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'o cl c- V GEORGIA WEEKLY OPINION. VOL. I—NO. 7. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY MOUSING, SEPTEMBER 17, 1867. TERMS—$6 00 TUESDAY MORNING:::::::: SLIT. 10. Republican Meeting.—Address of Hon. Wm, Windom, Member of Congress from Minnesota.—It having been announced by posters through* >ut tiic city yesterday tliat lion. W. Windcm, member of Congress from the State of Minnesota, was in tlic city,and would address the citizens of At lanta upon the issues of tiie day at the City Hull at 7^ o’clock last evening, there ■was a largo assembly of the citizens col lected at tliat hour to hear the address, By the appointcil hour the Hall was crowded to overflowing, ami all seemed anxious to hear the Republican of the Northwest upon the Issue-* before us. Col. Henry I*. Farrow, who presided over the meeting, introduced the distinguished gentleman in ’ "<m.opproj)ii:ttemanner, when ho addressed tiie meeting in an able and iinprcsslvo speech of nearly two hours’ length. We will not attempt to give a report of his speech, but only allude to a few of the leading thoughts presented. He assured his hearers that the Repub lican masses North bore no 111 will or hatred toward the masses South, and while they had been driven to legislate against the political leaden of the South they were friendly to the masses. He clearly demon strated that by rebellion all legal Govern ments here were destroyed; that by the surrender the Rebel State Governments were destroyed, and that Congress alone had power to establish new Governments; that President Johnson usurped powers and attempted to organize State Govern ments; and that the issues were submitted last year to the highest of all tribunals— the people; that the people sustained Con gress by an overwhelming majority; that the Thirty-ninth Congress stood about three Republicans to one Democrat, and when Johnson appealed to the people they sustained the Republicans, and elected the Fortieth Congress with an increased ma jority; that Andy Johnson is the worst enemy tiie South has, and is injuring the South by irritating the Northern people for political purposes; that the people, through Congress, will remove him if he disregards tiie Reconstruction laws; that the Republican party is the friend of the people, and had thrust 03idc the political leaders and come directly home to the people. He insisted that as 200,000 colored troops had fought for tho Government, and as ail the colored people were the friends of tho Government, they were entitled tacitizen- shlp. Ho appealed to them to conduct themselves in a manner which would prove that their friends, the Republican party, bad done right in changing them from pieces of property to citizens. He gave the colored people candid and most ex cellent advice. We regret that the lateness of the hour precluded the possibility of our giving a full report of this well-timed and most ad mirably conceived address. The speaker was repeatedly interrupted with rounds of applause, which clearly indicated that ho was speaking to Georgians, In whoso bo soms there were responsive sentiments. . The speaker was about concluding his speech, when Ex-Governor Joseph E. Brown asked “If tho acceptance of the terms proposed would result in immediate Reconstruction S'” The speaker then candidly and frankly answered the question freoly and fully, stating that although ho could not speak for Congress or the Republican party, yet he could give Ills opinion, no had a very decided opinion on tliat point, and that was that tho honor of the party was pledged to receive tho States back into tho Union, if they accepted tho terms tendered them, and tho Republican party woidd soon be as dead as tho Democratic party now is, if it were to violate Its honor by revising to admit a State which accepts tho terms of reconst ruction. This expression of opin ion was overwhelmingly applauded. The speaker having concluded his ad- . dress, and the enthusiastic upplausc which followed having subsided, a vote of thank was given to tho distinguished speaker. It is truly gratifying to the friends of equal and impartial Justice to sec tlio rapid strides with which tho Republican Party Is advancing in our State. Certain Journ als may continue their abuse and misrep resentations of the worthy gentleman who’ presided over this meeting, and others who are with him in tiie great work of Rector stauctlon, but they will live to sec their error. GENERAL POPE. A number of public District, in their eagei cause of Rcconstrm tioi in disrespectful and al; District Commander, more remarkable, the. 1 which abuse and deuoui the Law which he is el journals in tills icss to cripple tiie continue to speak lfive terms of the \nd, what is still • same journals ce Gen. Pops and irged by his Gov ernment ro enforce, contain accusations that he seeks to curtail tiie liberty of tiie PraMl In some instances, we ha VO ob served two editorial paragraphs In tho same paper, ono charging tliat Gen.Fopk disallows free speech, whilst the other abuses him and the Government lie repre sents In the most bitter and reckl *«s man ner! Gen. Pope Is thus abused and denounced because he Is faithfully discharging bis olHcial duties. He permits all this—glv them tiie utmost latitude—and yet he U “tyrant who seeks to abridge tho freedom of tho press t” Our District Comnpmdcr is simply car rying out, strictly and in good faith, tho provisions of the law which he Is charged by bis Government to execute. As a faith ful officer of that Government, he could not do-less; as a conscientious and patri otic citizen, he seeks nothing more. Why, then, .should the phflUplcs of those opposed to the plan of Reconstruction be directed against Gen. Pope? It is not only grossly unjust, but is a breach of good breeding, and argues very llttlo for the intelligence of those who indulge In it. MEETING IN CHATTOOGA. A meeting of the Republicans of Chat tooga county was held at Summerville, on Wednesday of last week, Judgo allgood presiding. Hon. James Milner, Judge of that Judicial District, and Col. H. P. Far row, of this city, addressed the meeting with happy effect. Tiie Committee on Resolutions, through their Chairman, Wesley Shropshire, one of tho most In fluential citizens of that county, reported a scries of resolutions endorsing the Re construction measures of Congress and tho Platform of Principles adopted by tho Re publican State Convention, In this city, on the 4th of July last. THE XJNKINDEST CUT OF ALL.. Another Note.—Tho Hon. B. H. Hill has published another Note on the Situa tion. It is a counterblast to Gen. Pope’s letter and addressed to Gen. Grant. The points made have been made long ago by the press, but being grouped together in a vigorous style land fortified by a distlii gulshed name reach tho General In an enr phatio and direct way.—Constitutionalist of the 8th. From the above it will be seen that Mr. Hill has played—run aground, and Is making “points” which “have been made long ago by tho press.” Mr. Hill has ex hausted himself—used up tho “pres?.” Where will he get “another note?” KECinSTIt IXTI«.\ Is tho Jenkins Government Constitutional 1 United States Court.— 1 The September session of tiie United States Court, for the Northern District of Georgia, met yester day forenoon, the Hon. John Erskine pre siding. Up to tho hour of opening Court, District Attorney Fitch, and United States Marshal Dickson, had not arrived. A few cases were sounded, and tiie Court ad journed until 10 a. m. to-day. Personal.—Gen. P. M. B. Young, of Cartersvllle; B. II. Hill, of Athens; Gen. A. J. Hansel), of Roswell; and Hon. P. C. Wright, of New York, are in the city, and stopping at the United States Hotel. lion. Foster Blodgett, of Augusta, and .Judge H. W. HUlyer* of Alabama, are in the city, and stopping at the National. Hon. James Johnson, Collector of the port of Savannah, lain the city, in attend ance upon the United States District Court. 1 1 ‘ ' am , New Cotton.—We learn that eighteen hales of new cotton were brought here yes terday and disposed of at eighteen cents.— Tills makes thirty hales received during the week.—Americas Eepublican, 9th. The Intelligencer and the Govern ment OmciALS.— 1 The Intelligencer ot Sun day contains the names of several military officials whom, it says, contracted print ing bills at that office which were never paid. In the published “Regulations,, of tho War Department relative to newspaper advertising and job printing,” and with which tho publisher of tho Intelligencer is presumed to bo familiar, occurs.thc follow ing section •7. In tho event of death, removal, or “resignation of any officer, or of his being •‘transferred to another station, tho bills ‘for outstanding advertisements of his “office will lie made out, certified to, and ‘forwarded by his successor, who is author ized to vary tiie forms to correspond with “the facts.” If, therefore? the Intelligencer bad com plied with the regulations, the presump tion Is tliat its claims would have been paid, provided they were Just. Tiie Intelligencer ttdua: We have but to remark. In conclusion, that Util’titty be ”1110 bent government on earth.” but we can’t exactly "see it” until the above Item of one thousand one hundred and ticenly-scven dollars and fifty cents is paid to us lor work la Kh frilly executed and delivered. It does not matter to us whe ther tho government or Its officers sponsible for the manner In which at Washington were examined, they would be found to contain statements of money that should have been, hut teas not; paid to the Atlanta Intelligencer I We thought, until very recently, that the Intelligencer bad quit sluring at tho Gov ernment, and that it claimed to be thorough* ly reconstructed. We judge, however, tliat it has not altogether departed from its old KMU. A Wet Blanket.—The last Presidential proclamation was the subject of general comment last evening in all circles. It fell an exceedingly “wet blanket.” “What good can it do was the query of Mr. Johnson’s most earnest supporters. The reply from tiie same lips was—None ! The Reconstruction element chuckled over the fact that Andy is powerless In his efforts to obstruct the Congressional policy. Mr. Johnson will receive but few thanks for this last futile attempt to work harm to the people of the South. The Augusta Republic an.—Wo accept the modest compliment of tho Republican. If the editorials of the Opinion are worth anything to our cotemporarics, they are welcome to use them. It Is customary, however, we believe, to give “credit” in such cases. It Is very often raid that the Government of which Mr. Jenkins Is the head, though irregular in its inception, and though wanting tho regular chain of succession With the admitted legal government in ex istence in 1SC0, is yet the product of the people of Georgia, and however Irregular, acquires legality from the assent of the people. But it must be remembered this Is the very point in dispute. It is denied that tiie present government was made or is now assented to by a majority of the peo ple. This is a question of fact; and It is claimed that under the Constitution of tiie United States, Congress is tlio only; arbiter with the legal power to Settle it. In some shajw! or other every State gov ernment must hhve the sanction of Con gress or of the United States The ori ginal'thirteen, as a matter of course, each approved the governments of the others at the formation of tho government, and each new government has been formed its Constitution has been submitted to and approved by Congress; and by that act Congress has contracted to guarantee it os a Republican Government. As any State has altered its State Government through the regular constituted authorities, and kept up the chain of succession from one government to tlio other, the original sanc tion of the United States may be said fairly to continue, slnco the government guaran teed by the United States assent to the new' organization. Prlma facia, at least, it ought to be assumed that a government sanctioned by the United States as entitled to the guarantee, would not then turn over Its authority to a new government, not en titled to the same guarantee. But the cose is entirly different when in any way the State loses its legal organization alto gether; when there is in tiie State no gov ernment having the guarantee; when tiie chain of succession lias been broken, and there exist no old legal guaranteed organi zation Ip sanction the new and transmit to it the sanction of tiie United States. In sueh a case Congress has the right, and it is its duty, either itself to point out and superintend the organization, or if it bus been organized, in some other way to examine its history and its constitution, and determine if it Is the will of the peo ple, If it is republican in form, and If it ac cords with the Constitution of the United States. Tho State of New York is now in con vention at Albany’, and that Convention may alter very materially the Government of the State. Now, inasmuch os that Con vention was called by the State Govern ment recognized by Congress, and inas much as the present Government will, doubtless, without a word, yield to, and thus sanction, the new organization, it may fairly bo said that tho new Govern ment will be at least prlma facia recognized by the United States. But suppose Now York wero to set up a monarchy, and that monarchy to go into practical operation, and tho old Govern ment to disappear; suppose the United States were by force to overturn and anni hilate tliat monarchy, and there wero no legal State organization, cither to call a Convention or to sanction any new Gov ernment that might in any way arise; sup pose the lino of secession wero broken; Is It not clear that tho new' Government would require tho sanction of the United States before it' could rightfully claim to exercise the powers of the State under the Constitution, or would ho entitled to the guarantee tiie United States Is bound to give to every State—a Government repub lican in form. Now, just thts. ts the case with Georgia. By a rebellion against the United States tlio 8tat6 Government recognized by tiie United States was lost; and after live years of bloody and disastrous war, the State was, in May. 1865, Without any organiza tion recognized by the United States. It is true. In the fall of 1SC5 an organiza tion was got up under tho supervision‘of tiie President, but it never was organised by direction of the constituted authorities of tiie States; it is not tlic regular suc- issor of tho legal State organization Inch luul tho recognition of the United Stater and it follows tliat, before it can rightfully cxerciso tho powers of tlic State and claim tho guarantee provided for by Article 4, section 4, of the Constitution, it must lie sanctioned and accepted by the United States, as are the Governments of all tiie other States of the Union. Nothing is more absurd than the oft re peated statement tliat the United States has no right, under any circumstances, to interfere with an organization claiming to State Government. It is a right sanc tioned by the express terms of the Consti tution ; it is a right approved by the Su preme Court of the United States; and it is right necessarily growing out of the ery nature of the Government. The United States is a Government formed of many governments—“E Pluribns U and the Constitution places upon each of the States various restrictions as to their powers, and one of those restrictions it that the Government of each State shall be Republican in form, and it necessarily fol lows that, at all times, the United States must have the right to examine Into a State Government and see if it meets the Constitutional condition. Most emphati cally is this true 1C tor any cause or In any way, the Government recognized by the United States Is lost and a new one offers itself, claiming to step into the place of the old one, and bo the chaqhcl or machinery by which the State shall exercise in tho Union its powers and rights. In the case of a Government already recognized by Congress, as a natter of course, prima facia, it meets tlio require ment, and Is entitled to tho constitutional guarantee. But when there is a break in the line of succession; when the Govern ment claiming to be the leg^l one does not have the sanction of the recognized Gov ernment; when it is not Inaugurated un der tlic au-piccsof t)ie regularly constitu ted authorities of tiie State, hut is gotten up spontaneously, us was Dorr’s Govern- ffient In Rhode Island; ot by some United ■ nutiiorl; v. as was tlio Government < )..'iiv .v to I..- ‘Jio legal Government of (Jeorghfe-lq such aces*, acceptance of it by Coiigres*V- purely a matter of discre tion, to io \ :i-cLcd wisely,kindly,patri otically, it U true, but still at lost a discre tion, from which there is no appeal but to tho ballot i.ox or the bayonet. The power Is In Congress—lodged there by tho Constitution. 'Whether It Is exer cised w isely or unwisely it is only for the peoplo at the,ballot box to determine. Tho President, the Supreme Codrt—any other tribunal—arc powerless. Nothing except, as wo luivo said, tho ballot or a revolution can alter it. It is ono of those high powers necessary to be lodged Anally somewhere, and which the Constitution has* lodged in Congress. Hero is a State without any Government at all, or what is tho same thing, ti Gov ernment in open rebellion and war against tho United States, repudiating tho Consti tution, and not pretending to be organized under It. That Government is overturned by military power. Is it possible tliat any ono shall bo demented enough to claim tliat the United States has no right to ex amine tiie history, the Constitution, and the material of any new one, no matter how set ir), and to determine if it conforms to the requirements of the Constitution ? to see if It is a safe depository of tho high powers it proposes to exercise? MOVEMENTS OF TIIE PEOrLE. Mass Mooting in Floyd* The Republican Ma*3 Meeting held at Rome, Ga* on Thursday last, is stated of ficially to hove been a large and enthusi astic one, from which the most beneficial results are expected. A. W.Caldwell, Esq., presided, and Mr. Wm. II. Webb acted as Secretary. The interest manifested aston-< ished tho anti-i ^constructionists, and greats ly encohraged the hopes of tlio Republicans of Northwestern Georgia. The resolutions adopted are dignified and decided in their language, and place tho Republicans of Floyd squarely upon tho platform of tho Great Republican Party of the United States. Messrs. P. M. Shelvlcy, Wm. Quinn, J. W. Gillian, G. P. Burnett, and Wm. B, Hlgginbottom wero appointed a committee to draft resolutions. During thoscsslon of tho committee, Messrs. Markham and Far row', of this city, addressed tho crowd in tholr usu:d happy and cffcctlvo manner, and at the close of tho addresses the com mittee, through their Chairman, reported tho following resolution, which were unan imously adopted: Whereas, All good citizens should dis charge their whole duty to their Govern ment; and Whereas, the paramount duty c citizen of tho United States under cunistnnccs with which we are surrounded, is to aid in arresting further rebellion againss tlio Government, by accepting the terms of Reconstruction tendered tho South by tho Union Republican Party through tho United States Congress. Therefore, 1. lie solved, That wo sincerely desire Re construction in the speediest possible man ner, and will cheerfully accept the terms tendered through tho Sherman bill, and the bills supplemental thereto. 2. Ileeolved, Thai wo cordially approve or. and endorse tho platform of principles adopted by the Union Republican State Convention, huld on tiie 4th of July last, In Urn city of Atlanta. 3. Jtesolied, That all papers in the State friendly to Reconstruction, are requested to publish tho proceedings of this meeting* This, arid similar movement* of tho peo ple, which of iuto we liayo been so fre quently called upon to chronicle, gives comforting iisfturaco that the impulses of the people arc tending in the right direc tion. Tlic great Republican movement, so recently Inaugurated in Georgia Is dally securing hundreds of adherents, notwith standing tho bitterness of' the Opposition led by Br.x Hill and tlio great body of tlio Press of the Stato. Wc warn all these, and their allies that opposition to rcconstruc tion. under the Congressional plan, will not only prove fruitless, but dangerous to the men who inaugurate and carry’ it on. Let those who make the issue reflect upon what may be the consequences of their hostility to the great work of restoring the country and giving peace and prosperity to the masses. Tiie latter arc becoming fully aroused. The meetings lately held evi dence this. We therefore say to all, Be ware! VOICE FROM TTfE FEOVLE, Letter front Forwytli County* Editors Opinion: The Superior Court of Forsyth county commenced its August scs sion on Mommy, tlio 26th tilt. In tho or ganization of the juries I noticed thatsevc ral gentlemen who bad been summoned as jurors had to “stand from under,” owing to their failure or inablility to register as voters. Ills Honor, Judge Irwin, presided with liis usual dignity, and d’spatchcd tho business of the court with commendable promptness and impartiality. There a very fair attendance of lawyers, and alto gether, wo had a very interesting court week—more so than any we have had since the close of tho war. On Tuesday, at noon, court week, Col. John A. Wimpy’, of I)ahlonega,by request Merchants' Union Express Company.— A new York Dispatch says: “ An elaborate opinion was yesterday delivered by Justice Barnard, denying the motion for an in junction and the appointment of a receiver to wind op the affairs of tiie Merchants’ Unlou Express Company. Tlic Court find* the Merchants’ Express Company solvent, owing no debts, and several hundred thou sand dollars in the treasury.” HTThe Forsyth Advertiser notices a great revival in religion going on in that S lace. Thhty-six have joined the Metho- iat Church and many the Baptist Church. Among them are several or the oldest citizens. of the grave jury, delivered an address on the condition of tho country. Tho court hon-e. was crowded, nud^no speech listened to with manifest eagerness, and an honest desire to understand tlic politi cal situation. I will not do Col. Wimpy the injustice even to attempt an outline of his speech. .Suffice It to say, It was a hapj effort In behalf of Reconstruction under t recent acts of Congress. He boldly and clearly held up the pictures of action and Convention in contrast with thosoof non- action and no Convention, compelling the crowd to look upon these and then upon those, until It seemed tome that every man present must have feltlikc flying to Recon struction under the Sherman bill ns tho only sure place of refuge from tho almost utter ruin that would follow non-action or the carrying out of the policy recommend ed by Hill and others. In n word, tho. speech was well-timed, and came just when the people had begun to look at the situa tion through spectacles of reason instead of glasses of prejndice and passion. Wc had a hard timo of It for a Convention be fore the speech, and the best praise we can give it, is to say that now, everything is ns ** merry as a marriage bell.” Convention and Reconstruction arc in the ascendant, and we trust will bo until wo are again re cognized as a co-equal State In the Union. If, after the speech of Col. Wimpy, there were any waiting and doubting, to be damned—I use tho word politically—the speech of Jos. E. Brown, on Wednesday; brough them into tho fold of Reconstruc tion. His speech was well calculated to disarm his hearers of passion and preju dice, arid none of them could help but look at tho present status of Georgia from a common sense stand-point. And this is all tliat can be asked by the friends of Re construction. Old tilings liavo passed away, and “behold all things have become new.” Federal, Whlgisrn, Know Nothlng- ism and Democracy have all bad their day; the issues which gave rise to those parties having been established and exploded, and tho Republicanism of ten years ago will no longer be presented as a rallying cry for the people as soon as the freedomof the nemo—which Is already beyond dispute— and his right to suifrago are permanently secured. Then, and not till then, will our noble old State blossom onco more as tlic rose: then will tho advocates of “equal null:- to all Men” receive their reward, and repentant rebels bo recognized among the “equals.” We should accommodate our selves to tho new order of things “without fear, favor, or afl’ectlon,” to any one. Forsytii, Waahington Gossip. Correspondence of tho OriKlON.] Washington, Sept. 8th, 1SC7. Tlic President continues to be besieged from day to day with clamors for Cabinet changes. In reply to inquiries of friends, yesterday, he said they must not expect him to “do everything at once.’*- His friends all want Seward out of the way, and it is well understood here that Revehfy Johnson can have tlio Portfolio of State whenever ho wants it. Tho city is swarming with Democratic politicians, who are hanging round tlio Whito House, offering their counsels (pure ly disinterested, of course,) and take every occasion to applaud “His Excellency.” Tho rumored serious rupture between the President and Gen. Grant continues to be the chief topic of discussion. The Presi dent’s “enigmatical” Proclamation has been, and continues to bo much commented upon. Nobody, outside the Democratic Ring, seems to understand it. A new secret society, composed of those who denounce tiie Union Leagues for be ing secret organizations, has bccndiscov- cred here. It is in tho interests of John- sonism, and Is supposed to havo its branch es iu many of tho Southern States. Men supposed to bo connected with this clan destine society hero are speaking of Mr. Johnson os tho most available candidate for tiie next Presidency I Thurlow Weed, tho superannuated trick ster and political apostate of New York, lias addressed a letter to tho General re questing tiie removal of Col. Illllycr, spe cial Revenue Agent at New York. Gen. Grant, instead of replying to this letter and carrying out tho suggestions of its writer, handed it to Col. HuTyrer, Who wades into the ancient Thurlow with a vim. In a let ter to Weed, Col. II illy or says: ‘ Gen. Grant knows your reputation and my character. I had supposed you gloried in vonr reputation as ‘King of tho Lobby and Prince of Jobbers?’ Does Satan re buke sin ?” Ho concludes as follows: “Your age alone saves yon from my de nouncing you as a liar. After six months in office, 1 can proudly say, what I should not havo been able to say had l been con trolled bv you, that my hands are entirely clean. WJiat prouder record can any offi cer in New York, possessing power and patronage, have than tlic fact that Thur- low Weed was his enemy?” TFLEGltAPIUC INTELLIGENCE. From the Now York Press Association. Washington, Sept. 9.—Tho amount of Gold and Certificates In Treasury is seven million, six hundred and thirty-three thousand nine hundred and ten dollars. i C: ^. etar y, Browning has entirely recov- ered from his recent illness, and is now attending to the duties of his department. LpuBVi/.nt, Sept. 9.—(Jove.-nor Helm “V** yesterday, at hla residence, near Mlzabethtown, Ky. His faiicrul Will take place Tuesday—just ono week from tlic day of his inauguration. J Amuny. N. Y., Sept. ().—The great boat race between Hamili and Brown took placo li i niil? rnln "’ stakcs m ' re awarded to New York, Sent. 0.—Deputy Revenue Collector Allen, of Brooklyn, was arrested this morning, upon the charge of fraud in ills office. The steamer Rising Star, from California on the 19th and Panama on the 1st, brings files from which are clipped the following itcim: _ The report of tho attempted revolution in favor of Mosquero and its fUIiuro 13 con firmed. Gcn.E. F. 'Cooke, Secretary ot tho Uni ted States Legation at Santiago. Chili, died on tlio 6th iilt. The resignation of tho Vice President of the Argentine Republic had been tendered, but at tho date of advices had not been ac cepted. The President will take tho field at the head of the army, to prosecute the war •gainst Paraguay. The war news lias been anticipated by recent advices. Colcra is still raging in some districts of Nicaragua. New Orleans, Sept. 9.—The total num ber of yellow fever deaths for tiie week ending yesterday, was 249; deaths in 21 hours ending yesterday morning, 49; same time ending this morning 51. TEXAS ITEMS. Cheap Lands—The Crops—Politics, Etc. Richmond, Texas, Sept. 1st, 18C7. Editors Opinion: The yellow fever has caused almost an entire suspension of bu siness at Galveston and Houston, although the disease does not yet exist in the latter city in a virulent form. The failure of tho cotton crop of course has had a very de pressing effect on business in tho country, and transactions in real estate or other property, lu this part of Texas, are of rare occurrence. There never was a better time than tho present! for capitalist to make land invest ments on tlio lower Brazos. Improved lands can he obtained at astonishingly low figures. They can also bo rented or leased for a term of years on very favorable terms, and com to supply tiicso farms can be had with them, sufficient for one year, at fifty cents a bushel. Pork can bo bought this winter, in any quantity desired, at live cents a pound, perhaps less. These things, it seems to me, render it exceedingly prppttious^for those contcmi plating to make Texas their future home, to take a glance at it next winter. In every portion oi the Stato from which I can hear, with tho exception of a few counties in tho neighborhood of Huntsville, tlic corn crop is an abundant one. There is nothing worth notice transpi ring in tho political field. Had it not been announced in tho papers, a quiet citizen would hardly have discovered that there had been a change ill the Executive of the State. As yet, Gov. Pease has made but ono or two removals, and they were offices connected with the Executive Department at Austin. Although further removed from tho national capital than any of tlio other States similarly situated, Texas will probably bo able to rehabilitate herself os soon as any of them. • I have heard of no recent Indian depre dations on the frontier. So far as I can learn from tho press or otherwise, there lias been less than tho usual amount of crime committed in tlio State for tho last few months. Indeed, at no time since I came here has there been more crime committed than was probably perpetrated in tho same area of territory East and Northeast of tho Mississippi. Certainly not as much as was committed in Tennessee, nor half as diabolical and re volting as many cases reported in Chicago and other cities. Barring yellow fever, the health of tho Stato may bo said to be good. The usual amount ot chilis and fever that exists in all Southern climates of course exists licro; that is, on tho Brazos and Colorado. In the Western part of tlio Stato these are al most unknown. Iter. Personal. Col. James F. Mnlinc, Chief of tho Civil Bureau on Ucn. Pope’s Stall; has, written a book entitled “Two Thousand Miles on Horseback,” which describes a journey to Santa Fe and buck. London Times Russell gets 66,000 for his jwno azlne. Crops in East Tknnkssek.—The Chatta nooga Union, of Sunday, says: We had a call yesterday from a farmer from tiie North end of the county, who in forms us that the corn is doing finely and that a larger crop will ho made this year for a long time previous. There are not many hogs being raised in this oonn- ty, and it is doubtful if the fanners will raise more than enough for their own con sumption. Tho cholera or some similar disease lias been making sad havoc among the hogs this year. Fenian Congress.—A Fenian Conven tion assembled at Cleveland, Ohio, ou Tues day. About two hundred delegates were in attendance, from England, Canada, and all parts of the United States. President rts was present and delivered sn ad- on Wednesday. He had received a dispatch from New Orleans, stating that five thousand colored men had tendered their services to the organization. This announcement was received with great Joy bv the Fenians, anti tended greatly to dig* fpatc their prejudices against color. gel new novel now running m Tinsley's Mag- Ch.as. Readc and Dion Boucleault arc to rite a serial for the next volume of the Atlantic Monthly. Some one says Maggie Mitchell was eri- igcd to sweep certain portions of Bar- mini's Museum when a little girl. Clias. C.Campbell, an old newspaper re porter, and the original “Town Talk” of the New Orleans press, is ono of tho vic tims of yellow fever. Thrilling theological Statement. II. B. Cl all in is a follower of lieccher and pays tho largest pew rent known in Amer ica— $350 per .annum.” Greeley at School.—Mr. Greeley says, in his autobiography: “1 was for years a feeble, sickly child, often under medical treatment, and unable to watch, through a closed window, tlic falling of tho rain, without an instant ara violent attack of illness. * * • The capital start given me by my mother enabled me to make rapid progress in school—a progress mon strously exaggerated by gossip and tradi- tlon. I was specially clever in spelling, so that I soon rose to the head of my class, lgli a mere infant of four years. Tiie book I ever owned was the’Columbian Orator.* given me by my Uncle Perry.” Mississippi.—Official information from Gen. Ord’a Department states tliat Missis sippi, which has enjoyed the reputation of being tiie most turbulent of all the South ern State* except Texas, hi now compara tively quiet. The military have made nu merous attests of horse thieves and guer rillas, and have brought to punishment a larger number of criminals during the past three months than the civil authoritie have arrested since the close of the war.