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Newspaper Page Textr } i > GEORGIA WEEKLY OPINION. VOL. I—NO. 14.1 ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 5,1867. ITERMS-43 00 TUESDAY MORNING:: i: OCTOBBU 29. The Ohio Election.—The fossils who hope that the result of the late election In Ohio Indicates any permanent change In the views of the people of that State upon the question of Deconstruction and pre serving the Union, aro mistaken. Their considerations are foundatlonlcss. Tho men of that State know thst other other causes operated to decrease the Republican mnjority at this election. In a late letter to New York, Senator Sherman says: “General Ilaycs and the whole State ticket are elected by 3.000 majority, which we will make titty thousand next tall with ease. We loi t the State in 1802 by six thousand majority on the Emancipation Proclamation of Abraham Lincoln; the next year wo heat Vallandigham by one hundred thousand, and the Bame Issues— Impartial suffrage and an implicit observ ance of the publlo faith—will next year, ns this year, be engraved upon our banners, and will as surely triumph as that God lives.” Ur. Wade writes, In reply to an Invita tion to address a Republican meeting In New York, that “ The Republicans of Ohio were never more radical, more confident of their strength, nor more resolutely do. termlned to carry out the principles to i final triumph than now; and If our elec tion could be held over again to-morrow, warned of our danger, we would carry tho State by more than fifty thousand. shall do tills next fall.” Tho Washington corrcspondcut of the New York Herald states that District Attorney Chandler has notified Charles O’Conor that tho Government will lie ready to proceed with the trial of Jefferson Da vis at tho session of tho United States Cir cuit Court In Richmond, commencing on the 25tli of November, unless postpone ment Is procured by Davis’ counsel. It Is considered certain that the trial will come off. Alabama Ahead.—Tho Alabama State Convention assembles on the 6th of No vember, under a recent order from Gen. Pope. We see It stated by an opposition paper of that State, that but three or four of the members elect are opposed to Re construction as proposed by Congress. 1ST A private letter from the Spalding Senatorial District affords cheering intelli gence as to the prospects of the Union ticket. A change has been niado of tho original nominees—one of tho gentlemen having declined—which gives entire eatis- fhetion. We antlepato a decided majority In Spalding, Floyd and Butts. Burke's Weiklt,—No. 4 of this publi cation—for “Boys and Girls”—has reached us. It Is an excellent publication, well edited, and beautifully Illustrated and printed. Terms—82 per year. In advance; Three copies $5: Five copies *8; Ten copies 615, and Twenty-one copies 630. Sample ooplos sent on application. Clergymen and ..Teachers tarnished at 61-50 per annum. Send for a specimen number. All year ly subscribers will receive {he first thir teen numbers (three mos..) neatly stitched In an elegant illuminated cover, without additional charge for binding. Address J. W. Burke & Co, Macon, Ga. Liberal.—The officers of the Frcedmen’s Bureau, In Alabama, have presented to the county of Dallas a valuable lot of property located In Selma, and which the county authorities have aocepted. The Selma Times ■ft: “The property tendered amounts In value to at least ten thousand dollars, and con sists of a two-story building and grounds fitted up as a hospital, with accommoda tions for fifty patients, some three or four buildings now located on the Starkey Jones land, and used for the purpose of the colo ny, together with a tall supply of medi cines and hospital stores for the ensuing twelve months.” The Times publishes the correspondence between General Swayne, Lieut. Shorkley and Judge Conuly, In regard to this prop erty. . The Shoe Trade,—A dispatch of the 18th. from Worcester. Massachusetts, says there “arc about 2,000 boot and shoe makers in that city, fifteen hundred of whom are now out of work. Business has never been so dull as at present, and fears are en tertained that there will be much distress this winter.” One of our coteinpornrlca advises them to come boutli and bring their “bosses" and tanners with them. They con find plenty of tildes hero and customers too, if they will sell ns low as we have to pay for Massachusetts boots and shoes. Of*The-Washington Star states that counterfeit fifty dollar compound interest notes, issued under the act of February, 1S02. have lately made their appearance, for the second time, and five have been re deemed utthcTreasvry Department. These counterfeits aro a very good Imitation of the genuine, are calculated to deceive un less subjected to close Inspection. The general appearance of the note Is good, but upon a careful examination It can be discovered that the lathe work la Inferior. Change.—Messrs. Cargylo * Co. have dlsposedof the Albany (Georgia) News to Mr. Carey 1)’. Styles, who makes his bow under the stale head of “Salutatory,” in the brief sentence, “ Let her slide.” The gender idea should have been credited to oor Alabama street cotemporary. tjy The Constitutionalist, of Saturdsy, advises tho withdrawal of the “Conserva tive” ticket In tho Richmond District.— Reason—they cannot defeat the Republican i Dominoes. Glad to hear It. Vise Lincoln Monument* Marietta. Ga. Oct. 23, 1807. Editors Opinion: Notwithstanding tho appearance of late, of an “Appeal,” and other notices of the orgalzatlon In At lanta, of a “Lincoln National Monument As sociation,” I must confess to no little sur prise, when I saw by report of “ Council Proceedings” that this Association had progressed so liras to present to your “City Fathers ” a petition, asking for an ap propriation of land, or means for the pur chase of the same, for site for said monu ment. This Is all very well, hut In my humble opinion, such monument would be much more In placeln ourbeautltal llttleclty, and In the vicinage of the National Cemetery, This, of Itself, would render our city tho more appropriate place for the erection of such a structure, while It would In a great degree add to the attractions of tho place, already enhanced to no smalt extent by this cemetery, which, Yankee though Iflbe, would be an ornament to any places If beauty of site, and highly improved grounds, containing as they do, the ashes of the dead, can be considered attraction, Here, too, still exists more of the same pnbllc spirit which prompted the donation of these cemetery grounds to tho Govern ment, and which would only too gladly do nate a site for tho monument. Here, too, Is material for tho work, as accessible as to Atlanta. In fact the bulk of tho same for tho body of tho work. Ilea where scarely a dray even would be required to put It upon the ground. True, wc have not the founderlcs and machine shops for the forming of such Iron work as may tic needed, hut that may ho easily brought from your thriving city, thereby giving your manufactories the benefit of that part of tho work for the same. Furthermore, Atlanta is already prosper ous beyond all other cities of the South, and you need not this monument to add to your already • unparalleled attractions, while hero we require something more than we now possess, to Invito the weary traveler to make a short sojourn In our midst. Would wc could bring to bear some In fluence upon the Board of Officers of the Monument Association, to induce them to locate their enterprise here, rather than in Atlanta. Dropping these few points for their oor slderotion, I am truly yours, Suburb. Especially Elaborate and Interest ing—Tnx PngENOLOOICAL JOURNAL for NovEMBEB—contalnlng fine Portraits, with accurate Biographies, of General' Samuel R. Curtis; George Brown, D. D.; Thomas H. Stockton, D. D.; W. Collier, D. D.;R. Hanks. D. D.; Z. Ragan, D. D.; A. H. Bas sett; C. Springer: John Scott. D. D.; W, Reeves. D. D.; Alex. Clark, A. M.; H. R. Knight, A. M.; Joseph J. Smith, A. M.; D. B. Dorsey, M. D.; Jeremiah Day, D. D. I. L.D.; Jas. P. Beckwourth, ot Rocky Mountain fame; Julia Dean; and original articles on Matrimony among Authurs; Education of the Heart, by non. Schuyler Colfax; Saints and Sinners, Who arc They? Thanksgiving Day (jHow to Save Money; Who shall Rule over us? ect. Only cents, or 63 a year. Address S. It Wells, 389 Broadway, New York. CnETBi.vo.—A correspondent of the Memphis Post, writing from Mississippi— and who lias a good opportunity of observ ing the current of affairs in that State— writes that the antl-revonstructlonlsts term to act with less confidence of success than formerly. He predicts that the State will be carried for a Convention, and that un less something turns up In our national politics in the lutereats of tho Copperheads, the Constitution which may be adopted will be ratified. Activity amono the New Y’ork Repub licans.—The Republicans are making rapid progress In the canvass In New Y'ork. The Herald says: “Thus far their list of appointments for meetings far ex ceed that of the Democrats, who seem sud. denly lulled Into npathy. About thirty Repnhllvan meetings have been held thus ftr ibis woek in tho western part of the State. The Democratic National Committee. A meeting of the National Democratic Resident Executive Committee, formed, at Chicago In 1804. will meet In Washington at the Metropolitan Hotel. November 1st. The correspondent of the Boston Post says: It Is understood Important mutters will enino before the Committee connected with the next Presidential campaign. Savannah and Memphis Railroad. The East Alabama Monitor states that the county commissioners of Tallapoosa coun ty, on Friday, tho 11th Instant, subscribed two hundred thonsaud dollars to tho capital stock of the Savannah and Memphis Rail road. and it lsconfldently believed It will lie ratified by a majority of the property holders of the county. HT The Memphis and Charleston Rail road has paid the balance of Its debt duo to the government, amounting to 6437.000. The Western and Atlantic Railroad will tallow salt next week. HT The Macon Telegraph statca that the trbn on the Atlantio and Gulf railroad Is laid, and tbo cars are now running to No. 20—some twelve or fourteen miles west of Thomasvllle. . fleuate. House. The Roll of Congress Except for the ten States In process of Reconstruction, and single vacancies In New York and Missouri, every seat In Congress has Its occupant. Tho classified political strength compares with tbo last Congress as follows t 8-Jth Congress, 40th Conflrcss. Bel,ate. Bouse. * ‘ Republicans 88 Opposition 14 The Chicago Republican, In publishing this classification roll, says: Placing Doolittle, Dixon, nnd Norton with the opposition (where they have placed themselves.) It will be seen that the Republicans have gained In the Senate two votes, besides the two from Nebraska. And when we consider that the Republican strength in the last House (above charged at 145 votes) was weakened by tho waver ing course of such as Raymond, Hale, Newell, Stllwell, Ilubliell, Lathan, etc, who are Included tn that aggregate, wo may fairly claim that the Republicans have gained also In the House by the greater compactnesa of a forco only two less In number. It should he stated that we have classified the twd vacant seats In the House according to the last election. Of the fifty-four Senators, the terms of twenty-one expire on the 4th of March, 18G9, viz: Fourteen Republicant and seven Opposition «n Italia), as follows: Maine—Lot. M. Morrill. Vermont—George F. Edmunds. Massachusetts—Charles Sumner. Rhode Island—William Sprague. Connecticut—James Dixon. New York—Edwin D. Morgan. Now Jersey—Frederick T.Frcllughuysen. Pennsylvania— Charles B. Buckalcw. Delaware—James A. Bayard. Maryland—Eeverdy Johnson. West Virginia—Peter G. Van Winkle. Tennessee—David T. Patterson. Ohio—Benjamin F. Wndo. Indiana—Thomas A. Hendricks. Michigan—Zachariah Chandler. Wisconsin—James It Doolittle. Minnesota—Alexander ltamsey. Missouri—John B. Henderson. Nebraska—Thomas W. Tipton. Nevada—William M. Stewart. California—John Conncss. The seats for Tennessee, California, and Ohio, have been decided by the late elec tions In those States, and ono Republican and two Democrats will succeed one Dem ocrat and two Republicans—a change throughout, and a net loss of ono to the Republicans. The Maryland Legislature to be elected next month will name the successor to Ileverdy Johnson. All the other seats above named will depend upon the spring and autumn elections of next ycur, no less than nlno being reserved to the Presidential itself, it will also depend largely upon the record of Congress this winter how the political battles that In volve these Senatorial scats shall be deci ded. Foreign Items, The police force of Cork Island has been doubled on account of the Fenian alarm. Sir James South, the celebrated English astromer, died on the 24th Inst., at file ago Of 80. • ' The London Times says the course of France is hostile and dangerous to the peace of Europe. The bullion In the Bank of England de creased nearly half a million pounds ster ling during the week ending October 24. A telegram from Florence snys the news Is glorious for the cause of Italy, but the Govenment will Dot allow It to be tele graphed. All the German States, not members of the North German Confederation, hsvo ‘gned the new Postal treaty with the Unl- d States. The Australian Parliament has passed a secular marriage bill, which legalizes all marriages where the ceremony Is perform ed by a civil magistrate. The formation of the new Italian Minis try Is not yet complete. General Durando hesitates to accept the portfolio of the In terior Deportment. It was known In Florence, on tho 2d. that Garibaldi had traversed Italy as far as Kallgvo. since then Ills movements are not known to the public. The Paris Molteur says the visit of the Emperor Francis Joseph adds a new pledge of amity to the cordial relations established between Austria and France. It Is reported by (he Directors of the Bank of Liverpool, which recently failed, that its liabilities do not exceed 65,000,000, and It will soon resume business. J" “Data,” the Washington correspon dent of the Baltimore Sun, In his letter of the 21th Instant, has the following para graph! •The President to-day referred to the Se cretary of Wararffaferimforconslderatlon and remark the j<etttlon of citlzensof Geor gia, mentioned In those dispatches of Wed nesday moml Ilk'S pajeT. In which com plaint is made r’.ut Gen. Pope. In appor tioning delegates to the convention, gives undue advantages to tbo colored over tl.e white race. Gen. Grant returns the peti tion, with Ills endorsement, substantially, that It seems to him that the allotment should be made by counties Instead of senatorial districts, as directed by General Pope; but ns the time for the election (the 29tn lust.) Is near at hand, lie cannot see how tho matter can be remedied. He has, however, • legrapheil to Gen. Pope, asking if It Is practicable to make the change sought nnil whether it would not he hotter to tlx representation byeonntles Instead of senatorial districts? The reply of Gen. Tope has not been received. It Isfto l>- ohserved that Gen. Grant does not claim the power to direct the district command er, and therefore his communication is merely suggestive." Georgia.—Mr. Hill and bis co-workers, who recently visited Washington, came away without reaping any of the expected fruits of their mission. The correspon dent of the Baltimore Sun says: Prominent citizens of Georgia, of rebel antecedents, have been here, calling the at tention of Gen. Grant and the President to what they term the convention scheme of Gen. Pope, which, they claim, discrimin ates Injuriously against tho white citizens. Upon the presentation of their petition to the President and Gen. Grant; both replied that as they construed the reconstruction acts, they had no power to control General Pope’s action In the premises. Gen. Grant remarked that he had no control over dis trict commanders, save In the matter of removals from ofilee. A Millionaire Private. In a sketch of Hfeof tho lato Ellas Howe, Jr, tho Inventor of the sowing machine, wo find the following Incident: At tho moment when Mr. Howe had avowed his determination to enlist, his ooachmau had entered the building to wit ness the proceedings. He was a warm hearted Irishman named Mlchoal Cahill, past the age of military servlcea as defined by law. Upou hearing hla employer’! speech, he ruBbed forward, and, clamber ing upon tho platform, he cried out: “Put down my name, too 1 I can’t hear to have tho old man go alone.” do down went tho name of Michael Cahill.coachman, next to that of Elias Howe. Laughter and cheers, mingled about equal proportions. For four months after the Seventeenth Connecticut entered the field, the Govern ment was so pressed for money that no payment! to the troops could bo made.— One day a private soldier came quietly to the paymaster’s offlco in Washington, nnd, as tlrnre were several officers already there l ,f be attended to, ho took a scat in tho co ner. to wait his turn. When the officer) had been disposed of, Colonel Wal ker turned to him and said: “Now, my man. what can 1 do for you ?” * I have called,” said tho soldier, “to see about tbepaymentoftbe Seventeenth Con necticut." The paymaster, a little irritated, told him bluntly “ that a paymaster could do nothing without money, and that until the Government could tarnish some It was useless for soldiers to come bothering him about the pay of their regiments.” “ I know," said the soldier, “tho Govern ment Is In straits, and have called to find out bow much money It will take to give my regiment two months pay. and If you will tell mo, I am ready to tarnish tho amonnt.” The officer stared with astonishment, and asked the name of the soldier, who wss no other than Ellas IIowc. On referring to his books, Cel. Walker found that the sum required was 631,000. Upon receiving tho Information, tho private wrote a draft for the sum, and received In return a memo randum certifying tho advance, arid prom ising reimbursement when the Govern ment could tarnish the money. Two or three days after, at Fairfax court house, tho regiment was paid. When Mr. Howe’s name was called, lie wentupto the paymaster’s desk, received 628.00 of hts own money, and signed the receipt there for, “Private Ellas IIowc. Jr. After ren dering all the service which a man in his physical condition could render, ho reluc tantly asked a discharge, and returned home. He used to say to the soldiers: “ I’ve got to leavo you, boys. I'm of no uso here; but never mind; when your time Is out, come to me at Bridgeport, I'm building a large sewing machine lactory there, nnd I stiull have plenty of work for those who want it.” Many of Ids comrades took him at his word, and until Ills death were at work under him In various capacities. . WA Buffalo Judge has rejected a peti tion oi, the score that it was n piece of Il legible writing. We know tlint our prin ters will vote “his head level” and pro- nounc i him a judicial brick. It la true that ^Witness and Intelligibility arc not synonymous terms. Y’oung gentlemen with Byron shirt collars nnd poetic asid- ratlons need not think that unreadable writing Is necessarily good peotry, as some of our correspondents seem to think. Tho chief end of man is not to write so that no one can read it. but with all this wo are not believers In the theory that Is now fashionable that every tnau can write handsomely if he would.—note's Bulletin. f3T Green-room gossip at New York (ays that Edwin Forrest Is soon to marry the young actress Miss Lillie, at the play bills stylo her. who has been supporting him at the Broadway. She Is twenty, and the eminent tragedian over sixty. 8ho was left an orphan, and Forrest took her as an lnlhnt and reared her. Ho adopted her at first as his daughter, but tils ana her affcc- s changing In character, bo la to make DraD 1—The Quitman Banner of the 28th Instant says; The Conservatlvle Meeting, announced tar last Saturday, was not held. Causes: no body feels any Interest In politics—nobody felt It incumbent upon him to mount the Court-house veranua and proclaim aloud that the hour for assembling had arrived— and nobody thought the meeting could ac complish any good. Consequently the meeting wss a failure—and nobody was nominated a candidate for the Convection. Nobody cares 1” _f Archbishop Perccll. of Cincinnati, has written a letter In reply to Rev. Thos. Vickers. In which he declares that the Pope has never lieen opnosod to progress; that It Is a stale slander to say the Cathollo Church Is opposed to the circulation of the Bible, and that he himself Is opposed to a union of church nnd State, and prefers the condition of tho chnrch In the United States to its condition in Italy, France, or Spain. A Good JU:.—An editor who w-au to have i< -t fill romper, gets off lav luiluwing well merited hit:, ••These fellows who don't .take their home paper, watch them! they are alwavs tin the alert on publication day, and when the papers come around to your placo of business, arc the first to snatch it up; fall ing In this, they read It over your shoul ders. too Impatient to demean themselves In a respectful manner. Spot these fellows. They are the small-souleu. stingy handful, who g*> through the world on other folk’s money.” HT The expenses of carrying out the Reconstruction law linve been kept with in the estimates mode when the bill passed. The amount appropriated was a million and a lialf. Of this less than amllllon has Icon expended, and the most expcnslvo part of the work, the registration. In nearly over. tW The secrets of health aro six: First, keep ivarnr: second, eat regularly nnd slowly-, third, maintain regular dally bodily habits; fourth, take early and very light supiiers: fifth, keep a Mean skin; sixth.'yet a plent'v of sleep at night. A -Scotchman asked an Irishman, •Why were half farthings coined in Eng land?’ Fan answer was‘To give Scotch men an opportunity of subscribing to uritable Institutions.' IVe shall know what are necessaries of life,” said a country grocer during a severe storm, “as no one will venture forth to-day except to procure them.” In tho evening it of Ids sales Were ycl- TELEOBAPMIC INTELLIGENCE. ■From tbo Now York Press Association. The Pacific Railroad. Omaha, Oct. 26^-The five hundreth mile of theUnlonFaclflo Railroad was complet ed yesterday. Seventeen miles more will carry the track to tho Eastern base of tho Rocky Mountain. From Washington. Washington, Oct. 20,—Gen. Pope de clines changing the Georgia Districts. Ho reports to Gen. Grant that he reflected two days before adopting them. It Is fair to say that tho President’s endorsement on the complaint amounted to a strong pro test. Gen. Grant's answer to tho President mildly agreed with tho President’s views, but expressed the apprehension that It was now|too late to {make changes. General Grant’3 endosemont, on referring tho pa pers to Gen. Pope, haa not transpired. The British Government; having deollfe ed releasing Colonels Warren nnd Nagle, they will bo tried lmmodiatly, and tho State Departmenthcro has ordered tho em ployment of counsel for thoir defenso. It Is not intended by tho recont cotton regulations, series three, number llvo, to require permits and bills of lading for tho removal of cotton from point to point within the district where tno same is pro- duced as In case of removal from such dis trict. A collector should not exact a fee from the tax payer for marking his oot- ton. Hon. L. P. Walkett of Alabama, Is hore. Tho complexion of the Congress which assembles hero on 21st Is, Senate, 42 Repub licans, opposition 12. In tho IIouso, Re publicans 144, opposition 49. Meeting In Ralelgb Raleigh, Oct. 2T.—A largo and enthusi astic gathering assembled at the Court House on Saturday night, In response to a call published in the city papers. It was simply an outpouring of tho people with out regard to party. Tho meeting was or- g inlzoil by the election of M. A. ltledsoo resident. Hon. A. S. Morrhnan addressed the meeting. HD speech was a long and elaborate argument against the Congress ional plan of Reconstruction. Resolutions wore adopted, declaring dovotlon to the Constitution and Civil Liberty. Delegates were appointed to a County Convention to meet hero on Thursday. Henry Balm at Savannah Savannah. Oct. 27.—It has been raining In torrents all day. Sloop Bank. New York, Oct. 27.—As tho steamer Loo, from Savannah, entered East River she collided with the sloop Dsvld Sand, through tlie carelessness of the latter. Tho sloop sunk. Three persons were drowned. Tho Leo D uninjured. Foreign Toulon. Oct. 26.—A fleet of Iron clads loft at 9 o'clock tills morning. Transports with troops will follow Immediately. The shipment of war materials Is vigorously going on, Tho Royal Bank. Liverpool. Oct. 20.—The affairs of tho Royai Bank are In a hopeless condition.— It cannot resume. , From Washington Washington, Oct. 28.—The treaty with the Kiowa and Comanche tribes gives them about 6,000 square miles between the North fork of Red river and Red river, embrac ing the South-Western corner of tho pres ent Indian Territory with a fraction from Texas. They promise to Induce the Cn- manchcs of Northern Texas to come on the reservation, and if successful the Gov ernment must give them more land. Internal Revenue receipts to-day 6714- 000. It Is stated that John Minor Botts receiv ed but eight white votes, one of which was cast by a native Vlsgiulan; hb succesaful competitor, Hr. Manse, received fourteen negro votes. One hundred and ilfty-four farms were added to the productive force in Missis sippi daring the month of September. A special dispatch from Florence says Garibaldi had four thousand followers on crossing the Fapul frontier. Proceedings were commenced, to-day, by Henry B. Taylor, who went South, to recover property from John Defrecs, who purchased It at a confiscation sale. Col. Parker estimates tho amount re- and _____ against further expenditures upon it by the Gov ernment. The Pile Light House, at Somers’ Cave, near tho mouth of Llttlo Annamesslx river and, the Tangier light will bo exhib ited on the 6th of Kovemoer. Effects of the Storm, New Obuax*. Oct. 28.—'The Picayune has tho following later advices, which conlirm the destructive effects of the late storm on the Rio Grande. The Elcorvet of the 12th. say §: * The hurricane was the most terri ble in tho memory of man on this frontier. A perpetual bombardment for a year could hardly have done as much damage as hap pened from this one night's storm. Twen- six per*-it;* were killed at Mataraoras; ten were killed, and twenty-one wounded at Brownsville; at Brazos, so far as known, twelve persons perkhed. The schooners Ella ami Kadosh were blown high ashore. Only two houses were left standing at Clarksville, and none at Bagdad. Loss of life at the latter place not known: ninety of tho Inhabitants escaped by going on board a vessel which rode out* the storm; the rest must have perished: The negro sol diers and their ofileers at Brazos are said to have acted Infamously, not only rotating all asslitanco to struggling and suffering families, but retired to rim sheltered part of the Island. The next dav tho soldiers re turned to rob the wrecked goods under the remains of the ware house* and duellings. One of them shot and kill,si a citizen who detected him In robbing. Their officers said and done nothing to check their brigandism and from doing a long list of damages. Bhowkl flowing: Messrs. King uml Kennedy's warehouso roof was blown off, the building very bad ly damaged; the county court house and jail Was completely destroyed aad the pris oners all at large; the entire square be tween Fort Brown and 14th Levee nnd Elizabeth streets were destrovad, Inclitd- tancliero office, and tho Masonic Hall on the corner has the roof off; the residence of W. S. Stark, correspondent ol the New Y’ork Herald, wa* completly des troyed: the Custom House n ail was blown down; the Presbyterian church destroyed; the post office building roof blown off; the hotel nnd the elegant billiard saloon of Miller s almost ruined; tho iron building of Wilkins, Heyo A Co, totally destroyed; the Episeopalehurch destroyed; between 10th and 1st streets seven brick and four frame houses were either totally destroyed or so badly Injured ns to ho uninhabitable. In Matamoras there wore fifteen hundred bouses and huts blown down. There D great distress nnd want at all points, ami * “ cals aro made for relief. Out of seven :mcrs only two can ho repaired. Norfolk, Oct. 27.—Tho storm oxtends all alongtho Atlantio seaboard. Wiliunoton, Oct. 28,—Wo have had rain with heavy wind, producing very high tide, submerging tho wharves on tho oppo site side of the river. No serious damago has been done. Tbo blow was heavy on tho outside. No disaster yet reported. Mobile, Oct. 28.—Heavy rains feU hero yesterday. The weather is cloudy and cold. Yellow Fever. There haa been twelvo Interments from yellow fever for tho past two days. Memphis, Oet. 28.—There were eight yel low fever interments yesterday. Woathcr cloudy and warm. Republican Rally at Augusta. • Augusta, Oct. 28.—Tho Republicans held a mass meeting to-night. Messrs. Blodgett, Bullock, Conley and Beard, can didates for the Convention, made speeches endorsing tho Atlanta platform. Steps were taken to preservo order (luring tho election. There are no opposing candidates, tho Conservatives apparently having deter mined to take no part In tho election. Tho I.snc. From tho N. Y.Tribune.] Let no voter Injour impending elections ignore tho fact that the Republicans aro now doing their best to organlzo tho Southern States on a truly Democratic basis, and that tho ex-Rebels of thoso States, hacked by tho Copperheads of tho North, are doing their very utmost to Im pede and pervert Reconstruction, nnd thus protract indellnetly tho military rule which they affected to find so harsh, des potic, degrading, etc. If the Republicans succeed, all the Military machines, Frccd- men’s Bureau, etc, will be swept away S3 a mere scaffold, and the States restored to self-government, including representation In Congress, within the next few months. This is what Congress has provided for— what tbo Republicans, North and South, are now struggling for. Every Republi can voto Is cast for Immediate Reconstruc tion. Tho “Conservative” South and tho Cop perhead "Democrats” North aro resisting It with all their might. They will have an aristocratic restoration, which will place the loyal majority under the feet of the Rebel minority, or they will havo no res toration at all. Hence, In Louisiana and Alabama, they rofliso In concert to vote, hoping thus to defeat the holding of a Con vention ; liut they failed. In Virginia, they havo voted—nearly or qulto every ono of them “No Convention.” There is a consid erable wlilto majority of registered doct ors In Virginia, but nine-tenths of them voto “ No Convention,” with delegates to matclnhoplng to keep their State indefinite ly under military rule. Instead of acceding to Andrew Johnson’s platform In Ills better days, that loyal men, “white or black, shall rule tbU country,” or onr substitute, which would let every mat; who is note loyal vote, though ho were formerly a rebe), they In sist that all whites shall vote and all blacks be disfranchised. And that insures a rebel prcpondoranco In every Southern State, as Is plainly shown In Maryland and Ten nessee. Patriots who would see our long strife ended, all the States hack In thdr proper places in tho Union, and the whole land quiet, busyi and prosperous, pursuing tho arts of Peace 1 Judgo between us. “Con servatism” at the South means the perpet uation of Inequality, hatred and conten tion—Radicalism means' Impartial Justice, equal laws, and a falr chance to aU. Voto your choice between them 1 Miscellaneous. The new Central Congregational Church building In Boston has cost two hundred and seventy thousand dollars. Tho pewi are appraised at from fifty dollars to two thousand dollars each. Ninty thousand dollara’ worth of Nichol son pavement has just been laid in Colum bus, Ohio. Wm. Gilmore Simms Is about to start a newspaper In South Carolina. Utah has church property worth nlno hunderd thousand doflan. Virginia has nine and a half millions acres of Improved and eleven and a quar ter millions,acres of unimproved Innate- Plenty of room for Improvement stIU. A reporter In the offlco of the Bath (Maine) Times ran nine miles In one hour and two minutes, the other day. There Is an Immense Immlgatlon of Mor mons Into Salt Lake Just now. Many of them are Danes. St. Louis has the largest skating ring In this country. One thousand skaters can perform their evolutions at ono time upon It; anti four thousand spectators sit and look on. Mexican and Texan oattle are Imported Into Virginia to restore tho farms. Tho Virginia formers say they are Inferior to tho native breed, being chiefly legs and Tho CommDsloncr of Bankruptcy, for Huntsville District, Ala, reports two thou sand coses In Bankruptcy in that district. Tho Greensboro’ (Ala.) Beacon, situated In tlie midst of the rich cotton lands of Alabama, says the yield oi cotton In that section will not exceed one halo to five acres. The TVilIahssso Sentinel learns that the Increased volume of water in tho St. John’s river, in Florida, resulting from tho heavy rains of tho late wet season, has washed out a new channel through the bar at tho month of the river, vastly improving tho outlet to the navigation of that stream. The quarterly statement of tho National Banks of New York city shows a surplus of thirteen and a half millions, or 7 per cent, over tho 25 per cent, of reserve re quired by law. The wheat and Hour exports of Califor nia will not fall short of ten million dol- Jars, and the manufactures alone are repre sented to amount to considerably more than the gold product. Tha wine crop this y**T Will amount to three million dollars, while there is a falling off in the gold pro- duct. Other branches of Industry alibrd more than a counterbalance. A plan for a system of 'stnrra signals, to* be used on the Cano Hattcras lighthouse, Is under consideration. The Daniel Webster place, at Franklin, N. Ha was sold at auction a few days since* The heirs of the late Kurils I*. Gay pur chased the building and farra^ 300 acre* for $10,000.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

Georgia weekly opinion. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1867-1868, November 05, 1867, Image 1