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GEORGIA WEEKLY OPINION THE WEEKLY OPINION. BY W. n. 8CRUOGS AND J. B, BUMBLE. WE ONES!) AY MORN ING:::: SEPT. 18. A Heavy Trade.—We are advised that the house of Smith & Richmond, of this city, dosed out sale* of tiie single article of tobacco during the week ending Satur day, Sept. 14th, to the amount of 914.375. The chewing and pulling necessary to con* Hume tills quantity of tho weed can scarce ly he estimated. llox. B. H. HILL—We learn by a letter from a citizen of Butts county, that Ben. Hill delivered 'an address »t Jackson, during the session of the Superior Court, last week. “The harangue,” our friend writes, “ was characteristic of the speaker in venom and falsification it excelled all previous efforts. If General Popk can pass such language by,” says the writer, “lie must bo the mildest tempered man in his Military District. Hill cannot influ ence tho voters who have heretofore favor ed a Convention, and I suppos, therefore, he will lie allowed to rare ad libitum. Pity it should he so." Is?” Wo see it stated that General K. K. Smith, who is now a citizen of Louisville and President of tho Southern Telegraph Company, has been chosen Principal of the High School, of the University of the South, at Sewanee in the Cumberland mountains. The location of this universi ty is n place of great naturul beauty, and but for our late war the Institution would now have been in operation. It was de signed to bo tho great institution of the South, and was nobly endowed T»y the Episcopal Church. Two months ago. Ben. Hill announced, through the columns of an Augusta news paper, and the announcement has been re echoed by every Opposition press in the State, that no tribunal of civil judicature could ever be found In Georgia that would sustain the Reconstruction measures of Congress. He even went so far as to pre dict that, should the people of Georgia accept that “ unconstitutional and oppres sive measure of a Radical faction.” "and set up a State Constitution and Government under it. the Supremo Court of tho State would declare all acts done thereunder constitutional, and therefore null arid void. It now turn*out.that* lion. Hiram War ner, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the State, and tho majority, if indeed not all of the aforesaid Judges, hive de clared themselves In favor of a Convention, and Reconstruction under the laws of Con gress!. Alas for Mr. Hill’s “predictions”! Ilis whole political life has been a strange medley- of contradictions; not a single “prediction” of his has ever yet been ful filled* On the contrary, it |s well known to intelligent men, that not a single meas ure which lias had the misfortune of Mr. Hill's advocacy ever succeeded. This Is the man who had the brazen effrontery to stand up before an Atlanta audience and denounce as “perjured traitors” and “spawns of bell” all men who refused to accept his opinions as their own. This is the man who presumes to advise General Grant as to his duty in tho War Ofllcc,and who has tho vanity to suppose himself ca pable of defeating the Reconstruction measures Hi Georgia. CONVENTION IN VIRGINIA. Notwithstanding tho President's two Proclamations and the hopes inspired in tho ranks of tho Opposition by the re moval of District Commanders, the work of Reconstruction steadily progresses. Gen. Schofield, in a spirit of wicked in subordination and in impudent disregard of the late acts of the President, lias or-> dered an election in Virginia under the provisions of that Law which, as a faith ful ofllcer, ho Is bound to execute. The election for Convention and for members thereto, takes plrcc on tho 22d of October proximo. Tho State, we are credibly in formed, will go for a Convention and Re construction by some flxty-flve thousand majority. Tills Convention will meet and adopt a State Constitution in burmony with tho Constitution and Laws of tho United States; men who arc unobjectionable will be elected to Congress; these will be ad mltted to their seats upon presentation of their credential; and tho “Old Dominion” will bo readmitted to the family of the Union, despite the efforts of those who would keep her out, as tho only means of keeping themselves in office. She will then enter upon a new’ career of prosper ity that is little dreamed of, even among tlioso who are most sanguine of the ftiturc. tfJTThe Republicans of Philadelphia held a meeting on the evening of tho 13th to ratify the nominations for State and city officers. Resolutions w-ero adopted de nouncing tho President, supporting tho Reconstruction policy of Congress, com plimenting Generals Grant, Sheridan, Sick les and Pope, and recommending voters to support tho Republican ticket. Among tho speakers w’erc Senators Nye, Cameron and Catlett. Tho latter ottered a resolu tion, w hich was adopted amid great cheer ing, declaring It was tho duty of Congress to impeach Andrew Johnson. GENERAL BEAUREGARD. Gen. LoNOSTnRKT, although one of the most earnest, able and successful leaders of tiie Southern armies during tho war, and therefore one of the most popular men in the Southern States since the close of the war. is at present tiie object of unqual ified abuse and denunciation. This comes not from the brave men wiio fought under his banner through the four years of ter rible conflict, but from a pack of thieving Commissaries and Quartermasters; from a ring of unscrupulous place-hunters, who have constituted themselves the head of a “respectable white man’s” association for tiie perpetuity In office of a set of con stipated politicians; men who, during the war, were either swindling the Confeder ate Government, oppressing the families of poor men w ho fell victims to conscription, or from those who used their influence in tiie Confederate Congress to establish a class of nobility under a Dictatorship whicii, for tyranny and oppression, would have eclipsed the Star Chamber of the Stewarts or the licentious Court of Aus tria. Gen. Jeff, Thompson, a Virginian liy birth, a routherner in every Impulse, a gentleman from Instinct, and who wo enviable reputation as a soldier in the eayse lie espoused. Is likewise made the target of vituperation. And all for what? Simply Idealise these gentlemen have de clared theimelves advocates of restoration' upon Republican Principles and in con formity with the spirit and genius of the American’systemof government! Second to neither of tiie gentlemen named in personal character and military fume, apt! unrivalled by living man in his devotion to Southern interest, is lie whose name heads tills paragraph. And yet Gen. Bkaukkuakd has incurred tiie sore dis pleasure of tlio ** respect aide white man's” ring, because he, too. advises the abandon ment of exploded theories, advocates Re construction and an ardent and honest support of the Central Government. A public dinner was given him a few enings since by some friends in New York, at which he express^ his preference for a strong Government, over a united •ountry, based upon the theory of Federal Supremacy, and in accordance with Re^ publican Principles. He is represented to said it was folly to talk of another re bellion; that such a tiling was not only impossible but that its very conception had Its origin in wickedness; and that it was v.the duty of tbo people of every sec tion to strengthen the Government, and frown down sectional animosity,. This is enough, lie has thrown himselfttndcr the ban of Condemnation. . jle may as Ayell prepare Ids neck for tiie Guillotine. Tiie Knitters of tho Scaflbld ff and the flshwo- men in pantaloons who cohstltuto the di plomatic corps of Ups Assembly of “Re spectable Wldto Men,” havo decreed his decapitation. His head must tumble in the basket with tlioso of Loxgstklrt and THoMrsoN. Crop Prospects.—A letter from Holmcs- ville, Georgia, to tho Savannah News, says: It has been raining here for the last three weeks, and still continues to rain.— The crops are materially injured, espe cially. cotton, which is rapidly shedding its bolls in consequence of too much rain. Another letter from Quitman county, gives dlscouragliig reports from South-west Georgia. It says: Our corn crops are good; indeed, tho en tire crop of cereals has never, withiu my acquaintance of some lltteen years, been better, though the area planted is not so large as it should have been. Up to tiie middle of August the planters expected to make a very line crop.of cotton, but it has rained almost incessantly for the last month, which has brought rust, boll worm, caterpillar, and indeed almost every disas ter which the cotton plant is heir to. We will be satisfied now with half a crop, but unless wo have some clear weather with sunshine very soon, wo can’t realize a half cron, for the unmatured bolls are rotting rapidly! — C5?“ A Washington dispatch says that many of tho National Banks whoso officers do not like the labor of signing notes of small denominations, are causing tho United States Treasurer much annoyance their requests for small greenbacks, which it Is impossible for him to supply. They can supply themselves wjth ones and twos if they will only sign their own bills. rapidly. ‘ The Albany News, of Thursday, says the work of picking cotton progresses slowly, iu consequence of the continual ruin, and adds: Tho past few days has been harder on cotton than any of the season. A great deal is sprouting in tho boll. It Is the opinion of one of tho most extensive plan ters i a our community that tlio crop will hardly exceed that of last year. At all events, it is greatly damaged. Dry Weather—The Oops.—The dry sea son continues in this vicinity without any prospect of rain. Fortunatqly, our corn crops were too fur advanced to be serious ly damaged by It. Tho cotton, wo fear, will however bo cut short considerably. Many of our friends who depend on ponds and running creeks for stock water aro put to serious inconvenience by the continu ance of tho drouth, some of them being obliged to haul their water for mllcs.—Zefc anon (Tenn.) Herald, 14th. Macon and Wabrknton Railroad.— The Federal Union of tho 17th says: “Tlio work goes bravely on. Tho track Is laid to Devcreaux’s, eight miles this • sido of Sparta. Track-laylnk on 'this end of.tho road will be completed to tho river this week,audit iathought tlio bridge, which ll already framed, can be put up In six weeks. The road will, without doubt, bo completed to this point by tho inlddlo of November.” Immigration.—A public meeting held at Valdosta, Ga n a few days since, appointed MqJ. P. 0. Pendleton an agent to go to Eu rope for laborers. Tho Valdosta Times aays: ■ MnJ. P. was Instructed to. contract with laborers for two and three years, if In his opinion practicable, and to allow a Minis ter of the Gospel of .the faith of the emi grant, and also a brewer to accompany them, if desired. Each subscriber was re quired to give a descriptive list of thq.num- ber and kind of laborers wanted, and ti|e agent authorized to pay os high as fifteen dollars a month for labor, tlio laborer sup- I porting himself. ; LIFE ANNUITIES. The recent election In Richmond, Va., whereby that city Is taxed some two mil lion of dollars for the support and exten sion of a railroad, contrary to the express ed will of u majority of the property hold ers and tax payers, is referred to by tiie Opposition Press as an instance of the bane ful effects of universal suffrage. Well, it was proposed, some eighteen months ago, to erect, through State legis lation, a standard of qualified soffrage, ac cording to which no man should vote who could not rend and write, and who did not possess two hundred dollars wortli of property; but according to w'liich no man should he excluded from tiie Ballot merely on account of color. Tills plan was not only founded upon Just and equitable principles, hut had the additional merit of securing amnesty to all those who are now disfranchised under the operations of the Military Acts. And yet this measure teas as violently opposed by Democratic leaders and journals as tho Mil itary Acts note are. Tho Inference Is there fore plain : We have a class of men In our midst who are opposed to Reconstruction upon any basis, except upon such terms as will guarantee to them life annuities in of fice. They lmve held office so long, and have been so long accustomed to disregard the will of the masses, where their i>crsoii- al interests are at stake, that they seek to keep the country in a state of turmoil and confusion, merely because they can no long er rule it in peace. Any plan of recon struction which docs not place them at the helm of State, and recognise their divine right to rule, meets with their unqualified Communication. They seem to have some how got it into their heads that they privileged class, acting under patents of nobility, whereby their right to rule is Indisputable. We can respect the opinions of a man who favored qualified suffrage and nniver- ,al amnesty, but who now opposes tlio Congressional plan of reconstruction on the ground that he is opposed to unre strieted Suffrage. We can respect the opin ions of.him who advocated the adoption of the Constitutional Amendments in Octo ber of hist year as the basis of restoration, but who now opposes the Sherman Act and its supplements on tho ground that a largo class Is not only denied office, lint tho bal lot also. But when we And men who, in 1805, yielded a refractory obedience even to tbo “repeal” of the Secession Ordinance; who ratified ‘the Emancipation Amend ment under the lash of Andrew Johnson ; who adriiitted freedmen to their legal rights In,the State Courts under preempto- ry orders and measures from the White House; and who have persistently opposed every scheme of reconstruction yet devised, wo cannot resist tho conviction that he seeks to keep up strife and contention as the only means of keeping himself in no* tice. . I'Ukwlng Invents. The strike of the girls in the, cotton Ulilla near Pittsburg lias failed, and they arc obliged to submit to a reduciion of one dol lar from their weekly earnings of four dol lars, working, at the same time, twelve hours a day. Bishop WhRehouse, of Illinois, has l>ccn requested by the Archbishop of Canter bury to preach the inaugural sermon at tiie Pan Anglican Council of Bishops to be held at Lambeth, England, during this month. Eighty Bishops, from all parts of the world, will be presont. The yellow fever is bad at Key West. Third Engineer Cohavcr, of the United States steamer Lcnapo, uml two more, of tiie hands employed on the Gulf cable, havo fallen victims to the epidemic. Tiie Great Connell of the United States of tho Improved Order of Red Men con vened in animal session in Philadelphia on Tuesday. Tho Morning Sun, a newspaper iri St. John, N. B., says the Iron moulders of that city have procured ground, and aro going to erect a foundry—co-opcratiVe, wo sup- posc. A tiro proof dress of an ingenious form is one of tho latest inventions. Tho clothes arc woolen, but the waist is in connection with the tire engine, and, being provided with a stop-cock, the wearer can instantly saturate himself with water. A mass meeting was held in Baltimore, on tho ovening of tho 12th,of tlio delegates to tho Border States Convention at tho Front Street Theatre, which was densely' packed. A number of speeches were made, generally favoring tho impeachment of the President. --.•«»»— ' A Useful Citizen Gone.—Mr. Samuel Griswold, tho founder of tho town of Gris- woldvillc, and projector of tlio manufac turing establishments located at that point, died on Friday last, at an advanced age.— The Telegraph says: Mr. Griswold has been widely known, for a quarter of a century, os the manufac turer of tho celebrated Cotton Giu that bears his name. As a great mechanic ho was a publlo bencfiictor, and his example of industry and thrill is a valuable public legacy, lie accumulated a good fortune by the sale of his gins, which always ranked high in tho publio estimation. Tlio town or Grlswoldvillc, on tho Central Railroiid, was built and owned by himself. It was a thrifty place, and devoted wholly to manu factures of various sorts, tlio result of mg enterprise. ’ Won tSTAn Atlanta correspondent of the New York Tribune claims to have ascer tained the regietration in this State, and asserts that it is as follows: Whites.... St),802 Colored w, StB Total.. 188.010 Colored majority, 3,794. Bask Ball.—To think of a business man’s priding himself on catching flics. MYonderfulIS Editors Opinion: With what wonderful sagacity does tho watchman of the Intelli gencer observe tho passing events of tills country! There seems to havo been two cases within tho late rebellious States where tho Federal soldiers havo had a me lee with tbo negroes, and'that intelligent shoot Is very much troubled, and enquires, with bristles up, Of what is that Indica tive? Why should United Htates troops and negroes quarrel ? And with horror and tremenduous “shuddering” concludes that It Is tlio beglning of antagonism be tween tlio races. Is it thcflrst time that it has ever heard of a white man and a col ored man lighting? And why ho so trou bled? Jf a rebel had killed a negro, or a dozen of them. lie would not give himself any trouble about it; and if a Northern paper had made tlio charge, he would have denied it most lustily and charged it as a Radical lie. No danger, then, of any an tagonism of races. What intelligence! What sagacity! Knowhow. A New Version of Maximilian’* Ex ecution. The London Times contains a long ac count of Maximilian’* death, written by lU cerrespondant lu the City of Mexico, from which we extract the following in- testing portion, giving a different account from what has hithprto been published: And now for the horrible finale. On the morning of the 19th of 31ay, the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian of Austria, Empe ror of Mexico, in company with General* Miramon and Mejty were taken out to bo shot; they were cosveyed to the place of execution, a short distance outside tho city of Queretertro, in 1 a coach; the streets through ‘which thdy passed were lined with soldlera and the coach itself surround ed hv a guard. When within a hundred yards of the place Ills Majesty descended from tiie coach, and With his usual firm and naturul step walked jo tho spot which had been assigned to hiin> He then, asking for the men who were going to shoot him, f ravo each of them an ounce of gold. Hav- ng embraced Miraraon and Mejia, who stood on either side of him, ho advanced a little, and 1* re|>orted to have saki with a firm and steady voice— “Mexicans: Perrons of my class and origin are markets by God cither for the happiness of nations, or to die ns martyrs in tueir cause. Called by a portion of you, I came for tlio godd of the country. Am bition I had none.] 1 came actuated by the best wishes for tlio future of my adopted country. Mexicans, may my blood be the last spilt, and may it regenerate tills wretched country.” Ho then fneliiifd ids head, received the blessing of the Priest, raised his eyes to Heaven, and. advancing one foot, awaited death with a serene countenance, pointing with his hands tj» tils heart ns the mark at whicii his executioners were to aim. In this country tc/i soldiers lire invariably al lotted to each Execution; but on the pres ent occasion, doubtless ns nn additional degradation, there were only lour, with one In reserve to complete tlio dreadful deed, if necessary. The soldiers were so nerv ous that, instfcuT of aiming ns directed by tho royal ipartyr, they lodged the four balls in his/right side, lacerating him in uti awful manner. Writhing in agony, arid almost suffocated with the blood rushing out of his mouth, lie nover for one moment lost that serenity and dignity.so peculiarly his own, but, dropping one hand, * - ■ ued pointing with the other to Ills Tiie fifth man was so horrified that lie threw down Ids musket and ran away, and Upward of live minutes elapsed before any due could lie found to, put him out of his misery. Even then two men were brought Whose muskets both missed fire, and it was not until a third was brought that the hor rible tragedy was. brought to a conclu sion. Tin: Amnesty Proclamation.—The New York Tribune, referring to President Johnson’s new Amnesty Proclamation, re marks : We were in favor of a sweeping amnes ty, when Mr. Johnson was raving and roar ing thrice a day that “treason was a crime, and traitors must be punished.” We arc In favor of it now, and would gladly havo every peaceable, well-disposed man in tho South assured that no harm will befall him because of his share in tlio rebellion so long as he deports himself as a good citi zen should. Let those who were rebel* foci and know that they may plant and till, build and. trade, buy lands and soil them, without fear of confiscation or molesta tion* So far as President Johnson’s new proclamation tends to secure this end, it has our hearty approval. The New York Times takes- ground against the proclamation, and says: Tiie true place for amnesty is after rc- g nstructiou. It would then be available a recognition' of compliance with the law on the part of the Southern people. It would then entail no risk, and encounter but slight Hostility. As proclaimed by Mr. Johnson, it is a premium on disloyalty, and an incentive to opposition. Instead of pacifying the country. It will add to its disturbing influence; Instead of hastening Southern peace and promoting tho recon ciliation of the sections, it will encourage rebels to renewed disorder, and will most likely delay the completion of tiie task widen Congress lias Undertaken. Tho Trlbuuo estimates, that tlio excep tions in Mr. Johnson’s Amnesty Proclama tion cannot exceed one or two thousand persons in number, whereas hU former proclamation excluded not. less, it thinks, than one hundred thousand. ty Dan Castcllo is coming, with new attractions. This foot is authoritatively announced. A Washington cotomporary says: : Tiie establishment is a largo ono. The circus company it composed of somo of tho best riders* acrobats and gymnasts in tlio profession. Mademoiselle Pauline, a beautiful and accomplished equestrienne from Paris, and Little Minnie, tho “Child Dan Castello and his wonderfully trained Russian horse, “ Czar,” and his school, of educated animals, including the horse An dy Johnson, attract much attention. Tho menagerie la composed of a collection of rare and beautiful animals, and Prof. Hall enters tho den of Van Amburg's perform ing lions, and goes through a series of rc- markablo feats, Including feeding them with raw meats.froinhis naked hands. Railroad Items.—The Selma and Mont gomery Railroad is being pushed to com pletion with great energy by tho contrac- tors. /41 '* " !* ' For the Dally Opinion.] Ta Alice—On Her Thirteenth Birthday. • BY WJf. O. MOFFITT,* Thirteen bright years, ou crystal wings, Ifuve flitted o'er tbo earth. Since fairies bright, with sapphire light, Announced tby maiden birth, hoy gathering, smiled upon thy brow, bo ample, proud and fair; For Beauty, (iraco, aud Genius, too, Had mode their dwelling there. They tinged thlno eyo with heaven's owu blue Aud, blessing, smiled ou thee; While pure as cryrt nl-haunted dew, They pledged thy life should bo. Thoy wove thee many a Joyful spell, At evening’s mystic shade; And midnight airs were heard to bless The blue-eyed little maid. From bowers of rose, and eglantine, Love, wooing, sought tby arms; “My subtle power, sweet maid, is thtiu, With all my fairy charms I" lie fondly touched tby pouting lips And thrilled them soft apart. While Virtue on a srailo wont down) To ruin tby pulsing hoart. Tby moUicr's eyo grew bright, to view A face so Bwect and mild; What recked she for tho pain she boro, For such a beauteous child/ Vi tint dear hoptt swelled thy father’s breast I What pride illumed his eye I As, thrilled with bliss, the first-born gives, Ho saw thee smiling by. As balmy breeze, and sun and dew Expand the budding flower, So Time unfolds thy growing charms, And magnifies thy power. The queen of Beanty. since thy birth, Hath watched with Jealous care, And planted round tby temples curls To make thee seem more fair. Fraud Genius, from his blazing throne, Deigning to bear control, Lit up tho torch of poesy, And boro it to thy soul. With genius, virtue, beauty, blest, 01 maiden pure and true, What labor for thy stiff’ring kind Remains for thee to do? lie thlno, denf girl, tho glorious task, Through sorrow’s night to move. Diffusing over the wounded hearts The dews of hope and love. In vain I strive to »lng thy charms As merit would require; •Twero liko attempt to gild tho sun, With but a glow-worm’s Are! JIuy heart-felt Joys through life be thine; TImo gently press thy brow; And when thy locks are slivered o’er Thy Atari bo youny as now. Sweet friend, adieu; may pleasure’s light, Illumo thy future way; Should we ue’er meet, where Joys aro fleet, In J/eacen, I trust, its may. ATLANTA, GA., September 14,1867. FALL FASHIONS. New Sty low For Use Lord# of Creation. From the New* York Evening Gazette, 11th.] Although tho foreign travelers havo not yet returned, bring* rig ’V- mode, KtUi the full IMsum..- it g n are pretty well settled. Business ami morning coat* will still In- worn short.anil the variety with.sliort tails will prevail. . Walking coats will dose high on tho chest, the collar will bo small, and cut away in front, with square shoul ders. Tlio. double-brc.*i8t6d reefing jacket Still continue* a favorite for the street. G'hovoit suits of the aanm material are much liked, and wljl be much worn this full. Diagonals, faced with silk, Will be a pre vailing material for coats. These will bo double-breasted. Broadcloth will not be used except for full dress coats. Dress coats for evening will be tho English va riety of several colors, such as dahlias, undines, London smokes, blues and blacks. Sleeves will bo of medium size. Tiie stylo of overcoats will be completly changed. Surtouts or or frock-tops, will be the style. These will not be so long ns formerly, but merely roach to tho knees or just^above, them being merely long enough to conceal the under garment. Yet the sack overcoat is such a favorite for com fort that it will not bo wholly discarded; hut instead of being double-breasted as heretofore, it will be single with a fly. Overcoats of all descriptions will bo made mostly of beaver and other rough mate rials. Full-dress vests will bo low in tho roll, of black silk, and havo but three buttons. The tendency of all vests Is to button lower than heretofore. Pantaloons are to ho Worn as tight as possible, and tho peculiarity this autumn Is a very broad brokeu stripe one and a half and two Inches wide. The stylo will be diagonal weaVck checks and plaids. Some of tlio latter will bo very large—three- eighths of an inch to an incli and even larger. The prevailing color is green; and, indeed, somo shades of this color is a favo rite for coats also. Dress shirt bosoms will not be plaited, but have tho centre very highly bordored. The button holes uro made entirely for the new eyelet studs. Common bosoms will have tlio plaits of all widths to suit the purchaser. Garrote collars will have tho fronts turn ed down. The Shakspcarcs will not he so deep as heretofore. In scarfs, very high colors, and probably stripes, will prevail. Tho scarfs will bo confined with a tuuuel- shapod ring of copper-allovcd gold—tho so-called red gold. Pins will not bo worn. Dress neckties will bo wholly of black. Cuffinvill boas heretofore,no turnbacks. Dressing gowns mpro plain than for tho last two years, but trimmed with bright contrasting colors. Silk hats have low crowns, broad brims, and aro vfcry well shaped. They styles of soft bats aro as yet undetermined. Tim prevailing stylo of high shoos will bq donble-soled, box and tipped, buttoqcd or. laced gaiters. Imitation buttoned, with congress sides, aro also worn. These and boots are not so pointed as heretofore. For toilet slippers, a maroon colored Morocco, with fancy stitching and low heels, are very pretty, and aro much liked. Cleansing Wool OF Gummy Matter.— The Maine Farmer gives the following t Take ono pound, salaratus for 12 pounds of wool, dissolve in water not quite boiling hot, then put in tho wool; stir occasionally for one hour; take it out and squeeze it thoroughly, or what is better, run through a clothes wringer, rinse in cold water, and spread on grassy ground to dry. This pro cess will remove all gum and dirt from any kind of wool, and make it much better for custom work. OT A baso-ballist In Canistco, N. Y« has made a throw of 314 feet. TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE* From tfte New York Frets Association. Liverpool, Sept. 17.—James M. Hewitt a heavy American trader, has suspended: liabilities unknown Havana. Sept, 17.—Tho. press protefU against Halriavo entering five millions of dollars without the approval of Congress. Import duties increased fMtyjpr cent. Leavenworth, Bept. 17.—The Indians have resumed hostilities on the Turkey Hill route, attacking several stage station*. They attacked ft Government train at Bun ker's Hill, killiiig two teamsters and wounded, three others, and captured one woman and three children, and stampeded all the stock. The woman and children were subsequently recaptured. * There wero several wlilte inen disguised as Indiana in the attacking party. Two Indians were killed. Key West, Sept. 17r-M. Medley, electri cian of the cable, is very ill. Hague, Sept. 17.—Tiie forged notes seized yesterday proved to be Confederate States bonds. v Washington, Sept. 17.—The attendance at Antletara numbered 1,400. Among thoso S resent wero the Governors of New York, Tew Jersey, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Maryland. Ex-Governor Bradford, Orator of the day. concludes : “ Como peril to It. The Constitution, whence it may, from States rights or consolidation ; let me, on this an niversary of its adoption,'in the name of the men who made ft—by the memory of the men who have died for it>—upon tho spot where blood has been so profusely shed for Us behalf, appeal to you to protect, pre serve and defoudit. General Mulford, Commissioner of Ex change during the rebellion, has been ap- B Anted Collector of. the Third Revenue Istrict pf Virginia. The G QVernment ^oldgold to-day. The Commissioners orlriternal Itovenuo have rendered the following decision: A printer is liable to the special tax as a manufacturer, if tlio articles ho prints ex ceed in value $1,000 per,annum. A prin ter Is understood to bo any person or firm whose business it is to take impressions from type, or engraved surfoces, ,upon pa per or other materials. In determining the liabilities of printers to special tax as manufacturers, the value of the articles Of merchandise produced by them should alone bo taken into consideration. Amount received for inserting advertisements in newspapers are not therefore to bo so in cluded. Pressing duties prevented Gen. Grant from visiting Antietam. Tho Herald’s special says that, in view of the anticipated trouble with the President, there is a manifest disposition on tho part of tiie Radicals to cultivate tlio friendship of Gen. Grant. Secretary Seward arrived home from An tietam to-any. Internal Revenue receipts to-day $250,- 000. Gen. Hancock will proceed to his de partment soon, making his headquarter* n some healthy locality. Gen. Hheridnn is expected to arrive here ton. Cornelius Cabell is has been strongly re commended bup not yet. appointed Collec tor of Customs at Corpus Clirhjtl. New Orleans, Sept. 17.—Gen. Mower, in his order assuming eoimnnnd, continues in force tho existing orders of his prede cessors, and assigns Brevet Major General Reynolds to tiie command of tiie District of Texas, and Brevet Brigadier General Ceiiz 4 '* to the ^nnmnnd ofthc Sub- Jii^ricr^-i' r.u» Rimliraiiflc. . . ihymdds U to establish hishcad- |*,u *an Antonio or Austin tilt'the lever >Tiall have abated sufficiently in Gal veston to render it safo to remain there. There ha« been (^.deaths from tho fever in the last 24 hours, ending at G this morn ing; amon£ them K, W. Hherbournc, spe cial hgent of tiie Treasury Department. New Yonk, Sept. 17.—Tfio firm of Gill, GilletU Noyes,,tea dealers, has failed. Indebtedhes half niillicfif Augusta, Sei)t.J7,—Eoi , s;vmc days past thcro have been row* between tiie freed men and soldiers. Ono negro is reported mortally and one soldier badly wounded. Tlio freedmen threatened an attack on the barracks last night, but no collision oc curred. It is said that the soldiers were the aggressors, An Indian Council.—The correspond ent of the Chicago Times attended the Into council nt Fort, Sujly, where the Indian* and our Peace Commissioners had a talk. Tiie council was held on the 31st of Au gust. Tlio correspondent says: Into a low wood cdttagc, ono story high, windowlcss and Wallets, wo wero soon ushered* finding six. hands' of fcioux—the Brules, Black -Feet, Mlnnecouguas, Ogal- jnllas, Uneopapas, and Two Kettles—all represented by appropriate specimens of tlio noble red men, Gen. Sanborn briefly stated tlio object tiie Commission had iu coming to treat with the peaceftil Indians; said that ho was glad to see them, and hear from them, and learn their minds upon all matters pertaining to a reservation. Then came a lull, painful, because pro longed and uncertain, during which- the Indians proceeded to smoko, and General Stanley to observe that “ Au Indian could no more speak without a smoko than a (’onfodcrato could without a drink.” Gen. Sherman sat uneasily in his chair chewing a segur stump. Gen. llarncy, half frozen to dentil, wrapped his military cloak tho lrioro closely around him, and Senator Hen derson, sitting uneasily on his bent-back chair, looked out knowingly from behind his quizzing glasses. The prominent In dians were pointed out, and wc waited long and patiently. It was liko a Quaker meet ing, blit nt hist the spirit moved, and Lord Mandon, a man of influence, but an orator, arose, and said that Two Lance ivould speak first; who, arising, shopk hands with all the Commission, and said: “ I cannot shako hands with all the. room, but think Just as much of them da If raid*. YofideS sits my friend General Harney, who came put and whipped us, and tried to heat sense Into our heads; and I don't forget his good words, Grant and m Presidency.-A Wash ington correspondent of the New York Post, writing on the 11th inst., makes tho following statement: An officer of General Grant's staff relates a conversation which he had with the Gen eral a few days ago, wherein tho General remarked, concerning the talk of making him President, that “ho would notbcPres- fannt of the United .States if the opportu nity wero offered; that ho was no politi cian ; that he hated politics; that, so fur as reputation and honor were concerned, ho thought ho ought to be satisfied with what of theso no already enjoyed: that holding the office of President would mar his pres ent comfort, and drag lilm into tho storms and excitements of politics; that, as tho General of the Army, be had all the work ho could do, and time enough to enjoy the comforts of his fltmfly and home; and that ho, as a soldier, had gained friends enough in the country without now seeking a place where he should gain no more, out probably lose those whom ho had gained,’*