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T. GILBERT. tUOft. OILBEKT Jk CO., H . PBOrBIBTOKfI. **JJ TERMS OF SVBSCRIPTIOSr. «%o year (In advan.ee) W OO Six months, “ 2.00 CLUB HATES l iFtye s, one year SIB.OO Ton “ 35.00 ami an additional copy to the getter up of the Club. AI>VERTISnrO RATES: Advcvti?cments Inserted at $1 per square (ten lines or less, in small type,) first insertion, and fifty cents each subsequent insertion. TUESDAY MORVIA’tJ, SEPT. 4. Copious and gentle showers have fallen during the past week in Pike county, Ala. The Provost Marshal General’s Bu reau And Office have been abolished by recent orders. While the quarantine lasts at Mobile, mails will be sent to New Orleans via Meridian and Jackson, Miss. Close calculations made by competent men show that $40,000 will put the rail- Poad between Tuskegee and Chehaw in complete working order. Turtu-st bale of new cotton was re ceived! in Augusta last Friday, weighed 443 pounds and was sold to E. M. Bruce & Cos. at fifty cents per pound. Among the names of those announced to speak at Philadelphia meeting to rat ify the recent Convention is that of Gov. Jenkins, of Georgia. The Memphis papers announce the death in that city, on the 22d, of Dr. William C. Bryan, an eminent physi cian of that city, m the 58th year of his age. We learn from the Memphis Ava lanche that the President has appointed Rolfe S. Saunders Collector of Internal Revenue at that place, in the place of Rouell Hough, removed. While the clerks of the First National Bank of St. Louis were eating lunch in the cashier’s room, on Tuesday, a pack age of SIO,OOO was stolen from the desk by some person unknown. Napoleon is said to have informed I the Pope that the French troops will I evacuate Rome on the very day named I in a late order, and that His Holiness I must treat “politically and financially” I with Italy afterward. The President has directed a pardon I to b*c made out for Chas. M. Conrad, of I Louisiana, a member of the rebel Con- I grer,s. Mr. Conrad was Secretary of I War of the United States under the ad- I ministration of President Fillmore. The Herald’s Washington correspon- I dent says he has excellent authority for I stating that Jeff'. Davis will be released I on bail or parole soon, holding himself I amenable to the process of the court I which is to dispose of his case in Octo- I her next. The announcement which has appear ed in several papers to the effect that Major Gen. 0. O. Howard had issued an order directing that the issue of ra tions to both whites and freedmen by the Bureau officers be discontinued is correct. It is stated that since the Atlantic cable has been laid Napoleon has kept up a constant telegraphic communica tion with Maximilian, there being by means of the ocean cable, a continuous telegraphic line from Paris through London and New York, to Galveston, Texas. It said that Victor Emanuel attrib utes the Italian naval defeat at Lissa to the presence on board of the Austrian ships of a ruimb'v of American Confed '.raieotn' »*> " P :~a'<Usl’fc oi ihe Federal build u vessels, were furious in their and teiiuiiiution to destroy them. Amnion meeting at Reading, Penn., yesterday, resolved, among other things, that-Henry J. Raymond, “by following the lead of the infamous Andrew John son,” “has become unworthy and odi ous,” and therefore urged his expulsion from the Chairmanship of the Republi can National Executive Committee. A public meeting was to have been held in Opelika on the 27th to appoint Delegates to the great Railroad Con vention to be held in the city of Macon, Ga., on the first Wednesday in Septem ber next. At this meeting a proposi tion was to be submitted, for the town of Opelika to subscribe to the Capital Stock of the Savannah and Memphis Railroad. The Fall term of the Circuit Court for Mann county, Ala., commences on Monday the fid day of September. About two hundred new cases have been entered on the appearance docket. It is understood that Judge Dougherty will make a strong effort to dispose of the old cases which have been an incubus to the Court for years. The quarantine regulations at Mobile commenced on the 22d. The order is said to have been issued by direction of General Grant, applies to all vessels coining from New Orleans, and is to " continue in force for fifteen days. The Mobile papers bitterly denounce the order, as it will accomplish no good. Persons can reach the city by rail. Theodore Morris, of Pike county, Al abama, was, on Friday, brought before Commissioner Wyatt, in Montgomery, on the charge of raising a oue dollar greenback to a ten, and attempting to pass it upou Mr. O’Dwer. Morris plead guilty, and and in default of a bond of $2,500 went to jail, to appear at the next term of the District Court. He is quite a young man. - In consequence of fraudulent circulars having been issued by opponents the National Union Executive Committee at Washington give notice that official circulars sent from these rooms are signed by the chairmru of the National Uiion Resident Fxecutivc Committee a/d its secretary, and all moneys in tended for its use should be addressed to Charles Knap, Esq., chairman of the National Finance Committee. A general order was issued on the night of the 2fid by Gen Sheridan, re voking general order No. 68, issued by General Baird, declaring martial law and appointing a military governor, but continues in force Gen. Sheridan’s general order No. 15, declaring martial law to exist for the preservation of the public peace and preservation of life and property, which was tlio status existing before tho riot. The_Commis9ioner of Internal Reve nue has designated the following points in Alabama where the cotton can be assessed and marked according to law. For the First District of Alabama: Mondays, Thursdays and Wednes days— Deraopolis and Greenville. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays— Pollard and Eufaula. Mobile at all times. For the Second District of Alabama: Mondays and Thurdays—Montgome ry, Selma, Tuscaloosa and Girard. Wednesdays—Benton and Wetump ka. Wednesdays and Thursdays—Bluff ton. Thursdays—Vernon. Fridays and Saturdays—Game syllle. VOL. VIII. Duvall’s official majority (three coun ties unofficial) is 37,360. Total vote 158,000—13,000 more than ever before polled. Hon. A. H. Ward has been nomina ted as the Conservative Democratic can didate for Congress in the 6th Kentucky district. Havana letters of the 18th state the slave trade is on the increase. Seven, hundred Africans had been landed at one time. It is reported that the Governors of Michigan, Wisconsin and Indiana will attend the Convention of Southern Loy alists at Philadelphia. Henry Ward Beecher has been se lected as Chaplain of the National.Sol diers’ and Sailors’ Convention, to be held at Cleveland, Sept. 17. Provost Marshal General Fry has been mustered out of service, and his papers turned over to the Adjutant Gen eral of the United States army. Priton Probst, Robert Gray and Pat rick Kinley, are the names of the detec tive officers in New York arrested on charges of complicity with thieves. The Atlantians are discussing the matter of street railways in that city. The matter lias been before Council and referred by that body to the Street Com mittee. A Western editor asserted, apparent ly in good faith, that a cotemporary likd gone to Heaven, and he exclaimed, enthusiastically, “bully for our enn temp !” General Sweeny requests the name of some competent person in each circle of the Fenian Brotherhood, to be appoint ed to the task of reorganizing the mili tary force. On the 4th Cortina took Revnosa from the liberal commandant and pronounc ed for the French. »Gen. Douay left Saltilo for Monterey on the Bth instant with 4,500 men. Bazine was at San Luis sending reinforcements. The State capitol at Milledgeville is being repaired. Gas will be introduc ed before the meeting of the Legisla ture. The members will furnish their own in daylight. Plastering and paint ing and good gas will produce quite a change in the building. Gov. Orr has issued a proclamation convening the Legislature of his State on the 4th of September next, in extra session, for the purpose of adapting the State laws to recent acts of Congress, and for the relief of the financial em barrassments of the people of the State. Another Atlantic Cable Company is about to commence work, intending to connect America with Europe via Ber muda and the Azores, and thence to Lisbon, a distance in all of about 2,100 miles, six of it being to Bermuda, six from the Azores to Lisbon, and the re maining distance between Bermuda and the Azores. The United States Consul at Havana noHfies all whom it may concern that a strict imarantine has beta established in the casaof all vessels coning from the to Cuban ports. The isatMariel, 45 miles west of All United States decided “foul” by the says: Never, *mory of the oldest iu- been such a pros pect this and adjoining •P. Lewis thinks that 25 barrels per acre on a portion of his land. Well, if we can not afford to pay $2 or $3 for wheat we can at least have plenty of corn bread. The Selma, (Ala.) Messenger says: “We hear of factories springing up all over the countr)-. At Camden, Wilcox county, a wealthy Company have taken the initiatory steps to erect a large building, and fill it with the most ap proved machinery. At Carrollton, Miss., a factory is now in operation, which in a short time will employ 180 spindles. In Marengo county they are making arrangements to manfacture on a large scale. At Cuba Station, Sum ter county, a factory is shortly to he in operation. The Union Conservatives in Maine are opening the campaign in gallant style. Public meetings are notified throughout the State and the people are everywhere indicating an interest in the approaching election unequalled for years. They are anxious to see peace practically restored to the whole coun try and the old business and social re lations between North and South re vived. They have had enough of tur moil, blood, war, and now long for those amicable relations which will en sure reciprocal prosperity and national quiet and advancement. The birds of ill-omen have been abroad long enough; it is time for halcyon days. The elec tions come off' on the second Monday in September. The New York Tribune arouses the Radical forces, and calls them to action. “We shall,” it says, “have a desperate struggle this fall. The coalition is strong against us in crafty political managers, strong in official spoils and will be strong also in money.” These are promising suggestions. We hope tbsit the united efforts of Conserv atives may be as effective as the Tri bune fears that they will be. It will be wonderful if they are not. The Con servatives have every possible advan vantage in the struggle. They have tho Executive with them; they have ex perienced and zealous leaders; they have the intelligence, the commerce, and the entire industry of the land on their 9ide. They also have a profound conviction of the justice of their cause. Why should not the Tribune tremble? The National Intelligencer says new life has been imparted to business oper ations by ibe pTospectsnow afforded by the proceedings of the National Union Convention, and the President’s proc lamation of sincere confidence in the future prospects of the country, under conservative counsels, will invigorate industry and enterprise. Commerce between the North and the South will be restored to its former activity, and its field of operations will be enlarged. The product of cereals in tho West and of cotton in the South promises well for active business the coming autumn. The heavy stock of goods now on the hands of importers and manufacturers will be in demand for Southern and Western consumption, and 'probably at lower prices. If the wise suggestions of Secretary McCulloch, in his recent letter to a Boston Committee, be carried into practical effect by legislation, the fur ther depreciation of Government credit and securities will be arrested, and a gradual advance towards a specie stand ard be secured. THE WEEKLY SUN The Paris Patrie says the Emperor Napoleon will cede Veuetia, as handed over to France by Austria, direct to Italy, to be held as part of the kingdom of Victor Emanuel. It is said that President Roberts and Gen. Sweeney are not on the best of terms, and that anew split in conse quence will take place in the Brother hood. Fred. Douglass, the negro, has been elected a delegate from Rochester, N. Y., to the Loyal Southern Convention to be held in Philadelphia on Sept. sth. We don’t see how Ashburne, Saffold & Cos. can object to the association. In New York City, anew, capacious and elegant hanking house foi the sole accommodation of colored people, has been opened. All the officers of the concern, from the President down, are colored men, several of whom are very Wealthy for men of their class. Courtlandt Bullit, United States Mar shal in New Orleans, will soon be tried for malfeasance in office, a wealthy cot ton broker charging him with extort ing $14,000. one-fifth of the amount of the sales of cotton, which lie threatened to seize unless paid that amount. Maj. Gee, whose long trial before a military commission, in Raleigh, N. C., recently ended in his triumphant ac quittal, has returned to his home in Quincy, Fla., apd resumed the practice of medicine his old profession. His trial cost the Government nearly a quar ter of a million of dollars. Philadelphia has decided to ratify the action of the Restoration Convention on the 17th of September, the anniver sary of the adoption of the national Constitution. The meeting will be a monster one, as conservative men of all shades of opinions upon other sub jects can unite as a band of brothers in support of the restoration policy of the President. A New York dispatch says: “The amount' abstracted from a bank vault noticed last evening is now stated at $90,000. It appears Messrs. Crocker, Wood & Cos. had deposited in the vault of the Marine Bank a box containing the money and securities, and it was carried off by some person or persons unknown. The police have the matter in hand, but with faint hope of securing the offenders.” A petition to Congress, signed by Union men of Louisiana, representing that, after combatting for four years the armed force of the rebels and traitors, they are not prepared or willing that these same rebels and traitors should return among them, assume authority, treat with contumely and contempt, and otherwise abuse them. The petitioners set forth at length their grievances, and call for protection. The third National Convention of Spiritualists met at Providence on Tues day. There were about three hundred delegates present, of both sexes. Mr. Pierpont, of the District of Columbia, assumed the chair; hut in the perma nent organization Mr. Newman Weeks, of Rutland, Vermont, was chosen presi dent, and a number of ladies and gen tlemen vice presidents. It is expected that the Convention will continue in session for a week A Richmond (Va.) dispatch states that a near friend of Jefferson Davis confirms the report, current some time since, that he objected to several of the passages in the recent work entitled his prison life. He, however, did not say that the passages were absolute false hoods, but simply that they were high ly colored, and in numerous instances objectionable, because given to his phy sicians as confidential, or merely social utterances. Anew and enlarged list of the sign ers to the call of the disunion Conven tion at Philadelphia on the 3d prox. is published. Among the names are those of Hahn, Dostie, King Cutler, Judd and Richardson, all of the Convention rioters at New Orleans on the 80th ult. The meeting of the Southern malcon tents will endorse the New Orleans mobocrats ; and under the lead and ad vice of their Northern prompters will lay the pipes for future mobs in the Southern States. Sidney E. Morse, of New York, has just patented a curious philosophical instrument, which is called a bathome ter. You throw it overboard, with its appendages, in the ocean, where water is miles deep. It goes down like a shot, and as soon as it touches the bottom it turns and comes back to the surface. You pick it up and the true depth of the water where it struck the bottom is seen on the scale of the barometer, just as you see the degree of heat on the scale of a thermometer. Major Gen. John A. Logan, of Illi nois, and Major Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, of Massachusetts, enjoy the enviable distinction of being the only prominent officers of the Federal army who insist that “ the leaders of the re bellion” shall be punished with death. A better state of feeling was to have been expected of Logan, who has the reputation of having been a good sol dier ; but nothing better could have been expected of Butler, who has tho reputation of having been no soldier at all. Major General Jeff. C. Davis, Assis tant Commissioner of the Freedmen’s Bureau for the State of Kentucky, re ports the freedmen, generally speaking, as industriously employed at fair wages, and that ninety-five per cent, of the colored people are self-sustaining. There are ninety colored schools in the State, with an aggregate attendance of 2,328 scholars. Much opposition is manifest ed in some portions of the State by white malcontents, styled “regulators,” to colored schools, and several instances are cited where they have been broken up and the teachers driven from the State. Gen. Davis recommends an increase of the military force by a squadron of cavalry,to prevent outrages upon freedmen. The usual wages paid field hands is sl2 per month and ra tions, and in tobacco-growing regions from S2O to S3O per month. First New Cotton at Vicksburg. —The Vicksburg Herald notices the receipt and sale in that city on the 21st instant, of the first bale of new cotton this season. It was from the plantation of Maj. P. M. Doherty on the Yazoo river. It closed good middlings and sold for thirty-four cents. An Affecting Parting.— The Rich mond Dispatch, in announcing the re moval of Gen. Terry, from the com mand of the Department of Virginia, and his transfer to Utah, expresses the feeling hope, that he “ may agree with the canibal Indian that eats him. ” COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUE&bAY, SEPTEMBER 4,1866 Grand Ratification Meeting in East Tennessee.— The Knoxville Commercial learurs that the East Ten nessee Executive Committee have de cided to issue a call for a grand mass meeting of the entire people of East Tennessee, to take place on Wednes day, September 10th, to ratify the pro ceedings of the Philadelphia Union Convention. The Arkansas Election.— A letter to the New York Tribune, from what it terms “a loyal Union citizen of Fayette ville, Arkansas,” states that elec tion in Arkansas has resulted in an overwhelming victory for the Rebel party. Nearly all their candidates were men who served in the rebel army.” This is distressing news to the Tribune and its radical tribe. The First of the New Cotton Crop in Charleston.— Messrs. E. H. Rodgers & Cos., on Adger’s wharves, received and sold yesterday the first of the new crop of cotton which has reach ed this market, consisting of two bales of low middling. It was from the plan tation of Mr. W. T. Ulmer, of Barn well District, S. C., and brought 33 cents per pound.— Charleston, Courier, Aug. 23. Railp.oad Election in Montgom ery.—On Monday the citizens of Mont gomery, by a vote of 290 to 67, decided to give city aidofsl,ooo,oootothe South and North Alabama Railroad. The papers say the vote would have been much larger but for the inclemency of the weather. Montgomery by her le gal voters thus again evinces her fixed determination to aid largely in the speedy completion of this road. Continues to Rain. —The Tallahas see Sentinel of Saturday, 25th, says it has rained every day in that section since Thursday, the 16tli of August, that day included. We profess to know but little as to what effect it will have on the crops ; but should think it is a little “ too much of a good thing. ” This sudden change from the long season of dry and hot weather .which preceded it, has had the effect to cause chills and fever to he quite prevalent. Savannah and Memphis Railroad. —The letter from Opelika, Ala., and the circular accompanying it, which we publish in the Courier this morning, will be read with interest by our busi ness men. Not only the people of Louisville, but those of every city and county in the West and Noitliwest, merchants, manufacturers, and farmers, have a direct interest in the completion of the Memphis and Savannah railroad. — Louis. Cour. 35 th. To be Removed. —A gentleman from the North reports that Gen. Foster, the Commandant, is to be removed from Florida, and all the negro troops with him. The white troops that were at tacked by cholera off Savannah and have been quarantined on Tybee Is land for some time are to replace them. We are told that Gen. Foster has been guilty of many acts of oppression, and his removal will be hailed with joy by the people of Florida. Cholera at Mobile —Dr. Ketchum, the President of the Board of Health at Mobile, reports that for the week end ing on the 25th there have been four fatal cases of cholera—all negroes—in the city. The Board of Health urged upon citizens the importance of seeking relief from the diarrhoea, which is usu ally premonitary of an attack ; of exer cising care in diet ; and in the vigilant observance of all those sanitary meas ures, domestic and personal, which have so often been impressed upon them as necessary during the prevalence of this disease. Bennett’s Offer to the Confed eracy.—There will shortly be publish ed, says the New York News, a record of the proceedings of the secret sessions of the Confederate Congress. This in teresting publication will reveal the fact, beyond dispute, that James Gordon Bennett sent an agent to the Confeder ate Government offering to sell the in fluence of the New York Herald to the Confederacy, and to advocate the se cession movement, for the sum of £50,000 in gold, to lie paid in England. This offer was duly considered and re jected, upon the grounds : first, that the New York Herald had no influence, and could not be of service to the Con federacy; and, secondly, that, judging from Bennett’s antecedents and known character, he would not keep faith with them, but would be false to his bargain at the first opportunity that promised a reward for his treachery. This is one more chapter in the his tory of the infamous career of this bad old man. Southerners in New York. —We find the following paragraph in the New York editorial correspondence of the Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel. Both the ladies mentioned are daugh ters of Col. Chambers of this city : “A number of Southerners are here spending their money as freely and en joying themselves as fully as before the war. Among the number here now are Brig. Gen. Wilcox, of Alabama ; Gen. Battle, of Alabama ; and Brig. Gen. N. Harris, of Mississippi; Hon. Thomas Hardeman, P. W. Alexander Judge Lyon and Col. W. F. Wright, of Geor gia. I have met quite a number of Georgia ladies here also. Among them the widow of the gallant and accom plished Col. Harris, of Merriwether, who fell a sacrifice to his country’s cause in the late war. Mrs. H. is still in delicate health, having never recover ed from the shock produced by Ler hus band’s untimely death. She is accom panied by her sprightly and accom plished sister, Miss Chambers, of Mus cogee.” Great Ratification Meeting in Memphis. —One of the largest and most enthusiastic gatherings ever convened in West Tennessee was brought togeth er m Court Square in Memphis on the 25th, to ratify the action and the delib erations of the National Union Conven tion at Philadelphia. Lieut. Gen. N. B. Forrest was called to preside, and the list of Vice Presi dents embraced many of the most dis tinguished citizens of the vicinity, with out regard to past party affiliations. The meeting was eloquently addressed by Lieut. Gen. Forrest, Gen. Stoneman, U. S. A., Hon. Gustavns Henry, Hon. L. C. Haynes, and others, all of whom heartily and strongly indorsed the de liberations of the great Convention, and exhorted the people to give their undi vided support to President Johnson. The occasion was in every respect cal culated to inspire the masses with hope for a speedy restoration of all their po litical rights. Railroad Heeling at Opelika. A portion of the citizens of Oueljtej and vicinity met at Col. S. F. Flo® noy’s store, on Tuesday, the 28th in for the purpose of appointing delegates to the Convention to be held at Macon* Ga., on the first Wednesday in Septenj ber next. On motion Frank. Watkins, Esqi was. called to the Chair and J. Wh Phillips requested to act as T The object of the meeting being ex plained by Col. T. F. Flournoy, on mo tion a committee was appointed to pre( pare business for the meeting. That committee consisted of the following gentlemen: Col. T. F. Flournoy, Jas.l R. Greene, Esq., and Dr. E. C. Bowen. After retiring for a while, the commit tee returned, and reported the following preamble and resolutions : Whereas, A Convention has been called to meet at Macon, Georgia, on the first Wednesday in September next, for the purpose of taking steps to facilitate the building of the Savannah and Memphis Railroad. Therefore be it Resolved , Ist. That the town of Ope lika be represented in said Convention, and that ten delegates be appointed who shall he fully authorized to co operate with other delegates in said Convention in promoting the interests*! of the Savannah and 2. That we favor the subscription by the town of Opelika of the sum of $50,- 000 to the capital stock of the Savan nah and Memphis Railroad, and to this end we hereby request and instruct the Town Council to make an application to the Legislature, at its next session, to have the town charter s« amended as to authorize and legalize the subscrip tion of stock by the town of Opelika in the sum above stated. 3. That upon the passage of a law for : that purpose, as above provided, the Town Council, through it Intendant, j shall immediately give at least ten days’ notice of an election to be held by the real estate owners of said town, at which the question submitted shall be (voting by ballot) —“Subscription” or “No Subscription.” If, upon count ing up the vote, it is found that there is a majority of votes cast for Subscription, the corporate authorities of the town of Opelika shall proceed in due form, to subscribe, in behalf of the town, $50,- 000 to the capital stock cf the Savan nah and Memphis Railroad, by issuing the bonds of the town, maturing years from date, and redeemable earlier at the option of the town. 4. That a specific tax, sufficient to meet the annual interest accruing on said bonds, shall be estimated and as sessed from year to year, upon all real estate within the corporate limits of the town, and that in all taxes arising from real esiate the bonded debt shall have pre-eminence. 5. That we reaffirm our oft-repeated expressions of confidence in the ability and efficiency of the officers and Direc tory of this Road, and that its able Pres ident, Col. John R. Slaughter, deserves especial commendation for the energy and zeal with which he has applied himself to this work, amid the embar rassing circumstances by which he has been surrounded. The resolutions were taken up, amended and passed in the above form. The following delegates were appoint ed by the Chair to represent the town of Opelika in the Macon Convention:— A. B. Griffin, Esq., R, C. Jeter, W. C. Ross, J. W. Phillips, Capt. J. M. Ken nedy, Dr. E. C. Bowen, Rcv.E. D Pitts, Col. T. F Flournoy, J. C. W. Rogers, and J. H. Swearingen, Esq. Speeches were lifade during the pro gress of the meeting by Col. Frobell, oil -G-a.,. J. H. Esq., Capt. jA M. Kennedy, J. K. Greene, Esq., Coir T. F. Flournoy and others—all breath ing a spirit of determination to prose cute the great enterprise to its final com pletion. On motion, the press of Columbus, Macon, Savannah, Opelika, Dadeville, Tuscumbia, Memphis, St. Louis and Louisville, were requested to publish the proceedings of the meeting ; where upon the meeting adjourned sine die. F. Watkins, Chairman. J. W. Phillips, Secretary. The Gainesville (Ga.) Eagle says Mr. E. M. Johnson has just returned froma meeting of the officers of the Air Line Railroad, held at New York. He re ports that the road will be built from Atlanta to Gainesville, and that from that point two surveys will be made one to Cheater, S. C., via Anderson C. 11., and the other to Salisbury or Char lotte, N. C., via Pendleton, S. C. This road, it is claimed, will, when built, be tho shortest route from New York to New Orleans—as direct a line as practi cable, and that the trip between the two points over it will be made in fifty hours. We have seen this and paragraphs of similar import going the rounds of the press for several weeks. At the time the Air Line Road was first talked of and surveyed to Gaines ville, there was no talk of shortening the route from Augusta to Columbia. Since then a road has been projected and is now near completion, from Ham burg direct to Columbia, S. C., which, when completed, will shorten the dis tance between these two points, as compared with the present route via Branchville, near one hundred miles. This will make the distance from At lanta to Charlotte very little, if any, greater than that proposed Air Line road. With these facts before them, we hardly think shrewd capitalists at the North or elsewhere, will be willing to place their money in an enterprise which promises so little advantage in distance when so many better invest ments are presenting themselves. Tit* Hamburg and Columbia road killed that Cock Robin. How Rain is Formed. —The follow ing short explanation will show the philosophy of what within the past seven days has been the most common “local” occurrence: 1. Were the atmosphere, everywhere, at all times, at a uniform temperature, we should never have rain, or hail, or snow. The water absorbed by its evaporation from the sea and the earth’s surface, would descend in an imper ceptible vapor, or cease to be absorbed by the air when once fully saturated. 2. The absorbing power of the atmos phere, and consequently its capability to retain humidity, is proportionally greater in cold than in warm weather. 3. The air near the surface of the earth, is warmer than in the region of the clouds. The higher we ascend from the earth, the colder do we find the at mosphere. Hence the perpetual snow on the very high mountains in the hot test climates. Now, when from con tinual evaporation the air is highly saturated with vapor, though if it be in visible and the sky cloudless, if its tem perature is suddenly reduced by cold currents of air rushing from a higher to a lower latitude, its capacity to retain moisture is diminished, clouds are formed, and the result is rain. Air condenses as it cools, and like a sponge filled with water and compressed, pours out the water which its diminished ca pacity cannot contain. ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES. By Telegraph from Europe. Liverpool, Aug. 28.—Evening.— Cotton closes steany j sales to-day 10,- JMO bales; Middling Uplands 13|d. flat and prices nominal with downward tendency. Provisions quiet and generally unchanged. | London, Aug. 27. —Evening—The market is easier with an advance of in Consols. The closing quotation for Consol3 89. American securities con tinue firm, and Erie and Illinois shares Ihave advanced. United States 5-20’s 72. Liverpool, Aug. 28—Evening.— i Cotton market dull and declining. pPrices are a penny lower. Sales to day 8,000 bales; middling uplands 13£ jj@l3£d. Breadstuffs Market weak and prices declining. Flour and wheat Irooping. Corn declined Cd. and mix fd Western is quoted at 263. 3d. for 460 lbs. Provision market generally un ! changed; Lard especially dull, and prices nominal. Sugar firm; Coffee gUady; Rice firmer; Rosin steady and 36s. 6d. aPondon, August 28 Evening.— Money Market is without change. Of ficial closing price of Consols 89 j for money. Market for American securities improving and prices slightly higher. Five-Twenties 72£. Florence, Italy, Aug. 28 P. M.— Maxzini has refused to accept the am nesty granted by Victor Emmanuel. He declines to he a subject to the King on terms preferring exile to such a po sition. Liverpool, Aug. 29—Noon.—Sale3 of cotton tOrday estimated at 10,000 bales. Middling uplands opened at 13|@134d. Advices from China report that the papers of the missing*schooner Golden Peal were found at sea and a vessel was sent from Hong Kong to search for her. An arrival reports seeing the Great Eastern on the 19th. London, Aug. 29tli—Noon.—Open ing prices for Consols 89| for money ; Five-Twenties 72£. The Paris Morning Post says the Em press of Mexico so far succeeded in her mission as to induce Napoleon to ex tend the time of payment of money due France. He refused to loan Maxi milian ten million francs for the equip ment of troops in Mexico, but consented to furnish material from French arsenals. Napoleon also agreed not to withdraw the French troops before January. Prjuhjh, Aug.« 28.—The headquarters of the; Prussian army were removed from 'this city to Topelso, northwest frontier of Bohemia. Southampton, Aug. 29.—Steamship Hermania Whiled for New York this morning with $300,000 in specie. Reception of tbe President. Balti tore, Aug. 28. —The Presi dent and party left Washington 7:30 this morning. At each station persons were com, regated to pay their respects*' and even where the President was re ceived fi manilest attentions of de light ®l®;4niiapoli3 Junction Gov. Swann, /'yland. welcomed him t,o the Statej aCil accompanied tlitPparty to Baltimore./ On arrival in Baltimore the excursionists were met by a com mittee of forty citizens, with the Mayor as their Chairman, and escorted in open carriages to the President street depot for Philadelphia. Large crowds were gathered both at the Railroad Stations in Baltimore and on the line of the pro cession to get a view of the excursion ists, who were greeted by the waving of hats and handkerchiefs and with deafening cheers. Wilmington, Del., Aug. 28.—Here as at other places on the line of road, the President has been greeted with hearty good feeling, and was formally received. After his brief remarks, by request, the President appeared on the rear platform, when the surging crowd pressed forward and many shook his hand. Car and workshop -windows and balconies were crowded with spectators repeatedly cheering, and occasionally bands of music playing amidst the sur rounding excitement. Philadelphia, Aug. 28.—President Johnson arrived this afternoon and was welcomed by Col. Jas. Page, in behalf of the merchants and mechanics, irre spective of party, as the Chief Magis trate of the Republic, the chosen pro tector of their rights and liberties ; that through him the union of all the States would be restored and peace reign in fact as well as in name. The President said that he knew how to appreciate a reception from the people of Philadel phia, and that war had ceased forever. We had had war enough ; all Ins efforts had been to restore peace and a perma nent reorganization of the Government. The President’s remarks were greeted with great applause. Gen. Grant was also cheered. The President w r as then escorted by the military, under Gen. Meade, the civic bodies, merchants, etc., to Conti nental Hotel, where he subsequently ad dressed the vast crowd. He will be ser enaded to night. Hew York, Aug. 20. —The President was met by delegates and crowds of persons at Burlington, Vt., and Tren ton, N. J., where demonstrations of respect were paid. He arrived here this afternoon, and while crossing the river, seven hundred salutes were fired at the pier. He was received by differ ent municipal committees and citi zens, among whom were Alex. T. Stew art, Wm. B. Astor, Com. Vanderbilt, Moses Taylor and others. He was then escorted to City Hhll, when Mayor Hoffman welcomed him to the great Metropolis, to which the President re plied in felieitous terms. Subsequently heads of City Departments were pre sented, and shortly afterwards the Pres ident was escorted up Broadway by military and civil processions, and final ly to Delmonico’s; then the military passed in review before the President— the officers saluting, and the soldiers and citizens cheering. This evening the President and party will participate in a splendid banquet at Delmonico’s, and afterwards proceed to sth Avenue Hotel. The march of procession was witnessed by hundred of thousands of spectators. The number exceeding, if possible, that which lined that great thoroughfare on occasion of the funeral of President Lincoln. The civil and military authorities co-opera ted with the Citizens’ and Merchants’ Committee with remarkable unanimity, and thus gave to the distinguished guest the grandest reception ever accorded to From Washington. Washington, Aug. 27.—1 tis under stood that the President’s party to start for Chicago will embrace some 25 per sons. Secretary Seward and several members of his familypSec’y Welles and lady, and Postmaster-General Randall will go, the other members of the Cabinet find it impossible to leave. Gen. Grant and his chief of staff, Rawl ings, Admiral Farragut, Gen. McClel lan and lady, Surgeon-General Barnes and lady, will be of the party. Sena tor Patterson and lady, Col. W. G. Moore, Col. Robert Moore, Marshall Godding Mr. L. A. Gobring/of the Associated Press, and Mr. W. W. Ar den will accompany the President. Washington, Aug. 28. —Cornelius Mendell has been appointed Superin tendent of Public Printing, vice John D. Defries removed. Richard W. King has been appointed Collector at New bern. Washington, Aug. 28.—Official in formation has been received from Mad rid of the confirmation of the royal or der granting to Major General Wm. F. Smith, President of the International Ocean Company, the right to establish line& of submarine telegraph between the United States and the West India Islands by way of Cuba. Reception of Pronideut loiuoon. Philadelphia, Aug. 27.—At a meet ing of the Merchant’s Exchange a com mittee was appointed to receive and welcome the President to the oily oa his arrival. At the Com Exchange a resolution was offered to appoint a com mittee to co-operate with the Merchant’s in receiving the President, but was de feated, receiving only four votes, while the negative was almost unanimous. The Journeyman Tailors Society of the city have resolved to turn out en masse to receive the President. Railroad Accident. New York, Aug. 27.—A train load ed with petroleum on the Erie Railroad collided with another train near Narrow zury, N. J. The petroleum caught fire and burned the whole train and three dwellings and 50,000 feet of lumber. Mr. Williams, while endeavoring to rescue his tw r o children, was fatally burned. His wife jumped from a two story window and immediately gave birth to a child. Loss 80,000. From China— Marine Disaster, Ac. San Francisco, Aug- 26.— The Brit ish ship Twilight, from Hong Kong for Sandwich, lias been wrecked near the island of Piccary—one hundred and fifty three Chinese passengers and’one Englishman were drowned. The flag ship Hartford had arrived at Ilong Kong from Amoy, and reported that the Imperialists had beaten 6,500 rebels, causing them to retire. The Soldiers’ Convent ion. Washington, Augr 27.—There are the strongest indications that the Con vention of Soldiers w)io endorse the President, to be 'at Cleveland on the 17th of September,, wijljjrove to he a grand success. Many prominent offi cers in the States of the North will par ticipate. N6 less than seven Generals from New York, in addition to those who originally signed the call, have requested their names to be affixed to it. Among tlieui Ate ixifijk Egau, G,u ham, Disbrie and Ferrero. Hundreds of letters are received daily by the Committee from soldiers who endorse and sympathize with the movement. Trouble in the lVig;wam. New York, Aug. 29.—Raymond has met threats to expel him by calling a meeting of the National Executive Committee by virtue of his position as Chairman. Gov. Wardlow, of New Jersey, writes a letter thereupon de nouncing Raymond a3 the betrayer of his party. From Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Aug. 29.— J. Laur ence Getz, democrat, editor of Reading Gazette, lias been nominated for Con gress. The Republicans have nomina ted W. D. Kelly, Leonard Myer, Chas. O’Neili and Jno R. Syndall. The democrats audconservatives that support llie President’s policy express great indignation at the course of the municipal authorities for refusing their hospitalities to the Prestdent and his party, and by this action, or refusal to act, have placed themselves in an ex ceptional position, all other cities hav ing tendered hospitalities. From Mexico, «!fce. San Francisco, Aug. 27.—A letter from Mexico states t hat a portion of the expedition under John Burney, lauded safely in Sinola, with 4,000 muskets and 6 pieces of artillery, and is now sup posed to be with Comma. The town of Mariposa, Cal., was destroyed by fire on the 25th. Five or six buildings were saved. The estima ted loss is 1100,000. From the West Indies. Boston, Aug. 28 —Advices from Hayti to sth inst. have been received. Avery destructive fire occurred at Cape Haytien on the 26th July, damage being estima ted at about $700,000. The insurgents had advanced upon Cape Tlayticn, but were repulsed by the government troops under General Mcmtes. At last accounts they were in full retreat into San Do mingo. Deaths. New York, Aug. 28.—Dean Rich mond died yesterday in this city. Rev. John Pierpont died suddenly iu Boston last night, aged 81. Washington, Aug. 29.—Ex. Gov. J. M. Morehead, of North Carolina, died yesterday at Rockbridge Alum Springs, Va. Cholera. New Orleans, Aug. 27.—Cholera deaths for 48 hours, ending this morn ing, 26. New Orleans, Aug. 28.—Only four teen deaths from cholera yesterday. Cincinnati, Aug. 27.—0n1y eleven deaths from cholera yesterday. Cincinnati, Aug. 28.—Twenty-five deaths from cholera yesterday. New Yorl, Aug. 28.—Only 2 cases of cholera were reported in the city to day. The official report shows there were 114 deaths from cholera the past week. In Brooklyn 6 cases reported to-day, 8 fatal. Delegates to the Union Convention. Hartford, Conn., Aug. 25.—The following Delogates at laTge were ap pointed to-day by the State Convention of the Union Republican party, to the Convention of the Southern loyalists, at Philadelphia: Hartford county, Geo. J. R. Hawley, of New Haven ; Ex-Gov. Dillon, New London ; Ex-Gov. Buckingham, of Lith field; Ex-Gov. Hocly, of Fairfield ; Gen. Ferris Windham; Hon. G. W. Phillips, Middlesex : Hon. B. Douglass, Tolland; Cbas, A. Atkins, NO. TANARUS(. Selma and Vulf Kitilrnaci. The following letter w£s addressed by Col. Lapsley, of Selina, to Hon. W. 11. Crenshaw, Chairman of the Rail road Committee at Greenville, in reply to a communication by the latter, en closing the report of Mr. J. T. Milner, in relation to the importance of re-es tablishing the Mobile and Girard Road on the old route, via Perdido station, on the Mobile and Great Northern Rail road, and the connection of Selma by railroad at Midway, on the Selma and Gulf Railroad. It appears in the Green ville Advocate, of the 23d inst. Col. Lapsley acknowledges the importance of the connection to Selma : Selma, Aug. 2d, 1866. Hon. W. IT. Crenshaw : Dear Sir—My recent absence from the State will give you a sufficient rea son for tire delay of my response to your valued favor of the 10th ult. I have read with much interest the report of Mr. John T. Milner, and am conversant with his history as an engineer. I re gard him as one of om* best, engi neers, and good authority on all rail road questions which he has investi gated. I concur fully in the views i, presented in this report While 'he shows the great value of the system ' presented by him, it carried out., to the | fortunately located .1 1 prosperous town oi Greenville. | exhibiting the interest Mobile lias, and | Columbus too, in constructing the Mo ! bile and Girard Railroad on ihe original ; route, via Burnt Corn, Midway and I Greenville, seems to me to amount to ! demonstration. He demonstrates too, I think, (regarding his statements as facts, which I do not question,) the ne cessity to Mobile, of the proposed con nection at Greenville, or some equiva lent, measure if there he any other, un less she intends to succumb, and sur render to Pensacola without a struggle, the great bulk of the rich harvests to be reaped in the future, from the wide and extended tields destined to pour their rich and varied products through the best and most inviting channels to the Gulf. Mr. Milner, in his clear, but brief summary, has not extended his survey as he would have done, had he intended to briug to view all the important facts aqd considerations hearing upon this subject. But what lie lias presented is sufficient to awaken the keenest interest in the sections ami places more directly interested. 1 regard the interest of Sel ma, in this project, though secondary to some other places, and some other enterprises, sufficient to awaken a live ly interest in her citizens, and to induce a disposition to render such aid as they may be able to afford, for its accom plishment. At present, however, Selma | is not in a position to lend a helpyiff ! hand ; all her resources, and that of citizens being demanded by present e * igencies. Selma has to provide for a considerable debt which accumulated j during the war, and citizen® with bbt* few exceptions, have no surplus means, having to make large expenditures to replace the numerous buildings destjojfe ed by the federal troops on the capture I of the place, near the close of the war. I hope, however, the time is not distant ! when they will have the ability to assist. • The Selma and Gulf Railroad is a favor- I ite projeet with them, and they look | forward with great interest to its early ; accomplishment. It will be much facil ! itated by the very feasible plan proposed | by Mr. Milner, if carried out. Very respectfully yours, J. W. Lapsley. Prussia. HER ACQUISITIONS ON THE MAIN—EVAC UATION OF BOHEMIA. Berlin, Prussia, Aug. 22. The Prussian commissioners have, with the Sanction of the government, concluded a peace with Bavaria;and blessed minus tad ■ jit ;cufia ai-3 very advantageous to Pruss/a and in accord ance with her original demand. Bavaria cedes to Prussia the northern district, composed of Liclitenfels, former ly called Upper Franconia, and the wall ed town of Kulmbach. The Bavarian government also un dertakes to pay Prussia 30,000,000 of florens as an indemnity for her expense in the war. Hesse Darmstadt cedes to Prussia the territory of the landgraviate of Hes se Hamburg, a State which was admit ted a member of the confederation of the Rhine in the year 1817, and lies di rectly between Rhinish Bavaria, Rhin ish Prussia and Birkenfield. Prussia also obtains the exclusive right to garrison the Fortress of May ence, for which duty Hesse Darmstadt hitherto contributed 2,000 infantry, be sides giving 333 men to the federal Ger man army. Under the treaty Bavaria retains the territory of Upper Hesse, which will be joined to and ineorpoi a ted € witli the new confederation of Northern Germany, the organization aud limits of which will be arranged after the peace treaty is perfected between Prussia and Austria. Berlin, August 22. The Prussian troops which had pene trated into Bohemia, during the opera tions against Austria, commenced to evacuate the territory It, is thought they will have completed the work by the 15th of September. Kulmhach is a walled town-in the cir cle of Upper Franconia on the railroad, forty-eight miles northeast of Nurem bitrg. It contains about four thousand inhabitants Licliteufels is a town on the Main, with a station on the Nuremberg and Neumarket railroad, twenty miles north east of Bamberg. Its population is less than five hundred. Hesse Homburg, a landgraviate of west Germany, consists of two separate territories: Ist, Homburg proper, about ten miles north-northwest of Frankfort, bounded north, west, and south by Nassau, and northeast and east by Hes se Darmstadt; 2d, Meissenheim, about thirty miles southwest of Mentz, bound ed north by Rliencsh Prussia, from which it is separated by the Nalie. The total area is 106 square miles; of which 32 belong to Homburg and 74 to Meis senheim. The population is about twenty-five thousand, and the govern ment’s revenue is chiefly derived from gambling. Ober Hesse, the northeastern prov ince of Hesse Darmstadt, contains a population of 310,000. Important to the Planter. —Our Chamber of Commerce at its last meet ing appointed Maj. W. H. C. Price, as a commissioner to proceed to Washing ton to endeavor to effect a change in the present cotton tax in reference to ship ment. As the law now stands, it is un lawful for the producer to remove cot ton from his plantation until the tax is paid and the bale marked, or tagged. Major Price will endeavor to have it so arranged that the planters throughout this section will be “allowed to bring their cotton to the city and pay the tax aud have it marked here. This is a very important matter, and if the Ma jor succeeds in his mission, it will he of great advantage and convenience to our planters. lie left for Washington this morning. —Montgomery Jfail, 2 at7i. The Irnsn Emigration. —The Cork Examiner states that within a short pe riod four vessels, which run between Queenstown and New York, have brought back about two hundred pas sengers each, the majority of whom were Irish. The Irish “immigration” is cltiefly artisans of the lower grades, and laborers who left Ireland lately, and who have not succedcd in finding in America the well paid employment they expected. They state that if wages are higher in the United States, the price of provisions has much increased, as compared with the period preceeding the civil war, and that their position would consequently not have been im proved by remaining there. Emigrants are still leaving Cork, howeyer, in con siderable numbers. * Important to Farmers. Decisions by the Commissioner of Inter nal Revenue. • The following decision have recent ly been given by ?the Commissioner of Internal Revenue at Washington. *They are important to farmers,* In ■fftWSar as they untangle some of the knotty points of the law: t 1. Farmers will not be required to make return of produce consumed in their own immediate family. 2. The farmer’s profits from sales of live stock arc to be found by deducting from gross receipts of animals sold, the purchase money paid for the same. If animals have been lost duting H the year by death or robbery, the purchase money paid for such animals may be deducted from the gross iucomo of the farm. > 3. No deduction cati be. nyule by the farmer for the value of services render ed by Ids minor children! whether he actually pays for such services or not. If his adult children, work for him and receive compensation for their laboiy they are to be regarded as other labors ers in determining Ins income. 3. Money paid for labor, except such as is used or employed in domestic ser vice, or in the production of articles consumed in the family of the producer may he deducted. 5. No deduction can be allowed in any case for the co'st of unproductive labor. If house servants are employed a portion of the time in productive la bor, such as the making of butter and > cheese for sale, a proportionate amount ’ of the wages paid them may be deduct ed. 6. Expenses for ditching and dealing new land are plainly expenses for per manent improvements, and not deduct able. 7. The whole amount expended for fertilizers applied during the year to the farmer’s lands may be deducted, but no deduction is allowed for fertilizers pro duced on the farm. The cost of seed purchased for sowing and planting may be deducted. 3. If a person sells timber standing, the profits are to be ascertained by esii matiug the value of the land after the removal of the timber, and from the sura thus obtained deducting the esti mated value of the land on the Ist day of January, 1802, dr on the day of pur chase, if purchased since that date. 9. Where no repairs have been made by the tax payer upon any building owned by him during the preceedlug live years, nothing can be deducted for repairs made during the year for which his income is estimated. 10. A farmer should make return of all his produce sold within the year, but a mere executory contract for a sale is not a sale; delivery, either actual or constructive is essential. 1 The criterion by which to judgk whether a sale is complete or not, is to determine wheth er the vendor still mains in that char acter a light 0v.%. Ihe property; if property were lost or destroyed, upoft which of the parties,.in the absence any other relation 1 between tliein that of the vendor and vendee, frould; the loss fall. ' Rmul News for I lie Hiiiitfry. The New York Journal of Commerce, of Monday, the 20th instant, publishes the following, which will give our read ! ers some idea of the iuexhaustible fer tility of the Western country : T AWithin six weeks, that is to say, by Ist of October, will be harvested one of the largest corn crops ever pro duced in the United States. Nothing can look more luxuriant than the fields of grooving corn that cover thousands of acres in the vallies of the Ohio and Mis souri rivers, where one-half of the en tire crop in the United States is pro duced. A writer in one of the Western papers calculates that, as a bushel of corn contains sixty solid pounds of grain, the crop of the current year, even if it should not exceed, 80,000,000 bush els, will amount to tour thousand eight hundred million (4,800,000,000) pounds of grain, besides an equal weight in fod der. The value to the country of such an aggregate of agricultural wealth, springing from a single crop, is not easi ly conceived. Though wheat realizes a higher price per bushel in the market, its positive value as a life-sustaining product is much inferior to that of maize, since the former averages hut little more thou one-third as much to the acre in the quantity grown. The statistics of the production of corn in .the United Slates for the last twenty five years are as tonows, viz : Bushels. In 1810, total crop 377,531,875 In 1850, total crop 592,671,104 In 1800, total crop 830,451,707 In 1866, total crop (estimated) 1,039,000,000 The writer, whose calculations we have noticed, remarks upon this show ing as follows : “The increase being at the rate of four per cent, per annum, the aggregate crop of 1866 will-be over one thousand millions of bushels ! Es timate this at sixty cents per bushel, and conceive, if you can, the feeding power of this enormous quantity of ludian corn.” No wonder that the farmers of the West exult in the prospects afforded by their luxuriant fields. They have sure ly been disappointed, as no staple of agriculture seems so well adapted to re. sist the changes of our climate. Taking the last twenty years together, the aver age yield per acre in the “Buckeye State” is not far from thirty-three bush els. Corn is a commodity which should not he despised. The RoTHScniLDS in a Richmond Court lmportant Suit SBO,OOO worth of Tobacco Involved —Messrs James de Rothschild, Alphonse de Rothschild, and Gustave de Rothschild, partners under the firm of Rothschild Brothers, Paris, by their counsel,. W. W. Crump and Robert Ould, have filed bills iu chancery in Judge Lyons’ Court in two suits, one against John S. Loomis and Richard H. Dibrell, and the other against John S. Loomis aud William W. Weisigcr, setting forth that in 1859 and 1860 they purchased aud paid for three hundred and sixty-six hogsheads of very superior tobacco, expressly adapted to the French trade, and that they deposited two hundred and fifty three hogsheads for future shipment in the warehouse of It. H. Dibrell, known as Anderson’s warehouse, and one hun dred and thirteen hogsheads in W. W. Weisiger’s warehouse, known as My ers’s warehouse, the former worth iu market now fifty-five thousand dollars ; and the latter twenty five thousand dol lars ; that they took the usual ware house receipts from Dibrell aud Weiai ger, but they refused to deliver the to bacco to them or their agents; that some time last year John S. Loomis (who is a special agent of the United State Treasury Department) claimed said tobacco, and required Dibrell and Weisigev to hold it subject to his order and control. It appears that Loomis has recently had the tobacco opened and sampled, and has advertised it to be sold at auction on the oth day of September next. The Messrs. Rothschild pray for an injunction to restrain Loomis and his agents from taking possession of the to bacco or interfering with it in any way, and to restrain Dibrell and Weisiger from delivering it to him, or removing it from their warehouses. They also ask the appointment of a receiver of the court to take possession of the tobacco, and ask that it may he decreed to be their property. Judge Lyons awarded the injunction, and required Dibrell to give a bond, with good security, in the sum of $75,- 000, and Weisiger a bond for $30,000, conditioned to "have the tobacco forth coming to answer the decree of the court. These gentlemen decline to exe cute the bonds, and Sergeant Thomas U. Dudley took possession of the to bacco. Os course it will be understood that Messrs. Dibrell aud Weisiger were at all times ready to comply with their obligations as warehouse men, but were restrained by the' agent of thto tlnited States ; and that Mr. Loomis is only acting for the Government, aud aiming to discharge his duty as an officer. It is really a suit between Messrs. Roth schild and the United States Govern ment.—Rich. Dis. , Aug. 25. A gay Lothario, in Dowagiac county, Michigan, recently elopeu with his step mother, taking SBOO of greenbacks be longing to the “old man.” The latter was very willing to spare his new wife, who, for some time, had preferred his son to himself. He therefore sent an officer after them and recovered the. greenbacks, lettiDg the amorous pair slide.