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GEORGIA WEEKLY OPINION. f> 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