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GEORGIA WEEKLY OPINION.
VOL. I—NO. 15.1
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 12,1867.
ITERMS—$3
TUKSDAY KOBKIKU i i NOVEM UEU 6.
Elocllou Hoturvgi
Only partial returns have Icon received
•r the election held last week, but enough
la known to warrant the statement that the
Question of holding a Convention has suc
ceeded by a liundsomo majority. The
Union candidates have been elected In all
the districts n-om which posftlvo reports
•have been received.
In the eighty-three counties beard from
the voters number 7,833, above half the
registered names therein. Fifty-three coun
ties pollod more than half, and thirty less;
the difference being as stated.
In this district the Union Reconstruction
ticket Is elected by a large majority. Such
Is the case, also, In most ot the districts.—
Full returns are expected by Thursday,
which we will give as soon os received.
Yot» o» tub City.—The official count
af the vote of the city was concluded at
late hour last night. About 1,000 whites
participated In the election. Th* vote was
as follows: II. V. M. Miller, 1,733; James
L. Dunning, 1,061; N. L. Angler, 1,737;
•John H. Flynn, 1,719; W. C. Lee, 1,709;
Henry Q.CoIe, 1.089; David Irwin, 1,731;
J. B. Key, 411; IV. T. Winn, 131; B. R.
Tgrner, 119; J. P. llamblcton, 133; E. M.
Taliaferro. 136; T. T. Smith, 138; J. E.
Uullutt, 163.
Wkbstxb Coumtv.—A letter In the Tele
graph gives the following statement:—
Registered 107 whites anil 376 colored-
total 783. Total vote cast 387. all colored,
ami. says the letter, “number of whites
voting, thank God, not one.” bo It seems
that Webster desires to remain unrecon
structed—at least the white portion of her
population.
MaauiwBTiiKK Cottarr.—The number of
registered voters In Merrlwcther county
was 3,331. Votes cast 1,331; for Conven
tion 1,333. Against Convention S3. One
hundred and flfty whites voted. One
ticket was voted blank, and two without
expression for or against Convention. The
election passed olT quietly.
Tub Fauna is Ovan.—The election force
is over. Thu Kadlrals claim that 3.128
votes were polled lu this city aud county.
It is also claimed that the State has gone
for Convention. The rcspcctuble iwople of
Georgia have cause for congratulation that
llietr hands an- clear of the dirty work.
Chronicle anil Sentinel.
Fact, that the State h is gone for Conven
tion. Figures, which never lie, demon
strate that. And we suggest that those
-mqiecuble people of Georgia,” filling
provisional offices, and who have worked
against Reconstruction, can Incrcaso their
respectability, (If stubbornness Is the stan
dard.) by refusing to longer discharge the
duties of theprovtebmal offices they now
hold*.
ArioTimi RBSOuncB.—The Mlllcdguvlllc
Reeonler says It Is know n to hut few, even
of the citizens of Baldwin county, that
some eight miles from Mlllcdguvillu, di
rectly cast, on tho Augusta and Macon
itallriiad, that there Is n bed of tho finest
Kaolin, or porcclalu that can bo found In
the State. Those who have examined the
nrtiele say that the best of china ware can
lie made from it. The Inal Is half a mile
long and sixty-seven feet deep, and In
breadth extends some half mile or more.
To erect works anil engage In working up
tho clay, would Ini a fortune to any man.
Wo hope that some enterprising company
will take hold and develop such Inviting
resources. When the resources „f Georgia
are developed, by labor, capital and enter
prise. they will ho found inexhauslihlu.
r*r The Mlllcdgovllle Recorder Is offur-
sd for sale. The senior proprietor. Mr.
finite, has worked upon Ills paper forty-
eight years, aud ho now says: “The senior
Editor white* to retire, to follow a more
tpiiet life, auJ one freer from perplexing
tnres. Ho finds himself lu the evening of
Ids days, willing of relinquishment ofthosu
contests Ufa political nature, better suited
to yuiiligcr men. And It Is also announced
that the Junior Editor also desires to retire,
us his health requires a more active and
out door life. Ho w ould, nevertheless, re
tain his present position, provided he is
suited In aeo-partuer in thu business.
Disastbous Kirk.—An extensive tiro oe-
eiirrcd In Tallahassee, on the night of the
tilth ult- consuming tho rlothliig store of
I’ratorliis & Chirk, and the drug store of T.
1*. Tatum, with their goods. Tho buildings
were partially Inaurcil, but the stocks of
these gentlemen are a total loss, Tlie Flor
idian commendti tlic conduct of the milita
ry, Dan Gastello's Circus Company, ami
the Frcedmcn, very highly for the aid tin y
rendered In saving contiguously situated
property from the finmfis.
llEt. ('HOOK DKVKATKD BY TUB INDIANS.—
A telegram from Jacksonville- Oregon,
states tlmt n military express had arrived
from Fort Klamath, bringing news that
Gen. Crook was defeated Octolicr 17. near
Goose I-ako Valley, by tho Pint and Flit
River Indians. The (Iglit l.i-tod two days
and Gen. Crook was conipellM to retire.
Good Advice.
Tho Rocordv states that many of the for-
mere of Baldwin county desire to sell off
portions of their lands, as they havo no fur
ther uto for big plantations, and suggests
as follows:
Let there be a meeting called, snd thoao
who have lands to sell, state the number of
aernethoy wish to dispose of; the quality
A GREAT VICTOR! I
Tho Empire State of tits South has
spoken, aud her voice Is now resounding
throughout the length and breadth of the
American Union, In behalf of the Interests
of her people and of the people of tlie en
tire country.
She has proclaimed for the Union, and _
eoon will bo restored to her proper place In of the’iand',’wiiereItileerhow tat from tho
the bright galaxy of State#! , city, and whether In the woods, now being
Hiu, Johnson, and others, have endenv- !f. the of
ored to dissuade thepeople from returning ^^SS^SSi %
to the Government ot their Fathers, but companies to build factories, machine
fortunately to no purpose. For the first show Ac, Ac, wlmt water power there Is
time In seven years the voice of the people Jf ‘mretlng%‘”»*fffii
of Georgia has been heard. Her people unilonitandlng as to the resources of tho
havo performed their duty nobly. Over county, nppoint some gentleman of lutclll-
One Hundred Thousand votes for a Con- gence. (ami raise a purse for him) to visit
vcutlon. and this h sufficient for all practl- i ^^l^amM^vS^^enT to*c6me down
cal purpose*.
It was obvious before the election that
certain opposition papers knew somethin#
of tho power and strength of the Union
league Organization in the Bute, and that
fact accounted for their fierce and undig
nified assaults upon it. And tbeso samo
papers assailed. In the most unmeasured
terms, such gentlemen as were known to
be wtoldlng a powerful Influence for Re
construction. Some of them were named,
and prejudiced estimates placed upon them
They went so far as to say they were pos
sessed of but little Intellect and less luflu-
cnce. What can these journals say now?
Whether by the power of Intellect or not,
an influence has liecn exerted lu Georgia,
which has caused her to cast more white
votes for Convention'than Virginia und
Alabama combined. More than 25,000
Union Leaguers have cast their votes for
Kecoii«truction, ami have saved the State
of Georgia. We do not say that no one
fait Union Leaguers have voted for Recon
struction. She was supported b? thou
sarnie of others. Union men was abused
without stiut, among these we might men
tion several of our most prominent cltlsf na,
Among the first of them we may, with
propriety, name Col. 11.1*. Farrow. Ho
entered the canvass before the arrival of
Gen. 1*01% and lias fought through all op
position to Us close, lie can accept no
office under tho Federal Government as he
held office under the Confederacy, and can
not, therefore, take the required oath. But
a consciousness of having performed his
duty to Ills country, during the campslgu,
will, we trust, reward him. Ills labors In
different portions of the State have been
effective, as have those of other gentlemen;
and tho people of Georgia will hereafter
thunk him and thorn for their exertions.
Three cheers for Georgia and the Union 1
Thh I'osT-OrriCR Department.—The
Star states that thu forthcoming annual re
port of the l*oSt-Ofllce Department will
prove to be one of thu most elaborate and
interesting documents which has been pre
sented to Congress for many years. And
It Is added: Mr. Randall lias succeeded
during the past year, in Inaugurating a
great reform In the domestic affairs of the
governments of the world hy Ills impor
tant movement In favor of cheap ocean
l>ostnge. Thu British Chancellor of the
Exchequer und Lord Montrose, the English
Postmaster General, have promised to se
cond tho efforts of our own Postmaster
General -In carrying the postage reduction
to its legitimate ami fullest extent.” The
in termed late steps already taken are bring
ing the resources of tills country practically
•arer to the densely populated portions of
Europe. The reduction of our own inland
postage to three cents was a great victory
for the country, hut Postmaster General
Randall, by the Initiation ami cheap ocean
postage, has not only conferred a blessing
on his country hut on ail mankind.
In Tnoriii.it.—'The Savannah Republican
ys: •♦Sometime ago parties in Atlanta
made an agreement with a dealer here to
sell l< e in Atlanta for him, on commission.
He shipped large quantities of the article
to that place, at different times, and the men
kept writing for more. At length he. sent
a gentle hint that it was about time the
proceeds were forthcoming. Nothing more
was heard of thecommissinii lee merchants,
mid on repairing to Atlanta, the gentleman
who had fund shod the lee found them
missing. lie beared that they were In
Baltimore. Yesterday he had information
that they were at the Screven House, and
procuring u warrant he had lioth men ar
rested Hiijl traiisiVred from Mr. McGInley’s
to Mr. Russell's Forsyth Park Hotel, where
they will have prcite-r care taken of them.
t9T Tho Macon Telegraph, lu ordlr to
satisfy “curiosity to know the names of the V* ' ncaneiea »„y o, „,o «nre.u, ...
eight white* who voted with the MIS ne- ‘ h *“ 1
among us. With facts at his command, he
oould speak knowingly upon the subject.
Again—tho samo practical Journal
says:
Wo want among us men of enterprise,
capital, industry, and mechanical skill; wo
can never have them so long as wo wait
for something to turn op, Instead of going
to work like sensible men and turning up
something ourselves. Tho resources ci
Baldwin county are wonderful. Tho foils
three miles above the city, on the Occur-•
river, cannot be excelled In the Btate. an.:
are not surpassed by any in all New Bug-
land. Factories could be built upon tnem
that could furnish the State with cotton
goods. All tha| Is needed Is capital to de
velop them, and they will never be known
If we ait down idly and taish that some
company would come from the North and
build up Factories. Go North and tell the
people of our soil, climate, productions and
resources, and unsure them that they will
bo welcomed if they come uinong us to live.
Men’s principles are generally found In
their pockets. and their ideas are the result
of interest. • • • if we want to
Improve the county, to have a good popu
lation, that is the way to do It. Go among
those you would have come among us.
If the spirit of this article animated all
the Journalists of Georgia, the State would
soon be flooded with capital to develop
our natural resources. The truth Is, there
Is no State In the Union tliat can present
more extensive claims for the profitable
employment of capital; and if prejudice
against men, simply because they were
born elsewhere, was not exhibited so
strongly, all would soon be well. If a lib
eral spirit was manifested, we would soon
have an influx of capital and skilled labor,
and capital that would open up sources of
wealth hitherto undreamed of. We are
pleased to find an old and substantial jour
nal, like the Recorder, advocating the prop
er course, and hope others will follow its
example.
Washington Item
Gen. Grant continues tho work of re
trenchment. On the 30th ult. there were
forty-nine clerks, of the first, second and
third ctaf*. honorably discharged from the
Paymaster's Department. They arc dis
charged from the 30th November, and, up
to that time, are allowed leave of absence.
This gives them a month to secure other
situations. There are now forty-five clerks
In tho Department, which Is ten more than
tho law allow
On the same day there were twenty-two
workmen discharged from the Govern'
raent Printing-office for want of work.
The Internal Revenue receipts on the
31st., reached two-thirds of a million, the
largest for several days. The total amount
for the month of October reaches fifteen
millions.
Tho Post Office Department advertises
for contracts for the mail service tu Missis
sippi, for two years, from March 4.1803.
The Evening Star has announced achsngc
of proprietorship. 'It has been sold to a com
pany of capitalists and journalists, for one
hundred thousand dollars, and will here
after bu Independent In polities. It is the
largest circulated Journal in town.
An order has tieen Issued by the War
Department,sayingthu^ the practice which
prevails of giving to soldiers whoso term
of service ft nearly out, furloughs for the
remainder of that term, is found to be at
tended with serious detriment to the Inter-
*sts of the soldiers who are often deprived
of the arrears of pay lor the want ot certifi
cates of discharge. This practice
cease.
The Department clerks are again taking
initiatory step* towards securing .irem
Congress* an Increase oi twenty |a$r cent,
on their present salaries. Tile In- it a*
provided by the .TJth Congress expired
with the end of the Inst fiscal year.
The Secretary of the Treasury U dully re
ceiving a large number of applications for
clerkships In the Departments, but it is im
possible to consider uny of them, us there
are no vacancies In any ot tho bureaus in
Eugenio In Danger.
During their stay nt their favorite ma
rine residuum the Emperor and 1 Empress
of the French have been almost daily ma
king excursion* to the neighborhood,
sometlines l»y steamer and sometimes by
land. One day they went to the grotto of
Isturitz, another day to the little watering
place of CaraUo, In the Pyrenees, a tew
mites from ft.i \ "line; and on another occa
sion up the river.NIve In boats, digged hy
a steamer. Yesterday the Emperor was
busy; MM. Koudcr and Lavofetto have
summoned hither from Paris, and M.
Nigra, the Italian Ambassador, had arriv
ed wo Important business, so the Empress
and Prime Imperial, wlrh their suit. went,
out alone. A trip to see some new embank
ments which are being made to eh<*ck the
Inroads ..f the sea at St. Jean de Lux (dose
to the Span lift frontier) bad been arrang
ed.
The Em pness drove her phston with two
Vs to the new dock at Blarrkz, the
Imperial and suit following lu car-
and there embarked In ber babiniere
ponlc
Prim
ring
(»
greet,” In Bibb county, publishes their
names as follows: James Fitzpatrick,
Charles A, Campbell, John E. Frank, John
A. 'Rockwell, Jacob T. Watts, Wesley
Stephens. E. Bond, J. P. Bond. Wc hope
to hear of these gentlemen hereafter.
Dkath or ax Army Surokox.—F. M.
Getty, lute a Surgeon In tho United States
Army, with tho rank of Lieut. Colonel,
died nt Fort McHenry, Baltimore, on the
30th tilu after two days lllficss. Col. Getty
with tho loss of Lieut. Mnntgbn. and six was for 20 years In the regular army, nnd
men killed and twenty wounded. It Is' during the war was tor some time Medical
thought that twcuty Indians were killed, j Diret tor at tho Department of the South.—
It is difficult to ascertain their actual loss. Tills Family reside at Klkton, Md.
Hf It la reported that Secretary Seward | Wiikkukg, Virginia.—The Wheeling
has sent Rev. Mr. Hawley, of Auhurn. to Intelligencer asys the Senate of that State
Home, on a secret mission, the object of will stand twenty Republicans to two
which is to offer the Pope an assylum In Democrats, and the House about as last
this country. Hopes sre entertained that year, say forty-fonr Republicans to eleven
the mission will be successful. Democrate.
a reduction ofthp force on account of the
scarcity of work.
QF*Tho bitterness shown toward Mr.
Hulbert, by a number of the Journals of
this State, Is without a parallel In the his
tory of Georgia journalism. The malicious
shafts aimed at him since tho commence,
meat of the campaign, have, however, fal
len harmless so far ns lie Is concerned; we
arc not so certain that his enemies havo
not suffered from the rebound. Mr. H. has
successfully accomplished the work* he waa
called to perform—that, wo feel confident,
ho will regard as remunerative for all the
abuse that has been heaped upon 1dm. In
connection with the restoration of Georgia
to tho Union, he has made a' record that
cannot be sullied by such as are now dis
appointed at the result of bis labors.
Twentj-five hud red brick buildings hive
keen erected In Louisville n ithln p year.
model of the whaling boats In which the
Blarrotts u**d In former times to pur
sue th* wind when they frequent
ed tlys fdtoib La Nlve. Jk Is a sort
of cron* between an admiral's gtg and
a lifeboat. In this case she was conveyed
*. »the steam yacht Chamois, which imme-
* \f*ly started for St. Jean de Lu*. This
;■» litween two and three In the after-
»o The day was rather dull and over-
with occasional heavy showers of
* h., and the white crest of toe deep waves
* ii.alnly promised ill for the pleasure of
the voyage. As the afternoon wore on, the
weather bfcauio decidedly stormy. A
squall had come on, nnd the huge breakers
or the Atlantic rolled in with more than
their usual vehemence and noise. The
Chamois could get no nearer to the shore
at St. Jean de J.us than at Biarritz, and
the boats In which tho Empress and suit
were conveyed to land hod a trying time
of it. Every now nnd then they seemed
to be lost lu the waves, and their situation
Iwcaiiie very critical. Just as the boat in
which were seated the Empress and Prince
Imperial neared the shore a huge roller
struck it broadside and upset It. The
whole party were lustantly struggling In
the sea. \VItb great difficulty the Empress
and Prince Imperial and thefr companions
were saved, but ono of the sailors was
drowned. The Imperial party returned
to Biarritz by land. The affair has been
hushed up as much as possible—why,
it is difficult to comprehend, unless
the Emperor fears that It might
be taken as another sign that his evil
star Is In the ascendant, and might suggest
speculation as to what would have been
tho consequence to France and Europe II
the boat bad been upset only a little ftirther
from the land. Ono effect inny possibly be
to complicate the Emporor's embarrass
ments in regard to Rome, for tho Empress
Is very apt to regard it as a warning from
Heaven against any withdrawal of French
support from the Papacy. The above par
ticulars of the accident are, however, sub
stantially correct, though all sorts of sto
ries are abroad, and it is very difficult to
get at the exact truth. As far us 1 can learn
the Empress and Prince Imperial have
escaped with no immediate Injury beyond
the wetting und shock of the accident, but,
neither being very strong. It is feared they
may suffer from llutf subsequent efi’ects of
the* Immersion.
PfenrhM* to this lioth the Empress and
son were In very good health. The latter
has picked up strength wonderfully at the
Seattle, although he ban lost thu robust
look he used to have as a child—:i circum
stance, however, quite natural at his age.
The Emperor, too, ft much belter than he
was a thort time Miiee. He has not arnicar-
ed In public since Sunday, when, with the
Empress, lie joined in the promenade at the
place Eugenie, when the build played in
the afternoon.—l'ull Mall Uazclle.
Tiik Confkpfratk Dkaii.—'We have long
intended to make public a fact known to us.
but It has licretoforc slipped our memory;
and we think it will prove a matter of In
terest to our readers lu Georgia and Flori
da. and especially to ninny whose husbands,
brothers and soiis, may have died while in
prison. It Is well known that a large pris
on camp was located at Elmyra. New
York, where as many os from ten to fifteen
thousand Confederates were confined at
nee. The many diseases incidental to
prison lilt- decimated their number*; that
dreadful scourge—the small pox—prevailed
to an alarming extent. .Many unused to
the rigor of a severe Northern winter be
came victims of consumption; and on a
plateau in Wood lawn Cemetery, at tlmt
place, the graves of over three thousand
men give mournful evidence of the visita
tions of death in the camp.
A colored man, named John Jones, a for
mer slave, Is sexton uud grave digger there.
All those men were buried by lilin. He
took tl.e trouble to obtain the name of
each man. the number of his regiment, and
letter of his company, which he had placed
upon a small head latiird. Each grave Is
so marked. Since tho close of the war par
ties in the South have written him with re
gard to relatives known to have died there,
nnd in many cases IhkIIcs have lmen disln-
lerrodand -iii;»o-i to friends for burial in
' II\ vault-md Smithcm ceinm.-rles.
is a in mireful consolation—out still it
is one—to lm\e dear friends and rclutiv
who have passed "to that bourne from
whence no travelerrefurns’*—burled where
their graves may bo visited and taken care
of by loving hands, where woman's tears
can mingle with the dust.'neath which lies
some loved one, and where the green turf
which covers them may bear w itness to
how they were loved on earth, by being
covered with beautiful floral offerings. The
stranger In a far off laud, when seized by
the hand of death, always deplores the fate
tlmt led him to die where his bone* could not
repose with those of hit father*, lu remov
ing the bodies of the men who bravely
fought and died for what they believed was
right, friends are only doing w hat was per
haps their dying wish. It matters little
what becomes of tho body when tho soul
has left it; hut even In the hour of dissotu-
tlonlt U a satisfaction to know that our
bodies are to lie laid where the loved onc<
left behind ran come and prove to the
world how dear wo were to them.
To families In Georgia and Florida we
will state, that If they may wish the bodies
of those dear to them, who have died In
prison at Elmira, removed to Southern
cemeteries, hy writing to Mr. John Jones,
Sexton of Woodlawn Cemetery nt Elmira,
they can make arrangements to havo them
disinterred and shipped South. We know
of many Instances in which tills lias been
done, and there would probably be mom
were the fact more generally known.—
Savannah Jiepnbli$an.
Wood along the Pacific Railroad anils at
from tS5 to 1100 per nord.
Vm the Atlantic Monthly.!
Tbo Bine nnd the Gray,
sr jf.x. men.
By tho flow of the inland river,
'Whence the fleets of Iron have fled,
w hero tho blades of the grave-grass quiver,
Asleep aro the ranks of the uead
Under tha sod and tho dew,
•Waiting the judgment day ;—
Under the one. the Blue:
Under the other, the G ray.
These in the robings of glory.
These In tho gloom of defeat,
All with the battle-blood gory,
In the dusk of eternity meet;—
Under the sod and the dew.
Watting tlie judgment day
Under the laurel, the Blue;
Under tlie willow, the Gray.
From the silence of sorrowftd hours
The desolate mourner* go.
Lovingly laden with flower*
Alike for the friend and the foo;—
Under the sod and the dew,
Wafting the Judgment day ;—
Under the roses, the Blue;
Under the lUles, the Gray.
'Id with an equal splendor
Tho morning sun-rays fall.
With a touch, Impartially tender,
On the blossoms blooming for all:
Under tho sod and tho dew.
Waiting the Judgmentf
Broldercd with gold, the Blue;—
Mellowed with gold, the Gray.
60, when the summer calleth.
On Ibrest and field of grain
With an equal murmur zallctb
The cooling drip of the min ;—
Under the sod anu the dew,
Waiting the judgment day
Wet with rain, the Blue;
Wet with rain, the Gray.
Sadly, but not upbraiding,
The generous ueed was done;
In the storm of years now fading,
No braver buttle was won,
Under the sod and the dew,
Waiting the Judgment day
Under thu blossoms, tho Blue,
Under the garlands, the Gray'.
No more shall tlie war-cry sever.
Or the winding rivers be red;
They banish our angry forever
When they laurel the graves of our dead!
Under tbo sod and the.dew,
Waiting the Judgment day;—
Love and tears for the Blue,
Tears and love for the Gray.
Beauties or IIoxdcbas.—A letter from
Belize, Honduras, dated Oct. 7th. to the
New Orleans Times, contain* the following
Interesting Information concerning that
country:
As yet, the country cannot bo said to
offer msny natural advantage*. Tho navi
gation Is limited, and no road* except those
used to haul mahogany und dye woods to
tho livers, in both or which productions
tho country Is exceedingly rich. The
climate is delightful, and the soil unsur-
d by any other in the world. It is
deep und rich, not only Is the low
lands, but extends even to the tops of the
mountain*. As none of the lands have
been placed under cultivation until quite
recently, there arc consequently no im
proved land* offered for sale. Such us are
udupted to planting purposes can. however,
ho readily obtained in good locations, con
venient to the coast, at rates ranging from
37J£c. to #2 50 per acre. They will produce
two large crops of sugar end rleo every
year, while vegetables of every de
scription known in tho United States
grow rapidly and In great abund
ance; beddc*. of other kinds so nu
merous. tlmt l do not think even the na
tive* know the names of half of them.
When once the mips aro planted their
yield is perpetual, but In tho beginning all
the difficulties ».f mi emigrant life will have
to be encountered, the land must be cleared
uml &U thu nccc'VM-y buildings construct
ed, but the fori ne i- i* very easily opened,
and nn abundant supply of timber detract*
cousldcrabl from tho difficulties attendant
Upon the latter. Mock of all description*
thrive well and fee I themselves. 1 should
Judge that hog rafting would be more prof-
ttahle here linn anywhere else in tho
world. Wc art* welt supplied with fish,
turtle and oyst t -; although tho latter aro
exceedingly small a-, compared to those in
the United States. As far as raj’observa
tion extends the ino-t remunerative ot’ nil
business to etigjge in. and In fact 1 might
say. the only one offering extraordinary
Inducements h that of planting. Parties
already engaged lu it tell us they have only
made this year two tons of sugar to the
aero. Th« amount of molasses yielded w e
cannot ascertain, ns it is all made Into had
rum.
Direct Tiiadk.—Gen. H. C. W»vne, of
Brunswick. On., writes to a Floridian cor
respondent rhat he has been, since the war.
engaged in the lumber trade with Europe;
that h-i* the past two reasons, over
flfty • r*» the different parts of Great
Brlta’n i d iliet.'oiitilieiit; that hi* Vessels
—Brit is! i, lkiiifth, Norwegian an I fiwedftli
—cone*-* homo In ballast, and tlnir, eonsi
qiietitly. be lots hern s.die!ted by eorre
pendents In England and France to opcu
direct trade with the South. He expects
this year to load thirty vessel* for Europe,
nnd say* the answer he shall give his
foreign friend* depend* on the encourage
ment ho may |wpe to receive, and that if
(t Is sufficient he w ill open a house this fall
nt Savannah. The parties abroad who havo
made the proposition for direct trade with
the South are of high standing nnd possess
am file means of carrying out what they
propose. The muih feature of tho enter*
jirfte, however, say* General Wayne. - Is
the facility with which immigrants from
miscellaneous Item*.
H Ifi not probable that the Invest!#* on
teto tbciflolnof the I'rlutlngBure»uirm
be concluded before the first of January.
Th, •tatement of the Commissioners of
Em gratlon iliowa th»t, during th# ve»r
_The President and Secretary of the
Treasury will send no communication to
Congress until tho time for tlie commence
ment of the regular session In December.
A large number of politicians, ft Is said,
are to meet in Washington about th*15tli
of November, to make a combined effort
to obtain concessions from Congress for
tho relief of the Bouth.-
Tlin Controller of tho Currency holds
that National Banks havo no right to re*
eulvfl packages of securities or other valu
ables for »uft>-keeping, aud that banks
which recelvo such deposits are liable to bo
proceeded against.
Somo of the detectives of the Treasury
Department profess to havo information
leading to tho conclusion that only about
•160,000 bf the counterfeit Seven-thirty
Notes were printed, and these were divided
among three parties to bo put in circula
tion.
Tho work of removing tho Quartermas
ter's stores, from tho Lincoln depot in
Washington to tho several Western uepots»
ft still going briskly forward. About three
million dollars worth of army material haa
bean transported to other depots, and ycO
tho diminution In the quantity is scarcely
perceptible, so vast was the accumulation
at this largo depot. It is estimated
that about fifteen million dollars' worth of
goods yet remain to be removed.
The Galveston (Texas) Civilian, which
..as been at somo pains to collect the yel
low fever statistics, says that the whole
number of deaths, from the commencement
of the epidemic to tho 1st of Octolicr, was
1,251, of which 145 were from other disease?,
leaving 1,100 from yellow fever.
Upward* of a million bushels of corn are
held in New York on speculation.
There is n coal fumlno In Cincinnati, ow
ing to low water in the Ohio.
The Paris Rothschilds made half a mil*
Hon of dollars by hearing of Garibaldi's
arrest half an hour before anybody else.
During tho last month railway passen
gers paid 81,000,000 In Chicago for tickets.
A company of New York capitalists have
a contract to ftirnish the Austrian Govern**
meut with threo million dollars' worth of
breacli-loadlnglrifies.
The New Orleans Times, only about two
years old, has been t he most successful
journal in the South. Its present poflts are
nearly $150,000 per annum.
A larger per centage of houses In Phila
delphia are owned by those who occupy
them, than any other city in tho world.
Tho business doing In Philadelphia It
very limited.
The Chinese aro raising a loan to buy
food. They aro not alone In the business.
The building improvements this year In
Baltimore have been considerably larger
than for uinny years previous.
The Boston Trauseript *aj # s: u A stran- .
S croll reading tho New York papers and
to telegrams from that city would suppose
that <*5cry second place of business In the
cities of New York und Brooklyn was u
whftky distillery.
There are fifty thousand Chinese in Cali
fornia, and a majority of tiio Californians
would like to get rid of them.
A rapid transition from tho bridal to the
bier was that of a fellow who was married
in thu morning and picked up dead drunk
on lager in the evening.
The selectmen of Woodstock, Vt n denied
the use of the Town Hall to a traveling en
tertainment because It was “In violation of
the laws of tho State.”
“An English politician” is quoted as
saying that the Prince of Wales will never
come to tiic thruuu it’ England keeps on as
she is now going.
There is quite a revival among tlm|reli
gion* conuminity In Philadelphia.
In New Orleans tho ordinance repealing
the previous school ordinances not having
‘veeived a two-thirds vote of the mombem
fleet of Council, but only of those present
at tin* meeting*, the Mayor's veto was sus
tained.
The Arizona Legislature, has adjourned,
and the members have returned home.
The Paris Exposition will bo closed Xo-
vember 3.
The Germans of Philadelphia havo sub
scribed $35,000 toward thu erection of a
building tor theatrical pmqiosc*.
South with nu Industrious und respectable
Solthkiin Gkoroia.—The Balnbridgc
Georgian of tho 3Ut says:
The cotton Helds, In conscqucnco of the
dry stato of the atmosphere, aro whitening
as though the snows of a more northern
climate carpeted the bronzed verdure of
the outstretching vesta, and the flaking
view Is rendered truly beautiful nnd sub
lime In its gently undulating breadth, to
the farthest point of vision lu somo of our
largest plantation*
The general health of tho people Is Im
proving.
r The New York tleclion will com
mence to-day. In the city the total num
ber registered on the 1st. was 100.200: last
year lot 14*J The regft? ration lists closed
Saturday evening.
Tin* Fort Smith Herald »nys tho Arkan-
* river is mi low above that place that
drove of cows stopped to drink
in it. and they drank in it two.
The majority of white voter* in Arkansas
ft twelve thousand nine hundred and
thirty.
In the Roman theatre, the tragedy of
Othello ft pronounced with fifteen Desde-
ntnn:t*. The smothering scene,ft «uid tu be a
shade tedious.
The bad construction of the school
benches, which fores children to road with
their book* close before their eyes, and w ith
their heads held downward. Is responsible
for much short-sightedness.
Ilorso tlesh Is growing In popularity as a
French urtlclo of food. The people com
plain, however, that the price* of this lux
ury are too ldith. Tlie fillet, for instance,
is sold nt twentj' cents a pound.
Rev. C. K. Marshal, of Ml*s., ts in Wash
ington City. •
tST Workmen excavating a cellar In
Monroe county, Indiana, a tew days ago,
came upon an Interesting memento of the
“foreign race.” Tho workmen struck what
nt first appeared to lie a solid ledge of rock,
and sitting down to rest, one of their num
ber began Idly to pick at an apparent fis
sure, when a block of stone nearly two feet
square disappeared with a dull thump.—
The men set eagerly to work, and removing
tho bottom of tho pit disclosed a chamber
with six feet ceiling, and eighteen by
twenty-five feet within the wall*, which
arc of solid, neatly-seamed stone work.—
Ranged In rows on rudely constructed
platforms, were twelve skeletons, each with
tomahawk and arrow head* at Its side, ear-
rings and bracelet* of solid sliver Tying
where they droppM, and piles of what ap
peared to have been fur. In the center of
the platform, each pile crumbling to dust
assoonasexDosedtothelight. A number
of tools, tnadu of copper, and hardened
equal to the best cast steel, were also dis
closed, and fresh discoveries are constantly
being (tuid*.
