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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.”