Georgia weekly opinion. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1867-1868, September 24, 1867, Image 4
GEORGIA WEEKLY OPINION
THE WEEKLY OPINION.
BY W. L. SCRUGGS AND J. B. DUMBLE.
OFFICIAL PAPER FOB THE COUNTIES OF
GREENE,
GWINNETT,
BARTOW,
BUTTS.
CARROLL,'
CHATTOOGA,
CLAYTON,
COBB,
Dekalb.
FAYETTE,
FOBS YTil,
FULTON,
GORDON,
HARALSON,
HBNKY,
MONROE.
MURRAY*
NEWTON,
PAULDING,
POLK,
SUMTER,
UPSON.
THURSDAY MORNINGSEPT. 10
Personal.—Dr. II. II. Tucker, of Peun-
fleJd, Hon. E. H. Pottle, o.' Wnrrenton, and
the Hon. B. II. Ilill, ot Athens, arc In the
city, ami stopping at the United States.
Fire.—About sunset last evening the
alarm of lire was sounded by the alarm
tell, which was promptly responded to by
the various companies of the Department.
A run of a little less than a mile in the di
rection of the smoke convinced all that the
scene of conflagration was too fur off to
demand of them their presence. Hence
the goal of the fireman’s ambition was lost
sight of in the distance. From what we
could learn, tlio lire must have teen at
least one and a half, If not two miles out in
the suburbs of the Southern portion of tho
city. _
THE PROFITS OF GOOD FARMING.
Dr. George B. Lorlng, President of the
New England Agricultural Society, in a
.recent address, said:
Wo knew a man in Massachusetts who in
1825 bought twenty acres of land. He has
applied to ft all the accurate knowledge
that lie could get. There is no month Tn
the year that something does not bloom on
his farm; there is something green there
always; and lie always lias some, crop to
send to market. You walkthrough it and
find everything going on just as regularly,
accurately and carefully as the cotton goes
through tho loom. He has managed his
affair* with prudence, accuracy and care,
and has made from Ids farm of twenty acres
two hundred and fifty thousand dollars in
forty years. There is no illegal farming,
no illegitimate farming, no Careless farm
ing that will thrive inNcvv England.
When such things arc possible in the
bleak, barren bills of New England, what
THE TEST OF BANITY.
In Ids lute speech in Butts county, Hon
B. II. Hill is reported to havo said:
Integrity of purpose, consistency of ac
tion. candor and truthfulness are all es
sential attributes of n sound and reliable
intellect.
Judged by tills standard, what must be
an opinion concerning the soundness and
reliability of Mr. Hill's intellect? And
what shall we say of the mental equili
brium of u man who would erect such a
standard In the face of Ids own political
record—-a record unparalleled for fickle
ness of purpose, duplicity in action, and
which botraya tho very opjiositcs of can
dor and truthfulness.’
The worst Ibrm of insanity Is when the
unhappy victim Is wholly unconscious of
his own mental aberration; and one of the
most prominent symptoms of such a state
of mind is, that the lunatic Imagines every
one else crazy but himself! A man of
sound mind may very consistently differ In
opinion with two-tldrds of Ids fellows; but
when he accuses them of insanity because
they thus differ with liinu the conclusion Is
irresistible that all is not well with time
man's mind.
The next sentence in the published re-
jiort of Mr. Hill's speech reads as fol
lows :
This being so, how can we marvel that
men who, for selfish ambition, betrayed the
Union—who* for selfish gain, used the
war—who, for selfish safety, betrayed the
Confederacy—and who seek now, for prop
erty and the removal of certain disabili
ties, to betray the honor of their jHiople—
should bo considered by General Pope, or
anybody else, as Inferior to the negro.
None of our negroes have ever exhibited
such a total absence of all the highest at
tributes or reliable intellect.
Now let the render pause and compare
this sentence with Mr. Uli.L’a political re
cord, beginning in December, 1800. and
ending with his speech now hcfpru us.
What a scathing commentary upon his
own acts! Was it Indeed “selfish ambi
tion” that induced the Union delegate from
Troupe to vote for the Ordinance of Seces
sion? Was it for selfish gain that lie, ns
Confederate States Senator, sought to In
augurate a spawn of the Feudal System by,
placing every farmer in tho position of a
detailed soldier? Was it for selfish gain
that lie sought to betray the Principles of
the Revolution and Inaugurate a Dictator-
may not bo done with the rich soil and
sunny climate of Georgia? If our young I ,h|p, with Its Court of"Star Chamber at
men had their wits about them, they would cvery Conscript Headquarters ? And Is It
quit crowding the learned professions or an illsniJ0 ) ovc of „ otor jety that now
socking starvin'
farming.
clerkships, and go to
Diffedant Ways ok Doixg it.—At a
recent baptism of nine persons In Derby,
Vermont, by a Mctliocist Eplseopal Minis
ter, four modes of baptism were practiced.
Two of tho candidates stood at tho water's
edge, ami were sprinkled; some went into
tho water a little way, knelt down and had
water poured upon them; others went In
waist deep and bad water poured on them;
and others were immersed,
JIaftists ik ViemviA.—The following
are reliable tlgtires: In Virginia and West
Virginia there areSISllaptl.st churches and
118,322 members, besides upward of 6,000
anti-mission Baptists. A new and elegant
Baptist church has recently been dedicated
at Grafton, and many other good churches
are in process of erection in various parts
of the “new State."
25?" A latter tram Gridin Informs us of
the death of Mr. Augustus Merritt, of the
bunking Arm of Merritt & Johnson, of
that city; also, that the surviving partner,
.Mr. Joseph II. Johnson, will continue the
operations of the house. Mr. M. was an
esteemed citizen and energetic business
■nail, and Ills loss will he severely felt.
MoKTOOMEIIY AND EUKAULA llAlUtOAD.
This road is still under process of construe
tion, and will, wo learn, probably, be com
pleted from Montgomery to William Fitz
patrick's, which is wltliln twclvo miles of
Union Springs, by tho first of November,
proximo.
Coton Estimate for 1807.—'The house
of IV illis & Clitslom, cotton brokers of
Charleston, makes the following estimate
of the crop of 1807, as follows:
hales. | bales.
New Orleans —735,8001 North (.'timlina... S7.IJN)
Mobile .
Savanna.
rh.irjoton
ini 800
170,700
. IV.'JJ
. .100,ISO I New York
Vlralnlu ...
..oih.hu I Other 1'oint,
..man
■ Florida 03,000 | Total a.ra.WO
They estimate the rice crop at 37,500
casks.
Name Wanted.—A writer tn the Nash
ville Christian Advocato proposes a change
of name from Methodist Episcopal Church
South to “Union Episcopal Methodist
Church.” Another suggests “American
.Methodist Episcopal Church.”
The Way Tn* Money Goes.—The way
the money goes In the Trades’ Union As
sociations ill England, Is shown In a re
cent ofilclal document ns follows:
One society, out of an Income of £123,-
000 a year, spent iMASM In tile expenses of
management. In other cases the expenses,
fbr the payment of collectors ana other
i functionaries, and similar charges, amount
to no less than half the receipts. One As
sociation was mentioned that numbers
. eight thousand six hundred and thirty-
seven members, and received In premiums
from the working classes £1,701, and ac
tually spent tn administration £1,123, or
nearly two-thirds of hr Income. That Is
to say, the laborer who contributes a dol
lar to the Binds of » society managed In
this extravagant way, actually puts by for
future use, not a dollar, but only forty
-cents.” _
Who aii* They.'—An exchange pub
lishes the,real names of some of our mod
em literary unasked batteries:
-Mirk .Twain” Is 8. 8. Clemens. “Josh
Billings" is UeorT W, Shaw. “Jeenies
l’lpes" Is Stephen Massett. “P. V. Nasby”
i is V. K. Locke. “John Phcnlx,” “Don Jr;”
“Jack Downing,” and “Sam Slick” are no
-longer hi. the .land of the living.
prompts lilm to work a second revolu
tion ?
Mr. Hill complains that General Pope
considers a certain class of Georgia politi
cians inferior to the negro; and yet Mr.
I/ill does not “marvel” that such men
“should bo considered by Gen. Pope, or
anybody else, us inferior to the negro 1”
Judging Mr. Hill’s political record by Ills
own standard, and In the light of his own
commentary, “none of our negroes liuvo
ever exhibited Such total absence of all the
highest attributes of reliable Intellect.”
Such telf-'t nit ideation excites our pro-
foumicst pity. We havo no heart to con
demn a mail who thus confesses judgmont.
Mr. Hill has thrown himself upon the
mercy of tho Court. Now let tiie Court
tndeed bo merciful.
LETTER ntO.U TEXAS,
Columbia, Texas, Sept. 7,lw<7.
Editors Opinion: A duller time than that
which the people In this portion of tlio
Stato aro now passing through has never
been experienced by them. This assertion
will not be doubted when It is remember
ed that cotton, almost the only source of
liiconio to planters, Is an utter failure.
Business of nil kind Is prostrated, par
alyzed. Everybody secs the folly of de
pending on the result of one crop alone,
and that n very uncertain one, for pecu
niary means. If the present disastrous year
will lie the cause of inducing planters to
diversify their crops, then good will be de
rived from misfortune.
No people w ere ever yet successful and
prosperous who depended on one or two
sources for success. The sooner the South
ern people admit this fact, and act upon it,
the sooner will contentment, prosperity
and plenty walk abroad In the land. There
arc numerous brunches of agricultural In
dustry in this country to which planters
might direct their attention besides cotton
An old Texan, with some irroveranco per
haps, remarked in my henring, not long
since, “That he was glad the Lord was
thwarting the people In this part of the
State 111 their efforts at self-destruction,
hy destroying their Idol, which for so many
years they have been persistently worship
ping."
The truth Is, wo are nil learning that If
Cotton is King, like many of lilsroyel pat
ronymics, he Is weak, vnscllntlng and en
tirely unreliable—a sovereign that will not
at nil do to depend upon. Whenever the
Southern people havo leaned on their pet
sovereign for aupport, lie lias Invariably
proven n broken reed, and plorced them.
Confidence In his power being thus so Just
ly shaken, we shall soon begin to hold hla
knightahip In considerable contempt. We
would have adopted some course long ago
for dlsenbnigllngoursclrcs from tlio mesh
es of his unreliable majesty If we hail not
been more Insanely wedded to the fosslllf-
crons remains of the past than any people
extant.
Bcgtltratlou closed In this county
yesterday. I have not been able to asccrv
tain tho relative strength of the two colors
registering, though lam satisfied tho frood-
rnen arc threo or four to ouo In tlio major
ity. In this county the white men who
could have done so have not registered as
generally os I supposed they would.
At tho house wbero your correspondent
takes hla cofihc, are six white men of the
eligible age for voting. Three are excluded
from registration by tlio Sherman bill and
thrraarenot. Tliethreewlioareexctuded
would register If they could; the three
who can, refuse to do so. Tims you see
voting la not greatly unlike the poet's hit
ter account of wedlock:
"Murnugo is llko a rnblilo rout,
Thdflo who are out would falu bo Ju,
Those who are In, be out."
Well, If those who from recusancy refuse
to register, should find themselves perma
nently disfranchised by the State Consti
tution to he adopted, they will only have
tholr own folly to upbraid for their misfor
tunes, a thing which many men before
theip have had to<]ofor their mishaps in life
Like many others, tfioy may learn wisdom
when It la a chiy tew lute .to be. of practical
utility.
There have recently teen three removal
of judges of District poiifts. 1 have heard
of no removals of county oftlecr*.
Before leaving Richmond, a few days
ago, I had not received a paper for a week
The quarautiue business, or aoiuethlng else,
has played smoke with the mails from tho
East.
General Thomas has miide.no change in
the course pursued hy hjs predecessor,
far us 1 have heard. General Grilliti now
has his headquarters at Houston, On ac
count of yellow fever at Galveston. jAt
the latter place, tho epidefiilc Is tiuprvce*
dented in severity and fatality. On tlio
20th ultimo, there were forty four deaths
at the Island City from the disease, which
can hardly contain, at present, u popula
tion of eight thousond, a* from one-half
to two-thirds of the citizens of that place
have sought refuge from the storm. To
mid to their distress, ice, which is almost
indispensable hi the successful treatment
of the disease, was tecoming short, though
* cargo from the North was expected,
From the Gth of June, we have not had
five consecutive days Of dry weather, and
this occurred not more than twice.—
But for the bow of promise, which is occa
sionally scon in the heavens as well as for
the recollection of the promise Itself, ap
prehensions of another Hood might be en
tertained. Meteorological tests, there Is no
doubt, will show that more rain has fallen
this year, la this part of Texas, than ever
fell in double the time, since its settlement
by Americans. Itkii.
Personal,
Mr. Hudson, for many years the manag
ing editor of the Herald, is farming in
Massachusetts.
Ex-Mayor Wither*, of Mobile-, was in
Washington on the 15th, to secure Execu
tive Interference, to sustain some claims on
the city of Mobile, which, lie says, were
suspended hy the military.
Senator Cowan, who has been about the
White House a good deal of late, has
thought it necessary‘to deny that he D
seeking a Cabinet jm-ition.
Blstorl. who arrived in Now Xork on
Friday, was nceompa nidi by nearly the
same stock company she had on her first
visit. Only live new names appear in the
list.
Aimer Marks, charged With robbing the
Adams Express Company’, in Tennessee
about a year ago, of s;n,U<»0, Was arrested.
In Richmond, Virginia, on the nth Inst.
Ax English View or Amicmoax I’oli-
Tlcs.—The London Times of September
1st, opens an article on the ‘•President and
Congress of the United Suites” with these
noticeable sentences:
The American Constitution has been
strained to the utmost during the war and
since the war. The. result is favorable to
Us stability’, though undoubtedly It will
henceforth differ much in spirit and some
thing in form from the polity which the
fitutidersof the Republic desired to estab
lish. Tiie movement has, however, jiot
been entirely in the same direction, though
there is throughout a tendency to unity
ami eentrulizatioii of power. During the
war the current of affairs Jed to the con
centration of almost all |H)wer in the hands
of the President, while since the war the
supremacy of Congress lias been gradually
asserted. It has teen shown that in tlmo of
danger the public opinion of the country
wili acquiesce In what may be termed a
large usurpation of authority by tho Exe
cutive; hut that when the head Of tills
Executive pursues a policy which diverges
from the views of the imyorltr. Congress
lias resources for i>aralyr.Iug almost nil his
powers. This last development is, per
haps, the most Interesting in tho recent
history of the United States. Europeans
were prepared to believe in the almost un
limited power of the Chief Magistrate. He
had teen called, by Americans themselves,
a monarch installed for four years, and it
only answered to the general prepossession
when wo were told that his Chier Minister,
the Secretary of State, could imprison any
citizen a thousand miles off hy ringing a
bell. A more unexpected mid a more in
teresting study Is to be found in the action
of Congress aguilist an unitopulnr Presi
dent.
Strange Feats of Electricity.—Bay
ard Taylor, Uuring.hU summer trip to Col
orado, lmd an electrical visitation, jvhich
ho describes ns follow?: '
I experienced three distinct electric
shocks, probaldy from, the fact that I was
insulated by the India-rubber cloth upon
which I lay, and then touched the earth
with my hand. On the snpwy range per
sons are sometimes so charged that there
are sparks and crackling sounds at every
movement of their boules. y*n unac
quainted with the plienomonA Imagine that
bees have gotten into their, hair, and tiiat
rattlesnakes are at their, heels. Many
strange stories are told of the effect of tho
fluid, which seema to manifest itself in an
eccentric but not dangerous form.
“Black Crook” in Trouble.—We find
the following Item In tho local columns of
a Knoxville (Tcnn.) paper of tho lCth in
stant:
Tho Sable Curvature, or the Ebony Sin
uosity, vulgarly called the Black Crook,
promises to he the subject of a law suit in
this city. Wc suppose the naked truth of
the matter U that the performers need a
suit of some kind. ,
IfJTHenrv Smith, of Whltestone, Long
Island, accidently dropped a cup into a
cistern last Thursday, and while fishing:
for it he hooked fast to the clothing of hU
little boy, who had been missing for an
hour or two. This was the first intimation
the father had that the boy was drowned.
For the Daily Opinion I
Approach of Night.
BT WM. O. HOFFITT.
oft twilight o’er the city fall*,
The skies with dew-drop* weep,
Tho night-bird to IU mate now call*,
ho hat desert* the ruined wall*,
And nature Kink* in sloop.
Tho busy loom in yonder mill
Ha* rented iu toll.oim! sound;
The tbadowa ereep around the hill.
The bustle of the day it *111),
And darkness gathers round.
The heart lick maid, who, through the day,
Hath toiled o’er braid* and seams,
To feed a parent weak and gray,
lfowlays her weary task away,
To woo the god of dream*.
The rich, the haughty, and the cold,
Who, through the Lurning day,
llaveeruaArdthewroktogurner gold,
Retire into the rbeerfnl “ fold,"
To smile the hour* away.
Ili»shrilly born the herd<itnan blow*;
The dock* obey the cull:
The pale stars trembling In their height,
rrodahii the adventof the night,
And imile on cote and wall.
The sun browwed.fanner ’grim’d with dust,
O’eftaxed fcltjco break of morn,
Woos sleep ir|*>n his humble bed;
In dreams beholds the harvest, red
I With store* of wheat and corn.
Tho patient ox and luL’rinjr steed,
From yoke and harness free,
On weary fee,t w bbdraw from view,
To crop fiie (lowers enriched with dew,
Far on t he grassy lea.
•J he milk -maid, in her rural dress,
Relieved fryw toil and rare,
Mount* r.ow l jr how the kitchen stair*,
And half In sleep and half In pruyers,
Dream* of her lover fair.
The mirth of children on the street,
I*slowly dying—gone;
They gazed it moment on (leaven*, height.
Then hade the t„ inkliug slurs “pood nijhi"
To s eep till break of dawn.
O! Father! in Thy urms of love,
. clasp Thou the jmor oppreO;
And while the gentle dew. distil.
Teach all to do i hy holy w ilt,
And giro the wary re*t
ATLANTA, I4A..1HH.
Mins evasx.
A l»cn Photograph of a Popular Aa
tfiorew.y.
A correspqmjent of the New Orleans
Picayune recently met the authoress of
Beulah” ami “St. Elmo” in u Mobilp
street ear. lie thus described her:
\ nuinter of passengers wen; already
seated, a number of whom immediately at
tracted in v attem Ion, and there was some
thing In her appearance which' reminded
me of Irene uml Edna Earl, and which
made mo suspect that the fair, liuner ot
those characters was before me; hut 1
cannot w ell feel what it was for she was
the very reverse Of tlio Miss Evans of my
imagination, * In my fancy sbe^vas de
picted us a tall madonna or nun like womau,
a black-eyed, serious and somewhat melan
choly brunette, -rtcklied • o’er' With the
pale cost of thought,” 1 not ugly, but hy no
meutts pretty, and more like u duenna than
young-donna of ;he Spanish type. Sfio
as lyibited plainly lint neatly, in a blue
muslin dress, which fitted her admirably,
iiud which, 1 - wum told, was cut out ami
made, by .herself,; A • fashionable' hat;
trimmed with blue, suited the dress. . Two
Fells, on.e black and the otherblilo, entirely
.* once a led her feature!*, which 1 vexed infi}
for 1 was curious to ascertain whether tiie
features they hid corresponded with! tiie
faulfiess form.of tiie lady. She was of me
dium size, snufil WrtDtcn,’wlthrt Well de
veloped bust, a neck very falr.'ftifd'-rtper-
leet model for a sculptor. Her hands and
feet were those of a Southern lady—small
and tidy, She looked as if she would weigh
abodt 115 pdtinH*.'»ml tn the eve of An ;nr
tint resounded ( : .*da\\* mor
than tlio Venus do Meuicia or the Venus of
Cuuova. Allcrward, I bad the pleasure of
seeing her face to face, ami was surprised
to find her a blonde, with light, chestnut
brown hair, soft, expressive mid brilliant
hazel eyes, Grecian features* with a nose
slightly aqmllinc, forehead a little higher
and broader thuirPschyc’s. cherry-red Tins,
well curved with Cupid’s bows, and slight
ly unturned at tho corners, indicating a
smothered propensity for fun. Her cheeks
are beautifully tinted with the maiden
blush of health and Innoccnco. I was told
that sho is thirty years old; but how
young she looked I 1 decided that her age
could not be more than twenty-one. I was
Amused at her blue dress, but there was
nothing of the “ blue stocking ” about her.
She wore a blue veil to relievo a tempora
ry inllauiutiou of the eyelids, valued by too
much reading and writing at night, or
other itoprudenee. I was told by an ac
quaintance that the affection is not consti
tutional or habitual. 1 have said that her
hands are small and tidy, hut they are not
dimpled. There never was a painter, |>p-
et, musician, or any ingenious industrious
or useful woman with dimpled hands.
Hers are beautiful, hut made to work, as
well as to soothe, to knit and sew, to toiudi
the chords of music, and to wield the pen
of genius. Her voice is clear, soft and me
lodious, and its tones sink Into tiie heart;
and when 1 heard it soothing nud cheer
ing me, 1 felt myself strengthened for my
work.
IVhen I entered tlio ear she was conversing
very earnestly with a very grave and niel-
:• ueholy looking gentleman, with nu intel
lectual hut careworn face. She raised her
veil wlillo speaking to him. but he never
looked at her at all, and conversed with hU
face averted, and ills eyes fixed on “dim va
cuity.” When lie left the cars his place was
occupied by.a very dignified, but gallant
nnd courtly old uiam who met her gaze
honestly uml affectionately, os if, lie feared
no evil fk'om goodness. Then* was some
thing fascinating about her which every
body who entered or left tlm car seemed to
feel. All knew her, nnd In liaising in or
out each one paused to speak to her with
nn uffeetloii and revereneo which bespoke
the esteem with which sho is regarded by
the people of Mobile pf all classes, and she
had something pleasant to say to all who
Odd reused .her, . * . . ...
Tup. Democracy ox tiik President.—
The New York World, the most respecta
ble Democratic paper at tho North, says of
the President:
i might wisely think to improve
1 standing by living with some
body'a repudiated wile, ns for the Demo-
cratiu party to expect any advantage from
adopting, in thelastdnysof bis unsuccess
ful . ad ministration, a fettered President,
man hy their enemies, and popular with
tsr a young merchant in Boston, by
name of Hobbs, bus been using forged pa
llor pretty extensively. The amounts
negotiated Is thought to he about 950,000.
TELEGRAPHIC? INTELLIGENCE.
From the New York Press Association.
Washington, Sept. 18.—The Presiden
tlal party arrived in safety this morning.
Loxdov, Sept. 1$.—The informal meeting
of Hie delegates of the Pan Anglicsn Hy-
nod. called by Archbishop Canterbury, met
to-day. Bishops Hopkins, of Vermont.
Odenheiiner, of Now Jersey, and many
Episcopal Clergymen from the United
States were present.
Col. Kelly, a Fenian leader, was arrested
at Manchester yesterday, and taken to
Dublin.
The funeral of the supposed Fenian di
rector at Belfast was attended by 8,000 per
sons.
The King of Prussia will review the mil
itary of the Grand Duchy of Baden next
week, hy invitation of the Grand Duke.
The Cabinets of Berlin and Vienna are
negotiating a new commercial treaty.
The steamer Valentin, for New York,
wai lost near Maderla.
Nashville, Sept. 18.—A delegation from
Jackson county lias arrived here with u
petition for the removal of the militia
from their county. Tho petition states
that they are committing all kinds of dep-.
redations. Among the delegates is Sena
tor Muse, a prominent Republican.
Three of the militia Implicated In the
murder of Major Hartman, havo escaped.
New Y'obk, Sept. 18.—A party of South
ern gentlemen gave a dinner to General
Beauregard at the New Y r ork Hotel to-day.
In the course of his remarks, tho General
stated that he had received tempting offers
from English capitalists to take up his res!
deuce in England as superintendent of the
xtensivo engineering works In that coun
try, but he had concluded, upon calmly
surveying the different Governments of
the world, their status and their inherent
strength, that this country possessed the
most stable government of any existing
on the face of the earth, and that, for Ills
part, he was determined to spend his life
under tiie flag of the Government that
the most stable and least liable to disor
ganization. It was nothing short of sheer
nonsense to talk of another rebellion. If
they wanted to raise one they could not.
It Was utterly Impossible, and will be im
possible for them to do so for the next ‘gen
eration. '
Richmond, Sept. 18.—Gwi. Schofield has
hsned an order altering the oyster laws of
the State, jnrserlblng dr,V measure instead
of liquid measure, extending ,the time to
ninety days for oysters owned by non-res
idents to he laid out* In Virginia waters,
and ordering that u’tnx of three emits per
bushel I hi levied and paid' hut one
then t>y persons carrying oysters to mar
ket or shipping theih fronillid Statib 1
Voting On the railroad subscription elbs-
ed to-Ja^ without - altering t'he result of
yesterday. About two hundred black,
votes Were thiWq'out. from the filet that
they'had forgotten the names they had
registered by. and handed in votes under
different'names.
Ajfflrrj’A, I?;—'Thu Hosiers and
freednion who were'prominent in tiie late
disturbances have bee'n arrested. The for
mer will he tried hy court nuirtial and the
latterly 2l vlfYourt.
' Ah inoffensive whife"citizenVaV attacked
and badly ciit this cVenlng, by soldiers,
who, it Is supposed, took iilin for k colored
nfitjn,
Xl\V Obi.laxs, £»*pt. 18.—Deaths from
yellow feier in the last 2i hours, ending at
0 this morning, 40.
The fever Is spreading among towns In
the Interior of the State,
A colored Judge presided this morning
for the first time on tho bench of the First
District Recorder’s Court in this city.
Washington, Sept. 18.—The scene at A n-
tictam just west of the main stand within
the cemetery enclosure is Hi limestone rock
some C feet long and two or three feet in
hlght, known far and wide throughout
Washington county as Lee's rock, from the
fact, it is said, that Gen. Leo stood thereon
during the fiercest of the fight at Autletam
directing tiie operations of the Confederate
army. During the day parties of curiosity
hunters were busily engaged in chipping
pieces off the rock ns relies. McClellan';
position during the fight was pointed out
as near a red farm house, in a position u
little less commanding than that occupied
by Leo.
At the conclusion of the harmonious
ceremonies, loud ealls were made for Gov.
Geary, of Pennsylvania. On the conclu
sion of tho address of Ex-Gov. Bradford,
it was shown that many persons w ere pre-
dent, and that there was an undercurrent
of ill feeling, on account of some slight^
real or fimeied, to tlielr Governor, in his
name not appearing in tlio programme.
The butcry for Gov. Geary, for the time
being, overpowered tho calls for the Presi
dent, and prevented a word of the reading
At'the Psalm Rom being heard.
The brass band essayed to perform a
piece with as little success, and finally, af
ter a hurried consultation on tbe&tand,
,<^ov. Geary was induced to present him
self and ask that the programme should be
gone through With without interruption.
He spoke after tho proceedings were end
ed, and showed considerable feeling.
1 The President nnd his Cabinet left the
stand 'while Gov. Geary was speaking, In
order to proceed to Kccdysrille to take the
train, and this proceeding was taken by
some of the friends of Gov. Geary as an In
tentional slight.
jGovcrnbr Geary opened his speech as
follows:
Fellow citizens: After all you have heard
to-day, I had supposed you would want
nothing more. The programme opened
and closed with prayer. Those Who have
w aited must come in at the last hour, hut,
my friends, we still have a place in the
hearts of the people. (Applause.] When
you come to Pcfinsylvuuki wo h*t cv»*r t . -
bod} speak. Wo want to hour thanks to
Almighty God for HD preservation of the
country. We have no programme fur this
purpose. [Applause.] Wo have no gas on
our programme.
Gun. Grant this morning, hy telegraph,
ordered the commander of the 5th Milita
ry District to re]>ortthe sanitary condition
of the army In his department.
The Revenue Collector at Chillicoth has
given bail in 850.000.
The revenue receipts to-day amounted
to 9200.000.
Tho Maryland Constitutional election D
progressing quietly. Tho adoption of the
Constitution hy a very largo majority is
considered certain. It abolishes the test
oath Rom Confederates, and admits negro
testimony iu the courts.
The following officers t>f the steamer
Tucouu, ordered from Fensacola to Ports
mouth, New Hampshire, in consequence
of the yellow fever,died at sea: Midship
man Robert N. Griffin, Carpenter William
Gillis, and 3d Assistant Engineer Nicholas
Casseti.
The Grand Lodge of Odd Fellow s in ses
sion at New York consumed the first day
In argument concerning non-beneficial
members.
There were 512 deaths in New York last
week, a decrease of forty-nine.
Gen Lee D at Healing Springs Virginia.
He has teen quite ill, hut D convalescent.
Spangler writes from Dry Tortuga*, un
der date of September 0th. that lie is busy
day and night making coffins. Rls fellow-
prisoner, Dr. Mudd—Hie post Doctor being
sick—Is treating the yellow fever very suc
cessfully.
Many clerks of Department* ure training
copies of the President's proclamation, re
ceived through their respective chiefs.
Underlying the levity which the unusual
proceeding produces there appears much
earnest feeling.
The Pastime Base Ball Club of Rich
mond was tea ten to-day by the National
Club of this city, the score standing 111
to 11.
Advices from the City of Mexico to the
0th, and Vem Ciuz to the 13th. state that
Juarez bus refused to deliver tiie body of
Maximilian to the Austrian Admiral'with
out a documentary request from his hfiis-
meii. i' > '
The City.—A few dry days, w ith a hot
sun and a brisk breeze, has rendered our
principal streets decidedly dusty.
Sweet potatoes,-both of the Y’lim* nnd
S|HinDh varieties, rtf« ! now coming into
market freely. The demand for this ex
cellent vegetable D very good, and the
producers ilud hut If ttlo trouble In getting
sale for them at privet ranging from $1 to
$1.50 per bushel frq;q w agons.
The good people,living on Luckie street
have cause to thank Cqtnmls^ioiier Craw
ford for his timely. efforts in;their behalf.
A splendid piece of . w ork has been done on
a miserable bud ,placc,.thcreby greatly .fa
cilitating travel on that stryet.
sioner Crawford D a good .olficcr, uiiU wo
could jll afl'ord.to/fglvc him lip” for uur.
other, .
By some “hook or crook” in trade, ba
con has “gone up, up” for the past, few
days. Tho reason - may he, that tqp much
of jt bar- been "gojug down, dow n.’’
We notice,,the switch engine running
back and forth oil the track recently laid
on the old Mqnroe Railroad. This Is quite
onvenK’nt. \Ve have Jong thought that
the completion of tilts track—its exten
sion to ; a junction with that of^tbe
Western and Atlantic Road—most, if not
all, the switching of cars through the city,
for the Macon and Western, Atlanta aud
West Point and the YVcstorn and Atlantic
Railroads could be avoided. Is it not so ?
George Johnson has now placed .the
Mineral Spring In a very creditable condi
tion. It D a neat enclosure, and looks de
cided culm ami refreshing. The water D
cool nnd tastes us sweet os if It run out
from an old hogshead of rusty nulls. De
lightful, very.
Parties who have never had tho pleasure
of seeing their name In print, arc getting
restless for fear the resolution of Connell
relative to tax defaulters will not be car
ried out. Be patient, gentlemen, we’ll
show you up soon enough.
There w’mh an eclipse of the inoon on
Friday evening, beginning fifty-three min
utes past live o'clock. The moon rose at
eleven minutes past six. when two and a-
lialf digits w ere eclipsed. The middle was
reached at twenty minutes past eight.—
Tho visible duration of the eclipse was two
hours ami thlriy-slx minutes. The num
ber of digits eclipsed was eight on the
niQpn's northern limb.
Bkothkujiood or Locomotive Engin-
XF.ns.—Wo linve had laid upon our table
the July number of the Monthly Journal
of the United States Engineers, which ts
published hy order of tho Grand Interna
tional Division, and devoted to the inter
ests of the locomotive de partments of rail
roads. Also, a copy of the minutes.of the
last annual session of the International
Division, the constitution nnd by-laws of
that body, nnd a copy of the “ By-Laws of
Atlanta DlvDiou No. 00.” These were pre
sented by Mr. H. C. Sheets, who is now on
a tour through the South, organizing sub
ordinate Divisions. The Division of At
lanta Is one of several months’ existence,
and, we are informed, with tho most bene
ficial results. •
New Dress for Fihitmen.—In France
there has teen iutented for the use of fire
men an Ingenious form of fire-proof dress.
Tho clothes are woolen, but tho waist belt
is so made as to be easily placed In con
nection with the fire engine, and being
provided with a stop-cock, the wearer can
easily saturate himself with water.