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GEORGIA WEEKLY OPINION.
VOL. I—NO. 16.1
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 19, 1867.
ITERMS—$3 00
TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER W-
National Medical Association.—The
medical profession of Georgia, or delegates
Representing each city or neighborhood,
are requested to meet at the City Hall, In
this city, at 9 o'clock. on the 20tl« Inst, for
the purpose of organizing * National Mcd-
Icnl Asaoclatloir for this Siate-rtb r ho n
branch of the National Medical Associa
tion of the United Mates of America.
Fri.TON Superior (k.t'llT.—An adjourned
session of Fnjtoit Superior Court Judge
Collier presiding, commenced yesterday
morning. Quite a number or persona were
In attendance -the bar being also well rep
resented. The Court yesterday was occu
pied In the Investlgstlon of the civil
docket , iL
Thus Condition.—We learn that the
two gentlemen referred to a few daye tlnee
In the Omnion. u* having been blown up
In the Bock Quarry of Mr. Lynch, near
this city, are doing as well as could be ex
pected. Mr. Vaughan's wounds have
proved very severe, having had to have
both of Ills arms amputated—One of them
just above and the other just below the
elbow, and It is seolously reared he will
lose one of his eyes. The amputated limbs
are healing llncly. but lie Is suffering Im
mense pain from the Injuries received In
the face and eyes.
Mr. Crane’swounds are said to la, very
painful—Wing in the face and eyes, and li
is also thought Mr. C. will lose one of Ids
eyes.
Mr. Vaughan Is truly left in a pitiable
condition. Poor, and wholly dependent
upon Ids dally labor for a support, he has
suddenly been deprived of his only re
sources, and thrown penniless upon the
charities of the world for a living.
Colorkd - Schools is tu* District of
Columbia.—The Trustees of the Colored
Schools In the district have laid their an
nual report before the Secretary of the In
terior. There are now live good school-
houses for colored children. In tile District,
accommodating two thousand pupils.
The Secretary's report shows the total
amount expended during the year to be
over 917.000, while the receipt* were only
918.000. The Trustees complain very bit
terly of the conduct of the municipal au
thorities in Washington. In withholding
money received from taxes paid on proper
ty owned by colored persons, set apart by
act of Congress for the education of color
ed children. Of this fund, the city owes
the Trustees 901,000, which It has steadily
refused to pay. There were sixty-seven
colored school schools supported by north
ern benevolent associations during the
year, at an expense of forty thousand dol
lar*. All the schools have opened this
year with flattering pros|ioct8.
C3>" Commissioner W ilson. of the Gen
cral Land office, la In receipt of a letter
Horn A. W. Atwood, Esq., of London.
England, making inquiry relative to ob
taining u quantity ol laud for the settle
ment of fifty thousand emigrants, which it
1* contemplated sending to the United
Mates. TheComnrisslouer has replied, re
ferring to the grest laxly of unoccupied
land west of the Mississippi, and the facil
ity for obtaining a title to the same under
the provisions of the I’re-emptlon aim
Homestead Laws.
Leading citizens of Georgia should take
steps to Invite the attention of lmlgrants
to tho superior advantages offered by the
soil ami climute of tho Empire Mate to this
class of emigrants. W hetber farmers or
operatives they can locate no better In
any portion of the Union, and Georgia
needs labor in both branches. Politicians
would do the State more service by devot
ing their time and talents to giving the re
sources of Georgia ventilation than they
arc doing by writing letters In opposition
to Deconstruction.
Tub Disuandimi Order.—A dispatch
from Washington, to tho West dated the
bth,says: “It Is understood that a new
phase of the question concerning the order
disbanding and suppressing unauthorised
armed organisations in the District has
come up. Under tho wordlngofthcorder,
it would soctn to embrace all societies or
organisations In the possession or arras,
and It la said that General Emory, If Anally
directed to carry It out would disband all
companies in tile District hearing arm*,
such as tho Selmctscnfest Fenian Circles,
■Sc. Tho President baa temporarily held
the order In abeyance.
Bav. Jt:6SK Boatxo.—Tho Columbus En
quirer sajr* I “ Wo learn that this venera
ble and able minister of tho Methodist
Church—under whose pu.plt ministrations
many of our citizen* have often sat with
edification and delight—sustained a severe
1.. — l.y the lute terrible gale on Galveston
Island; he and bis family barely escaping
with their lives, losing nearly all their
property. They are now thrown upon the
world nearly destitute, end In a comraunl
ty that must be over tasked to provide for
tho temporary wants of tho many suffererr-
left by the flood and tho postiloncc.''
tWThe report of General Grant In
answer to the Inquiry of the President as
to wliat number of troops are stationed
within tho Department of Washington,
shows that the whole force amounts to but
little over nineteen hundred men, all told,
In the State of Maryland and Delaware,
the District of Columbia, and tiro counties
In Virginia.
Personal.—Uon.P.M. Shetbly, of Floyd
county. Is In the city, nnd registers at that
excellent house, the United States*
rcraonul.
The President lias signed the pahlon of
James A. Sodden, who was at one tithe
Confederate Secretary of War. The ap
plication for the pardon was Indorsed by
Horace Greeley. Henry Ward Beecher, ex-
Congressmnn Dodge, Mayor Hoffman and
Governor Burnside,
Senator Sherman reached Washlngtonon
the mb.
(loll. Thomas N. Stllwell. United States
Minister to Venezuela I* In Washington.
HI* appointment Is not yet confirmed by
he Senate,
Setrotary Well* Is still eonllned to hi*
lied from the effects of a slow fever, but hi*
physician aaos the prospect Is he;wlll aeon
recover.
The present* at the marriage of the
Mlaaea Matteson, at Springfield. Illinois, on
the eveuing of the 8th, were valued at hun
dreds of thousand* of dollars.
It was reported In St. Louis, on the 8th,
that Alvin Lloyd, of Ballroad Outde noto
riety, committed a forgery In a transaction
with Barnum Bros., to the amount of 93,000.
He Is In Detroit.
A reorganization of the Knoxville and
Kentucky Ballroad waseffected on the8th.
Joseph A. Mobey succeeds McGhee as
President, and John Moss succeeds Craig
head as Treasurer.
Hon. Richard Yates lectured In Boston
the other evening, on the life and cliurac-
te- of Abraham Lincoln.
A prize light occurred near Helena. Ark-
on the Hth Inst., between Con. Orem and
llin. Dwyer, lor the championship of mid
dle weights In America and a pnrae of
91-000. took place oil the 20th ult. The for
tieth round found the combatants even, hut
darkness prevented the continuance of the
light. Next mornlngOrera did not appear
and Dwyer was declared the victor.
A dispatch from Key West reports the
arrival of the Columbian and war steamer
Columbia, In command of Lieutenant
Reed, formerly of the Confederate bark
Taeony.
The Nashville Gazette nominates Pen
dleton,. of Ohio, for next President, and
John Quincy Adams, of Massachusetts, for
Vice President.
The Evinjreltcal Knowledge Society, In
session n> Philadelphia, Is presided overby
Bishop M l rvalii, of Ohio.
Jt Is definitely stated that John McDevitt
la “the unknown” who Is to play with Dion
for the champion cue.
Jay Cook has declined re-election as
President of the American Church Mis
sionary Society, and Judge Cony ngham has
been elected Ills successor.
It is said that Judge Busteed Intends to
resign the United states District Judge-
ship of Alabama, and resume the practice
of law In New York City.
General Canby having suspended all
municipal elections in South Carolina, It Is
Understood the present Mayor and Council
of Charleston, whose terms have expired,
will continue In uAice.
The ollico of Mr. Carrington. United
States District Attorney, In Washington,
was set on tire on Wednesday, and hut for
timely discovery, might have been disas
trous. Mr. Carrington has in his posses
sion nil the papers appertaining to the trial
of Joliu JL Surratt, mid the design of firing
Ills ollico Is supposud to have been to de
stroy them all. There is no clue to the In
cendiary.
John G. Cooke, formerly of tho firm of
Hardwick A Cooke, commission merchant*
at Savannah, died at Albany, N. if* on
Friday last.
JltxcoUisueoua,
One hundred and forty-six petition* have
thus fur been filed in Indiana, under the
Bankrupt Law.
But fourteen hundred hogs have been
slaughtered ut ludianupolls the present
season. The warm weather embargoes all
operation*. The price varies from six to
six and a half cents.
In the New York Chamber of Commerce,
on Thursday, resolutions were adopted fa
voring the abolition of the cotton tax, and
appointing a committee to memorialize
Congress to thut effect.
The Peace Commission left North Platte,
(hr Laramie, on the 8th. The result of the
North Platte meeting Is not reported.
Tho spire of tho French Cathedral In
Montreal, whon struck by llglitniug the
other day, was lifted perpendicular In the
air, and then tumbled through the roof.
The browora of Chicago recently notified
tlielr customers that after Monday next
they should advance the prlco of ale from
9!) to 912 per barrel. The saloon keepers
have, therefore, held a convention, and re
solved to resist the advance. Effort* will
bo made to obtain their aupply from sorno
other point.
At a Cabinet meeting licldbm the 8th. It
wax determined that no messago or depart
ment reports should he submitted to Con
gress until tho commencement of tho reg
ular session In December, the meeting lit
tho present month being regarded only os
an adjournment of tho extra session.
Advices from the Mexican Capital to Oc
tober 28th. state that President Juarez has
been triumphantly rc-elcctcd. A commls-
aloncr has come In to negotiate a loan of
twclvo millions In the United States.
Tho clorka of tho Attorney General’s of-
llcu are busily engaged In preparing a Hat
of thosocngagedln tho rebellion who have
been pardoned by the President, to bo
tronaimtted to Congress, in answer to a
resolution passed some time (Ince. They
are now at work on the 1 ist Stale, nnd the
mil list will bo complotcd by tho time
Congress meets.
Tho receipts of customs from October 23
to the 2lst Instant, Inclusive, were 81,032,-
858.
The entire number of registered voters
In Booth Carolina la 123,338, of whom 45,751
urc whites.
Tlie sale of the eight hundred shares of
stock In tho Dismal swamp Canal, belongs
Ing to the Government, will take place In
December.
The Now York Herald proposes to pay
the national debt by a great bonfire of Gov*
eminent bonds, and expresses a willing
ness todoyoto 9100,000 thereof to the flames.
Cel. Clm*. If. Hopkins.
Savannaii.Ga., Nov. 9th, 1807.
Editor! Opinion: Col. Charles II. Hop
kins, who has been recently elected to the
Convention, by the citizens of Chatham,
Etllnghara and Bryan counties, has been a
member of every Constitutional' Conven
tion in Georgia—with tho exception of
one—that has lxien held for thirty years.
Ho was also a delegate to the Baltimore
Convention, which nominated Belt and
Everett.
He represented his native county—Mc
Intosh—in the Senate at the ago of twenty-
live. and the year previous, defeated Hon.
A. B. Powell. Ex-Lieutenant Governor,
who had ucver been defeated before, by an
overwhelming majority for the House of
Representatives. While at Milledgevllle,
he waa elected Colonel of the 2d Regiment,
which position he held until the Bute
ceded, when he resigned.
In 1821, be was the regular Union nomi
nee for Congress In the 1st District, making
a gallant race agalnat Col. Joseph JW,'
Jackson, and was only defeated by a "few
votes In consequence of the withdrawal of
Lawrena county from the District, tb# vote
of which would have elected him by a ms
Jorlty of 400.
Colonel Hopkins established his office ai
Assessor of Internal Revenue In tills city
two years ago with but thirteen political
(W nds; and a few days since received
1.178 votes. He was at the commencement
of the war a large slaveholder, and occu
pied the house in whieli he was born, on
the banks of the Snpelo River, where his
mother and father—Gen. Francis Hopkins—
are burled. Ills motto Is Pirtuteet /Tenure,
and he has rigidly adhered to It.
A Citizen.
A Proclamation,
It becomes all men. who individually
ignlzeand adore thu .Mild'cmo liuler
of the Universe, laying a*MAt t ines.
their several avocation*. slmulttlTlMisly to
bow before His Throne—to rondAdhanks
for blessings shared by all, and UKwippli-
cate protection and advancement for Inter
ests common to all.
The people of Georgia have tnurlitobe
thankful flu—and very much to pray for.
To destitution, uneirulleled In tlielr his
tory, the result of protracted war. an abun
dant harvest has succeeded, l’estllenbe,
whit'll among neighboring peoples, has
slain Ita thousands, lias been unknown
within tlielr borders. Subjected to a form
of Government not of their own choosing,
nor congenial to their cherished love of
liberty, and menaced with social disorder,
and popular commotion, by tho evil ma
chinations of unofficial Intruders, and agi
tators; yet, patiently awaiting the preva
lence cf better counsels, they find to-day
that apprehended tumult and violence,
have thus far been averted by an unseen
Power, greater than that of all earthly
agente and potentate*.
Thee* end many other blessing- -i.eet-
„ ly besought in the past, call f< dly
grateful acknowledgement of th »t
^realization.
Whatever of physical, social t I
good, they may properly desire,. .r
privilege, nnd tlielr duty, to imnloit... ,ue
Mercy seat of Omnipotence.
Therefore, I. Charles J. Jenkins, Gov
ernor of the State of Georgia, do issue this
my proclamation, appointing Thursday,
the 28tli day of November lost., as a day of
public thanksgiving and prayer; and do
earnestly Invite my fellow-citizens, during
ita brief space, to close their places of bu
siness, and to open their sanctuaries—to lay
aside their secular cares, nnd engross
ments* and to celebrate It by communion
with God.
Given under my hand and seal of the
Executive Department at the Capl-
Ths Public Debt,
The following Is a statement of the pub
lic debt on November 1;
DEBT BEARING COIN INTEREST
Five per cent, bonds,.... 9198,815350 00
Six |ier cent, bonds of
1867-08. 14.600.941 80
Six percent.bond*ofl881, 283.670,600 00
Navy pension fund, .... 13,000,000 00
. Total 91,778.110.991 80
DEBT BEARING CURRENCY INTEREST.
Six per cent, bonds. .... 918,012,000 00
Three-year compound-in
terest notes, 02,558,910 00
Three-year seven-thirty
notes, 334.007,700 00
Three per ct. certificates, 11,500,000 00
Total 8420,768,040 00
MATURED DEBT NOT PRESENTED FOB PAY
MENT.
Three-year 7-30 dotes, duo
August 16, 1807 33,371,100 00
Compound-Interest notes,
matured JunelO, July 15,
and October 15,1807,... 9.315.100 00
Texas Indemnity bonds. 282,000 00
Treasury notes, act* of Ju
ly 17.1801. nnd bonds of
April 15.1802, 5,506.104 00
Treasury notes. March 30,
1803,,.. 808,240 00
Temporary loan 4,108.370 55
Cetilicatcsof Indebtedness, 31.000 00
Total 918-137,538 83
DEBT BKAMNO NO INTEREST.
United Mates notes, , * . . 8357,164.814 00
Fractional currency 30.700.433 00
Gold certificates of deposit, 14.514,200 00
Total, . . .
9102.386,477 00
Total Debt, 82,025.502.848 02
Am’t of coin In Treasury, 111,540,310 tat
Amount of currency In
Treasury, 22.438.080 00
Total 9133,993,309 00
Amount of debt, loss cash
in the Treasury 82.491,501,450 00
Tho statement shows a decrease In the
debt of 83,774,981 since October 1. The
coin has increased 98.241.056. The debt
lienriug coin interest lias increased 882,-
914.850. The debt bearing currency inter
est has decreased 825.300,900.
BP The latest Paris fashions arc thus
summed up:
Enigmatical satins, with Egyptian
sleeves; velvet leaves that simulate tunics
on soft colored poplins; gold pheasant
plumage muffs, foretokening winter; “the
great dress novelty" of waistband rings,
through which sashes are hung In elegant
folds behind; the scarf mantle In velvet
trimmed with gitup; the Japanese foulard;
white and blue mohair Ibr walking dresses;
plnided silk petticoat* under white leno;
the strangest overaklrta, out apron-shape
and indented like leaves, or buttonod on
the side widths, castellated and worn
everywhere for traveling and promenade;
Mario Antoinette, flehua for deml-tollettc,
and richly trimmed with point, for evening
wear, over ashes of rose satin; the mantilla
vail and “twenty-three button*,” which our
correspondent counted on 8 beauty’s vast
overskirt upward—auoh arc the salient
point* of her picture of tlio latest Paris
styles. No new bonnets have appeared,
but promise* are whispered or hidden
treasures for the coming weddings, and we
are favored with a glimpse of the famous
bonnet which has been sent to the unfor
tunate Emprets Uarlotta at Terrueren. “ It
was Algerian, trimmed with floe* fringe.
She wear* a rod necktie, a blue bonnet, and
sometime* mauve glovea.”
CSTThc Alton <111.) Demoorat thut de
scribes a burglar’s tool left In a warehouse
that had been broken lntot
It consisted of* long handled hammer,
with a broad face on one aide, and tapering
tta blunt but finely-tempered point on tho
other. Tho face was covered with thick
layers of paper. In order to deaden the
sound. From appearance, tht* hammer
was held with tlm point against the safe
front, near the lock, and struck with n
heavy sledge Experiments made by some
of onr citizens afterwards showed that one
or two blows would send the Instrument
through tho toughest chilled Iron as easily
as tf It wore pastcboxrd.
tarMaJ. J. W. Blanc and Capt. Tho*.
O't ,Minor, of Rome. Ga., who had been
placed under arrest by tho Military, were
released last Mindav inurning. on giving
bonds of 810,000 each to keop tho peace.
tal In Milledgevllle, thla 8th day of
November, A. D-
Abandoned Lands — Washington, No
vember 9.—The following circular has been
sent to the several Assistant Commission
ers of the Freedman's Burean:
War Department, Burrac of Refugees.)
Fkeeduen and Abandoned Lands, >
November 6th, 1807. )
Sir:—As there is still quite an amount of
abandoned property on your returns, and
much of it occupied by its former owners,
who abandoned It according to the defini
tion of the law, and who, through contempt
of the government of the United States,
nnd of tho President's authority, decline to
make any application under the orders ap-
K roved by him for Ita restoration, you are
crcby Instructed to give notice to all such
persons through your officers and agents,
that tlielr property coming under the above
head of abandoned property held by the
Government and now on your returns, will
be taken formal possession of on the first
day ot January next, and rented to refu
gees und freedmen In accordance with the
provisions of the law. In case they make
application In accordance with the law,
formal restoration will lie Immediately
made and reported to this office.
Very truly yours,
U, S. Grant,
Secretary of War ad interim.
Uniti.i* States Circuit Court.—On
Saturday the first ease taken up was thatof
Garsed vs. William and John Buull, and
Thomas S. Metcalf.
The argument was to procure a transfer
of a ease from the Superior Court of Rich
mond county to thu United States District
Court.
The case was originally brought by the
Beall Brothers against Garsed, George
Schley and Metcalf, tho luttcr, however,
only being placed among the defendants
as a party coerced through fear of duress
by the military authorities into the con
spiracy of tho other defendants.
The case was then brought to prevent the
removal of ten thousand hales of cotton,
which the defendants claimed to have pur
chased from Metcalf, who was part owner
of tho cotton, and ua tho deleiiduut allege
acting as agent of the Bealls.
Gen. Steeduiun,then Military Governor
of the district, was appealed to, and gave
an order for the removal of the cotton, but
afterwards revoked his order, and on the
opening of the Civil Courts, the case was
taken before Judge Reese. After some
litigation, tho complainants having no
further cause lor complaint, dismissed tlielr
hill. Garsed meanwhile having filed hl9
answer.
The counsel for Garsed demanded the
right to have the ease transferred, so that
it might be properly tried.
Tho counsel for Metcalf and the Bealls
opiKwcd this on the ground that no case
existed. It having been concluded In the
lower Courts.
The arguments of Mr. IIIII and Judge
Toomlw. on the side of defendants, and
Judge Meplieu* and his associate counsel
on the other, were very elaborate, ami oc
cupied the Court from 1030 o'clock iu the
morning until 2.15 o'clock In the afternoon.
Savannah Newt, lit*.
Another Import amt Decision.—We
find the following In the Griffin Star, of
yesterday:
In tho matter of Bankruptcy of J. J.
Milner, pending before Alexander G. Mur
ray. Register. In this city, two creditors
proposed to prove their debts, whereupon,
Messrs. Doyal & Nunnally. Attorneys for
Bankrupt, objected to said debt* being
proven, upon two grounds, to-wlt: 1st.
Bocanse the consideration of tho dobt was
Confederate Treasury Notes, borrowed In
1803 j 2d. Because tho Bankrupt borrowed
from ono of said creditors twenty-five
hundred dollars of Confederate Treasury
Note*, with which ho hired a substitute to
serve In tho Confederate armies, In tho war
against the United States. The objections
wero sustained by the Register, and tho
f lint* were certified to tho Jmlgooftho
[strict Court of tho United States for the
nrlhern llhlrirt ofGeorgla, who affirm,-d
tho declslun or tho Register. Tho question
Is therefore settled, that notes given for
Confederate Treasury Notes are void, and
cannot be collected or proven In Bank
ruptcy In this State.
Dn. Mudd.—A letter received in this
city yesterday from Fort Jefferson, Dry
Tortuga*, states that tho soldiers ut that
post have unanimously signed a petition
to the Government for tho relcasa of Dr.
Mudd, in couscquonco of his great exer
tions In attending tho yellow fever eases.
The letter states that Dr. Mudd deserves
the greatest credit for wliat lie has done,
and that every soldier on the key has tho
greatest confidence In him as a physician.
Baltimore Son.
Details ov tub Gobdox Homicide.—
The Journal and Messenger gives tho fol
lowing particulars of tho sad affair at Gor
don. on Friday evening, which resulted so
fatally to one of the parties, Mr. Montgom
ery Lam pee, and serlouily tu the other, Mr.
John Towler:
Some two week* ago, Mr. Towler, (»1
fireman on tho Central Railroad.) was
tnklnjf dinner at the hotel In Gordon, and
at the same table with Idm were seated
3lr. Lampee and Mr. Fulsohb w ho were
engaged In conversation, hi which Lam-
pec remarked something about having
made n nlco profit in a cotton trade. Tow
ler, who waa an old uriuy comrade
of Lampee’*, remarked. In a Jesting
way, that ho was “blowing,” at which
Lampee became highly Incensed, and made
some harsh reply, Towler, who uw that
he was offended, then endeavored to ex
plain that he meant no offense; but find
ing epology useless, told him the table was
not the place to settle it. Dinner over,
Towler apologized again, when Lampee
naked him If he was armed, and ordered
him to step off ten paoes. Towler, seeing
then that Lampee intended shooting him,
got behind a tree and endeavored to
C80ape from him by getting the hotel build-
lng|between them. Lampee tired at him
os tie was passing between tho hotel and
the kitchen, but without effect. Towler
succeeded In escaping to his engine. On
the next trip down some word* passed be
tween them, which served to aggravate the
ill feeling already existing.
After this nothing occurred until Friday
last, when, as Towler waa eomlng out of I
the hotel, Lauipeo met him nnd accused
him of having mistreated him, to which
Towler replied with a similar charge,
whereupon he struck Towler In tho face,
with his open hand, drawing the blood,
pushed him down the steps to the gate,
and, drawing Ids knife, threatened him.
Towler then Jerked loose end drew his
E lstol, when Lampee went back to the
otise for his. Towler then made for the
wood-rack on the side of the railroad, end
was just getting behind it when Lampee
tired, the ball entering Towler’* left leg
just above the knee. Towler then drewhla
pistol when Lampee was within about
thirty steps, fired, the ball entering bis
right eve. nnd killing him Instantly.
Mr. Towler Is not under arrest as report
ed; butholds himself ready to answer any
charge that may be brought against him.
lie came to Macon to receive medical at
tendance.
Dblat in Moving Cotton to Mabekt.
The following communication, addressed
to Messrs. Phillips & Myers, cotton factors
of Savannah, by a prominent citizen of
Washington county, Ga, explanatory of
the delay In moving the cotton crop to
market, we find In the News and Herald of
the 11th:
Davisboro, Ga, Nov. 4,1807,
Messrs. Phillips & Davit, Savannah:
Gents: At a meeting of the citizens of
Washington and Jefierson counties, I was
requested, as tlielr President, to address
you (and through you), such commission
houses as you might liavo the kindness to
confer with on tho subject, respectftdly
showing that thu delay in moving our crop
to market Is not our lault.
The commission merchants of Savannah
oaine torwanl nobly to sustain the planting
Interest) and whatever of provisions and
marketable produce may now lie In the
country Is the result mainly of such sup
port. We feel profoundly impressed with
a sense of our obligations to you; nod the
object of our meeting is to show you that
no Indifference on our part has caused the
pressure upon you, superinduced by your
kindness to lit. to remain so long unreliev
ed. and we beg to rotor you to tho large
amounts of cotton along tho line of road
as an evidence of our desire to meet prumt-
jy our obligations to you.
1 was requested also to write Mr. Wad-
ley, President of the Central Railroad,
which 1 have done, iqsin this matter, and
to request 1dm. If possible, to remove the
difficulties In tho way of shipping cotton
to Savannah.
I am. gentleman,
Very respectfully.
T. 31. Haiihis, President.
Geoiigu Finances.—Tho following no
tice appears In tho New Y'ork Journal of
Commerce:
Treasury of Georgia,)
Mii.lkdukvh.le, Nov. 12,1807. j
The State of Georgia proposes to ex^l
change for her bonds bearing 5 or 6 per
cent. Interest, dne 1808,1809, ana 1870, seven
per cent, secured by mortgago on the
Western and Atlantic Railroad, duo In 1808,
on the following terms:
Bonds due III 1808, subject to a deduction
of one per cent-; those due In 1889, of two
percent.; those due lu 1870, of three per
cent. The sum totul of mortgage bends
after siteh exchange will he 33.0001000. be
ing the ftill amount authorized. Iloldera
desirous to make the exchange will notify
John Jones, Bute Treasurer, Milledgevllle,
Georgia. By order of the Governor.
John Jones, Treasurer.
Another paragraph In the same Journal
■aye:
The State of Georgia hu settled with the
General Government and paid off entirely
Ita dues for the purchase of locomotives,
railroad care, etc, to organize and restock
thcWestern and Atlantic Railroad at the
closo of tho war. A nice little check for
nearly four hundred thousand dollars lias
t ustjMtsed Into the Quartermaster's bands
or the purpose ot balancing this account.
The Grant MraTBBT.—The latest we
have Is the following which wo find in tho
Cincinnati Commercial's special:
Some of General Grant’s friends having
denied thet he approved the political
record made In his tavnr by a Washington
pa]ier, yesterday, which also Indorsed his
nomination for the Presidency; the denial
was, consequently, telegraphed to a Boston
paper, which also added that Uen. Grant
had repudiated Mr. Wasliburno, of Illinois,
on account of the latter's declarations as to
Grant’s political position. It Is learned
that the Chronicle, to-morrow, will au
thoritatively repudiate this denial, and re
assert all it has said about Grant's political
record end the Presidency.
tar Leonidas Moses, a nail carrier In
Arkansas, was assassinated recently by
some unknown person, while riding along
a lonely road. Ills body was not found
until eight days after the murder, ami all
till* tilin' li is mule >to.*l guard over the
, or|,-,'. The faithful animal had to go a
mile nnd a half for water, hut Invariably
returned and resnned Its singular vigil,".
The finances, '
Thai. Sintat* Idia about the Currency-
Payment of the Debt In Greenbacks Ad-
vocafed—An Argument against Deduction
of PelttM of' the Circulating Medium.
4 Sew' Yonx, November ft
A letter from Thad. Stevens, on the sub
ject of our national finances, is published.
»t 1* In reply to a letter addressed to him by
a neighbor, and Is very comprehensive.
Mr. Stevens commences with the assertion
that so far as the financial condition of the
Republic Is concerned it Is not, nor ever
can be, In doubt or peril. With the pro
duct* which we can readily dispose of to.
supply the demand, of every kind, tliero
never can bo a time when, with honest
dealings, this Republic will be unable to
pay all her Just liabilities. He says; “I
have not approved, and do now approve, of
the financial policy pureued by our Gov
ernment for the last tlx year*. I think wo
have thrown awey our billions, and are
still throwing away millions by misman
agement”
Then addressing bla correspondent who
Is a national banker, ho saya: “You are a
banker, and a sound one, but yon are mak
ing more off the United States, through
the national banking system, ns Is every
other man who has adopted It than you
ought to make.” He ha* never doubted,
ho saya, that the Government has the con
stitutional power to make money of what
ever material It choose—whether metal,
paper, leather, tin, or greenbacks—and to
regulate Its value; and, therefore, legal ten
ders are, to all intents and purposes, the
Inwfitl money of tho country—money In
which all debts, pnblfe or private, may bo
legally and Justly paid. Money la Jtut
what the law make* It. He refers to tho
fact that tho Government has, at different
times, reduced the price of silver, and that
when so reduced, it waa made to past to
every creditor as well as debtor *t tho
original price, and argues that there is tho
same power to Issue and regulate the value
of any other kind of money. He main
tains, consequently, that It is Just and
proper for the Government to pay tho
national debt In greenback lawful money.
Referring to tho debt, he aayt:
“Now, let us come to tho Government
loan, and tor a slnglo moment consider It,
which, even without the monstrous doc
trine of Greeley and Cooke, is the most
profitable investment ever made by money
lenders, and is a monstrous swindle on
Americans on the part of European capi
talists. However, lie would pay In fUU tho
rich capitalists and speculators who have
made princely fortunes through the tolly-
of the Government, hut he does not think
there Is any obligation to force specie pay
ments In order to pay two or three times
over what they are only once Justly enti
tled to. He shows, beyond contradiction,
that In creating loans there was no Inten
tion on tho part of Congress to commit tho
Government to the payment of tho princi
pal In coin, exetmt where this wss express
ly mentioned. This matter was well con
sidered and well understood at tho time,
and the bond-holders bavo no reason to
complain If paid in legal tenders.”
Sneaking of this money, Mr. S. says:
“For two years tho greenbacks were tho
most popular currency ever used In the
United States, and had there been no other
Would not have lulled to buy ever necessa
ry commodity for every use, public and
private, without complaint; nnd If It
swelled the currency of the country, Itnlsu
•welled business of every kind, foreign amt
domestic, agricultural and manufacturing.
So. also, It swelled the Income of business
men, and thereby vastly Increased the.
revenue of the Government. Tho great
question at Issue Is tho right of the Gov
ernment to pay, and the policy of paying
tho debt hi greenback lawful money.”
Upon this, ho remarks, various methods arc
submitted to redeem tho five-twenties in
currency.
‘Duo very able writer suggests a loan In
greenbacks to their amount, so that after
ward tho greenbacks may ho redeemed
with the others. If we are satisfied that
there is no more than a sufficient currency
to dn the business of the country with Its
probable Increase, then that would lie tho
proper method, without tnfiating prices as
n counter-balance to the saving; hut If it Is
liellcvcd that the present and prosiicetlvo
business of the country would fairly absorb
nn amount large enough to redeem tlioso
bonds ns they come dne, and not Injurious
ly Increase business, tho true way would
lie for the Government to Issue legal ten
ders equal to the amount to lie redeemed,
and thus save the Interest both of the old
and new loan.”
With these views, he deems the contrac
tion of the currency of four millions u
mouth, ns now authorized, highly Impoli
tic. Finally, he believes the trite way, tf
not the only one, to reach specie payments,
is to reduce the debt as pro;>osed, before
any attempt lie made to retract the cur
rency.
Cincinnati Maeket Reports—Nov. 11.
Flour—X dull market, with a downward
tendency In prices, though quotations re
main unchanged. IVe quote extra at 910(8
1030; family, 911(811.23; and fhney,813@
12.23. A aafe of 100 bids, choice extra at
91030.
Cora—A dull market for old, which must
be quoted nominal, at 08e«81.00 for No. 1.
New ear hu advanced to 82@S3c. Sales of
700 bushels new ear at 83c, and 850 bushels
do. at 83)40, were mad*
Provisions.—The market continues Inac
tive, and prices still nominal. Mere Fork
Is held at 91937)4(820. Bacon nominally
uncliangcd. Holders ere willing to roako
liberal concessions In order to effect tales
of magnitude, but there Is no demand be
yond a limited retail one, at 12)4@12*4o for
■boulders; 15'fc for clear rib, and lOJJc fbr
clear. Lard dull, and could have been
bought at llMo.
Cotton.—The marketls firm. Sales wero
made of 100 bales middling at 17c, and 50
do. low middling at 16>4e.
Whisky.—The market continues Inactive,
and w» havo no sales to report. We quote
It nominally, at 31c; In bond. Freo la still
•Old at Irregular rates.
or The Carlisle (Ky.) Mercury saya:
‘It will bo a matter or some interest to
many of onr readers who remember the
marriage of Mbs Salllo I). MeClIntock, tho
daughter of John MeClIntock, of Millers-
burg, to Robert Armstrong, of Clnclnhatl.
on tho Hth of May, 1809. by a man hj tho
name of Merimec. then living with Mc-
Cllntocki the eeee|a of Mcrimce. {who Is
still a refugee from justice.) and afterward
tho arrest of MeClIntock, and his hall of
820.000; and this summer tlie attempt to as
sassinate MeClIntock; Ills long Illness from
tho wound, and, too, Ids pardon by tho
Governor. The lady Who was the first
cause of all these singular series of events,
was again led to tho altar last Tuesday
morning, and joined In wedlock to Cap
tain U. P. Milam, of Georgia.”