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COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNLJG, SEPTEMBER 25, 1866.
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VOL XXXVm.—NO. 40.
JOHN ii. martin, - - - Editor The Contrast.
THURSDAY^ SEPTEMBER 20,1666. 1 Tbe Pre6,d f nt and his P srt >' havi
.. isherl their Western tour, we begin to get
terms OP SUBSCRIPTION: ■ SO meaecounts of the movements of Brown-
OncYearUnadvanee). UM low Hamilton and their associates, who
.. , ■ were appointed by_ the Mongrel Conven-
Wo copy elsewhere an- article from the j tion at Philadelphia to “follow in the
.New York Tribune, signed ‘H. Greeley,’ track” of the President. It is true that
that is attracting attention. It is an at
tempt by Mr. Greeley to prove that Pres
ident Johnson was determined to break
with the Republican party before Con
gress met last winter, and tho proof fur-
ni-hed is that the President would not
adopt his (li. G.’s) mode of avoiding a
rupture. Our opinion is that it would
have been creditable to the President’s
political sagacity and 1.is patriotism, j[ he
had at that early day resolved to cut aloof
from a party that was manifesting such a
disregard of the Constitution and State
rights, as well as such vindictive maligni
ty. But Mr. Greeley’s proof is simply
ridiculous. Had the President accepted
they have not yet struck the “track,” but
have gone to New England to commence
a tour of agitation and violent invective
such as this country never had to endure
before. The speech of Brownlow at Bos
ton, elsewhere briefly noticed, is a sample
of the inflammatory appeals and revolu
tionary counsels that these bad men will
disseminate in their canvass.
Tho contrast between the speeches of
these men ".mi those of President Johnson
and Secretary Seward, is most striking.—
Tho latter weni upon a mission of peace
and reconstruction. They everywhere
urged the people to cease their strifes, to
cultivate national fraternity, and to hasten
albot County “Relief” Meeting.
Talbotton, Ga., Sept. 17, I860.
At a meeting of the citizens of Talbot
county, held in tbe Court-house to-day,
John McKinney, E3q., was called to the
Chair, and J. L. Gunn appointed Secre
tary. The meeting was addressed by
several gentlemen on the condition of the
country and the best mode of relief for the
people, and a Committee of thirteen ap
pointed to report on the third Wednesday
in October next a practical mode of relief.
A motion was made and carried, that a
Committee of five be appointed by the
Chair to present resolutions expressingthe
sentiments of the people of Talbot county
in relation to the late Philadelphia Con
vention. Messrs. W. A, Little, B. Hill,
W. P. Matthews, Jno. E. Barksdale, Wm.
Smith were appointed. Tho Committee
retired, and afterward, througli W. A.
Little, Esq., their Chairman, reported the
following resolutions:
Resolved 1st, That we heartily ap
prove tho generous patriotism of Presi
de first proposition, and"called Gen. Lee the work of a restoration of^tbo Govern
- ...i ii r (the latt.g* then , p.-i-- j ment upon the s did foundations of see } dent Andrew Johnson in his policy of re-
oeer; lo l.i counsels. Ibis v.ould have tional confidence and respect, equality of l construction towards the Southern States,
been just wliat the radicals would have | political rights, and forgiveness of the in
endem
juries mutually inflicted during along and
bloody war. On the other hand, Brown
low and bis lellow-agitators hare not yet
had enough of blood and vengeance.
They must get up State revolutions and
civil wars of their own. If the Federal
Government will riot aid them inoppress-
ingand humiliating to the last bearable
degree the vast majority of the people of
their own States, they must, in violation
i of the Constitution, call upon other States
; to assist them in waging war upon their
political enemies! Of eourse the Gov
ernment of the United States must, in
i such a contingency, interfere to arrest the
invasion of one State by another, or prove
\ recreant to the great conservative trusts
with which it is clothed. The country
may. we think, rely upon President John
son to do bis duty in such an emergency,
but we know not to what an extent he may
be hampered and obstructed by a radical
I Congress.
it is plain that Brownlow and Hamilton
are bent on further mischief of the most
criminal and deplorable character. If
they fail to plunge the country into ano
ther civil war, it will only be because their
powers are not commensurate with their
demoniacal desires and purposes. They
people of that section are very much in- j fb°' r best to “sow the wind,” and
lerested in a road from Americus to Silver j w '^ a f‘ ,r tunate thing indeed if they,
Springs, Ala.
desired to convict him of—an alliance and
sympathy with “rebels,” and they would
have had him inpeached and removed be
fore this time. Mr. Greeley raises a very
strong presumption against himself by
stating that lie made any such proposition
to the President—a presumption that he
desired lo entrap him to his ruin. The |
other and later proposition was one that j
depended upon surrounding conditions
for Its success. It would have been a
\ery unu-ual course for the President to
pursue, and directly contrary lo the incle-
i of action between Limself und
which tbe Constitution contain-
Certainly such “hobnobbing’
gress cotiid also have b<
Wt
that
: ed
-lad
bad on Co
the opin
an --licet upon H G. very s
which Gen. Jackson said tl
the big gun on the Princeto
Benton.
New Railroad Priject.
Tho last Sumter Republican, giving an
account o!" matters in Webster county, |
observed during attendance at the term of j
the Superior Court last week, says that a I
railroad meeting was held on Tuesday, i
which was largely attended, and that the
Wo suppose that the Republican meant
Silver Run, Ala. The distance is not great
from that station on the Mobile and Gi
rard Railroad to Americus, and tbe route
would be one nearly duo eu.-t. Such a
road would no doubt be a great conve- I
nience to the people of the country tra- i
versed by it, as it would be by far their j
most direct route to the West. We be- j
iieve that this city would be considerably I
benefited by its construction.
The Disgrace at Indianapolis.
The most outrageous insult to President j
Johnson was offered at Indianapolis, In- I
diuna. A mob, collected for tho purpose
of insulting him, prevented him, by their
clamors, from speaking there. They also
violently assailed li is friends, und, it is
charged, aimed one or two dangerous mis- i
siles at the President himself. The In
dianapolis Herald of the 12th, giving an |
account of tho disturbances, says of a sho 1 -
fired from tho crowd: "General Grant
said that tbe first shot fired came from a
second story window on the opposite side
of tho street; that tho ball struck one of
tbe Chinese lanterns suspended from the.
window of tbe President’s room, and en
tering tho room passed within three feet of
bis head. He expressed the opinion that
it was a deliberate attempt to assassinate
Mr. Johnson.”
Tho Herald’s account continues:
During the reception a Radical gave a
boy five dollars to throw a stone at the
President, giving him the stone with the
money. It was thrown, but did not reach
the point at which it was aimed.
The fighting in the street commenced
when Mr. Trucksess, who had charge of a
ward delegation, was endeavoring to get
his men between the Bates House and a
lot of Radicals, to enable them to better
protect tho Presidential party. While at
tempting this his hat was knocked off by
a son of Sheriff Robinson, and, as he was
stooping to pick it up, a Radical fired at
him, the ball striking him near the right
eye and ranging down into his neck, lie
drew his revolver and fired one shot.
instead of the people of tho country,
should bo made to “reap the whirlwind.”
Impeachment of the President.
A Boston correspondent of the Rational
Intelligencer writes : “I have learned here
that Mr. Boutweil, who is good authority
on this point, has given assurances that
articles of impeachment will be offered
and carried by tbe House at tho next
session.”
Mr. Boutweil is a very prominent
member of the House, and is as likely as
any other man to be the person chosen to
draw up s ich an indictment against the
President. And tho declarations of the
radical parly in favor of the impeachment
ol tho President have been so strong and
so numerous as to leave but littlo doubt
that it is seriously contemplated. It is
difficult oven to conjecture upon what
specific violation of the constitution or
laws articles of impeachment can be
founded; but radicalism can get over this
difficulty if it lias the requisite majority to
pass the impeachment.
Tho constitution provides that the House
of Representatives shall prefer, and the
Senate shall irg, charges of impeachment.
As nothing is said to tbe contrary, the
presumption is that a bare majority of the
House may prefer tho charges ; but the
constitution is plain in declaring that the
Senate, when trying impeachments, shall
be on oath or affirmation, that the Chief
Justice shall preside, and that “no person
shall be convicted without the concurrence
of two-thirds of the members present.”
The question arises, would an impeach
ment be a constitutional one, on the trial
of which nearly one-third of the Senators
and Representatives were excluded by the
action of the majority—especially when it
is apparent that the excluded Congress
men, if admitted to their seats, would
nearly all vote against the impeachment,
and more especially when there is good
reason to believe that they are excluded
with a view of enabling the opponents of
when ho was immediately arrested, though . . .
what became of the man who first fired at j ^ ie ^ resident to obtain a majority vote in
him is not yet known. Policemen Unver- j the House and a two-thirds vote in the
li and Buscher made tho arrest, and Senate? This question may become a
when asked to allow him tho opportunity
of seeing his family physician, and liavo
his wound dressed, refused it. He was
thrust into jail and allowed a wet rag to
go on his lace, and when his wife and
daughters called to see him, yesterday
morning, and render him the assistance it
was but natural they should desire to of
fer, they were told by some one, whose
name we hope to learn, that he was a
"dirty, d—d, stinking, snoakiag murder
er,” and that they could not see him. Mr.
Trucksess was admitted to bail in $2,500,
last evening, and is now with his family
und in a dangerous condition.
The Maine Election.
Nearly full returns from Maine do not
confirm the great gains for the radicals re
ported by telegraph. Their majority, it
is true, has been somewhat increased, but
this augmentation of their majority has
been caused by the large increase of the
vote cast, not by any change in their fas
vor. The conservative vote is increased
in a ratio greater than that of the radicals,
but the majority of the latter last year and
this was so great as not to make this ap
parent without an analysis of the vote.—
Returns from 318 towns, this year, give
Chamberlain, radical, 01,215, and Pills-
bury, conservative, 35,922—majority 25,-
2.13. In the same towns last year, the vole
stood—Coney, radical, 40,787, Howard,
democrat, 20,979—majority 19,808. It will
thus be seen that both parties have largely
increased their vote of last year, but that
the conservatives have obtained a greater
relative proportion of the increased vote
than tho radicals. The increase is 23,261,
of which the conservative gain is 8,943, or
an addition of just about one-third to their
vote of last year; while the radical gain is
momentous one, if the radical majority in
Congress carry their war upon the Presi
dent so far as to attempt his impeachment
und removal from office. It is plain that
the President has only the constitution as
his shield, and when that is overridden he
will bn left at the mercy of unscrupulous
and vindictive enemies.
The great States of Pennsylvania and
Ohio, holding their elections on tho 0th cf
October, are to lie the decisive national
battle-fields of this year. If the radicals
retain in them their great majority, all
hopes of changing the political character
of Congress within the next two years may
be abandoned. The conservatives are
hopeful in both, and seem to be working
in the manner that wins success where it
is possible t " attain it. We shall probably
know within three weeks from to-day
whether the Southern States are to be soon
restored lo their political rights, or gov
erned lor an indefinite period as territorial
dependencies.
The Rome Corn ier reports the sale of a
plantation near Cave Spring, Ga., known
as tho “Refugee Cottage” place, contain
ing 400 acres, for $12,000 cash in currency.
It was purchased by Mr. John H. Dent,
of Barbour county, Ala.
Cattel has been unanimously nominated
for United States Senator by a caucus of
the Now Jersey Legislature, and will
doubtless be elected in a day or two, as
Scovel, the only obstacle heretofore, has
“caved.” It will be tho consummation of
a great outrage on the people of New Jer
sey.
At a “relief” meeting held in Polk
>4,428—considerably less than one-third of j county, on the 4th inst., resolutions were
their vote of 1805. In other words, the
conservatives gain 33 per cent., while the
radicals gain less than 30 per cent. These
figures show that the only reason why the
radicai majority of last year was not great
er than their present majority, was that
they did not then bring out their full vote,
which they have now done.
In the South Carolina Legislature, tho
committee having the subject il charge
has reported favorably upon the proposi
tion to establish the Penitentiary system.
That State has never had a Penitentiary, i
A Nb-w Orleans dispatch of tbe 14th inst.
says: John Henderson, Jr., a member of
the Convention, aged sixty-four, died this
morning from wounds received at the 31ot
of Jaly riot.
adopted requesting tho Governor to call
the Legislature together for the purpose
of repudiating debts, “if constitutional,”
and if not, to extend the Stay iaw. Re
pudiation will be very apt to be pros
nounced unconstitutional by the legisla
tors and people of Georgia. The meeting
also protested against the County Court,
and recommended to the people of the
several counties that they should choose
delegates to a convention to relievo them»
selves, if the Governor and Legislature
fail to act
This may be called Georgia radicalism,
which is quite distinct from national radi
calism in its aims, but not very dissimilar
in the means by which it proposes to reach
its ends.
Resolved 2d, That we cordially endorse
the conservative principles set forth by
the late Philadelphia Convention of the
14th of August iast, and pledge ourselves
to maintain und support the same without
reference to old party divisions.
Which resolutions were adopted by the
meeting.
On motion of Dr. W. R. Neal, the fol
lowing resolution was passed :
Resolved, That the Committee of thir
teen now appointed report to the subse
quent meeting the best tneasure or mea-
snres of relief that can be devised under
the constitution of the .State.
On motion, the proceedings of the meet
ing were ordered published, and meeting
adjourned to the third Wednesday in Oc
tober next.
J on s' McKinney, Ch’m.
J. L. Gunn, Sec’y.
We have heretofore noticed the bill
pending before the Legislature of South
Carolina to dodge the constitutional objec
tion to a Stay law. The Senate passed
this bill, but the House rejected it on the
loth inst., by a vote of 49 to 59.
A General Change of Schedule
between New York and New Or
leans.—Col. W. L. Davidson, the courts
oous agent of this great Southern line of
travel, informs us that a schedule has been
agreed upon and will go into operation in
a few days, by which close connections
will be made on all the railways between
New Orleans and New York, via Mont
gomery, Atlanta, Augusta, Columbia,
Danviile, Petersburg, Richmond, Norfolk,
etc., etc. New engines and elegant sleep
ing cars have been provided on this route,
and, with its close connections and fast
time, will make it one of tbe most com
fortable and speedy routes between New
York and New Orleans. We are satisfied
the travelling public will learn of this
much desired and advantageous change
with the greatest pleasure and satisfaction,
as transportation fqr freight and passen
gers is greatly facilitated.
The new schedule will appear in the
Mail in a short time, when tho advantages
of this route, via Augusta and Columbia
to New York, will be fuliy set forth.
i Manta. Mail. lfllA
Proposed Change of Schedule.—A
change of schedule on the Montgomery
und West Point railroad, with a corres
ponding change on the Alabama and
Florida road, has been mooted among
railroad authorities for a few days past.
The object of the proposed change from
the present convenient and generally sat
isfactory programme is to avoid the delay
at West Point to persons traveling east
ward. As at present, we are informed,
travelers eastward are doiayed six hours
at West Point. This delay might be
avoided by a change of schedule on the
West Point and Atlanta road making
close connections with the Montgomery
and West Point road ; close connection at
Atlanta would follow as a thing of course.
This being tbe state of tbe case we are not
surprised to learn that our railroad au
thorities decline disturbing their well ar
ranged connections south of this to con
form to the Eastern roads, insisting that
the changes shall be made by them. For
the present no changes will be made here.
[Mont. Advertiser, V&th,
From the Rio Grande.
We have the Rio Grande Courier to tbe
5th inclusive. On that day it says:
General Canales has resigned his com
mand, which now devolves on Genera.
Hinojosa. As we before reported, an es
cort went out to meet Gen. Tapia, and the
officers dissented from this un-Mexican-
like manner of doing business. This meet
ing explains the resignation. Wonderful
to say, a Governor, one of the ten thou
sand favoring Tamaulipas, has acted with
out regard to his private interests and with
a sole view to the good of his compatriots.
We mark this little episode as something
to be referred to when the coming histo
rian appears to finish u»> therecordsof the
Aztec race.
On the 4th it had sain :
Gen. Tapia, the last Governor of Ta
maulipas, appointed by President Juarez,
and on his way to take the Gubernatorial
chair, has been heard from. He left the
convoy which he was escorting down
, and with an escort of only forly
men started at double quick for Matamo-
ras.
Contrary to all Mexican gubernatorial
habits, the present incumbent, we are in
formed, is impatiently waiting for him
and ready to place himself under his or
ders. He ha? even sent a guard cf honor-
to him to escort him to the Herat ci'Cy:
Private letters received hereannounce
that Gonzales Ortega, the comtitutional
President of the Republic of Mexico, left
San Antonio with Santos Denevides and
three hundred men, for Loredo.
A courier, bearing dispatches from Or
tega to Carvajftt. was captured by Corti*
nas, between Mier and Guerrero, on the
27th uR. Cortinas left Mier on the 27th,
and was expected in Guerrero on tho 28th.
We are not informed by what means
Cortinas is raising money, but leave it to
our readers to guess; their experience in
the raising propensities of patriots of his
(Cortinas’) kind will not mislead them
much.
Arkansas Cotton Crop.—A planter
from the low lands of Arkansas, reports
that the cotton crop is very “spotted” in
that State. On some large plantations the
crop is almost a failure, while on others,
immediately adjacent, the prospect is all
that could be desired. Our informant
states that the indifferent crops are gener
ally those of Northern persons, who are
making their first experiment in the cot
ton culture. He mentions another singu
lar fact: Ho says that the freedmen do
not work as well for Northern men as
they do for their former owners.
[Memphis Commercial,
The Btc&lug- ot a New Civil >Var.
In reffy to an article in tbe Pittsburg
C|ir&*jctfasking,
“D-j ,'iou hold the present Congress to
bo cons'fcu tion a!, and what do you think
uKtinct declaration of the'President
at Detrot, that it is unconstitutional ? Do
y° u u::<2rstand the President to have re
solved, :hould the Republican preponder
ate® »erpetuated in Congress, to disre
gard thuas the true Congress, and recog
nize the Southern members, ana such as
will go \jth them, as the true one? and
if he hasiormed such a purpose, what do
you thin! of it?*'
The K|v York Times, of Wednesday,
answers h a long editorial, from which
we makefile following extract:
“Ry Congress thus consists of 241
membe.|Jand by law, also, a majority of
the who: number, or 121 members, con
stitute a uorurn. Suppose that members
elected om the Southern States should
meet in ecember, 18G7, and be enough,
added to Northern members who believe
in their ifeht to representation, and who
would n ret with them to constitute a
quorum; and suppose the Northern
members*who do not believe the South
entitled ; representation, and who would
not med with them, should meet by
thern^aV, constituting less than a_quo-
1 **!> number
XiuteeutU Annual Report of the S. W.
Railroad.
We have received the published Report
of the President, Superintendent and
Treasurer of the S. W. Railroad, together
with tabular statements of the earnings,
sources of revenue, &c.
The following exhibit shows tho net
earnings of the Road for one year:
Up Freight (Eastward).—-$32$,945 62
Down Freight (Westward) 17S.343 86
t,. Total Freight —$507,289 40
Through Passengers 47,322 05
Way Passengers 260,732 45
... Total from Passengers. 398,944 50
Miscellaneous Earnings---. 41,501 62
Total Earnings
The current expenses of
the year have been
Showing net earnings for
the year of $643,801 37
Which may be considered a very fair
showing under the circumstances.
The Report of the President of the
Board of Directors shows that the net
earnings, ending July 31st—
Amount to-. $343,SOI 47
lo which add new Bonds issued for
Construction 58.000 00
-Henry !
Making a total sum of $401,801 47
The following amounts have been paid.
The PltU-~!-¥iz.:
February dividends of 4
per cert $127,9.56 00
Interest on Bonds to date... 83,513 34
Revenue Tax — 16,1134 85
Bonds paid to date 60.500 00
Annuity 3 years to City of
Macon 3.750 00
Pain for Construction 40.S04 20
must sign bills passed fly the one or the j “4-Freight cars... 36,598 W)
other. lit must treat one or the other as ! iIacon - Dei>ot o'! uu
a branch of Congress, clothed with the j
power of making laws, and the other as
1 burg Chronicle begins to see the possibil
ity of such an occurrence; and it also
sees that the President will be under the
necessity of recognizing one or the other
of these bodies as the valid constitutional
House cf Representatives. He must send
his message to the one or the other-. Ho i
AS70.696 39
having no such authority. And under
the circumstances assumed, there can be
vory^ little doubt, in view of his known
opinions on the subject, that President
Johnson will recognize the numerical
quorum—the body which contains a ma
jority of all the members—as the only
body authorized by tho Constitution to
make lav.-- for the United States. Ho will
probably send his message to that body ;
he will sign the bills they pass, if con-
:urred in by the Senate, and he will not
Amounting to tha sum of
Leaving a surplus of- $31,795 OS
The main items of expense was the
building of a bridge over the Chattahoo
chee, the purchase of 500 tons of T rail,the
improvement of the Depot Grounds in
Eufaula, and the reconstructing of the
branch road from Cuthbert to Fort
Gaines. The iron had been removed from
this road by order of Gen. Beauregard,but
part lias been returned, and the balance
will be paid for hy the roads which used
the iron. Tho President says 000 or 700
recogdizathe acts of the other as valid in j more tons of iron will be bought, which
any r4spe.it. Tho Senate, on the contra- 1 will be paid for from the sule of the iron
ry, will recognize a majority of members j mentioned above, and from tho sale of old
from nil the States but ten, even if they iron and worn rails now on hand
The President’s Speeches — Two
Great Points.—There are two vital mat
ters upon which the President has never
failed in any of his numerous speeches lo
touch with great impressiveness, arid the
vast importance of which will not be do»
nied even by those who are most acrid in
their criticism upon the style and temper
of those speeches. Bo his remarks long
or short, leisurely or hasty—be they made
at a dinner-table, upon a public platform,
from a hotel balcony or from the window
of a railroad ear—he invariably urges
up.m his hearers the importance of peace
to the national welfare, and he also inva
riably urges upon them the importance of
adhering id the Constitution in all their
political action. As he said at St. Louis,
he regards himself as placed on the ram
parts of the Constitution to sound the
alarm upon the approach of danger, and
to warn the people whenever the citadel
of liberty is in any way imperiled. Then
and there, as at other times and places, he
spoke with great earnestness upon this
subject, urging the people to “cling to the
Constitution in this great struggle for
freedom and for its preservation, as the
shipwrecked mariner clings to the niHst
when the midnight tempest closes around
him.—New I\>rk Times.
Machinery Damaged.—The Prattville
Citizen of Saturday regrets to learn that
about $30,000 worth of the new machinery
belonging to the Indian Hill Factory,
which was landed at Washington a few
days since, is now under water, the river
having risen so rapidly before it could be
removed. No doubt the machinery will
be greatly injured, and perh"ps much of
it never be recovered. Th machinery
was brought direct from England, and is
said to be the finest ever imported to this
country. We learn that this machinery
cost in the neighborhood of $100,000.—
Messrs. Munter & Faber, of this city, are
largely interested in this new factory,
which premises to be very extensive in its
character. It is located about one mile
from Prattville. The buildings, which
are completed and ready for the machin'e-
ry, are commodious and substantial.
[Montg. Adv.
From New Orleans,
N ew Orleans, Sept. 14.—It is expected
that there will be a large emigration from
Mississippi to Texas this fall. Some will
go to Brazil. From Louisiana there will
be emigration to Honduras.
New Orleans, Sept. 14.—Advices
from Monroe on the Ouachita river,of the
0th, complains that tho freedmen who
were summoned with whites, to work on
roads, came armed, and, without alto
gether refusing to work, were so threaten
ing and intentionally negligent, as to show
they thought themselves above obeying
laws which govern whites; also complains
that they are in the habit of shooting at
night, around houses of citizens, not doing
any harm particularly, but a sort of me
nace.
The army worm is reported to be ex
tending their ravages very fast. They are
now eating off (as far as our iniormant’s
observation and information extends) all
tbe top crop. Tbe cotton crop is much
rotted by tbe continous rains.
[ Vicksburg Herald, doth.
A Now Orleans special to the Times
says: The Chinese Emigration Agent has
made contracts for the delivery of twenty
thousand Celestial laborers here in time
for next year’s crops.
“As Others See Us.”
The Toronto Globe, a journal which
has warmly and consistently espoused the
Republican side of the polities in this
country, gives us the following emphatic
warning. We may so often benefit by
seeing ourselves as others see us, that the
remarks of the Globe are well worth}- of
attentive reflection, especially by mem
bers of the Republican party, which it has
always supported. Tho Globe says:
“A leading New York journal appre-
he.nds a state of affairs analogous to the
‘reign of terror’ during tho French revo
lution; and. unless a higher moral tone
can bo diffused throughout the United
States, there is reason to fear that its ap
prehensions may not prove groundless.—
Speaking of the demoralization of their
politicians, and the scandalous utterances
of some of their leading men, Governors,
legislators and Generals, it says: ‘The in
fluence of tho leading men of a country is
necessarily powerful, either for good or
evil. It lias always been so. We have
striking evidence of that in tho demoral
izing influence of the Jacobin faction du
ring the first French revolution—a faction
that whs really in a minority, but which , . , .
l—i 111.. iu timo mi—! him aloof
corrupted the public mind of France to ‘ “ M ”'
such a degree that there was a perfect sa«
turnalia of crime and vice in the country.
Wo are on the verge of a similar state of
affairs.’ Our cotemporary should have
included the press of the United States in
bis list of dangerous elements, for its great
influence has o late been as bad a3 bad
can be. With but few exceptions, tho
whole press, from the New York leading
journals to the most insignificant village
sheet, have displayed an utter oblivious-
ness of moral principle or sense of right,
which is wilhouL a parallel in the history
of journalism. If tho constant succession
of robberies, murders and riots, which
marks their every-day history, fails to
arouse them lo a sense of their danger,
manifestations of the same evils on a
larger scaio than at present will ere long
produce that effect. From Maine to Lou
isiana, the lesson inculcated by current
events is the same. Will the people of tbe
United States learn to understand it?”
aro a minority of the whoie, as tho real
Congress, and as clothed with all the
powers of legislation.
Here, certainly, is danger of a collision
of authority. W r e have foreseen it, and
have warned the country of it. The Rad
icals havt foreseen it, and have been pre
paring far it. They have not concealed
their purpose, in such an event, to apepeal
to force, and to rouse the. country to an
other conflict of arms. It was with di
rect reference lo such a contingency that
Gen. B. F. Butler was iast winter made
commander-in-chief of the militia of
Massac hi ,etts. It was for the purpose of
preparing for this, that a bill was brought
into Congress last winter calling on all
the Northern States to reorganize, disci
pline and arm their militia,and proposing
to take from the President control of the
armsar.d munitions of war belonging lo
the United States, and to distribute them
among the Governors of the Northern
States. Radical members said openly on
the floor of Congress that they inLended
to be ready for such a conflict of authori
ty when it should arise, that the negroes
of the South should be prepared and
armed for it also, and that the President j
Idaho Flection.
San Francisco, Sept. 11.—The latest
election return from Idaho says that Hol
brook’s (Democrat) majority for Congress
will not exceed 800.
The Legislature stands as follows:
Council, seven Democrats and three Re
publicans; House, seventeen Democrats
and three Republicans.
No disposition is manifested to agitate
the question of State organization this
year.
Stamps on Deeds.—The following
special communication concerns a matter
in which thousands of persons in this and
adjoining States are interested, who are
holders of or otherwise parties to deeds,
the records of which have been destroyed
during tbe war. It will be observed that
deeds executed before October 1st, 1862,
require no stamps. This has been fre
quently published, but want of informa
tion respecting it is still the cause of trouble
and expense:
Treasury Department, "i
Office of Internal Revenue, f
Washington, Sept. 8, I860. )
Sir—In reply to your letter of the 4th
inst, I have to state that the first internal
revenue act took effect, so far as related to
stamp duties, October 1st, 1862. Instru
ments executed and delivered prior to
that date, though they may be recorded
afterwards, are not chargeable with stamp
duties. Any instruments issued after the
above date, without the proper stamps,
may be presented to the collector by the
parties, or other persons interested, in
order to have the requisite stamps affixed
and cancelled. 8uch an instrument, issued
at a time when and in a place where no
collection district was established, may be
stamped by the party who issued it, or by
any party having an interest therein, at
any time prior to tbe 1st of January, 1867.
When originals are lost, the- necessary
stamps may be affixed to copies of the
same duly proven.
- Very respectfully,
E. A. Rollins, -N
Commissioner.
Murder of the Confederate Gene
ral Moody.—General George V. Moody
was shot dead by an unknown assassin, in
his office at Fort Gibson, Miss., on Satur
day night. Nine buckshot were lodged
in his head. Gen. Moody had lived in
Fort Gibson for twenty-nine years. He
was a lawyer hy profession, and had at
tained wealth and eminence. He served
four years in tbe Confederate army, com"
manding the artillery in Longstreet’s
corps. He fought in twenty-eight battles.
Since tho conclusion of the war he had
been a supporter of the Administration,
and was a delegate to tho “My Policy”
Convention at Philadelphia. He was fifty
years of age at tho time of his death. He
was proverbially honest and geDerous.
Bismarck’s Speech.
New York, Sept. 10.—The following
foreign items were received by the City of
Boston, which has arrived at this port;
Count Bismark delivered a most signifi
cant speech in the Prussian legislature on
the 26th ult., in defence of his German an»
nexation policy. He declared that Prus
sia must lay hold on and keep what is
offered to her; that a European congress
would produce war, and that the crown is
determined and able to defend the new
territorial acquisitions.
The leader of the opposition denied that
the consolidation of the power of the
Prussian crown strengthened German
unity.
and his. Cabinet, and everybody in Con
gress whe stood by him, should be driven
headloafi into the Potomac.
General Grant maintained, and still
maintains, his personal independence. He
is reserved, by those singular and un
matched personal qualities which hold
1 -Joof from ail factious or seditious
tho supreme hour ot trial
which may await our beloved Republic.
And stranger things liavo happened in
human history than would be the salva
tion of the nation from the perils of a now
civil war, by a spontaneous -ommittai of
its destinies to his control.
Progress of Mobile.—Many of our
citizens who are closely confined to busi-
ncs, would be utterly astonished if they
should take a ride through the outskirts of
the city and see the innumerable new
buildings iu course of erection. We had
occ&son a few days ago to make the
rounds of the city, and on almost every
square we observed new buildings spring
ing up or improvements being mado in
old residences. Some beautiful cottages
are now receiving tho finishing stroke of
the painter’s brush in the direction of the
shell road, and will soon be ready for oc*
cupation. The exorbitant rents asked by
landlords and rental agents have caused a
general “rush up” of frame cottages, and
we are happy to notice that many of our
land-owners are building up cottage
houses lor rent. Why, just think of it for
a mernent, cottages with two little rooms
and a shed kitchen are renting in this city
for $40 and $50 per month. There is
scarcely aDy business doing and very little
prospect ahead, yet such are the out
rageous rents in this city. It is known to
all that provisions aro almost double the
pr ce in Mobile of any other city on the
continent. And what are the salaries and
wages of working men in this flourishing
city : The very best salaries or wages of
our working men will not properly clothe
and put the necessaries of life in the
moati’.s of their little families. These are
incontrovertible facts.—Mobile News.
Drunken Gov. Oglesby Catches a
Tabtab.—A Plymouth (Indiana) corres
pondent relates tbe following incident that
occurred during a speech of Gov. Oglesby
in that town :
The Governor was abusing the Presi
dent for enforcing tha neutrality laws du
ring the recent Fenian raid upon Canada,
and having exhausted his vocabulary of
epithets iu expressing his virtuous indig
nation at the wrongs Irishmen had suf
fered from the traitor, Andrew Johnson,
paused a moment for breath; when an
Irishman in the crowd asked him why
Congress did not repeal the neutrality laws
during that r aid, instead of spendingtheir
time passing bills lor the nigger over the
President’s veto.
A dap of thunder in a cloudless sky
could lot have produced a greater sensa-
-tiori.— Vmid profound : il6iff^*for a mo
ment, he nonplussed Governor and his
Irish t aestioner looked at each other. It
was becoming painfully evident to the
Radicals that the Irishman had him.
“Ycu are a traitor !” shouted the Gov
ernor, no longer able to control himself,
“Ycu are a liar!” cooly answered the
Irishnan.
‘ You were sent here by the copper
heads to create a row,” exclaimed the
Govfinor.
Another heavy item of expense is tho
revenue tax.
ilad it not been for the above heavy
and unusual expenses, the net earnings of
tho Road would have been sufficient to
have paid tbe stockholders a dividend of
$4 per share for the past six months, and
would have done so had the holders of
bonds and interest coupons not delayed
demanding payment. For the future, the
Board sees no reason why regular divid
ends should not be declared and paid to
tbe stockholders, of at least eight per
c-ntum per annum.
We congratulate tho stockholders upon
the healthy stnto of the Road, and think
the expressions, in the President’s report,
of tho appreciation of the services of Su
perintendent Powers, Treasurer Boifeuil-
let and Supervisor Walden, highly de
served.
The Report is very neatly printed by
the establishment ol j. W. Burke & Co.
We are informed that, at a recent moct-
of the Board, Gen. A. R. Lawton, of Sa
vannah, was elected a Director, in place
of John W. Anderson, deceased.
[Macon Telegraph.
E. K. Hall, of Buffalo, proposes a new
system of coinage, namely, the proposed
new cent to be made of nickel, tho same as
at present, but tbe center has a raised star,
the nucleus of which is represented by a
hole through the coin. The two cent
pieces havo two perforated stars, and the
three ceut coins three. Thus, by holding
either Henominetione to Ilia Unfit, or by
simply touching them so as to feel the
holes, tbe value of the piece of money is
unmistakably known. The half dimes
and dimes are a larger coin of better
metal, but are to bo distinguished by one
and two perforated stars.
A suit has been instituted by Mr. A. J.
Reynolds, of Sturgis, Mich., against the
Western Union Telegraph Company for
detaining a pre-paid death message three
days at the St. Louis office. Mr. Rey
nolds- claims that he called twice a day
during the time for the message at the
Planters’s House, to which it was address
ed, and that by the dday he was prevent
ed from seeing his son either alive or
dead. He fixes damages at $10,000.
A Cotton Case.—In Liverpool, the
other day, a cotton-spinner named Dun
can, of Rochdale, sued a firm of cotton
brokers for £10 16s., being a claim for one
hundred and thirty-four pounds over
weight in excess of the amount allowed for
taro off twenty-five bales of American cot
ton, The claim was disputed on the
ground that the taro had not been re
turned; but tho judge ruled that as tbe
tares had not been demanded within a
reasonable time after tbe claim was made,
the plaintiff could not be expected to keep
the tares, and decided for the amount of
the claim, with costs.
An Unusual Point of Law.—A gen
tleman from New Orleans presented a due
bill to another of this city on Thursday
for payment. After some words of dis
pute the debtor tore up tbe account. A
prosecution followed for the destruction
of the paper. After some consideration
for that particular part of our State laws
that prescribes tbe penalty for such an
offense, it was deemed punishable under
section 186 of the Penal Code, headed
“Malicious injury to animals,” &c., the
words “or other article or commodity of
value” being held to cover the case in
point. J ustice Nettles adjudicated the case
yesterday by fining tho defendant $100.
An appeal was taken to tbe Circuit Court.
[ Monty. Adv.
The very important announcement is
made in tbe Alta California, of the 17th
August, of the sale of the Panama rail
road to an English company by President
Mosquera, and the Congress of Columbia
has approved the act, the sale to take ef
fect upon the expiration of the present
contract nine years hence. Mosquera first
obtained a loan in England for $7,500,000
—giving a mortgage of the railro-d as se
curity. The money is lo be used for rev
olutionary purposes. The Alta says:
“We have no doubt that the subject will
receive the immediate attention of our
Government, in order that Columbia may
be given to understand that a sale so pre
judicial to the interests of the United
States, and made in such violation of
good faith with the present railroad com
pany, will not be allowed. If we can af
ford to say to France that her troops can-
‘”Rat’s another lie !” replied the Irish- not remn j n in Mexico, we can tell Mos-
o 1811,1 . . - quera that bo must not dispose of the
. “/on whip you! / ca» mash your old j
dead,any day /” shouted the enraged Go\- ,
erfior.
ASfcid the confusion which followed, the
Irishman’s further replies could not be
heard. Order was sooa restored and no
further interruptions occurred.
New York, Sept. 13.—Two officers of
the Banish Government are in this coun
try at present to superintend the settle
ment of 8,000 Scandinavian emigrants,
who are to arrivo by the steamers of the
new iine estabdshed between this city and
tho Baltic ports. The governments of the
Scandinavian nations in Europe are taking
a lively interest in the welfare of emi
Isthmus transit to an English company.’
The Cotton Crop.—From all accounts
from Barbour and the counties adjoining,
we fear that disaster has befallen the cot
ton crop which cannot be remedied. The
late heavy rains, continuing unceasingly
for ten or twelve days,has been tbe ounce
that broke King Cotton’s back. A gen
tleman has shown us specimens of the ef
fect of the weather on his crop. The bolls
are open, the cotton shows a musty ap
pearance and the seed have commenced
to sprout. These kind of bolls are largely
in the ascendant on hi3 plantation. Those
who have been looking forward to a large
grants from those countries, and have for- i crop will bo sorely disappointed,
warded these gentlemen as government i [Eufaula Aetvs, doth.
agents for that purpose.
The rates of freight from St. Louis to
New Orleans have taken a further ad
vance. The St. Louis Republican of the
5tb quotes as follows :
Flour, apples, etc., $1 per bbl.; beef,
$2.25; whiskey, $2.50; pork, $1.50; corn,
per sack, 50c.; oats, Ooo.; pound freights,
heavy, fi5c. per 100 lbs.; light do., $1.
Discovery of Copper.—Capt. L. W.
Davidson, who has been prospecting for
Lewis, Erwin & Co., of Clarksvillo, Ten
nessee, has discovered copper about nine
miles below Centre, in Cherokee county,
Alabama. The bed is considered richly
worth working, and arrangements for
sinking shafts and thoroughly testing are
being made. The specimens of ore shown
to us are rich.—Rome Courier.
Homicide.—Yesterday evening, while
James Fan was picking cotton for John
Love, about four milos from this place,
Marion Sanders came up to the fence,
Fan not seeing him, and said to Fan, “You
have threatened my life, have you ?” Fan,
of course, was surprised when he saw that
Sanders had his gun drawn in a shooting
position, and without replying, started to
run, whereupon Sanders fired at him, five
balls taking effect.
Fan survived, tbe wounds only a short
time. Sanders fled, and up to this writing
has not been arrested. Both parties are
highly respectable.
We forbear, at present, making any
further comments until we learn mere of
the facta in the case.—Hawldnsville Disp.,
13 th.
The President Congress
Ward Beecher.
From the Now York Tribune, 11th.,
The persistent efforts of Mr. Beecher to
cast blame on the Republican majority of
tho present Congress as—at least equally
with President Johnson—responsible for
the grave existing difference between
thein, impels me, in tho interest of truth
and justice, to make a statement of facts.
1 was one of the many who early ap
prehended and anxiously deprecated a
breach between Congress and the Presi
dent Soon after our last’ State election,
and before the assembling of the present
Congress,! weni, not uninvited, to Wash-
iiigton, expressly to guard against such a
difference. Being admitted to an inter
view with the President, 1 urged him to
call to W ashington three of the most em
inent and trusted expositors of Northern
antj-slavery sentiment, and three equally
eminent and representative Southern ex-
rebeis, and ask them to take up at theft
residence at tho While House for a week,
a fortnight, so long as they might find ne
cessary, while they by free and friendly
conference and discussion, should earn
estly endeavor to find a common ground
whereon the North and the Soutii should
not be merely reconciled, but made ever
more. fraternal and harmonious. I sug
gested Ah a t the President should oeca-
- ion Eily, as he could find tiinc^di-op in on-
these conferences and offer such'sugges
tions as he should deem fit—rather as a
moderator or common friend, than as a
party lo the discussion.
A suggestion of names being invited, 1
proposed those of Governor Andrew, of
Massachusetts, Gerrit Smith, of New
York, and Judge R. 1‘. Spaulding, of
Ohio, as three who seemed to me fair rep
resentatives of the anti-slavery sentiment
of the North, while neither specially ob
noxious to nor disposed to deal harshly
ith the South ; and 1 added that 1 hoped
they would be met by men like General
Robert E. Leo, Alex. H. Stephens, Ac,
who would be recognized and heeded by
tho South as men in whose hands her
honor and true interests would bo safe.
But 1 added that I had no special desire
that these or any particular men should |
be selected, wishing only that those chosen
from either section should ba such as to
command their people’s confidence and
support. And T pledged myself to sup
port, to tho extent of my power, any ad
justment that should thus be matured ■
and agreed upon.
Some two months later, after tho meet
ing of Congress, and when the political
sky had become darker, 1 went again to
Washington,on the assurance of a mutual
friend that the President desired to see
me. The Joint Committeo on Recon
struction had then been appointed. At an
interview promptly accorded, I urged the
President to invito this committee to tho
White House,and discuss with them,from I
evening to evening,as friend with friend-, i
all tho phases of tha grave problem of ■
Reconstruction, with a fixed resolve t<> |
find a basis of agreement if possible. 1 j
urged sucii considerations sis occurred to :
mo in favor of ihe feasibility of such
agreement, if it were earnestly sought, as
I feit sure it would bo on the side of Con
gress. The vast patronage in the Presi
dent’s hands—tha reluctance of tho ma
jority in Congress lo see their friends,
supporters and nominees expelled by
wholesale from office, and their places
supplied by bitter adversaries—the natu
ral anxiety of every party in power to
maintain cordial relations with tho head
of the Government chosen by its votes—
thase, and a thousand kindred considera
tions, rendered morally certain an agree
ment between Congress and tho President
without a sacrifice of principle on either
hand, if tho latter should sincerely seek
it
I speak only of what I said and pro
posed, because I have no permission and
no right lo speak further. That my sug
gestions were not followed, nor anything
aliln to iliem, me jJUWTTi.: sadly :-W:,
And the conclusion to which I have boen
most reluctantly forced is that tho Pre.-i-
dent did not want harmony with Con
gress; that he had already mado up his
mind to break with the party which had
elected him arid seek a further Ioase of
power through tho favor and support of
its implacable enemies.
Horace Greeley.
Tho Rome Courier alludes to tho sub
ject of repudiation, which is talked about
in some sections of the Stato, und says :
Repudiation, wero it possible, would
probably bring with it distrust, confusion
and anarchy, and a stato of affairs oven
worse, it may be, than there is likely to
result from forced collections, oven if they
were promptly made.
But it is not likely that repudiation is
seriously contemplated by many; but the
people are in deep earnest ill their culls for
relief. Thoy only want, howuver, what
can be justly aud lawfully granted, and
that they aro determined to have.
A Republican contemporary says that
the North has tried the effect of kindness
on theSouth, but it has proved of no avail,
and only serves :o make them arrogant.
This reminds us of the old woman who
was advised tc try the effect of kindness
on her husband, being told that it wouid
heap coals of fire on his head. She replied
that she had tried “bilin’ water,” and it
did Dot do a bit of good. She was rather
doubtful about tbe efficacy of coals.
The I-’ire.
Yv'o have gathered the following partic
ulars of a fire which Broke out ab ut two
o’clock on Saturday morning, in the row
of little wooden buiidir-gs on Marietta
street, adjoining tho store of Messrs. Zim
merman & Verdery. Of tho manner in
which it originated wo havo not been ap
prised. The flames spread so rapidly that
tho wooden buildings wero at once con:
sumed, and only by tho extraordinary
exertions of tiio firemori were tho more
substantial buildings botli above and be
low saved from destruction. The flames
wero communicated to the roof of tho
building of Messrs. Zimmerman is Ver-
dery, aud some damage was sustained by
other houses neat* by, but the prompt
action of the firemen arrested their further
progress.
Tho goods of Zimmerman & Verdery
were damaged. Wo learn that they wero
insured for $11,000 on the house and stock.
The family grocery store of B. F. Boma-:'
was entfj-ely consumed. His goods were
saved, but hois saidt'o have lost heavily
by pilfering.
The next house consumed was tuaatora
of T. <J. Mayeon. a small family grocery
establishment,
ance on fhis hm
Tho next bail
P. Parks, a, u
Ii,S0$oiUh -hi
The Toceoa
Sitton, Esq., wi
which there wa.
All the goods
were more - i- lc
of them stolen.
It is due the 1
that it Lev- r
or energy than ■
for its zealous i
property would
Fearful FI
Boston, Sept,
sidcrable ereitot
consequence of:
State qoi
York burgiar-. ’
injured. It son
Wade and Li::
(movements of
characters in No
team ir
the offi-
howevi
and tin
lowed
traced t
erly Fa
ck.
partial insur
pied by M.
V store, on
uauraaea of
of T. M.
nsumed, on
nsurunce,
the flames
id not a few
'lit to state
promptness
„ and but
eh valuable
troyed.
ell., 16 th.
rglars.
:4 been con-
i to-day in
. .tween the
ng of blew
f the latter
retraced their steps to the 1
.Salem and Jlev.erly, supi -
men would return hy t:
waited till three o hi- k
when, supposing limy had i
glare, thoy proceeded bac
where they arri veil a lit 1 lo ir
and look a position behind
Rockaway House-. They
watch upon tho turnpike,
covered tho party approach
They drove up to tho hou
fleers secur- d belli doers <
to prevent their i - 'ape, and
taken out, One of thetbre
tired upon officer Linscolt,
ing the deputy to jiut up
suring him that- he had u
was unarmed—the first disc
tho officer's face, and tho
effect in his knee, breakini
going througli the leg. Tc
turned by Mr. Linscolt, bu
away, and was making go
when a ball from officer \N
brought him down, and he
Mr
fac
Mr. W:
with anotl
man, who
of the dej
the eyes o
pistol near hi
cer returned tho comp!
charges from his weap-
was secured and lodge-
Chelsea. Ilia name is
len, from New York, :
The name of the isa
unknown. Tho third
unknown, escaped.
The property ir the -
silver plate, valued at
was taken from tho
rs then
i-.tween
a shed on the
kept a close
and soon dis
ing,
se, and the of-
f tho carriage
the men wero
e immediately
after request-
his pistol, as-
rrendered and
barge burning
second taking
; tho pan and
,c shot was re-
t the follow got.
ud his escape,
'ade’s revolver
expired almost
a severfl struggle
rglars, a powerful
jet the upper band
ie same time bliud
by discharging a
ie last named ofli -
ment by threedis-
n, and the fellow
in the lock-up at
Dennison, alias Al-
ld is well known,-
who was killed is
-arty, who is also
•agon consisted of
about $1,000, and
blonet
Henry Leo, Jr., and Mrs. Eiiza’C&berfc, at
Beverly Farms. Every article
erod, and was
tho owners by S
very article wss reeov-
;0-m restored to
table Jones.
The Crops.—AVe learn from a gentle- j
man just returned from Sister’s Springs,
some twenty-five miles above Edgefield, !
S. C., that, until two weeks ago, to rain !
bad fallen in that vicinity for tho space of
twelve weeks. There is not even the 1
shadow of a crop. The farmers there
abouts have delegated gentiemen to go j
to the West for the purpose of negotiating j
for a supply of corn, sufficient in quantity
lo meet their want9 during the winter.
[Augusta Press.
Stock Sales in Fayette County, i
Ky.—We saw a lot of two-year old mules j
sold at $115 per head. Work horses va
ried much, of course according to the
fancy of the buyer, but most of those of
fered were of a very indifferent kind;
they ranged at prices varying from 875 to
$100.
Some good saddle horses were sold and
found purchasers readily. It would be
impossible to give any average price, they i
varying more than any other class of ani
mals. They were knocked down at prices
ranging from $200 to $250.
AVe .-aw one lot of two-year old fat cat
tle sold at GJ cents. The price per head
would probably range from $45 to $05 for
this iot.—Lexington Observer, 12th..
Direct from Europe.—The Memphis !
Avalanche says: _ I
Direct trade between Memphis and Eu- j
rope is a fixed fact. By reference to the |
letter of our esteemed European corres
pondent, Joseph Barbiere, Esq., our read
ers will be gratified with the information
that his mission to Europe lias proven aj
success. Tbe importance of this achieve- ;
ment to our city can hardly be estimated. (
At this time we do not propose to discuss
it, but to congratulate our citizens upon i
the prospect of the arrival, in the fail, of
a vessel direct from Europe at the landing 1
at Memphis.
Gov. Throckmorton.—From a sketch I
in the Rio Grande Courier, we learn that
tbe Governor of Texas is a physician by
profession, who emigrated to that Stato j
about tw'enty-five years ago, and has spent
his time partly in public life and partly in '
the practice of medicine. He voted in the i
Texas Convention against the ordinance j
of secession, but when it was adopted, |
went into the service of his State and tho I
Confederacy, and fought well aud zeal
ously in behalf of the Southern cause.—
Near the close of the war ho was promoted
to the rank of Brigadier General. He is
about fiity years of age.
10 J-. ’.I.—George
one of tho ruffians v.
Constable had a f
Chelsea Bench, is u
from New York.
Ulen, alias Kennison,
ith whom the State
4bt this morning on
filer arrest. He hails
Humors Concern/
14- :?ie Release oi
Jeff.
New York, Set
t. 14.—The Herald’s
special from Wash.
In a previous a
spateh J. understood
there was good rease
n to believe that in a
few days Jeff. Davi.
would bo released on
parole or bail. Ire
reived my information
from a high official,
who possesses excel -
lent facilities for lea
rning tho President’s
views and intenlioi
13 on such subjects.
The announcement
created quite a flutter
among the politic-in
orablo to tho Presi*
influential ones fa\
dent’s restoration pc
iicy ventured to call
on him to ascertain
were well foundeJ.
f the announcements
They.urged the P
resident to defer any
action in the matte
r until alter the fall
elections, reminding
him ho was already
accused of sympath
zing with rebels and
abusing tho pardoni
ng power, and assur«
ing him that tho re!
•;i - 0 of the head rebel
at this time wouid bo
Radicals in the present
powerful effect, and gr
chances of the party no
to office men who would
President’s) policy. T
undoubted authority.
Tho President replied
guished aud loyal gent:
the North and South ha
for the release of Jell,
presented several^ con-:
made a favorable impre.
why Davis should not b
in confinement; and tha
them that if, fr--’
or the proper officers of
Jeff. Davis should not t
in October, ho should n
then known to him, d
hold the I
But in giving tho friei
assurance, the President
cipated the action of the
not appointed any tune
in the event of his not
a trial.
The President also dec
from tho first desired to
for treason, and had use
and authority as 'no pt
men from both
appealed to him
Davis, and had
lerations, which
ion on his mind,
bold any longer
ho had said to
lit of the Court
iie Government,
brought to trial
i' iMiiV’d'utyU)
said ho bad atiti-
Court, and had
wing brought to
hired timt lie hail
have Davis tried
i such influence
sed to have the
New York, Sept. 14.—Mr. J. G. Edge,
the well known manufacturer of fire
works, while in the act of stepping into a
carriage on Cedar street, yesterday, was
severely strangled by a quid of tobacco
lodging in bis wind pipe. In his efforts to
dislodge the obstruction a blood vessel
was ruptured, which, it was feared, would
prove fatal. At last accounts Mr. Edge
was in an exceedingly critical condition.
aim aui/uuuu gv
trial tako place at an early day; but, if
there should be any further delay iu
bringing on the trial, ho believed that
neither tho interests of the country nor
his duty demanded that he keep the pris
oner longer in custody.
He stated that ho was unable to perceive
how the release of Davis on parole or ba-.L
would furnish the Radicals 5.1th a valu
able weapon, but that ho believed tha
masses, if there should be further unne
cessary delay in bringing hire. '-> trial,
would approve of his being conditionally
released.
It is well Understood in the best inform
ed circlos that Davis v-.'iil not bo tried at
the October term—: 0 iik release may be
looked for soon after, but not until that
time. Mr. Reed, one of Davis’ counsel,
had been authorized by the Attorney Gen
eral to say to his client that the Goveru-
'ment would direct his immediate release
on tho condition of liis leaving the Unite
States and never returning, and ’-flat b>avift
indignantly rejected tho proposal.
V Yankee schoolmarm, known Ms>y
A. Weldon, alias Mrs. Faufle ' W ^.
tied in Richmond after I-he ^ * n( ,,
was arrested on Sunday last ^ an un .
drunk aiijl dnsoroerly. tah irt Yoran outer,
dergarmemt, with a h°°p - nrr e- U‘d.
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