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T H.E ATLANTA WE E K L Y SUN SUM-STROKES. Isabella aches to see Alphonzo King of Spain. H. L Kimball is the “self-made in the last Chimney Corner. jMfcs When the Savannah 1Veirs boy is -ailed light-headed, reference is had only *3 the color of his hair. f-rs-„ Portland was gladdened with Grant's presence, but Grant was gladdened with Portland’s presents, not The Lynchburg Republican de- ominatesthe gas bills as “the heavy 'barge of the Ught brigade. Napoleon has returned to Clnsel- jarat, and is eager to return to chisel t:e French people. -tsv. The “fire-fiend” has invaded New York and Rochester had to light her street lamps in broad day-light in order to see how thick the smoke is. >piie Memphis AvalancJie is dis satisfied with the telegraphic report of Frank Blair’s Montgomery speech. When > sees the speech in full, its dissatisfac tion will be greatly increased. Says Jones to Brown: “It makes man stupid to go to bed late.” Says Brown to Jones: “Then, I infer that yon rt ver retire before one or two o’clock in the morning.” {gy The Governor of New Jersey has offered a reward of $100 for each convic tion under the Bribery Act. It is thought bv some that this is merely a plan set on foot by Governor Randolph to bankrupt the State Treasury. While the Political Reform move ment is meant to reform the bad habits into which politicians have fallen,, the Reformers have to be watched, or’they sill re-form the bad habits instead of reforming them. 6*jy President Grant’s liberality to sards Chicago has no equal in history, except it be found in Artemus Ward’s patriotism. Grant offered to give $20,- 000, of Boston’s money, to the Chicago suffeera. while Ward offered to sacrifice nil his wife’s relations upon the altar of Lis country. EgRuThe Cincinnati Times and Chronicle ays: “An item going the rounds of the press, asserts that ‘no Democrat has ever been murdered for his political opinions ■in this country, North or South.’ We leuess that is true.” Well, you see, the Bbemocrats never interfere with the Brights and liberties of others, hence their I opinions wrong no one, and are respected. fj I6L. The Terre Haute, Indiana, Jour- ( 1 ml, says: “Grant is out with his procla- ! mation suspending habeas corpus in nine counties of 'South Carolina. The gene ral impression is that Grant has done a " very foolish thing.” There has never been any impression abroad that Grant ever did anything that was not “foolish,” except when he made that Portland speech. That oration was the quintes- cence of wisdom. GEORGIA MATTERS. j Between two hundred and three hun dred hands went to work on the Griffin, Monticello and Madison Railroad on Monday. An adjourned term of the Spalding Superior Court is now in session. Bainbridge will tournament to-day. Alas! Lewis Rhobb has robbed Decatur county of no less than thirty foxes dur ing the last four months. The people of Whigham, Decatur county, awoke the other morning and found ten canine corpuses swinging to their leading horse rack. Tableaux, tournament, ball, festival, are crowded upon Bainbridge this week. It really seems as if she must burst or go mad with pleasure. The Bainbridge Argus has greatly im proved of late. Harris, of the Savannah News, is ame nable tor the latest innovation. He says a Cartersville kitchen “Cbicagoed.” St. Manr is ventrilo-quizzing the in nocents of Elberton. The Savannah News, of Monday, says: “ In a recent speech to the Ogeechee ne groes, Aaron Alpeoria Bradley stated that a number of Radicals in tins city had conspired to take his life, and for that purpose certain darkeys in this city were kept in office, living onGovernment M'rifeMMMMlM tion will demonstrate the t rath, that be-1 who died in the State of South Carolina. tween the Mississippi river and the State The plaintiffs had filed, in the Clerk’s of California, there is no State or Terri-1 office of the Superior Court, an exempli- TELEGRAMS tory which is so well watered as Montana. The scarcity of this most important ele ment is one of the principal obiections (though many others exist fora Southern man) to a settlement in the large majori ty of the new countries of the West— Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado especial ly. Without water, good in quality and unfailing, the best home loses much of its charm. But no country is better and more abundantly supplied with this ele ment than our own. Montanian. SUPREME COURT DECISIONS. He also stated that Bullock con nived at the proposed murder, and that each of the wonld-be assassins had the Governor’s pardon in his pocket, so that they would not even be arrested. Wheth er tnis statement is trne or not, it is im possible to say, but as Bollock pardoned Varney Gaskill before he was tried, it is not improbable that similar pardons are occasionally issued.” The Savannah sabre club will have a grand tilt doling the Fair in that city. Those boys will get hurt if they continue to play with edged tools. The Savannah News says: Waldhei mer, the missing German, to whom we alluded some time ago, has turned up in Atlanta. His friends and creditors will be glad to learn that he has, according to the letter he writes here, a position under the Government at ninety dollars per month. OUR SPECIAL MONTANA COR RESPONDENCE. Cheap Fertile Lands—Good YVa- • ter—Health. ‘A Gascon, in proof of his no bility, asserted that in his father’s castle they used no other fire-wood than the the batons of the different marshals of France of his family.” A young man, who read this paragraph, says it is all very well, but lie can enter a boast that compares with the Gascon’s. He says he could build a whole city of the •bricks” his family has carried in their hats. G&r The Chicago Republican tells of one filial individual who carried the cof fined remains of his father, recently de ceased, to the lake, where he anchored them securely until after the fire. And it also points oat tho difference between Theodore Thomas’ fugacious fiddlers and N'ero by explaining that one fiddled while Home burned, and the others roamed while their fiddles burned. As Grant’s oration at Portland will “go mounding down the ages,” as a model for young men of the future generations to imitate, and, if possible, emulate, it is worth while to put upon file an authentic version of that piece of sublimity. Fear ing that the lightning of the Associated Press might have mutilated the thunder of such eloquence, in transmitting it so far, files of Northern papers have been ransacked for what seemed most likely to tSbe a correct version of the splendid piece ■ of oratory. Here is the speech in full, I as it appears in the New York Herald of the 21st: “Citizens of Portland: I have very vivid recollections of a, to me, gratifying visit I made six years ago in your city.— Now I return from an equally pleasant one, both here and in other parts of your State. My reception has been most pleasing, and I hope my visits will not be so far apart in the future, otherwise II shall not be able to visit yon often be 1 tore I am a very old man. I thank you tor this greeting.” Hereafter, the world’s Burkes, and Grattans, and Ckathams, and Clays, and Websters, and Calhouns will have to sing low. “Rienzi to the Romans” will have to abaudon its long-held place upon the iresh lips of all the school boys in the country. “You’d scarce expect one of my age,” can now be wiped out of the books of oratory prepared specially for aspiring youths. In short, all the old thunder-claps oof genius that hove rever- hrated upon the tympanums of a hundred generations of men, may now die away a ud sing themselves to death over the graves of the old masters of speech who uttered them; while this new buret cf elo quence supplies their places, and in fu ture entrances tho rapt throngs who love io sit at the feet of the Gamaliels of rhet oric. It is a notable speech, and will be remembered. It will go down to history as one of the remarkable productions of ow day and generation; and the thing that will excite most wonder is, how the eminent speaker ever managed to crowd „_ l ~- e o kn ^7 r in 80 few of such very simple words. But he did it. A Dog Captures a Mule. Yesterday afternoon, while being at tached to a dray, a mule broke loose, and created general consternation byrunnin- madly to and fro through the streets. He defied the most strenuous exertions ^ stop him, until Policeman Couch set his faithful dog, “Bob Couch,” after the fugitive. The dog leaped and seized the mule by the reins, and held him securely until the owner came up. This is a mule and dog” story, but true, never- iur-loss, as many of the spectators can fy. The hero paid us a visit, while et implicated with triumph. Helena, Montana, Oct. 10, 1871. Editors Atlanta Sun: My former com munication has brought upon my friend. Major J. R. Boyce, of this place, a host of letters of inquiry. A great many Southern people contemplate emigrating, and if they must leave home, there certainly no other place on the continent to which they can go and be so well sit uated, as Montana; a genial climate fertile soil, cheap land, good water and sound health. I have already spoken of our climate and the wonderful fertility and product iveness of our soil. Let us now see cheap lands can be had. Over 20,000,000 acres of the territory have been classed by the Surveyor Gene ral as adapted for agricultural purposes. These are the rich valley lands of which I have spoken. But a very small portion of this has, up to this time, been taken up for settlement. The rest is all subject to homestead or pre-emption. A person can get a homestead of 160 acres by liv ing upon it for five years, the recording fees amounting to about $26. In addi tion to this he is entitled to pre-empt 160 acres by paying $1.25 per acre. Thus, one can secure 320 acres at a cost, entry fees included, of about $250, or a little over 75 cents per acre. The benefits of homestead and pre-emption apply to all males, and unmarried females, of lawful age. It is not the refuse, but the choic est and best lands of the Territory which are thus open to settlement. YVhen the line of the Northern Pacific Railroad is located, of course, many of these lands will fall into the hands of this company, but until that time, every acre which is not occupied by settlers, is open to the claim of the immigrant. Land cannot be cheaper than here, unless a person is paid to live upon them. Onr lands are cultivated by irrigation We have no wet season, yet our rains nearly all occur in the spring and sum mer—our winters being entirely without rain—and these rains, though generally sufficient to make excellent hay, are not to be depended upon for general crop purposes. We never suffer, though, from drought, as your farmers do in the Sonth Our valleys are lavishly watered, and whenever the crops need moisture, the irrigating ditch furnishes it \n the qnan tities desired. This mode of culture gives an additionol advantage. Experi ence bos demonstrated the fact that water is one of the most ex cellent of all fertilizers ; and lands which are properly tilled nn der the system of irrigation, instead of losing their fertility, seem rather to in crease in their productiveness. Irriga tion is performed by carrying water in main ditch from the creek or river near by, along tlio highest land of the ranche, or by the side of it, and then evenly dis tributing it over the fields in snch quan tities as may be required. Now, as to water. This is an impor tant item, and should have great weight in the selection of a home. I have trav eled over a large portion of tire South, and am aware of the fact that many your readers do not get a drink of really good water from one year’s end to another and in yonr best sections for cotton- growing, the water, in warm weather, tolerable only, through necessity. One cause of the abundant sickness in valleys of the Southern streams, is the quality of the water which the people are com pelled to drink. Here, our water is cold, healthful, and invigorating. We get it either fresh from the snows in the neigh boring mountains, or as it springs, cool and delicious, from the fertile sod of our flower-carpeted valleys. If a spring is not convenient to the spot on which one desires to bnild his cabin, it is only nec essary to dig from ten to twenty-five feet for the best of water in abundance. Tho two grand rivers of the North American continent, which accomplish the great drainage from the water-sheds of the Rocky Mountains, have their sour ces in the Territory of Montana. They have their tributaries, consisting of innu merable creeks and rivers; aud the water of all these, by reason of their rapid fall, is peculiarly adapted to the purposes of mining, irrigation and manufacture. A glance at a correct map of this sec- Atlanta, October 24, 1871. A. O. and A. A. Trammell vs. R.‘ H. and J. E. Marks.—Injunction. McKAY, J. Where a bill was filed alleging that in 1868 the complainants had purchased of the defendants a tract of land, described in the deed as containing350 acres, more or less, for five thousand dollars, half of which was paid in cash, the balance se cured by a note and mortgage, on which they have paid over $1250, leaving $1250 still due; that proceedings had been com menced to foreclose the mortgage for the. remaining $1250; that defendants had falsely and fraudulently represented said tract of land to contain 350 acres, and complainants bought the same on said representations, but by a recent survey they had ascertained that there not more than 280 acres, and that the defendants were insolvent.- The prayer of the bill was for an injunction to restrain the fore closing of the mortgage, a cancellation of the deed to them and of their mort gage, that a decree may be made for the money they have already paid on the land, and that the land be held subject to such decree for the money: Held, That, as there was no allegation in the bill tc show that the precise quan tity of 350 acres of land was a strict in gredient in tho trade, there was no ground for rescinding the trade, and as the reme dy at law, by pleading the deficiency, is sufficient, equity has no jurisdiction.” Judgment affirmed. W. D. Trammell and B. H. Bigham for plaintiffs; E. H. Worrill and G. T. Percy, contra. Representatives of L.. J. Dnpree vs. G. F. Platt.—Rule vs. Sheriff, WARNER, J. This was a rule against the Sheriff for the payment of money in his hands, arising from the sale of intestate’s prop- ;perty, on the following statement of facts: Dupree obtained a judgment against James M. Chandler, administrator, and Susan Chandler, adm’xof Jas. O. Chand ler, deceased. Three other plaintiffs had obtained judgments against the ad ministrator and administratrix of James O. Chandler, which were of younger date than D'npree’s judgment. Executions had issued on these judgments and were levied on the property of the intestate, which was sold by the Sheriff for the sum of $1,990. The representatives of Du pree claim that the money arising from the sale of the intestate’s property in the hands of the Sheriff should first be ap plied in satisfaction of their judgment, the same being of prior date. The other plaintiffs in ff fa. claim that the money in the hands of the Sheriff should be distributed and paid pro rata to all the executions in the hands of the Sheriff, without regard to the dates of the res pective Judgments, inasmuch as the notes on which the judgments were founded, were of equal dignity av the time of in testate’s death. The Court decided that the money in the Sheriff’s hands should be paid pro rata to all the executions in the Sheriff s hands, without regard to the priority of the date of Dupree’s judg ment; whereupon, the counsel for Du pree’s representatives excepted Where a judgment is entered against an executor or administrator, who issued in his representative character, except when he pleads ne v.nques executor, or a release to himself ; or plene administravit, or plene administravit prosier, and his plea is found against him, such judgment must be entered de bonis testaloris. In this case, so far as appears from the re cord, the judgments were all rendered against the property of the intestate in the hands of his administrator, without any plea of a want of assets in their hands to pay all the intestate’s debts, and the legal presumption is, that they had sufficient assets in their hands for that purpose. The property of the intestate was sold by the Sheriff under executions which issued on these judgments, and the question is, as between these judgment creditors, who has the prior lien upon the money in the Sheriff’s hands, arising from the sale of the intestate’s property, as between each other. The admiuistra tors of the intestate were not parties to this controversy ; but it is simply a con test between judgment creditors who fication from the record of the Court of Probate of S. S., showing the probate of the will of the testator, and the ap pointments of plaintiffs as his executors in that State, and relied on the same as evi dence of their right and title to main tain an action against the defendant, in the Courts of this State, under the pro visions of the 2414 sec. of the Code. This record was objected to on the ground that it was not certified to by a clerk. The record was certified to by the Judge of Probate, in which he states that by the law of that State there is no clerk of his Court; that in his official capacity as Judge he is also ex officio in the law, the sole clerk thereof, and that this testimo nial and tho foregoing is in due form of law. In our judgment this record was properly authenticated, according to the law of the State of the plaintiffs domicil, so as to entitle them to sue in the Courts of this State, under the provisions of the Code before recited as executors of the deceased testator. On the trial of the case the jury found a verdict for tie plaintiffs. A motion was made for a uew trial, which was over ruled by the Court, and defendant ex cepted. There was no error in admitting the evidence in explanation of the in dorsements on the cotton receipts, which made the cotton subject to the demand of Davidson, or to his order. The indorsements on the back of the receipt are in the following words: “Deliver to T. M. Johnson, Esq., or order. W. Davidson.” The evidence of Johnson shows that the indorsements on the back of the cotton receipts, were only intended to give him authority as the agent of Davidson, to receive the cotton, that he had no personal interest in it, and acted only as agent. This did not vest the title to the cotton in John son as against Davidson, for whom he was acting merely as agent, or as against his legal representatives. There was no error in rejecting the books of the defendant in evidence for the purpose of showing that the receipts for the cotton were given to Davidson instead of to Davis, by mistake under the pleadings and evidence in this case. If a defendant in a coart of law, seeks to avoid his contract on the ground of mis take, he most, by his pleading, allege the grounds of mistake, as fully iu a court of law as he is required to do in a court of equity, so as to give the adverse party notice, before he can introduce evidence of snch mistake, in order to avoid the contract on that ground. There is no allegation in this plea, that the contract set sortli in the receipts was the result either of accident or mistake, so as to’ enable him to avail himself of that equi table ground of defence in a court of law. Besides, jjit is not very apparent how defendant’s books, containing his own acts, would conduce to show his mis take in giving the receipts for the cotton to Davidson. It may be true. It may be true that the defendant’s books show that the storeage on the cotton was paid by Davis, which might have been done by the agent of Davidson, and the fact that the receipts given to Davis by the defendant for the storeage, are now found in the bonds of Davidson’s execu tors would seem to look that way, al though the defendant makes the discov ery of that fact a ground for a new trial, as being newly discovered evidence. In view of the facts of this case, as disclosed by the record, we are unable to find any legal ground on which to reverse the judgment of the court below. Judgment affirmed. O. and Jno. C. Sneed for plaintiff. No attorney marked for defendants. [Special to The Son.] Macon, Ga., October 24, 1871. The Fair is a grand success.— The attendance is hourly increasing, and it is safe to predict that fifteen thousand persons will be on the grounds to-morrow. The day has been fine, and the exhibition and grounds presented-a beautiful pic ture. Floral Hall is fall, and the display is beyond description. The Exhibition Hall is well nigh full, and makes a good show. The Machinery Exhibition is extensive and superb. The show of horses, for number and quality, is the best ever seen in the Sonth, and is exciting intense interest. President Colquitt assures me that the exhibition, in nearly all departments, is success, and in many important respects far exceeds any Fair ever held in the State. System and order prevails everywhere, and exhibitors and visitors are pleased witb everything. The accommodations, conveniences, comfort, facilities, amusements and enter tainments are fully up to the highest ex pectations and altogether satisfactory. Weston walks at 4 o’clock to-morrow evening; the balloon ascension takes place at 5, and pyrotechnics at 8J. Trotting and running against time, and tests of machinery, will fill the day. Weston performs the wonderful feat of walking fifty miles in ten hours on Thurs day. Sharp & Floyd have the most splendid display of jewelry on thegrounds. Their rich jewelry is attracting much attention. Mayor Huff has nobly achieved a glo rious triumph for his city, the Fair and himself. All praise and honor him for the success of his efforts. Atlanta is well “represented and well pleased. / S. Bears Helping Eaeli Other. have obtained tlieir intestate’s death, since the to the priority of their respective judgments. If the bill had been filed by the administrators to marshall the assets of the intestate’s es tate, on the ground of insolvency, or other reason, then the debts of the es tate would have been decreed to be paid according to their dignity, at the time of the intestate’s death; or, if under the provisions of our code, the junior judg ment creditors had, by a petition with proper allegations, made it judicially ap pear to the Court, that the intestate’s es tate was insolvent, or shown soihe good reason why the ' money in the Sheriff’s hands, should not be paid to the judg ments according to their legal priority, but according to the dignity of the debts at the time of the intestate’s death; then the question as to the dignity of the debts might have been properly consid ered. In order to defeat a legal lien some good reason must be shown, for it is a general role that- when different per sons hold a lien on the same property, of the same dignity, then the oldest lien shall have the preference. As between the judgment creditors, in this case, the oldest judgment was entitled to be first paid, there being nothing in the record going to show any reason why the debts of the intestate should be marshaled and paid according to their dignity at the time of his death, or that there was not sufficient assets in the hands of the ad ministrator. to pay qll the intestate’s debts, our judgment is confined to the statement of facts made in the record of this case. Judgment of the Court below reversed. Robert Toombs for plaintiff; W. G. Johnson and Jno. C. Reid, contra. Jacob H. Lowery vs. Julia E. Davidson, et oL, Executors. Trover. WARNER, J. Trover to recover the value of 28 bales of cotton. The plaintiffs sued, as the executor and executrix of Wm. Davidson, A gentleman was once making inquiries in Russia about the method of catching bears in that countiy. He was told that, to entrap them, a pit was dug several feet deep/ and after covering it over with turf, leaves, etc., some food was placed on the top. The bear, if tempted by the bait, easily fell into the snare. “Bat,” he added,** If four or five hap pen to get in together, they all get out again.” “How is that?” asked the gentleman * ‘They form a sort of ladder by stepping on each, other’s shoulders, and thus make their escape.” “How does the bottom one get out? “Ah! these bears, though not posses sing a mind and soul such as God has given us, yet can feel gratituede; and they won’t forget the one who had been the chief means cf procuring their liberty. Scampering off, they fetch the branch of a tree, which they let down to their poor brother, enabling him speedily to join them in the freedom in which they re joice.” Sensible bear, we should say, are great deal better than some people that we hear about,’ who never help anybody but themselves.—The Cai-rier Rove, Stonewall Jackson’s School. Sunday A visitor will be struck, on Sunday afternoon, at the crowd of negro boys and girls winding their way to the Pres byterian church in Lexington, Va. If he goes he will see a colored Sunday School, superintended by Col. J. T. L. Preston, Professor in Virginia Military Institute. If he asks about the school he will be told: “This is Stonewall Jackson old school.” This colored Sunday school was organized by Stonewall Jackson when he was Professor in the Virginia Military Instituter. He took the deepest interest in its success (never going to it or from it without earnest, secret prayer,) and when called into the army he expressed himself more loth to leave his Sunday school than any of his other public duties. His interest continued to the day of his death, and he was never known to write a letter to Lexington without making special in quiry after his colored Sunday school.— Lexington (Va) Letter. The Great Canal.- Maj. McCalla, of the United States Engineer Corps, arrived in this city yesterday morning, for the purpose of organizing an Engineer Corps, and tering upon the survey of the Atlantic and Great Western Canal, which is to ruD from Muscle Shoals, on the Tennes see River, across to Coosa; thence up the Coosa and Etowah; thence to follow the ridge across the Chattahoochee, at some point North of Atlanta, and thence to the Ocmulgee, and to the Atlantic. Ottawa, October 24.—A correspondent of the Express says the case of the schooner Horton, stolen by Gloucester fishermen, is simply regarded as a viola tion of the Custom regulations. London, October 24.—The Times this morning suggests the appointment of an impartial commission to settle any inter national difficulty which may grow out of the cutting out of the schooner Horton. It believes that complications will be thus compromised promptly on an equitable basis. The Corsica Bonapartist party on the test vote were defeated by two majority. It is currently reported that Prince Na poleon will tender his resignation as a member of the Council. Paris, October 24.—A boiler exploded at tile Barhaid Department Yard, killing ten and wounding many. Detroit, October 24.—The high winds rekindled the fires on the military reser vation. Fort Huron is endangered. St. Lotos, Oct 24.—The right having been granted to collectors of county taxes to sell certain railroad property, the Iron Mountain Railroad has appealed to the the United States Supreme Court. New Orleans, October 24.—The crew of the steamer Planter, on going ashore for water near Mulatto Bayou, were fired into by an unknown party. Two mor tally and one severely wounded, Baltimore, October 24.—The Conven tion has resolved to entertain no new questions, and restrain members to one ten minutes speech upon any subject ex cept ritualism. Upon the vexed ques tions involving innovations, the commit tees report against present action. Charleston, October 24.—Four deaths to this Government, entitles the Hornet to the freedom of neutral waters. A dip lomatic correspondence, relative to this matter, has made some progress, and an early release of the vessel is expected. The Star says a strong effort is being made to effect the removal of Col. T. P. Robb, Collector of Customs at Savannah, and appoint Col. James Atkins in his place. Tho latter, it is said, is backed by Senator Hill, aud the Congressional del. egation from Georgia. Robb’s friends, however, claim that he will not be re moved. Delano will be gone until Friday. It is raining steadily, and the wires are working slowly. Washington, October 24.—There was a Cabinet meeting to-day. Akerman and Boutwell were absent. New Yota, October 24.—De tectives, last night, arrested Henry Young, whoso aliases are B. S. Downer, J. H. Rawson, and Samuel E. Collins. He has for a long time been operating throughout the country, altering and forging checks. He has been identified by several of his victims. Poughkeepsie, October 24.—The at mosphere herejis dense with smoke from the burning monntoins and forests in Ulster counter. Salt Lake, October 24.—Experts from Cornwall says that the discovery of tin mines will work a revolution in trade.— The receipts of gold and silver are in creasing. Mrs. Cook .sues Brigham Young for money collected upon her husband’s death. Mrs. Cooke was formerly a Mor mon, now an apostate. In the Hawkins case, tho defendant asks his release upon the ground that tho verdict is illegal, because it fails to speci fy the nature and extent of the punish ment. The motion was overruled. Sen tence is deferred until Saturday. The papers aro excited over Hawkins’ fate. The Mormons talk peace, provided Brigham Young is not imprisoned. San Francisco, October 25.—Bill Rus sell, another one of the escaped prison ers from Nevada, has been captured while endeavoring to ship for a foreign port. George Q. Cannon, a Mormon leader, says if convictions continue, the Mor mons will burn all they have and mako another expedition, as they did from Il linois. At Los Angelos a fight has occurred in the Chinese quarter. An officer attempted arrest a Chinaman for shooting from yellow fever have been reported in the last 24 hours. In the colored convention at Columbia an Arkansas delegate offered a resolution favoring the renomination of Grant; but the convention adopted a substitute, de claring it impolitic to anticipate the ac tion of the Republican party. Philadelphia, October 24.—During three weeks of Octobsr 942 cases and 151 deaths of Small Pox have occurred. The disease is abating. Thousands are being vaccinated daily. Harrisburg, October 24.—Tho moun tains above Dauphin have been on fire since last Friday. The surrounding country is filled with smoke. Augusta, October 24.—The annual fair of the Cotton States Association opens on the 31st of October. Sixteen thou sand dollars is offered in premiums. All the railroads and the Charleston and Savannah steamships from New York and Philadelphia issue excursion tickets for $25 a round trip, which are good until the first of December. The city is pre pared to accommodate 20,000 visitors.— Fine racing stock is already entered for the track premiums. The fair will be largely attended. Columbus, Oct. 24.—The second an nual fair of Muscogee county commences here on the 31st, and promises to be a success. Entries in all departments are very large and varied. Reports from the surrounding country indicate a large at tendance. Several noted horses, trotters and runners, have been entered for the speed premiums. Chicago, October 24.—The coroner’s jury in the case of Grosvenai, who was shot without sufficient cause by Treat, who was arrested, gave a verdict supple mented, that Treat supposed ho was act ing under the orders of those who placed him on guard. The Bank of Montreal has decided to establish a branch in this city as soon as a vault can be built. The Journal appeared this evening in anew dress. Many Chicago banks in the South Di vision are establishing branches in the West Division. The two political parties in this city and county, in view of the present con dition of affairs, growing out of the tire, are trying to nnite upon a union ticket for city and county officers, to be voted for two weeks hence—each having a share in the municipal offices. Chicago volunteers, who have been doing patrol duty since the fire, were mustered out of service to-day, by order qf Gen. Sher idan. Washington, October 24.—The ques tion of the Hornet, which is blockaded by a Spanish fleet in a Haytien port, was considered in a cabinet meeting to-day. The Government holds that, to another. He was resisted and called oh Robert Thompson, a citizen, to assist him. The Chinese opened fire on both. Thompson fell and died immediately. Officer Bilderson was shot but escaped on horseback. The mob soon collected and attacked the whole Chinese quarter. The attack was resisted in a spirited manner by the Chinese, when fifteen hundred armed men surrounded their quarters to prevent their escape. Tho mob hanged fifteen Chinamen and fired their houses. The fire, however, was ex tinguished. At 9 P.M. order at Los Angelos was partly restored by the authorities. No more bloodsed has taken place. Several Chinamen have been arrested and lodged in jail. Fires are raging on the coast of tho counties from Los Angelos northward. The People’s Insurance Company, of San Francisco, has suspended. S. Brown, a native of Cynthiana, Ken tucky, has committed suicide on account of domestic troubles. In the case of the application of Mrs. Fair, in the Supreme Court, for a new trial, a hearing was.postponed until No vember the 11th. The Chinese, at Los Angelos, number- about fifty. A mob was determined to make them leave the town before hang ing them. The mob fired on them from . roof, killing one woman and several me®.... Quiet has been restored. Detroit, October 25.—The State Re- - lief Committee has issued an appeal in which it is stated that from 12,000 to 14,- - 000 people in that State have lost every thing by the fires which continue to - burn, with new ones springing up... Money and supplies may be sent direct? to the' Michigan Relief Committee at Chicago. Boston, October 25.—Kate Leon, aged 18 years, was found in Western av enue, with her head crushed. There were signs of a struggle. No particu lars. Chicago, October 25.—The schooner Messner has been sunk and five, liyes were lost. The banks are running smoothly. There are few calls for loans, and depos its are abundant. Many Eastern and foreign companies are paying their losses promptly. The grain and live stock markets are brisk, with as much doing as before tho fire, and in lumber, much more. Me chanics of almost every clas3 are in de mand at good wages. New York, October 25.—There was difficulty in getting a jury in the Rosenz- weig case, but it was finally obtained. Baltimore, October 25..—It is under stood that the House of ^Bishops passed the canon on the Ritual, as reported by the Joint Committee, by a vote of twen ty-four to nineteen. A resolution was offered by a Commit tee that any variation from the standard prayer-book, is unlawful. The resolution lays over under the rules. London, October 25.—Rio Janeiro ad vices confirm the report of the final adop tion by the Brazilian Parliament of the bill providing for the emancipation of the slaves. An order has been issued by the government, to authorities, in all de partments, recommending that the law be put into immediate execution. Miss Rye takes out 145 children, for homes in America, on the Nestorian. Washington, October 25.—Mails have been ordered from New Orleans to Ha vana aud Santander, Spain, in the Bay of Biscay, by the steamships Germania, Saxonia and Yandalia, of the Hamburg and American Steam Packet Company, commencing November 1st. Single rate, ten cents per half ounce. Letters for Spain now go via Belgium or England. Land patents have been issued to the Southern Pacific Railroad, for the second section of twenty miles, the commission ers having reported it completed and fully equipped as a first-class road. Four cadets have been dismissed fre West Point for “haziDg.” The Monroe Advertiser says the intt tion is to have the oars, ou the Grffi Monticello and Madison Railroad, ru ning to Jackson, in Butts couuty, ia tt months. The Rome Courier is fully persuaded H. V. M. Miller is just the man bearing the j that Dr. H. V. m. Miller l ndev Lon-is lor United States Senator.