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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.”