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T EL E AT LA T A W E E K L Y' S U N- THE DAILY SUN. Saturday Morning......... .Octobeb 28 From the Savannah New*, 26 Oct., 1871. The King at Work—The Fight Over the Organizatiou of the Legislature* The Uciult. TOt- Mr. B. H. Hill’s remarkable letter po the Legislature true not needed to con firm the suspicion so generally entertain- od that a conspiracy was »u foot to ob tain control of that body for corrupt and selfish purposes, and that among those purposes were the protection .of Bullock from the impeachment which he so rich ly deserves, and the confirmation of the fraud by winch the State Road was leased to the Bing, of which he and -Joe Brown are members. As the time for the meet ing of the Legislature approaches, the parties to the compact arc becoming alarmed for the success of their scheme. Distrusting their powers of persuasion, they are endeavoring to act .upon the fears of the people’s representatives, in the hope of thus deterring them from a faithful discharge of their duty to their constituents. Some of Bullock’s subsidised organs are preaching moderation, harmony, pru dence and submission, while others, less circumspect, ore boldly denouncing all who oppose Badical usurpation, mal feasance and corruption, holding up in lerrorum over our people, the lawless re sentment of the Federal Government. . As a specimen of the means resorted to by the Bing, we give the following ex tract from the Atlanta correspondence of the Macon Telegraph. Speaking of the organization of the Legislature,-the wri fer am: “The election of most interest at *11115 particular juncture is that of President of the Senate, for, in a certain contingency, Jhe Senator elected to that office may be , called on to fill the Executives Chair, to “In this connection a rumor is afloat that a certain portion of the Democratic party will use all the means and influence at their control to have aDemocrat of -.the straight State Eights school elected .’President of the Senate. Then articles of impeachment will be preferred in the House against Governor Bullock and his impeachment ordered. Pending the im peachment he will be suspended from office, and the President of the Senate will take bis place. The Supreme Court will be reorganized, and the result of the whole will be to declare all the legisla tion which was had by the last Legisla ture, after the expiration of forty days from the time of their assembling, illegal and null and void, and in this manner get rid of all the obnoxious legislation of the Badical party. ‘.‘In this way, and in this way only, can the lease Of the State Boad begot rid of: As. Jong as the lessees comply with the terms of the lease, the State cannot take the road out of their hands, nor can the Legislature authorize it to be done. •*111 the lease was obtained by fraudulent means, the Legislature is not thetribnnal to try and determine that question. Be- foro the lessees can be put out ou that ground they have the right to be lieard, and .this can be done only in the courts. The.trial of fraud or no fraud cannot be had .in the Legislature. It must sneees- sai’fly be in the courts. But whether those who wish to attack and .upset the lease can succeed in the courts is very doubtful. They mav fail to show fraud, and failing iu that, their .case would .be 'hopeless. Their only chance -of success is to declare the legislation authorizing : the lease illegal, and null and "void.— They have no hope of doing this before the present Supreme Court. Hence the plan above indicated, and its main object is to defeat the lease of the State Jtoad. Bat the result of the scheme, if eonsum- • mated, will be, not only to vacate '.the lease, but to upset matters generally, and, to use a .common phrase, to produce “confusion worse confounded.” * ‘Will itibe done ? This is an important question, iand objectiona' le as much of the legislation of the late Legislature may. be, it is more tolerable than the wild and revolutionary project to set it asidein the way above indicated. This plan Ao va- cato the lease being the only one which can accomplish the object, and ■that being the main object in view, will the members of the Legislature permit this wild and revolutionary project to be carried out ? 4B is hoped not, so far as the lease of the road is concerned. The people appear to be satisfied with it, and are unwiUu^g that it should be dis turbed, and so far as my information -ex tends, if it is done, it will be done by the members from Middle and Lower Georgia. I have Jiad some means of knowing the public sentiment north of the Chattahoochee, and it is almost unanimously in favor of letting the leased alone, as it is the best disposition which | .could bo made of the road. Ihaveheard .of but one member jiorth of that river ■who is opposed to the lease, and even he twill doubtless refuse to carry out this revolutionary project to get rid of it. “Will Michllegand Southern Georgia give this scheme auy countenance or sup port?” If the conspirators count upon the fears of the Democratic members from South ern and Middle Georgia, they count with out their host. We indorse our cotem- porary of the Augusta Constitutionalist, when ho says, commenting upon the above.buggaboo letter: “The people may expect .that every effort that ingenuity can suggest and malice invent will be made by Bullock and his partizans to prevent a full investigation of his official acts. Bat neither bribery, cajolery nor the threat of martial law will avail/ We have full confidence that the best men for presiding officers of both Houses will be selected, and that legislation will be uninfluenced by fear or favor.” Our Tlciut for City Officers. The following is the result of the ing for nominations yesterday: FIRST WARD. ForMayor—John H. James, 309; Wm. H. Hulsey, 258; Lather J. Glenn, 196; M. J. Ivy, 4. For Councilmen—C. W. Wells, 441; John P. Mayes, 289; C. P. Oasrin, 279; W. L. Morris, 155; W. B. Lowe, 133; Jas. W. Price, 17; W. G. Gramling, 18; John 4. Doane, (no candidate,) 11. SECOND WARD. For Mayor—John H. James 135; Lu ther J. Glenn, 116; W. H. Halsey, 11; M. J. Ivy, 2. For CounchiMEN—C. C. Hammock, 233; E. J. Eoacb, 192; N. A. McLendon, (not a candidate,) 74; J. S. Stewart, 3: THIRD WARD. For Mayor—John H. James, 115; Luther J. Glenn, 49; W. H. Hulsey, 20. For Councilmen—L. P. Grant, 107; T. A. Morris, 86; D. A. Beatie, 51; James G. Kelley, 49; R. C. Young, 41; G. W. Terry, 11. FOURTH WABD. For Mayor—John H. James, 231; Lu ther J. Glenn, 116; W. H. Hulsey, 42; M. J. Ivy, 5. For Councilmen—H. L. Wilson, 213; B. M. Farrar, 208; M. Mahoney, 198; G. W. Simpson, 46. FIFTH WABD. For Mayor—John H. James, 246; Lu ther J. Glenn, 225; W. H. Hulsey, 94; M. J. Ivy, 7. For Councilmen—A Leyden, 290; A. L. Fowler, 264; Ed. Mercer, 166; H. H. Witt, 110; S. T. Biggers, 101; J. W. Churchill, 45; Weeman, 9. MAYOR’S COURT. Ill* Honor Return*. SCENES AT THE POLLS. FIRST WABD. The polls of the First Ward, yesterday, were the scene of considerable enthusi asm and a good deal of boisterous behav ior. Judging from the shouts one would have supposed that Col. Hulsey was mo nopolizing everything. Some one was arrested, but through the intercession of friends was released. The polls of the FIFTH WARD were, next to the First, the most dis orderly in the city. Besides the difficulty in the afternoon between Mr. Ivy and Capt. Ezzard, at evening, near the time for closing polls, some zealous friends of Fowler, Hulsey, Mercer, and others, no longer able to restrain them selves, gave vent to their feelings in deaf ening huzzas for their candidates. The police could not control them. The be havior in the SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH WARDS was unexceptionable, as far as we could learn. The best feeling prevailed, and everything passed off quietly and pleasantly. Mr. James and Col. Glenn, met at the Third Ward, and manifested the best of feeling. Col. Glenn advised his friends to vote for the man they believed would makes the best Mayor. Mr. James advised them to do the same,, remarking that, in the event, they would vote for his friend, for he was a friend of all the candidates. Not a word of disparagement was uttered against Mr. James in our hearing during -the day, .and though many are disappoin- .ted there is a thorough determination among all .to rally to the support of all the Democratic nominees. We bad a presentment that His Honor was coming yesterday. There was a tre mor in "the atmosphere that sounded like the last reverberations of bis genial laugh. A.subdued murmur, as of Cul prit’s trembling voices, pervaded the room. Spectres of injured innocence stalked through- the hall, and visions of “Ten and Costs” loomed upon the wall, -the terrible omen of a more terrible fate. At the appearance of His Honor, all these phenomena vanished, being at tracted, as if by magic, to their fount and sonree—His Honor. THOMAS BROWN was one of the minstrels. After receiving an invitation to attend a ball he had the hardihood and impudence to appear in thesalon dansanle with his cha&eau on his head, burdened at the same time with a debt of $19 to a lady acquaintance, Miss Lottie Brown, his sister.. Miss Lottie being in reduced circumstances, demand ed her dues. Thomas seized her and very politely and speedily helped her to a seat on the floor. Thomas was helped as speedily to a seat in the lock-up, for which luxury he paid $10 and costs. HATTIE MATTOX was one of the demi-monde minstrels.— She was implicated in an affaire de cceur with a gallant blue coat, who, in a mo ment of -ecstatic bliss, so far forgot him self, and his dulcina’s sensibilities, as to knock one of her teeth oat. She, for revenge, declared she did not care for him “ three skips of a louse.” He re torted: “ A lady lias told me, and in her own house, She cares not for me * three ships of a louse/ I forgive the dear creature for what she has said, For ladies will talk of what runs in their head.” That nonplussed her. Unable to meet such a bitter repartee, sbe went to one of her paramour’s other friends. Finding her asleep and unwilling to receive friends at the unreasonable hour (midnight), she manifested her compli ments by rocking the door. For this amusement, which His Honor was pleas ed to term devilment, she paid $10 find costs. F. M. OWENS was charged with D. C., Q-, and Y. L. $10 and costs. WILHELM OTTO is not the author of the series of German and French Grammars, but this does not invalidate his Germanic descent, neither does it affect his speech, but too much beer did. Sein Bruder spreche. /. Vicli I vos going for to say— Und I sprecten it blain— Dat dose nonsense dot bums up All dcr beeble’s brain ’Bout dat drisky Wilhelm Otto.s actions Makes me duke up mine ben to comblone. His actions cost $5. MR. T. E. SHARPE was charged with disorderly conduct and disturbance of citizens. His counsel grid it was a clear case of assault and battery, as a frightful gash on Mr. Millar’s head testified. The case was referred to a magistrate. There was so mnch excitement and im patience about the Democratic nomi nation that the doxology was forgotten. St. Paul’s Cliurcli—Rev. G. H. Pattillo ' Pastor. This new. church edifice, located on Hunter, near Bell street, will be opened for .religious services to-morrow at 11 o’clock a. - M. Ber. 0. A. Evans, Pastor of Trinity Church, will preach a sermon appropriate to the occasion. At 2£ o’clock p. m. the Sabbath school will assemble in the grove where it was origi nally organized, and proceed to the church, where, at 3 o’clock addresses will be delivered by Bev.. J. M. Dickey pastor of Evans’ Chapel; Bev. A. Wright, pastor of the First Methodist church, and oth ers. At 7 o’clock f. m. preaching by the Rev. ,D. D. Cox, pastor of.Paynes’ chapel. Thanks. The Borne Commercial of the 25th, has the following kindly notice of our traveling Agent and our paper, for which we return thanks: personal.—We acknowledge a pleas ant visit, on yesterday, from Mr. J. W. Heard, general traveling agent of The Atlanta Sun. A large number of our citizens read The Sun, but more ought to take ii. The Legislature meets soon, and times at the Capital will be exciting. Give Mr. Heard a good list of sub scribers. We take this occasion to say that we shall give a careful report of the proceed ings of the Legislature, and of what will I be going on here during its session. We j shall try for keep the people well-informed on everything affecting their interests, The Democratic party has signified its aad shaU gireontno uncertain sound, choice of men as candidates for munici pal offices in the next election, and we therefore hoist the flag with their names j inscribed thereon. These nominations] 31. «T. Atkins & Co. We are informed that the firm of M. J. Atkins & Co., of which Col. Hood is a are equivalent to an election, and we con- P ar fner, are not contractors to work on ATLANTA MARKETS. MONEY. Yesterday there was no change in the price of gold and silver; the former buy ing for $110 and selling for $112; the latter buying at $1 04 and selling at $1 08. COTTON. The Receipts for the week ending yes terday were 936 bales, and shipments 782 bales. The stock on hand is 398 bales. The receipts yesterday were about 130 bales, and the sales 100 bales. The market closed dull at 16J. The dull market this week has somewhat re tarded delivery. Crop reports generally point to a short yield in this section.— The cotton is being gathered rapidly, and is marketed almost as fast as gathered. GRAIN. Choice white corn 99@93 by the car load; mixed and yellow 88®90j Mixed oats 65 cents; flack seed 75; white oats 6o@75. Wheat is scarce and in demand, varying in price from $1 75 to $1 85—ex tremes. For choice lots of white wheat, it is possible that more could be had. No peas in market. They are in demand and would bring $1 00 per bushel. meats. shoulders 8£@8i; clear rib sides 9j@9£; clear sides 9£@9j; hams—plain $14@ 15£; canvassed, 14@18. Bulk meats are selling, for shoulders 7}; clear rib sides 8|; clear sides 9£. The meat market is firm with fair de mand. COTTON GOODS. Osnaburgs—8 oz, 16; 6 oz, 12£. 4-4 Sheeting, 12£. 7-8 Drillings, 13. 7-8 Shirting, 11. 3-4 Shirting, 9. Yams, all numbers, $1 40, Cotton rope 28. All domestics are in good demand. Quotations for other articles are un changed, and will be found in another column. Resignation of Col. Lewis! grntulate the people of this city and the State upon the prospect of having a sound Democratic Mayor and Council for the succeeding year. Atlanta has always been sternly, inflexi bly Democratic. Her people cannot be bought or cajoled by any selfish consider ations or other influence to sacrifice their principles. Ours is the only city in the State, that voted against Bullock, and that lias all the time presented an un broken front to the enemy. the Brunswick & Albany Railroad, but to famish provisions to the hands on the road; not to construct the road, but to famish commissary stores, <£c. »-»■« ■ . Perianal. Capt. B. H. True, of Madison, is in the city. He has lately purchased an in terest in the Madison Appeal, and is as sisting in the conduct of that journal His name and energy have given it an impetus which is gratifying. From a gentleman who come up from Macon last night, weleam that Col. Dav. IW. Lewis has resigned the Secretaryship of the Georgia State Agricultural Society, and the resignation accepted by the Ex ecutive Committee. SUN-STROKES. jjgy- A double duel has occurred in Nevada. Unfortunately no one was hurt. „ “Will oil and water mix ?” asks the New York Tribune. Wash yourself and see. sfL. California wines ont to the extent- of 8,000,000 gallons, and whines be cause the crop was not better. Theyuice yon say. „ The government, in that Hornet case, stands a pretty good chance of arousing a whole nest of hornets—or Spanish flies. A devil-fish has been caught in Galveston bay. - Catacazy says he would, like to catch that devil, Fish, before he gets away. „ The Boston Post says: In New York they call red hair “Schenectady color”—Schenectady being, as every one knows, a little beyond “Auburn.” gen, A pheasant flew through a win dow pane into the dining-room of a Min nesota hotel. It was the nearest the guests have come to having chicken this year. The Badical papers seemingly, are all going back on Grant, for not one of them has uttered a single word in praise of either his Portland or his Bangon speech. Oh, fye 1 . SgU The Harrisburg, (Pa.,) Slate Journal, (Badical), says: “The Democ racy are the same in the North as in the South.” Of course it is. Democracy is the same everywhere—honest, true and patriotic. j&SP* The Boston Post says: “To know that Grant was a stockholder in a tobacco factory would strike the community with no peculiar surprise.” Certainly not, as that is about the only kind of stock which he has not been accused of holding. The St. Louis Republican recom mends “a passive attitude by the Democ racy in the next Presidential campaign, Just as a butcher would recommend a “passive attitude” by an ox he .is about to behead. Grant’s Portland speech has but one equal in the rhetoric of America, and that equal is found in the speech he de livered at Bangor, as follows: “My friends, I had a very pleasant re ception on my visit to your State and city six years ago, which I have never forgotten. I am convinced by the memo ry of the reception I then received that I should have an equally pleasant recep tfon on the present occasion, and I am not disappointed. I thank you for your kindness, and hope to meet you again “ It is a regular banger, and must cause the hones of poor Patrick Henry to wrig gle in their grave because he never did anything more brilliant than those speeches before the Virginia Parliament. The Washington correspondent of the Louisville Ledger, astonishes the natives by divulging a new political course through which the Kepublicans purpose taking Georgia. He says: “At torney General Akerman and a large batch of Eepublican politicians from Georgia are now here, and it, is stated that they propose putting their party, so far as Georgia is concerned, in an entire ly new position. First of all, Joshua Hill is to be ignored, anc^the carpet-bag influence is to be thoroughly destroyed. Southern men of known character and social position are to be pat in nomina tion for State offices, and are io succeed to the federal patronage so far as practi cable. In fact, a new and virtuous era is to be inaugurated in, as it is supposed, ample time to capture the electoral votes of the States at the next Presidential election.” That is rich. The idea, of Georgia Bepnblicaus talking about inau gurating a “virtuous era.” It is like a decayed,’ snaggle-toothed, foul-breathed harlot, prating of virtue after she had become so repulsive that she had ceased to be a temptation to men, Bah ! Hon. Thomas Ewing, of Ohio, whose death was announced in the tele graphic dispatches yesterday morning, has been prominent in American politics for many years. He was born in Vir ginia, in 1789, consequently was in his 82nd year when lie died. By profession, he was a lawyer, “In 1830” says the Courier-Journal, “he was chosen to a seat in the United States Senate from Ohio, where he remained until 1837. was a member of President Harrison’s Cabinet as Secretary of the Treasury in 1841. On the acession of President Taylor to the Presidency, in 1849, he was invited into the Cabinet, and took charge of the new Department of the Interior, and in 1850 he was appointed to a seat in the United States Senate, where he re mained until 1851, when he retired from political life and resumed the practice of his profession in Ohio. He was a dele gate to |the ‘Peace Congress’ of 1861, and also chosen a delegate to the Phila delphia ‘National Union Convention’ in 1S66, but did not take part in its procee dings. In 1868 he played a prominent part in the New York Democratic Con vention, as well as in the subsequent can vass. He was a candidate for the guber- natoril nomination before the recent Democratic Convention of Ohio, and was defeated by Gen. Me Cook by only a few votes.” STATE MATTERS. Young’s Hotel, in .Thomasville, was burned on the morning of the 24th. The Clayton Tones wants a brass band organized in Jackson. That’s always the way. Give a village a newspaper, and the next thing it wants a brass band, or a baseball club, or a circus. The Macon Citizen announces the arri val of Ex-GOvernor Herschel V. Johnson in that city. The Dalton Citizen says: We learn that a little girl of a Mr.' Weatherly, about eight years old, living near Bed Clay, in this county, was so horribly burned on Friday last, by lier clothes taking fire from a burning pile of rubbish iu the yard where she was at play, that she died almost instantly. She was not discovered until nearly all her clothes were con sumed. Capt. Wm. Hammond died near Dalton last Friday, aged 80. The Eaton Press announces the death of Judge J. T. Bowdoin. The Eaton Press says: Bev. Cary Cox, of our county, who died recently, left seven children, seventy-two grand-chil dren, one hundred and fifty-two great grand children, and five great great grand children. He was himself nearly if not quite 93 years old. The Calhoun Times appears with the latest dog story: Mr. M. L. Mathis has a large New Foundland dog that will leave the premises each morning with the fam ily milch cow, stay with her all day and drive her up in the evening. When told, he will go in search of the animal, and does not rest uptil he has found her and started her in a homeward direction. John Brown, of Columbus, “is march ing on.” Benben Pride shot him some time ago. Colored. The Columbus Sun says : From a note from Dr. Thomas S. Mitchell, attending physician, we learn that Mr. George Pearce, of Harris county, is dead. He attempted to commit suicide on the 18th inst., by “cutting his throat with an old case knife—making the second lick—severing almost entirely the trachea, or wind pipe, and wounding severely the esopagus, or swallow, producing an ex tensive, dangerous wound. With the as sistance of Dr. J. W. Cameron, the wound was properly dressed and on Tues day he was doing well, with a fair pros pect of an early recovery.” Elder T. 31. Harris, The Pastor of the Christian Church, Hunter street, has just returned from Cincinnati, where he has been attending the Convention of the National Mission ary Society of that denomination. He will resume his labor as Pastor to-mor- row. SOUTH CAROLINA. Trie Reign of Terror. The Yorkville Enquire}' of the 26th is at hand. This paper is published in one of the counties that has been victimized by the imperial ukase of the Grant. We condense, from its columns, the follow ing summary of what is being done over there, under military Government: ARRESTS OF CITIZENS. As was not. unexpected, the President’s proclamation of the 12tb, was followed five days thereafter by another, suspend ing the privileges of the writ of habeas corpus in certain sections in South Caro lina. On Thursday last, the military authori ties at this place commenced making arrests. Several citizens of the town were arrested white in pursuit of their avocations, and many persons from the country, white in town on business, were also detained and lodged in prison. About the same hour that the arrests commenced in town, THE MILITARY BEGAN TO MOVE, squadrons of cavalry marching out in various directions, for the purpose of ar resting those in the country against whom accusations have been made for viola- A Correction. We stated yesterday that the corpora tors of the Georgia Contracting Compa ny was composed of H. L Kimball, E. N. Kimball and George Cook. It should have been J. C. Kimball instead of E. N. *-• •* — A fifteen foot rubber raft is being built in New York city for an ocean trip to England. fields unharvested, and on account^/* general feeling of insecurity, business 1 - 0 nearly at a stand-still, while a largo ^ he * of persons w left ^ ° ratherthan to incur the unpleasant Si uncertain consequences of arrest 'n future of our section, we are free to fess, is now more gloomy than it kasWn at any time since the close of the war We have had -~~ AN INTERVIEW WITH THE AUTHORITY to learn to what extent arrests i ’ expected to be made. Colonel .Alerrih the officer in command, assures Us ,i ’ no improper arrests would be made an 1 that any person who felt himself inu’oeent of violating the Enforcement act or the Kuklux act, need entertain no fears of being molested in any way by the sol diery or the Marshal. We "trust this declaration by Colonel Merrill will have the effect to measurably restore confl. dencein the minds of many who natural ly enough are apprehensive at the unus ual stride made by the chief executive of the nation to arrest transgressors of the law; and that if business cannot resume its wonted channels in our midst, that at least the entire populace will not become terror-stricken and dismayed. Let us hope for the best.. A FALSE RUMOR. The reported collision between a party of citizens and the United States soldiers at a place known as Pea-Bidge near the line dividing York and Union counties, is entirely unfounded. No difficulty of any kind has occurred since’ the military authorities commenced making arrests. " From the Boston Post, Oct. 2 . Tlie War on South Carolina. That the President’s proclamation of war upon the population of nine counties in South Carolina was declared against a peaceful and unoffending community, ought to be sufficiently apparent from the surprise and indignation with which it is received by all classes of the people themselves. There is an exfeitement among them such as has not shown itself since the outbreak of civil war. The mil itary order from Washington comes like a thunder-clap in a clear sky. Made out in blank, issued during the President’s pleasuring about the country, and enforc ed with a rudeness of determination that shows an autocratic contempt both for Republican forms and sentiment, what wonder that after a large portion of the people have fled beyond the reach of this iron rule, leaving not many besides the harmless women and child ren to be the sufferers, the spirit of desperation should have seized upon enough others to make a stand and successfully defy for the time an arbitra ry exercise of power that should start the nation to its feet as one man with indig nant protestations. Citizens arrested without specific charge, and crowded into jails already filled with prisoners of every eolor; families fleeing by hundreds to the woods for shelter from a terrorizing sol diery; idle and dissolute negroes taking advantage of the panic to stuff them selves with plunder; a negro Senator pro testing that there is no call for such pro ceedings in the county in which he re sides; a reign of terror setting in through out the country; such are the fruits of a deliberate purpose on the part of the President to trample out local liberty, break up State governments, precipitate confusion, and destroy all the guaran tees of order and peace, in the expectation of advancing his prospects for a second term. The apparent indifference with which this outrage is received by the country may, perhaps, after all, be taken for a a propitious sign of its determination to put no further faith in the Ku-Klux pretext and sham whatever. So that the popular disbelief in the existence of any such bugaboo may sooner or later compel the with drawal of the Federal forces. This trick has become much too state to be worked any longer. Everybody knows tions of the “Kuklux” and “Enforce- \.... On Fridav Sat- 18 what 1S professionally styled a - _ 1 _. nnf-iin ir/K TTdvo ie on i-inrtnlo. ment” acts of Congress, nrday and Sunday, squads of soldiers were returning at all hours, having in their custody citizens of the country, embra cing men in all stations, and occasionally amongst the number would be found a negro, of which class five are now under arrest. THE TOTAL NUMBER NOW IN JAIL at this place is 79, of whom two are ne groes; and confined in the guard-house at the military camp are also three ne groes—Thad Archer and Beuben Goins, of the town, and Samuel Simril, -of the county. It may be proper here to state that very few arrests have been made after night, the larger number having been made in the day time, and, so far as we have been able to learn, no show of re sistance to authority has been made. As may well be supposed, the jail is very much crowded, in consequence of which the prison accommodations are being in creased, by fitting the second story of the building for that purpose. There is no disposition on the part of officials in charge to treat the prisoners with undue harshness, and we have been requested by some of the prisoners to say that their treatment has been as kind and as mild as they could expect. THESE ARRESTS have all been made by the military au thorities, without formal warrants, and it is expected that a preliminary exami nation of each prisoner will be had be fore the United States Commissioner, when, if in the opinion of the Commis put-up job. Here is an entire popula tion put to flight by Federal troops, that was living yesterday in as quiet and con tented a fellowship as characterizes any other community. War has been prac tically declared against them by* the Federal Government. Not on account of any crime on their part do they flee, but because they are invaded by the troops of a Government that has noth ing to do with them if not to protect them. All this takes place under the infamous Kuklux law, which was de nounced at the time of its passage with such vigor by Senator Scliurz and Trum bull—a statute claiming its origin in the Fourteenth Amendment, which is thus interpreted to mean the overthrow in stead of the extension of Republican lib erty. The re-election of Grant will be taken by him as the indorsement of his purpose to subvert the Constitution he has solemnly sworn to protect and de fend.—Boston Post. Tlie Chicago Fire. Chicago correspondents continue to furnish copious details and incidents of the great fire, with abundant comment on the present aspect of the situation ; One correspondent writes : “A cat h&8 actually been recovered, alive and squall ing, from the desolate rains of the post- office and custom-house building. I have with these orbs beheld that feline sala mander. She still wears her roval vest ment of fur, and retains her lung-power _ and appetite, both marvellously improved. sioner, the evidence fails to sustain the James M. Hubbard, Esq., Uncle Sam’s charge, the prisoner will be released. In ma il dispatch officer at this point—to the examination before the Commission- whom, by the way, considerable credit is er, the accused will be allowed counsel, due for tlie rapid reconstruction of our The examination will be public, and con- postal facilities—was hunting in the rain ducted in the manner of all legal pro- to-day for something he thought might ceedings before a Commissioner. ATTORNEY GENERAL AKERMAN, and D. T. Corbin, District Attorney of this State are here, and, we are informed, will remain until the conclusion of the investigation. No time has yet been fixed for the examination, so far as we can learn. Of the charges or their nature against any of the accused, we are unable to give any information. The authorities are reticent in regard to their movements, and we can" only publish facts as they transpire, deeming conjectures and sen sational paragraphs—such as will flood many of the papers. at a distance—as quite superfluous, and in tendency, in jurious. A GLOOMY PROSPECT. The wholesale arrests made by the mil itary in this county have had a very de pressing influence on business generally, and we presume such will be the case throughout the entire section of the State embraced in the proclamation of the President. Crops remain in the still be preserved. “Meow!” He dis tinctly heard the familiar melodious v ?ice. He is a judge of music, and could not be deceived. He listened. Again rose the muffled falsetto. “It must be a ghost l” He stepped lightly over the crumbling brickbats and helped some women to ex cavate the ruins in the comer whence the sound proceeded. Lo l There, eight feet under ground, at the mouth of a sewer pipe, upright in a pail of water, sat grimalkin, with a cold in her head and cinders in her eyes. Sister of Shadrack, Meshack & Co., she had survived the fiery furnace, and came forth unscathed. It seemed, on ex amination, that she had exhibited the presence of mind to stick her legs in the water and her head in the sewer, whence she drew air, and probably smelt mice; and when the building cofiapsed a col umn fell so as to shelter her. A million dollars in gold had melted into bullion within twenty feet of her. Pussy is an immense favorite in the Pest Office, and has resumed her place an a regular mem ber of the staff. How. is that for cat ?.