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Newspaper Page TextGEORGIA WEEKLY OPINION. VOL. I—NO. 6. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 10, 1867. TERMS—$3 00 CONVENTION AND RELIEF. Four year* of dreadful war and devasta- tlon left our (H*ople in a prostrate'condi tion. Wo had no currency, and only a scant supply of food and clothing. Wo had eve rything to buy—nothing to sell—and with bnt very little upon which to bate credit. This state of thing* wan followed by two year* of famine, In which our productions were wholly inadequate to the local de mand. Bp Muffs had to be imported from the Western and Northern States, and this at a time when there was not money enough ill the South to give security or stability to any branch of trade. Thus it was that our people became so generally involved In debt. Pecuniary embarrassment fs seen everywhere. It is depicted in the countenances of our mer chant* and.buslness men. It has Airrowed the checks and unuerved the arm of the planter and mechanic. Three-fourths of our most prudent and honorable citizens of all grades and callings, are to-day tot tering on the very verge of Bankruptcy. Financial ruin has been averted only by the Stav-Law. But that measure of relief is no longer available. Bovyral of our Su perior Judges have pronounced it unconsti tutional. Among these is Judge Warner. now Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the State. One at least, If not both the other Judges is believed to concur in the opinion of the Chief Justice. No relief, therefore, is likely to como from the Su preme Court. Gen. Pope, nAcr carefully considering the matter, has declined to hold up the Stay Law. What 1* to be the result? There must be relief, or general bankruptcy ami prostra tion will soon follow. Belief niu«t come from the Constitutional Convention, if it comes at all. Unless this can be had, hun dreds nay thousands of worthy men will \*‘ driven to ruin. These, under some wise measure of relief, and with a good crop or two, could save their plantations. The Convention will meet soon enough to do great good; it can, if it will, save the Many. Some may lie sold out before the Convention eau assemble; not tnauy—Let the people rally—rally for Convention and Relief for the People. “ THE PARTY OF PROGRESS.” In June, ISM, when a portion of the Geor gia press suggested the jioliey of Impartial Miffrage. the advocates of that measure were, denounced quite as bitterly ns the Republicans now arc. All remember with what virtuous indignation the proposition was rejected by the Democratic leaders. Since then, there lias liecn an advance movement In Democratic ranks. They now hold “Conservative mass meetings,*’ In which negroes are affectionately invited to participate. Negro orators pay culls to “Conservative” editors, and these editor* take occasion to puff ami beslobber “col ored Conservative orators.” They even go farther than the most extreme Radicals, and advocate the sending of negroes to Congress. In most cases, propositions arc made to elect negroes to Congress upon consideration that the colored population will let tho old political stagers manipulate the State Convention. A movement of this kind was Inaugurated In South Caro lina some weeks ago, and wo observe that it D being followed up in Georgia. Only the other day there was one of tliesc black and tan conventions in Columbus, com posed of a few “negro orators” and the rop- rcsentative* of tho great Disfranchised. They mingled their voices In harmony to the great progressive idea of universal suffrage. All distinction of color was obliterated. The gist of the meeting was—Negroes for Congress, White Men of the “respectable • lass*’ (that K Democrats) for the State Convention. The meeting broke up lu row, ami Airtlier than this tlm local prints deposeth not. These meetings ami the propositions which niiimato their assembling, only show with what facility men may run from one extreme to the other. They first op|Miscd the right of the black man to tes tily lu court. They next opposed the exer cise of Ids legal rights of suelngaud Wing sued ns a free citizen. Lastly, they opposed a system of Impartial suffrage, whereby It was proposed to make Intelligence the standard of suffrage. But now wo find them defending tho Principle of Universal suffrage, and actually urging the claims of negroes to seats In Congress 1 A few months ago the negro was too Ignorant and de buted to exercise the right of suffrage; now he I* statesman enough to make laws and discharge all the functions of a Legis lator! Verily, this is an advance move ment. Ax Advance Movement in Kentucky.— The Louisville Courier and other promi nent Democratic organs In Kentucky are urging the Legislature of that State to enact laws giving negroes tho right to tes tify In civil tribunals, to sue and lie sued, audto admit the colored men to all the legal rights and privileges heretofore ac corded to the white man. TOO LATE. One or two public journals In this State, conducted by thoughtless men, have so fur taken courage from the late order of President Johnson os to urge the propri ety of Gen. Grant's removal Congress foresaw the possibility of such a contingency, and prevented It, at the late called session, by adding to the Army Appropriation hill a supplement providing as follows: 1. That the headquarters of the army shall Im in the City of Washington. 2. All orders and Instructions relating to mill tary operations. Issued by the President or Secretary of War. shall be issued through the General of the army, and In ease of his dislhlllty, through the next in rank.— 3. Tho General of the Army shall not be removed, sus|>cndcd, or relieved from com mand or assigned to duty elsewhere than ut said headquarter*, except at his owH re quest, yithout the previous approval of the Senate; and '"any instruction* and or ders relating to military operations Issued contrary to tlm requirements of this sec tion shull be null and void, and any officers who shall Issue orders or Instructions con trary to the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor in office, and any officer of the army who transmit, convey, obey any orders so Is sued, contrary to the provisions of this section, knowing that such orders were so Issued, shall lie liable to imprisonment for not less than two nor more than twenty years, upon conviction thereof in. any court of competent Jurisdiction.” This act was ojqiosed by the President. The language Is explicit. The head of the army 1-* entirely Imyond the reach of the Executive. Gen. Grant's Powers under tiie Sup plemental Act.—It seems doubfiil if the Reconstruction Bill passed lust mouth at the extra session gives all the powers to the General of the army, in cheek >f the President, that was intended, and that It has !*«■, u supposed to do. Sec tion 3 of that hill. provides that “ the General of tho army of the United States shall he invested with all tin* pow cru»t week n forger, under the guise of * -‘BnptUt preacher," calling lilnuelf A. Burnt, aucGccdal In getting forged draft, on the Tenth National Bank of New York cuhcdit the Pint National Bank of Mill ion, Wla„ to tho amount of *7,000, and de camped. Twenty-live hundred dollars re ward has been offered for hla capture. OT Major John II. Oee, formerly com mandant at tho SaulUbury, N. C„ prison. U reported dying of eonramptlon near Tal lahassee Fla. WASHINGTON ITENI. The Cabinet Embrol|IU, GRANT AND JOHNSON. One of the main causes of difference be tween the President and Gen. Grant was In reference to Major General O. O. How ard. Before the order of Gen. Grant was issued, a few days sluff^Mh reference to officers being addressed only by their titles according to their rank in the regular ar my, the President, It is said, had prepared an order recognizing Major General O. O. Howard only by his rank of Brigadier General in the regular army; hut General Grunt objected to special action In the case of any particular officer and that order was not Issued; but one was issued apply ing to oil officers. Fernando Wood was closeted with the President on Saturduy. Ills mission is tin derstood to be directed against Secretary McCulloch. Gen. Grant addressed a note to the Presi dent on Friday evening, asking the with drawal of his letter protesting against the form of the order sending Hancock to New Orleans. The President returned the letter as requested; and as it was’ virtually sti|»e ceiled by tho discussion Saturday. It will not be made public. (JEN. GRANT AND “LANGSTON.” A few days since, John M. Langston, a “colored lawyer’* from Obcrlin, Ohio, hear ing that the President had expressed a de sire to see him, called upon him, where upon Mr. Johnson said; “1 have deter mined to remove Gen. Howard; he must go soon; I have reason to believe that he Is running his Bureau as a ]>oliticnl. parti san. and sectarian machine; and further, sir, 1 ai» prepared to give that place to a good colored man. If your pimple w ill Indi cate such a man.” During the whole in- iew, Mr. Lung-ton says the President intimated jjiiu lie^'oiild like to have bin accept the TltVfinMy^ui'l: “I liavi »..|-rvl»lo«, removal, appo.nt.i.ent detail granted in the jreetilinj eection f'l I i " '' H< ' °, a Metrin The preceding see- It* pre.onle.1; tl.m read, as follows: , 1 wil1 "f 1 «“ of th " Ski*, 2. That the commander of any district named in said act shall have power, bject to the disapproval of the General of the army of the United States, and to have effect till disapproved, whenever in the opinion of such commander the pro|>- er administration of said act shall require it, to suspend or remove from office, or from the performance of official duties and the exercise* of official powers, any officer or person holding or exorcising, or professing to hold or exercise, any civil or military office or duty in such district, un der any i>ower, election, appointment, or authority derivedTrom.|oV granted l*.r, or hi lined under, any *o-o«Vd State, or the ioverninciit thereof, or any municipal or other division thereof; and ti)M)ii such sus- iH'iisiou or removal, such commander, sub ject to the approval of the General as afore said, shall have )iower to provide, from time to ’time, for the performance of the said duties of such officer or person so susiiendcd or removed*' by the detail of some competent officer or soldier of the army, or by the appointment of some other person to perform the same, and to till va cancies occasioned by death, resignation or otherwise.” Gen. Grant Is thus limited to the eo-ordi- nato and supervising powers in regard to suspension, removal, appointment and de tail. If any District Commander appoints disloyal person* or tho municipal office.* within his District, General Grant can re move them; or. If the District Commander .*us( tends or removes loyal Ineumlients, the General of the army can annul Ills action, thereby reinstating the removed officials. But Ills authority seems to ho limited to these co-ordinate and supervising powe in regard to 8US{Mm*ioii, removal, appoint ment and detail. QTUnlversal suffrage Is tho tendency of the age. It is a reform that Is not routined to tho United States. It prevails in all tho civilized countries of Europe, and is rap idly gaining (tosifUm hi each. The French Liberal* won a signal victo ry on tho 11th of August (ult.) when the candidates for the Council's General, wli hud not obtained the legal or absolute ma jority In the first ballot on .Sunday. Aug.4, again presented themselves to the electors, The success of the Liberal* hi this second operation was almost universal The late Reform Bill In Great Britain, and which Is now a law* of tho realm, adds some ten millions to the voting population of that country. Quito us largo un aeces slon was had to tlio Austrian Government a few years since by the enfranchisement of the Serfs. Liko tho Reform of the 10th century, It is confined to no particular climo or locality. It Is one of those moral revolutions which sw eep mysteriously over the civilized world. Resistance only serves to strengthen It. Courts Adjourxed — Sickness. — Tho Crawford and Macon county Superior Courts have been adjourned In conso- qucnce of tho great amount of sickness In those counties. Two prominent members of the Bar arc reported sick at this time. The Macon Messenger learns that the hotel at Oglethorpe Is closed In consequence of the sickness of tho Landlord and his fami ly, and that there arc no accommodations for the Bar and citizens at either Ogle thorpe or Knoxville. Houston Court liu been adjourned until the fourth Monday In November. Crops in East TKXXissmL--In many portions of the upper oounties In East Tennessee corn crops have suffered for want of rain. The recent heavy rain*. % however, have caused them to revive very d stand b greatly. A Bill corn crop Is anticipated, to tight * • • - eek to see me ii|n>ii this suhj Mr. Langston called upon Gen. Grant and stated the substance of Ills inf with the President. Gen. Grant replied that lie thought, under the circuinstanc that it was not advisable for him. in every rcsiieet. to accept the office of Com missioner. He thought if Gen. Howard should lie removed, Mr. Langston could not hope to give greater satisfaction in the Bureau. To which Mr. Langston replied: “I now ask that you will do everything you can to khtpG<4i. Howard at the head of the Bureau, for the good of my people and for tiie friendship I have for him.— Further, sir, 1 am fully satisfied that Gen. Howard lias administered tiie affairs of that Bureau in the most conscientious manner, and looking only to the good of the colored (tcoplc and the Government. 1 cannot, therefore, consent to take this po sition; and, ftirthcr, I desire to say I will not accept it, believing it to bo offered to effect tho removal of Gen. Howard and to embarrass the interests of my race.” Miscellaneous* The Saints at Utah have finished their tabernacle, and, according to nil accounts, have nearly finished themselves. Hamilton. Ohio, is accommodated with one drinking saloon to every forty inhabit ants.— AV There are but few tow ns in Georgia that cannot l>cut that. A religious paper calls clergymen to ac count for drinking ale and other tonics.— Kxchahyt. Then, how about coffee and cigars? The negroes of Brennan. Texas, acting under the had example of some idle white men, are preparing to hold a tournament at tiiat plaee. The Episcopalianson Divorce.—In the Episcopal Diocesan Convention held in Chicago last week, a resolution was adopt ed instructing the deputies of the diocese in the next general convention “to pro cure l»y general common law, with suita ble qualifications, a prohibition of the use of the marriage service of tho church in cases where either party contemplating marriage shall lmve Itecn previously di vorced by tiie civil law on grounds other than that of adultery.” The deputies are also instructed to procure a rule of duty to be followed by clergymeu, whoso services are thus applied for, in asccrtai ning the facts bearing on such prohibition. Personal.—Some of the leading Demo crats of Columbus, Georgia, are fraterniz ing with negro politicians in order to form colored “Conservative” party. Six months ago they opposed colored suffrage. At a fancy hall at tho Union Hotel, Sar atoga, one young lady apjieaml in a dress composed of pieces of sheet music sewn all over a skirt and corsage, witli a fan cover ed with music. In the native town of Edward Everett, a new avenue, called by his name, lias been opened, and in tiie sign-post his Uagucrrco- typo likeness lias been inserted. Jshmou-Pope. Editors Opinion: What is the difference between tiie condition of our State Gov- ernRu-uJ now and Its condition before the Military Bill? None ut all lit practice. The civil courts and civil officers coutluuo In the (tcrfot-niauce of their ordinary Amo tions. It is true General Pope has his headquarters in Atlanta, and has notified all civil officers tiiat unless they please him lie will displace them; hut was not tills precisely the state of tilings before? In deed, has there been any time since the war when tlm military did not exercise just this power? How many orders did Gen. Thom:.-i issue stopping proceedings before the courts? How many laws of the State did ho prondunce Inoperative? How many citizens did he arrest for acts not made ille gal l>y any law? Was there not a stand- Ingo.' i • in G« I er»l Grant authorizing and re paring the arrest of every offender against tlm law not arrested by tho civil authorities ? What, then. Is tho difference ? The state of things before, was tlm will of Andrew Johnson; the state of things at present is the will of Congress. Tlm first was the exercise of (tower from the Executive De partment; the last is tlutaxercise of (tower from the Legislative Department. Tin* first was without any claim of law; the last has at least the form of law. The Military acts ought to iiave been en titled, “Acts to provide by law for the ex ercise in tlm Rebel States, by the Military authorities, of the (mwers now exercised wltho it law.” Never before has a public man so stulti- wn word as has Andrew Johnson. ritten three vetoes declaring un- ional acts of Congress providing ■r the exercise by the Military au- of (lowers which for two years ig under Ids command fled i i- Hc ha. by la thorii they had 1 wltho*it law! Union. Caucuit N a pits'i.—The New York Her ald i* still joking the Democrats. It now advises Mr. Johnson to Lsuc a proclama tion of universal amnesty—lit which case, it argues tlm District Commanders will be comiicllod to receive as voters any among the now disabled who may claim the right. The stupldist part of the Joke is, that cer tain Journals in this State have run blind fold into Bennett's jest, thinking him sin cere, and are echoing his suggestion*. We advise all such to read the Supplemental Reconstruction Act, tlm seventh section of which says: “ No )M>r«on shall at any time he entitled to bv registered or to vote by reason of any pxg^M’KtV'irJoii or amnesty for any a* or thing. which, without such pardon < amnesty, would disqualify him from regii tratiou or voting." Ah Irrepressible relic-hunter carried off Sherman's bat at Atchlsou. Revival at West Point.—Tho West Point Observer says upwards of one hun dred persons ha\ e united with tho churches In that dUco ►!» ce the religious meetings began, about »»x weeks ago. • ished French author, and Senate, has fast tnken a sing to accept a challenge Doubtful Experiment.— iMiiaii Wil liams, a colored citizen of Baiiibridgc, in this State, acting under tlm advice of tin* Disunion party in that section, 1ms an nounced himself a candidate for a seat in Congress. When madness rules the hour reason Is silent; the time will come, w greatly fear, when these bitter opponents to Reconstruction will repout their thoughtless folly, when repentance avail nothing. More Troops.—About one hundred more Austrian troops have arrived at New Or leans from Vera Cruz on a schooner, which also had on board a party of Germans, who hud colonized in Yucatan under the protection of the late Emperor Maximil ian, but who have been obliged to leav tho country, owing to the political change which It 1ms undergone. SSTTho entire Southern Relief Fund amounts to $2,876,801). Of this amount $300,000 comes from Louisville; $321,000 JYom New York; $1,000,000 from tho State of Maryland: Boston, $10,127; St. Louis. $317,375; Philadelphia, $65,000, and Chica go, $11,306. Prize Fiaiitino.—Great interest was felt In the contest between McCool and Aaron Jones, at Cincinnati, tin* 3lst. Great piles of money were staked on the result. Me- Cool was the winner. Such brutal exhibi tions are a disgrace to the age and country Wouldn't Take.—A freedman In the ■inploy of Messrs. West & Guthrie, Gro cers. Peachtree street, while working In the ■cllnr last Saturday, so arranged a side of bacon at tho grates under the window, os to make It easy to be removed tatween the bars. One of the clerks of the establish ment discovered tho trick In time to keep a watch upon It. When tho ineat-hunter came, the clerk confronted him and caused him to “anty.” The freedman was carried to the “Lock-up.” Excitement.—Tho accidental discharge of a pistol In tho hands of a drunken man In a bar-room on Peachtree street, yester day afternoon, caused considerable excite ment for a few minutes. However, as soon as It was announced “uobody hurt,” there was a complete squandering of the crowd, all of whom were as calm as a May morn ing. Coffee.—A case of burglary was perpe trated lost Sunday night upon Messrs. Ford, Hightower & Co., of this city, and five bags of coflfce carried off. As yet no duo has been obtained of lu whereabouts. Snake Bm.—A little boy In West End was snake bit last Sunday. As the snake was not a very poisonous ono, the bite U not likely to prove fktal. OT Prcntlcc says tbat in hlsclty stuffing improves the frlras well as the fowl. TELEURAPHIC lNTELLIUENCEi From the New York Press As«ociatlon. Washington, Sept, l^—The rcceut order of Gen. Grant tluit District Commanders will make no appointments to civil offices of persons who liavo been removed by themselves or their predecessors, does not make a new issue between Gen. Grant and tho President. Tho rumors of difficulty having arisen o-.v title subject are without foundation. The Reconstruction acts vest In the General Commanding tho s:\me (mwers as are vested In the District Com manders In regard to removals and ap pointments, mid therefore tho order of Gen. Grant Is merely considered as a no tice in advance that he would dlaapprov of such appointments as those indicated in the order. Accounts from Sicily arc deplorable. Cholera rages at Palermo with great vio lence. The Insurrectionary government of Can- dla has notified foreign consuls of its inten tion to Issue letters of marque for the equip ment of privateer*. Iii the month of May eighty-nine million pounds of cotton, valued at three million three hundred and sixty-seven thousand dollar*, was ddppod from Bombay. Napoleon lias addressed a letter to Min ister Gatcreor urging Internal improve- lents and Increase of means of conununi- ution and transportation within the Em pire. Tiie Paris papers regard the situation of affairs in Spain as extremely serious. Ex- Minister Motions had beecn arrested. Martial law lias been proclaimed in Bar- ilOna. A battalion of French troops has left Perllgnan for the Spanish frontier. The King of Sweden had arrived at Ber lin. It is stated that tho Bavarian Council blisters emphatically opposed King of Bavaria's visit to Galesburg. Tho Dutch minister at Jcddo had boon iliot at by the native?, butc*ca{>ed injury. I'he assassin had not been arrested. In the House of Lords the clerical vest- nent had been postponed until the iu-xt •i-s-ion. New York, Sept. 1.—A lire in Buffalo last night destroyed property valued «t $150,000, including two foundries and a tool factory. One fireman reported kill'll. A special from San Francisco reports the rrival at Vancouver’s Island of the United States steamer Rcsaea, with two men con- alcscent from yellow fever. The United States steamer Lincoln was , at I-'ort Simpson; would sail for Mika. Five hundred and eighty deaths here hist week. A. D’Marincau, French Commander, ami the remnant of Maximilian's body guard, together with sixty members of tiie Corps Diplomatique, from Mexico, departed for Europe yesterday in tho steamer William Penn. Mexican detectives are hero in pursuit of a young man named Medanlch, suspected of robbing tiie Liberal Government of two hundred thousand dollar* in gold bars. Ills wife has left for Europe, it issup|>oscd, with the spoils. Medauieli has not y been found. Chattanooga, Sept. 1.—A destructive fire occurred here last night. The foundry of Webster & Co. was totally destroyed, Their loss Is sixty thousand dollars. The origin of the tire is unknown. Four men were badly bruised by the cxploslou of shells. New York, Sept. 2.—The following ad ditional news from Europe is clipped from files received through the Liverpool packet Hausa: The Prince ami Princess of Wales lmd arrived at Dordrlcht, Germany. The King of Greece had arrived In Eng land. The Queen of Spain, it Is announced, is cnclcnte. The European harvest accounts are sat lsfactory. Hungary contribute? twenty-eight and a half per ecutUin of the expenditure Austria. The steamer Boston lias arrived from Europe with dates to the 22d. Harvesting had commenced, with favor- blc weather. The heaviest thunder storm ever known in London hud occurred. Mauy buildings were struck and much damage done. Tho Reform Longue celebrated the pass- ago of the act by a banquet. Mill and Bright wrote letters urging the League to demand the ballot. The cholera In Sou thorn Italy is virulent and spreading. The vessel Chauncey brings $1,103,000. Washington, Sept. 2.—A dispatch from Fort Hays says the savages in that section don't want peace, and will kill the Com missioners If they can. They are driving all the buffalo toward their villages on tho Republican river. They attacked a train near Fort Smith, ami were repulsed by twenty Indians; one officer and four sol diers killed. Gcu. Grant has ordered seveuty clerks out ono hundred and forty-five to be dis charged from Pay Department. Cincinnati, Sept. 2.—Jones Is comforta ble. lie attributes Ills defeat to fractured ribs which occurred on tho twenty-ninth round. I injuries about tho head not serious. Savannah, Sept. 1.—Weather clear. No rain for tho past two days, with a good prospect for dry weather. ST. Tiiomas, August 23—American pro ducts dull; supplies liberal. Berlin, Sept. 2.—City elections resulted In tho choice of radical members for the new Parliament. Paris, Sept. 2.—The Minister of Foreign affairs has Issued a note to diplomatic rep resentatives regarding recent events» and declares that tho auspicious meeting st Salesburg should be regarded as a fresh pledge of tho malntalnancc of European peace. W AftuiNGTON, September 2.—Nino regu lar Array Surgeons have died within three weeks. .Simon Cameron favors the Impeachment of tho President. Tho revenue receipts to-day amounted to $1,500,000. Tho Secretary of tho Treasury to-vlay re ceived a dispatch from special agent Bel stating that only threo of the twenty-six custom house officials were on duty. The Secretary ordered tho custom house to be removed further down the river, outside of the city. Maximilian’s adopted heir, young Itur- bldc, with his grandmother, paid a visit to Georgetown Height* to-day. Tho chango in the cotton tax from threo to two and a half cents, goes Into effect to day. New Orleans, Sept. 2.—There were 30 Interments of yellow fever yesterday. Among them wero Tom King, the pugilist, and Lieut. McCormick, of the iron-clad Mahaska. An official order relieving Sheridan was reived this morning at headquarters. Gen. Griffin has been telegraphed for. Upon hi* arrival. Gen. Sheridan takes his h*(Mirture. Colonels Forsyth, Sheridan and Moore, accompany him. chmond, Sept. 2.—John (Jody, n sol- of tiie 11 th U. S. Infantry, cut his throat at headquarters this morning, lie as from Newark, N. .1. Applications for bankruptcy in Virginia luring last week exceeded the total num- made since the bankrupt law has been issed. New York, September 2.—Bank loans/ a reused 2,820,000; specie increased 1.213.- 000; circulation decreased 21.000; deposits creased 2.143,000; legal tenders Increased (72,000. Panama. Sept. 2.—Tho leaders of the volution to restore Mosqucro, liavo been discovered and arrested. liolera is dying out in Xi.aragr.., but Is still raging in sorno district*. The Peruvian conquerors will allow Spaniards to remain in the country. Ap prehension of the return of the Spanish fleotls dissipated, mi l th«* work on the Pet ries suspended. A furious storm at Valparaiso. Dwell ings damaged. One barque wrecked and ten Jive* lost. Mo-quero Is to 1h» tried for treeson. The Fall in Rents in New Ynt.k.—It h a remarkable fact that whereas a year or two since It seemed iinpos-dhlc to procure even the smallest room for business pur poses on Broadway, there arc now some of the most eligible stores mid lots on that thoroughfare “to let.” The fact is, rent* have been so exliorhltantly high along Broadway, tho sum demanded are so total ly out of proportion with the extreme limit to which business might bo transacted, ns to preclude the possibility of renting the laces wo refer to, and there can be no doubt that unless a great deduction is made In prices, they must remain vacant. It U pleasant to add that in parts of tho city rents are falling, and next year will doubtless witness a still greater decrease. During the war, when so many thousands of |icopie crowded Into the city from tho West and South, and so many were pre vented from going to Europe on account of the high rates of exchange. New York was filled to overflowing, and there was not actually house room for all. Now that we are resuming u somewhat more normal condition, landlord? will have to lieeomo more reasonable, and the sooner they do so the better will It ho for all parties.—X 1’. Express, Trades-Unions in Europe.—Accorvling to nn English Parliamentary blue book, trades-unions are unknown iii Russia, Por tugal, Denmark. Sweden and ScicUy. In Austria strikes are Immediately put a stop to, ami the ringleaders are liable under the (HMial code to imprisonment fora term va rying from eight days to three months. In Germany and Prussia the interference of tho State with workmen's societies is direct and positive, mid trade combinations for the purpose of influencing wages have hitherto been illegal. By the Industrial code of 1S44, persons exercising a trade or manufacture, who endeavor to com bine with; a view to force either their workmen or tho authorities to con cessions wero liable to In? Impris oned for twelvo months; and journeymen or workmen who attempted to cotnbfnc in tho same way were to receive the same pun ishment* Operators, journeymen or aj prentices forming associations vltliour the (lermission of tho police wero to be lined or imprisoned. Those laws have often pre vented strikes In Germany, butpublic opin ion lias sot strongly against them during the last ten years, and in ono State after another they have been repealed. In Prus sia it was only at the last session of tiie Chambers that this was accomplished. In France tho old law was severe against com binations of workmen, but this rode was changed by imperial decree in ISfM.nnd nil combinations that arc not accompanied by violence, menaces or fraudulent procedure are legalized. or- Ono of tho Macon pnpon publishes the following canard: \ white man has been lodged In the La Grange lall, for selling land scrip to tho negroes In that section. The Reporter says his tiaino Is Gray, and that iie Is from Car- roll or Heard county. Ill* “scrip” reads tbusly: “Gen eral pope Gives 40 oc kora of land.” Or An English photographer Is report ed to have invented a macnlne by which "fry Photographs of oue person or object tan bo taken simultaneously. As yet this discovery Is not very exM-ndvely applied, but the photographs tak« n a e raid to be excellent.

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Georgia weekly opinion. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1867-1868, September 10, 1867, Image 1