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GEORGIA WEEKLY OPINION THE WEEKLY OPINION. TiTfiwSf •» creaturea bcarin * 1»© imago of man, the toady i« most con temptible. Ueiawithoiitanyicttledopln- ionf. He hai no well defined creed, either in politic* or religion. Ho ho* neither friend* nor cuemle*. Ho neither com mands reapcct nor Inspire* confidence.— Hoi* simply nothing and nobody-one thing to-day, something else to-morrow. He never had an independent thought, never assayed an original idea. The utj men to whom he toadied despise him.— Jhclr most natunral impulse Is to kick him; l)ut If thoy ho in need of a servant,they will titc him. The toady is a sort of perambu lating scullion—a sort of animated boot- jack—whom politicians arc In the habit of using and others kicking aside. Strange that we have mentnrough whoso \clns course the Anglo-Saxon blood, w ho will lend themselves to such base uses.— fc’Tls true ’tls pity, and pity ’tls, ’Us true.” Grant and thk Reconstruction Acts. A Washington letter, of the 23d instant to the New York Times, says: ‘•Considera ble comment Is being made upon the fail ure of Congress thus far to tako any mea sures for amending the reconstruction acts iu .the particular wherein they were shown to be very faulty, to-wit, the failure to confer upon Gen, Grant precisely the .eamc powers ns were conferred upon tho "District Commanders. It Is well known that Congress at the July session supposed that it had so amended the nets as to give Gen. Grant this power; hut a strict con struction of the language failed to confirm this theory, and Gen. Grant's revisionary section has accordingly been confined simply to the matter of removal, appoint ment, and detail of ©flieors. 1 am not aware that he seeks any additional power under these acts, but it. is quite probable that if Gen. Grant now possessed authori ty equal to that of tho District Command ers. some of tin* recent remarkable action of Generals Ord ami Hancock would be re vised in accordance with the true spirit of the act-. Wonderful Coincidence ok Idea*, and Language.—A leaded editorial in the At lanta Opinion of tho 24th instant appeared verbatim ct literatim in the “ Round Table” a few days since.— Col. *Sun. This is a mistake. The Round Table is not entitled to the credit. The article was taken from “All the Year Round,’* and by gome mistake, the proper credit was omit ted. It was not “ a leaded editorial in the Opinion,” nor was it so Intended. We re gret such an oversight, and are glad that our attention has been called to it. Failures in Coi.umrus.—Wo have re ports of a imiubcr of largo failures among the merchants and business men of our sister city of Columbus. Many of the par ties who are reported as having faded, are among the heaviest capitalists and ablest financial men in Georgia. Wo hope tho reports may he exaggerated. CgrThcre D a place in Columbus called ‘•Dog Alley.” it is a living typiilcntion of Perdition: the rendezvous of all the “fast ones." and the Imv ones. A couple of ••young gents" were found there a lew night- -luce, dressed in crinoline, and ! ma relied ufi’to the police court. Come out foii Grant.—Gov. Brown- low, of Tennessee, is reported to have de clared for Grant, as tho Republican candi date for President. A Nashville l'tter says this is done in compliance with an agreement that ids own nominath n to the Vice Presidency might he secured. How it Works.—Pennsylvania l aS3‘d a law last winter making nine hours a d ly’s work. The Reading Railroad Company have carried it Into effect in all branches of their business, reducing tho wages of their workmen In a corresponding ratio. This will he the result of nil similar at tempts. Life in Gotham.—The New York Sun knows of a l»oor woman there who em broidered a child’s garment by fourtc;. n day*’ steady wor j. thereon, and received therefor four dollars. The material cost seven dollars, and the merchant sold the garment for seventy-five dollars. Beecher as a Novelist.—Tho London Athencum says of Mr. Beecher’* novel: “The present work shows that a man may be a fluent preacher, and brother of a clever woman, and yet break down when he at tempts to write a novel.” TnB Verdict in tub Rau.ko.vd Cask. The Macon Telegraph learns that the jury’ in tho case of Johnson vs. Macon and Western Railroad Company, after being “hung” for some time, brought in a verdict for plaintiff of 97|775. Weston for Vice President.—Acting upon the theory that the man who displays great cleverness of muscle should be pro moted to some high civil station, an Illi nois paper has declared for Weston, the pedestrian, for Vice President. Poetical.'—Jubal Early, a name asso ciated with the military operations in Vir ginia in 1864, and with apple brandy, is farming on the battle-field of Lunday's lame. The “Post” Revived,—The Athens Post, an old favorite journal in East Ten nessee, has been revived by Us founder, Sam. P. Ivins. CS^Znehous Greeley, father of lion, Horace Greeley, died at Fort Wayne, Penn., on the 18th Inst.; age 1 80 jeirs. Cotton in Montgomery.—Middlings quoted on the 26th at ll^all^c. Few sales. Receipts from wagons light In reply to the enquiries of a correspon dent, wishing to know “Iu what year suffrage was conferred on negroes in the State of New York; and what was the complexion of the Legislature, and who was Governor,” Mr. Greeley, through tho Tribune, say*: “Underthe first and second Constitu tions, or from 1788 to 1823, there was no distinction of color In tho qualifications for voters; tlicro was a property qualifica tion affecting equally both whites and black*; all a negro had to possess more than a white man was papers or other sat isfactory evidence Hint bo was a free per-j son, ami not a slave—slaves, of course, did not vote. The men of the Revolution never doubted tho fiee negro’s right to the ballot. But In 1S21 a Convention was call ed to revise tho Constitution, and then came the clamor of rich versus poor, and a grand movement in favor of abolishing all manner of property qualifications was inaugurated and successfully carried through so far as white men were concern ed; but a colored man was required to possess a freehold estate of $250, to ho three years an Inhabitant of the State, and for tho last year of tho elec tion district in which he voted. This Constitution was adopted by u vote of 74,732 against 41,402. The Constitution was again revised In 1810, but the rather feeble effort made to place colored voters on the same basis with whites met with very little favor—the only modification being on the’minor point of residence.— That Constitution (under which we now are) was adopted by*2*21.528 against 02,430. “ The question N naturally up again In the present Convention, and may in due time come before the people; hut past ex perience gives little hope for the friends of impartial sufi'rage. In the votes noted above the Democratic party conspicuously opposed the repeal of the property qualifi cation; a few, doubtless, voted the right way, but where one Democrat voted "Ye.*” probably ten Republicans voted ‘•No.”— Our Senators and Assemblymen have had no direct vote in tho matter; tho most they could do was to favor tho submitting of the question to the people. Whenever that has been proposed, the Republicans (and before them the Whigs) have pretty generally favored such submission, while tho Democrats have almost unanimously gone the other way.” The Fashions. From the Home Journal we take tlfc fol lowing concerning the hair: Curls have nearly • altogether repluc^tt plaits and bandeau/, for evening wear, es pecially at the Opera. To look effective, the curls should commence at the very top of the head, and the hist ringlet should reach very low down the back. What is called the Marguerite stylo of arranging the hair is adopted by a few, and the plaits In these eases are of wonderful length. So much false hair D worn that but little space Is left on the head for flowers and wreaths; in fact, the very narrowest ban- drau/, and the slimmest •rarlands possible to arrange, are tho only head-dresses to be seen,at the present tune. Small leaver headed all over, and made up Into a 6m.- t'f nix. »re fashionable, likewise a trellis of lilies of the valley and lilac mixed, as well as plaits of velvet with a gold tassel at one end and a boquet of gold flowerets at the other; these encircle tho head,and are fast ened at the side, sometimes with tho addi tion of very fancifully made pendant orna ment. The rage for wearing false Jirtir is increasing rather than diminishing. For merly rigidly scrupulous people demurred at a single plait, and added to it the natural growth, when that growth was scanty, in a sly, surreptitious manner; but now no such scruples exist—false chignons, false curls and false plaits are to be found on one head at the same time, and neither blushes nor hesitation arc thought of when con fessing to these artificial additions. The same paper gives the following de scriptions of striking lints and walking dresses observed on the streets of New York: A handsome dress of dark brown vel veteen oyer nn underskirt of rich brown silk, made with a bias flounce of silk aro;,nd the bottom. She usually wears with tills suit a pretty brown silk bonnet, with a fall ot brown lace over the chignon. and ornamented on the inside with a wreath of small moss rosebuds. The strings are of brown ribbon, and are fastened loosely under the elfin with a rosebud. One recently Imported from Paris, con- gists of an underskirt of light blue corded silk, embroidered in the centre of each breadth with a bunch of flowers dono in line white (loss silk. Over this is a dress. cn redingotc, of rich black velvet, trimmed round the bottom of tiic skirt with satin folds and heavy silk fringe, with snr/ue trimmed to correspond, and ornamented with a wide sash tied round the waist.— With this bonnet of light blue velvet, beautifully trimmed with white blonde lace. Another of blue cloth, prettily trimmed with black braid; with bonnet to mutch. Another a handsome black cloth suit, looped tip over a black and white striped silk; black elotli Marque; bonnet of black lace. A suit of black and crimson mixed poplin, trimmed oil the skirt and Marque with leave* of the same material, also attracts attention, while another which attracted attention is of black cord ed silk trimmed with bias folds of blue satin. Velvet bonnets on any color to corres pond with the toilette, are now trimmed with gold or silver aigrette, laid upon the edge of the border. We see much less Jet upon bonnets than was worn Inst winter. There seems to lie no new similes in the way of liars; young ladies almost univer sally wear the flat loquet. This somewhat singular headgear, placed on the top of n high chignon, conies sloping over the fore head, and to it is attached a utusgite toilette of black lace, coming down just to the lips, and tied In lappets at the hack. We saw r tonuet of this style, the other day, made of violet grosgrain silk, bound with velvet. The masque toilette was fastened round the edge with gold corn flowers. Others, of brown velvet, are trimmed round with a garland of tinted foliage of different shade* of the same color. The Career •# the Great Ilothschlld, •I LsnStnt •« Narrated by Him* «e|f, (Extract of s Letter from sir Thomas Powell Bux ton to 311m Muxton.] Devonshire Street, FeKty. 1834. We yesterday dined at the Ham House, to meet the Rothschild*, and vofy.stntr It was. Jle (Rothschild) told (is bis and Adventures. He was third son of tho hunker of Frankfort. “There was not,” lie said, "room enough for us all In the city. I dealt In English good*. One great trad er came there who hud the market to him self; lie was quite the great man, and did us a favor if he sold us goods. Somehow I offended him, and ho refused to show us his patterns. This was on Tuesday. 1 said to my father, ‘l will go to England, 1 I could speak imthing but German. On Thursday 1 started. The nearer I got to England, the cheaper goods were. As soon as I got to Manchester 1 laid out all my money things were so cheap, and made good prof it. (soon found that there were three profits—on the raw material, the dyeing and the manufacturing. I said to the man ufuctnrcr, “1 will supply you with materi al and dye, and yon supply me with man ufactured goods*.’ So 1 got three profits instead of one. and I could sell goods cheaper than any body. In a short time 1 made my -6*20,000 into £00,000. M v success all turned on one maxim. 1 said I can do what another limn can, and so 1 am a mutch for the man with the pat- tei ns, and all the rest of them! Another advantage 1 hud: I was an oil-hand man; I made a bargain at once. When I was settled in London, the East India Company bad $800,000 of gold to sell. 1 went to the sale and bought- It all. I knew the Duke of Wellington must have it for the pay of his army in the L'eifinstila; I had bought a great many of hi* bids at a discount. The Government sent for me ami -aid they it. tin ot kn it to I*. Ml. I : all that,'and 1 - France, and that was tho bc-t bn-inca* I overdid.” Another maxim mi which he seemed to place great reliant e was novel' to have anything to do with an unlucky place or ail unlucky man. "1 have seen,” said he, "many clever men, very clever men, who had not shoe* to their feet! I never act w ith them. Their advice sound.* very well, but late is against them; they can not do good to themselves; and if they cannot do good to themselves, how can By aid of tin axim ■•tho aired three million* ot —, “that your children noney and business, to re important tiling*. I am sure you womu not wisli that.” Roths child—"! nm .sure i should w isli that. 1 wi-!i them to giveiuiudaud soul,and heart and body, and every thing t«> tmsin<*>*.— This is the way to be happy. It require* si great deal of caution to make a large for tune. and when you have got i;. It require.-; ten time* a* much wit to keep it. If l were to li-ten to all the project* proposed to me I should ruin niy$cl! very soon.”— ••Stick to one busim-**. young man.” Raid! he to Kdwstrd; ".-tick to your brewery, and you may he the great hvower «vU-L«m- don.’ lie si brewer, ami a banker* and a merchant, and a nnnuf.icirmw. and you will «oon he in the Gazette. <Vnc ( of my neighbors is a very Ill-tempered man; he. tries to vex me, anti ii is built a great Uirgt*! place for swine close to my walk; so when! I go out I hear l!r*r. grunt, grunt, squeak squeak; but thi* dues me no harm. J am always iu good humor. Sometimes. 1 to nnitt-.j my-eli; ] give a beggar a guinea.* Ife think* it i* a mistake* ami, for fear £ shoq'd find St out, oil’ho run* as hard as! he ran. 1 ndvLc you to give a heggnrai guinea sometimes; it is very amusing."’ The daughter* arc very pleating. Tin second ami i* a mighty limiter, and the fitlier lets him buy any lmr**s be like*, lie lately applied to the Emp'ror of Mo rocco for a li rat-rale A rah liorao. The Em peror sent him n magnificent, one, but he died as he landed in ‘England, The pour) youth said, very feelingly, "tied v a* tin*: te*t misfortune lie had ever suffered.” Ami 1 felt .-Gong sympathy ; •*'«» him. forgot to say that as soon as M. ltuiiihdiiid; came hero, Bonaparte came hero. "Tin* Prince of Ho**e Owe! ” said Rorhwlfild. my father ill* money; there wa* no timoto he lost; lie sent it tome. I had £000.000 t > arrive unexpectedly ly post, and 1 put it to such good use that the i’rinee made me a present of all hi* wlues and linen.” . Grant—Ilia Private Li tter to the President— Its Style—Grant on the Lusk Case—Grant's Presidential * Damaged—The Ciiam: Men Jubilant.'—Washington. Dec. 22. 1SU7. The principal topic of conversation here at this time i* tho attitude in which recent vent* have placed Gen. Grant. Hi* ••pri- ate letter” to the President cxpuduhUiiig gain*t the removal of Stanton, ha* created quite an excitement. The contt ms of tlfi* ‘ were well-known to tho parties in Congress who were instrumental in un earthing it. and It is therefore supposed that it* publication was sought with mail- motive*. No real friend of the Gen- ertainly could desire such a disclos- liu opemlontly of the impud-m-o and ignorance exhibited by the writer, the style, grammar, and orthnyrajJty of the Inal arc absolutely appalling. Even orreeted for publication, there i* not a single sentence of grammatical English from the beginning to the end of it. Be sides all this, it defend* the w hole conduct of a man whom Congress Itself has aban doned to tho merited fate of a di*com fitted petty tyrant, who has not this moment a friend on earth. Grant excepted. Surprise 1* also expressed that Wilson, chairman of the House .Judiciary Committee, should have exposed the endorsement of Grant upon the vindictive and lying report of Holt in tho Lusk ease. Altogether, those exposures have ruined Grant's prospects for tho Presidency, and it is supimscd In well* informed circles that the mends of Chase will in a short time bo in the ascend ant, if they are not so already,—Cor. Jlal- Oazette. Tiik Georgia Convention.—Thing* as seen Abroad.-—'The Atlanta correspondent of the New York Times says: Since this day week, l find a great change in the views of individuals anil the position of the various sections ot party tow arils each other. Tho belief is prevalent and is prevalent and Is widely whispered, though not yet openly stated, that Blodgett and Bullock, ami a few others of subordinate degree, constitute a ring who are striving by nil means tngctholuof the government of Georgia, manage the State Railroad, control all the orth cs, and generally make a very good thing. As the circumference of the ring Is not large, those who cannot possibly stand wltl.ln It. and those who would not do so If they could, are on the qul vive to defeat any such scheme. When ever my sueh scheme is made manifest, it. will be bitterly denounced, and l believe it will be defeated. The nttempt to thrust tJT*Ifnti A li moniiiMu i« Hniionnrftl tn Bullock over the bends of the Union men or lion. A. II. Stephen. I. announced to of Geor „ lat t , the manner horn, Is resented lecture In I hlladclphla toon on the conilt- as nn Indignity, nml the most violent op- tlon of affairs In the South. 1 position It threatened. Mltehel Declining |££ 8S M MM r •* American Irish Citizen Officio 31 Barclay Sr. New York, Dec. 1U, 18«7. To Colonel William B. Roberts and Jobu havngc. Esq*.; Gentlemen—The tender you have mode to ino of tlte Presidency of tho reunited Fenian Brotherhood, though It has embar rassed rue, could not fall to he gratifying on two accounts: First, that It proves con fidence in me personally • ntid next, tlmt It marks tbo moment of a reconciliation be tween two bodies of patriotic! Irishmen having the same object in view. On this reconciliation, brought about by yourowu dibi t*, gentlemen, allow tin* to congratu late you. But. after sufficient time taken for con sideration; after reading the Constitution, and holding some conversation with some of tho leading members of those organiza tion*. 1 must beg leave re*|H»ctfillly to de cline the honor tendered, and the respon sibility which they would pay inothocoui- pliineiitot imposing upon me. And I have the less regret in coining to this conclusion ns it cannot be said 1 throw any obstacle In tho way of a reunion of our country men. That reunion i* already effected, with a provision for electing a President in ca*« of my refusing. It is useless to enter here Into any count of the various reasons (some* of a public, *otue of a private nature) which compel ino to decline. My country men know very well that I have the fullest sympathy with the object of Fenhiuisni. that is the dcstrm-th a of British dominion in Ireland; and. therefore. ! expect they will give mo credit for inv valid reasons without tny entering Into detail. With thank* for your courtesy, got men. In the execution of your mission, and assure mu * nf r.vp'ct for’vou per-onallv. I have the homo- to be y«mr obedient ‘ The Southern :: pr* : « Company, plaint i error. .lo*.*ph M. Newby.—A unpsit front Richmond County.’ i a LKEit. J.—1. An Express Coin pa i, !e!i jHtr.-ne* continuously, for anv pe- 1 of lime the business of tmiMportii .. tN. pa-rknge*, etc., is a common t an 6 and In <*i*e Of loss the presumption law is against it, and U. i •>* the loss was oceasioi ' God or the public enet •d by tin ics of tin out* the Southern Express Comp: ! a receipt acknowledging the de- liv« ry of certain good* "to lie forwarded” ud expressing in the receipt Unit the ’.iMpnny would not be liable for any lo-s ivm any causes whatever, except for fraud gros* negligence; and that where no aliie of the property was specified in the •< fipq the Company would not be Raid, or a-inn exceeding fifty dollar* tor each iuchage: Held, that the receipt is evident** ailv sil‘ the reception of the goods by the ompaiiy for the purposes therein specified, ud ',*• not evidence of any o> press cote ivct: Held, also, that an express contract, in-ii as contemplated by the Code (see A ll.; cannot lie proven In this way. and that the giving ot such a receipt, and the • cp mice of It by tlie.hliip|H'r. do not ro- •v«* the company from the liability 1m- srd by the law upon the common ear- Tbo liability of carriers com me in*-* 'tell he receive?the gqous. and If they be he must slioN^.stich facts as will relieve him from liabiUty'or he Will he held re sponsible. 1 I. The Court ip not bound to give in charge a general proposition, though it bo the law, unless it he applicable'to the facts of the ease; and, if such general eh: be requested, he may. modify or add to it. mis to make it pertinent to* tho issue to be 5. The goods in this ca«c b-’.ng at the place where the company tign-e to receive -them * to be forwarded,".the responsibility onipany, ns a common carrier, com menced. and the verdict ot the inn. there fore. was right (Code 201.1.? f Judgment allinnefi. Houriiilk Affair—An Klt-yh Kills his AWj c/\—On Wednesday iRVinom, last horrible nil air took phoo at llatbmo, Montgomery county, resulting In the death of Mr. W. S. William*, the keeper of the famous elephant Romeo. It appears that the huge monster, had been placed in win ter quarters at the above place, and on Wednesday morning was visited by hi* keeper, wlio found it necessary to adminis ter a punishment, lie left him and re turned iu a short time, when the animal turned on him furiously, seized him with his trunk, and hurling him on tho ground, thrust one of Ids tusks—the partially bro ken one—Into Ids body. Several nieiihear- „ M Bikinis* cries, ran in to him. The ele phant released ldm, and did not attack tlte oilier*;, but poor Williams was so ter ribly injured that he lived only about an hour after the attack. Mr. Williams belonged to London. Can ada West, where lie owned a farm, lie vas about forty years of age, and was untr ied, Ids wile being with Idtii at ilatboro. lie was Borneo’s keeper before for five or six years, but for about ten years he had been otherwise engaged, until Just one year to a day betoro Ids death, when he again took charge of him, and had been with him ever since. Borneo is the largest elephant in tiie lilted Hates, and does not often give trouble. Since Ids fatal attack on wil liams he Ims shown no anger towards oth ers, but it has Icon -o 8 dered nceossniy i secure ldm witii heavy chains. The Wonders of Niagara B eve a led. The great gale of last week produced some curious effects at Niagara Falls. The strong easterly gale sent the waters of laike Erie westward, leaving the Niagara river anti tributaries lower than ever known before. Bufialo creek was so that all the vessels ill It were grounded, and Niagara Falls was a rivulet compared with Its native grandeur. The bed of the American branch was so denuded that It was |K)ssildc to travel in its rocky l*e»l without wetting the feet, and mysteries that were never before revealed came to light on that day. Bocks that heretofore were invisible nppeared in their ftiU-gmwii deformity upon the •tirlaee. and grear was the consternation among the tinny trllies. The Three Sisters were accessible to lont- pnwiciigvrs, and many traversed where hu man foot had never trod, with perfect Im punity and dry feet. Below the Falls the water was fully twenty feet lower than usual, and Lite obtest inhabitant gazed iu wonder at the gran I transformation. Near Stis|»c?i*lon Bridge, the celebrated rock nt Winner's Mill, upon which a drowning man caught and was rescued several years ago, which barely projects Its bead above tbe water, wet laid hare twenty feet above the surface. When the gale subsided, tbe water returned to iu usual course, and “Niagara wa* herself again.” Ex-Gov. Ishain O. Harris, of Tennessee, i* preparing to open a law office In Mem- ttenaemfeertke Poor. Remember the poor, for bleak winds are blowing. And brightly the frost-pearls are gllst’- ning around, The streamlets have ceased all tlielr musi cal flowing. And snow-drifts is scattered all over the ground. Remember tbe poor In their comfortless dwelling*. Ill-chid and Ill-fed, and o’er burdened with care: Oh, turn not away with a look so repell ing, Thy kindness may save them perhaps from despair. Remember the poor when the hearthstone U cheerful. And happy hearts gather around Its bright blaze; There are hearts that are sad, and eyes that are tearful. As bright a.* thine own in their siinuDr days. Misfortunes may scatter thy present pos session*. And plenty, to |»overty, leave thee a prey; IIow bitterly then wilt thou think of the blessings That Charity u«ks from thy riches to-day. Remember the poor as they thankfully gather Each round hi* rich table with luxury spread; Thou too art u pensioner on a rich Father, For health and for friendship, for rai ment and bread. If He hath been lauiutiful with n like spirit, Dispense of Unit bounty what Charily claims; Far greater the treasure thy’ soul shall In herit. en thy broad on the waters returncth again. inli* r tin* poor—this thou art com- ■\i\ionr thus kindly ivinembered I'Mliute i'iou shalt not send empty- huiidc'i. dad an:! m warmed, end unfed from Thy pt-a'i e in fid* life shall b» like the deep l\ log thy ut-lconie to Heaven shall •Ye faithful and hi eased of my Father— •on* kirlier: I ic. to ..tin i —ye did it to Me.” • t in * Wii i..—To promote her hus- baml's inieiV'l.. -l.e attended in It * little 4iop, where-he liottg: t rags, sewed pam phlets. folded newspa|cr*. and sold the few articles in w hich lie do dt. Mieli as ink. papers, lampblack, blanks nnd other sln- ■|»nerv. At the same time, >h«* was an ex- llcnt housekeeper, nnd besides being •onomietd herse f. taught her somewhat careless, disorderly husband to be econo mical also. Sometimes, Frarklin was lothed from bead to foot iu garments which bis wile bad both woven and math, and for a long time she performed all the k of the house without the assistance of a servant. Nevertheless, she knew how to he liberal at proper times. Franklin tells u* that for some years after his marriage his breakfast was bread nnd milk, which they nte out of two penny e:tl thern vessels, with a pcwler spoon; but one morning, on going down to breakfast, lie found upon the table a beautiful chi tut Ihiw). l’r« m lilch bis bread nnd milk wa* stcandig, with a silver spoon by its able, which ban cost a sum equal • In our currency to ten dollar*. When be expressed Ids jlsfonFli- m.uit at this unwonted splendor. Mr*. Franklin only remarked, that sin* thought her husband de.-erved a sllvJr sjmon and china bowl a* much as any of In r neighbor*. Franklin prospered in Ids bus nc>» until he became the most famous editor nml limit flourishing printer in America, whbdi g:r e ldm thep oisnre ot iciicviug Ids wife fmm the cares of bndnes*, and enabled hinrto provide for her a spieious and well fur nished abode. >Ue adortied a high station "as s! •• had borne a lowly one. and presided :tt her hushjiiid’s liberal table as •aeeful’v a* when Ic* are Ids breakfast of ■cad and milk trout a two-pennv bowl.— mton's J.ljeot Franklin, Dry Goods Trade ix New York.—A New York paper ol late date, commenting on the dry goods trade iu that city, says: u tion* in domestic* are on a lim ited scale., except in standard qualities of brown sheetings, prim*, cotton-fl tnnels, and a few styles n| woollen-*. The*to. , k of sheeting* iu iir*t hands is very greatly re duced. and prices are a shade ’higher than last week, hi bleached goods prices are linn, but tli re h little doing. For prints the active demand is about over, und man ufacturers are now employed upon the lighter patterns for the spring market.— Brices are well maintained, und an advance may he expected when trade open* again. In other desorptions of domestic* there i* no change of importance to be noticed.— Woollens of nil kinds are heavy. For for eign goods the demand is very limited, ex cept Ibr a few styles o fancy good* partic ularly adapted to the season, and Import ers can distribute their stock only by the help of the auctioneer. The Import* are very light, ami tho amount of goods en tered last week for duty at the euatou- hotise Is about one-quarter less than for the corresponding week last year. Eurorkan w can da l.—The seandal-tnon- .. *rs of Baris assert that the Princess do ublets anxious Ibr a separation from her husband. Prince Napoleon. His infideli ties have lately been so flagrant us to drive her to despair, and for some time past sue lias re ft i soil to see the Prince. Tho pro posed interview between Prince Napoleon and Victor Emanuel, to which the news papers of Euro|s> have hitherto attributed great |ioliticul significance, is believed to refer exclusively t«* tills domestic “unpleas antness.” What adds to the exasperation of Madame Clotllde an? the slights which she constantly receives at tiie bands of tiie Empress, who is extremely jealous of dotihle, on account of the line family of children which the latter Ims borne to her liege lord, anti who, more over, dislikes her a* a daughter of Victor Email tie!. Misdirected Letters.—According to the Postmaster General's report, not less than a million letters were mailed last year without signatures, and misdirected, or so badly directed, that the address was i totally uidnte.ligible—these were de. j stroked. More than a million and a half! others—1,611,686—were restored to their I writers by the care of the dead-letter oflh-e. : Thus It seems that at least two and a half million of mistakes were made in an o| - oration which one would think likely to enlist the sufficient ea:o of tlm writer, t! e addressing ol a letter. These letter* eon mined nearly 9150.000 in money, bills of exchange, deeds, checks, etc., to the value of over 95.000.000, and over 40,000 contained photographs, jewelry, etc. TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE From the New York Fre*» Association. Washington Items* Washington,' Dec. 27.—Tho Cabh . meeting was unimportant. General PopB removal was not discussed. Generals Sherman and Gillum visit ' the President this afternoon. General Johu 8. Mosby Is In town. Internal Revenue receipts to-day 921'. 000. Washington, Dec. 28—Screw Pile Lig House, Deep Water Shoals, James Rive £ will be lighted on the 15th of Januur > visible nine mile*. 11 hief Justice Hlnugli, of New Mexic | was killed In a rencounter with Cup : Pyersoii. Boyce. Miller & Co’s, distillery, CUkIlS nnti, was burned to-day. Loss half inljl| lion dollars. The Receiving Teller, Siiarmouut, of th $ Bank of Boston, is short $50,000. Alntmnra Affairs. Montgomery, Dec. 27.—Nicholas DnvFm a prominent Radical of North Alabama ^ has published a letter fully endorsing th. j addresses of Messrs. Semple, Speed am * oilier*, protesting members against tin pro j.used Constitution. The Huntsville Advocate. Radical organ ' calls lor tiie reassembling of tiie Conven tion to modify the objectionable feature* ot tiie proposed Constitution, namely : the clauses about schools, ami I he franchise ami registration oath. That paper say*: "If the Constitution is not modified, en vironed a* we are, ami almost in n stated Uiiaivliy, its adoption can only be accepted a* a choice of evils, not defended as right ami proper; but it is iu our power to modi fy the evils now. and for that purp< se Mill the Convention together attain.” Sheets, of the Tuseunibia North Ala bamian, repudiates the nominations made ■ by the self-con.-tltuted isditlcal Conven tion. 1 ho Huntsville Advocate repudiates the action of Radical meetings in North A la- bum", and says the white unionists are ig nored am! rejected n- unsound. The Conservatives nil over the State are nrou-ing. and are determined to n-e every effort to defeat the Constitution. In North Alabama wldtes who went Into the Radi cal party are leaving it on account of the objectionable features of the Constitution. Richmond, Dec. 27.—Gen. Schofield, at 1 tin* request of Gov. Piorpont. ims i>*t.e! un order removing the Board of Directors of tiie Eastern Lunatic A-yltini. for violating the State law in the disbursements of money, nml lias appointed a Board of army oflieera iu their stead. l.oiiiftlintn Con vein Ion. New Orleans. Dec.27.—‘The Convention adjotirnee at 21*. M., and reassembled at 5 i*. Mm and was still in session at 0 o’clock. The reports of the Committee to draft a Constitution are still up for consideration. Foreign. LoXdon, T)ce. 27.—A dispatdh from Dub lin says an unusually largo number of let ter* were recently received at tiie post-office there, directed to prominent offic ials. Each o;ie of these was loaded with explotdve materials, designed to kill the person ad dressed. A policeman of thocity was hor ribly mangled by one which he opened. Judge IklifttcuU Miot. Mouii.k. Dee. 28.—District Attorney. J.. V. B. Martin, met Judge Bustced, of the United States District Court, this morning, in front of the Cost.>u ilmtsc, and said to the Judge: •• Will you allow that indictment to take its course ?’* Judge Bustecd replied: "Sir, the law mu*t take its course.” Mr. Martin then drew a revolver and fired three shots at the Judge, who fell, two bulls taking effect, ono below the hrco>t hone and tiie other in tiie left leg. Mr. Martin had been Indicted by the United 8rates Grand Jury for revenue frauds and extortion. He is now in jail. Judge Bustced's wounds are not consid ered mortal. Greenbacks and Scecik Payments,— The following is the text of Mr. Secretary McCulloch's note to Mr. Shennan. read In tho .-enutothe day before the recess; Treasury Department, Dec. is, Sir—Your favor of this instant is re ceive*!. It is not my intention to retire and can cel any United States notes this month, nor will the condition of the Treasury and of tiie country justify me In making tiie usual contraction in the month of January. It may he proper for me further to say, that while 1 entertain the opinion that an early return to specie payments is indis pensable to the national prosjierity, and that specie payments cannot bd re stored without a curtailment of tho pu|K ( r circulation of the country, I shall not continue to exercise the |H>\vitr of reducing the circulation ot United States notes conferred ii|h>ii me by the act of April of 12, I860, unless I have reason to suppose that 1 shall be sustained in doing so by Congress, nor until Congress shall have a lull opportunity for determining the future financial policy ot Lite Government. Y’oti can. therefore, say to your committee that there will l*e no contraction of the currency by the Secretary during the pres ent month or the next. 1 am. very truly yours. Hugh McCulloch. See’y. Ron. John Sherman, Chairman, etc.’ Hard Times in Georgia.—Acte Dec. 26.—The Times’ At lam a, Georgia, cor respondent says: One of tiie largest and wealthiest merchants in thU city told mo till* morning that since tiie passage by the convention of the temporary ordinance prohibiting the levv ot executions nml sale of property he has been unable to col lect a hundred dollars, and that nil busi ness except a little retail trade, Is practi cally dead throughout the State. A num ber of agents of Northern mercantile house* are here, looking as black a* u thun der do id. They are not collecting u dime. I never saw such stagnation nnd utter want of confidence. Credit is dead mid buried K9"An editor In Minnesota is determined to break up housekeeping and go ttoardlug with Ids delinquent subscribers the remain-