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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*.