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GEORGIA WEEKLY OPINION
THE WEEKLY OPINION.
'BY W. l. B3RU03B AND J. B. DUStBLE.
FKID \Y MORNING::t: jfKTOBEU 25.
Fon ok Aoainst Convention.—Several
of the Democratic Anti-Reconstruction
journals and leaders in this State* lavor the
policy of neither voting for or ajralnst
Convention. Their Idea Is to vote only for
delegates, and let the Issue “Convention or
No Convention take care of Itself.”
A little reflection will enable any one to
*cc the impracticability of this measure.
The leaning Issue of the canvass Is, Shall we
have a State Constitutional Convention?
The Idea of electing delegates to the Con
vention who arc oppose.! to the Convention j t!ie Republican part}', and who have
Any reaction In Northern public senti
ment, calculated to check the mad career
of certain extremists of the dominant
party, cannot fall to exert a salutary Influ
ence throughout the wholdcountry. Whilst
It would be a calamity for the Government
to ugaln fall Into the hands of the Destruc
tive Democratic party—thereby reopening
many of the national issues settled by the
result of the war—It would be no less a
calamity for certain extremists and Im
practicable leaders of the Federalist party,
to retain tlielr ascendancy. The late elec
tions In the North may, therefore, bo re
garded as a timely rebuke to the rash and
Impracticable men who have sought to
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1 almost mi absurdity. Bobirs. Conran- tend It well nlgli to ruin. Ileyond this, the
?!on or No Convention being the leadln
i-sne. all ballots cast which fall to declare
for or against Convention, amount
nothing, and will be thrown cut.
Tiif. State Roai> out of Debt —We nn-
terstand that tills Road is now in funds,
and will remit, during the present week,
the full balance due the Government,
amounting to about four hundred thousand
dollars ($400,000.)
This will place the Road clear ol debt;
so that its ftiture earning* cun go to re
plenish the Treasury of the State. Tills
1s perhaps tho only important railway in
the South that has been able to liquidate
the full amount of Its obligations to the
Government; and when we consider this
important fact in connection with the ad
ditional fact that the Road Is nowin better
e< ndltlon, and lias a better supply of roll
ing stock than almost any other road South
of the Potomac, It Is no ordinary commen
dation of its elllcieut management. When
Maj. Wallace was appointed Superinten
dent of this Road, he found It in a very in
different condition; most of the bridges
were temporary and unsafe affairs; the roll
ing stock was scant and of uu indifferent
quality, and the road was greatly in debt
to the Government. Now it Is in superior
« t>udition; well supplied with stock; and is
of debt. No higher commendation
cvuld be pronounced In favor of the ability
and efficiency of that ollicer.
• Important Arrest in Chattanooga.—
G. W. Head, alia* “Sugar Head,” a noted
desperado, wns arrested in Chattanooga on
Tuesday evening, on a charge of attempt
to mtmh-r. It appears that in 1805, he rode
tip to the house of Maj. Yates, In the
neighborhood of Ringgold, (la., and de
manded ids money. The Major replied
that he had no money, whereupon the pri
soner drew a revolver and shot him in the
eye. leaving him for dead. He will ire sent
to Georgia, ns an application for a requisi
tion ha* been sent for by Maj. Yates.
Shipping Horses South.—TIio Chatta
nooga Union of yesterday says: Thu lineal
lot of horses that we have seen for a long
time, passed through tho city yesterday, en
route for Florida. They were purchased at
Louisville, at prices ranging from $75 to
$100 each. The shipper Informed us that
he can get, on an average, $430 a pair for
them In Florida, as horses and mules are
quite scarce In that section.
More Muhdkr in.Tennessee.—On Not-
chle creek, six miles cast of MadUonvllle,
on the Iron Works road, one hour before
daylight, on Wednesday morning of last
week, Mr. Toliver White was shot at his
own house by a man named William Car
ter, of Georgia, nud died In about three
hours. ^ ___
The Virginia Election.—The counties
of Stafford and Farquler. where the Anti-
Convention party claim n majority, have
from time Immemorial, been nearly three-
fourths Democratic. A different result in
those counties was not. therefore, untlcl-
pa
Religious Revival at Uiiattanooga.—
We,learn from the Union of yesterday that
a religions revival has been in progress in
that city for two weeks pu*t. The services
attending the revival have been conducted
by the Rev. Mr. Phillips with assistance
by Rev. Tho*. McCallle.
From the Land o’ Gooukhs. — Tho
Knoxville Free Press notices a call from
Sam Ivin*, recently of tho Atlanta Jntelli-
gencer, and speaks of his return from the
land of 44 frogs, lizard*, seed-tick* and
goober-peas.” 0
HT The 18th regiment of United States
colored Infantry, who have been garrison
ing forts in Now Mexico, It on route to
Washington City to bo mustered out.
lion. Amoa Kendall, who has been
making a tour of some sixteen month* in
Europe, returned toWoahlngton City on
the 18th iu«t.
zsr Mr. William Ray, one of the oldeat
citizens of Baldwin county, died in that
county on tho 11th Instant, aged eighty-
seven years.
Alabama Convention.—The State Con
stitutional Convention of Alabama meet*
at Montgomery on tho 5th day of next
month.
QTThe “National Bank of America*” a
frati lulent linnnrial invitation of Jersey
CltyN was close:! on the Rftft Inst.
^jrTllghman IUiw*. of the Knoxville
Whig, wu.» married o*i tke ir&hteC* to Mi**
Fannie Schoomnoker.-
Dr. Crow not Dead.—The Nashville
Union deni*** th* statement that Rev. Dr.
Uro*T died ill Ti xa* of yellow ! *V«*i\ ’ ’
popular reaction in Pennsylvania
Ohio fjossesse* little or no signitlcanee.
But these hopeful Indications have been
very generally misinterpreted by the op
ponents of Reconstruction in the Southern
States. We arc very apt to Jump to the
conclusion that, because the people of
Ohio voted down universal negro suffrage
In their own State, they will constrain tlielr
representatives In Congress to modify the
terms proposed to the Southern States.—
Our great error In this matter originate*
in our failure to comprehend the real con
dition of the excluded States. Ohio never
seceded; never took up arms against the
Government; never laid claims to recog
nition ns an independent power; and was
never conquered and held in subjection to
the authorities of the Union. She is,
therefore, within the pale of Constitutional
guarantees, and may demand tho right to
regulate her own laws of suffrage.
Not so with Georgia. We seceded; de
clared our independence oh and made war
against the Government; was beaten in tho
field: made an unconditional surrender;
and became the conquered province of the
Government we sought to break up and
destroy. We are, therefore, held, in ac
cordance with the usages of civilized na
tions, us a conquered State out of tho
Union. Tills being our reul status, as de
fined by one of the Judges of our own
Supreme Court, we can lay claim to none
of the rights and privileges of the Union
until we r-hall have llr.-t been admitted to
full membership of the Union. The terms
of our admission are with the conqueror;
itli the vanquished; and u compli
ance, on our part, with these terms must
precede any demand of rights under the
ederal Constitution.
This is the stand point from which the
question is viewed by tho very men who
>ted down negro suffrage in Ohio; and
e assume that nothing is more true than
that these same men, who voted It down
in Ohio, will continue to vote it upon
Georgia; ami that any failure on our part
to accept tiie prerseiho l terms of read-
mission will result in further humiliation.
The wisest course therefore for us to pur
sue is, to get back into the Union; to do this
upon the best ami most expeditious terms
possible; and then urge our claims to Con
stitutional guarantees, and to political
Equality with other members of the Union.
[For tho Opinion.
Hon. Daniel Irwin,
1 notice the above distinguished gentle
man has published a letter stating that he
is not a candidate for the Convention.—
Neither Judge Irwin nor any other mem
ber of the ticket sought the placo as a can
didate. If they had, they ought not to
have succeeded. They were selected by
tiie friends of reconstruction on account of
tlielr fitness for tiie position, and because
the people need their services. The fact
that Judge Irwin doe* not seek the posi
tion as a candidate. 1* \ good reason, in
view of id* tltness fur the place, why he
should be elected. Tin* Convention'will
no doubt meet at a time when the Judge'*
labors will not conflict with hi* duties a*
u member of It. As the Judge expresses
himself in favor of Convention and ns I
feel quite confident he will serve if elect
ed, shall still support him, and am satisfied
from the general expression which we hear
among the friends of the Convention that
his name will he retained on the ticket,
and he will be elected by a very large ma
jority. ibi * * *
Tub Senatorial Contest in Tennesskr.
It is understood that Governor Brown-
low, Mr. Maynard and Col. Stokes are or
have been candidates for tho United State*
Senatorshlp from Tennessee.* Mr. May
nard declines the race In the following
e*rd{
3b the J{embers qf the General Assembly:
With thsnks to those of your body who
have honored me with your votes for Sena
tor of the United States, I hereby beg leave
to withdraw from the Senatorial contest.
Please, therefore, consider mono longer a
candidate. Horace Maynard.
Nashville, Oct. 23, 1867.
This withdrawal will Increase Brown-
low’s chance* for election. Indeed, we re
gard his election as almost certain.
Cotton in Columdus.—The Sun of yes
terday says:
Our market opened active yesterday
morning on a basis of lBc for strict iulu-
dlln/. but owing to unfavorable intelli
gence received about noon, declined to 15e„
which figures sellers were loth to accept.
Receipt.* 5bS bales—63 by Muscogee - Rail
road. «>! by Mobile and Glianl Railroad. .7)
by Ojteilkn Railroad, and 481 by wagon*.
6TA young lady residing at Niagara
Falls, the dauglitur of a prominent cuueii
there, and who hns from her infancy boon
surrounded by every luxury with which
Indulgent parent* could surround her.
eloped last week with a hack driver.—
The two;"ere arrested on Thursday at
father of the girl
k * * nee,
It requires no little courage to entertain
and express a favorable opinion respecting
the commercial position of this great sta
ple. It has treated its friends 6o badly: tho
losses of those who have endeavored to
maintain Its price aro so great that tho ex
plosion of John Law's schemes in France
rtlust be referred to to And a parallel. Much
of these losses were the result of tho set
ting of non-commercial theories against a
tew plain commercial facts. In November,
1805, tiie price of middling cotton was
pushed up In tills market from 44 to 65
cents per pound—from which there lias
been a steady decline to the close of last
week—when the same grade sold at 18 cents
per pound. Among tho transactions re
cently effected, 500 bales sold at 19 cents,
which cost 50 cents per pound, tho loss up
on which, exclusive of storage, insurance
and other charges, was over eighty-five
thousand dollar*. And this ease is one of
many. One who ivont into the market fora
flyer, to the extent of not more than fifty
bales, thereby lost a small fortune. The
decline that has taken place has pulled
down and bankrupted some of the oldest
and wealthiest mercantile houses in the
world.
In vjew of these facts, expressions of
confidence in the staple, even at the rela
tively low prices that have been reached,
will be received with incredulity. But
there are facts that must not be lost sight
of. Cotton, at the present prices, is not
paying tiie cost of growing. The average
price of middling cotton before the war
was He. per pound, in gold; equal to lGc.
In our present currency: adding 2J^c for
the government tax, making 13>.jc., while
it is perfectly plain that the cost of raising
cotton has fully doubled, and at least 22c.
K r pound is necessary to return the planter
• first cost.
The estimates of the yield of the crop
now coming to market vary from 2.400,000
to 2.800,000 bales. But it is coming upon
markets nearly bare, whereas, the stock
one year ago was three hundred thousand
bales. We exported last year 1A60.GU0 bales.
It is not probable that the exports this Year
will greatly exceed that figure. We have to
replenish our stocks, instead of drawing
from them, and this alone will nearly dis
pose of the increased growth. Again, the
lower prices will greatly Increase the con
sumption. There will be fifty per cent,
more cotton used with the price at 22c than
at over 40c. Cotton goods at low prices
largely take the place of linens and wool
ens. It is mixed largely in so-called wool
en, linen and silk fabrics, and with the
high cost of food, cotton goods, must be
, News lit Brief*
Dr. Mary E. Walker is said to havo kept
her nose tied up all the way across tho At
lantic, because some gentleman on board
the ship would smoke!
Several mercantile Arm* In Philadelphia
have suspended within tho last two days.
The liabilities of one are reported at $200,*
000.
, A man, ninety years old, was buried at
Portsmouth, X. II., on Saturday, who had
kept Ills gravestone and his roflln in hit
garret for the last twenty years.
They have a dog at the Peoria (111.) post-
ofllee who stands guard at the ladles’ door,
and will not let gentlemen enter.
_ co-operative store, with $30,000 capital,
haa just been opened in Bt. Louis, with
successful prospects.
The Rev. It. A. Fletsclinm, who died sud
denly In Philadelphia last week. Is said to
have been tiie first German Baptist preach
er In tiie United States.
It is stated that$1,373,000 has been paid
out in the Southern Districts for Recon
struction expenses, leaving a deficiency to
bo made good at the coming session of
Congress.
The Presbyterian Synod of Virginia will
meet in Charlestown, Jefferson county, on
*ie Gth of November. *
Charles Dickens will reach Boston earl
in November, as he Is announced to sal
from Liverpool In the Java on the 25th
Instant.
The residence of General Clinton B.
Fisk, in St. Louis, was robbed last week of
jewelry and laces worth $2,000.
The Hon. John Wentworth has mode a
donation of $10,000 to Dartmouth College
Axothek Negro Riot in Savannah.
The Savannah Republican learns that on
Sunday night last, a man, named Milledgo
Brown, was badly beaten near the Ogec-
chee river, by six or seven negroes, who
assaulted him with murderous Intent. The
particulars of the affair are as follows:
It appears that Brown, a man named
William Riley, and several negroes are em
ployed at Abraham Sheftall’s steam saw
mill, on the Ogeechce, about twelve miles
from the city. Brown had given a negro a
lead pencil, which another name Bonaparte,
took and kept. Brown and Riley went up
on Thursday night to see about it, and as
they were coming away. “Boney” called
Riley a vulgar name. Riley struck him
with a piece of iron, and in return tho ne
gro knocked his assailant down and jump
ed on him. Brown then interfered and
struck “Boney” with‘a stick. The two
then went away.
Nothing more occurred until Sunday
night. Brown and another man of tiie
same name with himself, were going from
tin? mill to the house where they live,
Therefor, placing the yield at 2.600,000
bales, it is not atall probable that we
shall have more than 1,600,000 bales to ex
port. if. indeed, we can spare so much.
Cotton comes into the ports slowly* Tiie
Treasury regulations respecting the pay
ment of the tax are stated to be the prin
cipal cause of the delay in getting the
crops to market. It will be well for the
South if there bo some delay; it will serve
to restore confidence, of which there is :i
marked deficiency. The available shipping
of the ports promise* to be fully occupied
the next three month* in supplying Great» held so that le* was unable to rende
Britain's more pressing needs f«»r food.—j a*dstiinee. Tin* man struck Millcdge
Consequently, with immediate largo re- Brown several times with tiie spike, in-
ceipt* at the’port*. ■ ho rate* of freight* and i dieting n -evere wound upon hi.* head. He
exchange will be greatly adverse to the in- j managed to break from them and ran and
teiv-ts of* cotton. New York alone pro- I hid in the bushes, and escaped In the dark-
mh-cs to be able to furnish immediate fa- j nos-. They limited for him for some time,
eillties for handling cotton. Besides, it i* | fait failed to And him. He then made hi
whicli wa* but a short distance off. when
some six or seven negroes jumped from
out of tiie bii-hes along the road and as
saulted Brown, one of them striking him
and knocking him down with an iron
Ispike. Hi* companion was seized and
bable that the cotton tax will I e reduc-
nt per lb. soon after the meet-
1 to
ing of Congress. After January there will,
no doubt, he less difficulty in moving the
crop to the advantage of the planter. We
are aware that tiie southern cotton grow
ers are in but poor condition to carry their
cotton crop: and, of course, it would be
impossible, if our idea were adopted, to
carry it fully into practice.
The wants of Europe for the coining
year will undoubtedly exceed the amount
she has taken during the past; and when
It shall bo demonstrated that her supply
from America will bo increased but little,
if any, a considerable reaction will un
doubtedly take place In the prices current
in her markets.—AT. Y. World.
Case of Jefferson Davis.—A late Wash
ington letter says:
••From official sources It is learned that
the case of Jefferson Davis will undoubt
edly be tried next month, whether Chief
Justice <’lm*o shall preside or nor. Each
party desire* and expects Judge Chase to
hear the ea*e. and them* I- at thi* rime no
good rea*on know u that would prevent hi
Id Mu
to Mr. Sheftail's house and remained
tin-re all night.
The parties have been arrested.
.State Elections Next Month.—Elec
tions will be held in the following States,
ami on tiie days below set forth, in the
month of November:
JJassach nsetts.—X ovember 5.—Go vernor.
Lieutenant Governor. Secretary of State,
Treasurer. Attorney General. Councillors,
and members of Court.
Minnesota.—November 5th. — Governor,
Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State.
Auditor. Treasurer. Attorney General, and
members of the Legislature.
Xno York,—November 5th.— Secretary
of State, Comptroller, Treasurer, Attorney
General. State Engineer and Surveyor. Ca
nal Commissioner, inspector of State Pris
ons. Juges, and member* of Legislature.
Kansas.— November 0th. — Members of
Legislature, and amendments to Constitu
tion.
Xt to Jersey.—November Cth.—Members
of Legislature.
IIVjk"ini'ii. —'November 8th.—Governor.
Lieiit-nant Governor. Secretary of Stab
Stories about Whit* Aura.—Traveler,
In tlici East have told aomo wonderful ato
ne, about the ravage, committed by tho
white ant, but the following, from an En
glish Magazine, are the latest:
“ An old itory 1, largely credited In In
dio, in regard to the voracity of the white
»«t, A gentleman having charge of a
chest of money, placed It on the floor,
where It was speedily attacked by these
destructives, who soon annihilated tho
bottom of tho box and baga containing the
specie, which fell piece by piece Into the
hollows ol tho termitlcs’ burrow Just un
derneath tho floor where tho box wns
placed. When tho coin was demanded it
was not to be found, but the attacks of the
ants were Incontestlblc, and the story
abroad that their teeth were capable of
vourlng metal. Homo year, afterward?,
when tho house was undergoing repairs,
tho whole sum was found sevoralfeet deep
In the earth In tho midst of the ant-nest.
White ants once attacked a British ship of
the line, the Albion. She wnf about to put
into port In consequence, uud had to ho
broken up.
"These creatures nre much relished as
food by tho natives of tho Interior of India,
ns well as by those of Africa. In India, be
fore tho migration of the ants, two holes
are bored In the nest opposite to each other;
on tho leeward side, a pot Is placed, which
has been rubbed with aromatic herbs; on
the windward side a Are Is made the smoke
of which drives tho insects Into the pots.
These captured victims are then securely
fastened In, dried over tho Are, and ground
Into flour, and made into pastiy which Is
sold to poor people, bnt which, '*
abundantly, produces dysentery,
time of the migration or these ants In Af
rica, myriads of them fltll Into the water,
when the hatlves skim olf the surftree with
calabashes, then grill them in Iron cauld
rons over a largo Arc, stirring thorn as cof
fee Is stirred. Tho natives cat them by
handful?, without nccompanlracnt or other
preparation, and consider them very dell-
clou?. They aro said to rescmblo In taste
sugared cream, or sweet almond paste.
Tho Hottentots eat them very greedily
when boiled, and grow plump anil fat upon
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rviiehv 'hr - the Treasurer,Comptroller. Attorney fieneral.
wm r i;.-t ,! !‘m'M.r"l!vewwk% ,h!ff runnln'!
|M
r tiie term of Hi
art. wlileli meet-on the ltrst
■eeinl'ir. It 1* barely !"'-'ibl,' I hut .bulge ””“T‘ “bi *'
(.’hose may not (eel warranted in entering i uujut h |!l Eonb. Me- I
upon a hearing, lest lie shall be prevented
In the meantime from attending to til
peratlve duties in the Supreme Court
gal questions of vast impertanee are pre
pared for argument before the Circuit
Court, wlileli It Is desired shall be derided
by the Chief Justice. But rather limn this
case shall bo continued, both parties nru
represented ns willing to submit tlielr
points to Judge Underwood, trusting to
getting them before tho Supreme Court fh
nally by writ of error.”
Wild Clovsii.—\ new gras*, which Is
generally colled in this section by the
name of Wild Clover, Is springing’luxurl-
antly all over this District, and we see
from our exchanges, all over the Southern
States. It grows almost everywhere, and
seems to Suite bold even or the washed
and galled parts of the land, as if It would
redeem both the looks and fertility of tho
country. It appears to bo a dwarf clover.
Is very thick set. and coven the earth with
a beautiful carpet of green. We have
heard that a single root sends out as many
as six hundred branches, and that pulled
out at random and counted. It Is much
relished by cattle, and Is said to ho exterm
inating tho Bermuda. Joint, Sledge. anil all
other grasses. Wo see that It Is attracting
much attention In Middle (leorglu.—
Laurtnetille Herald.
ClMKOSITY (IV A ItKI'EXTAXT TiIIKK.—
We liuil tho billowing remarkable state
»por:
Porous buslncs,
nu in, ! man of St. Cools, captured n tlielr in hi
' " ls I Sleeping apartment. The culprit pleaded
* 4 1 so hard for release that Mr. lv. sot him at
liberty, on tho proinlsoof future good be
havior. giving him some money besides.—
In lsiIO, Mr. K. failed In business, and be
came a clerk at a moderate salary. Pass
ing the post nfllco a short time since, K.
who was very shabbily attired, was ac
costed by an elegantly dressed, bcleweled
Individual, with, “How do you do, Mr. K. ?
Olad to see you! Still In business on Main
street f" K. vainly endeavoring to remem
ber tho stranger, replied that he was not
In huslne—: iu fart, was limiting a situa
tion. Stranger -aid. “Please walk w ith mo
ashurt distance.” The two repaired to a
hotel, where the stranger Introduced him
self as the repentant thief. He forced K.
to eocept a loan of *10,000, with which to
recommence business. He said that dur
ing the war he had made a large sum of
money, and he had long desired to express
bis gratitude to K. In some substantial
manner.
The Bibd or the Tollinq Bell.—
Among tho highest woods and deepest
glens of Brazil, a sound Is sometimes heard
so singular that tho noise seems quite un
natural; It Is like the distant and solemn
tolling of a church bell, struck at intervals.
Tho extraordinary noise proceeds from the
Arawundu. The bird sits on tlietopofthe
highest trees In tho deepest forests, and
TELF.UBAPIlItl lNTEmuENOIfs
From the New Tori’Press Association.
Initiatory Coursutlam,
Washinqtos, Oct. H.-Tho National
Republican Committee to initiate tho Preslo
dentlal campaign moots here on tho 11th
of December. That of ths Democrats
meets November 1st.
Virginia Elections.
Returns from Virginia indicate tho suc
cess of the Conucntlon and predominance
of Rod leals, and show tho whites nud blacks
against each other almost solidly.
Baltimore Election.
Tho Democratic candidate has been elec
ted in Baltimore by 13,000 majority.
Uen. aiicrldlan at Ilartfard.
Gcu. Sheridan participates In nu.impof-
ing display at Hartford to-day.
Judge CUaso to Try nr. Darla.
Judgo Chase writes Judgo Underwood
that ho will ho la Richmond at thojopen-
Ingof tho Court, and if;tho dotoaso desires
It, ho will try Mr. Davis at once.
Judge Chaso will not remain in Rich
mond after tho opening of the Supremo
Court hero in December.
Cable Summary.
Ceraldlnl has formed an Italian Minis
try.
Ciraldla.Is framing a Coup de Elat.
From Washington.
WAsncroTox, Oct. 31.—Tho announce
ment of Oen. Marmaduko’s pardon was
premature. It Is on the President! table,
with tho Attorney General’s recommenda
tion. awaiting the President’s signature.
Colfax la at Cooper Institute. He advo
cates Impeachment, and Gen. Grant as tho
Radical nominee for the Presidency.
General Grant has General Thomas’ re
port of Ills proceedings during the recent
Noshvllloelectlons,covcrlng tho correspon
dence between Generals Grant and Thom
as and Governor Brownlow and Mayor
Brotvn. Tho particulars are Inaccessible.
The Retrenchment Committee have con
fined themselves to tho examination of
books and papers. They havo examined
no witnesses. Iu the present stage of tho
investigation speculation as to the commit
tee's action ls idle.
General Grant was at work to-day.
Secretary Seward was at the White
House to-day.
Dr. Sam Bard, of the Atlanta Now Era,
Is in the city.
Gen. Howard has returned.
The revenue receipts to-dny were S203,-
oon.
The Post Master General advertises for
contracts under the new Postal treaty with
England. A departure on alternating is
contemplated.
'arkerreports the Dismal Swamp Cuual
had condition, with only three and a
half feet water.
Colfax says ofGeu. Grant: He is the no
blest and the greatest mystery. He has tho
pcrtenacity of Wellington with the ditsh
of Napoleon, and his modesty is only
equalled by his merit.
Yellow Fever.
Moiiili:. Oct. 21.—There were only two
Interments from yellow fever for the twen
ty-four hours cndlngat Oo'cloek this even
ing.
New Ohleans, Oct. 21.—There were 19
Interments from yellow fever for tho twen
ty-four hours eliding at ((o'clock this morn
ing.
Politics III Nortb Carollua*9
Wilmington, Oct. 24.—Opposition to the
Convention l* increasing, but a majority
will probaUly vote in>JkvoMof»it.^Vcry
few negro delegates will bo elected in this
.State, tho whites having a majority of about
5.000. Tho Conservatives will undoubted
ly control tho body.
Departure of Scuor Romero*
Chalkjtox. Oct. 21.—Senor Romero cx-
?ct* to sail for Mexico iu the steamer
Wilderness about the end of the week.
Richmond, Oct. 21.—Returns at General •
Seliolleld's headquarters show conclusively
that thu State Ins voted in favor of Con
vention and tint it will bo Radical by 15
njority.
Tiie city elect* the following Radicals
n;i c after threo day* contest eHunnlcutt, Judgo
tiary offence, denounced exhibitions of* Underwood, Morrissey auil two colored
drunken men in uniform on the streets of j members.
the food. They also consume tho pup® of
the ants, which they call rice, on accouut
of its resemblance to that grain. They
cook these in a small quantity of water.
A large nest will sometimes yield a bushel
of the paup®.
Cotton Fraud in New York.—As is
generally known an internal revenue tax
per pound is collectable on all cotton ex
ported from this country. This tax is
legitimately payable at the place of pro
duction ; but, in order to facilitate sales,
ifoe Treasury Department allows cotton to
be shipped in bond from tiie South to
Northern ports, and the tax to be collected
at the warehouse when export is made.—
Not long ago a deficiency of about $20,000
was discovered between the number of
bales of cotton called for by tiie books of n
certain cotton warehouse *in this city and
tho number of bales in store. An investi
gation into tills discrcpeney brought out
the fact, ns alleged, that about three hun
dred bales, belonging to different parties
and left on storage, bud mysteriously dis
appeared, and are supposed to have found
a European market without tlr.-1 paying
thu tax required by tho internal Revenue
law. The warehouse in which tiiL cotton
wAs stored, was with its contents, de.-troyed
by lire a few month* since, and the three
hundred bales now alleged to have been
eptitiously removed were supposed to
• been burned. Such proabuble de
struction of the cotton would have been
credited until now, had it not been, ns is
alledged. that when the parties owning the
warehouse made application for the pay
ment of their insurances the usual investi
gation made by the companies was Insti
tuted. and resulted in the discovery that
the presence in the warehouse at the time
of the conflagration of tho threo hundred
bales for which payment was claimed could
not 1® proved oy the books of the estab
lishment. The principal party connected
with the affair is now in Canada. The ad
juster of the insurance lias the matter in
charge, and will. U hi* surmises as to the
fraud ls correct, brrog the matter specially
before the court*.—Herald, 12f%*
Tiie Destruction of a Nbwspafbr Of
fice in Aukansa*— Central OnVs Action.
Brevet Major Geo. S. Fierce. United States
Army, lias been tried and convicted by
Court-martial, convened at Camden, Ark.,
of violating the fifty-fourth article of war.
in causing the destruction of tiie Constitu
tion nl Eagle office, at that place, on the
Mil of August i.«*t. The sentence con
demned thu aceii-ed "to forfeit ids month
ly pay for one year, and to bo degraded in
rank, so that, he -hail have id* name placed
on the list of captain* of infantry,and shall
take rank next after the fifty captains now
next below him in rank, ami tube repri
manded iu general order-.’’
Gen. Onl in approving the sentence takes
occasion to edify Major Pierce iu this wav:
"The article'in the newspaper, which
provoked the accused to commit a penitem
Camden. Major 1’ierco seems to havo been
aware that untruthful criticisms does not
provoke a man of sense, but that newspa
per comments usually nre resented onl v in
proportion to their fidelity to fact. The
General Commanding hopes that this view
of the subject will impress Itself upon
him, and that hereafter lie will have no oc
casion to feel resent ment at any publica
tion upon tiie subject of drunkenness.
Wonders or Ancient Rone.-The last
number of Hours at Home contains nn in
teresting description of the wonders of
ancient Borne, sneaking of the Coliseum,
the writer says: It reveals a wonderful
skill In masonry and great architectural
strength: it shows the wealth and resour
ces of rulers who must have bad the trea
sures of the world at their command; it
Indicates the enormous population, since It
would seat all the male adults In the city
of New York; it shows the restless pas
sions of tho people for excitement, and the
neccssityon the part of the Government
of yielding to this taste. What leisure anil
indolence marked a city which could af
ford to gi\o up so much time to tho de
moralizing sports? What facilities for
transportation were nHorded, when so
many wild beasts could be brought to the
many wild beasts could be brought to tin
t lo - U j 1 constantly heard In the most de- j C aplrol central parts of Africa with’
^'7. vet T rnro ty icen ; : out calling on: unusual comment ? How
X ™:,'Y aV T° Make Horse* Dkaw.-a t.*H> Inmo^iido to-'conrelve^’nnything of
llrtuy ‘ hametcr than the profound Government to provide such expensive
, mu u»v;nni;
I Mlt«‘ll!tk/;'\ «
tram of two horsM. liltvh«l ton Jvnirntlri tunic IWmrr
limvily loniM with w noil. ‘t.illiMl at the 'IKOTO of rim m .mils. Iirokiii only by tho
hill noar tlto Tenmsoao mnml-honso, yes-; nn tnllo*nr| alnnot stijivmntimtl sound u!‘ 1
toril.iy. ami nil tho tvhlpnltiy ami lM*flnjr1lhl‘tnrlftll** til nl. nmiiny from tho Mr.
by tlio drivor ootiiil n< t Imhito thorn to<nn>l leemtnx to follow uhiTi’vt'f yott yo.
bmljto a [loif. Just us tho Joint w as about Tim ••Ar.tw'umlu” I* whim, w ith n circle 6f
to irlvo up the contest: tn iMptlr. an whl i rest aiotm l It- oves; Iu flat I* about that
country mqrro came tip to tnc horses, slip
ped tho bridles from their horn Is, patted
thorn & few time. Upon the nock with his
hand, and then clvlny tho word, the Animals
moved off with Apparent ease and cheer
fulness, anil no further uiillcultv occurred
during the ascent of the hill. The old
darkey stated that he hud driven manv
balky horses in liU day, and never knew
.Ida simple plan of indut-ln* them to draw
falthfrilly to fail.—l.ynMrmt Xtn. ■»
of tho tame pigeon.
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^it^Somo weeki ej
VtcKsntitn is Dvxocn.—VtckahurfT is
again alarmed a: the pixi'peet ol' bvcomine
an Island city. Tim cuual dux by our
troops across the pctilnstilu^oieioslto the
c ty, threatens, In time, to become the
... channel or the river. The canal (HI led
the_ homo of Gen- original]}- become the main current struck
.. .. | nK - 0 f ti, 0
“miers it
„ .... .. . - , -- r. Wit high
mil, null escaped. On and dry before the vent- IsTo. Tho Herald,
k. all of Gen. UskVlnst of that idlv.JVan.tlmt tho next flood will
• by proper cuKhwerliig options’
nr eonio week* ago the hotuooruen- originally because the main currc
oral Clinton B: Flik, in 8t. Louis, was rob- below Its hear!, but the rauld cavi
her! of $1000 Worth 6f jewelry. Next flay hank during r vt r
u woman'win urreotW in hprlnsiiebl. III. probable that Vb'ksbnry will be
Tho Radical ticket dhl not receive CO
white nor the Conservative ticket CO color
ed votes In tho city.
Tho negroes voting tho Conservative
ticket were again chased away from the
polls by a negro mob.
Ilmmlcutt's son wns arrested fortcaring
up Conservntl ve tickets In the hands of ne
groes at tho Monroo Ward polls and sent
to the Libby, but was subscqently released.
Marriage nr Wholesale.—A most ex
traordinary matrimonial arrangement has
lately been consummated In Chicago. The
bare annonneement of “Married on the —
Instant, by the Rev. Mr.—. at the resi
dence or the father of the three bridee.Hr.
Frank Ulbrlch to Miss Barbara Schnnr;
also, Mr. Augustus Ulbrlch to Miss Mary
Schnur; also, Mr. Henry W. Ulbrlch to
Miss Elizabeth Schnur.” would tell nearly
the whole story, tho only really necessary
additional Information being that tho three
bridegrooms are brothers, that the happy
brides aro sisters; and that, in both In
stances, It finished up tho family. It wa»
literally the marriage of tlio entire fami
lies.
The three Ulbrichs are nil thrifty yonng
men, representing ns many different trailer,
and the trio ordaughters were comely, and
reared to habits of Industry nud frugality.
It wns nn economical arrangement, thus
wooing and marrying at wholesale; n
great saving In light?, fttel, and theexpen-
ses of tho wedding festivities was effected.
And then, In the matter of keeping the
family records. It was a great convenience
to have both families merged Into one.
A Good Word tor Tobacco.—Doctor
Francis, a distinguished New York physl- -
clew, -sr* • “It hns gwncr-ll’’ been n>“ »r-
peilence that those whndo hot use tohaeco
areabllged to work or walk while thinking,
be employed, In order that the Intellect'
may niovo at will.”