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GEORGIA WEEKLY OPINION.
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THE WEEKLY OPINION.
BY W. L. ICBUOOB AHD J. B. BUMBLE.
SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 0.
8a® Accident.—We regret to learn tli»t
a painful accident occurred at the rook
quarry on Peachtree street, yesterday af-
! ternoou, while aovcral parties were en-
| gaged In bloating rock, whereby Mr. James
j Crane waa aerloualy Injured In the face.
, and Mr. William Vaughan dangerously
I wounded, haying both forearms horribly
! lacerated. His arms were amputated, but
a there Is little hope of his recovery.
J £uiior«A!t Items.—It is reported In
, Florenco that Napoleon had called upon
j Victor Emanuel to expel Garibaldi, and
i had promised to retire alter eucli exput-
I elon.
I The Paris Moniteur, of the 4th, contains
! an authoritative article, asserting that on
Ithc 1st of November M. Mouater dispatch*
,cd a noto to the French Chargo d’Ail'alrcs
lat Florence, In which he tahl the Italian
(Kilvanco Into the Papa! terrltorlea was a
^violation of law and tieaty. The Empe-
, ror Napoleon, M. Monster continues, will
; not approve of It by word or silence, and
•asks an explanation of Italy.
1 Oil the same day Bismarck stated, offi
cially, that the Government of Prussia Is
[neutral at present In the Uomun question,
j The Fenian alarm In England does not
subside, and the Government is couttnu-
Hng to take precautionary measures against
^anticipated attacks. The death sentences
i most of the prisoners recently tried will.
8umut*ainN or Tin Nkobu Volun-
tezhs.—'The following Is a copy of tho or
der of the President for suppressing armed
organisations in the District of Columbia.
It Is addressed to Gen. Grant:
“lam reliably advised that there are
within the District of Columbia a number
of armed organizations, formed without
authority of law, and for purposes which
havo not been communicated to the Gov
ernment. Being, at the present time un
necessary for the preservation of order, or
the protection of the dvll authority, they
havo excited serious apprehensions as to
their real design. You will, therefore, take
official steps for promptly disbanding and
suppressing all such Illegal organizations."
This order Is dated last Monday, the 4th
Instant, and applies to all armed military
organizations whether negroes or whites.
General Grant reports that, besides the
companies composed of colored men, there
are foiircompanles of white citizens, whose
organizations are likewise unauthorized.
Tun Run Mzx.—Tlio expected Indian
war has been averted. It is announced
that General Sherman has issued a military
order announcing that iieaeo has been
made with the Kiowa,Cainanches, Apache,
Cheyenne and Arrupahoo Indians. The
hostilities heretofore existing on the part
of our own troops.wlll cease. The treaty
right guaranteed to the Indians to hunt
game In the unsettled limits of Kansas
Nebraska and Colorado, Is to he respected.
Indian hunting parties are to bo treated In
a friendly spirit, though no precautions
are to be omitted by commanding officers
of posts and troops required to Insure
safety. Peace to be kept with the Indians,
and force is authorized is to be used. If no-
Indian Eloquence—Speech ol the
Ucad Chief or thcKloivei.
The correspondent of the St. Louis Re
publican furnishes tho following report of
a speech delivered by Sa-tan-ka, or “Sit
ting Bear," the head chief and warrior of
the Klowaa, to the peace commlailon which
lately went among them. It will challenge
comparison with the most famous efforts
of the Indian rood In tlita line. He la about
forty yean old, and 1s distinguished aa the
llorceat war chief now living:
■rxxcn or sa-tan-ka
It has made mo glad to meet you, the
commlsslonera of tho Great Father. You,
no doubt, are tired of the much talk of our
people. Many of them have put them-
aelvea forward and Ailed you with their
sayings. I bare kept back and sakl noth
ing; not that I did not consider myself still
the chief of the Kiowa nation, but others
younger desired to talk, and I left it to
them. Before leaving, however, at I now
Intend to go, I come to say that tho Klowaa
and Camanches have made with you a
peace, and they intend to keep It. If It
bring prosperity to us. wo of course will
like Tt the better. If It bring poverty and
adveralty. we will not abandon It. It la
our contract, ambit shall stand.
Our people oucc curried on war against
Texas. Wo thought tho Great Father
would not lie offended, for tho Texans had
gone out firom amomr his people and be
come Ids enemies. You now tell us that
they have made peace and returned to tho
great family. Tho Klowaa and Camanches
will now make no bloody trail on their
laud. They have pledged their won), and
that word shall last nnlctl the whites shall
break their contract and Invite the horrors
of war. Wo do not break treaties. We
make liut fuw contracts, and those we re
member well. The whites make so many
that they are liable to forget them. The
white chief seems not to bo able to govern
Ills braves. The Great Fattier seems pow
erless In the face of his children. He
sometimes becomes angry when lie sees the
wrongs of Ills |ieop)e committed on the red
men. and Ills voice is loud os the roaring
winds; Imt. like the wind, It soon dies away
and leaves the sullen calm of unheededop
pression.
Wo luqiv now that a better time has come.
If all would talk and then do as you havo
done, the sun of peace would shine forever.
eaaa*ry, to restrain actsof violence sgaiust
it Is thought, he commuted. Allen. Gould . tliu Indians, trading with them without
land Larkin, however, are to suffer the ex-' license, nr doing anything calculated to
ireiiifl penalty of the law. In atonement i disturb paelllc relations,
for (he imirder uf polleeinim^ Brett.^ Wlllh | tljrt , in dispatches say that the
RThe Island e jjt. ... . ... , 1 Judiciary Committee, both majority and
iliu oil in t m ra - • ' minority, will have their reports ready to
India isles to tire LnltedSta.e^ | 1)lllIt »Congretaon Thursday, the 21st. JEKKTOTSrSE
I)Bi iNQt^tiCT Fkmalk Ofkiciai..—It |» I Tim majority report will he against lin- ( i n ,t never because it gave us pleasure. Be-
lEWrVnhcd from Washington that for ptachment. ami will be slgued by the same fore the day of apprehension came, no
■miegrapueu ir » . w , vnte j ...... ■„ con imittee white man eatne to our vlllago and weut
Some time past there havo been repeated memners wuo voteu nay m ute committee i # huil _ y ; It „„ vc us i oy to
larcenies of small sums of money and of on the 8th of dune last. The minority will, pf,,, tlintt it gave him to partake
Wtllmt articles In various drawers In the be Messrs. Iloutwell, Lawrence, Williams 1 0 f 0 ur hospitality. In tlio far distant past
I.f the Treasury Bureau. and Thomas, ns heretofore. Both sections: there was no suspicion among us. The
counting offices of tire ireasu y f . comm u tce „ r „ . lirrce d uno ii one 'fork! seemed large enough for both the red
All the efforts to discover the thief pro vial lor the commlttconre agreed upon one and tho whUu [ ta broad plains seem
Unavailing until recently, when the offen- point—that tlita question must bo linnre- -
dor was detected In the person of one of jdlately decided, and It will probably be the
(lie female employes, whose duty It was to; only business of the few days that Inter
lust and prepare tho rooms In advance of 'one liefore the commencement of the
ic arrival of tho clerical force In the j regular session In December,
lornlng. The amounts stolen were for j — ‘ ““
, . . . t2T On the evening of the 4th the
|c most part the property of private p. r- j jtsrUIsm, Society of lire County of New
k Gen. S,..NXK,t alter satisfying l.n-i heW a mc otl„g , c thc coUexo of
jlr or the guilt of the accused.dismissed r|iyil|(;llin8 „„ d Surgeon at .which an
r from uiup oymetit.
gThe liooks oftlic Pension office show
> folloivlng record of business last year:
tfdmkcrsof new applications for pensions,
rasun of army casnalltlcs. admitted
address was delivered by the President,
Dr. Kuuond B. Pkaslee, and a paper on
tlio Diagnosis of Ear Diseases was read by
Dr. IIoosa.
tSTTlio business of tho Central Paclflc
ng thc year, 10.11)0. Applications of • Rniiron,] for October, w ith nearly one bun-
‘•“Hie class fur Increased pensions. 13.- (drw | loile,.,IH-r:i1101, was as follows: Gross
Original applications admitted, of earnings, 9212,170; operating expenses,
tvs, orphans and dependent relatives, 8178313. In eonsequeuec of thc abundance
iccount of dentil from army service, „f freight offering thc price of wagon
*• Applications of this class for In- ( transportation to Virginia City luu ad-
iswl pensions. HkDOU. The total number vum . w i to t |iree cents per iiniind.
ivulld pensioners, liy reason of army !
ice. on thc liooks of thc Bureau, at thc (gr John M. Kills, mail contractor, for-
ofthc llscal year, was 70.802. Number jmcrly a Federal quartermaster, was nr-
hlows. children and dependent relatives j rested lit Nashville, Tennessee, a fuw days
Itlud to pensions 82,201. Thc amount I since, charged with Ihu collection of $50,000
to army pensioners during tho year In claims, hearing thc forged name of Gen,
s Bls.3Ul.713. Amount to navy pension-
■4831S.241.
Schell. He gave $5,000 bond for his ap*
pcaranec before the L’nltcd States Commis
sioner.
Eft" District Attorney Chandler has no-
tolled tho counsel of Jefferson liavls that
Ire will he ready to proceed with tho trial
B*Aii important step has just been
tattn in reference to thc supply of all
klqds of labor by the New York Commis
sioners of Emigration. Thev have an-
iioinoed the erection. Ilttlng up and open-1 of Davis on the 25th Instant, and all ncces
ini of a new and commodious building In j sar.v arrangements are understood to have
NcW York as a •• labor exchange." for tho j *»en made on the part of the Government
purpose of affording Increased facilities to for commencing the case on that day.
the employer and the Immigrant It Is | Davis will be In Richmond on tire 23d In-
loclted at Castle Garden. A Superintend-1 slant. ______
cut has been appointed and thc public arc
Invited to avail themselves of thc adeem
tages, which will ho afforded without
charge. The Commissioners announce
that Sin opening this labor exchango It 1s
dcslgscd to furnish 10 employers not only
domestic and agricultural labor, Imt tho
varices branches of skilled or mechanical
labor] ami to facilitate communication
betwiyn labor and capital.”
lit Is stated In a dispatch to the Cln-
dnnai Commercial, that on the 6th Inst,
thc Mlltary authorities In Washington, in
accnrdtnce with the directions of the Pres
ident, lvere engaged In tlio necessary pre
liminaries for suppressing and disbanding
' ' volunteer military companies
in tliu district of Columbia'. One of these
compalles continued on parade for more
tlf Garibaldi Is now In prison at Vlgc-
vano, In Plcdinontc. He claims that he is
a citizen of thc United States, and demands
bis rights and privileges as such, under the
law of nations. The American Minister,
Hon. Geo. P. Marsh, lelt Florence for Vlge-
vano, to visit thc General.
QF*The committee charged with an in
vestigation of Use business of the Naval
Ordnance Bureau, have obtained evidence
of some ugly-looklng transactions In the
award of contracts during the war, In
which a brother of a former Assistant
Secretary of the Navy Is reported to be In
volved.
Tan Onto Ssxatorship.—The Clnclm
noncommercial of thoJ7th says: Some
Mends of Judge Thurman bare been can-
than r| hours on Monday, folly armed.. va ,,| n)I o,. Legislature elect, and claim
Tliu4v. .ns.sv.slsss • i«r tlisv Ss.iirtntrii M lllf.irv .. . . .... ... . ....
Thc'Cci tmaii'Jeis or the Southern Military
Dl-trlc will Ire Instructed by Gen. Grant,
It is sal , to suppress all armed volunteer
organlz tlons. both blacks and | whites, In
that sec Ion of country.
C3r'Iij or Gen. L. Thomas, Adjutant
Canard United States Army, Is on a tour
ofln-pi tlon of tho soldiers’ cemeteries.
that he will have Hfty-slx votes In tho
Democratic caucus, to nineteen of all oth
ers. Mr. Vallandiglmm’s Information ou
tlie subject, we believe, la of a different
complexion.
Of* The following correspondence la
apochryphally stated to have taken place
-HnnALD Omrt, Oct. 30,1M7.”
“Mr Deak Sox—Where are you In these
days t I fear yon are too fend of your
yacht for the position I have assigned you
on my paper.
“James Goudox Ben.vet." ,
“Delmoxico’s, Oct. is, 1867, !
“Dkar Fatheb—I am otherwise and
He re|oiits tho one at Salisbury In a very
bad com [tlon; that at Xewbern, very good j
at Raid lb passable, aud ut Wilmington,
dlscrdlii tide. lie Is now visiting those In
Soutli;C: follim, and will proceed thence to
Georg|j, Alabama and Florida.
Alauama Baptist C'oxvxxTioxc-The
annua! meeting of thc Alabama Baptist! more agreeably engages! than as manager
vlll tako Plaj’ 0 Friday, Da- nafthatffifscatabltSSmcnt'ttoJa^It'istlvSr-
"’"‘irer mil. at half past 10 oclock, a. m. In t Ise In tire Now York Herald.
tho bt. Francis street church, Mobile. “James Gokdox Bexxet, Jn.”
tS' Five companies of the United 1 tWThe health of Secretary Welles has
States troops In Virginia have been or- I somewhat Improved, He luu been con-
derod to Washington City to go Into win- 1 lined to hts bed for several, days with a
ter quarters. slow fever. ■
now to contract, and the white man grows
jealous of Ills red brother, no once came
to trade; lie now comes to fight. He once
camo as a citizen; lie now comes as a sol
dier. Ho once put his trust In our fiicmla
ship and wonted no shield but our fidelity I
but now he builds forts and ptanta big guns
on thoir walls, lie once gave us arms and
powder, and bario us hunt tho game. Wo
then loved him for Ids confluence, lie
now suspects oar plighted faith and drlvcsl
us to his enemies; ho now covers Ills fkci 1
with tlio cloud of jealousy and anger, and
tells us to begone, as tho offended master
speaks to bis dog. Wo thank tire Great
Spirit that all these wrongs are now to
cease, and the old daysof peace and IVlend-|
ship tocomo again. You cameos Mends;
you have patiently heard our complaints.
To you they may have seemed trifling: to
us they are everything. You havo not tried,
as many dn, to get our lands for nothing.
You have net tried to make a new bargain,
merely to get thc advantage; yon have not
asked to make our annuities smaller, but,
unasked, you have made them larger. You
have not withdrawn a'slnglo gift. hut. vol
untarily. you have provided new guaran
tees fur ouradvautagcandcomforts. When
we saw those things wo then said, that ere
Me men qf thejuut. We at onco gave you
our hearts. You now hnve them. Y'ou
know what U best; teach us tho road to
travel, ami wo will not depart from It for
ever. For your sakci tho green gnus shall
not he stained with thc blood of the whites:
your people shall again he our people, and I
peace shall lie our mutual heritage, lfl
wrong comes wo shall look to you for
right: u c know you will not forsake us.
And tell your iicoplo to be ns you have
been; I am old and will soon join mr
fathers, hut those who come after me will
remember lids day. It Is treasures! up by
the old and will lie carried with them to
the grave, and then Ire handed down to Ire
kept as asacred tradition by their children
Utid their children's children.
And now the time has come when 1 must
e So. Good-bye; you may not see me again;
■ut remember aa-tau-ko, the white uian'a
[friend.
Gen. Pope axd the Alabama Convex
Ition.—The Invitation of the Al.ilnmml
Convention, extended to Maj. Gen. Pope,
to visit that body, was accepted by ttuit
officer on the 7tb. On being Introduced to
the members, by tho acting President, the|
General addressed them u follows
Ur. Praident and Gentlemen qf the Cox-1
vention: Be pleased to accept my thanks
for this cordial greeting. It Is especially
grateful to me, as it indicates your fe "
of approval of the manner In whj
have discharged my duties among you.
I congratulate you upon tho success which
has thus for crowned your efforts at the
pacification of this state, and Its restora
tion to the Union—results due altogether
to theflrmncss and fearlessness with which
you have conducted the late political cam
paign. Whilst l disclaim any purpose,
whatever, to tnfluenco your deliberations
In any manner, I trust I may bo permitted
to say that moderation of counsel and
temperance of action are peculiarly be
coming to a Coven tlon vested with the
power which Is In your hands. I trust
and believe that your deliberations, and
the action consequent upon them, will lay
the foundation for the permanent welhre
and Interltt of tho State ol Alabama, and
for the general welfare of the country. In
thii view I rest content, and I congratulate
ott upon the reapectablo and orderly
tody which I see beferejne. (Applause.)
Mr. Soul pic moved that the Convetlon
adjourn until 12o’cloek to-morrow, toallow
tho nremben an opirertunlty to pay their
respects personally to Major General Pope.
Lott#
Mr. Bingham, of Limestone, moved n
recess of twenty mlnntes. for tho same
purpose, which was carried.
Forty miles from tho point on Medi
cine Lodge Creek, In Kansas, where the
Indian Commission lately* assembled, are
situated tho “Great Salt Plains.'' These
Plains arc said, by recent explorers, to
consist of four hundred and flfty square
miles, covered over with an Incrustation of
salt from eight to tw elve Inches thick.—
The salt is quarried In blocks by the
Indians.
An English gentleman, who vlaltod Paris
lately, determined to test tho edibility of
horse flesh by a personal trial of It; and ob
tained an invitation to dlno with M, De-
crolx, a veterinary mrgeon, who to a great
admirer of borso meat, having used it on
hto table for several years. The dinner to
thus described In a communication to the
London Times:
Wo sat down to a dinner of which'every
dish consisted of hone flesh, cooked by M.
Dccroix’s servant, a private soldier, who
wzs our otdx attendant We began with a
very good soup, and then had a kind of
refloat, and a roast, all of hone flesh, from
beginning to end. The only dish which
was not excl iisivcly so was one of potatoes,
but these bad hono oil poured over them,
Lo that every thing was en tufts. Tho re
sult was that we ail pronounced the repast
excellent. I began with a decided feeling
or prejudice and repugnance, but It was
impossible to resist thos fact that the food
was as palatable and good as any one could
wish to cat, I do not Iwlievo that It could
have been distinguished from excellent
beer; and, If we had not known what wo
were eating, wo should, In perfect Inno
cence, hare supposed that our dinner waa
" I taken from our old friend the
■■■specially good were tho soup, the
ropoiil and the roast. The color of the
meat Is dark, like that of game, and this is
really the chief, If not only difference that
oan be jx-rcelvcd between horse flesh When
cooked und beef Or mutton. There were
two bottles of liorfo oil on thc table, and It
was as clear anil pure, and as ftrec from any
unpleasant smell: aaellvo oil; aud yet the
horse which fornlshod all tlio dishes for our
capital dinner was an old one—very old, as
our host told ns; and, as Iliavo before said,
the chief cook was a private soldier.
As regards, then, not only tlio capability,
but tlio Illness of horse flush tofornlsha
new an excellent article of human food, I
Imre no doubt whatever, and when once
the fbeling of prejudice Is overcome, 1 see
no reason why It should not take its place
on our tables ns a welcome variety. Instead
of the everlasting beef, mutton and veal.
When we consider how many thousandsof
families In tills country never, or hardly
ever, taste meat at all, beenuso the,price
places it Ireyond their reach. It Is ob
vious that the Introduction of horse-flesh
as an article of food would he an inestima
ble boon, provided that It can be got at as
cheap as It Is nourishing and palatablo.
That it Is palatablo 1 know: that it to more
nourishing than beef I. of course, cannot
assert from cxpcrlchcefbut It Is declared to
bo so by those who have carefully watched
Its effects; and, as to cheapness, it can be
sold, and to sold In Furls, at about two
pciico per pound. This may surprlso peo
ple at first when they remember how much
more valuable an animal tho horso is than
the ox. But thc question to not about kill
ing and sending to the butcher horses
which are tit for work, bnt for those which
are disabled by accident, and those which
are getting too old for labor; for these lat
ter, after a little feeding, furnish excellent
food for the table. A vast number of hones,
perfectly free ftom disease, which are now.
sold at tlio price of ill each lor tho kuack>
cr’s yard, might he sold. (0 butchers fur hu
man food. M> Dccrolx has eaten horse
flesh for eight years, and tho average price
of each of tho animals which supplied his 1
table has not cxcoedcd lBf- or 12s.; ami ho
calculates that In France and Algeria there
la enough of horse-flesh now thrown
away aa useless to supply a largo yearly
addition to tho food of tho people. The
salo of horse-flesh Is gradually Increasing
In Fnrls, aud there are now 17 or 18 butch-
ler’s-shops where It can bo procured. It is
becoming an artlfile of food In Denmark,
Austria, l'russla, Saxony, Wurtctnbcrg,
and other countries.
Robbery at Jacksox, Tkxx.—jEr,,re«
Office Entered and aa Iron Safe Taken—
The Thlecet Obtain 85000.—Obo of tho most
daring and successful roblierlss which has
been committed for years, was perpetrated
on last Thursday night, at tho town of
Jackson, Tonncs.ee. We had keen placed
In possession of the facts a day or two ago,
hut in order not to defeat the ends of jus
tice wo withhold their publication until
theprcsent time. Shortly after daylight
011 Thursday morning when tlio office was
opened. It was discovered that thc safe
w hich hail been located In the olllco of tlio
agent, was missing. It had been left there
the night before all safe. The agent of tho
company at Jackson Is Mr. D. IV. Clark,
lie was immediately sent for, aud tlio alarm
given, anil parties were at onco started out
In search ot tho missing safo, A thorough
search of tlio town ami suburbs was made;
as the safe weighed about 200 pounds.
It seemed probable that the burglars bad
not conveyed It to any great distance from
the office. This surmise was found to be
correct, for In tho woods, a short distance
from tlio town, It was found. The door
had been blown open with powder, tho
vaults forced and between 84000 and 85000
In greenbacks abstracted from them. The
roaeato performed their work selentiflcally.
leaving nothing behind that would servo
to fatten suspicion upon any known par
ties. Tho night watchman employed by
tho company waa In the building at tho
time, bnt was asleep, and the operations of
tho robbers failed to awake lilm. Where
tho aafe waa found. In tho woods, there
were no traces to snow that any velilclo
had been used In Its transportation of tho
half uillo over which it had potted from
tho office to the woods, so that the conclu
sion muat be Irresistible that threo or four
men wore engaged In the robbery; for no
leu number could havo managed a burden
of aneh weight. Row the watchman could
have slept, during tho operations nocossa-
sary to movo such a burden, wo cannot ace,
unless he wat made to Inhale chloroform.
ilemphU Avalanche, Dth.
I Tube.—A special to tho New York Times,
dated Washington, Nov. 4th, says:
“The mendacity which certain journals
and their correspondents are guilty of
whenever they alludotoGen. Grant and
tho huslneu at hto headquarters Is nhso-
utely without parallel. Tho last falsehood
to to the effect that the most alarming
accounts havo reached Gen. Grant’s head-
Harletta-Ita Improvements.
A rambler sends to tho Marietta Journal
the following notices of tho changes that I
have oocurred In our suburban neighbor,
within the lut twclvo months:
In my rambllngs (after twelve months
absence) about your peaeefel and quiet
city, I' have noted many valuable Improve
ments within the put year; among them
to the reconstruction of Messrs. Cook,
Check & Co.’s vast steam flouring mills
now In suceeufol operation, rending forth
immense quantities of thoir celebrated
“Kennuaw Mills" brands upon this and
engaged In flUing orders for fornUure,
sash, doors and blinds which for workman
ship, durability, and price will compete
with any market South. I also notloe that
thorn enterprising yonng men Messrs.
Brumby A Lawrence, havo also machinery
propelled by steam for tho successful man
ufacture of every description of barrels.
Tho Public Square Is again nearly built
np and presents a line appearance with its
flue buildings and (plenum stocks of goods.
Many of tho private dwellings nearly de
stroyed by tlio ravages of the war, havo re-
sumodtheirwontcushapc and color,and
thereby help to add to the beauty of your
favored city.
Naturally, Marietta possesses many ad
vantages over any other mountain locality
for Educational purposes, ns the many ex
cellent schools testify, and bids fhlr to out
strip even Its former popularity In this
pcclallty, owing In part to tho excellent
When employed as wcU u the climate,
. are water, high elevated position, and tho
select society for which Marietta Is so pro
verbial uasummer resort; during tho past
season, Hotels, Boarding Houses and many
private families havo been unable to ac
commodate tho Influx of Invalid and pleas
ure seekers ftom abroad.
Tho hotel accommodations far the com
ing season will be greatly Increased by the
beautiful throe Rory structure nearly com
pleted near the passenger depot of tho W.
& A. R. It- on the slto of tho former
“ Kennuaw Home." Tho location to one of
tlio beat In tho city and in the hands of lta
gentlemanly proprietors, Messrs. Fletcher
& Frcycr, is sure of success.
In going through tho building I And
every modern Improvement for the com
fort of tho guests has been attended to.
The rooms are large, well warmed and
lighted with sufficient care for ventilation
In summer. On the lirst story Is tho
office, reception, reading, billiard, and
dining, room barber's shop and baggage
room. Tho dining room Is largo and
comfortable with pastry and carving
rooms attached In close proximity to a
well regulated kitchen. Tho -spacious
parlors are In tho second story, and from
whoso north windows you have a splendid
view of historic Kcnncsaw Mountain one
and a half miles distant, Tlio building
contains 67 room.-, Is built of brick In a
workmanllkq snu substantial wanner
and to truly an ornament.
Oar Neiv Possessions,
Our Foothold in the Wat India—The 7s-
fands rurchatedfrom Denmark.
The Copenhagen telegram which affirms
the oft-assertedToft-denlod purchase by the
United States of tho Danish possessions in
the West Indies, may bo accepted aa sub
stantially true. The three chief Islands,
Santa Cruz, St. Thomas and St. Jan or St.
John, with the series of lesser Isles appur
tenant thereto, will probably soon pass un
der the dominion of the Republic; and the
event will mark a grand era In our politi
cal history. Even the acquisition of Rus
sian America was n step In a familiar di
rection, that of territorial 0:1 thc
mainland of America. This !-> .
tincntal, but an Insular annexation. nn,i a
planting Of our flag in the I.cwr Antilles
at tho ontrancc of tho Caribbean Sea. Thc
European Press, from IahuIoii to St. Pc-
tersburgh to ltoiflc, havo already spoken of
this negotiation as an excellent bargain
far tho United States. It Is likely to be re
ceived with equal favor hero at home—
save, perhaps, from a part of those who
shrank from tho purchase of Russian
America, and who will ralso a fainter echo
of their cry of “economy,” not responded
to by thc people at large. If what wo get
is worth more to us than what we pay, thc
true economy Is to buy.
The advantage of this foothold wc now,
forthoflrst time, get In the West Indies
are two-fold, military and commercial.
The necessity of our possessing a naval
station somewhere In the West Indies lias
long been apparent. The stations on our
South Atlantic and Gulf coasts have,
through a short-sighted policy, based upon
tho angry feeling begot by civil
been
into
neglect,
and til* actual needs of tbe yards at Nor
folk, Pensacola, aud elsewhere, have not
been supplied. But even-were ail our
coastwise stations what they should be, the
necessity of this one remains. What we
need to on arsenal, a coaling station and'a
depot for refltttng and supply directly In
tho West Indies, where the cruising
ground of onr fleet lies, and directly in the
lino of southward commercial travel. The
time and money consumed by returning
ftom the cruising ground to coaling sta
tions on tho mainland to a considerable
Item. But In tbe event of war, It might
beoomo of the greatest Import to havo such
a depot close at band. How great a part
the coaling station plays In modern war-
fere: in our era of steam navies, may be
easily teen ftom tbe difficulties experienc
ed bv the Alabama, which traversed the
world In her search for fttcl.
Now, the first great requilte for a naval
arsenal to a good harbor; and In that feet
lies the great prize we have secured In
buying the Island of St. Thomas. St.
Johns has a good anchorage; tbe harbor
of Santa Cruz Is difficult, and somewhat
dangerous ftom the shoals In and around
If. But the harbor of St. Thomas—called,
like thc main town, Charlotte Araalla-on
the south tide of tho Island. Is, beyond
comparison, thc flnett and safest In au the
Windward Islands. The famous hurricanes
of tho Caribbean Sea, of which everybody
has heard, and which prevail all thc latter
half of the year, are not known In this
magnlltecnt harbor. “ Whenever a ship.”
says a recent traveler, himself a sailor, “ Is
heard of In distress anywhere upon tho
broad Atlantic, tlio next news from her
may lie expected ftom St. Thomas. When
the sails are Mown to shreds, the pump-
bolts worn with ftictlon and the crew u-cd
In last length discouraged
rted With nicless heating and
(Wild, Then he gives the
t ■earo away for
flldes the tired ship
■ft regions
trades, where tho zenliy,
! JP»«
ol su
through tho South, Instructing thc military
commanders to keep the peace at all liaz-
zanls. When It Is known that nothlnggocs
out from Gen. Grant's headquarters or
tho War Department except lit official
sha;io, tho ftlilty of this statement Is at
once apparent. No such-reports have been
received there. Neither has Gen. Grant
Issued any special orders about keeping
tho peace.
. bt Tho sorglmin crop of 1807 Is sahl to
he a failure, compared with tho yield of
former years. From most of the cane-
growing regions of the west tbe reports greatest commercial lniportance,and It has
iqion the condition of the crop are gloomy, well been said that “Denmark has made it
Excepting a few favored localities, heavy the commercial exchange ofthaWeit In
rains have penetrated the care frommatur- j dl«s.” Lines ot steam-packets ftom all
lug In season to escape tbe ftoet. I parts of the world make It their principal
nightmares on their breasts.'
Being so favored I11 resreetto Its harbor,
St. Thomas is naturally an Island of the
station. One from Southampton arrive*
every fortnight, and steam vessels ftom
Havana and the United States frequently
touch here, The town list thc head of the
bay, and la well supplied with piers, stone
anil warehouses. Thousands of people
gain their livelihood by repairing and ro-
flttlng vessels that hare put into tbe har
bor In distress, or by loading and unload*
lag the regular commercial pockets.
. "bile therefore, Its alitor island*are in*
ttlnslortr valuable, It ii easy to ace that
SL Thomas Is the most Important par* of
the proposed purchase. In area, it I* lei*
than Santa Cruz, and only about 2500 acre* •
°f It *reicultivated—that chiefly with sugar
cane. But tbe truth to that tho extraordi
nary commercial advantages of St. Thomas
havo canscd Its agricnltnra to bo neglect
ed. Three thousand vesseli from all part*
of tlio world annually come to Us free har
bor, and make the trade of the Island both
large and lucrative. By vlrtueofita mag
nificent harbor, also. Ht, Thomas become*
an entrepot of foreign goods for all the
Islands about It. It has a constant and
brisk trade with tho chief coast-wtoo cities
of tho United States, England, France,
Holland, Germany und Italy. Its popula
tion of 13,000 to 15.000 souls arc almost en
tirely occupied with purautta connected
with commerce: and hence, though the
soil is very fertile, Its onceiargo and valu
able annual prodnetlon of sugar, molasses
and rum, lias lioen abandoned for tho more
profitable work In town. ~
The Baxk or A ugestu—Assignee's
Sale.—There was a largo attendcgco at
this sale on yesterday, and the follpwlug
are tbe prices at which tho property mid
securities were sold. O. V. Walker & Co*
[Auctloners:
Banking house bid in at 845,000.
The brick tenement next to tbe Ranking
House sold for 810.000.
BONDS.
Two State of Georgia H per cont. Bonds,
8250 each, payable January, 1870,72)£.
Coupons past due, 85. -.1. u 1.. .
Six State of South Carolina 6 pcf ctnt.
Bonds, 81,000 each, payablo July, 1S78,30J.;.
Coupons past due, 38)tf.
30 State of Tennessee 0 per cent. Bonds,
91.000 each, payable January. 1898,04a05>j.
Coupons past due, 68%.
90 State of Alabama 6 per cent. Bonds,
81.000 each, payable May, 1872, November,
11883, and December, 1SS6,45a45%, ’
7 City of Augusta 7 per cent. Bonds,
8500 each, payable Docembcr, 1870,03.
10 City of Augusta 7 per cent. Bonds,
81,000 eacli, payable December, 1870, 03.
I City of Augusta 7 per cent Bond, 81,009,
payable January, 1874,03.
27 City of Columbia, S. C, fl per cent.
Bonds, 8500 each, paynUo January, 1887,
withdrawn.
Coupons past due, withdrawn,
0 City of Savannah 7 per cent, Bondi,
8500 each, payablo January, 1880, andDq-
ecmber v 18^w%a?8%.
r! v.,y of Memphis, Tcnn- C per cent.
Bonds, 81,000 each, payable January, ISSL
and July, 1880, endorsed by tlio Memphis
and Charleston R. R. Co., 50a50%.
Coupons past due, 30M.
37 Alabama aud Florida 2i] Mortgage
8 per cent, R. R. Ronds, 8500 each,
payablo July, 1869,5 at 20 aud balance
withdrawn.
5 Alabama and Florida 2d Mortgage,
8 per cent. It. R. Bonds, 81.000 each, pay
ablo July, I860, withdrawn.
Coupons past due, withdrawn.
8 Florida, Atlantic and Gulf Central R.
R. 8 per cent. F’reeland Bonds. 8250 each,
duo July, 1807, withdrawn.
4 Florida, Atlantic and Gulf Central R.
R. 8 per cent. Freeland Bonds, 8500 each.
If", -.vlrh-lr.—
4 no... - Gull
111.8 per ce.it. •!, I,
withdrawn.
Coupon- jdue. lie, l.-iud, .,.s;ci; Murt-
gage, 8700. withdrawn.
10 Memphis and Charleston K. it. 7 per
cent. Mortgage Bonds, 81.000 each, payable
May, 1880, SO? .
127 South Carolina It. 11. 0 per cent.
Bonds, 8500 each, payablo January, 1874,
53(353.
114 South Carolina R. It. 7 ]K.r cent.
Ik,lids, 8509 each, payablo April, 1870,
[57(369.
00 East Tennessee anil Virginia C per
cent. It. I!. Bonds endorsed by tho Stato
o( Tennessee, 81.000 each, payable May,
1886. 64.‘a<i> 35.
Coupons past due. 09.
II Nashville and Chattanooga 0 per cent.
R. R. Bonds endorsed by the State of Ten
nessee. 81,000 each, payable January, 1874,
5«.‘i@59.
STOCKS,
1,472 Shares In the Georgia R. R. ,t B'kg
Cn„ 8100 each, 09%®71.
500 Shares In the Augusta and Columbia
It. It. Co- 825 each, withdrawn.
10 Shares In the W. A X. O. Telegraph
Co- 850 each. 33%.
Tho promissory notes and acceptances
advertised were withdrawn.
Political.—A Washington dispatch, of
tho 7th, to the Cincinnati Commercial,
speculates as follows:
Those who are fevorable 10 the nomina
tion of Grant for President, Including hto
K rtlcnlar Mend, Representative Wash-
mo, declare that the result In New York
and New Jersey, and the probablo defeat
of the negro sulfrage amendment In Min
nesota and Kansas, renders the nomination
of Grant for tbe Presidency a foregone
conclusion. They are, at the tamo time,
very Indignant at the charga of Greeley,
In to-day's New York Tribune, that tho
Grant Republicans stayed away ftom tbe
polls In New York, 10 as to allow tbe Dem
ocrats to carry the State, and thus force
the Republicans to nnlte on Grant for
President, In preference to Chase or any
other candidate. On tbe other band, the
friends ot Mr. Chase declare that they are
not alarmed, and net a jot of the party
e atfei®!. as enunciated In Congress, must
' abated.
The departure of the Chief Jnitico for
New York, this evening, gives considerable
zest to tho caucuiilng of the politicians.
Tho Democrats, ol' courae. are greatly
rejoiced at the result, bus take particular
pains to declare that It’y nowlsh an In
dorsement of the Ailminlsfrathm. but a
battle won entirely without Its assistance.
They point to New York, where Johnson
was not mentioned In tho Democratic
Plate Convention, as proof of tills.
MaJoit General Pope.—Major General
John Pope, Commander of tho Third Mili
tary District, arrived In the city by last
evening's train, ftom Atlanta. Ilc honored
the Oonatltutlonal Convention with a visit
this morning, and by a unanimous vote of
tho Convention, was invited to asentontho
Speaker's stand. Gen. Pope Is ut tho Ex
change Hotel, and will remain In our city
until Saturday.—Jtlontoomery Sentinel.
HT A dock in a New Brunswick (New
Jersey) Church steeple the other day went
largely on a strike, and struck 884 time*
before It would content to repoea In