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GEO KGIA W EEttY OPINION
THE WEEKLY OPINION.
BY W. L. 8CKUQQS AND J. B. DOUBLE.
BATUBDAY MOpNlXONOV. 16-
Bixcvolknt Ikstii utwss.—The qulB-
hle raised by our cotemporary of tlieTele-
yrapli, about wlmt was *o eylileutly a typo-
Itraplih'al error In our notice ot the provis
ion that hail been made lor the support of
the Benevolent Institutions of the State,
is so far-fetched as to ho beneath notice.—
The point of our notice was that “Ooneral
■late Items.
The Express of yesterday says!
Cartersvlllc has now lorty odd hnslnesa
houses, and several morn lining up, while
her rural borders are belli* greatly ex-
tended. The mark of improvement Is vis
ible In every direction.
IVe are glad to see preparations being
made to erect a steam grist mill and plan
ing machine, on the old site of the late
New Yob*, Nov. 11,1867.
This gentleman came to Now York last
week, for the purpuse of meeting his
daughters, on their way from Europe home.
He put up at the Metro|*ditan, In a ijuiet
way, but as the Herald, World, and other
lournals. have made Ida name prominent,
connection with the late ela-tlnns. he
Magnolia Mills. Messrs. MeElreath &! was soon surrounded by friends desirous of
Sllgh, we understand, are the projectors. I seeing hhu.and tins curious, tnxlons to hear
The Dalton Georgian, of the 15th. says:' "hat he had to say, touching iholutedtsua-
••Some of our good, staunch lteconstruistM *22*,« well aware. I.
friend* ate pressing tliB claims of Col. J., more of h statesman than a politician, and
rope has directed Treasurer Jones to dls- m ^ to thlllk tllJlt the
l»ur«t* From the Ftato Treasury, c nr ng * j appointment would be a good oiu;, as Col.
ensuing year, u> tho &e\ei.d cuotoeii u j p . j* j„ 0 f Mipirior exeeuti
. jkdUIcta
It. Parrott For the Presidency of the Con- was never known to he smooth with his
neiny and |mi|tic with Ills Friends, lie
poke very freely and frankly on late
tton of a match, hr seed cotton wax passing
through a gin In the extensive steam mills
of Thomas & Livingston, situated near the
railroad depot in Madsou—resulted in the
complete destruction of the mills. The
property was partially insured. A large
the vicinity was
ploded during the progress of the lire, with
a terrible concussion, but injuring no per-
tlie State Institution at Milletlgevllle. We
presume the statement Is true; hope it Is.
and we are aorry the Telegraph refuses to
commend the action of Gen. Pope. That
journal seems disposed to grumble at every
thing. Mr. Sneed U in such an 111 humor
that he can accept nothing without fault-
lindlng. He is the -Mrs. Caudle” of the
Georgia press. For the charitable act of
allow Ing the Provisional Treasurer of the
Provisional Government of Georgia to pay
•nit precisely the same amount of money
a* the Legislature chosen by t’ e people ac
tually did pay out, Gen. Pope is grumbled
at—ilie la.-t thing anybody iu the world
should lie censured for. If the taxes paid
l*y till! people of Georgia cannot b«* np-
propriaiiiil to support the classes of unfor
tunates in our A yltims legally, we sug- i
it will he equally as illegal to use any I reason to hope, in
i.ortion of the funds that may he collected ; bten whom we recognize
Georgia superior to those of California. im v , ....... _
A lire which was caused by the ignl- j error to suppose that parties were^not
“ “ — 1 nvuessary to a free people as any part of
their solution.
This very fact should make ub hope:',
and save us from alieurd panic. The Am
„ can people will not abandon an orgttiiU
The total io.s liy t' e llre a^Fort Vallcy t | oll ^ haa m prim ,| u r( . cor <l In Jie pa
constitutional government. That the only
difference between defeat now and defeat
in tlie past w as to be round in the grave
questions now at issue. They went not
only to the foundations of the governm- t
Tiir Convention ix Georgia.—The Con
vention for the State of Georgia, will
doubtless, be soon convened. From an ex
amination of the list of delegates, which
we pn disii in tliis paper, it will tie seen
that*here are thirty-three white delegates
Icefcil to the eonveiitiou. We have some
* ' mm viimi< ua» wi >>,...... H .„vvi.. ... , llv pitSt,
is estimated at $18.000. (,, i which tliere was ai|( j responsibility in the future,
an insurance of $13,700. i when, by so do *' * * *
to h muni© that
The late defeats could tie attributed, in
some measure, to the overweening confi
dence in our strength that made us indif
ferent to our duty and prone to quarrel
among ourselves. It was providential that
this e\ 11 had come to us now, when our
loss was a barren victory to our enemies,
of gentle- x,» X f year, when thereat contest came on,
the list, and j| le American people would awaken to the
to mv stain official* In our oulnion. If i w le , ‘ 11 itittuem a «» in leirl*lHtlve antitrust would lie reposed, as
topaj Maie oMU.ua. in oiu ^ pi | bodies, that the deliberation ot the Con- l heretofore, in the hands of the thoughtful
ventlon will be tempered by moderation ; t | ie p rlM | e nt, ami. above all, the patriotic,
and reason. If the Constitution, to lie i niese were brave words and of great
adopted for Georgia, .is not too egragi- I coln f ort to the friends of Judge Chase.—
ousfy obnoxious to our people, we doubt Home one called his attention to Senator
not its ratification by the people. Hut an j Wade’s late exposition made through your
enlightened judgment would dictate thatj journal. The Judge laughed, and said he
an expression of opinion should lie with- ! ought tolie assured of Ben. Wade’s friend-
hold until the work is done. If at all ac-, for he llot only asserted, but swore
crptahl© let the people ratify It, but If too ^ | t
ajSSSL""vo^r’oSorlfr set to • »'■««" rtrole mnarked that old Ben,
lhe$ solemn £££&& T | “
to condemnation. What we want most is I *'® r ® °Thlfl h< 25^nhbf £ltnent!oiw»f th© °old
SSS.“» d cffllc basisf 1 T? Fusion »»-!». he made no comment.
Gen. Pop© lias issued such an order to Trur-
wirer Jones, as the one alluded to. he lias
performed an act that will return to him
the thank* of every citizen of the State,
except the chronic grumbler of the Telc-
grapli. ^
Rumors!—A rumor is In circulation that
it has been decided to remove many offi
cials in the State, from Governor down,
and it Is also stated that certain gentlemen
have certainly been selected to till certain
positions. All tills, report has It is to oc
cur on or before the meeting of the State
Convention.
It Is all humbug! From the moderation
which lias characterized the actions of the
Military authorities In this District thus
far, we judge there will lie no •‘proscrip
tion for opinion’s sake.” It is true that un
army of provisional civil officials, work
ing. in accord with the delegates elect to
the State Convention, would greatly con-
•ribute to advance the cause of Recoil-
*t ruction. This many have expected. But
iiiisf.ir the commanding General has
iit-ed to displace officers, except for cause
k'towu, of malfeasance or outrageous eon-
vet in office. Wo cannot see why lie has
• • termiqed to change the rule, therefore
not believe it lias been so determined.
Iwhole story is a device to create pru-
rdice. we believe. Heretofore flic deeapl-
• ition of a head has been made known to
the party first; so, we opine, it will be
I:-(••after.
Thk Tombs ok Uniox Soldiers.—It
will l»e remembered that Congress, by an
net passed on the .fid of February, 1SC7,
appropriated seven hundred and fifty
thousand dollars for enclosing the various
National Cemeteries with fencing, and for
placing over each grave a commemorative
tablet. A commission was also designated
for carrying the act Into effect, at the head
of which was placed General Grant. The
Washington Intelligencer understands that
this board has had the matter under recent
consideration, and have nearly completed
t!it* necessary arrangements. It lias been
a-Ncrtitincd that three hundred and tidily
thousand tablets will be required—a fear
ful account or the destruciioii of human
;<ie in !!■•• late rebellion.
*T/ In referring to the fact that the
Freed men’s Bureau—which, if the recoin-
iuondutlohs of Gen. Howard, its official
head, is followed, will come to an end next
July—the New York Times, of the 12th,
►ays: -lit spite of the complaint* made by
Southern men of its betton. which iu many
cases were probably jusUt has protected the
enfranchised slaves against imposition, and
sometimes violunce—has aided them iu ob
taining contract* for their labor and In
forcing them—In opening schools for their
children and beginning the work of pre
paration for tho responsible duties of life,
and especially In distributing Government
aid among the destitute and starving por
tions of the Southern people, block and
white. The whole sum tiius distributed In
the form ot food amounts to $441,000, and
80,000 peraoua iiavc received the benefit of
it, ;of whom more than half were white.
Some of Its subordinates have, doubtless,
been rnsh and fanatical—more eager to
propagate political sentiment* than to re
lieve physical suffering and inaugurate
means of moral and Intellectual Improve
ment. But, as a general tiling, they have
discharged their duties with zeal and
fidelity. Gen. Howard, the official head of
the Bureau, has won general commenda
tion by his ability and devotion.
A xKansas.—A Little Rock s|K*elul of the
13th says: “Arkansas will go largely tor
the Convention, with a working majority
for the Republicans. About four-fifths of
the registered votes were cast In the State.
Montgomery, Ferry, fit. Francis, Dallas
and Hot Spring counties, complete, gives
orahle and equitable basis. Not a Union | .. .
oetfiented'by bayonets, hut of heart* and w j“ ,! *
hands. The South can promise herself
nothing until this restoration and union is
effected. She is now suffering ill all her
interests, both public and private, on ac
count of her disintegration. Once again
restored in tho Union upon, at least, re
spectable terms, peace and prosperity will
again llow to her border*, which will oil
the wheels of progression and Htimulate
the energies of the people. When the Con
vention convenes, we hone that reason will
rule the hour—not passion, prejudice, nor
spirit of revenge. Let us be patient and
hopeful, deterndned to do what is right,
nothing more, nothing less. Let us avoid
extreme men and measures, and act in re
ference to the future toellureof our couu-
little singular that a man
been betbre the public as
much as Salmon I*. Chase should be
so misunderstood. He Is in no sense of
the word what is popularly understood as
radical—that Is, a man whose feelings run
away with Ids better Judgment, and who
goes to extremes more from impulse than
conviction. Judge Chase is, by tempera
ment, a conservative, and if he advocates
extreme measures, it is the result of a pure
ly mental process. Thus, for example,
when abolitionism was a disgrace and an
Abolitionist wa* regarded a* a halt-crazy
fanatic, a limited number of men were of
that organization from an excess of feel
ing. Their good heart* moved the
• ■1.,* ■■ .I.,, ■■V.i.vi. \l I -liiiaii ini I
try. |*opl«. sntl gcivyrmiiimt. Isst triini- | ,,,‘IL .hlXt ivl e
nation and ri'orinilnatiuii cease, and if the "?* ! JJ?,,7', ‘ 1-,1"^
terms dl.-rated lie such ns we can accept. <» «* * ° ' “L” u
accept.
Ictus accept them, if too intolerably ob
noxious. reject them and submit to the
consequences.
Wc commend the foregoing, from the
Cartersvllle Express, to such of the oppo
sition as are capable of reficctlng. The
Express 1ms opposed Reconstruction und» r
the constitutional plan, yet we can com
mend tlie abovft sentiment to many of its
fire-eating associate*.
pity for tlie slave. Mr. Chase joined this
little baud uud became prominent, but
- • - * . - bile be com-
unfortunate
negro, ho was moved to active opposition
to the exclusive class of white aristocrats
which owuetl the negro, and threatened
the liberty of all.
I wa* with Salmon 1*. Chase in this, and
1 saw a great deal of him at tlie time 1
mention. 1 have not been intimate with
him of late years, and cannot, therefore,
speak authoritatively of hi* views. But I
will venture to say that you are nearer
right, in your estimate of his present po
litical status, than Senator Wade, wiio so
readily call* him a Hadieal of ills
bool. I will go further ami assert, wltli-
ltEVF.xrK Claims Auainat Hankiu’cis. ! '•chool. I w ill go liirtlier ami assert, w ith-
The Commissioner of Internal llevenue j eoMrsdU tlon rum Im* who
has rendered the following deelslnn in rid- Jj n0 " r th.it In. trad of shljug with
erenre to gainst bankrupts: i !» '* LS'&J.?
gainst iiaukrupts
Where the Unitvtl States Is creditor of a
bankrupt for taxes, the claim may lie en-i:, .. .r- - ... 1IH1 •
forced in two ways. Firsu by lieu against ■ J n0s4r . Ot ‘ s wl , tliu
' "en is uttaehed i " V“ (1 **“’ h ; v ‘,1 kll,Je * 1
their demand for confiscation and hanging,
lie. after securing equal poUticul rights to
tli© property
?such Her
before the party lias been adjudged a hank- 11lo t *]
heal the wounds of war and make
rapt. In that ease it is proper for
of the Southern people, what Inis never
f char
sklent, tliere would In*
uud national extravu-
thorlty of a warrant of distraint, possca-i lt
skill ol the property of the bankrupt to! " 1 *. !* r,. ,, 1 ' 1 /Ila.r.. rL’l
which such lien I* attached Ihr the purpose ; *•* >*im;r op|K *lt ou u J dgc Clm.s
of lailsiying tho Wiiriunt and nil laCvtulh'inesufl.U w.ll known punt>
charges thereon. Should the Marshal refuse ; ai tel • " *!‘ u *' t ‘ *
to deliver, the collector -ball then submit a j :,n ,M,< * , J ,
motion to the court having jiirisdictimi of! ganee. liiut is an.
the ease of baiikruiicey for an onler to the . t , .. ... ,
marshal to make the delivery demanded.; A Boston pnis-r '•ays: 1 In love ot
If the court ivIWa to make such an order,, nyattie— "i iv be t arri *<1 to excess, espe-
but will direct that the claim of the r„i-. when It makes one ioiget courtesy
ted States be placed at the head of the list | tor clean.ilies.,. A Ins was especially the
of claims, to he paid before even cost in
bankruptcy, then lit© collector may accept
that other, or lie may accept any oilier or
ders which tlie court may make, which
will seeurc the collection ot the whole tax
ami costs, a* far a* practicable. In any law
ful way as satisfactory to the Government.
Otliei\vise. pro|M*r measure must h© taken
for a revision of tlie action of the Court of
Bankruptcy.
Tlie Albany News makes a sugges
tion that is worthy of consideration, not
only in Albany, but in other Southern
cities. It is that tli© city authorities buy a
number of Mendenhall s Looms and set
tlie women who have to receive public
support to weaving ©loth upon them—tlie,
proceeds of their work to be applied to the
support of disabled |iaupers.
Ever since tlie close of the war we have
urg«d the ©stnbllRhment of cotton facto
ries as a means of giving employment to
women and children left destitute by tlie
casualties and revulsions of tiint great
struggle. But few have as yet been put In
o|jcrutlon, though we believe that tlie
great advantages, if not the necessity, ol
such Institutions are generally acknowl
edged. , Perhaps tlie factories cannot he
obtained just yet. beams#of tho poverty
of the country. Tlie hand-loom proposi
tion of our co-ialmrer of the News may
he more practicable, and may subserve tli©
same end on a smaller scale. We trust that
It will' receive thoughtful consideration
and examination.—CUumlu* h'nquirer,
«TAt BlandvUle. Kentucky, on Mon
day, A. J. Warden. County Clerk, met O.
D. Campbell, against whom ho had some
old grievance. Advancing to attack Camp-
lied, tlie latter retracted a few steps, and
turned and fired, shooting Warden in the
mouth. It Is not supposed the wound is
fatal. When Warden fell, his daughter,
eighteen years old. took his pistol and pur-
Cotton.—Market yesterday dnll ami de
pressed. Northern middlings 15(gl5ke.
Hales 314 hales. Receipts tfltt l«l»*s—12 ov
M. ft. R: 71 by M. & G. R. K.; KW by wag
ons. Shipments 253 bales—2IU by M. R. R;
4 for home consumption.
vai,> cvru. v™. j.! un d Campbell ttwl again, tho shot taking , On Tuesday tlie receipt*were U07 hales,
nntle# also elett Republicans. \\ !»it«i j t in her bowel*, she Is still living, bt t shipments 270: *ulea 4a).—Vulumbm Nwn,
0W lty elect* an opposition delegate. J^pnot roetn-ci-. CampbelfU in jail. 15IA.
••rt* 1 *! T* • i -^I *• tl.-i'l; M.1 IM wjTvubHv. .■!( +■=• .s l-i.-i
two bnndrod majority Tor the Convention. ilia-
The'.r delegates are all Republicans. Fu*. tance, he ll red upon the girl, cutting her
i *kl, Crawfofd. Conway and Solmstlan j vur. She discharged her pistol, but missed,
with Colonel h . when dining with
hi* friend Holme*. No sooner wa* he
seated at the table than, not liking the ap-
iiearanee of hi- gla-> he )»egau poli-iiiiig
It with id* napkin, ills lio^t nmieml the
action, and wild uneasily to the waitei.
*• Change the Colonels glam." Anotimr
glass w as brought. wliereu|K»n tit© Colonel
picked up hi* napkin and recommenced Ids
cleaning process. -How dare you bring
dirty glasses I’* cried Holmes, angrily.—
••Take it away and bring another.” A
third glass was set betore tho Colonel, who
eooly set to work as before. Holme*, too
furious to sjieak, motioned to tlie servant,
who once more changed glasses. This time
tlie Colonel lost patience, and, turning an
grily round, exclaimed: - Do you want me
to wipe all tlie glasses in tlie house? ” The
harmonious conclusion of the dinner may
bo imagined,
Lato intelligence haa been received
at 8t, John’s, Newfoundland, from Captain
Hull, wiio i* searching tlie Artie regions
for traces of Hlr John Franklin’s expedi
tion. lie had determined upou presenting
Ids enterprise tlie coming winter, and made
every arrangement fer tile purpose, de|>os-
Ulng supplies at easy stages along the pro
posed route. From some hostile Esquc-
maux lie learned that, at about the time of
tlie loss of Hir John Franklin’s vessel, some
w hite men carried a dead hotly on shore
and built a brick vault, which they care
fully ceinented.and In which they deposited
thecoriwe, afterward covering the vault
with heavy stone llsg*. This body Mr.
Hull heiieves to lie the remain*of Sir John,
and Ids intention Is to visit tin? locality ami
siitiafy himself upon the point, if possible.
He bus secured many valuable articles for
merly owned by Hir John’s party.
Mlicdlsnsom.
The practice which? has prevailed with
certain parties of nslug for private pur
poses, envelopes stamped with signatures
of Government officials, is to be terminat
ed by application ol legal penalties against
tlie offenders.
/The Postmaster General ha* transmitted
to the President, for Approval, tWtS postal
treaties recently concluded lietw'een the
United States and Switzerland and tho
North German Union, Including Prussia:
The Roman Catliolieji ©f London are
about to erect tlie finest cathedral in Eu
rope. save, iter hup*. St. Peter’* at Home.-
One feature I* to b« tiint priest* of every
nation and language ar« to he constantly
stationed at till* cathedral, for the purpose
pf lien ring confessions ami of preacfiiiig
to foreigners In their native tongues.
Accounts from different sections of .Mis*
sour! end Khiiho* mention very serious
Josses to farmers from prairie fire*. In
some instances whole farms have been de
solated—fence*, barns, sheds, grain and
hay-stacks, orchards, and occasional!^
houses, being consumed. Many thousands
of dollars’ worth of property has been de
stroyed.
Failing to check whisky frauds by seiz
ure and conflscUlon of a lot of llllcity dis
tilled liquor occasionally, the authorities
at Washington have determined hereafter
•o institute criminal prosecutions against
>• ml a tors of the law, besides forfeiting the
property,
Tlie Fort Wayne, Indiana, Gazette has a
table of the number of children attending
school in the various counties in Indiana,
which shows that Allen county is tlie se
cond in population In the State, Marion
county, in which i* Indian-ipolls, being the
first.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer urges tlie se
lection of Cleveland h* the place to hold
tin* next Democratic National Convention.
It say* that prominent gentlemen the
agree to erect a temple to be used l>y tlie
Couvciition iu il* session.
Tin; census returns of Iowa are now
complete, with the exception of four coun
ties. which show a population, thus fur, of
80S.1D4—a gain of 145,000 In two years.
A fire at Whitewater, Wisconsin, on
Sunday, destroyed the Mosher House and
six other buildings. Loss, $30,000.
The pork-nnekers In Indianapolis are
busily at work.
A cotton manufacturer In Normandy
1os<mi a million dollar* by the decline In that
staple.
There was lately a rumor In Paris that
Patti and Gustave Dore were to be married,
but Patti’s public announcement of her
devotion only to art proves It* falsity.
The following headlines we quote from a
Savannah paper: **A wonderful feat ill
nature—a black woman give* birth to trip
lets—two of them coal black—tlie other a
pure white.”
Albonl’s voice is said to be absolutely
unimpaired.
Thk West Indies—Further Accounts of
the Hurricane at tit. Thomas—Hundreds of
Lives Lost—Every House on the Island
Damaged—Eight Millions of Property De
stroyed.—New York, November 12.—St.
Thomas correspondence gives further par
ticular* of the destruction by tlie terrible
hurricane. There is not a dwelling oi
island that lias nor suffered. Many houses
have no roof*. The small houses of the
poor classes were leveled to the ground,
and there have been buried already ove
H)0 persons who were killed on shore
and a like mun!x*r have been wounded and
maimed. Every few moments the harbor
throws up the dead, and it i*onc continual
string of coffins through the streets. Ov
five hundred |N»r*»n* were drowned,
some cases not a soul i* living to relate a
wonl regarding their vessels. The steamer
Wye lost fifty-three persons. Tlie steamer
Rhone, out of one hundred and fifty. 21
were saved. The Spanish steamer um-
negy, whose heroic captain saved many
lives, lost seventeen, out of thirty. The
Amerieun ship Charles Sprague had but
the captain ami one man *uved. In fact,
hardly a vessel but can report some of the
erew ‘missing.
Men were lifted bodily from shore, and
carried to a watery grave. Not a wharf
nor a lighter is left. House* were carried
one thousand leet III the air. The streets
are six inches deep with bricks, tile*, shut
ter* and doors. Nearly every tree* is up
rooted.
The English steamer Columbian lmd just
arrived with 8.000 package* of dry goods,
and was sunk in less than three hour* after
anchorage. Eight millions of dollar* will
not pay the loss. Merchants suffered
heavily with the rain, ns tlie top* of their
stores were off.
Up to tills date, three hundred and sixty
have been buried of tlio-e wiio lost their
lives by Hie hurricane. This awful visita
tion Im* inflicted tevere suffering upon all
tlie inhabitants of this Hand, thu poor es
pecially. Me*sr*. IVnnisoii & <>„ of No.
17 Houtli street, who have vessel* trading
there, will receive mid forward, gratis.any
contributions of money or provision*.
QT Mark Twain remarks in his last let
ter from the Holy l.-uid: “Well, as I wa
.raying, our doctor distributed medicine a
long a* he had any to distribute, and his
reputation 1* mighty in Gallileo this day.
Among his patients was tlie child of tlie
Hhiek’s daughter— for even this poor, rag
ged handful of sore* and sin has its Hhlek—
a poor old devil that looked os If lie would
be more ut home in a poor-houso than In
the Chief Magistracy or tills tribe of hope
less, sliIrtless savages. Tlie Princess—I
mean the Shiek’s daughter—was only thir
teen or fourteen year* old, and had a very
sweet face and a pretty one. She was tlie
only Syrian female we have seen yet who
was not no sinfully ugly that site couldn’t
smile after 10 o’clock Saturday night with
out breaking the Sabbath. Her child was
a bard lot, though—there wasn’t enough of
it to make pie, and the poor little tiling
looked so pleadingly up at all who came
near it (as if it had an idea that now was
its chance or never,) that we were filled
with compassion which was genuine and
not put on.”
W Washington telegram says: “The
gossips have enjoyed a malicious gratifica
tion. recently, in a reported disagreement,
or something worse, between Senator and
Mrs. Sumner, which is no h set at rest by
tli© authoritative announcement tiint they
will occupy their magnificent mansion on
Lafayeite Square during the coming ses
sion of Congress, and keep open bouse a*
usual. It was stated in the Boston corres
pondence of a rebel paper, printed in New
York, that Mrs. Sumner went abroad alone,
but the truth of the matter Is she was ac
companied by her brother, and her absence
was prolonged until her husband finished
his lecturing tour through the West- He
has telegraphed that he will lie In Boston
to-morrow, and It Is expected that Ids wife
Will meet him there. While in Purbrshe
was continually in tho company of her
sister, and satled for New York on tlie
samo vessel with her.”
Senator Guthrie’s health has Improved,
and he expects to take bis scat in the Sen
ate this vnuter.
General Schofield leaves Richmond to
day, on a visit to West Point, New York,
Stanton was in consultation with Gene
ral^ Grant, at the War Department, on the
Murdoch, at the solicitation of General
Grunt, will give readings in Washington,
for tlie benefit of tho Soldier*’ Widow*’
and Orphan*’ Home.
Mr. James T. Brady, tlie eminent New
Y'ork lawyer, It is said, will volunteer fu
tile defense of Surratt, on account of the
expulsion of Mr. Bradley from the Bar.
The advices purporting to ©(fine from
the City of Mexico, announcing tlie arrival
of Hon. N. P. Banks in that city, have no
foundation in fact. General Banks is ut
home in Waltham, Mass.
Santa Anna thinks he will spend the rest
of hi* days in Cuba.
It Is again announced in tho English
Journals, that the Queen lias resolved to
emerge from her seclusion.
The wife of Senator Nye, of Nevada, diet!
of apoplexy last Friday, at Oswego, after
an illness of three days.
Spurgeon’s physicians fear tlie gout will
extend to their patient’s stomach. Ho has
it terribly in his feet and legs.
Mis* Alida Torp, the young German
pianist, is to make her first appearance In
this country at Steinway Hall, on the 14th.
The Tomahawk has discovered that
Charles Read© stole tlie plot of id* “ White
Lies” from the French of Auguste Mantlet.
A grandson of Mallory, Secretary of tho
rebel navy, wa* drowned in an ornamental
fountain at Bridgeport, Conn., the otlier
dav.
Mr*. Vilate Murray Kimball, for forty-
five year* wife of tlie Mormon -President”
Kimball, ha* just been burled at Salt Lake
City.
George Sand has written and published
over eighty volume* of poems, essays, dra
mas, and uovels, and seems to bo good for
enough more to make tlie even hundred.
The town of Coburg, New York, was
made famous two months ago. by the birth
of an infant which weighed only one
pound. Tho child is now In the third
month of her existence, and has gained a
pound and a half, kicking the beam at two
and a half pounds. An ordinarv-sized gen
tleman’s finger ring will easily pass over
her arm to the elbow, and her shoes are
Just two inches long.
BP The most stupendous tunnel enter
prise has lately been accomplished at tho
silver mines in the German Hart/. Moun
tain*. The mines were over 3.000 feet deep,
and the scarcity of fuel prevented tlie use
of steam for pumping, which was don© by
water wheels, aided by tunnel drain*. But
the great deptli reached In 1850 precluded
further progress in that manner, and a tun
nel was commenced for deep draining,
which is but now finished, lt i* twenty-
two miles long; two million cubic yards
of solid ruck were excavated, ten thousand
pounds of powder used, and flic linear «?
u-nt of blasting holes drilled la 180 mile
Naturally, on tlie successful completion of
this collossal work, tlie thirty thousand
miners whose livelihood 1* now assured
for twenty year*, celebrated the event with
grand rejoicing*. Tho mines can nov
worked until 1887 u ithout steam, uud they
have been operated since tho year 1)20 in
continuous, profitable production.
Govern*!* n r < i.aim*. — Pr© jurat ion
have been made to iViuuiid an investiga
tion by C’ongio* of the manner iu which
money, realized from the sale of cotton
seized in the xmth. Im* been absorbed by
the Treasury idepartment. Interested par
ties claim that flic interest on the amount*
thus held by order of Secretary McCul
loch, tli© title to which i* properly subject
to adjudication before the courts, since the
close of the war, would amount to nine
teen millions of dollars nihl they threaten
to bring suits against him personally for
tlie loses which they have sustained by
what they are pleased to call ids illegal as
sumption of authority. Under hU ruling.
are forced to resort to Congressional
appropriation* to obtain their rights, and
iu making application* for that puri>o*©
hope to bring about an luvestigatioi
of the whole matter. Similar complaint
made against th© Quartermaster’s De
partment, which i* now uniformly refusin;
to adjust claim* against it. and it U proba
ble that it will be included in the investi
gations. If they arc ordered.— Washington
Chronicle.
UfT A Pari* letter say*: “The manic
of tlie Austrian Euiperor wa* quiet and
dignified; imt like tlie King of Prussia
who kept himself in countenance by an nil
of loyousne** which remains to this day at
enigma for tlie Parisian*. Tho Emperor i-
a tall, slim, *uruiglii man, with light m
military wM-ker* and moustache, am
forms, with bis whit© coaf, broad red rib
bon, and rlcvorations, a very striking rig
tire. The eldest of th© two brother* that
accompany him Uu much larger uian.and,
like the wind© of the E.uperor’s distill-
uished iH.feof men, very Austrlun-look-
InR” ,,, ■—
IT A Pali* letter, dated October 28, and
treating of tho relation* of France and
Italy, contain* the following: “A* an evi
dence of the state of doubt, anxiety and
hesitation in which the Emperor ha* been
In this affiilr. It I* stated on good authority
that the order for the deimrturo of the fleet
wu* sent to Toulon on Hatimhiv morning
at 4 o’clock: but that, at H o’clock, the Em
peror relented, thought he hud acted too
hastily, and immediately sent a counter or
der to th© Maritime Prefect, at Toulon, or
dering him to stop the fleet. The Prefect
replied that it wim too late, u* the fleet iuui
Bailed two hour* before.”
r _ A Brazil. Indiana, paper says: “It Is
not five miles’ walk from Brazil, where may
lie seen two daugiiters and a father, en
gaged Iu running a steam circular saw
mill. One of the lad!©* nets ns engineer,
etc., mid tlie other help* tho fattier lift and
remove tlie sawed timber, cte. Their stout
frames and brawny shoulders together with
their hardened, rough hand*, indicate that
they have tally completed tin anprentlcv-
ship t« hard work. The contract between
these ladies and some city Iwllt* 1* » very
great one indeed.”
A New Y’ork letter, written Sunday
lost, say*:
Major Ge nurtil Sheri'!,,, I. Mill In tuwr,
vhltniK tho picture intlierlo^ilrlvlng Iu thu
Control Burk, lonKInjr In nt thu threatroa,
and enjovln* lilnwulr pom*rally. lie ray.
In, nvol.l, ixditli', ami politician, and
w!,bc, thu latter wnuhl now lot him uluuc.
Ih Krapro., Eiijfenle received. October
2d, at St. Cloud, King TjOttla I, ot Bavaria,
who had arrived the ntxht before from
Munich, in the atrlateit incognito, aa Count
Auguita.
'.*nl 1 '» «*», wit ***• !*• mid
,1 of tieorgla*
CinoOTf Covin—Hon. John Erskinc,
Judge, Presiding.—November 13,1807.—-The
time of the Court vu occupied until 11
o’clock this morning In receiving verdicts
In non-contested case*, granting order*,
and transacting routine business of no
public Interest.
_ David Wynn, executor of Thomas n.
Wynn, deceased, vs. J. II. Webb—In
Equity. In this case Webb held two
promissory notes mad© by Thomas IL
Wyftjb-or.Chattooga county. Georgia, In
nu lifetime, for some one thousand dol
lars each, which fell duo after the death of
jjyjw. In 1803 tlio executor notRlod
W ebb, who resided In tho State of Louisi
ana, that he was prepared to pay said notes,
and requested him to come and get his
money. Webb replied by letter that,
owing to tho position of tho Federal array,
Jig could not come to Georgia to receive
his money, and instructed him to invest
the money in eight per cent. Confederate
bonds, and hold them until ho came to
Georgia. The executor avers that he did
invest the money In Confederate bonds, in
accordance with tho Instructions of Webb,
and that he did not see Webb until some
time in I860, when he tendered tho bonds
and demanded the notes of the testator, but
Webb reftised to accept tho bonds or to
deliver to him tho notes. And therefore
he prays the Court to issue an injunction
to prevent Webb from prosecuting bis suit
at law to recover tho amount of sold notes.
The application for an injunction was
resisted! by the counsel for Webb, on tho
ground that no equity is disclosed in tho
bill, and that the plaintiff has an adequate
remedy at law.
After hearing tho argument* of counsel,
tho Court reftised to grant tho injunction,
holding, if the allegation* in tho Bill are
true, tlie complainant ha* nil adequate
remedy at law. Governor J. E. Brown for
complainant. Governor J. Johnson for
defendant.
Tlie petit jury was then called and dis
charged until ten o'clock to-morrow morn
ing, to which hour tlie Court also adjourn
ed.
District Court—Hon. John Erskinc,
Judge, Presiding—In Admiralty.—Krcnron
& Hawk* vs. tlie Steamer Tamincnd.—'The
hearing of this case was resumed, and Mr.
Lovell concluded a very able argument on
behalf of the respondent, in which he went
into a thorough and searching analysis of
tho testimony, and presented tho law of
the case with great clearness and force,
whereupon the Court adjourned to eleven
o’clock to-morrow morning. — Savannah
liepublican, IRA.
Polftcal Complications.
Special Dispatch to tho Cincinnati Gazette.]
Washington, Nov., 1807.
Certain parties, disappointed in not se
curing the President’s aid to advance their
selfish purposes, are making strenuous ef
fort* to prove that Johnson broke faith
with tlie New Y'ork Democracy after
making overtures to them. It is charged
that somo weeks since, Cassidy, of New
York, addressed a letter to a gentleman of
Washington, stating that the New York
Democratic Convention proposed to pas* a
resolution repudiating Johnson and hi*
Administration, and that till* readied tho
President.
lt is further said that the President im
mediately dispatched a UUtlnguEhed Mis
sourian and ©x-memher of Congress from
Tennessee, to rotifer with Seymour, Hoff
man and others, with a view to arrest the
passage of the resolution, and arrange
other important matter*. The resolution
wa* stricken out, and in return lt was un
derstood Seward was to retire from th©
Cabinet, and New York be represented
therein by John J. Cisco as Secretary of
tho Treasury.
This programme was not carried out. and
each party charges the other with broken
faith. Johnson * friend* assert that tho
New York leader* agreed to have the Ad
ministration indorsed, which, not being
done, relieved him from any obligation to
ned© a change in the Cabinet. Several
spicy letters have (Missed between the rep
resentative* of tlie.se high contracting par
ties in their efforts to settle the question of
bad faith. But no matter on whom this
rests. No Cabinet changes iiavc been made,
and none are anticipated.
General Frank Blair, to whom wa* ten
dered a Cabinet appointment, ha* declined
it. Hi* acceptance wu* contingent on the
reorganization of tlie whole Cabinet—
which U Indefinitely postponed.
Cotton Growing.—Perhaps the plan
ter* of the South Imve not given the sub
ject of growing cotton the attention its -
importance demand*. Wc therefore pm-,
po.-y to submit a few fact* and figures,
which we imp© will awaken public atten
tion to the subject.
A good h.md, with proper diligence,
may cultivate twenty acre* of upland—
twelve in cotton and eight in corn, which
will probably yield three bales of cotton,
and one hundred lumiiH* of corn.
A lelio of cotton weighing 500 pounds at
twelve cent* per pound iu market, win h,-
wortli tfbo.oo. and three bales - yisO.uo
loo h'.tklicN of corn. - lfto.on-
2UU) pounds fodder, - - adBO
Making tlie total value - - 8300.00
Per Contra.
Wages to 1)© (laid to hand - - - $1004)0
12 month’* board ut *0 per month, 72.00
Federal tax on three bale* eotton.
at $12.50 per bale 37.00
Rent of twenty acres of land, at
$2 per acre. ------- 40.00
Blacksmith’* work, per blind, - - 12.00
50 bushel* corn for mule feed, * - 50.00
10001b* fodder, •* “ “ - - 10.00
Hauling cotton to market, - - - 5.00
Total, - - $330.40
We presume that no planter of upland*
in Georgia, will doubt the correct ness of
the aliov© figures, and we therefore see that
the planter lose* on each laborer $20.50.—
But if the Federal tax should be deduct
ed, tho profit on a hand would be $11.50.
So we perceive, at the present price of cot
ton. it is impossible for planter* to make
cotton growing remunerative on tlie wast
ed upland* of the South.—Grfffin Star.
CUT Under tho head of “Another Journ
alistic Bore,” the Washington correspon
dent of the Cincinnati Commercial, in his
dispatch of the 13th, says:
J. M. Morph!*, editor of a paper In Gal-
yeston, Texas, tills morning called at the
War Department, ami luul an interview
with General Grant. During the conver
sation Mr. Morphia said to tlie General that
tlie people In hi* section Were dHernilhed
to support him for President, and hoped lie
would be elected. Gen. Grant immediate
ly turned the conversation to another snb-
jeet. Mr. Morphia again brought up tho
subject of the Presidency, find said: ^Gen-
ora], wo want to ruu you for President,
and 1 want to know what I can *ay when
I return home. Gen. Grant replied: “8*y
nothing, slf. I want nothing said.”
W" Tho only copy of the first newspaper
printed iu America* known to bo in exist*
once, 1* In the Briy*Ji archive* in London, ul