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GEORGIA WEEKLY OPINION THE WEEKLY OPINION. BY W. L. ICBUOOS BHD J. B. BUMBLE. WEDNESDAY MORNING. OCTOBER28. Ok a ** Btkikk.**— 1 The hand* at the Roll- In# Mill are on u *fcrik<i for wage* which ibcy claim to b« due wvernl month*. Corrox.—Th« number of wagon* In the City, yesterday* wan considerably lea* than the average of last weak, although the price of cotton Is looking up a litt le. We under stand that sales have been made this week at 12# cent*. DiUDr—Mr, W. K. Mason, nn old and highly esteemed member of Fire Company No. 1, died at his residence in tills city, on Monday last, lie had been an active nml efficient member of the company tor eight years. lie was buried by the member* ol No. 1 Fire Company and the niheriMan Association. Firf..—The alarm of lire at midnight, last night, was caused hy tiie burning of the dwelling of Mrs. Hinton, on Decatur street. Most of the family were absent from the premises when the fire was dis covered ; consequently a large portion of the contents of the building was destroyed. The Are, it was conjectured, originated from the bursting of a lamp. We were unable to obtain particular* ns to Insu rance. ^ ^ ^ QTA correspondent of the Rome Cou rier does justice to Dr. Miller, one of the nominee* on the Republican ticket for this district. We give our cotcmporary—an opponent to Reconstruction under the Congressional plan— full credit for Its Dkmocracy and Rkcokstkuctiox. — Since the election In Ohio and Pennsylva nia, some people in this section have changed their views, and have declared their purpose to vote against Reconstruc tion. We are at some loss to see what we have to gain by this course. What can we accomplish hy it? Can we get Into Con gress, and resume our statu* as a State of the Union in any other way than that pre scribed hy Congress? If *o, hW? Will some of our opposition friend* enlighten us on tills point ? Congress hold* it* pos session of power for two years to come. During that period, the Reconstruction Law is not likely to bu changed. The blacks are already enfranchised. I* it In our power, whilst out of the Union, to de prive them of the ballot ? If so. how? The question i* not whether unlve siillVage Is politic a right in itself. That Is not tiie issue. The question is. What, tin der tiie circumstances, is the best that, we can do? If Georgia, like Ohio, was a State in the Union, and In a condition to claim her Conditional rights, then might we, like Ohio, vote down negro suffrage. But our condition Is very different. Our status 1* that of a conquored State out of the- Union. R U the province ol the conquor ed to accept the best terms offered by the conquorcr. This lathe usage of civilized nations. And In accordance with tills usage, should we not call a Constitutional Convention and get Into the Union upon the terms offered ? This done, we will then be hi a condition to talk about Constitu tional rights—not before. Do Nothing.—Henry a. Wish has turned Abolitionist. In a late speech he declared that he would not regtore Slavery if it lay In ids power to do so. He even quasi endorsement of one of our candidates, declared hi* belief that Slavery had been and suggest that the grumbler* at home , t ]„, source of all onr national troubles— smother their ill-tlnicd wrath. j the clog to Southern prosperity whilst in MM,. ~",~V, f 7 7' , the Union; the canso of our disasters dii- ISTThu Intelligencer of ye.ter.lay r , am , , ie „„ ht , mv(J Bdde(1 <•«.«*• the stumbling block to Iteration after Oram .Tory of the f niton Superior Court; ,. |(W1 , „ f th# w , r< for the second week. The jury recoin- „ . .... , „ . r ,, ... , But Wish is a Democrat. Like Marius jnemle.1 that "these presentments be pub- „ f ()|d weopover tho rilln8 of Car . bllshed only n ...el. el.y mem » w on Id refu50 1w comfortcd . If lie . ...ert them freeof charge, of. It c might J ( , 01 * tr „ etlol) onder „ le 8nKltMAS Act wer „ have .ueepfU the proposition ...ul p.".- ^ W(m)d „, pport llsheil the document, free of charge," Imil . 11 official lalior furi.UI.ed US the copy, almll refer to the puhlleatlon In our next. 'Jit. But Inasmuch as it U a Rcpub.lean “ j measure, lie will not. If Andhf.w John- L ‘ ■ sox had proposed ...el. a plan in 1805, Mr. Business.—There are some little cvl- I Wise would,doubtless, have “accepted the donees of the Improvmcnt in business.— Cotton is again on the ascending scale. Some aides were made yesterday at 14 cents—the purchaser paying tho tax. Wheat was sell- Ing at SI 10 The retail dry goods trade, generally dull. Jobbers In the grocery line, were lining a few orders yesterday from the country. Every body complain ing of the scarcity of money. Loans are dllllei.lt at a>. per cent per month. The business on the Railroads has experienced alight Improvmcnt. This is especially true of the State road, and hence the evidences of hope in the local trade of the city. Caution Nkuessaky,—It is stated by the Washington Star, of the lDtli, that the Sec retary of the Treasury will Immediately make a demand for reclamation on the per sons from whom about eighty thousand dollars' worth of alleged counterfeit seven- thirty notes wbra received at the Dcpnrt- luent, which claims that In the course of business the understanding is that until notes, etc., aro dually and satisfactorily examined here they aro at the 1’lsk.of those presenting them. Should these persons refuse to make satisfaction, tho Treasury will take tho advice of some law* olllcer of tho Government—perhaps the Attorney General—and he governed hy his opinion. Meson,-Keren.—The result of the Ohio election Is made the occasion for renewed attacks upon (ion. I'oi-K by the Antl-lte- constructlon press. Is it possible that these gentlemen believe Gen. Porn to lie the au thor of tho Sherman Bill ? Do they really believe the General to lie personally res ponsible fur its disagreeable provisions! 8i.eh a construction is anything hut com plimentary to their intelligence; and yet if it be not tn.e, why do they continue to abuse bin. ? Gen. roi-K la doing nothing but what bis Government has commanded him to do.— If Bukhman kills Indluns in obcdlcnco to orders, why should not Gen. Pont obey or ders In the cnforccmentofthelaws of Con gress! In both cases, tho Government Is the principal, and tho two military gentle men are but agents, noting within the pre scribed limits of tliolr ugcncy. Why slmsc -cither! Why not abuse the principal and acquit tho agent! That Is the law and it -b tho common sense of tho case. We should nover abuse a man merely because be la discharging a disagreeable ourv. Never! situation,” But as it is, ho won’t “ accept” without a Ikmiocratlc amendment. What does Mr, Wisk propose! lie proposes doing nothing, of course. Do Nothingl Men become puti|>crs and vagrants by sim ply doing nothing. Btatcs and nations lose cast am] political Inll.iencc by doing nothing. We have been doing nothing for two years, and are already on the descend ing scale to ruin. Let us but continue to do nothing, and we shall soon reach the bottom. tSTThc Now York Times—Conserva tive Republican — notices the fact that some of the Bouthcrn papers have at last got over their doleful dumps, uml got into a state of something like exhilaration, In view of the late Democratic successes. And the Times adds: “We hate to dash tl.elr Joy lit the least; but it may bo as well for then, to beware of counting too lunch on the late elections. They by no means prove that the Democracy arc going to sweep the country next year, or any thing of the kind. They hy no means prove that the Republican party has col lapsed. or anything of tho sort. They may prove that the people of the North nre not prepared to endorse the revolutionary schemes of the more violent partisans in the last Congress; hut they do not prove that the South will over bo reconstructed according to tho plans of tho Copperhead Democracy. If our Southern contempo raries cannot learn this hy studying the election returns, they will lie taught it hy others yet to come.” HT’ Colonel Wood, Chief of tho Secret Service Division of tho Treasury Depart ment, has had all his force at work since the discovery of tho counterfeit Seven- Thirty notes. It has now been definitely ascertained that over one thousand of them ha vo been put upon tbe market, and that the plates were not mndc In Europe, but in this country. It Is further stated that Phila delphia has been tho headquarters for prin ting them. Thocl.ic to tho whole proceed ings Is said to be In possession of the Se cret Service officers. T.Rmtit from General Grant.—A tele gram dated Philadelphia.Oct. 10th,says: Upon tho mlre.ne.it or Dr Lclbcr from tho office of Rebel records be wrote to General Grant congratulating him upon his success, and saying tlmt it was rarely that history had ever devolved upon one man so many great civil and military res ponsibilities, lie felt it was possible a greater crisis was coming than that which ended In Appomattox Court House, and be prayed he might be strong enough tu ac cept the responsibility. Grant's letter is Mid to bo tho most Radical l.o lias written. -In It he says he trusts he “may have Strength to answer any responsibility that may devolve upon him. No matter.how solemn It in Ay bo lie will net hesitate to nc- oept U If tho country demands it,” IS” Tho Lebanon Herald says tho corn -drop of Wilson county, Tennessee, Is re markably heavy—considerably above an -Grerage one, and perhaps the best for the vUft twenty years. HT On tho first Tuesday of November, which is the ilfthday of the month, elec tions will be held In the States of New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Wisconsin, Min nesota, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri and Ne vada. Some of tlioso States voto for n Governor and State officers, but In others the tickot Is only local. Reconstruction ix Louisiana.—Advi ces from New Orleans state that tho total nnmlicr of votes cast for and against the Convention exceeds sovcnty-llve thousand, and that the majority In Us favor will reach iiftccn thousand. It la expected that the Convention will bo convoked at an early day. HT Tho Chattanooga Union states that Chancellor D. C.Trc whitt and Judge W.L. Adams, In whose respective districts tho Governor has Issued orders for elections to be held, aro both candidates for re-election. Tho cause, of their resignation waa a desire to obtain Increased compensation, and they arc running again to get it. tV'Thurlow Weed, tn the New York Commercial Advertiser, confesses “that the whisky frauds alone would pay the total expenses of tht govrmmeD* ’ 1 • est on the national debt ” Does ray friend Dr. Hahsleton and his associates on the “ Union Conservative Democratic Ticket” for Convention against. Convention endorse the Annnnw Johnson. policy of Reconstruction! If so, how long since lie became a convert to Jolmsonlamf' Docs lie still think Andrew Johnson “the- meanest white man In America!” If not, when did ho change his estimate of that “humble Individual/" Does he still be lieve Ariihkw Johnson to lie a traitor, first to the South, then to the North! If not, when did ho change Ids opinion! Come, Doctor, give us ymir views. Y'our three column plillllple stands unrcpealed. It Is still in ftill force. Ought you not to withdraw that terrible Bill of Indictment against that great and good Democrat! Silas. Gkxkrai. IJarnky as a- Runner.—An exchange tells tho fallowing story of the veteran General Harney: General Harney, who- Is sixty-seven years of use, is six feet three Inches in height, aiiu Is as straight us an arrow, and In his younger days used to excel every Indian on the plains with whom he came in contact In running, jumping and wrestling. !Ie Is known universally nmong the Indians as a “fast runner," He tells us that he wus never badly pressed but oncq In running, and that was many years ago; when lie was encamped at tho Madam village, on the Missouri river. The In dians hud brought In their fastest runner and challenged the General to run. All the tribes in that* part of the country were present, and all were In high glee, thinking they Imd u sure tiling. General Harney prepared hhnsclf and went out about a mile from camp across- a ravlue, which was as near as the Indians were allowed to come to his camp, and met them. The Indians Were so confident of winniug tho race, that they bet everything they possessed on the result, and tho officers of Harney's com- Riciuiond, Oct. 17,1947. Gen. Schofield has returned ft-om Woelk- Ington. He saystbnb thero will be no changes made in the Cabinet for somo times If at alL Tbe President bu no present In tentions In tbat direction, nor will there be any alteration In tbe manner of Southern reconstruction. The General Is anxious that tho Convention should be called, and. regrets tbat so many of the white people- aae disposed to oppose It. He says they will be mistaken If they-think tbetr north ern friends will sustain them in such a oearse. If they vote down a Convention, or vote against It, the poaple of tho North can very Justly say: “V'Ahy, tbeso people are unwilling even to giro Congress nnd tho Republicans a chance to show what they will do. They will not even let them make an effort to recon struct their Governments. Why did they not let them hold their Convention, and thon if the Constitution did not suit they would still have it in their power to vote it down. But they will listen to nothing. They will not help themselves, and why should wo help them?” “They mistake the real significance of these Northern elections,” said tin: General* “The people of Ohio arc not voting against suffrage In tho South. .They are only declaring by their votes that Congress has no right to Impose It upon them. They, were never In rebellion—never lost any of their Btato rights. But,with the Soutliern States the esse ts quite different. All their rights were-AMrfeltcd, and Congress has full power to diutete terras lo them.” This was about what tin- General said, and he added furth er, xvich a smile:."If they want to dofoat the Convention, tho best way for them to do It is not to vote at all. But oven this would not defeat it, for the ■ Republicans; black ami white, are many thousands in the State, and .therefore the Convention Is a llxed fact. It Is also certain that tho Constitution that will bo fr. sued by it will be adopted by the people in t approved by Congr.se, and Virginia, before the 4th of March, will be In the Union, 'rejoicing' with her younger sister, Tennessee- Bavjjabity ov a Ska Cavtaix.—A liorrl- niiind also backed their favorite to the blocm^cruelty Is nw before the Un - fullest extent. The Indians would bet a. “g *£“"?' Jf t New Orleans Two and hoys of fifteen or sixteen years lilcl them- pony apifnut a few pounds of sti#nr and coffee. The odds they considered in their favor. The distance run was eight hun dred yards, nnd one from each-side chosen to start them* and us judges of the race. The Indian got almost llftcen. feet the ad vantage of the General in tiie- start, tut supposing lie could beat the Indian easily he did not tnlud It at first; hut R wa* it long distance to gain, und hy putting forth his utmost effort* and straining every nerve, he only beat the Indian three feet. The Indian dropped upon tho ground at the end of the race exhausted,, ami was so chagrined at ills defeat, that he-would, un der no circumstance*, come near the Gen eral again. The General would only ac cept a few trin lling things for hi* winnings* but gave the best back to« the Indian. From tiiat time lie has been known among the Indians as “the fast runner,” and hi* influence is in proportion to- his popular ity- ^ Mi'll UKIlUOH. ASHAUI.T IS A ClIl’KCH.—A Woman Stabbed by her Divorced JIntband. This afternoon, while the- congregation were assembling in tiie German Reformed Church, n nio*t desperate assault was made bv Ferdinand Hoffman upou. the person of his divorced wife, Caroline Yo»t. Ap proaching liw in the choir, he demanded a few momenta* conversation, which being denied, he asked her to kiss him, and while iu the net of doing so, he stabbed her with a butcher knife three tiroes In tho breast and eight times In the abdomen and on the limits. The scene was terrible and heart rending. and tiie screams of the women and the shouts of the men, ns tho assassin lied Iron* the scene of his ns-anIt, were ex citing in tiie extreme. The murderer, with the hutchcr-knlfe in id* hand, streaming with the blood of his victim, attempted to reach the railroad, pursued by a maddened anil excited crowd, but was arrested in his flight by a stalwart countryman, who compelled him to surrender. The excitementnt this point was Intense, and the greatest demand was that the monster should lie lynched on tiie spot. Prudent counsel prevailed, and he aelveK-oa board the bark T. II. Armstrong before It left Liverpool for New Orleans in order to get a free passage. When they made their appearance after the vessel hail got to sea, tho Captain, Rufus Lodge, took one of. them, tied him to a stanchion, tied his hoods behind Ids back, got a sharp stick of wood from the first; mate and rest ed one end on the deck, and, put tho other end—the sharp one—under his chin, forcing lib head backward, causing him great* pain and Buffering. He remained thus tied with Ids head forced backward for nearly eight hours, during which time accused repeatedly came up to him, caught him by tho throat and chocked him, and made him drink, forcibly, half a pint of sea water at a time. A ftcr he had been re leased from the stanchion, the Captaiio made him wash himself in a tub tilled with sea water and lime and forced Ids con nun lorn to-rub his inflamed body with sand pa per and a stiff brush until the skin bled. The other unfortunate was subjec ted to like barbarous treatment. Captain Lodge liSB been held in $5,000 to- appear for trim. Ohio Politics.—The Cincinnati Gazette, the lcadin., Radical paper of Ohio, has in article strongly against any attempt to \tn- peach the President at the present time. It says “the only course now (unless Johnson gives- some new nnd Imperative cause) is ftir Congress to carry through the recon struction ami restoration.of the Soutliern States, and to devote itself.to tho economi cal Interest of the country, nnd to iVre form of the monstrous corruption in the Executive branch, whloh tho abandoned character of the Executive has made usys- tem, and thus lo clear tho way for the-Pre sidential contest, in whloh the Republicans wUl have the aid of Johnson as an exam ple of the misrule tlwy are contending against.'* In nil paru of. tho -Buckeye ’ State tiie Republicans a recoining *ut for Gen. Grunt for President, ns the standard- bearer under whoso lend they can best rc- iMiir their losses at tiie recent election. Sharp Pbactick in Chicago.—The Chi cago Times thinks tiie revenue swindlers , ». ..... , engo nines inuiKs use revenue swimucrs was inarched to jail. At one point the i n V... «,ri» bmiiflors l&isplliii'? nsoi’.lzeil mother of the unfortunate young!wred thus ox! woman conftonteil tho .'row,l a,,4 il.l, 5 S ^“dJft'Sd'Si'aS^SSi lai'iri! slzvil stick Ill-lit the prisoner over the L ».i 1 i„, 1 .„ . *Ar a Ins. s iv tiftv Parrels head, while at the same time he was beat- ! , V' .W’p .J, ' v , ; t8 X HI B on indiscriminately l.y parties in tho ln " ,1< M """ nrai, “ nny narrtls - “ crowd, and another demand was made for Ids Immediate liaiiuliijr. lie was, however, safely lodged iujull. It is doubtful whether the lady can live till morning. Hoffman is a desperate character, and was released but ten days ago from Stato Prison. His only regret is that ho did not kill her nt once.— Canton Cor, Cincinnati Gazelle, Cot.on IX tiik House.—It Is nn old exl nrcsslon that a good horse cannot be of a bad color, still wo lind that the ready sole of a horse depends largely upon Ids color, i Borne hues are strongly objected to, and I prejudice Is curried so far as to deny merit to an nnlnral not marked according to thci standard of tho critic. We have not much faith In color, believing that good qualities are not partial to any particular hue.— White hones, It la claimed, live lo thci greatest age. Iu 1803 a gentleman farmer, I residing near Ludlow, England, had a team of four grays, whoso united ages were a hundred yean. These grava were all llvc-l ly animals, performing tliolr work with dispatch. Suet a circumstance certainly la unusual, and we may regard It in the light of a coincidence. As coincidence does not prove a proposition, the history i of the Ludlow team has uo special Influ ence Iu giving character to the theory that gray is the most desirable color In the horse, because It Is associated with the greatest longevity. A gray horse may be hardy, nnd so limy a brown, a black, a [chestnut or a gray. Imi-kachmext.—Tho Washington eorJ respondent of tho Boston Post says: The statement that tho Judiciary Com mittee will report In flivor of the Presi dent's impeachment Is untrue. Mr. Wil son, ilia Ulinlrman. who Is reported ns fa voring Impeachment, will present the principal report agniust It with the lega' argument. Ills report, however, will coni tain some strictures upon the conduct of the President In certain particulars, to which two members of the majority will not assent, and tliey will present separate Ireports only on the points alluded to in -those strictures. It Is now contlduntly ns- sortod hy several members that the whole WMhflntrffU^ifhjiniine will fidt (n vjewl ‘C.illWjMlAi", elections, and the deter- ainslfon of Mr. Johnson to resist any un- constltutlonal movement. _JT Some people are very much afraid of currency inflation. As the matter now stands with the people, we say let her in flate One might as well he Mowed up M ■'r-.-.v.at W death Aji McCulloch says. It U b-v*«dns It Is long. marks llfty on n piece of paper; A marks 81.75, or whatever the price may lie, on the same pa;ier. B draws up a cheek for A, whose amount Is sufficient to cover the price of the whisky, including the Govern ment tnx. A take- the check to the hank, gets it cashed, nnd deposits tho amount above 81.75—or tho agreed price—to the credit of B. It is a square transaction. A Is prepnred to swear that ho never offered to sell any whisky to B. B Is equally pre pared to swear that ho never offered to buy nny whisky of A. If n check Is produced fur the sale of any given number of bar rels, It apparently includes tbe Govern ment tax." Canada Prepari-xu von the Fenians.— The Ottawa correspondent of tho Toronto Globe says he has special Information con tinuing tho atatement regarding tho Fe nian arrna nt Potsdam. Tho arms aro those seized by tho United Stales Government tn 1800. but lately restored to tho Fenian agents. About four thousand stand of arms strived nt Potsdam; also a lot caval ry saddles. It Is supposed the Fenians will take advantage of tho elections which are to como off Iu New York shortly, and at tempt a raid when both political parties least desire to quarrel with them. A dis patch ftom Toronto nays: “Tho Govern ment authorities Of Canada are In ftill lain- session of Information as to their move ments, and the necessary measures and pre cautions have been taken.” Bouitons ov War.—The miseries of war are deplcttxl by a Mexican correspondent of tho New Orleans Picayune as fol lows: A singular and sad misfortune lias fallen upon the families of tho principal victims of this cruel war. Castillo was shot within an hour of his arrest. Ills wife, the Inno cent cause of Ills apprehension, has gone mad. Mejia was shot with the Emperor, and tho ladles of Queretaro had his body embalmed. Tho day ho fell. Ills wife was found on tho floor of her house, surrounded hy candles and a cruelUx, ftom which she could not be torn, moaning, incoherently, and.her reason gone. The easo-of-Mn., Mlramonisvery similar- A lady of Intel ligence, with a family of nix Children, Hz' months ago. when sho journeyed front Parts to MeXlitk little dreamed or tho fate of herself end gallant husband. IV' The New Hampshire Uazcttc, tho oldest paper la New Hampshire, was tlmt tattiM at Portsmouth, tn that State, one hundred and eleven yean age. It has home the same title ftom the time It was (farted. TELCOBiPUIC IN'rEI.HOENCi;. Prom tbe New York Press Association. Extolling front- Rlcbmoad. Richmond, Oct. 21.—This afternoon Mr. Uunnlcutt, In a speech on Capitol Square, denounced the Northern men here. One of them said he was a d—d liar. The ne groes, In attempting to mob him, caught an unoffending Dutchman, and were about to kill him, when the police rescued him, The negroes followed to-the station house, throwing stones, and wore very disorderly. AH quiet now, There Is much excitement In regard to alto election. Reported Hesipnatloa. WASiimoroN, Oct. 22J—Secretary Mc Culloch authorizes the statement that bts resignation Is at the disposal of the Presi dent. Prom Aspln New York, Oct. 22.—The Arizona, from Aspinwal), with three hundred and four passengers on board, lias arrived, She brings five hundred ninety-seven thousand dollars in treasure. Among tho passengers wero Senators Willisnisand Corbett, of Oregon, and Hlg- by,of California, Member of tho House of Representatives. Tbe Cholera, on the Votomaa. Puu.ADEi.puiA, Oct. 22.—Disease resem bling cholera, on tho receiving ship Poto mac, has broken out. Thcro haa been ten deaths among tho crew and recruits. The 1 balance have been removed.. The Potomac Is now used as a hospital. There are twenty sick on board. Montreal, Canada, Oct. l£k—The Com mercial Bank of Canada, has suspended specla payment. Tho Directors say that claimants will bo protected. Pakis, Oct. 22.—The MonltettranRocnces definitely that the expedition.to Italy has been countermanded, because Italy pledges observance of the treaty. Foreign. London, Oct. 21.—Tito Italian situation Ivbettci—and it is said Italy has satisfied French demands. Transportation of troops to Tuloa stopped—and those-ready to-sail disembarked. Tho French war preparations has been countermanded. Gen. Cialdini succeeds Itotozzi as ltalian prime minister, and will form a new ca binet whose policy will he anti-revolution ary. Rome, Oct. 21.—The French minister at Rome Informed the Pope In. tho name of Napoleon, that whatever might happen aid would lie sent from France to maintain the Pope's temporal power. Thcgnrrlson at Rome lias been reinforc ed. Tho town of Orto lias been recaptured from the Garlbaldians. Florence, Oct. 2L—Thu ministerial cri sis has occurred. Rltazzi has resigned asd Mcnabrin suc ceeds 1dm. It Is reported that Garibaldi has escaped from Caprera and is now in Italy. Toulon, Oct. 21.—Gcxcral Dumont has arrived. Troops are now embarking in six ships Including two-iron clads. Steam Is up. and they are ready to leave to-night. rams,Oct. 21.—The Mi.idiom t- '■.i.-i.t in reference to the preparation- n-r Litei-, ventkra. The Etonian! say- that everything is ready at Toulon lot- the expedition to Rome, hut that orders to go are withheld until Italy’s final reply, which may be de layed some hours, on account of the min isterial crisis at Florence. The Patrlo puhllslvcs a telegram which says that twenty thousand troops have been sent from Lyons to Toulon. Another corps do army has been prepar ed for operations in another direction. La France says itUecrtitln, In any event, that Franco will arrive at Rome before Italy. It is stated that the Italian Government has declared Itself powerless to arrest bands of Invaders or to protect the Holy See. There is great excitement at Rugcrs. The French lleot, with troops intended for Home, has left for Toulon. Cable Summary The Royal Bank of Liverpool has stop ped ; debts four and a half millions ster ling. It Is thought the bank will resume. The Italian pcopla suspect that a new ministry will be formed In Napoleon's in terest, and aro, therefore, pouring in peti tions protesting against the desertion of the national course by the Government. The reports that Garibaldi had escaped are uncontradlctcd. Advices from tho l’apal States aro con flicting. Telegrams from Florence say that Mc- uottt Garibaldi not only maintains his po sition, butliouriy gains strength. Dispatches from Romo rcprescot that Menottl, with all bts followers, had fled from tho Papal dominion and abandoned the attempt on Rome. Virginia Elections. Richmond, Oct. 22.—Tho election to-day was more quiet than anticipated. Two In cipient riots and two other disturbances were quieted by the military. The difficul ties were caused by the attempt of the Radical negroes to mob tho colored Con servatives. Troops are in reserve on Cap itol Square, and stationed at all the polls In the city. The cavalry patrol the streets. The result of the first day's voting was 507 white majority. Tho canvass .Is., oqt-ye, 2,200 whites not yet voted. Tbp extrvnni Radical^ are making' efforts to. have tin- polls opened three Instead of two days. ' J Tho military, under Gen. Granger, andt the city police will bo kept on duty all night. Tho polls will be ro-opened In the city to-morrow. It Is Impossible yet to tell how the State has gone. Mobile Oct. 22.—There has been ne dee tbs ftom yellow fever to-day. From vrasbtugtou. WAsnatoTON, Oct. 22.—'Tho CsblnctWa^ in session two hours. Gen. Grant was ab sent. Revenue receipts to-day two bundled and forty-five thousand dollars. Gen. Aohoth, Minister ot Buenos Ayres, Is very slot-. United States Marshal Goodloe for North Carolina, who Is now here, reports that thero Is now no Impediment to tho pro cesses of Federal courts. Secretary Seward writes that be will ar- rlvo Thursday. The election In Alexandria, Virginia, passed off quietly. No definite returns tw ee ived. Charleston, Oct. 22.—The member* of the Congressional Railroad Committee ad dress a meeting of tho citizens at Hibernia Hall to-night. General Citnby has ordered the regular election of municipal officers be not hclifc and notice provided by city ordinance not to be published. Baltimore, Oct. 22.—John Bowers killed Elisha Brady, the well known Ward poli tician, In a quarrel originating, in the cat ting down of Halyard's Democrats pole, erected on tho20tb. * New Orleans. Oct. .22.—The greater portion of emigrants hy tba barque Dordt- ta were taken aboard the steamer Stone wall for transportation to St. Louts. There were lfl.lntermcnts to 0 o’clock tills morning. Death ol George Wilkin- Kendall. Omoiormz Picayune. We regret to announce the death of our Senior Associate, George Wlnkins Kendall. Wo learn by a telegraphs dispatch from. San Antonio, Texas, that the sad event took place at his residence, Post Oak Springs, near Bocrne, yesterday- evening, 9 o’clock, caused by a eongestiva chill. Mr. Kendall was abont sixty years of age. no leaves a wife and fear children. (Signed) A. M. Holbrook. Memphis, Oct. 22.—Six Interments yes terday, including Captain Breekcnrldge Blackburn. News in Bnutp.—Gen. Howard, chief of of the Freedinon’s Bureau, says the negro population lias decreased L3Q3JXH) since emancipation.. A thousand women marchctL tho streets of Rome barefooted recently, os a peniten tial service on account of the visitation of cholera. General McClellan lias engaged passage for himself and family on board the Persia on her next voyage, and nuy bo expected to arrive about the latter ]iart of Novem ber. Mr*. Lincoln denies that she is writing a book. [The Idea of Mrs. Lincoln writing a book 1 Only think of this apology for sa tire.] Tho best schools are those where thcronro the lowest cases Jof corporal punishment. The DtsPOmnoN or tub Booty or SiteR- man'h Army.—Tho restoration, of tho pic tures by the Post Office 'Department flat led. to the vcntUlation of facts regarding the disposition of booty from Sherman's arm-.- -oirtmr the rv'.-eV *'! ?V» ■■■!''. -rdh- ji.o. it oa.- plaoci. ii,: |.e m m. -illob ,ijor- ntirdeiictl.drooiss ’i ft,,, iteudleudrrsf- ike, I'rooii whenco it was. transferred to tho Ifreedmeu’s Bureau miu sold itt auction.. Only the une'picture, on account (.fits rare beauty, was retained. Tho articles filled over a dozen largo boxes, and tho In ventory covered over olio hundred pages of foolscap. This inventory embraces the description of the article, whence sent, name of sender, and person to whom ad dressed. The articles themselves were dis posed of nearly three years ago. Double Murder, iiy Chloroform.—A horrible murder was committed at Central City, Colorado, on tho night of tho 5th Inst. A mini named Bryan Roshrook In duced his wife to go to eliurelx ho staying nt home to care for the children. While she was away, he gavo two children chlo roform and then bled them to death. After Ills wife came liotite, lie and she retired, lie gave her chloroform ami then took it himself. She awoke during tho night, got up. nnd went to a neighbor's house, out was not ablo to tell what was the matter until morning. The children are both dead. The father and mother will recover. St. Paul (Jfinn.) Dress, fUA. IST The Russians have a festival Just be fore the breaking up of the Ice In the Neva. The Emperor goes upon the Ice, some one cuts a hole in It, and an officer hands tba Emperor a glass of watar, of which he must drink every drop, and hand tho glass back to the officer full of gold coin. The size of the vessel Is proscribed bylaw, u tho festival was at one time taken advan tage of to make money. Riot in Sotrrn C/ rolina.—A letter from the Interior of South Carolina, dated tbe 10th, say; A report from South Carolina states that a negro riot had oocurred at Pickens Court House. A meeting of negroes was dis turbed by a drunken white man. whereup on tho negroes proceeded to the rooms of a debating Society nnd commenced an at tack upon the meuiliera (white.) One man named Ilunnlcut, u non-resident, was kill ed. Tho military had been called upon to restore quiet. Diiuunq Potatoes by Machinery.—A * took plaeo near last month. One scoop for opening the i/iouixu i'OTATOKS BY 1 trial of potato diggers tf Blsliopbrlggs,..Scotland, las consisted of a broud scoop _ drill, with a revolving grape behind, hr the action of which the potatoes and snb are thoroughly separated, end thrown to one side against a netting attached to tba •Ida of the machine. Another was on a simitar principle, hut with the revolving grapo In e different position, and without the netting. 13TAt tho request of the .ComuiUtiiOLY? of internal Revenue, tho AttormyrGetlsiil lias promulgated an. opinion which.raiis Its follow*; tl li A »> f. t* *' Neither railroads owned by a State, or the gross earnings thereof, or tha profits accumulated therefrom, or the dividend* paid upon Its bonds, nor articles manufhc tured by cotivlet labor Iu the penile.’■ >■ rice of e Mate, are auhj<>ct to t - . dither under the act of ISA*, or e . •f the Internal Ksvanee sets-