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Newspaper Page TextA STRICT CONSTRUCTION OP TUB CONSTITUTION—AS IIO.VKS r A.NII KCONO.UIC AI. ADMINISTRATION OK TUB OOVKIINIHKNT. RAGLAND & WYNNE, l 3 rom*ietors. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 5, 1870. WL. XLII.—NO. 14. •lulls Hi MARTlRt - - Kdlio COLUMBUS: THURSDAY, MARC H 31, 1870. C LINGING TO THE LAST FLANK. MT* do not think that our unduly influence the belief that tho unity of the KtuY.. •«) party of the country is soon to be broken—if indeed it is not broken nl- veady. Tho Congressmen of that party are certainly only united upon questions relating to the “reconstruction" of the South, and it is evident that it is now a touch more difficult matter to bring thorn to «i» agreement upon even those ques tions than it has been at any time for the list f«mr or five years. Their prolonged divisi ns on the Georgia bill furnish evi dence of this, and if they should finally auttleiheir ditferencoM over this bill, the -Tennessee and other questions that must follow will seriously test tho integrity of the party, 'they opened u “Pandora’s box’ when they went “outsido of the Constitution'’ to reconstruct tho Southern Slates in the interest of party, anil the consequent ills that afflict the land must require long continued action for their al leviatioii. A thorough remedy can only be fuuud, in the end. itltUtli ciit. restoratio If tho 1 iihicli the i mli- cals do not yield this at present but a hlim hope), they will be more and luuro distracted by ouch now plm.e of the question, until thoy will find themselves utterly incompetent to deal with it, and then mines the disruption and ovdnhrow of the party. Once defeated on n “recount ruction” measure, the bond which now unites them will bo severed forever, and the doom of the party fixed. Tho above 'peculations are founded on the opposition that questions of “recon- Htni *tion" continue for some time to be the m »*t important and interesting sub- jooU before the country. Rut they cum Hot much longer maintain that attitude. - The Tariff and Currency questions are daily looming in importance, and Un popular demands for great changes of the present systems cannot much longer be re-iiated. The Radical party will soon bo forced to act, and there is no prospect that in its action it can continue united. There is no system of finance or taxation ujKin which it can unite ns a party men* Mire none by which it can satisfy or please tho people of all tho *‘loil" sections, to any nothing of tho “lately rebellious.'' it is perhaps tho dread of encountering those rocks, upon which a party split i.s inevitable, tliut makes tho Radical Con gressmen delay so long in disposing of the Georgia and othor “reconstruction" cases on hand al this term. Let us liopo that this reluctance and irresolution arc only premonitory stages of tho inevitable retri bution that nm.-.t s«»oifer or later overtake a party tliut has for so long u time with impunity violated the Constitution and outraged civilization. HOW TO HOLHTEU IT* THE PARTY. In tho United States Senate, on Thurs day, upon tho question to distribute the official patronage of tho Government among tho States according to their repre sentation, Senator Sawyor, of South Caro tin i The New York Democrats.—Divisions and quarrelings among themselves ore a chronic disorder of tho Democratic party of Now York, and wo ore not surprised to find that they are just now fighting each other with more bitterness than that ex hibited towards tho Radicals. It is un fortunate that tho great Democratic State of the North cannot at this momont pre sent to the common eiiorny of tho country a front so compact and unbroken as to give tho greatest efficiency to its opposi tion to Radical usurpation and bad gov ernment. The proseut quarrel among tho Now York Democracy relatos to tho municipal government of New York city. For sev eral yearn past the Radical State govern ment has imposed a check on the Demo cratic city government, by creating the office of City Superintendent, appointing a Radical to the position, and giving him powers formerly exorcised by the munici pal government elected by tho people. It lavs been tho general understanding, since tho Democrats obtained full control of the State government, that they would release tho city from this Radical curb. To do this required a new municipal law, and it is over tho provisions of this law that tho two Democratic divisions arc now quarreling. T he Legislature lias not yet piosud any bill, and tho contest in shut body appears to bo ovor a charter ranting what tho “Young^Democracy" regard as loo much power to tho Mayor and too iiitlo to tho peoplo, or no new charter. Should tho charter bo allowed to remain ai it is, tho State interforcuco in tho government of tho city will bo con tinued it will only bo a Democratic in stead of a Radical Supeiintondonoy. In this emergency tho “Young Democracy" see tho necessity of making ut oiico tho sir ingest demonstrations for such rofoi ms > led l t the appi ot at A lb.iu urge share epugnanl -ended iu i bull of inalhcimi • >f the old Tam also regarded Alban orga fa vo tho licy, and are soundly udingly, and threatened with xconimuuication, with all its if they persist iu their course. Wo may c-xpoet to hear a good deal, dur ing this spring, of tlio “family quarrel" in w hich tho Now York Democracy are now engaged, but wo itidulgo tho hope that before tho fall elections thoy w ill have set tled this little muss in u manner that will leave no sting behind, and that thoy „will then bo iu a condition and humor to give tho common Radical enemy tho sovorost blow dealt within tho last ten years. ARTFUL EVASION. A dohato of a somewhat porsonal and spicy character occurred in tho Sonate of tho United States on Tuosdny, botween two loudiug Radical Senators. Resides its spiciness, it was notablo in showing tlio paltry subterfuges by which Radical Con gressmen seek to hide tho motives of their action. Tho truth of tho matter is, that Sherman is actuated by a desire to ilefoat, and Trumbull by a desire to pass tho Ringliam amendment ; aud all their tall; about discourtesy and dictation, and about the rights of tho committee and tho wish of a majority of tho Senate, was based upon this difYorenco of purpose ns regards tho Georgia bill. Shcriuan wanted the Texas Senators to defoat tho Ring- ham amendment, and Trumbull wanted to defer Texas until the vote was taken on tlio amendment. Sherman’s success is omiuoits. Trumbull having protested against Sherman's motion to take tho Texas bill from the hands of tho Judiciary Committee— Sherman was not deterred from his duty by mere feeling of etiquette. There were important reasons, both political and national, why Texas should be admitted ut once, so that the Fifteenth Amendment should bo olliciully proclaimed, and this disturbing event should be moved from our midst, llu was surprised that the Senator lruui Illinois should seek to obstruct the will of tho majority of the Semite, mul that majority was anxious that the Tax bill should be taken up. Trumbull would like to know by what authority the Souutor from Ohio assumed to speak for a majority of this body. Never, since he had beon iu the Senate, had such nil act of gross discourtesy lu i-n perpetrated towards any commit tec of this body, as that perpetrated by tho Senator from Ohio yesterday after he had told Mr. Drake and tho Senate, yesterday, tliut the committee would report upon the Texas bill as soon as tho Senate was ready to consider. Tho majority of tho Sonate last week had u consultation and tho Texas mutter had been spoken of, but there was no indications then that they desired to discharge the Judicialy Commiti.-o from ohi of the bill. II is tin POLYGAMY. Washington, March 23.—There was an interesting discussion in tho House to-day on tho passage of the bill to prevent and punish polygamy in Utah. Hooper, tho dolcgato from that Territory, mtulo a speech agaiust it, and in support of the Mormon doctrine, in tho course of which lio gave a sketch of the progress of Mor- mouism from tho timo it win driven out of Nauvoo, 111., to its settlement in and development of Salt Lake Valley. 1L cited a long historical parallel in th fence of tho features of polygamy in the Mor mon Church, commencing with Adam, whom ho declared a polygamist, because ho married all the woman iu the world. Hooper, however, while defending poly gamy, docs not practice it himself, as ho has only one w ile. Tho bill as icpoi lid from the Committee was a very severe olio, providing, iu tho 32d sortii.n, for tho use of the regular army iu enforcing tho laws iu Utah, and empowering the President to enlist 10,000 volunteers in addition ; but this wanhtnii k out by a large majority, leaving tlio bill eouiinud strictly to tho jurisdiction of tin civil authorities. The bill ns it j a . . u provides that the Marshal of tho Territory shall seb-ct the gi.ind and petit jmvis ; which will cuable him to take them from the anti-Mormon or Gentile populate<n. though the light of challenge is resonod ‘ndictuients for concu- , etc. It i * the rst or subsequent mania; isod’s admission that he 1 ) wife, his recognizing tin oducing, t we If to led as Millie i bill bi conn 0 »lmll live < id th. mt i eh, Jin1| S C4t guilty »«««. M»d| «1»» be l-iini.ihi fi \<\ than his lawful th. cut in the IVnib 1 labor, not exceeding live \ ■rosecutious the alleged cone net used shall be competent • slabli-h or disprove the char- mi fo 111 lilt o lisle, that he is justifii d .have the Fifteenth Amen ted. If that Senator had st sal out the Georgia bill, we ul tliut amendment pro. ago Mr Slu There are single States iu tho Union that lmvc more patronage in the Executive depurtmetiU of tho Government than all the Southern States that lmvo been recon structed put together; nay, them are sin gle Congressional districts in some of tho Htatos that have a larger amount of patron age ut tho Lands of tho Executive than any one of the reconstructed Slates, taking it as a whole. One single representative in tho other Ilouxe has In on instrumental in puttiug into on© of the Executive departments no less thau seventeen clerks, and went to coinpluin that l.e could not got another one; and yet when representatives from States that am mom remote from tho capi tal try to got men appointed to places there they are told thorn aro no vacancies, all the places aro tilled, and tbeso men cannot be turned out, because, forsooth, they have been put in there, and it will bring a storm about their oars from the representatives ..f those States. Mr. Conklin—From what State? Mr. Sawyer—1 doclino to answer from what State; but 1 make the statement that there is from one State a representative who has in one department seventeen men, placed thero by bis own influence. Now. Mr. President, I do not expect the patrenago of this Government to be dis tributed arithmetically.* I do not expect tho States that havo boon recently admit ted to representation hero to have their arithmetical proportion of employees of tho Government. It would not bo reason able to expect it; bocauso, in tho first place, tlio character of the population there is such that it is almost impossible to select enough men to fill their respect ive quotas of Executive employment here. But when these States come hem, and of fer men capable, who am entirely quali fied in overy respect to fill these positions —as well qualified as tho men from Ohio, or Massachusetts, or New York—and then ore told that all the places aro filled from those States, and that no vacancies can be mode for them, I submit that that is a practical injustice and tho worst possible policy for the Republican party. A special Washington dispatch of the 23tb, to the New Orleans Picayune, sayB that President Grant, on that day, refused to comply with tho application of Gov Senter, of Tennessee, for troops to aid in tho suppression of lawlessness in that State. Was tho refusal based upon the want of constitutional power to send Fed eral troops into a State to preservo the ptuee or punish breaches of it ? or wi because Grant distrusted Senter—feared that he would not use tho troops to p mote the ends of Radicalism ? Wo sup pose that the reason lost suggested is the true one, for w e believe that troops have not been refused to Holden of North Curolina. A dispatch to the Cincinnati Eogoir from Washing! r * JicG t report that the Prc»«uunt Las Graded, soon oh Texas and Georgia aro admitted, to issue a general proclamation for univ sal amnesty. It says: “The President 1 decided nothing of tLe kind, for he debarred by the Fourteenth Amendment which confers upon Congress the pow remove political disability by a two-thirds vote of each house. It is the President's intention, however, as stated iu these dis patches in yesterday’s paper, to send u Special message to Congress recommend ing universal amnesty when all the States or© restored to representation " ompi, -Til© decline iu gold. •Iaim ith greenbacks, fro 12 iu March, i i 130 equivalent to a reduction of about 20 per cent, in tho um ncy value of urlicles of merchandize. .11 commodities that havo lately fallen in •rice to that extent have but acconuuo- ut.-d their quotations to the appreciation J tho currency for which they arc sold, her.* is really no loss in intrinsic, nor vnerally in relative values. On the con- rary, prices nominally reduced 20 per cut. are really nbout the same as tho •rices of two months ago; while those ontiuucd ut tho January quntutious have boon adrancul 20 per cent. Where arti- n trallic havo not, in their decline, kept puco with tho fall in gold, gularity is duo to somo recent change iu the relative supply and demand, * to the operations of speculators who •e working to bring about a rise. These propositions being true, it fol- ws that tho trader who bought articles January, and who soils them now at an •parent loss of 20 per cent., losos really ily tho charges and interest on tlio in- JStment—being now able to buy with >112 tho samo amount of goods that cost fill) in January. Considerable ai has been tho full in many articles of comiuerco, it is apparent that distrust of tho continuance of tho present appreciation of tho currency has prevented, iu somo instances, a still fur ther doclino. Tho question of the per manence of tho existing low quotation of gold i.s an impoitunt and perplexing one. In tho complicated political and financial condition of the country, there is certainly mio cause for this distrust. No on a knows the policy of Congress—no ono what politicians may do in the ef fort to keep up a show of Jl tition* pros- •crity, or to AppooH© the clamora of sec tions. Rut we think that thero is now no good reason to doubt the earnestness of Secrotary of the Troanury in his forts to keep down the price of gold, or his ability to do so, by throwing largo amounts upon the market, if loft to cu policy without Congressional torferenoo. Tho Treasury is strong in its gold resources, mid bus for months 1. pursuing the policy tliut 1ms brought about the present condition of things, without apparent diminution of its ability. Wc think that tho country generally is now ho well satisfied with tho course of tho Sec retary, and with tho effects so far appre ciable, that Congress will hardly venture upon any violent chauge; and that those traders will pursue tho course of wisdom who soonest accommodate their business to the changes that Lave been produced and accept them uh permanent. Russel: Ej amine r Coiumissh Ala., w County.—Wo learn from the that a called meeting of tho if-rs’ Court of Russell county, > havo been held on Tuesday last, for the purpose of levying a special tax to enable the county to build a court house. Tho Examiner says that tho law requires this ; also that the jail is ulroady finished, and the court-honso must at onco bo made ready for the accommodation of the courts. his honorable r him into u personal controversy, emed to bo tho*bont of his mind to gut excited and nuiko personal remarks •U simple questions of order, ilede- I that lie had offered any indignity ho Judirury Committee, and lie would surrender his right, no mutter what tlio .Senator might miy. aud he wished him uderstatid tins, although 1m certainly Id not wrauglo about it. Tlio wish of the majority of tho Senate was us clearly iront to tho Koiiator us to him, und he t h.iy the course of tlio Senator und of >-ouimiltee resisting the majority was t extraordinary. When ho rcuiem- d that four millions of people were to bo invcHlud with the privilcdu of citizens, mild not stop for any petty fooling of etiquette. fter Homo further desultory discussion, Shermans motion to postpone the case of General Ames and all other prior orders, was carried by a vote of 42 to l*. Tho questiou then was tukun on tho mo tion of Shcriuan to discharge the Judicia ry Committee from tho further considera tion of tho Texas bill, resulting in ayusfl'J, nays 1.7. Highway Rohiiery.— Tho Savannah Jirjnittliean gives an account of the rob bery, on tho 22d inst., of Mr. T. C. Wright, a coast pilot, by throo negro highwayman. Ho was on tho road from tho place whore ho left a steamer to u station on tlio Atlantic A Gulf Road, when the negroes, armed with guns, stopped him and took •$'43.00 from his pocket and tho clothes from his valise. Other robberies, by probably tho samo party, aro roportod. MURRAY, FERRIS A CO.’S COTTON CIRCULAR. New Yolk, March 20, 1870. Wc have had another downward turn in Cotton this week, attributable to the in creased receipts and unfavorable advices from Liverpool. Tho offerings aro how ever quite small, blit ample to meet tho limited shipping and spinning demand. Notwithstanding theso adverse influences, tho tone of tlio market improved towards tlio close, and in stonily at our quotations. There has been lc:.* spirit iu business for fut u dolr i sho\ de cline. Ti e sales amount to 12,001) bales, basis Low Middling, at 21ja22$ for March, 20]u224 for April, 20]a22j for May, and 20ja22] for Juno. For immediate deliv ery 1.’, 111 bales (472 to arrivo), of which 2RU. were taken by spinners, 0112 on spec ulation, 7.738 for oxport, and 2470 bales in transit. Wo quoto : Middling Uplands 22], Low Middling 21], Good Ordinary 20.], Ordinary 18j. RECEIPTS. 1803-70 1 808-3 At Now York for week. 13,505 11,."I-"* At all the ports do hit, 103 32,333 Do since Sept 1st 2,.*158,.".17 1,800,317 .f the people uingo City a parly has be eled persons wii i»>t" priH have be m, many of r fies! Hut yet complete, 1 coivcd show a * of annexation, voting, which -puhli,', fur tlio l-ui']»i apital chance f«i it is to bo <!• nexation; but, apable of hign'ie hint by om cut officials. Tin the original doeumont is to bo forwarded to the government under the seals and certificates of tlio officers of tho district or town where tho voto is taken. A commis sioner, to carry theso returns to tho Uni ted Wales Government, will sail in n day or two, in the United Sluter* Hi minor N.m- toskot, which has been plncud at his dis posal, for Havana or Key West. > U;i. Washing! 11 Cuban qn live sbupl dispatch Tin World' hi nays tin ut last assumed posi At tho mooting of tho lloiisi Gommillco on Foreign Allans that day. tho resolution offered by Gen. Ranks on February 10th, was taken up, debuted for mi hour, modified somewhat, and by a vote of eight to one, iL w.«s decided I report it to tho House. It is called “ '.Inti* elution to tin i N.Y. forwtek... i all tho ports do inco Sept 1st 1 si;D-7o ... h/jws f, 407,701 1800-70 18(18-0 .... 00,000 107,00.7 47*0,071 404,000 ...l,.7.72,871 1,318,.725 Tho Sumter RnmhU At New York At all the ports.. Visible supply.... W. C. Watts «fc Co.’s Weekly Liverpool Market Report of date March 11th, givos the following summary: ESTIMATED VISIBLE SUPPLY OF COTTON. 1870. 1800. 1808. Stock in Liver pool this dato 271,210 283,.710 314,470 Stock iu Lon don this date, 03,370 80,700 71,520 Stock in Havre 4th inst 05,330 .77,211 33,250 Stock in Amer ican ports 4th 570,000 431,000 340,000 American afloat for Liverpool this date, 313,000 103,000 220,000 East India afl't for Liverpool , . , this date, that the I K . lht urt 't 83,000 105,000 134,000 pr..p- nil .-mul n tho people of Cuba und Spain, is as follows : Resolved, by tho Senate and lion Representatives of the United Slut Congress assembled, 'J'lmL the Pres of the United States be and lie is lu authorized and instructed to declare and maintain n strictly impartial neutrality the part of tho Government of the Uni ted States in the contest now existing I tween the people of Culm and tin: Gov ernment, or the kingdom of Spain. Ami be it further Resolved, That all acts or pn. ls of ads, and all provisions of the statute approved the -Mh of April, l$l«, oi.tiLh d “An act in addition to the act for the punishment SOURCES OF THE ST. JOHNS, FLA. e copy the following interesting letter from the hist number of tho Rrunswick Seaport Appeal: As many of my friends havo desired in formation in relation to the Upper St. John’s in East Florida, I make this com munication to you that much labor may efoio proceeding to a description: • river, is, perhaps, ono of tho most re- •kublo on tho globe. It mouths into the Atl.uilic about 20 miles South of For- mdina, whilst, its source (if it may bo id to have a source) is in what is usually •lh'd tho Everglades, near or at tho ox- . me Southern point of tho Peninsula, s course is from South to North, and its length between windings (for it boxes ory point of the pass)-it is navigable :• steamers of > a lions sizes, from Sou Miners down to tho smallost sizes. I u tho spring of 18.73, iu company with at veteran and iudouiitablo pioneer, >pL J. O. Duval, we started on a small .imer from Unti l prise w ith a view to • J tho soiiive if the great river St. •hns. W.. pa ed by tho mouth of Lake "•*up, •* lake ;i\t n miles ill length by ;Vt * :iles wide, thctico through Lake a * 1 >f from fivo to six dial -this th beautiful sand bend !i a tolerably large diffused lake died J'uz-. le Lake (tho name I suppose »vi n from the difficulty in finding the hidings and serpentinu channel of the ver through it; thero being an innn- serublo quantity of grass points, sloughs ml lagoons, navigators aro puzzled), wo roeeeded through this lake to the neigh 'll hood ot what is called Orange Mound. [■ r we lost tho channel of tho river, and "l into wind is called Salt Run, belong- pur- tlirv 'all L:dv< .'' w fill i, •d for F. n or twenty Hero aro three V narrow channels, • as brackish as the which roaches to i of Indian river: traced our stops to Orange Mound ii id having failed to Mdlonville; and Ml of I S.7JI. , the nth of March, l-s70, litablo Captain Duval. Hattie Sayor, of Rartow r humble servant, left im lillle steamer ••Charles dili. tlo "hii's. r, <*u Lake Winder. Orange Mound wo f Salt Run aud the ro tho rhnuncl is : •‘"'ill liiiteen feet wide and ten or fifteen In l deep.; Hie current is rather sluggish at this point for miles. Next wo Htnick * • called Mud Lake, after having spent some hours in cutting out a raft ol water let tin, grass, smut wood and roots, of about oigtliy yards long. Passing thence, wo entered Crow Lake, which is something of tho character of Puzzle I ..ike, only a little more condensed. Above this wo struck another raft of lettuce, etc., haps one hundred and fifty yards length: and pa channel of tl row that tho wi bunks would e< ut through this 11 voor six hours, into (’ane Lake,oft-times tin river being so nur ilsand vegetal ion on tin io within a few feet of mooting iu the centre of tho channel often tlio stern of our little craft woul sii.-k fast on tho banks at the same time lu cases of this sort, would cut loose h nmnmuveiing, pushing and hewing. Alter leaving Cano Lane Lako, wo ennio upon a rail of over two miles long; here we tolled big trouble, but fully Ueter i •! not to retreat, wo took into a lag the upper end of which roachcd to within 2oo yards of the river channel a! r.ift, though wo Lad u cargo of tons weight, by dredging with hoes,spades ole., aud fastening the anchor tl 1 slaking it well with poles, hitcli- ; block ami tackle Here e ■lmnncl i mil oftel i.l.d. ; tin i-lasts idcd i channel aho\ • tho iclfing Lain •rimis trouble; the w as very narrow, ipid. A few miles 'oiusotl, tho river widened out into u beautiful stream, ton yard . wi»!o and 1.7 or 20 feet deep. This lako is one of the. most beautiful shoots of water on tho Kt. John's, nnd the third magnitude, being from seven to eight miles across. Fussing through (his lako, v.o found one of tho finest rivers of the Upper Si. John’s, it being of sufficient width amj depth for u largo sea slcnmo Seven or eight miles on this river brought us into Luke Winder, aud at about 11 o'clock on Hut unlay night, tlio 12!li inst wo cast anchor at our mooring on tho we» bunk of Lako Winder. This is u vory pretty lake, something loss tlmn tho size of Lake Monroe, at Enterprise. Wo < then within twelve miles of Lnko Wash ington, which is tho lnmd of, and connects the St. John ' villi, the Everglades. Here, du’ the day (Sunday) tho (Jap- lain delivci al his cargo to the various signers, andsohl out. 1.is own “truck, bartering and otherwise, fm hides, “i son saddle.,’’ d. er skins, wild cats, ©to.— Our whistle from the lake was responded to by tlio crack of I ho rifle, from the ' bmt id. TL uls lo idle off "1 to <prd th. Ul.ilnl therein to apply bo exist- of Cuba together with tho abo lo by tho Intraday olution. A Most Dimorauei-ul Declaration.— The Washington correspondent of tho New York World charges that < ion. Ranks, at a rocent dinner party iu Washington, said : “if lie had his way, ho would make war on tho Southern States, und again ohtuin military possession of them. Being asked to explain the object of such a course against States which have complied with all tho requirements of tho reconstruction acts, ho answered that what the Kcpiildi- can party havo to four is the Northern and Western Democracy, and that safety in such a juncture demands a now and arbi trary control of tho South." Tho Now York Express says this is worthy of Butler, hut not expected of Rauks. Thero is little liopo now that tho President will couscnt oven to execute any law favorable to tho South. Gen. C'anhy admits that his recent conduct against tho Stato and city authorities in Richmond was contrary to law, hut declares, in ex tenuation, that he received his orders from tho President. It is now said, also, that tho President has sided with Rullock of Georgia, and Holden of North Caro lina. interior! thei clamo Tho sirug» Congressional l.t.Mided of that I of tho earth having L it to their swampy nhodo, gathered men, woman and children fe (bitty or forty miles around to see th gr. u show of u littlo slouiuor on their wi \ rs, ami buy calico druKScs, shoos, tobac co, sugar, eoffoo, flour and corn. F li’chick iu tho morning our littlo boat jammed and packed w ith living Floridians; lb" joyous chatter and laugh was shared by tlio old anil the young; and thoy did absolutely appear l«.‘ bo a lmppy peoplo, and lit one time 1 counted over fifty the upper deck of tho littlo “Willy." Die evening, the sight-seeing and the day’s “jollification" being pro tty well over, i wc having learned that tho rafts bolw Winder and Washington were thick i heavy (tho two lakes being twelve in apart), it was doomed inexpedient to pur sue the excursion further. About 4:1.7 in the evening v o hauled in tho anchor, blow tho whistle, nnd fell lmek to Mellonvillo in “good ordor"—a distance of about 1.7 miles. Nothing of much interest occurred on our downward routo, except at tho “haul over" above Lako Cane; the water having fallen, wo vvero compelled to “haul back" by tlio use of anchor, block and tcakle. 1 aui spinning this thing too long, but must say a few words in relation to tho geography, topography anxl products of ti.is most romurkahlo country. Its gon oral elevation cannot ho exceeding fifty foot nhovo the level of tliosea. Tlio prai rios aro flat and lovel, portions only a few fcot above tho water in tho river and lakes; occasional skirts of hammock tho outer edges of tho prairies; cabbngo tri es uro frequently found dotting tho pruiries, and occasional clumps or clusters of cubhago, live oak and hackberry, cov ering elevated spots or mounds on tlio pruiries, with very rich and productive soil; tlio higher up tho river tho broader often from fifteen to twenty Tlu ally A morions and Lwinpkiu, via Frestou, is again reviving in public interest. It un derstands that Mr. Holt, of the Southwest ern road, offers to take, on behalf of tho company, one-lialf of the stock necessary for tho completion of the road, and this, in connection with State aid, will bo ubout £].7,000 per mil". Tho ; D. C.v A 1*0 us executed in Rolmout county, Ohio, on Friiluy last, for the murder of Louisa (J. Fox, made a confession, before execution, that he had in bis life committed fifteen cold-blooded murders! »Yi\, this date, 31,000 .72,000 22,0(H) All kinds afloat for Havre 4th inst 47,181 17,720 30,.703 14.70001 12.70221 1105812 Tho Emperor of Franco bus writton a letter to Prime Ministor Ollivier, stating it would be expedient, in the present con dition of affuirs, to adopt all reforms which will restore a Constitutional Gov ernment to France, in ordor to nut an end to that immoderate desire for chango. A Masonic Lodge at Buda, 111., WH3 burned Wedii^W morning. Tl i into a State. A. R. R. Tu •orgi fill collie state Tho •• •** I publifiling tL troubles were m consequence oi n dis pute between tho Into fciuperintendeiit of Construction, Mr. I’. A. Babcock, and Col. E. Hulbort, tho Supcriutoudent tho Road, and not bccauso they v.o paid, nor because they woro paid most worthless scrip, ami devoid of political Higniflcauc ,l fi ricultural purposos, but afford an iuex- 1 haustiblo winter and suimnor paslurago for stock. Upon the whole tho country, ns it is, is of little value, cx-uqit for stock raising, game, tropical fruits and gardens, cent j Tlio river in many places, even up to Luke dis-! Winder, is broad and deep enough for sea tincis; at other places scarcely wide ugh for u lurgo yawl, yet always deep, s is doubtless attributable to (he fact not j that at somo places the water is coucen- al- j tinted iu the cbannol, anil at others dis- ntirely j parsed through aud over tho prairies and both j lniushes. Alligators may ho reckouod by There is one fact, howover, in Physical Science, which to mo is inexplicuhlo! The St. Johns, fm* several hundred miles runs parallel with Indian nnd Halifax riv ers nt u distance, varying from twenty to six miles, the f<niuor running North anil tho latter South. Often the current of the St. John's is rather rapid than othcr- l will dismiss this subject with one more (to hip) remarkable recital. On board of the steamer Nick King, from Jacksonville to Rrunswick, (Friday, tho 11th of March, 1870,) nbout four miles over tho bar of St. John's, wo discovered in front aud to tho right, that which was at first believed to bo a heavy sea, with breakers, which turned out to bo a large school of whales, playing nnd spouting in tho wator, often twenty foot high ; 20 or 30 foot of their hacks might often ho seen several feet nhovo tlio surface—sometimes six or eight feet of tlu ir heads nnd tails, outiroly nhovo the water. Tlieir number could not have bee n less tlmn fifteen «or twenty, perliups tho double of it. Wheiu did theso gieat. Ji.fii cotim from, and what is tlieir object? It may be that they are tlio Carpet -baggers of tho Sin, conic down to feed upon tlio great family of Porpoises at the mouth ot tho Saint John's. D. R. Mitchell, wick, March 1.7, 1870. DECLINE OF AMERICAN COMMERCE. The following is tho concluding passage if the message of tho President, sent to Congress on Wednesday, in rolntiou to tho ileiline of American commerce : < )ur navy at tlio commencement of tho ito war consisted of loss than 100 vessels, f about 1.70,000 tons, and a force of about 8,000 men. Wo drew from tho lorchuut inarino, which had cost the ovorumont nothing, hut which hail been source of national wealth, HOD vessels, xcecding I,(*00,000 tons and about 70,- oo imm, to aid in tlio suppression of the •hellion. This statement demonstrates ;io value of tho merchant marine ns a leans of national defence in timo of war. ’ho committee on tho euuso ot tho reduc- ion of American tonnage, after tracing lie cause of its decline, submits two bills, which, if adopted, thoy believe will re store to tho nation its maritime power. I’hoir report shows with great minuteness the actual and comparative Americanton- iugc nt tho timo of its greatest prosperity, he actual mid comparative decline since, ogethor with tho causes, aud exhibits •1 her statisticr of material interest in rof- •renco to the i bjoet. As tho report is •ol'oro Congress 1 will not recapitulate any of its statistics, but refer only to tho (hods recommended by the committee to givo back to us our lost commerce. As a general rulo it can bo adopted. 1 he rn a direct money subsidy is less liable ubuso than indirect aid given to tho same enterprise. In this case, howev my opinion is that subsidies, while they ly no given to specific liuos of steamers other vessels, should not be cxclusi ly adopted ; but in addition to subsidiz ing vory desirable lines of oceun traffic, a al assistance should bo givoi effective way, und therefore I commend to ur favorable consideration tho two bills •posed by the coininitteo and roforroil in this message. Kignud I U. S. Grant. Executive Mansion, Washington, 1>. C., March 23, 1870. THE EXTRAORDINARY COMPLICA TION OF THE YERGER CASE. Never, perhaps, in tho history of cclo- rated cases, has the interest of tho pub lic been more rocoiicontratoil or more in tense than in this cose. It is very easy to comprehend the outside influences which command this interest -such ns tho family association, social characteristics aud pub lic character of the accused—coupled with the fact tlmt ho killed, iu a personal ren counter, a prominent officer of tlio Unifod States Army, at a timo when military dic tatorship was substituted for constitutional law. Rut these circumstances could not in themselves keep alive the interest for so long a time. When we consider that tho accused availed himself of the most eminent counsel in tho State, aided by distinguished jurists at Washington, we are ut a loss to understand tho euuso of the extraordinary delays which from timo to timo have been resorted to, aud which havo greatly puzzled tlio public. Is that great bulwark of lihorty, tho writ of ha beas corpus, a dead letter ? Throe times the prisoner has attempted to avail him self or its privileges, und as often lins o. • traoriliuary interference from some quar ter prevented a hearing. What is tho meaning of this? Why have eminent counsel acquiesced in motions for delay, when it appeared to be tho universal opi nion of the bar that the priuouor was en titled to bail, whilst many are of the opi nion tliut ho should be absolutely dis charged. Here coincs tho spocululiou of tho pub lic concerning tho recent extraordinary o.scapado of Yerger, and his subsequent voluntary return to prison under un escort of armed nieu. It is very npparent he could have ubsuiitcd himself ns long us ho thought proper, nnd it is also very appa rent that when ho returned he did not in tend ti* bo arrested, which would lmvo been u groat triumph in certain quarters, 'i’liero must be a riason for all this that docs not appear oil the surface; and, not withstanding the Clarion says tho escape was “exceedingly foolish, undignified," etc., we have too much respect for (Jol. Verger’s intelligence to regard it in that light. We have been a snjoumor at tho capital for a day or two. Wo havo endeavored to fathom this mysterious case. Wo think wo can safely say that tho logic of theso evoids will uppeurin duo season. The at tempt of Sunutor Slioup to deprivo Cir cuit Judges of jurisdiction in habeas cor pus cases outsido of tlieir respective cir cuits, was u bold attempt to revolutionize the judicial system of the State, and to throttle the liberties of the peoplo. This is known to be ono of the links iu that chain of persecution which hns bound tho prisoner for nearly twelve months. Why, H' lie is entitled to bail, has he not been granted it ? Why longer procrastinate and evade? Ho simply demands that he shall receive u fair hearing, unprejudiced nnd impartial, before tho courts of tho coun try. It is but fair to add that tho most prominent and influential Radicals with whom wo have conversed donounoo tho action had in this case ns projudicial to the interests of their party und of justice. Had Yergor been u Northern man of Radi cal persuasion, wo doubt not his caso would long ago havo been disposed of and ho honorably acquitted; but being a Southern man, independent iu liis politi cal principles, nnd jealous of his rights ami honor, lie is a tit subject for Radical persecution. Wo are glad to uoto, how ever, tlmt tho chiofost among his troducers and enemios aro, for tho most part, stran gers to him and tho country. Thoso of the Radicnl party who have conscientious ly founded their faith upon tho hope of a restoration of civil nnd constitutional lib erty have no such fcoliug. We aro suro that wo echo tho voico of tho law-abiding and justice-loving peoplo of the whole country, who feel that tho pro' *,. . I i'-'iirisonment of Mr. Yorger, .uni tii v .unit thwarting of his do.-»iio to obtain a hearing, is an outrago upon the individual, nnd a slur upon republican institutions.- Viek»bury Ifrrald, (Carre*;. 'f tie Baltimore Gazette.) Washington, March 2.7, 1870. Tho Senate went into executive Hossion agaiu this morning, and resumed the de bate on the Kan Domingo treaty. It is whispered nbout the Capitol this morning that the treaty will be ratified, although up to the present timo opiuion has been overwhelmingly to tho contrary. Tho House this morning, after disposing of various privato bills, took up the Tariff It is understood that debate will closo to-<bir. Every member of the House favors tho bill, with a discrimination in favor of liis constituents. The Government proposes to provide for tho surplus wives in Utah, and it is thought they will bo brought to this city aud employed in tho Departments. Sev eral members of Congress are Raid to favor this proposition from purely disiii- Bpinner number of tho c his protect inu. Senator Sumner hide his light unde of the Treasury Depart- erse to taking a goodly ex-Mormon wives under ww not propose 1<* tlio bushel of an ex ecutive session. ilis speech yesterday is said ti* lmvo beon the “most nbln and elab orate) effort of his life," and “it is probable that the injunction of secrecy will bo removed from it." Tho revenuo olficials in tho Bout It are calling for armed and mounted men— United .States troopj preferred—to aid them in capturing “ooflecapi in tho mountains, find tho game n< how the farim r.s Bo much hav it tho President.-- i ■pot. distilleries" Tho Oovormneut will nrlh tho caudle; lmt n-roohts will niffer! beon said c-uicoruing onul efforts to lobby Domingo treat . the twi ing, ns a portion of tlu lie of tho Senate, in forc< through th Admiiiistrati > ing tho foil thirty-si venti since 1783: When tho President of the United States shall moet tho Benato in tlio Senate Chamber, for the consideration of exocu- ivo business, the presiding oflicor of tlio (omite shall havo a chair on the floor, be •on.ridered us the head ..f the Semite, and lis chaii ' hall bo assigned to tho President It’ the United States." Corns' o/ulcnrc Charlatan Con tin-. Washington, March 24. Tlio affairs of the Cubans are looking rather better, at least in tho Committee room of Mr. Ranks. His Rill modifying the neutrality law’s, no that Cuba aud Spain will bo on the same footing as to supplies from this country, may in sonic form be THE RAN DIEGO MINES. THE RICHEST LODE DISCOVERED IlY CHINA- MEN—THE CLAIM OF THE CIIINAMF.N JUMPED AND THREE OF T1IF.IR NUMBER KILLED—THE RESIT Volt THE NEW GOLD DISTRICT. [Special to tho Bail Francisco Chronicle. J Los Angeles, March it, .s ; ;,o j». m, — Tho latest reports from the now gold dis trict seem on the whole confirmatory of tho statements before of tlio richness of the miues. Tho richest lode yet at ruck was found by a band of Chinamen, and jumped in tlio night. In the morning u desperato fight ensued, when tho Chinese were driven away, nnd three of their number killed. This was reported on Saturday, nnd tho story of the occurrence is confirmed by parties returned from the ’ ior this afternoon, artios aro fitting out, ami comprise many of our most influential citizens. The rkmors, sensational nnd otherwise, uro ongofly.ilisctlRHod, and old White Fin eis and followers of the notable mining excitements ol the past aro all getting !y to go, ) line j.ropu easily, stages i told, ,ika tlir lining it Co.’s lino Concord * be run, commencing on tlm Is und mining tools are boing got ready, aud t<» morrow a larger number will leave than Any day before. Stories of marvelous riches i but us yet lack colTnboratimi. citcmcut has not more than begun here, and there are hundreds Waiting furlhei returns. FURTHER ACCOUNTS. A diipatch from I .os Angeles, dated March 12, givos tho following : Low es timates givo the number of men in the mining district at 800, of whom about GOO are from San Diego. Placer miners find pay dirt, but with no big results; they aro working with rockers. Tho gold serins to be washed from tho quartz lends, which arc rich and extensive. With tlio present largo force on the ground, it is bolh-vid that, the placers will soon bo worked out. Prospectors iu tho vicinity are abund ant, and leads aro said to be traceable for mile.;, with decomposed rock nt tho sur- l'acc, from which gold is easily extracted. Tho \\ido range of tho district renders f impossible to give the results obtained. Many rich discoveries are said to have been iiittdo which are kept secret. A dispatch, dated Los Angelos, March Messrs. Rabcoel: and Halbert are Rtipub-1 tho aero, fish by tho logions, und the foath licaus, and so are tho majority of their orod tribe by squads, companies, rogi- pwtwftiw.— JJrunmii'li Apiaal. I monU aud corps. A Home Tubuht.—Tho Congressional animus iu regard to tho army, Rays the New York Herald, was woll seen aud well rebuked in a conversation between an of- fleer mid a Congressman, touching tho relative vuluo of tho sorvices of each to the country. In answer to reasons why tlie pay should not bo reduced, tlio (J< pressman said: “Why wo can of u*oii to lako your place for lars a month." “Yes," replied tne omo©r, I newspaper . “and we can got plvuty to toko your placo 1 that point w passeil. Spain has lmlf of her naval forco in Cu ban waters, wliilo we lmvo thero twelve armed vessels, out of tlio thirty-fivo now in commission. The Spanish tleet at Ha vana numbers cighty-throo vessels of war, manned by thirteen thousand seamen, marines, «le. Our vessels of wur now on the Cuban station number two thousand seamen and marines. Tho Secretary of tho Navy states that this is a larger forco than wo over had thero before, is quite adequate fo present necessities, nnd nil that the Navy can furnish. Tho Secretary has asked for twolvo thousand more men, and for menus to equip und keep iu commis sion forty vessels of war. Rut tho pres ent commercial spasm will not permit that increase. Therefore if wo provoko a war with Spain, wo shall ho at some disadvan tage in regard to naval means, but a war would send tons of thousands of adven turers to Cuba, who would render tho Spanish occupation of tho island imprac ticable. • Our regular army will, on tho 1st of J uly next, be reduced by the expiration of enlistments to thirtoon thousand. Gen. Khorman and Secretary Belkunp stato there w ill bo no troops to spare for emer gencies on tho Indian frontier, much loss for enforcing tho laws in tho disturbed districts of Southern States. Enlist meiits will bo vory slow, and it will be very iliifi- cult to All tho ranks of tho army during tho current year. Most of tho recruits obtained in tho Southern States, since tho closo of tho war, are said to bo ox-rohol soldiora, nnd perhaps the samo material may supply more recruits. Tho Kn-Klux bands, so-called, may enlist in a body. It is with such forces then, that Senator Drake’s war in tho South must ho carried on. Washington, March 25. The President had expected tho entire restoration of tho excluded States before this Into dny, and had prepared a message to Congress, to bo communicated os soon ns all tho Stntos should bo in their proper relations with tho Union, recommending to Congress tho adoption of an act of universal amnesty. This message is actually writton, and tho President is still desirous that the occasion iipou which it was to ho sont to Congress may speedily occur. Ho had not bolioved that it would require four months for Con gress to act intelligently and conclusively upon tho restoration measures. Now he says thut ho cannot communicate tho mes sage until Texas and Georgia shall havo boon admitted to representation. By tho timo they got it, Tennessee will, perhaps, bo put out. Besides, Georgia may have a long nnd hard roml to travel before sho enu gel so far into tlio Union ns to bo held within it. But tho mossiir < ay be looked for * i time this ses'i - *, and when it con will deeply u i ate Congress. Hull ••• t Republican p ly in Congress will ", ,*c im unipialiti' I amnesty. Many o: t... Radical men. jrs havo already signified i :i intention t<» insist upon exceptions to t;..» tain chutes anil individuals connected with tho secession aud confed eracy of tho Southern States. The pas sage of tlio act requires a vote of two- ibirds of the membors of each House. Howover it muy bo threo months bonce, a two-thirds voto could not be obtained now for n universal uiul unqualified amnesty. Partisan Rascality.—Don Piatt, in h Inst Washington lotter to tho Cincin nati Commercial, writes: You ridicule tho idea that our illustri ous Benjamin has any chance of taking a Rent to which ho is not elected. All very well, but Benjamin has as much right to a seat iu this Congress ns Covodo, and a better right than Van Wyck. This is nbout none at all, but our party, at least a majority of it in the House, needs votes. The defection in tho tariff calls for a vio lent remedy. To go in for Van Wyck and Covodo is to strengthen tho tariff vote. Our Ronjamin, who knows about as much on tho tariff as ho does on anv othor sub ject, prepared to voto for the side that gives him the chance to voto. And so P. Pig-iron, Cako and Dickey look long ingly ut our Benjamin. Strader is a free truder. And what mokes them tho more desperate, is tho fact that tho cadet inves tigation, that emptied two seats. left tho prohibitionists two votes less. What ore tho rights of constituents and the purity of tho ballot-box to tho millions that hang doubtful in the hands of a few hundred men ? On this account, tho tested cases havo boon hurried up, nnd every effort mndc to get out free traders anil put in prohibitionists. I under aul that tliu committee have determined to report iu favor of Strader. It is somewhat aston ishing to ine. Something of this is to be attributed to the personal popularity of tho goldon Senator, and the dislike felt for citizon Ren Eggleston. The last uatm d i - not one to bo elected by Congress, unless somo powerful motive animates tho body, and overrides tho unpop ularity. Tlio death of Gen. A. O. Mayers, of Fort Smith, Ark., is announced. He was ono of the oldost citizens of that place. Ho represented his county in the Legisla- 13. , says uan get plenty turn, was postmaster, Indian agent, and for thirty doi-1 publisher of tho Thirty-fifth Parallel, a liod the officer, I newspaper printed at Fort Smith when This afternoon men in charge of a drove of Texas cattlo ennio in direct from tho mines, mul brought some rock from tho George Washington lode, taken at random. It confirms beyond doubt tho richness of tho quartz as far ns sunk (six feet,) and similar rock is found in the San Diego und Molchor claims, all ns yet undeveloped. As high as two dollars to the pan 1ms boon taken out near tlio Washington lode. A lurgo party of Chinamen, working rockers, ike fcoiu two to six dollars per day iu the foot-hills, and at tlio bond waters of the San Diego. Wagons and stages are running to tho ines from Han Diego, a distance of sixty live miles, nud make vory slow time-two to three days—and chargo six dollars. Tho prospecting for iodos by parties spreads for forty miles or more. Tho nature of tho country indicates n ricli mineral region. Rut iittlo work is being done at tho Washington aud other lodes, other than preparatory. Tho morning stage brought tho first party from Sun Francisco. A correspondent writes from San Diego, under dato of March 8, on follows: “Be fore this reaches you the quartz rocks of Messrs. Gower nud others will havo ar rived in San Francisco and produced a sonsntion. I was present when tho wagon with tlio half ton or more of gold-hearing quartz reached its destination in Now San Diego, nnd it was a sight worth looking nt to see the people rushing for n look at the precious stuff. Within an hour after the arrival of tho ‘rocks,’ overy vehicle which was obtainable hud boon engaged by par ties eager to locate in tho new El Dorado. • The discoverers said there was any quan tity of tho samo kind of country to pros pect iu." Plenty of ledges, nndplenty of grass, wood and water in tho vicinity. From present prospects, thero seems to be no doubt of the existence of rich quartz mines and plenty of paying diggings iu this county, which should no louger bo classed among tho “cow counties." Sinco the arrival of tho quartz of Messrs. Gower and others tho two San Diogos are being depopulated ut n rapid rato, goods of every description aro being sent forward, and bnsinoss looks up wonderfully. On Monday a rich spe cimen was brought to New San Dioogo, about a foot square, tho value of which was variously estimated at from $150 to £(i00. This, of courso, did not lessen the enthusiasm of tho pooplo, who aro really gold mine mad. National City is left without population, and if Horton is nble to finish his hnge hotel in Newtown with out importing a fresh lot of workmen, he will bo lacky. It is reported that China men are being driven from tho mines, and also that a tight had already taken place in consequence, several Chinamen and oth ers boiug killed. “All is not Well.”—There is stealing into the brains oven of Radical Massachu setts parsons n conviction that tho oreu- turos who run the Radical party of the South are bound to sink the whole cou- irn to Topet, if not chocked some way. 'o road such extracts as tho follow ing with great, satisfaction. As tho “bet ter inon,io whom tho writer refers, have pretty much all been kicked out of tho party, we don’t exactly see how any chauge is possible. This sorrowing person writes to tho Boston Watchman and Jlrfiector, a lolitico-religioUH newspaper: “Thero will bo found to have beon no littlo baseness among men in high places iu tho Republican party in the Sontb, and if there is no reform, this administration will bo succeeded by a Democratic. Meu North and South lovo power. I would not utter a prophecy of evil for the coun try, aud cortaiuly am no croaker. But 1 think I soo this among the inevitable, if no radical change takes place. There be gins to lie somo suspicion that all is not well. Several days sinco we said to © prominent Senator from tho North, ‘Un less bettor men aro put in places at the South, the days of tho rule of the Repub. Keans in that region aro few.’ He re sponded, ‘I know it, sir, I know it.’" Exchange of Bonds.— Washington, March 21.—Some Eastern bank presidents hud on interview with Secretary Boutwell to-day rolativo to tho exchange of bonds for banking purposos under the new fund ing bill, should it become a law as it now stands. They stated that they held nearly ono million of 188l’s, and that pending the conversion of their capital stock into row bonds thoy would loso tho interest on tlio same, to say nothing of tho loss in market voluo by throwing so largo an amount of bonds on tho market at the time the exohango is required by the bill lobe made. The Secretary replied that he did not see any great hardship in the caso stated, as a bank could easily make a loan for a few days to purchase the new bonds, and then sell their old ones, if ne cessary. As to tho market being flooded with bonds, thore wore only two hundred and twenty-five millions required to be exchanged in ono your, ami as this was st a rote considerably less than one million per day, he thought thero was no danger but what investment would oovor that amount in that time. The Secretary saw no reason fear a financial panic from the proposed change iu the securities of for the HtvAlifig"- I civilization. almost beyond the line of changed.

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Weekly Columbus enquirer. (Columbus, Ga.) 1861-1873, April 05, 1870, Image 1