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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.