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GEORGIA WEEKLY OPINION
THE WEEKLY OPINION.
BY W. L. ICBOOOI AND J. B. BUMBLE
BATUMI) AY MOB XING mini NOV. 33.
Grant and tub Presidency.—'The Dem
ocratic Head Centres held an informal
meeting at Washington, on the evening of
the 17th, to consider the claims of the half
dozen aspirants to the Presidency. It was
agreed that some military man should he
selected. Grunt’s name was lip for discus
sion ; when a very prominent leader In the
party asserted that he was authorized by
Gen. Grant to say that under no circutn-
stances would he accept a nomination at
the hands of the Democracy. Gen. Steed-
man was dually selected.
In reference to Gruut, It has been stated,
IMFABTIAL BUFFBAOE AND AMNBBTY.
A State Constitution predicated upon
without Interfering with the vested right
of any. For, when all men are treated Im
partially, and all have the same rights, it
cannot operate to the detriment of any.
And acluuse setting forth certain neces
sary qualification* for olllcc, cannot he oh-
.^n^TrruyTl^^uthor'Ky.'Tbir.'inw'the j Joctlonablo to any citizen, wl.lt. or black.
Democracy won't have him, and be con be «*‘°'*»'«■ •<* «« «>• °®“* ot •»-
trusted to none except those who have suf
ficient ex|H*rlence, Integrity and ability
Washington lions*
. . Secretary Seward is wild to have entered
Impartial suffrage and Amnesty, and pre- Into negotiations for the purchase of an*
scribing certain qualifications for olllce,! other outpost, and ft Is suggested that a
could not, It seems to us, be objectionable lund-office should lie attached to the State
to any reasonable man In Georgia. It Department. The last acquisition Is said
would place the ballot la the bunds of all, to lie a province in the Island of Borneo,
Irrespective of social condition, who show j with a spaelou* harbor and good anchor*
themselves worthy of citizenship. It *ge.
would disfranchise no particular class, 1 On the 20th Inst., a review and Inspee-
nor render the one subservient to theother.) tlon of all the United States troops In and
It would extend the rights and privileges , around Washington took place on the
of citizenship to the worthy of all classes, grounds south of the Executive mansion.
made to talk nothing but “horse and bull
puppies,” the Republicans of the more
moderate and Conservative stamp, have
united upon Chief Justice Chase.
to 11J1 them creditably.
The objection urged against the disfran
chisement of a lurge portion of the white
race, and the universal enfranchisement of
the blacks, is, that it throws the balance of
power, if not the entire State Government
under the control of un ignorant and
tST The Macon Telegraph doubts the
declared result of the late election, and
calls upon this journal for the details. We
would aicommodate our friends, by re-pub-
U»hin»j the vote of each county, could we j property holding class. But even this ob-
doso without doing injustice to our read- Jcctlon, potent ns It may at first sight ttp-
ers. We have already published the official | pear, loses much of Its force upon careful
vote of the State by counties and districts, Investigation. Our Registration hooks show
in plain figures, the mimes of the delegates j a white majority of registered voters.—
elect, and the aggregate of the vote for and : Having the majority of voter*, possessing
against Convention, it the gentlemen of the greater part of the property and Intelil-
the Telegraph have not read the Ocimon, j genee, familiar with political machinery,
the fault is theirs, not ours. ••There are none, with that prestege which ever attaches to
to blind a» those who will not sec.” The ! the Anglo Saxon race, it would be their own
grumblers of the Telegraph are among fault should the whites allow themselves
those who have their mental eyes com-1 placed at disadvantage by a comparatively
pletely darkened. j Ignorant and poverty stricken minority. No
gane man can he made to believe, for In-
Getting Ready.—We have information | g ta nce, that four millions of blacks Just
SSL#?*©.XJTt <S,>"‘he bond. i>r SUvery. ......
last, the Agent of the Freedmen’s Bureau under any conceivable circumstances, suc-
nt that place distributed a wagon load of | ceed In fastening a “despotism” over eight
L lilted States Uniforms among the able- millions of whites who own the soil and
bodied negroes of that vicinity. Among I . . . .. ... - ,
others who were thus uniformed, was the i w *'° tonfcr °l the laltor of the country .
Vice-President of the -League.” We have I But when we rememberthat the disfran-
not heard when the arms will lie distri- i chlscment by the law of Congress, of eer-
u!!^:,»te!{•'»"■«-to
Probably these uniforms are Intended for la? only temporary; and that "hen the
the niggers who have liecn designated as j Union shall have been restored, all dlsahil-
thc bml v-guard for Po|k?’s cHlorlferoiis Hies will be speedily removed, It Is difficult
1,1 t" «• UM! tl..- am.re.je,....m of
A letter fro,,. Jo,.whom. ,o„,« ch.vs »*„.! ~»^ r0 8u P ren, “«> - tlu " , " s '" ,llltlc ''
called «„r attention to this wi.i.c matler of !»«' l* removed, and that. too. rerj «uo»,
uniforms, and made an anxious ennui ry as j we have every conlidencc. There is •*«»
to what it all meant, but not being in favor | lo bhy of the Republican partv better
‘•at court” we could not ..rimver.-Atlanta uni , et#t(HMl t |, U n thatof l,„|.:,rUtd 's„lfn.;r«
, and Amnesty. Mr. Gueelky and Chief
, Justice Chask have ah\ays stood squarely
| on that platform, and sn have hundreds of
r equally* Inlluential leaders of the par-
The display sets at test the absurd stories
which have been sent from here that there
had been a large concentration of regular
troops, In anticipation of the meeting of
Congress. The force on parade, all told,
amounted to only about 1,100 men, com
prising the Twelfth, Nineteenth, and For
ty-fourth United States Infautry, and a
squadron of the Fifth Cavalry. The
Twelfth had six hundred men, Nineteenth
four hundred, Forty-fourth two hundred
and fifty, and cavalry one hundred and
fifty. General Emory, commanding the
Department of Washington, was the re
viewing officer. This being Cabinet day,
the President and General Grant did not
attend. The display was very line, ami
was witnessed by a large concourse of la
dies and gentlemen.
General Sherman writes to General
Grant’s headquarters that he will continue
with the Pence Commissioners until they
linhh their labors, and he expects to reach
Washington about the first of December.
Alter he arrives it will be determined what
branch of the service he will he assigned
to command—whether he will he continued
in the present command or assigned to an
other.
The Secretary of State has applied to the
British Government for clemency to
O’Brien and McC'ondon.the Fenians under
scnteuce of death in Manchester.
Hon. Edward Cooper, appointed Assist
ant Secretary of the Treasury, in place of
Mr. Chandler, resigned, will enter upon his
duties on the 20th.
The Retrenchment Committee have call
ed upon General Spinner for a report of
all losses in ills bureau since his upfioint-
ment.
General Schenck, it is said, intends to re
vive, at an early day of the session, his
Army Pay Bill, which reduces to a ‘•luted
salary all the allowances and commuta
tions of an officer. As it is now, an officer
doing clerical duty in Washington gets
• •tic-third more pay than one in active
Intelligencer.
A plain unvarnished tale will roll both
the above paragraphs of all flic venom in
tended by the authors. The facts are as
follows: The Government of the United. t tl , ...... 4 . , ■
... . . . , , ... i ty. It is well known that thedi.-lraiieliUM-
btates, actuated by a spirit of liberality , , . . , .
J ' * ing clause, in what Is known as the Gher
man Act. Is there, as the result of acompro-
mise with the extreme men of the party,
who had been enabled to attain ton certain
degree of intlueuec. through a eulining
alllam e with the Dotnooriitle memlnTS in
the Senate. Tills measure was foreed upon
the party very much alter the manner In
which Banks was forced Into the Speaker's
Chair in 1830.
These extreme and impracticable men
have laid their duv. The mad-men of both
actuated by
tow ard the unfortunates of the South, ha
forwarded to various sections many articles
of clothing—the supplies left on bund at!
the close of the war—for gratuitous distri
bution. Fortunately Georgia was not for
gotten. and Mr. J. L. II. Waldrop, of Jones- j
boro, was furnished with a lot of clothing |
for the destitute of Henry. Campbell and i
Clayton counties. There was no uniform
about the gifts, and the articles—hats,
shoes pants, jackets, etc.—were distributed
to the crippled Confederate soldiers.
tlon*. acting In opifffetftttffiV.
i in alllaAeehgaln-rthe
more inoderrte and sensible inch wbA rep
resent the masses in all sections. But the
day of their glory has ended. And we have
un abiding confidence that when Georgia
presents her new Constitution to Congress
pproval, that body will, under the
! provisions of the Act of March last, so
j amend It as to place it' upon the basis of
I Impartial Suffrage and Amnesty. It w ill
Tkxnl:ssKKFlnaxe.—A resolution was J then lie referred to the people of the State
Introduced in the Tennessee Legislature, for ratification, when they can decide
Saturday last, to authorize the borrow ing ; whether to adopt or reject it.
of $400,060. to meet the interest on the Stale
debt due January 1st. 180$. Referring to Tiik Last Card.—The first care of the
till*, the Nashville Union says: It is pre- I -Democratic’’ press in tills State, is to *o
slimed that the interest referred to is that lacerate the members elect to the State
well as to the crippled loyal men—to the i
widows ot those who lost their lives in * *
serving the -lost cause,” and the widows of
Union men. There was no discrimination i
as to race or color, nor questions asked as j
to past or present political sentiments’)
The same generous action is occurring *' ,vo *
elsewhere, lit the State. Cannot our c 1 or 11
temporaries get up a few more seii.-ati<
paragraphs?
accruing on the “State debt proper.” as it
Is called in the Comptroller’s report. In
October last, tills was stated to be $3,344,-
tisti, and, witli the interest accrued to Janu
ary, 1800, when it was funded, amounts to
$4,088,159. A portion of tills boars five per
cent, and another ]H:rlloii five and a quar
ter, and still another iiortion six )>er cent.,
but computing the Interest for one year at
the last rate, and we have the sum dm?
$245,280.54.
Are there instalments of Interest yet un
paid that require $151,019,40 or more, in
excess of the coming J a unary Interest?—
The State hoods are still low down in the
sixties In the New York market, and If
Constitutional Convention by misrepresen
tation, slander and abuse as to provoke
them to rush and hasty measures. If they
can succeed In this, their purpose will have
liecn accomplished. If they fail, and the
members of the Convention treat the rav
ings of these madmen us they deserve, the
opiKisltion will have lost Its lust card.
We have an abiding faith that there will
bee tough statesmanship in that Conven
tion to rise above the petty disputes
and partisan rancour of the hour. There
will l»e a few extreme, ill-tempered, short
sighted men in that, as there are in nil
other assemblages; but these are) in the
minority, and will be overborne by the
some of the superfluities and contingents ) moderate and sensible men who constitute
* not lopped off, or a better fiscal limn
agement obtained, the State credit will not
improve rapidly. Tlio resolution wits re
ferred to the Ways and Means Committee,
und it is to lie hoped that, if possible, they
will devise some other ways and means
than borrowing, for borrowing to pay in
terest looks ugly, to say the least of it.
63T The Commissioner of Pensions, ot
the request of an officer of the Treasury
Department, has furnished a re|>ort show
ing that the whole number of applications
for pensions by reason of casualties In the
lute war. filed prior to November 1, was
287.472. Of this number, 200,028 have been
acted on, 07.915 suspended for additional
evidence, and 9.029 awaiting action In their
order. In the army branch there has been
129.580 applications for invalid pensions
and 154,140 on behalf of widows, orphans,
or dependent relatives. In the navy branch
there were 18.408 invalid applications, and
1.104 on behalf of widows, orphans or de
pendent relatives.
A “converted burglar.” Is preaching
sensational sermons In Wiltshire, Eng
land.
the majority. It will bo at least a head and
shoulder* above the Alabama Convention;
und tiie very consciousness of this fact, and
the belief that the Convention will do noth
ing extreme or rush. Is what is giving the
-Democratic” press so much trouble. There
arc a number of gentlemen elected to the
Convention from this section of the State,
w hose social status Is In the very front
ranks of Southern society, and we are as
sured that the same is true of members
from other localities. The abuse and msrep-
prcsciitntion of such un*n by creatures who
take tills method of venting their spite uml
mortification for defeat ut the polls, is
harmless—entirely harmless.
Tiie State Trial.—On the20th the special
ol the Commercial says: Chief Justice Chase
lias made arrangements to go to Rich
mond, on Saturday, with Judge Under
wood. who Is now here, so us to be present
at the opening of the United States Dis
trict Court in thut city, on Monday next.
The counsel of Jeff Davis have given no
tice that they will be present with thclr
client at the opening of the Court, and be
ready to proceed with the trial.
tbleorafhio intelligence.
From the New York Press Association.
From Washington*
Washington, Nov. 22.—Detective Baker
wai before the Judiciary Committee yes
terday.
A bill has been Introduced to repeal the
iaw allowing tho Secretsry of the Treasu
ry to contract the currency at the rato of
four millions per month.
Gep. Grant’s estimate for the War De
partment is fqur hundred and seventy mil
lions.
Ho says that Sherman’s opinion is that
IMaieo with the Indiana is fully established.
Stoppage of pay from soldiers in favor
guttlers has bsen discontinued.
The aggregate strength of the regular
army Is 56,000.
There are two hundred commission vo
lunteer officers serving In the Freedmen’s
Bureau.
The debt of Southern Railroads has been
reduced $600,000.
Gen. Urd thinks a larger military force
will be required in Ids District to protect
tin? negroes In their rights.
Washington Item*.
Washington, Nov.22.—Revenue receipts
to-day were $353,000.
All at the Cabinet but Wells, who is im
proving.
The four ladies killed ut Lockland were
Harriet, Elizabeth, Sarah and Rebecca
Morgan, of New Orleans. Charles Jackson,
of Boston, lost Ids life endeavoring to save
them.
The premature publication of Grant’s
report creates excitement. Gfont docs not
recommend tho discontinuance of the
Freedmen’s Bureau.
Over nine millions have been expended
for bounties under law* of July last.
A continuation of surveys for river and
harbor Improvements, especially on West
ern waters, Is recommended.
Grant’s estimates of amount of appropria
tions for Bureau of Refugees and Freedmcn
and Bureau of Military Justice, are seven
ty-seven. instead of a hundred and seventy
millions, as heretofore telegraphed. This,
however, is exclusive of estimates for the
Subsistence department.
The Surgeon General’s records show* two
hundred and forty-four thousand w’liitc
and thirty thousand black soldiers died du
ring the war.
There arc eighty National Cemeteries, in
which two hundred and eight thousand are
interred. They cost three millions and a
quarter of dollars.
Gen. Thomas reports all quiet in Ids de
partment, but the people still show disloyal
tendencies.
Secretary McCulloch will send to the
Senate on Monday a response to the cotton
tax Inquiry, covering Revenue Commis
sioner Wells’ report urging its repeal.
Early repeal seems to he a foregone con
clusion.
Congress is very tame. The impression
is growing that It will adjourn on Monday
to December second.
Gen. Grant’s report didn’t leuk out from
the White House, because the abstract pub
lished contains points not alluded to in the
synopsis sent to the President. The Tri
bune and Chronicle alone published it.
From New Orleans*
Nkw Orleans. Nov. 22.—Gen. Mower
this WWlfhg issued spediHirdcr number
193, suspending those portions of orders
191 and 192 of 20th and 21st instant, re
moving JrtUlctary and State officers.'
The Times has a special saying General
Grant has directed Gen. Mower to suspend
his orders making removals until General
Hancock’s arrival.
We are Informed that although their
very newly appointed Sheriff has not glvi
the required bond, a military guard w
sent to the Sheriffs office tills afternoon
ejecting occupants and installing Avery.
Gen. Hancock is expected here to-night*
The headquarters band and a detachment
of negro troops arc on the levee as an
escort.
The City Council lust night adopted the
Mayor’s recommendations that city notes
of the denomination of $10s nnd $20< be
stain|*ed to bear 7 3-10 in tereft from Dt—
ceinbcr first.
A mass meeting of citizens is being held
In Lafayette Square, in pursuance to a cull,
to consider the city finances. A lengthy
preamble andrcsolu ions were adopted, one
of which recommends that,a committee of
eleven citizens be appointed to communi
cate with General Hancock on his arrival,
and explain to him the needless and de.
moralizing burdens imposed upon the peo
ple by the circulation of city notes ns
inuucy, niul that he be asked to relieve
them from the monstrous evil, cither by
removing the present City Council, or com
pelling the municipal authorities to fulfill
their engagements, it suggests the en
forcement of the conditions upon whicli
the greater portion of the mouey was
issued—that it be not reissued when re
ceived back Inro the treasury.
North Carolina Election.
Wilmington, No, -i.—Nothing definite
in regard to the clc, :foi„ Columbus and
Duplin counties elect Conservatives. Cum
berland, Bladen. Brunswick und Anson all
Radical. The State will probably give 35.-
000 majority for Convention.
From Hlchmon**
Richmond. Nov. 22.—Davis left Canada
last Tuesday, and to avoid attracting atten
tion in New* York, went on board the
steamer Alhermarle. at her sailing hour-
nine o'clock Wednesday night—unaccom
panied by any one. On arrival here he
took a coach and drove to Judge Ould’t
house. No one expected his arrival to-day.
not even his counsel. His counsel to-night
deny the report that they have any Inten-
vlctlon that the cotton tux ought to he re- j Hon of resisting u trial before Judge Un-
SSSfSf*W.^Sirf anifi’im coffirmVin I D»vU U In excellent health end
this conviction by all I hear from yourwc- quite cheerful. Many Mend, are calling
tlon.” 1 on him to-night.
Political Intelligence#
The National Council of the Union
League of America will assemble at Wash
ington. D. C.. on Wednesday, the lltli day
of December. 1867. Business of great im
portance will come before the council, and
it, is especially requested that every State
ho represented. Each State Council is cn
titled in tiie National Council, to a number
of Delegates equal to the number of Sena
tors ami Representatives to whicli the
States respectively are entitled in the
United States Congress.
Tin? Indian Troublks.—The Peace Com
missioners arrived at Cheyenne on Mon-
,iiay; having accomplished* nothing at Fort
Laramie. A few Crow chiefs wished to make
u treaty, hut the Commissioners advised
thriii to wait till spring, when another ef
fort will be made to hold a council with nil
the Northern tribes at Fort Phil. Kearney,
probably about the first of June. Tin? Com
missioners stop at North Platte and meet
any Sioux or Cheyeimnes that may he
there.
DiHASTitot s Steamboat Accident.—
,Steamer Omeard JiurnnU—Four Uvea Lost!
7U0 llalea of Colton J turned.—Wo find the
following account of this calamity in the
Selina Times:
It is our painful duty to record a disas
trous accident, re-itltiiig in the destruction
ofone of our most (•opular boats on th>
Alabama river.
The Onward. Captain Aunspaugh. left
this place, for Mobile, on Saturday after
noon.
At atsmt two o'clock on Sunday after
noon. ;tt a point Just atiovo Bell's Landing,
about | Jo miles from Selma, she wa> dis
covered to In? on tire In the forward part
oftbebo.it. Being under headway at the
time, a ml having on board seven hundred
tulle of cotton, the llamus spread ranidly.
und she was in a few inomcuts enveloped
In flumes.
Thu passengers barely escaped with their
lives, losing ull their baggage. Captain
Atinspaugh escaped in his bare feet, losing
Ids coat nnd hat.
A. II. Lindsey, stewart, was drowned;
Aaron Crawford, pantryman, and July
Carter, cook, were burned on tiie boat.
They were colored men; two of them w
understand, residents of Selma. A little
colored boy, who was employed as a deck-
swcuper, overcome with terror, sat upon
tiie fan and was burned to death. Though
urged to jump overboard, he was either
afraid or so bewildered us not to be able
to do so. it was impossible to reach him.
und lie perished.
The entire cargo of seven hundred hales
of cotton, together with other miscellane
ous freight, was totally destroyed. The
boat is a total loss.
With that noble devotion so often exhi
bited by tho pilots ot vessels In time of
danger, Mr. Wiu. McCardy, pilot of the
Onward, stood to his post, and succeeded
In running her ashore, but she relmtiudeil
uml ran across the river, und swinging
round again came to the hank. Mr. McCar
dy. having done ail lie could, was obliged
to jump f rom the hurricane deck and swim
ashore. All honor to the man who risks
his life to discharge hls duty and save the
lives of others.
We learn that there was no Insurance on
the Onward; whether her cargo was In
sured or not, we have not been informed.
OT Senator Wilson has written a letter
to North Carolina, wherein he says: “I
aine home from the South with the coil-
Frmm Wuhiaitsa,
Washington, Nov. 23.—The schooner
Presto, of Norfolk, wm wrecked at Abaco
on the 9th.
Denmark retains Santa Crux.
Judge Wiley, in equity, in the case ma
king Mary Beckwith’s property liable for
her alleged husband’s debts, decided ad
versely thereto, because Mary was not, In
law, Beckwith’s wife. They came together
during slavery, in the relation of husband
nnd wife, unknown to the slave code. Both
parties deny matrimony subsequent to
emancipation, and, therefore, in law, arc
living together In concubinage. The bill
was dismissed with costs.
Foreign.
Paris, Nov. 22.— 1 The Army Bill makes
the term of service nine yean.
The Emperor of Austria agrees to tho
conference.
London, Nov. 22.—Tho Queen refuses to
reprieve the Manchester rioters. An effort
In the House of Commons for their relief
has failed.
The feeling against the Fenians Is
bitter.
Naples, Nov. 22.—Vesuvius Is sending
forth pillars of lire and smoke from old
nnd new craters. Seven streams of In
are in full flow.
From Washington.
Washington, Nov. 23.—Gen. A. P. IIowc,
of tho Freodmen’s Bureau, has gone .South
to sell property turned over to it at the
close of the war, for a school fund. The
first sale occurs tho third of December, at
Augusta.
The following Is Kelly’s resolution:
Resolved, That the welfare of the jicoplo
and the nmintainaiicc of the faith and cred
it of the Government requires the repeal
of the tax imposed by existing laws on
cotton, and the productions of mechanical
and manufacturing industry. It is said
that the wool interests will oppose the re
peal of tax.
Havana passengers and specie, by steam
er Solent, had not been transferred to tho
Southampton * ten inn* when the hurricane
set In. Only Island passengers had been
transferred. The steamer Conway is safe.
The feeling in Washington, regarding
impeachment. Is feverish.
Tiie Election Com mi t tee will not report
on the Kentucky delegation until after the
impeachment reports, when, unless tiie in
terests of the impcuchers require the ex
clusion, tiie delegation—except MaJ. Young
from McKee's District—will doubtles be
admitted.
The Davin Trial.
Richmond, Nov. 23.—lion. Charles W.
Russell, of Virginia, leader of tiie Admin
istration party in the late Confederate
Congress, died in Baltimore last night.
The Davis trial commences on Monday
at 11 o’clock. At that hour he will place
himself In custody of the United States
Marshal, and it is believed will bo bailed
from day to day on his {own recognizance.
About fifteen witnesses are summoned for
the Government, including Jus A. Seddon.
late Confederate Secretary of War, and
Gen. Jos. E. Johnston. It is stated that
Davis will he tried on a new Indictment,
made by the Grand Jury here. Chief
Justice Chase und Judge Underwood will
arrive hero Monday morning. Messrs.
Chandler nnd Evarts, of the prosecution,
and O’Connor nnd Shea, of defense, will
arlffb-JMjre to-morrow mUfflllig. Davit
spent nearly all to-day with hls counsel.-#.
Alabama Con«iilullonal Convention
Montgomery, Nov. 23.—The Conven
tion to-day passed un ordinance imposing
an additional tux of 10 per centum ou the
taxes otherwise assessed on the taxable
property In this State, for the purpose of
paying tiie expenses of the Convention, to
be assessed and collected during the tax
provides, among other things, tiiat all men
are created equal; that they are endowed
by their Creator with certain inalienable
rights; that among these are life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness: and that all
persons and classes in this State who are
or may in? declared citizens of tho Uni toil
States by tho Constitution thereof, an 1
hereby declared citizens of tho State of
Alabama, assessing equal civil and polit
ical rights and public privileges without
distinction of race, color or previous con
dition.
A section In the Bill of Rights defining
treason, as passed, says:
No ono shall bo convicted of treason ex
cept on tiie testimony of two witnesses to
tiie same overt act, or upon his own con
fession in open conrt.
The franchise article provides that those
who shall be convicted of treason shall not
exercise the right of suffrage. It Is believ
ed that all persons who came within t he
twenty thousand dollar clause of President
Johnson’s amnesty proclamation, and
against whom proceedings were Instituted
In tho United States District Court, who on
being pardoned by the President, had to
appear in eourt and enter the plea of
pardon and guilty, are disfrancelscd by tiie
new Constitution. If tills D correct, thir
ty or forty tliousnnd whites are disfran
chised at one blow* In this State
At the evening session of the Convention
an amendment to the Rill of Rights was
iffered that common carriers shall not make
miy distinction on account of color be
tween persons traveling lu public convey
ances, which euused great excitement.—
Several black delegates delivered itifhimam-
tory harangues demanding social equality
and the right to ride in sleeping cars Ac.
Tw*o whites favored the amendment—Grif
fin and Kcffer—muklng violent speeches.
Several whites op|K>sed it In strong speech
es. After a heated and protracted debate,
the subject was postponed till Monday.
North Carolina Election*
Wilmington, Nov. 23.—Election returns
thus far indicate an election of a majority
of radical delegates to the Convention.—
There was a largo radical torch light pro
cession last nighti composed entirely of
negroes.
Ashley, a Northern preacher, and one of
the radical whites elected to the Conven
tion, made a speech, In which be said,
“every negro who voted tho Conservative
ticket ought to he hung as high as Da
man.”
From Louisiana.
New Orleans, Nov. 23.—Tho Republi
can of this morning has an editorial head
ed “Who is Responsible?” alluding to
suspcgslons and lunovala by General
Mower, on orders from Washington, In
which It uses tho following language: The
day w*Ul come, and perhaps it may be a
bloody one, when the loyal people of Lou
isiana will hold the authors of the Interfer-
rcnco in the progress of Reconstruction to
a strict account. The war of the rebeUion
Is not yet over. The States of the South
are not yet reconstructed. The grand
army of the Republic to double In number
the old grand army of the Potomac. Tried
soldiers with dusky faces still love thclr
old profession and cherish the old muskets
they carried so bravely on many a well-
fought Held. The lowly and humble have
learned thofr rlghta mid know how to
fight, and if needs be, to dio for them.—
No power, save that of tho Almighty God,
can keep the loyal people in tho
end from achieving their own liberty, and
trampling in the dust the minions of the
old and still dominant slave power” The
same article rails Andrew Johnson “the
arch traitor and assassin.”
LouUiuna Convention.
Tiie Convention met at noon to-day, and
elected negroes as temporary Chairman
and Secretary. No permanent organiza
tion arrived at. Adjourned till Monday.
In caucus Judge Taluferro seemed to be the
choice for permaueut Chairman, but it is
probable that the negro members will elect
one of their own color. It was understood
that it was resolved in caucus lust night
that tiie first steps of the Convention
would be to declare all State offices vacant,
and fill them with appointees acceptable to
the radical part}*. Recent appointments
by Mower, with one or two exceptions, do
not satisfy members of tiie Convention.—
Dr. Aver)*, tho newly appointed sheriff, is in
quiet possession of hls office; tills morning
swore in most of tho old deputies. The
Courts proceed to business whicli lias
been interrupted by the late confusion.
I*Iark<?t ItcportN.
Sr. Louis, Nov. 23.—Flour. sii|>crf]ne,
<).50a7.U0. Corn, new. 92; old 97al.00. Mess
Fork held at 21.00. B:\con shoulders 115 b ;i
113,; dear sides l.V.j. Lard 12:112,'..
Cincinnati. Nov. 23.—Flour dull and
nominal. Corn dull; new oar 70a72; re-
eeipts exceed demand. Whisky dull—no
demand. Mess Fork 19.50. Baeou shoul
ders 11} 4 '; no sides.
Hai.ti.mouk. Nov. 23.—Cotton dull at 1G? 4
nl7: sales very light; shipping demand
about supplied. Wheat offering light;
prime to choice red 2.00n2.G5. Corn steady;
white 1.32a 1.35; yellow 1.05al.07. Oats 70a
73. Rve dull at 65. Provisions depressed.
Bacon shoulders 12a 12';,'. Lard 12>.hil2*j.
Nkw Oulkans, Nov. 23.—Sugar, prime to
fair, 11'.,; prime IJ'a- Molasses easier;
common 70; choice 95. Flour dull; double
extra 12.75; choice 13. Cor;i dull and de
clining; white 1.05; yellow 1.10. Oats firm
er at TdaSO. Fork, no sales reported and
held firm at 22.50. Baeou dull; shoulders
retailing at 12; rib sides 14; clear sides 1C.
Laid quiet and unchanged; no sale* re
ported. Cotton easier; Middling Orl/flfts
J4M g alO 5 .*; sales sMMf;-receipts 4
exports 3.474 hales. GoluTJlO/.j'iil .'4b. 1
, 33. New York Sight * premium.
NEw YbhK, Nov. 23.—Money easy at ;
discounts unsettled; hunks not dieountiiig
freely, aifd capitalists afraid of business
paper, owing to reports of failures. A bull
on stock exchange failed to-day. The
bank statement shows an increase in loans
of 903.000; specie one million seven hun
dred and sixty-four thousand; decrease in
eirciihttion 4.000; deposits three millions
and twenty-one thousand; Dgal tenders
three millions two hundred and seven
thousand; securities stronger. Gold closed
firm at 40'«. Cotton lower; sales 2.000
hales; 17 I 4«I7 , A. Flour dull; Stab* 8.10.
Wheat dull. Corn untalJM'... WhUkv
quiet. Fork 20.65. Lard *te:ulv at 12Ca
13,»4.
Augusta, Nov, 23.—Cotton dull and on
the decline—sales 400 bales; middling*
15'j to I.V4. Receipts 600 bale*.
Savannah, Nov. 23.—Gotten dull—*ales
513 bales; middlings lfi. Receipt* 2.894
bales.
Itullroad Item*.
The New Orleans Times states that the
corns of surveyors of the New Orleans.
Mobile and Chattanooga Railroad Compa
ny have commenced the survey and loca
tion of the line of that road from Mobile to
Gadsden. Alabama, whore it will connect
with tiie Wills Valley Railroad to Chatta
nooga. When built, this will complete tho
line of railroad coin mu n lent Ion between
New Orleans and Chattanooga.
A convention of railroad superintend
ents has been recently field at St. Louis, at
which, among other iuqiortaiit business
transacted, was a proposition for a change
of schedule upon several leading roads.
Tills proposed change affects materially tho
present running time of the Nashville and
Clmttriiooga Road. Tim convention holds
a deferred meeting at Indianapolis on next
Thursday, when tinal action upon the pro
posed change will be bad.
A Philadelphia dispatch says: “A com
mittee of prominent Ciuclni atians beaded
by Messrs. Bullock nnd Dugan, are here,
examining the operations of the passenger
railroad system, witli a view of adopting
such improvements as are valuable.”
The British hark General Canfield ar
rived at New York on the 19th, from Coco-
unde Island, Himlostan. with the officers
and crew of the United States steamer Sa
cramento. lost on that island on tiie 17th
of June.
Tho Iron-cUd new Ironsides, burned and
sunk at Philadelphia last winter. Iiks been
sold to Col. Norton, of New York, for
$50,000. He Is now engaged in raising her
• 1 -—scurrility,
and railing accusations. Us editorials
were few, brief, and related to the topics of
the day—rarely evincing partisanship,
never bitterness. In short, it aimed to
convince and win by candor and modera
tion, rather than overbear by passion and
vehemence.”