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GEOBGIA WEEKLY OPINION.
THE WEEKLY OPINION.
BiTAtOTSoOTroiiuf COTTON—A gentle-
nun In Wilmington, N.C, who baa seen
sample* sent to New York of cotton grown
in Peru and the West Indies says that from
the West Indica was remarkably fine, the
staple being as long, and the texture as
fine, as our American Sea Island cotton.
Tbo sample from Peru, while not so
good as the former, was superior, to
any upland cotton. The body was very
superior, being very similar to wool, both
to the eye and touch; the staple was not as
long as the Sea Island, both combined
great strength and elasticity, and the sam
ple gave evidence of earefhl ginning. The
(specimens from the East Indies were infe
rior to the others, and much below our
good American Uplands. The ttlor was
not good', the staple nothing to boast of, and
there was an absence of the careful prepar
ation observable in the Peruvian, the cot
ton being full of fragments of leaves and
the inner coating of the pods. There was
a remarkable absence of sand or dust In all
the samples, but this was possibly owing
to the frequent handling to which they
have been subjected.
Senaps.—Edwin Forrest returns an in
come this year of $31,309. The Prince of
Wales is 27 years old and is very dissipa
ted, The New York Independent clear
ed forty thousand dollars during the year
ending October last. -The Crown Prince
of Austria getshls wife to write his speeches.
More people are out of employment in
Philadelphia than there were in 1857.—The
Chicago Republican lias cost its proprie
tors $190,000 above receipts. Washing
ton City has a population of one hundred
thousand. The sum of $73,000 lias been
raised in Massachusetts for the family of
the late Governor Andrew. A daughter
of General Sibly was injured by the ex
plosion of a kerosine lamp in St. Pan
some time since.
Mr. Chase’s Testimony.—It appears
from Chief Justice Chase's testimony be
fore the Impeachment Committee, that lie
•did ask Mr. Johnson to issue an alias pro
clamation, declaring his proclamation of
April relieved the United States Circuit
Courts from all liability to interference on
the part of the Military. 3Ir. Johnson
would not issue it, and Mr. Chase would
not sit in a Court under military control.
The Ohio Sexatorsuip.—The Senatorial
contest in Ohio for successor to Senator
Wade grows warm. It seems to be mainly
between Judge Thurman and Mr. Vallan*
digham. The latter is represented as be
ing very much more strongly supported
than is generally believed.
The masses of the Democratic party arc
said to sympathise with his views of the
war, as well as with his personal sacrifices
and sufferings, to a very great extent.
£5?" Close observers of change* in the
seasons predict that next year will he the
best for crops since 1801, and fully make
up for tho drouth of the past season. This
prediction is based on the fact that an
abundant yield invariably follows;! drouth,
because the land has been rested and the
soil thoroughly pulverised.
Tm: Tennessee and Virginia Railroad.
Wo learn from the Lynchburg papers of
the 25th, that General Mahoneentered upon
liis duties as President of the Virginia and
Tennessee Railroad on the itli. and took
entire possession of the affairs of t' o com
pany. ills Hoard of Directors was also in
session, and transacted the business pre
liminary to a new organization.
£jT‘ Madame Rlstorl. Mr. A.T. otewart,
Rev. Henry W, Beecher, various delegates
from the Social Science Convention, sundry
members of the Y. M. C. A« and we do not
know liow many other notables, have been
among the audience at the New York
Theatre, io witness the wonderful “Nor
wood.”
Murpkrkss Pardoned.—Mrs. Kirby, of
Richmond, Vn„ sentenced sonic months
since on conviction for the murder of her
husband, has bcon pardoned by Governor
Picrpout.
Temperance in Extreme.—It is stated
that a lady in Eastern Massachusetts,
having bought sonic cider for a sick child,
was seized,, and her cider forcibly taken
iron) her by a State constable.
®"A broom factory has been establish
ed at Corinth, Miss., and the proprietor ad
vertises that lie Is prepared to Airnish as
good an artielo as can be procured at the
North, and as cheap.
Nashville Banner.—Wc hope this ex
cellent journal l>as not suspended publica
tion. We have not seen It for two weeks.
Crime in LaGrangk.—A Youny Girl
Decoyed from her Mother.—The LaGrango
Reporter of yesterday says: On tho 9th
InsU a man calling himself .Tames Davis,
went to the house of Mrs. Sarah D. Harris,
u poor widow' in this place, and employed
her daughter, Saralt Elizabeth Harris, a
girl about twelve years old, representing
to Mrs. H. that lie was employed by Mr.
Giles,*near Long Lane, in this county, and
that Mr. Giles would give the girl $8 iier
month for her services, and would pay her
expenses to come home every two weeks.
Mrs. Harris being in straightened circum
stances, pecuniarily, was glad to put her
daughter out for good wages, and allowed
the man (Davis) to take her away—since
which time she lias heard nothing of her
child. As the mother is in great distress
it is to ho hoped all persons will endeavor
to ascertain the whereabouts of the child
itnd report.
Mrs.II. represent* J)xvim ns a- tolerable
small man»*with'IighC sandy hair. He bad
his. right hand tied up, and was a very
dirty looking man. .
HTLlncoln’i portrait is - to be woven in
silk at Lyons. S?
We have intimations of a plot, now in
process of formation, whleh, if successful,
can but defeat the objects of the Convcn
tion, and make it a nuisance and a stink for
all time. This plot lias Us inception with
certain parties in tho South-Eastern por
tion of the State, and whose headquarters
are not a thousand miles from Augusta.
We now notify f»U concerned in this pro
posed scheme, that we ore hilly Into the
secrets of their plot; and that unless they
desist from their purpose of packing Com
mittees, and turning the Convention into a
political and llnancinl swindle, we shall
not hesitate to make known names and lo
calities. The public shall be made familiar
with the details of the whole proposed
transaction, should an attempt be made to
earry’itiout in the Convention, j
Every Southern man who sincerely de
sires Reconstruction, but who is unwilling
to see a State Constitutional Convention
turned into a political gambling saloon,
will join us in the hope that a word to tho
wise will sufllcc for the past, and that the
parties implicated In this proposed scheme,
will abandon their project.
The purpose of that Convention is the
formation of such a State Constitution ns a
civilized and enlightened people can live
under—such a Constitution as will bo Re
publican in fact as well ns in name—a Con
stitution such as Congress proposes to ac
cept; *but not such an one as will, if
adopted, |make ^Georgia a sort of patent
Pandemonium.
There has been a persistent effort
part of the defeated party, to so lacerate
tho members elect, by abuse and misrepre
sentation, as to provoke them to rash and
vindictive measures. This is done in the
hope that the Convention would
such a Constitution as no respectable white
man could live under, nml therefore,
that the people would promptly vote down.
But this effort will fail utterly, unless sucl
combinations among the pretended friend:
of Reconstruction, as that above alliulci
to, should succeed. Wc, therefore, raise tin
note of warning, and urge that the mem
bers who really desire Reconstruction, be
on the alert. And when they detect
movement in the organization of tho Con
vention to place four business partners on
the same Committee, and the efforts of this
Committee (should it bo thus constituted)
to barter with other committees, formed
ostensibly for another purpose, they may
be sure that certain influences arc at work
to consummate a grand pecuniary specu
lation in which the interests of the State
is not consulted.
Itcport of tlio Sccret»r>' of State.
Deduction of Military Expenditures—Esti
mate for the Next Fiscal Year—Deports of
District Commanders and Others.
As has been announced heretofore the
report of General Grant as Secretary of
War ad interim and General of the Army
is completed, and has been laid before the
President. It will show that one of the
first objects to which the General address
ed himself on entering the War Of!ice, on
the 12th « f August last, was the reduction
f expenditures, to which end army officers
• ere required to disperse with various in
digencies which they had he;n enjoying
t the expense of the Gover linen.. The
Bureau of Rebel Arclii ,<s, anil the Bureau
or the Exchange of Pi isoners, were turn-
d over to the Adjutant General's Office. by
vhleli a large number of clerks and sev-
*al olllcers v.erc d.spcnsed with.
Th-* sale of large quantities of surplus
stores relieved the Government of eoiisid-
rable expense for guarding and storage,
. aving the rent of numerous store-houses,
and the salaries of a large number of em
ployees. A considerable reduction has
also been effected in tho expense of inain-
‘ ining troops along the routes of travel
•ro-s the plains, although this is still
heavy. The strength of the army, Sep
tember 30,1807, was 50,813; number of re
cruits. 34.191; desertions, 13,008. Recruit
ing has been very successful. It Is re
commended that the term of enlistment be
changed from three to live years, and a
change is recommended in the system of
courts-martial and punishments. The vol
unteer force has been reduced to about two
hundred commissioned olllcers who are
retained by special acts for service in the
Freedman’s Bureau.
No recommendation is made as to the
continuance or discontinuance of the
Feecdmen's Bureau, but he leaves the mut
ter with Congress.
In the otlice of tho Quartermaster Gen
eral over 11,000 accounts have been exam
ined during the year, amounting to more
than $300,000,000, and there remains to lie
examined accounts amounting to nearly
$50,000,000 more.
The report embraces some facts in rela
tion to cemeteries for the interment of Un
ion soldiers, of whleh there is 308, including
eighty-one known as “national cemete
ries.” Abont a quarter of a million inter
ments have been made in these cemeteries,
and there remain sonic seventy-odd thou
sand to be Interred. The total cost of these
cemeteries when completed will bo about
three millions and a half.
The indebtedness of Southern railroads
to the United States on the 30th of June
last was a little less than S0,fjj0,000, a re
duction of $600,000 since the hist report.
In tho oillce of the Paymaster General
there have been reeeh e<l and recorded over
four hundred thousand bounty claims un
der the act of July 28, I860, about one-
fourth of which have been settled, at an
expenditure of something over $9,000,000.
The report of the Chief Engineer wlHjrc-
comm**nu that surveys for river and har-
!>or improvements should be continued, cs
pcclully upon tho Western rivers.
It will appear from tho ordnance report
that the arms and other ordnance stores
which had accumulated at the Southern
arsenals have been removed, and are now
in charge of the Ordnance Department.—
An appropriation is recommended for the
establishment of an arsenal between the
Missouri river and Rocky Mountains for
the storage of arms for the use of troops
serving ou tho plains. Some twenty-three
thousand Springfield muskets have been
converted during the year Into breech
loaders, and the troops serving on the
plains hare been armed with them. These
arms have proved very effective weapons
in tho campaign against tho Indians.
Tho Board of Visitors to tho West Point
Military Academy speak favorably of tho
condition of the institution and its useful
ness. Sixty-three cadets graduated in
Juno, and were commissioned in the army.
As the regular army is now about four
times as large as. before tho war, it is
thought that the number of cadets now ad
mitted to the military academy is lnsuffi*
« ,f cnt to supply it with officers; ami It is
therefore recommended that the present
number, which is limited to one for each
Beprcscntatlvn and Delegate in Congress
and ton at large, he increased by consider
ing a vacancy existing in each Congres
sional district when Its cadet enters the
second class.
Tho total estimates of tho military appro
priations required for tho ilscel year end
ing June 30, 1861. is $77,124,757,08.
For officers General array - $5,000 00
- Adjutant General’s office 300.000 00
“ Military Academy - • 140.315 00
“ Fay of Cadets, etc. - • 178,707 00
“ Q. M. Gen’ls department - 38,180,006 20
“ do. deficiency estimate - 13,500.000 00
“ do. contingencies - - - 100,000 00
Medical department - -
Fay department - - - -
Engineer department - -
OrUance Bureau -* - -
Bureau relligcs and freedmen - No appro'll
Inspector General ----•*
Bureau Military Justice - - •• “
Subslstanee Department - - •• “
Signal Service ----- 27,000 00
This estimate is based upon the expen
ditures for tiie current year, and it is
thought it may exceed the actual require
ments of the service. The establishment
of peace with the Indians, if effected, will
result in a great reduction of expenditures.
Over $13,000,000 of the present estimate D
to cover a deficiency in last year’s appro
priation.
The continuation for another yearof-the
additional pay allowed to olllcers by the
last Congress Is recommended.
In relation to the Military Districts of the
South, Gen. Grant says that their com
manders are, so far as their military duties
are concerned, under subordination to the
General of the Army and War Department.
In their civil cap-city theynre entirely in
dependent of both, except in mutters of
removals, appointment.--, and detail. It is
but fair to the District Commissioners to
state that while they have been thus Inde
pendent in their civil duties, there has not
been one of them who would not yield to
a positively expressed wish in regard to
any matter of civil ndministratrntjon from
either of the officers placed over them by
the Constitution or act- of Congress so
long as rn.it wish was in the. direction of a
proper execution of the law. for the execu
tion of which they alone are respon
sible. Gen. Grant aud3 that he is pleased
to say that tin* commanders of the .South
ern Military Di-triets have executed their
difficult tru*r faithfully and without bias
from any judgment of their own as to the
merit or demerit of the law they were exe
cuting.
The renorts of Generals Schofield. Can
by and Pujut have already been published.
That of Gen. Orel repnfciit* that the
whites generally an* oppo-ni to the recon
struction nets, and lino tie* xn*n«ioii of
suffrage to the negro ■> ha* lm reu«* I the
feeling of hostility to (hem ami to North
ern men,and Gen. Ord think- that a larger
military force than now employe,! will he
required to protect the tive-.*wnm in tin*lr
rights. Report* have not y-t b-.-n re<<*iv-
cd from General.- Sickle*, .-dienu.n ami
Mower.
Tl»c Evidence aS .Hi** .tuuu .Surratt
before the Judiclury Committee.
From the mass of evidence submitted
with the Impeachment reports of the Ju
diciary Committee we extract the follow
ing testimony of Miss Anna Surratt, given
before the committee ou the 28th of last
June;
By Mr. Boutwell:—Q. Where do you rc-
ide? A. In Massachusetts avenue, l>o-
wcenGthaml 7th streets. Q, State whether
at any time the olllcers of tho Government
have had in their possession letters written
or purporting to have been written by.J.
Wilkes Booth, and which had been at any
time in your possession. A. No, sir. Q.
officers in tho War Department had
r possession letters which were ai
ds delivered to you? A. Yes; they
had some of our business letters, which
aken from tho house, and they
?se back tome. (>. How many of
tiers were there? A. Indeed, f do
not know; we had quantities of business
there. Q. When were they re
turned to you? A. I cannot recollect. I
an not swear when I got them, or who
ave them to me. Ido iiot know a soul
by name up there. (2. To whom did you
ii the purpose of getting those iet-
A. I do not recollect making any
application for them. 1 think it was Mr.
John llohihan, who was in the house
with us, that went for them. Q. Do we
understand that ho obtained them from
the War Department. A. I do not know.
They were brought to tho house. I may
have applied for them myself, or may not.
1 do not recollect at all. Q. Did you take
any interest in obtaining the restoration
of these letters? A. Yes. There was
some paper signed by Lloyd, who had our
placo tn the country, which it was neces
sary to get, and I think 1 went to the
Department one day to get it, and while
there I think they delivered other letters
to me in a satchel—some business letters.
Q. Were there not among those letters some
written by J. Wilkes Booth? A. No, In
deed, sir. Q. Or letters written by your
mother to him ? A. No, sir. Every one
of thbso letters was overlooked by Mr.
Brophy and myself, and they wore after
wards delivered to Mr. Belt, the State’s at
torney. I never saw' in my life a letter
written by J. Wilkes Booth. Q. Did you
know' an officer in the War Department
named Burnett? A. I did. Q. Do you
not remember that lie delivered these let
ters to you? A. Ho was up there in the
ofilce. I think I went into his office first,
and lie sent mo to another room where
tlioso things were. Q. Dhl you know' Mr.
Burnett previously to the time when you
applied for the letters ? A. Never to speak
to him. He came to me one day in the
court-room, and said that if I came to
Secretary Stanton’s office I could get the
key of tho house. Next day either he
or Secretary Stanton said that if 1 came to
tjio house the soldiers would dcllvor It up
to me. Fcrhaps Mr. Brophy did it for me.
I think Mr. Burnett’s name was on the pa
per giving us permission to receive tho
key. Q. Do you know whether Mr. Hola-
hun made application to tho President or
any other person for tho restoration of
those letters ? A. No, indeed, I cannot say
that I can scarcely remember how tho ap
plication was made, or anything about it;
but I just remember getting the papers.—
G. You yourself never went to the Presi
dent about them ? A. No, indeed, I never
went to the President’s house but once. Q.
Do you remember whether you gave a re
ceipt for those letters? A; 1 do not recol
lect. I remember giving Gcn.llartranft a
receipt for things that belonged to mamma,
which were sent to mo from the peniten
tiary.
By Mr. Eldridgc—Q. Do you recollect
now many of these letters there were that
were delivered to you? A. No sir; there
were a great many of them. There were
some old letters of my ow'n among them.
Q. Had you any difficulty in getting there
letters? A. Ido not recollect. I do not
think I had much difficulty. I think they
save them to mo the day 1 went up there.
They were contained In a satchel. Q. Was
that a satchel that had been taken away
from the house? A. Yes, sir; the same
satchel. Q. Did anybody assort over these
letters before giving them to you ? A. No
sir; I think not. There was a trunk be
longing to^fr. Holahan which, I think, bad
something in it. Q. Were there any fami
ly letters taken away Which they declined
to deliver? A. I cannot recollect what let
ters were in the bouse. Q. Did you miss
any ? A. I do not recollect. The business
letters were left. Old letters that I may
have received may have been gone, and I
not notice them. It w*as ouly business pa
pers tiiat I was anxious to get. Q. At the
time the letters were delivered to you was
Mr. Holahan with you? A. It seems to roe
that there was a lady with me and a boy.
Somebody brought the satchel for me in
the car—a little boy, I think. I do not
know who he was. Q. Do you recollect
wiiat time these letters were delivered
back to you ? A. No, indeed; I cannot tell
what time it was. Q. Was It any consider
able length of time after the trial you have
spoken of? A. No, sir; it was after the
f.i ial. I did not leave the house till tho full.
Iti. ink It was not long after mother’s execu
tion. Q. Did you ever see the President
i«> have any conversation with him? A.
President Johnson ? No, indeed; i do not
want to see him either. They had some
plows of silver up there, too, which, I
think, they gave up to me. 1 think Mr.
llohihan brought some of the silver pieces
home to me, They may have been in the
trunk. Q. Did the officers take a trunk
away from the house. A. They must have
done so. This trunk belonged to Mr. Ilola-
liati, but it had some of ray things in it. Q.
Was 31 r. Holahan a resident in your fam-
IIv ? A. Yes. After I got the house back
I 'did not know what to do with it. Mrs.
Holahan came to me and said if she could
do anything for mo she would. They
cleaned up the house and staid with me.—-
This was the wife of Mr. Holahan. Q. Do
you recollect anything else in the satchel
that was brought back ? A. Indeed, I can
not swear to what was in the satchel.
3Irs. Cobb and the President.—The
Impeachment testimony makes some rich
disclosures* as illustrating the state of
morals at the Capitol. In the report of the
testimony taken before the “Committee”
lust week, we find tho following:
Detective Baker (whose unsupported
word carries little weight,) said: Mrs.
Lucy L. Cobb, of Washington City, showed
me two letters one evening when she was
brought to my headquarters. April 8, I860;
having criticised here severely, saying that
a woman of her character had no business
to lie around the White House, she claimed
that she had a right to be there, and that it
was with the knowledge and approval of
the President, and to satisfy me, showed
me two letters, one w ritten by 3Ir. John
son to the Postmaster General, asking him
to give her husband, Mr. Cobb, a situation
in the Post Office Department, and another
written to 3IcCulloch, asking him to give
her a situation in the Treasury Department.
I believe 3Irs. Cobb to be a disreputable
woman, or, in other w*ords, a woman of the
town. In reply to a question as to whethei
Mrs. Cobb told him (Baker) that the Pres*
ident knew all about It, Baker says she
states that for two pardons she procured
for two men in Richmond she got $3,000;
that she bought a pair of kid gloves for
Colonel Robert Johnson, took two $500
bills, put one in each glove, and presented
the gloves to Robert Johnson. She went
on to state that the President on one or two
occasions made advances, asking her to
Ids private room at the Kirkwood House,
while he was President. She stayed in his
room one night idl night, and on another
occasion until 2 o’clock in the morning;
she afterward detailed a conversation she
had with 3lr. Johnson, in which he said he
going to muster out Radical officers,
and among them Mr. Stanton.
-About
A Scene in the (
noon yesterday a ft range *e»*ne occurred in
tho Gold Room, on Bread street. Sitting
i.y the side of the Yiee-Pre.-idert, Mr.
lioyt,wilsa person wearing a gray coat,
who. it was whispered round, was the ex
rebel chief, “Jack” Mosby. The breasts of
loyal brokers burned with indignation,
which burst forth in the shape of a note
written by 3Ir. J. B. Colgate, and sent to
Mr. Hoyt, asking him if the rebel .Mo*by
was sitting at las side, and, if so, protest
ing against his being there. On receiving
tho note and glancing over its contents, the
Vice-President read it aloud, and then
said, “Gentlemen, allow' me to introduce to
you Colonel Mosby.” Mosby then arose,
and was received with mingled cheers and
hisses. The brokers of the New York
Gold Board were evidently never more
divided than on tills occasion. While some
advanced to the Colonel to shake him by
tho hand, others protested against the pro-
’* * ’ **y shaking their heads
lielr indignation. Amid
the din and confusion the following brok
en sentences might have been heard;
“No place fora traitor.” “As much right
there as any body else.” “Who have ren
dered themselves infamous by their rebel
lious acts ?” “Colonel Mosby was a brave
soldier.” “Good judge of horses.” “A
better man never lived.” “A worse was
never hung,” &c.
These delectable and entertaining ex
pressions of the difference of opinion in
w hich 3Ir. Mosby was held by the brokers
present, were suddenly silenced by that
worthy leaving the room and the Vice
President calling a special meeting of the
Board, when lie desired to know' whether
or not liu was to be sustained in introduc
ing his friends into the room. Tableaux!
The Vico President was supported by tho
majority, who indorsed his action in in
troducing from ids elevated position one
of ids friends (Colonel Moshy, the ex-guer
rilla chief.) u the loyal brokers of the N.
York Gold Board.—Neto York Herald, ATot.
20(5.
Concerning Matches.—Fathers mid
? ;randfathers can remember, remarks the
xmdon Atheiiieum, the clays when tin
der boxes and flint and steel w ere in gen
eral use, and the first coming in of those
very convenient matches which gave us a
light so easily. Sixpence a box was then
tho price: now* it is less than a penny; mid
the inhabitants of Swiss villages get their
living through the winter by preparing
tho millions of llttlo slips of wood tor the
manufacturers, who tin them with phos
phorus. But w ith all their advantages, In*
cifer matches involve some disadvantages,
US may be read in the evidence given last
session to a committee of the llouso of
Commons, by the Secretary of the Sun Fire
Insurance, who stated that by the careless
use of matches, the Company looses $50.-
000 a year. It has been remarked tlmt
strict economy in the use of bread in every
house, would keep down prices at Mark
Lane; and it is clear that lr people W’ould
be careftil with their matches, the fire insiC
ranee offices might reduce their premiums.,
ISTModesty in woman Is like the color
on her cheek—decidedly
put on.
becoming, if not
TBLEfiKAPaiOJRITBIXIOBIICB.
From the New York Pre«* Association.
Oen. Hancock innmi Pemnumd
Nhw Orleans, Nov. 20.—The troops
drawn up on the Levee on yesterday to re
ceive General Hancock w'ere withdrawn
on an order from the latter, telegraphed
from Baton Rouge.
General Hancock’s order assuming com
mand, does not disappoint the hopes of
those who have been anxiously expecting
his coming,and will Infuse new life into the
almost dispalring friends of law and
der.
The action of Mayor Heath and Governor
Flanders, in not Issuing proclamations for
the observance yesterday, of thanksgiving,
is condemned as a display of partisan
feeling.
The following is General Hancock’s or
der.
Hcadq'r* Fifth Mimtabt District,
New Orleans, La., Nov. 89, ltd).
Special Order?, No. 40. *
1st. In accordance with General Order,
No. 81, Headquarters of the Army, Adju
tant General’s Offices, Washington, D. C.,
August 27th, 1807, Major General W. S.
Hancock hereby assumes the command of
the Fifth Military District, and of the De
partment composed of the States of Lou
isiana and Texas.
2d. The General commanding is gratified
to learn that peace and quiet reign in this
department. It will be his purpose to pre
serve tills condition of tilings, and as a
means of this great end he regards the
maintainance of the civil authorities in the
faithful execution of the laws, as the most
efficient under existing circumstances. In
war it is indlspenslblo to repel force by
force, and overthrow' and destroy opposi
tion to lawful authority. But when insur
rectionary forces have been overthrown
and peace established, and the civil au
thorities are ready and willing to perform
their duties, the military authority should
cease, the civil administration resume its
natural and rightful dominion. Solemnly
impressed with these views, the General
announces that the great principles of
American liberty, still are tho law ful in
heritance of this people, and ever should
be. The right of trial by jury, the habeas
corpus, the liberty of the press, the free
dom of speech, and tho natural rights of
persons, and the rights of property must
be preserved. Free institutions while they
areessentialto the prosperity and happi
ness of the people, always furnish the
strongest inducements to peace and order.
Crimes and offenses committed in this Dis
trict must be referred to the consideration
and judgment of the regular civil authori
ties, and those tribunals will be supported
In their lawful jurisdiction. Should there
be violations of existing laws, which are
arc not inquired into by the civil magis
trates, or should failures in the adminis
tration of justice by the courts be com
plained of, the cases will be reported to
these Headquarters, when such orders will
bo made as may be deemed necessary.—
While the General thus indicates his pur
pose to respect the liberties of the people,
he wishes all to understand that armed in
surrections or forcible resistance to the
law' w ill be instantly suppressed by arms.
By command of 3Iaj. Gen. W. S. Han
cock. W. G. .Mitchell,
Aid de Camp, and A. A. G.
The Convention to-day passed resolu
tions inviting General Hancock and Gov
ernor Flanders to seats inside the liar, en
dorsing the removals by General 3Iower,
and in favor of the abolition of the cotton
tax.
J udge Taliaferro not being present, Ingh
am, (colored) was appointed temporary
halrman.
The Times, in an editorial, accuses Shel
by, lately appointed Clerk of tho Second
D.strict Court by General 3Iowcr, of swin
dling the Paymaster’s Department. It
iys lie was arrested and sent out of this
department by General Canby. and refers
to Canby and the records of the Pay De
partment for proof.
Montgomery, Nov. 29.—General Orders
No. 224, by General Pope, sets forth that
the Convention having provided as requir
ed by Congressional enactment for the
levy and assessment of such taxes on prop
erty of tho State as Is necessary for the
payment of the expenses of the Conven
tion, payments by the State Treasurer of
the appropriation for the payment of olil-
irs and members will bo sanctioned.
The Convention granted eight divorces
from the bonds of matrimony to-day, and
dismissed one suit for bigamy.
A majority of the Committee on Fran
chise reported back an additional section
to the franchise article, empowering the
next Legislature to disfranchise rebels
who have not aided in reconstructing
the State under the laws of Congress;
which was tabled by the Radical majority
until to-morrow. This proposed action
threatens the partial breaking up of the
Convention.
The Radicals declare they will hold the
rod over tho unrepentant rebels, and main
tain control of the wholo subject of fran
chise, fearing no loss of political power.
An ordinance was reported declaring
void all marriages between, the whites
and freedmen, and requiring the Legisla
ture to prohibit such marriages under
severe penalties. Extreme Radicals op
pose it. A colored delegate said it W’os con
trary to the Civil Rights Bill. The ordi
nance was tabled until to-morrow’.
An ordinance was passed, declaring
valid all official nets ot the public officers
in this State under military authority du
ring tho existence of the present Provi
sional Government, as if the same had
been done in due course of law.
A Bureau of Immigration has been es
tablished by the Convention.
Washington, Nov. 29.—Gossips is that
the count show’s thirty majority against
the majority report on impeachment. Tho
. impression prevail* that Wilson’s report
will be adopted. There is a strong dispo
sition on the part of the Democrats to de
bate the matter vx order to ventilate tho
claimed absurd Wes of both Boutwell and
Wilson’s report/
Mr. Dunbar is before the Senate under
arrest for contempt. Ho testified tn-day,
and If his testimony is believed, high trea
sury officials are awkwardly situated.
The Senate was In Executive session for
three hour?, and confirmed Mr. Horace
Greeley hk Minister to Austria; General
Capron as Agricultural Commissioner; A.
C. Hunt as Governor of Colorado.
The expenses of the Indian CommUnion
are one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
Indian Commissioner Taylor attributes the
ending of the Indian war to this commis
sion. thereby wiving a million a week.
All were present at the Cabinet meeting,
Wells having recovered.
A draft of the message was read.
Internal Revenue to-day. one million
ninety-seven thousand dollars.
The sentence of Gen. Custar. suspending
him from the rank and pay for one year,
was confirmed.
A joint meeting of the Democrats and
Republicans is called at Funnel! Hail. Bos
ton, opposing impeachment.
Congrcftsinnul.
Senate.—A memorial from Delaware warf
presented, favoring equal suffrage.
Dunbar, editor of the New York Globe,
having purged himself of his contempt,
was discharged.
Chandler offered a resolution declaring
strict neutrality in the pending quarrel be
tween Abyssinia and England.
Sumner objected and the resolution lie*
over.
Mr. Morrell introduced a bill directing
the Secretary of tho Treasury to redeem
legal tender notes with coin, and directing
him to sell, eacli year, after paying the in
terest debt, any gold in the Treasury over
seventy millions, receiving in pay national
bank notes and compound intercss note**,
and requiring all national banks, which
have not equal to tw enty per cent, of their
capital in specie, to hold the interest on
their bonds. On and after the 1st of July,
1869, they shall pay their notes in coin of
five, and under larger denominations, in
coin or legal tenders. Banks failing to
comply with these provisions forfeit their
charter, the Treasurer having authority to
organizo other national banks of equal
capital in their stead.
Mr. Morrell stated that he would pre«.<
this bill at an early day, saying that Con
gress must grapple the financial difficulties
at once, and ascertain the true solution of
the financial disturbances.
Senate adjourned till Monday.
Charleston, Nov. 29.—Further returns
from the interior districts, render it almost
certain that tho Convention is defeated, as
the total vote polled falls short, by many
thousands, of a requisite majority of the
registered voters.
Immense deposits of valuable phosphates,
said to be superior to Peruvian guano, and
of incalculable value, have been discover
ed on plantations hitherto conslderct of
little value, stretc hing along the banks of
tho Ashley river, a few miles above this
city. A’company lias bon form *d, backed
by Northern capitalists, to utilize these de
posits.
Philadelphia, Nov. 30.—The House net
to-day—ther i were fifty members present-
adjourned to half-past ten o’clock, next
Monday.
Washington, Nov. 30.—Tho Cabinet is
In scssson considering the message.
Cork, Nov. 30.—The Fenians entered the
Armory and captured one hundred and
twenty-five revolvers and ten Snyder ri
des.
Hartford, Nov. 30.—An English thief
named John Brooks and a negro Alexan
der Henry, killed and robbed a jeweler SI
years old. The murderers have been ar
rested.
The Exile Returned.—Ex-Gov. Har
ris Visits Governor Brow’nlow’.—On the
morning of the 21th (.Sunday) Ex-Gov.
Isham G. Harris of Tennessee, called upon
Gov. Brownlow at Nashville. Gov. H. left
Liverpool on the Cth Inst., and came di
rectly through from New York, without
pausing to pay his respects to his old
friend, the President.
The Nashville Press and Times, giving
an account of the Interview says:
Jle was plainly but well dressed, and ap
peared to be in fine health, a fact w hich he
attributes to the rough and tumble and
somew hat migrator}’ life which lie has led
for some years past, during which he has
officiated in the various capacities of trav
eling executive, Confederate agent, Presi
dent of the Cordova colony, and commis
sion merchant in London. Ills friends say
that he appears no older than lie did six
years ngu. He greeted Gov. Brownlow
very courteously and cordially, and was
received by the Governor with ids uniform
urbanity and gentleness of manner. A
brief conversation ensued between them,
in which no allusion wns made to politic?.
Harris remarked that ho had conic to give
iiimsclf un, and expressed much gmliVuc
for the kind mention w ide!) the Governor
hud made of Ids family in Ids message.—
Gov. Brownlow’ remarked that he would
parole Idm to appear at tho Spring term of
tho Federal Court in this city.
Tho Kx-Uovernor showed some feeling
when Ids successor inquired if ho had hot
a poor opinion of Ms quondam neighbors
at Cordova, Harris replied llmt the Mexi
cans wore the most unprincipled, hollow -
hearted vagabonds on the fueoof the eartli.
Aftbr an experience of several years
among the Mexicans of Cordova, and tho
Europeans, lie has wisely concluded that
life under the Brownlow despotism Is a
great deal preferable to a wretched exis
tence dragged out among either anarchists
or moimreiiisU. Ho loft yesterday even
ing for 4iIh home tn Paris, Henry county,
where his family reside.
Henry Ward Beecher received $26,000
from Mr. Bonner for “Norwood,” and as
the story was longer than he anticipated,
an additional five thousand has been paid.