Georgia weekly opinion. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1867-1868, September 03, 1867, Image 6
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GEORGIA W EEKLY OPINION
Tp WEEKLY OPINION.
BT W. t. 8CRU0G8 AND J. B. DOUBLE.
Ho
op-
dT Gcn. Ubant baa taken position,
has done tbls without compulsion, anti
parcntly wltiiout provocation, no Is
Hcpubllcau-a “Bodies!." -And yet s
read papers supporting Gon. Chant's
fjlalm. tn tim Presidency which indignantly
deny that they are Itadical. now Is this?
Things equal to the same thing are equal
to each other. Gen. GbantIs (If sincere)
a firm and uncompromising advocate
the .Republican party and Its principles.
Jfe has friends within the compass of that
parly who seek his nomination, and seek
beeauso they believe him to bo thoroughly
Radical—because ho has himself deliber
ately taken that position, now then can
public journals claim to run the Johnson
Conservative line, and at the same time run
the name of Ulysks S. Giunt for the Pres
idency i Do they mean to say that Gen.
Chant Is a hypocrite ? or do they mean
make a change of base ?
Changing Base.
(Tile Columbus bnn, controlled by our
'Whilom friend, Mr. DeWole, Is becoming
somewhat liberal In Its notions. We quote
the foliowinwing paragraph from its col
limns:
Distinguished Visrroiui. — We I
pleased to acknowledge the reception
a call from Joseph Williams and Benjamin
Holmes, two colored orators from Tennes
see, who bore a distinguished part in the
late contest In that State.
We found them Intelligent and respects
lilc and well posted as to the present polit
They will address the meeting
leal issues.
at the Court House on Saturday next.
“ Negro equality” is evidently consider
ed a good thing by the Sun, when it can he
made serviceable. The “ pleasure” derived
from a ‘•call” from “two colored orators, 1
is a now scintillation from tlm Sun
to be hoped it is sincere.
P. 8.—Hon. B. II. llill la also announced
ns one of tlio orators at the “meeting at
the Court House on Saturday next.”
Washington Items.—Tim Star, of the
27tli, says that Capt. M. C. Marin lias been
detached from ordnance duty at tile Nor
folk Navy Yard and placed on waiting or
der.-:, to take effect September 1st.
Capt. George W. Doty bus been detached
from cqulmcnt duty at the Norfolk Navy
Yard and placed on waiting orders to take
effect September 1st.
Dicut. Commander Oscar F. Stanton has
been detached from the command of the
Talioina, and placed on waiting orders.
Assistant Paymaster Theodore S. Thomp
son has been detached from the Talioina
and ordered to scttlo his accounts.
Commander George H. Cooper has been
ordered to Norfolk Navy Yard from and
after September 1st.
Commundcr S. P. Quackcnbush lias been
ordered to equipment duty at the Norfolk
Navy Yard from and alter September 1st.
Edgar T. Welles, Esq, Chief Clerk of the
Navy Department, was taken with n chill
yesterday, and Is now confined to Ills room
Hon. O. H. Browning, Secretary of the
Interior, is much better to-day, and will bo
able to attend to the duties of ids office in
a few days.
Gan. Horace Porter, A. A. G, on duty in
the War Department, Is absent oil leave,
anil will not return for two weeks. General
r. will remove Ids family from New Y'ork
to this city.
Attorney General Stanbcrry, now at
Capon Springs, Virginia, is recovering his
health, and will return to this city next
week.
Hon. Mr. Shellaborger will be able to de
liver several speeches during the Ohio cam
paign If his health continues to Improve.
Brevet Majors W. II. Russell, A. B.
Thompson, Wm. Doan, It. H. Porter, Paul
Quirk. Captains II. B. Ilcndcraliott, W. B.
Lowe, C. H. McNally, W. F. Goodwin, Brc-
T6t Captain Aided Townsend, and First
Lieutenant T. S. Docblor, retired and or
dered to report to Gen. Schofield for court
martial duty.
Hajor-Gcncral E. A. Hitchcock, U. S. V.
mustered out, to dato October 1st; Major
A* E. U. Johnson, A. A. G, mustered out,
to date September 1st.
Brevet Colonel H. C. Wood, A. A. G, or
dered to report to General Pope; previous
ordered revoked.
Editors Opinion: Words aro said to bo
things. But there is this wide difference
Thing* aro the same one day with another,
but wordachange. Even in tho some age,
onelocallty glvca them one meaning,anoth
er quite a different meaning. Nay, In the
same locality they aro used to mean one
thing, ns applied to one clasa of people,
and quite another thing, as applied to ano
ther.
Take the word liberty. In n white man
It Is a word that atlra his blood to glorious
deeds; It Is a thing to bo lived for-fought
for—died for! As was once said by a great
Georgian: “The child In Ids slip—tho
man in strength, and the cripple with Ids
crutch, all by nature have a right to If, and
will, if permitted, rush after It as a mother
after Iter sucking child." But In a negro,
tills is all stuff; lie had better he a slave.
Liberty is a burden; men starve under it—
die under It. A good master Is a very
dcslrahlo possession, by no means to bo
dispensed with!
It wns a noble sentiment In tho Roman
bod who said of his father, as he lay in his
shroud, “ he is dead, bnt he was free.” But
it was a pleeo of folly and nonsense—a
thing to ho laughed In In the negro woman
who, Impelled by precisely the same out-
gusli Ings of nature, said, as elm wept over
her son, “ he is dead, hilt lie was free.”
There Is another word In common uso
now-a-days with two meanings. If Mr.
Alexander H. Stephens, in speaking of the
word men, who by a thousand acts cheated
and drove Georgia into Secession and ruin,
call them “conspirators,” that Is “incen
diary.” If Mr. Belt. Illli, before a thou
sand people with all the arts of oratory de
nounce those who differ from him In great
questions of public Interest—as fools, liars,
scoundrels, traitors, renegades and thieves—
this is conservatism.
Jf a newspaper editor , plainly and em
phatically calls upon his rcadears to rally
to the slogan of “race,” to band together
under tho banner of “ color,” tills Is “ con
servatism.” If another should advise tiic
negroes to vote only for those who would
cnfranclijso them and clothe them with
equal rights, this Is “ incendiarism.”
If one should hint in the hearing of a
negro that certain whitc]mcn desire to keep
his race In subjection, and would If they
could so reorganise tho State as to ex
clude men of color from all participation
in tho innking and enforcement of the
laws, tliis is “Incendiary.” If, at a large pub
lic meeting—nay, in the general newspaper
press, it is commonly asserted that the ne
groes liatc the whites—that they arc dan
gerous to the public peace, that is conser
vatism.
Those instances might he Indefinitely
multiplied, but verbum sap. Union.
The Homicidn at Saratogas—It has al
ready licen stated that a man named Jones
had been shot and killed at Saratoga, New
York, by a young man named IV. J. Klrt-
Icy, who gave himself up and was sent to
prison. A letter says the prisoner is about
twenty-eight years old, of effeminate, hut
stylish appearance. Ho feels keenly the
terrible consequences of tho Impulse which
prompted him, Innocently or otherwise, to
draw tho deadly weapon, which It would
Bccm he was in the liahit of carrying. He
Is a Georgian liy birth, hut removed to
Maryland, to tho vicinity of the city of
Frederick, since the beginning of the war,
and until last spring he had been living In
Baltimore. Ho then came to New Y'ork,
and wm employed by Mr. Loland to come
to Saratoga and tako charge of the 11111101x1
saloon under the opera house.
HP” Rev. Herman Bokum, of East Ten
nessee, Is preparing a hook on tho natural
resources and attractions of Tennessee.
It is especially intended to answer the
many Inquiries of thoso who wish to make
their homes tn the Southwest. Mr. Bokum
desires to oollect all the material and facts
which would bo useful tn his book, and we
hope that none who oan contribute any
thing will forget him.
RzoisTSATtoa in Alabama.—Registra
tion In our slater State hat been oompletcd.
Whites 72,748; colored 88.243; total 180,991.
The colored voters have a majority In
twenty-three of tho forty-two districts in
4be State.
THE SITUATION.
TELEGRAPHIC.
from ms xsrr mss pbkss association
What it Means.—The Washington Star,
speaking of tho recent action of the Presl-
denty says that Into developments show
that tho real secret of tho course of the
President In bringing General Grant for
ward at this timo is tho purpose to place
him prominently before the country on
tho Philadelphia platform, tho President
nursing the Idea that that rotten old con
cern can bo rejuverated with tho aid of the
reputation of Gen. Grant. Ho has finally
come to tlio conclusion that ho can do
nothing for it himself, but believes that if
General Grant will consent to “fight it out
on that line.” as tlio Conservative candi
date for the Presidency, that some of tho
planks of the Philadelphia platform may bo
saved, and that ho (Johnson) may retire
from office with some degree of prestige.
But General Grant, by his letters to tlio
President, warmly remonstrating agalnt
tho displacement of Secretary Stanton and
General Sheridan, hM shown that he lias
not tho align test idea of risking his politi
cal neck upon that rickety, rotten plat
form.
0” Some complaint, says tlio National
Republican, has been made by the press
that General Pope lias ordered the Regis
ters of voters not to give Information, for
publication, of tho numbers registered on
their books, and refuses to allow such in
formation to ho furnished from headquar
ters.
General Pope, very properly, wo think,
refused to furnish such information.
When tho registry lists have been pcrfect-
nnd tho books finally closed, for It Is not
Impossible they may bo reopened—os they
were in Louisiana and Virginia—there
will be no objection to furnishing the de
sired information. At tho time It was ap
plied for, and oven now, any abstracts from
the Registers’ books would lmvo given but
deceptive Idea of the final result of reg
istration.
ExcunsioN to Lookout Mountain.
The Memphis and Charleston Railroad
Company will issue excursion tickets flom
Memphis to Chattanooga and return, com
mencing September 7th, and good for tlio
month of September, for tho benefit of
persons wishing to visit Lookout Moun
tain. Fare to Chattanooga and return; *17;
omnibus faro from Chattanooga to Look
out Mountain and return, *2. A grand ex
cursion train will leave Memphis on tho
10th of September, and parties from Nash
ville, Knoxville, Atlanta on other points
expected to meet on the mountain on
11th and 12tli. This arrangement will
afford an excellent opportunity to those
who with to visit that delightful and his
toric locality.
Gone!—Miss Barber of “Mia Barber’s
Weekly” has changed her name. She now
writes it—and has written It since the eve
ning of the 29th ultimo—Mrs. John C.
Towles. Henceforth let her paper ho called
Mrs. Towles’ Weekly." We wish her and
fortunaie gentleman much Joy.
the
Cuaiileston, Aug. 20.—Registration to.
day 220, of whom 87 was whlto and 133
colored.
Wilmington, Aug. 20.—The removal of
General Sickles Is generally denounced by
tlio Republicans. Southerners take little
or no Interest in tho matter.
WAsniNOTON, Aug. 29.—II. In compli
ance witli tho foregoing instructions of
tho President of tho Uiiitcd States, Mnjor
General P. H. Sheridan will, oil receipt of
Oils order, turn over his present command
to Brevet Major General Chas. Griffin, tho
officer next in rank to himself! and pro
ceed wltiiout delay to Fort Leavenworth,
Missouri, and will relieve Mnjor General
Hancock, in command of tlio Department
of tlio Missouri.
III. On being relieved by Major General
Shcri.lnii, MajorGcncral Hancock wfl pro
ceed without delay to New Orleans, lotiis-
iano, und assume command of tlio Fifth
Military District, and of the Dcpaitment
composed of the States of Louisians and
Texas.
IV. Major General Geo. H. Thomas will
continue In command of the Department
of the Cumberland.
By command of General Grant.
E. Townsend, A. A. 0.
During tho lato contest tho President
placed hhnsclf squarely on his Constitu
tional rights nnd duties, and carried his
point.
It Is suggested that a recent letter from
Stevens, opportunely published yestenlay
morning, lashing conservative Senators for
not taking from tlio President certain
rights anil duties—some of which Grant
claimed—had much to do with the Gene
ral’s retrograde movement.
Josiali O. Stearns, Superintendent of I lie
New Jersey Central Railroad, is dead
Custom receipts for the week ending Kith,
three millions seventy-two thousand dol
lars.
Steamer Colorado arrived after two years'
absence.
Revenue receipts to-day five hundred
and fourteen thousand dollars.
General Emory succeeds General Canby
in tills department.
A court martial convenes at Leaven
worth, September 15th, to try General Cus
ter, charged with being absent wltiiout
leave.
The insurgents have captured and hold
Savagossa, Spain.
Tlio official journal of South Germany
says South German States will confederate
with neither Prussia nor Austria, but re
maining independent, will hold balance
power.
Bitterness in the Prussian press in dis
cussing tlio Salesburg conference causes
anxiety throughout Europe.
Havana, August 21.—Eighty clgnij fac
tories hwro dosed on account of InaUllty
to pay now contribution, throwing hun
dreds out of employment.
Richmond, August 29.—The blacks liav-
ing badly beaten ono policeman at the
circus last night and stoned another,
company of United States troops liavo been
Bent for to-night to prevent a riot, which
Is considered Imminent.
Returns from all except eight counties,
received at headquarters, show registration
to be—Whites, 110,000; blacks, 90,000. Of
tho counties not received, four gave large
white majorities.
New Obleans, August 20.—Tho steam
ship Pisano arrived front Matamoras lust
night, with dates to the twenty-first. News
unimportant.
The Brownsville Ranchcro publishes an
order to Chief of Poiico directing him to
arrest Catholic Priests crossing tho river
to tho Mexican side, and to hold them sub
ject to military orders.
Gon. Reynolds has established a quanta'
tine between Brownsville and Corpus
Christ!.
As yet there Is no yellow fever at
Brownsville.
Tho Americans resident In tho City of
Mexico have tendered a public dinner to
Ottcrborg.
The Board of Health of this city report
twenty death of yellow fever yestenlay,
the 28th.
Tho weather continues to be very vari
able.
A majority of the newly elected city of
ficials havo boon qualified and given the
requisite bonds, and will enter upon their
duties Immediately.
The old Boonl of School Directors met
last ovonlng, transacted business as usual,
and passed a resolution to test tho legality
of tho action of the Council In appointing
anew Board of School Directors before the
expiration of tho term for which the pres
ent incumbents were chosen, and without
first having created vacancies os the law
directs.
Washington, August 30.—Sologue, cx-
Ilaytlen Emperor, is dead.
British Consul, Captain llatlcn, reports
that the ..ghtlng against Saluavo has com
menced.
Bourse rentes declining,
Tlio Cretans still rest In tlio mountains.
Athens advices denounce the reports that
Omar Paclia's rcoent successes are greatly
exaggerated.
Bancroft dined with the King of Prussia.
A negro, named Langston has made ap
plication for the llaytlan Ministership. Ho
was Informed by the President that no va
cancy now existed in that office, bat should
ono occur no reason exlstod why bis ap
plication should not bo considered. To the
inquiry whether the President would grant
him another Interview, Langston was an
swered in tho affirmative.
Canadian Parliamentary nomtnatlans
are net passing off quietly, in many In
stances they arc nttrnfie.l with considera
ble tak- Mr. McGee was hooted down |t
Montreal, and three men dangerously
beaten. The cavalry charged tho mob at
Eastpdrt, and two squadrons guarded tire
candidates home. There were thirty cas
ualties, ]none of which, however, proved
fatal.
, New Y'obk, Aug. 28.—Susan B. Anthony
and Elizabeth Cady Stanton leave for Kan
sas to-day, where they will advocate female
suffrage till the election.
St. Louis, Aug. 30.—Half of Reynold
City, Montana Territory, has been burned'
Tho Montana Rangers, under General
Been, will move on tho Indians shortly.
Five hundred ilollurs wns recently paid
ibr three Indian scalps.
Tile wife of Col. Bankhead and twenty
flvo men of the Flflli regiment died of
cholera at Fort Wallace.
Washington, August 30.—Gen. Steed-
man arrived last night, and to-day hnd a
long interview with President Johnson.
Tlio revenue receipts for to-day amount
ed to five hundred anil seventy-one thou
sand dollars.
Senor Cavritl, tlio new Italian Minister,
was presented to tlio President this morn
ing.
Tlio Cabinet held a session of an hour
to-day.
Tlio coin in tlio Treasury vaults is re
ported at one hundred and fourteen mil
lion dollars.
Secretary Browning is still very weak,
and is forbidden by his physcians to enter
tain vistors.
The President has informed Senor Cav-
rltt that tile Secretary of State has already
received instructions to promote tho in
terests of and Increase the commerce be
tween American ports ami those of the
Mediterranean.
New Obleans, Aug. 30.—Twenty-six
deaths from yellow fever occurred yester
day.
General Cyrus Hamlin was interred In
tlte Masonic Cemetery to-day.
Thirty of the crew and four officers of
the iron clad Waliaska have the yellow
fever. They were removed to the hospital
yesterday. They hail remained on bonrd
until tiic vessel hud ulmost become a pest
house.
Order No. 120 removes P. G. Mahan,
City Comptroller,and appoints D. 11. Man-
dell for reasons similar to those given in
tlio order readjusting City Council.
Order No. 130 orders an election to he
held on tiic second Monday in September,
by tiic police and juries of each parish.
Tho Inspectors of Levees are to enter
forthwith upon tlio discharge of tliclr du
ties—notifying reparian proprietors to re
pair ami strengthen or construct now
levees, or in default thereof, to enforce the
law for sucli cases; provided a correct ac
count of expenses for said repairs or con
struction, whether by individual or parish,
Is kept, and upon acceptance of levees by
tlio State engineer, to be paid from tho pro
ceeds of the sale of tho State bonds appro
priated liy the Legislature for that pur
pose.
Augusta, Aug. 30.—Governor Orr Is
to deliver a speech at Belton, South Caro
lina, In which ho will advise tho pcoplo to
register and vote for a convention, being
satisfied that tlio attitude of the ne
groes in the Convention and Legislature
will produce n wonderful reaction in favor
of tho South throughout tho North.
Louisville, August 30.—Owing to Gov.
Helms’ sickness the Inauguration occurs at
his residence. Gov. Bramlctto and staff,
and Louisville City Council, wore in atten
dance.
Bridget Dorgan was hung to-day In New
Brunswick.
Richmond, August 30.—ltapp & Co.'s
large tobacco manufactory was seized to
day for a violation of the revenue laws,
Tho merchants of this city to-day organ
ized a Board of Trade.
New Obleans, August 31.—There were
twenty-two Interments of persons wliofdlcd
from yellow fovor yesterday; total for tho
week ono hundred and alxty-two.
Paius, August 31.—Napoleon spoke at
AmUma. Ho considered his enthusiastic
reception as an evidence of tho patriotism
of tho people. In alluding to the Mexican
question he did not consider French honor
tarnished orprcstlgc Impaired. The Gov
ernments left Franco.tranquil'and con
tinued pcaco with Europe will remain un
disturbed. He will do bis utmost to pro
mote trade and advanco liberal institu
tions.
London, August 31.—Tholittlo schooner
John T. Ford, Rom Baltimore, 23d instant,
for Parts, wns capsized at the entrance of
tho English channel. Only one person,
name unknown, saved.
Washington, August 31.—The Attorney
General’s report, on which tho President
removed Gen. Sickles, will be published
on Monday. It appears that Sickles held
thnt’ho was not amenable to tho Grand
Juries, United States Marshals or United
States District Attorney, while In com
mand of a Military District created by
Act of Congress, nnd In which tlio powers
of Military Commanders are defined
The Treasury holds KMOAOOJIOO as secu
rity for tho National Banks circulation.
Gen. C. II. Tomkins has been assigned
Chief Quartermaster of tlte Fifth Military
District.
Ten million dollars in coin, interest on
Ten-forties, comes duo on the first of Sep
tember, .
Ubadq’bs or THE Amur, 1
Office of tho Adjutant General. I
Washington, August 29,2807.)
SrsciAL Obdebs, Ho. 429.
Commanders of the Military Districts,
created by tho Act of March 2d, 1807, will
make no appointments to civil offices of
persons who have been removed by them'
selves or predecessors In command.
By command of Maj. Gen. Qbant.
E. D. Townsend, Adjutant.
Haw Yobk, August 31.—The Bank state
ment on Monday will show a decrease of
*3,0000,000; Increase of specie *2,023,000;
Increase of deposits *2,000,000; increase of
legal tenders *3,000,000.
Galveston, August 31.—Two hundred
and forty-ouo deaths from yellow fever
during the week.
One hundred deaths In Corpus Christ!.
Up to tlie 10th, half the citizens were sick
or dead. Much distress prevails. Help Is
needed. Donations for the benefit of the
Corpus Chrlstl sufferers can bo forwarded
through Stafford, Tlleston * Co, Hew
York.
Richmond, August 31.—Tlio following
lin;iortant letter on the exchange question
Is made public to-day. It wus written to
Gen. E. A. Hitchcock, United States Com
missioner of Exchange, hut was never re
plied to:
CONKEDEnATK STATES OE AMKHtCA, )
WAB DKl’AliTMENT, >
Richmond, Va, July 21,1804. J
To Maj. Gen. E. A. Hitchcock, Agent of
Exchange—Sir: In view of the present
difficulties attending the exchange and re
lease of prisoners, 1 propose that ail sucli
on oitber side shall be attended by a proper
number of their own surgeons, who, under
rules to be established, shall he permitted
to tako cliargo of their health and comfort.
I also propose that these surgeons shall act
as commissaries, with power to receive and
distribute such contributions of money,
food, clothing, and medicines as may be
forwarded for the relief of the prisoners.
I further propose that these surgeons shall
he selected by their own government, and
that they shall have full liberty at any and
all times, through the agents of exchange,
to mako reports, not only of their own acts,
but of any matters relating to tho welfare
of tlie prisoners.
Respectfully your oii't serv’t,
Ilon'r Oi.'ld,
Agent of Exchange.
Hie tobacco merchants held a meeting
and sent delegates to the Cleveland, Ohio
Tobacco Convention, to ho hold on the
17tli of September.
Havana, Aug. 27.—It Is rumored that a
quarrel has taken place between General
Mauzans ami Senor Lnrnchlcf, the Admin
istration. They are noton speaking terms,
and it is further asserted tlie former will
quit. Tlie new system of taxation went
inso effect yesterday. Well informed par
ties feel confident tlio whole reform policy
will soon give place to the old statutes.
Tlio following dispatch of noon yester
day, from Key West, U. S. yacht, was
received: Tlio Oriental arrived to-dray
from I’unta Rosa. Site reports as not hav
ing seen tlie steamer Navvn on tiic way,
only saw a United States steamer oft*
Capo Rowan.
The Sugar market closed quiet on a basis
of 8>£a8 '/£ reals per arrobe; Dutch standard
No. 12, unchanged. Exchange on London
ISi^uIS?., premium; on Paris 5J JuG prem.;
on U. S. CO days, 24,'(j discount.
Tlio Spanish steamer Barcelona, from
Vera Cruz, the lOtli. and Sisal, the 22d, ar
rived hero on the 25th.
Tiic country is fostapprouclilng a peace
ful status. Tho supreme Government is
busy dictating laws to Insure that end, and
to regulate every branch of tlie public ad
ministration.
M. diaries Moye has had his cxiqnatioii
confirmed as Consul to dillhulinnn.
Tlio French and British Ministers left
the City of Mexico on the 8th Inst, for
Vera Cruz, under proper escort, with all
attaches.
Santa Anna is still kept prisoner tu tho
Castle San Juan, Dulloa. Nothing defin
ite lias transpired In regard to his fate.
The French and British Ministers left
Vera Cruz, in n schooner, on tlio night of
the 18th—destination unknown.
A French war steamer was anchored off
Sncrltlclos.
Richmond, August 31.—An appeal from
the decision of tlio Supreme Court or Vir
ginia to the Supreme Court of tho United
States was taken In tlie ease of Panl vs. the
State of Virginia. The writ Issued from
the United States Court hero is returnable
lit Washington—tlio first case of the kind
which lias occurred.
Washington. Aug. 31.—It Is stated In
London that Franco has given Prussia
assurances of peace.
It is reported at Purls that the Foreign
offleo will Boon Issue a pacific toned note.
Tho Stultganlt official gazette denies that
tlio Southern Gentian bund was hroaclied
at the Sail Is burg conference.
Steamer Guido baa arrived at St.Louis,
from Fort Burton with half a million of
dollars treasure.
Furthor changes In District Commanders
not Immediately probable.
Special order Ho. 420 from Gen. Grant’s
headquarters, Is as follows:
Commanders of the Military District!
created by the act of Congress of March
2d, 1807, will make no appointment* to
civil offices of persons who havo been re
moved by themselves or their predecessors
In command.”
Pabis, August 31.—The pacific speech'
of the Emperor has affected boursa favor
ably; rentes are firmer, and quotations
higher.
Mobile, August 31.—Cotton dull and
rates nominally lower; low middling, 22a
Savannah, August 31.—Cotton quiet; '
sahM #7 bales; middlings 25; receipts 10
Baltimobk. August 31.—Cotton dull—
middling uplands 20J^. Coffee quiet.—
Flouiubstter Inquiry hut
, . ----- . — prlies un
changed. Wheat—no white offered: rod
advanced 5 cents. Corn scarce—white LOS
»V 10 I fellow LlBal.17. Oats steady.—
Whisky 2 3 J rov ’ , ° 118 •foEdy and InaetlVM.
New Y obk, August 31.—Money closeti
easy at Bad on call. Stocks s'eady. Tins
genera deposition to buy Government
securities Is very strong.
CiNciNNiNTt, August 3L-Floitr firmer.
Wheat firmer, tom very scarce nt 1.00a
1.05 on the spot: LOO uext week. W hisky
Irregular at 2.31. llucon firmer und tend
ing up; shoulders held at 15.
Itllseellnnrous.
The Maryland State Temperance Con
vention, now In session in Baltimore, is
well attended.
The distance trom Philadelphia to Sim
Francisco,' by way. of Chicago,’ Is'three |
thousand three Hundred mill's." Jf „ train
should run at tlie rate of twenty miles per
hour, including Stoppages—which is, no r .
liaps, the average rate on railroads In tills
seven uftys to accomplish the distance. Ar
for grades, the traveler will ascend fruit
the level of tide water at Baltimore or San
Francisco to a height of eight thousand
two hundred and forty-two leet, or over a
mile and a half, at Evans* pass.
Bridget Durgnn, who was hung nt New
Brunswick, N. J, on tho 20th, for the iliur-
der of Mrs. Corlnll, confessed that shewitneUs
wns guilty of the deed. She said that lieri
motive was not, as hud been supposed, rob- \
liery, but u desire to supplant her mistress '
in the affections of her husband.
Charles W. Booth, of Delaware county,
Pennsylvania, has purchased on acres oil
himl on the Choptmik river. Mil., nnd is]
now engaged In erecting a steam saw mill,
and intends cutting a large umuimtof slip
timber.
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An exchange says: Information from
Savannah, nates that James Duncan, com
missary of tlie Confederate WIrz nt Anrler-
sonvIUe, escaped from Fort Pulaski hist
week. He was in confinement there, serv
ing a term of liftocn years’ f
to which ho was sentenced by u court'nmr- ' ’
tlal convened at Savannah Immediately
after tlie close of the war.
August Belmont's establishment at New
York, is perhaps as striking ns any ono
meets on tho drive; at least It Is when, as
often, lie 1ms out his baroucliu with four
horses, ridden liy postillions. At other
times he drives a flno specimen oft: tan
nines nc urives a lino specimen of n tan
dem. Mrs. Jlclmont sits by tiic side of her
daughter. In a rich suit of brown, bonnet
Of tiic same color, trimmed with autumn
leaves. Miss Belmont in a sliver gray
cloak and round hat, grasps with n imlr of
neatly gloved hands the reins which guide
a pair of cream colored ponies.—New York
Gazette.
M. Pel I eta n, in a speech nt tho Corps
Loglslatif, in relation to the management
of iKipular libraries, and In defence of
modern novels, said: “Above all, would
I insist on the value of a certain famous
romnnee which has wrought tlio greatest
revolution of our epoch, uumoly, the eman
cipation from slave™; for nobody Ignores
the trutli, that the Presidency of Lincoln
was the result of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Letter kbom Skubetaiiv Stanton.—The
following letter from Secretary Stanton
was read by the Mayor at the meeting of
the Board of Aldermen of Boston oil Mon
day:
Cotuit Pobt, Aug. 23.1807. -v
Sin: I have the honor to acknowledge
your letter of yesterday’s date, Inclosing a w
copy of resolutions passed by tlio Alder- »
men and Common Council of Boston, re
ferring to my public services nnd tender
ing to mo the hospitalities of that city.
Sucli a testimonial could not fall to he /
gratifying to any public servant, and by
me will lm Highly appreciated. In respect
to tlie public services referred to, I claim
no more merit than Justly belongs to all
patriotic men anil women, who were ready
to hear all, do all, and suffer all, that their
Government might ho saved, and Its foun-
dationestahlished upon the principles'
if by unlvci
universal freedom, guaranteed
sal suifrage and universal education. Mv
lilirnncn t„ atlaltlma *1.1-. £!*..* * . Z
purpose in visiting this Statu was truly
nlile of your resolutions,
stated In the preamli
viz, for tlie re-establishment of ray health.
I hope, therefore, to bo excused from any
imbue ceremony or attention, and that this
will l« received as an appropriate acknowl
edgment of the hospitalities tendered mo
liy the municipal authorities of Boston.
With much respect, I am, truly yours.
Edwin M. Stanton.
To Otis Nobcbiss, Mayor of Boston.
A Naval Academy.—a class of “Cadet*
Engineers” Is soon to bo formed at the Naval
Academy for the coming school year. Ap-
pllcants should bo botweeu eighteen tnd
twenty-two years of age, and must lie j ro-
irarcd to pass a competitive examination,
the result of which will determine which
of the candidates will receive the appoint
ment. Tho candidates will bo expected to
possess a good high school education, nnd
uftord evidences of mechanical tastes. Suc
cessful candidates will bo appointed "Cadet
Engineers,” with rank and pay of midship
men; they will be ontgnodquartcre In the
academy, and enter on a course or study
calculated to give them a good pifictical
mid theoretical knowledge of the earlier
W Oklkans, August 31.—Cotton 23 for
low middling. Flour dull, and only a re
tail business doing, at a declino of 60c; su
perfine, 8.50; State. 1130*16.00. Cora dull
and droopiug, at 1.00.11.21 Oats advanced
5c; quoted IISii73; stock light. Fork firm,
at 20.23. Bacon—stock small; shoulders,
14; clear sides, 18. Gold Wff. Sterling
- ‘ pcrcont
63>£a56>i. New Y'ork sight
prem.
Augusta, August.1L—Nosalcs to report;
23’.< offered for middling cotton.
Cuaiileston, August 31.—Cotton easier;
sales 24 hales; middlings nominally 21Wa
week 1,600 bales; exports 2,310 bales; stock
on band 900 bales.
stops In the engineering profession. After
graduation the cadets will
- ... .... receive their
appointment of third assistant engineers
with pay of *1,300 per year, and inky ex
pect rapid promotion If studious andoner-
getie.—Annapolis Day Star.
■ Tlio London Underground Railway
irrled in six months’ time 12,002886
lias carried In six months’ tliuo 12,002380
passengers, or about three times the popu
lation of London. Tho largest traffic on
any ono day was Wbit-Mouilay, when 113,-
074 passengers were carried over tlte Ms-
tro{K>lltan proper, and 6,495 over the Ham
mersmith and City Extension, maklnrs
' .ij
total of 110.600 passengor* In ouc day. la
Whltsnn-wcck tlio Mctroixfiltan carried
5420133 passengers, and the Hammersmith
and City 27,887, a total or 670,720 passen
gers In one week. Tho actual number of
passengers carried over the line since lu
opening In J anuary, 1803, Is about 70,000,000.
Coast Steamanira. — Tho Increase of
coast steam lines 1s adding much to the
business of San Francisco. We see by the
paiicrs of July 23. that In ono preceding
asy stcamriiljM left for Oregon, Monterey,
Victoria and San Pedro, and that another
line was established for Fomalcs. while the
Asiatic line was In ojicratlou, and the fleet
of sailing vessels along the coast has great
ly increased. Not less than fifty new ves
sels, of from fifty to two hundred tons bur.
den, nave been built along the coast during
tho year, and all llnd abundance to do#