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CQLUMBTJS TUESDAY MORXIXG, SEIPT. 4. . The steamer. Arizona arrived from all with $1,300,000 treasure. Fouf J> bales of new cotton classed “Middling Fair have been sold at Sa vannah for 40 cents. On the 26th, $200,000 was realized from the sale of pews in the new Jewish Synagogue in Cincinnati. It is understood that Mr. Seward, not Raymond, is author of the Philadel phia Convention address. The trial of Alex. Redding in Macon was postponed Thursday, owing to the illness of Judge Whittle, lie refused on that day to bail him. The Tuskegec Baptist Association will bold its session for 1306 with the Bap tist church at Laplace, Alabama, begin ning on Friday, 14th September. “iCcsdculatioa in one of the Macon journals estimates tbJt it will require 13,000,000 bushels of corn to supply the deficiency in Georgia, the next season. Col. Johnson, of Arkansas, whom the Radicals refused to admit to his seat in the present Congress, or even to the floor of the House, has been elected to the next Congress. A special from Leavensworth says: Information lias been received that over 80,000 Indians are on the war path. They have driven all the settlers back, and scalped seven whites. A Washington letter says that the At torney General has already engaged competent phonographers to attend the Davis trial early in October, to take notes for the Government. The Secretary of War has decided that the pay of the privates and non commissioned officers of the regular and volunteer force shall be at the rates paid since May 1, 1664, until further legisla tion by Congress. Tiie Mobile Advertiser says the body of a Federal soldier has been digged up near there completelly petrified. There are many bold Federal soldiers living, but this one is a boulder. He was a hero of Limestone Ridge. We learn that Senator Parsons and Hon. C. C. Langdon are en route to Michigan to stump the State in favor of the President’s policy, while other dele gates from the South, may follow the example in other States. Mr. C. of Mobile, has nego tiated a loan to meet art the -wants of the State of Alabama, and the amiable and excellent Govdiifbr Patton is made easy on the very vexed question of finance which greeted liis accession to office. The New York Herald publishes a list of fifty Northern Congressional dis tricts where, at the first election, the voles were close. Into these doubtful Districts, the forces of lhe combination will be thrown, for the great fight for Congress. A President Johnson does not seem to know what to do with his bale of cot ton, given him by the people of Mkcon, Ga. Some of li is newspaper friends ad vise him to send it to the World’s Ex position, at Paris, where it will no doubt attract a good deal of attention. The following are the delegates ap pointed to represent West Virginia in the Philadelphia Convention of South ern lunionists on the 3d of September : Gov. (foreman, Senators Willey and Van Winkle, Gens. Kelly, Harris, Du val, Lightburn and Strother, (Porte Crayon.) It is now certain that the people of North Carolina have rejected the amend ments to their Constitution proposed by their Convention at its last session. Returns from all but twelve counties show a majority for rejection of 1,262, and the remaining counties are likely to increase it. Several of the Norfolk papers state that they have authority for contradict ing the statement, recently made by a number of papers, that. Ihe property of Brig. Gen. Henry A. Wise had been re stored to him. They say, “by author ity,” that the statement is without the shadow of foundation. In London, the general complaint is, that although large amounts of gold come into England from America and Australia, none of it stays there, but all goes to Paris. The latter city attracts the precious metals from all portions of the globe, and all nations seem at pres ent to be her debtors. Fenianism is still active in New York. On Saturday, Mr. Stephens re ceived a large number of the ladies of the sisterhood at his headquarters, when he told them them that their co operation was not only desired but needed. President Roberts denies hav ing made charges against Gen. Sween ey. Gen. Butler made a speech at Glou cester, Massachusetts, on Saturday. He claimed that, by rebelling, the Southern people had "forfeited their property, their rights and their lives and, refer ring to the New Orleans riot, said,' “if this state of things can not be altered, v.'e will march again, and woe he to them who oppose us.” The California State Central Com mittee have requested Senators Conncss and Cole and Representatives Mcßuler,' Bidwell and Higgins and Frederick Billings, Richard Cheney and Moses Ellis, now at the East, to attend Jack Hamilton’s Convention, and assure that body of the hearty sympathy of the Radicals of California. The examination of Alex. Redding, for the killing of Chas. Cherry, was commenced in Macon, Wednesday. A number of witnesses were examined. The Court adjourned until Thursday. Col. Weems is counsel for the prosecu tion, Judge Lochrane for the defense. The testimony so fir has been pretty equallj’ divided as to the prisoner’s guilt and innocence. In consequence of the continued drouth in Georgia, the prospects of the cotton crop are gloomy. In the south western part of the State, where the yield formerly was one bale to two keros, not more than one bale to ten acres will be realized. Accounts from Mississippi and Alabama represent the cotton crop to be bad on account of the drouth and ravages of the boll-worn. The American Bible Society recently met and recognized ten new auxiliaries, one in each of the States of Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Ohio, South Carolina and Missouri, one in Alabama, one in Georgia, and three in lowa. Grants of books were made, amounting to 10,278 volumes. Five thousand dollars were granted to tlie Synod of the Waldensian Cuuretr aT-fStfrenee; for Bible work among the soldiers of Italy. The police force of Savannah, as at present organized, consists of ninety privates, ten supernumaries, nine offi cers, and a detective corps of one officer and six men, in all one hundred and sixteen effectives, with full authority under existing ordinance, for the Mayor and Chief of Police to employ for any emergency, should circumstances re quire it, such additional number of su pernumarjes as shall seem to them need ful. , J. ' Bisnop Rutledge.— We regret to learn, from the Tallahassee Sentinel, that this distinguished divine is now very ill in that city, with but little hope of recovery. His disease is cancer in tiie mouth. Pardon Before Conviction.— I The Montgomery Advertiser informs its friends of legal fraternity, and all others interested, that under the new Penal Code, the authority of the Governor to pardon, before conviction, expired on the Ist day of June last. Planter’s Convention. —Tiie An susta Chronicle and Sentinel says: Del egates attending the Planter’s Conven tion at Macon, on the 15th of September, will be passed free over tbe Georgia Railroad and its branches on their re turn to their respective homes. Other roads will grant the same liberality. Valuation of Property and State Tax for Mobile County.— The total valuation of real estate Mobile county foots up $13,014,633. The valuation of personal property is $4,358,585. The total State tax in the above is assessed at $52,650.45. Tbe collection of this tax commences on the Ist day of Octo ber. “Roorbacks,” says tbe Boston Post, will be prolific for a few months to come. “Horrible Outrages at the South” will be multiplied faster than “Revolutionry Soldiers” were manufactured for polit ical processions in 1840. The negroes will be subjected to all sorts of cruel ties in spite of the Bureau. They will be mobbed —beaten—robbed—skinned —roasted —killed— until the members of the Fortieth Congress are elected ; then, attention may_ be turned to crimes North. Bonita ftueltiea —Radical elec tioneering currency—pass just as well counterfeit as genuine, and are' circula ted with as little scruple and more zeal. Rations fob September. The Judges of Probate, in Alabama, says the Montgomery Advertiser, will be furnished for September, the same num ber of rations that were issued during the present month. We learn that Gen. Swayne has directed that if the county agents cannot apply hv the first, rations will nevertheless be furnished from that date. This is the last, issue that will be made by the Federal authorities. It is scarce ly necessary to state that so long as the present political troubles continue, the State Treasury will be embarrassed, as capitalists will not be greatly inclined to negotiate for State bonds; on this account tbe State authorities cannot possibly supply tbe rations, which will be withdrawn by the General Govern ment. Crops in the Canebrake. —Ravages of ike Army Worm. —The Uniontown Heipld ot Saturday last says, “the ton prospects are gloomy iu the ex treme. From all quarters complaints come up of the ravages ot the boll - jvorm, auff of that great enemy to the cotton plant, the army worm. No neighborhood—from Georgia to Texas -®seWms exempt from these scourges; and in localities the destruction wrought by them is almost total. “In the Canebrake, planters reduced the estimates made on the first of Au gust, twenty to forty per cent. The frequent rains of the present week will doubtless increase the number of boll worms, whilst, some of the knowing planters are hopeful they will check the ravages of the army.” Crop Reports from the South west. —The cotton catterpillarissaidto be busily at work on the Brazos and its tributaries, and a letter dated the 18th iust. expresses the opinion that not a green leaf woulft he left in ten days. In Hinds, Carrot 1, Madison, Claiborne and Scott counts investigations show three hundred and twenty three planta tions, which in 1860 employed 7,624 hands on 84,311 acres, making 46,6-11 bales, there are this year 3,495 hands planting 32,222 acres. From other counties the reports are not full. On this basis the crop of 1866 would be 400,000 bales in Mississippi, and 1,700,000 in the United States. The crop is reported good in Pike, Amite, Franklin and Marion, but much devastated by worms in Warren county. Wife Murderer. —On Sunday last a negro man employed on the planta tion of Mr. Thweatt Mitchell in Mont gomery county, Alabama, asked per mission to take bis wife to visit some friends at the distance of a few miles. Receiving permission the couple started. In about an hour the negro returned andlstated that his wife had been seized with congestive chill, and asked for a mule to bring her home on. He started off with the mule and returned in a shfrrt space of time saying that she was dead. Mr. Mitchell then went -with a friend to where the negro said the body was and found the woman dead, with bruises, as from fingers, on her throat, and her neck tsvisted and broken. The negro was instantly arrested, and taken before a magistrate by whom he was committed to jail to answer the charge of murder at the next City Court. Assault on a Memphis Editor.— In Memphis on last Saturday morning, a man named Wood, Assistant United i States Assessor, who had been the ob- | ject of severe criticisms by the Ava- i lanche, caught Col. Gallaw.ay, editor of the paper, in his office and desired a 1 conference. Col. Gallaway was en- i gaged at the time with a committee,and i asked Wood to call at another time,! whereupon Ihc latter applied insulting i epithets, which caused Gallaway to' strike him. Wood then shot him in j the hand with a gun cane. The wound was painful but not serious. Wood ran and was pursued and arrested. There was great excitement on the street dur- j ing the race, and at one time it was thought that Wood would he dealt with summarily. As soon as Wood was caught Gen. Forrest interfered and pre vented further demonstrations. Wood was lodged in the station house. Cotton Around Union Springs.— A ride of ton miles in the prairies, says the Union Springs Times of Wednes day,among some of the best plantations in this part of the country, convinced us their complaints are well founded. Within the last ten days, that formida ble enemy of cotton, the rust, lias made its appearance and has spread with great rapidity over the plantations, in many cases completely stripping the weed of leaves, tender leaves and small bolls. The recent continuous rains have been very favourable to the boll worm, and if the cloudy, showery weather contin ues a few days longef, the damage to the crop will be ruinous. Between these evils, the crop, which was already short, will he greatly curtailed. The rust is not confined to the prairies, but is spreading over the sandy land also. By far the larger portion of the crop is backward, in consequence of the late planting. The rust and boll worm at tacking it six weeks before the end of tbe growing season, will curtail it very considerably. The estimate for this section must be still further reduced, The Ancasta CouMtitutlonnllst mid the Columbus Meeting'. The ratification meeting held in our city during the past week, seems to have, addod' to the nervous irritability which has afflicted the Augusta “Con stitutionalist” since the publication of the can for a National Cornfcuiion at Philadelphia. As the evidence arcumu - lates of the almost unanimous accep tance of the proceedings of tYiat Con vention by the people of the South, aipl the united opposition to them of the Radical element of the North, the tone of the Constitutionalist becomes more querulous, and its assaults upon a po litical movement more feeble aud un wise. The following extract which we reproduce from its columns contains its latest attempt to render odious every thing connected with the Philadelphia Convention, aud is a fair specimen oi the ridiculous conclusion to which an obstinate persistence in a unrcusom.bii; course will inevitably lead : ‘•We the People of l [The Three Tailors, A Play. u At a large meeting of the people of Muscogee county ,” Hon. A. 11. Chap pell, Ex-Piov. Gov. James Johnson, Maj. Wiley Williams, Hon. M. J. Craw ford, John Peabody, R. L. Mott, It. B. Murdock and A. R. Lamar, Esqrs., and —presumably—the uu-named ruuk and file, making up the “ large meeting ratified “the action” of the Philadel phia Convention and “endorsed the declaration of principles put forth by it.” We have only regret that so staunch and respectable a sheet as the “Consti tutionalist,” which in the political con tests of the past, has been wont to nse nothing but the heaviest artillery, should have had its armory despoiled of every weapon ot offence and defence •save a “pop gun.” We surmise the truth of the whole matter to be about this. The present edi tor of that journal belongs to that class, who feeling that they were not fairly beaten in the late strife, cannot fully appreciate the fact that the people of the South have recognized and accepted the conclusion that as a community they were conquered. Believing this to be so we have not been surprised at the ebullitions of indignation that have appeared in the “Constitutionalist” upon the slightest suspicion that the South in order to be restored to political equality, would he compelled to abase herself. The feeling is worthy of any one who understood and espoused the Southern side in the late war, and commends itself to our sympathy and respect. Consequently we have hereto fore restrained from comment when we really thought the “Constitutionalist” did not fairly represent the public sen timent of the State. From the eminent success with which that paper has hith erto been conducted we naturally sup posed that its proprietors with a proper view to their own interests, and the ed ification of their patrons and readers would at the right time interfere to stop a performance which was fast de stroying the prestige and influence of their valuable journal. We are sorry to confess that in this we have been disappointed. We have only to say further, that the attempt of the ‘Constitutionalist’ to throw by flings and insinuations discredit upon the meeting recently held in this place, will prove as abortive as its endeavors to [(re vent Southern representation at Phila delphia. The meeting here was a large one. In point of intelligence and worth of the men comprising it it was by far the most respectable assembly of the kind which has been convened here within our knowledge. From what we can gather, and our opportunities are' quite as good as those of the “Constitu tionalist,” the resolutions adopted by the meeting represent the political sen timents of thk-people of this section of the State. The editor of the Constitu tionalist” may not have been in the State long enough to be fully acquainted with all of its public men, and for bis benefit we may say that there were men in the meeting in Columbus, the con clusions of whose judgments upon po litical questions would have more weight with the entire people of Georgia than the very able and distinguished paper, over which he has the honor to preside. The Krutiii'lsy Election. Forty thousand Democratic majority in the State of Kentucky is by far the most cheering indication of that reac tion in popular sentiment, upon which the restoration of the Government de pends, that has yet afforded subject for joy and congratulation. After the most thorough and exciting canvass known in that State, the largest vote ever poll ed has been recorded, and the power which has been unjustly held and un justly used by a small faction has de parted from it forever. The result is an unequivocal endorse ment of the policy of the President, for that was the only general issue made in the canvass. The immense vote is due partly to the exertions of the various candidates for county offices, and part ly to the absence of Federal bayonets. It was the first occasion since the com mencement of the late war, that the peo ple of Kentucky have had an opportuni ty to express their political sentiments through their ballots. All elections held in the State during the war were farces and mockeries. Every voting place was closely guard ed by United States soldiers, and no one was permitted to exercise the right of suffrage save those who were known to endorse and support the policy of the Government in the prosecution of the the war. In this way it was made to appear that a majority of the people of Ken tucky favoured the war itself and the manner of its prosecution. A timid governor and a faithless Legislature held tlieState inactive under the specious plea of neutrality, until the Federal Government had rendered the people incompetent to fulfill the pledge, that the armies of neither of the parties to the conflict should invade the soil of their State. The people have at length spoken in thunder tones their just indignation at the infamous fraud and swindle perpe trated upon them, and in the late vote ot Kentucky the Southern Slates may find an endorsement of those principles of government which they took up arms to secure and perpetuate. The vote itself is scarcely a fair criterion of the real strength and support of the President in the State To the forty thousand majority given for Duvall must be added a large number of War Democratic votes which were polled for Hobson by men who support and endorse Mr. Johnson, and are emphatic anu uncompromising in their hostility to radicalism. Wliat has been done in Kentucky can be done in other States. Now that military interference with popular elections is clone away with, the Northwestern States may he en abled to throw off the yoke of radical rule, under which they have toiled and groaned for four long years. The abso lute and imperative necessity for their doing so, is aptly illustrated in the growth of radicalism in Kentucky. Under the fostering care oi bayonets and martial law, a party which, at the beginning of the revolution, could not muster a corporal’s guard, at the iate election polled a vote of nearly twenty thousand. Forty thousand majority in on e State for Constitutional Government, is an omen of success in the coming contest, which must strengthen the arms and nerve the hearts of the Cor. ! servatives everywhere at the North. For the Sun an<l Times. lullisereet Expressions-True l’osi silioii ami Feeling of the South. With nations as well ah .individual*, it should ever be.a matter of cautious regard, lest from excessive, eagerness for the accomplishment of certain ends they divest themselves of the means of future justification.. My thoughts have been particularly diluted to this theme, Messrs Editors, by the reading of some ivmai 1 able admissionfrand expressions, fhai have recently fallen from the Jijs ofd ourhern men. Not content with ac knowledging the' force of necessity and a peaceful acquiescence in results, thq go further, and seek to put themselves (and assume to be spokesmen in lot ting us all) in the condition of peni tents. The cardinal principle upon whieh-i the Government of the United States warred upon, and finally overthrew the Confederacy, was that the Uniou indestructible, consequently we have a right to demand that the Government shall not be inconsistent with itself, but in its every department should admit us to those privileges which but prove its indestructibility. Shall we, howev er, in our overweaniug anxiety to ex ercise those privileges and merely t> subserve political ends, go before the j world with “ peccavi ” stamped uponjjH brows, though feeling in ouf~" hearts theJjustness of our cause? We give as an instance of the highly ob jectionable matter to which we refer, a sentence or two from some remarks of Mr. Goodwin, of Alabama, in an im promptu meeting during the sitting of the Philadelphia Convention. He said, “Now he and the South generally -saw their error , and came back and ashed to be forgiven! ! There was a good*4-1 Methodist hymn which said, “For while the lamp holds out to burn The vilest sinner may return.” Now we say if Mr. Goodwin “sees his error,” desires “to come hack and asks to be forgiven,” and as a “sinner” to return, no one certainly has a n%ht to object to his most public announce ment of the fact; but we are very de cidedly of the opinion that the “South generally” repudiates in every particu lar the style of return submitted by him. The South sees no error—asks no forgiveness —has committed no sin , and would stultify herself in making such confessions. The terrible conflict from which she has so lately emerged re sulted in her overthrow—not that her cause lacked justice in itself, or vigor and devotion in its maintenance—but simply from the fact that she encoun tered an amount of physical power so many times greater than she was able to meet, and an amount of fiendish bru tality so much more than she was willing to put forth, that the mere law ot re sults decreed that she should fail. There certainly can exist no necessi ty, palliation or excuse for misappre hending or misrepresenting the position of our people. They endorse in the main the action of the Philadelphia Convention —that is, iu good faith they accept the situation—they admit the fact of the violent overthrow of slavery, and disclaim the purpose or desire to attempt its re-establishment —they do not admit that it, was rightfully or legal ly doue. Furthermore they pledge themselves to sustain the policy of the GoAfnment that no State or number of jtmos shall ,be allowed to exercfsA t,b~ of se cession—they do not, as wws said by Mr. Orr, surrender their principle, for the strength of that language implies that they were wrong in the beginning. As to the resolution which substantially declares that the soldiers and sailors who put down the “rebellion” deserve the thanks of the nation, of course, no Northern man can have the effrontery to regard our people as subscribing—for by necessary implication the soldiers and sailors who sustained the “rebel lion” would deserve our execration. Do we thank those who wrought our ruin ? Do we censure those who braved all, and bore all, to secure for us a “habitation and a name ?” Perish the thought! As to the latter we will ever feel that having “tried their adoption” we should “grapple them to our souls with hooks of steel”—should teach our i children, from lisping infancy to settled | manhood, that they are “True and honorable. As dear to us as the ruddy drops that visit our I hearts.” Again, Messrs. Editors, it is becoming an expression of too much frequency ; among us that such a circumstance transpired “during the rebellion,” though evidently, in most instances, without design and through a sort of involuntary deference, to official style. We claim that it was not a rebellion, , but rightful secession, the failure of which proved nothing except the su ! periority of one physical force to another. All, therefore, would do well to remember that they commit an act of folly to “confess judgment” when they have a meritorious and sufficient de fense, yet many protest such excessive loyalty and encourage a posture so abject as to make us feel, as memory reverts to the days of the Confederacy, that “Alas for our country ! —her pride is gone by, And that spirit is broken that never would bend, O’er the ruin her children in secret must sigh, For ’tis treason to love her and death to defend .” It is not the attempt of this article to make the “worse appear the better reason.” No bias of birth or section should be allowed to warp the exposi tion of a principle, or discolor the nar ration of a fact. Wherever the South has adhered to principle in theory and compromised her rights in practice, her future historians will impartially note it. Whenever she shall have assumed untenable positions and made unreason able demands, “Nothing will be extenuated And nought set down in maiice.” All that she can or ought to expect before the world’s tribunal is, that with I confidence and assurance she be allow ed to say, not as Theinistocles, “ strike but hear me,” but with independence and dignity, Hear me—be deliberate in your judgment, cast aside the preju dices of education, then, if guilt)’- strike ; hut if innocent—forbear. F . There are seventy-five patients in the Insane Hospital in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Dr. Brice and a corps of assistants have charge. By an ordinance of the Con vention Gov. Patton has appropriated a sum of money quite sufficient to relieve all the necessities of the Institution and make it a permanent success. The Ad vertiser says, by the law persons who are unable to pay their own expenses, will have three-fourths defrayed by the county from which they go ; the remain ing one-fourth will be paid out of the State Treasury. The Deaf and Dumb Hospital at Tal ladega, under the supervision of Dr. J. H. Johnson, will be opened for the re ception of patients on the Ist of October, To the 'People of Alabama. /Joseph Hod sou has been appointed shite Agent ®f Alabama for the Paris Universal Exposition. He appeals to tiie people of Alabama to send their contributions to him at Montgomery, that through , the proper channels they may he sent to Europe , and the people he made acquainted with the valuable resources of die State. We copy from his address issued at Montgomery on the 24th : The State of Alabama is riel!in latent wealth. Extern sivy beds of iron ore aiud bituaftnou? coal traverse the central adjacent, to navigable streams [wl railways. Galena and manganese fojmd in the limestone regions of the valley of Tennessee. Black and varie gated marbles, susceptible of the highest polish, occur intlie hills which overlook the Cahaba and Warrior rivers. Gran ite, superior for building purposes, and table for statuary, are placed by the land of' nature immediately upon those yreams n#st adapted Jo manufactories. These and other mineral resources, of themselves, if properly represented by various specimens, accompanied with a Irorrect description of the localities and Surroundings at which they are discov ered, cannot fail to attract the attention of the Scientific Commission, whose duty it will be to examine and report minutely upon all specimens from the United States. The world is acquainted with the re- of the cotton fields of Alabama, our State has heretofore supplied nearly one-fourth of the entire amount of that staple which has been exported from America. Now that her system of labor is in a transition state, greatly paralyzed, and promising still greater decay, it becomes necessary to develope her mineral wealth, and realize from the factory and the furnace what she has lost from her fields. The development and formation of anew arena for enter prise, will help us over the transition •period of agricultural labor, and in the lend vitalize every branch of commerce and husbandry. While political force emancipates the enslaved race, physical science enslaves the elements and forces of nature, aud emancipates man kind. In addition to her vast veins of min eral me, Alabama is rich in texible ma tviitils, in chemical and pharmaceutical products, and in ornamental plants. It is not to be expected that our peo ple, in the present condition of affairs, will attempt to compete with the rest of the world in producing new and useful inventions, combinations or fabrics; although inventions in arms aud mate rials of war, due to the genius of arti sans and mechanics during the late war, attracted the attention and imitation of the most scientific men of the world. Our mechanics are second to those of no nation iu genius; but, unfortunately, they lack opportunity at present to de velope and perfect their skill. The benefits which we may hope to receive from being represented at the Paris Exposition, will probably be prin cipally confined to attracting tbe atten tion ot capital, science, skill and labor, towards the development of our mineral field and the resuscitation of our cotton fields. It is nqt expected, however, that con tributions will be confined to these prominent features, but that every arti cle will be furnished which can add to the convenience and comfort of man kind. It may be asked, why take all this trouble for a French Exposition ? The answer is a simple one. The audience in Paris will be the largest, and the umpires the best, iu tbe world. Who ever carries off the award is the cham pion of the world. It will be the grand officina gentium, the work-shop and the Exchange of Nations—where capitalists from every part of the civilized globe can examine the specimens before them and determine upon the most desirable sections of the country for investment. It is worth while to enter upon a field of this magnitude. By sending specimens to Paris, we shall ascertain how much they are worth without cost to our selves ! Gold was discovered in Australia, and anew continent developed in the orien tal ocean, by means of geological speci mens which were brought to England. Sir R. Murchison happened to see them and said at once, “ where these occur, you will find gold.” It may be remembered that the speei- Uheus of iron and coal ore from the Pennsylvania n;iues, at the World’-a. v’air at London, went far towards in ducing that influx of foreign capital which now controls, by means of the coal mines, the steam-shipping of the Westean Atlantic coast. Baron Von Humboldt saw the sand of Liberia, and told the owner of the property to search for diamonds! It was done, and the first one found was sent to Humboldt. Many have since been found there. A little red chrystai was sent to France some years ago, and proved to contain chromium. Afterwards the same metal was found near Baltimore, and we now use thousands of pounds of it for printing our bank notes. At the Paris Exposition of 1855, a substance in one of the cases, labeled “Pariffinc ,” attracted much attention. People asked, “what is it?” That substance now gives light in candles— is used on our matches—is a help in photography, and has many other ap plications. In view, therefore, of llie importance of having our resources well represent ed at Paris, I would respectfully ask the people of Alabama to furnish me speci mens of every variety of mineral, chem ical, agricultural and mauufactural specimens which the State can afford. Send specimens by Freight or Ex press cars, to Joseph Hodgson, State Agent, Montgomery, Ala. Attach to each specimen a history and description of it, and the locality in which it was found. In sending mineral specimens it would be well for proprietors of mineral lands, and persons engaged in mining, to select the most perfect specimens, and have them prepared in such a way as to attract special attention. In selecting specimens of cotton, it would be well for Chambers of Com merce, or County Courts, to select from each neighborhood or county, diminu tive bales of the best cotton grown in the county or neighborhood. In sending mineral waters, send them iu vials properly labeled, with analysis, and description of geological surround ings. Forward all specimens to the State Agent before the 15th day of Novem ber, 1866. No attention will be paid to contributions made after that date. Generals Lee and Johnston.— The Richmond Dispatch, commenting upon the opposition of Southern men to the Philadelphia Convention plat form, says that it meets the approval and will receive the cordial support of Generals Robert E. Lee and Joseph E. Johnston, together with many other men who bravely defended their coun try, and proved their faith by periling their lives in a hundred battles. But, then, says the same paper, these are very unimportant persons, very “small potatoes,” compared with the high met tled editors, whose indignant virtues prompt, to the duty of repudiation of the platform! The Georgia Cotton Ckop.—A late letter from Macon, Georgia, says the Petersburg Express, gives us most en couraging accounts of the cotton crop in Georgia, and from 150,000, to 300,000 bales, we are assured, may be relied upon. This crop, at the lowest esti mate of 250,000 bales, would yield mon ey, at 30 cents a pound, the handsome total of $33,750,000. Several new cot ton factories are in process of erection in Georgia, and elsewhere at the South, and English capitalists, it is said, are negotiating for the purpose of cotton lands on a large scale. They may now be purchased in large blocks and ex cellent quality, at $25 an acre. University of Georgia.— There are more than a hundred students now at tending College. The School of Engi neers is open and under the temporary charge of Dr. Lipscomb, Prof. Ruther ford and Charbonnier, who will conduct it until Gen. Lee arrives. The Southern Relegates In Philartel pliin. '» As special pains are taken to create the.impression that the assent of the Southern delegatesto those parts of the Declaration of Principles touching slav ery, the National debt and the Federal soldiers was forced and insincere, it may Be well enough to state one or two facts concerning their action which will show Jiow untrue and unjust .such an impression would be. The Committee on Address and Res olutions Avas very large—consisting of two from each State and Territory. On organizing, a sub-committee of thirteen Avas appointed, to which the subject of resolutions AA’as referred, and upon this Committee were placed some of the strongest men of the South—Hon. W, A. Graham, of North Carolina, Gov. Perry, of South Carolina, Judge Yeager, of Mississippi, Gov. Parsons, of Ala bama, and others. The declaration on slavery, as first draAvn, simply stated that “Slavery is abolished and forever prohibited upon the soil and within the jurisdiction of the United States.” The clause “there is neither purpose nor de sire on the part of the Southern States that it should ever be re-established,” was inserted at the instance of Judge Yeager, and with the prompt and unan mous jfs&rnt of all the Southern dele gates. This most important declaration, therefore, Avas wholly voluntary on the part of the South, and indicates beyond , all doubt their settled and sincere pur pose. On the subject of the National Debt the assent of the Southern delegates were equally prompt and cordial. They repelled in the strongest terms ail thought, purpose or wish of repudiating the debt or avoiding their full share of Avhatever burdens it may involve. They unanimously insisted that any insinua tion of willingness on the part of the South to meet this responsibility" \va.-: an imputation upon tlieir honor, and would be so regarded, and they Avere perfectly willing that a declaration to this effect should be inserted in the res olution if it would prove of the slightest service. They repudiated Avith equal emphasis all idea of the assumption of their oavYi debt, —saying no man at the South, except possibly" some holder of Confederate bonds, ever dreamed of such a thing or desired it. Their decla rations on this subject Avere explicit, emphatic and unanimous. In regard to recognizing the services of the Federal soldiers, they said they expected the Government which had been maintained by them Avould do them justice. They believed this to be simply its duty, and they should co operate and assist in performing it. They expressed the hope that it Avould not be deemed necessary" to compli ment the courage, devotion, or other soldierly" qualities of Northern men at the expense of the Southern, because on this point they felt bound to insist upon the merits of their own troops. But this was a matter of feeling merely, and would not interfere with their vo ting to render full justice to the United States troops by paying their dues and pensioning their widows and orphans. They paid the highest compliments to them, and said they" deserved the most generous treatment from the Govern ment they had served. And the reso lutions on this subject was adopted in committee just as unanimously as oth ers. The action of the Southern Delegates in the Committee as well as in the Con vention, Avas thoroughly" patriotic and public spirited. They evinced the most perfect devotion to the Union—declar ing that it was uoav their Government as much as ours, and the only" National Government they knew, and that the only rivalry between the North and South hereafter should be as to Avbich should do most for its honor, its welfare and its perpetuity. —New York 'Time?. Spec*.is of Gen. l-'orrcst and Stone man. At the grand mass meeting held in Memphis on the 25th to ratify the Ph ila delphia Convention, Gen. Forrest, avlio presided over the assembly" said : I have carefully read and considered the address and the principles of public policy and constitutional laAv therein contained, arid without regard to the language in Avhich they stand expressed, they" meet my full, unreserved and cor dial approval. When I pledged my word and my honor to the lost cause of the late Confederacy, I suppose that no one who knew me ever doubted the honesty _aod good faith with Avhich they Avould be redeemed ; and Avhen I now accept the results of the Avar as irrevocable, as I haA'e accepted them, and pledged my" word and my faith to the support ofthe great principles declared to the world by" the Philadelphia Convention, as I now do, that A"o\v and that faith shall be equally sacred and uncbangable. There is one thing T will say in re gard to the soldiers of the North and South, the men who haA r e met each other in the stern shock of battle, and a conflict of arms that tried their courage and tlieir souls ; if these grave matters were referred to them, these States could be instantly restored to tlieir for mer relations ; their people to the right of representation in Congress, and all sections of the Union to quietude and friendship. And as to the last resolution proposed by the committee, endorsing the patri otic effort of the President of the United States to secure to the Southern States equality of rights in the Union, it meets my cordial approbation. I have reason to believe that I have been misrepresented to the Chief Magistrate, and slandered by calumniators, public ly and privately", in regard to my beha vior as one of the commanders of a por tion of the army of the late Confederate States ; but while I shall rest my vindi cations against these calumnies upon the testimony" of the thousands of brave men who follovced me in that bloody struggle, whatever the President may think of me, it is a duty I owe to my own sense of justice and patriotism to endorse his policy for the immediate restoration of the States; to stand by him in his arduous endeavors for the preservation of the constitutional rights of the Southern States and people, and express to the world my admiration of his generosity" and the dignity of his conduct. And as to my future policy, I refer you to my past history since the surrender of my' command at Gaines ville, Ala., on the 9th day of May, 1805, and to my address to my soldiers on that occasion. The following is the speech of Gen eral Stoneman, the commander of the District: Triends and Fellow Countrymen : You have before you, not a partizan or politician, but a simple citizen of the Government of the United States, know ing no North, no South, no East, no West. The war in which the people of this greatest of all great countries has been engaged during the past eventful years is ended, the issues upon which this war was based have been settled. If there is anything to forgive, let it be forgiven; if there is anything to be forgot, let it be forgotten. Let us all recollect that we have but one country and one flag. The object for which you are all as sembled together here to-night, is, as l understand it, reconstruction and re union ; but let us all remember that re construction must be based upon recon ciliation. You may force a separated man and wife to live in the same house, lodge in the same room, but they will never he reunited as man and wife un til they ha ve first become reconciled. 1 say the war is ended. As we were enemies in war, lotus lie again friends, and in this sentiment I know that no one will join me more heartily than the gallant, and distinguished President of this assembly. The bravery that was displayed during the past by each one engaged in the war, let it be the pride and common property of all. Wo soldiers who did the fighting are reconciled and want peace and harmony, and we call upon you editors and orators of the land to aid us with your pens and tongues. Preachers of the gospel whose solemn obligation it is to preach peace and good will, we ask your prayers and in vocations, and from you politicians we demand that you shall cease your wrangling and allow the good work to go on until your object is attained. And yon, fair maidens and noble matrons, who, during the fighting, cheered us with your smiles and fright ened us with your frowns, lend us the potency of your power in the accom plishment of a work so laudable and so noble. As I am not an applicant for your suffrages, nor ever expect to be, nor ever cast a vote for President in my life, you will not expect me to define my position ; but Jhis much.will I say : I have been a member of a club for near a quarter of a century, and which Avas organized three-quarters of a century ago. By the Constitution of that "club, its President is elected every four years. Its first President Avas George Wash ington ; its present President is Andrew Johnson, Avhom the people- call “our •Andy.” State Elections.—We have been requested to furnish a list of the States Where elections are to be held be fore the meeting of Congress, in De cember next. We present tbe list, sliOAving the time at Avbich the elections take place in the several Spates. * A glance, therefore, at the list belmv t will furnislithe information desired: New Hampshire—First Tuesday in March. Connecticut—First Monday in March. Rhode Island—First Wednesday in April. Virginia—Fourth Thursday in May". Oregon—First Monday in August. Alabama—First Monday in August. Arkansas —First Monday in August. Kentucky—First Monday in August. Texas—First Monday in August. North Carolina —Second Thursday in ; August. Vermont —First Tuesday in Septem ber. Maine—Second Monday in Septem ; ber. Florida—First Monday in August. Misssisippi— First Monday in August. Georgia—First Wednesday in Octo | ber. Indiana—First Tuesday in October ToAva—’First, Tuesday in October. Pennsylvania—First Tuesday in Oc tober. West Virginia—Fourth Tuesday in j October. Louisiana—First Monday in Novel a- \ ber. Delaware—First Tuesday" in Novem ber. Illinois—First Tuesday in November. Kansas—First Tuesday in November. ; Maryland—First Tuesday in Novem ber. Massachusetts —First Tuesday in No vember. Michigan—First Tuesday in Novem ber. Minnesota—-First Tuesday in NoA'em ber. Missouri—First Tuesday in Novem ber. •Nevada —First Tuesday in Novem ber. N. Jersey—First Tuesday, in Novem ber. New York—First Tuesday in Novem ber. Wisconsin - First Tuesday in Novem ber. Colorado—Second Tuesday in No vember. South Carolina —Fourth Monday" in November. There are no other State elections held in the Months of January, Februa ary r , July and December. The Last Dispatches. —The last telegram of the President in reference to the New Orleans riot, published yes terday", ought to have been dated the 4tli instea dos the 24th of August. The folloAving is the ans Aver to Sheridan : Wax Department, Washington City. Aug. 7, 1866.—T0 Major General P. 11. Sheridan, Commanding, &c., New Orleans, La : The President di rects me to acknowledge your telegram of the sixth (6th,) in ans Aver to his in quiries ofthe fourth (4tli) iust. On the third (3d) inst. instructions Avere sent you, by Gen. Grant, in conformity" to the President’s directions, authorizing 3 r ou to “continue to enforce martial law so far as might be necessary to preserve the public peace, and ordering y r ou not. to allow any ofthe civil! authorities to act if you deem such action dangerous to the public safety, and also that no time be lost in investigating the causes that led to the riot and the facts which occurred.” By these instructions the President, designed to rent in you, as the chief military commander, full au thority" for the maintenance ofthe pub lic peace and safety", and be does not see that anything more is needed pend ing the investigation with which you are entrusted. But if in your judgment your powers are inadequate to preserve the peace until the facts connected Avith the riot are ascertained, you Avill please report to this Department for the infor mation of the President. t (Signed) Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War. In answer to the President, Albert Voorltees, Lieut. Governor of Louisiana, telegraphed on the 2d, that the civil au thorities were not conferred with by Gen. Baird as to the propriety of de claring martial law. Civil authorities could enforce the law and preserve or der with the aid of the military. Mar tial law wholly unnecessary. Order fully restored before arrival of troops. The rioting was almost entirely con fined to immediate vicinity of Mechan ics’ Institute, suppressed by police in less than two hours, and before arrival of troops. Rc|»»rt of tile. ScwOrlenns Itiols. New York, -Aug. 28.—A Times’ New Orleans special says: The commissioners appointed by Gen. Baird to investigate the late riot have completed llicir labors: Their report will show that the first shot was fired from a revolver in the hands of a white man at the procession of freedmen. Twenty minutes then expired before any further disturbance took place. When the procession reached the place where the convention was in session, the police interfered with it, and fired upon the freedmen, who returned the fire. A mob of citizens joined the po lice and the massacre commenced. It also shows that several policemen hid their badges so as not to be recognized. After entering the ball they disregard ed the white flag, and fired indiscrimi nately upon the unarmed members of the convention and the spectators. Some of the citizens wore badges indi cating an organization. Those in the room, then, with chairs, etc., drove the police and attacking party out, and bar ricaded t lie doors. After the barricade was established, not a single person in the building escaped unhurt, and about thirty were murdered; and yet, credit is given to the police for saving the fives of all who were in the building and are not dead. The force is found guilty of nearly all the murders that were com mitted. The evidence shows that the policemen killed freedmen when they could have arrested them without trou ble, and that wounded negroes were ! thrown in a cart, and killed while strue- ' gling to free themselves from the dead bodies which had been placed on top of them. The Commission will report that the riot was caused by bitter feel ings on the part of the residents and po lice toward the Radical Unionists and freedmen. They will also probably re- . port it was preconcerted inasmuch as it in evidence was talked of previously for several days. It is the opinion ot tlie commission if tiie military had not ap peared at the time it did, the riot would have progressed to the extermination of the Unionists and freedmen in the city. The'city press are attacking Gen. Sher idan for what he reported in his official dispatches. Georgia Officersßuiued at John son’s Island. —Mr. Jas. P. Carr has furnished to the Constitutionalist the following list of Georgia officers buried at Johnson's Island, who were members of the Masonic fraternity. Further in formation in regard to prisoners at that post can be furnished only by General Hoffman, Commissary General of l’tis oners, Washington, D.C., till the records having been sen Ito him. The eeme tery of prisoners is in good condition : C. W. Tuggle, Captain Company 11, 35tli Ga. Infantry, died Nov. 7th, iB6O, aged 30. J. Middlebrouk, Captain 10th Ga. In fantry, died Jan. 7th, 1864. F. B. Dawson, 3d Lieut. 17th Ga. In fantry, died Dec. 33d, 1863, aged 29. John F. MeElroy, Lieut. Cos. F, 24th Ga. Infantry, died Oct. 26th, 1803. R. P. Balling, Lieut. Cos. If, 6th Ga. Cavalry, died March 3d, 1864, aged 26. The United States Laws. —The codification of the laws of the United States, as provided for by an act of Congress at the late session, will be commenced on the Ist September next. The gentlemen to whom the work has been comiTuitted by the Secretary of the Interior are : Gen. Caleb Cushing, of Massachusetts; Judge Johnson, of Cali fornia, and R. J. Meigs, Esq. A<l<lrcnw of the Work liiumcii-Reply of the President. Washington, Aug. 25. The delegates from the Workingmen’s Convention, selected to Arait upon the President, Avere received by him at three o’clock this afternoon. After thanking him for their reception, their Chairman said : “It, has been represent ed that our Convention is for the forma tion of anew political party. This is pot the case ; but it is a Convention fornfed for the purpose of discussing those re-j forms that avu think necessary and due , to the laboring community. We are, especially interested in the reduction of the hours of labor. That is the corner stone of our movement.” The desire to bring about a reduction ofthe present hours to eight hours, and to have understood that eight hours is hereafter the measure of a day’s Avork, legally and by custom. We want to be understood as ignoring all political par tizanship or issues. We appear before you as laborers for the purpose of pre senting our claims to your favorable •consideration and sanction our move ment by your immediate appropriate application, as far as all the labor in the naval and other Government Avorks is concerned, and imitate the example of President Van Buren Avhen approached by the employees of the Government Avitli a similar request. The request then made was a reduction to ten hours per day. This he did order by r procla mation, and it, was immediately follow ed all over tbe country", and the custom made it 1-iav. We believe the time has come for a still further reduction. We have ad vanced sufficiently' in improvements, mechanical and otherwise, to render this feasible, and avc believe that avc should, by the benefits arising from these improvements become better citi zens, by having time for intellectual health if not called upon to Avork so hard and for : neb long prolonged hours. We desire to call your attention also, to to the disposition of the public lands. We think there has been permitted too great an accumulation of them in the hands of the speculators, and too much gh r en over to corporate companies for the purpose of encouraging the forma tion of railroads. We think this has acted badly for the agriculturist, and that if they Avere given to settlers and others and not permitted to accumulate in the hands of the few, they would be cultivated, when now they lie unpro dnetive. It is now hard work for a set tler to makes it profitable to settle, by reason that all the choicest portions of the lands are being held by large capitalists, and the lands are un profitable in the sense that they yield less supplies and less taxes to the Na- tional or State Government. We would like to have you to take these things into consideration for the provision of means to remedy this, Which we claim to be a wrong. We simply hold the principles that lands should be held by those who are Avilling to cultivate them. Tlie land to the liller, the tools to the mechanic. In connection witli that subject, Mr. President, I desire to pre sent to you the petition sent from one of onr frontier States, which may give, in better words and more condensed form, the ideas of our frontiersmen upon that subject. I have stated, Mr. Presi dent, that for our application to you we have a precedent in relation to the same matter, an example set by" President Van Buren, 1 called to your attention most respectfully. Do with the matter as may" seem best to you, but in tbe special matter of the reduction of the hours of labor, Ave do desire to have some recognition at your bauds, if y'ou tjgfm it wise to give it. We have uo other object in vieAv titan to seek out and apply remedies to the Avrongs which laborers now suffer. We regard the present system of emigration as being, in some sort, unfair, and as protection is sought by" some of our large manu facturers, at the hand of Government, through the prohibition of tlie impor tation of foreign goods, so we desire to have some protection to our interests. If they desire protection against the competition to which they" may be stilt, jeeted by" importation, avc also desire protection against foreign pauper labor imported aga-fcst our interests to de duce the price of labor. Anothcr subject to, \vlik* I would call your attention i . of con vie! labor. We think - xists a. vi t dilatorinns upon our interests, inasmuch obtained at very low rates of by parties who have the work is thrown up, free Nriiiiii to a " r v. <1 to jc^KpßKin it. But, Mr. President, stone of your movement is the reduc tion of the hours of labor to eight. We do not desire to overturn the institutions ofthe country, or to interfere with the individual rights of any capitalists, but simply claim the privilege of eight hours for labor, eight for self culture, and eight for repose. This w x e ask Mr. President, and to this we ask your cordial endorsement. The whole of the working people of Ibis country are beginning to be alive to this. They can hope for no assistance from the capitalists. They have deter mined to take their own affairs into their own hands, and they now but ask some recognition at the bands of the head of this nation. They ask it, believing he is in sympathy with them, and they will meet with a favorable response. They ask it, at the same time determining that they will prosecute the regulation of this tiling, as far lawfully and justly as they can, and till they had achieved 1 lie consummation of their just desire. The President’s reply: I am much obliged to you and to the committee that accompany you for this visit, and for thus offering me an oppor tunity of making your acquaintance. I feel gratified that you thought proper to pay your respects and show that much deference. In reply to- the various pro positions you have stated I shall attempt no set speech, but in way of conversa tion permit me to say that in regard to j the subjects upon which you have touched I might simply refer you to my j past acts, which, on such subjects, must j make answer sufficient forme. I need ; make no declarations now, for instance, | regarding convict labor—that is a sub- ! ject I am tolerable familiar with in our j State—and years ago in Congress, in ! ’43 or ’44, you wifi find that I intro- | duced a bill on the subject, and endeav ored to show not only its action upon the labor market, b>X also that by its association it had an >yil tendency. That is an old thing to m e ; I might ! claim priorty in these views over even some of yourselves. [Applause and laughter.] Experience has Only con firmed me in the views regardum labor I then had. Upon the labor everything j else depends; that it, ought to be re" spected, and that the laborer omrhtto participate in and contract the affairs! of the Government, for, in fact, upon' them all rests. In reference to the homestead policy, I imagine that you all know that T was long a laborer in that field. As far back as ’46 or ’44 I introduced the first bill in the House of Representatives; you all know I succeeded in having it passed in the House. It went to the Senate and was there lost. Later I was trans ferred to the Senate, and took the bill up again, and finally it was passed, but it was vetoed by Mr. Buchanan. I need simply to refer you to my past acts in the matter, and thus assured you need no further reply. My whole history will shew you that my course has been al ways against this policy of monopoliz ing all the public land for the benefit of speculators to be sold by them at high prices. In many of my old speecbeson this matter you will see various esti mates which 1 made to prove that the cessation of this monopoly would result in increasing the revenue of the country and in bettering the condition of the people, rendering them more independ ent and just in that conviction. It is now a very important time for the people, the laboring people, to see to their in dependence, for we have almost reached a time when the people require a second emancipation. There are some wearing bonds and shackles that require to be thrown aside. I warmly sympathize with you in your movement, and I have given recent evidence of it. There is nothing I could say that would give additional evidence of the fact. lam in favor, and have always been, of that system which had the most tendency to elevate the working people of the na tion, and I am glad to see the labor of the country taking hold of and looking to its own rights. I have ever been a strong Democrat, but there always was one aristocracy tlmt I favored—the aristoc. racy <*f labor. In the industrious, and intelligent, is thf aristocray of tfie country, for upos n| all the rest depend. ’.iLs to tho hatpsexj labor per day, it is simply a m*tjpr of j expediency, I think; but lam ceiWnly 1 in favor of the shortest number pOWihJeJ that Avill allow of the discharge of chit™ and the requirements of the coontrtJ| I think, therefore, having said something on all the propositions you haw advan ced, that if I ant not ahead in all pf i them, lam fully up to what I myself 1 have started. [ Cheers. J Noav, all I can add is, 4bat. I thank you for the confidence you have shown m me, and I assure you you have my sympathies. I' can use my influence to enable you to carry out the work in wliioh y'oimre engaged, and my acts will correspond with my promise. T thank you, gentlemen, for this compli ment. The chairman of the committee then ! thanking the President, begged to in i troduce to him the several members thereof—not merely to honor them, but also to show' the President that they rep resented the workingmen of no one or two States, but of all tlie States in the Union. The introductions over, tbe | delegates retired, pleased and triumph ant. Cotton—Collection of tlie Tn?, Weigh* lug, Marking and Beinnvaß. Tlie important regulations proscribe/ by the Commissioner of Internal Itevifl nue in relation to the collection of the" tax on cotton, are so little by many farmers, on account of the ocean of words in which Bicy are en veloped, that wo embrace for their ben fit every essential point in a condensed form. The tax of three cents per pound is levied on cotton by act of Congress, July 13th, 1806, and was payable on and after the first of August last, on all cotton on whiehno tax has already been paid. Under seA’ere penalties, Avhich take effect from the first of September, the removal of cotton on which the tax lias not been paid, prohibited, utiles* under bond and security, accompanied by a permit of the District Assessor. On all cotton removed before Septem ber Ist, without compliance with these conditions, the tax of three cents is payr able on demand of the collector, where ever it may be found, under penalty of seizure. Cotton made before August Ist, and after that date taken to another district, and the tax unpaid, will be sub ject to the tax of three cents by the holder wherever found. Cotton so re moved, however, under bond made prior to August Ist, and which does not expire until after August Ist, will be subject to the tax of two cents only; and in all cases where cotton has been assessed prior to August Ist, it is sub ject to two cents only, though unpaid before that date. Due and public notice will always be given of the places in each re\°nue dis trict where cotton must he bivght to be weighed and marked, and fees for weighing and marking must be painty the holder, producer or owner. The gross Aveiglit of each bale must be mark ed thereon, aud the amount of tax to be assessed on eaCb will be ascertained by deducting from the gross weight four per cent for tare. The assessor Avill keep an exact account of Aveights and marks and the names of the bolder, owner or purchaser. Tlie oAvner may have the cotton weighed aud marked wherever it may be in the district, without carrying it to the place designated for Avcighing, by paying the necessary traveling expens es of those who do the Avork; and in all cases an assessor, or assistant assessor, must see the cotlou weighed and keep the necessary record. The tax is not payable immediately after weighing and marking, but may be held iu the dis trict, without payment unless sold for consumption, in the district. Cotton can be transported at any time after weighing and marking by giving bond or paying the tax. Assessors are required to keep an ac count with each person for whom cotton is weighed, which account will bo charged Avith the amount weighed and marked, and credited with the number of bales removed from the district under bond, on payment of the tax, or sold to any manufacturer iu the district. Cotton may be removed from one district to another Avithnut prepaying the tax, by giving boud or other securi ty to be approved by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, subject.to the ap proval of the Secretary .ft Any person besides the holder or producer, who desires cot ton from the district in which it was produced, must obtain authority and give bond, in the penal sum of dyjble the amount of tax. On reaching its destination the cotton must be deliver ed to the Collector of Internal Revenue and be subject to bis control until the taxes and necessary charges have been paid, which must be done Avithin nine ty days from the permit of removal. The Collector receiving the tax and other charges, will certify the same to the persons paying it, and this certifi cate shall be taken as eA’idcuce of can cellation of the transportation bond, provided it has the endorsement of tho assessor of the district where the tax was paid. On failure to pay" the tar withiu ninety days to tlie Collector to whom it is delivered, the bond shall be put in suit, unless the tax and charges are paid without delay. A collector of any district to which cotton may be re moved, may at any time receive tlie taxes named in the permit without the actual delivery of the cotton, and may so certify. Parties who want to pay the tax on their cotton before they remove it from the district, must make a return to the district assessor, who will assess the tax atul certify the amount to the Col lector, who will collect the tax at once, issue his permit for its removal, and de scribe it, so as to be easily identified anywhere. All tax-paid cotton must be marked by firmly inserting in bales tags or marks for the purpose,the cost of which must be paid by the producer or ship per; and the person marking must care fully insert the letter and numbers tuw der the permit of removal. From and after the first of Septem ber, 1866, all persons producing, or dealing in, or engaged in transporting cotton, whether as master, supercargo, or agent of any vessel or steamboat, or for any railroad or transportation com pany, or as common carriers, are pro hibited from removing from any district any cotton on which the tax‘has not been paid, or without the perfftit of the proper officer of the district; or from conveying it from-any State in which it is produced to any port or other place within the United States, without the certificate of the Collector of the pay ment of the tax, and the permit of the assessor. Before delivering oi landing such cotton the certificate and permit must be delivered to the Collector of the district to which it is transported, and his permit obtained to land, deliver or discharge it. The penalty for violat ing, or attempting to violate, any one of these provisions is one hundred dol lars for each bale of cotton, or impris onment for one year, or both. The ves sets or vehicles transporting such cot ton itself is liable to seizure and for feiture to the United States. TnE Effect Abroad of the Phila delphia Convention.— The report of the harmonious proceedings of our grand National Convention was circula ted over the whole of Europe on Satur day last, and read on every exchange from London to Rnplvs. What is the result? Last night’s news from Lon don by the cable reportsour Five-Twen ties as high as 70j at nbon yesterday. When the proceedings of the Conven tion arc once reported in full on the otlie side of the Atlantic, there will be a further rise, which will drive the Radical disuniouists madder—if that were possible—than they are to-day. They are frothiug at the mouth now., This late financial report from Europe will aggravate them beyond all power of endurance. The cable, like all other Commercial and industrial appliances of the times, is ngainstthe Radical faction. They ought to cut it.— N. Y. Times. The New Orleans Times advises the Southerners to think no more of emi grating to Brazil. The Times says: “A few excitable people in the South appear to have Brazil on the brain. Let thedff’wait for a sober second thought, and they will probably come to their senses. Brazil is no place for Ameri can citizens. Stop at home and do your part in the reconstruction of your country. He is no true friend of the South who advises her citizens to ro either to Mexico or Brazil,