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A SUBKRVIBWOP THE CUBAN QUES TION. The capture of the Virginius on the high seas, sailing under the United States flag, by a Spanish cruiser, and the fate of ils passen gers and crew, have produced a profound sensation throughout the country. The gov ernment and the people have rivalled each other in exhibitions of national pride and in dignation. Political leaders, the public press, popular meetings—all have given vent to their feelings and expression to their views upon this alleged violation of international law and outrage upon their country’s flag. The excitement U confined to no State or section. On every breeze, from every quar ter, that comes to us, the sound of the drum beat—the martial tread of valient men of war. While our navy yards are resounding with the dread notes of preparation, compa nies of gallant volunteers are tendering their services to the Commander-in-chief, and muffing madly the smoke of battle. The signs are ominous and unmistakable—the public feeling is intense—our people are for war, North, South, East and West. But will they be so eager for the strife when they re flect upon the subject in all its bearings— when they come down to sober truth and reason ? Is not this display of enthusiasm— patriotism, if the word is better—a little pre mature? Tho summary trial and execu tion of the persuns on board the Virginius, has sent a thrill of horror throughout Christendom; but was there any excuse (we do not say justification) for the act? A vessel sailing under our flag has been brought to by the guns of a foreign maj-of-war, the persons inboard captured, and a number of them tried and shot for an alleged violation of In ternational Law. Is the charge true? Were the parties captured engaged in an unlawful enterpris;, threatening tho peace of Spain, or one of its provinces, and were they by the liws of nations subject to capture and punish ment by the captors? These questions can not be properly discussed, nor can a satisfac tory conclusion be arrived at till ihe facts are known and established; am 1 yet “our voice is lor war." Wo fully appreciate the national sentiment which follows and guards with jealous eye our flag—on land and sea—to the uttermost parts of the earth: and especially the sailor's feeling of attachment to hxs flag, lor it is his country. But while we applaud lire sentiment, we may well consider what oc casion should call for an extraordinary dis play of its intensity. It may be asked wheth er our flag was not covering contraband of war? Who were the men on board—what j their destination and porpost? Is there any doubt that the Virginius was freighted with :,rms and munitions of war, that its destina tion was Cuba, and the purpose of those hav ing charge of these arms and munitions of war to aid the Cuban revolutionists? Cuba is a province of Spain, and Spain and ihe United Stales are at pence. A revolution ;<: rebellion if the word be preferred) is in progress in that Island to throw off the Span ish yoke. Have the citizens of a neutral ewer—of the United States, the right to in vade the territory of Spain or furnish muni . vat t; iuvi i.r*fieekiiig iu iUium off its authority ? Would the United States Gov ernment permit such an interference in its nteruai affairs? What was done during the late so-called rebellion of the South ? Have we forgotten the Trent affair? True, when the British Government demanded the release of Messrs. Mason and Slidell, the demand was complied with. But when it was an nounced that Captain Wilkes had intercepted the Trent on the high seas, and forcibly re moved therefrom “these leading conspirators, i'?bel enemies and dangerous men," the news was received with demonstrations of joy ■ Lroughout the Union. The Secretary ot the Navy, in a pnblic letter, tlinnked Captain Wilkes for the act, and reported to Congress ibat his prompt and decisive conduct “mer ited and received the emphatic npproval of ihe Department." Tho House of Representa tives also expressed by resolution the thanks of Congress for Capt. Wilkes' “brave adroit, and patriotic conduct,” and voted him a gold medal for the same. Afterwards, when the gauntlette was thrown down by her Magesty’s Government, and the alternative of war with Englaud presented, the diplomacy of Mr. Seward extricated the country from the dilemma iu which it was placed; but even this special pleading could not conceal the feeling of humiliation with which the unwilling con cession was made. The case of Mason and Slidell, and that of the persons on board the Virginius, have au analogy, but the latter, as we understand the facte, is far less flagiaut than Ihe former, fn the case ot the former, ilio persons captured were merely accredited ministers of the Southern Confederacy, to which belligerent rights had beeu accorded, i'll their way to foreign countries at peace with the United States. In (he ease of the latter, the persons captured were intercepted fa an attempt to make a hostile descent upon thdcourts of a neutral power, to aid in the attempt to overthrow ils government and au thority. Again, take tlic case of the Alabama. Alter the war, the government at Washington pre ferred a claim against Great Britain for damages, on account of injuries inflicl&i upon Hie commerce of the United States by that vessel, on the ground that the British gov ernment, by its connivance or negligence— amounting to a violation of the laws of neu trality- allowed said vessel to be fitted out in its waters as a privateer. This claim was pressed with vigor and pertinacity, and finally referred to arbitration, and at toned in part by the Geneva Commission, as a compromise, no doubt, Englaud never having acknowledged the principle involved. These two eases, the one an invasion ot the rights of a neutral power (in which the Gov ernment at Washington backed down), and the other a claim of damages against a uentral powor,for permitting its neutrality to he viola ted, or compromised, shew that in such a case as tlieVirginius;ahont which the country is now becoming so much excited, it is well enough to observe the maxim, midi aUrtton jtartem, before a judgment is formed. The question, what would bo the result ot the acquisition of Cuba by the Voited Motor, us a mode of redress lor the ottroul ottered our flag, is one of grave import to the coun try, especially its Southern par,. We propose tnying'i>:ert*!irp on this question hereafter. DIRECT TRADE. No question which was discussed in the j j convention on yesterday excited more interest j | than that of direct trade. Two committees j ! were appointed, one of which Gen. A.H. Col - ; quitt, chairman, and tho other of which Col. It. A. Alston, chairman, on resolutions look ! ing to the inauguration of measures fir ship ping the entile cotton crop of Georgia and of' the South from our own ports to Europe. ; While those who have this action most earenestly at heart do not expect to revolu tionize the current of trade in a day or year, yet we feel assured from tho deep and general spirit of determination whioh was exhibited by the discussion on yesterday, that a move ment has begun which will never end until the South is emancipated from the shackles which now force her producers to spend seventy millions annually in an unnecessary handling of the chief staple. - JIILT MALONE. In another column will be found Governor Smith's letter in reply to the petition pre sented by Malone’s counsel. He has dis charged the terrible responsibility devolving upon him with that firmness which amounts fo moral heroism. We sincerely wish that it had been otherwise, and we know enough of this case to state that few will ever know the pain which this decision has cost the Gover nor. Hours and days were devoted to a close scrutiny of every particle ot testimony. Com pelled to listen to the appeal of friends, to the pleadings of a devoted father, and the tears and sobs ot a sorrowing in other, he had but one resource, and that was to throw' him self upon his conception of duty. No matter how dreadful the responsibility, there was no shrinking nor faltering, and before Friday’s sun shall have gone down Malone will stand before the bar of God. The lesson which this terrible tragedy ; teaches, let no one hereafter hope to escape ! the penalty of violated law. THE LIBERALS IN CONGRESS. lii a special Washington dispatch to the St. . Louis Republican, under date of 23d, the probable complexion of the House Commit tees of the approaching session of Congress is j indicated. The correspondent states that \ while there is some talk of giving the chair- ! mansliip of one committee to a Democrat, j following the example of the Senate, in order that the party may have a committee room to use for caucus purposes, there is a studied in-j : difference shown to the claims of the Liberali party, which has one representative in the ! j House whose prospects for ail important place are not considered good. | Foutx-Third Congress.—The long session ; of the forty-third Congress will commence ou Monday next. It will be the first Congress 1 ! assembled under the new and increased ap portionment iu the House of Representatives, making the number of members two hundred ! and ninety-two. The administration will hold j one hundred and ninety-five seats, giving it | a majority of ninety-eight. The opposition i j will be in a greater majority than in the last j j Congress, : s it then numbered one hundred i > and eleven members out of two hundred and ! i forty-three, and nowthere are but ninety-seven Democrats and Liberals in a total of two bmi j dred and twenty-two. The financial condition of the country aud I Radical rule together have jnt Louisiana in | a bad fix. The New Orleans Picayune states . that recent sheriff sales of property for Stale taxes were prevented by the entire absence of bidders, bat that a single buyer from the North was finally found, who, ns the Picayune i puts it, had “the money to invest in the con fiscated homesteads of our people and specu late on our sufferings.” —— I Wk regret to see it stated that the New Or leans Picayune establishment is advertised to be sold by the Sheriff on the Ist of December. : The terms are $25,000 cash, and the balance |in six, twelve add eighteen months. About | two years ago, the Pic. was purchased by a ! large stock company, tbe members of which ! were composed of the merchants and busi ness men of that city. i “ -**- ’ Ax exchange states that Cuban port or ton : nage dues are payable in gold after the Ist ot j January, but the Government has revoked the | requirement of duty on articles of luxury im ; ported half in gold. Lottery tickets, as well j as their prizes, will be paid in bank bills, in j stead of halt in gold, as lately established. - - ; It is now pretty generally the indica- inn j that the leading meu in Congress, wbei • |er liepubliean, Democrat, or Liberal, will 1 | opposed to making war if Spain shall accede to the just demand of the Government for | satisfaction and indemnity. There is eon j seqneutly a visible toning down of excite-: ‘ ment. Ex-Governor H. V. -Johnson freely endorses | lhc opinion of Mr. Stephens iu regard to the | Cuban question. A brief interview with him I will be found in the Herald of to-day. It is stated that iu official circles at Wash ington some of our consuls in Cuba are be coming alarmed at the reckless deeds of the Spanish authorities there, and are applviug for permission to return home. Ii is stated in nnval circles that, at the time the Virginius was captured, notone of tbe Gulf squadron was in Cuban waters. A Thousand Acres on Fire. —The follow ing is from the Bowling Green (Ky.) l’aiila grnph, of the lfitli iusf.; On Green river, in Butler county, there is a scope of country containing a thousand acres or mote which was entirely covered with dead brush and grass. This combustible matter was ignited on the nightof the 11th inst., when tho wind was blowing almost a gale. The whole ter ritory was burned over, the light from which was so brilliant that at the distance of a mile one could see to read as well as by day. The fire spread lor miles up and down the river. The scene is described as grand in tho high est degree. The fire was not stopped by Little Reedy creek, but crossed it and binn ed over a laigc territory. On last Friday night, on the plantation of ,T. P. Ktepheus. in Lee couuty.a negro named Jim Robinson shot and killed Joe Wright. Jealousy the cause. The murderer is m cus tody. Ou the same night, in the same coun ty, on the plantation of Mr. Cleg, tvn ne groes quarrelled, and decided to settle tbe difficulty with double-barrelled shot guns at ten paces. Result—bolli dangerously wound ed—reported .dead on Monday night. ATLANTA WEEKLY HERALD—December 3, 1873. MILT. MALONE. HE IS DOOMED. Governor Smith Reviews the testimony nml Declines to Art. A petition numerously signed having been sent to tbe Governor asking executive clemency in behalf of Milton Malone, who now lies under tbe sentence of death for tbe killing of Frank Phillips, as has already been announced in these columns, yesterday received tbe decision of the Executive. His attorneys received tbe communication, which we give below, about two o’clock yesterday afternoon. Immediately they re paired to tbe cell of tbe doomed man and made known to him that bis late was sealed, and the last hope bad died out. As soon as it was known, a Reporter of tbe Herald repaired to tbe jail for the purpose of seeing the prisoner, and to ascertain the manner in which be received tbe communication. Owing to orders that had been received from Judge Hopkins, made at the request of tbe prisoner, no one was allowed to see him. '‘lnterviewers were strictly forbidden.” Tho prisoner was confined to his cell In solitude, having only bis mother with him, who was taking her fare well leave of her child. He bad been taken from the cell in which be bad been confined, and bad been heavily chained, and a double guard placed over him, to prevent any attempt on bis part at self destruction, if be is so inclined. From tbe information wo obtained, be apparently took tbe sad news conveyed to him, in a calm and composed manner, without displaying any particular leelings which would attract attention. There were no visible preparations being made for the execution. The gallows on which O’Neal was hung last spring, will probably be placed in position to-day, and the unfortunate man will meet his fate on it to-morrow. He made a request to Judge Hopkins io have his execution in strict privacy, specially requesting that no reporters of the press be allowed admission. We understand Judge Hopkins baa passed an order granting his request, and Sheriff Perkereou will carry it out to the letter. The execution will be conducted by the Sheriff him eelf, and will take place between 12 and 1 o’clock. The letter given below will show the earnest efforts made in behalf of the condemned, and the Governor's reasons for his refusal to interfere are lucid'y given, and are exhaustive arguments wby the law should be vindicated: November 2G, 1873. Messrs. W. A. Hawkins, D. r. Fill, Gartrell & Ste phens, Attorneys, Atlanta, Ga. Gentlemen: The application for Executive cl m ency, pretented by you as counsel in behalf of Milton Malone, who is now under sentence of death for the murder of Franklin P. Phillips has received the con sideration which its importance demanded. It is urged that the homicide was committed by Malone under the influence of insanity. This defense was not set up at the trial; for the reason as is stated’ by counsel, that the evidence relied upon to establish its existence was not discovered until alter the second motion for anew trial in tbe case had been refused by the court. It is thus made the duty of the Executive to pass upon and determine a question upon which the innot-ence or guilt of the applicant depends. But, if without fault upon his part, Malone has not beeu able to avail himself of a defense which, if known and set up oa the trial might have induced the jury to re turn a different verdict; and, if that defense can only be made availablo now, it is clearly the duty cf the Executive to hear the evidence offered, and give it the weight to which it may be entitled. Human ac tions are necessarily imperfect, and in all govern ments the pardoning power is lodged somewhere in order to prevent injustice, when it is ascertained that an error has been committed. Does the evidence accompanying the application show that Maione committed the suicide under the influence of insanity? If it does, then he is not guil ty of the offenee for which he is condemned. Murder cannot be committed under the law by other than a person of sound memory and discretion. Insanity excuses an individual from the guilt of ctime, and he is not chargeable for his own actß,if committed when he ia undersell incapacity. But it is a principle of our law, foil tided upon the principles of human na ture, that punishment proportioned to the offense should he certain and immediate, as tbs only effective means for checking crime. When, therefore, the plea of insanity is set up, as an excuse for crime, it should ! not be allowed unless established by the most satis factory evidence. Insanity has been well defined to be “a couditi • n of mind in which a false action of conception or judg ment, a defective power of the will, or au uucontrola ble violence of emotions and instincts, have sepa rately or conjointly been produced by disease." Does the evidence submitted show that disease had pro duced a condition in Malone’s mind which caused a fa’se action of conception or of judgment; or that from the same cause his power of will had become defec tive: or that, in consequence of disease, his instincts j emotions had become uncontrollably violent? If either one, or all of these conditions or mind pioduc ed by disease, are shown to have existed at the time jof the killing, then tbe plea of insanity is established, and it becomes the duty of the Executive to arrest the execution of the sentence pronounced by the Court. The evidence submitted in support of the applica -1 tion c insists of the ex parte affidavits of numerous witnesses; many of whern are well known to be gen tlemen of high character for intelligence and veracity. li many instances tbe witnesses do J not undertake to give any opinion upon the question |oi Malone’s insanity. There is a general concur rence of opinion among the witnesses, however, that for sour* time before the day of the killing, he pre sented the appearance of one suffering from long j continued drunkenness. Some of the witnesses who saw him ou the morniugof that day, testify that his appearance indicated that he was upon tbe verge of mania potu. Others state that shortly before the killing, in a fit of violent excitement, lie broke glasses and other articles of furniture in the room ot a friend with whom be was stopping. One of his friends, it is stated, spoke to the Ordinary of the county iu reference to the propriety of arresting •liui for luuacy. The purpose to arrest him, it seems, "as abandoned at the instance of two of his friends, who undertook for his quiet behavior, but the whole of this evidence proves uothing more thin tint Malone had been iu a state of iutoxicat on tor some days before the killing, and that the natural effects of his intemperance rendered him at time3 mischievous and difficult to control. It certainly falls far short of establishing the iact that he wa< suffering from a mind diseased. But it ia urged that the evidence of Dra. Westmore land and Pinckney raises a presumption of insanity; and lhat, when viewed in the light of their testimony, the evidence of the other witnesses assumes a aiguifl c nee which otherwise could not be attached to it. These gentlemen being experts, their opinions are en titled to great weight and consideration. It is shown that in January, 1860, Malone received a blow ou tho right side of the forehead, which fractured the bone and produced a depression of the skull at that point. It is fuither stated that on account of the injury he lay in-a slate of insensibility for seventeen dsys. Pr. Westmoreland states that he examined Malone, "and found a scar on the forehead, with a depression of the bone at the point, indicating : previous frac ture, with depression.” He further states that such an injury as that which it is represented M lone re | ceived, “may result in permanent injury to the brain, ,as evinced iu impaired intellect, great nervous irrita . bility, periodical convulsions or epilepsy.” Pr. Pinckney states that be lias been the attending I physician of Milton Malone during his imprisonment, and that “he has betrayed symptoms of insanity during that poxiod, when under the influence of ar dent spirits, and at other times when not miner the influence cf any stimulants.” He further states that the evidences of insanity which lie has witnessed in Malone whon under the influence of no exciting cause, are, in his opinitu, “attributable lo effects of his wound upon the right forehead,” He further states that his reason for this opinion is, that he lias been‘‘unable to discover any hereditary insanity in his (Malone's) family, after investigation.” From the foregoing statement, it will be seen that Dr. Westmoreland offers no opinion whatever upon the question cf Malone’s insanity. Ho merely gives the op nion that such injuries as Malone is repre sented to have received, "may result in permanent injury to ihe brain.” Upon the question whether >uoh was tto* rrfludt in this c*ie, he is shent. Dr. Pinckney gives it as his opinion that Malone, daring his imprisonment, has betrayed symp toms of insanity. In what the symptoms consisted or the extent to which they indicated insanity, the Doctor does not state. His statements do not show that Ma lone is now insane, much less do they prove that his mind was diseased at the time of the killing. Tho following extract from the opinion enunciated by tho English Judges in answer to queries pro pounded by the Houso of Peers in reference to Mc- Naughten's case, in my judgment explains correctly the principles upon which insane persons accused of crime, are to be considered free from responsibility and exempt from punishment "The jury, say the Judges—ought in ali caees to be told that every man Biiould be considered of sane mind until the contrary was clearly proved in evi dence. That before a plea of insanity should be al lowed, undoubted evidence ought to be adduced that the accused toas of diseased mind, and that at the time he committed the act he was not con scious of riffht or wrong, Every person is supposed to know what the law is, and therefore no thing could justify a wrong act except it is clearly proved that the party did not know right from wrong. If that was not satisfactorily proved the accused was punishment. If the delusions under which a person labored were only partial, the party accused was equally liable with a person of sane mind.” The evidence submitted to me is not sufficient, in my judgment, to prove that Malone was inGaue at the time of tho killing. There is no evidence showing that bin mind was in a diseased condition, which led him to commit the deed under a false action of con ception of judgment, or that on account of disease he did not have sufficient power of will to control his in stincts aud emotions. The evidence upon his trial shows that he was remarkably free from all appear ance of excitement upon the occasion of the killing. His manuou i tj the homicide was calm and collected. There was nothing in his conduct which indicated the fell purpose of his heart. Indeed, all tho circumstances, as detailed by tbe witnesses, prove, beyond doubt, that the deed was the result of a rational intention to kill. After tho act was committed, Malone walked quietly ontof the room, with his pistol iu his hand, aud said to a policeman whom he met on the stairway, that he was going to give himself tip to Sheriff Harris, and shortly afterwards stated to the same witness, "I was obliged to shoot him: he was trying to shoot me from under the arm of a woman.” These statements very clearly indicate that he was conscious of his responsi bility under the law, for the act which he had com mitted, and that he felt it was necessary for him to attempt to justify the deed. It also appears from the affidavit of Policeman Langley, which I find among the papers, that Malone gave himself up to deponent, who carried him to the guard-house,and that all his conversations and actions indicated that he was and that he was with Malone for fifteen minutes, and had known him for two years, and was satisfied from his actings and sayings, that "he was as sane as he ever ws.” A similar opin ion is given by policeman Pennick, who saw Malone and heard him talk at the guard house in the night after the killing, and was satisfied be waa sane. This witness further swears that he also saw Malone about twenty minutes before the killing, and that he then "was in his right mind, and not crazy or anything like it.” In addition io what has already been stated, much evidence might be referred to, to sustain the legal presumption of Malone’s sanity. But this I deem un necessaiy, as that presumption has not. in my judg ment, been overcome or even weakened by the affida vits submitted in support of the application. It is not amiss to direct attention here to the fact that the injury which it is now alleged Malone receiv ed, as well as the effect produced upon his mind thereby must have been known to his immediate rela tions and friends at the time of his trial; and yet it seemed not to have been considered necessary to offer upon that occasion, any evidence in reference thereto. Allusion is not here made to this omission for the purpose of reflecting upon counsel; but, it is to be regretted that a question, 8 3 freighted with Weighty consequences to their client, and which is /now urged so strenuously upon the consideration of fihe Executive, was not submitted to that tribunal ■j>vhose peculiar province it was to pass upon and set tle all issues of fact in the case. In closing this communication I can net refrain from expressing the pain it gives me to refuse the prayer of the applicant in this case. But alter a most careful and protracted examination of all the evidence my mind is left without a doubt, even as to the justice of his sentence. He has beeu duly, and, in my judgment, prtperly convicted of a great crime against the public, 'and the law must bs vindlca'od. With my convictions of duty, any attempt, upon my part, to interfere with the prompt execution Of the judgment of the law in this case would be a deliberate betrayal of the confi dence reposed in me by the people. * I fully appre ciate the humane feelings which has prompted so many estimable citizens to unite in a petition for the exercise of Executive clemency ia this cise. But it is my duty to be influenced iu my official conduct by such considerations only as should control the action of a magistrate, and iu this, as in all other cases, I must act with sole reference t3 the good of the pub lic. The apnl cation for Executive clemency is refused. I am, gentlemen, yours respectfully, JXs. M. Smith. Where We Stand. Xlie Tribune publishes the following state ment respecting the condition to which Ihe treasury has been brought under the manage ment ot president Grant and Sjcrctarv Rich ardson: The fiiianci.il condition oi (he Government coutiunes to grow worse day by day, a ctr cumstance somewhat ovtrlooke i in conse quence of tbe Cuban excitement. Tbe fact need not be concealed that the treasury is practically bankrupt. The limit of the legal ■tender circulation is $350,000,000, but at the close of business yesterday the actual amount outstanding was $302,000,000, or $0,000,000 more than is allowed by law. The available cash owned by tbe Government is only $2,- 000,000, and this is scatteied all over the country, iu national banks and sub-treasuries. Vet the five-dollar system of silver resumption goes eu miinlerinptedlv. This shows the advantage ot having great men and great financiers to manage our pub lic business. It proves also that our Wall street bankers knew what they were about when they sent out their famous' political cir cular last year glorifying President Grant as a remarkable financial genius, and depreca liug the tlectiou ot Horace Greeley. And as we now seem to be on the verge of a war with Spain, it must be ail occasion of great satis faction and rejoicing not only to those hank ers hut to the whole people to be able to re flect that this war will be conducted by such original, solid, aud sale statesmen as Grant, Richardson, Fish, Robeson, aud the rest. This is a wonderful world, and. as the Tribune says, the Treasury is | raticallv bankrupt. .V. F. Sun. ... ► *. —— Pernicious Pusoatives.— The brilliant idea ol half a century ago that the weak and ailing could be bled, blistered and silivated into a condition of health and vigor is happily ex ploded, but violent and prolonged purgation is still, to some extent, in vogue. We have imposters who are daring enough to otter to tho world, as tonics and restoratives, the most destructive cathartics, unmodified by a single stimulating, soothing or restorative’element. Compare tbe operation of one ol these terri ble nostrums with that ot Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters, iu which arc combined the three great curative elements—a tonic, an alterur live, and an aperient. Tbe former completely paralyzes tbe vital forces, so that nature can make no resistance to the disease; the latter sustains tho strength of the patient, while it restores the suspended functions of the secre tory organs and relieves the bowels without violence ot pain. It is simply a choice be tween restoration and prostration. novlu-lw - - The daily celebration of the mass by the ltev. Reeve Hobbie, a priest of the Prutestanl Episoßpal Church, at Washington, has been stopped by. Bishop Whittingham. DISTRESSED ALABAMA. I Her Present Condition and Future Pros. pccta—Crop Failure—Starvation Stair log—Her Finance—Legislature—tiov- I ernor and Trade. Special Correspondence. Montgomery, Ala., Nov. 24,1873. The annual meeting of the Legislature of I the Slate took place in this city one week ago. It is always an occasion of more or less ; stir and bustle, in this usually monotonous ! city; but at this time the nsual cheerful look, . and pleasant mien which meu were want to | assume who hold the reins of government i within their grasps, are wanting, and a I calm and thoughtful stare is met ou every j turn. The present trying and eventful ; period in financial affairs; the complete stag | nation of bnsiness, coupled with the inevita j ble consequences which are to follow, casts ; an appalling cloud of gloom over this whole ( section, akin to that experienced in the dark | est hours of the late war. You know that the Governor of this State, ; is a Radical, and when lhat is said, the entire ; tale has been told. The lower House has a j Radical majority, while in the Senate the i Democrats rule. The treasury is empty. State bonds are almost worthless. The Gov ernor has been unable for a year past to dis oose of any, even at a ruinous discount. People cannot pay taxes because they have no money, aud still the debt increases. Two millions' of dollars annually as interest on her bonds already out will soon sound the bankrupt note and the funeral knell of, finan cially, this once powerful and wealthy State. In this immediate section, from personal observations, people, both white and black, will suffer before the winter closes for the ac , tual necessities of life, while ail Southern and | Central Alabama are absolutely penniless, j The immediate cotton belt, the best in the world, is without enough provisions to iMt till Christmas. The cotton crop wasamis | erable failure, and all that was gathered goes ! j to the merchant for food and guano already | 1 used up. These arc startling facts. From i thecanebrake country below here large mm- j I bers of negroes are moving to tbe West and deserting the Slate, while the owners of the lands in nine eases in a dozen are not able to i pay the taxes levied on them. In Southwest Alabama the situation is even | more serious. Men who have hitheito man ; fully breasted every inconvenience and re [ verse of fortune in planting since the war, i have given up in despair, and the poorer ; classes are at the starving point. In the upper tier of counties, iu the hills aud mountains of Northern and Eastern por- j j tions of the State, affairs are in a much bet- I : ter condition, and the panic is not so severe- | ! ly felt. Plenty of provisions have been made, j : and the people are comparatively easier, j Large numbers of planters from the lower ; ■ counties are either abandoning or sacrificing their lands and seeking homes further up tbe j country. We fear for the mot disastrous j results. | Tbe trade in this city is at a stand-still— j ; nothing doing. Money out of the question, ! and cotton down. Still, Montgomery is a ; pleasant little city, and will improve rapidly alter tbe present ex ; gcncies have passed. Anew daily paper is to be started here by j the middle of December, by Messrs. Roberts & Richards. They are certainly men of nerve, and deserve success. A live daily paper in this city will undoubtedly succeed, if prop- I erly managed. These gentlemen will start out with au energy and determination, and ! some money with which to back their enter prise. The Grand Lodge of ti e State meets here i in a few days, which will add ou anew im pulse to the present state ot affairs. \ The ytll>s; fever has entirely disappeared j from the city, never more to return it is hoped. Measures are being agitated and | steps taken to improve tbe sanitary condition jot the city, which will no doubt prevent its , re-occurrence. But very few theatrical companies have vis ited us this season, the panic aud the fever putting a stop lo their movements. We hope, and have the promise, however, ot tbe pres ence of several splendid troupes before the close ot the season. W. H. M. Our State Exchanges. , Mr. Brown, of Augusta, died very suddenly I ofappoplexy last week, while out ou a hunt ing excursion with two other gentlemen. The chicken lifters of Augusta invade the j ponltiy precincts of the Sisters of Mercy. The Catholic Church gas piping in Aogusta, last Sunday night, sprang a leak, and the gas : caught fire under the building from a light carried under it to discover the defect in the | piping. It was extinguished without damage. Mr. E. A. Faber, for thirty years a con tractor and builder in Columbus, died in that city on Sunday. Bishop Beckwith preached morning and night, at Columbus la-t Sunday, to crowded congregations, and confirmed a class of twon ty-uine, at Trinity church. The Columbus negroes have the idea that Government will pny S2O per month and pay S3OO bounty to volunteers for Cuba. The total receipts of cotton at the interior totvn|sfor the week ending Friday last, were 37,013 bales, against 35,01s last year, and j had stocks of 05,102 against 05,075. The I | following shows their total receipts to Friday ■ night, November 21: 1573 is 72 i ; Augusta 07,311 77,003 j Macon 30,057 31,215 i Knfanla 10,130 12,007 i Columbus 20,227 24,410 | Montgomerv 13,081 30,103 I ’ Seim t 19,930 22,272 j Nashville 13,723 18,821 j Memphis 91,217 113,098 ! Total 278,512 336,309 | A grand relormatiou among the Griffin ed- : ; itors is now auspiciously on the progress. I ; “D.imse" Alexander and “Gene” Speer be-1 long to the KnigbG ot Jericho, the one! | Worthy Chief and the other Treasurer, j ; Fitch and Speights ate both seriously con- j j templatiug an awkward step in that dirce- ! tion, aud if they do so one-half the bar rooms ■ will have to close, and the spirit of the Gvil [ fin press will become extinct. i The free school system in Griffin so far has j proven a success. ! Hamilton is trying to throw out her lines I so as to draw the North and South Railroad ' within her corporate limits. Hou. M. C. Summerlin, of Heard county, j j was dangerously stabbed the other day by a ! : white tenant named Henry Young. The British steamship Ambassador, Capt. Williamson, was cleared for Liverpool, ou ! j Monday last, from Savannah, by Messrs. Oc- I tavus, Cobeu A Cos., with 1,742 bales upland i : cotton, weighing 2,227,511 pounds, valued at i $311,222; 27 hales sea island cotton, weighiug ! | 9,050 pounds, valued at $2,817 95; also, 435 I sacks cotton seed, valued at $350. This is Ihe largest cotton cargo ever taken from this port by a steamship. Messrs. J. H. Graybill A Cos. cleared ihe British bark Eva Carvill, i Captain Hogg, oil the same day, also for Liv | erpool, with a cargo of 1,901 bales upland I cotton, weighing 881,288 pounds, valued at 1 *124,101 10; also, 1,700 white oak staves, val -1 ued at $212 50. Only a fair audience greeted Mr. and Mrs. Harry Watkins on Monday might. Sweet potatoes Rell in Athens at from 40 to 50 cents per busht 1. Tho Floyd Superior Court for the third j week commenced Mcntlty morning, Judge | Underwood presiding. ’lbis week will be devoted to the criminal and k kct. There are no , capital eases to lie tried. PATENT MEDICINES. I CONSUMPTION C IRE D. Globe Flower Cough Syrup Does Positively cure, as if by maaic, Colds, CoUGas, Bronchitis, Asthma, Whooping Cor<i .Sobe-Throat, Hoarsen* CONSUMPTION, anff all Lun^ Diseases. We have never kuown the second Jose to faiL ■ in# immediate relief in CROUP—tli ? great *>est of children and terror oi mothers. CLOBE FLOWER SYRUP lias lieen tested ;c i 3,000 cases of Consumption, iu which it cured aearlv ! every ease. It cures when all other boasted remedies fiii. AaF* It has cared hundreds of paople who ar Jvir _ to-day with only one remaining lung. This rare and delightful remedy is the active princi ple, obtained by chemical process, from tho "Globe Flower,” known, also, as “Button Root.” and in Bota ny "Cephelanthus Occidental is.” We can, with truth, assure the community that, this incompatible rercedy does not contain a particle of Opium, or any of its pieparations, no Lobelia, Ipecac, Squills, Mceu’ry. Hy drocyanic Acid, or any poison whatever. ! The action of the Globe Flower Syrup ou the hu man system is mild and benign, and adapted to a'i ages—irom tho infant to the alult, and to every VARIETY OF TEMPERAMENT AND CONSTiT’JTtIM, ! The effects to be tookei for after Ukini? CLOBF FLOWER, COUCH SYRUP, ar t flrst, a j soothing and controlling influence over anycougL. | affording REFRESHING SLEEP: second, I’romotic an easy EXPECTORATION; third, Invigorating the whole system, curing tho Cough, and bequeathing to i posterity one of its greatest blessings, SOUND LUNGS &. IMMUNITY FROM CONSUMPTION. For Testimonials for Wonderful Cures semi to tie (proprietor or call upon your Druggist. One will prove to you its wonderful virtues. 43“ For Sale by all Druggists. Dr. J. S. PEMBERTON & CO., PiojtS. novll-tf ATLANTA. GA iBSE i of Chronic and Acute Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Lma bago, Sciatica, Kidney and Nervous Disease■, after years of suffering, by the taking Dr. Kilter’s Ve s etable Rheumatic Syrup—the scientific diicov j ery of J. P. Fitler, M.D., a regular graduate pay?: clan, with whom we are personally acquainted, wl has for 39 yearß treated these diseases exclusively with ! astonishing results We believe it our Christian duty, ( after deliberation, to conscientiously request suffarera j to use it, especially Dersona in moderate circmnstan 1 ces, who cannot afford to waste money and tim? or. worthless mixtures. As rlc.gymen, we seriously feel | the deep responsibility resting on us in publicly in | dorsing this medicine. But our knowledge anl axpe ; rience of its remarkable merit fully justifies ourac j tion. Rev. C. H. Ewing, Media, Pennsylvania, suffer■- !ed siEteen years, became hopeless. Rev. Thomas Murphy, D. D., Frankford, Philadelphia; Rev. J, B. ' Davis, Highstown, New Jersey: Rev. -J. S. Buchanan. . Clarence, Iowa; Rev. G. G. Smith, Pittsford, N. York; Rev. Joseph Beggs, Falls Church, Philadelphia. Oth er testimonials from Senators, Governors, Judges. Con gressmen, Physicians, &c., forwarded gratis, W’.U: pamphlet explaining these diseases. One thousand dollars will be presented to any medicine for same I diseases showing equal merit under test, or that can : produce one-fourth as many living cures. Any per ; son sending by letter descripiion of affliction, will r - ceive gratis a legally signed guarantee, naming the 1 number of boitles to cure, agreeing to refund the money upon sworn statement of its failure to cure. REDWINE A FOX tebs Wholesale *u<j retail Adepts Atlanta. <n. Concentrated Vegetable Specific is a tras P i 1 rifler of the Blood. It thoroughly neutralizes and eliminates from the system tho specific virus which causes such a long list of suffering. In every form of scrofulous, mercurial and cossti tutional blood complaints, it Btands without a comps* r rapidly curing ulcers, pustules, carbuncles, scald head salt rheum, and the 88 different varieties of skin affec tions. It is a positive curative for scrofula, and deadly enemy of mercury, lead and arsenic, quickly eliminating them from the system. The Fluid Extract of Queen’s Delight, prepared by Dr. J. 9. Pemberton, has made the meet wonderful and astonishing cure 9. Its purifying, vivifying and tonic properties exercise the quickest and most wonderful effects in restoring health. It is harmless to the most delicate, and can never be used amiss. It is the true beautifler of the complexion. If you want pure, rich blood, clear skin and beautiful complexion, use the Compound Extract of Stillingia or Queen's Delight. Read our treason diseases of the Blood. The genuine has the signature of the proprietor upon each label. J. S. PEMBERTON * f .. apll-yl-eod Atlanta Ga. HOTELS | mi A 91 R O C K HOUSE. WEST POINT, GEORGIA. The travelling oublic are informed au ; obtain First-class meals and good aeeomHindut r.s a: i this house. i Traius stop here for dinner. Hotel situated left ! side of car shed. PAT. GIBBONS, j 'an2o-(l3m Proprietor SPOTSWOOD HOTEL, MACON, 6EORCIA, ! THOMAS 11. HAPJUS. - - Froprutor Board ZIP ox- Day Op. Paasonger Depot, and Or’y One Minute’s Walk RUDD HOUSE i Dalton ----- Georgia, = .1. It. Klim .1 OS, Proprietor.. j riNHIS House (formerly Georgia Hotel) is within ten X stops of the Passenger Depot, and will jive flrat dass accommodations iu every reaped. Board Perl Day - - - - $2 OO- Twenty Minntea lor Supper. When yon arrive on the Cars, be sure to call for tlis Rudd House Porter; give him your checks; walk over aud make yourself at home. The Potter wlllcouve your Baggage free of charge. cct> THE JONES HOUSE, NEAR THE PUBLIC SQUARE. COVINGTON. GEORGIA. R. W. JONES, Proprietor. *aT Free conveyance from the Railroad. - fcl 1 apriUdly j LIVINGSTON HOTEL, NORTBK (ST CcIRNEH SQUARE, LA FAYETTE A. MRS. M. MARBLE. - - • Proprieties. Bamr.l liy th D*y, Week or Montti. t th. roost Keuson.bl. Rut... LIVERY STABIiH ! CONNECTED WITH THE HOUSE. CAMP HOUSE, WITHIN ONE HUNDRED YARDS OF PASSES* ger depot. Meals, 50c. I Lodging 50c. J. B. CAMP, Proprietor. p4-U Oriffl*. Oeorgi,. 3