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GEORGIA WE E K L Y OPINION
THE WEEKLY OPINION,
BY W. I. SCRUGGS AND J. B. BUMBLE.
FRIDAY MORNINGjjSEPTEMBER 27.
Election Tickets.—Our mend* residing
at a distance will bear In mind that the
Opinion offico la prepared to print elec
tion tickets, nnd will do it on as reasonable
terms as they can have it done elsewhere.
Therefore, wo suggest that they send in
their orders in ample time, that we may
fill them and forward the same.
Cot. Hulbert and the Great De-
farted.—Tho antl-Rccoustructlon, Demo
cratic, Rule or Ruin press, are abusing Col,
E. Hulbert, Chief Registrar cf Georgia,
because ho dares to have an opinion, and to
publish the same over hla proper signature,
on the question of Relief. They carry
their crusade farther; and, in their blind
fury, denounce the Express Company be
cause Col. Hulbert has for a number of
years been one of its chief ofiicers.
Such attacks are puerile. They are lit
tle. They are mean. They arc contempti
ble. If; in selecting a Chief Registrar foj
Georgia, Gen. J?opb recognized in Col.
Hulbert that executive ability and busi
ness talent so essential to the position, tho
fact of Col.HuxiwT's connection with the
Express Company, could not be made an
objection. Col. Hulbert, we happen to
know, did not seek tho olfleo. no was se
lected because he was deemed competent
to discharge tho duties of the position, and
not because of Ids connection with the
Southern Express Company, as 1ms been
meanly insinuated.
An Insinuated Lie.—The Macon Tele
graph, a paper which enjoys more charac
ter for unfairness than ability, after charg
ing the whole catalogue of political crime
upon Col. Hulbuut, of the Southern Ex
press Company,«says:
It is rumored that tbo Express,
agent**, at Atlanta, furnish material aid to
keep one, if not both, of the two Radical
papers there going.
As there are but two papers in Atlanta
that advocate Reconstruction upon the
basis of .the Congressional enactments, and
as tho Opinion is one of these, the inference
is plain that it is one of the journals allu
ded to as receiving “material aid” from the
Express Company.
Tho insinuated charge, so far as it may
relate to the Opinion, is without the slight
est foundation in truth, ns every man of
sense in Atlanta well knows. As between
the Opinion and tho Southern Express
Company, honors are easy; the Opinion is
wholly self-sustaining, and we presume the
Express Company is too.
These mean and contemptible Bings
fccem to be the favorite weapons of a large
portion of.tho Democratic press; but wc
had given the conductors of the Telegraph
credit for more brains ami better raising.
We, therefore, respectfully ask them to
make the charge good by the proof, or else
make the amende,
Gen. Pope and toe Obstructionists.—
Some of our Democratic antl-Rcconstruc-
tion friends arc working, with a very short
leverage power, for the removal of Gen.
Pope. One of the Mncon papers, which is
operating on this line, says: “All General
.-Pope's instincts teach and will prompt him
to thwart and bailie tho President’s plans,
Instead of aiding and promulgating them.”
That depends entirely upon the nature
of the 4 * President’s plans.” If thoso “plans”
be to defeat the Reconstruction Law, by
evading its plainest provisions, then we
think it very prohahlo that Gen. Pope’s
administration will *• battle and .thwart“
those plans. But If those “plans” be to
faithfully carry out tho provisions of the
Law, then Gen. Pope Is doing all lu his
power to aid and promote them.
THE ALTERNATITE.
Tho present status of Southern Society,
and tho disorganized condition of the
whole country growing out of the,h»u$sof
tho war, is a matter of deep solicitude to
every patriot If Reconstruction upon an
equitable and enduring basis bo not speedi
ly accomplished, it may be the work of a
decade, during which tho material interests
of the whole country must suffer. The
country needs relief from apprehension
and anxiety, and until this shall have been
accomplished, it is idle to cherish hopes of
futuro prosperity.
Tho Reconstruction scheme of Congress
promises tho only immediate relief. It
contains some objectionable features. And
yet, under the circumstances, it is the part
of wisdom to carry out this plan. What
better can be done ? Suppose wo reject it;
that docs not take the ballot from the hand
of the illiterate and place it in possession
of the disabled class. The franchise is
alrendy a vested right in the hand of the
African; no act of ours, so long as we re
main out of tho Union, and at tho morey of
the conqueror, can change tills state of
things. To obtain Constitutional guaran
tees wo must place ourselves under that
Constitution which we disregarded in or
der to divide and destroy the Government.
This can be done only by accepting and
acting upon the terms Imposed. Those
terms arc embodied in the Military Re
construction Acts of Congress. Shall we
comply ? or shall we continue in obstinacy
and thus bring ourselves and children to
want?
CHOICE OF NAMES.
They have a *• Conservative Reconstruc
tion party ” In Alabama. It endorses all
the Principles of the Republican party,
and stands pledged to the policy of Re
construction on the basis of the Congres
sional enactments. But, inasmuch as some
of its leading members are afraid of being
called “Radicals,” they tack the newly-
iledged name for tho Democracy to the
Principles of tho Republican party! In
1860, the Democracy accepted the term
‘•Conservative,” as applied to political
parties, as a synonym, for Federal supre
macy, and denounced it accordingly. In
tho earlier history of the Republic the
Democrats called themselves “Republi
cans.” Who knows but tiiat before the ex
piration of the next four years they will
assume the name of “ Radicals ” ?
We take it that the Union Republican
party is not choice about names. Let all
vote for Its principles who may. Every
“Conservative” vorc for a Republican
measure, will count one.
GTMr.Oim, of South Carolina, in ad
vocating Reconstruction upon tho basis of
tho Congressional enactments, has pro
voked some of the Democratic editors in
Georgia who accompanied him to Mr.
Johnson’s Philadelphia Convention in
1806. One of tho Macon papers exclaims:
To think that almost under the sacred
shadow of Fort IIlll, the home of Calhoun,
such an Ingratc and rcnegutlo should have
l>cen »»orn and reared, to deliio tho memo
ry, spit upon the teachings and degrade the
Mate that patriot loved and served so
well.
The Scribes and Pharisees of Jltdea one
asserted that nothing good could come out
of Nazorcth. The Purislans once thought
Corsica Incapable of producing anything
but vagrants nnd outlaws. Even South
Carolina may do much to atone for tho fol
ly and wickedness of tho past. Who
knows? The land of Nullification may
yet become renowned for Law and Order.
The Epidemic in New Orleans.—In
1853, Now Orleans had a population of
130,000, nnd 27,143 eases of yellow fever, of
which about one-third terminated fatally.
Tho present epidemic Is very much milder,
and the mortality, proportionately, only
onc-tentli as heavy. The death-rate now,
however, among children between the ages
of ten and fifteen is remarkably large. The
foreign population, too, suffers severely.
Official Vote ok Tennessee.—Tho
Nashville Press and Times says the offi
cial returns for Governor are now In the
hands of the Secretary of State, and show
tho following result: For Wra. G. Brown-
low, 73,060; for Emerson Etheridge,22,547.
Total vote In the State, 00,213. Majority
i*or Brownlow, 51,118;
Health ok Charleston.—The Charles
ton Mercury of the 25th denies the truth
'of the rumor that yellow fever lias ap
peared in that city. ^ '
CSTCorn sells in Oskalooska, Iowa, at
eight cents a bushel.
Miscegenation.—We learn that not fifty
miles outsido of the corporate limits of
Eufauhi, there aro some cases of this de
scription. Several of what tho negroes
themselves call “white trash” have taken
unto themselves, American lords of Afri
can scent;—Eufaula yews.
To our mind, miscegenation is one of the
most revolting spectacles that human eyes
can he called upon to witness. And yet if
it must be. let the sires of mulatto children
be forced to support their offspring. Bet
ter to marry a negresa or a negro, than to
keep her or him in open violation of the
laws of God nnd man. Better bo guilty of
miscegenation without adultery, than with
It. One crime Is less objectionable than
tieo.
Selma, Rome and Dalton Railroad
Company.—At the mectlngof the Directors
of this Company, held in Selma on the
20th I nst. F. II. Delano, of New York, was
elected President in place of Gen. J.R.
Johnston, resigned.
The Rome Courier learns that the entire
action of the Committee that recently vis
ited New York, for the purpose of secur
ing incans for the early completion of the
road, was unanimously confirmed. It now
sceius certain that the work will commenco
in a short time. It is the intention of the
Company to lay the track as soon as pos
sible from Blue Mountain to six miles
East, of Jacksonville—which distance is
now ready for the superstructure—and
then commence work at Rome also, nnd
work on tit both ends at a rapid rate.
Tiik Macon and Western Railroad.—
Wc arc informed that the same arrange
ments for transportation of Memphis cot
ton linvc been effected via Macon iiud Sa
vannah to New York, sis by Charleston.
This makes Atlanta the intermediate ship
ping point between Memphis and Charles
ton, and also between Macon and Savan
nah and the same point. Tho advantages
to shippers of this placo is, economy of
both time and money. Cotton by these
routes may reach its destination in New
Yo r k from Memphis in six days, and at low
rates. Business men and shippers would
do well to nolo tills fact, ajul govern them
selves accordingly.
The Election in Viruinia.—Gen. Scho
field has issued an order that the ballots of
white and colored voters, at the coniiug
election, shall bo taken separately. In every
district of five hundred voters, three per
sons shall assist the registering ofiicers In
receiving tho votes; and where there are
more than five hundred, six persons shall
assist, all being previously sworn to im
partially discharge their duties, and select
ed from among the registered voters of the
district.
Crutchfield House to be Rebuilt.—
Tho Chattanooga Union of yesterday un
derstands that Mr. Spencer, proprietor of
the Crutchfield House, was In the city yes
terday, and expressed his Intention of re
building tho hotel shortly, in much bettor
stj lc than before. lie proposes to build it
with rooms for stores upon the lower floor,
and fronting on Nintli street.
Hon* II. V. Johnson.
Perhaps no man living has suffered so
much from the effects of foolish letters, as
ho whoso ipunq heads tills paragraph. Since
ho declared in opposition to Reconstruc
tion, he has taken special pains to so revise
his ante-bellum record AS to make It ap
pear that ho opposed the war for Southern
Independence. Like lien nil!, he claims
to have been one Of those who opposed
section nlisih.
Hero is an extract from a published
document, issued by Mr. Johnson In 1860:
“The contest in which the people yt
Georgia, in common with her r.ister slave-
holding States are engaged, is onp of vital
importance. It involves the destiny of
the South, and the federative character of
our system of Government. It is waged
upon the'right of a State peaceably to secede
from the Union. The gubernatorial candi
date of the Southern Rights party main
tain, the affirmative and the candidate of
the submission party the negative of this
great question, the one, that the right
necessarily results from the reserved sov
ereignty of the State and the nature of the
Confederacy, and the other, that it exist*
only as a right of revolution. The former
Insists that the generql government hqs no
right to coerce a sovereign State, and thefat-
ter that such seceding State insist depend
for the maintenance of its posit to* upon the
stout hearts and strong arms or -a/*'««* W
ple. ‘
The great Issue, I repeat is. the right of
a State to secede from the Union, and the ce-
relativo ahsei.ee of any right on the part
of tho Federal Government to force such
a State hack into the Union. It cannot be
evaded by the senseless clamor of Union, this
glorious UnionJ The integrity of tfre Union
is not assailed by the, Southern Rights par
ty In Georgia. Its real enemies are tnope
who level their destructive artillery
against its strongest outposts by counselling
submission to aggression, injustice and rob
bery. <C*c,
Whoever observes the signs of the times
cannot fail to sue that the right of secession
will probably at no distent day. assume the
rows AND MAGNITTDK OF MUCTICALJMl'OR-
taxck. The South is in a permanent mi
nority in our Federal Legislature. The
tone of Northern fanaticism abates not its
phrenzy and violence. It presses on rapidly
to the consummation of its diabolical designs.
The right of sea ess ion must be maintain
ed. It is the last, the only hope of the
South.
The Cotton Crop in* Eastern and Mid
dle Georgia—llusiness Prospects.—A. cor
respondent of tho New York Times, wri
ting from Augusta, Sept. 20th. gays:
Tlic injury to the crops hy the recent
rain lias been much greater and more wide
spread than was supposed. In the‘south
western portion of the State, which is the
principal cotton region, tho damage lias
Iieftn very extensive. I have received ac
counts from several counties, upon which
perfect reliance may be placed, which rep
resent the loss at from a fourth to a third
of the crop. Where the land was richest
and the plant most luxuriant, tho boll-rot
nnd tho ravages of the liolt-worm have
been most disastrous. On some plantations
where a bale of cotton to the aero was con
fidently nnd reasonably expected, a quar
ter-bale will not bo gathered. 1 learn also
that the cotton which has already been
picked is of a very inferior quality. Tills
and the great decline iti price, nnd tho an
ticipation of a still greater decline, make
planters very despondent, and create con
siderable consternation among all classes
who looked to tho cotton crop as the means
of storing material prosperity, enabling
debtors to pay their debts, nnd merchants
to ply an active trade during the fall and
winter. Believing that It would be abun-
dant and was secure, the merchants in the
principal towns went North some weeks
ago, and ordered large stocks of merchan
dise of all sorts, which are just beginning
to arrive. They are not now nearly as
tSfThe Americans in Honduras have
started a newspaper.
hopeful as they were, and would very glad
ly recall many of their purchases or-fancy
goods,” if it were still in their power.
Those Who profess to bo most knowing
Judges of the market, express the belief
that cotton will fnll to 13 cents per pound,
w hich will be 12)£cents to theplantcrafter
deducting tho tax. from which are still to*
be deducted freights, storage iind brokers’
commission. Planters who have been buy
ing corn all the spring and summer at 82
to 82.50 per bushel, nnd have paid from *20
cents to 25 cents per pound for bacon, to
gether with usurious interest for money
borrowed to buy provisions nt these prices,
snv that they cannot make both ends meet
with cotton at 15 cents, without allowances
for tax and expenses of transportation und
sale. '
Cotton.—Austell 1 & Inman, cotton and
commission merchants of 02 Wall street,
New York, have Issued a circular showing
a carefully compiled statement of tho cot
ton crop of the United States for the year
ending September 1, 1867. From that
statement we copy the following remarks:
We are not ablo to glvcour figures show
ing the total crop nnd movement of cotton
in the United Spates for the year ending
September 1,1807. Tho receipts, as will he
seen, very nearly approximate those of
last year, the total reaching 2,010,271 bales,
against 2,103,087 bales for tiie previous
twelve months, indicatingu decrease in tho
receipts this year of only 174,710 bales. It
would be Impossible to state with accuracy
What proportion of this aggregate was the
product of the last year, estimates (litter
ing so widely with regard to the amount
of the old crop not brought forward at the
close of 1865-0. We think, however, wfi
may safely take this old surplus at 300.000
hales, and shall then have left about 1,700,-
000 bales ns tho total products of the past
season. The new year begins with unusu
ally small stock In the interior, and wc
must, therefore, look almost entirely to the
new crop for our receipts during the com
ing twelve months.
North Georgia^-TIic editor of the
Chattanooga Union, who has recently vis
ited Atlanta, says: , <
A trip over tho Western and Atlantic
Railroad to Atlanta, has convinced us that
the people In that section of country, how
ever great thler political troubles may be.
will no longer Buffer for want of food. The
corn fields were extensive and the yield
appeared to bo excellent. Here and there
the white cotton bolls were unfolding
themselves, and in ono instance wo saw the
negroes gathering the dethroned king as in
olden times; but corn seemed the prin
cipal crop, and largo fields of it were stand
ing on every side. Tho pcoplo of Georgia
are doing wisely, in making themselves
Dickens as a Reader.—Mr. Dickens’ de
but as a reader is given by a correspondent
of the Round Table:
It was rome fourteen years ago, for the
benefit cf tho Mechanic's Institute, in the
English town of Peterborough. The In
stitute was embarrassed by debt, and Mr.
Dickens was prevailed upon by the bor
ough member to give a reading.
Mr* Dickens at that time had made no
public appearand® as a reader. lie had oc
casionally been heard of us giving selec
tions from his works to small coteries of
friends, or In the private saloon of some
distinguished patvon of art. But he had
nervously shrunk from any piudie debut,
uiuvilltng, so it seemed, to weaken his rep
utation as a writer by any possible failure
as a reader. fj his diffidence had taken so
strong a hold of him that it might never
have been overcome blit for, the inshiuous
IHU'Sufistons of - our member.” - Here was
hit opportunity,” he argued, “for testing
the matter without risk; an antediluvian
country town; an audience of farmers’
sons and daughters, rural shop-keepers, and
a few country parsons—If interest could be
excited in tho stolhl minds of such a Ba»o-
tian assemblage, the success of the reader
would be assured wherever tho English
tongue was spoken. On the other hand, if
failure resulted, none would be the wiser
outside of this Sleepy Hollow circle."
The bait took, and Mr. Dickens con
sented to deliver a public reading In aid
of the Peterborough Mechanics’ Institute.
He only stipulated that the prices of ad
mission should be such that every mechan
ic, if he chose, might come to hear him, and
named two shillings, a shilling, and six
pence, ns the limit of charge. Vain limi
tation! A fortnight before the reading
every place was taken, and half a guinea
and a guinea were the current rates for
front seat tickets.
' Dickens Idinself came down and super*
intended the arrangements, so anxious was
he as to the result. At one end of the large
Torn Exchange before spoken of he had
caused to he erected a tail pulpit of red
baize, as much like a Punch and Judy
show witli the top taken off a anything.
Tills was to be the reuder’s rostrum. Bir,
us the tall red pulpit looked lanky and very
comical stuck up there alone, two dtimiuy
pulpitsof similar construction were placed
one on each side to bear it company. When
the reader muiinted into the miudie box,
nothing was visible of him but his head
and shoulders. Ho if ii he really true, as
was stated afterwards by an indiscreet su
pernumerary, that Mr- Dickens’ leg shook
under him from first to last, the audience
knew nothing of It. 'The whole character
of the stage nrramrements suggested that
Mr. Dlekens wa* Mire of his head, but was
not quite so sure of his legs. It was the
Christmas Carol that Mr. Diekens Tend;
the night was Christmas Eve.
As the clock struck the appointed hour,
a red, jovial face, unrelieved by the heavy
moustache which the novelist has.since
assumed, a broad, high forehead, and u
perfectly Macawber-1 ike expanse of shirt
collar und front appeared above the red
balzo box, and a full, sonorious voice rang
out the words, - Murley-was-dcad-to-be-
gln-with.” then paused to take in the char
acter of tho audience No need of further
hesitation. The voice held all spell-bound.
Its depths of quiet feeling when tho ghost
of past Chrfstmasses led the dreumer
through the long forgotten scenes of his
boyhood—its embodyment of burly good
nature when old Fczgiwig's calves were
twinkling in the dance—its tearful sugges
tiveness when the spirit of Christ masses to
come pointed to the nettle-grown, neg
lected grave of the unloved man, Its ex
quisite pathos by the death-bed of Tinv
Tim, dwell yet in memory, like a long-
known tuuu. That one night’? reading in
tho quaint little city, so curiously bfouglit
about, so ludicrous almost in its surround
ings, committed Mr. Dickens to the career
of a public reader; and lie lias slnco de
rived nearly as large an Income from his
readings as frqni the copy right of his nov
els. Only he signally, failed to carryout
his wish of nndcing ids first bow before an
uneducated audience. The vote of thanks
which closed the proceedings was moved
by the Settlor Marquis of Scotland, ainlsee-
onded by tiie lieu- «>l the wealthiest peer in
England. ,
Tin: Cask ok Fitz .John Poiitkr.—Fre
quent mention has recently been mado in
our telegraphic dispatches of the applica
tion made to the President by Fltz John
Porter for a reconsideration of the court
martial which sentenced him to be -cash
iered ami forever Incapable of holding of
fice under the Government of tho United
States.” This sentence was passed in Jan
uary, 1803. and was approved hy President
Lincoln. Porter claims that the trial took
place in n time of unnatural excitement;
that evidence then inaccessible can now be
produced, and that he considers it his duty
to appeal for a revision of his case, and
therefore requests the appointment of a
new court martial.
This appeal Is backed by Senators Wil
son, Sherman, Harris and Foster, General
Banks, Ex-Governor Curtain and Horace
Greeley.
The court martial for tho trial of Gen.
Fitz John Porter met in Washington Nov.
1. 1802. It consisted of Gens. Hunter,
Hitchcock, Rufus King, Prentiss, Ricketts,
Unsoy, Garfield, Buford nnd Morris, with
Joseph Ilolt ns Judge Advocate General.
The charges were made by Brigadier Gen
eral B. L. Roberts, formerly Inspector
General of Pope’s avmv in Virginia. Tho
specifications wen* to the effect that on the
28th day ot August, 1802, Porter disobeyed
a positive nnd urgent order of Gen. Pope
to bring his corps up to the help of Hooker
and McDowell at the second battle of Bull
Run; that on the 20th day of August he
again disobeyed the order of Gen. Pope;
that on the same day lie failed to attack the
enemy, though positively onlcrod to do so;
that on the evening of August 20, he again
disolM*ycd an order to march his command
to the field of battle and rei>ort in person
to Gen. Pope for orders, but permitted ono
of his brigades to march to Centreville,
and remain there during the severe battlo
of August 30; that ho retreated from the
enemy without any attempt to engage them
or to aid our troops, who were relying
upon tho Bank attack he was ordered to
make.
Porter was convicted on the evidence of
Generals Poi>e, McDowell and Roberts,
Lieut. Col. Thomas Smith, Capt. Drake
DeKoy, and others. Tho unanimous testi
mony of these ofllecrs was to tho effect
that Porter could have brought his troops
Into action, hut did not, nud that, if he
had done his duty, the Confederate army
must have been beaten, nnd part of it de
stroyed. > ,
The finding of the Court was. that Por
ter was -guilty on every one of tho charges
preferred,” and the sentence, which was ap
proved by President Lincoln on the 21st of
January. 1863, cashiered him from service,
Cincinnati Gazette.'
independent of "the world lor a subsis-
lance. • Garibaldi was arrested at Sienna early
• this morning, and brought In tills city mi
ll?*'A man was fined $1 for working in der guard in a special train, lie was ta-
hls garden on Suudny in Hudson, N. J., a ken prisoner while crowing the Roman
short time since. Moral N, J. j frontier. . ? ... -* ■ ¥*[
Tradedr in Virginia—The Elopement of
Walker with Mrs. Solomon.—W. J. Walker,
formerly of Norfolk, was more recently a
clerk in Mr. Solomon’s office, in Halifax.
North Carolina. Mr. W. J. Solomon is
Commonwealth’s Attorney in Halifax
county, is a gentleman of wealth, learning,
and high standing, and his wife, to whom
ho has been married, without Issue, for ten
years, was one of the most beautiful, ac
complished, and wealthy ladles of that
county. She lias latterly been in delicate
health, and several weeks ago went to the
Buffalo Springs, Mecklenburg county, in
tills State, to recuperate her system. While
there Walker went to see her. lie crossed
the country from the Junction in a close
carriage, and remained some time, and the
two foft the Springs on Monday of last
Mr* Walker, on the day before leaving,
sent Mrs. Solomon’* servant girl to the
train, and thence to the Bollingbrook Hotel
in this city, with a note requesting the
proprietors to care of her until her mis
tress should come down, which, the girl
alleged, would he on the day after her arri
val. But several days passed, and neither
the lady nor gentleman appearing at the
hotel, the girl manifested such uneasiness
ns to induce Mr. Kennedy to make inqui
ries concerning Mr. Solomon. Word was
communicated to the latter concerning the
situation of the case, nnd he at once came
on to learn the sad truth of the dark sus
picions that had been set afioat. It was
ascertained that Walker and Mrs. Solomon
came across to the Junction, but instead of
taking the Southsidc curs for PetersbUfg,
they took the Danville train and went to
Greensboro’, and thence disappeared
through the country. As far as we can
learn, no Intel.igenee has, been received of
them since they left Greensboro*.
Mr. Solomon was in this city on Monday.
He is naturally deeply troubled and dejec
ted in consequence of a misfortune so un-
ejpecNjd and overwhelming. Yet. like all
husbands, he believes his wife to be
the innocent dupe of a base man.
While expressing himself willing to
receive again to Ids heart the ono to
whom ho had dedicated his every af
fection, but who in an evil moment was
decoyed from his side, lie Ims consent
ed. tttrough the advice of friends, to aban
don all pursuit, all effort to bring the de
stroyer of Ids happiness to justice, and go
home, like a wise man, dml attend to Ids
business. Ills despair, however, is inde-
scribable.—Petersburg Index, 'lllh.
A Hint to the Ladies.—Women who
wear short dresses should read nud heed
t)ds bit of advice from the New York
Times:
There is one little fact that our ladies
seem to overlook in the effect of the re
cent fashions. In other days, when trail
ing skirts were the inode, the habits of
twenty years led the whole generation of
women, whether they had experienced the
whole twenty years or accepted their re
sults from elders, to use their feet in a very
careless manner. Walking, standing or
sitting, the. awkwardness of feme nine feet
must have, developed to an extent un-
thought of. because unseen. But since tho
short walking dress has come into style,
these infelicities of movement and of |»ose
are revealed, ami many a lady, under the
secure consciousness of the former habit,
will wulk the street or sit in tho cabin of
the ferry-boat witli her feet in such posi-
tiofis as would, in her own eves, Instantly
stamp any man indulging in them us a
candidate .for the ‘awkward squad.’ We
know it is supposed to be highly improper
to observe a lady's feet; but when, by rai
son or clumsiness, they attract attention,
thoy will be observed, and the present
wafkiugrdress affords ample opportunity
for the display of either ot those qualities.
Tiie Public Debt.—The statement of
public debt for the month of September
will not' show much, if any, increase in
Government obligations. There are good
reasons for believing that there will he
slight reduction in the month of Qetober.
But the payment of twenty-five millions
of coin interest on tlicfivc-twciitles dueon
tho 1st of Novemlicr must, of course, pro
duce a different showing of the lace of ac
counts in the statement of the public debt
for that month. Upon the whole, it Is
found, by actual facts thus far transpired,
nnd by fair and safer estimates for the com
ing two months and eight days, that the
prognostications ot Secretary McCulloch
about the financial results of the summer
nnd fall months, us set forth in Ids letter to
the Boston merchants, are likely to be sub
stantially verified, witli a reasonable pros
pect that the actual showing by the first of
December may be very much more favora
ble than Mr. McCulloch predicted.
Suit to Recover Confiscated Prop
erty.—It will be remembered that in 1804.
a large amount of property, owned by
residents of tiie city who went South at
the commencement of the war. was confis
cated by tiie government and sold, they
(the Government; giving a title to the
aforesaid property, to hold good during
the lifetime of the person in whose name
it was sold. A large number of these per
sons have returned to the city, nnd ar
rangements are now being made to com
mence suits for the recovery of such prop
erty. Eminent counsel lias been engaged,
whose business it will lie to test the consti
tutionality of tho Confiscation acts of Con
gress. It is stated that General Caleb
Cushing has been retained by Dr. A. Y. P.
Garnett, whoso property was confiscated
TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.
From tho New York Prest Auoeirttjow.
Wi.niNGTON, gept. 20.—Advices from
Nuhvlilc represent things more quiet, In
consequence of Federal provisions to sup
press disorder. Both parties will probably
hold elections, ami take tho question to
the courts.
Gen. Hancock will not go to New Or
leans until tiie yellow lever subsides; In
the meantime General Mower is responsi
ble.
New York, Sept. 20.—The Constitution
al Convention has adjourned until after tiie
elec turn.
New Orleans, Sept. 20.—The interment*
from >el!o\v fever t*»-day since .-fix o’clock
this morning were fifty-seven.
Two hundred and fitty privates and
seven ollluo;., are now under treatment for
yellow fever at Jackson Barracks.
In tiie First United States Infantry,
which has lieen stationed at the Barracks
und tiie Military Hospital, upwards of one
hundred deaths ims occurred from yellow
fever.
Charleston, Sept. 20.—Tiie caterpillar
has appeared upon the farms and are seri
ously injuring the crops.
Augusta, Sept. 20.—.fudges Warner.
Walker and Harris, are out in letters fa-
vorlug Reconstruction under the Military
Bills, on the ground of necessity and ex’-
ped fancy.
Hon. B. II. Hill left this morning for
New York.
Washington, Sept. 2G.—Gen. Mower tel
egraphs encouragingly regarding the
health of the military in tiie Fifth Dis
trict.
Generals Hancock and Sickles left to
day.
Revenue receipts to-day four hundred
and six thousand dollars.
The light will he exhibited on the first of
October.
Havana, Sept. 25. -Balnmzona lias been
sworn in as Provisional Captain General.
Mazona died of typhhid fever.
Cincinnati, Sept. 25.—The Queen City
Distillery burned. Loss sixty thousand
dollars.
The citizens have subscribed six thou
sand dollars to aid the yellow fever suffer
ers in New Orleans.
Topeka. Sept. 20.—The German Conven
tion resolved to support none unless they
pledge themselves to oppose the temper-
um e .Sunday law.
Richmond. Sept. 26.—Gen. Brown has
Issued ail order directing the officer of the
Freedmen’s Bureau of this District to turn
over to tiie civil authorities all negro pau
pers, and none others, who 1 have i>oen re
siding here sine® the 1st of January, 1801.
In. the habeas corpus case of Kebbler, the
soldier, before the State Court, it was held
that as he was a minor he could not be le
gally claimed as a soldier. Tho military
authorities refused to recognize the decis
ion. Tlte soldier had been before the court
once, but before the trial of the case was
ended the military declined to submit to
the arbitration of the State Court.
Tho State to-day. In, its gradual sale of
railroud interest, disposed of its. stock in
the Loudon and New Hampshire Railroad
for $50,000.
Gen. Beauregard arrived here tills even
ing-
Mb. Greeley’s Advice to Young Men.—
Mr. Greeley’s autobiography has been writ
ten down to his apprenticeship. He says
of the four years pf his life, during which
ho was learning to be a printer:
•I have never since found at once hooks
nnd opportunity to enjoy them so ample as
while there; Ido not think I ever before
or since read to so much Profit. They say
that apprenticeship is distasteful to, anil
out of fashion with the boys of our day;
if so, I regret it for their sakes. To tin*
youth who asks, ‘How shall I obtain an ed
ucation ?’ I would answer, ‘Learn a trade
of a good master.’ I hold firmly that most
hoys may thin better acquire the knowl
edge thoy need than by spending four year s
in college.”
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General Lee. — Tho White Sulphur
Springs correspondent of tho Southern
Opinion nays:
General Lee reached these Springs about
August 1st nnd occupied a cottage in
“Baltimore Row,” with his family, who
subsequently'dispersed to other springs.
General Lee came In search of health, re
tirement and recreation, but he found no
toriety Instead. Gentlemen, otherwise
well behaved, thronged his cottage, nnd in
sisted upon shaking Leo by the hand.
At Dry Creek, within musket shot of the
Springs, the circus pitched its capacious
tent, and a throne, similar to that accorded
to Roman Generals when they hud achieved
a great national triumph, was erected for
him, and dressed with lings. General Lee.
after great reluctance and hesitation, ac
cepted the high place, nnd was the greatest
•‘lion” of the circus.
and sold, and was purchased by Mr. Alexan
der It. Shepherd for the sum of three thou
sand three hundred dollars.— Washington
Intelligencer.
Shuck hy Lightning.—On last Saturday
morning, about 4 o’clock, during a thun
der shower, tho Court House in this city
was struck by lightning, damaging the
roof and plastering. The fluid entered tiie
roof at the North end of the building,
passing down tho rafters to the corner,
setting tho roof on fire between the Joists,
thence into the Court-room. Tho Injury
,o the building Is slight. Fortunately the
fire was discovered before it had got fully
under way and extinguished.—Covington
Enterprise.
Lost Children.—The statistics of lost
children in Now York afford a curious sub
ject for study. For the veer ending Sep
tember 1, the number or lost children ta
ken to police headquarters and there re
claimed by parents were 3,M0—nearly ten
per day. During tho same period tho num
ber of lost children found and not applied
for was fifty-five. The number of found
lings purposely abandoned was one hun
dred and forty-four. Kivu times as many
children are lost in May ns in December.
Work People Thrown Out of Employ
ment.—The number of jx*oplc thrown out
of employment in New* Orleans by the yel
low fever tliis season is greater than has
been hitherto known since tho commercial
embarrassment of 1857. What tho num;
her is may be judged from tho fact that
there are said to bo 6,000 applications for
places on the police nnd for similar ap
pointments.
Cotton Items.—The Albany News of
tiie 27th says:
The market continues dull. Good mid
dlings will bring 10 cents—extremes 13alG
cents.
The Columbus Enquirer of the 20th
says:
Ttie dullness in our market continued
yesterday, without quotable change in
prices. Northern middling may still be
quoted at 18>». Tiie reelf.ts by wagon were
pretty large for this season.
A New Use for Old Ball Dressrs.—
The Gazette Rose, a French fashion Jour
nal, says:
Among the beautiful broderies made up
in tiie country, the most benutifUl we have
seen was on a chasuble or worn vestment
by the priests, embroidered hy Mile. ,
the material used having first served os a
ball dress during tho winter. These dress
es, being made Into chasubles. and offered
to the Church through the priests, aro only
purified by the holy sacrifice of tho mass.
An appeal is now offered to tho ladies of
the world, who throw their old silk dresses
into a corner, or give them to their maids,
to make better use of them by donating
them to the Church. When hall dresses
grow old and have to bo cast off' they now
become priestly vestments. So goes tho
world In Paris.
A Jew as Statesman.—Slmson, tho
President of the new North-German Par
liament, Is a baptized Jew. Ills parlia
mentary experience is very great. He was
the second President or tho German Par
liament in 1818. President of the Erfurth
Parliament in 1840, (on which occasion
Bismark served as youngest Secretary un-
der him,) President of the second Prussian
Chamber, and President of the first North-
German Parliament.
Tiie Sickles Court of Inquiry.—Gen-
eral Grants recommendation that General
blcklos bo granted a court of inquiry
reached tiie President to-day, but no action
lias been taken in the premises.