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(Chronicle & £ rntind. WKIKEBBAT MOBMiIC, BdlBBlK SL The Colton Tax. We call attention to the communication j of “Citizen” on this subject; hut in Join? j so, we <lo not wish to lie understood as en- j dorsing his views. lie is a gentleman of large cxjieriencc as a merchant in this city, \ and one whose judgment wc would ordi- j narily rely upon with great confidence, i Ilut, in regard to the Cotton Tax, we still j think that the easiest solution of the diifi- j culty will be found in the repeal of the law. j wish to be perfectly understood in this ! matter. We have said nothing against the | j.oirer of Council to exact such a tax. j Neither have we intimated that the tax 1 was either unfair or unjust. We have ad- i vocated its repeal solely upon the ground ! of expediency. Wc still adh re to that position. If, however, the amount raised by this tax is indispensable for the wants of ! the city, and the same or an equivalent j sum cannot be raised from other sources i without subjecting our people to greater ; hardships than does the Cotton Tax, then, j in such an event, wc could not counsel the j repeal of the present tax. We would like to have more light on this subject, and hope that our mercantile j friends will follow the example of “Citi- j z n,” and give us the benefit of their views \ upon it. . The Proposed Amendments to the Con* stitution. So far as we have been able to ascertain the sentiments of the people of Georgia upon this important subject, we do not be lieve that there is a single respectable and intelligent man in the Hut? who is willing that our Legislature should give the con sent of the old Commonwealth to the in dignity and desecration which are sought to be put upon her citizens through the contemplated amendments to the Constitu tion. Our Legislature meets in a few days, and although the members composing it have been elected prior to the passage of the proposed amendments by Congress, yet we feel satisfied that coming fresh from the homes of their constituents, as they will in the approaching session, they will be able to represent and express the true senti ment of our whole people upon this impor tant subject. We have heard it suggested that the Legislature should take no ueiinitc action on the question. That if the matter isla'd before them, as it most unquestionably will be by the Governor, they should lay it on the table without action. We hope that other, and, as we believe, better coun sels will prevail in that body, and that the matters embraced in the propositions of the contemplated amendments will be re ferred to a joint committee of both Houses, composed of their ablest and most discreet members. Let this committee treat the subject in a fair, candid and dignified man ner. Let them point out the objections which the people of Georgia have to these propositions, and in fitting language lay before the people of the United States why the State of Georgia cannot give lier con sent to the changes sought to be made in the fundamental law. We do not propose to indicate, just now, the line of argument that should he adopt ed. Indeed we are perfectly willing to leave this part of the subject to the good sense and sound discretion of such com mittee. Wo will add, however, that it is very important that sound, conservative and correct views should he presented in justification of our action. The people of the North and of the whole Union will scrutinize the reasons given for our conduct very closely, and for the sake of the State no position should be taken in the argu ment that cannot bo sustained before the bar of public sentiment in this whole country. __ Tin- Insanity or the bin press tarlotta. Foreign journals contain considerable gos sipabout the alleged insanity ofthe Empress of Mexico and its cause. It is said she presented,a petition to the Fope praying his Holiness to sanction everything that her husband had done as Emperor with re spect to religious matters. The story goes that the Fope positively refused, and that the Empress then declared she would not leave the Vatican if her request was not granted. She retired to the private study of the Pope, and his Holiness continued his ordinary audiences; he afterwards dined alone,. according to etiquette, and went out for his usual drive, leaving the Empress with her lady in waiting. She at length left and dined at the Hotel de Home, where her Majesty is staying. The clerical journals of Franco see some thing awful in the coincidence of the Em press of Mexico’s insanity with her visit to the Fope for the purpose of obtaining conditions which they consider irreconcila ble with the rights of the Church. The Avenir National thinks it mockery t suppose that a judg . jnt of this kind has been passed on an unhappy princess be cause she asked of the Count of Rome that which it has granted to France, Spain, Austria, and several other countries. The Echo du Parlanent , writing on the subject of the health of the Empress, says: “News received here from Rome state that the mental crisis has greatly subsided. Her Majesty has been enabled to undertake the journey to Miramar, ac companied by the Count of Flanders. Wiio is President ok Mexico?—Jua rez. the Now York World says, was never “elected President” at all. In August, 1855, Santa Anna ran away from Mexico, to which he had been recalled from exile in IS.’).'! and made Dictator. Carrera was raised to the Presidency and ruled for just twenty-seven days, being deposed by a junta, September 12, 1555. After three weeks of anarchy. Alvarez, the “King of Guerrero,” was made President. On De cember 11, 1555, Alvarez got sick of the business and retired, delegating his author ity to Comonfort. In January. ISSS, the army revolted, compelled Comonfort to re sign. and declared Zuloaga President. The partisans of Comonfort, however, main tained that Juarezs who was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, l*eame President by the fact of Comonforts resignation, and Juarez, taking the same view of the ease, raised an army of “liberals,” and got him self beaten by Zuloago. He found his way, however, to \ era Cruz, and there began the career which has led him through so many haps and mishaps to the vague but impressive position which he now holds somewhere on the I’pper Rio Grande. A first Kate Appointment. We learn through our Milledgeville ex changes that Governor Jenkins has ap pointed Hon. David -V. Yasou, of Albany, J Btdgo of the Superior Court for the South- Western District, vice Judge Clark, who has resigned, on account of bad health. Without disparagement to any of the able and distinguished lawyers of the South-Western circuit, we beg to say that a better lawyer, purer Judge, or more in eorruptably honest gentleman, could not have been found in that circuit. Judge \ ason s character aud reputation as a jurist i> known throughout the entire State. The excellence of his private char acter. is acknowledged and appreciated by all who are so fortunate as to know him. M e thank Governor Jenkins for this ap pointment. It shows that real worth and meric are still recognized and appreciated by some of our leading men in their selec tions for office. We congratulate the people of the South-Western circuit upou their good fortune iu securing the services of this “mot/) ' mm and Judge." We know that Judge Yuson will never 1 owes the dignity or stall.' the purity of the ermine, by hobnobbing with juries, in or der to secure their nomination for re-eloc- i tieu. Such things have been done in our ' day and time bv some men we wot of. “Aii Exegesis.” e publish a short religious paper un der the above head this morning, and take the liberty of saying, that while short es says of a religious character are always ■welcome for our Sunday morning paper, we do not think controversial articles should be admitted. We therefore sug guest to our esteemed correspondent, in his conduct of the subject in hand, to lay it onus mildly as possible should he trench upon disputed ground. “There is no President.” Whose fault is it that the flag which stands behind three hundred thousand pa triot graves and throe thousand millions of dollars has no i rotcction lor a citizen under its folds? Whose fault is it that James Durant cannot walk the streets of New Orleans? Not President Johnson’s. It is Lieut. Gen. Grant’s. The most hu miliating position on this continent to-day is occupied by Ulysses Grant. Have we conquered Nc\v Orleans? Is it ours? Then why are not its streets salt? Is It not Gen. Grant’s troop--? If not, why doesn’t he ask Congress? He knew the state of the Southern communities. If he did not, then he has not the sagacity and prudence which lit him for bis office. If he knew that he did not have the means to make the flag respected, the,Senate would have given him (if he had asked; one hundred thou i sand men to make the flag sate. There is !no President. He is a deserter, lie has 1 left. He has sworn allegiance to another i flag. The legislative power is the only ef fectual and organized power left. We clip the above extract from a speech | made by Wendell Philips in Tretuont Temple, Boston, on the 18th inst., to show what unblushing falsehoods are* given to the Northern public by their leading men, arid the adroit way in which these false- 1 hoods are made to assume the garb of hon est indignation. Every intelligent man in this country knows that the authority of the Federal Government is fully recognized in every hamlet, county town and village, from Maine to Texas. There is no portion of this great country in which the citizen Is not protected in all his rights by the power of the Federal Government, except in the Southern States, where, in some localities, the white people are still oppressed, and, in many cases, inhumanly treated by the military officials. [ The charge that James Durant is de prived of the right of locomotion in New ! Orleans, is equally absurd and false. There 5 is not a more law-abiding people in this ; whole country than the white citizens of that city, yet the impression is sought to | be made upon the public mind of the i North that those who are called par excel I lence Union ng-n are in daily peril from the j lawlessness Sti d vengeance of the New Or leans people. ! The attack upon Gen. Grant is equally without foundation in truth. The fault of Gen. Grant’s administration of the military authority of the United States in the South, has been his unauthorized interfer ence with the civil authorities, in his efforts to give protection to the negroes and their Yankee friends in the Southern States. If any portion of the people of the United States have reason to complain of General Grant’s conduct of the military forces of the' Government since the war, it is those of the Caucasian race who reside in, or arc natives of the South. Ilia General Older No. 44, current series, shows very arly that in enforcing protection for the negroes and Northern men who may be in the South, he is utterly regardless of all the constitutional provisions in favor of the lib erty and property of the citizen. Wo think it very unjust to Gen. Grant that the Radical leaders should arraign him before the Northern masses upon charges so utterly groundless and untrue, yet, perhaps, it is no business of ours to enter into his defence, and we should not have done so, but for the fact that our si lence and that of the Southern press might be taken as an indication of the truthfulness of the charges thus made. We do not exactly understand the New England fanatic, when he says: “The most humiliating position on this continent is oc cupied by Ulysses Grant. ’ 1 Gen. Grantoccu pies a position before the country and the world, immeasurably superior to that of any of his Radical detractors. If he is not conceded to be the first among the military chieftains of the age, in this or any other country, the doubt upon that subject is confined almost exclusively, to the ora tors and philosophers of puritanical New England. If he is not esteemed and re spected by the people of the North for his herculean efforts in the cause of the Union, thatfact but proves their ingratitude and in famy, while it in no wise detracts from his merits and ability. The representatives of the Northern people could not find a gift under the existing laws of the country, sufficiently high and honorable, fully to express their gratitude for and apprecia tion of the great services which General Grant had rendered the Union cause, and hence they created anew office —that of j General—to bestow upon him in recogni- i tion of his great and important services. The real poinf made by Phillips, in the extract which heads this article, is con tained in the following short, but terse and expressive sentence “there is no Presi dent. ’ ’ It has been the constant aud persistent aim of Phillips, Sumner, Forney & Cos., during the last four or five months to pro duce upon the popular mind of the North, the impression that the President of the United States, Andrew John son, has, by the exercise of illegal and improper powers, forfeited his official po sition and power. He has been charged with having betrayed the Union men of the South—of having failed to execute the Civil Rights’ Bill—with complicity in the M emphis and New Orleans riots, and of usurping the proper and legitimate func tions of Congress in his efforts to restore the Union. These and numerous other similar charges have been, with great in dustry and persistance, kept prominently before die public mind of the North and West, with the view to prepare the people there for the violent, bold and illegal action of the approaching Congress. The people will have become familiar with the inten tions and designs of the Radical leaders, and will not, therefore, feel much aston ishment at anything they may be likely to enact. It is mainly with this view such utterances are given to the public as the extract under review. We can entertain but little hope for the stability and perpetuity of our Govern- j moot, when its leading and influential eiti- j zons speak thus flippantly and disrespect- j fully of the highest officers known to our j laws, and ignore the existence even of the ’ Chief executive of the Government. Such j sentiments show very clearly that if the j Radicals dare do so, they would find no legal or constitutional difficulty in driving not only the President from his office, but all those high officers of the Government who do not agree with them in their revo lutionary designs. New Railroad Car. [ The New Yoi k papers contain a aescrip , tionofanew style of car which has been ! recentlv built for the use of the roads lead ! ing from that city to Chicago. They are | called the "Silver Palace” ear. and from the descriptions given of thorn we conclude that they are by no means inappro i priately named. An exchange speaking ; of these new cars, says : Three of the new “Silver Palace” ears | of the Central Transportation Company, tendered lor the use of the party which I left New York last night to join in the i celebration of the opening of the Union ! Pacific Railroad, from Omaha westward, , were yesterday afternoon run out to Eliza | both, on the Jersey Central, and back, on a trial trip. A number of gentlemen con nected with the various railroad offices of the city participated in the pleasures of the trip. The "Silver Palace'" cars area new thing in their way, coabining in their con struction both the day and the night ear. j They are built thus, in order to be run through from New lerk to Chicago with out transfer. They were designed by i Jonah A\ oodruff, “Superintendent of the Central Transportation Company, and are f magnificent specimens of workmanship. ■ Each ear contains ten sections, each of i : which section comprises two luxurious j | -cats, which tan be changed at night into ; one single and two double beds, thus pro viding accommodations for forty-eight per sons. There arc also two state rooms in each car, and wash room and water closet, j besides a small smoking ref' 131 w ’* f h easy j chairs by itself. Everything in the j' alaee [ cars is otxho most costly and beautiful make ; Hack walnut is the material of the wood work, profusely ornamented with sil ver mountings. Two of these ears were built at the workshops of the Fort Wayne Railroad at Alleguauy city, and one at Altoona. Five more are to be added to the hue, and one will start each day from New York and run through to Chicago. Another English woman—Lady Her bert. of Lea—is preparing a volume of sketches ol .Spanish travel.| Misplaced Confidence. A correspondent of the Mobile Reg ister, writing from New York, says: A ludicrous ease was tried yesterday in the Superior Court. Both plaintiff and defendant wore merchants in this city. Last January the plaintiff leased a house in 12th street, and gave possession to a Miss "Gardiner, formerly an actress. The lease was made out in the lady’s name, and she shortly afteropened the house as a boarding house. The plaintiff boarded in the house, and claims that Miss Gardiner was engaged to him in marriage. It seems he went to New Orleans a short time ago on business, and during Lis absence the defendant became very attentive to Miss Gardiner. When the plaintiff returned, he found the defendant sitting by Miss G., and ordered him out of the house. He refused to go, and the plaintiff then became very abusive, both to the lady and her new lover. The lady finally asked the latter to put the plaintiff out of the room. This request was not exactly complied with, but | the plaintiff was grasped by the throat and frightened into good behavior. For this treatment lie commenced a suit against I his rival, laying his damages at $5,000. The lady “wentback on him,” and show ed that the lease belonged to her. The i Judge informed the Jury that she had a right to order the plaintiff out of the house, and the Jury rendered a verdict for the defendant The latter is a Connecticut Yankee ; the former a French Canadian. Both are now married. Odd, isn’t it, j that men in good circumstances and social 1 standing will drag their most delicate pri ! vate affairs before the public ! Superstition of Sailors. The World, in giving an account of the death at sea of John Yaffßuren, relates the following incident, as illustrative of the pe culiar superstition of sailors in regard to the preservation on ship-board of dead bodies. It says : The weather, almost immediately after Mr. Van Buren’s death, became tre mendously stormy. The Scotia was just sailing into the gale then raging along our eastern coast, The coincidence of Mr. Van Bureu's death with the occurrence of the hurricane had an effect upon the minds of some of the workingseamen, which, though not novel, considering their superstitious tendencies, is interesting to relate in refer ence to the present occasion, The sailors esteemed it very bad luck to keep the body on board, without instantly commit ting it to the deep, and were chagrined at the noble resolve of Commodore Judkins to bear the remains to our shore for inter - ment. They requested Its sea burial. It was refused. Still the storm continued, and the seamen considered the unconsdlous corpse a Jonah in their midst. It is stated that a movement was frustrated by detec tion, which they had covertly considered, if not determined, to out the ropes that held the boat on the port side, in which the coffined remains had been placed. The conduct of the officers of the Scotia , in this circumstance, will be duly appreciated by the thousands to whom the regular in* tennent of the body of Mr. Van Buren, among the scenes and associations of his home, is in no small degree the mitigation of personal sorrow occasioned by his un timely loss, City Tax on Cotton. Mr. Editor : I notice you are anxious to have a “mode” adopted to relieve plan ters from paying the City Tax on cotton sales, and suggest that the City Council re peal the law. That certainly would be a very direct way to accomplish it. But the cify has made up its Tax Digest for the year, and cannot now well amend it in the man ner you advise, and raise the necessary amount in some other way. Besides) it seems to me that there is no just reason why cotton sales should not pay tho small tax they now do, it being only one fourth the amount levied on other produce and merchandise. The city is at a very heavy expense to keep up a Fire Department and Felice to protect cotton and other proper ty. Cotton should pay, at least, the small amount levied on it. J I would suggest that you refer planters I to the advertisement of J. L. Fleming, | Esq., who proposes to sell cotton at one and a half per cent, commission, and pay the j city tax himself, thereby saving the planter ! one dollar and sixty cents per bale commis j sion, and forty cents city tax, allowing cotton to bring one hundred and sixty dol lars per bale. Mr. Fleming would realize, besides storeage, one dollar and eighty cents per bale, being three and three-fifths times as much as was charged before the war. Citizen. FROM WASHINGTON. Important Revelations if True! The Washington correspondent of the , New York Herald writes as follows : The Designs of the Radicals. ! Washington, Oct. 22, 1860. When President Johnson was on his late j trip in the West, a United States Senator ; and two Major Generals of the army, who ’ belonged to his party, were approached at j Indianapolis by a prominent conservative j republican, who had been colonel of an In- | diana regiment during the late war and j who is now a captain iti the regular ser- j vice, and who made the following j startling statement: He had been mak- ! ing speeches for the republicans in Indiana I in August last, and at the request of Gov- j ernor Fletcher, of Missouri, visited that ; State and made one or two conservative j speeches. lie was told by Governor | Fletcher that his speeches were too tame ; ! that the most radical of declarations were j wanted in Missouri; that the people must be told that the republicans had decided j that the rebels should not vote, and that the State was to be carried by force of arms if necessary. Governor Fletcher also told him that he had thirty thousand muskets in the State in loyal hands, and that they should be used if necessary- to carry the State. The Indianian told Gov- j ernor Fletcher that he was a republican in j principle, but did not approve of such j measures and would not advocate them. ■ Governor Fletcher thought him merely I weak kneed, aud answered him that he would come into the harness after a 1 while. A few nights subsequently he was present on invitation at a secret meeting of radical leaders at the Lindell Hotel. About fifty prominent radicals were pres- I ent. including Governor Fletcher, of Mis souri: Governor Oglesby, of Illinois, aud Senator Yates and John A. Logan, ta' Illi nois. The whole plan of the impeaemnent I of the President wae discussed, even to the arrangement of fitting Washington with an armed force of “Boys in Blue” to protect j Congress, and also to decide who should j succeed Johnson in case Vico President Foster, as his successor, should not prove j equally positive, and pliable to the will of J the Jacobins. Butler, Governor Morton, j of Indiana, and others were discussed. \ Butler was looked upon as lacking in cour age. and Morton was feared as being too I ambitious for the purpose of the conspira- | tors. General Grant was mentioned as too | conservative, and Sherman was scouted as j a copperhead. Finally Senator Yates was j decided upon as possessing more stamina . and less scruples than any other available i man. If President Johnson offered serious resistance, and Foster did not act vigorous ly. Yates was to be put in to control af fairs. When he was about leaving St. Louis the informant in the case was requested by Governor Fletcher to ask Governor Mor ■ I ton. of Indiana, what number of arms he | could spare to Missouri. Governor Mor ton replied, when the message was deliver • ed, that he could not say that he had any to spare; that there were about one hun j dred thousand stand, with plenty of am munition. in the arsenal: he would see ; what could be spared, and confer with Governor Fletcher. Out of this corres- I pondeace grow the conference of the Gov ? eruors at Philadelphia, which it is now i well known was for the purpose, among | others, of distributing, arms throughout the I country. j Outside of the statement of this officer j there is indubitable evidence in the hands of President Johnson of the secret distri bution of large quantities of arms through out the Northwest on variety pretexts, ail of which, however, are legal and plausible I enough. ; While the startling character of this ! story comes upon us like a thunder-bolt i from a cloudless sky, it is nevertheless in | credulously received by many —the char •''-Usr of flic officer making the statement, "y , —v) desperate characters of the j the knoe_ -a [jie scheme, and leaders implicate.. received. much corroborative e\.. * -ns it to be generally believe.. i the resident s adherents Airs. John Paul, relict of Air. John Paul, i late of Augusta, deceased, died at her home | in EHcefield District, South Carolina, on Alonday last. Airs. P. was, for a number oi years, a resident of Augusta. Her rec ord a> a true-hearted, Christian lady, is un- j spotted. History of Longstrcet’s Corps. A\ e cheerfully lay before our readers the following circular which we have just re ceived from Gen. Alexander in reference to a compilation which he proposes to make of the part taken by the old first corps of the Army of North Virginia, in the stir ring scenes and thrilling events of the late war. We are glad to hear that Gen. A. ha3 undertaken this important work. We know that he will give a fair and faithful account of the glorious deeds of the “ old First,” and the public may rest satisfied that no partial or unfair treatment will be accorded to the troops of any particular State or organization.' We trust that all persons having mate rial which will aid the General in his contemplated work, will promptly forward it to him at Columbia : Columbia, South Carolina, 1 September 12, 1366. j At the request of General Longstreet, and with his assistance, I have undertaken to prepare for publication a History of his Cominandduring the war. The task was assumed with diffidence and reluctance, and it can only be completed with very considerable aid from those who took part in the operations to be detailed. This aid I now appeal for, with every confidence that those who gave the Corps its reputa tion will take the little trouble necessary to place its action on record. It is not in tended to produce a general history of the campaigns, or to criticise the grand ope rations oi the army, or even to narrate them any further than will be necessary : to an understanding of the marches and battles of the First Corps. Such a history ; will doubtless be prepared by au abler pen. 1 propose to write for the Corps, and to pro : duce a simple but detailed narrative of the , part borne in the various campaigns by [ every organization in it—one in which i each man may trace out his career to his I children. To accomplish this, I require the official reports of every division, brigade, regi mental, and battery commander, or equiv alent narratives from those competent to furnish them. I have already those offi cial reports of tho battles of 1862, which were published in two volumes by the Confederate Congress, and which probably embrace all which wore actually made"; but I have none , and I want all of date sub sequent to December, 1862. I therefore earnestly bog the co-operation of everyone who may be able to assist me in obtaining help in any of the following forms : 1. Official reports of every organization for every battle, skirmish, and campaign since 1862, or equivalent accounts. They should always include statements of the position in which the command was en gaged, (with dmgrarn, if possible,) of what troops were on the right or left, the hour of the action, tho effective strength of the command, the numbers killed, wound ed, and captured, tho names of tho officers and men complimented for gallanty, and incidents of general interest. 2. Accounts of prominent events in the history of the corps w ritten at the time, either for publication or for private refer ence, by those who saw or participated. 3. Particular accounts of skirmishes not mentioned in general reports, including those in 1862. 4. Topographical sketches of the ground occupied in battle, showing woods, houses, streams, roads, etc., however roughly. 5. Brigade, regimental, and battery his tories, A statement at least of’the regiments comprising brigades, and of the command era of regiments and batteries at different actions, is very necessary; and many other things may bo well added, if circum stances permit—such a characterof arms at different times, number of rounds fired in engagements, original strength, number of recruits and conscripts received, and total number of thoso killed, wounded, captur ed, died, discharged, and deserted during the war. Interesting statistics can be pre pared from such data. AU papers sent me will be carefully pre served, and returned if desired, Any re lating events in 1802 should be forwarded as soon as possible. Those of later date may be sent at any convenient period be fore January next. My address is “University of South Carolina,” Columbia, S. C. E, P. Alexander, Late Chief of Artillery, Ist Corps A. N. Y. The Baltimore Police Commissioners. A Baltimore correspondent of the New York World , alluding to the difficulty with the Folice Commissioners, says : They (the Commissioners) have selected judges of elections exclusively of their own party, and men who have neither proper ty nor character to lose. Tho judges have stated their determination not to permit any of the newly registered voters to vote at tho coming election, knowing, as they do, that out of the 24,000 registered this year at least 23,000 are Conservatives, At thelast (Mayoralty) election, not withstand-, ing tho fraud perpetrated by them, the Radicals polled but 5,500 votes. The Con servatives, in consequence of the clear violation of the law by the Radicals, and of the villainous performances of the Police Commissioners, framed a memorial, to which the signatures of nearly ten thou sand of our most respectable citizens were attached. This memorial was supported by more than one hundred affidavits, and was an appeal to the Governor for tho re moval of the commissioners. It was in response to this appeal that the Governor summoned tho Commission ers to Annapolis, where their trial was postponed to yesterday. This summons was the occasion for the most formidable preparations for resistance by tho friends of tho Commissioners. Several meetings of the organization styling themselves “the Boys in Blue,” were held, and they tendered their services to the Police Commissioners in any emer gency ill which they might be needed ; and a Committee of two from each Ward was appointed on Friday to enlist all who were willing to join them. On Saturday night this Committee reported, as the American states, that over 5,000 men were ready and willing to sustain the Commissioners in the discharge of their duties, and to act for the preservation of the peace and good or der of the city. Commanders for the or ganization were appointed, there being one for eacli Ward, and all having served as officers in Maryland regiments during the rebellion. The American also gives a re port that Major General John K. Kenly, Major General Dennison and Brigadier General Woolley have visited the Mayor and Commissioners, and tendered their services in any capacity. These preparations gave rise to fears that a bloody issue would result, but the telegraph on yesterday announced that ar rangements to insure order had been per fee!cd. The Herald s Baltimore special of the , 23d says: Great excitement still prevails, which is . not lessened by General Canby’s visit to i ihc city to-day. There are rumors to-night : that'the plug uglies of the town are organ-, j izing for an attack on Radical headouar . | ters in West Baltimore street, The Rad j icals have made every preparation for a ■ i vigorous defense. They have stored an armory of revolvers and rifles in the build ing, and a very strong body of police, and ; two or three hundred armed boys in blue remain within ear shot. There is a belief among the supporters of the police com | missioners that the Radicals of Pennsylva nia are ready to march to their assistance. ; Forney’s visit to the city yesterday has much to do with this impression. This is . the threatened invasion to which ve nor Swann alluded to in his remarks at Ann ip olisthisA. M. A st-eet tight oecuired in i West Baltimore on the announcement of 1 the Governor's intention to go on with the case. One man who cheered for Johnson I was knocked down; five others were found in the melee, and some of them were se | verely handled. The timely arrest of all i the parties prevented the fracas from J spreading into a riot. In some of the wards the old rowdy organizations, which existed before the war. are being moved, and calls are published in the papers for j every delegate to prepare for action. The following proclamation has to-night ; been issued by Governor Swann: State of Maryland, ) Executive Department, j Whereas, it has come to the knowledge ! of the Executive that military and other i combinations are now forming in the city , of Baltimore for the purpose of obstruct : ing and resisting the execution of the laws 1 of this State, and whereas, there is reason to believe that similar combinations are at tempted to be organized in other places , 'with the intention of invading the soil of j 5 the State of Maryland to deprive her citi- j ; zens of their just rights under the constitu- | I tion. and to control the people of the State i bv violence and intimidation. I 'Now, therefore, I. Thomas Swann, j Goverpor of the State of Maryland, do, by ! . this, my proclamation, solemnly warn I the leaders of all such illegal and revolu- j tionary combinations against the peace and dignity of the State, that in the event of I riot or bloodshed growing out of those J ] revolutionary proceedings, they will be held to the strictest account, and the pow jer of the State wifi be exhausted to bring them to prompt and merited punish- : ment. Given under my band and the great ; sealot the State of Maryland, at the city ; of AnnapMis, the 23d day of October, A. ! D., 1866. Tiros, Swann, Governor. M. Carter. See'y of State, j There has been considerable excitement j in the eitv to-day. in reference to the ease ! of the Police Commissioners, upon the announcement of the fact that the Gov -1 ernor maintained !u» jurisdiction in the I iffy, and his determination to iafpstigate * charges of official misconduct, anu .. —‘•uiiv-JSiions °f ,excited . Some ‘ slight in. -on Wftj knocked I feeling took place; one pei-, * * j down near the headquarters of urn . ditioual Uuion party. Nothing more se rious than the slight affair has occurred however, and there is at present no reason to expect that the public will be disturbed | further. Beware the Ides of November! Professor Fergbsson, of the Natioual Ob servatory at Washington, has been inves tigating the causes, history and character ol the meteoric showers which have occur red heretofore, with the view of determin ing by what laws, if any, they are governed and controlled. He has arrived at the conclusion that there will he a recurrence of the extraordinary meteoric showers which occurred in 1799 and again in 1833, on or about the 12th proximo. A\ e do not ourselves indulge in any ap prehensions that there will be a collision between any of these shooting asteroids with our little cockle-shell Globe, but in the present condition of affairs on this con tinent, and particularly in the Southern States, we do not believe that-we would be much icorsted by such an event. If we should collide , the probability is that the shock will be sufficient to settle all our po litical and social troubles. Those who think the time has come for a general winding up of mundane affairs had better begin to east up their accounts, for the Professor says “there is some reason to believe" that a collision may oceur. The National Intelligencer gives the fol lowing account of Professor Fergus son’s in vestigations on this subject: “The appearance of shooting stars is quite common, but in the months of Au gust and November of' each year they are seen in greater numbers, generally about the 10th of August and the 12th of No vember. The great meteoric shower of 1799 seems to have drawn the attention of astronomers more particularly to this sub ject, and from that time to the recurrence of the meteoric showers in 1533, and up to the present day, they have been endeavor ing to refer the different phases and char acteristics of the phenomenon to known laws, and to establish the exact anniver sary of its appearance. Thus far the more brilliant of these me teoric showers have occurred at intervals of thirty-three years ; that of 1833 was es pecially distinguished by the immense number of moving meteors to be seen at once, and for the remarkable size and splendor of many of them. Among the myriads of blazing meteors visible on that occasion, one was seen at several places on this continent. It was recognized by sev eral observers by its extraordinary size and brilliancy, as well as by the length of time its train remained visible, which was about i ten minutes. The luminous train seemed ; to follow the meteor in a serpentine course, and finally disappeared in a vast nebulous cloud, many times larger than the moon, and which continued to move onward with : a velocity greater than the clouds. The meteoric displays of 1799 and 1833 were characterized by the fall of meteorites, which, rushing towards the surface of the earth with a loud noise, penetrated beneath it several feet. The periodicity of these starry showers is not so definitely ascer tained with regard to the day as the year. : They have occurred to a greater or less de I gree in the months of August and Notem j ber, from 1833 to 1839; but the mostre | markable of them have appeared on the [ 12th of November, or between that nay and the 14th. The next appearance of the meteoric phenomenon, therefore, is expected on oi about the 12th of next month. Tho ob servations of astronomers have demon strated that the shooting stars are more numerous between midnight and sunrise, and the majority of them agree in fixing the radiant point—that point in which the lines described by the meteors in their flight centre—in the constellation Leo, lim iting the area of radiation to the immediate vicinity of Regulus, in the neck of the lion. Others assign the radiant point to the con stellation Orion. The theory most generally accepted in accounting for the regular occurrence of meteoric showers is that an unusual aggre gation of these asteroids exist in the plane which is reached by the earth at that point of its orbit, and through which the earth is several hours in passing, although ob servations have not been sufficiently nu merous to establish the exact period of the earth’s arrival at this part of its orbit. During the flight of meteors in November, 1833, much apprehension was manifested from the fear that one or more of these as teroids would come into collision with the earth; but hitherto no disastrous conse quences have ensued from this grand celes tial display, and although there is some reason to believe that an event of this kind is possible, scientific men unite in the opinion that such a calamity is not within the bounds of probability.” Amcrica-i Gipsies. According to Mr. Simpson, who has written a history of the Gipsies, there are Gipsies in America —many more, in fact, than people are aware of: Gipsies may be said to Lave been in America almost from the time of' its settle ment. We have already seen how many of them found their way there, during the Revolution, by being impressed as" sol diers, and taken as volunteers, for the benefit of the bounty and passage; and how _ they deserted on landing. Tented Gipsies have been seen about Baltimore for the last seventy years. In New Eng land, a colony is known which has existed for about a hundred years, and has always been looked upon with a singular feeling of distrust and mystery by the inhabitants, who are the descendants of the early emi grants, and who did not suspect the origin till lately. These Gipsies have never asso ciated, in the common sense of the word, with the other settlers, and judging them from their exterior, seem poor and miser able, whatever their circumstances may be. They follow pretty much the employment and modes of the same class in Europe; the most striking feature being that the bulk of them leave the homestead for a length of time, scatter in different direc tions and're-ftnite periodically, at their quar ters, which are left in charge of some of the feeble members of the band. i Perhaps the foundation of the American I broom manufacture was laid by the British Gipsies, by whom it may be partly carried on at the present day ; a business they pretty much monopolize, in a rough way, in Great Britain. We will doubtless find among the fraternity some of those whit tling, meddling Sam Slick peddlers so of ten described. I have seen some of these itinerant venders of knife sharpeners, and such “Yankee notions,” with dark, glisten : ing eyes, that would “pass tor the article.” ' Sonic of them would live by less legitimate business. I entertain no doubt, what from the general fitness of things and the ap pearance of some of the men, that we will find some of die decondants of the old Brit ish mixed Gipsies members of the various : establishments of Messrs. Peter Funk & Cos. of the city of New York, as well as else where. And I entertain as little doubt that many of those American women who tell fortunes, and engage in those many i curious bits of business that so often come j up at trials, arc decondants of the British j plantation stock of Gipsies in respectable | spheres of life. It would be extremely ! unreasonable to say that the decondants I of the colonial Gipsies do not still exist | as Gipsies like their brethren in Great Britain and other parts of the Old World. The English Gipsies entertain no j doubt of it; the more especially as they have encountered such Gipsies, of at least two descents. I have myself met with such a Gipsy, following a decidedly re | spectable calling ; whom I found as much j one of the tribe, barring'the original habits. |as perhaps any in Europe. There are ! mazy Hungarian and German Gipsies in j America; some of them long settled in Pennsylvania and Maryland, where they own farms. Some of them leave their farms in charge of hired hands during the summer and proceed South with their tents. In the State of Pennsylvania there is a settlement of them on the J river. a little way above H , where they have saw mills. About the Alleghany Moun tains there are many of the tribe, following somewhat the original ways of the race. In the United States generally, there are rnanv Gipsy peddlers, British as well as con tinental. There are a good many Gipsies in New York—English, Irish and Conti nental —some of' whom keep tin, crockery, and basket stores; but they grepll mixed Gipsies, and many of them of fair com plexion. The tinware which they make is generally of a plain, coarse kind ; so much so that a Gipsy tin store is easily known. They frequently exhibit their tinware and baskets on the streets, and _ carry them about the city. Almost ajl. if not all, of these itinerant cutlers and tinkers to be met with in New York and other American cities, are Gipsies, principally German, Hungarian and French. There are a good many Gipsy musicians in America. A Hundred Babies in a Stable.— An English paper says: An old stable with one hundred little babies nestling in the horse troughs is something of a novel ty. but the spectacle is daily to be seen in the locality of Union street, Borough road, London. The work has been somewhat recently undertaken by the Rev. George Aldington, who at his own expense secur ed an old stable to form nursery, and fitted it up for taking care of the babies of women obliged to go to char or work away from home. The hay cribs remain and serve as cradles. ~ Trotting Race at Fittsburq.— Pitts i burg , October 19. — The most exciting , race ever known in these parts, came off at i 1 the Oaklatd Park here, this afternoon, be tween the j22<?ns trotting horses Dexter , i and Patcbm, and the pacer HcGousier, t 0 trot in harness best three in five. Great 1 ! exeitemeit prevailed, and a iatgc crowd i I was in attendance. Among the visitors ! m vas ifiO -lon. Lafayette Foster, tiresce. ; nf tjjg United States. The ; \ ice President , . first heat was won by Metaou—: -I, the j second, third and fourth heats by Dexter, | 2:21|, 2:231 and 2:32. 1 Recruiting in Louisiana. A gentleman writing to a friend in New Orleans, from Alexandria, complains that squads of negro troops have been visiting plantations, fully armed and equipped, and unattended by any commissioned officer or white person, enter the quarters or fields where the hands are at work, and without heeding or consulting the manager or pro prietor, halt the men at their work and make speeches to them of the most false and incendiary character. The hands- are told that they must enlist or they will be drafted, and further that if they do not enlist, in two years the rebels will have them back in slavery. The result is the laborers are leaving in large numbers, and the gathering of crops sadly delayed. The writer expresses the belief that Gen. Sheridan will promptly stop the recur rence of such scenes when notified, and it was in this view that the latter was writ ten, and the influence of the person to whom it was addressed wa3 sought in the premises. The Editor states that a sub sequent letter from the same party reports other plantations visited, and also states that Col. 31. Fadden had sent back some of them, but the loss of labor had been se rious, and could not be repaired even if all went back. Flower’s Grape. Dr. Jackson, the eminent Boston chem ist, llev. Dr. Deems, editor of the New York Watchman, Gen. D. 11. Hill, in his magazine, and many others, pronounce the scuppernong the best grape in the United States for either eating or wine-making ; but Dr. C. G. Wyehe, of Whitesville N. C., writes to the Charleston News that the l-lower’s Grape, for luxuriance of growth, profusion of fruit, and adaptation to wine making or table use, more than equals the scuppernong. He says : Though of the same species, it ripes about a mouth later, and does not fali off like that grape, thus greatly prolonging the vintage, and enabling a person to mani pulate for wine twice thequantity of grapes otherwise possible. The two kinds ought therefore to be planted iu the same vine yard, as one crop does not interfere with the other in harvesting. Black, solid, sweet and juicy, with an odor similar to that ofthe scuppernong, though less strong, it makes a beautiful wine of any shade of red desired. From a space of six by nine feet, on an average portion of my arbor, I gathered this season forty-six pounds of grapes, equivalent to 37,000 pounds per acre, and intelligent men acquainted with the grape consider a crop of 'fifteen tons as a reasonable yield to be expected iii favorable seasons. These grapes will not mature at the North, and as they yield so much more than other species, and are not subject to so many disasters, surely we have every reason to embark largely iu their cultivation. Freedmeii’s Schools in Georgia.- The October number of the America#, Freedman gives a statistical account of the number of schools in each Southern State for freedmen. The whole number of these schools in Georgia is 79 ; number of teach ers 113 ; number of scholars 7)792. The report says: “During the last six months the schools it Georgia have more than doubled their lumber of piqiils, and under a vigorous superintendence aro in a very satisfactory coidition. Thirteen schools have been opened in new places during the last quar ter, and a completesystemisnoworganized throughout the State. The expenses are Paid mainly by charity, but the freedmen, with their I own labor and niuiiey, are making very commendable efforts in the education es themselves and children. “Progress in study has almost univer sally been good, and it is estimated that not les3 than three thousand pupils are now readers who six months ago scarcely knew the alphabet, while the influence brought to bear upon the moral improve ments of both children and parents is be yond human calculation.” If these schools are managed by teach ers who arc not inimical to the white peo ple of the South, they do great dood, both in elevating the blacks, and in cultivating good feeling between the races. Wo fear that many of them are in the hands of nar row minded fanatics, who exert a very mischievous influence. Important if True. — W e have the state ment in our dispatches that there is a prospect of a settlement of the Mexican question in a pacific and, on the whole, satisfactory manner. The French and Maximilian will withdraw,and the United States assume a protectorate of the Mexican republic. Our Government will guarantee the payment of the debt which Mexico owes Franco, and, in reward for its good office, annex Lower California and extend the southeastern border of Arizona. A glance at the map will show that such an addition gives us water communication with this important Territory, without pas sing, as we now have to do, through a foreign country. We are not inclined to take much stock in rumors of this kind, and it seems very improbable that Napoleon, who started out with the design of helping the Latin race and checking the progress of the Saxons, would consent to a scheme which would effect just the opposite of his plans. Still, the result of the late rebel lion has made marked changes in the di plomatic world, and a suspension of opin ion is perhaps the safest position for the public to take. — Louisville Courier. Tiie Sentiments of the Regular Ar my.—A Washington correspondent states that the President has received from Gen. Sherman a very important letter, not yet published, in which the General gives in his adhesion without reserve to the Presi dent’s policy of reconstruction. General Sherman was prompted to this course, as is stated and believed, by a feeling of re sentment at Beast Butler’s threats to wipe out the regular army if it should support the President or obey his orders when Congress shall unconstitutionally and arbi trarily arrest, suspend and deprive him of his office. It is confidently aseerted that the whole army, embracing all its promi nent General officers, resent Beast Butler’s menaces. Gen, Grant, it is likewise said, is even more indignant than Sherman at the conduct of Butler. Cotton Coming Eastward.—We are told, says the Columbus Enquirer , that trains now run directly through from Montgomery to Savannah, and return the same way. Cotton appears to be seeking the Atlantic coast, and it comes from as far west as Selma, Ala. The demand for the shipment over the Montgomery and M ost Point Hoad is now greater than the capacity of the transportation. There is a probability that in a short time a reduc tion of freight from Montgomery and other points to Savannah will be made. This will greatly add to the large amount of cotton which is now being moved from Alabama to Savannah. Santa Anna.—The Ilcrald says that Count Nostity, who served for some time in our own war on the Union side, has just returned to the United States, from Mexico by way of Havana, and had an | interview with Santa Anna. Count Nos ' represents the chances for Santa Anna i as favorable, since most of the lower elass | of the people of Mexico are opposed both ; to Juarez and the Empire, being fomented thereto by the emissaries of other chiefs. Furthermore we are told, that an offer will be made to Santa Anna to-day—or at leat at his office, No. 45 Beaver-street —to furnish him ten thousand Enfield rifles at i‘lo apiece, An Impostor.—A young man of good address and rather prepossessing appear : anee is now traveling Southward, passing himself off as the son of the Rev. E. T. J“ kler - He gives his name as E. T. 1 ''inkier, Jr., hails from Baltimore, and • sa -' s - le is a wounded Confederate prison er ’ on his way home, without means and needing assistance. He succeeded in im posing on the Rev. Dr. Fuller, of Balti more. and other friends of the Rev. Mr. j inkier. On his left hand is a represen- j | tat,on of a Confederate flag, tattooed in i Indian ink. ' Brought Down a Peg.—A spread- I eagie orator of the torch and turpientine school was .ately addressing some of his brethren on the universal freedom question, when he exclaimed, “0, that I had the wings of an eagle ! that I might fly into every town, and city, ever} 7 village and hamlet in this broad and glorious country, and proclaim equal rights to black and j white !” At this poipt he wilted, when a i naughty boy in th%crowd called out, ‘'Dry j up. you oidfool, you'd get shot for u goose ; before you flew a mile. 1 I Another Schleswig-Holstein Imbroglio. 1 fussia having disposed of the democra cy of Holstein, is now turning her attention to the more pretentious Saxons, with a prospect, near or remote, of a trial of her needle-guns on a combination of foes more formidable than those who disputed her prowess iu the late conflict. On this sub ject an intelligent Berlin correspondent of ihe New 3 ork II arid writes as follows : The movements ot these Saxon plenipo tentiaries, and every rumor of their Sybil like proceedings, excite not a mere passing excitement, but the most serious and pain' ful anxiety. A deep conviction begins to prevail here, that unless peace be very speedily concluded with the Saxon King dom, the apparently unimportant “diffi culty” may ultimately involve a far weight ed- issue than the one that is visible on the surface. There is an analogy between the position now occupied by Saxony and that which was once held by the Duchies of Schleswig-Holstein, which is well under stood and nervously meditated upon throughout Germany. In November, 1863, in reply to a question in the Chamber of Deputies respecting his intentions with re gard to the Elbe Duchies, Count Bismarck replied: “All thatis obtainable under actual or future circumstances the Prussian government will obtain.” And he said all he could say ; more he knew not himself. Were Count Bismarck asked what his in dentions were with regard to Saxony, he might reply: “All that I can get by a course similar to that pursued in Schles wig-Holstein, I will get!” In Schleswig- Holstein, the motive which impelled • Bis marck to seek annexation was the posses sion of the sea coast. In Saxony, the all powerful motive for incorporation is a strategical frontier. In Schleswig-Hol stein, _ for the sake of her own security, Prussia could not allow the independent existence of a hostile and agitating demo cratic party. In Saxony it would be a still more fatal imprudence to give free and un controlled latitude to a set of aristocratic and courtly intrigues, who bitterly hate the very name of Prussia, and who would leave no Mono unturned to fling her down from the high pedestal whence she directs and controls the destinies of Germany. In Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia was compelled at every step to consult the wishes and listen to the objections of her Austrian ally. In Saxony the Gorman nation is insulted and Prussia’s aims are thwarted at every turn by the impertinent interfer ence of France. In the Schleswig Holstein question the negotiations, so long pending, led to war. In the Saxon question—but stop, let me not rashly prophecy so great a calamity, but when you would laugh at us for our anxiety in this Saxon difficulty, remember what the issue may be that is at stake ; remember that this Saxon question may some day prove the immediate if not the true cause of a struggle in which the encounters .will throw tar into the shade the bloody battle field of Sadowa, a struggle which, delay it as you will for this Exhi bition, or that new ueedle-guu, must and will come at last —the struggle for the su premacy ot Europe. Extraordinary Relics of a Pre-Adamite Race. The following remarkable communication from a well known gentleman of Middle town, Ct., appeared lately in the 3lainq Farmer: Messrs. Editors .-—As you arc somewhat interested in geology and its kindred branch es, and have endeavored to interest your readers in these things, allow mo briefly to call your attention to the geology of this locality. Here in Middletown, and on the opposite side of Connecticut River, in Port land, is found the red sand stone. This rock, I think, extends from Amherst, Mass., to New Jersey. But this particular basin to which I call your attention is about eight miles In width, and 5,000 feet in depth. On the west of this basin, the trap rock has been lifted up through the sand stone, and on the east there is a granite ridge, a part of the White Mountain range, whitdi is thought also to have come up through the red saud stone, though not at so late a date as the trap on the west. _ While the granite and the trap were rising, one or both, the sand stone was slowly sinking. I say slowly, for it was, I think, thousands of years settling down to its present level. On the east side of the Connecticut arc the Portland stone quarries, which have been worked for 150 years. At present in the three quarries, about 1,000 men are at work, and thirty or forty vessels are employed in carrying the stone to the great markets. Those excavations, which have now reached a depth of 105 feet below the surface of the water in the river, have re vealed untold wonders. The stone is said to be full of fossil remains in its lowest depths. I might call it a great charnel house, but this is too gloomy a term to ap ply to it. It is rather God’s great Book of Uncords, which has been here carefully preserved and hermetically sealed up till withirrthe last few years. On the count less leaves of this book are found the re cords of the past ages. They tell us of the climate, of the seasons, and of the storms, of the birds and animals ; and more won derful still, they tell us ofthe men of those ages, show us their implements, and shad ow forth something of their customs. They also open to us their graves, and show to us their modes of burial, the men lying in one posture and the women in another. These men all had three fingers, and a thumb, and four toes. Washington News and Gossip. Washington, October 21. —There are important rumors in circulation to-day that 1 have traced to an authority, which, if not official, justifies me in sending them to you. The President and Cabinet, in stead of changing the domestic policy of the Administration, in obedience to the will of the people as expressed in the Oc tober elections, are now intending to create anew and popular foreign policy, to affect the November elections. At the last Cabinet meeting it was resolved to demand payment at the hands of the British Gov ernment in full for all the outrages com mitted by the rebel privateers which were fitted out in England. This is said to have been the decision of the Cabinet, and to carry out this decision instructions were sent to Mr. Adams last Thursday. If England suggests the propriety of calling a commission, our Government will not acquiesce. It is also stated, on the same good au thority, that on Wednesday last President Johnson. General Grant and Secretary Seward held a meeting; and it was de termined to recommend, as a measure of the Administration, that we should pay the French claims in Mexico and receive Mexican territory in exchange, probably in the neighborhood of Guaymas. Lew Campbell will shortly depart for Mexico. The Juarez Government will be re-organi zed, and no other. As I have said, Ido not give this information as official, hut as rumors coming from high authority and generally believed. jThe Administration hopes by this change of policy to make amends with the people for its disgraceful course on the reconstruction question.— Cor. of the N. Y. lribune. The nealtli or Napoleon—Medical Opln lon. The following authoritative statement appears in the London Lancet , a high medical authority : Prom accounts which we receive from authoritative sources, we are able to ex press the belief that the sinister omens which have been drawn from the recent indisposition of the Emperor of the French, may in all probability be pleasantly falsi fied. The benefit which the Emperor had derived from the waters of Nicby, induced him, contrary to the wishes and advice of Bayer, to resort again to their use. Like many other persons who had to repent the injudicious and untimely use of the water, the Emperor suffered a severe momentary aggravation of the symptoms, to which ac cidents were unfortunately added. This has been wholly conqeured, and the most troublesome symptoms were those of a temporary and accidental character. There is nothing in the condition of health in which the Emperor now is to warrant any appreher.son which might not as justifia bly have been entertained in the past; there is nothing incompatible, with pro longed life and activity. Fresh air, quiet ness and change, will probably fortify the Emperor to meet satisfactorily all the pos sible physical and mental demands of his most important andlaborious functions. It would he obviously improper to enter into details on such a subject, but we speak se riously and with a knowledge of the medi cal detals of the ease. Letter from the Pope - Spiritual Condi tion of the Freedmen. Baltimore. October 18. —Two later letters from the Papal See to the Ameri can Roman Catholic Bishops, signed by Cardinal Caranbo, Prefect of the Propaga tions, have been laid before the Council now in session in Baltimore. In the first are contained instructions concerning church government in America, the last of which is translated as follows : 8. Finally, it is the wish of the Sacred Congregation that the Bishops of the United States, in fulfillment of the charge which has been intrusted to them of feed ing the Lord's flock, should consult together respecting some uniform method of pro viding for the Christain education of the emancipated blacks. This question has been brought up, and it is one, indeed, of the first necessity, and unless they speedily take action on it, and gather thi3 great harvest into the Lord’s granary, this peo ple will suffer irreparable injury,, from the wiles and cupidity of the enemy. 1 The New York Journal of Cojxunercc ! thinks that all violence, coarseness and ' vulgarity in society is not confined to the ! South, and invites Northern people to look i around them, and see how the war has scattered had habits and violent manners, particularly among the young men. Summer Vying. On the scarlet mountains yonder, Summer lies down to die ; She gathers her robes of splendor, Around her royally. Her tender, purpling mosses Pillow her royal head; Her myriad, gentle grasses Are weeping about her bod. It failed, the precious promise Os her beauty's goiden reign, It came, the loss, the longing, The silence and the pain. She was cruel in her splendor, She mocked us in iu reign; She held her careless carnival Above our idol slain. ’Tis not the hand that crowns us, The hand hold out to bless ; t!le * uuu * t!l at robs and wrongs us, That we oftenest caress. Still, o, beguiling Summer, We o’er thy beauty loan; Thou did'st rob us, yet we love thee, Discrowned, wo hail the queen. All passionate fevor faded, With eyes at last serene, Turned towards thy conqueror, Autumn, , , * ou , a D dying, O, our queen 1 that tlsou gavest to us, « M lv morning's gracious glow, All thou hast taken from us Only God can know. ’ M. C. A. TISCUMBIA TOURNAMENT. The Editor of the Huntsville Indepen dent concluding an account of the recent tournament at luscumbia, in which the number of contestants for the prize wero narrowed down to two Knights, one of them an officer iu the Federal army, (“im promptu,”) and the other a native “home boy,” (“O’Jlalley,” thus describes it: Returning to the two contestants, we find them girding themselves for the con test. O’Malley leads off, and again cuts three. Impromptu dashes round and the figures are headless. Spectators are in a perfect blaze. Sympathies are largely in favor of O’Malley, for he is a home boy, and Impromptu is a son of the North. No disrespect or unfairness is shown to the stranger, however. All is fair. Again the champions mount their steeds, and dash for the coveted prize. Their burnish ed blades gleam for a moment o’erheard ere the fatal stroke is made. Enthusiasm bursts forth now like a tornado as O'Mal ley again sweeps the head. 31on toss up their hats into the air and ladies rise to their feet and wave their spotless linen, and clap their hands. The decorous and sedate M. of Q., catches the enthusiasm —and drinks to the health of the rivals. Impromptu follows after, and the heads roll again into the arena. Everybody gets glor'ously frenzied with ex citement now. Anew rule is agreed on between the contestants, and the necks must be cut off without touching the heads. All felt that this tilt would close the contest. O’Malley lead off and cut the pin smoothly, but his show clothes ruined every thing. The hilt of his sword caught in his scarf and he could not recover the perfect use of his arm, and lie passed the others without touching them. The audience wilted, nary’kerchief wav ed, nor hat tossed. It was a great disap pointment. We felt it, but we doubt not O’Malley felt it keener than wo did. There is not a man who would not, say it was ex pected lie should. The without previous sturdy Knight gracefully and easily cut oil the heads for the fourth time. The audience couldn’t stand this. The thick est ice must melt. Cheer after cheer burst forth for the knightly victor. The Judges,. the President, Gen. Forrest, and K. of Q. said hurrah for him and took him by the hand. The silver spurs were his, there was not a dissenting voice. And just'here we have the pleasure of recording sh impromptu act by the off-hand Knight, which does credit to the heart. Through General Forrest, lie announced to the crowd that the spurs were offered as a present to the As sociation for the cause of sepulture to the Confederate dead. Well done, son of the North. You fought for your side iu the war, we for ours. You are a peaoe man now, and no one can say you have not acted the gentleman throughout, and at times when one’s patience would be sorely tried. Mr. Editor: While you refuse to en dorse the views of your correspondent “Citizen” on the subject of Cotton Taxa tion, we are inclined to think a little reflec tion would convince you that he is not so far wrong as might be supposed. When we take into consideration that our city is heavily in debt, and every other branch of business compelled to contribute to its re lief, why should cotton factors be exempt more than any other class of the commu nity ? Brokers are.laxed five hundred dol lars for the privilege of dealing in bonds and uncurrent funds, why should not com mission merchants he taxed for selling cot ton, and why should they not charge it to profit and loss like other H' you send your factor one hundred bales of cotton to' dispose of, and he charges you fifty cents for weighing, and 2J per cent, commission for selling, he can well afford to pay all other taxes except the three cents per pound unjustly imposed by Con gress, which the poor unfortunate planter is compelled to submit to. In all con science, this, with the present enormous commission, is surely enough for those who wish to “live and let live, ’ without stick ing on an additional charge of taxes f, in an obscure corner at the bottom of the sales, as though the factor himself was ashamed of its identity. If wo mistake not, this is all the taxes paid to the city, State or Gov ernment by our cotton factors. Let them, therefore, in future, open a tax account in their books, and place it where it justly be longs, without saddling it on their custom ers. Landlords have been accused with charging enormous rents, and branded as Shylocks, yet the most avaricious have not advanced in proportion to these modest, unassuming warehousemen. What would they say if landlords were to demand from them the amount of city tax in addition to the rent agreed upon? yet it might be done with die same propriety. Let the City Treasurer, therefore, proceed to col lect the tax, and let it be paid by those who pocket the commissions, then there can be no complaint from any quarter, and planters will be satisfied to pay customary storage and commission for selling, Another Citizen. FROM SOUTH AMERICA. The Allied Fleet Make an Attack and are Repulsed—.An iron Clad Blown up, Etc. New York, October 22.—The Herald’s Rio Janeiro correspondent, of September 25th. announces important movements of the allied army in its advance to Paraguay. On the Ist of September, the allied fleet moved up the Parana river to operate with tho army in ith attaak on Fort an outpost of Fort Ilumata. They oQHIf upon a masked battery, with which u!c fleet became engaged. The iron-clad Rio de Janeiro, which wasjn advance, was dis abled by a sixty pound shell, and the fleet drew oil to wait lor morning. On the 2d the battle was resumed, and during the day the Rio Janeiro was blown into frag ments by an explosion of torpedoes. All the crew perished, either by the explosion or at the hands of the sharpshooters of the enouiy. On the 2d of September the army moved forward and assaulted the fort, carrying it at the point of the bayonet. Up to the latest dates, Sept. Bth, no further advance had been made. The Emperor of Brazil closed the session of' the Assembly on September 18th. In his imeech he informed the members that the United States of North America had given to Brazil the most complete satisfac tion for the violent capture, in the port of Bahaia, of the privateer Florida by the war steamer Wachansell. Dilemma. —The Norfolk Virginian pro poses the following plain questions, which place the inconsistency of Radicalism in an incontrovertible light: Was Virginia in the Union when a bill passed the National Congress for admis sion of the State of West Virginia ? The Constitution clearly requires that the as sent of a State through the legally consti tuted Legislature shall be necessary to the dismemberment. _ If Virginia was not in the lUnion at the time of the passage of this bill, is West Virginia a State now, ora part of the pro vince known as Virginia to-day ? If Virginia was not in the Union at that time, how is it that both Houses of Congress admitted to seats upon their floors Senators and Representatives from Virginia, (as also, it will be remembered, members from Tennessee and Louisiana ?) If Virginia was in the Union then, 1862, when her armies were forcing their way through Manassas, over Rope's army, to Maryland, and her representatives were in Congress, how can Virginia to-day be out of the U nion, and her Congressmen he properly denied their seats ! Is Booth Dead ?—An actress connect ed now with a Chicago Theatre declares that J. Wilkes Booth is still living. She states that while on her way to Ford’s Theatre, where she was engaged, on the evening Lincoln was killed, she met Booth on the street, talked with him for some time, and on parting with him gave him a letter to read which she had that day re ceived. Six weeks ago the letter was re turned to her through the post office, with a private mark on it which convinces her that it came from Booth. The LaCrosse, (M is. i Democrat states positively that John Wilkes Booth, was alive on the 15th of July 1866, and de clares earnestly and certainly that Booth never was taken to Washington, either wounded or dead, Myriads of dead fish have recently been thrown on the shores of Brazos and l'adra Islands, supposed to be the result of vol canic action. Georgia. W. Tv. Alley, Esq., one of the o m and most respectable citizens of Haber sham county, died suddenly on the'6th instant. 3lr. Alley was one of the first settlors ol the county - having emigrated from North Carolina many years ago. At the time of his death, ho was in the 82d year of his age. 3\ illiam fenced, Esq., of Washington county, died at his residence on Monday the 15th instant. Mr. Sneed was an old and much esteemed citizen. We learn that all the arrangements have been made, on the removal of the quaran tine of Savannah, for the establishment of a daily line of steamers to run between that city and Charleston. The Washington Gazette notices the amount of cotton picked by eleven freed men and women on the plantation of James Harris, Esq., which foots up 2,381 lbs, or au average of 238 lbs apiece. Three of the eleven wero women, and two were boys twelve aud fourteen years old. The same paper states that an iron safe belonging to Samuel Barnett, Esq., was taken from his premises, when he was ahseut, on Sunday last, ar.d hauled a half a mile into a.thicket and broken open. A small sum of money was taken. All his valuable papers were left undisturbed.. The Washington Gazette says that a heavy frost occurred there on Wednesday night last, the first of this season. The thermometer, on Thursday morning, stood at 33 degrees, and ice was found in some places. Cotton, and all tender vegetation is killed. Opening the Savannah River.— The City Council ol Savannah at their last meeting, took this subject under conside ration, and turned the whole matter over to the Mayor and the Commissioners of Pilotage, with authority to purchase the necessary machinery for clearing out and deepening the river channel. A resolution was also adopted authorizing the Mayor, in conjunction with such persons as he may appoint from the Commissioners of Pilotage, to proceed North at once to select and purchase such dredging machinery. The corn and cotton crops in Henry, and adjacent counties are exceedingly short. Indeed, not more, than one-fourth of the usual crop has been made, and consequent ly the farmers are very gloomy. There was a slight frost in Columbus on Wednesday morning. The 3lacon Telegraph says there was a heavy frost in all low places in that city and vicinity Thursday morning. Tender vegetation of every kind was nipped, and wilted under the influence of the sun. In localities below 3lacon, where there was a heavy fall of rain a few days ago, no doubt the destruction was much more extensive. Wm. 11. Peck has sold the Georgia Weekly to Messrs. Newsome & Thornton, who will issue a weekly paper at Talbot lon, to be called the 117*1 Georgia Gazette, R. T. Castellaw is the editor. John F. Ezzard, of Atlanta, died on Wednesday. The Middle Georgia News says that Henry Everett and Wm. Lane, had a dif ficulty about a dog near Eutledgc, on Wednesday, when Lane received several cuts in the head at the hands of Everett, from which he died. Everett is in jail to await his trial. The Macon Telegraph says that the frost was severe enough between 31aeon and Al bany to confine the crop of cotton to what it is at the present time. There can be no more maturing of bolls. The Dawson (Terrel C 0.,) Journal says the frost in that vicinity was not severe enough to injure cotton seriously. 3laj. Wm. C. Anderson, of Nlilledge ville, has taken charge of the Eatouton Hotel, as lessee. The Air Line Eagle says that every few days emigrant wagons going from South Carolina to Texas pass through that place. The Sun says that of the five cotton wareliouses in Columbus, which were de stroyed by Wilson’s raid, four have been rebuilt, and are now more substantial structures than before. Five hundred and eighteen members were added to the churches of the Flint River Association during the past year. The Express is agitating the question of building a railroad from the thriving go-a head town of Cartersville to Vanwert, in Polk county. The Atlanta Christian Index of the 25th says that “ a killing frost occurred last night in this vicinity. Farewell to further vegetatablc growth this fall. No more ex panding cotton bolls in this region. Crop estimates may now be made out.” Fire hi NaslivlUe. * The Nashville Patriot , of the 24th, re ports a destructive fire taging at the time it went to press. That paper says: “The fire broke out in the drug store of Messrs Yaryan & Cos., southeast corner of Cherry and Cedar streets. Being fed by the combustible chemicals, the fire spread with fearful rapidity to adjoining buildings. The engines were soon brought into play, but the fiery element has, up to the hour of writing, (2 o’clock a. m.) set every mor tal effort at defiance. Already half the block hounded by Cedar, Cherry and Deade rick streets, and the Square, lias been gut ted. Qn all sides the fire is still racing with uncontrolable fierceness. On Cherry street it has devoured its way to Dr. Cole man’s office. On Cedar it has reached John Miller’s. On Deaderiek it has en veloped the old frames on the north side and threatens the Banner office opposite. The rear of several buildings facing on the Square is in flames. Indeed it will be for tunate if the conflagiution he confined to the block. It is impossible at this hear to estimate losses. Already they exceed hun dreds of thousands of dollars. F. S.—The fire has crossed Deaderiek, and the. Banner office is in ruins. Boh Eves’ is iri’flanics. The Fire Department is utterly inadequate to cope with the emer gency, notwithstanding the superhuman efforts of every member and a large corps; of citizens. The Commercial Hotel caught fire but has been extinguished for the nonce. The Dispatch contains a report of the fire up to 4 o’clock, at which time it was still raging, hut had spent its force. The loss was estimated at a million of dollars. The following embraces a list of the busi ness houses and offices destroyed : On Cherry Street —J. C. Burch, J. W. Childress, J. F. Dunlap, Sam Donelson, 1 Thomas 11. Malone, N. D. Malone, John I Marshall, Stubblefield & Rankin, D. F. I Wilkin, James Chamberlain, D. Campbell, I IL H. McEwen, Jr., Player Martin, Willy Haywood, E. Scott Symraes, A. D. Mc- Nairy, J. B. White, K. F. Mulloy, Win. C. Bunts, Henry Stone; the offices of Dr. Coleman, Dr. Mcnees, and the office of the Tennessee and Cumberland Oil and Mining Company. Houses on Cedar Street —Yar ;an & Cos., Druggists; Morse’s Gallery of Cumber land, buildings formerly occupied as the Gayeties Saloon and Theatre, lower part unoccupied ; R. D. Biura, watchmaker and jeweler; Chris. Vaupcl’s beer saloon; Louiseau’s billiard rooms; H. W. Hass lock’s drug store. On Deaderiek Street —Banner office; Thomas McCarty’s magistrate’s office, also occupied by Win. Southgate, surveyor and engineer; Michael O’Brien’s saloon; A. Johnson’s paint shop; Barkhorn’s saloon ; F. J. Bitterlich, gunsmith; Whitley house. New Scientific Toys.—The London Lancet describes some new scientific toys, which are taking the place ot J’haraoh’s serpents and the magic photographs. It says: An eminently popular toy just now —the “rainbow bubble” —Is a passing re sult that was obtained in the course of cer tain abstruse experiments on the refraction of fluid media. It is of exquisite beauty, but its resources as an amusement are not half developed. Thus it is easy to blip, one bubble within another by simply thrusting a fine glass tube charged with the fluid through the very materia) of the bubble itself, and then blowing an inside sphere. So, also, the finger, similarly moistened, may be introduced, and the. bubble left to hang on a digit, like one of the fruits in Aladdin’s garden. The Knoxville and Kentucky Rail road.—We learn from Col. McGhee, President of the Knoxville and Kentucky Railroad Company, that he has been^ for mally notified by the Louisville and Nash ville Railroad Company, that they have directed their Chief Engineer, Col. Mc- Leod, to place under contract immediately, that portion of the extension of their Leba non Branch which lies between Crab Or chard and London, reserving until next summer the letting of the lighter work on this side of Loudon. As the Knoxville and Kentucky Railroad is now under con tract to within thirty-three miles of the State line, the letting of the above section of the L. & N. Railroad will leave less than eighty mile3 of our long desired connection with the Ohio River not under contract, and the engineers of our own road are now j engaged in locating the remainder of their line with reference to commencing work upon the heaviest portion of it as soon as possible. We congratulate our readers upon the certain prospect of their soon enjoying the advantages to be derived from a direct railroad connection with, Louisville and the great Northwest —• Knoxville Commercial. 21 st. t A married gentleman, present at a spirit rapping circle, being informed tliat the. power depended wholly on the will, begged that his wife might try it, as he had never seen anything resist her will.