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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 i vii... i. I * I*' ‘‘“i Lilt lit|lllUiltillJ * iUIU i. III! ,1.4 V t 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 I,,1Ml,! (I... — . h.t >1,, l.lt UlMI-'inii -..I.-I... , ... : 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. - ¥ i —41 ^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.”