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A QUESTION AHEAD.
: A feeling of jealousy and distrust of New
England supremacy in the government has
flong been growing up in the Western States,
which recent events have tended rapidly to
(develop, until it threatens soon to become a
disturbing element in politics. The New Or
leans Times thus states the case:
“ The vast preponderating weight of New
England and New England ideas in dictating
the policy of this government, says the
Times, must, ere long, attract the serious at-
ition of the. public men of .the country,
Representing, as it did, one extreme political
sentiment, when the other arrayed itself in
open rebellion, it was but natural that the
entire conservative population of the North
. should be attracted to its side of the contest.
: Political expediency since that day has been
so swayed and dictated by rapidly recurring
events, of which we had no precedent, that
; the gradually monopolizing tendency of New
England policy has been blindly and almost
imperceptibly assented to. It only needs a
I term of peaceful quiet and order to allow the
• leaders time to withdraw their eyes from in-
; specting the supposed common enemy, and
; investigate the condition of their own.forces,
j for this outrageous wrong to be discovered
j! and remedied. Such a time we may now
l, [j j look forward to immediately, if the same New
j England agitators do not succeed.in still pro
longing' the dissensions which have, up to
the present, proved such a serviceable screen
to their stupendous encroachments.
“In national representation their propor
tionate preponderance will probably receive
the first attention. There is no republican
axiom or law which can righteously afford to
New England, with a voting population of
less than six hundred thousand, twelve Sena
tors and twenty-seven Representatives in
Congress, while New York, with a voting
population of nearly forty per cent larger, is
only accorded two Senators and thirty-one
Representatives. The entire population of
New England is only about one-tenth the
population of the United States, and yet in
the distribution of the National Bank circu
lation, over one-third of the entire amount,
or one hundred and four millions, has been
giveu to New England, affording her a pro
portionate weight in the wielding the work
ing capital of the country. Besides this, the
present protective tariff was created entirely
in her interests; the late internal revenue
exemptions conceded to the importunities of
her manufacturers; the listing bounties and
ocean mail subsidies are all undeniably acts
of special legislation by which the interests of
the entire people of the United States are
made tributary to New England. The “Equal
ity,” which is the boast of her people, should,
therefore, like her charities, begin at home,
and not until her material condition is re
duced to its proper level, can we hope for
that entire and perfect. Union which is the
dream of our patriots and the aim of every
good citizen.” .
The undue preponderance of the small
Eastern States, through their Representatives
in Congress, even before the war, and before
Congress had asserted its supremacy over the
Constitution, was not satisfactory to the
large Western and South-western States,
with whose interests New England policy
was not unfrequently in conflict; but since
Congress has not only usurped file powers of
the general gove*ihent but has ceased
to recognise State sovereignty, the con
trolling influence of the New England
States, with their own- disproportionate re
presentation and their carpet-bag system,
which gives them a majority of the Senators
and Congressmen of the reconstructed States,
is still more to be feared. An inequality of
representation which was barely tolerable
under a Constitutional government, is be
coming unbearable under a government
■ in which the will of a'Congressional majority
is paramount and imperious; and it is not
strange that reflecting men, as the frenzy of
the recent sectional strife subsides, are be
ginning to see the impending danger and to
look for a remedy against the usurping and
grasping policy of the monopolists of New
England.
This question of inequality of representa
tion increases in importance as the land
marks and limitations'of our Constitutional
form of^oyernment disappear; but as the in
novations upon our former system increase
the necessity'for a more fair and equal ad
justment, they also open the way for its ac
complishment While the Constitution re
mained the supreme law, governing the ac
tion of Congress, it would have been impossi
ble to disturb the Constitutional basis of State
representation. New England would have
been secured in her twelve Senators, while
New York, or Ohio, with double her en
tire population would only be entitled to
two. But under the new order of
things the guarantees of the Constitution
are no'longer fixed and impregnable. Con-
gres is now paramount, and if Congress can
not only assume the regulation of represen
tation, suffrage and State citizenship, but can
partition and divide States at will—if Con
gress can divide the mother of States into
Virginia and West Virginia—if it can blot out
and disintegrate, it can also consolidate
States—and a majority of Congress may, with
equal propriety, require New England to come
up to a fixed and equal standard of represen
tative population with the other States of the
Union.
New England having sown the seeds
of sectional discord,' has adroitly managed to
profit by the alienation and strife which she
engendered. Her cunning and' unprincipled
statesmen have had matters their own wav.
But it remains to be seen if they have not, in
their fanatical rapacity, overreached them
selves by destroying the Constitution which
afforded the only protection of minorities
against the despotic rule of the majority.
The history of-the world affords many exam
ples of the’ majority of to-day becoming the
minority of to-morrow. Falsehood and mis
representation will not serve to keep the war
spirit alive in the country for ever. Accu
mulating wrong must bring reaction. As the
Round-heads and the Rump Parliament had
their day, so have the Radicals and the usurp
ing Congress. But the '.‘restoration” is sure
to follow. And when the sordid, sel
fish and unprincipled policy of New Eng
land is in the minority, the majority, until
they shall have re-established the Constitu
tion, will have New England precedent for
their guide, with the recollection of great
■wrongs to stimulate them to action. Then,
perhaps, New England may have a taste of
reconstruction.
The area of the six little New England
States would make at least one respectable
btate, in a geographical point' of view, and
when properly “reconstructed” and subjected
for a time to the control of an Insanemen’s
Bureau, the people might be cured in some
ihe “ .intermeddling and disor-
a .nd rendered more
ft
GEN, JX'BAX A. EARLY'S LETTER.
Editors Morning News:
Lieutenant-General Jubal A. Early has
written a long and interesting communication
in reply to "Gen. Stonewall Jackson’s pro
posed night attack with naked Confederates.
Our Florida Co
indence.
Tallahassee* December 15, 1868.
Eliiors Morning Xeirs :
The Supreme Court met on Saturday last,
The English people have a bye-word, “In
wit, forty sixpences are not equal to a sover
eign.” Adapted to suit the present occasion,
the facts, arguments and “ say so’s” of forty
(or any other number of soldiers) are not
equal tothe “ say so” of a Lieutenant-Gen
eral. .There are some statements contained
in General Early’s letter which I believe to
be incorrect, but decline to point them out
for the reason above stated.
“A Vieoiniae.
The National Suffbaoe Movement.—A
Washington letter to the New York World
says: “The friends of the new Radical poli
cy of the Radical Republican party are not a
little discouraged at the gloomy prospect al
ready exhibited for the passage of the nation
al suffrage amendment. It is pending before
the Judiciary Committee of both Houses, but
will probably be reported adversely on by the
Senate Committee by the middle Of January,
if not sooner. An informal canvass in the
House devolops that hardly a majority can be
secured for it in that branch, to say nothing
of the - requisite two-thirds. Some of the
porters of Gbant are opposing such an amend
ment very earnestly. Senator Drake, of
Missouri, has just written a radical letter to
State Senator Evans, of the Missouri Legis
lature, opposing the proposition for univer
sal suffrage and universal amnesty in that
State as a bargain with rebels. He says he
objects to putting them on a par or coupling
them together, but first demands the com
plete enfranchisement of the negro, and
thinks that from his standpoint it is better to
invoke justice first and generosity afterwarda
The remainder of the letter is devoted to ex
tolling the past and present course of the
Radical party in Missouri.”
Petitions (says the Columbus Enquirer) are
already pouring in upon Congress, from the
Northern States, in favor of “woman suf
frage." Everybody remembers how Con
gress used to be flooded' with abolition peti
tions. The indications now are that the
next sensation in this line will’be in favor of
.
suffrage for women ; and os the petitioners
are for the most part the same persons who
carried on the long continued crusade against
slavery, we may expect that this new hobby
will be ridden with equal pertinacity. “Let
us have peace.”
A Washinqton letter says the Supreme
Court of the United States was engaged on
Monday in hearing argument upon claims of
Southern ship-owners for vessels seized during
the war. The grounds of claim is that the
vessels were forced into the Confederate ser
vice, and that owners were powerless to pre
vent it General Butleb, acting in place of
Hon. Caleb Cushinq, made a speech for the
Government to-day. These cases will occupy
the attention of the Court all the week.
The whereabouts of Hon Caleb Cushing
seems to be somewhat of a mystery. It has
been stated that he baa gone to Spain for the
purpose of negotiating for the purchase of
Cuba, but this is now contradicted, and it is
stated upon good authority that he has gone
to Bogota to consult with the authorities of
New Grenada in regard to a ship canal across-
the Isthmus, between the Atlantic and Pa
cific, and it is farther stated that he will re
turn in about thirty days.
The Tribune editorially says: “We are ad
vised from Washington tl-at the Supreme
Court is pretty certain to adjudge the legal-
tender act unconstitutional. We are told
that there wiU probably be but one dissenter
frpmjthe court’s judgment.’
Our Washington dispatch gives Judge Chase
as authority for the sentiment that none of
the Justices have expressed an opinion on
the subject
Senator Hill.—Washington telegrams say
that the Senate Committee have agreed upon
a report in the case of Mr. Hill, Senator elect
.from Georgia. The majority of the committee,
it is said, recommend the admission of Mr.
Hill to a seat in the Senate. From present
indications such a recommendation will meet
with strong opposition from several Radical
Senators.
It seems that Grant wants the Presidency
limited to one term, length not stated. Was
this the inspiration:
“The executive power shall be vested in a
President of the Confederate States of Amer
ica. He and the Vice’ President shall hold
their offices for the term of six years; but the
President shall not be re-eligible.’' (Constitution
of the Confederate States, Art. IL, sec. 1,
par. 1.)
Tothe victor belong the spoils, and it is
doubtless all right for the General to rob a
little “rebel” statecraft; only we’d like to
lenow what “the great heart of the nation”
thinks about it.— World,
Gen. Grant and his party might find a good
many other reforms in the Confederate Con
stitution worthy of their adoption.
A very “strange wedding” at Columbia,
Tennessee, is thus reported by the Nashville
correspondent of the Louisville Courier-Jour
nal.
Ten years ago a young lady belonging to
one of the most influential families in Maury
county, against her wishes, discarded the
man she loved at the instance of her friends.
At the end of two years she obtained a di
vorce, and immediately married her first
love. Nine months ago her second husband
was killed, and to-night she will be again
united to the man she married ten years ago.
Donn Piatt, the correspondent of the Cin
cinnati Commercial, pays the following com
pliment to the Republican party:
“All the proper people attacked Butler. I
am so sick of nice people—proper people—
in our party. I abhor the respectable plati
tudes. Possessing more real rascality than
any organization .ever known . to hiungnity,
we are dying of an overdose of propriety.
Our thieving fingers are covered with kid
gloves, and we plunder the poor agriculturist
and rob the treasury with a grace and refine
ment most beautiful.”
A Texas editor, on,being asked how he got
along with his paper, said he had written one.
editorial and shot three men in the previous
twelve months.
We clip the above paragraph from the New
York Sun of Monday, which contains more
reports of fights, robberies, murders and
suicides than we have seen in the Galveston
papers in a month.
The Philadelphia Age reports that since
the 1st of January, 1868, thirty-nine murders
have occurred in that city. The Press says:
“Thirteen prisoners were in the dock yester
day in this city, charged with the crime of
homicide, seven of whom were boys under
the age of nineteen yerrs.”
»•
In Houston Superior Court, last week, a
negro accused of several acts of burglary
plead that he was “ tricked or bewitched” to
do the deeds by women. But the plea didn’t
save him from the penitentiary.
Much Ado About Nothing.—The gens
Washburn will have to look out Rear Ad
miral Davis, who was sent to Paraguay with
a fleet to resent imaginary insults, reports
that the stories in regard to the out
rages committed by the Paraguayan Die- :
tator, Lopez, are all false, and that Wash-
bume’s cowardice was the cause of all the
as per ==^7
appearance. Nothing of importance trans
pired, and the Court adjourned until Mon
day, when it entered judgment of„~
against William H. Gleason, Lieutenant-
Governor, absolutely excluding him from
holding or exercising said office. So rests
the matter at this time. Counsel for respon
dent talk of carrying the case to the Supreme
Court of this United States, on a writ of error,
under the 25th section of the Judiciary act of
1789. No steps as yet taken. Gleason says
he don’t core a continental for the Supreme
Court, and swears eternal vengeance against
Reed. It is thought that the Legisla
ture, in January, after impeaching Reed,
will declare that the Supreme Court of the
State had nothing to do with Gleason, and
that he is the Governor,by virtue of his office
as Lieutenant-Governor. This would be but
an arbitrary assumption of power on the part
of the Legislature, and would be repudiated
by every honest Radical. Reed will doubt
less be impeached next month, and then the
only course will be for a new election. With
the irreconcilable differences which will exist
in the Radical party, the Democrats may,
and we hope will, succeed in electing a Gov
ernor. “ When rogues fall out,” Ac.
On Saturday last the Radicals held a mass
meeting in this city. Speeches were made
by Saunders and Hamilton, the Republican
candidates for Congress, and others of less
notoriety. - Saunders carried the day, and the
Hamiltonians retired from the ground totally
routed—“horse, foot and dragoons.”
As the time for the Congressional election
approaches, the contest waxes worm, and the
people begin to manifest some little interest
in the result There is a disposition on the
part of Hamilton’s supporters to throw the
weight of their inflnsnee in favor of General
Barucs, the Conservative candidate. They
fear that the negro Saunders, the independ
ent candidate, will receive a larger vote than
Hamilton, and Barnes’ disabilities not being
removed, he (Sannders) will be admitted into
Congress ns the candidate receiving the next
highest number of votes. This is the view
taken by Sannders’ friends, who have no hopes
of commanding a superior vote to the Con
servative ticket, but only desire to run ahead
of the other Republican candidate, and get
their man in on acconnt of Barnes’ ineligibil
ity. The Gleason party openly declare that
to prevent this they will urge Congress to re
move the disabilities of the Conservative can
didate. Saunders is encouraged and urged
onward by the Reed party, and it is said (for
which, however, we do not vouch) that they
pay his expenses for canvassing the State—
what can prompt them to such a course, we
are at a loss to divine, unless it he that a ma
jority of Hamilton’s supporters are Gleason-
ites and consequently advocates of “impeach
ment.” Great animosity exists between these
two factions, and each would prefer the elec
tion even of a rebel to the triumph of the
other’s candidate. What a contest for power!
Ah, the idea of subserving the interests of
the people finds no place in the minds of
these greedy cormorants. They are actnated
solely by selfish motives—by a love for power
—by a gluttonness greed for spoils, regardless
of the injuries inflicted upon the State. We
trust their fate will be that of the Kilkenny
cats; and then, under the influence of the
Conservative party, Florida can be recon
structed, and the people pursue the even
tenor of their way in peace, prosperity and
happiness.
Gov. Reed delivered an address to a Re
publican meeting in Jacksonville on the 7th
inst., in which he exposed the whole scheme
of “impeachment,” the motives wluch
prompted the actors, and the gains they
hoped to reap had the plot succeeded. If the
facts disclosed by the Governor be true, and
we have no reason to doubt them, it should
fix a damning guilt upon Osborne and Glea
son, the instigators and leaders of the con
spiracy ,«and cause them to be loathed and
contemned for all time to come by every hon
est man in the laud. What immense profits
Gleason would have realized by selling the
$300,000 worth of State bonds and buying up
scrip at thirty aud forty cents with which to
pay for the bonds ! And what a “ spec ” Os
borne would have made out of the big tract
of land at Pensacola ! It is not yet too late
for these fiends to carry out their wicked pur
poses, but we trust that this expose of the
Governor will open the eyes of the Radicals
themselves, ana cause the honest ones among
them (if there be any) to stand aghast at the
corruption of their own pnrtv and stimnlate
them to exertions to erect formidable bar
riers for checking the manipulations of these
public plunderers.
But it is a deplorable fact, Messrs. Editors,
that the Governor of a State, at this late day,
cannot make a pubic speech without villify-
ing aud abusing rebels, and to this end in
dulging iu statements which are false and a
scandal to the man who utters them. Gov.
Reed is no exception; for in the same speech
to which we have referred, he charges the
people of this State with “having armed or
ganizations, sworn to prevent the execution of
the laws, and to prevent his appointees from
discharging tiie duties of their offices.” No
one knows better than Gov. Reed the utter
falsity of this charge; and even if “armed
organizations” do exist, (which we very
much doubt,) we defy him or any other man
to point to a single instance ontside of the
Radical party, where the due execution of
the law has been prevented. The true peo
ple of this State, though they may despise
and hate the party iu power, have yet pur
sued a quiet aud orderly course, and render
ed that obedience to the laws, unjust and
tyrannical in their nature and operations as
some of them are, which challenges general
admiration. It is true they sincerely desire
a change of the Constitution and laws, but
they intend to accomplish this in a legal way
and in the manner prescribed by the Consti
tution itself. Whether they will ever pos
sess the power to do this, remains to be seen.
Until they do, Gov. Reed can discard his pre
tended fears and anxieties with reference to
the prevention of the execution of existing
laws, and his appointees, vile and disreputa
ble as a majority of them are, will not be in
terfered with so long as they confine them
selves to the discharge of their official duties.
We assure His Excellency, in the name of
the people of the State, that what we now
desire and sadly need is, peace, order and re
pose, and say with Thomson:
“O, beauteous peace 1
Sweet union of a State I what else but thou
Gives safety, strength and glory to a people? 1
Let Gov. Reed and his party cease their
wrangling and quarreling and set an exam
ple worthy of emulation. But we despair of
ever having any substantial peace in Florida
until the Democrats succeed iu getting con
trol of the State Government. D.
Jacksonville, December 14, 1868.
Editors Morning News :
the Supreme Court deciding that they were
void. This ends chapter first Next week,
probably, Lient-Gov. Gleason will be de
clared not competent to hold the office, for
tho reason of his not having resided in the
State long enough. Governor Reed, who is
now here, addressed his colored brethren and
gave them a history of the quarrel. You will
see-it in the Union (Radical.) It is a curious
document and should be perused. In it he
says he was elected by the negroes, except a
few whites who voted for him; that the im-
peaehers were men whom he appointed to
office—men who had projected schemes to
swindle the State ont of thousands; men
who meant to rule aud ruin, Ac. We shall
now probably have an address from Gleason
& Co., who will give the short-comings and
rascalities of the other members of the
Radical firm, which had for its object tho
swindling of Florida, pecuniarily aud polit
ically. It is more than probnble that Wis
consin and. Now Jersey sheriffs may come
down and remove about one-half the officials.
The United States District Court is in ses
sion, Judge Fraser presiding. Tho Judge
Waived the iron-clad oath for the Grand Jury,
giving very excellent reasons; consequently
a very good jury was obtained, with some
four br five colored men on it of tho old panel.
As yet not mnch business, motions and or
ders occupying the time.- Four or five cases
of Revenue laws have been decided, the parties
being subjected to pay the .Government tax
aud a nominal fine. The Judge gives satisfac
tion; the District Attorney, Andrews, is an en
ergetic and affable man, and Marshal Magru-
der a gentleman every way.
The French barque Admiral sails for Havre
this week, with an assorted cargo of cotton,
naval stores, red cedar, &c. She -will be fol
lowed by another vessel of the same line, and
We want now a direct steam communication
with New York. This supplied, it will give
an impetus"to emigration and planting for
Northern markets. M. A. S.
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the lumber business is
Jacksonville, Pec. 15,1868.
TBiUliiric Sfnmin,! Wvr
As you are aware
one of our chief interests; previous to the
war, Jacksonville shipped from thirty to fifty
miliion of feet to Northern, Eastern and
Foreign markets. Some twenty-two first
class mills were operated. These mills, with
one exception, were destroyed during the
war. Since the war some have been rebuilt,
and now are running successfully. As year
by year loggers have had to go farther in the
woods, it was feared that the expense of sup
plying mills might prove too great for profit.
Recently parties have been constructing
tram-roads or wooden railroads, and they
have proved successful, so that the log sup
ply now will last a century, and will afford a
valuable business-for East Florida.'
A good many notables now moke a regular
annual visit to Florida, Mrs. Beecher Stowe,
Senator Sprague, Chief Justice Chase, Mar
quis deTallyrand, Ac., Ac. A good many
are leasing or erecting cottages. It will not
be many years before the shores of St John'
river will be studded with tasteful cottages
occupied by Northern people who do not af
fect hyperborean'seaso us. The last decado
has increased the millionaires North, and,
consequently, there are more men who live
upon their incomes. Hitherto they have
been satisfied with a cottage on the Hudson
or Newport, in which they can rusticate du
ring the summer months. In future no donbt
they will seek eligible places Sonth and have
a winter residence. The St. Johns river- from
its easy access and genial climate will attract
many.
We had a cold snap for two or three days—
thermometer 27°, and ice froze to the thick
ness of a quarter of an inch. No damage,
however; but wood dealers had a lively time
with their customers. Now a warm rain suc
ceeds.
We are looking every day for the new
steamer “Nick King,” which is to run from
Savannah to Florida. Nick is an old-time
favorite, and I predict a rush for his boat
when it comes. The St Johns, especially
the upper portion, is being filled with emi
grants who will increase the business of boats.
Father Ryan, the poet-priest, paid ns t
brief visit, and preached on Sunday and Mon-
day to crowded audiences, which appeciated
him. He announced his intention ol' return
ing here in January, wheu he would give a
lecture on the Heroes, Heroism and Suffer
ings of our own dear Southern land. The
tone in which he announced his subject indi
cated that we may expect a heartfelt treat
ment of it The “LoRt Cause” has its dear
memories, and may they never die out among
our people. M. A. S.
REPUDIATION •
The Washington correspondent of the New
York Tribune says Messrs. Seward, McCul
loch and Evarts urged the President to omit
that part of hi6 last annual message which
countenances repudiation. He rejectedtheir
advice, and replied to his distinguished coun
sellors that before three years had passed
over their hoary heads it would be the most
populai ru uKure in the country.
This oi some other correspondent, a few
da>h';iuce, stated that Mr. Johnson, on his
return 10 Tennessee, intends to take an active
part iu politics, either as candidate for Gov-
■ uni or Senator, and his proposition of get-
i ug rid of the public debt would be his bat
tle-cry.
Although Mr. Johnson’s message, as ex-
pi. tuod, does not amount to foil repudiation,
It is certainly partial repudiation. If we cor
rectly understand him, he proposes a six per
cent, interest in gold—which is equal, with
out taxation, to ten per cent, in greenbacks.
Of this ten per cent., fonr per cent, to be paid
to the bondholder and the other six to go to
liquidate the debt. This is not much worse
than the Pendleton scheme of paying all in
greenbacks—which had the support of Thad.
Stevens and General Butler and many other
eminent Republicans, and of the whole Dem
ocratic party, except a few individuals in the
Eastern States. The great sensitiveness
manifested by Congress showed that they felt
that their great and detested enemy (John
son) had touched a chord that may vibrate
through the land, and bad thereby gained
some advantage over them.
To us of the South, who have nothing to
lose or gain by any disposition that may be
made of this subject the future of the public
debt is very cloudy. 'Its discharge in green
backs is supported, without distinction of
party, in that great section of the Union which
holds iu its hands the country. But for the
prestige of General Grant’s name, the am
biguous resolution of the Chicago Conven
tion would not have saved the Radical party
from overwhelming defeat iu the Western
States at the late election. When the pres
sure of taxation shall become more irksome,
and the subject more fully ventilated, aud the
Western people shall see that the public debt
is a burden on them for the especial benefit
of their Eastern brethren, it is not at all diffi
cult to foretell the result.
The New York Herald, which is quite saga
cious in reading the future, while it depre
cates repudiation as a deadly sin, confesses
that it does Hot see how it is to be avoided
During the last month, three years after the
close of the war, the public debt was increased
twelve millions, which is pretty conclusive
that it will never be less by way of payment.
The Herald asks how repudiation can be
avoided? Certainly not, it replies, by pay
ing one set of creditors in gold and another
set in depreciated currency. Creditors must
share with the people iu the public burdens.
“The interest of the debt must be redneed.”
Which is but another mode of expressing Mr.
Johnson’s idea, aud that of all the greenback
champions.—Richmond Whig.
HOW Tint RADICALS LOOK UPON
GRANT.
Do the Radicals trust or fear General Grant?
Neither; they simply are indifferent concern
ing him. They do him fulsom lip-service.
Mr. Freelinghuysen, knowing that the place
which now knows him will soon know him
no more forever, discounts the future, and
bids for the Attorney-Generalship, by caress
ing Grant with one hand while he flagellates
Johnson with the other. Mr. Washburne,
with the odor of place strong upon him,
praises the man he made, with honeyed
words. Meanwhile Schenck and Kelly en
trench for the future; and Edmunds and Sum
ner propose to enact now everything which
General Grant was elected to assure. If
General Grant is a man of might there will
be trouble. No one ever entered the White
House yet without shedding 'his partisan
prejudices. Power conserves. It does not
take a week for a man to learn that he is
President of America, and not of the Repub
lican or Democratic party. Remember bow
Mr. Johnson began as a hangman and quick
ly became a constitutionalist
The possibility at least of General Grant
turning ont to realize the purport of his oath
and the power of his office, is contemplated
in the legislation which precedes his advent.
The antecedent probability, however, is that
there will be no hostility. General Grant
will hardly choose to be otherwise than in
accord with the men that made him. This
is the sentiment here. Democrats in Con-
gress'expect to treat the incoming adminis
tration solely on its merits. They have no
favors to ask or overtures to make. There
are a few Conservatives who appeur to see ah
intention on the part of the next administra
te be mild in policy, and to yet have the Rad
icals cohere by allowing them all the patron-
i* Any such sapiency deep os this may be
Is to strike the hardpan. The history of
the present administration has been: De
mocracy in policy, Radicals in office. The
anomaly will not be repeated. The Radicals
feel sure of Grant because they believe he is
mndc of the stuff which does not break, but
bends. The Democracy, at least the best of
them, propose to carry no commercial tactics
into tlfe next four years.— Washington Corres
pondence of the World.
PROFESSOR SEMON’S
'ASfflOSABLE BAfrCING ACADEMY,
115 Broughton St.,
In Mr. George W. Wylly’s Building, up stairs.
A LL the new and fashionable Quadrilles and
Waltzes taught. Quarter commencing from time
of joining.
Hoarding Schools and Seminaries taught on reason-
able terms.
Daynof tuition for Ladies’ Class, Monday and Wed-
iuduy atii; rijopiis; class for young Misses and Mas
ters, Tuesday, 'thurs^ay and Saturday afternoons;
Gentlemen's Class, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
evenings. Exclusive private lessons'every day from
nine to two o’clock.,
Friday afternoon, Ladies' Matinee.
For particulars or circulars, apply or address
•frovt nov4-2m
FUNERAL INVITATION.
McNI.IL.—Tho friends (white and colored) of Francis
McNeil and .family are respectfully invited to attend
his fanoral, THIS MORNING at ten o’clock, from his
late residence, comer of Wilson and Jones streets.
The firemen (white and colored) and members of the
Conservative cluba are specially invited to attend. It
gtew gtflvertiscmfnts.
Notice.
The annual Election for Managers of the “ The Sa
vannah Female Orphan Asylum," will be held at “The
Asylum " on FRIDAY, the 18th, at 12 o'clock, m.
Subscribers are requested to attend.
M. M. WELMAN.
dec!8-lt Secretary S. F. O. Asylum.
Notice.
Tbe Directress of the “ Savannah Female Orphan
Asylum ” gratefully acknowledge Air. Brigham's gen
erous donation to the Institution of Fifteen Dol
lars, ($15) the amount of Insurance Policy upon the
Asylum building.
M. H. WELMAN,
dec!8-lt Secretary S. F- O. Asylum.
Notice.
The Trotting Race for a Club Purse of
$350, which was postponed in consequence of tho
inclemency of the weather, will take place over the
Thunderbolt Track, at 2 o’clock, p. m., on FRIDAY,
December 18th, 1853.
GEORGE S. OWENS, President.
J. T. McFablamp, Secretary. dec!7-2t
A Proclamation.
CITY OF SAVANNAH, \
Mayor’s Office, December 10,1868.}
By authority of a resolution of the City Connell of
Savannah,
A Reword of Five Hundred Dollars
Is hereby offered for the arrest and lodgment in the
Jail of Chatham county, with proof to convict, of the
person or persons concerned in the murder of
Frederick Broadbacker and Frederick Brickman, on
the 5th day of November, 1868, within the jurisdic
tional limits of the city of Savannah, or two hundred
and fifty dollars in each case.
And I do moreover require and commend the
officers and members of the Police force of the city
to be vigilant in endeavoring to bring the murderer
or murderers to justice.
• In witness whereof I, Edward C. Anderson, Mayor of
the City of Savannah, have hereunto set my official
signature, and caused to be impressed the seal of
said city, the day and year first above written.
[L.B.J EDWARD C. ANDERSON, Mayor.
Attest:
James Stewart, Clerk of Council. decll-lOt
Notice.
Office Augusta Ac Savaxear Bail Road, 1
Savannah, December 5,1868. J
Dividend, No. 12.—A dividend of three and one-half
dollars per share, less U. 8. Tax, will be paid on and
after MONDAY, December 7th, at the State Bank
Building, in this city,
F. T. WILLIS,
dcc7-dlweod3w President.
Election of Directors.
OFFICE OF THE CENTRAL RAILROAD. )
AND BANKING COMPANY OF GEORGIA, J
Savannah, December 3,1868.)
An election for Nine Directors to manage the affairs
of the Company for the ensuing year, will be held at
the Banking House in Savannah, on MONDAY, the
4th day of January, 1869, between the hours of Iff
o’clock, a. m. and 1 o’clock, p. m.
Stockholders, on presentation of their Stock Cer
tificates to the Conductors of trains, will be passed
free to and from the election over this Road.
T. M. CUNNINGHAM,
dec4-td Cashier.
Stockholders’ Meeting.
OFFICE OF THE CENTRAL RAILROAD,
AND BANKING COMPANY OF GEORGIA,
Savannah, December 1,1868.
The annual meeting of the Stockholders of this
Company will take place at the Banking House in Sa
vannah, on TUESDAY, the 22d of December next, at
11 o'clock, A. M.
Stockholders will be passed to and from the meeting
free over the Company’s Road, upon presentation of
their Stock Certificates to the Conductors.
T. M. CUNNINGHAM,
dec2-td Cashier.
Dividend No. 5.
OFFICE OF THE CENTRAL RAILROAD, )
AND BANKING COMPANY OF GEORGIA. S
Savannah, December 1,1868.)
A dividend of FIVE DOLLARS per share from the
earnings of the Road for the past yeaif has THIS DAY
been declared by the Directors on the Capital Stock of
the Company, payable on and after the TWENTY-
FIRST INSTANT. The Government Tax will be paid
by this Company.
T. M. CUNNINGHAM,
dec2-lm Cashier.
DAVID R. VILLON,
BANKER,
No. 4- Whitaker Street, one door from the
corner of Bay Street.
NOTES DISCOUNTED.
GOLD,
SILVER,
BANK BILLS,
AND STOCKS,
PURCHASED IN ANY QUANTITY.
nov!3-tf
THEATRE.
J. V. GILBERT MANAGER.
Friday, December 18th,
BENEFIT OF MRS. HAfifiY WATKINS!
When will be presented the "charming Operatic
Military Drama of tho
Daughter of the Regiment!
* -c^f AND
IT TAKES TWO TO QUARREL!
If yon desire good amusement, patronize us.
doc!8-lt
ELEGANT CHRISTMAS
-AND-
NEW YEAR’S GIFTS
-AT-
F. GROS CLAUDE’S,
Bull Street,
OPPOSITE MASONIC HALL.
J UST RECEIVED,
AN ELEGANT STOCK OF
Silverware,
Sets of Jewelry,
Chatelaines,
Gold and Silver Watches,
ELEGANT MANTEL CLOCKS,
AND FANCY GOODS SUITABLE FOB
THE HOLIDAYS.
eC3~ MY FRIENDS AND THE PUBLIC ARE RE
QUESTED TO CALL AND EXAMINE MY STOCK.
gcur gdmttfcments.
'-ioi'A ■ ,
YOCJNX
LIBRARY
MEN’S
ASSOCIATION.
A. Public Address
UPON
Electricity and Its Modifications,
W 111 BE DELIVERED BEFORE THE ABOVE
V V Association, by Captain HALE, in compliant
with the request of the members of the organization.
On Friday Night, Dec. 18th,
At the Lecture Boom of Trinlt j Hethcdist Church.
Address to commence at 8 o’clock. decg7-2t
CORSETS! CORSETS!
CORSETS !
‘ AT‘—
„. ’S,
119 and 121 Congress St.,
SIGN OF THE GOLDEN SHEEP.
JUST RECEIVED,
THE LARGEST AND MOST COMPLETE
ASSORTMENT OF
F. GR0S
decl8-tdec25
CLAUDE.
WILLIAM H. BULLOCH,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
— AND —
CONVEYANCER.
H E WILL ALSO. AS AGENT OF ST. LOUIS
MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, issue
Policies on Lives. Assets, $3,033,610.
&3F* Office in Mr. Sorrel’s Building, corner Bay and
Bull streets, opposite Post Office, and same floor as
Gas Office. decl8-lt
OFFICE FOR RENT.
rjIHAT CENTRALLY LOCATED AND VERY DE
SIRABLE OFFICE in the City Hotel Building, re
cently occupied by Hartridge k Neff, will be rented
from 1st January, to a good tenant.
ALSO,
TWO PLEASANT BOOMS in Jlattersby’a Bonding,
over the Express Office, suitable for gentlemen’s
sleeping apartments.
For particulars, apply to
dec!8-lw ALFRED L. HARTRIDGE.
Chesapeake Phosphate.
fJIHIS VALUABLE FERTILIZER has been thc-
rouglily tested the past season by the planters of Geor
gia, and has proved itself to be among the best Phos
phates ever offered to the public. It is prepared by
the old established bouse of Isaac Reynolds A Son, of
Baltimore. For sale by
R. HABERSHAM As CO.,
decl8-lm Agents.
CORSETS
THAT HAS EVER BEEN OFFERED FOE 91TB
A IN SAVANNAH.
500 GLOVE FITTING COBSETSat 75 cento
worth SI 25.
200 GLOVE FITTING COBSETS at 874 cte.,
worth SI 50.
200 GLOVE FITTING COBSETS at $1 each.
250 FRENCH COBSETS at $1 25, worth
SI 50.
200 FRENCH CORSETS at $2, worth $2 50.
225 FRENCH CORSETS at $2 25, worth
$2 75. . -
126 FRENCH CORSETS from $2 50 upwards.
100 Breakfast CORSET JACKETS.
LADIES in want of CORSETS will find this a FIRST
CLASS ASSORTMENT, comprising a fall line of sizes,
and at a shade over manufacturer’s prices.
THOMAS PEPPER.
dec!7-tf
DRY GOODS—CHEAP;
D
BESS GOODS
AT REDUCED PRICES.
ladies’ and Misses’ HOOPS, s foil line just opened.
Fine black FRENCH CASSIMERES and CLOTHS st
redneed prices.
Ladies’ FRENCH CORSETS at $1-50.
Fine Black MOURNING SHAWLS.
BLACK FRENCH MERINOS, very cheap.
20 pieces TABLE DAMASKS, from 50e. to $3 a yard.
60 dozen DAMASK NAPKINS and DOYLES, from
$1.25 per dozen to finest.
LINEN HUCKABACK, 25c. a yard.
KID GLOVES at $1 a pair. 20 dozen just opened.
For sale by
decis-tf Dewitt & Morgan.
BACON! WHISKEY!
Prime Bacon Shoulders,
In Hhds. and Boxes.
Prime Bacon
Dry SaltecI
Hams,
. In Tierces.
DR. H. J. ROYALL,
m
Office, Cor. Bull and Congress Streets,
Je27—ly (Over Lincoln’s Drug Store).
Batchelor’s Hair Dye.
Tilts Splendid Hair Dye is the Best In
the world.* The only true and perfect Dyt—
Harmless, Reliable. Instantaneous. No * disap
pointment. No ridiculous tints. Remedies
the ill effects of Bad Dya. Invigorates and
leaves the hair soft and beautiful, black or broum.
Sold by all Druggists and Perfumers, and properly ap
plied at Batchelor’s Wig Factory, 16 Bond street, New
York. janlS—ly
Conjugal Love,
And the Happiness of True Marriage.
ESSAYS FOR YOUNG MEN, on the Errors, Abuses,
and Diseases which destroy tho Manly Powers and
create impediments to MARRIAGE, with sure means
Address TOWARDA^W^TfoNfmz'R.'phmJel’-
phia. Pa. V;pt23—datwSm
WM. H. TISON. WM. W. GORDON. *
TISON & GORDON,
COTTON FACTORS
— AND —
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
bayotheet,} Savannah.
L iberal advances
MENT8.
MADE ON CONSIGN-
au!5—D&TWem
ENGINEER’S SITUATION WANTED.
mHK UNDERSIGNED DESIRES A SITUATION AS
X. ENGINEER, and can furnish the best of refer
ences as to ability for running and keeping an engine
in perfect order.
Any communication addressed to me, in care of
John J. Evans, comer of Bay and Centre streets, Au
gusta, Ga., will receive promptattenUon.
dec!7-eod3t JAMES HARPER.
OSBORNE’S OPTICAL OFFICE,
Corner Congress anil Drayton Sts.,
117 ILL BE CLOSED FROM CHRISTMAS TO 1st
W of February succeeding. Would ho glad to
wait on all his customers who appreciate the uses of
his profession between now and the 22d December.
Will be in Angnata until Feb. 1st.deels^jt
Pictures at Reduced Prices.
O WING TO THE HARD TIMES, PICTURES wiH
be taken at PALMER’S GALLERY, comer of St.
Julian afreet and Market Square, for a few weeks at
I rcatiy reduced prices. Cart Photographs, per dozen.
: # 00. Ambrotypes and Ferrotvpus, 00 cents. Now
is your time. Give us a call. Also on hand a stock of
Frames, Cases, Stereoscopes, and View3. decll-im
PUBLIC NOTICE.
T he annual meeting of the board of
PUBLIC ROAD COMMISSIONERS of Chatham
county will bo hold at the Court House in the City of
Savannah, on the Fourteenth day o£ DECEMBER,
which will be the second Monday in said month, at II
o’clock, A. M. VF. W. WASH,
nov25-20t Seci etary B, C. P. R. C. C.
Day Board $6 Per Week
Board and Lodging $7 Per Week.
G ood board can be obtained at the
above rates within five minutes walk of the Post
Office. Apply at THIS OFFICE.
dec3—tf
Prof. Semon’s Dancing Academy
rriHIS HALL CAN BE PROCURED FOR BALLS.
X Dances, Ac., on reasonable terms. Apply at tha
Academy, or address Box 406 Savannah P. O.
nov204m
Shoulders,
In Boxes.
Superior Va. Rectified Whishey,
FOR SALE BY
HARNEY &. CO,
dec!8-tf 12 Stoddard** Upper Range.
RHODE’S
“ Standard ” Phosphates !
T7IOR SALE BY
X HARNEY & CO.,
GENERAL AGENTS,
1# Stoddard’s Upper Range.
dec!8-tt
Orcliilla
A.
(tnano.
A TRUE BIRD GUANO, from the Orchilla Tai»r,Am
in the Carribean Sea, belonging to Venezuela,
lat. 11 deg. 50 mm. north, long. 66 deg. 14 min, west,
and imported direct to Savannah. Price $35 50 per
ton, in bogs. HARNEY & CO.,
Importers’ Agents,
12 Stoddard’s Upper Range.
declS-tf
BAGGING.
OFFER THE ABOVE ARTICLE, which has
been extensively used by planters, and given satisfac
tion, at 17 cents per yard. For sale by
decJ8-Im R. HABERSHAM 4. CO.
Orrel Coal.
0OAL SUITABLE FOB PARLOR USE, for sale in
lots to suit purchasers. Apply at the Upper Bice
Mill, to N. O. TILTON, Superintendent,
deciS-Ieodlw OrR. HABERSHAM & CO.
S TATE OF GEORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY.—To
all whom it may concern:
*pply st the Court
of Ordinary far Letters of Administration on the es
tate of William Henry, of said county, deceased:
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all whom
to be and appear before said Court to
make objection, if any they have, on or before the first
Monday in February next, otherwise said letters will
be granted.
Witness my official signature, this 15th dmvofDe-
cember, 1868. HENRY 8. WETMOEE,
dec!8-lawlm Ordinary Chatham county.
S tate OF Georgia, bullooh county.-jo-
ai ‘P lieJ tor EXEMPTION OF
wxRSONALTY. and setting apart and valuation of
Homestead, and 1 will paas upon
o’clock a. m., on the 23d of ~
December 11th, 1868.
the same at 10
' December, 1868, at my
decl8A21-
C. A. SORRIER,
Ordinary B. C.
BULLOCH COUNTY.—AN-
11118 ai, r> Ued tor EXEMPTION OF
HtRSONALTY, and setting apart and valuation at
Homestead, and I will pass upon the s.nne at 10
o clock a. m., on the 22d December, 1868, at my office.
18e8 ’ O.’ A. SORRIER,
declBkM- ofiim^RO.
,°£,£ E0EGIA ’ BULLOCH COUNTY.—WI-
MIKELL has applied for EXEMPTION OF
ht-RSONALTI and setting apart aud valuation of
Homestead, and I will pass upon the same, at 10
o clock a. m., on the 24th December, 1868, at mv office.
December 12th, 1868. c. A. SORRIER.
aecl8&21* Ordinary B. C.
S tate of Georgia, bulloch county—
JAMES WOODS has applied for EXEMPTION OF
PERSONALTY, and setting apart aud valuation of
Homestead, and I will pass upon tho same, at 10
o’clock a. m.. on the 22d December, 18GS, at mv office.
December 7th, 1868. C. A. SORRIER,
dec!8&21- Ordinary K. c.
CHRISTMAS AM) HOLIDAY GIFTS!
rilHE UNDERSIGNED would respectfully in cite the
J. attention of the Ladies, the Citizens of Savan
nah, and Visitors from the country, to his large, new
selected stock of Fine Candies and French Confec
tionery, from the celebrated houses of H. Maillard
and others. Fancy Candy Boxes, Sugar Toys, Orna
ments for Cakes, Fine Chocolades and Fruits. The
largest varieties of Toys and Fancy Goods, imported/
and domestic, direct from the manufacturers, coin-'
prising a superb collection of Mechanical aud other
Toys, Tin Toys, China, Wax. and Bobber Dolls, nd
Doll Heads aud Bodies. In and ont door Games, ifu-
sical Instruments, such as Accord eons and othan.
China Vases and Ornaments. Pocket Books, Satcfiels,
Ladies’ Companions, Portfolio?, Dressing Cases. Work
Boxes. Fancy Baskets and Willow Ware. A good stock
of Doll Carriages and Perambulators, Rocking Horses,
Propellers, Fire Works, and other articles too numer
ous to mention, but usually kept in such establish
ments. Please call and inspect.
JS3T Low prices, to suit the times.
Respectfully. JOHN HARIG,
decl4-tf Cor. Broughton and Whitaker sta.
BOOTS AND SHOES.
■g
BOOTS AND SHOES,
Are invited to caU on the undersigned, at 159 Con*
gress Street, and get their supplies. The import
ance of Shoes made with SOLID STOCK INSOLES
cannot be over estimated. They wear better and are
cheaper in the long ran.
With such stock I am fully supplied, and invite
those in want to give me a calL
•PLANTERS, FARMERS
JL wanting good
and OTHERS _
dec!7-lw
GEO. T. NICHOLS,
159 Congress Street*
WANTED,
JMMEDIATELY, A FIRST-RATE WHITE CHAM
BERMAID. AT No. 88 Sonth Broad afreet, second door
east of BnlL deel7-3t
WANTED,
JgY A GRADUATE OF S. C. COLLEGE, A SITUA
TION AS TEACHER. Special attention paid ts Math
ematics. Address, for two weeks, TEACHER,
decl7-eodGt - No. 2 Central Railroad. Ga.
Notice.
/CONSIGNEES WANTED FOB TWENTY (20) BAR-
EELS SYRUP, marked B. C-, per schr. WapeHa,
from New York, consigned to order.
schr. Mattie E. Taber, from
Twenty kegs nails, per
New York, marked •« C.”
decl7-tf EDMANPS, GARDNER £ CO.
STOLEN.
S TOLEN ON THE NIGHT OF THE 15tk INST.,
from the Market, a
MULE AND CART.
The Mule is cream colored, and the Cart an ordinary,
two wheel country cart. A liberal reward will be paid
lor their return to FRANK LLOYD,
decl7-tf Exchange Pock.
WANTED.
FIRST RATE WAITER, IMMEDIATELY,
No. 88 South Broad street, second door east of Bulk
dec16-St'
WANTED,
JpLINING MACHINE, ENGINE AND BOILER.
Any person having any of the above articles will pleaae
give description, price, &C. Address A. F.,
nov23-tf Key Box 750-
S TATE OF GEORGIA. BULLOCH COUNTY-
GREEN R. SLATER has applied for EXEMPTION
OF PERSONALTY, and sotting apart and valuation
of Homestead, and I will pass upon tho same, at 10
o’clock a. m., on the 22d December, 1803. at my office.
December 7th, 1SG8. C. A. SORRIER,
dac!8&21* : • ■ .* • Ordinary B. C.
q: _ m , v ,
O JAMES HENDRIX has applied for EXEMPTION
OF PERSONALTY, and setting apart and valuation
of Homestead, and I will pass upon the same, at 10
o’clock a. m., on the22d December, lP,C8,at mv office.
December 7th, 1868. C. A. SORRIER,
decl8&21* Ordinary B. C.
S TATE OF GEORGIA, BULLOCH COUNTY.—W. N.
LEE has applied for EXEMPTION OF PERSON
ALTY, and setting apaft and valuation of Homestead,
and I will pass upon the same, at 10 o’clock a. m., on
the 24th December, 1863, at mv office. December
12th, 1868. C. A. SORRIER,
decl8&21* Ordinary B. C.
Bread, Crackers, &c.
er A BBLS. PILOT AND NAVY BREAD.
DU 30 bbis. Bntter. Soda, Sugar, Bolton.«ad to* -
ter CRACKERS.
20 tins Bust’s CRACKERS. . .
76 bbis. Richmond, Hiram Smith and other brand* <*
60 packs ges*BU CKWHEAT, in whole, half and quarter
bbhL and la'mq taarthw led fia ode hr
decl5-Gt CLAGHOBN k CPNSINGHAM._
Lime! Lime!
£)nAA BBLS. FIRST QUALITY
ROCKLAND LIKE,
declO&t
For sale by
T. B. MARSHALL*®?*-
Pare Peruvian Guano.
gQ TONS TO ARRIVE AND FOR SALE M*
from the wharf, in lots to amt purchasers.
declC-tf R. HABERSHAM k_«L-
Oysters! Oysters!
^PALACHICOLA, ST. MARKS and THUNDER
BOLT OYSTERS, by the barrel or bushel.
Orders from the city or interior promptly ^
J. H. GOULD, 116 Bryan street^
decl5-lw Opposito the MarU -