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SAVANNAH DAILY HERALD.
VOL. I—NO. 108.
The Savannah Daily Herald
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Late iogusta, Atlanta, Bacon; Athens* and
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Interesting Paragraphs and News
Items.
By the courtesy of Mr. M. J. O’Brien,Sec
retary of the Southern Express at Augusta,
we oa Saturday received our full flies of inte
rior papers a3 above. Our Augusta dates
are to tne 13th, Macon dates to the 16tb, and
Atlanta dates to the 17th. ,
We make liberal extracts below.
Prices of Produce In Macon.
C From the Macon Telegraph, May 18.)
In tbe absence of the proper circulating
medium, and tor the benefit of our subscri
bars in tbe country, the articles of produce
mentioned below will be received at the fol
lowing rates :
Cora ...$l 00 per bushel.
Fodder 75c. per cwt.
Bacon 16c. per lb.
F10ur..... sc. per lb
8atter........ 25c. per lb,
Eggs 20c. per dozen.
Cuickcns 25c. each.
Slavery*
[From the Augusta Chronicle & Sentinel. 18th.]
Slavery is finally and forever abolished in
these States lately” at war with the United
States .government. It is no longer an open
question, to be left for decision to future ne
gotiations or legislation. It is already deci
ned by a decree as unutterable as the laws of
tbe laws of the Medes and Persians. ‘
Bv the emancipation proclamation of Pres
ident Lincoln, subsequently approved by the
Federal Congress, slavery was declared to be
abolished in all the States in revolt against
tne authority ot the government. The peo
ple of tbe South were thus distinctly notified
that this would be one ot the consequences
of tlielr failure in the war that they were then
prosecuting. They accepted the* issue and
referred it to the arbitrament of arms. The
decision having been against them, their ar
mies having been compelled to surrender, it
only remaius for them to submit to a result,
of which they were fully notified, and which
they elected to£riak.
The muratime commerce of the Union was
cue vu nerable point in its resources at which
the Confederacy was able to strike, and it
did sti ike ruthlessly and effectually. Hun
dreds of ships and-valuable cargoes, worth
untold millions, were burned ou the ocean,
while hundreds more were driven into North
ern harbors there to rot, to tbe serious loss
of their owners. Slave property was the
most vulnerable point In the resources of the
South, and upon that the armies of the Union
have warred until by military force and con
quest they have annihilated it. These are
results of war beyond«recall.
It behooves our people at once to recog
nize emancipation as an established fact, and
so to shape their course as to best subssrve
their own interests, and the well being of the
African r«ce. The crisis demands mutual
prudence, kindness and justice.
Cotton.
[From the Macon T elegrtph, May 15.]
We have not beard of a sale recently, end
consequently no market value baa been yet
established. Estimated amount stored in
Macon 36,000 bales. Estimated stock in
Georgia 300,000 bales. It is said private as
surances havubeeu given to holders, that the
United States government will not seize their
cotton hereafter aud that all taken hereto
fore will be paid for. This policy is under
stood to-have been adopted at the suggestion
of the Board of Trade of New York, who
averred that the cotton bald in the South
was the only means the people had of realis
ing money with which to revive business or
to discharge liabilities incurred before the
war to Northern merchants.
__ The Duty of the Southern People.
[From the Atlanta Inteliigenaer, 17th.]
Our people, tbo people of all the South,
should arouse themselves to a true sense of
their present political condition, and reso
lutely resolve to discharge every duty re
quired of them as citizens of the United
States, or that may be required of them by
the law's of the land, and their obligations to
society, their families and friends. There is
much for them all to do, aud time to do it in;
but there 4s no time for the indulgence of
feelings of humiliation, or of any Other that
will detract from their usefulness to. society
or to the State—-the country in which they
live, or of which they are citizens.
The lot of the South is the award of Des
tiny. Tucre is no ppwefr on earth —certainly
none wLbin the limits of Southern territory—
that can change it: We must receive it and
abide by it. Let this, then, betlone, not in
a despondent, but in u hopelui spirit ; not as
a people humiliated in their own estimation,
when they are not so in the world’s; not as
aTace interior to any, but as a race equal to
in ail the attributes conferred by his
Maker upon man.
Important Charge to the Grand Jury of
Bibb County.- <
Judge O. A. Locbrane, at the May Term
Circuit Court, delivered an important
charge to the Grand Jury of Bibb county,
at the May term, from which we make ex
tracts :
I speak my honest convictions when 11
say every man must put down, by example '
and by counsel, every motion of discontent. ;
producing bickering, strife and bloodshed,
and every one be a peace officer, acting on
the determined purpose that every man who
violates law, or counsels its violation, shall
suffer the penalty such disorganiser in times
like these should suffer. This Is the love of
country wirtch I enjoin on you. Now, when
the war is over, and everything tends to
peace, let us
pursuits lu life. Some may think that lib
erty of speech has become a mockery, if
meti are not allowed to abuse and talk as
they please.
This matter has always In practice been
misunderstood. The liberty of reason and
mania are not more distinct. The madmau
does as he pleases, but it does not follow
every sensible man may act like be was mad;
the law restrains even passion. Vituperative
epithets on public men are not evidences of
liberty of speech; officials are representative
men embodying tbe dignity and representing
the power of position, and the outpouring of
disappointment and malice should be res
trained. Liberty of opinion does not consist
in conceptions of hate which rankle into
crime. Opinions ripening into acts most be
in view of law, pacific, and tolerance in opin
ion is one of the elements of peace ; men
may differ, like Polybius and Pliny, upon
every subject, moral, social and religious,
and remain, like them, tbe warmest and
most devoted friends.
When we see the present condition of our
people, we are forced to utter our earnest
convictions against all crimination and re
crimination. It is not to be hoped that the
teaching, education and training of an age
can be thrown aside in an hour, or that a
man can shake off his opinions, like apples
from a tree. These opinions may remain ;
□ay, will remain. The reason and judgment,
however, of the people, will see the ne
cessity of subordinating them to the crisis.
Amelioration ot condition may exist without
systems of violence, and our reflection teach
es that liberty consists not in abstractions,
but equalities—equalities political, civil and
religious, equalities of oraer, based ou the
respact of all and each. The practical must
take the place of theory, and economy the
place of polities.
The institutions of the iana wiil be reor
ganized, the constitutions of the States
changed, and in the policy foreshadowed by
the President of the United States, the mass
es of the people Will have a vcice lu fixing
and settling their own rights and destiny.—
The wisdom of the heart and the logic or ne
cessity, will counsel their actions. Though
now tossed upon the wave, we trust soon to
see the Dove over the waste of waters, com
ing with broken wing again to shelter In the
Ark, and the State launching forth to anew
destiny, will carry the freighted hopes and
prayers of the people.
Cleared for action In the field of industry
and Enterprise, Georgia will soon resume her
position and wealth, and prosperity pour
again iuto her lap, The nation is youug.—
The dews of its baptism scarce wet upon Its
forehead, and we look to a manly striae over
the troubles of the past, and an un weaned
march to prosperity. Our fields Will soon
resound with tne hum of industry, our anvils
ring with the music of labor,cur people bewon
back to peaceful pursuits by family associa
tions, and the influenoe of religion give --a
new impetus to civilization; and under the
Inspiration of fortune, the nation plume itself
and arch its neck for a flight to immortall y.
Such, I trust, will be our destiny, coun
selled by ‘‘wisdom, ju-tlce and moderation,”
and may God in his infinite mercy send an
gels to lilt every shadow flom our path to
the destiny that awaits us. My prayer for
the country, is the invocation of my heart,
for you have honored me, and with Georgia,
I would have shared her glory, I will remain
to share her fate. To sit by her sick bed is
a duty the instincts of honor prompt. To
counsel her for prosperity, tbs instinct of
reason equally demands. I would be untrue
to duty, myself and you, if I permitted pride
to blend with my counsels, or freeze the
stream of conviction that flows from the in
most recesses of my soul.
I therefore counsel, with all the assevera
tion of truth, obedience to the laws and con
stituted authorities; a cheerful acquiescence
to the designs of Providence, an unmurmur
ing assent to the decree of fate, and by our
readiness to accept the' position God lias
assigned us, illustrate our desire for the res
toration of law, order and government.
The Fruit Crop.
(From the Southern Cultivator, for May.} ,
-After the time we write, there was never a
better prospect for an immense crop oi fruit.
Already the Strawberry is reddening beneath
the green foiiage, then will come the rasber
ries, the early pea 9, cherries and apples, then
the peach, while later varieties of the apple
and pear at this point, nearly fill the year
with a round of fruit. It is not a month
since they ceased to sell apples from Hab
ersham on the streets. We have often pre
served our ewn apples mid pears until eight
weeks of strawberry time ; and the Shock
ley can be kept thus long without any diffi
culty. Nothing is more wholesome aud
grateful to every uncorrupted taste than the
hne fruit.
The crop this year is so profuse, that it re
quires a large.portion to be taken off, to make
it of superior size and flavor. A tedious job
best done, in the case of the peach, by prop
er pruning, earlier in the season; but if neg
lected, had better be done now, or the fruit
will be flavorless and the trees broken with
the weight of the crop. Ail trees that are es
teemed, deserve this extra care.
It i3 proper now to remove or check any su
perficious or misplaced- growing shoot "upon
your trees and especially in case of the vine.
Vine shoots proceeding fiom too near the
i ground must be removed. If the main vine
has astern too long and naked, one or two
strong shoots from near ihe root may be left to
t ike its place after a couple of summer's
growth. Then cut out the old vioe Pinch
off the extremities of the shoots now in fruit,
six or eight leaves above tbe bunch. But
do not pinch back the shoots reserved for
next years crop; but, on the contrary, en
i courage their growth to the utmost. IT the
vine carries too many bunches, some had
j better be taken off. Secure extra large ber
' ties by removing a portion of the fruit 1a tbe
SAVANNAH, GA., MONDAY, MAY 22, 1865.
bunch itself, where too much crowded.
Suppress all the Injurious shoots that
would draw the sap from newly inserted
grafts. Also, check all those bold upright
shoots or “robbers,” that spring out from thi
bodies and large limbs of fruit trees. Tuis
check is best giveu by pinching, so as to
crush the extremity of the brand—leaving
the broken part attached. If taken com
pletely off, the branch shoots out directly
with fresh vigor, but this U not tiie case
when the extremity of tbe shoots are subject
ed to pinching. This always retards the
growth of the shoot. Young trees require
to be protected from stock, to have the soil
about them light and mellow at all times, io
have all tendency to grow in forks counter
acted by pinching in during the growing
season, and to receive the attention required
to make them take and keep a regular pyra
midal form.
Poisoned with Wine.
[From the Augusta Con-tltutlonalbt, isth.]
We hear that an awful calamity has be
fallen some eight citizens and three soldiers
of Chester, 8.- C. It seems that these per
sons demanded and received the keys be
longing to the Medical Purveyor’s Depart
ment, and entered the building lookiag for
fine liquors. In their search they came
across a cask of autlmonial wine, and each
took a hearty drink, thereby causing death
to two or three In a few hours afterwards.
The others of the patty are pot expected to
live. It is feared there are more persons
who drank ot this wine, not knowing its
deadly poison when taken in large doses.
It is stated that a similar affair occurred in
Newberry receutly. It is dangerous to med
dle with doctor's stuff.
Various Items.
Business nr Macon.— We can scarcely hope
for a complete revival of trade and business
of all kinds for some time to come yet. In
the first place the political status of the
State will have to be determined ; and then
the forts thrown open, and the railroads Te
paired, all of which cannot be accomplished
in a day, a week, or even a month. In tbe
meantime the whole city is idle—idle, too, at
a time when not many can afford to be so.
Mechanics, clerks, artisans, book-keepers,
and laboring men and women of all classes
are offering their services, but there is no one
to employ them. It Is presumed that all
Southern cities are in the same sad predica
ment, and therefore to leave one and go to
auother would not help matters any. ; No
relief can be afforded except by the general
government, and that cannot come too
quickly.— Telegraph.' Gtk.
Law and Ordeb.—The last Sumter Repub
lican contains a synopsis of the charge of
Judge Bingham to the Grand Jury of Clay
ton county, at the late term. Judge Bingham
makes an earnest and able appeal for tbe
support of the laws. As our cotemporary
remarks, there can be no better protection
for life, liberty and property, pending the
great changes that bid so fair to put an end
to our great political troubles, than can be
found in the firm maintenance of order and
support of law. *
Riot at CcinnEßT —We leafn th&V several
days since, a riot occurred at Cuthbert—
During the disturbance many stores were
broken Into and sacked. Everything of value
belonging to the Confederate Government
was taken. There i3 now a battalion of
troops stationed in the town, and the most
perfect order prevails.— Macon Telegravh,
i m.
Tub Mao oh Theatre was to be reopened
on Wednesday last by Mr. W. H. Crisp, the
late manager.
Disagreeable Rumors.— Several rumors
were afloat yesterday, which caused consldr
erable stir among our citizens, to the effect
that one or two wells in tbe city had been
poisoned, and that twenty negroes had died
on Saturday from the effects of poisoned
pieg. After an investigating! of tbe matter
we found that tbe Report was without foun
dation. — Macon Tcltgraph, 16 fh.
The Stars and Stripes in Atxanta.—As
we write preparations are being made in
front of our office for hoisting the “Siars
and Stripes,” the emblem of American na
tionality. A large assemblage of 'military
and citizens are present to witness the cere
monies.—Atlanta Intelligencer, 17 th.
Paroles.— lt i9 stated that Major T. E.
Walcott, of General Schofield’s Staff is in
Chester, giving paroles to officers and meu
of the Confederate army,— Augusta Conatitu
tioriulist, iSth.-
Cuarlotte, N. C.—B7 the request of the
ciizens of Charlotte, N.C-,a guard of Union
soldiers have arrived there and been put ou
duty for the preservation of order and quiet-
Greenbacks have been made tbe basis of
prices current at Atlanta, by order of Col.
B. B. Eggleston, commanding.
Hosl John Forstth. —The Chattanooga
Gazette says this gentleman remained in
Mobile on the occupation of the city by tue
Union army, and .that his paper, the Regis
ter, is to be resumed.
Macon Post Office Reopened.— J. H. R.
Washington, Esq., of this city. ba9 been ap
pointed by Gen. Wilson, through the con
currence ot the special agent, Postmaster at
Macon. In a short time arrangements will
be made to receive and forward the mails.—
Telegraph , 16 th.
Returned Soi auras.—Soldiers from Lee’s
and Johnston’s armies who reside in Macon
are arriving home every day. They are
heartily welcomed by their families anu their
friends.
The Seve Jk-Taxair Loan.— How firmly our
government bore up against the great shock
of the murder of its Chief is
shown by the course of tbe 9nbscription to tbe
seven-th'ir:y loan, from the day of Mr. Lin
c iln’s assassination, April 14 :
April 1.4 $3,642,200 April 21 $2,743,600
April 15 3,710,250 April 22 4,110,900
April 16 Sunday April 23 Sunday
April 17 2,651,700 April 24 4,271,650
April 18 2,710,500 April 25 4.013,055
April 19 Business sus. April 26 4,162,000
April 20 2,062,300 April 27 4,560,3f0
The 7-80 loan, for the week ending April 30,
amounted to twenty-/** million*.
LATEST NOTfIERN NEWS.
DATES TO THE l?4h.
TB.IA It or SHB ASSASSINS.
Latest Intelligence From Europe.
GOLD 130 8-8
Prize Fight in Pennsylvania.
By the arrival of the U. S. steamship Ful
tOn at Port Royal yesterday, we have New
York correspondence and files of papers to
the 17th, for which we are indebted to Pur*
ser T. McManus.
A list of possengors will be found under
head of shipping intelligence.
i
Latter from our Special New York Cor
respondent.
New Yoke, May 17, 1865.
The steamer sails to-day for your port,
and your readers, of course, will look for
the customary epistle from the Metropolis.
Spring Birds
are really among us, and twitter in the trees,
which (the trees) are in full foliage now, cast
ing grateful shade, highly appreciated yester
day.
We are not so forward' in our foliage, ve
getation, and early piscatory dainties as the
more fortunate of our brethren in the Sunny
South; thus we are now in the full glory of
the shad season, while the taste of this scaly
breakfast table adorner is undoubtedly an
old story to you—our asparagus is now right
tender and plenty,while this favorite dishwith
you is undoubtedly away behind the times.
Other vegetables and some early fruits art
visible to the naked eye, but some of the
prices have to be viewed througli smoked
glasses.
The Capture of Jeff.
is affording tbe utmost merriment for
the whole community of the _ North.
Miserable caricatures . are already on
the streets, representing him in an old banged
bonnet, torn dress, hoop skirts, aud big cav
alry boots, making a most grotesque picture
ashe baandishes uu old bowie knife, with a
senile leer as if to frighten our cavalry boys.
There is not the least sympathy felt here fi r
him, and he will have to hang I think.
It is said his wife's petticoats in which he
eudea.ored to escape, have been given to a
oue-armed soldier to exhibit around the
country.
Th* Conspiracy Trial.
is now published from day to day, the ban
of secrecy having been removed, it is saic!
by some parties, at tbe express order of
President Johnson.
The testimony taken is exceedingly lengthy,
and, so far, shows conclusively the deepest
and basest complicity in the assassination on
the part of Jeff. Davis and Judah P. Ben
jamin, (the latter well known in Yale Col
lege astue “midnight pick-pocket.”) The
evidence shows also that the number engag
ed in the conspiracy, was larger than the
public gver dreamed of. They will ali get
their deserts, aud be hanged to them*
Tbo Stability of our Government.
was never more manifest than now. No sane,
thinking man, ever questioned it, even when
things looked a tittle “rough," but the mam
ner m which the government 1 loan H being
taken by tbe people themselves, gives an
earnest of inherent power such as no other
nation on God’s footstool can boast. Just
think of ninety-eight millions of the loan
being taken by the people LJoae week—and
such was last week's experience ! Is iher<
any other country that the sun shines upon
whose inhabitants would come torward like
this ? It makes the blear syed, puffed-faced,
Dundreary-whiskered John Bulls iu this city
stare in utter amazement, and they are in
credulous. Well—we have always survived
Johnays incredulity and bluster,aud probably
will,
lu the meantime, as we are about getting
out anew loan oi three hundred millions, ii
Johnny wants a chance to subscribe a.dol
lar or two, we will let him have a few of tbe
pretty coupons, provided he behaves him
telf.
Government Expense#,
are beiug materially reduces iff the city, and
in tact everywhere. The Provost Marshals
nave been dismissed, and with their huge
array of clerks, assistants, runners, etc.—
Some of them have not been let loose upon
society, however,—not by any means, as they
are wanted to explain certain little pecuniaiy
idosyncrasics by which soldiers aidn’t get
their bounties, while they (the Provosts and
their satellites) kept back accounts amount
ing to thousands of dollars iu a two months’
accumulation, which was simply an impos
sibility on tbe salaries allowed by govern
ment, and many rich developemeats are
soon expected.
Th* Drafted M«a
who responded to the last draft, and were
sent into camp, have all been released aud
sent on their way rejoicing. As many of
them never could earn more than ten dollars
a week, and as they received from five hun
dred to six hundred dollars in the shape of
city and titate bounties, and have been only
in service abo”t thirty days, they have made
“ ?ery good w „ t ,„
are at tbe New England Rooms, patiently
wiiiuusc tli6 arrival ot steamers uom Hilton
H ad Newbern, Charleston and Savannah,
with siclPand wounded soldier husbands,
sons brothers and sweethearts on board.
These women folks are a study—they are
patient beyond anything 1 ever saw, but
mention that a steamer is due on such a day,
and tien if that bo it doos not get in on that
day 1-uch a guessing, thinking, surmising
andVe irfully wondering asthey keep up makes
one nervous 40*listen to. However the boys
wi Ibe glad to know that loving arm* and
hearts await them here.
PRICE. 5 CENTS
Opinion* of tbe Pres* u to tbe Complicity
of tbe Kebel Deader* in tbe A.wuiiu*
don.
From the New York Herald of the 17th.
we extract the following article:
Though the question of the complicity of
Davis and the rebel agents in Canada in the
murder of the President has not yet been
directly taken up by the court, much light baa
already been thrown upon it indirectly in the
course of testimony taken to establ'sh oihn
points. Booth, the desperate tool, stood ready
to act at the capital whenever the word should
be given; and Davis, in Richmond, with hi*
agents in Canada, watched for the moment
when the blow would have most eff.-ct, that
they might give the word at that moment,
and made their arrangements to take every
advantage of their crime.
It was the repetition in this respect of a
piece of European history. Alberoni, tbo
Spanish Prime Mioieter, arranged at Madrid
a plot to abduct from Paris Philip of Orleans,
rrgent of France. He had his creatures in
Paris, as Davis had his in Washington, and
others in the Netherlands, as Davis had in
Canada. And when all was readv he sent
word from Madrid to Paris to “Fire the
mines. ” Davis evidently sent a similar Word
to Booth. His messenger was Surratt. Sur
ratt was the medium of communication be
tween ali the points of the plot The testi •
mony of Weichman shows that Surratt re
■ tumt and from Ricbmoad April 8d; that he had a
considerable sum of gold iu his possession
doubtless the' • “secret service” gold of the
confederacy—and that he had in Richmond
had personal intercourse with Benjamin and
Davis. And this man, plotting to murder
the President, fresh from the presence of
Davis,’was then on his way to Canada.
Richmond thought that the blow should fall
at once. He was on his way to see what Mon
treal thought.
He arrived at Montreal on the 6th of April.
Can any one doubt this man, just from
tbe rebel capital, had long interviews and a
full understanding with the rebel agents in
Canada? Certainly not; and the result of
the interviews was that C mada agreed with
Richmond that tke blow should be given
then. Surratf left- Montreal ou the 12th,
and was iu Washington on the 14th, as ia
shown by the testimony of G. C. Reed. He
gave tbe word to Booth at-once, no doubt,
and Booth committed tbe murder that night.
By this simple chain of facts the agency
of Davis and the men in Canada, is made so
certain, morally, that ho sane man can ques
tion it. It is to be hoped it may be made as
clear" legally. If Surratt could be iaduoed
to turn State’s evidence it would ba easier to
bang Davis than any other man in connec
tion with this crime.
Tbe New York Times of the 17th has tho
subjoined article:
Any one who will read the evidence taken
before the Washington Military Commission
on Friday last, and which we publish to-day,
will hardly be at any loss to understand the
motives which led to Its temporary suppres
sion. In that evidence, which goes over
nearly two' years in time, and includes the
sworn statements of a large number of per
sons who can have no collusive purpose in
view, there is, we take it. superabundant,
proof that the scheme of as3aslnatlon,ia tot m
iorm, was agreed te and approved iifi tc‘ I
military circles twenty months ago; that ti e
Richmond authorities hired and paid the con
spirators money ; that Booth, besides being
a hired assassin himself, was engaged to hire
others; that he was empowered to offer
thousands of dollars for the aid of a single
confederate; he did offer this for tne
co-operation of a New York actor named
Chester, who, fortunately for himself, refused
the bribe; that Sanders, and tbe gang who
act with him ini the Provinces, were privy to
the plot; and that every step tn the conspi
racy was with the cognizance of Confederate
officials. ■ - v
The business in which Booth engaged was
opened near Swift Run Gap, (in the Shenan
doah Valley,) shortly after the rebel defeat
at Gettysburgh in 1863. Booth first offered
uis suggestions in a rebel camp; and Beal 1 ,
who was hung the other day, was the first
volunteer for what was to be thereafter
known as the “uetached service.” Shortly
after thi3, Booth was found “in funds" and
upon these he made various essays in per-
footing the conspiracy, until the thing look
the snape it did on the 14th of April last.
The story disclosed in . this opening testi
mony, lengthy as it .is, .will repay perusal,-
and it is necessary to a clear uadei>tmding
of the case, as far as’ it has gone. XTutil th*
capiureof Davis was reported, the Commis
sion, doubtless felt that it would be unwise
to let it be known how far the evidence real-.
ly went to implicate the “Confederate au
thorities " The capture of the arch-rebel
renders further precaution in this regard un
necessary, and the Commission fully just fy
their own act iu now giving the whole to the
public.
The New York'Tribune of the ITth says.
If President John-on has not been inisud
with regard to Davis’complicity iu the as
sasination of President Lincoln, we trust he
is to be first tried distinctly and avowedly
on the charge. Not having seen the evidence
“in the Bureau of Militaiy Justice,” we tEfu
formed no judgment as to its strength; but
we are advised that a leading New York
Democrat who knows the arch-rebel inti
mately is convinced pf bis guilt. And if
Davis Is an assassin, we are anxious that he
should be arraigned, tried, convicted and
punished asjutt that and nothing else. We
see nothing essentially incredible in the pre
sumption, after what is known of the mas
sacre of our Black and the starvation of our
White soldiers under his authority without
eliciting one word of official rebuke from the
functionaries responsible before God and
Man for these inhuman outrages. We shall
certainly regret to hear that the President
w»3 induced to charge the fugtiive Confede
rate with such a crime on inadequate grounds;
but we would not have him tried t<»r It un
less the evidence is plainly sufficient to con
vict him. Yet, if be should be tried for mur
der and not convicted, he would still be sub
ject to indictment and trial for treason.
The New York News which has been al
most as bitter a rebel jap.T as either of the
Charleston or. Richmond Journals, or even
the slaughterous Chattanooga Rebel itselfi
