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% GEOBGIA WEEKLY OPINION. THE WEEKLY OPINION. BiTAtOTSoOTroiiuf COTTON—A gentle- nun In Wilmington, N.C, who baa seen sample* sent to New York of cotton grown in Peru and the West Indies says that from the West Indica was remarkably fine, the staple being as long, and the texture as fine, as our American Sea Island cotton. Tbo sample from Peru, while not so good as the former, was superior, to any upland cotton. The body was very superior, being very similar to wool, both to the eye and touch; the staple was not as long as the Sea Island, both combined great strength and elasticity, and the sam ple gave evidence of earefhl ginning. The (specimens from the East Indies were infe rior to the others, and much below our good American Uplands. The ttlor was not good', the staple nothing to boast of, and there was an absence of the careful prepar ation observable in the Peruvian, the cot ton being full of fragments of leaves and the inner coating of the pods. There was a remarkable absence of sand or dust In all the samples, but this was possibly owing to the frequent handling to which they have been subjected. Senaps.—Edwin Forrest returns an in come this year of $31,309. The Prince of Wales is 27 years old and is very dissipa ted, The New York Independent clear ed forty thousand dollars during the year ending October last. -The Crown Prince of Austria getshls wife to write his speeches. More people are out of employment in Philadelphia than there were in 1857.—The Chicago Republican lias cost its proprie tors $190,000 above receipts. Washing ton City has a population of one hundred thousand. The sum of $73,000 lias been raised in Massachusetts for the family of the late Governor Andrew. A daughter of General Sibly was injured by the ex plosion of a kerosine lamp in St. Pan some time since. Mr. Chase’s Testimony.—It appears from Chief Justice Chase's testimony be fore the Impeachment Committee, that lie •did ask Mr. Johnson to issue an alias pro clamation, declaring his proclamation of April relieved the United States Circuit Courts from all liability to interference on the part of the Military. 3Ir. Johnson would not issue it, and Mr. Chase would not sit in a Court under military control. The Ohio Sexatorsuip.—The Senatorial contest in Ohio for successor to Senator Wade grows warm. It seems to be mainly between Judge Thurman and Mr. Vallan* digham. The latter is represented as be ing very much more strongly supported than is generally believed. The masses of the Democratic party arc said to sympathise with his views of the war, as well as with his personal sacrifices and sufferings, to a very great extent. £5?" Close observers of change* in the seasons predict that next year will he the best for crops since 1801, and fully make up for tho drouth of the past season. This prediction is based on the fact that an abundant yield invariably follows;! drouth, because the land has been rested and the soil thoroughly pulverised. Tm: Tennessee and Virginia Railroad. Wo learn from the Lynchburg papers of the 25th, that General Mahoneentered upon liis duties as President of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad on the itli. and took entire possession of the affairs of t' o com pany. ills Hoard of Directors was also in session, and transacted the business pre liminary to a new organization. £jT‘ Madame Rlstorl. Mr. A.T. otewart, Rev. Henry W, Beecher, various delegates from the Social Science Convention, sundry members of the Y. M. C. A« and we do not know liow many other notables, have been among the audience at the New York Theatre, io witness the wonderful “Nor wood.” Murpkrkss Pardoned.—Mrs. Kirby, of Richmond, Vn„ sentenced sonic months since on conviction for the murder of her husband, has bcon pardoned by Governor Picrpout. Temperance in Extreme.—It is stated that a lady in Eastern Massachusetts, having bought sonic cider for a sick child, was seized,, and her cider forcibly taken iron) her by a State constable. ®"A broom factory has been establish ed at Corinth, Miss., and the proprietor ad vertises that lie Is prepared to Airnish as good an artielo as can be procured at the North, and as cheap. Nashville Banner.—Wc hope this ex cellent journal l>as not suspended publica tion. We have not seen It for two weeks. Crime in LaGrangk.—A Youny Girl Decoyed from her Mother.—The LaGrango Reporter of yesterday says: On tho 9th InsU a man calling himself .Tames Davis, went to the house of Mrs. Sarah D. Harris, u poor widow' in this place, and employed her daughter, Saralt Elizabeth Harris, a girl about twelve years old, representing to Mrs. H. that lie was employed by Mr. Giles,*near Long Lane, in this county, and that Mr. Giles would give the girl $8 iier month for her services, and would pay her expenses to come home every two weeks. Mrs. Harris being in straightened circum stances, pecuniarily, was glad to put her daughter out for good wages, and allowed the man (Davis) to take her away—since which time she lias heard nothing of her child. As the mother is in great distress it is to ho hoped all persons will endeavor to ascertain the whereabouts of the child itnd report. Mrs.II. represent* J)xvim ns a- tolerable small man»*with'IighC sandy hair. He bad his. right hand tied up, and was a very dirty looking man. . HTLlncoln’i portrait is - to be woven in silk at Lyons. S? We have intimations of a plot, now in process of formation, whleh, if successful, can but defeat the objects of the Convcn tion, and make it a nuisance and a stink for all time. This plot lias Us inception with certain parties in tho South-Eastern por tion of the State, and whose headquarters are not a thousand miles from Augusta. We now notify f»U concerned in this pro posed scheme, that we ore hilly Into the secrets of their plot; and that unless they desist from their purpose of packing Com mittees, and turning the Convention into a political and llnancinl swindle, we shall not hesitate to make known names and lo calities. The public shall be made familiar with the details of the whole proposed transaction, should an attempt be made to earry’itiout in the Convention, j Every Southern man who sincerely de sires Reconstruction, but who is unwilling to see a State Constitutional Convention turned into a political gambling saloon, will join us in the hope that a word to tho wise will sufllcc for the past, and that the parties implicated In this proposed scheme, will abandon their project. The purpose of that Convention is the formation of such a State Constitution ns a civilized and enlightened people can live under—such a Constitution as will bo Re publican in fact as well ns in name—a Con stitution such as Congress proposes to ac cept; *but not such an one as will, if adopted, |make ^Georgia a sort of patent Pandemonium. There has been a persistent effort part of the defeated party, to so lacerate tho members elect, by abuse and misrepre sentation, as to provoke them to rash and vindictive measures. This is done in the hope that the Convention would such a Constitution as no respectable white man could live under, nml therefore, that the people would promptly vote down. But this effort will fail utterly, unless sucl combinations among the pretended friend: of Reconstruction, as that above alliulci to, should succeed. Wc, therefore, raise tin note of warning, and urge that the mem bers who really desire Reconstruction, be on the alert. And when they detect movement in the organization of tho Con vention to place four business partners on the same Committee, and the efforts of this Committee (should it bo thus constituted) to barter with other committees, formed ostensibly for another purpose, they may be sure that certain influences arc at work to consummate a grand pecuniary specu lation in which the interests of the State is not consulted. Itcport of tlio Sccret»r>' of State. Deduction of Military Expenditures—Esti mate for the Next Fiscal Year—Deports of District Commanders and Others. As has been announced heretofore the report of General Grant as Secretary of War ad interim and General of the Army is completed, and has been laid before the President. It will show that one of the first objects to which the General address ed himself on entering the War Of!ice, on the 12th « f August last, was the reduction f expenditures, to which end army officers • ere required to disperse with various in digencies which they had he;n enjoying t the expense of the Gover linen.. The Bureau of Rebel Arclii ,<s, anil the Bureau or the Exchange of Pi isoners, were turn- d over to the Adjutant General's Office. by vhleli a large number of clerks and sev- *al olllcers v.erc d.spcnsed with. Th-* sale of large quantities of surplus stores relieved the Government of eoiisid- rable expense for guarding and storage, . aving the rent of numerous store-houses, and the salaries of a large number of em ployees. A considerable reduction has also been effected in tho expense of inain- ‘ ining troops along the routes of travel •ro-s the plains, although this is still heavy. The strength of the army, Sep tember 30,1807, was 50,813; number of re cruits. 34.191; desertions, 13,008. Recruit ing has been very successful. It Is re commended that the term of enlistment be changed from three to live years, and a change is recommended in the system of courts-martial and punishments. The vol unteer force has been reduced to about two hundred commissioned olllcers who are retained by special acts for service in the Freedman’s Bureau. No recommendation is made as to the continuance or discontinuance of the Feecdmen's Bureau, but he leaves the mut ter with Congress. In the otlice of tho Quartermaster Gen eral over 11,000 accounts have been exam ined during the year, amounting to more than $300,000,000, and there remains to lie examined accounts amounting to nearly $50,000,000 more. The report embraces some facts in rela tion to cemeteries for the interment of Un ion soldiers, of whleh there is 308, including eighty-one known as “national cemete ries.” Abont a quarter of a million inter ments have been made in these cemeteries, and there remain sonic seventy-odd thou sand to be Interred. The total cost of these cemeteries when completed will bo about three millions and a half. The indebtedness of Southern railroads to the United States on the 30th of June last was a little less than S0,fjj0,000, a re duction of $600,000 since the hist report. In tho oillce of the Paymaster General there have been reeeh e<l and recorded over four hundred thousand bounty claims un der the act of July 28, I860, about one- fourth of which have been settled, at an expenditure of something over $9,000,000. The report of the Chief Engineer wlHjrc- comm**nu that surveys for river and har- !>or improvements should be continued, cs pcclully upon tho Western rivers. It will appear from tho ordnance report that the arms and other ordnance stores which had accumulated at the Southern arsenals have been removed, and are now in charge of the Ordnance Department.— An appropriation is recommended for the establishment of an arsenal between the Missouri river and Rocky Mountains for the storage of arms for the use of troops serving ou tho plains. Some twenty-three thousand Springfield muskets have been converted during the year Into breech loaders, and the troops serving on the plains hare been armed with them. These arms have proved very effective weapons in tho campaign against tho Indians. Tho Board of Visitors to tho West Point Military Academy speak favorably of tho condition of the institution and its useful ness. Sixty-three cadets graduated in Juno, and were commissioned in the army. As the regular army is now about four times as large as. before tho war, it is thought that the number of cadets now ad mitted to the military academy is lnsuffi* « ,f cnt to supply it with officers; ami It is therefore recommended that the present number, which is limited to one for each Beprcscntatlvn and Delegate in Congress and ton at large, he increased by consider ing a vacancy existing in each Congres sional district when Its cadet enters the second class. Tho total estimates of tho military appro priations required for tho ilscel year end ing June 30, 1861. is $77,124,757,08. For officers General array - $5,000 00 - Adjutant General’s office 300.000 00 “ Military Academy - • 140.315 00 “ Fay of Cadets, etc. - • 178,707 00 “ Q. M. Gen’ls department - 38,180,006 20 “ do. deficiency estimate - 13,500.000 00 “ do. contingencies - - - 100,000 00 Medical department - - Fay department - - - - Engineer department - - OrUance Bureau -* - - Bureau relligcs and freedmen - No appro'll Inspector General ----•* Bureau Military Justice - - •• “ Subslstanee Department - - •• “ Signal Service ----- 27,000 00 This estimate is based upon the expen ditures for tiie current year, and it is thought it may exceed the actual require ments of the service. The establishment of peace with the Indians, if effected, will result in a great reduction of expenditures. Over $13,000,000 of the present estimate D to cover a deficiency in last year’s appro priation. The continuation for another yearof-the additional pay allowed to olllcers by the last Congress Is recommended. In relation to the Military Districts of the South, Gen. Grant says that their com manders are, so far as their military duties are concerned, under subordination to the General of the Army and War Department. In their civil cap-city theynre entirely in dependent of both, except in mutters of removals, appointment.--, and detail. It is but fair to the District Commissioners to state that while they have been thus Inde pendent in their civil duties, there has not been one of them who would not yield to a positively expressed wish in regard to any matter of civil ndministratrntjon from either of the officers placed over them by the Constitution or act- of Congress so long as rn.it wish was in the. direction of a proper execution of the law. for the execu tion of which they alone are respon sible. Gen. Grant aud3 that he is pleased to say that tin* commanders of the .South ern Military Di-triets have executed their difficult tru*r faithfully and without bias from any judgment of their own as to the merit or demerit of the law they were exe cuting. The renorts of Generals Schofield. Can by and Pujut have already been published. That of Gen. Orel repnfciit* that the whites generally an* oppo-ni to the recon struction nets, and lino tie* xn*n«ioii of suffrage to the negro ■> ha* lm reu«* I the feeling of hostility to (hem ami to North ern men,and Gen. Ord think- that a larger military force than now employe,! will he required to protect the tive-.*wnm in tin*lr rights. Report* have not y-t b-.-n re<<*iv- cd from General.- Sickle*, .-dienu.n ami Mower. Tl»c Evidence aS .Hi** .tuuu .Surratt before the Judiclury Committee. From the mass of evidence submitted with the Impeachment reports of the Ju diciary Committee we extract the follow ing testimony of Miss Anna Surratt, given before the committee ou the 28th of last June; By Mr. Boutwell:—Q. Where do you rc- ide? A. In Massachusetts avenue, l>o- wcenGthaml 7th streets. Q, State whether at any time the olllcers of tho Government have had in their possession letters written or purporting to have been written by.J. Wilkes Booth, and which had been at any time in your possession. A. No, sir. Q. officers in tho War Department had r possession letters which were ai ds delivered to you? A. Yes; they had some of our business letters, which aken from tho house, and they ?se back tome. (>. How many of tiers were there? A. Indeed, f do not know; we had quantities of business there. Q. When were they re turned to you? A. I cannot recollect. I an not swear when I got them, or who ave them to me. Ido iiot know a soul by name up there. (2. To whom did you ii the purpose of getting those iet- A. I do not recollect making any application for them. 1 think it was Mr. John llohihan, who was in the house with us, that went for them. Q. Do we understand that ho obtained them from the War Department. A. I do not know. They were brought to tho house. I may have applied for them myself, or may not. 1 do not recollect at all. Q. Did you take any interest in obtaining the restoration of these letters? A. Yes. There was some paper signed by Lloyd, who had our placo tn the country, which it was neces sary to get, and I think 1 went to the Department one day to get it, and while there I think they delivered other letters to me in a satchel—some business letters. Q. Were there not among those letters some written by J. Wilkes Booth? A. No, In deed, sir. Q. Or letters written by your mother to him ? A. No, sir. Every one of thbso letters was overlooked by Mr. Brophy and myself, and they wore after wards delivered to Mr. Belt, the State’s at torney. I never saw' in my life a letter written by J. Wilkes Booth. Q. Did you know' an officer in the War Department named Burnett? A. I did. Q. Do you not remember that lie delivered these let ters to you? A. Ho was up there in the ofilce. I think I went into his office first, and lie sent mo to another room where tlioso things were. Q. Dhl you know' Mr. Burnett previously to the time when you applied for the letters ? A. Never to speak to him. He came to me one day in the court-room, and said that if I came to Secretary Stanton’s office I could get the key of tho house. Next day either he or Secretary Stanton said that if 1 came to tjio house the soldiers would dcllvor It up to me. Fcrhaps Mr. Brophy did it for me. I think Mr. Burnett’s name was on the pa per giving us permission to receive tho key. Q. Do you know whether Mr. Hola- hun made application to tho President or any other person for tho restoration of those letters ? A. No, indeed, I cannot say that I can scarcely remember how tho ap plication was made, or anything about it; but I just remember getting the papers.— G. You yourself never went to the Presi dent about them ? A. No, indeed, I never went to the President’s house but once. Q. Do you remember whether you gave a re ceipt for those letters? A; 1 do not recol lect. I remember giving Gcn.llartranft a receipt for things that belonged to mamma, which were sent to mo from the peniten tiary. By Mr. Eldridgc—Q. Do you recollect now many of these letters there were that were delivered to you? A. No sir; there were a great many of them. There were some old letters of my ow'n among them. Q. Had you any difficulty in getting there letters? A. Ido not recollect. I do not think I had much difficulty. I think they save them to mo the day 1 went up there. They were contained In a satchel. Q. Was that a satchel that had been taken away from the house? A. Yes, sir; the same satchel. Q. Did anybody assort over these letters before giving them to you ? A. No sir; I think not. There was a trunk be longing to^fr. Holahan which, I think, bad something in it. Q. Were there any fami ly letters taken away Which they declined to deliver? A. I cannot recollect what let ters were in the bouse. Q. Did you miss any ? A. I do not recollect. The business letters were left. Old letters that I may have received may have been gone, and I not notice them. It w*as ouly business pa pers tiiat I was anxious to get. Q. At the time the letters were delivered to you was Mr. Holahan with you? A. It seems to roe that there was a lady with me and a boy. Somebody brought the satchel for me in the car—a little boy, I think. I do not know who he was. Q. Do you recollect wiiat time these letters were delivered back to you ? A. No, indeed; I cannot tell what time it was. Q. Was It any consider able length of time after the trial you have spoken of? A. No, sir; it was after the f.i ial. I did not leave the house till tho full. Iti. ink It was not long after mother’s execu tion. Q. Did you ever see the President i«> have any conversation with him? A. President Johnson ? No, indeed; i do not want to see him either. They had some plows of silver up there, too, which, I think, they gave up to me. 1 think Mr. llohihan brought some of the silver pieces home to me, They may have been in the trunk. Q. Did the officers take a trunk away from the house. A. They must have done so. This trunk belonged to Mr. Ilola- liati, but it had some of ray things in it. Q. Was 31 r. Holahan a resident in your fam- IIv ? A. Yes. After I got the house back I 'did not know what to do with it. Mrs. Holahan came to me and said if she could do anything for mo she would. They cleaned up the house and staid with me.—- This was the wife of Mr. Holahan. Q. Do you recollect anything else in the satchel that was brought back ? A. Indeed, I can not swear to what was in the satchel. 3Irs. Cobb and the President.—The Impeachment testimony makes some rich disclosures* as illustrating the state of morals at the Capitol. In the report of the testimony taken before the “Committee” lust week, we find tho following: Detective Baker (whose unsupported word carries little weight,) said: Mrs. Lucy L. Cobb, of Washington City, showed me two letters one evening when she was brought to my headquarters. April 8, I860; having criticised here severely, saying that a woman of her character had no business to lie around the White House, she claimed that she had a right to be there, and that it was with the knowledge and approval of the President, and to satisfy me, showed me two letters, one w ritten by 3Ir. John son to the Postmaster General, asking him to give her husband, Mr. Cobb, a situation in the Post Office Department, and another written to 3IcCulloch, asking him to give her a situation in the Treasury Department. I believe 3Irs. Cobb to be a disreputable woman, or, in other w*ords, a woman of the town. In reply to a question as to whethei Mrs. Cobb told him (Baker) that the Pres* ident knew all about It, Baker says she states that for two pardons she procured for two men in Richmond she got $3,000; that she bought a pair of kid gloves for Colonel Robert Johnson, took two $500 bills, put one in each glove, and presented the gloves to Robert Johnson. She went on to state that the President on one or two occasions made advances, asking her to Ids private room at the Kirkwood House, while he was President. She stayed in his room one night idl night, and on another occasion until 2 o’clock in the morning; she afterward detailed a conversation she had with 3lr. Johnson, in which he said he going to muster out Radical officers, and among them Mr. Stanton. -About A Scene in the ( noon yesterday a ft range *e»*ne occurred in tho Gold Room, on Bread street. Sitting i.y the side of the Yiee-Pre.-idert, Mr. lioyt,wilsa person wearing a gray coat, who. it was whispered round, was the ex rebel chief, “Jack” Mosby. The breasts of loyal brokers burned with indignation, which burst forth in the shape of a note written by 3Ir. J. B. Colgate, and sent to Mr. Hoyt, asking him if the rebel .Mo*by was sitting at las side, and, if so, protest ing against his being there. On receiving tho note and glancing over its contents, the Vice-President read it aloud, and then said, “Gentlemen, allow' me to introduce to you Colonel Mosby.” Mosby then arose, and was received with mingled cheers and hisses. The brokers of the New York Gold Board were evidently never more divided than on tills occasion. While some advanced to the Colonel to shake him by tho hand, others protested against the pro- ’* * ’ **y shaking their heads lielr indignation. Amid the din and confusion the following brok en sentences might have been heard; “No place fora traitor.” “As much right there as any body else.” “Who have ren dered themselves infamous by their rebel lious acts ?” “Colonel Mosby was a brave soldier.” “Good judge of horses.” “A better man never lived.” “A worse was never hung,” &c. These delectable and entertaining ex pressions of the difference of opinion in w hich 3Ir. Mosby was held by the brokers present, were suddenly silenced by that worthy leaving the room and the Vice President calling a special meeting of the Board, when lie desired to know' whether or not liu was to be sustained in introduc ing his friends into the room. Tableaux! The Vico President was supported by tho majority, who indorsed his action in in troducing from ids elevated position one of ids friends (Colonel Moshy, the ex-guer rilla chief.) u the loyal brokers of the N. York Gold Board.—Neto York Herald, ATot. 20(5. Concerning Matches.—Fathers mid ? ;randfathers can remember, remarks the xmdon Atheiiieum, the clays when tin der boxes and flint and steel w ere in gen eral use, and the first coming in of those very convenient matches which gave us a light so easily. Sixpence a box was then tho price: now* it is less than a penny; mid the inhabitants of Swiss villages get their living through the winter by preparing tho millions of llttlo slips of wood tor the manufacturers, who tin them with phos phorus. But w ith all their advantages, In* cifer matches involve some disadvantages, US may be read in the evidence given last session to a committee of the llouso of Commons, by the Secretary of the Sun Fire Insurance, who stated that by the careless use of matches, the Company looses $50.- 000 a year. It has been remarked tlmt strict economy in the use of bread in every house, would keep down prices at Mark Lane; and it is clear that lr people W’ould be careftil with their matches, the fire insiC ranee offices might reduce their premiums., ISTModesty in woman Is like the color on her cheek—decidedly put on. becoming, if not TBLEfiKAPaiOJRITBIXIOBIICB. From the New York Pre«* Association. Oen. Hancock innmi Pemnumd Nhw Orleans, Nov. 20.—The troops drawn up on the Levee on yesterday to re ceive General Hancock w'ere withdrawn on an order from the latter, telegraphed from Baton Rouge. General Hancock’s order assuming com mand, does not disappoint the hopes of those who have been anxiously expecting his coming,and will Infuse new life into the almost dispalring friends of law and der. The action of Mayor Heath and Governor Flanders, in not Issuing proclamations for the observance yesterday, of thanksgiving, is condemned as a display of partisan feeling. The following is General Hancock’s or der. Hcadq'r* Fifth Mimtabt District, New Orleans, La., Nov. 89, ltd). Special Order?, No. 40. * 1st. In accordance with General Order, No. 81, Headquarters of the Army, Adju tant General’s Offices, Washington, D. C., August 27th, 1807, Major General W. S. Hancock hereby assumes the command of the Fifth Military District, and of the De partment composed of the States of Lou isiana and Texas. 2d. The General commanding is gratified to learn that peace and quiet reign in this department. It will be his purpose to pre serve tills condition of tilings, and as a means of this great end he regards the maintainance of the civil authorities in the faithful execution of the laws, as the most efficient under existing circumstances. In war it is indlspenslblo to repel force by force, and overthrow' and destroy opposi tion to lawful authority. But when insur rectionary forces have been overthrown and peace established, and the civil au thorities are ready and willing to perform their duties, the military authority should cease, the civil administration resume its natural and rightful dominion. Solemnly impressed with these views, the General announces that the great principles of American liberty, still are tho law ful in heritance of this people, and ever should be. The right of trial by jury, the habeas corpus, the liberty of the press, the free dom of speech, and tho natural rights of persons, and the rights of property must be preserved. Free institutions while they areessentialto the prosperity and happi ness of the people, always furnish the strongest inducements to peace and order. Crimes and offenses committed in this Dis trict must be referred to the consideration and judgment of the regular civil authori ties, and those tribunals will be supported In their lawful jurisdiction. Should there be violations of existing laws, which are arc not inquired into by the civil magis trates, or should failures in the adminis tration of justice by the courts be com plained of, the cases will be reported to these Headquarters, when such orders will bo made as may be deemed necessary.— While the General thus indicates his pur pose to respect the liberties of the people, he wishes all to understand that armed in surrections or forcible resistance to the law' w ill be instantly suppressed by arms. By command of 3Iaj. Gen. W. S. Han cock. W. G. .Mitchell, Aid de Camp, and A. A. G. The Convention to-day passed resolu tions inviting General Hancock and Gov ernor Flanders to seats inside the liar, en dorsing the removals by General 3Iower, and in favor of the abolition of the cotton tax. J udge Taliaferro not being present, Ingh am, (colored) was appointed temporary halrman. The Times, in an editorial, accuses Shel by, lately appointed Clerk of tho Second D.strict Court by General 3Iowcr, of swin dling the Paymaster’s Department. It iys lie was arrested and sent out of this department by General Canby. and refers to Canby and the records of the Pay De partment for proof. Montgomery, Nov. 29.—General Orders No. 224, by General Pope, sets forth that the Convention having provided as requir ed by Congressional enactment for the levy and assessment of such taxes on prop erty of tho State as Is necessary for the payment of the expenses of the Conven tion, payments by the State Treasurer of the appropriation for the payment of olil- irs and members will bo sanctioned. The Convention granted eight divorces from the bonds of matrimony to-day, and dismissed one suit for bigamy. A majority of the Committee on Fran chise reported back an additional section to the franchise article, empowering the next Legislature to disfranchise rebels who have not aided in reconstructing the State under the laws of Congress; which was tabled by the Radical majority until to-morrow. This proposed action threatens the partial breaking up of the Convention. The Radicals declare they will hold the rod over tho unrepentant rebels, and main tain control of the wholo subject of fran chise, fearing no loss of political power. An ordinance was reported declaring void all marriages between, the whites and freedmen, and requiring the Legisla ture to prohibit such marriages under severe penalties. Extreme Radicals op pose it. A colored delegate said it W’os con trary to the Civil Rights Bill. The ordi nance was tabled until to-morrow’. An ordinance was passed, declaring valid all official nets ot the public officers in this State under military authority du ring tho existence of the present Provi sional Government, as if the same had been done in due course of law. A Bureau of Immigration has been es tablished by the Convention. Washington, Nov. 29.—Gossips is that the count show’s thirty majority against the majority report on impeachment. Tho . impression prevail* that Wilson’s report will be adopted. There is a strong dispo sition on the part of the Democrats to de bate the matter vx order to ventilate tho claimed absurd Wes of both Boutwell and Wilson’s report/ Mr. Dunbar is before the Senate under arrest for contempt. Ho testified tn-day, and If his testimony is believed, high trea sury officials are awkwardly situated. The Senate was In Executive session for three hour?, and confirmed Mr. Horace Greeley hk Minister to Austria; General Capron as Agricultural Commissioner; A. C. Hunt as Governor of Colorado. The expenses of the Indian CommUnion are one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Indian Commissioner Taylor attributes the ending of the Indian war to this commis sion. thereby wiving a million a week. All were present at the Cabinet meeting, Wells having recovered. A draft of the message was read. Internal Revenue to-day. one million ninety-seven thousand dollars. The sentence of Gen. Custar. suspending him from the rank and pay for one year, was confirmed. A joint meeting of the Democrats and Republicans is called at Funnel! Hail. Bos ton, opposing impeachment. Congrcftsinnul. Senate.—A memorial from Delaware warf presented, favoring equal suffrage. Dunbar, editor of the New York Globe, having purged himself of his contempt, was discharged. Chandler offered a resolution declaring strict neutrality in the pending quarrel be tween Abyssinia and England. Sumner objected and the resolution lie* over. Mr. Morrell introduced a bill directing the Secretary of tho Treasury to redeem legal tender notes with coin, and directing him to sell, eacli year, after paying the in terest debt, any gold in the Treasury over seventy millions, receiving in pay national bank notes and compound intercss note**, and requiring all national banks, which have not equal to tw enty per cent, of their capital in specie, to hold the interest on their bonds. On and after the 1st of July, 1869, they shall pay their notes in coin of five, and under larger denominations, in coin or legal tenders. Banks failing to comply with these provisions forfeit their charter, the Treasurer having authority to organizo other national banks of equal capital in their stead. Mr. Morrell stated that he would pre«.< this bill at an early day, saying that Con gress must grapple the financial difficulties at once, and ascertain the true solution of the financial disturbances. Senate adjourned till Monday. Charleston, Nov. 29.—Further returns from the interior districts, render it almost certain that tho Convention is defeated, as the total vote polled falls short, by many thousands, of a requisite majority of the registered voters. Immense deposits of valuable phosphates, said to be superior to Peruvian guano, and of incalculable value, have been discover ed on plantations hitherto conslderct of little value, stretc hing along the banks of tho Ashley river, a few miles above this city. A’company lias bon form *d, backed by Northern capitalists, to utilize these de posits. Philadelphia, Nov. 30.—The House net to-day—ther i were fifty members present- adjourned to half-past ten o’clock, next Monday. Washington, Nov. 30.—Tho Cabinet is In scssson considering the message. Cork, Nov. 30.—The Fenians entered the Armory and captured one hundred and twenty-five revolvers and ten Snyder ri des. Hartford, Nov. 30.—An English thief named John Brooks and a negro Alexan der Henry, killed and robbed a jeweler SI years old. The murderers have been ar rested. The Exile Returned.—Ex-Gov. Har ris Visits Governor Brow’nlow’.—On the morning of the 21th (.Sunday) Ex-Gov. Isham G. Harris of Tennessee, called upon Gov. Brownlow at Nashville. Gov. H. left Liverpool on the Cth Inst., and came di rectly through from New York, without pausing to pay his respects to his old friend, the President. The Nashville Press and Times, giving an account of the Interview says: Jle was plainly but well dressed, and ap peared to be in fine health, a fact w hich he attributes to the rough and tumble and somew hat migrator}’ life which lie has led for some years past, during which he has officiated in the various capacities of trav eling executive, Confederate agent, Presi dent of the Cordova colony, and commis sion merchant in London. Ills friends say that he appears no older than lie did six years ngu. He greeted Gov. Brownlow very courteously and cordially, and was received by the Governor with ids uniform urbanity and gentleness of manner. A brief conversation ensued between them, in which no allusion wns made to politic?. Harris remarked that ho had conic to give iiimsclf un, and expressed much gmliVuc for the kind mention w ide!) the Governor hud made of Ids family in Ids message.— Gov. Brownlow’ remarked that he would parole Idm to appear at tho Spring term of tho Federal Court in this city. Tho Kx-Uovernor showed some feeling when Ids successor inquired if ho had hot a poor opinion of Ms quondam neighbors at Cordova, Harris replied llmt the Mexi cans wore the most unprincipled, hollow - hearted vagabonds on the fueoof the eartli. Aftbr an experience of several years among the Mexicans of Cordova, and tho Europeans, lie has wisely concluded that life under the Brownlow despotism Is a great deal preferable to a wretched exis tence dragged out among either anarchists or moimreiiisU. Ho loft yesterday even ing for 4iIh home tn Paris, Henry county, where his family reside. Henry Ward Beecher received $26,000 from Mr. Bonner for “Norwood,” and as the story was longer than he anticipated, an additional five thousand has been paid.