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GEORGIA WEEKLY OPINION
THE WEEKLY OPINION.
BY W. 1. HCROOOS AND J. B. DOUBLE.
Fill DAY MOBNINGmciOCPOBKR 4.
13?" It ha* lawn announced that all the
Georgia cdtton who favor Reconstruction
aiuh'r the Military Hills are Northern men,
with one exception. If till* he true, It
only prove* that among all the Georgia
editor* there 1* found hut one who cor
rectly represent* the present temper ol
the Southern People; but Olio who I* wil
ling to aacrlllee himself before old parti
san leader*, and respond to the sober sec
ond thought uf the Ma*»e*; hut oini who
ha* had the Independence to declare pub
licly total other* haveatvicclprimtely!
Thousand* of men lit Georgia who have
wade up their mind* to vote for Conven
tion. and who have been heard to so ex
press tlu uuelvc# privately, would not pro
claim their faith publicly for Aby reasona
ble consideration. They do not want to
Incur personal relation* of an unpleasant
nature with a certain class of men, by pub
licly differing with them in opinion! We.
have men of thisstamplu Atlanta. There
are other*, les* exeusable, Who. although
they have been heard to express the opin
ion that "we ought to accept the term*
proposed," are nevertheless so weak and
pliable as to bo brow-beaten Into silence,
•r whipped Into the service of the reac
tionist*. We lmvo had men to dcelare to
a* privately that they intended voting for
Convention, hut who Invariably closed the
interview by an Injunction of seeresy;
giving a* a reason that they could liot hear
the Idea of being called •• white niggers'
or “lladli'uls," Among this class, are those
who have sometimes Joined In thu abuse
• f the Opinion and the pulley uf Hu,'Oil
atructlunl
Whilst we pity the weukhes* of these
•reuturu* we concede their right to nurture
their faith In alienee. Such men have ex
isted In all countries and in all ages.—
Prominently among the objects of pity,
are those who, having conviction* of their
own, ure too weak and cowardly to give
ibrm utterance.
Iloass Tiling AltHKsTr.D—An Obi Hum
mer Corns lo Brief—Jno. Hose, living
near Thomas's Mills, In Floyd county, was
arrested on Tuesday, upon a warrant from
Hurray county, on charge of having
stolen a horse on the 30th September. The
arrest was made at his own bouse,
surly in the morning, and before he
had risen from his slumbers. As soon a*
he was aroused, he made light, which re
sulted in his being Lied and brought to
Home, and turned over to the officers, and
his associate, who left In a few minutes for
Murray county. Hose was living in Ten
nessee at the commencement id the war,
and says he served awhile In Capt. H. M.
Hay's company,and deserted, and has since
been stealing horses from friends and foes.
There Is a reward of 4000 for him in Ten
nessee. and *100 in Murray county.
Govkunou IlnoWNtow ani> Shouktxiix
Flstiicxil—'These gentlemen—one of them
Governor, tho other the Secretary of State
•fTennessee—have ftdlen out. Mr. Fi.wron-
na recently delivered a speech In Nashville
In which he took occasion to lampoon the
Governor (hr appointing one Noah, a
Northern man. to the Chancellorship.—
■Governor Hnowiaov replica through ihe
Press, that "Mr. Fuvrcaaa 1* tbn only
man who evcrdld lo person, urge upon him
tho claim* of Mr. Noah !" It seems that
Flotcheb has recently fallen out with
Noah and others connected with the State
Government, and take* tills method of
avenging himself.
Asylum at Cavm .Hriuxo.—'The Homo
Courier learns that the Deaf anil Dumb
Asylum at Cave Spring Is In prosperous
condition. There are now twenty-eight
pupils In attendance, and several moro arc
expected Ina short time. It 1* tho duty of
all good people tu encourage this unfortu-
uate class to avail themselves of tho bene-
ilts of an education hero offered by tho
State. __
lUcxrrtON or Cotton n Savannah.—
Tho reception of cotton at Savannah on
.Tuesday last was as follows: By Central
Railroad, 1,418 balea; by Atlantic and Gulf
Hall road, 908 bales; by steamer Llzslc Ba
ker, from Florida 18 bales. Total, 1,739
hales. Making the total receipts alnco
September first, from all sources, 11.031
Vales. t ^
Jan. Dbuterv U Maoon.—Ou Wednes
day morning of the present wreck, as tho
turnkey was opening tho doorof the room
where Smart, the murder, and Alfred Abcr-
coinble, alia* Mitchell, were contlned, they
both pushed violently against It and suc
ceeded In getting out of the room and Into
the jail yard. Upton, the turnkey, in at
tempting to arrest them, struek at .Smart
with Ills knife, the blade Just grazing 111*
shoulder. Alfred Onding Upton engaged
wltlipimart, made good his esoupe over the
Jail fonco, Smart getting on a idle of brick*
threw two of them at Upton, who struck
him the second tlutn with hl« knife, the
blade entering hi* hack. Smart's exhaus-
tlon from low of blood, together with a
blow from a brick, at the baud* of Upton,
rendered him. an eapWvs. Alfred
““l* 1 -.——A. -v‘
Ot)LOJUU> COKTMTION CM
The colored men q( M*»l Teuuosiee held *
Convention *t Knoxville week. The
object wan tho conAlderatioa of tho future
oouno to bo purinel by tht otlored poople
•f Tomiasiot. ^ .
Omxisr m Qmarts^ibB Bur yu-
if rday **y<i r«joeipU qulto Umy
•thoduf yioiioux Bale*
uiff <v omiaKtow^t.
WHO rfiKHO THE NEGRO ?
It in known to every wi*U-Infurim*d men.
that in 1800, tho Republican party did not
propose to interfere with Slavery in thine
States where It then exUted. They fought
only to prevent it* cxtenlon, by keep*
tng It out of tho territories
The New York Clfclwn (Gen. IfnJplnc’*
paper) in speaking of the Rubject, say*:
There U one perversity of tho Southern
mind with which It hcoiihalmost hopeless
to contend; our reiieJ friend* will insist
11|m>ii eonslderitig us re*i>oiisihle for free
ing the negro; whereu*. if anything ever
was clear, and iituiiifeotly displayed in our
word* Mini action*, It was that the North
did not tutor cnt.im ip ition. The South-
erneiH rtogge i us into it; they whipped us
from tl»t? p4»t<>iiiii4.‘ t*> the dames, from the
Tennessee to the Uliio, and we openly de-
4*lare>l the war was not to emancipate the
Muck. Their privateers annihilated our
commerce, and drove our flag from tho
ocean, and we sent long dispatches abroad,
warning the world—to our injury, and our
enemy’* advantage—that the destruction
of slavery was no part of our policy. We
announced to the blacks that if they en
deavored to help its, wo would crush a
blai'k insurrection n* readily u* we would a
white rebellion; and only when it became
evident that wo should go on being whip
ped forever, unless we turned thu strength
of tile enemy to their weakness, were we
willing to liow our fieads to the distasteful
necessity of raising the negro from his po
sition ul* inferior it).
Tho strange tenacity with which the
American puopht clung to the institution
of Slavery, Is illustrated by tha history of
tho two last sessions of the Con federate
Congress. After the fall of Vicksburg and
defeat of Lkk. at .Xntietam. it was fore
by thinking men that theonly salvation for
flic* Confederacy consisted in the emancipa
tion of the slaves, and placing them In the
ranks upon an equal footing with white
men. Accordingly, a proposition looking
to this end. couched in the most delicate
terms, was timidly introduced in the lower
House. Not a single newspaper or public
man could be induced to advoeute It. and It
died au ignominious death.
Alter the buttle of Chattanooga, when
all the seaboard cities were ready to fail
into tile hands of the United State* troops,
and when it was realized that the great
Western Army, under Gen. Thomas, could
march through Georgia and Alabama with
out serious opposition. It was again pro
posed to put all the able bodied negroes
who were willing to volunteer in consid
eration of their freedom, into the service.
At this juncture, Gen. Lkk visited the Sen
ate Chamber in person, and urged the ne
cessity of the measure becoming a Jaw
Even at this crisis, the measure was so un
popular that it met with prompt ami un
qualified defeat in l»oth Houses. Finally,
In February, 180.>, propositions were made
by a delegation of .'South Carolinians look
ing to Reconstruction on the basis of "the
Constitution as it was”—-that Is upon aba*
sis securing Slavery to the seceded States.
In scrutinizing the conduct of the war,
and the ten years of political strife which
preceded it. it is difficult to resist the con
viction that the abolition of Slavery in this
country was the work of Almighty God.
and that the Charleston Convention and
the cupidity of Sectional politicians were
but instrumentalUica by which He chose
Accomplish this great work.
Uhpbal it, bt all Miuk*.—The Wash
ington correspondent of the Charleston
Courier write* that the cotton tax will
probably bo abolished at the next session,
and there will be propositions In Congress
to give o bounty upon the production of
cotton, or in some mode to encourage its
culture. It is apprehended at the North
that tho tax and the uncertainty of negro
labor Vlll destroy the system of cotton
growing upon Urge plantations, and that.
If *0, the product must be nenalbly dimin
ished iu years to come.
tST The little tri-wecljr Star, whose ed
itor was tho recipient of a "notice" at the
hand* of the officer* of Spaulding a tew
days since, takes the Grand Jurors of Now-
ton county to task tbr publishing their
presontmonU in the Opinio*, Retter nt
tend to your own buslncR*. From, and let
other people’s alone. The rewards of a
meddler are neither profitable nor pleas
ant. When the Orand Jurors of Newton
desire a consultation, thoy will doubtloss
send for you,
MaJOBrrr on Plpjuutt.—'Tho opinion
provalls extensively throughout the coun
try that the Iteconstructlon act of the For
tleth Congress requires a majority of all tho
registered voters in the Southern elections
to author!** tho holding of oonatltntlonal
conventions, which Is erroneous, as the
laws road as follows:
If a majority of tho vote* given on that
questlou shall bo for a convention, then
such convention shall be held os hereinaf
ter provided, but If a majority of said vo
ters lie against a convention, then no such
convention shall bo held under this act;
provided, that such convention shall not
bo held unless a majority of all such regis
tered voters have voted on the question of
holding such convention.
Cotton in Louisiana.-—Parties (Tom
near Shreveport say tho cotton flehla in
that locality have been swept by tho
wormaso dean that scarce green stalk,is
visible. .
lUviVAL in Robb,—The Courier of yee-
trrdajr says:
Tim revival meeting kt the Methodist
church In this place has been In progress
nearly five weeks. ThU meeting Is with
out parallel in thd history ot thU particu
lar Church. Them ha been a great reviv
al In the membership* and many bear tes
timony that theta are the happiest meet
ings they ever attended. Tho newcon-
In the Daily Opinion of this morning
an article appear* over the signature of
" E. X. Hob," from which I make the fol
lowing extract:
* Some twenty-seven year* ago, a few u po-
Utico-rellgloUK" ministers belonging to
the Methodist Episcopal Church, Beaded
from that denomination because the old
constitution uud canons of the Church, as
founded by Wkblky and AaburY, did not
recognize Slavery as a "divine Institut ion."
They, therefore, utter puss ini; uu ordinance
of secession, set up a new Church, ereuted
Hew ecclesiastical olUces, appointed each
other to till these offices, and then call
ed til* L
live
me seventy In number—Include
■ ■ n< > * Q d soma
blaworowl far
tka graft.”
— — —
Tli.r. Is great exoUement at Victoria,
British Columbia, uf«r a supposed volcsnlu
eruption 44 ■il.a distant.In tha Csectd*
range. r'ri
Chnreli. South. It was u |H>liticaL
iiiuut, lusulu in the interests of politicians
ami prepared tile way fur political seces
sion in I860.
After til, war olosoil, and, by Its Issues,
Slavery became extinct; and when flic
sentiment of tins
tlie-0 smile polit
mure than any utlier class uf men to kin
dle the Haines of civil war, and who, dur
ing that war, Ignored Christ and him cru-
ciiicd. uml turned their pulpit* into polltl-
cnl rostrums—refused to unite with the
mother Church, but insisted upon preserv
ing their sectional pro-Slavery organiza
tion.
It is a well known fact that very few
members ol that Church, outside its Minis
try, countenanced this obstinate foolery.
They saw no sense in keeping up sectional
strife, or in fostering Church creeds which
recojniimi the divine right of African
Slavery.”"
As u Minister of the Methodist Hpisco-
pal Church, South. 1 pronounce the state
ments In the foregoing extract untrue, and
hereby challenge "E. X. Heb" to throw
off his disguise, furnish me with hi* real
name, and meet me In a fair Slid candid ap
peal tu the truth of hittory-
IV. 1*. Haiuhson.
IVtor Wesley Chapel, M. K, Church South
Atlanta, Get. 3. I' m.
Knoxvillc Iteus,—The llolston Annual
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church commenced Its session In Knox
ville on yesterday. Uev. Bishop Kingsley
presides. He Ims recently returned from a
tour In Europe, where liu has been holding
the German Conference nnd visiting mis
sionary stations in Denmark and Sweden.
The Whig, of Tuesday, contains the fol
lowing local Items:
The old brick building on the corner of
Guy and Cumberland streets, known as the
Collin's Comer, belonging to the l’arks es
tate,.old lit pubi ic sale ) esterday for 88,030.
Tile frame building occupied by Soro|i-
Shirc, fronting 27 feet on Gay street, ad
joining Hie uuovu property, sold for 8100
per foot.
Hisuoi* 1’iKitcK in I.oc*isviLLK.—Speak
ing of the late sermon of Bishop Pierce In
Taiulsvllle, on the 22d,tlie Courier says:
The Methodist Church South in the
morning was tilled to overflowing, and
hundreds went away who could not even
get standing room. Bishop Pierce preach
ed. The primitive apostles never preached
better. Wo do not believe it to la: In the
power of mortal mull to do It. Said an
eminent lawyer ot this city, nnd a man of
thu world:"'! have heard'Clay, Prentiss,
Mursluill nnd liascom, hut George F. Pierce
la thu greatest orator of them all.” Thu
cuthuslam was tremendous. Thu ser
mon gradually rose In grandeur nnd power
untlllt reached a point where thu unlvur-
tal outburst of feeling seemed Imlncnt—
It was directed to the ministers. Sold an
old Presiding Elder: "Well, none of tbo
preachers will locate after that, and some
of them will refuse to go to their appoint
ments." An emlueut member of the con
ference said: " It has always been hitherto
a question with mu as to which was the
{ [rcatest sermon I ever heard. It Is uo
ongcr a matter of doubt; the sermon of
to-day settled it.”
fxroitTAKT Annzara in PiitLsoaLriiu—
Neiture of Counterfeit Money,—Colonel W.
P. Wood, tho Chief of the Ttreasury De
partment Detectives, and a number of hit
assistants arrested last night. Dr. Martin
V. Uaruian, alia* Dr. Dtvid Martin. Nat
Kinsley and Miss Caroline Heron, who t*
known as Mrs. Dr. Martin, upon tin-charge
of being engaged in thu manufacture of
counterfeit money. For years past Gor
man lias been suspected ol being engugod
in tin: counterfeit business, and the detect
ives luivu been at him through Ohio and
this State, hut never could obtain aiiBIcl-
ent Hvldcnnu to warrant them in arresting
him. Oaruian ha* been living In till* city
for nine months past, hut has beun very
careful to conceal his place of residence.—
He would aomctiinus consume nearly half
a day In reaching his home, taking n very
round about course, In order to throw off
their guard any person who might be
watchlilg him. It was Anally ascertained
that Miss Heron had relatives In Ohio, with
whom she corresponded. The Poet Office
was watched, anil yesterday a letter arriv
ed. This fell Into the hands of the detect
ives but gave no clue to her residence.—
Boat evening she made her nppoar-
nueo nt the Post Office, and wns fol
lowed to a bouse, No. 404, Dicker-
son street. Tho house was surrounded and
a watch was kept for Carman. He was
seen to come out, and was followed to
Eleventh and Spruee .Streets, when he was
captured with hinaley who was an engrav
er. Tho ollluers who had been left to watch
the houso iu Dickerson street then took
possession of tt, ami found MR* Ilsron
there. At tho present time the party wns
engaged in the manufacture of ten dollar
notes ou the First National Hank of Phila
delphia from a plate on which the counter
feits on the Third National Bank hud been
made, and which had been altered. In the
house 822,300 In lliilshcd notes, nnd the pa-
par out and ready for printing810,000 more
were found. Also the plates for printing
counterfeits on the Fourth National Bank
of the City of New York, and llfty cent
fractional currency. Thu preaoes, paper.
Ink, Ac- employed In the manufacture of
tho money were *11 found In the house.
Tho business was carried on so quietly that
It was not suspected by tho neighbors, and.
In order that no noise might be beard, In
dia rubber wss placed under tho press, it
wss osecrtslned that tho party hod a con
tract to supply 8100*000 In tho First Na
tional notes of this etty next woek. Ger
man Is supposed to havo been the llret men
who issued counterfeit fractional currency
notes.—Pltd. BalletA, Heft.ink
Arrounao.—The President has ap
pointed the following gentlemen as Gov
ernment Directors of the Union and Ua-
cilie lUilrotd: Jesse I,. Williams, of Indi
ans; Timothy J. Carter, of Illinois; Jas.
S. Hollins, of Missouri, and Gairg* Ash-
•up, Of Massachusetts.
Freaont stale of tho Colton Trado.
Huyrily and Demand—America and Indlar—
future of the Negro—New Cotton
Mill*—Biport* and Import*—flow Monty
mu Made and Lott-Trade* Untont-The
speculating Fraternity, Ac, As.
The following views and statements re
garding the "Present State ot the Cotton
Trade," promulgated In an Interesting and
valuable pamphlet recently published, en
titled “Remarks on the Present State of
the Cotton Trado mid the FJnolal Condi
tion of England:”
It 1* now generally admitted that we
shall receive more cotton this year than ill
that for the future the supply of thu raw
material will always be equal to tlio de
mand. however much may bo required to
feed the mills of all tile spinners and mun-
ujltrtiircra in tho world. Tho fact is that
markets may be overstocked; and weto all
the existing machinery kept In foil work,
a greater amount of manufactured goods
would be produced than tho world could
find use for. The limit would bo In tho
consumption and requirement, not In the
production. Inn word, there Is much moro
cotton machinery than cun be prolltablycm-
ployed. It may he taken for granted that,
even if the present prices nro maintained
mid not exceeded, we shall receive 3,590.000
to 3.730,000 bales from the cotton growing
districts other than the United States. For
although the cost of the production of cot
ton In North America is certainly seventy-
live to eighty per cent, more than It was
before the war, owing to the rise in labor
and nil necessaries of life, the cost of pro
duction of cotton in India, Egypt, and
other cuuntrics is certainly lea* than It
was six years ago, owing to the improved
system of cultivation and Irrigation that
has recently been Introduced. We may
always rely on receiving
I From hale* of
I India sw lbs.. .
' Egypt so lbs... .
■ Oru/ii to lb*—
■ Central America .NO lb,
: Turkey VO lb*
1,300,00! to 1,130,000
330.00 to *.’O.UO
43I.IW to an.uo
I'JU.'OO to 100,000
40.000 to 00.000
0,400,(00 L0W.UJ0
In Xurtli America the crop for the next
twu or three years will not exceed from
two and one-quarter millions to two and
and one-half millions, of which one and
one-half to one anil three-quarter millions
will be availablef for England. In s few
rears the growing of cotton must be aban
doned by its present cultivators altogether
uud pass into the bunds of farmers, ne
groes and others, who will take up small
plantations of twenty to forty nercs, and
grow there as much cotton a* they and
their families can attend to without tneaid
of hired labor, Just us wheat and other ce
reals are grown In the North. It will l>e
found that It cannot pay planters any mere
to cultivate large tract* of land with cot
ton anil to litre the negroes to do the work,
l.atxir will be too dear and toe uncertain to
make the chance of prolit worth the risk;
hut when a farmer settles on twenty to
forty acres of laud, ho and Ills family can
I attend to the cultivation uf fifteen to twen
ty-live bales of cotton, and be well paid
for their labor, besides growing sufficient
corn for tlicir own maintenance. The prob
ability is time tlie negro in America will
lie allium exterminated. Gradually Lite
bulk of them will be driven West, us the
Indian* were; and neglect untl starvation
will kilt them soon, lie thi* as it may, we
may fully rely on getting, for the next two
or three years no less than three nnd a
half to three and three-quarter millions of
bales—a quantity which will lie more than
cuough to produce the goods which the
world cull absorb. It is now to be proved
tlmt the present quamlty of cotton ma
chinery Is vastly In excess of our wants,
and cannot be protltubly employed. In tho
years 1838,1839,1800, a degree of prosperi
ty prevailed among spinner* and manufac-
turera'such a* hail never before been wit
nessed. New mills, most of them of Im
mense size, sprang up during 1800 and 1801,
lu all directions. Alderman Bapnes stated,
In a paper read before the Blackburn Me
chanics' Institution, In 18110, that round
abound Blackburn twenty-eight new mills
were being built; but the favorite places
for mills were Wigan, Bolton, Oldham,
Staleybrhlge, Burr, l'reston, Bacup, Tod-
mortfen. Halifax, Burnley, and Nowchurch,
and such out-of-the-way places as Nun
eaton and Coventry. The increase in mills
since the last census was taken cannot be
leu than Irom eight to nine million of
spindles, and 30,000 to 00.000 looms. Most of
these mills were still being built wheu the
cotton famine began. Were tho enormous
mill power to be set to work now, the con
sumption of cotton would certainly aver
age sixty thousand bales of four hundred
and forty-four pounds each per week. The
export* of 1838-01 glutted the world with
cotton goods and. making allowances for
the natural and legitimate Increase In the
consumption, it Is certain that the human
race could not even now absorb tho quan
tity of goods which was made annually In
thoso (lays. But we have now the ma
chinery capable of supplying thirty per
cent, more than at tlmt period. Can It bo
employed profitably r The answer must
certainly be, No, If all the cotton ma
chinery were set in motion, the raw mate
rial would get ii|< thirty |mr cent, in price,
and yarn and go.. ■ would fall; for stock
would aconinul:.:,- - a short time to
•Uch an extent a* t ,,' dly beyond tho
capacity of mere), m: :■ grapple with,
India and China hu> li or uo more cot
ton goods from u- limit they used to do,
notwithstanding the enormous Increase In
the aggregate value of our Imports from
tboaa countries. Very little of tlie money
which wss made by cotton speculators and
dealers In Manchester, Uvcruool, America
and India between 1800 and 1801 has been
retained by those who originally made It.
The Bombay peopla lost their gains, llrst,
by thu subsequent fall In cotton; secondly,
by speculation In stocks and shares; and
now most bouses are actually poorer than
they wen before tho groat rise In cotton
took place. In fact, hardly onc-thtrd of
the commercial Arms in Bombay havo re
mained iu existence; the others Imre failed,
or have wound up tlielr business and gone
away, -In I.tvcrpool It Is the stun thing;
the money was as quickly lost as it was
made, ami very few houses have retained
the wealth acquired between 18AI and
1864." Owing to the price of labor, etc,
having risen enormously since I860, the
cost or spinning la 35 per cent, more than
In that year. But this )* not all; the flower
and independence of the working classes
have Increased lu a manner not to ho ex
pressed by flgure*. Thoy are virtually the
masters of tlie trade, and the mlU-ownent
will have henceforth more trouble with
them than ever before; and although the
operative* may he unsucceisfal ultimate
in tlielr war against capital, tha mil-
chief done will lie very great. The
chief enemy to British fudimry are
tlie trades' uulous. In Germany and
France, any attempt by them to Intel-far*
between independent workmen and their
employers, would bring upon the perpetra
tors sueli punishment aa would prevent
similar attempts for a long time to come.
Naturally enough, legal forma the groat
Safeguard uf tbs subject against inluatlea
and oppression from the government, are
set aside In such oonseoueneea: but as the
evils which trades’ unions bring on any
country I* of the gravest kind, and out
weigh* by far the good which they have
aver done for their own order, tueh
oonsldoratloua should be ofamall Impor
tance. But hero In England, neither gov
ernment nor Parliament dare Interfere;
and they will not only soon ha the most
formidable body In tho state, but one that,
knowing Its power, will use It for its own
advantago to the very utmost. The posi
tion of the cotton spinners and maufaetu-
rers Is much aggravated by tholr Inability
to combine, not only against tlie trades’
unions, hut also against tike “cotton specu
lating fraternityThey arc jealous of,
and distrust one another; and ii ever any
agreement is made between them. It Is sure
to be broken soou by some. In February-
last, some spinners In Oldham, represent
ing altogether about ono million spindles,
met In the Manchester Exchange, and
agreed to work only three days per week,
and signed a document to that effect. Ev
ery one of these gentlemen went home that
day determined In hlsownmlnd not to car
ry out the convention, sod chuckling at his
cleverness In having hound bis neighbors’
hands. Ofcoursoall remained :i* before,
and no reduction In tlie working hours
took place; but this sort of conduct shows
a Jealousy and want of adhesion between
tha members of tho cotton Industry which
are ns reprehensible as they are Injudicious.
The cotton spinners, by working a short
time, can, whenever they like, avoid Incur
ring losses. Deducing tlie production of
goods must raise price*; anil, accompanied
us it is by a diminution In tho consumption
of cotton, It will lower tho price of raw ma
terial and Increase the margin between
cotton mid yarn. Cotton dealers and brok
er* manage differently. “They present a
compact Iiody to strangers and an unbro
ken front to buyer*, always plotting and
combining how to keep up prices; and
they generally succeed In anything thoy
undertake ugainst the undisciplined band
of spinners and manufacturers.
The fourth half yearly general meeting
of the shareholders In tho Isle of Man
Banking Company, limited, wu* held at
Douglass on Monday.
Mflscellnneona,
It D proposed to hold a public meeting
In New York soon, to consider a project for
an Atlantic branch of the Union l’acltlc
Hailroad, os an air line rood from tho At
lantic Ocean to St. Louis.
It Is reported that Secretary McCulloch
Is about to commission a number of agents
to examlnu Into the financial affairs of tlie
National Banks In all the largo cdttos. with
a view to ascertain the actual amount of
deposits In each.
A man in Hendricks county, lnd., named
James Adams, utu 02 peaches, a couple of
nmskmclons nnd one raw sweet potato,
fold drank two gallons of buttermilk, lie
leave* a widow.
A l’uris paper announces the marriage of
a son of the notorious Mrs. Trelawney,
better known under the name of the Count
ess dc Beauregard, and especially as Mr*.
Howard. The son, whose birth was long
prior Lo the marriage of this lady, has mar
ried a rich Hungarian.
The late Surgeon-General of the United
States army, Wm. A. Hammond, M. D..
has been appointed professor of diseases of
the mind nnd nervous system at Heller
hospital, New York.
Queen Victoria plays well on the piano
and harmonium, but siuce l’rineu Albert'
death, has played only sacred music.
It I* estimated that there are seventeen
hundred persons lu New York nnd Brook
lyn engaged In selling hot corn,
-Hltuallstlc” marriage lately took
place in a London church. Thu ceremony
occupied three hours.
SUk-wormcggs ore sold In California
for transportation to France at 810 per
ounce.
Mrs. Llpplncott (Grace Greenwood) has
been seriously 111 at Chicago, but Is now
convalescent.
The shoemakers of Lynchburg, Va, are
on n strike for more wages,
John Brougham baa produced. In ltostan,
a new spectacular piny called the "Lottery
of IJfe." |
A Danino Uosnasv—Am B/pru* Me*-
tender Uorroted fa hi* Car, and Ike Safe
Bobbed.—Another daring robbery, similar
to tho one perpetrated a fow months ago,
was committed on the Ohio and Mlasu-
pl railroad, at a quarter past eight
look, on Saturday night. The particu
lars, as frirnisbed ua by parties wlio came
loon the Jeffersonville railroad at an early
hour yesterday morning, are as follows:
A* the train going east, on tlie Ohio and
Mississippi road, was leaving tho station at
Seymour, at the time above mentioned,
four men boarded tho express ear unob
served. It Is supposed that they got on nt
the end of the ear, and walked around the
running board to the door, which they en
tered. They at once attacked and garroted
the express messenger, Mr. Dunbar, after
which thoy secured tho keys of tha safe,
and robbed It of its contents, amounting
to a large sum. Tho total loss, however,
was not ascertained by onr Informants-—
The robbers got off at a point about three
miles from Seymour, where the train near
ly comes to* atom owing to the heavy
grade. A brakeman who got left at this
point, saw thu men get off, and In doing ao
ono of the parties fell and Injured htmsolf
so badly that lie had to lie carried by hit
accomplices to the woods. There Is a
strong clue to tho authorsof this Ik,lu rob
bery, wiilch It 1* believed will lend to thefr
espture. We srn glnd to learn that the ex
press messenger, Mr. Dunbsr, wss not nil-
lerially Injured.—fawItviU* Courier, 80/3.
Tu* Quitarrox 8Brri.HU.—The Interna
tional Congress, which hss Just met ut
I’aris, ha* decided that cholera Is not
contagion.*. Inn 1* eminently Infectious,
like yellow fever, typhus, etc. It origin
ate* where large numbers of Individuals
are collected under hod hygienic or clltna-
terie conditions.
It l* transported along grant maritime,
■ * of communication by the
fluvial or lands
travelers who frequent them. Crowding la
the principal cause of cholera sud of
almost all epidemics, anl ventilation lathe
best moans of preventing sud stopping
such maladies. To herd them together like
beasts is to kilt them as s matter of oer-
talnty- Individual* In tn tufteted district
must therefore bo scattered, and themselves
anil their iflothM hodlslnfrered at soon a*
possible.
U*r. Gaitrr an tu Kumag Mott,
aria.—4l Waahlcftea letter «f tka 1st
TCLEOBAPBIC INTELLIGENCE.
From the Bow Tort Vat* Aisoelatioa.
New Oblxsns, Oet. J.—Tho Republics*
has return! from twelve parishes, Including
New Orleans, giving the total vote it
38,681, and a majority of the registered vo
ters at 1,018. In every country parish
heard from a majority of the registered
voted. It It supposed that nearly every
one of the thirty-six parishes will poll *
majority of the registered votes,
WtsuraoroK, Oct. J.—The intimations
that the Executive Department was Inter
esting Itself about Mr. Davis’ trial are en
tirely groundless. Hince Mr. Davis won
delivered to the Judicial authorities In May
lost, the Federal Executive has taken on
action In Ills case.
Hon. Jamos Lyons, of Virginia, recently
here from visiting his client, represent)
Mr. DavR as ready and anxious tot trial.
Tlio defense will contend tbst the recog
nized constitutional doctrine with the
North and South, previous to the war.
taught that the first allegiance wu due
the .State having Immediate control of the
citizen’s life and property, and thatux-
faithfulness In It would soon Involve the
immediate loan of both.
Nasuvilu, Oct. 3.—Col. Blackburn, with
a company of Tennessee cavalry, has oust
ed the old and inaugurated the new mi-
nlclpal functionaries.
New Yosx, Oct. 3.—Gold has advanced
to forty-five, owiug to European news
having been received by private parties of
a decline In American sccurlcs In London,
and that trouble In Europo appears fmi-
nent.
The hark Eliza Basso, for Bermuda, with
cattle, sheep and buy, has been totally
burned. All the cattle except forty head
were burned.
Liverpool, Oct. 3.—Italian reports are
startling. A Franco dispatch says thatthe
Viterbo outbreak is unequalled. Orvtett*
lias been captured by the insurgents, wh»
are holding all the roads leading to that
place. There Is great apprehensions ot
an Interruption of friendly relations be
tween Franco and Italy.
Philadelphia, Oet. 3.—Itcrcnue officers
made a descent on Illicit stills, near Port
Uichmond suburbs. In this city. They
were driven off, hut returned reinforced,
captured, and were removing tho stills,
when they were again attacked and drive*
off. Pistols and bricks were used. Tha
Deputy United States Marshal received six
serious wounds. Thomas Laney, ono of
the rioters, was shot In the head. Seve
ral were hurt on both sides.
Mobile, Oet. 3.—The number of vote*
[wiled In Mobile county 1* 4,063, of whioh
112 were white. Nearly all for Conven
tion.
Montoomkhv. Oct. 3.—Returns of tw*
days from fifteen counties show the num
ber of registered voters to ho 61,400, and
the number polled 31,360, being 3,600 more
than the required majority.
New Ouleaxs, Oct. 3.—Interments from
yellow fever for past twenty-four hours,
ending C o'clock tills morning, 56. Ths
Howard Association Is now rendering as
sistance to 800 families, averaging thru*
cose* to each, and tho Hutton Association
100.
Wilmington, Oet. S.—The Common float
of the Post lias received Instructions boss
Gen.Conby to no longer oppose the ea- .
forcement of ctvll process from the United
States Courts.
Washington, Oet. tt.—Col. Messtnorc tab
been requested to resign, and asksfifteM
days to consider. If hit resignation doe
not Como In to-morrow, Secretary McCul
loch will remove him.
Tho bodies of Mrs. Surratt, Booth and
Wire, and others, have boon secretly re*-
moved, by order of tbo War Department,
and burled In a trench In warehouse No. 1.
Tho removal was necessary to make room
for contemplated improvement.
Internal revenue, to-day, ono mlllloi
sud a half.
Hon. Edmund Cooper, of Tennessee, hat
been appointed as President's private
Secretary.
A Court Martial vonvenod at Vicksburg,
to-day. to try Gen. Kautz.
Geu. Forsyth has been relieved from the
Inspectorship of tho fith Military District.
The Honolulu Legislature passed, and th*
King ha* signed, the treaty with th*
United States.
The banking house or Stone, McCory fa
Co. of Independence, Missouri, hat been
robbed of 830.000.
1C. M. T. Huntor, of Virginia, ha* bean
pardoned by tho President.
Tho contracts with tho Southern Uait-
roads and Steamboat Companies for tiro
transportation of tha Mails throughout th*
South, whioh worn entered Into by th*
Post Master General, on the the first day tt
July last, are all being satisfactorily car
ried out. Tho returns received for the
first quarter, up to September 30th, show
that tho work I* being faithfully per
formed.
“iNvanriD” Ex hush .—If tlio use of 1mA
English were an unpardonable sin, some ot
the prominent politician*and statesmen tf
the present day could not hope to cseapa
eternal puidihmcnt. In * speech of Gov.
tieary, of Pennsylvania, recently delivered
at Harrisburg, In that State, he declared
that Mr. Johnson had "disrespected tta
graves of brave Uhlan men," etc. Some
body one* asked bow the Duke of Welling
ton spoke French. "Just ta he fights,” re
plied hi* friend; “with the greatest intre
pidity" Gov. Geary Imitate* the Dukak
■murage la his encounters with ths Hajg-
Gea.Gnabhtvlat rai'utsd t» Issue era i Itih.
tlllery III ih* Merylaul mllltlt «n Dover-, •,*■** a■.
nor Swann's demand.Got.dwann ha* pur-; ^tm^ltkr.X. K. Beecher, of Klmlm. apw
chased a battery of twelve.pound Napa- York, the brother of Uenryft anl Beeeh^-.
loon brass guns lor artillery tompanUs of IWJ* >n lager beer as an eh msiit torn
this city. The guns have been assigned to j should he introduced Into the temperance
three companies, the commander* or whleh reform, and billiards and bowling as u
wsn all In.tks rstwl arms. I invent of grate.