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GEORGIA WEEKLY OPINION THE WEEKLY OPINION. BY W. L. SCRUGGS AND J. B. DUMBLE. OFFICIAL PAPER FOB THE COUNTIES OF GREENE, GWINNETT, BARTOW, BUTTS. CARROLL,' CHATTOOGA, CLAYTON, COBB, Dekalb. FAYETTE, FOBS YTil, FULTON, GORDON, HARALSON, HBNKY, MONROE. MURRAY* NEWTON, PAULDING, POLK, SUMTER, UPSON. THURSDAY MORNINGSEPT. 10 Personal.—Dr. II. II. Tucker, of Peun- fleJd, Hon. E. H. Pottle, o.' Wnrrenton, and the Hon. B. II. Ilill, ot Athens, arc In the city, ami stopping at the United States. Fire.—About sunset last evening the alarm of lire was sounded by the alarm tell, which was promptly responded to by the various companies of the Department. A run of a little less than a mile in the di rection of the smoke convinced all that the scene of conflagration was too fur off to demand of them their presence. Hence the goal of the fireman’s ambition was lost sight of in the distance. From what we could learn, tlio lire must have teen at least one and a half, If not two miles out in the suburbs of the Southern portion of tho city. _ THE PROFITS OF GOOD FARMING. Dr. George B. Lorlng, President of the New England Agricultural Society, in a .recent address, said: Wo knew a man in Massachusetts who in 1825 bought twenty acres of land. He has applied to ft all the accurate knowledge that lie could get. There is no month Tn the year that something does not bloom on his farm; there is something green there always; and lie always lias some, crop to send to market. You walkthrough it and find everything going on just as regularly, accurately and carefully as the cotton goes through tho loom. He has managed his affair* with prudence, accuracy and care, and has made from Ids farm of twenty acres two hundred and fifty thousand dollars in forty years. There is no illegal farming, no illegitimate farming, no Careless farm ing that will thrive inNcvv England. When such things arc possible in the bleak, barren bills of New England, what THE TEST OF BANITY. In Ids lute speech in Butts county, Hon B. II. Hill is reported to havo said: Integrity of purpose, consistency of ac tion. candor and truthfulness are all es sential attributes of n sound and reliable intellect. Judged by tills standard, what must be an opinion concerning the soundness and reliability of Mr. Hill's intellect? And what shall we say of the mental equili brium of u man who would erect such a standard In the face of Ids own political record—-a record unparalleled for fickle ness of purpose, duplicity in action, and which botraya tho very opjiositcs of can dor and truthfulness.’ The worst Ibrm of insanity Is when the unhappy victim Is wholly unconscious of his own mental aberration; and one of the most prominent symptoms of such a state of mind is, that the lunatic Imagines every one else crazy but himself! A man of sound mind may very consistently differ In opinion with two-tldrds of Ids fellows; but when he accuses them of insanity because they thus differ with liinu the conclusion Is irresistible that all is not well with time man's mind. The next sentence in the published re- jiort of Mr. Hill's speech reads as fol lows : This being so, how can we marvel that men who, for selfish ambition, betrayed the Union—who* for selfish gain, used the war—who, for selfish safety, betrayed the Confederacy—and who seek now, for prop erty and the removal of certain disabili ties, to betray the honor of their jHiople— should bo considered by General Pope, or anybody else, as Inferior to the negro. None of our negroes have ever exhibited such a total absence of all the highest at tributes or reliable intellect. Now let the render pause and compare this sentence with Mr. Uli.L’a political re cord, beginning in December, 1800. and ending with his speech now hcfpru us. What a scathing commentary upon his own acts! Was it Indeed “selfish ambi tion” that induced the Union delegate from Troupe to vote for the Ordinance of Seces sion? Was it for selfish gain that lie, ns Confederate States Senator, sought to In augurate a spawn of the Feudal System by, placing every farmer in tho position of a detailed soldier? Was it for selfish gain that lie sought to betray the Principles of the Revolution and Inaugurate a Dictator- may not bo done with the rich soil and sunny climate of Georgia? If our young I ,h|p, with Its Court of"Star Chamber at men had their wits about them, they would cvery Conscript Headquarters ? And Is It quit crowding the learned professions or an illsniJ0 ) ovc of „ otor jety that now socking starvin' farming. clerkships, and go to Diffedant Ways ok Doixg it.—At a recent baptism of nine persons In Derby, Vermont, by a Mctliocist Eplseopal Minis ter, four modes of baptism were practiced. Two of tho candidates stood at tho water's edge, ami were sprinkled; some went into tho water a little way, knelt down and had water poured upon them; others went In waist deep and bad water poured on them; and others were immersed, JIaftists ik ViemviA.—The following are reliable tlgtires: In Virginia and West Virginia there areSISllaptl.st churches and 118,322 members, besides upward of 6,000 anti-mission Baptists. A new and elegant Baptist church has recently been dedicated at Grafton, and many other good churches are in process of erection in various parts of the “new State." 25?" A latter tram Gridin Informs us of the death of Mr. Augustus Merritt, of the bunking Arm of Merritt & Johnson, of that city; also, that the surviving partner, .Mr. Joseph II. Johnson, will continue the operations of the house. Mr. M. was an esteemed citizen and energetic business ■nail, and Ills loss will he severely felt. MoKTOOMEIIY AND EUKAULA llAlUtOAD. This road is still under process of construe tion, and will, wo learn, probably, be com pleted from Montgomery to William Fitz patrick's, which is wltliln twclvo miles of Union Springs, by tho first of November, proximo. Coton Estimate for 1807.—'The house of IV illis & Clitslom, cotton brokers of Charleston, makes the following estimate of the crop of 1807, as follows: hales. | bales. New Orleans —735,8001 North (.'timlina... S7.IJN) Mobile . Savanna. rh.irjoton ini 800 170,700 . IV.'JJ . .100,ISO I New York Vlralnlu ... ..oih.hu I Other 1'oint, ..man ■ Florida 03,000 | Total a.ra.WO They estimate the rice crop at 37,500 casks. Name Wanted.—A writer tn the Nash ville Christian Advocato proposes a change of name from Methodist Episcopal Church South to “Union Episcopal Methodist Church.” Another suggests “American .Methodist Episcopal Church.” The Way Tn* Money Goes.—The way the money goes In the Trades’ Union As sociations ill England, Is shown In a re cent ofilclal document ns follows: One society, out of an Income of £123,- 000 a year, spent iMASM In tile expenses of management. In other cases the expenses, fbr the payment of collectors ana other i functionaries, and similar charges, amount to no less than half the receipts. One As sociation was mentioned that numbers . eight thousand six hundred and thirty- seven members, and received In premiums from the working classes £1,701, and ac tually spent tn administration £1,123, or nearly two-thirds of hr Income. That Is to say, the laborer who contributes a dol lar to the Binds of » society managed In this extravagant way, actually puts by for future use, not a dollar, but only forty -cents.” _ Who aii* They.'—An exchange pub lishes the,real names of some of our mod em literary unasked batteries: -Mirk .Twain” Is 8. 8. Clemens. “Josh Billings" is UeorT W, Shaw. “Jeenies l’lpes" Is Stephen Massett. “P. V. Nasby” i is V. K. Locke. “John Phcnlx,” “Don Jr;” “Jack Downing,” and “Sam Slick” are no -longer hi. the .land of the living. prompts lilm to work a second revolu tion ? Mr. Hill complains that General Pope considers a certain class of Georgia politi cians inferior to the negro; and yet Mr. I/ill does not “marvel” that such men “should bo considered by Gen. Pope, or anybody else, us inferior to the negro 1” Judging Mr. Hill’s political record by Ills own standard, and In the light of his own commentary, “none of our negroes liuvo ever exhibited Such total absence of all the highest attributes of reliable Intellect.” Such telf-'t nit ideation excites our pro- foumicst pity. We havo no heart to con demn a mail who thus confesses judgmont. Mr. Hill has thrown himself upon the mercy of tho Court. Now let tiie Court tndeed bo merciful. LETTER ntO.U TEXAS, Columbia, Texas, Sept. 7,lw<7. Editors Opinion: A duller time than that which the people In this portion of tlio Stato aro now passing through has never been experienced by them. This assertion will not be doubted when It is remember ed that cotton, almost the only source of liiconio to planters, Is an utter failure. Business of nil kind Is prostrated, par alyzed. Everybody secs the folly of de pending on the result of one crop alone, and that n very uncertain one, for pecu niary means. If the present disastrous year will lie the cause of inducing planters to diversify their crops, then good will be de rived from misfortune. No people w ere ever yet successful and prosperous who depended on one or two sources for success. The sooner the South ern people admit this fact, and act upon it, the sooner will contentment, prosperity and plenty walk abroad In the land. There arc numerous brunches of agricultural In dustry in this country to which planters might direct their attention besides cotton An old Texan, with some irroveranco per haps, remarked in my henring, not long since, “That he was glad the Lord was thwarting the people In this part of the State 111 their efforts at self-destruction, hy destroying their Idol, which for so many years they have been persistently worship ping." The truth Is, wo are nil learning that If Cotton is King, like many of lilsroyel pat ronymics, he Is weak, vnscllntlng and en tirely unreliable—a sovereign that will not at nil do to depend upon. Whenever the Southern people havo leaned on their pet sovereign for aupport, lie lias Invariably proven n broken reed, and plorced them. Confidence In his power being thus so Just ly shaken, we shall soon begin to hold hla knightahip In considerable contempt. We would have adopted some course long ago for dlsenbnigllngoursclrcs from tlio mesh es of his unreliable majesty If we hail not been more Insanely wedded to the fosslllf- crons remains of the past than any people extant. Bcgtltratlou closed In this county yesterday. I have not been able to asccrv tain tho relative strength of the two colors registering, though lam satisfied tho frood- rnen arc threo or four to ouo In tlio major ity. In this county the white men who could have done so have not registered as generally os I supposed they would. At tho house wbero your correspondent takes hla cofihc, are six white men of the eligible age for voting. Three are excluded from registration by tlio Sherman bill and thrraarenot. Tliethreewlioareexctuded would register If they could; the three who can, refuse to do so. Tims you see voting la not greatly unlike the poet's hit ter account of wedlock: "Murnugo is llko a rnblilo rout, Thdflo who are out would falu bo Ju, Those who are In, be out." Well, If those who from recusancy refuse to register, should find themselves perma nently disfranchised by the State Consti tution to he adopted, they will only have tholr own folly to upbraid for their misfor tunes, a thing which many men before theip have had to<]ofor their mishaps in life Like many others, tfioy may learn wisdom when It la a chiy tew lute .to be. of practical utility. There have recently teen three removal of judges of District poiifts. 1 have heard of no removals of county oftlecr*. Before leaving Richmond, a few days ago, I had not received a paper for a week The quarautiue business, or aoiuethlng else, has played smoke with the mails from tho East. General Thomas has miide.no change in the course pursued hy hjs predecessor, far us 1 have heard. General Grilliti now has his headquarters at Houston, On ac count of yellow fever at Galveston. jAt the latter place, tho epidefiilc Is tiuprvce* dented in severity and fatality. On tlio 20th ultimo, there were forty four deaths at the Island City from the disease, which can hardly contain, at present, u popula tion of eight thousond, a* from one-half to two-thirds of the citizens of that place have sought refuge from the storm. To mid to their distress, ice, which is almost indispensable hi the successful treatment of the disease, was tecoming short, though * cargo from the North was expected, From the Gth of June, we have not had five consecutive days Of dry weather, and this occurred not more than twice.— But for the bow of promise, which is occa sionally scon in the heavens as well as for the recollection of the promise Itself, ap prehensions of another Hood might be en tertained. Meteorological tests, there Is no doubt, will show that more rain has fallen this year, la this part of Texas, than ever fell in double the time, since its settlement by Americans. Itkii. Personal, Mr. Hudson, for many years the manag ing editor of the Herald, is farming in Massachusetts. Ex-Mayor Wither*, of Mobile-, was in Washington on the 15th, to secure Execu tive Interference, to sustain some claims on the city of Mobile, which, lie says, were suspended hy the military. Senator Cowan, who has been about the White House a good deal of late, has thought it necessary‘to deny that he D seeking a Cabinet jm-ition. Blstorl. who arrived in Now Xork on Friday, was nceompa nidi by nearly the same stock company she had on her first visit. Only live new names appear in the list. Aimer Marks, charged With robbing the Adams Express Company’, in Tennessee about a year ago, of s;n,U<»0, Was arrested. In Richmond, Virginia, on the nth Inst. Ax English View or Amicmoax I’oli- Tlcs.—The London Times of September 1st, opens an article on the ‘•President and Congress of the United Suites” with these noticeable sentences: The American Constitution has been strained to the utmost during the war and since the war. The. result is favorable to Us stability’, though undoubtedly It will henceforth differ much in spirit and some thing in form from the polity which the fitutidersof the Republic desired to estab lish. Tiie movement has, however, jiot been entirely in the same direction, though there is throughout a tendency to unity ami eentrulizatioii of power. During the war the current of affairs Jed to the con centration of almost all |H)wer in the hands of the President, while since the war the supremacy of Congress lias been gradually asserted. It has teen shown that in tlmo of danger the public opinion of the country wili acquiesce In what may be termed a large usurpation of authority by tho Exe cutive; hut that when the head Of tills Executive pursues a policy which diverges from the views of the imyorltr. Congress lias resources for i>aralyr.Iug almost nil his powers. This last development is, per haps, the most Interesting in tho recent history of the United States. Europeans were prepared to believe in the almost un limited power of the Chief Magistrate. He had teen called, by Americans themselves, a monarch installed for four years, and it only answered to the general prepossession when wo were told that his Chier Minister, the Secretary of State, could imprison any citizen a thousand miles off hy ringing a bell. A more unexpected mid a more in teresting study Is to be found in the action of Congress aguilist an unitopulnr Presi dent. Strange Feats of Electricity.—Bay ard Taylor, Uuring.hU summer trip to Col orado, lmd an electrical visitation, jvhich ho describes ns follow?: ' I experienced three distinct electric shocks, probaldy from, the fact that I was insulated by the India-rubber cloth upon which I lay, and then touched the earth with my hand. On the snpwy range per sons are sometimes so charged that there are sparks and crackling sounds at every movement of their boules. y*n unac quainted with the plienomonA Imagine that bees have gotten into their, hair, and tiiat rattlesnakes are at their, heels. Many strange stories are told of the effect of tho fluid, which seema to manifest itself in an eccentric but not dangerous form. “Black Crook” in Trouble.—We find the following Item In tho local columns of a Knoxville (Tcnn.) paper of tho lCth in stant: Tho Sable Curvature, or the Ebony Sin uosity, vulgarly called the Black Crook, promises to he the subject of a law suit in this city. Wc suppose the naked truth of the matter U that the performers need a suit of some kind. , IfJTHenrv Smith, of Whltestone, Long Island, accidently dropped a cup into a cistern last Thursday, and while fishing: for it he hooked fast to the clothing of hU little boy, who had been missing for an hour or two. This was the first intimation the father had that the boy was drowned. For the Daily Opinion I Approach of Night. BT WM. O. HOFFITT. oft twilight o’er the city fall*, The skies with dew-drop* weep, Tho night-bird to IU mate now call*, ho hat desert* the ruined wall*, And nature Kink* in sloop. Tho busy loom in yonder mill Ha* rented iu toll.oim! sound; The tbadowa ereep around the hill. The bustle of the day it *111), And darkness gathers round. The heart lick maid, who, through the day, Hath toiled o’er braid* and seams, To feed a parent weak and gray, lfowlays her weary task away, To woo the god of dream*. The rich, the haughty, and the cold, Who, through the Lurning day, llaveeruaArdthewroktogurner gold, Retire into the rbeerfnl “ fold," To smile the hour* away. Ili»shrilly born the herd<itnan blow*; The dock* obey the cull: The pale stars trembling In their height, rrodahii the adventof the night, And imile on cote and wall. The sun browwed.fanner ’grim’d with dust, O’eftaxed fcltjco break of morn, Woos sleep ir|*>n his humble bed; In dreams beholds the harvest, red I With store* of wheat and corn. Tho patient ox and luL’rinjr steed, From yoke and harness free, On weary fee,t w bbdraw from view, To crop fiie (lowers enriched with dew, Far on t he grassy lea. •J he milk -maid, in her rural dress, Relieved fryw toil and rare, Mount* r.ow l jr how the kitchen stair*, And half In sleep and half In pruyers, Dream* of her lover fair. The mirth of children on the street, I*slowly dying—gone; They gazed it moment on (leaven*, height. Then hade the t„ inkliug slurs “pood nijhi" To s eep till break of dawn. O! Father! in Thy urms of love, . clasp Thou the jmor oppreO; And while the gentle dew. distil. Teach all to do i hy holy w ilt, And giro the wary re*t ATLANTA, I4A..1HH. Mins evasx. A l»cn Photograph of a Popular Aa tfiorew.y. A correspqmjent of the New Orleans Picayune recently met the authoress of Beulah” ami “St. Elmo” in u Mobilp street ear. lie thus described her: \ nuinter of passengers wen; already seated, a number of whom immediately at tracted in v attem Ion, and there was some thing In her appearance which' reminded me of Irene uml Edna Earl, and which made mo suspect that the fair, liuner ot those characters was before me; hut 1 cannot w ell feel what it was for she was the very reverse Of tlio Miss Evans of my imagination, * In my fancy sbe^vas de picted us a tall madonna or nun like womau, a black-eyed, serious and somewhat melan choly brunette, -rtcklied • o’er' With the pale cost of thought,” 1 not ugly, but hy no meutts pretty, and more like u duenna than young-donna of ;he Spanish type. Sfio as lyibited plainly lint neatly, in a blue muslin dress, which fitted her admirably, iiud which, 1 - wum told, was cut out ami made, by .herself,; A • fashionable' hat; trimmed with blue, suited the dress. . Two Fells, on.e black and the otherblilo, entirely .* once a led her feature!*, which 1 vexed infi} for 1 was curious to ascertain whether tiie features they hid corresponded with! tiie faulfiess form.of tiie lady. She was of me dium size, snufil WrtDtcn,’wlthrt Well de veloped bust, a neck very falr.'ftifd'-rtper- leet model for a sculptor. Her hands and feet were those of a Southern lady—small and tidy, She looked as if she would weigh abodt 115 pdtinH*.'»ml tn the eve of An ;nr tint resounded ( : .*da\\* mor than tlio Venus do Meuicia or the Venus of Cuuova. Allcrward, I bad the pleasure of seeing her face to face, ami was surprised to find her a blonde, with light, chestnut brown hair, soft, expressive mid brilliant hazel eyes, Grecian features* with a nose slightly aqmllinc, forehead a little higher and broader thuirPschyc’s. cherry-red Tins, well curved with Cupid’s bows, and slight ly unturned at tho corners, indicating a smothered propensity for fun. Her cheeks are beautifully tinted with the maiden blush of health and Innoccnco. I was told that sho is thirty years old; but how young she looked I 1 decided that her age could not be more than twenty-one. I was Amused at her blue dress, but there was nothing of the “ blue stocking ” about her. She wore a blue veil to relievo a tempora ry inllauiutiou of the eyelids, valued by too much reading and writing at night, or other itoprudenee. I was told by an ac quaintance that the affection is not consti tutional or habitual. 1 have said that her hands are small and tidy, hut they are not dimpled. There never was a painter, |>p- et, musician, or any ingenious industrious or useful woman with dimpled hands. Hers are beautiful, hut made to work, as well as to soothe, to knit and sew, to toiudi the chords of music, and to wield the pen of genius. Her voice is clear, soft and me lodious, and its tones sink Into tiie heart; and when 1 heard it soothing nud cheer ing me, 1 felt myself strengthened for my work. IVhen I entered tlio ear she was conversing very earnestly with a very grave and niel- :• ueholy looking gentleman, with nu intel lectual hut careworn face. She raised her veil wlillo speaking to him. but he never looked at her at all, and conversed with hU face averted, and ills eyes fixed on “dim va cuity.” When lie left the cars his place was occupied by.a very dignified, but gallant nnd courtly old uiam who met her gaze honestly uml affectionately, os if, lie feared no evil fk'om goodness. Then* was some thing fascinating about her which every body who entered or left tlm car seemed to feel. All knew her, nnd In liaising in or out each one paused to speak to her with nn uffeetloii and revereneo which bespoke the esteem with which sho is regarded by the people of Mobile pf all classes, and she had something pleasant to say to all who Odd reused .her, . * . . ... Tup. Democracy ox tiik President.— The New York World, the most respecta ble Democratic paper at tho North, says of the President: i might wisely think to improve 1 standing by living with some body'a repudiated wile, ns for the Demo- cratiu party to expect any advantage from adopting, in thelastdnysof bis unsuccess ful . ad ministration, a fettered President, man hy their enemies, and popular with tsr a young merchant in Boston, by name of Hobbs, bus been using forged pa llor pretty extensively. The amounts negotiated Is thought to he about 950,000. TELEGRAPHIC? INTELLIGENCE. From the New York Press Association. Washington, Sept. 18.—The Presiden tlal party arrived in safety this morning. Loxdov, Sept. 1$.—The informal meeting of Hie delegates of the Pan Anglicsn Hy- nod. called by Archbishop Canterbury, met to-day. Bishops Hopkins, of Vermont. Odenheiiner, of Now Jersey, and many Episcopal Clergymen from the United States were present. Col. Kelly, a Fenian leader, was arrested at Manchester yesterday, and taken to Dublin. The funeral of the supposed Fenian di rector at Belfast was attended by 8,000 per sons. The King of Prussia will review the mil itary of the Grand Duchy of Baden next week, hy invitation of the Grand Duke. The Cabinets of Berlin and Vienna are negotiating a new commercial treaty. The steamer Valentin, for New York, wai lost near Maderla. Nashville, Sept. 18.—A delegation from Jackson county lias arrived here with u petition for the removal of the militia from their county. Tho petition states that they are committing all kinds of dep-. redations. Among the delegates is Sena tor Muse, a prominent Republican. Three of the militia Implicated In the murder of Major Hartman, havo escaped. New Y'obk, Sept. 18.—A party of South ern gentlemen gave a dinner to General Beauregard at the New Y r ork Hotel to-day. In the course of his remarks, tho General stated that he had received tempting offers from English capitalists to take up his res! deuce in England as superintendent of the xtensivo engineering works In that coun try, but he had concluded, upon calmly surveying the different Governments of the world, their status and their inherent strength, that this country possessed the most stable government of any existing on the face of the earth, and that, for Ills part, he was determined to spend his life under tiie flag of the Government that the most stable and least liable to disor ganization. It was nothing short of sheer nonsense to talk of another rebellion. If they wanted to raise one they could not. It Was utterly Impossible, and will be im possible for them to do so for the next ‘gen eration. ' Richmond, Sept. 18.—Gwi. Schofield has hsned an order altering the oyster laws of the State, jnrserlblng dr,V measure instead of liquid measure, extending ,the time to ninety days for oysters owned by non-res idents to he laid out* In Virginia waters, and ordering that u’tnx of three emits per bushel I hi levied and paid' hut one then t>y persons carrying oysters to mar ket or shipping theih fronillid Statib 1 Voting On the railroad subscription elbs- ed to-Ja^ without - altering t'he result of yesterday. About two hundred black, votes Were thiWq'out. from the filet that they'had forgotten the names they had registered by. and handed in votes under different'names. Ajfflrrj’A, I?;—'Thu Hosiers and freednion who were'prominent in tiie late disturbances have bee'n arrested. The for mer will he tried hy court nuirtial and the latterly 2l vlfYourt. ' Ah inoffensive whife"citizenVaV attacked and badly ciit this cVenlng, by soldiers, who, it Is supposed, took iilin for k colored nfitjn, Xl\V Obi.laxs, £»*pt. 18.—Deaths from yellow feier in the last 2i hours, ending at 0 this morning, 40. The fever Is spreading among towns In the Interior of the State, A colored Judge presided this morning for the first time on tho bench of the First District Recorder’s Court in this city. Washington, Sept. 18.—The scene at A n- tictam just west of the main stand within the cemetery enclosure is Hi limestone rock some C feet long and two or three feet in hlght, known far and wide throughout Washington county as Lee's rock, from the fact, it is said, that Gen. Leo stood thereon during the fiercest of the fight at Autletam directing tiie operations of the Confederate army. During the day parties of curiosity hunters were busily engaged in chipping pieces off the rock ns relies. McClellan'; position during the fight was pointed out as near a red farm house, in a position u little less commanding than that occupied by Leo. At the conclusion of the harmonious ceremonies, loud ealls were made for Gov. Geary, of Pennsylvania. On the conclu sion of tho address of Ex-Gov. Bradford, it was shown that many persons w ere pre- dent, and that there was an undercurrent of ill feeling, on account of some slight^ real or fimeied, to tlielr Governor, in his name not appearing in tlio programme. The butcry for Gov. Geary, for the time being, overpowered tho calls for the Presi dent, and prevented a word of the reading At'the Psalm Rom being heard. The brass band essayed to perform a piece with as little success, and finally, af ter a hurried consultation on tbe&tand, ,<^ov. Geary was induced to present him self and ask that the programme should be gone through With without interruption. He spoke after tho proceedings were end ed, and showed considerable feeling. 1 The President nnd his Cabinet left the stand 'while Gov. Geary was speaking, In order to proceed to Kccdysrille to take the train, and this proceeding was taken by some of the friends of Gov. Geary as an In tentional slight. jGovcrnbr Geary opened his speech as follows: Fellow citizens: After all you have heard to-day, I had supposed you would want nothing more. The programme opened and closed with prayer. Those Who have w aited must come in at the last hour, hut, my friends, we still have a place in the hearts of the people. (Applause.] When you come to Pcfinsylvuuki wo h*t cv»*r t . - bod} speak. Wo want to hour thanks to Almighty God for HD preservation of the country. We have no programme fur this purpose. [Applause.] Wo have no gas on our programme. Gun. Grant this morning, hy telegraph, ordered the commander of the 5th Milita ry District to re]>ortthe sanitary condition of the army In his department. The Revenue Collector at Chillicoth has given bail in 850.000. The revenue receipts to-day amounted to 9200.000. Tho Maryland Constitutional election D progressing quietly. Tho adoption of the Constitution hy a very largo majority is considered certain. It abolishes the test oath Rom Confederates, and admits negro testimony iu the courts. The following officers t>f the steamer Tucouu, ordered from Fensacola to Ports mouth, New Hampshire, in consequence of the yellow fever,died at sea: Midship man Robert N. Griffin, Carpenter William Gillis, and 3d Assistant Engineer Nicholas Casseti. The Grand Lodge of Odd Fellow s in ses sion at New York consumed the first day In argument concerning non-beneficial members. There were 512 deaths in New York last week, a decrease of forty-nine. Gen Lee D at Healing Springs Virginia. He has teen quite ill, hut D convalescent. Spangler writes from Dry Tortuga*, un der date of September 0th. that lie is busy day and night making coffins. Rls fellow- prisoner, Dr. Mudd—Hie post Doctor being sick—Is treating the yellow fever very suc cessfully. Many clerks of Department* ure training copies of the President's proclamation, re ceived through their respective chiefs. Underlying the levity which the unusual proceeding produces there appears much earnest feeling. The Pastime Base Ball Club of Rich mond was tea ten to-day by the National Club of this city, the score standing 111 to 11. Advices from the City of Mexico to the 0th, and Vem Ciuz to the 13th. state that Juarez bus refused to deliver tiie body of Maximilian to the Austrian Admiral'with out a documentary request from his hfiis- meii. i' > ' The City.—A few dry days, w ith a hot sun and a brisk breeze, has rendered our principal streets decidedly dusty. Sweet potatoes,-both of the Y’lim* nnd S|HinDh varieties, rtf« ! now coming into market freely. The demand for this ex cellent vegetable D very good, and the producers ilud hut If ttlo trouble In getting sale for them at privet ranging from $1 to $1.50 per bushel frq;q w agons. The good people,living on Luckie street have cause to thank Cqtnmls^ioiier Craw ford for his timely. efforts in;their behalf. A splendid piece of . w ork has been done on a miserable bud ,placc,.thcreby greatly .fa cilitating travel on that stryet. sioner Crawford D a good .olficcr, uiiU wo could jll afl'ord.to/fglvc him lip” for uur. other, . By some “hook or crook” in trade, ba con has “gone up, up” for the past, few days. Tho reason - may he, that tqp much of jt bar- been "gojug down, dow n.’’ We notice,,the switch engine running back and forth oil the track recently laid on the old Mqnroe Railroad. This Is quite onvenK’nt. \Ve have Jong thought that the completion of tilts track—its exten sion to ; a junction with that of^tbe Western and Atlantic Road—most, if not all, the switching of cars through the city, for the Macon and Western, Atlanta aud West Point and the YVcstorn and Atlantic Railroads could be avoided. Is it not so ? George Johnson has now placed .the Mineral Spring In a very creditable condi tion. It D a neat enclosure, and looks de cided culm ami refreshing. The water D cool nnd tastes us sweet os if It run out from an old hogshead of rusty nulls. De lightful, very. Parties who have never had tho pleasure of seeing their name In print, arc getting restless for fear the resolution of Connell relative to tax defaulters will not be car ried out. Be patient, gentlemen, we’ll show you up soon enough. There w’mh an eclipse of the inoon on Friday evening, beginning fifty-three min utes past live o'clock. The moon rose at eleven minutes past six. when two and a- lialf digits w ere eclipsed. The middle was reached at twenty minutes past eight.— Tho visible duration of the eclipse was two hours ami thlriy-slx minutes. The num ber of digits eclipsed was eight on the niQpn's northern limb. Bkothkujiood or Locomotive Engin- XF.ns.—Wo linve had laid upon our table the July number of the Monthly Journal of the United States Engineers, which ts published hy order of tho Grand Interna tional Division, and devoted to the inter ests of the locomotive de partments of rail roads. Also, a copy of the minutes.of the last annual session of the International Division, the constitution nnd by-laws of that body, nnd a copy of the “ By-Laws of Atlanta DlvDiou No. 00.” These were pre sented by Mr. H. C. Sheets, who is now on a tour through the South, organizing sub ordinate Divisions. The Division of At lanta Is one of several months’ existence, and, we are informed, with tho most bene ficial results. • New Dress for Fihitmen.—In France there has teen iutented for the use of fire men an Ingenious form of fire-proof dress. Tho clothes are woolen, but tho waist belt is so made as to be easily placed In con nection with the fire engine, and being provided with a stop-cock, the wearer can easily saturate himself with water.