Georgia weekly opinion. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1867-1868, September 03, 1867, Image 6

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SSH-55 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. 1 7' 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#