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GEORGIA WEEKLY OPINION. THE WEEKLY OPINION. THE liTK ACT * 0F THK jbbsidh*. BY W. I. 8CRUGQ8 AHD J. B. BUMBLE. FRIDAY MORNING:: SEPTEMBER 13. Judob Kiiskixe's AnDnEsa.—Tboclmrgo to Ilia Jury, delivered at tlio September term of the United Stater District Court, now In session lu tbit city, will lie found in our column this ,11101idiig. It will bo read with Interest by all; as It relates to nutters In which nil arenAon: or leu in terested. . ^ Hour New Coke.—Another load of new corn of the crop of 1807 was told In the city yesterday. It brought one dollar per bushel. This Is considered high. TI1I1 price, we are Informed, cannot be sustained long. A ’gentleman flrom DcKnlb county informs ut that he can engage new corn at GO cents per bushel, and that planters are anxious to tell now, to be delivered aa soon as gathered, at that price. Handsome Donation.—M. Lynch & Co- bookscllcrs In tbit city, on yesterday pre sented to the Young Men's Library Asso ciation “The Life of Julius Cmtar,” by Na poleon III. This is two largo volumes. handsomely bound in green and gold, and it vsluablo because of Its royal authorship, and on account of the discussion It has oc casioned In the literary world during the 'last two years. Messrs. Lynch & Co. made a happy selection for their donation. Revival.—Quito a revival In bankruptcy Is going on at this time, which Is not con fined to the city alone, but is being felt throughout the whole country. Those who aro encumbered with old debts now liavo an opportunity to rid themselves of their pecuniary embarrassments—and. from the “ sines of the times” they are to surrender all, and begin tlio world anew The Maine Er.ECTto.xs.—Tlio Republi cans of Maine, feeling no anxiety about the success of their ticket, and there being no issue before the people, took less than or dinary Interest In the election. The result was a smaller Republican vote than here tofore, and consequently an apparent gain for the Democracy. This being tlio ease, there Is little slgnlflcance in tlio falling off of the Republican vote. |W Tlio Atlanta Opinion has commenced a dictionary—of definitions, exclusively, hbwover. It omits several, among others of tlio terms “ renegade,” anil “ apostate rebel.” Couldn’t It favor us with those t Exchange. 1. pie term “ renegade ” may be applied with propriety to such men ns Bax. IIill; men who betrayed tho Union party In 18C0, voted for Secession, and nftewards betrayed the State Rights party, of which Secession was the representative, and then adv&atcd a Dictatorship under Mr. Davis. •J. Men who, In 18*5, thought It a dis grace fbr any “ respectable white man ” to accept a scat In tho Federal Congress, but who now seek to get up another war be cause they are net thus admitted. 3. Men who opposed qualified suffrage fdr tho Blacks in 1808. but who are now log-rolling with some half dozen Tonnes- sea negroes, proposing to send colored men to Congress on condition that colored men will use tlieir Influence In reinstating to office and power, some of the crazy men who happened to get In the Confederate Senate; and 4. Those patriotic gentlemen who, to save their “ honor,” advocated war for dis union, but who, after the war commenced, kept out of tho meles to save their bacon; and who, now that tho war Is over, seek to Inaugurate a war of races, and turn the South into a political hell, because thoy are not permitted to place under agovemment they sought to destroy. An “ apostate rebel" may mean one who, like Gen. Loxosmarr, entered the military service of his section at the beginning, and fought gallantly through to tho ending; but who, after the surrender, was no longer a rebel, because with that surrender, I10 honestly surrendered the long-cherished scheme of disintegration and Slavery ex- tension. 3. Men who turn their backs upon tho mistakes and blunders of tlio past, and now make their acta and general deportment conform to the obligations of their oaths ami verify their protestations of loyalty by works. 3. Men who do not claim office under the Federal Government upon the merit of having fought against that Government; and .4. Men who seek not to keep the country in a state of turmoil and uncertainty, as tho only means of keeping themselves In notice. The Coast Country.—Yellow fever continues Its ravages along the coast of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. This would bo an excellent time for gentlemen from those sections who seek homes In healthful latitudes to Invest Jn Atlanta, where epidemics never come, and which Is famed quite as much for Its healthftil atmosphere and fine water, as for the energy and enterprise of Its Inhabit ants. |[ . ' t$r Insolvency Is becoming general among the Richmond merchants. Not less titan forty applicants were made to the rog .later on the 7th. The Richmond Dispatch contradicts this statement. ■ Revivais.—IVe see extensive revivals of religion announced, occurring at West i’oint, In Troup; Forsyth, In Monroe; Americas, In Sumter; In Augusta, etc, as well as In some places In Alabama. rarThe President of the Kingston (New York) First National Bank Isa defat''— to the amount of $91,000.—Ex. This is a very common occurrence In New York BXore Trouble Ahead. If President Joiinsox hod not ao often awakened hopes In the minds of tlio South-, ern pcoplo that were never realized, his late Proclamation of Amnesty had not been received here with' such indlfl'crcucc. As It Is, no thoughtful man has any confi dence In, or can derive apy hope from It. As an Indication, however, of the purpose of the President to thwart the Coiigres. slonal Plan of Reconstruction, It Is not without significance—grave significance, perhaps.. Ills several acts previous to (lie Issuing ot this Proclamation, and, Indeed, the terms of the Proclamation Itself, foreshadow a design to claim the franchise for all who aro entitled to pardon under that Procla mation. This, It will be remembered, Is the Interpretation given bis late acts by his own special organ, the Washington In telligencer. In this, the President Is only strength ening tho uands e(.-Congress and of tlio more extreme men of tho Republican party fertile approaching struggle In Novem ber next. And as such struggles have, heretofore, Invariably resulted lu Imposing soverer terms upon tho disabled class, and Indeed upon the whole South, the more Intelligent portion of our peoplo see nothing to hope for, but much to fear In the denotement ot tho plot now being laid at Washington. Speaking of tills subject, the Washington Star forcibly says: Them Is one point in this connection which it may bo as well to call atteutlon to. President Lincoln's amnesty proclama tions to which President Johnson refers lit his string of whereases, were Issued In accordance with, niid under the authority of the thirteenth section of the act to sup press tile rebellion, of July 17,1802, which declared that the * President Is authorized, at any time hereafter, by proclamation, to extend to persons who may have partici pated In the existing rebellion in any State or part thereof, pardon and amnesty, with such exceptions and at such times and on such conditions as lie may deem expedient for tho public welfare.’ This section was repealed by Congress In January, 1807, and the act repealing It was retained liy tho President beyond the time prescribed by the Contsltutlon and allowed to become a law without his signature. This leaves the pardoning power to ho exercised accord ing to its definition In the Constitution, where tho President Is vested with power to grant reprieves and pardon for offenses against the United States, except In cases of impeachment.’ If Congress had thought that tho Constitution contempla ted such a sweeping use of this power as tlio panlon of an entire community, of course, there would have been 110 necessity for tho passago of tho law giving tho an. thorlty to President Lincoln which luu rince been repealed.” Geoboia Am Line Railroad.—Thu Na tional Republican, of yesterday, says: It wUl be gratifying to tlio Mends of tills very necessary railway connection, on nearly an air lino with Washington City, and especially to the citizens of Northeast Georgia, to learn that tho prospects ure fluttering for tho early commencement of the above mentioned enterprise. It is In the hands of those who have the means, and whose Interest It is to commence it at onco and push It vigorously forward. A citizen of New Y’ork, who commands large means and the confidence of monied and railway men—Mr. L. B. Clark—Is Presi dent; and Gen. A. Anstcll. President of the Atlanta National Haul', also a gentle man of largo means, and possessing the confidence of all who know him, Is the Vico Prcsldcut. Under the auspices of these gentlemcu, and the favoring Influences they and an able Board of Directors can bring to bear, we may expoct tho Air Lino Railway soon to be a completed ontcrprlse. Domestic Items, The different cotton ware-houses In Co lumbus, in this State, gives notice that hereafter, In pricing and selling cotton, Uicy will include the revenue tax of two and » half cents. This will make their quotations correspond with those reported Horn New York and other cities. The jail at Washington, Go, was broken into recently by parties on tlio outside, who opened the outer door with a Also key and the Inner door with a crowbar. John Barns and Green Snelsin, colored,confined for theft, an at large. James Jackson, of Lumpkin county, Ga. convicted of tho murder of Jesso Turner, In 18U, has been sentenced to imprison ment for lift) In tho Penitentiary. Dr. James F. Harrison, of Richmond, has licen elected to the vacant medical chair In the University of Virginia. There were about twenty-fivo candidates for tho position. The distillation of plno wood Is carried on In New Orleans, realizing, ns reported, from a cord of “fat” plno forty gallons of turpentine, one barrel of rosin, one barrel of pitch, one hundred gallons of pyrollge- nous acid, and fifty bushels of charcoal, the whole worth sixty dollars, and costing tSD dollars. Devaluation, Etc.—Stranger, the cash ier of the San Francisco sugar refinery, Is a defaulter to the tune of $100,000. He has gone to China.—Ex. There Is nothing very strange about such things In these days. They arc rather com- moil. To UK ltiMovxD.—The 10th Regiment of U. 8. troops, now stationed at Augusta, says the Sentinel, is to he transferred from that city and located in Atlanta, and that only a small detachment will be left In the former city. Correspondence or the Opinion.} Washington Gossip. Wasuinotox, Sept. 10th, 1807. Tlio pressure upon Mr. Sew a no continues. Ho will probably hnva to yield, but not for several days—perhaps weeks. The result, however, cannot bo doubtful. Reverdy Johnson Is still spoken of as his successor. Gen. Stccdmsn has denied that he Is a candidate fur the War Offico. He Is' also said to bo opposed to the removal of Sec retary McCulloch. I predict,however,that Mr. McCulloch's decapitation is only a question of tlmu. Tho moneyed Influence of New York is arrayed against him. John J. Cisco,' u prominent broker of Gotham. 1t In nomination by the “King.” There will probably lie no change In tho head of the Freedman's Bureau fo^ some time. When there Is, It Is.well understood here that since Langston's refusal to ac cept tho position, Gen. Giunokb will be assigned to that position. - Inquiries arc rife here us to whether, tin der the Into Proclamation of Ami.city, there will not bo an Executive order re quiring the registration In the Spilth to be opened to the alleged newly enfdliichtseil doss. These inquiries are predicated upon tho sem|-oflUdiil statement of the Admin istration paper here, that eny one pardoned by the Proclamation Is restored to Ills civil rights, and entitled to reglstef as a voter! Vain delusion. A pardon convoying such power will hardly bo enforced against a positive prohibition lu the Reconstruction The President's first Proclamation— about tiie “supremacy of the Constitu tion,” etc.—Is i\ow accepted here as a warn ing to all Government clerks to support the President's “policy." under pain of dismissal! This has created considerable stir among the clerks, and no little chagrin among those who thought they saw “some- tiling in It.” HTThe Cuba telegraph lino was opened for tho transmission of telegrams yester day. Tlio tariff for messages Is stated by the Chronicle and Sentinel, as follows : To Havana, for a message of twenty words or less, Including date, address and signature, ten dollars in gold, and for each additional word over twenty.' half a dollar in gold. To all places 111 Cuba, other than the city of Havana, an additional charge of seven ty-five cents will be made. For each addi tional ten words, or pottlon thereof, twen ty-flvo cents. . Tiiibty Women Stakviso.—Tldrty wo men in Montgomery. Alabama, with chil dren. muidicrhig ninety-six in the aggre gate. published a card In the papers or that city. In which they declnre that they are suffering for the absolute necessaries of life, and can get no work with which to support themselves mid their helpless chil dren. They state that they have-jicen re ceiving assistance from the United States Government and trom Dr. Rase, but'these sources have been closed. They appeal for help, and say know not what to do to nvold starvation! Tho wallings of ourcllllilrcn for bread are horrible to hear. Unless wc obtain some assistance wc must starve.” Tills certainly Is a piteous appeal; it has the pathos of hunger. It It to be hoped the citizens of Montgomery "'HI not disregard a cry of distress so foil of agony—literally the wail of the widow anil the orphan. These wo men are the widows or Confederate sol diers who iierlshnl In battle or died from diseases of the camp. They were the vic tims of the inad ambition of their leaders, and their starving wives now cry out for help In the very city where tho - Southern Confederacy” was organized and net In motion. When the fallen husbands of these thirty widows left their homes for the war, It was far from their thoughts IIIU 1>|U| II# DBS 1B1 IS Witt till It lliuil^llin that their families would he fed from the bounty of the United States Government In the place where tiie flag of the rebellion was so proudly reared. But In Its mercy and benevolence our Government has saved not only these, but tens of thousands In similar clrcumstauccs from starvation and death. - miscellaneous. The new directory of San Francisco shows a population of 130,000. The construction of tho Baltimore and Potomao Railroad has been commenced, and will be promptly completed. There Is an old man In Baltimore who claims that he has seen all the Presidents of the United States, from George Wash ington to Andrew Johnson. A boot black found a diamond ring and a ten dollar bill In a pile of rubhlsli dug from the cellar of the Poitofllca In Now York, on Friday. Dr. Hull says that for the period’of a month before marriage, and a month alter death, men regard their wives as angels. The forthcoming report of Secretary McCulloch will show that over one hun dred and twenty millions of our public dobt was paid off tlio last year. As this rate. It would all be paid oft by July, 1887. Men who talk most think least; Ini ks ITrogs cease their croaklngs when a light is displayed by the waterside. c - Personal. Dr. Lcybum, a young physician of Lex ington, Va* was found dead In his office at that place, on Saturday last. A man has been arrested In Ulchirtond to hen Uni ling peoplo. John C. Breckinridge says he Is In favor of any plan of reconstruction that will bring about pcnco and harmony. Six applications for dlvorco were mode In Lynchburg, on Thursday, to the chief of police. Of course, that official hail no power to grant what they desired. A daughter of Mr. Hon. Chandler, for merly of Chattanooga, died In Florida one day fast week. A New York correspondent says Sickles is coming to that city to practice law. Money in the Tkkascet.—The amount of money In the vaults of tiie Treasury Department on Saturday afternoon was $98,130,000 In coin, of which ahout $18,000.- 000 was In coin certificates; also, $47,281,- 030 In currency ; making a total of $1415,- 050. The Excursionists.—Quite a party of excursionists to Lookout Mountain, from Atlanta, arrived last night. We noticed some very pretty young ladles In the par ty.—Chattanooga Union, 11IA. tmrrc&KTATt:* district court SEPl'EMDEIt TKItM, ml. CHARGE TO THE GRAND JURY, PKLITJEBBU BY lion, join KY18KIIV12# Mr. Foreman and Gentlemen 0/ the Grand Jury: It It not my iiurpo*p, tills morning, to speak with particularity on thu constitu- tlon and organization of your body; nor will I do more than Indicate to von a gene ral and very brief fummary or your high iiiul responsible duties. And It is pecu liarly gratifying to me to Hud here Impanel ed a grand inquest for the district—nearly every member of which h<t» Itccii long well known to tne to Iks a gentleman of character and intelligence— w ho, 1 feci uo doubt. good citizen* and lovers of our common country, will well and truly ob serve nnd keep the oath which they and each of them have taken diligently to inquire and true presentment make of all crimes and offenses against the laws of the United States that may lie given them In charge; and this, too, whether a iPrticulnr law be by you Individually ap proved or disapproved. When tlio Grand Jury la impaneled it la attached to the Court, and may be aald to constitute a part of It, and to be under tho Judicial direction, control and protection. And should any witness be disrespectful, or refuse to be sworn, or to give testimony. It will become your duty to require the ofHcer iu attendance upon you to conduct him before the Courtnhat he may be pun ished for the content ji. In the Courts of the United States Itoth, the Grand nnd Petit jurors are returned from such parts of the judicial district as the Court may direct: differing in this re- 8|MM*t, from Juries in tue State Courts, these being taken from the body of a tingle county. And as the Grand Jury Is the S reat inquest between the Government and ic citizen, none should bo of your body but good and lawfttl men—men who will fearlessly, impartially, and fuithftilly carry Into effect the true intent and object of the institution, and preserve it ill all Its purity. By a recent law of Congress a Grand Jury shall consist of uot less than sixteen, nor more than twenty-three persous; and no Indictment shall be found, nor any pre sentment be mode unless twelve at least of their body concur; and In this latter re spect, is likewise the rule of the common law, and the law of Georgia. Ill the investigation of criminal charges, S ou will receive and a«-t upon such evl- enceonly as ('denominated legal evidence, and this evidence must also l>e the best which the nature of the case will admit of. Therefore, you cannot, for example, re ceive the written examination of a witness in the place of Ills parol testimony, nor re ceive any oiHce copy of a written docu ment; and equally inadmissible is the evidence of wlmt third persons have slid. All testimony must be given on oath; and by a late statute the Foreman of the Grand Jury Is empowered to adniluUier oaths and animations to witnesses. After you have heard the evidence lu any given case, you will well nnd carefully weigh it, and then decide whether the hill of Indictment shall he i'ouml or not. Furthermore, gen tlemen. If the hill before you tie against several, it may be fbund against one or more and rejected ns to the rest; so you may find some counts in the indictment true and ignore others. In former days it was held that the grand Inquest ought to find a bill true, if probable evidence be adduced In support of It, nnd for this opinloii various reasons were given by (fruits, and Judges, the rnglnone being that the indictment Uonly TELlitiBAPUIC IMCI.I.IUIACK, From the New York Prei« A««oci.tUon. Font Lfavknworii, Sent. 12.—The In dians obstructed the railroad near Fort Hnrkco. They tired Into tho wreck from ambush. No one w as hurt. Gen. Sheridan assumes command, and Hancock leaves for Washington to-day. Nkw Oulfans, Sept. 12.—Deaths from 1 likewise call to your notice the Act of y®Ubw fevor for the week up to tills inoru- Anril /i. 18<J0*—14 Htata. at Large, 12. The HUf'Jfr* ’ ltl , rl v . -■ 1st section makes the forging, altering, otc., Nuw Tobk, Sent, IJ. fhe National of any tund, or public record, bid, propo- 9 rii,H Lodge of Odd bellows Hill meet sal. lniaruntcc. security etc., with tho hereon Monday. Intent to defraud the United States, or wll- whlaky ft-aiul °f fortvthouianddol- lingly aiding therein, or knowingly uttter- Jf^Lha* ***” discovered in Brooklyn. J. In/, with siich hunt, any SUCH bond, of L. Thomson,, kwqicr| of lliu warehouse. ha. otlifr writing, fulony. States from any forcl/n country photo graphed notes. etc.; or for retaining jdatrs without authority; o, for using plates, otc.. In couitcrfuitlng obligation.. The Eltli suction defines what shall bo Included III till! words “obligations” or “other secu rity” of tlio United Shales. 1 have merely touched upon the prominent point-, leav ing the earefol reading of tiie stature to yourselves. Tlio Aet of March 2,1807, entitled, “All Act to amend existing laws relating to In ternal Revenue, nnd for other purposes,” also merits your uttcntlon; and it la very probable that the United States Attorney will iiolnt out tome portions of It for your consideration. Tlio 2.11 h section, prohibit ing the Infixing for sale or naptha ami ig oil*, or tliu selling, or offering llliiiifiiiatln; r sale oil for sale oil made from ;s;troleiim for Illu minating purposes, ut less than a certain temperature, I present for yonr earefol consideration. Tlio 30th section provides for the punishment of persons conspiring to commit any offense against tiie laws of Convention says: “ We, therefore, in he- the Untied States, or toXofraud tho United half of the people of MitssdChnjctts. while States, or do any act to effect the object giving onr approval of the just measures thereof. “And,” says the same lection, of Congress to. arrest, the career Mode- “wlien any offense shall he begun In one Judicial District of the United States and completed In another, every such offense shall be deemed to have been committed in either or said districts, and may lie dealt with. Inquired of. tried, determined and punished In either of said districts In the same manner as If It had been annuity and wholly committodlthereln.” Fa.481, 3 Bess. 39 Cong. an aeousation against which tho person Indicted will aftcrwanls havcnnopportunl- ty to dcflno himself. But great authorities have taken a more merciful view or the subject, and considering the anxiety of de lay, the misery of a prison, and tho igno miny which the world Impresses on the ac cused, have argued that the Grand Jury ought, to far as the evidence before them goes, to be convinced of the guilt of the defendant. And such. In my judgment, is the Jnst and true role; and. gentlemen. I so charge you, Ural lu w,.114111 you to liuiliiig a bill to bo true, the testimony must ho suf ficient to convince you that tho accused Is guilty of the crime or offonse charged. It may not be out of place to add, that when an Indlctineut Is found, your Fore man will Indorse on It tiie words: “ A true Mil.” or If yon Ignore the Indictment, he will Indorse on It: “Notatrue bill,” ad ding (as the case inay be) underneath ills name In foil, and his official title of Fore man of the Ureud Jury. For more than half a century after the establishment of the District and Circuit Courts of the United States, by the Con- jrress, In pursuance of the Constitution, Georgia constituted but one Judicial Dis trict. But, by tho Act of August 11,1818, the National Legislature ordained and es tablished a second Judicial District witliln the State—carving (tout of thu Northern •art—and requiring the District Judge for i he State of Georgia to preside In both Dis tricts. In establishing this neiv—or North ern— lii-ti-ic t I'niiri.i'iingri-s was pleased to cnlargo tho Jurisdiction for beyond that which It usually gives to District Courts ipcr. by supcraililinff to It the ;>owcrs of Circuit Court: thus by a specific act el iding Its jurisdiction over tho highest Crimea known to our law. I speak to ynu at present, gcntloincn, of criminal Juris diction only, and not of civil matters; for it Is alone with ofl'onscs against tiie crim inal law of the nation that yon nro to deal. As tlio Dlstrlctand Circuit Courts do not originate!!) tiie unwritten orenmmon law, hut. on the contrary, are created hv writ ten law, the consequence is that their pow ers are defined iiiul circumscribed, mid they cannot transcend tlielr limited lurlsdlctlon. Hitherto iliesc Courts have got only what Congress has. from time to time, thought proper to coufcr on them, and not what lain tho Constitution granted to Congress; '.Or, there still lies dormant In tiie Legislature of the Nation various and vast powers await ing the exigencies essential to call them Into action. From win juri-dictlnn of tills Court I trial ami puiiUlimcnt of such acts, and such only, as Congress intrusts to it, and the converse of tills is equslly plain, that If Congress line- nut declare certain acts to lie crimes, ami name the place of trial stul the punishment, though tho subject-mat ter I- within the powers granted to tho General Government, this Court lias no right to try a |>ersori for doing tboso acts or umxany punishment. For special reasons, I will direct your attention to tho 10th, 11th, 13th and 13th sections of the statute entitled, “An Act to provide ways and means for tho support f tiie Government, und for other purpo- 08,“ approved June 30, 1804.—13 Stat-.at .urge. 331. The 10th section provides against making, forging, counterfeiting, altering, etc., any obligation or security of the United States, or for aiding or assisting therein. Tim Util and 12th, for using E lates to print notes or obligations, or nowing or suffering any one to use them ltnout authority; or for engraving plates, fur printing or photographing notes or obligations; or for Dringinglnto the United the Grand Jury to bo vigilant in detecting frauds upon the Revenue, and adverted to the hardships which such frauds inflict on the law-abiding citizen, by casting upon him more than hls just proportion of tiie expenses of the Government, lie said all of us Iraveadlreetlnterest in putting ustop to these illicit practices. [Passing from tills subject, he read from tliu Civil Rights Bill, ami then proceeded.] Having read to you such |iortloiia of tiie Civil Rights Bill as was thought essential, 11 will remark tiie colored man is to-day as tree ami as much a citizen or tiie United States as tiie while mail, liable to tiie same punishments and penalties as any utlicr cit izen, and to no others; having mid posses sing the same rights, interests, anil eta Ins, anil entitled to tiie sumo protection; and wldlo I have tho honor to preside In tills Court, the law shall be administered equal ly to all persons, without distinction of race, color, or former condition. This fa mous law of the Congress of the United States—lids Bill of Bights—is declaratory of the Constitution ot tlio Nation, and of the rights of mankind. And It Is not only my duty as a Judicial officer of tiie United States, but it will, also, always ho my plea sure to enforce this statute, and to do so promptly, against all who may havo the temerity to violate any of Its provisions. I think, gentlemen of til*-,Grand Jury, said the Judge In conclusion. Hint it Is very proper that I should state to you that In a lew Instances Impediments—not. how ever. as I have thus for learned,miimintlng to direct physical obstruction—have, by some lawless persons, been thrown In the way of officers of tills Court In tho execu tion of,Its process. But In every ease where rcslstauce has manifested Itself, the commanding General of tho Third Military District lws immediately, upon tlio request of tho officer Impeded In tho performance of hls duty, ordered a guard for hls protec tion, and Instructed It to aid him, if necessa ry, that the mandates and procoss of the United States Courts for Georgia may he enforced and obeyed. -4. s Political.—The following are tiie State elections to be held this year: Iowa—O'*. 8.—Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer. Superintendent of Public Insti tutions, Judges, and members of Legisla ture. Kansas NoV. 0.—Members of Legisla ture, and amendments to Constitution. Maine—Sept. O^Iovernor and members of Legislature. Maryland—Sept. 18.—Constitution. Massachusetts—November A—Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Treasurer. Attorney General, Counsellors, and members of General Court. Minnesota—Nov. fi.—Governor, Lieuten ant Governor. Secretary of Bute. Auditor, Treasurer, Attorney General, and members of the'Leglslature. New Jersey—Nov. 0.—Members of the Legislature. New York—Nov. 8.—Secretary of State. Comptroller, Treasurer, Attorney General, State Engineer and Surveyor, Cabal Com missioners, Inspector of State Prisons. Judges, and members of Legislature. Ohio—Oct. 8. — Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Treasurer of State, Auditor, Comptroller of the Treasury, Attorney General, Judges, Mcndiers of Board of Public Works, Members of Legislature, anti suffrage amendment to the Constitu tion. Pennsylvania—Oct. 8.—Judge of Su premo Court and Members of tlio Legisla ture. Wisconsin—Nov. B.—Governor. Lieuten ant Governor, Secretary of State, Treasurer, Comptroller, Attorney General. In-pcctor of Prisons, Members of Legislature, and amendments to Constitution. Iiceu held to hall In the sum of twenty thousand dollars. A boat from tho schooner Mary and Caroline wss capsized off Long Island, drowning Captain Smith and Ids wlfo and child. Washington. Sept. 13.—The following Is General Grant's caption to the recent Executive promulgation t “Tiie following Proclamation of the President Is published for tho information anil giddanco of all concerned.” Governor Bullock ha* been re-nomlna- ted for Governor of Massachusetts. One of tho resolutions adopted by the feat tlio plans of tills ihtngoruiis and des perate man, pledge also, to that body III the foture tiie follest support In such con stitutional measures, os In its wisdom may be found necessary to resort to In further ance of tho same end, even to the exero Ise of its extraordinary power to remove from ofllca this destroyer of tiie public pence, and this enemy or tile Government Itself. A circular from the Adjutant General's [The Judge next referred to end com- men tod on the Internal lle venue AcU of tolegTiph for routine service., the United States. He enjoined It upon The Xkqro in 1’iiiladklfiiia.—In the course ofhU Into speech at Cincinnati, Judge Kelley relates the following anec dote: *, . Gentlemen, thero D otic of tho most benu- fal Churches in i'hlladclplihi. In my dis trict— I think it U the most beautiful; its congregation aro somewhat aristocratic. They met, a few Friday evenings ago, for the nurposo of examining candidates Ibr admission to membership. On the candi dates’ scat sat a colored woman. One of the brethren roi<o ami objected to her ex amination, because she was a colored wo man. The pastor came forward, when the appropriate time came for him to come, ana said: “Brethren, wc have met to ex amine Into tlio condition of this woman’s soul, not her skin.” lie went on and mode the examination, and it being found that Christ dwelt in her soul, she was baptized, and she is to-duv a member of that < ’hristian Church according to tho rites of baptism. (Applause.) When we discuss the aucstiou of tho South I am disposed to follow’ the xampleof good Mr. Simmons, und look at the souls and not the skins of the peo ple. [Applause.] tW* The revival, commenced some weeks ago, In the Methodist Church, In this city, Ih still going on, and although Inclement weather has repeatedly interrupted the proceedings, there is still much interest manifested In tho meeting.—Sumter Jle- publican. Gen. Hickles declines to address tho Re publicans in defense of hi* course, on tho ground of military etiquette. Revenue $330:000 The Demoeratic party of Wisconsin have nominated J. J. Talinadgc fur Gov ernor. Tlio democrats at Norwich, Conn, fiord tldrty-seven guns in honor of the election results In California and Maine, and one extra gun for Montana. Achlcmcnt won tlio St. I.cgcr stake at the Doncaster races. Win. A. Wallnec. Chairman of the Penn sylvania Democratic Central Committee, linn. James Campbell, Hon. Asa Packer, from Pennsylvania, are here. Tile object of tlielr mission has not yet transpired. They represent Pennsylvania democrats confident of carrying the State. Tlio Republican majority In Maine Is ten thousand, a loss of eighteen thousand. The President and Cabinet and most of the Diplomatists, will attend the Antletam Cemetery dedication. Wilmington. N. C. Sept. 13. 0:30 p. m. The train north, on the Wilmington A Weldon Railroad, ran olT tho track near Brattlelioro. The mall agent, named Springer, and also the express messenger, named Godwin, were severely Injured. The 'cars were badly smashed up, hut no passengers were hurt. Baltimore. Sent. 12.—Tho Bonier State Radical Convention lias assembled. It at tracts comparatively little attention. Res olutions were passed In favor of manhood suffrage. It endorses tlio actions of Stan ton. Sheridan and Sickles, and fovors 1m- js-aehtnent. One-thlnl of the delegates are 1‘HiLADCLFUit, Sept. 12.—Raeliel nnd Mary Jones, elderly maiden ladies, were arrested to-day; charged with causing the death of Annie E. Rlchunls, four years , old. by strychnine. The child called them old maids. Charleston. Sept. 12.—Gov. Orr lias par doned n Ireedman mimed Grant Chisolm, convicted .of murdering hls stepdaughter, on condition tint he leaves tiie State for llvo.years. In the co*o of John Jenkins, a froedman, convicted of tho murder of Young Brant ford, during the riot In June, 1888, and who was three times respited by Gen. Sickles, a notification has been served on tho Sher iff liy Gen, Cnnby that ho has folly exam ined the case, anu that there will bo no fur ther interference by the military. The heavy rains which have just ceased have had adisastroua effect on cotton In many districts, and It Is reported that the yield will he lessened from onc-tbird to one-half. Estimates prepared hereof the total crop of cotton In tlio South, during tho past year, foot up 1,070.000 bales. * * lies Gregg. Presl- Cotton Factory, died at Kahunl, S. tills morning. Tho continued heavy rains havo been very destructive to cotton. It is estimated that about onc-tbird of tho crop is de stroyed. Reports from the rlco plantations state that the rains and freshets have rulnod thu crops. miscellaneous. Tho Russian papers insist on a great Eu ropean struggle not far distant. Immense herds of buffalo have lately been seen on the Upper Missouri. The In dians aro not for off. Doleftil accounts of the ravages of the l come from C New Mexico. Tlio corner stonoof n Jewish hospital has been laid at Ghlcago. A stump fence In Malno has lasted one hundred and fifty years, and Is now as good as ever. Three hundred American soldiers aro still oillccrs In tiie Liberal army of Moxlco. They complain of bad treatment. At Denver, Colorado, w heat sells at $1.00 to $1.10 per bushel. It used to bring live tilin'* that mill'll. Queen Victoria has Immmi visiting the “Border,” which has given rite to some scandalous gossip. John Brown, w’ith ills blue bonnet, accompanied her., • ' Thial op thk Railroad Robbers.—Our readers have been made familiar w ith the robbery which occurred on tho Louisville and Nashvlllo railroad, in October of last year. The trial of the robbers is still pro gressing i\t Franklin, Ky. W. K. Finn, charged with having been a participant in the affair of October 7th, 1800, was first arraigned, and acquitted, af- ;r a brief consultation with the Jury. When the case of Dr. R. Walnscott was ailed, Monday, the attorneys for the pros- eution Uked leave to consult, which was granted. On their return, the Prosecuting Attorney stated that since the Jury In the ease of \V. E. Finn hod returned a verdict of not guilty, they would dismiss the charge nyainst Dr. R. Walnscott. The other eases against Abner Owens, Wesley Finn, and John Calbert, were, by change of venue, transferred to Logan county, Kentucky, to bo tried at tho No vember term of the County Court. The ease against Joseph Payne was continued, to be tried at the next term of the Simpson County Court.