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THE WEEKLY OPINION. BY W. L. SCHUGOS ABO J. B. DUMBLK. Forsyth County.—It will he seen from n notlco in another column, that the legal advertisements of Forsyth county, Ga* will hereafter be published In the Opinion. “The Ciikistun Index."—In view of the prevailing money pressure, the pub lisher of the above paper lias decided to Issue for a few weeks, in lieu of a foil sheet, an Extra of three columns to a page—a very diminutive sheet. We hope to sec the old Index resume her fair proportions in a few' weeks. It deserves a more liberal pa tronage. Morb Violators of tiik Revenue Law Arrested.—Mr. J. M. Htnrns, of Marshal Klyea’s staff, returned to the city yesterday from an olllclal trip to Newton county, lie brought to the city, under urrnst, C. A, Christian, T. J. Nelms, Wm. Nelms, J. W. Swain, R. Stanton, and John Nelms, all charged with violating the Internal Reve nue Laws. These gentlemen were tried before United States Commissioner Dun> ning. Each of them, upon payment of cost, was released. rm.EKfl.—That there has been but a lim ited demand for day laborers both in this city and in this Immediate section of the Ktate, during the past sea.ion. none will de ny, hence there was an apparent excuse for idleness. Rut this state of affairs no longer exist. It Is true the demand in the city for that class of work Is wholly inad- 4‘ijuate co the amount of laborers. Rut t' rough the kindness of a bcnltlccnt Prov idence, the earth, the present season, has IHxluced an unprecedented yield, and the Helds are literally groaning under the pon derous weight of their own production. The heretofore sad and care-worn face of the farmer Is made to smile with a cqpscl- entiousness of an abundance of the “staff i»f life.*’’ They are buoyant with hopes of the future, and arc preparing largely for another crop. Hence they are now In quest of laborers. The labor to lie per- (ormCd Is of the most agreeable character. To till the soil Is among the noblest call ings to which man can aspire; and what seems more attractive ami inviting than those presented to the farmer? The season has now arrived forgathering fodder, and then but a little time will elapse until the hay Is to lie mowed, the cotton picked, the corn to l»c gathered, and then the wheat is to tie sown. All of this work must be per formed wltliln the space of a few months. The farmers, we are informed, arc anxious to employ good, reliable, iiermanent lator- crs. IIow much better an opportunity does any industrious man want for em ployment? tat those who desire employ ment Investigate tills matter for themselves -eok honest, honorable, and regular work in the cultivation of the soil, and our word for It, you will not only lie more respected by all who know you, but will lx? happier in that capacity than any you can possibly place yourselves In In the city, living the very unenviable life of an idler. ALABAMA POLITICS. A movement, which bad its origin with certain South Carolina politicians of the Perry schoq), I* now on foot In Alabama, looking to the defeat of Reconstruction In that State. Having despaired of defeating the Convention, they seek to get control of that body In order to defeat the purpose of Its assembling. Primary meetings have been held In many of the counties, and on the 4th lnat„ a “mass Convention of the State" assembled at Montgomery, looking to the completion of a political organiza tion for the defeat of at least so much of the Reconstruction Law as works the dis franchisement of Secession leaders. Their Platform of Principles lias not yet been enunciated, but It la promised to be forth coming very soon. This platform will be essentially, Univer sal HuJVrage and Amnesty —a measure which reveals the true cause of opposition to the Acts of Congress on the part of those who oppose Reconstruction. That they are insincere In their professions Is evident from the fact that the leaders of the movement opposed a much milder schenje less than twelve months ago. was then propsed to make a standard qualification, according to which all men should be admitted or rfjcctcd, regardless of color. Tills Plan imposed no disabili ties on account of past political offenses, hilt admitted to the elective franchise all who might come up to the standard pro posed. Tho parties referred to opposed this scheme because it admitted a few col ored men. who could read and write, and who owned two hundred dollars' worth of property, to the Rallot. They now projios: giving the Rallot to every colored man In the State, no matter how ignorant and worthless. Had the gentlemen who arc so ofllcious In this post mortum examination of past Issues, manifested any dlsjKxdtlon fora tlement twelve months ago—when a settle ment upon their present scheme was prac ticable—instead of opposing everything that did not receive the sanction of Mr. Johnson, people would he less disposed to question the sincerity of their present pro fessions. That Proclamation.—The significance of the forthcoming Proclamation Is not very apparent. It promises to he om those wtshy washy things like unto his “Peace” Proclamation, and his enigmati cal pronunclamento of a day or so ago. Gen. Lee, Bkaurkoard, Joe*Johnston, Lokostreet, and the rest, are still field under the ban; while raiders and little chicken-chewing cavalry officials, con- icrlpt officials, Impressment agents, and commissary speculators, are the objects of Executive clemency. New York Republican Nominations. Tho New York Republican Convention has nominated the following ticket: “For Governor, Lucius Fairchild; Lieutenant Governor, Wyman Spooner; Secretary of State. Tlios. S. Allen; Treasurer, Wm. K. Smith; Attorney General, Colonel. C. B, Gill. Tiik Amnesty Proclamation.—Then: is a clause incorporated into the Reconstruc tion Act, which provides that “ no person shall at any time be entitled to bo regis tered, or to vote by reason of any Execu tive panton or amnesty for any act or thing, which, without suoli pardon or am nesty, would disqualify him from registra tion or voting.’’ Tills, It would seem closes tho Held of dis- ‘ 1 hfl r-rt'-comlr.if . , Department, ninnesty proclamation upon tho electoral . ,,,1, ‘ Political.—The Republicans of Mary land have decided not to vote on the new Constitution, which Is to he submitted to tho people on the 18th, and have prepared an address to Congress iu which they state that said Constitution is not Republican In form. Hon. Simon Cameron has declared iu favor of the Impeachment of the Presi dent. Gen. G’ll lit lies been dispersing the clerks rights of those disfranchised by the Re construction Act. It is difficult, therefore, t-» see the exact significance of such a Pro clamation at this time. We shall forbear comment, however, until the appearance of the Proclamation. CySomeof our Georgia editors who fa vor Convention ami Reconstruction are writhing under the animation of “Radi cal,” us applied to themselves. Sllly erea- tures. When a man makes lip his mind to A number of the clerks iu the Freed man’s Bureau at Washington have nomi nated General 1 Iowan! for the next Presi dency. Ren. Wade, the acting Vice President of the United States, is the greatest obstacle to imi»cuchiucnt. No one desires to see him . in tho Presidential office. Tiif. Cask of Gkn. Sickles.—The founda tion of the difficulty lietween Gen. Sickles and the United Slates Courts Is stated to The notorious Bello Boyd made tier first appearance on the stage, at Dollar's Thea tre, St. Louis, last night. She played Pauline, In tuc “Lady of Lyous.’’ Gen. Grant Is said to oppose tho removal of Gen. Howard. The terms of compro mise therefore, between the President and Grant reserves to Gen. Howard Ills place. Fernando Wood’s Gambling Whisky Ring have abandoned the pursuit of Com missioner Rollins. Jno. M. Langston, “ the Ohio colored or ator from Ohio"—now In Washington, Is spoken of in connection with the Vice- Presidency on the Grant ticket. The President Is determined to relieve Oen. Howard, and is only waltlug to Hilda man to put !n his place. Gen. Pope cannot he considered safe In his |x>sltion. The President gives out that he will surely remove him. Commissioner Rollins has gone North for two weeks. All efforts for his removal will encounter resolute opposition by the Secretary of the Treasury, who de clares that there is no possible ground on which charges against Mr. Rollins can he based. The now Duke of Wellington is printing the whole of Ills father’s papers; for snfety, not for publication. Tho Duke puts every thing in type, and then strikes out such passages as affect living persons too elosely, or such us It might lx: indiscreet to make public. Three copies only of the original Impression are taken. I)r. Mary Walker Is now on her way home. I am sorry to say thnt she had tho very had taste to send to the newspapers a farewell letter. Its sentiments are well enough, hut the net itself Is search’ ft mod est one, for it ussiime* that she must lie of inijiortunce enough in tho estimation of the people of this country to render her dally movements a matter of Interest, whereas the fact is, they do not care a straw about her one way or the other, and would scarcely ho excited about her fate even If she had gone homo with the Sultan as an addition to his harem.—London Letter. Convention and Itclief. Editors Opinion: 1 was truly gratlflef observe, several days since, that the Oi-in- ion had set the ball In motion. Our people are Involved In debt beyond their present ability to pay. Four years of war. succeed ed by two years of famine, have left us in truly pitiable, t condition. Bankruptcy and ruin—irretrievable ruin—stare us In the face. The Stay Law Is no longer a protection to the honest but unfortunate debtor. JIa must he sold out—mercilessly sold out—at ten or fifteen cents in the dol lar. All Alture hope must be cut off. and he and Ids helpless family turned out, de prived of the means of ever paying his debts. Whereas, a Judicious system of re lief would Inspire hope. By Industry and prudent economy lie might save not only Ills plantation from Sheriff’s sale, hut soon become able to liquidate all his debts. The State Convention can do this, and to that body alone wc country people look as the only liojx*. Wc arc, therefore, for Conven tion and Rki.ikk; and It Is hoped tliut other public journals wldch have followed j*ou In the advocacy of Reconstruction will not hesitate to urge relief ns one of the greatest necessities of the times. Keep the ball moving. The plan you suggest Is the only one that can save us. One of tiik People. How Charles Dickens Cot home off the Monies off the Characters for Novels* Correspondence of tho Chicago Journal. 1 London, August 17,18G7. I think I have modo a discovery of some literary Interest. It lias always been sup posed that moat of the names of Mr. Charles vote with a party, he mint expect to share' have been that lie Issued an order which the abuses henped upon Its Principles. He-1 was In fact a stay law. and postponed the cession was a radical remedy for supposed : collection of debts by the action nt the wrongs. Many persons acted with that part}* after the fall of Sumter who had pro vlously opposed It. They did not make mouths, |>out and wriggle because they were denominated Secessionists. Negro suffrage isn radical remedy for another class of evils, real or Imaginary. Many ]>orsons who frvorod. Impartial suflVageare now advocating universal suffrage. There are but two pai tics. Choose ye between them; and then make up your mind to stick to your choice. “The Dialogue.”—Wo observe that our friend Whitaker, of tho Intelligencer, Is iloing the Republican Party a great fhvor by giving publicity to some of tliclr cam paign documents. Wo tako It for granted that the Judge Is not so hostile to “Radical ism” as ho has been represented, else ho would not thus aid the leaders of that party In distributing their most effective documents! They owe t him a vote of thanks. Fast.—We sco a statement In the East Tennessee papers—whether true or fklso wo know not—that tho trustees of tho East Tennessee Wesleyan College, located at Athens, have announced that hereafter the Normal Department of that school w ill to open to students of both colors. Tills Is an advance movement. OT Miles OTtelly, (Charles G. Ilalplne.) whom a few months ago a certain class of Southern papers denominated a « Military Blowhard,” Is now coupled as a “gallant soldier." Reason: Miles has allied him self with the New Herald and goes in fbr counter revolution. Suite Courts In hi- dl-trkt for a certain time. This order was evaded very gen erally by means of the transfer of these debts fr.nn citizens of North and South Carolina to the citizens of other States, thus throwing their causes of action Into the Jurisdiction of the United States Courts, which wore open. Gon. Sickles’ onler No. 10 forbade the execution of Judg ments thus obtained. Rad Taste.—Several of the Georgia pa pers are copying editorials from the Now York Herald. An editor of ripe experi ence In his profession would not do this, and fbr two reasons: There Is no signlft- canco whatever In anything which that paper may say odltorlally; and, in tho next place, Its style of composition Is anything hut a model of tho Queen Eugllsh.— Bennett never liathan honest conviction In bis life, and, thereforo never uttered an honest sontiment; and his nonsense is often presented In a style so disgusting that It falls to amuse. The Herald Is read for Its special dispatches—fbr its neics—and not for Its editorials. ^ Colored Scuoolh in Viuoinia.—Statis tics of the colored schools In Virginia show that nearly 17,000 scholars are enroll ed, tho annual expense of whoso teaching will he about ilOtyMk Jn Richmond, 3,000 colored pupils receive instructions from fbrty-three teachers, some of the lat ter being alio colored. 10“ The negro who murdered Mr. Co- zatt—an account of which we published yetterday—has been arrested and lodged In Jail. New Convert.—Tho Hon. W. W. Boyce, of South Carolina, and toforc the war a Representative in Congress from that State, takes a practical view of the South ern situation In brilliant contrast with the heavy dignity ” men who follow in the steps of the Northern Democracy, wrote lately as follows: onl as to the public matters. Our !X5op]e. 1 think, ought to register and par ticipate in the elections. To do nothing will he to commit suicide. I think the great point is to carry out Gen. Hampton’s Ideas, and show themselves thereby the friends of flus colored |x>ople. Our (ample liould recognize what is inevitable in re gard to the legal and political rights of the blacks, and grant of their own volition what will lx* given in spite of them. By this course, harmony totween the two races will to maintained, and iNilitlcul ixtwcr in the State will remain iu safe hands. All expressions through the press or otherwise against tin* dominant part}’ here should to avoided. It Is hit (Risible at this time for the Ileniocratic party to help the South. The great object of the South should now he to get established in their political rights. Then a feeling of cmilideiico will take the place of present insecurity, and capital Hmv in from the North. *1 feel Intensely for the unhappy condition of my Southern friends. You must not to discouraged—struggle on- affairs must Improve. Tiik Democrats and Mr. Johnson.— When* man deserts one peoplo and allies himself with Its antagonist, he docs not often succeed in commanding the respect or confidence of cither. The Albany (N. Y.) Argil*, one of the oldest and most sagacious of the Demo cratic organs, exclaims: Wo want no responsibility for the course of tho administration at Washing ton. Wc do uot pro|Kwc to carry that dead weight; we have not assumed Ir.’and we will not be saddled with it by othors. Tho New York World dally warns Mr. Johnson from the Democratic preserves. The Washington Star, of the 2d, say.. It Is understood that In the last Inter view lietween Gen. Grant and the Presi dent on the subject of the removal of Gon. Sheridan, that Gen. Grant told the Presi dent ho considered the Injunction of priva cy removed from his letser In rcganl to tho removal of Secretary Stanton, by tho nlluslon to it In tho published correspon dence. , Dickens’characters were a llctlclous coin age of Ids own, and ho has received much credit for Ids versatility. As a general thing I have long been able to contradict this, as during a protracted search among the wills at Doctors’ Commons, 1 had stum bled on a very large number of tho Identi cal surnames usedby him, such as Guppy, and Cliuzzlewlt, ami even Including Sam Weller. Among others lor which I had alw ays given 1dm exclusive credit, was the famous name of “Pickwick,’’ for I did not believe that, in this country, at least, any human toing had ever legally borne a patronym!'.: >»» extraordinary. 1 Hnd, how ever, that even in this I was mistaken.— Being at Portsmouth the other day, 1 spent some time in examining the Parish Regis ter* of thnt town, and there found a family of veritable Pickwicks flourishing between the rears WJ® and 1811. The baptisms of several children are re corded, and they are called tho children of John and Catharine Pickwick. The father is described as a marine. The question arises, had Mr. Charles Dickens ever seen these entries? I think he had, and for these reasons: He was himself horn in Portsmouth in the year 1812. and Ills biog raphers are kind enough usually to state that his father held an appointment there connected with the navy. Now, I suspect that, from some motive of curiosity, or others equally laudable, Mr. Dickens lmd searched theso registers for his* own bap tism. He did not And it, nor could I; nor was he bnntlzed at any of tho churches in the neighborhood, ami I conclude that this ceremony was omitted on tho part of his parents. But iu the Portsmouth Register, under the date of May 8,1814,1 found the baptism of Francis, son of John and Cath arine Pickwick, and almost immediately after—the 28th of the same month—that of Eliza, daughter of ThotnAS and Eliza Dick ens. Very curiously, the next entry Is that of a Slmkspeare. I siip|x><c this Eliza Dickons to have been a sister of the novelist, and that in looking at till- particular period for the record of his own family, Mi eye caught, as mine did, the name of Pickwick, which lie has since rendered immortal. I may add that Thomas Dickens the father, is not describ ed as holding any (Editions of proflf. or re sponsibility under tho Government, hut against Ills name and descriptive of his profession is the single word "comedian.” This 1 suspect, is the true state of the case, hut why Mr. Charles Diekcn* should suf fer his biographers to repudiate the truo nature of his parentage is a question he must answer for himself. 1 may also add that Mr. Dickens lawfully enjoys three Christian names, viz: diaries Jolin Huff man. He is sodescrihcd in the record of his own marriage at Chelsea, which took place in although lie then signed his name simply “Charles Dickens.” Was hi ng to it ossip. A dispatch dated Wa-hiugton the 3d says: Prominent citizen* from Baltimore state that great apprehension exists among the Unionists ot that city, in regard to the cel ebration of the anniversary of the battle of North Point, which is to take place in thnt city on the 8th in-t. The militia of Maryland Is composed mostly of returned (’onfederate soldiers.— Their niimtor is put down at :k000 strong. The regiments made up iu Baltimore and adjacent counties are to take part iu the coming celebration; so also are several In dependent regiments, composed mostly of colored men who served In the Union army during the rebellion. A conflict is antici pated. These Baltimoreans state that the rebel clement iu Mnrylaud Is very great, and they mean mischief If the}* can make It. They go so far ns to express a willing ness to obey a summons f ills(tose of Congress. SHERIDAN TO REMAIN AWHILE LONGER. The Union men of New Orleans express tho confident belief that Congress will see that Gen. Sheridan returns to linish the work of Reconstruction he Iias so ably begun- Petitions are already in clrculu- tion urging tills uj>on Congress. It Is re ported to-night that Gen. Hancock has been granted thirty days delay In proceed ing to New Orleans on account of the pre valence of yellow fever. Possibly, there fore, Sheridan may, after all, come to Wash ington ns originally instructed by General Grant, as the President’s onler does not authorize the departure of Gen. Hancock until relieved by Gen. Sheridan. ft edition in TBmncMnt—A .null law yer near Cleveland, who, during the war, managed to declare tor both .Idea, wa« recently arraigned before the clrll tribu nals of that State tor aedUlou. language. The trial camo off at Athens hut week, end reunited In the fining of Ur. Edward. *40. lie waa defended by John Baxter and Judge Oaut. Corpus Chrtatl, Texas, a town of eight hundred Inhabltanta, had one hundred and sixteen deaths from yellow fever last month. The Crop«s It is estimated that the long-continued drought in Indiana has cut the corn crop of that State down to about half the usual a* rage. Accounts from .Southern Illinois repre- nt the peach crop to be enormous in that •ctlon. It is no uncommon thing to ship from 10,000 to 20,000 boxes a day over the Illinois Central, besides what Hnd their way to St. tatiK Indianapolis. Cincinnati and Cairo. The Clarksville (Tenn.) Chronicle, of the 1st. says: In.some of the neighborhood* tho corn will yield liberally, in others, an average, and iu others still, will to very short. For home consumption, the supply promises to be ample. Tobacco, subject to tin: same Influences, might to embraced in tho same report, hut a* Its maturity occurs much later in tho season. It 1* not too late for it to to greatly toncllttcd by a good season. The Into planting, however, and In many Instances, the bad stand must result in a short crop, and much of that of inferior quulity. The rains southeast and north west of this place, on Wednesday. may, In quantity and extent ho productive of great good, hut wo are not yet advised on tho subject. Effect of tub President's Course.— Nobody has been able to account, satisfac torily, for the strange course of the Presi dent. We suspect no lins been secretly bought up by tho Republican National Coumitteo to help In the fall election*. TELRGBAPUIO INTELLIGENCE* From the New York Pros Auociatlou. Washington, Sept. 5.—The Grand En campment of the National Union Johnson Men will meet to-night. The call D by advertisement. Several prominent men from abroad will be In attendance. A four column letter from Gen. Sickles to Gen* Grant will bo published to-mor row. General Sickles communicates to Gene ral Grant tho Wilmington difficulty, say. Ing: “I caused the commanding officer to be informed that on the receipt of tho re port he has been ordered to make In rcla< tlon to the pending cases, ho will receive ftirther Instructions, and that meanwhile ho will not permit tho order or docrco of any court, to ho enforced in violation of existing military order*.” To this Gene ral Grant replies: “Your dispatch Iias been received. Follow the course of action as Indicated by you as right, and consider my dispatch of tho 13th entirely withdrawn.” j The document give* no due to tho pur- jxjrt of Grant’* dispatch of the 13tU of last month. Tho rcjx>rt circulated yesterday of a sharp coloquy totween Grant and John son 1* groundless. Advices of to-day hy cable from Baden announce that Blarqitis Lagrange’s horse Trocader* won tho .St. Lcgerj stake at Ef- llnghcim. Vienna dispatches report that Raron Von Buest will sell the Austrian Church property and pay tho accumulated na tional debt. A telegram from 3Iadrhl announces that the Government lias ordered tho return of tho Spanish fleet f *oin the Pacific. San Francisco, Sept. 5.—Election pro roguing quietly. The Democratic vote ill to larger than lor several years. At three o’clock Haight was ahead iu the city. Philips, Republican, Is probably beaten in tho first dlsteict; hut tho Republican* feel confident of carrying the other Congress men. Washington, Copt. 5.—The Consul of tho United States at Wesslua estimates the deaths of cholera at six thousand since July, and tho disease appears to bespread ing wider, hut abating In fatality. Major Kenney, of the Fort Phil. Kearney Massacre Commission, has arrived after six months’ stay. He is of the opinion that the Indian* must to whipped before a per manent peace can to secured. They find war profitable; they have killed seven commissioned officers, and stolen projxjrty of very considerable value In the vicinity of Fort Phil. Kearney. Internal Revenue receipts to-day hundred and forty thousand dollars. (ten. Grant authorized the publication of Sickles’ letter. A knowing gentleman made a tot to-day that the Democrats of California have ele ted the Governor and two Congressmen, and that the Legislature ha* been carried Democratic. Authentic returns of the California elec tion are awaited here with tho utmost anxiety. A dispatch from San Francisco,dated the 4th. states that the city has elected a Dem ocratic Mayor, and that the State ticket has gone tho same way in tho city. Returns from the interior show a decreased Union vote secured splendid triumphs for the Repub lican a This year they were soniowhat anxious about the dill elections until tho Prosldont came to their aid. Ills conflict with General Grant and tho Department Commanders has now made everything se cure. There Is fresh talk about Impeach ment, but tho truth Is we cannot spare the President from the arena just yet; there would be a fearful state of political Indif ference If lio did not “come down" to dis turb the waters occasionally. Keep him PThe curt are now running on the Charleston and Savannah Railroad out to ItsJunction with the Port Royal Railroad, hair a mile west of Yemaisee station. The latest advices via Denver* announce thnt tho Democratic ticket is undoubtedly elected. Montgomery, Sept. 5.—The Conserva tive Convention adjourned to-day, after adopting the following resolutions: We. the Conservative men of the State of Alabama, ill Convention assembled, do adopt, ns nil expression of our views, the following resolutions of the State of Penn sylvania, which were adopted at a Conven tion recently held In that State: 1st. Tho Constitution of the United States toing that form of civil govern ment which was adopted hy the founders of the Union, .with such changes as have toon since made therein, In tho manner prescribed In itself, U the only rightful government binding upon every inhabi tant, of all rani’s “exes, colors, ages, and onditlou*; and It is the duty of each and every* one of u*. without exception or modification, under any circumstance*, to adhere to and defend the same. 2d. That In all conflicts of power* under that instrument the Supreme Judiciary 1* the only arbiter which, iu its provlnc. Is Independent of and superior to each of the others, and which they nrc hound to obey. 3d. That the Union of the States was de cides] by* the late war. and accepted hy the Southern people to be twrjiottial, and the authority of the Federal Government su* preme within Its constitutional limits. 4th. That Congress Is not tho Federal Government; nor is the President nor tho Supreme Court. The Federal Government is thnt form of civil policy established hy tho Constitution, consisting of all three, each supremo In its own limits ami each entitled equally with the others to the loyal obedienco of every Inhabitant of all the States. 5th. That by tho Constitution and under the fundamental law of the Federal Gov ernment, whlolt Is superior to Congress, and pf which Congress itself la the crea« tun*, representation In Congress and tho electoral colleges Is a right fundamental and Indestructible In its nature, and abi ding In every Btafeo, being a duty as well os a right pertaining to the people of every State, and tho denial of which Is tho de struction of tho Federal Government. Cth. That each State, under the Constitu tion, has the exclusive right to prescribe the euallflcatlon of Its own electors. The Conservative men of Alabama adopt, as a further expression of their opinion and purposes,the following! 7th. That It Is our earnest aim and pur pose to cultivate tho relations of friendship, harmony and peace between the two races, to deal Justly with tho blacks, and to In struct and aid In Instructing them In a proper understanding of all their duties to themselves, to society, and to the country, and we denounce as treacherous and base all attempts hy had men to engender or encourage antagonisms totween tho two races. 8th. That we are inhabltanta of a com mon country, sharers and sufferers of a common destiny, and wo will do all In our power to Instruct and elevate tho colored raco In Its moral, social and political rc- sponslbitles. 0tl». That while wc have charity for tho colored man, and feel inclined to look In dulgently Intolerant on Ids prejudices of raco inculcated and encouraged, as they have been by recent events and by Insidi ous counsels of bod men, wo appeal to him hy tho common interests of a common country to placo his trust In those ho knows to to honorable, and to deal cau tiously with strangers, who hear no evi dence that they were honored where they are totter known. New Castle, (Del.) Sept. 5.—A water spout one hundred feet iu diameter crossed tho river north of this town to-day. A great many fences were carried away. 3IoniLK, Sept. 5.—Col. F. B. Shopperd, who was shot at Mount Vernon Arsenal a few weeks since, hy Copt. Scbaaff, U* S. A- died hero to-day of wounds received.— Capt. Schaaff has been on trial before a 3Hlltary Commission since Monday. Tho examination was concluded to-day. Tho sentence Iias not been promulgated. Col. Shcpjicrd was a highly respected citizen. Charleston, Sept. 5.—At noon to-day Gen. Canby appeared at District Head quarters and formally relieved General Sickles. Gen. Sickles in Ills farewell onler, -onuncmis the zeal and fidelity of his sub ordinate officers and troops. Canby’s first onler simply announce* that ho lias as sumed command, names his stall*and con tinues in force, for the present, all sxlsting orders. Sickles sails for New York, on Saturday, In tho steamer Ncanallia. llo publishes In the city papers to-morrow, a long letter to Gen. Grant, iu justification of his course. .kioh, N. C., September 5.—Tho Re publican Convention reassembled to-day. A more thorough permanent organization throughout tho State was effected. There stormy morning and evening ses sion. 3lany speeches were made, chiefly of an Inflammatory kind, favoring pro scription of retols and confiscation of their property. 3Iarshal Goodloo defended tho Southern whites manfulfy, deprecated con fiscation, and warned the freodmen of tho danger* surrounding them. No platform as yet adopted. Tho Convention meets again to-night. Havannati, flept. 5.—'The reports of the Sea Island crops are discouraging. On the South Carolina coast the rain and worm have made great havoc. On the Georgia •oast the reports are Hint tho worm has only appeared on two Islands. The other Islands are expeetett to yield fair crops. It is estimated that the Islands crops of last week will roach thirty-five thousand bales; this week only thirty thousand. Tho rains continue, hut tho reports from tho Interior are good and fair crops of upland quality arc exacted. The new cotton re ceived so far Is as good as usual; no Sea Island received yet. Weather hot. New Orleans, Sopt. 5.—Gen. Sheridan issued the following order this morning: Hkadq’uh 5th Military District. ) New Orleans, La„ Sept.5.1807. $ General Orders No. 31.1 In accordance with the directions con tained In paragraph one of General Onler* No. 81. current series, from the headquar ters of the army, the undersigned hereby relinquishes the command of the 5th 31111- tary District to Brevet Major Gen. Charles Griffin. P. ii. Sheridan, 3IaJ. Gen. U..S. A. Gen. Sheridan leave* this evening on the seven o’clock train by the Jackson Rail road. There have toon 44 deaths from yellow fever in 21 hours, ending nt 0 o’clock till* morning. .Sheridan and monitor* of his jiorsonal stall’ left for Lcavcnwort this evening by railroad. They were escorted to tho depot hy the 3layor, members of Council and citizens. Several gentlemen addressed thoGencr.il intirief and complimentary terms, to which he rosjiondcd. Resolutions expressing regret at parting with him were read and adopted. Ono nominated him as Andrew Johnson’s suc cessor. The Republican, In its evening edition, reviews the administration of Sheridan and pronounces his civil administration a fail ure. His courso In regard to the July riot, city currency and sanitary condition of tho city is severely condemned, while his mili tary achievements are highly extolled. Augusta, September. 5. Ben. 11111 Iswrltlug a series of letters to Gon. Grant In reply to Gen. Pope, in which ho asserts that uo respectable white man In tho South approves the military hill* as Constitutional, right, Just, or desirable. Tho tnicandld accept, the candid reject— none approve, and all despise. The first article will appear Jn tho Chronicle and Sentinel to-morrow, and will to followed by others. . • Crops in Eastbrx Alabama.—The Fti- faula News says the corn crop In that sec tion Is now beyond the reach of drouth. It Is one of the finest crops, that has been raised for a number of years. Cotton promises wall. - ♦ OT The Marshals of France are paid $44,000 per annum.