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r ori!UO\8 OF MR. COLFAX. As Mr. Colfax will be elected Speak er of the next Federal House of Rep resentatives, his opinions, upon impor tant questions affecting the Southern people, have a semi-official weight, and w-e give them below, as addressed to a crowd in Washington who honor ed him with xi serenade. “The Constitution, which seems framed for every emergency, gives to each house the exclusive right to judge of the qualifications of the election re turn ot its members, and I apprehend they will exercise that right. Con gress having passed no law on recon struction, President Johnson prescrib ed certain action for these States which he deemed indispensable to their restoration to their former'rela tions to the government, which T think [eminently wise and patriotic. First: That their conventions should declare , . . i the various ordinances of secession s.on, will doubtless be required to adopt | nu]] . md void _ uot as some have done, THE FEDERAL UNION, ( Corne.ro f Hancock and Wilkin son at reels.) OPPOSITE TIIECOVRTnOOE. BtCCHTOX, SiSBKT & CO., State Printers. Tuesday Morning, December 5, 1865. The Awrvdmml lo flic .\nlir.nnl C'onwtilit. lieu. The Legislature of Georgia now in see the amendment to the Constitution of the United States abolishing slavery. The following dispatch of President Johnson, Oct. 2Nth, to Gov. Perry, not only gives us the views of tire President as to the merely repealing them—but absoluhe- Iv without force and effect. Second : That their legislatures should ratify the Constitutional Amendment abol ishing slavery, that this cause of dis- necessity .of adopting the amendment, but jsension and rebellion might he utterly it furnishes the opinion of the President extirpated. Third: That they shall as to the effect which such action will have I formally repudiate the rebel debt on the State and Nation. [though by its terms it will be a long 4, T> .. . n | while before it falls due, as it was “To JJ. F. Perry, Provisional Governor : , , ,. r . \ A , . . l„„„ payable six months after the recoeni- 1 our last two dispatches have been le• *., ? ceived and the pardons suggested have j tion of The Confedeiacy b} the I mtcd been ordered. j States. [Cheers.] This reminds me I hope that your Legislature will have of an old friend in Indiana who said no hesitation in adopting the amendment he liked to owe his notes payable ten to the Constitution of the United States Jj aV s after convenience. [Laughter abolishing slavery It will set ani exam- L nd c) .j es 0 f ..Good, good.”! Hut plojbat will no doubt^bo followed by otb-1 th?re ,, re ot |, cr tfrms ° n w ^ ich> j j think, there is no division among the cheerful loyalty, not by such speeches as are so common, that they submit ted the issue to the arbitrament of war —but that they arc williug to stand by and light for the flag of the coun try agaiust all its enemies at home or abroad. The danger now is in too COMMUNICATED. ( OL. JOUK B. WEENS. % This gentleman, who served so efficient ly as Assistant Secretary of the Senate in the long Session of '55 and ’56 is a candidate fu*’ Secretary of the Senate.— He entered the Military service of the mud, precipitation. Let us rather Confederacy i„ May -6t. He was twice make haste slowly and we can then I w „„ ndeJ j„ tbe battles around llichmond, hope that the foundations of our Gov- ... v ,, , ,. . 1 , , ... , , which so disabled him as to render bun erument, when thus reconstructed on i the basis of indisputable loyalty, w ill be as eternal as the stars.” — ——mm ■ * Supreme Court Judges.—There are unfit for field service and he was detailed I as commandant of Conscripts for < he State i of Georgia. So efficiently did lie per- j form the delicate and onerous duties of two Judges to he elected by the present j this position, that the Secretary of War Legislature, and we have heard the names j tendered him the position permanently; of Judge Nishet, Judge Warner, Judge i hut preferring to share the dangers of the Iverson Harris, Judge Lochrane and Judge | field with his former comrades in arms, he It. fl. Clark suggested for the position, j rejoined his Regiment and was again It is said by some, that Judge Lyon will ! wounded at the battle of Gcttys- not he a candidate for re-election ; but we j burg. He hears his honorable scars with have not seen or heard anything directly J becoming modesty, and if elected to the from Judge L. confirming the report. i Secretaryship of the Senate, lie will make As to Judge Nishet, and Judge Warner, a faithful and efficient officer. 1). | both are known to he in feeble health, and Trn* Resources op the South.—No country has such resources as tho?e which the Southern States, have within them selves. In their area nearly all the pro ductions necessary lor the subsistence of man, or that enter into commerce, are found. The best flour comes from the wheat fields of Virginia, and other parts of the South. It is the best and greatest tobacco growing region in the world.— The Gulf Stream and a suitable soil make' it the only country where the long staple cotton can he grown. Corn will grow luxuriantly and yield abundantly, with little labor, and in many places by scratch ing the earth. The sugar cane rises and swells to an enormous size, full of juice, from the teeming soil of Louisiana ; and where is there any rice found like that of South Carolina and Georgia. Look, too, at the grazing lands, the fine stock, and the wool of ’he South. How valuable, too, are the forests of oak, or pine and other timber which our ship builders appreciate so much. The mountains are full of the finest iren, coal, copper and gold. Fruits of every description grow abundantly.— Nowhere, perhaps do the peach, melon, i grape, pear and pineapple thrive better or with as little trouble. In fact, the pro would, doubtless, refuse the appointment. [ ; 8S f e 'f ! ductions of the South are so varied and the following notice in a North I valuable that If these gentlemen could he induced to | Carolina paper have the office, then by all means call ! “In consequence of the repudiation by them to if. If they will not, then our i the representatives of the people of North townsman Judge Harris, and either of the j Uarolina of their fairly and honestly con- above named gentlemen would be accept- ! * rac / et l I * n< l children have been ...I | made losers to the extent of ninety-four able to the people. j (04.000) tlioi,..nd dollar,, in bond, Jlhor- Escaped.—The Macon Telegraph says l OhaA.e ami'll ’ll gton, * t J | Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad. This Hon. Robert J oombs lias eluded Ins pur- j compels me to offer myself as an instruct- sners, and has left the port of New Or- ress in French, music on the piano, and siu"- lcaus, for Foreign parts, had a long dodge of it, if it bo has just got ont of the country. Our U. S. Senators.—We have heard t 01 rxew v»r- ; ‘css iu r/enen, music on the piano, and sins'- Mr. Tcombs ; "J?’ ; ,t l , he re8idcncc of ni y father, Ur. A. be true that ! eorner of Second and j Tben> if From the New l'oik Tribune. Thr Praliin of AdTcrliaiug. er States, and place South Carolina in a most favorable attitude before the nation. I trust in God that it will be done. The nation and State will then he left tree aud[the Declaration untrammeled to take that course which sound policy, wisdom and humanity sug gest. [Signed] Andrew Johnson, President ofllic United States.” the names of the following gentlemen, J To the Editor of the Netc York Triln Now let us see how the Constitution of oyal men of the Union. First: That 1 Independence must | bo recognized as the law of the land, and every man, alien and native, white and black, protected in tbe in alienable and God-given rights of ‘life, iberty and the pursuit *of happiness.’ Lincoln, in that Emancipation lil Mr. the United States provides for amend-1Proclamation, which is the proudest ments to that instrument, and what the j wreath in Ins chaplet of fame,— proposed amendment is. ARTICLE V. The congress whenever two thirds of hoth houses deem it necessary shall pro pose amendments to this constitution on the application [Cheers.] not only gave freedom to the slave, but declared that the Gov ernment would maintain that * free- jdom. [Applause.] We cannot aban- > r jdon them and leave them defenseless if the Legislatures of | tit the mercy of their former owners.— two thirds of the several states, shall call [They must be protected in their rights a convention for proposing amendments, j of person and property, and these free- whicli in either case shall he valid to all j, intents amt purposes as part of this con- j ♦dilution when ratified Ly' the Legislatures I of three fourths of the several States, or j by conventions in three fourths thereof, . ,w w 0 as the one or the other mode of ratification trill them freemen, not freedmen. The suggested for U. S. Senators from Geor- ! gia : Hon. Joseph K. Brown, Hon. II. V. Johnson, lion. Jamc-s Johnson, Hon. A. H ! Stephens, Hon. William Doughcrtv, Hon. 1 Joshua Ilill. The Old Sinner.—Old Browulow says “the War ended two years too soon; and though the rebels got whipped, they uid uot get whipped enough.” we cannot enumerate them all within the limits of this article. Now, all that is wanted to make our sunny land wealthy and prosperous, is to have these immense resources developed. Every one should do all in his power to accomplish this desired object. If it can not he done by one kind of labor it can by another. If the freedmen will .not work, the white emigraut will. Let us give the former a fair trial, offer them eve ry reasonable and encouraging induce- tiiat can he asked or expected-— nothing can he done with them, let us impoit white labor at once from Europe. There is no time to dally or temporise. Soon it will he time to com mence preparing for the next crop. The emergency is a great one. It affects our that the late snow storm tractive to stock, some trainsT^ iU ’ many animals that lar Ku ‘* ln S &o freight will have to he stored a ’i ot route during this winter. * * a,0n o ,j )(; In Iowa there is a general revi , interest on the subject of railroad Va of roads are being extended and ^ projected with unusual energy. w About 10,000 barrels Western have been received <■> hr.: se* week s time over a single road. n The disputed title of the United s Hotel property. Saratoga has been f - disposed of so that there is no , n , rebuilding. Stac! A bale of cotton at the Central South bridge, was opened a few <] a .. and found to contain four shells, one 1 ed, and weighing fifty pounds’i n tV* 1 ' gregate. 1 a 6' San Antonio Express says an mm lelled drought prevails in that secii,. " Texas. Medina River iu the nionnta' .' is dry for many miles, a thing never r fore known. Stock are dying all il, , ' Western Texas, and the livers # ru | low. San Antonio River is a foot i.u ' than ever known. The Ban j or Maine Whig reports t-„. mercury to have been at zero on Suudj"! y e to -Mills, November 12, and the Kendusko River Sir :—In a discussion to dav about the ! future. Let us be prepared for it. Those profits of advertising, one of the parties stated that Hembold is paying the r J ri- hunc $10,000 per year for advertising. Is it true that any druggist can afford To pay ! such a sum for advertising] A Boston Druggist. Boston, November 11, 1865. ho succeed in raising large crops the coming year, will he amply repaid tor all the pecuniary losses suffered during the war. [ Chron. iy Sentinel. REPLY. _ It is a matter that concerns a This wicked old man will, in the course j druggist” and all business meu, and we | rated from her husband during the early Freaks ok Fortune.—A lady of Rich mond of the highest respectability and | affluence before the war, by one of the Boston | vicissitudes of dame fortune become sepa- nen must have the right to sue iti the courts of justice for all just claims, ami to testify also, so as to have secu rity against outrage and wrong. 1 may he proposed by the congress. last phrase might have answered be- The amendment is proposed by congress j fore their freedom was fully secured, should be regarded now as [Loud and in the following resolution but they Rewired, By the Senate and House of:| f reeme n of the Republic. enthusiastic cheers.] Second: The amendments of their State Constitu- Iiepresentatives of the United States of America in Jongress Assembled, (two thirds of hoth houses concurring.) That. .. the following articles he proposed to tlie;^ i01 ^ s "Inch have betri adopted by legislatures of the several States, as an j many of their State Conventions so of count feret then the Devil lias been misrepresented, that's all. Thr .liuriMliurut lo •!»«- F«-d«-i-iil ('oimlilniiun. On this subject the Journal A Messen ger thus speaks t We hope the Legislature will pass tho column in the. Daily Tribune. Bonner once paid us $3,000 for one. insertion of an advertisement, of the Ledger. He knew that bv jtidichmsly advertising he could insure a fortune. The old prejudice j among druggists and physicians against | advertising is dying out, and they, as well , .j • j r j - . j others, see that the cheapest mode amem'inent the fret week of the on, whereby they can make themselves and ami we bop. also it w.II lake an early op- : tbeir medicine known to the public is bv portnnity to establish the legal stains of |« wise and liberal svstem of advertising the treed negro, giving ample protection I Hemlmld ,i.:„ *»' the Constitution of the j reluctantly, under the pressure of dis )atch amendment to United States, which when ratified h) three fourths of «aid legislature shall he valid to all intents and purposes as a part of the said constitution, namely : ARTICLE XIII. SECTION 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servi tude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted shall exist within the United States or any place subject to their juris diction. .section 2. o Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. Approved, February 1, 1S65. Mr. Seward in his dispatch to Gov. Perry said, “The objection, t which you (Gov. Perry) mention, to the last clause of the constitutional amendment, is re garded as querulous and unreasonable, be cause that clause is really restraining in , e* from the President and Secre tary of State, should be ratified by a i majority ot the people. We all kiiow that but a very small portion of their voters participated in the election of tbe delegates to these conventions, and nearly, it not all, tbe conventions have declared them in force without any ratification by the people. When this crisis has passed, can they not turn round and say that these were adopt ed under duress by delegates elected by a meagre vote under Provisional ! Governors and military authorities,and (never ratified by a popular vote ; and could they not turn over the anti-Le- j compton argument against us, and in- I feist, as we did, that a constitution not ratified by the people may have effect, but no moral effect whatever. Third : I he President can on all occasions in sist that they should elect Congress- ample protect for all his rights. Nothing, it is true, that they cau possibly do will stop the mouths of predetermined cavillers and villifiers of the South. The ultra-Republicans do not mean to he satisfied. They do not mean to give up the negro as a j olitieal hobby horse, because by their own confession they [have no other, and will be dismounted and powerless .as soon as he is off the course.— f rnm ,u - i , . •7 ':”;""“ it , #-ii ,i i |. . p ; trom ttie president, having visited all the But still, there may be soineglimmerings of c. nt ~ c i of L • , h ,,, e i ~ e , oiatcs lately m rebellion, exc°Dt I reason and common sense yet left in the am i \ t i.„ n ‘l c ,, , , f -texas , , . J . ■ anu vvrKansas. Gu the whole lip mnniiu country upon the subject, anu to that we f at , n rakl,.nf*i. 0 , r.- <• . ue re P 0r,s ,i I,-/*. . ! tar oraoJj ol tlieeonditionofafiairsthroureii- must make our appeal, having first cleared i nnt ,).„ <-.,,,1. i ■ .. . l ° u i*. ,* . ! ° . . out l, *e ooutb. Jn places tbe condition of onr skirt, of nil rational ground nl oojec- j Ihe ft ee,I me „ i„ s„cl, that the bureau JUt non and f,nlt-hndiug. Let na. therefore. I be abo |: sbed , olher seclion> , put every man, white and black, upon the o K ° regarus it broad platform of universal and impartial ! ?? neC S?“^ t0 its operation- [ Hembold discovered this fact, and takes advantage of it. Editor ok the Tribune. * • Freed men's Bureau—Maj. Gen. How- ard, superintendent of the freedmen’s bureau, returned to Washington on the 18th from his tour of inspection through out the Southern States, under instructions its effects, instead df enlarging the power men who could take the onth prescrib- o f Congress.” Here wg have an impor- ed in the Act of 1 StiX, hut in defiance of tant opinion from a high officer of the this, and insulting tbe President of the Government, which, if worth anything, country, they have, in a*large majori- will he put on record, perhaps iucorpora- ty of instances, voted down merciiess- ; ly, Union men who could take the j oath, and elected those who boasted that they could not, and would feel (disgraced if they could. Without mentioning names, one gentleman, elected in Alabama by a large majori ty, declared in his address to the peo ple, before the election, that the iron pen of history would record the Eman cipation Act as the most monstrous deed of cruelty that ever darkened the annals ol any nation—and another one who avowed that he gavu all possible aid and comfort to the rebellion, de nounced the Congress of 1802 as guil ty in enacting such an oath. [A voice —put them on probation.] The South is filled vvitli men who cannot take the oath. It declares, “I have not volun tarily taken part in the rebellion.”— Every conscript in the Southern army cun take that oath because lie was forced into the ranks by their conscrip tion act, and every man who stayed gt home and ret used to accept a civil or military office could take that oath; hut these were not the choice ol the States lately in rebellion. Fourth: bile it must he expected that a mi nority of these States will cherish for years, perhaps, their feelings of dis loyalty, the county has a right to ex pect r * ia t before their members are ad mitted to a share in tbe government of this country a clear-majority of the people of each of these States should IS've evidence of their earnest and ted into tho act of our State Legislature adopting the proposed Constitutional amendment. It is clearly the duty of the Legislature now in session to adopt tLis amendment at the earliest possible day. Georgia stands in a better attitude towards the Government at Washington than South Carolina does, for Georgia repudiated her War debt, which South Carolina had not done then, or bince, we believe. The President says to South Carolina, in ease her Legislature adopts the amendment to the Federal Constitution, “The Nation and State will then be left free and untram- meled to take that course whieh sound policy, wdsdom and humanity suggest.” Mark the language—“free and untrammel- ed.” If Georgia will be left “free and untrammeled” provided ber Legislature Trill adopt tbe constitutional amendment, then bj all means let the Legislature pass it at once, and rostoie to our afflicted and suffering people tho blessings of civil Gov ernment. Lot us trust the President.— He said he was willing to trust us. Per haps the President has already made known his opinions and wishes to Provis >onai G ov> Johnson, in regard to this and kindred questions. These wo shall kuow in a few day B . B ut We tb j n jj tbe L e „j g . lature should bav e no hesitation in adopt ing the constitutional amendment, and thus pave the way for the inauguration of the civil government in Georgiy justice, and then in the way of self defense and self-interest, require that every man shall stand in his lot and do his duty as an industrious member of society. Pass rigid laws against vagrancy—give prompt and efficient remedies for breach of contract— change thejurisdiction of your magistrates, your justices of the peace—increase the emoluments and the respectability of the office, so that men of standing and ca pacity will desiieit, and provide for a rigid system of patrol, so that the entire State may Le cleared of vagrants and idlers.— This General Assembly' Las a great deal to do, and we hope they will go at it resolutely, independently', intelligently and industriously'. — — ♦ —•- - “J’iie Child's Delight.”—We haya received the first number of this interesting Child’s paper. It is lull of pleasing and instructive matter for children. It is published monthly in Macon, (Ja.. by S. Hoykin, at $1,00 a year. We call the at tention of parents and Sabbath School teachers to it. It is non-denominational in its charactw and suited to all the schools. It is the only Child’s paper published iu the State. —— iar we invite tbe attention of Merchants and Planters to the Card of J R Wilder, Factor and General Commission Merchant, and Forwarding Agent. Savannah, Ga. Mr. Wilder is well known here and elsewhere as one of the best business men in the State. He has been doing busiuess in Savannah 30^ears, and bears a reputation with out k stain. He is also agent of the Atlantic Coast Mail Steamship Company. Telegraph.—Messrs Claylaud and Dum- hie hav e sold out the ^lacon Telegraph to IVm. A. Reid & Co. The paper xvill be Edited by S. Boykiu Esq., formerly of tbo Index, and James R. Sneed Esq. formerly of tbe Savannah Republican. (/•Hrasr'a iUesaag*-. M c received a copy of this document at toe late an hour to furnish our subscri bers with it the present week. It is. very brief. It will appear in our next issue. ——— EdP* M e bare not yet been able to fill out our fist of Senators and Representa tives. owing to tbe fact that Official re turns trom several -couuties have not y r et been received. He will make a report forthwith to the president. Mad Items.—The celebrated gym nast, .Leslie, who lias out-Bbondmed Biondin Niagara Falls, has added a new leaf to his laurels. On Saturday evening last, he gave us a wonderful FOREIGN NEWS. Tbe cholera Las disappeared entirely from Barcelona, Spain. There is a great activity in French dock yards, aud the Emperor has given orders for the construction of several iron clads. I exhibition of indomitable pluck and nerve, in his daring aerial feats. The feariess manner in which he spratig from the car of Prof. Low’s balloon, during a detached ascension at an al titude of two thousand feet, and dang led at the end of a forty foot rope at tached to the car, has never been equaled. As the balloon ascended higher and higher, he attempted feats all the more daring and reckless. Mr. Leslie is a man of quiet manners, and very gentlemanly in appearance and bearing. As we have no desire to see so plucky a man become a sacrifice to his own daring, we advise him to nev er attempt again so foolhardy an un- dei taking as that of Saturday evening last. Let him rest on his laurels, at least until some one as daring as him self has surpassed his marvelous feat. [Field, Turf Sf Farm. — i— + A. A etc Remedy for Neuralgia.— Dr. Caminiti, of Messina, appears to have discovered a valuable remedy for certain neuralgic pains. A lady, a patient of his, had long been suffering bom trifacial neuralgia ; she could not bear to look at luminous objects, her eyes, were continually watering, and she was .in constant pain. Blisters, preparations of belladonna, hydroch lorate of morphine, friction with the tincture of aconite, pills of acetate of morphine and camphor, subcarbonate of iron, &c., had been employed with but partial success/or none whatever. At length Dr. Caminiti, attributing the obstinacy of the affection to the variations of temperature so frequent in Sicily, lift upon the plan of cover ing all the pa in fill parts with a coat ing of collodion -contaioieg hyroch- lorato of morphine in the proportion of 30 gras, of the former to one of the later. The attempt was perfectly successful; the relief was instaneous and permanent, and tbe coating fell oft’ of itself in the course of a’dav or two. years she the mel - that he ecaine reduced in eircrnistances, and at tbe time when the Federal troops occupied the city she was compelled to dispose of her costly and elegant furniture. This she did, piece by piece, until the last object which served to bind her to her former indepen- dence*liad been sold ; and she began to despair. Only a few days ago she receiv ed a letter from a gentlemen residing in Mississippi, iu which she was informed that her husband had lately died, leaving a fortune of over sixty thousand dollars, of which she was the only heir. A check for one thousand dollax-s accompanied the letter for her immediate wants, and she immediately' took her departure for the place where her unexpected fortune await ed her. It appears that her husband hav ing enlisted in the army, was discharged ou account of illness, and owing to the unsettled state of the country, preferred to remain in the extreme South until the close of the war. While there he be came eugaged in various speculations, and made a large amount of money, intending to rejein his family as soon as peace was declared. He invested his funds in cotton, and had just disposed of it when death closed his career. He had written many letters to his wife, but strange to say, none of them reached her; tLe above letter being the first information she had been able to obtain as to his fate.— llichmond Times. five, ar» NEWS SU.UMABV. A New York correspondent says that there are $40,000,000 unclaimed denosits in the Savings Bank of that city. Bayard Taylor has brought home trom Europe the seed of the real Latakia to bacco, which he planted, and this year he raised a few plants, probably the first ever grown in tli^i country. It is a distinct species, with a pale yellow blossom and a broad valvety leaf. Next year ho will distribute the seed. Immense quantities of cotton and naval stores are now blocking up the wharves ot Wilmington, awaiting shipment to New York aud other points. Twenty-five hun dred barrels of turpentine arrived here in one day. Seed wheat is selling at two dollars per bushel in Nashville. A very large amount of wheat has been planted in that State during the present autumn. The Cubans are expecting a new cap tain general next month, in the person of General Lersundi. Thomas J. Carver, a bonded agent of the Treasury Department, has been tried by Court Martial at Mobile, Alabama, and found guilty of altering the marks on cot : ton bales, thereby enabling private persons to claim what had been the property of tbe Confederate government and conse quently belonged to tbe United State*— He was sentenced to pay a fine of $90,- 000, and to be imprisoned in the Nashville Penitentiary for one year. Adams ie Co’s Express company has loaded $2 000,000 of its accumulated capi tal to soM ial of the Southern Railroads, and has thus enabled them to resume ope rations. Crime in St. Louis is on the increase. Two meu were recently killed in an en counter with highway robbers. The Col lector Messenger of the United States Savings Association, having $35,000 on bis persoD, was knocked down on one of tbe most frequented streets, and the mon ey seised. 'Ihe Collector fired his rerol- vet at^tho retreating robbers, who dropped the money aud escaped. Tho bankiug house of Messrs. BenoiU was also robLed of $7,000, aud uo clue has beeu had to the robbers. The apple crop of. 3Iicbigan was maiu- ly bought np by the speculators at $3 per barrel. r Persons from tbe Western plains report covered with ice to its month. The merchants of New Orleans p r , to establish a steam packet line Leu,.,. , that port and Texas. A letter from Champaign, 111, says tl„, price of corn rules so low that some of it will go into the stoves for fuel, A foreign vessel, loaded with German emigrants, arrived at New Oi leans a ten- days ago, the first for several years. The lumbermen of Maine are rejoice! by the fact that the snow is already fif. teen inches deep in the Aroostook woods A year ago Mr. E. B. Beckly, of Chi- cago, fell into a pit on the corner of s street, and sustained such .severe ininrie* as to disable him for life, lie imuHu i a claim against the city for damages in the sum of fifty thousand dollars, and t ! v case was tried before a jury in the Circuit Court of the United States, who Wednes day, returned a verdict of fourteen tI Hnls ] ami dollars against the city. A deplorable state of affairs exists in some parts of Virginia, according to tho Richmond Times, many of the inhabitants being compelled to flee to the, city, to es cape bands of robbers who roam "through' the country. The reports of tbe Greenland v ,ha!,, fishery are of the most satisfactory char, acter. Several of the vessels previouslv reported “clean,” are now stated to caught fish, and some of the shin nearly full. The Nashville Tenn., Dispatch m, there is a prospect now that Liberia will receive heavy accessions to its population from the Southern .States. Additional favorable advices from the Russia-American oveiland telegraph ex pedition, have been received at San Fran- sisco. The town of St. Pierre, Nova Scotia, was destroyed by fire November 5th—los.4 'four millions of francs. One hundred and twenty houses were burned. The pork packing season has not yet commenced either in Cincinnati or Chi cago. # The Chilian ship Albarto recently ar rived. at Honolulu with two hundred and fifty coolies from China, for plantations and farms, being the first practical result of the systeminatic steps taken by the Sandwich Island Government to supply the demand for labor. Another cargo was expected soon. The contracts with these coolies are made for five years, at a rate of 84 a month, and 82 bonus on Chinese New Year, making the yearly wages $50. Chief Justice Ames, of the Supreme Court of Rhode Island, has resigned. 1 he French Canadians are holding a convention in New York, to further their interests in this country and Canada. Mr. Norman Wizard, of New York, has been experimenting on the boiiers of ihe St. John, and asserts in a letter to the Commercial that his theory' that the ex plosion was caused by tbe unequal expau- sion ot the boiler plates, between the part' above and below the surface of tho, water. ■ at the time of the explosion, which surface might be at the ordinary water line, orhv.v er, when there was a deficiency of water, or higher, when the water was foaming, has been triumphantly confirmed, and the boilers of the St. John will be immediate ly supplied with a self acting device to equalize the temperature of the Boilers. TREASURY MATTERS. (len. S. E. Spinner, Treasurer of the United States, lias issued a supplement to the regulations respecting the semi-anniial return and payment cjf duties by the na tional hanking associations. If,* says the numerous eriors made by the recently or ganized banks in estimating the semi annual duty causes the supposition that the regulations respecting tho statements furnished by the Treasurer arc not read or understood by the officers making 'h f> estimates. r I he method of making the statement contained in the regulations is regularly correct, and the books in the Treasurer's office are so made as to admit of their re cord in no other method. There m' ! -j therefore he no alteration of the printed portion of the form by interlining, erasure, or otherwise. Statements will ho returne* to batiks for correction, until they are made to conform to the method contained i n *‘ ie regular form. Confederate Bullion.—Washington. N° v - breaking up of Lee’s army *2ie in moud, aud had about $47,000 in g-old, nf longing to the rebel government in possession. After leaving Richmond. Hath, under ordors from Taylor and Gib' bon, buried about $20,«00 of the amcnut near the Dan river in North Carolina, which they subsequently dug up and s P el ”' freely in and about Richmond. lhofa cts becoming known to the government, U° a and Taylor, about two weeks since, arrested in Richmond and brought to t n city aud placed in the edd Capital pn» 01 ’' It is supposed that nearly all the mou e „ has beeu spent by him, hut the g° ver ” t inent has succeeded in obtaining $4,000 of it. The prrioners are s to wait further developements,