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GEORGIA WEEKLY OPINION
THE WEEKLY OPINION.
BY W. L BCBDOOB BHD J. B. DOMBLB.
OFFICIAL PAFEE FOB IBB COCHTIES OF
Butov,
Bibb,' ■
Bottt,
CUWU,
Cbbttoogft,
Clayton,
Cobb,
Dtit.
DoKoft.
Fayette,
Fulton,
Owlnnott,
Bbrnloon,
Hoard,
Henry,
Jaaper,
Monroe,
Murray,
Newton,
Paulding,
Folk,
Spalding,
Sumter,
Upoou.
ATLANTA, Q-J^.z
WEIWESDAY JIOItXING, OCTOBER 30
or Oooil order prevailed at jtho poll*,
anil throughout tho city, yesterday. Tho
prectillonary step of closing the saloons,
was a wlse moveincnt. The vote polled was
light.' The Registration record contains
the names of 4,330 voters; oitly 781 voted
up to tj o’olocklast evening. The managers
imilfbe more active If the full vote Is
polled within the prescribed time.
Tub Nasiucilus Election.—Tho Wash
ington Star, of the 20th, furnishes a short
synttpsls of the report of General Thomas
to General Grant, In relation to the late
election in Nashville. The document, It is
stated, contains tho official communications
which were exchanged on tho subject; tho
proclamations, respectively, of the Gov
ernor of Tennessee and the Mayor of
Nashville, and also the outers for sending
troops to that city, and that of Gen. Grant
directing Major General Thomas to go
thither, “to remain until after the election,
to preserve peace.” Major General Thom
as spccltlcally details to General Grant his
condnct and movements in the premises,
and, with a vlow to a proper performance
of duty, asks for instructions. These aro
given in telegrams, to tho effect: “I neither
instruct to sustain the Governor nor May
or, hut to prevent conflict. The Governor
is the only authority than can legally de
mand the aid of the United States troops,
and that must be by proclamation declar
ing Invasion or insurrection exists beyond
the control of other means at Ills hands.—
It Is hoped your presence and good judg
ment nnd advice will prevent conflict.
Your mission Is to preserve the peace, and
not to take sides In political differences
until called out In accordance with the law.
You arc to preventmobs from aldtngclthcr
party. If called upon logally to Interfere,
your duty Is plain. You aro not to prevent
the legal State force horn the execution of
its orders.”
Such Is the substance of tho orders to
Major General Thomas.
Fortunately no occasion occurred fur tho
employment of the United States troops,
and Major General Thomas, on the 28th of
September, telegraphed to General Grant:
“The election Is over. All quiet.”
Important meeting of Cotton mu«
Woolen manufacturer.,
extract from the Philadelphia Ledger
The Election.
Less than one-llfth of the registered
toters of this olty and county voted yes- , „ .
terday. This result astonished ill who i ^ Rowing report of y. Important meet-
wltnessed the crowd around the polls da- !"*.*'“ tttm and woo,cn ntanufucturers
ring tho day. Tho dutles to bo performed
by the officers were of such a novel charac
ter as to cause some delay, but hereafter
speedier action will nrem redly occur, snd
It Is believed that ample time has been al
lowed to poll the entire registered vote.
Tho good order that prevailed through
out tho day was generally remarked. We
heard of no disturbance whatever. The
colored voters polled the largest portion
of tho vote, and It was Universally admit
ted they conducted themselves In a becom
ing manner throughout the day. It Is to
bo hoped the remainder of this great epoch
in tho history of till’ State will pass so
quietly.
Let the voters he brought cut la their
full strength. The importance of the ques
tions at Issue demand this. It is our only
hope for a speody settlement of our iron
hies. The friends.efiUceonstructlon have
nothing to fear frqpi a full expression at
the polls; therefore let them labor to sc-
euro It.
Tho Selma (Ala.) Messenger says
Mr. C. C. Sutor, of Oallaa county, who left
with bis family for ilra*ll tome months
ago, hao been heard from by his friendse-
Uo writes to W. J. A. Russell, Esq- that he
la oven better pleased with the country
than he expected to be; and that Mrs.
Sutor, who went very reluctantly, is de
lighted with her new home. Mr. Sutor Is
an Industrious, energetic, pushing man, a
practical farmer and bis opinion Is entitled
to much weight.
ZW~ At latest accounts yellow fever still
prevailed In many parts of Interior Louis
iana. It held Its own In Shreveport, Alex
andria, St. FranclsviUc, New Iberia, West
Baton Rouge, etc. At Washington, Ope
lousas, there had been four hundred coses
and flfty-three deaths,
ZW Tho Anti-Reconstruction ticket
named for the Augusta District, was with
drawn yesterday morning. We hope to
hear that the example was extensively
followed throughout the State.
In tliat city
An adjourned meeting of cotton nnd
woolen manufacturer* wo* held yesterday
afternoon. At tiie Hoard of Trade room.—
Mr. Win. Devine. President of the Asso
ciation, occupied the chair. The President
■tated that the object of tho meeting was
to tako into consideration the ulralltlon <>
reduction of the live per cent, tax on cot.
ton. lie said the manufacturing Interest
still feel tliat this tax is an unjust one. and
it was important that proper measures
should he taken to have the tax removed,
lie liojied proper committees would be ap
pointed to take the subject In hand, so that
tho measures desired could ho properl
brought before Congress, Mr. Devine tifo
stated that this association was in commit'
nication with associations in oilier portions
of tho country.
Mr. Kelley read an abstract of a letter
from tho Rev. Dr. Bellows, of New York,
now in Europe, in reference to the labor
question in Europe, and the ncccssity.oi pro*
tooting tiie manufacturers in this country.
A paper was also read, giving tiie prices ol
labor in Belgium and other countries. -
Mr. Garsotl said we were hero to ask our
law-makers to do us simple justice. Tex
tile manufacturers cannot exist in this
country unless they are protected against
tiie pauper labor or Europe. II. could not
understood the policy of Congress protect
ing manufactures by a tariff, and then ta
king more from them by a heavy tax upon
tiie raw material und upon the articles
manufactured. In Belgium wool-assurters
were paid, a few years ago, CO cents jier
week, and the superintendent of seven sets
obtained $7 per week, while ho (Mr. Gar-
sed) was paying 82.50 per day to a superin
tendent over three sets. Personally lie
asked no favors, but it was suicidal lor the
Government to fix a tariff of seventy per
cent, and the demand thirty-three per cent,
internal taxes. There must be a total an
nihilation of the tax upon the industry of
tiie country, or tiie mills will be stopped.
Tiie tax on cotton at present is ini|>oiitic
and disastrous, and unless removed great
distress will surely follow. If the uiauu-
QET Speaking of tho election In West
Virginia, tho Wheeling Intelligencer (Re
publican), of tho 2Gth, s.ays: “The news
from tho State, so far received, shows a
diminished Union vote, but not enough so
to endanger the gonral result. Brooke
county lias given a Democratic majority.
Last year she gave some forty-live or llfty
the other way. The vote in Marshall ap
pears light, but wc have no doubt tliat she
is all right. It Is impossible thus early to
make any estimate as to what tho returns
from the State will foot up. Wc think it
probablo tliat a generally diminished vote
lias been polled in nearly every county.
The apathy apparent hereabout character
ized. more or less, tho whole canvass
throughout the State. Somewhat of this
feeling Is to be accounted for by tlic fact
that we had no general ticket in tiie Held.
There was, therefore, very little to excite
tiie people. Next year it will bo vastly
different. Then will come tiie tug of war
over the Presidency und over all tiie State
otllecrs.
2T* A dispatch from Toronto, October
24, says: “A run commenced on the Royal
Canadian Bank tills morning, and continu
ed with great activity, until about noon.—
The run for gold being promptly responded
to, the excltemont gradually subsided. In
order to satisfy the public as to its ability
to meet all demands, the bank kept open a
considerable time after tho usual hour of
closing. All tho other banks paid gold for
ltoyal Canadian bills.
Fraxce and Austria.—It is stated in tho
dispatches from Europe, that the reception
of tho Emperor of Austria in Purls has
been most cordial and gratifying. Ills visit
is popular with tho Parisians, and when
ever he appears In public ho meets with
enthusiastic manifestations of welcome
from the people. A profound feeling of
sympathy for tho brother of tho unfortu
nate Maximilian heightens the respect nnd
esteem with which the Emperor is regard
ed by all classes.
The Journal and Messenger of yes
terday morning announces that there
would bo no-Conservative” ticket in the
field, end argues therefore, tliat all who
vote at tho election now progreasing must
be Radial Rbconstructlonlsts. And the
Journalwhi/ts those who vote to be u mark-
. We suggest that those who do ho|
vofco will bo marked. There will bo two
wxrfe* kept, most probably.
£3*ln a letter from Nqw York to Hie
Montgomery MAH, Col. Lewis Owen, Presi
dent of the Montgomery nnd Euftmla Rail
road, states that he.Tfiia made Such arrange-
Wiiy Gen. Ord Removed Ills Head
quarters.—Tho removal of General Ord’s
headquarters from Vicksburg to Holly
Springs, has already been announced. Tiie
Vicksburg Republican, in speaking of the
removal, makes the following revelntlo :n
We regret that General Ord found it ne-
cesnary to make this change, particularly
as it was forced upon him by pecuniary
reasons. It is a sau commentary upon the
narrow heurtedness of Vicksburg, that the
cost of living is so utterly beyond all rea
son tliat even tiie Commander of the Dis
trict could not afford to maintain his head
quarters hero. The exorbitant spirit of
property holders here is well Illustrated in
the fact tliat he was charged eight hunderd
dollars a month rent for a very common
establishment. Servant hire, provisions,
goods of every description are so merci
lessly beyond the reach of all who are not
blessed with extra pocket money, that Gen.
Ord und ids staff found it impossible to
maintain themselves here. At Holly Springs
he secures one of.the finest and most costly
residences in the State (Mr. Cox’s) at eight
hundred dollars per annum, while every
other necessary item ean be obtained ut
corresponding low ligures. We part with
them with regret, and feel mortified for
the fair fame of Vicksburg that it became
necessary. Tho rebels, however, tire loud
in tlieir rejoicings, and hope they will bu
The Recent Failures in Philadelphia.
The Philadelphia Press of Monday, in its
money article, says:
The failure of three or four houses,
hitherto in good standing, last week lias
Caused quite a commotion in business cir
cles, especially in tho d:y goods trade,
in which theso failures occurred. Tiie
community are at a loss to account for
these breaks. One would think that, with
the advancing tendency of tiie gold pre
mium, such disasters, with moderately fair
management, would bo impossible of oc
currence; but the decline in muslins and
some other description of goods brought
with it those inevitable conscnucnces which
happen to largo holders trading on bor
rowed capital. Wc are happy to state tliat
the losses are by no means so serious as
was at lirst imagined, and the anxiety
which was so widespread on Friday, was
entirely without enuse, as was evidenced
by the smoother aspect of affairs on Satur
day, when tiie real extent of tho failures
was definitely known. Rumor hud bandied
about the names of certain parties whose
financial standing has always been first
class, nnd thence the fears that were so
widely entertained in the exoitement of
the hour.
Th* Fever in New Orleans.—Tho
Time* says:
Every member of tho Howard Associa
tion has had tho fbver in his household, in
one or two instances prostrating each one
In tho family. The physicians of the
board of health and the citizens have also
been nllllcted in the same manner. All of
our phycieians have suffered either from
fatigue in tiie prosecution of their noble
duty, or by sickness at home. From tiie
visitation of the epidemic, 110 office of a
newspaper in tills city, no business has
Iraen exempt. Indeed, it may be announced
as substantially true tliat the disease has
visited every family resident lu the city.
All these circumstanses prove liow univer
sal has been the sickness, and also how
very few deaths have taken place com
pared with the immense number of
eases. ,
C^*Tho Washington Chronicle mentions
a new invention, just patented, to facilitate
voting in.Legislatures. By an arrange
ment of wires similar to tliat of tlio iiotel
annunfelafor, connecting thd desks of tho
members of a deliberative body with tho
voting apparatus, members aro enabled to
vote all at once; and after a moment’s
time being allowed lor a chnnimof vote by
Arty Mffiber who may de.slro it the result—
that Is the Individual vote of each nicni-
bet. together with the aggregate* respcct-
—
the name of each
member voting is printed for tho use of tho
reporters of the press.
would u»t be troubled upon the subject,
but we use the same machinery* while the
price of labor is four-fold.
Mr. A. Campbell contended tliat tiie po
liticians were endeavoring to take more
from the {leople than they were willing to
give. He thought it would bo better for
the manufacturers if every Custom House
was abolished, and excise inen discharged,
than it is under tiie present system of tax
es. Tiie men engaged in producing should
agree not to vote for any man for office
who is willing to tax the producing inter
ests for the benefit of the politician and
otiier non-producers.
Gen. Patterson stated that there was no
country on the globe so ground down with
taxes as our own. He asked no favors of
Congress, but simply justice by biking off
tiie grinding tux upon the industry of the
United States. The country is maintain
ing a large number of men to collect tax-
eft, and a largo number of other men de
vising menus to spend it. He would not
say the officers of the government did not
perform their duties honestly, hut lie was
satisfied tliat it took tiie entire tax of two
and a half cents on cotton to pay the sala
ries of the officers appointed to collect it.
The system also draws from Industrial pur
suits a large number of men who ought to
bo producers. Every article used by la
borers is taxed, and none of them cun live
comfortable unless they get large w ages.
Wc must insist upon an economical ad
ministration of the government by tiie dis
charge of the many loafers who live up
on it.
Mr. Blakely said this country could not
go back to the old expenditure of $17,000,-
000, because our country lias grown and
expenses have increased, lie tsdieved the
officers of the Government were as honest
now ns in previous years, lie thought it
would ho better to ask that the five jx-r
cent, tax he abolished than to aboifoli the
entire system of customs, as had been sug
gested by several of tiie speakers.
General Patterson was in favor of Cus
tom Houses and Collectors, but he thought
it would be bettor to abolish them alto
gether, than for the present grinding taxes
to he continued upon tho industry of the
country. Ho said goods could he Imparted
through New York at ono-tliird the rate
fixed upon by the Government.
Mr. Garrett submitted the following:
Resolved, That tho Manufacturers* As
sociation of Philadelphia ask our memlters
of Congress to use all honorable means to
remove all taxation on the industry of tiie
country, where such industry requires to
bo protected against the cheaper labor and
capital of Europe. Agreed to.
Mr. Kelley offered a resolution, that the
whole subject lie referred to the Executive
Committee, and to take measures to have
removed the live cents on goods and 2, l n
conts on cotton. Adopted.
A motion was made and agreed to to take
up the subjeetof fixing the tare 011 cotton
bales, the same as tiie trade have lu Liver
pool.
Mr. Kelley stated tliat the tare on cotton
bales bound with rope amounted to four
and four and a half per cent., and about six
per cent, on bales bound with iron.
Mr. Uarsed thought the manufacturers
should fix upon some regular rate of tnre,
and unless tills is done the tare will bo in
creased by the planter. Somo of the bales
have cost iron hoops, and in some Instances
pieces have got into the picker, doing great
ftfrF moved to refbr tho subject to
tho Exocutfve Committee, for the purpose
of having a regular tare Axed on bales of
ootton. Agreed to.' Adjourned.
New York Dry-Goods Market.—.Veto
Turk, Oct. iV-The dry goods market Is
languid and depressed, yet a few leading
houses are doing a very largo and fair
trade at the reduction already observed.
The prico of Delaines lias been finally fix
ed. by tho agents at 20c for all new styles,
and 10c for all old patterns less desirable.
This enables Jobbers to offer the goods at
19c, on which they arc having a small run.
All standard prints are in steady request at
l2Mc, and standard sheetings of tho best
makes, iu brown, are quoted at 15Uc for
Atlantic A, 15c for Pacific A, 16c fordo.II,
13c Roxhury; und for Atlantic A
shirtings. Bleached muslins of tho bc*t
makes arc steady at 25c for Wamscttn 4-4.
33)£c for do. 0-4. 29c for do. 0-8,12c for 4-4
Tuscafora, 43e for 4-4 Almy’s, and 15c for
4-4 Egles. Woolen trade is both languid
and depressed. Foreign goods are in tho
same condition.
py A now style of hoop-skirt* Is short-
• to bo introduced, which will enable la-
_Jcs and gentlemen to 1 get into company,
and. in fact, walk together, should it
come necessary or agreeably A secret
spring; oporated quietly by the wearer,
opens a section 6t the hoops, and the gen
tleman can approach tho lady. Invcnuvo
ago l
miscellaneous Items*
The civilian game of huso ball is finding
fiivor with tiie West Point cadets.
They disperse corner loungers In Phila
delphia by pouring water on them from
tiie upper winders of the corner houses.
A Church to the memory of Abraham
Lincoln is about being established in Lon
don in connection with tiie Lincoln school
in tliat city.
The insurance companies In Peoria. III..
have agreed to forbid smoking in such
buildings as they lusuro as extra hazardous.
The hair of a copper worker, in Buffalo,
has turned perfectly green.
Tho Illinois Methodist preachers are
taking very decided grounds against tiie
tax and divorce laws on that State.
Ninety thousand dollar* worth of Nich
olson payment has Just been laid In Co
lumbus, Ohio.
The Cable rate* for telegrams are to bo
reduced on and alter tho loth of November.
it takes 2.500 vessels nnd 10.000 hands to
supply tho New York oyster trade.
A decision by the Supreme Court of New
York affirms the right of a police justice
o commit for contempt though
no statuary law to that effect.
New Brunswick papers are becoming
alarmed At the continued and apparently
Increasing emigration to tho United States.
It was claimed that confederation would
stop this, but It has not. \
Franklin Wctherbv, Salisbury, Connec
ticut who ha* been ill for some time, re
lieved him«elf on Monday by vomiting up
a snake nine inches long, nnd apparently
of the spotted udder species. Tiie truth of
tho story Is vouched for by the best author
ity.
Thurlow Weed’s estate is said to be worth
a million of dollars.
“Scalper,” is the St Louis slang for
hackmaii.
American ladies In Rome have given the
Papal Zouaves a Hug.
Never were chesnuts more abundant
than this season.
Cleveland has just adopted femulo clerks
in the post office.
The total vote in Pennsylvania at the
last election was 535.000, or 02.520 less than
at tiie previous election. Tiie Democratic
majority was 1,202.
The Republican boasts of a visible in-
•ease of the hu-ines* of Augusta.
Tho Kentucky Grand Lodge of Odd Fel-
>ws reports having raised the past yea;
■ver $100,000 tor the Widows’ I tome and
Orphans’ College at Harrodsburg.
Competition has placed the fare from
New York t«> Alban}’, one hundred and
fifty mile*, at fifty cents.
re men fs have Inen made to bold,
in the city c»t Phihulelphu. commencing on
the first A fdifivtday of November, a Na
tional Coi vcntlon. composed of delegates
from the different branches of the Presby-
riim C-hutvh in the United States.
The Cincinnati Enquirer is out with a
ashing leaner in favor of George. II. Pen
dleton, of Ohio, as tho Democratic candi-
itc for President.
Miilcdgcville is bidding for the location
of tiie Machine Shops of the Macon and
Augusta Railroad at tliat city.
Tiie house in which General Zachary
Taylor was ixirn, ncarOrange Court House,
Va.. is now used us a baru.
Thirty thousand people have fallen vic
tims u> yellow fever in N. O.
Tiie upper slopes of the Whlfco Moun
tains are now covered with snow.
A large cave lias been discovered In
Berks county. Pa. It is three hundred
yards deep, und ends in a yawning chasm.
The chasm 1ms not yet been explored.
A Texns editor, on being asked how lie
got along with his paper, said lie bad writ
ten one editorial and shot three men in the
previous twelve months.
A German ?lr! of sixteen had her right
and taken off nt the wrist in Buffalo last
week by a circular saw to which she was
attending.
A large, muscular Irishman, in a party
crossing the Rocky Mountains, lately idi
his friends to chase a grizzly. He was nf-
rwanl found torn into ribbons, and the
ar lying dead a low yards distant, pierc
ed with six ImlleiH.
It take* 2,800,000 soldiers to keep the
peace in Europe.
Tiie International Ocean Telegraph Com
pany will open their line to St. Augustine,
Florida. In November next. The exten
sion will be of service to hundred* of |x;r-
sons who visit tills place during the winter
months.
Gov. Chamcrlain has appointed Thurs
day. Nov. 28lh, as a day of thanksgiving
in Maine.
Tho Buffalo Express says that the Sab
bath Is now actually tho important market
day of tiie week in the cattle yards of that
city.
The custom prevails In Russia of cutting
oil' the hair of a widow and burying it
with tho body of her husband. So rigor
ously is tills practiced, tliat the blonde
locks of the young and iMMUitlful Countess
de Moray were not spared, though she was
the w’ifo of a Frenchman.
Office Brokerage at Washington.
Everybody knows of tho corrupt pardon
brokerage business which was, not long
siiice.so brisk at Washington. The President
closed out what little remained of tliat
with tho Amnesty Proclamation. Office
brokerage, prevalent long.before, has now
entirely taken Its place. Tho Tonure-of-
Offiee law may interfere somowhat with
this, but, over and above all drawbacks, it
probably pays handsome profits. A letter
has just come to light, which shows up tills
branch of tlsc executive duties. It is from
John B. Haskin, of New York, to Andrew
Johnson, and dated March 21,1860. Has-
kin urges tho appointment of Gen. Henry
W. Slocum to the Colleetorslilp of the port
of New York, telling tho President that “tho
man who holds that office should bo bound
to yon with hooks of steel.” In a postscript
he tells the President that the letter will bo
handed him by “our ubiquitous friend Fe
lix MeCInskey.” It was #0 handed to “A
J„” who Is said to have made upon It tiie
following indorabment: “Referred to Ooyio,
Wendell «fc Florence, per F. McClHskcy, A.
J.” Following tills Indorsement by “A. J.”
Is another by the “ubiquitous” McCluskey.
from which we copy tho following para*
graph:—AtmpMe J>ost. •: >• <
My Interviews with Johnny Ooyle, Cor-
noli nendcll and Tom Florence nave not
been satisfactory. They have opened an
Intelligence office in tho White House,
whore, os office broker.*, they sell offices
nnd contracts in tho gift of the President
and the Executive departments. This
kitchen cabinet of offioo .brokers insisted
on my securing them $20,000 for General
Slocum’s appointment—$10,000 In cash and
fldjWO In assignments of his salary in ad
vance. Of course I, as the l'rlcnd of Gen.
Slocum, with scorn and indignation, reject
ed tho infamoe proposition.
I'ELESttAVUlC INTELLIGENCE
From tiie New York Press Association.
The Colton Tax.
Memphis, Oct. 2tL—Shipper* instead of
sellers must pay the cotton tax. This adds
two and a half cents to local quotations
and unsettles tiie market.
There were seven interments from yellow
fever for the past twenty-four hours.
The agent of the Associated Press is au
thorized by Dr. Bard, editor of tiie Atlanta
New Era, to state that, tiie reported con
versation betwee*, Gen. Grant and himself,
pit hi i*hed in the New Y'ork Tribune and
other papers, was totally unauthorized by
him. and is erroneous in several important
particulars.
Brig Lost.
New York, Oct. 29,—The brig John,
from Norfolk, was totally lost on Barba-
does reef.
Foreign.
Florence, Oct. 20.—News received here
states that Garibaldi was victorious in u
fierce buttle near Monte Rotunda, captur
ing one hundred prisoners and three gnus,
Many were killed and wounded 011 both
sides. Garibaldi had four battalions.
Paris, Oct. 28.—Garibaldi’s force Is 12,-
000. The Papal forces are concentrated
before Rome with instructions to act on
tiie defensive.
Troops have sailed from Toulon and are
expected to reach Civita Veecbia this af
ternoon.
Rome, Oct. 26.—The Pope, in his letter to
the Roman Catholic Bishops throughout
the world, says the patrimony of the
church has been assailed by tiie Revolu
tionists, and asks them to order prayers in
all tiie churches for the Holy Sec.
The police, on Friday, in searching a
house, met with resistance. They attacked
tiie house with bayonets, killed fifteen
Garibuldian* and took thirty-six prisoners.
A quantity of arms and bombs were al*o
captured.
Election Returns.
Columrus. Oct. 29.—Tiie election to-day
passed off quietly. No disturbance, and
but little interest manifested. Six hundred
and fifty-eight ton** (Milled. Four hun
dred for tho county, and two hundred and
fifty-eight for the city. Only a few white
Radicals voting. Registered voters for
county and city about throe thousand.
Conservatives take no part in the election.
.Vim awl Times.
Macon, Oct. 29.—The election to-day
passed off’ very quietly; no whites voting;
tiie negroes having it their own way.
Four hundred and sixty-eight votes wero
polled in the city, nnd one hundred ami
thirty-seven in the country prcclnts. As
far as heard from indicates non-action on
tiie part of the whites.
Augusta, Oct. 29.—Returns from all
parts of tiie State Indicate that the Conser
vatives took no part In the election, which
passed off quietly. Nearly all tiie votes
cost were for Convention. 1,CS5 votes were
pollod lierc.—1,073 in tho city, and 712 in
the country, all for Convention.
Tho following returns have reached here
from the Interior: Rome, 700 votes polled,
nearly all for Convention; scarcely any
whites voting.
Marietta polled 301 votes, mostly frccd-
men, and nearly nil for Convention.
LaGrangc poollcd about 500 negro votes,
nnd 1 white, nil for Convention. Excepting
10 e|ty nnd county officers no respectable
Idle men were connected with the affair.
Guii itn, Oct. 29.—Tim votes polled were
075; 550 for Convention. Blacks 175;
whites 200 voting.
Fort Gaines, Oct. 29.—In Clay county
300 votes were polled—all for Convention.
N’o white man offered or cast a ballot.
Americus, Oct. 29.—From 600 to 000
otes were (railed—all colored.
Albany, Oct. 20.—The number of votes
(lolled is 399 colored and 1 white, who
voted for himself. All for Convention.—
The whites kept away from the polls alto
gether.
Sa vann ah, Oct. 29.—Only one white vote
cast. One hundred and seventy-four voters
in tho city and eighty in tiie country can
not be found on tiie Register’s books—for
got tiie name under w’iiicli they took tiie
oatii. The Boston Mulatto Bradley ticket
is ahead. Few negroes know what they aro
voting for more than they were Instructed
take the tickets and place them in the box.
Not a single arrest has boon made. Savan
nah sustained her reputation ns a peace
able city. Tiie co-operation of civil and
military authorities are ol the kindest na
ture.
SAVANNAn,Oct.29.—The olcctiou to-day
passed off very quietly. Many negroes
from tho country, nnd some from South
Carolina, aro here. The city vote is 682;
tho country 440. Thero aro aboqt 250 re
jected votes. All negrooa but three or four,
and all vote for Convention and the negro
Radical ticket.
From Washington.
Washington, Oct. 20.—Tho trotting stal
lion Geo. M. Patclien is dead. Ho was val
ued at $10,000,
The hurricane which swept over Porto
Rico on the 30th caused much damage
among tho shipping, and caused the rivers
to overflow destroying property to a con
siderable extent.
A npeeler was placed across the track of
tho ’Richmond and Fredericksburg Rail
road which threw three cars off tiie track
sixteen'miles this side ol Richmond. Tho
train due nt six o’clock this morning was
doliiycd until nooh. Nonolmrt.
The Cabinet was In session for two hours;
All present.
Gen. Grant has returned.
Internal Revenue receipts to-day $397,-
000.
Joseph H. Bradley, who was dismissed
by Jddgo Fisher at the closo Of the Surratt
trial, was ordered to show cause, by the
fourth of November, why be should not be
punk ,u *' 1‘cutcnifit, moauumo his «u»-
-i continues.
n V ’xrkinson and Tom Kelly fought ten
round/* At<iula trei:k ' Kllly W0 " by
foirt In th. “* ou '> roullJ >
20,—Two frailly*’!*
TZ Ou,r,n., Or,:- ‘fO.-K-uven
from yellow fever ocei- "*» “WOHJf
them Lieut. Lee. w ,m ? ? •*}**
as Assistant Adjutant O* ‘ifer* 1 ol the I'lull
Military District iorsonu * tbne.
Charleston, Oct. 29.—> r * en * Canbylia*
ordered the cessation of Hit quarantine af
ter November 1st.
Richmond, Oct. 20.—Mr. R unnlcutt ad
dressed a large crowd of iicgi oea 0,1 tll °
Capitol Square tills evening. la t,,e c * mr, ‘o
of his remarks lie alluded to certa ‘ n Ibreaw
made to kill him, und said“I'll m
Don’t you know, fellow citizens, th.
the assassin’s bullet pierces my bn in » or
ids dagger touches my heart, more t * JUU
one white man will fail 011 that day.”
assemblage responded,“ Yes—yes.”
Foreign Row*,
Rome, Oct. 24.—Fighting within half, *
mile of tiie city. Great excitement within
tiie walls. The Revolutionists are prepare
ing for a second u»suult. A proclamation
has been issued forbidding tiie assemblage
of over four persons. All persons within
the house are ordered to close their shops
upon tiie signal of alarm. Twenty-five
thousand Garibaldians attacked Vertebo,
yesterday, forcing one of the gates, but
were repulsed with a heavy loss of men
and munitions. Their leader, Deputy
Acnrbedl was killed. The Roman citizens,
including tiie aristocracy, are armed and
patrol tiie streets.
Turin, Oct. 20.—The great popular
demonstration favoring Rome for the Cap
itol have adopted an address to the King.
Paris, Oct. 27.—The Moniteur says the
fleet was kept back at tiie request of Victor
Emanuel, but subssquently sailed Imhmiuso
Cabinet could lie formed, and Garibaldi
was menacing Rome.
The Moniteur adds that France and
Italy are both interested in maintaining
law and order.
Muii. Roulicn, iu a dinner speech, hojad
that Italy, under bad passions Would not
fight France, but emerge from this trial
purified.
Garibaldi, with ten thousand men, was
before Romo after tiie battle of Monte
Rondo.
Later.—Frlnee Humbert leads tiie troops
piiust tiie French.
It is said that Victor Emanuel abdi
cates.
Garibaldi was checked at Monte ICoiulo
by reinforcements of Papais.
Personal.
Mrv’.JeflerHOh Davis is visiting Benning
ton, Vu for u lew days.
Bonner 1» said to realize over $150,000 a
year out of the Ledger.
y Maximilian'* autobiography, in three
volumes, is announced in England.
The wife of Hon. ,S. S. Cox, of Ohio, has
come into possesion of a large fortune
through the death ot her father.
Pierce Ogden, one of tiie tost whalemen
out of the port of New London, was re
cently killed by n whale.
Dickens denies tliat he lias been s-dtefui
and ungenerous in id* remark* about the
Yankees fol'thu last twenty years.
A lady named Mrs. II. L. Leonard shot a
bear recently near tne Kutulidin (Me.) iron
works tliat weighed, when dressed, up
ward of 3UU pounds.
Josh Billing*, says lie don't care bow
much a man talks, if lie savs it iu a few
words. Good idea for those who write to
newspapers.
A young man named Glut ter, while en
gaged in a game of base bull, ut Goshcu,
Indiana, had hfo right arm broken ut the
wrist.
On the occasion of Admiral Farragut’s
visit to Copenhagen, complimentary letters
wero cxchangctf by tho Admiral and Mr.
Yeaman, United {States Minister in that
city.
A. M Chapellc, a capitalist nnd real
estate dealer, of San Francisco, committed
suicide recently by jumping from the Oak
land ferryboat. He was one of the earliest
pioneers of California.
Advices from Mexico say that Santa An
na was to leave the country for Uavuoa on
tiie 24th inst.
Jose Marla Lncunzo, one of Maximilian’s
Ministers, who has been executed, buried
and embalmed, by the newspapers, Is olive
and well in Ilav&na.
Admiral Tegethoff Is still awaiting, in
Mexico, tho final decision of the Govern
ment on tiie application for tho remains of
Mnximilian. There appears to be no prob
ability of ids success in hls mission.
James norring, tor twenty-seven yean
Secretary of tho Grand Lodge of Masons
of N. Y„ died lately in Paris.
Tub Province of Newspapers.—The
Loudon Examiner says: It is unreasonable
to ox|icct that tho public press will always
publish only such things as we, individu
ally, shall like. A person of strictly reli
gious habits and tastes will be offended If
he secs in a newsjKiper tiie account of a
prize fight, or of something obscene and
sinftil. lie forgets that the newspaper is
but tiie reflection of tho world at large;
and if ho Is so fastidious, ho should retiro
altogether from life, for in a single street lie
will find, at auy given hour of the day,
wliut will ofl’end almost all hls senses, lie
need not read what he considers to be ob
jectionable; in like manner, ho need not
oat at a table (T hole any highly seasoned
dlsli. Let him order something to his
taste—u veal cutlet without sauce. But my
Lady Godiva may like a few of Ih'c indeli
cacies of the season, and Lord Coventry
may have stomach for any tiling. A news
paper would have few readers were its
dishes of news to cousist solely of pious
pastry and flimsy puffi*. While Use tonoof
a newspaper U moral the publlo cannot
complain. Tho music of an organ grinder
may bo of tho purest Character, though thft
oraan itself, und the organ grinder UkO-
wise,*may sometimes show symptons of
the mud and filth that aro picked up by or
scattered upon them throughout the rum
blings of the day. To the" port all things
aro pure, and to find fault with a newsp
K&ESWpr
an Ignoramui.