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J. H. ESTILL, PROPEIETOE. SAVANNAH, MONDAY, NOVEMHEE 30, 1868. ESTABLISHED 1850. 9kt Homing gm*s. No. HI Bay Street. largest Circulation in City and Country. r- TERMS: Jrf.YVeelrty O 00 rjrsmv stmscniFiioira payable is advance. yi communications must be addressed to the pro- prietor. 'Persons wishing the paper furnished for »ny time leaa than one year will have their orderg-promptly at tended to, when remitting the amount for the time de- “‘so city subscription discontinued unless by positive order left atthe office. gg- Correspondence containing important news, ' bom any quarter, solicited. We cannot undertake to return rejected communications. - . - ■ To Advertisers. A SQUARE is ten measured lines of Nonpareil of Tas Monsxso News. First insertion, $100.per square; each subsequent insertion, 75 cents per square. Advertisements for one month or longer will be in serted at special ratea, which can be ascertained at the office. Advertisements oataide of the city mast be accom- pmled with the by telegraph — TO — THE MORNING NEWS. Saturday's. Dispatches. Foreign News. Paris, November 28.—The Paris Patrie says there is a large faction in Spain favora ble to five years triumvirate. Madrid, November 28.—Olozoga has gone to Paris. There been many republican dem onstrations throughout Spain within the past few days. Florence, November 28.—There has been a serious outbreak at Bologna—new troubles are feared. The troubles originated from the refusal of the peasants to pay taxes. Two killed and seven badly wounded. The Porte bus sent reinforcements to Bul garia to qnell disorders. London, November 28.—Disraeli declined a Peerage. His wife has been created Vis countess Beaconfields. Vienna, November 28.—An American ves sel, with arms for AVallachians, passed up the Dunube lately. Berlin, November 28.—The deputies from Schleswig have beeu denied seats in the Diet until they swear allegiance. Pabis, November 28.—The Monileur loses its official character New Year's. The Mon- ittur Official De L' Empire will then appear. Lillie, the editor of the Progress, was fined five hundred francs and one month’s impris onment for publishing subscription lists to the Bouden monument. FKOHCHAKLESTOS. The Rate Municipal Election Declared Void—Arrival i*f Emigrant:. Charleston, November 29.—The contested municipal election case, after a trial, of two weeks, was concluded last night by the elec-, tion being declared irregular and void, by a vote of 12 yeas and 3 nays. This decision was rendered by the present Council, of which a large majority are Republicans. The effect will be to continne in power the present City Government until a new election is ordered by the Legislature. — — ?_ The Bremen hark Gauss, with three hun dred German emigrants, arrived to-day. She had a rongh voyage, with eight deaths on the passage, mostly children. From Washington. Washington, November 28, Noon—It is stated that .the monthly debt statement will 6bow a heavy increase, probably eleven mil lions, while the currency in the Treasury con tinues low. The Metropolitan Police Board has reported unfavorably on over one hundred applications to retail liquor. The organization of the Sons of Temperance, by resolutions, urge the board to stand firm, while those disappointed in securing licenses threaten to join the op position in securing a prohibitory law by Con- Sir John Tonny, the new Governor of the dominion of Canada, has arrived at Ottawa. Washington, November 28, P. M.—Hon. F. McMillen presented a petition from the citizens of Virginia to Gen. Grant, against the extension of the Stay laws beyond January 1st, 18(19. Gen Grant expressed himself favorably, but desired to consult Schofield before acting. Stoneman, it is understood, opposes further extension, and advises those who cannot pay debts to take the bankrupt act and start afresh. Gen. Grant’s petitioners represent that the further extension of the Stay laws involves the credit of the State, and will prevent the pay ment of interest on the State debt The State Department urges travellers, in view of the disturbed condition of foreign countries, to carry passports. They cost five dollars, and are only given to citizens. The import duties from the sixteenth to twenty-first inclusive, is a half million dollars. Gen. Grant will attend the wedding of Major Benjamin to the daughter of Governor Fish, December 8th, and on the same evening the reception by Mrs. Marshall O’Koberjs, given in honor of the President elect. It is stated that at these two re-unions the President elect will see the creme de la creme of Gotham’s society. The following paragraph in the Herald's version of General Bousseau’s report does not appear in the copy at General Grant’s headquarters: “ Of this stripe were some of the members of the Republican Campaign Committee. In a consultation at my headquarters, at which Dr. Southworth, a controlling member of the committee, took part, at which consultation I myself was not present, but one of my staff officers was, it was contended by some of the republicans present that the negroes should be advised not to go to the polls, the idea be ing that if they did go they would be slaugh tered. Southworth replied that his commit tee would advise the negroes to vote; adding: ■Let them he slaughtered; the mote there are killed the better it will be for our party.’ “ This spirit, I am sorry to say, but too often controls the action and conduct of many who assume to act in the name and in the hi* terest of the Government of the United States, and who use the cloak of loyalty as a cover for their misdeeds—I have founcLthat men of this description, though willing to see the blood of othera.shed at a distance, conceal themselves with marvellous alacrity and skill at the approach of any real or fan cied danger. Southworth, who wanted the negroes slaughtered at the polls, is a shining example of this kind, and was actually in hiding, at my headquarters, at the time he made the remark I have quoted.” Washington, November 28.—The Herald publishes the following special dispatch: “In a conversation a few days ago with General Grant, he expressed his impression that t result of the late election has quieted down the state of feeling throughout the country, had produced a condition of sober and con tented acquiescence in the declared will of the majority, and an improved tone in the political as well as in other relations of life that will soon be made manifest. When he made use of the expression “let us have peace,” he sincerely meant it, and he appre hended no trouble in any section of the.coun try under his administration, while at the tame time the rights of all classes and of all communities shall be protected and pre served. Referring to the fourteeenth amend ment, he said Kentucky and Maryland would suffer a loss of representation after the nest census, if they refuse to allow negro suffh in accordance with the provisions of that amendment ” It will be a bitter pill to them (observed the General laughing), bnt theyll have to stand.it Tire Test Oath, in Lonisinna. New Orleans, November 28.—In the Uni ted States District Court yesterday the Dis trict Attorney informed the Court that Chief for jurors, and moved that the same rule he adopted for the United States Court of Lonis- mna. Judge Durell ordered the oath admin istered as required before: the war. From Florida, Tallahassee, November 28.—In the Su preme Court to-day* a motion to strike out four points as'irrelevant and impertinent was granted. A motion by Gleason’s counsel to quash proceeding was then taken up and ar gued until dark. , Outrages by the Arkansas Radicals. Memphis, November 28.—The AppeaTs Ar kansas correspondent says, that on the 10th a body of two hnndredjmen claiming to be a military force, entered the town of Centre Point, Seviere county, and arrested- all the inhabitants, marched them into an open field From Richmond. Richmond, November 28.—Dr. Arthur E. Pettallas, Superintendent of the Easton Lu natic Asylum at Williamsburg, committed suicide at three o’clock this morning by leaping from a window of the Asylum and dashing his brains out on the bricks below. The deceased was distinguished as a physi cian and former professor in a medical college here. His mind has been unsettled for some time past. The Richmond Circuit Court to-day gave j udgment against the city for $15,000 worth of whiskey destroyed by order of the City Council on the night of the evacuation in 1865. About 3,000 barrels were destroyed that night, for all of which the city will have to pay. The Daily Hew Nation, a Republican paper here, announces that owing to unexampled proscription, it will not be published again. Gen. W. C. Wyckham was elected President of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. Tlie New Orleans Races. New Orleans, November 28.—-There was a large attendance at the opening race over the Matarie course to-day. The first race was for a stake for all ages—dash of one mile and a half, and to carry one hundred pounds. Purse $400. There were three entries. “Bis marck” beat Warwick’s chesnut horse “Tran sit” by Bleakwild and Tom Green. Time, 2:45—2:47. The post stake—three mile heats—$2,500. Entrance: Alabama enters “Bayonet;" Mis souri enters “Sundown;” Louisiana enters Gilroy. Bayonet was the winner. Time, 6:20— 6:14—6:24*. Bayonet 1 2 1 Gilroy 2 1 1 The weather was fine, cool and bracing, but the track was very heavy. Prominent turfmen were present from all sections. Betting was all one way, Bayonet being the favorite; Sundown selling second. Sunday’s Dispatches. Arrival of Troops In Augusta. Augusta, November 28.—Gen. T. W. Swee ney, with two companies of the Sixteenth In fantry, arrived this morning, and will remain till after the municipal election, which takes place next Wednesday. The Cuban Revolution. Havana, November 29.—The first battal ion of volunteers, 800 strong, leaves to-mor row for the seat of war. It is reported that vessels had burned the plantation of Colonel Costa, commanding ihe battalion of volun teers. It is also reported that General Cespedes, of the Revolutionists, had three men executed who were caught robbing and burning. Cespedes, previous to the attack and repulse at Mansanillo, recommended that the women and children should leave town. The confidence of the people and the Captain General in the speedy termination of war is increasing. Another battalion of volunteers will march to Halquin during the coming week. Naw Orleans, November 29.—The papers pnblish acommunication dated Havana, 25th, signed “Antonio Lucre, Secretary,” pur porting to be from. the Representatives of the Provisional Republican Government of Cuba established in the town of Bogomo, refuting the reports circulated in reference to revolutionary movements in Cuba. They say that propositions for delay or to lay down their arms on condition that the Captain General guaranteeing certain reforms, were scornfully and unhesitatingly rejected by the revolutionary chiefs, and that they are not fighting for reform but for independence. They conclude: “We are fully informed of everything going on, and particularly well in formed as to the plans of the revolutionary leaders with whom we are in communication, and beg to assert most positively that so far from being disposed to lay down our arms, we are about to strike a blow that will echo on the Continent. We will lay down onr arms when Spain shall hare recognized our indepen dence, and not before, notwithstanding Span ish assertions and rumors to the contrary. ‘(By order of the Revolutionary Junta, now in session in the city of Havana, the 25th day of November, 1868.” From New Orleans. New Orleans, November 29.—Judge Coo- ley, of the Sixth. District Court, yesterday ordered the quo warranto, sued out by R. E. Diamond, Chief of Police appointed by the Mayor, against the Metropolitan Police Su perintendent, to be sustained, and ordered Superintendent Cain, of the Metropolitan Police, not to interfere with Diamond in the discharge of his duties as Chief of Police. In his opinion, Judge Cooley states that the Metropolitan Police law does not deprive the municipal authorities of the power to establish a police force, and that it is optional with the city to accept the Metropolitan Po lice law,“which is unconstitutional in many vesDects; among others, in making the Lieu tenant Governor President of the Police Board, the constitution prohibiting one man from holding two offices. It is reported that a new. trial will be m Lieutenant Governor Dunn, acting as Presi dent of the Metropolitan Police Board, has taken out an injunction restraining Diamond from exercising the functions of Chief of Police. This injunction rs still before the Kith District Court Jacob Barker received his final discharge in bankruptcy yesterday morning. Tire Fenians. Philadelphia, November 28.—Gen. John O’Neil was unanimously elected President of the Fenian Brotherhood. The delegates have every confidence in him. and placed a guard over them, and then pro ceeded to sack the town, after which they left The next day the citizens of the adjoin ing county flocked into town; meetings were held to express -the sentiments of the people in regard to the outrage. While the meeting was progressing the same men dashed into town and opened indiscriminate fire upon the assembly, shooting a number and arresting three of the oldest and best citizens, named Heister, Anderson and Gilbert. They car ried them to a field and shot them. The band is still in possession of the town. Eight companies of the 29th infantry left en route for the Texas frontier. OUR FLORIDA CORRESPONDENCE. t n ov, 25, 1868. Elitors Morning News: The Supreme Court of-toe State convened yesterday. Gleason obeyed the order of the Court, issued on last Thursday, and approved by counsel, to show cause why a writ of quo warranto should not be issued against him. His counsel, however, asked that the case be postponed, on the ground that sufficient time had not been allowed in which to consult proper authority, &c., whereupon the Court adjourned the case until to-day, How remarkable! Six days not time enough for a man to show cause why a writ of quo warranto should not issue! Absurd. It does not require the gift of prophecy or any very great degree of political sagacity to un derstand why this postponement was asked for. The case will be put off from day to day, as intimated in my last, by argument and otherwise, until the Legislature,assembles, in Jannary, when the Court itself will be “im peached.” This is absolutely necessary to Gleason’s success,, for lie knows that if the case were pronounced upon, it must be de cided against him. He had not, and no one knows it better than himself, been a resident in the State three years when he qualified, and the Constitution requires this. It is asserted as a positive fact that Gleason ■will have the case aTgued before the Court, his counsel taking the ground that the Con stitutional provision rr— [From theRichmondDispatch.]. .* cl Stephens vs. Bledsoe—The Right of Se cession. v Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, has for years oc cupied a singularposition in the estimation of the Southern public. His speeches made just before the late war commenced, his ab stinence from such participation in the prose- ention-of that war as had been expected from him, and, more than , all, we suspect, the manner in which Northern papers ore in the habit of speaking of him, induced a doubt as to whether he really believed the Southern States had a right to secede from, the .Union. No man could give .a good reason for doubt- ! ng Mr. Stephen’s devotion to his own section. ,e it was who, in 1850, when few men would have dared to deliver such language in such a ‘ e, uttered in Washington city the start-’’ „ imprecation, “Let the curses of the eter nal God rest upon the traitor who will not standby his own 1 section:” Whilst still a' leading Whig member of Congress, however, he seemed much inclined towards acting with the uncompromising Democrat*' from lus sec tion. His fidelity to bis party, was then in the same sort of- doubt which afterwords ap peared to surround his position as a champion of the doctrines of the rights of the States It - was doubtless.: a prajuditosgainsi.him imbibed during the war tliaacauaed ProfieSf sor Bledsoe, the able nditoi£<of the Balti more Quarterly. Review, ’ to criticise Mr. Stephen’s “Constitutional View of the Late War” in a captious and unfriendly manner. In the October No. of that quarterly he took the distinguished Georgian to task, and charged him with various of fences. The public has reason to thahk Pro fessor Bledsoe for this review; for it has call ed Mr. Stephens ont in a long letter which appears in the Baltimore Statesman of lost week, in which he defines his position in the most equivocal language, and clears up every doubt as to the opinions he holds (and has alway held) in reference to the rights of the States. He shows that his book is consistent with his previous record as a statesman, in cluding in this latter, of course, his celebra ted speech of I860 before the Legislature of Georgia in denounciation of the proposal to secede from the Union. He demonstrates that whilst this speech was directed against the policy of secession, it clearly admitted the right of secession; that whilst it denied (os well it might) the right of the Legislature of Georgia to pass an ordinance of secession, it pointed to the people themselves, speaking through tt convention, as having the right to pass such an ordinance. He-shows that he never, as charged by his reviewers, con founded the right of secession with the right of revolution, and that the error of the reviewer resulted from a care less perusal or inexcusable misapprehen sion of the language employed inhis book. He admits that he did not and does not believe in any “constitutional" right of a State to secede; but in a right super-constitutional—an inhe rent indefeasible, sovereign right, of which the framers of the Constitution never dreamed of divesting the States, and for the exercise of which they therefore made no provision. He quotes the following extract from his book on this point: In his letter Mr. Stephens says: “It was not by virtue of the Constitution that this right [of secession] was to be exer cised, but by virtue of that sovereignty of the State by which the constitutional compact was entered into.” “These are the principles in which I was educated. From the time that I entered public life, and even before, I held the same, as the records cau abundantly establish.” We agree with Mr. Stephens, as it seems to siring three years residence in the State to be able to qualify as Governor and Lieutenant Governor did not go into effect until after the present officers were elected, and only applies to those here after to be chosen. This plea, we opine, will afford him but poor refuge; for it is quite clear that the office of Lieutenant Governor did not exist under the provisional govern ment, organized by the Reconstruction laws, and was only created by the new Constitu tion itself, which prescribed the qualifications of said office, and was voted upon at the same time that the officers were elected. Of course, then, no person is eligible to the office of Lieutenant Governor who cannot comply with the provisions of the Constitution which creates the office. This is untenable ground, and will avail him nothing. The Court meets to-day, bnt nothing will be decided. The object, Messrs. Editors, of this whole “impeachment” business can be readily di vined. At best, it is but a grab for spoils. Reed has not proven the pliant party tool that was expected by his supporters. Ho possesses some firmness;—has exercised it to a limited extent, and put his veto upon cer tain measures, which is the cause of the rum pus in the Radical camp. These measures bore fraud upon their very-face, and were designed to fiirther_enrieh the Radical cor morants at the expense of our people, who are already taxed to death and well nigh ex hausted in resources. The Constitution fixes the pay of members of the Legislature at $509 per annum, besides mileage to and from the capital. At the first session which met under the Constitution, the members drew their full year's pay and mileage; but at the extra ses sion, convened a short time after, they en deavored to vote themselves on additional sum of $5 per diem and 10 cents mileage. The. Governor, however, vetoed this bill, which caused much manoeuvring and great dissatisfaction among his’ heretofore ardent supporters. This, together with other more weighty matters, (a part of which we shall pre sently allude to) determined them upon “im peachment” as the best and most summary manner in which to dispose^ of a man who lipH given evidence of his intention not to countenance such bold and flagrant frauds. It is said that Gleason’s bitterness towards Reed is chiefly owing to the fact that the Governor’ would not abet some of his foul schemes to swindle .the Treasury of his adopted State. Gleason, on a recent visit to Washington, desired to dispose of certain State bonds and Convention scrip (as it is called) at.au enormous discount— something like twenty-five cents in the dol lar for scrip, and seventy cents for bonds; but Reed strenuously opposed it, and would not submit to such an outrage upon the peo- pie. This opposition to his pet scneme caused Gleason to “boil over" with indignation, and when he returned, the “impeachment" trick was mooted. If this be true, if it is a fact that Reed, for whose honesty and integrity we would not have wagered-much for various reasons, did really oppose a-scheme, the con summation of which would have swindled the State ont of thousands of dollars, he deserves, and will doubtless receive’ the approbation t and applause of all good citizens; for honest Radicals are as “scarce as hen’s tsetn, and when found, deserve to be brought into prominence and held Up to public praise. It seems at first glance a little strange that men can be so lost to all sense of shame and descend to such a depth of infamy as to be guilty of such disreputable acts as has char- acterized Radical rule in Florida; but when we consider that these men have been edu cated inn bad. political school—in a sqhooJ, the doctrines of which are, that political vir tue is the mere coquetry of political prosti-. tution; that every patriot has hispnee; that Government can do earned on only by means of corruption, andihatthe State is giyen as a prey to the so-called statesmen, it does not seem so strange after alL . What a mockery to say of such men, “Amor palna: dual! ■ but how appropriate in the language of the daughter of Arbilan, who reigned to Damas cus, applied to her cousin; ‘‘Bavage in manners, slave to drink and dice, None bnt himself could be bis paragon in vicel” Everything is quiet and dull in this city. Gleason has appointed an Attorney General for his Cabinet, and we now have two Gov ernors two Secretaries of State, and two At* tomeys-General—certainly a sufficient num ber of officers to preserve the public peace, In my next I may-say a word or two about the “scalawags” of our State—those men who have deserted their country in her hour of need, and who, of all others, deserve the most condemnation. us almost every other candid man must, that “there was no balance of power established between the North and the South, as sections, in the Constitution." Our sectional com plaints on that score were unfounded. Mr. Stephens shows that the Review was as Unfortunate in itB reference to Thucydides ns in its criticisms upon his own consistency. He is fortified on every side. Having been censured for reproducing the Declaration of Independence in his book, he gives excellent reasons for having done so. Among them, that the title, as it appears in Elliott's Debates, is as follows: “Now, as to toe right fulness of the State’s thus resuming her sovereign powers. In doing it she seceded from the Union, to which, in the language of Mr. Jefferson as well as .General Washington, she had acceded as a sovereign State. She repealed her ordinance by which she ratified and agreed to the Con- ‘ stitution and became a party to the compact under it She declared herself no longer bound by that compact, and dissolved her alliance with‘the other parties to it The Constitution of the United States and the laws passed in pursuance of it were no lon ger the supreme law of the people of Geor gia, any more than the treaty with France was the supreme law of both countries, after its abrogation in 1798 by the same rightful authority which bad made it in the begin ning. In answer to your question, whether she could do this without a breach of her solemn obligations under the compact, I give this foil and direct answer: She had a perfect right to do so, subject to no authority bnt the.great moral law which governs the inter course between Independent Sovereign Pow ers, Peoples, or Nations. Her action was subject to the authority of that law, and none other. * * * Under the circumstances, and the facts of this cose therefore, the legal - as well as the moral right, on the part of Georgia, according to the laws of nations and nature, to_ declare herself uo longer bound by the compact, and to withdraw from the Union under .it, was perfect and com plete. These principles are too incontesti- bly established to be qnestioned, much less denied, in'the forum of reason and justice.” “In Congress, July. 4th, 1776.—The Unan imous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America. " It was no Declaration of National Indepen dence, says Mr. Stephens, “or the indepen dence of a nation, bnt the independence of separate States.” Mr. Stephens shows that it was not Noah Webster, as the reviewer supposed, but Mr. Jefferson that first suggested the idea of es tablishing such a Federal Government as was afterwards established. In a word, as Mr. Hill, of Georgia, demol ished in tarn Greeley, Raymond, and Ben nett, of the New York press, Mr. Stephens, keeping up the reputation of his State for skillful writers in the shape of prominent statesmen, ents all the ground from under Professor Bledsoe, leaving him not an inch upon which to stand.; We are confident that every Southern man who reads it will be pleased with his letter. It shows that his hook was written with the utfnost care and the most scrupulous regard for the truth, and removes every, doubt os to his position upon the question of the rights of the States. H. ap; Mesa, agent of the Freedmen’s Bureau, was arrested in this city, by Deputy Sheriff Lump kin, last Thursday. ’ * He was arrested, as we are informed, on a bench warrant, issued by Judgo J. R. Parrott, based .on a true bill found by the gfand jury of Whitfield Superior Court at its last session. The facts of the case are reported to as as follows: Some two years since Capt De la Mesa as sumed possession of a plantation in Whitfield county, belonging to a gentleman living in Savannah, claiming that it belonged to the class of “abandoned lands.” Under threats of the “ military,” he prevented the owner’s agent from interfering, and the tenants—who were in possession under contracts from the owner—to pay their stipulated rents to him self. The matter has been suffered to rur thus long for the reason that there has been no court in that county hitherto to correct it. Capt. de la Mesa was released on bail of five hundred dollars—W. H. Webb being his security.—Rome Courier. Heavy Foeoerx in Baltimore.—Mr. Der* rick W. Keyser, for eight or ten years a park- ner in the house of Messrs. John Sharkey & Co., a well known china and queensware firm, has forged a .number of promissory noteB upon the Bank of Commerce, by means of which he obtained a considerable amonn* of money. He has run off. Mr. Sharkey has surrendered all the stock, &c., to pay the debta. From AVashington* {Special Cornesi ondence of the Baltimore Gazette-] . Washington, November 25,1868.—Leading Radical ir embers of Congress are gradually dropping a. The main point with those who have asy« arrived seems to.be the control of the Treas ry, War and Interior Departments. So far as t :e Senate is concerned, (or .for that matter the House,) no trouble is anticipated in regard to the rest. The;State Department never was worth much* in dollars and cents,. and it is supposed ihat Hr. Sumner, WendelL Phillips and T ueodore Tilton will be suffered to control too; appointment upon giving a] receipt in .'all to dace. The pilfering in. : lie. General ..E’stp3ice is rather too slow and in too small lot; for this fast age, and it is thought this .place will be accorded without l cavil to Forney or Greeley, whichever may obtain, a rnajP'.ify of . Senators. In this, light “yap.bet”:.on Greeley. The Navy Depart ment has been played out, in respect to the almighty dollar, ana as for the. post of Attor ney General, it is looked upon as a nonentity —nobody paying the slightest attention to the “opinions” of th'.t functionary, no matter how much “money may be in them,” or what legal point in other matters may be involved. They are “merely advisory,” as the Executive has decided, and the “advice” is never taken, even after being solicited. Not so, however, with the remaining posi tions. Claim* (good and bad) to the amount of thousands of millions of dollars are staff ed away in the pigeon-holes of the War De partment. In the initial , hands of an expert fine pickings are at stake here, and be snre that the struggle in this behalf will not be terminated without s'iring up angry passions. General Cameron (now on the spot) has the best chance, so far, for this conspicuous post; but it wouldn’t do yet to risk money on him. The Interior is also a very important Depart ment in a pecuniary point of view. To say nothing of minor matters, the overhauling of that gigantic monopoly, the Pacific Railroad, opens ap fine prospects for investment by enterprising gentlemen. The oxygen and hy drogen are already hanging in clonds over the whole track, and only require a spark of electricity. You will shorty hear thunder and see an avalanche! But the Eldorado is the Treasury. The ignusfatuus which Sir Walter Raleigh sought to discover in his day in the Western Hemis phere is now to be found as a reality in the Colonede Building on Fifteenth street There is plenty of money (real money) there. Besides, the institution stretches its arms and fingers into every nook and comer of tha country; has exclusion supervision of the col lection of every dollar of the pnblic revenue, external and -'internal, and is necessarily brong’.t into collision, or It may be into har monious action with all the “rings,” tobacco, whiskey, and what not from Dan to Bershe- ba. You .had “better believe,” therefore, that the controversy for such a post will be no wo man’s work or child’s play. —-“Mon Who know their rights, and knowing, dare maintain,” will be the competitors. Patriots will en gage in the struggle who have cut and slash ed, and burned, with fire and sword for their country—who have never wavered in the canse of their colored brethren—and whose characters, pure and white as the sheet I write upon, are stainless of any, the least, hankering after.filthy lucre.” Numberless gentlemen, altogether coming up to these indispensable requirements, are prominently spoken of; but I intend to bet my money on Schenck. Besides the required accomplishments and virtues referred to, he happens to have the decisive advantage of serving not only his country, but his party, as Chairman of the Radical Central Commit tee in the late transcendently important po litical contest, and to have so managed his high office os to bring to the support of his chief certain ricketty Democratic newspapers in a twinkling after the election was over. Again, it has heretofore been the custom of parties to reward such important services by a choice spot. Rut what clinches the nail is that General: Schenck was Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee during the whole session (tons far) of the immortal For tieth Congress, andmuBt needs have our fi nances “ at his fingers’ ends,” as the say ing is. r am not unmindful that Senator Morgan, of New York, was the coadjutor of General Schenck in the discharge of his late effective service—so c appointed, perhaps, on the Ja panese prudential principle of dual monetary agents. But there are other Cabinet spots. Aud the country has yet to hear of his mili tary exploits or of his eminent financial abil ities. Let -him pat np, therefore, with the Navy Department in case Fenton unseats him which I Larn is likely to he the case. I have tour given you “betting news,” so that if any of your readers are inclined to enter into thi.3 gambling business, they may proceed with their eyes open. I am sorry I havejlo other kind to-day. X. Minister Wsilibnmp. Mr. Washbubne writes a letter justifying hi* conduct in running away and leaving his friends in the hands of Lopez. It is dated at Buenos Ayres. He says: “My diplomatic powers had been surren dered, and I could not resume them. I had no longer honse, nor home, nor protection. I could have surrendered my family, unpro tected, and put them on the Paraguayan steamer the Rio Ana, and could have given myself np to the ruffians who had seized the members of my legation and been carried into captivity, where I could tell no tales, and could not advise my Government and the world of the atrocities and barbarities of Christmas hud New Yea To have thus surrendered myself, instead of hastening to a point where I could com municate with my Government, and do ail in my power to rescue my unfortunate friends from the clutches of a wild beast at ihe earliest moment, I should have been justly censured by the whole civilized world. I therefore embarked on the Wasp, and we hastened down the river. “I am remaining here to see what can be done to save the persons seized by Lopez. No effort of mine lias been or will tie spared to rescue the unfortunate men who were tom from me under circumstances of such pecu liar atrocity. For them I kept myself in the S ower and endured the hostility of the worst ring man; for them I most cheerfully sacri ficed health, comfort, and fortune, and en dured persecution aud insult I did all that was in my power to do. My house was crowd ed with fugitives, and I shared with them all I had and in all the horrors of the situation. , All parted from me with the deepest feelings ’ of gratitude. Had the Wasp been at Asun cion when Bliss and Masterton were seized by an overpowering force, and dragged away from me while on my way to the steamer, X am certain that Captain Kirkland would havo promptly responded to my request and opened on the town, but as you arc aware, JL>opez had kept her below the fortifications, a league below Asuncion, in order to have me at a dis advantage. Of course, in the street with my wife and child, I could offer no resistance to that outrage upon my flag.” Tire Iron-ClAd Qatli—Decision of Chief ’ " Justice Chase. ’’ Richmond, November 25.—Chief Justice Chase decided this morning that the iron-clad oath should not be administered to grand ju rymen, as it rather hindered the ends of jus tice. A new grand jury was then summoned under this , decision, and will only take the oath to support the Constitution of the United States. the order op the chief justice in relation tO oaths—his remarks on revenue frauds. . Richmond, November 25.—Chief Justice Chase in his order (to-day dispensing with the test oath for Grand Jurors explained that it was the additional oath prescribed by Con gress which is to he taken, unless the Court, in its discretion, directs otherwise. He added: “ Scruples at hiking it, expressed by some of the Grand Jurors known to be among those best qualified for the responsible duties of their position, have induced us to inquire whether the public interests now demand that the taking of it he required. And we are satisfied that while toe matters affirmed in it are cause of challenge in particular cases, the' ends, of justice will be hindered and defeated ‘rather than promoted and se conded by directing it to be administered, unless some special occasion shall demand it. No socb.special occasion now exists,-and in asmuch as the required number of Grand Ju rors have not yet been sworn he discharged,' and toe Marshal will summon another Grand Jury in the. usual manner.” In his charge to the Grand Jniy he spoke as fellows of revenue frauds : “ We admonish you, gentlemen, to exercise your utmost vigi lance on toe subject. Frauds on the revenue are an evil which the land cries ont upon, and frauds upon the revenue are frands upon the whole body of tax-payers, and no one who eats, 'drinks, wear* clothing,. or is shel tered under any roof however humble, now escapes taxation. Whatever toe dishonest avoid paying their worthier fellow-citizens must make up.. Investigate thoroughly, therefore, and spare nobody, least of all those in the highest and most responsible positions. Those who are worthy will welcome inquiry, which must turn to their praise.” Row Near Covington.—From a gentleman who has just returned from Newton county, we learn that a serious row occurred near Cov ington, on Tuesday last. From onr informant, we gather the following: It seems that a crowd of negroes, armed, were prowling around the country, stealing, when the presiding Judge, Green, ordered their arrest. The Sheriff’, with a Bailiff and two or three others, went after them, when his party was attacked by toe negroes, and the Bailiff’s head, split open with an axe, in the hands of •a negro. The negro was instantly killed, and the Sheriff and his party compelled to run. The Judge ordered the Sheriff’ to summon a posse and go after them, and on yesterday he succeeded in arresting quite a number of these desperadoes. As court is now in session, we trust the guilty parties may have a trial, and get the rail benefit of toe law.—Oriffin Star 27th. ■*- Russia proposes, we hearfrom 'Washington, to learn railroading from us, and then build a railroad from China across Asia to St Peters burg, to keep us from monopolizing to* Chinese trade.—Tribune,. ... ~ The Indian War—A Heavy Force in Pur suit or me Hostile Indians. A letter dated Fort Hays, the 15th instant, says that toe entire force in the field against the Indians is Governor Crawford’s (of Kan sas) cavalry, 1,500 strong; seven companies of the fifth cavalry, eleven companies of the seventh cavalry, lour companies of the tenth cavalry, one company of the thirtieth in fantry, (colored,) and one company of the third infantry, (Forsyth’s scouts)—amount ing in all to about 3,000 men. There is part of a regiment at Fort Wallace—probably a reserve—and quite a force coming from the Southwest to join Gen. Sully’s command, now moving sonth toward the Arkansas and Canadian rivers. It is reported that quite a . large nnmber of the Indians will also join the expedition. The principal hostile tribes are the Arapa- hocs, Apaches, Kiowas, Comanches and a mixed, outlawed band called Deg Soldiers. Among the latter are many white desperadoes. The Dog Soldiers are now scattered about the head waters of the streams north of Smoky Hill, and will probably remain north of the railroad all winter. The other four tribes are south of the Arkansas river, where they will build their lodges for the winter. They can muster 3,000 to 5,000 warriors, all armed with carbines aud revolvers, in addition to their arrows and knives, and are well supplied with ammunition. ’ Gen. Sheridan will command the expedi tion in person. The plan is to attack the Indians in their winter quarters, destroy their lodges and everything they have, take away their arms, and force all those that escape slanphter to live on reservations be low the Arkansas. The destination of the expedition will probably be Sand Plains, south of the Arkansas, making that point a base of supplies. General Sheridan has a large supply of extra horses, and the best out fit that lias ever taken toe field on the plains. If he can prevent the Indians from breaking np into small hands and coming north, he can give them a very severe punishment; but if they elude him after the first attack, and reach the railroad in raiding parties, they can do immense damage, as there will be but a small force along the route to protect it. Gen. Sheridan left Fort Hayes on the 15th, and will overtake his force near Walnut creek. He will theu move to the Indian conntry, bnt will not commence active opera tions for three or four weeks. Brutal Affair in New York. New York, November 25.—Felix Larkin, toe backer of O’Baldwin, went into Campbell’s oyster sa loon, at the corner of Hudson and Canal streets, this morning and got into on alterca tion with the proprietor, who stabbed him re peatedly, and afterwards clubbed him, frac turing his skull. Larkin died almost instant ly. Campbell was arrested, and states that he acted in self defense. Four persons were injured with pistols, knives and clubs. David C. O’Day and John Burns, of this city, and John McClown, of Philadelphia, who were mixed up in the melee, were all more or less injured. All of the parties were arrested, and Larkin died before reaching the station- house. An inquest will be held to-morrow. The Alabama Negotiations. — Secretary Seward presented at the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday dispatches received by mail from Hon. Reverdy Johnson, Minister to England. The details of the negotiations for settlement of the Alabama claims were included in this communication. The details of the corres pondence have not publicly transpired, hut it is known that the results of the negotiations do not quite come up to the expectation of the administration, the basis of the proposed agreement being somewhat different from what the President and Secretary Seward had been led to suppose they were.—National In telligencer. New York Nominations.—The Tammany Charter Convention has nominated A Oakey Hall for mayor and Richard O’Gorman for corporation counsel. The Mozart Convention has also nominated A Oakey Hall, but substituted George Shea for corporation counsel. The Constitutional Union party has nominated General Andrew W. Greene for mayor and Richard O’Gorman for corporation counsel. The Republican Convention has nominated Col. Fred. A Coukling for mayor and Chas. P. Shaw for corporation counsel A Schenectady Genius.—A saloon-keeper of Schenectady, who has been greatly annoy ed by persons who sit abont in chairs to sleep off toe effects of bad whiskey, has caught and tamed a number of rate, and trained them to run across-the floor. A sitter wakes up and sees the rats running, and calls atten tion to the fact, when he is told that there are no rats there. This frightens the man, who thinks he has got the tremens, and he quickly disappears from the scene. A clergyman called on a poor parishioner, -whom he fonnd bitterly lamenting the loss of an only son, a boy of about four or five years old. In the hope of consoling the al- ffiicted woman, he remarked to her that “one so young could not have committed any very grevions sin; and that, no doubt, the child had gone to heaven.” “Ah, sir,” said the simple-hearted creature, “but Tommy was so shy—and they are all strangerf there.’1 The Whiskey Tax.—Mr. Everts’ opinion is published in full, to which allusion was made recently. He thinks that the distiller has a right to bring his low wine np to “proof’ by several operations without paring tax on it as first produced, even if a tank "is used, “doub ling’ being a necessary process. During the recent Erie contest, a New York bank, whose capital does not exceed three quarters of a million, certified a check for eight millions. PRESENTS. ■- ■ I WOULD RESPECTFULLY INVITE MY OLD CUSTOMERS. Patron., and the public ceserauy. ■ ratfouB, «*AAA . to call and examine my Stock of FRENCH CONFECTIONERY, Chryitallzed and Glazed; FRUITS. CREAM, JELLV, Fruits and Bonbons, Chocolate, Cordials, fa- TOYS, FAYCY GOODS, &c., Fine Wax, Bisk, Chin* Robber DOLLS and DOLL HEADS; ' Fine TEA SETS: FURNITURE, eeteor single; ■ WORK BOXES; TOBACCO BOXES; TOILET SETS; Fine Motto CUPSnndSAUCERS, MUGS, VASES, Ac. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; MECHANICAL TOYS, DRUMS. DOLL CARRIAGES, GOAT WAOONS, SULKIES, Ac. FERE WORKS, Wholesale and Retail, ier with the usual variet - of BASKETS, BETI« and FANCY BOXES. The whole comprises an assortment ol the choicest and most desirable GOODS to he found to the rnarfmt; well adapted to meet the warn of att who msy mvoc me with their patronage. R. M. HUNT, Cor. Whitaker and State Sts.. Savannah. Ga. nov26-lm LUGT COBB INSTITUTE, The tax on a gold watch worth one hun dred dollars is one dollar; the tax on one hundred dollars worth of tea is at least twen ty-five dollars. \Yho pays the taxes ? ATHENS, GEORGIA. BEY. FERDINAND JACOBS, A M., TT'ORMERLY PRINCIPAL OP A HIGH SCHOOL r for yonng Ladies., in Charleston, ft C.; quently President of the Lawreneeidlto Female Co*- tute, 't will be opened by him for the reception aZ Pupils, MONDAY, January m 1868. Accomplished and approved Teachers in all Depart ments, have been engaged. _ For Circulars, address John H- Nkwtoit, Esq.. ident of the Board ot Trustees, Athens, Go.; of, Bmt. Ferdinand Jacobs, (till Jan. 1) BerzeUa, Q*.i Biter that; at Athens. ALMAYACS GEORGIA c ON THE GRIER PLAN. T IE UNDERSIGNED ARE NOW REAlJY TO FILL orders for the above Almanacs. Price, per single Gross - ~ ?? Per Gross for Five Groaa or more - 3 Per Gross for Ten Grose or more ----- 8 W Parties ordering ten gross or more, can get an im print and one full page of advertising without extra charge. - A few select advertisements win be token. Foe tjwma addr.v.3 J. W. BURKE &-CO., Macon, Georgia. MAGAZINES FOR DECEMBER.* -r ESIdE’S LADY’S MAGAZINE FOB DECEMBER; I j Godey’a Lad;' Book for December. Demorest’s Monthly for December, Peterson’s Lady’s Magazine for December, Le Bon Ton tor December. Le Petit Meselger for December, Lady's Friend for December, Harper’s Monthly for*December, Atlantic Monthly for December, Putnam’s Monthly far December, Ballou's Monthly for December. The Land We Lots for December. The Old Onard for December, The Eclectic May for December, The Galax; for December, The Catholic World for December, Leslie’s Pleasant Honrs for December, Onr Young Folks for December, Lippincott's Msy for December, Every 8stnrday (monthly part) for November, Westminster Review (quarterly), Edinburgh Review (quarterly). For Sale at ESTILL’S NEWS DEPOT, nov2G Bull street, next to Pout Office. PERSONAL. A YOUNG MAN, twenty-three years old, i medium supply of “common sense*' re _ ly solicits a few correspondents from among the , *fkSr sex** of Georgia, and South Carolina. Object, to, snd why not: My fisrt is seen both on and under a table, Mv second is a ffytn My third is the root of all evil My whole is one of the “United States.** Address GAB OLIVIER, ESQRR New Orleans, La. nov!6-eodlw WINCHESTER REPEATING RIFLES FIRING TWO SHOT'S A SECOND As a Repeater, AND TWENTY SHOTS A 1HNUTB As a Single Breech-Loader. POWERFUL, ACCURATE AND WONDER FULLY EFFECTIVE WEAPONS, carrying IS charges, which can bo fired to nine seconds, are now readv for the market. are for sale Lv all the re sponsible Gun Dealers throughout the country. For full information aend for circulars and pamphlets to the WINCHESTER REPEATING AEtMS CO,. sepl8—TWSm New Haven, Conn. PARTICULAR NOTICE. CITY MARSHAL’S OFFICE. ) Savassah, November 17th, 1868. j I AM INSTRUCTED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF T3X Committee on Streets and Lanes to notify all per sons whose pavements are in bad order that they mast be repaired lorthwith. In default, the Ordinance will be enforced. THOMAS a WAYNE, npvl7-12t City ArarabpJ. TO MACHINISTS AND BLACKSMITHS. UST LANDING PEE BRIG FLORA 1L HURL- ■pra . J BURT, the best Broad Top Bituminous COAL, for Smithing purposes. Also, on hand, several varieties of best Anthracite Coal, for Honse purposes. Terms cash. mov2*-6t GRANTHAM L TAGGART. Day Board $6 Per Week. Board and Lodging $7 Per Week. G ood board can be obtained at the above rates within five minutes walk of the Peak Office. Apply at THIS OFFICE ocli-tf A No. 1 Plantation y^YING FOURTEEN MILES for Sale, , BELOW BAEi- BRIDGE Georgia, containing 1.217 acres. 830 cleared and under fence; qniteproductive and herd thy; good water and a fine saw and grist mill, and tdlkiads of timber and a few cabinB end cribs. For particulars, inquire of . « - i : R. H. BUTLER, Agent, O— Tallahassee. Fla. Fine Brick Residence for Sale. every room; also, a good well of water in the yard aud water in stable. Furniture will be sold with the house if desired. Furniture all new and in perfect, order. Sold for no fault, but the owner is about leav ing the State. Address Box 159 for particulars. nov21-6t ' " For Rent for a Term of Years, IJIHAT VALUABLE RICE PLANTATION ON THE ndrer i.oo* r.Yalambroeia.c _ AopsYUce Land, on the beat pitch of tiderwiih a £l2& Dwelling, Out Budding# and Negro Hoaaea, an& & Thresher, that can be put in order at a moderate coat. Th*; lands have been cultivated th# last two years. There are also 300 acres up land, ail cleared. Apply to ROB. HABERSHAM £ GO- nov21-3taw2w ■ FOR ~|~^OT NO. 2a WASHINGTON WARD, BETWEEN Congress and Sh Jnlien streets. Apply to HENRY BRYAN, nov!8-tf 101 Bay street.