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GEORGIA WEEKLY OPINION
THE WEEKLY OPINION.
BT W. I. gCBPOOS AND J. B. PPMBtR
gltlDAYMOBKiyOi! i iNOVKMBKR 1.
Dlgrdt^candldatesdurlng the last three
days. in the vicinity of the poll* In this city,
bni weakened tho. claim of the Antl-Rc-
construction men to tho title of the “ Dlg-
nlty Party.” Some of the norolncca of the
Opposition have been busy—their energy
among tho voters of both races has been
observed by nil. The “nigger”; has been
‘button-holed"as well as tho white man.
Messrs. Mn-utm Asoir.n, Dussiso and
Flynn, tho Union Reconstruction nomi
nees, have modestly kept away from the
scene of peaceable strife, yet liavo nothing
to fear from tho titj/nljUd efforts of their
opponents. Wo .want to see votes for a
Convention, and for Union Reconstruction
men, polled.iip to the clpso of the polls.—
We want to seethe colored vote as well as
the white vote take this direction. Our
observation U that tlio Opposition are
courting the colored vote more than the
friends of tho Union.. Where Is the Dig
nity Party ? It has not been seen thus far
about tho City Hall j but we presume when
tho election Is over they will resume their
dignity! Candidates who have no sup
porters arc, however, to be excused In thus
laying aside the cloak of “ dionity,"
Tnn Musa iT Fatettevill*. —From a
fHend who has Just returned from Fayette
ville, Fayette county, wo have full partic
ulars of the affair which came off in that
place on the evening of tho 29th nit. A
citizen of the town, late in the evening,
about the time the polls were closed open
ed hit bar room, with the view of selling
spirits to those who desired to drink, and,
at soon ns it was known the United Stales
troops, who were there, closed the dooi
and the officer In command placed a guard
over Ittopreventaslmllarocourrenco. The
proprietor of the bar room used some
harsh words about tho manm - in which
he had been treated by tbe guar I, but on
being appealed to by his friend', quietly
submitted. But little excitement was
created by its occurrence. In fact, many
of those living In and near tho placo did
not learn of its occurrence, up to tbe even,
ing of the next day after It had taken
place.
Such, we learn,are the facts of the affair
to which Madame Ilumor gave such a col
oring on tbo arrival of the newt In the
city. ^
. Gen. Pope Cuaiutablx.—An Atlanta
correspondent of the Journal and Messen
ger states that the Conservative candidates
tor the Convention In the Atlanta district
propounded to General Pope tho question,
"whether a ballot bearing tho names of
candidates only, without the words ‘For’or
■AgainstConvention?’would, in the final
count, be considered by him as valid and
as In consonance with the Sherman-Shel-
labarger bill and Its supplements;"and
that General Pope's reply was •Tell Dr.
Bambleton and his fellow-candidates, that
the Sherman Military bill is before them.
They can read It as well as I. AVrfher than
thiM I dcclint to asswer.”
Wo find the fbregotng In the Colnmbus
Enquirerof yesterday. If such a question
was propounded to Central Pope, the an
swer attributed to him was eminently
proper and kind to tho party that bored
him. Either impudence or Ignorance led
to the act. Tbo Military bill Is too plainly
worded on the point referred to, to admit
the propriety of such a question. IVo can
not believe that any citizen of Atlanta was
ninny enough to exhibit his ignorance, or
brazen-faced enough to attempt to bore
any official. !Ve doubt the whole story.
HTWetlnd It stated In one of our North
ern exchanges that tho disbursement oftlie
various District Commanders, from an ap
propriation of a million and a half made by
Congress, to carry ont tbe military recon
struction llw, have been at follows: First
District Virginia, underGen. Scliollcld.up
to October 12th, *131,300. Second District,
North and South Carolina, under Gen.
Canby, the tame date, 162,000. Third Dis
trict, Alabama, Georgia and Florida, nnder
Gen. Pope, to same date, *119,600. Fourth
District, Texas and Louisiana, under Gen.
Mower, to September 28th, *408,800. Filth
District, Arkansas and Missouri, under
Gen. Ord, to October 6th, *219,400; leaving
an unexpended balance of the fbnd of
nearly *000,000.
It will be seen that the Third District,
considering Its population, has been per
haps the least expensive of tbe five. And
another thing is remarked by a cotempo
rary, vis: That It never happened under
Democratic rule, that tho coat of a measure
fell short or the sum appropriated for It.
The Nashya and Floyds would havo been
liorrlHed at the thought of such a thing.
Amiss Paomantsl—The best abused
men In this vicinity are Gen. 1’crs, Kx-
Gov. Brows, Col. Mzuxr, Mr. Hvlbebt,
Col. Fahrow, Judge Di nning, and a few
others that might he named. But the result
of tbe exciting canvass through which we
havopassed will, we presume, compensate
those gentlemen for nil the slang that has
been heaped upon them. They have quiet
ly and earnestly fulfilled tliclr duties and
urged, their views. Now.thelr auccosa turns
the Joke. Those who win can afford to lie
charitable, and we suggest that the bitter
ness! manifested by a few fowl!* he forgot
ten. • Bather, wo know It will be. The
friends of Reconstruction can be content
to pursue the oven tenor of their way In
the work of restoring tho State to her orb
ginal position, regardless of tho abuse that
hasLccn heaped upon them, and confident
that-ere long their dofamers will thank
them for tho past.
t&*Gon. Hodman Is at Plttsbuig, super
intending tlio manufiicture of Bis great
gun.
We suggest to our friends on the
of tho “Dignity Party" that they havo
already progressed far enough to demon
strate their poreonal political pluck. They
entered the canvass manfully, If not wise
ly {they have prosecuted it vigorously, If
not snccestfiilly; and now, when they
must feel what everybody else knows—
to-wlt, that they will he “dead cocks In
tlio pit,” If they continue; to prosecute their
purposes—we suggest they retire I The
Ball of Reconstruction Is rolling. Efforts
to stop Its progress’have been, and will
continue to he, fruitless. In the political
revolution now going on there may he a
few hack seats. Such as aspire to be
brakemen on tlio engine may yet occupy
them with profit to themselves!
lUu.noui IsantmuMnTennessee.
The railroada of Tennessee are Indebted to
tbo Treasury of that State as follows i
East Tcnn. sad Vji. Rail road Co flDOMSOO
Mcmptii, and Charleston 6a Sid 00
Nashville and peealar TLSSO 51
NashvilleaodCbstUDOosa u.uooo
KsstTennesiee and Georgia--,' SS.SS1 80
Kdvedeld sod Kentucky IM tsa 11
McMinnville sml Manchester l: 87,018 10
„ Eorr,—i-nniMtit-e .*» uieEinomnsi, commercial. |
t Tile OutlookAftnr tbe Elections—*
he ticket l lilol Justice Chase and the Pres
idency.
WifBiKOTON, October 24,1807.
If W«M street Is tbe lliiiuiclsl, Pennsyl
vania avenue Is tic* ixilitfcal, jhiUo of tlio
notion: or.If tbo metaphor Is not well ta
ken, It can bo readily amended with a pun.
by affirming that this most famous of
Washington Boulevards Is least the na
tion’s political beat. and by the number
and character of tlio politicians who walk
upon It at any particular season can be
accurately determined tho country’s con-,
dltion of health. A month ago the green
flies buzzed only about the White 11011*0.
where alone their instincts led them for
carrion. The past two weeks, springing
up after the manner of their genus, from
ileuven.knows where, in brood, they swarm
down the avenue, in and out of the hotel*
along its whole length, and even flit
through the corridors of tho Capitol us if
they 11 * ‘ ‘ *“
there.
Cumberland ; tiap and
Charleston 81.W80
Knoxville and Kentucky.'.. <•».«•
Memphis, Clarksville amt Con is ville.... M0.i7t AO
Memphis and Ohio :.T7: TS.*r» so
ast 8
Nashville and North trentign MS SH 0*
Winchester and Alabama ..... 100.471 OS
Memphis and I.ittle Uoefc.., M.OOOOO
Knoxville and Charleston 0.000 00
Roaersvflle and Jefferson S3.$84 40
Mobile and Ohio ; M.963 SQ
Total amount fi.4W.wl 70
Under tbe Code of that State a failure to
pay, forfeits the charter. Governor Brown-
low In a recent letter to the various officers
of the roads, says; If the Interest due the
State, or a reasonable portion of it, is not
met nt the time required bylaw, I shall
certainly appoint Receivers on all default
ing roads. The interest upon the State
debt must be paid, and (lie credit of the
S*ate upheld, and, tills can only be done
by those companies paying up their honest
dues, I send this circular to every railroad
President and Receiver in the State, that
each may know what to expect. Further
indulgence will not be giver*, and o*;pjht
not to bo expected.
Freight Charge*
Editors Opinion: In your Issue of this
morning I notice the following
Why this Piffkrknck ?—A few days
ago we received from New York by way of
Savannah a box weighing 1301 b*. on w hich
freight and drayage to our office w as 4.00.
Yesterday we received from Savannah one
bundle of wrapping paper, weighing 001 bs.
on which the charges, delivered In our of
fice was $2.25. Jf our box had been shio-
|Hid from Savannah, at tills proportion, the
charge would have been about $3.00. In
other words, it is chenper to receive goods
all the way from New York than it is from
Savannah. Why this difference?—Mont.
Advertiser.
To which you add:
We have heard some of our mercantile
friends in this city make similar state
ments, and propound the same question—
Why this difference?
Thinking the question directed to me, as
Agent of that line, and to show you that
no such difference exists, I give below the
rates from New York and Savannah:
From New York to At* From 8avannth to At
lanta lanta.
Ut class per 100 lbs |5 80 1st class per 100 lbs f3 BO
Respectfully,
R. A. Andkrson, Agent.
Atlanta, Oct. 31,1867.
Run aw at.—Forsyth si rcct yesterday was
the scene of an intensely exciting runa
way scrape. A horse attached to a buggy,
standing in front of the store <fr Glcun,
Wright & Carr, took a fright and started off
nt full speed. A lady, Mrs S* sprang out and
attempted to grasp the lines, but fulled to sue
cccd, and, by some means, was caught In
the buggy and thrown for a considerable
distance, lighting on tho pavement, which
•0 thoroughly stunned her for a time that it
was feared she was seriously Injured if not
mortally wounded. It howover turned out
that her Injuries were not of a serious na-
ture.
STlie horse being badly frightened, went
at fUU speed, and ore ho wu stopped, tore
the buggy into atoms.
OTThe New York Tribune's Constanti
nople letter says: “Turkey has refused de
cidedly the Russian demand to cede Candle
to Greece. Russia, tho writer says, will
not, however, fbree Turkey to war until
Europe Is busy with its own affairs. But
the way Is now prepared, and if war come
now, this rejected advlco will be presented
the justification for it.”
HT It Is boastfully claimed at Macon
that up to the close of the polls on tho sec
ond day of the election, out of 1416 votes
lulled there were but three whites. It is
evident, therefore, thnt many officials who
hold “provisional” offices are opposed to
making those offices permanent. Is that
the case?
HTAmong the party accompanying .Mr.
Romero on Ills voyage to Mexico, Id Gene
ral 11. Sturm, chief ordnance officer of In
diana during the late war, and since agent
of the Mexican Government. In which ca
pacity he has supplidd the Liberals with
over $3,000-000 worth of arms and ammu
nition. AH the munitions of war sent
from the United States to Mexico, during
the struggle, were supplied by General
Sturm, lie annul and equipped nearly
the Whole army of General Diaz in the last
clays of the struggle. Colonel Mclht, of
the Mexican army, Mr. J. N. Tiffin, of th«»
firm ofOorlics A Co* General Babcock, of
Grant's staff, Mr. De Golado and other
military, financial and commercial charac
ters were also of the party on board. Their
objects are various. General Sturm goes
to settle with the Mexican Government,
and learn their probable future wants.—
The others start principally for tho estab
lishment fof direct business relations be
tween New York and Mexico.
they might eventually make their habitat
e. Formerly the oJtv, like the country
whs considered by the political doctor* tc
bo In a healthy condition, and the White
House grounds only a small center of nox«
ions stagnation in the midst of It; hot this
swarming of the flics elsewhere looks om
inous, especially when the capitol is lujt
safe Horn their intrusion. But laying aside
metaphor to he plain; since the days of
’60 and '60, when men tvlio meant to main
tain the country's Integrity, wero compell
ed to go with pistols III their girdles hen*
for protection against the hordes of traitor*
who Infested tlie'city. such a multitude of
heavy paunches and beastly faces, besotted
with the lust for power and office, lias not
been on Washington streets os is seen here
to-day. The return not of lleraclld.'e but
of the Democrats! green flies, or vultures,
as you wUk scenting from afar the spoils
of office after the rcoent elections!
All this is unpleasantly significant to the
loyal Republican as he walks tiie streets
and finds these disgusting creatures so fre
quently his vis a vis. Their scent for the
bud is terribly keen, and there must surely
become taint in the political atmosphere
when they a warm and hover so around
tills city. But for a few days past their
numbers have certainly been something
less. Tlio cllcct was of course, produced
entirely by the result of Ohio ami Penn
sylvania elections, from which Cop|>erlieads
hoped, and Republicans feared Republican
decay. Tlio Democratic leaders were 011
hand for the carrion. But as Republican*
nisiiuie their proper courage, there is a
falling oil* here among their enemies.
Tim moment after the elections there was
a very general cry in tlio country for a mi
litary Republican leader as tin* candidate
of the party in tlm approaching Presiden
tial campaign, ns it was Imagined that, un
der tho effect o» the recent reverses, the
party could not recover sufficient prestige
for success with a civil representative.
A Roller second thought is evidently mo
difying tills opinion. As matter* arc re*
garden from tills stand-point of the Capi
tal. it is believed that the Republican party
will liest succeed in the coming campaign
throuirli a proper representation of it*
principle* by It* liest inen.
The Commercial’* article of last week,
advocating tlio claims ot Cldc! Justice
Chase ns tho coining tnan, has been exten
sively copied, and seems to have produced
a profound effect In the direction already
indicated. Tho prudent tinanciai Repub
licans of tlm country say that the war i*
over, and affirm that In the next Adminis
tration tho nation demands a financial
rather that a military leader.
It Is certainly easy to sec that the great
issue Impending over tho country immedi
ately after that of reconstruction, which
will bo scaled under tho present adminis
tration, is tho question of tlnance. The
talents of Mr. Chase in this direction have
been so consi
business world will hardly look farther for
a representative man. The more radical
Republicans, or those numerous adherents
of tho party who take a more sentimental
view of Republican doctrines, 11* em
bracing equal rights etc., will also claim
Mr. Chase as their representative, since lm
is not only available us a party man. but
one of the oldest and most conspicuous ad
vocates of Republican doctrine, having
stood thirty years ago where the party
stands to-day with reference to the ques
tion of exact Justice to all men. Nothing
could havo more clearly evidenced this
latter fact txdore the country than Mr.
Chase’s decision, nt Raltimore, the other
day. In the case involving the rights ot the
colored woman, Elizabeth Turner. This
decision, rendered by Mr. Chase, in Id*
capacity of Supreme Judge, in behalf of
the petitioner's liberty, stands out in bold
relief and in perfect harmony with that
other uct of his life thirty years ago, when,
as a young lawyer at tho Cincinnati bar,
he advocated the rights of the refugee.
those who desired helped themselves and
smoked, leaving at tho time of the adjourn
ment a dozen or more in the glass tumbler
containing them. At the Board was
another quite straight-laced old Friend
who, reinaininiiig a little behind Ids fel
lows, our new director saw him give a
quick glance around the room b« assure
himself 1 that he was unobserved, and then
stealthily whip the remaining cigars into
his pocket, in alarm, our new director
walked directly home, uml to the surprise
of hi* wife, informed her that he meant to
resign his office; and relating what he had
seen, said he thought the : t must bo some
thing in tiie air ot a bank to create an itch
ing palm, and make tnen dishonest. True
to ids word, he did resign, and lias never
since taken a seat nt a Board of Bank Di
rectors.”
ably commented upon the radical Repub
lican Journals, and has Justly increased the
hopes of Mr. Chase's friends who desire to
see his name prominent before the nomin
ating convention next year. As matters
appear now, it will certainly be no easy
thing to ignore tho numerons dementis
which will be made by the country for this
eminent statesman as the coming political
leader. Alpha.
Talks or Bank Otocim.-Tho corres
pondent, at New York, of the Mobile Ad
vertiser, relates the following of what he
calls an M honest” cashier:
“Not long ago the cashier of a well-
known bank informed the directors that
he wished to resign, lie was supposed to
be a poor man. in the comparative sense,
and they asked him If ho could afford to
“ ^Yes,' said the cashier. * If 1 could not I
would not.*
-•Gentlemen,' ssald he, perfectly cool and
quiet *1 have used the money of the bank-
used it liberally. But the bank has not lost
anything. I saw chances, made the best
of them, and returned every dollar l took,
I liavo enough now, and want to resign.
Have the books examined: you will tlnil
everything straight. It may have been
wrong to uioyour money, but there's noth
ing lost, ami ft's not wortli your while to
any trouble.' ”
- They did not make any trouble, and the
lucky cn*lder is now a mein tier or tiie beat
society in New York.”
The Philadelphia Ledger, commenting
upon the above, relates tho following Inci
dent :
-Something akin to the above U n fact In
the life of a newly elected hunk director in
this city, a* tiie same was told 11* by the
individual liitmc T. He was a stahl, active
business man, a member oftlie Society ot
Friends, nnd, like the most of Unit unob
trusive sort, rarely took part In affair* out
side of. Ids own store. Being a man of
means and keeping a good bank account,
one of our oldest banks solicited him to be
come a director. It being a grave question
with hint, he said lie would think of it, and
afrer consultation with his wife, who, being
a little ambitious, Instated that he should
accept it, and he did. At the first meeting
of the Bonn! thereafter he took his sent, 1: nd
after the disposal of the business before it,
some cigars, as usual, were brought In, and
Editors Enpiirer: A* the time is near
at hand to contract with freed men for the
ensuing >**ar. it U vitally important to the
plantar. and indeed, to every interest of the
South, that some uniform plan be adopted
tore gn .ifer efficiency and permanen
cy of iai*>r than we have experienced i’
the past two year*. The present depn***1«
In the price of our leading staple, and '
general distress prevailing throughout 1
Koutli arc em-hing to nil speculative th-
Tie*, and fotae n* to adopt the severe bn
practical lesson which misfortune ucvci
fails to teach.
The defects of.our froc-lalK>r system are
apparent to every intelligent planter, and
they can only be partially met and removed
by (ifiifurruity of action, both as to the
term* of hiring and manner of enforce
ment.
In the cultivation of the average quality
of.iands in the South during the post two
year*, the results have shown that tne mon
ey rate* which have been paid for labor
will ultimately involve tho planter In irre
trievable ruin: and It Is to meet this the
-crop system” which bos been pnrtially
and successfully adopted by some, ami U
now being generally discussed In South
western Georgia, as tho plan for next
year’s operation*.
There are three modes that have tieen
adopted by planters In contracting with
frcedmcti for a portion of the crop:
1st. To furnish land nnd stock, and pro
vision* lor stock, nud give one-fourth of
the crop to the Ircedineu.
2d. To furnish land and stock and pro-
isions for stock, and give one-third ot the
crop to tiiefreedmen—freedmen famishing
their own prm is ions.
3d To furn!*ii lumi and stock and one-
half the provision* for and give one-
half. of the cron to the freedmen—the
freedmen furnishing their own provision*
and the other half of the provision* for
stock.
In usuries of years there will be but little
dlftVreiKV in tiie aggregate amount paid
out, uuuer either of the above contro l*,
which can Ir* adopted according to tin*
condition of the planter or the necessities
ot die freed men. If lids uniform piau of
hiring should meet general favor, tbe fol
lowing would I** none of the odvam.tngcs
to both planter and freedmen. To the
plant* r:
1st. With a knowledgcof the usual pro
duction* ot id* laud, lie could approximate
and estimate of his annual proportion of
tiie crop, ns a certain basis of credit, free
from any incumbrance or lien for labor.
2*1. The incresning benetlu of a local
ized labor. There being no difference In
the term* of contracts, when the freedmen
nre once established in comfortable houses
and kindly treated, there would bo no in
ducement to change homes at the dose of
each year.
3d. As a consequence of localized lalmr,
the Conservative sentiment of each neigh
borhood would be strengthened and stimu
lated to more enlarged efforts for tho moral
and educational interests ot the freedmen.
thereby suemiiig a more peaccublo and
well ordered sysu m of iubor.
To the Frtedmtn: The certainty of re
ceiving their wages at tiie end of each year.
A* tiie crop is gathered, they can separate
their 1*01 lion and have it marked, stored
and sold under their direction, ami the pro-
From our tables above It will I** seen tiie
imports were small, say 8.624 bales. Tbe
stock shows a decrease of 66,230 for the
week, and is now estimated 7372)00 hale*,
against 78*2.740 bale* for tiie same time last
year. There is, however. 05.000 bale* more
supply of 19,200 bales
h last year.
This
dated by many who
have not yet received their wages lor the
past two year* labor. In addition to the
above, tiie freedmen will share relatively
In tiie advantages enumerated for tiie
planter.
These point* require no elaboration, and
are submitted to planter* for their practical
notation. The pressure is to6 great, and
the faturetoo dark and uncertain, for the
trial of doubtfal experiments, and nothing
is more certain than that inevitable disas
ter awaits the planter if some plan be not
adopted by which freedmen shall share the
vicissitudes of the crops and the fluctua
tions In price.
Very respectfully yours.
\ C. Watts it Co.’s Weekly Market
Report.
Liverpool, October 11,1867.
OsRon.—In our lasqe of the 4th instant
we reported a quiet aud Irregular market,
closing at 8*{d for middling Orleans. Each
day since then there has been a fair trade
doing, but prices have gradually receded,
and cannot now be quoted higher than
8Jfd to 8)41 far middling Uplands to Or
leans, as shown by onr tables above.
We have constantly referred in our cir
cular*. for somo time post, to the depressing
influence exercised upon all departments
of trade by the threatened complications
on tho continent. Tilts week we have no
news to give under this head, tho feeling
being that all is hy no means secure, din**
our market harm; but the most depressing
feature at present is tiie enormous quanti
ty of cotton that is being continually ami
urgently pressed far sale. Much cotton ha*
now passed Into tlio hand* of Bank* and
Ranker*, in consequence of matured bills
not having been met, and. fearing a further
decline, they are instructing their brokers
to sell at once, ut tiie best prices they can
get. Until this pressure I* taken away,
there is hut little hope of a revival In
prices. Again, there seems to be a languor
about the market which It is uimbfo to
throw off. Every one here complain* they
have lost money in cotton; and speculators
having no confidence In the maintenance
of present prices, do not operate.
Quotations from New York continue to
decline from day to day, until they have
now reached a i»oiot that put* them on
slxtat »Vlevel with the ruling prices here.
On Monday it became known tlmt the re
ceipts at the American |s»rr*, for the week
ending 4tb October, wero 18^00 bales
against 17.000 bales for tiie corresponding
week last year. This Is thought by many
to point to a decidedly larger crop than
that of last year, more especially ns yellow
fever being so prevalent in the Gulfport*.
It was to be expected that receipt*of cot
ton would be considerably retarded.
The sales of the week, ending last eve
ning, sum up 00,770 bales, of which 47.600
wero taken by tiie trade, 18JS00 declared for
1 <620 taken for speculation. In (
co m pa rod
with hwi year. Our Manchester report of
to-day says, -Market dull; small business
doing; prices again rather lower than
Tuesday.” New York telegram# of last
evening report middling upland* nt 20
cent*, with gold at 143. costing 8J^d per
pound (aid down here. Private telegrams
report stock at all American ports at 00.000
bale*, against 230,000 bale* last year.—
Havre, stock on 4th instant 87.527 bales,
against 146.830 Inst year. London stock,
Instevenhig. 103.578 bales, against 01,071
last year. From Bombay our advices are
to the 4th invtunt, reporting cotton quiet
nt 17rs Dliolleruh, equal to about 6,685
uale*. Very respectfully.
W. C. Watt* & Co.
21 Brown's Building.
Variety.
A nmn In Warren, Massachusetts, suffer-
I terrible abdominal disturbance, ami b«-
»e « iimclated from an apprehension that
• sleep he had swallowed a partial set
m‘ teeth. He convnlcaced when the
.. were found In nn old coat.
•-Vienna Press ha*Just made the In:
« wit discovery that BUtnark ha* forgot
ten to make a treaty of peace with the
Prince of Liechtenstein. There is a chance,
however, that this omission will not con
vulse Europe, for the Prince’s army is ouly
tUty*one men strong.
Mr. Robert Browning is about to publish
a poem of 15,000 lines, containing -discus
sions on a host of the most Interesting and
puzzling social problems of the day.” He
(s advised to next try his hand at turning
the Congressional Glol>e Into verse.
Boudro. tho Deimonice of New Orleans,
is dead. It was of JioHdro that Thackeray
said he was surpassed by no transatlantic
coo 1 '. Hi* specialty was the preparation
of fish for the table, and his little cottugc
on Lake Pontehartrain, was the resort of
New Orleans fashion.
The New York World says: -Dartmouth
College made Long John Wentworth an
L.L. 1). on ‘spec,’ and got $10,000 by it.
•Long John* can be D—D for less. Dart
mouth did the work cheaply. In considera
tion of the facts that *tamg J.* i* an
orphan, and has lately broken some of id*
leg*.”
Waiter Drown, the oarsman, has laid a
wager with a Portland gentleman that lie
will run live mile* in thirty-three minutes
or IcM* at some lime within the next twelve
days. 1* there no chance for u ••foul ? ’*
An American who was sentenced to ser
vitude in Van Diem in's Laud for com-
1 1!icily in the Canada rebellion in 1837, ha*
u*t been |kjrtioiied, and made hi* way to
d* old home in Saratoga, tin* other day.
penniless.
A Paris doctor cures stutterers in fifteen
day*, aud the stuttering world run* attar
him.
All licensed bootblacks and ncwsiioys in
Boston are outlaw*. Ho say* a recent or
dinance.
Tiie celebrated Oriental scholar. Ewald.
professor of the University of Gottingen,
having declined to take tiie oath of fealty
to the King of Prussia, has received an of
ficial intimation from tho Minister of
Public Instruction at Berlin that, -as his
faculties are evidently giving way, he will
be placed on the retired list.”
Thomas Mallory, the gallpnt fellow who
descended the Hoosac tunnel shaft, at the
peril of his life, to learn the fate of his com
rades, lost all his property, consisting of
•500 in notes, a gold watch, and other valu
ables, which were in tlio building destroy
ed. Tiie State will lose notidng hy the
disaster, having leased all its property nt
the shaft to Dull, Gowan & White, the con
tractors, who were prosecuting tho work,
and who will sustain tho loss.
General Intelligence.
The race* on the Memphis course have
liecn postponed one week, in consequence
of the prevalence of fever.
By order of tiie War Department, head-
boards have been placed at tlio graves of
the assassination conspirator*, in Wash
ington.
There were ten deaths from yellow fever
In New Orleans 011 .Sunday, ami sixteen on
Monday. There tin* been no frost, and ab
sentees are cuutioucd to remain away a
short time yet.
The estimated expense of the pension
office for the fiscal year, ending June 30,
1867, Is, for salaries aud contingent expen
ses, $411,340; payment of peuskras, $31,-
740JJ00; total, $36,151,340.
Passenger and freight train* are now
running to Hillsdale, on tiie Pacific Rail
road, five hundred miles west of Omaha.
It Is reported that the Sioux, Cheyennes,
Arrapahoes and Crows, have formed a
league lor the pursose of exterminating
the Blackfeet.
A fire In Wallingford,Conn^ on Sunday,
destroyed the Episcopal church, town-hall
and Keeler’s stove store. Loss about $30,-
000; Insurance about 1R000.
The report that more counterfeits of
compound-interest notes havo been dis
covered in New York is correct. They are
the same counterfeits discovered several
months since. None have recently passed
the Department at Washington.
The Commissioners of Interna! Revenue
has decided that selling, or offering to sell,
distilled spirits at less than $2 per wine
gallon, does not raise any presumption in
law tlmt the tax has not been paid, because
thr spirits may have been rectified and di
luted. .
Gen. Hancock, will go to New Orleans
In a few days, to tike command of the
Fifth Distrlc. Other military officers, as
signed to duty at tiie South and furloughed
oiraccount 01 the prevalence of yellow fe
ver. will be required to report at their posts
immediately.
OT Father Abell, who Is tho oldest Ro
man Catholic priest In Kentucky, recently
delivered a sermon at tiie Louisville C'nthc-
dral, and in spite of his venerable age, his
E owerful And sonorous voice was distinctly
eard In every part of tlio Cathedral. This
aged priest Is, a remarkable specimen of
physical power and endurance. Ho Is six
leet four incites In bight, nud his frame
bear* evidence of a former strength and
▼Igor, such as few men pofses*. even in the
land of Aimk. Kentucky. Father Abell U
the subject of nn amusing anecdote. When
In Purls, some years ago, lie visited the Zo
ological Gardens, where the chief curiosi
ty at tlmt time was a giraffe. A* he passed
through tiie crowd, head ami shoulders tall
er than tho tallest. Father Abell wa» espied
' wui
by n couple of pert grlscttcs, one of
immediately cried: u Ttenst Viola vne
autre airaMt.~
giraffe.”
(-Look, there is another
cottonto arrive not a single transaction W A new Journal has been started in
has been reported* Knoxville, Homage A Co. proprietors.
TCLkOniflllt' INTKLMGKNCK.
.run New York rrraa Ahtoti.tlon.
El.ctl.n Itcturn.i
Aruu.Ti, Ui't.91.—Tlio lUqHibili'zn lit,
tlio following niMItlonnl return*: Wilke,
county, lir.t din, 739 for Convention; Tnl-
lafcrro county, lir.t d»jf, 379 for Conven
tion; Greene county, lir.t dny. 1150 for Con
vention : Fierce county, tlr-t tiny, 124.
from WualilnKt.ii.
WtntllNUTON. Oct. 31.—It In understood
the Itetrenciiiflent Committee 1ms ^re
nounced tiie questioned 7.3H notes counter
feit, tints relieving tiie 1'rltitiHK Bureau of
damaging suspicion.
Tiie State Department lias no inttmntlnn
who will succeed'Sir Frederick Bruce from
England.
Thu London Glolie says: “Although
Prussia It pledged to neutrality, Itisninrek
lias given assurance tliut liu will not allow
France to war on Italy.”
Itema via New York.
New Voice. Oct. 31.—The Ohaiincey
from Aspinwolh brings 9910.000 In treas
ure.
There has been a severe iturrn and heavy
rain in Central America.
Tlm cholera Is disappearing.
A line of steamers is to be established
between Valparaiso and Liverpool.
Uedicinb Lodge, Oct 20.—Six hundred
Cheyenne Indiana threaten tbe Commlt-
tluuere. They have sent word to the In
dian! at the i. nuncll to get out of the way.
The Commits loners have three hundred
men to protect them. Borne of tbe Com
missioners remain..
A treaty was made yesterhay with the
Apachees, numbering eighty-five lodge*
Front California.
San ;Fb*»ciscih Oct. 31.—The entire
Democratic State ticket is elected hy about
3.000 majority.
Foreign-
I.ondon. *Oct 30 — Napoleon decline,
Italian co-oireratiun in defending tile Papal
interest.
From Waaklnglou.
Washington, Oct. 81 —Tlio oilici.il ma
jority against negro suUrnge in Ohio 1,
19(10112.
Internal lEcvenue receipt' to-day *765,-
000. For the week fourteen aud a quarter
million.
Forty-nine paymasters atrl department
clerks were discharged u>-d ty.
Senator Wilson, chairman oft lull-
clary Committee, is here.
Fast Hampton, Oct. 31.— 1 Tlm French
steamship Amsterdam, from Malaga, with
fruit, run usliore at Muntcuik Point and
went to pieces, yesterday.
From Havana.
Havana, Oct. 31.—Intelligence has been
received here that St. Domingo has declar
ed war against Hay tl on account of sym
pathy and assistance given by Haytians to
cx'Presidcnt Baez. Baez wasatCaracus
planning an attempt to return to St. Do
mingo.
President Cliral vnd General IYssin were
on tiie Ha) tlau Iromler with an army of
4.000 men;
Ten prisoners who took part in the re
volt at tiie penitentiary, ut Suntlagoda
Cuba, were shot on the 23d. All the others
Implicated have Iwen sentenced to long
terms of Imprisonment.
From New Orlrnns.
New Ohlkans. Ort. 31.—There were 13
interments from yellmv fever for the twen
ty-four hours ending nt 0 o’clock tills
morning.
Tiie order repealing previous school or
dinances not receiving a voteol two-thirds
of tlio members elect to the council, but
only of those present nt the meeting, the
Mayor’s veto was sustained.
From Galvanton,
Galveston, Oct. 31.—Tiieru were four
deaths from yellow fever fcr tho put twen
ty-four hours.
Gen. Reynolds uks the War Department
to make Austin permanent Headquarters.
Headquarters were removed here Friday.
From North Carolina.
WIIJIINOTON, Oct. 31c—There is consid-
erkble Interest manifested in the approach
ing election. Tiie Conservatives, being In
• hopeless minority In this county, will
probably nominate no ticket. The negroes
are almost a unit for tho Radical policy.
Ralekiu, Oct. 31,—The County Conven
tion of the Constitutional Union men nnd
friends or Civil Liberty usembled to-day.
After reasserting 1U devotion to the Con
stitution of our forefethera and conserva
tive principles in » series of resolutions,
Hon. D. G. Fowlc, J. A. Morris, P. H. Man-
gum and II. T. Ul*k» were nominated for
tho State Constitutional Convention. H.
A. Bledsoe addressed tbe awciublagc in op
position to Radicalism. All parts of tho
county were represented with, frill delega
tions, and tho utmost harmony prevailed.
The opponents of tho Radicals are thor
oughly organised and in good fighting trim
and expect to carry tlio county.
Conservative Convention Called.
Ciiam.eston, Oct. 31.—A Convention tu
take action in behalf of tlio white popula
tion In this State has been called to meet
in Columbia on Glh of November.
From Ittchmond.
Richmond, Oct. 31.— 1 Tlio official vote of
the State cast is ns follows: Whites 75,074;
colored 93,056; for Convention 14,835
whites, 02,507 colored!; against Conven
tion 61,219 whites, 033 colored. General
Schofield, In view of complaints of fraud,
is about to order a new census of tho vo
ting population of Richmond.
WTlio Iowa Voter gives tiie fallowing
singular incident;
Alxmt 8 o'clock on Friday evening lost,
two common screech owls flew into tbo
room where a Mrs. Shopo was dying of
consumption, and perched on tho head of
her bed. Attempts were made by persons
present to drive them out of tlio room, hut
lacy would not go until Sir. Shopo caught
them and’took them out. Tho woman (fled
an hour afterword."