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We frequently hear of a protty t m, but we lxtvo one here that is su erleively pretty-in fact, in it the i rtty is pretty well used up, although there is "pretty little" in it A pretty little maiden HIad a pretty little dream,, A )retty little wedding Was the pretty little thone. A pretty little bachelor To win her favor triod, And. askod her how she'd li ke-to- be Ris pretty little brido. - ith some protty little blushes, And a pretty little sigh, A lid some pretty little glances From a pretty little eye N ith a pretty little face Behind a pretty fan She smiled on (lhe proposals Of this prety fittle man. Sino protty little "loves, And sonme protty little "dears," 'oine pretty little smiles, And some pretty little tears pretty littlo presents, And a pretty little-kiss, Werosome pretty little prolades To some pretty little bliss. 'This pretty little lady Xnd her pretty little spark, Met the pretty little parson And his pretty little clork A rotty little weddiIg rig - nited then for life, A pretty little husband And a pretty little wife. LOVE TilY GOD. r will love theo ; 1od my loather Mf Redeemer and my King I I will love Thee, for without Theo Life is but a flooting thing. I will love Theo ; if not nourished By thy love, my soul must die I I will love Theo ; gaze upon me Always guido me by thinio eye. 1 will love Thee ; may thy glory, Dazzle my rojoicing eyes, I will love Theo ; mithity goodnems Guard from Ileaven all 1 prize. I willflovc Theo- Tlhee(, my'elige Shall 1he in ily dlays of' you th, I adoreo-Thee, to The, . 1iay, Thou exhaustloss sourco o (rut h. Thoo I worsIip-i have vowed it. - On thy loo my ititart is set . While I love Thmee, I will never My Redcumor's blood forget. SONG. The shadows creep along tho deep And up the silent river, Whil softly through the central blue Faint rays of starlight (juivor. So fado life's ligltc, so fall ns night, - And mant les all in adness, Till stars of love rshinoc out above And Gif the so.ul withI gladness. Tine homeward imin we slowly gain, With every oa-trk' eadenmee, And leovlo a shoro al' peopledl o'e~r. Wit;; firy mn aiinn midens. 'Tis thus we glide on Time's dark tide, To labor's solomtn measure,, - Donath's rboro to. find, ant lenve beh ind The flvwery islcs of pleasumre. Prlssiltil Pollcy, AtDnESS OF' COUNXT uilSMIAnK ONT P'ouiUY 01. i'nUhSSi A. At a sit~ting of the cominuiUtee of the lower Ihonse uiponm the address, hld~ on 'thie 17th ultitmo, C.ounit Bismiark gave thtd foliowving oxp~lantations as to the poli-. .oy m'.onuded to be pursured by Prai. sta Little diflibreonce exist's between the - ,authors of Lihe various drafts of' address, or' between thme G1ov emt and the tChambers, as to tho object to which the epolicy of Germany ought to be directed. Th'le question is onily to discover by wmhat mtethtods that object shall be attainied. Giovernmenmt has been forced to confinet itself within the limits of possibility-i.e. I of what can be realized' without enor mous sacrifices atnd without comprois inig thme future. We should have run this risk if we hand crossed the limits - we have marked out for our policy. I We must keep thoengagements we have conitracted iti this respect, and above alt ereato contfidenco in our word. But we (d0 not think it wvould have beetn usc. 1 Ad at present to go furt her.' Thme Pruis sui G~'oernnt is suffciently animated by strong ambition to ronider it advisa ble to moderate rathier thani stimulate it, According to the peace preliminiaries, the North Gernmmviiwi nave (lie chiarge *of regulating the naitional relations of 'te Southiernm Conf~ederat'in. To carry -Out this task we shall thave to examime whtether the wanit of this orgitmization is felt moreN strongly by' the( popPulation of South' Germny I than by theinir G~ov. ernmmett, as it no0w t hpens that we see Prussian soldiens wI) bo pas beyond the line of demamrkatioun exposed 'o t.he pep. *ular aimtosity. it is for has -xt to im p art solid foundationi to the ne(w umon~i. I ibelieve that in tryitig to extenmd them *too fatr their solidityv wonid tA' dIimninishi * .ed. -Woa could( not, for instane, schtrit a Stat~o likeoI ita ri .i i. snch coniditie as we itendt now i to iin jJ so upon c.'r. tain Sta tes of t~ o North. fLet 'u tryg u.. L ..to establish a powei al Prusrla, a pow. erfuil crown domaiin of the 1iheeltng .State. The tiw' of - close mti by .which we'~ mean 'o-m N:rth.iin Ge1r. I - many wihi.not be so strong as an an m. corpprationi. Nevert a~eas there, are only two ot' three -matlt's to prevenlt a.it *lied .races 'ontarained by teir govern i me. nts tuinrnmg their armes 'gainst m. '1Tt'e first qi those is incorporaiso au complete fusiom 'of the. puptmtinn e Prussiai, aim} in especial of the bi fauctionasies who will remaini nat, to* ihe old Govbrnments. 'lThe Gov' monit do'es nut conisider thim t motigt 0 purmwuan, these dillenhm at as . I eap, fts is the custo'n of the Latin peo do ; but it will proceed, in the Gormar nanner, by humoring the institutions t< .hese populations, and accustoming then ;radilly to their -new situation. ThI econd course is the palttition of thi< -ights of sovereignity, i. c., th'e stablish mnt of a military sovereign and a civil iovereign. Compelledt by eircumstancoe wve must ondeavor to apply this system n Saxoly. I had at oie time a isiarket referenco for this method, but after Omht he11 iinpressions T have received fron ie reorginizaiion ofSchleswig. Iolstein [ am afrai such a system would bo obmC a so'uce of collisions which miglit cad to a coolness of tihe annexed-coil, tries towards tieir new miasters. It reference to this point I have been 1ne wvith the remiiark, "We don't wish to ho 0m1o secoid class P'russians." But in. Jependently of these impressions, Lii iystem possesses the inconvenience tha )iO of the two inastors, tho iinilitary iovereign who is at foreigner, aiway. somes forward with distasteful require rnents, whilu all the beneficent influenct >f civil action remain in the hands of Clu >d sovereign. I regret, as I have said hat, we are coinpelled to make tihis ax perinent in Saxony. We did not wisl to mako a much diminished 1Ianov'e and Saxony. Lastly, the third methoi would be to-divide the territories as tihoy have beon hitherto composed. Wu dit wish to make a imuch diminished [lano ver .tnd Saxony. Wo mado unpleasan axperiences with thu system in Saxon) in 181r. Tho portions of that couitry ivhich were then given to Prussia hav< becn completely fused in her, but inl th< portioin that has preserved its anatomy a frank aversionas is retained toward Prussia. For this reason we have nov uoipletely departed from this system, which was soi;'gested to us, ; we i:av< placed ihe ii erests o'f dhin popaIIItion abovo the interesits of the dlyamsties. I is Lrni timt this couirso perhap is proilucei Ohm inipression of ill nistice, but, the sci oice of politics has lot the iission o Nemesis Veigeance does not aipper tain to is. Wo must do what, is ai no eenity for the Piussiani State, anil mu us roniseele'it-tly nlot allow oirselves to b( guilel by any dyiiastic svinpat Iy'. P'eo plk have alreaily learned to alipreciat. us evein in thosi very coint tries. 1I i overians have ahready ,nihl to ile :"r seriv our 1ynasty lor us; but, if t1 .i not Owosibl' then tryi at. eabst not to par s'st't on r itory, l)ut, ta ke it eini ii ;.' er (,III- urallies, they have a1id ien t'w iII mnbiers, or weak ; but dui iy. no t it hnprutlence, ordains dial we lio utH keep our word, even to lt amsumoong hgeim. Thle less hsesita Ur nLI ia slows iin sweeping lIo S"' oi-in thw map the more is ski hmi si riely to keep her word wit li t'ie 1- ii. !t is precisely inl Soutthen-r ''1"milly that faith in outr political lby biy ill have great weiiht. As for I h1 Uminsoiinion of the impire of 1819, it wvill only be one of the forms throungh whlich e) piobleut I have just pointet iit will fiind its seliitioi. r adtnit tha it thiory that' Constitutimi prceedl viithi iloro rieiesi s anid cosist enc) han our se'heimi', the untion, I b~ca usec unikes, so to speak, of' the dlitferenit sov ireigtos the subjects, the vassals of tln 'uture Emperor of Ge'rmnu y ; hut t hies uovereigns will be more dlispeod to con ~ede rights t-o an all'y, a functionary o he union, than to ain ltmperor and S'uzu Tiuunediaitely before thte adjournimen t o P~arliamtenst, Ithe Itoyail Commsinon. wis~ ot ,i'as appointedi tor' t.Ihai 1i'prpo', imadei a tut 'rport withi retference to thle lait egr nsurirect ion in .1lamaii ca. WViith ref'erem.,i o the iiumuediato camuses of tthat, inisurr'ect ion o imuch hais tboret otore been saidi biy lihi: msper, t hat we nteed do littl mciuore ttha'ni retfe1 neidtentaslly to t he subject.. TIo ihe peopiol of' i he li 0 shive St aites o lie Union I he report, of' tie Ciomini.sioni is ai some respects, ai prodhiot ion ofthe li imsi irof'onnd interest. it, prve miot i nconi estlibly that "whenever and wherever tw< opulations of ditlferent 'loods are brouighi nto close and endsuring contasct, after is udden and raidlil change in the condit loi it the inferior r'ace, atnd feeling of race ih uro to ho0 engondered in esach, Jealousy, ontempt, or resonitiment, or' suspicioni, Ir reiter or lost degreos, chiiarato iiaes t hel attal initercourse." This has always beui he caise with rae s of the samn color, and he g'ejudicos of race ini the oso of thec usti'ans and the Venetians, the Ensglish ad Irish, the Neapolitans and the Piedl LiOntese, and the Poles and the luslians, re a few of the miasny instasnces to which we migt, retfer. But-'this instinctive antagon Sim is .greatly litensinled and)( exaggerated my entitre d'issimiilasrity of coloii, sand( still uoro0 by the stuideon change from slavery to Tihe insurreot ion in Jaimaiea was doubt. ess brought about, by. the mixed raece and a ow dteuigng and unprincipled white men rorking upon the prejudices ef the blacs. is preachera and as professed frlends those son aequired . a most perntcious influene ver the Jamialoa nqgroes. Thie bloody in-. urret1ion in October, 1865, at Morant, hay, ras, cecasioned by a depraved white main sdvisiing a negr'o not to pay the cost. In a mill which had been decided agaiinst him. Phe five hundtred int'urisated blacks who on he 10th dlay of Oc4eor commiencedi thme york ef sahsm~teri, eerged fromi a chsaape y hor'e anioiher- repirobaito exhorted everf labbathi to insurreection andi 'murider.~ The coitmnissioneir.i rtato In their own 'eport thlat a desii'o to got the loal govern neout I11.1( hei 0 whi hasims, and~ to piossess he launds of' then w hites t're'o of 'ent, and mo ontrot Ito dtooisioins of the civil courts, vero thle causes oft the instir'cet ion. Thamst parotin of theo elabor'ato. report of hoe Com'nisson) whIich (reca of the effects if thirty years' liberty upon the negroes of iaaicla, is to us by far the most. lnters. nei por;Ionm ot' th~eir work. In tis r'eport ye: roaiily tind \vhy an Island wichol for 'er'ility and b'eaut v was an Eden, has be too'u~ i o oerc. ~'ho e.t ire poverty of his once weal thy andi psi perous islhand it, hie resul, of' he' lOhoel4 indokleine 'of the 'usnnipiated negro. As thie labor e'f a sin rio damy each wreek furniahed thes black wi noanls of sutppor't for the rest of-'the week, to will not work mnoro thana one day in .aven., Th'Iore 'hs ainong thetm a growing niiifference to honest labor, and an increas "g pr'olinisity to suibstitute iiarcony and 'u:;lary t'er hoih. They are losing allI traces f the civilization wichl they e\ijoye a(1s .ni -s'ud ini many instances are as barbar weeterancnostorsofteGd oneC can rise frem the contemnplation of - , itijuartial report upon the -~' Ipt, 'I .Jami':ien ivithout seeing e. negIsi'ro is a groater curse iaiii nsam ..a ue.t i .me n ..rai.s: Tm utter dissiluteness of these victims of mis taken philanthropy, and the absene of all moral sense, Is dwelt upon by the Commis sion with grcat foro, Evory wittless exam. ined by the Conmomisaion, "vtllcil, lay, lor. cal or seelarimi, - Episcopalian, Baptist.or v Mk mivian, holds but one langtige respect' . ing tihe immorality viciousness" of the enman cipated blacks. "The utter want of prinol ple or nmoral sense which pervados the mass ofthmese people, 'tie 'total absence o1 all parental control or proper training of the children, andi incorrigible indolenco, apathy and imtnprovidence.of aill ages,"ar describedd Is I1most. iicrelTil, ''Crimmi, especialily larceny, is fearfully on tie increase, but that is not due to wimant compelling tosteal, The yomung :and tie trong of both sexes are those who fill thijmails, and they aiw--yS comme in goodi coldition.'' in the town lihe negroems repudiato, for tho miost part., any I niotim or hmnest work, ami imn ,tie couitry they work i few hours i day smnii-occasion ally. They rob, oheat and pillage, and rob the gar'ens, fowl-houson, daiies, 1 mnomu - hiusesL mamnd .plamntamtionis of evemyt hming that, can be earried awny " . The jails are liked rat herm ''5bm avoided by thesu wretlhes, as they fimid ihero' better I food t haln Ihy get when at large. Piunishi. ment for orine brimigs wit I it n6 seise of degrmdatiom, aii is law does not poermit them to be flogged, they are under. no ro straint from fear of iythiing woise thau a shot term of imvprisonnint. 0 -rThe Comminissioners describe the emnmimci. paletl miegro as deteriointing year lky year, mand every witniesi who wias examined testi tied to tiis torrible deterioration is the curso of tme colony Tho Jammnaia negre is rapily aipproximinating in habits to his na tive African forefartheims. I The substitution ot illiterate, brual negro I preachers for t lie honiest anl pious white t clergymen who.used it act as theli spiritu al muvisers, is specially. noted as one of the , causes of tIe rapild eleolin6 of the free ne groes of Jamaica in religious zeal. WVhier ever [ie negroes havo buen duopiviud of te C nImodels of' Eiropean tihought mid oharacter, i ammd nave tmllon into the hands of nativo preachers anmd teachors, they have itetrograd ed very rapidly. It has been very tuitiful ly said "thaimt tho only way to civilize thmd in megro is to emnirn"t himn to the. constit au- ~ Iervision of mthe whitu inmm." Negroes aro t min immitativo ams Imolmcys, and the nativo preehiers mro lemuing tim back to the wor ship ot smmnate , spiders and othr loatsome reptiles ind imstets. ---lichmond Time. Elti clt xi te, 'Tho fllowmimg ire tie closimg reinirks of lme lito S. 8. Cox, lof Ohio, inm the iveci V recently delivercd by him in lhie city olNew York, aid in whih hie reviewed tlie imtoler aill n10tion 01'tie Comng.ss thamtt recently ad. journed : "le his'ori:i of tom th'iw: somiet ing fro nm hms ilm:mii hitm Whe line pictmes th e prold Qumeei of l'ilhyri, Zemobia, arrayed in pumrjple, yet L..aded with golei ehains ; toamggranlicV. time Iroce eiot1 inl h1onrIk' ofthei0 com tmerm of Asia. It ieim no i magimitiou to pi tlure tie fit3 ol' elevenm Statls, nlot of' foreigin origin, biut o o mie blood, lantgunge t ind history .a-il religio, followim with dMowmCas.t eyU tle tritmplll)iUi.t ChIriot of Congressiontl power ! States whoso area is over T.>1,000 sqtu;iro miles; larger t han imngminnl, Fatice, Smin, Porluiigal; and ill Geman:mmy ; hamving a popubitioni of 10,Jt0, 000; whoSeatinual prodiitut froin a, little pod IS grCater than lie Wealth wihih tline IRon i IMore inl his siately galloys to Itomo from time goldenm and jewt hml ldOrient I Virginia, too rtwotel perhta'ip, but wilhIt mich a grandoui' of gi cal. uames oi ier rls the Carolinians, weary of their waywmrdness, but still the ihmeii of tie Pinckemys, 'who gave the Comi- t tulion to Auorica amd those who, at Meck eminmg, .i cipate tme eclrt'i ion whic h, at Kiing's Mbmutat ir. , comsimnated omir inmmlepemiience ; Goirgia, lFloidal, Alabmama, .\ississipp'i, whose feet mare kissed by time wia tem's of a tihomusam.d mivers, which r'ollimig timrotmgh time vmilley of time Alississippi, gatmer( thi volnnes of wvealthi fmrom M innlesota to Soibina- -Ithese mime time subject States led in fmottemrs at, time car of Ithe iimerial Con gr'ess. Suchi exhibit ionis dishmonmored time greatnmess of even l'aigan Ilomom. TIiiey I womihi not. be tomlem'mtedm by mimnbitjius Friancoe, which makesu Vemetia as a gift, frotm. the I r imise'r only~ to set it ams a je'wel ini tie orowmi oif i7aite.i It aly. i4 aiiht tinmd its counrter pmrt ini imb. great han im ina mml o1 timo Noirtti it ins.<iam -.iin whose enmibraice proisImte P'oand gm'oain-. l'om get lig I. er ownit graisp of Iro- . imanml, lmnglamii assmummes tmi lie horr'itied. at time spectamc!m. lvmvii ini 'Turkey, thle policy oif stranimglinmg brethri rs by Ithe iultni mmo lomnger mniikes limo. Iymvh- ,m'hm t m ii o im a li e orosses I m ho 10,si.ma. lmit for t his tChrmist ian landi .t of' Amtmormi, th lit'lol do nmot, ask such a( tnoekery of' I iiiium andm sutch a degrmada ionm of pontwee. Th'ley wvill wriito the epmitaphi of the Conigi'ss wihichm pro~poss It In let telrs maf flre 'liro 'lies the fm'mgmnts of thamo Tirity-ninbhti A imeian Congrmess, whmichm,i start iing with a furmtivo conspiraiy against imho- President, wiith opp~o'tunfities never beforo' votnobse fed for blessing, postponed Unmionm miand putting thme matin ini peril oif anmolhem' civil wmim, it dioed unider the just indigun-itlon of ami aroused people, and is 8 nimned to man iimnortality of infmiy I'' ' -Thie Newv York Dillly News ' From thmo suibjoinecd airtielo to thbi pub. ' lie it will be seeni, ve-havono dlonbt with univtrsal rege&t thant thme Ifon. Benij. ~ WVood bmas soldi opthlis interest iln the ~ Newv York..Daily News. 1 f thmero is one per'son in the North crn Slates who has bee. an able timfd consistent friend of'theo South~ through ] hien trodibles anid trials, that nian is cor. i tainly Benj. WVood. As a member of a thie Uniited States Congress. duzring the i wvar, het was ono of thme few brave and c couraigeous f'riends of otir section; and,. as time editor of' the News, hmo was almost t alone in te Nomrthm-thme'consistent chamnt pioni of Stale Rights and State Sever- il eignt~y. .t Hbt. puirchaser thle Lady News in c 1 860, and mnemdiately gave to its col umns taihie soblier and brilliant reflections r of bis mindm. lIeU detiouniced time war t wagemd iy time Northm an n~erciless ' and am dlespottic, aid. through lis persistent do' la tlnnciationm of' II . 1Lincoln's Administra- ~ tion, his ofico wias closed for eighteen a Mm bs h. WVhen lie resumlmed the pubili o 'cation of lisa journal not bo tefee0sion-' C dmd hie make to arbitrary power, hbut Ii agamin hto denouncited time Norlern policy e wvith era~ nmoro vigor than previoumslyv. ti An~d to t ho titme lio sold his paper it was ,h always digniflmd, imanlhy and outspoken. !p Fraad,. corrupitiotn and thoir inecessary tJ attendants wvere alniways exposed; anid it bi is, perhaps, time sole paper in the North-' si ern States that has hment perfectly con sistent during time mato and present un. s happy conidition of thb country. tl WVe trust thiat' Mr. Wood will find in iA the retirement he now seeks that happi. ti ne0.s amvl comnsolationi which is awarded .Only to consistent andi honorable mon when they leave the turmoils ahd an- d noyances of business for the sweet enjoy. Li mont of private ease antd leispiro. We ri can promise him the gratittudo of the~ n Southern peoyle ; and if in sonme other ' i U ublic opheore he should come.upon 1he oards, we can assure him that he will ave their entire support. To tho News,under its new managers, i re extond a cordial greting, and trust a hat its record hereafter will be as Un. potted as it has been heretofore. TO THIC PUBL16. My connection. with the 'Now York Vews, as editor and proprietor, ceases to I lay. My mission as a journalist. is at u .n end, and it is with-sincere regret that c abandon a s*iere that,. with all its. nxiotios and responsibilities, has still flo'ded re an opp-arbunity to serve my ountry according to my convictione- of z he right. . ha I bid trewell to a publio that has ,'4nierouIisly responded to-my efforts witlh I full shar of its paVronage and conli h-nie.. It is not without- an honest iride in having dischaniged to the best of ny ability; the duties imposed upon. me ni the vocation that I now relinquish, hat I transfer those oblgationa to other iuds. I assumed the charge of the Now Cork News at a period.when the eolo nents of convulsion had broken loose. roin all restraining influences, and it >eanmo the solenin duty of.overy citizen o determino, in obetienee V6 the dlc-. atos of. his own conscience, what posi ion he would take in regard to the. pa' itical difrorenges that threatened the >eace of.the Republ'ic. I took my posi ion and mtaintained -it to the end. I i iave no enemies so much my en'nies. s to assert that I have ever faltered 'ori iquivocated in -my eminciation of politi. al sentiment. The New York New, n4.r my direction, has been consistent, artless auid honest in its political careelf lid ' asic from 'iy fellow-countrymen tothng more than thleir acknowledg. rient lhat, I have,-as a journalist, been rue to the principles to which my pa. t >er was devoted. r With the cessation of civil war I felt I hat my mission was at an end The Ivew York News, as a peace journa), eached at last the goal of its aspiration. v hero is much yet to be done before the c Plessing of that peace shidl bo fully reali. ed, but, in the great uprising of the 'onseavalivo mnasse4, I recogn zo a iromise of s-feiy und of happiness for h1 Republic. . In disposing of the proprietorship of ho New York News to its present own -rs, I have the satisfaetion of knowing hat it has boen purclhased by gentlemen >f energy, enterpriso and journalistic 'Xpericiice, who have mny best wishes for heir suiecess. BENzj. WOOD. I t New York, September 10, 1866. t .1t TIrAT GAviX.--In the full report of t lie proceedings of the Mulatto Conven. I ion- at Philadelphia, we find the follow - ng :. Efr. Charlos Gibbons, Chairman of the I 1e. eption Committee, came forward, t vith a sniall gavel in his hand, and said:. m 'I hokq in my hand the idential gavel' Ised in Charl'eston South Carolino, i ven the Convention assembled there I n 1860 for the djsohmmtion of the Ani- 4 an Uynion." [,1Erisivo laughter, an~d.a houts of "Throw it awany."J This is-' he gavel whichi called tofrether that konveetioni whiich declared tiuo Ameri an Union dissolved. [Cries of "B'reak up," "Throw it downi here;" &.J1 iir, turning to Governor Hamilkon, ave the hpleasuire ot tendermgit to-you- 1 ar the purpcose of calling together that t iyal Con venmtioni which is to. lay the undat.ion for the' re-establsisont of' i lbat Union.. Governor F~amilton. ao& epted' the gift, and then, the- aeveonies rm vero declared endedL Tho1 staitomont about the identity of f lie gavel is a slicer f'abrication. 'Phe t 'hilistines did- not possess themselves ofc his soumvenir. The gavel. used' by that a Jonvent ion, us well' as the P'resident's t hair and' table, ace now in this city.c tt the fidjournment of: the assemblage hose relics were presented)iby the. Con ention to the St. A~ndrews< Soeiety,: chlo had tendered' the free use of' their uilding, anid are nowv in the possessiona f the Secretary. The gaviel, which has n ivory, hread and eboniy -handle, we aw eterday. It has the word' "seces-i ion' carved theron, epd was in the t olsession of tho Secretatry during his .aniking pereginations'. The other drti. lea offurniture ijever banme within the cope of those whip .made it a' part o( I heir programme while here, noti o take nything beyond their roach..- Ohales. m Couerier., LOST nY NOT TAKING. A COUNTY APIn.-Generaligr sjkahtng but little rnpor,tance is attaQhed to the taking ofa country newspaper. This neglect and d idifference had its-practical. reward the a ther day. .-. Some time ago. a gentleman in this t swn was appfointed an auditor-to Stri. e uethe funds in the hands of antadmin. p trhtor amongst the creditors. No- i ice of the auditor wvas published in two ' f the countyr papersm It so happened that a few creditors beiding in a certain portion of the coun y~ who had collectively claims to -the mount of seven or eight hundred dal- I ire, from the neglect of taking a Qounty aper never heard of the .audit until, " fter the tepart of the auditor had' been' r snfirmesl by shme couzrt.. They then ti time into town -to gnquire about the t kelihood of securing their claims ; call. c I upon an attorney who examined into b io matter, and infb~rmed thon'i that they , ad forever lost theiir money,. andi we I resume charged them five dollars for u~ to mfo~rmation. .All this resultod-fromi ti imig too penurious or too careless to c ibscribe for ai county paper. Those gentlemen havo learned a lea m that will last them the balance of a eilr .lites, and as a warning to othiers ho from the same motives fail to take peir cotimty pa por. There is scarbel~y a-man in the om- e unity who will not beocaught up some' a by on a legal notice,, but that does niot hi ke apaper,. unless ha- clandestinely- d ads his neighbor'-e, and every gentle a ain should be' aboo' literary pilfering t< to this,. Boi ay aneongeon. * km. Martin Luther Smith. We announoed-but a brief while ago, saya lie Atlantic Inell(gencer, the sudden deati a Rome Ga., of the above distinguisher :entleman. We well remember to have fren looked in silent, admiration upon the oldier-like form of General Smith during hat fearful campaign beginning at thi 'Wilderness' and. ending at Appomattox louft Ifouse. Especially duing thebloody truggle at Spottsylvania Court Ilouse, di< ts watchful eyo sean that habtily thrown Lp line of intrenohments, against whiob the nomy. like the great billows of the ocean urged in "vaiu. Calnly, silently, he- wai eon riding to and fro amidst the' slIower o hot and shell, as if in admiration of tit terolo manner in whidh Lee's gallant vote ans were defending. the lines his mathe natical eye ha&'dlnwn for them. Sinct latdhy oher forms than his have passed o the great beyond. General Smith ha: ;one to join his comrades. An exchangi lus speaks of of him: In the old arIny of the Botomao a silent oaking gentlernan, but on- whose- restles iyo soomed to notice every shrub rnd bush rearing the star of a general, accomnpanicd >y a full staff, could be seon riding alonp he lines. ils presence seemed to create at two as he rodo along and the most noisy .ven hushed. Also the staff that rodo be iind him were perfectly quiet. They in lulged. in no conversation, and no emil< vreathed their lips. Like shadows tho3 'ode after a spoetre. * The soldiers would say, "Who is that?' 'Why, that's General Smith." "Who's 2eneral Smith?" would be the next Inquiry 'I don't know." We ha'vorepoatedly hear' ,hese remarks, as this great solentifia taai >assed the lines, and never without the hought of -What is fame I" General Martin Luther Smith was a ,raduate of West Point, and served through ho Mexican war with' distinction. He had he reputation of being one of the best offil era in his lIne in the servico. Hoienteret he Confedorate servico,. and from that tim mntil the close of the war, l'abored industri usly in his duties as general and chief o mgineers. It was he who selected the sites 'or thq defenses thrown up from the Wilder mess to Petersburg; it was, he who Selected le line for our heroes to. dress upon, and might and.day, with industry, genius an< >ersevorence, th great man labored 'under mis distinguished chieftnin, Robt. E. Lee, or thol'aus'6 he lved so wellt. He die- in Rome, Ga., only a few days go, and ,o goes to the grave almost un hronolted. His body was carried to Athens Ia., for interment. - At the time of hi loath he was chief engineer of that systen if railroAds which Is to connect Selma, Ala. lid Dalton, Ga., of which Gen. Johnston is >resident, and which is now in process o onstruction. RELEASE OP MR. DAVIs.-Mor( han half-a-dozen times, in ohe-papei nd another, and another, we see th< 'our words'put together as in our cap. ion.. We tremulously draw it up to he reading distance, and alas !it urns out to be that Mr. Somebody he reliable correspondent of such n >aper, says that he heard Captain A ell Colonel B. that lie (Captiin A.) toard that President Johnson told oenator C., who told Gen.. D., that h< President Johnson) intended to re. eave Mr.. Davis. How sickening it is o-tie-heart of one who-feols as h< hould for tile prisoner. tb- road' these ruffl'y' ing words, that "Mr.. Davis e soon to be released," whcn.day fol. ows day, and week follows week, and he tantalizing falsehood is repeated gain and againr.as- if with ghoulili iookery-.. And, after-all, it may: b< o,, that Mr. Davis .is soon-to bereleas. d-rlcased by Him who bath said: "If a ruler hearken to lies,.all.-his ser anta- are wicked'." President Johnson has already too ong suffered Mr. Davis to linger in hat noisome dungeon. Hie has par. loned mon a thousand times wickedor a every respcotr If that dungeon 'oor' la not opened in ten days it need over be opened, so far as the fair ameo of the President is concerned: or our honest belief is that a down. redden pecople, thus vicariously in arcerated, after he, (the ,"rosiden t,] ~t Philadelphia, smokd vi th theni hg calumqt of peace, can never forget forgive him, however m1S1eh they nay tr y.- Gv'jin {(Ga.) Hecrald. Wnw EARY DIDX'T TaKE - WAOHINo'rom 7zvy.-Shoecredit of saving the city is due lone to a bmull and a barrel of whikey, laid bull' was the property- of Mr. George V. iggs, the banker, and was much es. eeme d for his many excellent qualities and ntrinsto- usefulness. The whiskey was a arrel of choice old Biurbon,. found in Mr. Iontgomery Blair's iwine cellar. When ubal Early and -his rebel host reached the afences of Washington they were both ihun ry and thirsty, and went to searching the ouses of the- neighiborhood for *hatever mas good. The bull- was discovered ~and laughtete'd, - and the rebol Generalia and heir staff llanquetted on himn. And there ras great.1 rejoicing .when the barrel of rifiskey was captured and brought.. forth. Vhenr thes'e rebel gentlemhen had filled their tomache-on the flesh, of the bull,. they had ueh-afundhess for the.'*hiskey that they llowed it to stealanwayf their. brains. 'Ins *eedt they gave themselves up to-' feasting nd drinking, and quite' forget that the. ad been sent, to capture Washington, which bey might easily have -done, for it wasrat bat, time in a defbneeless condition. The slay-caused by this riotous conduct' enthre art of Early and his subordinate Generals ave the old Sixth corps time to come up, rhen they scampered back across the Polo. aco, and thre stige was raised.--Naionai tepublican.. MoRE TnOUBLE. BRitwiNG IN LoU SIA NA.-The" Stinday flerald. has the pilowing special r New (YR LIEAN8, Sept, I-. -Governor !ells'has tis mormtng dettermined to rise 'a so called* loyal militia force lironghiout the 'State at once in view of he fall olecelions, It is to be composed P black and .white troops.. N~o .ne to e admitted as an ofilcer to the rank, rhio was in any way connected with the to , Confedefate army. Trho election ifder Governor WVells' recent proclama. on to'fill vacancies in the Convention f 1864 will Lake place on-, the dig do. gnated. Governor Wells will promptly removo Ii authorized gentlemen who do not in cod. faith cause the elections to be held. A daring attempt to 'rob the mail' aoh was- made betWeen Jefferson. '1d Desinges 'on' 'Wednesda~y nighrt stat. The rufians attacked the ee'ach, ragged the driver from his seat, and >bbed him of $75, When 'the horses okc fright and ran. eaWay.----Atlanta tlligencer... .iZE -*ObfELESS.-Surely I pity them; and woll' my all pity thoso those who are donied o of earth's most valuable troasures-a home. I moan a home in the diighost senso of the word, a place renderdd sacred by remembrancos whiclh claim the bright qat place in memory. What sadder word than "homeless" over comes to our oars.? Is it not suggestive of all tomptation, of all crinmo,.of all misery? Surely we ought to look with charity upon all Buch, even though their lives havo.boon those of crime ; perhaps if they had, in childhood, beon blessed with tlo presence of parents, brothers and sisters, and other loving friends, to watch-over them, they would have been vjVfrtuns and respectable; filing high places of trust while here, and so cure for themselves- at an oternal Home whorOThoro-siall be no niight, and they ne.ed no candle, neither light of the sun ; for the Lord God giveth them light." The honieless !-let us reflect. Have we faithfully d iseliar' od dur duties in regard *to. then? 'if wo- have not,.imay God forgivo us, and help ns to ever more be kinder to the homeless. Tus MANNEns oF NAroun>N AND EUCENix.--The Empress is impitdsivo, vory kind, and has a smile that would be really sweet and charming in any woman, and that, naturally, loses none of its charm by showing - itself in thb face of an Empress to a world still weakly partial to "majesty." The charm of the Emperor's smile is in its way..just as effective; ita power being often acknowledged even by those who detest him most cordially, as in the caso of M. Provost Paradol, one of his bit terest political oppnents, w lio, having been received by the Emperor, as is tho custom here, after his recent reception in'o the academy, on which occasion he had crammed his discourse with ingeni ously yet transparently covered allusions to the emperor of the most bitingly ma licious character, and being mentioned shortly afterward by a frieid as to the impression nide upon* him by tlio inter view, could not avoid expressing his sense of the charm of the emperor's manner, and added, quoting a well known French proverb, ."The fiet is, mon Cher, that in order thorougily to hate people, one should not see them too nur." A ROMAN'rio AFFAm.-Tie Mont gomery and Allahta papers have had accounts of rAther a romanie elopement case, wI h occurred from Aelmua a few days Ag . The pair, consisting of a gay and festive Yankee Sergeant, and a very.young girl-daughter of a highly respectable family in' Selma-wont to Montgomery for. the purpose of realiz ing the consumn)ation of their hopes, but were so closely pursued as to r~nde' it impracticable to be married there, and they pushed on to find . their Gretna Green on. the soil of Georgia. Reach. ing Atlanta;. tMe villainous telogr'ph hind'beenw tooflist for them, and instead of' falling into, the tender embraces of hymen, they became victims to thme rough meshes of the law. They wvore taken to the Planter's Hotel, and held in durance for-three- or four day,. until the young-lhdy's fhthier alrrived; wlieni she consented to return to her home and the "bould roger' boy" was turned over to the military to answver the charge of desertion. VWerily "the course of true love does not rutn snmourli." Ta AnnE8'r oF' GEN.,- MA HoN, The- disgraceful measures instituted agaiinst Gen. Mal'one; whio at present fills thme positiom; of Pi-esident of thme Nor folk and Petersburg Railroad, and which finally led to his 'arrest and inearceraion in a jail in New York on, tie 3 lst of Angust lasf, have aroused the jn., ii.. dignmation of his friends,and all who have followed him through his brilliant ca reer. It appears that for an inTringemnt of a contract bet ween thme cor poration wihieb Genm. Mahonme represents and the Nnwi Bay Line Steamboat Compamny, by the latter, thait suit wvas instituted against them, and in the course of the proceed. ings the steamer George Leary was at tached,. but was afterwards released on security. . In revenge.for this, thme Learys (10. posed that one Malone or Mahone had unlawfully seized their steamer, anid, by virtue of this dopposltion, bronght ahqt Gen. Mahone's arrest.' Thme General was in his hotel in the presence of his family and several ladies, and was car ried to prison at an 'hour of the night when efforts to procure his release on bail were unavailing. He was, however, released the next.day, $25,000 in funds having been laid down by :the prproie tore of the Old Bay Line as securit. Wilmngeba Journal of Starday. RlioE IIAnvFst.-Wo received a few days ago from Weoohawj plantation,. the 'property of Mr. Hi. A. Middleton, a half dozen 'heads of rice, which re mind us that the harvest is about to, commence, the specimens rdived be ing ready for' the hook ere this, We understand that there ig a prospoet of a very fair crop on Weehaw% andl - we take great pleasure in lkt-onicling the faet, as 16tis but seldom we are able to give encouraging views of the crops on our plantations. We understand that the harvest has commenced on some of the plantations.-Georgeotown~ Tmes. B'inrns, going intto church on.Sunday, and finding-it difficult .to-proenmre a seat, was, kindly invited by a young lady into her pow. The sermon being mdron the terrors of the law, and' the prweachmer being particularly severe in . his denun.. ciation of sinners, the .lady, who' Was very attentive, 'became mumch agitaed. Burns, on perceiving it, wrotoo with his pencil oni u blank leaf of her Bible the following: Fair maid, you need not take the hint, Nor idle text. pursue.; 'Twas ophy slnnors that he meant, Not angel. eatch as you." SOUTHERN FEELING AS To NonTH. ERT DEAD.-Gou. Gov. W. Morgan, a soldier of the war, who is running as a Domeratio candidate for Congross in the Coshocton district, against Colun bus Delano, recently made the follow ing statomoniit iu a speech there: * W * Th people of the South have extended to the people of the West and North the hand of roconcil iatioi. To sustain what I say I could narrate many facts, but, will montion but one. * In order tascouro a suitabl coei001 tery for our gallant soldiers who fell upon the plains of Alabama, the aiu thoritics of the Un'Aed States desired to purchase throo acros beautifully -10 cated within the corporate limits'of the city of Mobile. ihe tract was valuable, but the purpose was sacred' to which it was to be dedicated. Ir was proposed to mako throc acres the' honored lioie of the Union dead, an! there, within the coiporato linit oft' Mobile, to erect- at monuiment to com memorate their deeds. But the an-' thorities of Mobilo refused to sell.. *What ! rt'use to sell aiflicient ground to contain the bones of our absent ones-our, fathers, brothers,. sons V Yes, imly countryellin, those Southeri' men did refuse- to sell suilicient ground' onl which to bury our heroio dead but with a lnanlia-imlity only equalled by their courage, those Southern men did by free gift convey those three acres to the United States ! And the hiand of tile Mayor of Mobile-tho hand which signed that (bed of gift had, during'our tunhappywa wil ed the sword of a Conl'ederate 0 ener il. [Applause.] SUICIDEiI IN iNASuvi.iI.---A m1an named Euborn committed suicido un der romantic circiistances, by leap ing from Suspension Bridge. Domes tic dillicultics at MINomphis wore the cause. lie went to St. Louis to gob the cholera and die there, then re turned to Nashville for sone purpose. Ie left the following letter to hir wife DRuAu Lizzi:-' -Before these lines reall you the Cumberland will be my grave- You ask for it deliveramnce. You have it, thlough by a dif'erent way from that ye% expected. Kis, my poor childron, as a last token of their unfortunate father. As for my self, I will abide by the jmiginent of the merciful Creator in another world. Ytrowcll ! Your loving husband, IEN1Y EUnORN. AFaAID 1E MIIGilT m DnmA. Scene at tile countinig roolyn of a morn ing newspaper. Entera ni'of Tel. tonic tchdoncies considerable ti worso for last night's spree. Teuton-(To the man at the desk)-. "If you blease,'sir, I vants (1i paper mit dis'mornings. One vat, hash do names of do boebles vot kills cholera il do vile." I was hndd a paper, and after look inig It over ini ai confused wauy. lh said: .'Will vou pe so g~oot as to read do mimres- what don't; have do chlolerat anly . mo're too soonI shiust n~ow, and se if Carl Geinsenukoopenoffen hash got CIm? V' The -clerk very'1bThIngly read the list, the Teuton listeinig Withi tremlin, attentieon, wi ping tihe pispiration fromi his lyrow mean whiile? in great, excite'. men'It. Wheni thet list was compleited, thle name of. Chrl Geinsn e., wel, , ' no matter about the~ w hole hame1, it wvasn't there. TheIi 'iTontn'g taco bright- I en1ed up, and lie excimned: "You don't find 'em1 ?". Cleork -"No suchl name there, siri" Teniton--(Sizinig him warmly, by thie hadoid)--Thi'lis is icez-'-thisI is soe (fims ; that' ish amy nanmes. I pin drunk shev as. and, 'py dantl, I vas ri Ivsgone Led mnt chiolera, andt di't know it. Mine Cot I I vas scart." A LONG LaOOK AHIEAD.-A cotempo rar,burning 11is visage to tihe future and the mlisty distane of two hlundr'ed years, sees and, desoribes the follow oene-Hiouso of a citizen in' New York. Tim.-A. D). 2005. A tele graphic message has been. sent. to a servant, whlo presents liimself at tile window ill at ballooni. Master-,Iohn, go to South Ameri en, and tell Mr. Johnson thlat I shldl be happy to hlave hlim supl with me thlis evening. Nev01ermind' your coat, go right away. In fivoe minutes John1 returns. Johln--Mr. Johmnson. says hie wvill come; he is obliged to go to the North Pole for a mnoment, and will- call here as ho conies back. Master-Very well, John ;-now yeu may wind np~ the machino for setting the tablo,'and telegraphl to may wife that Mr. Johnson w-ill be hoere presenit ly. After that, .Johih, you may d4u out the balloon-I hlave an appoint mont in Lond~on at telln 'lc. John - drsappears to exouto those 0(ordor,. while his master.- steps dlownl to theO 'Wat Indies to get a. fresh orange.. Sow Ttynds.---We'fnd thme following good advieo ini a. country exchange: ~The scarcity of grain this' winter will evidently' be great as a result-of the great drlouighi'? tis su~mmer. This may be i'emledied, in' part, if einoh farmor will ROW several1 acres' of his best land in trnips. They make' excellent food for stock, -'and may furnishu subeistance Ie a large 01ass or peirsons who, Iti tf not be able to otain othi'r footd. D~on't,. neglect, thisa. Thi masieor. ia imp ort ant enough 10 olaimi the~immnediate attention of.' every far'mer'. Flvo hundredl bushels of tur' nips fedI to stock are equal to three hlundrled and flfty'busnels of cor'n. Cut- llowytho wiherod col'n stalk$, manuro oaroefully, 'and sow ruta bagas. The yIeld will providle amply for tmthe dfleionoy in grain, if care, fully mantagedl. Try It, and upon our word you will be repaid for your labor. [Turnips may be sowni dulring the whole of this month,. but the earlier thie better, Tile Flat Dutch and Red Top b-ting early varieties, will produeegoosl root.-Journ"': An effort is being made inl Louisville o organmze a company for the manufac Lure of linenl . .