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jj Z * J I OLD SERtES, VOL. LXXV. (Chronicle & Sentinel Jiiirsitv iiooiii:, A. It. WHHIIIT. TKEJW OF SI BSCIUFTION. WEKKLT. i taJ!'.'!!!'.'.'!'/.'.;''"!!'.".'.'.''''!’.’.".’.".’'.s to j. it. \v. JOHNSTON , AU.I STA, <;A : WCDIKWAI ■•KOTIG, •Oftflß it. The Northern So (tiers. There can lx; no fact more clearly estab lished by the teachings of History than that of the forgiving magnanimity of the sol dier. The wars of the old world, both foreign and internal, have developed in a remarkable degree this active and honora ble virtue amongst its heroes and chief tains. We have witnessed with pleasure the exhibition of the same noble traits by the more distinguished and worthy officers and soldiers of the Federal army towards their vanquished and overpowered enemies. The proceedings of the Cleveland Couyen tioii will form one of the brightest pages in the history of their glory arid renown, it is true, and the more disgraceful to them that it is no, that quite u number of 1 those who fought in the rear of the Eedfcu r«t m iHynwPWMmimwvewfUrGH* WiWPHW* property of their discorrifittcd antagonists. | Hut the true and gallant soldiers, North and South, have shown that, the battle over, they can grasp each other’s hand with the warm and generous feelings which have distinguished the more honorable and magnanimous of their class, both here and in the old country. The following incident related by a Gen eral officer of the Confederate army, while commenting upon the aspect of affairs at the North, shows that the race of great and good men is not yet extinct even in Yankee land. Gen. J>. 11. Hill, in a late number of the Land v:c Love, says : “Hut wo confess we look for more good from the ‘Soldier’s Convention.’ The men who have had mutual hate knocked out and mutual respect knocked in by bard blows, are the men after all, to cement the Union, ! if that delicate operation can ever be done. [ We hope that we will be pardoned for a \ pcnonal incident in this connection. We had two particular friends in the old U. S. army: the one born North of the Susque hanna, the other South of it. Both ad hered to the U. S. Government. The | Northern man took the field and fought us ; obstinately; the Soutnron kept out of j harm's way, but secured a good paying position, a; a teacher. After the war, we wrote to the latter a brief business letter, . which he refused to answer. The former, learning that we had fallen into the hands of the ‘Blessed Bureau’and other benevo lent institutions, sent us a kind invitation to bring the wife and little rebs to spend tli'i summer months with him. It is easy in this case to answer the question, ‘which ■ now of these two, thinkest thou, is neigh- 1 bor unto him, which fell among thieves?’ ” ■ Secretary Stanton. The Washington correspondent of the ' N. V. Times insists that a previous dis- ! patch which he sent to New York in rela- j tion to the resignation of Mr. Stanton j was strictly correct. He says, under date of the 18th inst. : “.My (li'pateh of night beforo lust, an nouncing Umt Mr. Stanton bail written n letter to the President asking to bo relieved from the position ofSoeretary of War, lias created'n sensation here, and throughout the country, judging from the inquiries made, verbally, by mail and by telegram. Tim newspaper who failed to obtain the information have,ln some in atanejs, attempted to discredit my state ment. Notwithstanding these denials by correspondents, who absolutely know nothing about the matter, and are not in the confidence <>J; those who do know all about it, 1 again assert upon the highest authority that Mr. Stanton bail asked to bo relieved; that lie lias signiliod Ins desire to become the successor of lion. J. P. II do, as Minister to Spain, mul the position will I he givdu him unless ho chooses to decline ! it hereafter. It is also equally true that | Lieut. Uen. Sherman lias been requested to come hero for the purpose of assuming > the duties of Acting secretary of War, and ■ unless it bo found that lie cannot be spared from Ills present command ho will succeed Mr. St an ton. Thfiro is no direct telegraphic cotuiiuiiiiutilion between this city apd the I point whore Uen. Sherman now is, and il i will lake several days to get an answer ! from him.” Our prayer is that this statement may he true. It would he a great relief to the whole people to know that the tyrant Stanton was well out of the country. As long as he remains in the cabinet there can ho no relief to our section from the illegal and unconstitutional military arrests which | are daily oecurriug throughout the entire I South. We do not bcliovo that Genera! Sherman, if in control of the War Depart ment, would sanction such interference with the civil authorities as we have witnessed during the last eighteen months under the reign of Stanton. At any rate we will gladly welcome any change in the War Department, as one which cannot at least bo worse than the present regime. A Fact Worth Uemcmbcrltig. It is a favorite declaration with the lhut icals, that the South was guilty of cruelty to Federal prisoners; and if au appeal is made in behalf of Jefferson Davis they reply by tellirg its to look at Andersonville. It is tljo slogan of their speakers, and appeals arc made to the prejudices and | passions of all classes by pictures of their maimed heroes dragging out a miserable existence amid the horrors of that “prison pen.'' They conceal the well-known fact that we did everything in our power to exchange the inmates of Andersonville for our captives who were pining in Northern prisons ; and they forgot also that, accord ing to the prison statistics, the mortality of Confederates in Northern prisons was greater than that of Federals in the hands of the Confederates. An official report of the war department issued some time ago, states that the number of Union prisoners taken during the war was 260,940; the number of Confederates taken was 260,000. Tlukoumber of Uh’On prisoners who died in confinement was 22,576, or a little over eight per cent: while the number ot' Con federates who died in Northern prisons was 26,430, or thirteen per cent. This statement ought to stop the mouths of those orators and writers who are for ever prating of Audersonville. We com mend it especially to the harper who harps for Hater's M Wkly. Receipts and Expenditures. From the annual report of Secretary Mo- Cnlloeh— a portion of which lues been pub lished—we learn that the income of the Government from all sources, exclusive of loans—that is, from customs, public lands, direct tax, internal revenue and miscella neous sources—for the year ending Jutie 30, InM, was over ssst>.i»\ooo. The total expenditures for the same period, inclu ding every department of the government, amounted to more than $515,000,000. There was cash on hand to the amount of over $130,000,000, and if the gold in the treasury be expressed in currency, the amount would bo $100,000,000. The excess of re ceipts over expenditures was nearly $38,- 000,000, and the expenditures were much larger during a portion of the fiscal year than they will be hereafter. With such an income, and anything like economy in the expenses of the government, the public debt can easily be paid, and the currency gradually come back to a specie standard. If peace-real, substantial peace can be secured, there need be no trouble about the financial atliursof the government. The \ irginia and Tennessee railroad, from Bristol tj Lynchburg, will be con solidated with the Southside road, making one trunk line from Bristol, Tennesse, to Norfolk, on the Atlantic coast. The \\ ashington Republican of the 15th inst., says : “Gen. Beauregard called at Gen Grant's headquarters on Saturday and paid his respects to the General-in- Chief. The ex-llebcl chieftain was cour teously received.” ’ A Few Thoughts for our City Fathers. We are informed by several of our lead ing merchants that the tribute collected by the City Council upon the of cotton is ! doing the trade of the city great injury, and that the planters who still send their cotton here arc complaining very much tliat they arc required to provide for a portion of the expenses of the municipal Government. It is true that the amount is small —one-fourth of One percent., or about forty cents per bale at the present price for cotton —but it is quite enough to provoke the opposition and discontent of our country friends. We believe that it would be tetter to re mit this tax at once. It Is well known that the mass of mankind are as strongly moved and as obstinately prejudiced by small things as they are by matters of greater importance. If the planter feels that it is wrong for him to be required to pay the tax —that his necessity for trading in our market is taken advantage of, to work upon him an injury, the effect upon the prosperity of the city is just as great and decided, whether he is right or wrong in his conclusions. We even go further, ard insist that every restriction or btmlien put upon the trade of the city must eventually injure its prosperity and retard its growth and de puinaniem. .Jim if no. course tote adopted fy our City Fathers is that which will in sure the necessary amount of revenue re quired for the proper administration of our city affairs, and at the same time foster and encourage trade and traffic from the country, and thereby build up and estab lish the commerce of the city. This tax upon the sales of cotton is liable to the further objection that a large amount of cotton which comes here, and is sold on the streets, is not subjected to the payment of the tax, while the planter who sells through the agency of a com mission merchant has the amount of the tax included in the bill of charges which is rendered by his mer chant. Again, some of the commission mer chants in their great anxiety to please their patrons, pay the tax themselves, and do not include the amount in their accounts with the planters. This is the source of numerous complaints from planters, when factors do not feel that tlie> should pay this assessment upon their cotton sales. It may be replied that the commis sion merchants might settle the matter between themselves, and thereby prevent any further trophic on this score. To this we answer that the matter could be ar ranged only in one of two ways. first, by the agreement of the merchants to assume and pay the tax themselves, of Second, by agreeing among themselves to charge the tax in every instance against the planter. We have seen that the planter’s prejudice against the payment of this tax is such that to compel them to pay it, tends to drive them from our market, and hence such a plan should not bo adopted, if it could be fairly avoided. To insist upon the payment of the tax by the merchant, would be extremely unjust to them and injurious in the highest degree to their business and prosperity. W e must then look for some other mode of relief. We confess that the easiest solution of the difficulty which presents itselt to,our mind, is the repeal of the tax by the City Council at the earliest possible period. We hope that our city fathers will give this matter their serious and early attention. Scarcity of Money. There can bo no doubt of the fact that the banking capital now employed in this city is wholly inadequate to meet the wants of our business men. Since the opening of the cotton market this fall, this deficiency in the supply of money has been severely felt by our cotton merchants, and consequently has had a depressing ef fect upon the cotton trade. Our market has been for some weeks past almost on tirely without the funds necessary to move forward the cotton now coming in from the country. As the season advances and cot ton comes in more freely, the stringency \ in the money market.- growing out of the absence of banking facilities, will be more and more severely felt. Before the war, this city profitably em ployed over three millions of banking capi tal. Now we have but a single bank, and it employs but the meagre amount of 500,- 000 dollars capital. With this small amount of banking capital, it will be im possible to meet the wants of the business which ought to be transacted here. We may look for a partial alleviation of our condition, when English buyers come into the market to make their purchases of cotton. But even if we could control for eign capital sufficient to move forward the cotton crop, the legitimate wants of the business men of the city would require the use of more than double the amount of money now at our control. Wo believe tliat the business of the city will seriously suffer unless we can increase our facilities for raising ready money, and that this injury will become more and more pressing as the business season advances. It is with the view to avert this inconvenience jfcgtec call the attention of our people to VHuhjcct now. We arc very well aware that our merchants find business men have j pressing demands myn their means iu the j conduct of their regular business, and that owing to the heavy losses incurred by the | results o l ' the war, they arc not in a condi | tion to withdraw much of their capital for I the purpose of converting it into banking I capital, yet there arc quite a number who j might aid to some extent such an enter i prise. The planters who are sending their crops to this market, will have, some of them at least, a balance of cash on their hands for investment, and if our merchants who are, so deeply interested in the matter will call their attention to this pressing want, doubt less many of them will be glad to take stock in anew Bank. There being no slaves this year to be bought, planters will lie looking round for a suitable-investment of their surplus funds. We bel.evc that no more profitable investment can be made just now than that of Bank stock in this city. We learn that the only Bank which we have is charging and receiving interest at the rate of 20 per cent upon their loans to the business public. W e doubt it our planting friends can find any scheme of in vestment in the city, or out of it. which will certainly pay as much as banking capital is paying here. We hope that our business men will con fer together and take some action looking to the speedy opening of anew Bank or Banks in our midst. We have thrown out the foregoing suggestions more with the view of calling attention to the subject than to make any arguments in favor of an in crease in our banking facilities. We shall Ik? pleased to have the views of our leading merchants and capitalists in relation to this important subject. Southern Exiles. — Mr. Kendall, of the New Orleans Ptavume, who is cow in l’ai-is, writes that he has seen General Toombs, and that he is getting along pleas antly, but intends coming home this win ter. as do many others who are in the same | boat with him. die also saw Geo. N. Sanders, whose hair is long aud bushy, as of old. lie says if George has been gagged in Paris, it has been with good living. He sp:aks well of Horace Gieeley—muc-li better than of same Others —and talks of going to Russia. Virginia Porcelain. —A Porcelain Company is organized in Virginia, with a capital stock of $250,000, of which 20 per cent has been pftid in. A little ware has been made, which is pronounced of superior quality. Funds are needed to put the ; Company fairly at work. The Baltimore Police Commissioners. The telegraphic reports of the issue be tween the Conservatives and the Police Commissioners in Baltimore have for some days looked ominous of a serious collision. The Conservatives allege that the Judges of elections appointed by the Cominis 1 sioner- are incompetent, that they have ordered the police Magistrates to refuse bail in the cases of persons arrested, until the election was over ; that they connived , at the refusal of the Judges to receive the ; votes of persons who were duly qualified to cast the same ; and that they selected as | extra policemen for the occasion, men whose personal as well as partizan charac ter rendered then, unfit for the positions, j that by the illegal conduct of these Judges i only one-sixth of the voters of the State \ are allowed to go to the polls. Their re moval is therefore demanded. The Radicals maintain that their sole offence is in enforcing the law so stringent ly that returned rebels and Southern sym pathisers cannot register without commit ting perjury. The general complaint culminated in a Convention, composed of Representa tives of the different Wards of the city, and assembled in accordance with resolu tions adopted by the Sixth Ward John son Club. Great unanimity characterized thoroughly in earnest, and determined, if possible, to procure a reform in the city government. A Committee was appointed to wait upon Governor Swann, and urge upon him the necessity which exits for the exercise of his prerogative of the removal of the Police Commissioners. The Governor received the delegation, and proposed to hear the charges against the Commissioners. They declined to ap pear in person, hut were represented by Messrs. Stockbridge, Alexander and Stcl ling, who denied the jurisdiction of the Governor, but averred their readiness to answer before a court of competent juris diction. The Governor decided that he had jurisdiction, and the Counsel of the Commissioners withdrew. Indications of resistance to the authority of the Governor being manifest the telegraph informs us that the Governor has issued a proclama tion warning the leaders that in the event of riot or bloodshed, they will he held to the strictest accountability, and the power of the State will be exhausted to bring them to prompt and merited punishment. "The Mountain Coming to Mahomet. The Buffalo Express notices the removal of a large woolen manufacturing establish ment from Scotland to that city. It is proposed to manufacture woolen goods on a large scale, making a speciality of Bal moral skirts. This movement results from the manifest advantage which must accrue the British manufacturer, in locating his factory convenient to the raw material, thus avoiding heavy freights and also en abling him to put his goods in the hands of the American consumer free of the heavy revenue charges which would bo levied on the same goods if manufactured abroad. The advantages which have induced this discerning Scotchman to transfer his wool en mill to Buffalo, which is a desirable wool market, should also influence the cotton lords of Manchester to establish factories in the cotton districts of the South. Would it not be wise for our State Legislatures to offer some special inducement to such investments, by ex empting capital invested in .manufactures from taxation for a certain period ? This idea was entertained with considerable favor years ago, and it applies with in creased weight to our present condition. The Eight Hour System. A few clays ago the eight hour system was adopted in the Government Printing Offices in Washington. Under this sys tem journeymen were to receive §24 a week for eight hour’s work, and 50 cents per hour for extra work previous to mid night, and 75 cents per hour for every hour’s work after midnight. The private printing offices in Washington—those not engaged on Government work —protested against the new arrangement, and urged that it was in violation of the standing usage to make the government rates the same as those current in the city. In re sponse to this protest the Treasury depart ment has refused to pass the bills of the Superintendent of the Public Printing, and the printers in the Government Printing Bureau refused to work, and called a meet ing to determine their course in the prem ises. Terrible Tornado in St. Louis. —A most terrific storm visited St. Louis on the 21st, doing an incredible amount of damage. The storm came from the South, bearing little to the Eastward. It lasted fifteen or twenty minutes, ar.d was about a quarter of a mile wide when ft first struck, but grew narrower as it proceeded North. Scores of buildings were unroofed and hundreds more or less damaged. Trees and fences were uprooted in every direc tion. Shutters, signboards, timber, and all loose tilings were carried through the air almost like feathers. No lives are yet re ported lost, but [several persons were se riously injured. The loss is estimated at SIOO,OOO. Insanity op the Empress Carlotta. —The Paris Kationale of the 7th, says that at first her state of mind was attrib uted to nervous excitement, caused by anxi ety and disappointment, but latterly symp toms leave no doubt as to the terrible malady, and give no hope of her. The Count de Flanders has been summoned to Koine, where he is witnessing the lugu brious and dramatic episode of an enter prise which has produced nothing but dis aster. The Brussels Echo of the 9th says: News received here from Rome* states that the mental crisis has greatly subsided, and her majesty has been enabled to under, take i the journey to Mermore, accompanied by the Count de Flanders. A New Alliance.—Foreign advices refer to an alliance between Sweden,- Den i mark and Norway as feasible. The Opinion Rationale in its treatment of the subject, shows it is likely to form a serious point of antagonism between Russia and France in the Baltic. It is reported that the potato rot in the Lower Province of Canada has ceased to ; spread siuee the weather changed, and that the grain crops suffered much less damage frora the long-coutiuued rain than had been feared. The Catholic Council Photograph ed. —The members of the Plenary Coun cil of the Roman Catholic Church, while assembled in the grand portico of the Ca thedral in Baltimore, on the 15th instant, were photographed. The Richmond Pres's.—The following statement shows the advertising business of the last three months of the newspapers of Richmond : Richmond Tunes ?9.305 Richmond Disp<itch 6,620 Richmond Whiff _ 4.s',t> Richmond Examiner 4.770 An Incident of Negro Slavery.— The New York Herald, of the lSth, tells the following: Among the passenger-) by the train to Baltimore yesterday evening was a colored man. about forty years of age. who. with his wife, had spent a few months in New York. This* man was sold at the block in Galveston sixteen years ago, and when the first blast of secession was sounded all his fellow slaves escaped in squads within a short time. Being repeatedly offered his freedom by.the planter, he persistently refused, determined to share his master s fortunes: and it was only when the final crash came, which bereaved the planter of his worldly substance, that tlu> faithful Scipio was reluctantly thrown on the world, j He has relatives in Baltimore. AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 3!, 1866. Kve nts of tUe nay. Large manufactories are now busy at Louisville, Ky., furnishing bagging, rope, plows, wagons, brooms, etc. The clav pipe factory of S. R. Shephard is so ex tensive that three hundred are made for one dollar. In conformity with the late law the Sec retary of the Treasury lias ordered the ma rine hospitals in the following places to be sold: Norfolk, Va; Ocracoke, N. C; St. Marks, Fla; Napoleon, Ark; Galena, 111; and Burlington, lowa. The telegraph in Switzerland is the property of the State. The charge is uni formly one franc for 25 words, or a little over one cent per word, irrespective of dis tance. A Paris correspondent states that the numerous duels reported between journal ists in that city of late are gotten up for the purpose of advertising the papers with which they are connected, and that the pistols used are loaded with blank car tridges. Professor A. Wood, with a party of gen tlemen, lately ascended Mount Ilood, in Oregon. His report establishes the fact that Mount Hood is really a volcano, and that it is the highest mountain in the United States, being 17,600 feet. Mr. Fowler, a prominent English railway engineer, proposes to build a pontoon rail way bridge across the English Channel, from Dover to Calais. A boot-blackinsr machine has made its appearance on the streets of Buffalo greatly to the indignation ofthe “professionals.” Y\. 11. P. Denny has sold the Circleville (Ohio) Union, after 34 years’ continuous editorial service. He states, in his valedic tory, that during this period lie wrote not less than 8,000 columns, and all for victuals and clothing. The Boston Transcript gets off the fol low fng on the prospects of the season: “’Tis doubtful putting the news altogether, Relating to barley, to w-heat and to hops, Whether the cropswill weather the weather, Or whether the weather will crop the crops.” Major General Thomas, commanding the Department of the Southwest, embracing Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi, will establish his head quarters at Louisville on the first of No vember. Gen. Henningson’sdistillery at Rocketts, near Richmond, has been seized by the Collector of Internal Revenue, for viola tions of the statute, and as a preliminary to an action in rem for its forfeiture to the United States. It seems that, through ig norance, he failed to construct certain cis terns, which the law requires. A Florida paper says that a number of a orthern Radicals who went to that State to plant cotton have entirely changed their politics, and become good Administratun men, on account of the three cent tax. The health of Nashville was never better than at present. Cholera has entirely dis appeared from the city and suburbs, and there are no diseases of a fatal cluracter prevailing. The Florida Railroad, extending from Amelia Island to Cedar Keys, one hundred and fifty miles, its franchise, workshops and equipments, is to be sold on the Ist of November next, to the highest bidder. This is the road of which Ex-Senator Yulee was President. The Bombay overland mail brings ad vices to Sept. Bth. The famine in Orissa was fearful. The Board of Revenue has ceased to publish the number of reported deaths. The Government has received official in telligence that the last ofthe Fenian pris oners in lieland, who claimed to bo citi zens ofthe United States, had been releas ed by the British Government; that his fire arms, Ac., had been returned to him, and he had been shipped for his home upon a vessel hound for this country. Four libel suits have been commenced against tho St. Louis Democrat, and five against the proprietors of tho Democrat. The damages are put at §320,000. A project is on foot for supplying Now York city with gas manufactured at the coal mines in Pennsylvania. It is pro posed to convey it through iron pipes, a distance of one hundred and fifty miles, to the city. It is asserted that it can be furn ished at a much cheaper sate than is now paid. The New York Journal of Commerce proprietors have purchased the property in which their newspaper has been pub lished for thirty-five years, and refitted the building throughout. The weekly mortuary statistics of Now York present the startling fact of wide spread destitution in that city. Twelve persons died in that city last week from starvation. If this be the rate for seven days at this season, what are we to expect lie coming winter? Hudson, Wisconsin, Shas again been vis ited \vitl» a desolating fire, and the only hotel that had heretofore escaped destruc tion was burned. This is the third time Hudson has suffered from heavy fires within the year. During a flag presentation to a Zouave volunteer company of freedmen, at Charleston, on Friday, General Scott ar rested those wearing shoulder straps and side arms, in violation of the general or ders of the Department, which prohibits military organizations of any kind in South Carolina. “At a late meeting in New Orleans, Mr. Roselius stated that since the close of the war, property in New Orleans has ad vanced to double its former value, owing to the surplus of Northern capital, and en crprising people from thoNofth who xver a not afraid to settle.” Theodore Dwight, a well known citizen of New York, died at his residence in Brooklyn, recently, front injuries receiv ed while leaping from a car in Jersey City while in motion, on Monday. The number of immigrants lauded at New York, last Wednesday, was 5,091, making 1,939,92 from the first of January last up to the present time, against 1,502,59 arrived in the corresponding period last year. The Herald’s Ottawa dispatch says it is said a serious row has occurred in the Ca nadian Cabinet. Mr. Galt wishes to get back in his old place as Finance Minister. Mr. Howland, who left the Post Office De partment for the Finace Ministership, re fuses to go back. An organization, beaded by several prominent merchants and professional men, is forming at Louisville, Kentucky, to relieve those portions of the Southern States devastated by tlia war.’ A commit tee was appointed to dralt a constitution and by-laws. Mr. Horace Armant and Ben. Warfield had a shooting match in Broadway Hotel, Louisville, on the 17th. Both parties were wounded—Warfield mortally. Miss Julia Bryant, a daughter of <Yil liam Cullen Bryant, has been lately travel ing in Switzerland with a party of friends, including General Payne. The voice of the great reform orator, John Bright, has failed for the time being, and he is threatened with a chronic trouble of the throat. Horace Greeley is said to have already made a hundred thousand dollars out of his History of the Rebellion, and will pro bablv make a still larger fortune out of it. >irs. Ritchie, the widowed daughter of the- late General Wadsworth, of Genesee, Xew York, is said to be engaged to the Duke of Rutland, one of the wealthiest peers of England. Mrs. Ritchie is said to be beautiful and distingue, and the Duke is old and homely. It has been ascertained by Mr. Butz. aetino- on behalf of the Norfolk banks and others, swindled by C. C. Flint, proprietor of the Old Dominion newspaper, that Flint has sailed from Quebec fc-r London, under the assumed name of Cornwall Barry, taking $-2,000 in gold. Severaf de tectives have been in pursuit of Mm. General Sweeney is now at his home in Waterford, with his family. He has Issued a card, in which he wishes It understood that he has resigned the position of Secre tary ofWar. and declined the command in chief of the army of Ireland. Being there fore no longer connected with that organi zation, he does not intend to lake any part at present in the proceedings of the Broth .erhood. General Sheridan, in his report of the freedmen in Louisiana, says the prospects of a good coUton crop are very gloomy, iowng to the late heavy rains. British Estimate oi Southern Honor. The following letter which appeared in the London Daily 2 fetes, of September 2Sth, shows that the character of the Southern people is properly understood and appreciated by She better classes of our British cousins. ;NWe record with pride such testimonials ot the English people in support of the honor anu good faith of our people : The attention of; the Committee ap pointed to watch over the interests of the holders ofthe above loan has been drawn to the following paragraph which appeared inyour leading urticte ot yesterday's im pression : “For some time past-the supporters of Mr. Johnson s policy have been assuring the public that a great change was taking place in popular feeling and opinion in the Northern States. | On this side of the wa ter the same tone has 'been taken, and it j has been so confidently assumed that a change had come over the minds of the ; people of the North spat even the disap- ! pointed holders of vpHhless Confederate ! bonds have fluttered themselves that some.; little value even yet belonged to the rebel i promises to pay.” rWu On the part of the Committee, I beg j leave to say that they', have the greatest confidence in the rebajr promises to pay, provided they were permitted to do so, and they base their c|nfidonco, not on the information they recave from the South, but likewise on the testimony given by General Robert E, iqtfetefore' the Recon gress. GeneralEeewasaskeatne follow ing questions : Q. —What is the feeling ol that portion of the people of Virginia in regard to the payment of the so-called Confederate debt? A. —I believe, so far as my opinion goes —I have no facts to go upon, but merely base my opinion upon the knowledge I have of the people —that they would be willing i to pay the Confederate debt, Q. —You think they would ? A. —I think they would if they had the power and ability to do it. I have never heard any one in the State, with whom I have conversed, speak of repudiating any debt. I trust sir, your sense of justice and fair play wilt induce you to publish this testi mony. I may further add that no such political blunder was over committed by any states man who had the restoration of' the Union atheirt, ascompelling the South to repudi ate their debt, and especially this paltry for eign debt of £2,400,000„f0r which cotton was hypothecated. The result has been to retard the return of prosperity to the South, and to annihilate their credit in Europe. They required, and still require, money for the cultivation of their estates, to enable them to grow more cotton, to bacco, sugar, and repair their railways ; they offered any terms, but that fatal word repudiation, although forced on them, has been tho stumbling block to their obtain ing a shilling. The Committee believe tliat this fatal word, so far as the cotton loan is concern ed, is destined shortly to be blotted out, and then the money markets of Europe will be again open for the promotion of Southern enterprise, and a renewed era of prosperity will dawn. On behalf of the Committee. Wm. Morgan. No. 32 Nicholas Lane, Sept. 27. The Last Hours of John Van Buren. The telegraph has announced the death of Hon. John Van Buren, which occurred on Board the Scotia on his passage home from England, whither he had been for the good of his health. The mails bring the following details of his last hours: A TOUCHING SCENE On Friday the supremo anxiety of Mr. Vanßuren for the restoration of the Union showed itself in an instance which is pro bably one of the most remarkable in mor tuary history. He was feeling physically better. His mind showed, however, no increase of directness or clearness upon general topics, or upon any at all, except ing that singular intensity with which he contemplated the distracted condition of the country. While half reclining, half sitting up. supported by the arm of his daughter and niece on either side, Mr. Van Buren’s eye lighted up with unusual brilliancy, and even in tliis_ position he seemed to expand to the eye with the pride and port of the orator of other days._ The narrow cabin became a vast auditorium to bis view, the few friends a mighty audience, but, more than all, the interests of too country rose supremein his mind and com pelled utterance. He began a speech on national affairs, and concluded it not until he had spoken without interruption two and a quarter hours. The gentlemen around his bed say that it was in ail respects worthy of, and in some superior to his hap piest efforts. At the first lie rapidly and perspicuously photographed the progress, the purposes, and the problems of’the late war, and emphasized the pledged faith of the government that it could and should ultimate only in a secured Union ot free and equal States. Ho then adverted to the ef forts of Mr. Johnson to carry out that pledge in letter and spirit, and to have for his inspiration and guide the unmistakable commands ofthe Constitution, and the generous magnanimity of tho people. This .part of the most remarkable address was followed by a scarification of Congress in terms of satire, eloquence and reproach, of which none were so capable as. he. A rapid review of the policy of reunion and dis union netft ensued, and he thought he was once more addressing his fellow-citizens in his native State. The subject was present ed with a splendid reference to the material ; interests and historic greatness of the Em i pire State, imperatively demanding that i she plant herself square on the side of a perfect Union of equal and honored States. At the close Mr. Van Buren 'pronounced a eulogy upon the worth, the talent, the in tegrity ot* Hon. John T. Hoffman, such as only a man of his strong intimacy with tho subject of his praise, and that intensity of personal attachment, of which he developed such a remarkabe amount, could so grace fully, so sincerely, and so magnetically pro i nounce. Asa piece of composition, whether viewed as a literary, an argumen i tative, or an oratorical production, his dv -1 ing address was in all respects no less a credit to the national reputation of the I speaker than it was a vindication and tri bute to the cause and motives that evoked ! its utterance. A Confidence. Our neighbor, the Chronicle & Sentinel has lately pointed out very striking conci denees regarding the loss of vessels bear-, ing the names of Andrew Johnson and Eceninff Star. , The first named was lost, but the passengers saved, the second had a portion of her crew rescued by a vessel called the “ Evening Star.’’ These are strange juxtapositions ; but what does eur in semens brother say to the following : Newbrx X. October 8. —The schoon er Constitution, Captain Smith, from Wil mington, N. C., for New York, was off Hatteras Inlet ,on the 7th inst., with the Captain, mate and one man sick of typhoid fever. All the rest of the crew had died. She was boarded by one of the pilots and brought intodhe inlet in a very leaky con dition. when medical aid was furnished to the sick by assistant sugeon Patrick Mc- Shane, and the dead on board were buried by a detachment of men under Lieutenant Randall. Observe the schooner’s title and the dilapidated qondition of herself and crew. Observe, too.-' that a pilot boarded and brought her in. Observe, farther, that medical aid was furnished by Surgeon MeShane, undoubtedly a Fenian. We say nothing of the gent who “buried the dead. ’ ’ —Constitutionalist 1 9 th. Pretty goad, neighbor ; but the paral lel would have bfeen more perfect if instead of a sick and disabled crew, a elan of pi rates, had been discovered on board, seek ingfco scuttle the old craft. A Relic.—To * show how success has changed the policy, or the pretensions of the dominant party North, it is refreshing to read the following resolution, passed by nearly a uaanimous vote at the extra ses sion of Congress in 1801 : “That the present deplorable civil war has been forced upon the country by the, disunionists of the Southern States, now in arms against the Constitutional Govern ment. and in arms around the Capital; that in this National emergency, Congress, banishing all feeling _of mere passion and resentment, will recollect only its duty to the whole country: that this war is not waged on their part in an w spirit ot oppres sion or for any purpose ot conquest or subjugation, orpurpo.-c o. overturowing or interfering with the rights or established institutions of those Jtntcs. out to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Con stitution. and to preserve the L don, with all the dignitv. equality, and rigltsof the several States unimpaired ; ana that as soon as these objects are accomplished the war ought to cease. ’ \ cylinder printing press is said to have been invented iu Leipeie, which an print 11 000 sheets an hour, and costs iar fcss than Hoe's great American press. only adopted as extremes. The Great Fire in Quebec!—Over Two Thousand Houses Destroyed--'Twenty Thousand People Rendered Homeless —Seventeen Churches and Convents Burned*--The Loss of Real Estate Es timated at Three Millions of Dollars. By telegraph we have pretty full parti culars of the great fire which occurred in Quebec on the night of the 14tli instant. Judging from the accounts which have already reached us. this terrible confiagra i tion has been as extensive and disastrous as the late fire in Portland. This year will I be remarkable in future histories of the • times for the extent ar.d destructiveness of | the great conflagrations which have oe | curred in the different portions of the con j tinent, no less than for the anomalous and ' disturbed condition of the political affairs t of the United States. Montreal, Oct. 15.—A terrible fire oe j curred in Quebec last night in the St. Roche and St. Sauveur suburbs. Fifteen hun | dred houses were destroyed. Four men were kilted. One soldier was blown up ; and another injured. Quebec, Get. 15. —The whole district i west of Crown street to the. St. Sauveur I toll-gate, nearly a mile, is devastated. Sev enteen churches and convents are destroy ed. Two thousand people are rendered homeless. FULL PARTICULARS. Quebec, Oct. 15.—At four o'clock yes terday morning a fire began in the house of Jo.eqff spee.t, the early hour of the morning but few peo ple were out. The wind, which had blown a half gale from the east, had slightly abated, but still continued with such vio lence as to cause serious apprehension, which was afterwards, unfortunately, real ized. By the time the fire-brigade had reached | the scene, Trudel’s house was enveloped in flames. The Sappers were already there, but there was some delay in laying the hose and getting sufficient water, which ■was not remedied for nearly an hour. In the meantime the fire made rapid progress. No less than ten or twelve hou ses were on fire, and the wooden sheds on all sides were ignited. By half past five o’clock, eighty houses, all of which were built of wood, were in a blaze. The flames, driven by the wind, were spreading in all directions. At 6 j o’clock, over 150 houses were con sumed. The fire by this time had run along St. Joseph and Notre Dame des Angcs streets, carrying everything before it. The church of La Congregation stood in great danger, but the sudden veering of the wind saved it. Crossing St. Yalier street, the fire soon afterwards spread into St. Sauveur and among its hundreds of wooden houses raged with defiant fury. House after house fell a prey to the flames. It was thought that the houses to the eastward would be saved, but the fire crept back, continuing its work of destruction. At 11 o’clock the whole centre of the dis-J trict lying between St. Sauveur and the lower streets, running parallel with the river, was a charred and barren waste, and having nothing to feed on there the confla gration distributed itself in opposite direc tions. The wind increasing again and blowing in gusts from every direction, three separate conflagrations were observable at one time. St. Sauveur Church, Dunn’s soap and caudle factory, Rees’ rope-walk and other large buildings were in flames. Along St. Yalier street, toward the toll gate and streets surrounding the general hospital and convent, another terrible fire was raging, with even greater fury; while at the back of Crown street, along Prince Edwards, Jesuit and Rilard streets, the flames were creeping back and enveloping street after street, in spite of the almost superhuman exertions of the soldiers and Seamen of the Aurora. The conflagration ceased at about five o’clock, when there was nothing more for the flames to feed on. A moderate computation places the num ber of houses destroyed at two thousand five hundred, and the loss of real estate property at from two millions and a half to three millions of dollars. The number of persons rendered homeless is estimated at IR,O(W. The body of a man, burned almost to a crisp, was dragged out of a house in St. Sauveur, near St. Valier street. It could not be identified. Sergeant Hughes, of the Royal Artillery, was blown up and badly, though not dan gerously, injured. Lieutenant Douglass, of the Aurora ., was badly hurt by the falling of a building. Several of the seamen received contusions, but, so far as is known, none were seriously injured. Lieutenant Benn, of one of the regi ments, ‘ had bis arm broken by a falling j beam. iH|, AUSTRIA AND ITALY. Signing of tlie Treaty of Peace-Some of | its Principal Conditions. The treaty of peace between Austria and Italy, signed at Vienna on the 3d, consists of twenty-four articles, three protocols and a supplementary article. The ratifications are to bo exchanged within fifteen days. The signing of the treaty was announced at Florence on the 4th by a salvo of one hundred and one guns. It was believed that the King would ratify the treaty on Saturday, the Oth inst. After the ratifications the Austrians will evacuate Venetia and the Italians will make their entry into the Province. A few days | after the entry of the Italian troops the j pleliacitum will take place. The question relative to the railway guar antee has been settled in accordance with the Italian proposals. ! A Florence dispatch says the following ! are the principal conditions of the treaty of peace : The mutual exchange of all prison j ers of war : Austria consents to the union of Venetia witli Italy; the frontiers _to be ceded to Italy are those which constituted the administration front of Venetia while under the Austrian dominion; the amount I of the debt assumed by Italy is 35,000,000 - florins, payable by eleven installments in ' twenty-three months. The Monte Lom bardo Venetian is transferred to Italy with its actual assets and liabilities. Its assets are 3,500,000 and its liabilities 66,000,000 florins. YV ith regard to the Venetian rail ways until a further arrangement is arrived I at, the revenues of the two networks of railway north and south of the Alps will be allowed to accumulate in order to calcu- J late the gross revenue which should serve as a basis for the valuation of the diplom atic guarantee. ■ «Tiie contracting parties agree to prepare a convention in which the ! railroad company would take part, for the separation of the two networks and the completion of the unfinished railway. The j Venetians residing in Austria are to have the right of preserving their Austrian na tionality. All objects of art, as well as the exclusives belonging to Venetia, will be restored without exception. The iron crown of Lombardy will also be given up to Italy | The treaties which formerly subsisted be. tween Austria and Sardinia will again come into force for the year, during which pe riod fresh arrangements can be concluded. I Another provision of the treaty stipulates 1 for the restitution of the private property belonging to the Italian Ex-Princes, which i has been sequestered by the Italian Gov ernment. with the reservation of the rights of the State, or one-third. A complete amnesty will be accorded by both Austria an-l Italy to all persons condemned for po litical offences, to deserters from either army, and to persons compromised by their political conduct. The City of Naples was decorated on the . Ith with flags in consequence of the sign ing of the treaty of peace. A Southern Invitation to tiie Jeyvs. —The Richmond Whig, of the 28th ult., had an article on ‘'lreland, the Jews and I the South,” in which it commented upon ) the. poverty of Ireland as shown by the i statistics of the Jews who reside ou tne Island. Its clo-in? remarks are as follows: ‘'Terrible, indeed, must be the industrial i condition of Ireland, when the Graemes avoid it Neither climate, distance, dan -1 ser nor any other cause, deters them rrom i settling in a country in which they can turn a pennv. AYTicrc there are do Jews there is no money to be made; where there are no rice fields there are no rice birds; where ; there is no wild celery there are no canvass back aucks; where there is no trade there | are no Jews. We had their presence in <nc*h numbers in the Southern oi&tes as an . auspicious sign. Instead of diminishing here, they have probably increased. In ■ this city numerous squares, almost entire j strests." are monopolized by them, and a soberer, steadier or more industrious and , law-abiding class of population not ex- ! ist. They Interfere with no one, mind their : own business, observe their religious cere- j monies, and pursue their own peculiar en- : jovments and indulgences. Ye hope they mav never leave us. V hen they do, wc shall begin to fear that wware given to ' ruin—that what a distinguished ex-Gover- j nor would call 'the doom of Devergdil’ : awaits us. If there i**te be a* new Jeru- : j aulem, let Richmond be the place,” ■ The custom receipts at New York, Bos ; ion, Philadelphia and Baltimore last week j 1 aggregated §3,061,860. Political. Geary’s majority in Pennsylvania is j about 13,500. In Ohio the Abolition rna | jority is about 40,000 ; the Democrats gain one Congressman—Gen. Geo. IV. Morgan defeating. Columbus Delano in the 13th district. The Abolition majority in Indi i ana, in 04 counties, is 10,947, indicating a reduced majority in the State. In lowa the majority for the Black Republicans is about the same as heretofore. | The New York Express argues that the prospect of a conservative victory is en hanced by the results of the October elec i tions. If, under the circumstances, the majority in Pennsylvania could be reduced one-half, New York ought to bo carried by 25,000 majority! In ISG4 (which is used j as a standard) Pennsylvania gave a Repub ] lican majority of 20,075, while New York j gave a Republican majority of 6,740. The . aggregate vote of Pennsylvania in that j election was 572.707, while that of New | York was 730,712. Now there seems to j be no doubt, from the returns so far re | ceived, that the Radicals have lost at their ! late election, at least, five or six thousand \ of the majority given for the Republican j candidate m 1864. Taking the meaning ; of these figures at the Radical loss, wc get this proportional statement and solution : A Conservative gain of 5,500 in Pennsyl vania, on an aggregate vote of 572.707, is ! equivalent to a Conservative gain in New i York of 7,022, on an aggregate vote of 730,712. That is at the same rate which : the Conservatives have gained in Pennsyl vania upon the elections of 1864, the Con ! servatives .iu N(ew York would gain 9J>22 j ,ul The colored convention at Albany re- 1 cently adopted resolutions claiming that the elective franchise should be restored to, not conferred on them, and denouncing the two hundred and fifty dollars claim clause as unjust. The resolutions also look for ward to the consolidation of the colored citizens of the State as a distinct party, or branch of the Republican organization. The Day Book says that Brother Beech er has made a speech, recanted his ‘‘errors, ’ ’ and lias been received back into full com munion in the Mongrel church. Beecher has heretofore had some little credit for bravery and boldness in maintaining bis opinions, but he has proved himself a coward and a sneak of the Henry J. Ray mond stripe. A Christian minister! (Heav en save the mark!) who will support what ho denounced as wrong, only four weeks previously, is just such a Christian as we havff always supposed Beecher to be. “The dog has returned to his vomit”—let him alone. In a very stirring speech made by Theo dore Tilton, after Mr. Beecher had con cluded his late address, he said that he accepted the constitutional amendment as far as it went , but that the lately rebellious States should only bo restored to the Union on tho basis of universal suffrage. So if we accept the constitutional amend ment, that is only a salvo for other con ditions precedent to restoration. Public Meeting in Newton County. Pursuant to a call previously made, tho citizens of Newton county met at the Court House in Covington, on the 17th inst,, for the purpose of expressing the sentiment of the citizens witli reference to matters which appear in the subjoined resolutions. The meeting was organized by calling Judge J. W. B. Summers to the chair, and Gen. J. P. Simms requested to act as secretary. The object was then explained by Colonel Capers, with some brief and appropriate remarks. On motion, a committee of one from each militia district was appointed by the chair to draft suitable resolutions. The committee consisted of Colonel H. Capers, W. Chafin, Franklin Wright, F. 11. Hoard, Dr. Simms, A. Livingston, T. J. Nelms, W. L. Davis, Isam Weaver and James L. Jones. The committee retired, and returned, reporting the following prcamable and resolutions, which were unanimously adopted. Whereas, the citizens of Newton coun ty fully appreciating their relationship of loyalty to the .United States, and tho obli gations of citizenship resting upon them, have heard with regret that certain ex aggerated reports have been placed in cir culation with regard to the treatment of freedmen domiciled among them; and whereas, in their judgment the time lias come to make an expression of their sense on this and kindred subjects, bo it Resolved, Ist, That this meeting, repre senting the citizens of Newton county, ex press renewed determination to sustain the legal' relationship existing between them and the freed persons residing among them, and to maintain rigidly and inviolate all obligationsof contracts entered into between tho one as employer, the other as employee. 2d. That wo hold ourselves in constant readiness to .protect the freedmen in the enjoyment of the rights, privileges and immunities guaranteed to them by the Legislative enactments of Georgia, and in ; an official or in an unofficial capacity, as i Judges, Jurors, Counselors or Magistrates, j or in tho ordinary relationships of* life, will accord to them the same inuiscriminating justice, and give to them such advantages of advice as we would to other persons re siding among us. 3d That if outrages have been commit ted upon the persons or property of freed men, they have been committed by lawless parties and against the wishes of the law abiding citizens of the country. 4th. That whenever such outrages arc brought to our knowledge, we stand pledged to use every effort to cause the offending person or persons to suffer the penalty of the law at the hands of the civil tribunals of the country. sth. That a copy of these resolutions be sent to Maj. Gen. Tillson, Commanding Department of Georgia, and that they be published in the Covington, Augusta, and Atlanta papers. J. vV. B. Summers, Chairman. J. P. Simms, Secretary. Horrid Massacre in Cherokee County. One of the most brutal massacres that it lias ever become our painful duty to chron cle, occurred near Cedar Bluff, Cherokee county, Alabama, on the morning of Mon day, the lath inst. Mr. Arthur Williams was moving with his family from Bartow county of .this State, to Texas, and' on Sunday evening last camped for the night on the banks of the Chattooga river, about two miles from Cedar Bluff. The appearances indicate that himself, wife and two little children were ail sleeping on one bed that was spread uut ou the ground. When found about day break on Monday morning, Mr. Williams and these two children were still lying upon the bed. dead, and it on fire. They had been killed by an axe that was lying near. Mr. W's head having been Tterally spilt open and the children horridly mutilated—hut all seemed to have been killed instantly, as their“ Bodies still remained upon the bed. Mrs. W. having received a terrible blow upon the head by the axe, and oh her left ■eye, breaking her jaw bone, with her clothes on fire, had rolled down to the wa ter’s edge, “. and, when found, though speechless, was still alive when our infor mant left this awful scene. No clue is'given to the perpetrator ex cept that a negro* bare-footed, called ;it a house a half mile from the place at about ID o clock on Sunday night and got a'drink of water. These tracks wore traced to the place, and Mr. 'William’s shoes being ! gone, tracks with shoes were found going from the place. AVe understand the negro was a stranger to the gentleman where he I got the water. — Rome Courier. ; “ Tjie Mvedereiis Arrested.—The Rome, Georgia, Courier says : We are "lad to learn that the negroes who mur ’ dered Mr. Arthur Williams and hisfamily on Monday morning last have been arrest- I ed, and confessed the crime. One ofthem was the keeper of the ferry over Chattoo ga river, and one—whether the same or not, we did not learn—was formerly owned by Col. Mat Thornton. One confesses that he took Mr. W's gun and severely wounded Mrs. Williams in the head and then ravished her—and assert* that the other killed Mr. W., and then the two daughters with an ax. They then made search for money, but, as they al lege, found none. From Mexico. Boston, October 19. A Washington special t<s the Journal of yesterday morn ing states that the terms of a treaty with the Imperial government of Mexico have been agreed upon, and are now under pro cess of exchange. The French troops will withdraw within the present Vear; the j F'nited States will assume the protection of i Mexico, guaranteeing the French claims in j Mexico in consideration of the ces.-ion, by that country, of the peninsula of Lower ' California, and other territory lying south of our present southern boundary. New York. October 19.—The litrail s Havana correspondent says: AY e have in formation from a private though reliable source, that although Napoleon has refuseu to Mexico the services of Gens. L Ilemont and Frient, his majesty has sent to, Maxi milian Gen. Castalneu and the Marshal de Gaslenfif, for the time being, to assist in reorganizing the administration and the army upon anew plan, likely to attenuate, if possible, the consequences of the ap proaching evacuation of the French troops. The measures, however, are considered to be too late to serve the Empire, and are NEW SERIES. YOL.XX Y. NO. 45. Mr. Davis Not to be Tried Until May ft rites the Washington correspondent i of the Charleston Courier : It reference to a trial of Mr. Davis upon the indictment for treason. I have learned I from the most authentic source that it is | determined by the Chief Justice, Judge i Underwood, and by leaders of the majority in Congress, that a trial shall take place, i but not at present. There will certainly : be no trial at the nex regular term of the i l nited States District Court for Virginia, i which will he held in November. Congress | wiil. pass a law at the coming session to | moving the. obstacles to a trial which .Jus j tice Chase found in the allotment of Jus j tices .of the Supreme Court to any of the I new circuits. The law will direct such al ; lotment, or leave it to the United States j Supreme Court to make it. | The trial will, therefore, be set for the | May term, one of the Justices ofthe Unit ed States Supreme Court presiding. It would seem, therefore, that all prospect of a release of Mr. Davis on bail was banish ed ; for the Chief Justice and Judge Un derwood. have determined that he shall be tried. So all doubt upon this subject is ! removed. It, must, be presumed, however, l that Judge Chase, to preserve his own con ! sistency, will insist that Mr. Davis shall be j discharged from military jurisdiction when ! he undertakes to try the case in a civil j court. ! It he were now transferred to civil juris- I diction he could be bailed. But it an- I pears, from what I can learn, that lie will i fie held by military powerj. ill thy_ _time_ for. frnSnt. ' Gcrrit rirmffiTtine Wmoulnwfiu j tionist, who published an argument to j prove that there is “no treason in civil war,” recently declared in New York, that it (the confinement of Davis) made him ashamed of his country. It seems that Mr. Davis must remain in custody' for six or seven months longer at any rate. Then, when on trial, he will still be in civil custo dy. It is not probable that there will be a conviction under the indictment of treason. But, if there should be, President John son will no doubt interpose with Executive I clemency. Great Britain—The Confederate Cotton Loan. The following note, calling attention to the value of the Confederate cotton loan, was sent to the editor of tho London JVews t September 28: On the part of the committee, I beg leave to say that they have the greatest confidence in the Confederate promise to pay, provided they were permitted to do so, and they have the confidence, not only on the information they receive from the South, but likewise on the testimony given by Robert E. Lee beforo the reconstruction committee appointed by Congress. I trust, sir, your sense of justice and fair-play will induce you to publish this testimony. I may further add that no such political blunder was ever committed by any states man who had tho restoration of the Union at heart, as compelling the South to repu diate their debts, and especially this paltry foreign debt of £2,400,000 l'or which cotton was hypothecated. The result has been to retard the return of prosperity to the South, and to annihilate their credit in Europe. They required and slil) require money for the cultivation of their estates to enable them to grow more cotton, tobac co and sugar, and to repair their railways. They offered any terms, but that fatal word repudiation, although forced upon them, has been the stumbling block to their obtaining a shilling. The committee believe that this fatal word, so far as the cotton loan is Concerned, is destined shortly to be blotted out, and then the mono;, mar kets of .Europe will be again open for the promotion of Southern enterprise; and a renewed era of prosperity will dawn. On behalf of the committee. [Signed] Wm. M. Morgan. The Great Storm. The storm here has been tlie sever est ever experienced, and the damage done will exceed $50,000. The Potomac has risen over a foot higher than the great freshet of 1864. All the wharves are sub merged, and the river is filled with lumber, out-houses and wrecks of bridges. Bla den,sburg is ovorflowod- ;uid the i'enaea mid embankments'about most of the residences wasted away. Rock Creek, that separates Georgetown from Washington, is choked with the debris of wrecked buildings and lumber yards. The large brick saw-mill at the junction with tho Pojonigc is a third under water, and every indication is that the building will.be destroyed by the rush ing torrent. All that portion of George town occupied by commercial interests is overflowing with Water from four to seven feet deep, arid, as the tide rises to-night at 3 o’clock, considerable consternation exists that that portion ofthe city will be ruined. News from Harper’s Ferry to-night states that the Shenandoah and Potomac rivers are rapidly rising. The trains do not pass over the bridge, and it is doubtful whether it will stand much longer. Tho dam near Great Falls, 15 miles tip the Potomac, is reported broken in, and the canal is dry; this was an expensive masonry. The trains from Baltimore were delated this morning until after 1 o’clock by . the bridge over a little creek near Savage Switch, 20 miles from this city, being weakened by a land slide, and to-night the New York train did not leave, as it was telegraphed the bridge had been carried away. Several sewers in this city have'been broken in. The storm still rages, but somewhat abated.— Wash ington Dispatch, 14t7i. FROM Tilt"iTiT WEST. - • Reported Mormon Outrages—lndian Butcheries. New York, October 19.—A IJerald’s Leavenworth (Kansas) special, says the Denver News publishes the following ex tract from a private letter to Captain Cochran : We learn that Mr. Weston, editor of the Salt Lake Union Vedette, was taken by the Mormons on the night of the 3d inst., severely beaten, and given ton hours to leave the city and take with him several prominent gentiles. Mr. Weston refuses to leave, and denounces the Mormons in the bitterest terms. From the frequent occurrences of outrages by the Mormons on the gentiles, serious trouble may be looked for. Letters from Pulaski and Denver apply for arms and ammunition for protection against tlie Indians, who are reported to have killed fifteen persons and made prisoners of one family. A Tribune Leavenworth special says dates from Puebla, Colorado Territory, October 18th, say that the Ule Indians are committing fearful depredations throughout the country, stealing stock, kil ling men, and have carried away one man’s wild and children. Further information in regard' to the fight at Trinidad says Col. Alexander reached tlie scent? ju»t in time to witness the attack on a Ranche by the Indians. Ift; engaged then! livcfiuilesvilong the Fur-gate road, killing thirteen;-with the loss of one soldier killed and twb wounded; They .pursued the Indians! Lnkwere unable to overtake them. 'Jim Denver A’ems on Wednesday evening says the Indians made another-attack 5n the .soldiers and citizens. The Indians were repulsed with- twelve killed. They were fighting last evening, and the result is unknown. j Mississippi. j New Orleans, October 16.—The Mis -1 sissippi Legislature met yesterday in ex tra session. The Governor, in his mes- I -sage says that necessities of the State con j strained him to call the Legislature to gether. No special emergency existed, j but a general exigency, resulting from the 1 altered and deranged condition of our federal relations and domestic affair He states the removal of negro troops ; from the State and the transfer of the | Freedmen’s Bureau to officers o 1 the reg | ular army are subjects of congratulation. He deplores the state of the country. : lie incloses the Constitutional Amendment. | but presumes a mere reading of it Will t cause its rejection. lie recommends the ! admission of negro testimony in all the | courts. I He requests that provisions oe made for j the education of indigent children of C on ! federate soldiers, and tor the relief of des ■ titute and disabled Confederate and State soldiers. The other portions of the message are purely local. From Yew York. New York, October 20,—An interest ing suit has been commenced in the'Su preme Court by Mr. Calvin Lewis Robin son, against Air. Etheldred AVoodward. Both parties, at the outbreak of the war, were residents of. Jacksonville, Florida. Plaintiff claims that in March. 1862, the defendant headed a gang who burned up a large quantity of property belonging to him, and now sues to recover its value. AVocdward was arrested in this city, and held in $5,000 bad. A motion is now made to vacate the order of arrest. The case will be argued next Thursday, before Judge Clark, in the chambers of the Jfu- j prerne Court. At the present time almost all bulpess in the oil region of Western Canada has j come to a stand still. Speculation has en- | tirely ceased. . | Georgia. ; j Judge James Jackson, of this State, has been pardoned by the President. ! It is now said the Committee has j determined to locate the Penitentiary a ll j Stone Mountain. - j Mr. Boss Crane, one of the oldest and j most useful citizens of Athens died last i Saturday. j lion. Wm. Boynton. Senator from the 12th District of Georgia, died a lew days j The number of deaths reported in Savan i null for the week ending the 22:1 was 31, of which only one was from cholera. The State Road depot is nearly com pleted, and when done will be quite a band some structure. _ A revival is progressing in tlie Metho dist Episcopal Cluirch, in Savannah, under the preaching of Rev. Mr. Wynn. Sol. Gibbs, the ringleader of a gang of j colored thieves in Savannah has been ar rested. Nearly tlie whole gang are now in jail. The Atlanta Era lias been shown some splendid specimens of gold found in a vein in the 19th district of Paulding county, 25 miles from Acworth. The friends of Zimmerman & Verdery of Atlanta, will be pleased to learn that they have completed the reconstruction of their store, recently destroyed by tire, and are again “at home, ” at their old stand. A company is being organized in At | Hut! 1 „ tojrn called tlm Wiuaws atrn Ou: a • to V-.r, . :■■■ l cheap clothing, Judge 11. 11. Clarke has been compelled to resign his position on the Bench, on ac count of ill health, and Gov. Jenkins has appointed David A. Vason, Esq., Judge of the South Western Circuit, to till tile vacancy, until an election can be held. Jesse J. Glenn is named as a candidate for Congress in the 7th District in place of Gen. Wofford, resigned. Gen. A. J. Hansell, ol Marietta, Dan 1. 31. Printup, of Rome, and James L. Calhoun and Dr. James P. Hamilton, of Atlanta, are also announced as candidates. The Milledgeville l r nion mentions a re port that the committee has not determin ed to locate the Penitentiary at Stone .Mountain, and adds : “If the State buys the Mountain, one or two men will get immensely rich, and the State be made to lose a million of dollars ! A Macon county planter thinks ho will realize about five bales of cotton to the hand, witli extra pickers, but that his is the best crop of the county. Macon coun ty, he says, however, will turn out a good deal of cotton. Georgiaßailroad Depot— I Tlie Atlanta Era says the new freight depot lor the Georgia Road lias been commenced on the old site. We join the Era in hoping that it may be a more comely and convenient structure than the old one. In conformity with tin act passed at the late session of the Legislature, the Treasu rer notifies the holders of over-due Bonds and Coupons of the State, tiiat in accord ance with the order of tlie Governor, which precedes his notification, they can receive for them, on presentation to this department, new Bonds, dated Ist July* last, due twenty years after date, bearing 7 percent, interest per annum, payable semi annually, in January; and Ju’iy, and se cured by mortgage on the Western & At lantic Railroad. There were, says the Era, in attendance upon the Second Baptist Cnuich, in At lanta, on Sabbath morning, representatives from the families of no less than five of the Fix-Governors of Georgia. These were Ex-Gov. Brown and family, the widow of Ex-Gov. Wm. Schley, a sister of Ex-Gov. McDonald, a sister of Ex-Gov. Cobb, and a grand-son of Ex-Gov. Milledge, one of the earliest Governors of the State. Such a coincidence of Ex-Gubernatorial repre sentatives very rarely occurs in the same audience. soitSTamkrica. Brazil—Tlie War against Paraguay. Neyv York, October 15.— A Bio Ja neiro correspondent says axonierci.ee held on the 18th of August, by the com manding officer of the Allied. army and navy engaged in the war against Paraguay, and it was determined to attack forts Oaru patyand Humaita simultaneously with the whole of their land and naya! forces. The issue of four million dollars worth of bonds tvas authorized by the Brazilian house of delegates. COSTARICA—LARGE SHIPMENT OF GOLD. One thousand pounds weiglit of gold have arrived in Paris from Costa Rica, ta ken from mines conceded to a French com pany, and worked under the direction of a French general by President Castero. The Paris newspapers say the enterprise of their countrymen in Central America will recompense the country for their failure iu Mexico. “Joiin,” the Next Social Problem. —A San Franeisco corespondent writing on the subject of immigration to the Statu of California, thinks that the next social problem will be the status of the Chinese. In a few months or years he will cross the Rocky Mountains, and begin to fill up tlie VfttJJey ol the Mississippi As soon as the Pacific Railroad is completed, the path will be open to him. Millions can still be ac commodated in the mines on the Pacific Coast, but the South, with its fields of cot ton, rice and sugar, is the proper place for them, and as she is now prO.- trated by tlie ravages of war and the effects of famine, they are needed to recuperate her exhaust ed energies; soon the “ndgro question” will btf lost in the Chinese question, and then will come up the perplexing problem of his status in the community, his con tracts and his privileges. Qn the first of January, 1867, the Colorado, a pioneer of anew line between San Francisco and China, will commence her trips, and every arrival will bring from one thousand to fif teen hundred to that port. Capitalists are already discussing tliequestion of contract ing with Chinese companies for iuiui-fise numbers of them to cultivate thcr cotton fields of the South for a term of years, at a much cheaper rate than negro- labor can he obtained. Soon the rivalry between.the Chinamen and the negro-will commence. Story About Mis Braddon. —A eor : respondent of the London Herald gives this account of a literary feat: “Lady I Audley’s Secret” was- originally anaoun ! ced for publication iu three volumes. The j manuscript was jiurictnally , sc-qfe to the | publishers, hut when the wnrk.wu ' printed ! it contained only two r Volumes and tea pages. It had been announced thatthfg ! took wae to appear at a certain day, and when tne blunder was discovered that day ! was almost at hand. What was to be “done? The fn-ocihcts df Saint Bride were * plunged info .consternation. However, notan hour was to befffst, and th» u#M. tidings were broken “tS’ Mi Braddon. She pafiseda little, and then ‘How ■ long can you give me to fill tip the 600 blank pages ?’ ‘Eight days aft the utmost.’ ‘You shall-have the copy in good time,’ | and-the whole copy-wasin the hands of the | publishers four days aftcnfafdsJ Arid.. | mark it, Miss Braddon did riot interpolate' j a single word to the two volumes already j printed, although the novel was complete j iu itself: she started from the last line. ” I* President .Johnson's Purpose.— Horace Maynard, of Tennessee, remarked, 1 in the course of a stump speech the other day— j 'He was_ of the opinion that the result of | the elections would have a tendency to j modify the President’ sieelings, and that he | had confidence that, henceforth, Congress j and the President would get along more | harmoniously. Gov. Brownlow, who was i sitting near, was asked his opinion, lie | said he differed materially with Maynard. I He knew Johnson well, had fought him for tort}’ years, and ho Believed he would go I on until he would be hanged ! I "Hanged !” That is the way the Radi cals are talking. I iNNET.rxf; the Mississippi. —The American Railway Times says : The project of bridging the "Father of A* aters 7 at St. Louis has met with such strenuous objection that it has been aban doned, and the railway companies, whose roads centre there, have conceived the idea of tunneling the river. Consent to construct the work will be asked of. Con gress, and as soon as it is obtained it is proposed to begin the work. The cost is estimated at $3,000,00 ), and the time required for the completion of the work three years. The tunnel will not be more than three-fourths of a mile long. A AViiite Man Convicted in a Flori da Coert on Negro Testimony. —As a noted instance of the changed condition of affairs in this section of country, wc men tion the fact that a full blooded white man was arraigned in the country Criminal Court lately, before his Honor Judge Bc>g-' gett, on a charge of assault with intent to kill. He was tried by a jury of white men and convicted by negro testimony, and the Judge sentenced him in accordance with their verdict to pay a fine of one thou-and dollars. — Jacksonville {Fla.) Union ,