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6en. Jackson’s Proposed Night Attach
with Naked Confederates.
Editors Mamina News :
Or-L-i'
confidence in. the truthfulness i
* -semmU. The imi ttislah al.1 e in.l
* till been in toe ; opposite .Ht'octi
* proved by the action of every coi
has Iteen held for making orarne
1 ^fconsUtution: .Througliodt thei
withcmt i ilftflngte‘6!xLiJp(iM^ *1 iitfii
1 **of an, ereniiuieaai«jgSdiSi^Bfei
servanta^anipriTOtie.nU^, : Ac.
State lands in Florida has been advanced
from fifty cents to a dollar, .and' twenty-five
rnilf i wifi TUtTM r
-ssferaL
above head, and in
the same paper, says:
“It is very unlikely that he (Jackson) or
any other Ueneral would have advised such
sas^sa«8iss.’«sfs
Pollard. In the first place there would have
been no necessity for the stripping naked, as
•tarjUfe rmhoy^ pf their coats they would have
been quite as distinguishable from the enemy,
and in the second place, there were probably
not Bowie knives enough in the entire Con-
' federally—cerCaimyTaotatrconiinand on that
occasion—to arm th» assailing force.”
:My . opinion^ in .. common with that) of
hundreds of other soldiers of the Army of
Northern Virginia, is that if Gen. Jackson
had believed that the desired end could have
been better or more speedily - consummated
by attacking “with naked men armed with
Bowie knives,’’ he would have suggested
"It, and if so empowered By his Comman
der, would have .led the attacking column.
/ t T,. t1. ■■■iva A t Mr. AmS
Ingest Circulation in City and Country.
maud for State scrip
know, of a lot tlu^
cents. The tax
and hence, we
maud.—TaUahas
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‘pose,
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-Last Monday Captain*
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to the pro-
ior anytime
,'onuaiinlcations mi
■“p'rMM wishing the
is<s than one year will
leaded to, when remttti
are!- ‘
Vo city aubBOripUpnc
•rjcfleft gR3Rp¥-l
hoochee Arsenal to Captain N. McNeal, on
behalf of the State of Florida!" 'The latter has
been put in charge of the property, for its
conversion into a State Prison/ He has al-
jready removed .therewitb his fcmily.-JWtf.
Tue Snake Trade.—Within, the. last six.
weeks there have been not Uu^jfflxjgnkM
of various kinds caught in the vicinity of this
were paid for at from one to twenty-five’ dob
lars each, and if the deihand were to continue'
a year longer, this country would be greatly
benefitted thereby ;becausethe Snakes.would
be compelled to yield to the greenback ques-'
tion. Among toe snakes shi]
gy Correspondence contain
which js very fa» from a datura to,
the power at the expense of. liberty, or
crease the power at the expense of. liberty, or
-to accumulate the‘whole power lii an nnre-
strained Congress, at the expense of the other -
departments of the Federal Government.
■The nation is far from having lose all appre
ciation of the value of those checks and safe
guards which the fathers provided for the .
preservation of its liberty. . a I .
rgt Mobnino Nkwb. 1
yunt insertion, $1 00 per square; each subsequent
.^rtion, 75 cents per square.
vivertisemants for one month or longer .will be in-
k iied frt special rates, which can be ascertained at the
.ifflee.
Advertisements outside of the city must be secom-
urith the CASH. • • ' - --
Gen. Jackson was a true soldier,..stern and
unyielding in what he believed to be his duty,
and all who have read his character aright, or
at least all who were in a position to observe
his movement#, will bear me out. in, the as-
. flections point to only one .remedy. That is,.
’ a revival at some distant day of the nation’s:
•'love forliberty,: with an effort to regain it by,
J atsuccessfhl civil, war against toe then, nsaip-
iig party, causing , a reinstatement by the
voice and power of the people which, will be
respected for a long time. Bad as this is, it
is our only chance. . It would seem to be an
ever enduring part*of tlie destiny of tie An-'
gfo-Saxon race to win,their freedom by rebels
non, and to pursue it by rebellion.
1 “We had thought "the improper dominance
of a political-party through the Federal Gov
ernment was amply -guarded against by a:
written Constitution, carefully defining its
power; 1 also by. a subdivision of its powers
between Congressional, Executive andJudi-
cial departments, and by a large reservation
of power to. be. exclusively exercisoil by the.
separate State.governments. Bat all this has
proved illusory. The practical working-has
proved, it to be throughout the Government
of a political party. The President, the mem
bers-of Congress, and. of the State govern
ments all.Selong.to the dominant party, work
ip Its interests as a paramount duty far above
all others of a politick character, and instead
GOLD, GOLD, GOLD !
» : Shine smart political economiststoink’that
if we demand gold for cotton,'presto I tSh.
gold will run away to New York, the great
money centre. Well, otir planters are >tfirn--
ing the greenbacks .they gei'for cotton intCL.
by telegraph
THE MORNING NEWS.
sertion that lie believed hfe duty was to fight'
and kill Yankees. What General of the Con-
federacy fought his men harder, and when
victory crowned liis arms, was closer aud
more unrelenting in pursuing the enemy?
None. Unfortunately there were too few like
him. Jackson's work was always done, and
well done, (excepting, perhaps, "at White Oak
Swamp' during the “Seven Day’s Battle
.Around Richmond,") and.did not require that
! it should bo donedver again.
the latter place. —Tb.
There are 17,500,000 acres of land in Flo-'
rida belonging to the. United States. Most
of it is subject to entry. A portion of it has
pot been surveyed.—St. Augustine Examiner.
In the case of the State us. James Mickler,.
charged with murder, the Grand Jury found
‘mot a true bill,'’ and on motion of the
prisoner’s.attorney, Judge Putnam, and after
able argument that toe prisoner should'be
Another Revolution In Mexico.
Mew Orleans, November 23.—The 7d»es of
tliis evening copies from the Brownsville
gsnchero Extra, dated November 12th, letter^
from Monterey, receiyed the jpreyipua night,
which state that EacgiSedb *01“? £<?*«> from
Tampico to Victoria for the purpose of com
mencing the Tamaulipas campaign jointly
with troops from Matamoras, was.surprised
bv the entire force of Vargas, at Hacienda do
Ala mi tan. Escabedo was defeated, barely,
escaping with a few"*of his staff to Monterey: j
Escabedo’s forces fought badly, and before
the fight was over, hurrahed for Vargas and
Canales, and finally declared in favor of the
tebels. Escabedo attempted to collect a force
atjMonterey, but failed, the soldiers refusing to
march without first being paid, and after
wards refused to fight against their Tamaulipas
brethren. Escabedo seeing this complicated
itate of affairs, sent in his .resignation declar
ing himself incapable of putting down the
Tamaulipas revolution. The forces at Vic
toria under Lopez and Montescinos becoming,
demoralized, disbanded themselves. A large
portion joining Vargas’ command. It is be
lieved by this time. that Tampico has pro
nounced, as well as other towns in the State,
md soon the entire State will be in the hands
cause New York is a greenback money centre,
and is not considered a safe place for gold.
Bat let gold be demanded for cottonahd make
it tlie currency in Alabama, and in the twink
ling of an eye the old stockings and chests
Will give, up .(heir treasures to improvc and;
fructify the land. . Hereafter the opponents of
this irrefutable truth in political economy will:
acknowledge the Itegister right in its. present-
C 'tion. But they will first, have to get the*
r York collar oft 4 their necks. A people
who dig annually out of their soil by the' labor
of their hands and the sweat of their brows'
two hniidrcd awrtfifty millions in gold txrfi(e;need
not wear the collar of any city or section.* i We -
can'be financially and commercially indepen
dent, if not politically. There is not question
of bayonets and overbearing numbers here.
The almighty dollar is the arbiter in this case,'
and we have got it
In this connection we copy from the com-,
mercial column of the New Orleans Jlmsstlie
following remarks, which art in harmony with
the views put forth by this journal We are
able to state that our views have been en
dorsed by.the largest! and soundest bankers
in New Orleans, and our country exchanges
Thesubjeetof adopting gold as a baisis for
all operations in cotton, is attracting consid
erable attention from bankers and the trade.
It is argued that,' as the country tributary to
before the Supreme Court.
2. “Regulation or explanation of the judicial
veto power over unconstitutional legislation
or executive action; limitation of the number
of the Judges of the Supreme Court, of the
number -necessary for a quorum' or a decision,
and rendering their salaries available without
an appropriation, with a prohibition against
either of them being elected to the office of
President or Vice President within five years
of the time when ho held his office.
3. Regulation of the power to suspend the
writ of habeascorpus, the power to declare and
enforce martial law over persons not attached
to the military or naval service, and the
power to seize private property for public
use, or to enforce private:contribution.
4. Regulation of the power to make banks
or other corporations, to make legal tenders,
to make roads, canals, bridges, telegraphs,
&c., to tax imports, to raise troops by sub-
aM, others of a
df the State governments acting as a counter
poise check,"ihey serve as a great aid to the
absolute domination of the party. This sui
cidal vice in our institutions was seen long
ago, and it has been the principal endeavor
of my life for more than thirty years to arouse
public opinion as to the danger necessarily to
ensue from such a state of things. It was
predicted that the collisions between parties
in their contests for power would result in
divil wars like the one we have just passed
through, and, having proved that the power
and.patronage of the Presidency was the
prineipadopcasion of these conflicts, recom
mended the substitution of some other
method than that of a popular election for
Obfairnn^rinr.-Presidents.” - •
I This was written before the dominant par
ty, in pursuance of its war precedents of ac
tion “outside the Constitution” had abol
ished the valid subsisting white governments
of- ten States, and substituted negro govern
ments in their place.. It was before the nar-.
row escape of the President from a party im
peachment for fidelity to. the Constitution. It :
was before, the. formal attempt to emasculate
the Executive department, by deprivation pjk
some.'pf its mpst.important. and indisputable
powers, j It wasalso before the attempt to
deprive the Judicial department of its veto, ,
power over "ttie .unconstitutional legislation.
of 'Congress: Sihco the adoption of those
measures, it must be conceded by all intelli
gent men to have been already proven that!
those ba'd'war examples are to’ bo received
“as unimpeachable precedents “for all that
any political party may want to do for wir&k:
ing vengeance on opponents.”- With'- the'
more distinct, seeming satisfaction given by
the nation to all those bad acts, by its elec-
ttidn of-General Grant,' they - siay be properly
said to hare worked an enduring revolutiori
iin the fundamental principles of the Govern
ment Each and all.of ,those acts were dis
tinctly arraigned before the nation -in - that.
contest forttiie Presidency;and :the acquittal i
of the Radical party by its result will be re- :
ceived as a j ustucatory ratification of the acts'
by the great tribunal of last resort
Even before those more distinct assaults
i upon' the Judicial and' Executive dfipari-
meuts, the following candid and startling ex--
pose of .the then status of the Federal Gov
ernment was given by one of the most able
and eminently sagacions of the Radical lead-
: era:
“It is quite useless, to ignore the plain and
; palpable fact that the rebellion and the war
have revolutionised our Government. We are
not . living under the Constitution of 17S9,
but under an unwritten Constitution; which
reprebents the national will as embodied in
the action of Congress. The limitations of
the old Constitution have ceased to have
j binding force. * The President is
powerless, because two-thirds of Congress are
n 1.... A 1.1 —v. tlH. .. /V nnw A ah mantni,
SwSSS Jr ^ ralr ?;
published in Putnam’s Monthly. During the
Council of War,-Gen. Jackson, after expres
sing his views regarding the . demoralized
condition of the enemy, and making the sug
gestion to bayonet them in the town, fell
asleep, overcome By the fatigue -of the day’s
battle. He was aroused by one of the
Generals, when he, half asleep, muttered,
“Drive them into the river,” “Drive them into
the river,”- thus showing what had been,the-
bent of His thoughts, both while awake and'
asleep." “War for Jacksoii;” aptly says Mr.
Pollard m .commencing the second anecdote,
“had a gloomy, terrible meaning ; it was the ’
shedding of blood, wounds and death. Once
an inferior officer was. regretting that some
Federal soldiers had been killed in a display
of extraordinary courage, when they might
as readily have been captured. Jackson re
plied curtly, “Shoot them all; I don’t want
them to be brave.” He had a gloomy, fierce
idea of war, which we are forced to confess
was sometimes almost savage in its expres
sions. It was'testified by G6V-Letcher, iu a
distinct and authentic manner, during the
lifetime bUJackson, that from the opening, of
the waT the latter favored the black flag, and
On an average of five days. . The demands
for shipnjent on the line are vastly on the in
crease. —Fenuindina Index.
Quite a number'of strangors are visiting
our city, and we learn that a number have
determined to locate here.—76. • •
The palmielto root has’ been sent North,
that its tanning properties might he fully
tested. If it will answer, there can be many
fortunes made,“as soon as persons leant hew
'to extract its strength and ship it in a liquid
state.—J5. .. . . _ .yahyiaaJIa
Successful Hunt.—Messrs. Price and Pear
son started from Enterprise on Tuesday morn
ing, the. 27th October; started, with their
dogs, 10 deer and killed 4.
Wednesday, hunted a portion of the day,
started 4 deer and killed 2, and moved
camps. '
5. Regulation of the power to--impeacbi a
President Vice President or Acting Presi
dent with the creation of a tribunal for his
trial other than the Senate.
G. Providing for a tie vote by the electors,
or in the House, upon a Presidential election,
and for filling any vacancy-in the office of
President that mny occur, or for a contested
election of electors, and prohibiting the re-
election of any oue to the Presidency for
more than two consecutive terms. Also, de
fining Ihe President’s" (lower of removal'or
suspension from office, and his power as
Coniraander-in-Chief.
7. Defining the enforcing clauses of the
thirteenthandfourteenth Constitution amend
ments.
8. Making valid the separation of Western
Virginia, and the reconstruction legislation
as to the ten reconstructed States; also pre
venting or reconciling nil-seeming conflicts
in the laws or action of their power and pres
ent governments; and also annulling or re
commending the repeal of the disfranchising
clauses, for political offences, in the constitu
tions of Tennessee, Missouri, and West Vir-
ginia/orm either of the reconstructed States.
this market wiU have a large surplus from tho
proceeds of its cotton crop—ant.' nearly.eo-
large, we apprehend, as is generally Antmi-.
pated—it is a favorable season to.establish.,.
this reform. in the trade; that it wtiTmake
gold the general standard of valnes, as it ac
tually is in Texas and California; that green
back and national bank notes will 11 son circu
late at a discount in accordance with their!
relative value in gold in the; New Yoik mar-
ket; and that it will unlock for active employ
ment the large amount of coin. hoardedtby
planters from the ..proce^jeof foniief AM3M1WM
We have never doubted that a specie basis is
the true one for; Southern interests Tbe
From Washington.
Washington, November 23.—It is stated
that Commissioner Rollins recommends the
suspension of Norbross, the Collector of the
Third Louisiana District. ,
Caban fillibusterism has not yet become
■utneiently tangible to warrant a proclama
tion against it by the President; but it is nn-
irstood that United States Marshals and At
torney Generals “have been ‘ ordered to be
ritchfot -
The weather hereiis delightful.
WrafiNaiON, November 23.—Fullerton'wffl-
started 5 deer and -killed 3.
Saturday, started 16 deer and killed 6.
Monday, started 15 deer and killed 7.
Tuesday,-started 11 deer and killed 6, and
returned to Enterprise aud took the steamer
Hattie for home.' *
I Total for five days—started 73 deer, killed
■31 deer aud 1 panther.—Jacksonville Union.
thought fhkt no prisoner shbuld be taken in
a war invading the homes of the South;"
Jackson did believe in fighting, and when
to carry a’ point, his artillery arid infantry
were slaughtered in almost a wholesale man
ner, he did not show- his humanity by draw
ing off his troops--Before finishing the
work, as did some tother generals in
the exercise of their humanity, which some
times led to the belief among the infe
rior officers and men that humanity with, them
was only another name for self-protection.
Jackson was a brave man, fearing nothing;
and, believing that all of his troops were the
same, he made them , fight, especially theiar-
tillery branch, among which he generally
stood during an engagement, in a way that
was somewhat surprising to those who had
read in history of previous fights, carried on
according to the rules of civilized warfare.
j < ' ■ - .! — pll*,.' , l.'.iMn —a' —.a— tint lain*
Foreign Items.
Afflictions visit palaces as well as cottages.
The Prince of Belgium, and heir apparent, is
afflicted'with' aiv* incurable 'dropsy. His ex
istence is one continued misery.
Tbe Empress Charlotte’s condition grows
at times a little better; but the iucid intervals
are rare and. of short duration. Of her per-
imanent cure,.no hope is entertained.
The Queen of Portugal is now reported'to
KENTUCKY STOCK Y
iave a hearing by President Johnson oil Wed
nesday, when he w ill submit additional evi
dence.
All Government offices will be clos’ed:on
Thursday. '
Senator Cameron and Representative Ran
dall urge the suspension of Collector Coke, of
as wonld result in a disastrous revulsion in.
the Northern and Western' States. All who '
were in debt w-onld suffer by it, and many, if
not most of them suceUmb under the change
in values and in attendant embarrassments.
As the North and the West have almqstinex-
tricably .involved themselves by over-trading;
they could’not stand the ordeal without the
most serious trouble. But there has been no
over-trading at the South.. .
We have commenced a new career since
the war. Our planters are bat little in debt,
compared with the value of their 1 products,,
and their debts ore mostly owing at home.
The disturbances then that would- spread,
tbroughout the North and tee-West-would
hardly extend-to the South, while it .-would
have the special benefit of being the princi-
of either House, should recommend the call
of a convention for the accomplishment of
such objects as these, the requisite Legisla
tures would make the call, and the conven
tion could be held, aud its action' ratified be
fore the end of the first session of the next
Congress. Then, and not till then, a solid,
permanent peace and prosperity would be
restored to the' nation, arid the half of the
army disbanded, with an annual saving to
the nation of from forty to sixty millions of
dollars. The evil effects foe the future of the
bad war precedents wonld be material, if not
entirely, corrected by this sort of legalizing
saving against their alleged invalidity, with-
oufany expficff'cmiaeHmaSon! The Consti
tution would be reinstated in its supremacy,
with an implicit command from the nation
that hereafter it should be obeyed; that all
future action of Government functionaries
doctors advise her' removal to her native
country, Italy, where her lather; Victor Em
manuel, awaits her arrival -with so much anx
iety that he has suspended his ordinary occu
pation of hunting. .
The police of Paris have closed the hall,
where the 1 ‘strong-minded” held their Con-'
ferencea These ladies shonld now be con
tent, as they are treated as men.
It has been much considered .whether the
Prince Imperial should take- the ordinary'
Philadelphia.
Secretary McCulloch’s estimates for the
coining fiscal year will shows decrease of
forty or fifty millions.
From ho xiiala.ua,
New Oblean3, November 23.—The Tribune,
the organ of the colored Republicans: of
Louisiana; aud owned, edited and pub
lished by colored men, re-appeared yesterday
after a suspension of six m onth s. | In its saln4
trtory, it says: “ While if will aak for colored
nen every right beIonging_to Americans, it
will never attempt, to abridge that __pf any.
other class> of citizens, advocating the en
forcement of obedience to all constitutional
laws. It will raise its voice for justice and ap
peal to reason." The Tribune receives favor
able comments from tire evening! press.
PiTe Chicago and St. Louis thieves, part of
the gang lately depredating .on the New Or
leans and Jackson Railroad were arrested
here on Saturday night.. -
pal-section-' which produces gold bearing
crops. : The moment, however, that even tuiM
contraction began to be inconveniently felt
at .the North and the West, snob an outcry
was raised that the contractile action was sus
pended. And now, notwithstanding the pre-
Gen. Jackson was a humane man,.but hia
ideas of huuianity, I, with '‘others, -‘believe
were subservient, to his sense of duty. ■ He
would have deplored the loss of life among
the inhabitants of Rrederieksbur^ycOnseiihent
upon ! a night, bombardment and attack, a?
much as any one, but it is my- humble opin
ion "fhat.his humane' feelings would not have
prompted him to forego an attack, promising
such beneficial results to the eause he loved
so well; simply because a few non-combatants
might have been injured. ;In proof, I call at
tention to the- fact that when driving the
enemy on sundry, occasions, through the
streets of Martinsburg, Winchester, Port Re
public, Front Royal, Strausburg, Harrison
burg, and numerous other towns and villages
in the If alley of Virginia, - he :never ordered
the artillery or infrntry fit ee&se firing w hen
approaching towns, or yrhehin" this rtreets
thereof, although there were in the said
better plan would' have, been to let the two
then lie friends.' ”
The Supreme Court is power-
against him.
less, because the case caunot.come up for its
action, or the Court has no means of en
forcing its decrees. The people are without
remedy,'because ten States are not allowed
any voice, and the remainder sustain the
usurped authority. Wo aro living under a
de facto Government—a Government resting
on force and the will of the people who sus
tain it. . * .*• *'■ -.The war wrought
a revolution in public . sentiment, which, in
its torn, wrought a revolution in tbe practical
administration ; of. the; Government.. -Con
gress represents that revolution and acis un
der its inspiration. England has just such a
Constitution as that. The opinions of Par
liament and the will of the people is the un
written Constitution by which England is
governed.- - This'is the actual stale of puur af-
fairs~~, ItiSj.perhaps, wiser to adjust our pub
lic, taction to it than to waste-strength and
time in contending against it” ’
! Commenting on this precious avowal and
unpatriotic advice, the present writer, in a
publication made March,. 1867. said; . “No one
can be imbued more strongly than the writer
in the belief that ‘our Constitution-secured
liberty is irretrievably lost But still there
may be a chance that/By some accident or
action not now foreseen, the Constitution
may bewestored and liberty retrieved. Wheth
er there be such chance or not; it is the plain
duty of patriotism to act a3 though it did
really exist, and by vigorous action, instead
of inglorious non-action; aid the development
of whatever remedy there may still remain.
* * * An'omnipotent Congress, like an
omnipotent British Parliament, is a form of
trary, the indications are that strenuous ef
forts will be made on the incoming Adroinis-
tration and Congress to expand instead of
contract. Expansion-would'tax Southern la
bor still more than hitherto, from the ad
vance it would cause in all articles of South
ern consumption, while the Southern crops,
being'governed-in price by the course of for
eign markets; would not have any correspond
ing improvement. We are aware of the obi-
jection to this—that whether one buys or
sells for specie or national currency; the* price
in both instances is governed by toe relation
that toe one bears to toe other, and thoHt is
perfectly immaterial (supposing gold to be
worth 50 per cent, over currency) whether
toe. planter sells his cotton for 20c. in gold or
3061 in currency: This is true" in theory, -but
in its practical application it will be found
tLat the gold basis will be more advantageous
to toe South, than toe currency basis. Wo
have no space left for the farther discussion
of this matter, bui will resume it on another
and West Virginia nre built upon smothered
political volcahoes, which will certainly break
l.!L-From "revolutionary sources
t Colonel Cesyedes is acting as
president, iu the absence of CoL
ie'has issued a decree ordering
between toe ages of eighteen anc
forty to be enrolled for active' service, under
tilera.
States will promptly flock to toe aid of one
dr the other party, arid there will speedily
fused, more virulent, and possibly more dis
astrous than that through which we have so
recently passed. The avoidance of this great
danger would afford adequate motive, if there
were no other, why every patriot should lend
zealous aid towards obtaining a convention.
iVWne^uatra tiuiy. “ ^
Lieutenant General Marcauo commands
the Eastera'Departaient, Aguero toe Central;
toe other chiefs being! Harmol, Sanesteban,
Beadomo and Peralta. .
The latest, news by telegram, received last
night front Puerto Principe, announces that
the. government troops who were besieged
1 it. _ rv . ”‘.4 -■! AnnirAwl'tiAfl - cnvrmi_
Arrest of a Party of Rnglist
Americans la Syria.
Washington, November 23.—:
Arrested in Syria,'charged with smuggling
tutus into toe interior for 'toe'-purpose of
overthrowing .t}fe government.' The prisoners
claim that they were surveying for railroads,
end that the aims ' were to - 'defend their em
ployees. The American Consol is very active
in behalf of the AmeriwaMj. but .topjE^glish
Consul appears to Ida indifferent regarding
fite fate ofbisbountiymen.f'feA VXi
Horrible Murder la Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, ■ November 23. —Mrs. Mary
E. Hill, residing in and owning an aristo
cratic residence coiner of Tentb and .Pine
streets had ber brains beaten out wjth a
poker and her body thrown from a second
story window into the yard to-day. Her son-
in-law has been arrested on suspicion of be
ing the murderer. The deceased lady was
very wealthy. . r _, .-
• f ' f .ij: ft—- i L* t--
Dtoth of General Woddy Thompson.
' Tallahassee;' November 23.—Gen. Waddy
Thompson, who, during Calhoun’s life, was a
Congressman from South Carolina, and after
wards Minister to Mexico, died here this af
ternoon. He was about seventy years old.
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■Arrival of Chief Justice Chase in Rich-
the convention, and do the best it can with
whereas its^etieveld^mvaliclity' ^w^dlst resting
on mere Congressional power, will be toe oc
casion of bitter, pernicious strife, that will
last for many years. However earnestly the
Supreme Cot
At Jilari toe insurgents whipped toe troops.
From'Hayti.
.Havana, November-20.—The following has
its efforts to
beeu received from Port-au-Prince. After
toe bombardment of Jereinie, President Sal-
nave bombarded for five - hours Miragoane,
but was finally repulsed.. Many of Selnave’s
pickets on shore surrendered to the revolu-
A Western exchange gives vent
etical phrenzy in toe following.
clnnirno- ’‘ ' i '' “ -
structiou, sooner or later toe question will
certainly be presented for unavoidable decis
ion. Should toe decision, according to all
probability, be against the validity, toe legal
affairs of toe South will be involved in almost
inextricable confusion, with an accompany-
“I wad not dj in Artam.
With peaches fit for eatin’.
When the wavy corn ta gettin’ ripe,
'.-VSS^Anil srf trpafirj’-
toe Confederates, and but for the humanity
of toe gunners, who erased firing, notwith
standing toe'Pepetition of Jackson’s orders
fftapress^-'fhK'townj^ many women and ehil-
dren. would jiaye been, killed. .
The editorial further statee:
“The camp is a great place for ‘camp news,’
and startling stories of toe proposed night at
tack may have gained currency among the
troops, but we venture to assert that when
the true frets’are known, it will be found that
Gen; Jackson’s suggestions were strictly m
accordance with toe usages of civilized war-
frre, and consistent with the sentiments and
tionists. The districts of • Borgne - and St.
-olution.
kernel,
that be intended shortly to attae.l .
Aux Cayes and St. . Marks. An" American
man-of-war was looked for with anxiety. Sev
eral other nations have vessels hero, but thore
has been no American vessel siuce Septein-
her. The Government continues to purchase
gtnd Bell all the coffee aud mahogany for toe
purpose of raising revenue.
The revolutionists are increasing in num
bers. . .
»>»♦■< —
From Sooth: America.
New Yoke, November 20.—The steamer
Mississippi brings Rio Janeiro advices to toe
26th ult. United States steamers Gueriere,
Pawnee, Kansas and Quinnebaug were to
leave Rio on the 27th or 28to with General
McMahon for Paraguay. The Wasp was at
Montevideo with ex-Minister Washburne.
The gunboat Shantokin was at St. Thomas en
route for the United States.
The American street railway in Rio Janeiro
was opened to traffic on October 9, in too
presence of tbe Emperor and an immense
concourse of citizens. The average daily
of which cannot be foreseen,
It has been frequently demonstrated in
most of toe older States that toe popular
proclivity is towards conventions for review
ing constitutions. It is matter of deep re-
Frr.ns in New Yoke.—New York, November
19.—Eight fires occurred this afternoon be
tween 2 and 4 o’clock in toe eastern portion
of -the city, nearly all in stables. Three Bovs
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cessfolly played upon torn popular feeling to
toe profit of their party, and to the ruin'of
most of toe State constitutions, which were,
till so marred, important outposts in toe great
cause of Conservatism—toe cause of the Con
stitution secured liberty of toe whole nation.
Knowing this natural bent of popular feeling,
.. The. obvious facile remedy of a national
convention for nullifying the war precedents
and restoring toe -- Constitution will be
promptly rejected by most men of intelli
gence, from the seeming impracticability of
obtaining such a convention. If viewed by
be nrade iir favor of a national convention.
The Democracy can easily make that toe
leading issue in toe next Congressional elec
tions, and this will all toe more certainly be
done if toe Radicals are indiscreet enough to
the great bulk of toe Radicals as antagonis
tic to. their, party; it is, of-course, utterly
impracticable. But it was most fortunately
not made an issue in the late Fremdehtial
contest, and is not necessarily antagonistic to
the Republican any more than to toe Demo
cratic, or any other great party likely to attain
The soldiers and sailors of Massachusetts
intend to be represented- in Washington by
a large delegation.on. toe occasion of the in-
tuiguration of President Grant. A committee
r f Prominent ex T army and navy „ officers has
£een appointed to make.the necessary arrange-
One hundred and fifty thousand hogsheads
*hd boxes of sugar have been landed in Bos
ton since January 1st—the largest receipts
ever known. -
Aiarion, toe favorite of Queen Isabella, has
been dismissed. His place is now occupied
by Count Espilato, belonging to one of toe
of civilized warfare any more (if as much)
than those officers who were engaged in toe
work of hurling men into eternity by means
of torpedoes, for which they have never been
censured _AYiboinian.
Savannah, Git., Novr 23.'
A lady in' Philadelphia recently lost her
life in consequence of the letters “as for
“asofeetida” being obscurely written in a pre
scription. The druggist mistook than for
“at, ” and put up atropa belladonna, a deadly
poison.
which only
arrived lately from Rome
jntaining bones and relics of
non" which were those of Saint
teing addressed to Queen Xsahel-
forwarda'd by' express' to her
Fortunate. I
la,*Higr were
present abode in France. “
The sheriff whose duty it is to
ris, toe Aubum (Me.) murderer,
proximo, Umh mysteriously disappeared, and
it is doubtful whether toe warrant can be ex
ecuted
Grant, even with his immense majority;* is
full proof that a majority of the nation ap
proves or justifies all or any of toe alleged
usurpations with which the Radicals were