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GEORGIA WEEKLY OPINION.
THE WEEKLY OPINION.
BY W. L. SCHPQOf AND J. B. DDMBLK.
The IleactUn Parly Dividing
The Opposition party J n this State is be
ginning to show evidences of weakness,
It Is dividing against itself; and, us an or
ganization, 1$ contradicting itself in divers
ways. One faction opposes Reconstruc
tion because it “prefers tbo mild and con
siderate rule of Gen. Pock” to any civil
government that may bo framed under the
Law. Another faction opposes the Con
gressional Plan of Reconstruction boeau
they assert, the District Commanders, in
cluding Gen. Porn, are exercising author
ity destructive of civil liberty. One fac
tion wants Gen. Porn’s rule to continue
ad in Jinitum. The other wants him re
moved. Both oppose Reconstruction.—
Both seek to defeat the execution of the
laws of Congress. They differ only us to
the means; but that difference is fatal.
The continuation of Gen. Porn for a quar
ter of a century In the oflice he now holds,
will not alter tho law which he Is charged
to execute. It will not restore tho fran
clil-e to the disabled class; it will not take
away tho franchise from the lreedmeii
Congress alone cant change, modify, and
abolish the law; and every n»
knows anything of Northern public senti
ment knows that Congress dare not re
cede from its position.
Opposition to the law only strengthens
it. It strengthens all those appliance
through which the law came into existence.
And it strengthens the much abuse
-party’’ whose offspring is this same I!<
construction law. The readiest way to g
rid of the law Is to obey it; for it nude
provision for its own death. But that
death cannot precede the chrysalis state.
Civil Government, clothed In pure repub
lican colors—the representative of the great
American idea of Equal Rights l'or All-
must precede the death of the Military
Act
Therefore let those who so bitterly de
nounce the injustice of the law, and who
complain so bitterly of military exactions
under it, aid in Reconstruction ns the best
and readiest method of rendering tho law
inoperative. Let those who profess such
high personal regard for Gen. Pope, aid
him in his efforts to execute the law, and
thus restore the country to peace and quiet.
And let those who seek to compass Ills re
moval, seek It by Reconstructing the State
Government in compliance with the
provisions of the Act which be is so faith
fully executing. '
f he removal of a military Commander
wfo Is performing his single duty under
tiie law, will not alter tho law itself. It
will not alter Northern public 'cntiment.
It will only serve to strengthen the Im
peachment scheme, and result in anything
but good to the South and tho whole coun
try. Mr. Johnson stands forth to-day,
justly charged as the author of all our
great troubles, Tint for lih “ Policy ” and
his blind adherence to it, Reconstruction
would have been long sinco accomplished,
and tho country set at rest. The Southern
people have followed him quite far enough.
Helms proven himself an unsafe counsel
lor, an unfaithful friend; let us drop men
and leaders, look to our own interests, and
henceforward let Mr. Jouxsox conduct his
own quarrels 1
Tin: Record.—The Opinion is at perfect
liberty to‘•ventilate’’ the •• record*' of tho
iropuiktor of this journal-political or
otherwise—whenever it may think proper.
There is nothing in his ••Past” which that
journal need hesitate to •• unearth,” and it
is assured that no threats of doing so, will
exercise the slightest influence In deterring
this journal, from referring to the po
litical course of those who control the
columns of the Opinion-, whenever it may
think proper to do so.—hiUlliycnctr <>/
yesterday.
Does the Proprietor oi the intelligencer
really desire a controversy in which-re
cords” shall be ventilated? If so,let him
open Arc. We tire ready. We would ad
vise him, however, as a personal friend, to
consider the question well before he opens.
We have nothing whatever to fear from
such a warfare. Wo Invite rather than
evade such n contest.
It U not the anti-lcllnni but the inline-
tliate past and present status of certain ed
itors and publishers that render their or
gans objectionable. Very few men lived
South daring the war without becoming
compromised in the rebellion. Wo were
all into It more or less. But what wo claim
is that having fairly lost the stakes, wo
think It but houorablo and right to yield
the prize. This wo have cheerftilly done,
and so persuaded others. Wc have never
attempted to run two schedules at once,
and never expect to. Our position has
now been, and never will bo equivocal.
A) long as we have an opinion wo shall
not falter to express It. patronage or no
patronage.
The New Constitution ok Michigan.
Tho Michigan Constitutional Convention
has adjourned, and the new system of fun
damental laws will be submitted for the
approval of tbo people in tbo coming au
tumn. The changes in the Constitution arc
few. The clause prohibiting tho Legisla
ture from pnssliiglaws authorizing the sale
of ardent spirits is to be submitted sepa
rately. Personal property to the amount
of WOO, and a homestead of forty acres, not
exceeding in value 93^00, aro exempted
from levy and sale in execution. The same
quantity of real estate Is secured to a
wjdow or deserted wlfo as long as she has
no other homo of her own.
dr People arc apt to get tired of living
in St. Louis. There have bccu.thlrfcy sui
cides there this summer, two of them since
Tuesday.
gar The Amt bale of new cotton was sold
in Albanv. South-Western Georgia, last
eck, nt ‘is cents. •
THINGS IN WASHINGTON*
Is m Revolution Hatching!
We learn from the Baltimore and Wash
ington papers that on impression Is pre
vailing everywhere In Maryland and in tho
District, that the President is preparing to
declare martial law throughout tbo United
States, and prevent the assembling of Con
gress in November next by force of arms.
This report, says the Washington Star,
had Its origin in the alleged views of Hon.
JEli* Black, who is credited Jn Washing
ton witli having urged upon Mr. Johnson
the propriety of resisting impeachment, if
initiated by the House, by declaring It a
revolutionary measure, and protecting
himself against it by the use of the army
to that end.
The President is not demented, nor is he
entirely destitute b of common sense. We
cannot, therefore, believe for a moment
that anything of this kind Is contemplated
by him. Mr. Black’s anticipations of a
popular revolution against the Congres
sional policy, is the point upon which he
hinges his paper. These will Iks dispelled
by the fall elections.
The Crisis.—The New York Tribune,
heretofore a consistent opponent of tho Im
peachment scheme, says:
Wo have not been <>c those who see no safety for
the nation except-in tho impencUmeut ortho
lident. Wehavohchl that only tho {owrest
most pressing of Jungcre wouhl Justify a ri
to !-o extraontlnary n remedy as tho n-movi
Chief MaitUtrato from otlloc. Wo bollev
we have imd the sentiment of a largo toa
Jority of the people with us in tills matter; but it
ess to deny that Mr. Johnson is doing his
o change that sentiment, and that
nunt men arc now earnestly In favor of ItU
al who were a month ago ns strenuously op
posed to it.
The New York Times, one© an able ally
of the President’s *• policy ” intimates that
Mr. Johnson’s only objeet in removing
Shkuidan, Sickles and Stanton was to
defeat the spirit of the law of Congress
ami renew his contest with the representa
tives of the people. It says:
If we cau believe half that comes to us, the de
mand for imocuchmeut lias grown immensely
during the last week or fortnight. Mr. \Y
»f ns, who is always credited with being (in
right-hand man, and who is now with him at
Washington, Is reported to have declared th;
only hope of tho country lies in gettiug rid or
President JOHNSON. Hitler feels perfectly
ImiHiachmcut la coming, and he has no doubt that
Congress will adopt his scheme, suspending the
President from olllee, as soon as charges of Im
peachment aro introduced to the Senate— w hioh,
it is supposed, will be before tho closo of the jear.
Repudiation.—*• Repudiation” fa heard
much inure frequently now than formerly.
People everywhere talk of it as among the
possibilities. In Pennsylvania and Ohio
the word is often heard in conversation
with the political canvass now going on
in each of those States. Its pronuncia
tion creates no blush and awakens little
concern. The Republicans charging it
home upon their Democratic opponents at
every possible opportunity, and tli« Dem
ocrats apparently growing less anxious to
shield themselves from tho imputation.
There is no very great danger of the Dem
ocrats carrying Pennsylvania In the forth
coming judicial election, and there is much
less likelihood of their carrying Ohio in
tho Gubernatorial election. But if they
should carry either one of them, the
fact will not, under existing circumstances,
lie calculated to increase public faith In the
stability of our national credit.
rW*Some parties in Washington, acting
in concert with certain parties in Georgia,
are working for the removal of Gen. Pope.
No charges art; preferred; they only want
Mr. Johnson to remove him because he is
arrying out tho letter and spirit of the
law la* was charged to execute.
Has not Mr. Johnson done enough al-
ady to retard Reconstruction and firing
trouble and delay ? Is it not time that tills
fruitless wrangle should cease. The coun
try wants rest and order. This cannot be
so long as Mr. Johnson seeks to evade a
law which the people have resolved shall
be executed.
[ST Tho New York Herald, which some
time since was urging the namo of Gen
Grant for tho next Presidency, has turned
to abusing him. and Is out for “My Policy.”
Mr. Johnson honors Mr. Bennett, and Mr.
Bennett honors his man. Will some of the
small imitators of 3lr. Bennett follow Mr.
Bennett’s brilliant example In his last
Summerset ? Wc shall see.
Significant.—lion. K. B. Washburn, of
Illinois, heretofore a Ann opponent of Im
peachment, and who is tho well-known
contldentlal friend and adviser of General
Grant, has expressed tho opinion that the
recent acts of tho President will result In
the preferment of articles of Impeachment
Immediately upon the reassembling of
Congress.
S9 m James Duncan, commissary to Wlrz,
at Andersonvilte. escaped from Fort Pu
laski last week. Ho was sentenced for Ilf
teen years. lie has gone to France.
C£T The contlnned drouth baa killed off
the army worm In Arkansas and Missis
sippi, and an average crop is likely to be
made.
A Wailmxo.—The New York Gazette
says: A student, who stood among the
Hrst lit one of our New York Medical Col
leges, was graduated lost spring as a regu
lar doctor in medicine. He thought to fln-
ish his education in Scotland, anu anp"
tor permission at tho University of
burgh. To his astonishment, be found he
could not pass the preliminary cxai
tlon*. Before ho could gain admission to
the University, he must pass an examina
tion in French,Greek,Latin, arithmetic,
mathematics, median lea, hydrostatic*, log?
Ic, the outlines of thought, botany, chem
istry, and zoology. To graduate at a New
Yorkmedical college, he could be in litter
ignorance of all these things, save chem
istry.
TENNESSEE.
Diabolism Still Uncurbed.
A How at Jasper.
Several Persons Wonndsd.
Parties direct from Tennessee report a
desperate affair as having taken place noag
Brldpport on Tuesday night last, resulting
in the wounding of several persons.
Tho 27th instant had bceu set apart by
the citizens of Jasper fur celebrating the
completion of the branch road from Brdge-
port to that place. A special train left
Bridgeport with a large party, who were
to take part in the festivities.
On the way to Jasper, a diiilculty, orlgl-
ating in an old grudge, arose between
some of the excursionists. The row be
came general, and shooting and cutting pliancy of this chosen organ. They admit
were freely Indulged In. Two indies orb Vj
were on tho train were, it is stated, trjftn-p’u
pled under foot, and a bridge contractor
on tho road, who went into tho car to re
store quiet, was very roughly treated.—
When the combatants reached .Jasper, like,
opjiosing forces mustered in the sqiuvrc.
whore quite a lively skirmish took plate.
Over Afty shots were fired and six persons
were wounded, though none mortally.
Politics, it Is said, had nothing to 'do
with the affair. It originated slmpl.- in a
disposition to break the peace, aggravated
by a mean article of w hisky common in
that locality.
A .Spectacle.
Editors Opinion: What an interesting
spectacle to a looker on was presented the
other day at Atlanta. There was Ben. Hill,
with the ink hardly dry upon his pardon
for treason ugaint the United Slates—still
smelling of the prison from which the
rcy of the Government had discharged
him—acting as high priest to swear a host
of liis co-conspirators to eternal fidelity to
the Constitution of the United States.
It was rich. Five years of his life had
just been spent In an attempt to overturn
that Constitution; ho had spurned It, spit
upon it—bound to it by aii oath ns he was,
and never having failed entirely, here he
is, perfectly imbued with it; glorious in It,
the dear precious thing; and with an elo
quence that is marvelous, and a pathos that
is melting, he invokes his brother reb,
by nil they hold sacred, to stand by it to
the last. lie bates the man who is willing
to violate it with a ported hatred, and lie
bids them In the language of a fish woman,
to Join him in his fearful and solemn oath.
Pish—what cure you for the Constitution?
Uuion men to speak or think aloufl (n favor
of Reconstruction? Does he not know
that It Is a majority of that party that still
opposes Reconstruction and a Union of tho
Rtates ? Then where does ho stand ? lias
he not stepped out of the Union ranks and
gone into the fold of secession and dis
union ? and in doing so, has he not viola-
tedthat noble instrument, the Old Consti
tution? If ho hud staid with ids Union
friends, and let the thousands of his old
political friends, like Gov. Brown, Gov.
Patton, Gen. Longstrect, and a host of
others, he would have shown a degree of
consistency, and would not have Income
a tool to bo used in the hands of his cm
nilcs. But if he Is joined to his idols w
will let him alone,
Ii is equally amusing to see the t»y
but when lie was a Union man they dlf-
ered with him, and the closing paragraph
of their friendly notice of Ills letter show
them to be as much opposed to the Union
»they over were. Hear them:
Nevertheless, wo give place to tho letter,
trusting that it may exercise n proper In
fluence over the minds of Mr. Stewart’s
political associates, who have any reason
and their day
of sore trial under cruel oppression.
the Indian, lie heard turkey nary
time. So they speak of the South and
Southern men every time. No Union yet
ith them.
“ nir.il. of a feather,
Will liock together.'*
OlMKUVK
past record blotted all over with war
falnst the Constitution ? Union.
Fir*t Hatred Then Love*
Editors Opinion: It is amusing to notice
tin? fiounderings of a man who, with a dis
satisfied conscience, is endeavoring to put
himself right beforu the people, either to
prove himself consistent or to gain popu
larity.
J. A. Stewart, of Rome, Ga., scents to be
little in that condition. He was once u
Union mail, good and true; but like the
sow he lias returned to wallowing in mire,
and there seems for him now no “sleep to
his eyes or slumber to his eyelids.”
Not long since ho was calling loudly for
Union men, but none of his old friends
listened to his call. Ills voice had changed,
and loyal men could not understand him.
Ills language was unseemly; the organ,
through which he spoke was full of dip-
loyalty, and opposed to the government lie
had so fondly loved, and lie was judged by
the company he was found In. Not exact
ly satisfied with Ills position, he appears in
the Intelligencer, of the 28th ult„ and en
deavors to satisfy the people that ho is
truly a Constitutional Union man, and that
he stood upon tho wutchlowcr of the
Union and cried aloud ngaiust Secession;
but the Secession traitors, ns he then culled
them, would not listen to him, and all the
evils that ho foresaw would befall the coun
try by that enormous net, and by those
tyranieal traitors in violation of tho Con
stitution was forced upon the country ;,but
instead of proving It, lie proves (If he
proves anything) that lie Is now check by
Jowl with those very violators of the Con
stitution, the .Secessionists and those that
lie was pleased to call traitors and tyrants.
Surely there Is something Totten In Den
mark. But lie still hates to hear tho gov
ernment that he loved so well spoken of lu
derision* lie still loves the old dispensa
tion, and Is willing that It shonld yield to
the new ideas and theories, hut wo must
not, no slree, we must not elevate the ne
gro. That is unconstitutional. ,
Mr. Stewart labors hard to Induce the
people to believe that Gen. Pope and his
brother Radicals desire to elevate the ne
gro above tho white man, both politically
and socially. That very idea would'con
vince any one that Stewart was not u
Union man. Gen. Pope never said so, anil
that perversion of the letter proves that lie
is no longer upon the Constitution and for
the Union, and that he lias gone over, horse,
foot, and dragoon, to tho Heocsston-Anti-
Rcconstructlon-Bcn. Hill party, and is
kissing the very secession hands that
■mote him. Does Mr. Stewart recollect
how the proprietor of his organ,- under
the direction of the editor, Chairman of
the Vigilance Committee, with other iriem-
l*r* of that committee, or strikers, visited
his dwelling with rope in hand, Or,’ nt least,
with tlirents of violence, and compelled
him to cease talking and writing, in favor
of the Union and the Government that ho
anny that was exercised over him in other
ways and at other times, as well as other
Union men ? Docs he not tocolloct that it
was a banging matter tor him or other
Hkadq’ks, Third Military District.)
(Georgia. Alabama and Florida) /
Atlanta. Ga., Aug. 31, 1jh»7.j
Lner.ll Orders, No. 5*.'.
I. Whereas, By the terms of an Act of
ingress entitled, “An Act to provide fori
He more efficient government of relnd
[States,” passed March 2d, 18117. and tho Actsl
supplementary thereto, it is made the duty
of the (.'oniinaiidingUencntl of this Military
District, to cause a registration of tho male
of the State of Alabama, twenty-
one years of age and upwards, and by the
terms of said Acta qualified tovote.and after
such registration is complete to order an
[election to be held, at which the registered
r> of said State, .-ball vote for or
laguinst a Convention for the puriiose of
establishing a Constitution and civil gov
ernment for said State, loyal to the Union,
and for delegates to .said Convention; and
to give at least thirty days notice of the I
time and place at which the election ahull
bo held; and the said registratfon having
[been made in the State of Alabama: it t*
[ordered:
II. That an election lie held in the State
H Alabama, commencing on Tuesday, the
First day of October, A. D., 18(57. and c;on-
Itinning’three days, at which Die registered
voters of said State may vote - fora t’on-
ventlon” or “against a Convention,*• nndI
foiRelegates to constitute the Convention,
ih ci\*o a. majority of the votes given on
that question shall Ik? for a Convention,
and in ease a majority of all such regis
tered voters shall have voted on the ques
tion of holding shell Convention. 1
III. It shall bo tho duty of Boards of
Registration in Alabama, commencing J
fourteen days prior to the election herein
Ordered, and giving reasonable public no
tice of the time ana place thereof, to revise
for a period of five days the registration
lists, and upon being satisfied that any per
son not being entitled thereto has been
registered, to strike the name of such per
son from the list, and such person shall not
be allowed to vote. The boards of regis
tration shall also, during the same period,
add to such registry the nuines of all per
sons who nt that time possess the qualifica
tions required hv said Act, who have not
been already registered. |
IV. In deciding who nr" t»» 1>e strfekj
from or added to the registration Jims, i'
Boards will be guided by the law mid the
Acts supplementary thereto; and their at
tention Is especially drawn to the supple
mentary Act dated July 19th, 1887.
V. The said election shall be held in each
county at tho County Seat, under the su
perintendence of the Boards of Registra
tion as provided l»y law. and In accordance
with instructions to bo hereafter issued to
said Boards.
VI. All Judges and Clerks employed In
conducting sain election, shall before com
mencing to hold the same bo sworn to the
faithful performance of their duties, and I
shall also take and subscribe to tho oath of
ofilce prescribed by law for officers of the I
United States.
VJ!. The polls shall be opened at each1
voting place during tho days specified, at
seven o'clock in the forenoon, and closed at
six o'clock In the afternoon, mid shall be
kept open betweeu those hours without in
termission or adjournment.
VII. Tho Commanding ofllcors of the
District of Alabama will issue, through
the Superintendent of Registration for
that State, such detailed instructions ns
may Iki necessary to the conduct of said I
eleerion lu conformity with the Acts of
Congress, and as far ns may bo with the
laws of Alabinua.
IX. The return required by law to be
made of the said election to the Command
ing General of this Military District, will
lie rendered by the persons appointed to
superintend tho same, through the Com
manding officer of the District of Alabama,
mid In ticeordmico with the detailed in
structions already referred to.
X. No Registrar, who Is a candidate for
election tut n delegate to the Convention,
shall serve ns a Judge of the election In
any county which ho seek# to represent.
XI. All public bar rooms, saloons, ami
other places for LliQ sale of liquors at retail
at the several county seats, shall be closed
from six o'clock on the evening of the
Thirtieth day of September, until six
o’clock on tho morning of the Fourth day
of October. And the Sheriff of the County
shall lie held rcspoludble for the strict en
forcement of this prohibition, by tho arrest
of iill parties who may transgress the
tame.
Nil. The Sheriff of each County Is
ftirther required to be present nt the place
of voting during the whole tltnethut the
ills are kept open, mid until tho election
„ computed, and is made retppnslble that
no interference with the Judges of election
brother interruption of good order shall
decor. And any .Sheriff or other civil
■“ r tolling to perform with energy and
■H raltli tho duty required of him by this
order, will upon report by the Judges ot
election bo arrested and dealt with by Mill-
tarr Aatiibrity, ’ *
XIII. Tho following extracts from Gen
eral Orders No: 20. from these Headquar
ters, are re-published herewith, for tho in-
tormntlon of all concerned:
* XIL-Violence, or threats of vlolencoor
' any other oppressive meant to prevent
any person from registering hU namo or
or exercising ids political rights are pos-
“Itlvtly prohibited; and it is distinctly
“ announced that no contract or agreement] Personal.
“with laborers, which deprives them of ? «a,t ,T“ „ .
“their wages for any longer time than I SL JSd ? a ?!5 rt ?l fe
“ that actually consumed Jn registering JKL tef 0 * t ie ffwbrldge
“or voting, will be permitted to bo on-
“ forced against them In this District; and JjJJJ d T ii,1m with .niJfh™ . )e ,, charges
“ tills offence or any previously mentioned ^ ^honesty
“ in this paragrph, will cause the hiimedl- in deciding a dog case.
“ ate arrest of the offender and Ids trial Mrs. Kate Totten Iris sued the Pacific
“ before a Military Commission.” Railroad for damage* to the amount of
“XIII. The exercise of the right of every i twelve thousand dollars, for tiie In** of her
“duly authorized voter, under tho lute,husband, who was ran over and killed by
“Acts of Congress, to register and vote l* a train a few dayssiuce.
“ guaranteed by the Military Authorities of Who are the Sproull m
this District; and all persons whosoever
“are warned against any attempt to inter
fere to prevent any man from exercising
“ tlds right, under any pretext whatever,
•• other ihau objection by the usual legal
XIV. The registered voters of the sev
eral counties of the State of Alabama ahull
vote at said election for delegates to tiie
Convention according to the following ap
portionment, made in conformity to the
provisions of tho second section of the
Supplemental Act, dated March 23,1807:
1. To tiie county of Mobile, five (5) dele
gates.
2. To tho counties of Monroe and Iluld-
wln, two (2j delegates. *
3. To the county of Conecuh, one (1)
dele* ate.
4. To the counties of Butler and Cov
ington. two (2) delegates.
o. To the comities of Coffee, Dale, and
llenry. three (3) delegates.
0. To the county of Burltotir. three (8)
delegates.
7. To the counties of Pike uml Bullock,
four (4) delegate*.
8. To the county of Crenshaw, one (I)
delegate.
9. To the county of Lowndes, three (3)
delegates.
10. To tho county of Wilcox, three (3;
delegate*.
11. To the county of Clarke, one (1) dele
gate.
12. To the counties of Washington and
Choctaw, two (2) delegate*.
13. To the county of Russell, two (2)
delegates.
14. To the county of Macon, two (2)
delegates.
15. To the county of Montgomery, fiv
(5) delegates.
1(J. To the county of Dallas, five (5) dele
gates.
17. To the county of Marengo, three (3)
delegates.
18. To tho counties .Sumter and Pickens,
four (4) delegates.
*!». To tiie county of Lee, two (2) dele
gates.
20. To the counties of Elmore and Au-
utiga, three (3) delegates.
21. To tiie county of Perry, three (3) del-
gates.
22. To the counties of lhile and Greene,
five (5) delegates.
23. To the counties of Chambers and
Tallapoosa, three (3; delegates.
24. To the county of Coosa, one (1) dele
gate.
25. To tiie county of Shelby, one (1) del
egate.
2(5. t To tiie county of Bibb, one (1) dele
gate.
27. To the county of Randolph, one (1)
dolugutc,
28. To the. counties of faltmlegn uml
Olay, til rue (3) delegate*.
29. To the county of Tuscaloosa, two (2)
delegates.
30. To tiie comities of Calhoun and Cle
burne. two (2) delegates.
31. To the comity of Bt.-Clair, one (1)
delegate.
32. To the county of Jefferson, one (1)
delegate.
83. To the counties of Walker and Fay
ette, one (l) Relegate.
34. To the counties of Jones, Marion and
Winston, one (1) delegate.
35. To the counties of Blount and Buine,
two (2) delegates.
30. To tbo county of Cherokee, one (1)
delegate.
37. To the county of DeKalb. one (1)
delegate.
38. To the county of Jackson, two (2)
delegates.
39. To tho. comity of Marshall, one (1)
dc gate.
to. To tlto county of Morgan, one (1)
delegate.
41. To the county of Lawrence, two (2)
delegates.
42. To the county of Madison, three (3)
delegates.
43. To the comities of Lauderdale uud
Limestone, three (3) delegates.
44. To the counties of Franklin and Col
bert, two (2) delegates.
John Pope,
Bv’t Maj. Gen. Com.
Suicide.—Wc are called upon this morn
ing to record a melancholy case of suicide
on tiie part of au old and rcspceUhle citi
zen. Mr. George Kberlchi, the victim hi
this cose, shot himself nt a little after seven
o’clock lust evening, lie is well known In
Mobile and through n great part of the
State, lie has for many venrs past been
engaged hi tho grocery business on the
north-east corner of Conception and Adams
streets, and at the tlmo of the explosion,
lost almost all he was worth, besides hav
ing his leg so mangled us to permanently
cripple him. His losses and Ills bodily con
dition have ever since exercised a depress
ing influence upon hi* mind, and several
times he has endeavored to destroy himself.
All Ids efi’orts of this character, until tho
last, were defeated by the vigilance of Ills
family, who were ever on tho guard.—*Yo-
UU Advertiser and Register, 23d.
Houses for Cities.—The practical and
philosophical French people fiave Invent
ed an order of houses which afford the
greatest convenience possible for the
amount of space occupied, and which, by
their style and practical design, arc showy
and comfortable. The Idea I* to supply
each family with a suit of rooms upon one
floor, separate from each other, and open
ing by a front door upon a spacious fire
proof stairway. Tho lower floor may or
may not, as desirable, bo occupied by a
restaurant and public room u4nal in a ho
tel. The torailles living above may be
supplied from the establishment, and at
their option, lie relieved from the trouble
ofa kitchen, take their meals In a restau
rant, or have them served In their owti
rooms. This is ecrtfctnly well adapted to
some phases of dense populations.
Ax Oil Creek.—The McMinnville En
terprise says tliat Spring Creek, In Over
ton county, has become an oil creek liter
ally. Sucli is the quantity of oil continu
ally flowing down it as to clmng ‘
A young lady named Swan,- aged 10. and
weighing 400 pounds, has arrived in Port-
Sproull murders i«u* much
a mystery as ever. The' two men arrested
on suspicion of complicity in the deed were
discharged from custody at Pittsburg on
Friday, one of them without trial.
Gen. Augur, in hi* evidence before tiie
Indian Commission, stated that, should the
war become g< ncrnl, it will require ut least
twenty thousand troops to suppress It.
31 r. and Mr*. W. O. Fargo, parents of
Hon. Win. O. Fargo, of Buffalo, celebrated
their golden wedding In Syracuse last
week. The residence of the aged couple
was illuminated with col- red lamps, ami
the grounds with locomotive lanterns. A
poem by Anson G. Chester was read by the
author.
Charles Stuart was shot and killed, on
Thursday night, by Rev. Robert Gray, th
Pulaski county. Virginia. Mr. Gruy wm
in a bouse, barricaded to resist a mob of
negroes who had gathered around It. and
shot Stuart by mistake.
Rev. Dr. I fall, of Dublin. Ireland, the
gentleman who vi-iied this eountry in
May last, and whom many Clneinnatbiiis
bad the pleasure of hearing preach before
the General Assembly. |m* received a call
to the Fifth Avenue Church, Presbyterian,
New York.
A new religious weekly is about to ho
issued in Chicago. Iieuritig fh© unique and
expressive title, "The Advance.” The pa
lter will be edited by Rev. Win. Patton. I).
D.. and represent, the interests of Congre
gationalism in the Northwest. The Ad
vance Iris lieen established on a firm finan
cial basis, and will luove on us a power
from the beginning.
Punch skys as harvest time come* on,
complaints are heard that reapers are not
general enough. This deficiency might be
remedied, if the Americans would only
lend them their General sickles.
An old town
contain* the following
“March 27. 1819—By Janie* Gordon Ben
nett. teaelitng school: order dated Septem
ber 10,1818, $17.”
Toni Thumb Is Installed at Bridgeport
for the present. Itarnum exhibit* him
again in the fall. The General i* the only
military man in the country who ha* no
brevet.
Madame Anna de la Grange, the great
ciintatrice, will arrive from Europe in the
early part of next month, when she will
make her farewell appearance on the
stage.
Si’iTRK.ssKD CoRHKsroNDKNCK. — Wash
ington telegrams say tile President has
suppressed the letters that passed between
himself mid General Grant in regard to the
removal of Stanton and Sheridan. Their
character, however, 1ms been made public.
a Washington special to tho Cincinnati
Gazette gives n synopsis of them, us fol
lows
The first letter protesting against the
susjH'iision of the Secretary of War. was
short, but extremely forcible, in wb *b
Gen. Grant gave the President his opinion
that the latter had no )c<pil authority to
sii8|)eiid Stanton., and tuut although an
astute lawyer might find a warrant in law.
tbo people could not be convinced. To
tills the President did not reply.
The second protest, in the case of Sheri
dan, covered little over a page, and. Is most
cmphutlc lu its tone uml language. In
stead of-bcingd friendly letter it is severe
ly official in its tone. It calls upon the
President to withhold tho order in view of
financial reasons and considerations of
patriot ism. Tho reply of tho President was
also official. It covers about a dozen
pages, and consists of a specious argument
a* to hi* right* and duties in the case, and
ends with the peremptory order already an
nounced."
The first decision was to send It out
solely a* a Presidential order in form, but
after Johnson’s reply Gon. Grant made it
his own, so far as to enable him to scud out
the fifth section. The order left by mull
this morning.
Kiiowledgothattlieabove papers exist,
and that the President has suppressed
them, 1* creating as much excitement in
official circles as the garbling of Sheridan’*
dispatches.
Power ok Imagination.—A box, sup-
])osed to contain a dead body, was recently
forwurdod from Boston to Halifax by the
Kastern Kxpres* Company. Such boxes
often emit an unpleasant smell, uml when
this particular one reached Portland, the
odor was so offensive that a teamster would
not load the box into Ills wagon. The com
pany were anxious to get ft away, os the
police were urging the Immediate removal
of ntt article which was endangering the
health of tho people of tiie city. A second
teamster was sent down, and was go affec
ted by tiie smelt that he became sick and
giddy, discharged freely his stomach, and
would have staggered over the wharf had
lie not been caught by those standing by.
After a few more people had detected u
••strong smell,” it was decided that the box
slioulu tie opened. This was done, and a
very handsome carved Indian figure lu
wood was disclosed to the gaze of the crest
fallen teamsters, everything about It a*
clean and sweet us a new planed board. It
was intended as a sign for some enterpris
ing tobacconist.
OTThe reception of “poor Curlotta” by
her two brothers, the King of Belgium and
Count of Flnnder&at the depot of Tervuc-
ren, was a most affecting scene. During
the journey she would not touch any food
except that which tho Queen of Belgium,
who never left her side, had previously
partaken of. On her arrival, no one but
the King, his brother, and two or tlireo la
dles of uioeoiirt, with whom Curlotta had
formerly been on Intimate terms, were
present. The King wished to embraco his
sitter, but she pushed him tack; however,
alio willingly allowed herself to bo em
braced by the Count of Flanders, hertovor-
ito brother, who patted her cheeks, called
lifer Ids •there petito Colottc,” and forced
himself to smilo at her.
Tim Great Bond Robbery in New
York.—a further examination of tho cel
ebrated Hovnf Insurance bond robbery
daw was liold'in New York on Tuesday.
Dan Noble, ono of the alleged participants ’
n tho crimes was’present. The principal
rttness against him was Anthony Blccckor
IcDonald, agent’of the company. His
tatesmente were mainly corroboratory of
hose which have heretofore appeared In
Tint. Mr*. Gridin, another witness, testi-
cd that her husband told her that Noblo
wRapp and himself Committed the robbery
tJr”Maplo” sugar is made from black
ralnut trees In Illinois?.