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A STRICT CONSTRUCTION OF TUB CONSTITUTION-AN HONEST ANO IOCONOH1CAL. AOUlNISTItATION OF TUB OOVKRNMBNT.
RAGLAND & WYNNE, :Prourietor:
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 12, 1870.
70L. XLIL—NO. 15.
U KEIvLY ENQriKER.
) .V II. M A IITI V.
... Ktlltor
COLUMBUS:
THURSDAY. APRIL 7. 1'
NATIONALIZED.
I'iie proclamation of tho adoption of
the Amendment has the effect of
imposing upon the whole Union an inno
vation heretofore forced only upon the
States of the South. By that Amendment
the negroes of all tlio States have obtained
tUl the rights and privileges previously
conferred upon their class in Georgia l»y
the new State Constitution and laws. The
qutstion of lugro suffrage and negro
eligibility to office — so far as it is now a
question—is, therefore, no longer a local,
but a national one. The rights thus se
cured cannot now be divested bv separate
State legislation, but only l»y striking the
Amendment from the Federal Const it ut ion.
or l\v a Federal judicial decision of its
invalidity by reason of fraud and force in
the procurement of its adoption. There
cannot, theretore, be any justification f«»r
Congress insisting on additional guaran
ties (torn particular States of tho rights
thus euiifrrrod upon the negroes, or pur.
r.iiing particular States for former allc ; ;« d
disregard of thoso rights. It would st tiu
that tho proceeding against the State i f
tb >*rgia must now be abandoned, boenusc
it has become wholly unnecessary and a
persistence in it will bo sheer viudictivc-
As lo t!:i* light in which the Southern
I • •pie should hereafter regaril this ques
tion, nt.il the temper in which they should
m* "t nil its attendant aunoynnees. m
concur in tho remarks of tho Louisville
Ct ' ' r-l > n ""i; “The Amendment, ns
wehux ■ said, is revolutionary. Tho ap
pliance;, which have coerced its ratiUeation
a n v< luti mary. Unch r the procod '
s et by the Amendment it uni/, and Midi
c.enll.v proven by the meditated le ; i.sla-
t.on, mid by aid of tho machinery which,
if it did not create it at leant perfected.
pari is,iu license may bo perpetrated lie
utter by Congress, lint, no matter b
wo may deny tho validity of tho rntili
(ion or question tho wisdom and purity
i ic m- asurc, wo can not contest its p -w
It i4, to all intents and purposes, an
pu.ic law of tho land, and will be* enforc
as such. Wo have, therefore, as wo sa
t • consider it ns it is. and not as we wo:
• it :
id. fo
■ b..
purposely refrained from stigmatizing it
n ; it deserves to be stigmatized, out of a
sense of self respect and an indisposition
to contribute to tho gratification of those
who suein to consider tho hi ghost partisan
glory and enjoyment to consist in tin-
defeat of those with whom they have con
tended over questions of public interest,
without regard to tho character of the
defeat or tin* nature of tho questions, the
means by which success was secured, or
i h possihlo consequences. It is as uudig
l .Ji'-d ns it i., ineffectual to spit against the
wmd. We have counseled the Democrat ic
party, and wo have more especially conn-
soled tho Southern people, to abstain from
fruitless and indecorous exhibitions of
temper: but, at (bo snino tiiuo, to discuss
all measures with perfect freed-nn and
candor, preserving at every hazard (he
integrity of that free born popular spirit
which seems t<» bo about the last remnant
of u Union which was onco tho pride and
glory of this country."
Tub Ulnmh or 1870.—The Circular of
United States Marshal Smythe, which wo
copy, show s that the taking of the census
is to bo performed, and the perquisites
thereof enjoyed, only by tho “truly loir
few in Georgia, if tho requirements con
cerning educational qualifications aro in
sisted on. it will puzzle tho Marshal to
find his assistants among tho “natives" in
many of tho counties, and wo suppose
that this will be the reason assigned for
giving a gnat part of tho work to carpet
baggers. It is somewhat encouraging to
see that Georgia i s regarded as near enough
tn the Union to justify the taking of the
census of her inhabitants. Tho enumer
ation gives evidence, at least, of contem
plated prospective admission. Our peo
ple have for five yoar.s had tho glorious
privilege of pnying taxes without repre
sentation; but they intend to count us
now. to seo how many Representatives wo
are entitled to, whether wo ever get them
or not.
Wo are not of the number who look to
any considerable ineroaso of tho number
of Representatives of most of tho South
ern States, derived from counting two-
15 f tbs more of the negroes than formerly.
But for tho constant tide of immigration
to the Western States, this addition might
considerably increase our relative mini,
bers and our representation. But the
probability is that most of tho Western
Stales will exhibit an increaso of more
than two-fifths of their whole population,
while onr gain of two-fifths in the colored
population may bo nearly nil of tho South-
cm increase. Immigration has not yet
come lo us iu any numbers to mako a
show on tho census rolls. Texas will no
doubt exhibit by far tho greatest increase,
as a stream of emigration from tho other
S- nit hern States has been constantly going
t hither for several years. But it is doubt
ful whether even Texas can show an in
crease of population as great as somo of
i he Western States farther north. Tho
Governor of Missouri, for instaucc, esti- i
mates the present population of his State :
at two millions, which is not far short of J
double the population of 1*00. So, while !
it is probable that tho New England and i
«ther old Northern States will lose tho
number of Representatives sufficient to ‘
supply the gain of the Western States, wo
Tub Case or John Stephens.—Mention
lias heretofore been made of tho arrest
and confinement of this gentleman, at At
lanta. by order of Gen. Terry. On Fri
day Mr. Stephens made application to the
U. S. District Court for a writ of habeas
< r r -i», which Judge Erskino, after hear-
* n d argument on both sides, granted.
Don. Terry was represented by Mr. Aker-
man. who took tho position that tho mili
tary commander was too Government of
Georgia: that ho could remove every
official in tho State, and could arrest
w hom he pleased, without warrant! Tho
prisoner was brought before Judgo Er
skino on Saturday, under tho writ, and
the application for his release hoard. Gen.
Terry was represented, as on tho day be
fore, by Mr. Akcrman, and Mr. Stephens
by Col. J. E. Hopkins and Judge Lock-
raiic. -1 ndgo Erskino ordered his discharge,
“on tli • ground that the crime having
been committed in Texas, no tribunal iu
t»e ’’'gin had jurisdiction of either princi
pal or accessory." Though by this deci
sion tho civil authority has prevailed over
the military, it will bo seen from the
statement of the facts of the case (which
we copy below from tho Atlanta (.• /.>/// /-
that tho judgment of tho Court was
cvi.sivc in not mooting the issue raised by
Mr. Akermau. Mr. Stephens was not ar-
• * *1 u'.icr the prim i pal or an accessory
t" the eiinie. but for alleged contumacy
in not giving information demanded by
the miiitaiy “government.” If that
“government" has the powers claimed for
it by its counsel, it Lad jurisdiction of
Mr. Stephens' offomv ; and tho denial of
i:s jurisdiction, however evasively ex
press-<1, must bo regarded as a denial of
the < bom of authority by Mr. Akcrman.
The following is the ('onstiCf
. tateiuent of tho facts of the case ob
tained from Mr. Stephens :
On the I Itli dnv of October, 18i57, Maj.
’ 4 f the U.S. cavalrv, was
■d at I
of lav
lav lor
A i
i wife
*d with tlm
liecoof Mr.
■hi : ■ lb* eaino out here last Janu-
.. .i r.-m.uiied publicly several days
•• M. | Lens lioiihc. He left about
lllli of .lannarv. Six weeks afler-
Is. Do- f- five iiell, who was a scout
• Federal army, came hero ami rep
uted himself as James FoBlor, on bis
I » New York, to purchase some
old Mr. Stephens that lie had $2G0
•I for 'i ajlor, whicli his Tajhir's
had scut him, and asked where he
Mi Htephons told him that he had
It" Arkansas via Vicksburg. lie
I lonving tho gold, as Taylor's
• aid i: must bn given him in por-
Mr. Stcpliens toi-1 him that Taylor
t lu'ii ho could gi vo
pliens went to town
Id 1
j him.
Moml
ek l
rutu
Sunday wont to his usual business M
day. Gen. Torry cut amt anger down
t > tho store requesting him to come to
Headquarters, which he did in company
with Mr. Flynn, and ho was not arrested, hh
the lira staled, by* a squad of soldiers at
the store,
1 ho General wanted to know win re lie
had bt Mr. Btoplions declined du
os ho thought it was not his
I n.dnesi to know. Torry made several
• iloii . to get information, but failed, tell-
n ; Stephens at the same time if he did
not siiisv. i i ho would arrest him, which he
finally did. as Mr. Stephens did not nn-
VA, *r. Ho was sunt out to thu Barracks,
and was j»uI in u room I feet 2 inches
by window Hi.M'ured by bars. It was
cullo t tho dark e< 11. I ho othor priaont ra
were allowed to go out with a guard of
but two were required logo with
him. 'lie soldiers and sub-officers were
very kind to him. Ills fare was a slice of
bnad. soup and coffee, at a meal. I’ur-
i>'i- n wiin granted for bedding and pro-
v; ion s to be brought him bv Jus friends.
NYh-n he was first arrested, all of his
I ri val - papers were taken from him.
Among which was a private letter from a
piity in Texas, which accused Boll of
black mailing citizens in Texas. Gen.
Terry wanted this letter ns evidence
ag mist thoMi parties. Mr. .Stephens whs
rob * ocl y< terdny, as will bo seen by tho
proceeding of thu District Court, and he
relumed to his family who were anxiously
waiting forlorn. Ho was in prison six days,
because he disputed the right of a Brevet
Major General to pry into private affuirs.
Distm inUm*EitGeouoia, -ThaDah-
lonega S-;;/,a! copies our remarks upon its
Htntemont that corn was soiling at $|.ln
j-t bushel from wagons in its section, and
adds “Wc further report that tho high
price of corn boro has put it out of roach
of the poor, and many people in the upper
and northern portion of this county are
on tho eve ef starvation. They must have
relief from some source."
Among tho nominations of tho Presi-
j dent, confirmed by tho Senate of the
j United States on tho 4th just., were tho
foil wiu •! i Loring Graham, jr., Con-
sol G<ncral at 11 irencc, vico B.
| Van Huron, declined: J. ('. Cower, \Yis.,
' Consul at I-ayal; Tims. Wilson. Pn., Coti-
! fill at Matagoda; Jno. Harris, of Pa.,
; Vonico: Daniel Erstine, of Ohio, Yie-
t-nia, Van (louver's Island ; C. M. F. Po
ind, Ua.. Strashurg: Wui. L. M. Burger,
- S. Algiers: IC. MeBarron Timoney, of
j Ga., Tuhcz: \V. 1J. Jones, of Ala., Brin-
I disi: Odell Duncan, S. t\, Naples; Al-
j fred Sanford. Supervi ing Inspector of
steamboats for tho fourth District was re-
j jocted.
NVe presume that most of tho above ap-
j pointecs ore about ns much citizens of the
Southern States named, as 'J'imoney is of
Tho
tells
strive
their
i in representation bui
they were by the appoi
N v York World tlius logically
th advice given to tho negroes
Grant, in his proclamation of tho
i "f the l.*»th Amendment: “Giant
i black friends that they must
t > mako themselves worthy of
>v privilege which is to say that
.vd now worthy. They are not fit to
must vole in order to vote. Also,
•v ui. negro suffrage must he ed-
i" b- Idessiug and not a dan-
hich means that, not now being
L it in a danger and not a bless-
; 'I lit-- -t dispatches that tho
'•* gaining more eomidunce
uceesvof Bingham’s amendment
euate. They now count that the
• r.r ■ equally divided, and that it
> by the casting vote of the Vice
•. Pretty close counting! The
;t--n /.'* - ' »//- also expresses tho
it t..' amendment will bo sus-
A dispatch of the 2 1. from Washington,
rays ; “The best opinion is that the recent
legal tender decision bv the Supreme Court
of the United Stutes will bo reversed." Of
course it will!
We are glad to learn from the Bainbiidgo Four pv-r.-ons were killed and twenty
> that tLe splendid cotton factory, for- hurt by an nceidont on the Hannibal and
mcrly iu operation there, is to he repaired *it. Josephs Mo. i BailVoad. on Saturday*,
aud put in perfect order. ! Three pn«»i»cnger cars ran off tho track.
MURRAY. FERRIS A CO.'S COTTON
CIRCULAR.
New York, April 2,1870.
There has been but little of intorost to
report in Cotton this week. Tho viowa of
holders wero for a few days unaffcctod l»y
the in Teased receipts, but the break in
Liver -ool produced a corresponding de
cline hero which was however soon re
covered under an improvement in Liver
pool, and somo dirannition of receipts,
closing steady at our quotations. Even
running lots nro scarce and much sought
after, but low grades are neglected and
arc :}c. below our last quotations. For
forward delivery tho movement has been
less active, closing at 2U for April, 21 for
May, 21 for June. 21 j for July, and 21 j
Aug. Sales 10,300 bales, basis Low Mid
dling. For immediate delivery ll,Ut»t»
bales (7P»7 to arrive), of which IH.'W were
taken by spinners, 713 on speculation,
7130 for export, and 1124 bales in transit.
Wo quote : Middling Uplatnl 22;| : Low
Middling 21 J, Good Ordinary 20}, Ordin
ary 18 J.
RECEIPTS.
18110-70 18158-0
At Ni w York for week. 0,8(1 8,17(5
At all the ports do....... 4(5,781 7;l. pio
Do since Hept 1st 2,370,7(57 1,808,083
EXPORTS.
18(50-70 18(58-0
From N.Y. for week 10,303 11,(504
From all the ports do... 72,727 01,002
Do since Sept l»t 1,711,400 1,010,(570
STOCK.
18(50-70 18(58-0
At New York 7S,ooo 103,13(1
At all the ports 432,20(5 377,780
Visible supply 1,742,337 1,280,213
Connki’TKTT.—Political contests in this
Stale are always close, and a full, decisive
victory for either party is uot usual. The
result this spring is no exception. It
i a kind of “draw," with the advantage
! ghtly on the side of the Democrats.
The Republicans have quite an advantage
in the apportionment of Representatives
t" the Legislature, and sometimes secure
that braii.'li of the Government when the
popular majority is more largely against
them than it appears now to be. taking
the vote for Governor as a test. Repre
sentatives nie apportioned among (ho
“towns without regard to their popu
lation; and, while the Democrats have
majorities in most of the cities and largo
towns of the State, the Radicals havo a
majority of the smaller towns. This ac
counts for tho success of tho hitler party
in securing a majority of tho llotiao of
Representatives when (hoy lose every
thing else.
Tho result iu Connecticut suffices, at
least, to ble»w tlint tho Democratic party
of tho North is still alive, hopeful, and
full of pluck for coming contests. It
encourages us to hope that the results of
those contests w ill bo tho restoration of
constitutional government and sectional
equality.
The captain of the schooner A. J. Fa-
liens, which arrived at Savannah on Sun
day last, reports having found and board-
od tho French ship Tnmntivo, Hint had
been abandoned at sen. Hho was leaky,
hut apparently not in danger of sinking
from that cause. Tho boats and nearly
everything of value had boon takon from
tho ship. She was Loaded towards tho
North Carolina coast, and loft to pursue
her pilotless course.
Tho Montgomery Mail proposes Daniel
Prat t, tho groat manufacturer, of Autauga
county, as a suitablo nominee of tho
Democratic party for Governor of Ala
bama.
'1 ho Senate of Now York, on tho 4th
instant, passed tho bills relating to tho
municipal government of Now York city,
that havo aroused such nclivo and oarnost
opposition from tho “Young Democracy.”
The New Catuolio Bishop or Georgia.
Tho l’opo has confirmed lit. Rev. Igna
tius 1’ersico, Roman Catholic Bishop of
Georgia, with headquarters at Savannah.
Wo have the full belief that tho appoint
ment and confirmation of this worthy pro
late to the exalted position will he for tho
good of the ('Lurch and tho building up
in tho faith of its numerous membership,
[Saraunah AVwvr.
Tho postoilieo at Troy, Ala., has boon
declared by tho Department a “money or
der office, to take effect 1st July. This
will ho a great convenience to that com
munity.
Tho Macon Telegraph reports tho donth
of Mr. EJ. C. Jarrutt, n worthy gontleman
of Monroo county, by an accident on Sun
day last. He whs riding homo from church
in ii buggy, with a Miss Evans, when tho
mule ran away aud upset tho buggy,
throwing tho occupants violently against
a log by tho roadside. Mr. Jarratt bad a
blood vessel ruptured, and died in about
two hours. Mifuf Evans was severely, Gut
not dangerously hurt.
A negro orator in Washington City is
reported as having made a declaration on
Monday, which shows that ho fully un
derstands and candidly admits tho chief
obstacle to free voting at tho South, llo
said that “he was beyond Mr. Sumner in
his claim for equal rights for the negro.
He would not rest until a negro man could
safely vote tho Democratic ticket.”
Tho Itejiublican Buys Savannah is par
ticularly honored just now by the presence
of ex-C'onfedorate Generals. It names
them as follows: Gens. Loo, Johnston,
Lawton, Lovell, Jackson, Sorrel, Kirkland,
Finnegan, Anderson and Dickerson.
The Picayune thinks tho appointment
of Benj. F. Flanders, as Mayor of Now
Orleans, a good ono. It saj’s that though
a Republican, ho is a man of groat enorgy
of purpose and administrative capacity.
Two Candidates Announced.—Georgo
Francis Train somo tirao Kinco proclaimed
I him if a candidate for tho Presidency in
1 .. . . • v comes a female rival,who
pitches in as follows, in advance of tho
adoption of the Ifith Amendment, through
a card published iu the Now Y'ork papers :
“With the view of taking tho pooplo
into iny confidence I have written several
papers on governmental questions of im
portance, and will submit them in due
time. * * * I havo deliberately and
of my ow n accord placed myself before
tho people as a candidate for tho Presi
dency of tho United States, aud having
the means, courage, energy and strength
necessary for tho race, intend to contest
it to the closo.
“VlCTOBU C. WWDflULL.”
RATIFICATION OF THE FIFTEENTH j REGULATIONS IN REGARD TO THE
AMENDMENT.
Washington, March 30.—The President
decided this morning, in response to the
appeals of Senators, to send a special mes-
Rngo to Congress to-day, accompanied by
tho official notification of the State De
partment, announcing the ratification of
tho Fifteenth Amendment as a part of the
Constitution of tho United States, pro
vided that tho House passed tho Senate
amendment to tho Texas bill. Tho pro
viso was fulfilled very quickly. In less
than an hour after Congress met tho bill
passed tho lioino ns it came from the Sen
ate, and w as duly enrolled and signed by
tho Vico President and Speaker of tho
House and by the President within an
hour from the time of iis passage. The
President, just us soon as ho signed the
bill, signed and dated the special message,
which ho had previously prepared, and
sent it at onco to the House of Represen
tatives, together with the special notice of
(ho Secretary of State regarding (Iienmend-
inont. Tho Ifouso was in committee of
tho whole at the time, but there was such
a fluttering wlum tho contents of the mes
sage bocamo known that Maynard, who
was speaking, was asked > give way. The
committeo rose, tho Speaker was sent for,
and the documents were read.
As the official notification showed that
the State Department had counted Indiana
to make the required twenty-eight Slates
to ratify the amendment. Mr. Nihlaek, of
that State, declared that the so-called rati
fication by Indiana was u fraud and un
true.
Mr. Fernando Wood, with great empha
sis, declared that New York had never rati
fied.
Mr. Peters, of Maine, standing on the
Republican ride, said: “We think that
New York has ratified it," which caused a
burst of laughter, amid which Mr. Brooks
inquired, reprovingly, if the House was a
town meeting. Tho Speaker restored or
der. and tho House divided •
the inessago to tho Judiciary (V
This was about to be Carried,
Democrats moved to adjourn, t
House, etc., in order to gain In
euro debate. The Radicals, kci
they could gai
drew the moti<
laid on the Sp
Tho Demoei
incut has not I
of nil the Stat
that
I lYn ill;
iinittcc.
ulhilig, the coupon w ith-
disei
id th.
eh.ml
members say that the aiiMouiiec
the ratification is too lul<- to use t lie colon d
vote in the i lection in that State on 'I lies
day next, but Western memlieis state that
it will apply to township election*! soon J.>
come oil in Kentucky aud Indiana.
"I HERN M \
PI CT or Ti
Till: Pi
Ei.sKwiir.Ri:. According to the able re
port of Col. John II. Pi lin >r, of Smith
Carolina, which was ordered lo l.«* printed
with the proceedings of the last .Commer
cial Convention, recently held iu Louis
ville, Kentucky, the Southern iimnuf. c
Hirers ran now mako yarn cheap, r than
those North by five cents upon each pound
of manufactured cotton. Yarns can be
manufactured and delivered in Europe at
I ,'cents cheaper than the cotton can be
exported and manufactured in Liverpool
or elsewhere. These statements are i up-
ported by figures and minute statistics ns
to the price of wool, labor, cotton, and by
actual showing of books in dillYienl fac
tories. An ordinary crop of cotton is
worth to the South 8 227,0(!0,00(>. Were
this cotton crop, however, manufactured
into yarn, it would give tin* South '70,.
000,00(1 more of revenue.
As the limiter limv stand i. tho South has
only 100,772 spindles, where the North
has 3,818,177. Were the whole crop man
ufactured here, it would pay (o tho labor
ers, chiefly women and children, iJIUJ,-
000,000. ‘it would pay this sum to the
Hass that nro ordinatify non-producers.
Spinning is comparatively simple, mid hut
little Northnrn capital is invested iu this
primary operation, it is in tlm complica
ted labor of weaving, dying, etc., that the
heavy demand for capital begins. Were
these operations performed, as they will
bo Koine day, tho amount of wages paid
and laborers employed, would be im
mensely increased. Cut. Balim r k i uggcH-
tion is that the property-holders and
planters of tho South hami together and
occupy tlm field with their own factories
ami spindles. < )nco theso are established,
his proposition ia to ship direct for Eu
rope, and drivo other yarns from the mar
ket. Tho cost of a spinning mill, giving
employment to eighty-scv< n operatives,
ami consuming h.s? bales, ought to he
$30,000. Tho estimated not profits of
such a factory, lit Northern prices, would
bo $17,718. Tho foregoing statistics arc
indorsed by F. ('ogin, Superintendent of
tho Augusta Factory, and that, they de
serve consideration, then* ran he no
doubt. Tho conclusion they lead to is,
that yarn samples should he sent imme
diately to ascertain, by positive experi
ment, and in authoritative form, what the
prociso margin of dilVorenco in prices is.
If, after consultation with tho manufac
turers, doalers aud others, residing in Ku-
ropo, theso statistics arc verified, as they
doubtless will be, nn impetus will be
given to manufactures which they could
dorivo from no other source.—Columbia
Phu nix.
The Wisdom or L'orToN I'i.anti.rs.
Tho Western papers aro comforting West
ern farmers in their despondency at the
high taxes and low prices of wheat, by di
recting their thoughts to the vi iy plea .-
ing fact of their having saved tin ium-Ivi-h
from bankruptcy by making the .South
pay very high prices for the meat sold to
enable the cotton planters to devote their
energies solely to the culture of cotton.
Without doubt, this custom of our plant
ers must prove v< iy consolatory to the
good furmers, saved by it from bankrupt
cy, but we cannot comprehend its justice
or wisdom, whether considered with ref
erence to its effect on tho individuals, or
on the section to which they belong. Wo
are a silly, self-conceited, one-idea race,
sensitive to the slighte d charge of de
pendence, and yet blindly and stupidly
persisting year after year in a policy that
can have hut ono result, and that, the
crushing out and utter destruction of the
only true basis for an assured hope of fu
ture but curtain independence. How
much soul torture we do bring on our
selves, by weakly and sinfully yielding to
our disinclination to u little bodily exer
tion, and to our anxiety to escape a few
petty cares and troubles. Tho raising of
our own grain and our own meat would
possibly subject us to a little more labor,
and bring on us a few additional daily
anxieticK, and to avoid these, wo give up
our manhood and sell ourselves to lifo-
sorvioo for our food and raiment.—-Mobile
Tribune.
The Spring Trade in New York.—
The New York correspondent of tho Bhil-
adelphia Ledger says
CENSUS.
Major Smyth, l\ S. Marshal for Geor
gia, has issued the following circular:
Oitice United States Marshm„)
District or Georoia,
Ati.anta, Ua., March 30, 1870.)
Hie following circular is published in
answer to numerous li tters received by
the Marshal, relative to tho Ninth Census,
and for the information and guidance of
all applicants for appointment as Assistant
Marshal in taking the census :
I. The two districts of the Stato of
Georgia will be divided, for the purposes
required in the act of May 23, 1870, into
subdivisions coincident with the counties
now existing in the State, excepting in
such counties where tho number of in
habitants may render a smaller subdivision
necessary. One Assistant Marshal will be
appointed for each subdivision, who must
be a resident therein, as required by law.
H. Tho net requires tho enumeration to
commence upon the first day of Juno
next, ami no applicants will bo appointed
assistants who cannot arrange to com
mence promptly upon that day.
111. Section *10 Ot the act of 1870makes
it the duty of the Assistant Marshal to per
sonally visit each dwelling-house and each
family in his subdixisioti, and, by his own
inquiries, collect tho information for re
turn*; on all tho schedules, except that
numbered 3 iu tho law of 18.70, mid (5 iu
the series as printed for the census of
18(50. Subdivisions cannot, therefore, be
farmed out in whole or part. Tho Assisi-
nist be the nctunl enunieia-
>t perform thedulf by dopu-
No appointment can be
ms incompetent to perform
luired by law. with thu ex-
mpetent,
ant Marshal i
tor, and oann
tv or proxy,
made of pern
the duties IT
peetation that others, who
may perform their duties fi
Asm* taut Marshal is tin* only responsible
parly, and must himself be fully conipe
tent to meet his responsibilities iu every
particular.
1\. Applicants for appointment must
furni.* h satisfactory evidence that they are
tempi rate, intelligent, and active men,
generally and favorably known in tlieeom-
muiiilies, and well versed in letters and
figures. They must bn able, unless their
disabilities have been removed by net of
< ingress, to lake the following oath, pro
scribed by lid of July 2, 18(52, to-wit :
“!. A. !(., do solemnly swear (or affirm 1
:h I have miver voluntarily borne anus
agaiiet (lie United Slates since I have been
u i-itw.eu thereof; that I have voluntarily
given no aid. countenance, counsel or en
eoinagemcnt to persons engaged ill armed
hostility thereto; that I have neither
sought nor neeepted, nor attempted to ex
ercise, the functions ef any office whatev
er, under any authority, or pretended au
thority, iu hostility to ihe United Stale: :
that I have not yielded a voluntary sup
port to any pretended government, au
thority. power or eoiistilution, within the
I iiited States, hostile or inimical thereto.
Ami I do furlhcr swear (or affirm) that, to
the best of my knowledge and ability, I
will support and defend the Constitution
of Ihe United States against all enemies,
foreign and domestic; that I will bear true
faith and allegiance to the same; tlial 1
take this obligation freely, without any
mental reservation or purpose of evasion;
ami that I will well and faithfully dis
charge the duties of tho office on which I
am about to elites: So help me God.”
V. Applications must be iu the hmul-
wnling of the applicant, ami sJiould con
lain Hie following information: 1st.
Whether Ihe applicant can tako tho fore
going oath, or if not, whether his disabili
ties havo been removed by act of Con-
gross. 2d. His ago and place of birth.
•5*1. His length of residence in tho Stato
and in the county applied for. Itli. Wlmt-
i*m r business ho horotoforo engaged in,
and his present occupation. 3th. Such
other facts ns may cuablo tho Marshal to
judge intelligently of the applicant's fit -
ness for the work required.
VI. Tlm evidence required in paragraph
IV of this circular must be furnished by
tin* applicants, mid filed with tin ir appli
cations. A mere reference in tlm applica
tion to otlnu* persons, unaccompanied by
tlieir written endorsement, will not be
considered. Tlm labor of obtaining such
emlorsoniotilH mini be borne by the par
ties interested, mid cunuot bo a ;smned by
tin* Marshal.
VII. Applicants who have not already
complied with tho requirements of the
last three paragraphs, will immediately
file a new application containing all the
information so required. A neglect to do
this within a reasonable period will he
considered a withdrawal of tho original
application.
S ill. Applications nml nil letters rela
ting to the census, addressed to the Mar
shal, should Im ciielii%;d in long, or offi
cial envelopes, and written upon letter
paper, to be folded ill three equal folds,
parallel w ith the writing, and endorsed on
tho outside across the upper left-hand fold
1st. With tho place where written and
the date. 2d. With the uaiiin of the
writer, given inversely, and his official
title, if any. .'Id. With a brief of tlm*
contents of the letter. [Sen form of on-
dorsemunt upon this circular.) For a
sample application (lie following brief will
be sufficient : “Application for appoint
ment as Assistant Marshal to take the
census of county.”
I\. Tho Marshal cannot undertake to
personally answer all the letters received
upon tho suhjcut of the census. All ap
plications, however, will he filed and care
fully considered, and applicants will bo
duly informed by letter of the final deci
sion in their cases, for which they should
euelo.a! iu their applications the necessary
post ago stamps.
X. I ho Act of 1870 provides the follow
ing rates and manner of payment, viz. :
“Sec. 12. Each ns-istant shall be allow
ed as compensation for his services idler
Ihe rate of two cents fvr each pci son
enumerated, and ten cents a miJo for
necessary travel, to be ascertained by mul
tiplying the square root of the number of
dwelling houses in (lie division by tie*
square root of the number ef square miles
travelled for all purposes in taking this
census.
“Fi;r. 13. In addition to tho compensa
tion allowed for the enumeration of the
inhabitants, there shall he paid for each
establishment of productive industry, fully
taken and returned, fifteen cents : for the
sociul statistics, two per cent, upon tlm
amount allowed for ilio enumeration of
population; and for ench name of a de
ceased person roturnod, two cents ; Pro
vided, however, thut in making returns of
farms nnd establishments of productive
industry, tho instructions given by tho
Secretary of tho Interior must bo strictly
observed, and no allowance shall bo made
for any return not authorized by such in
structions, or for any returns not limited
to tho year next preceding tho 1st of June
next.
“Sec. 21. Whenever a Marshal shall
certify that an assistant has completed t ■>
his satisfaction nnd irnnlo a return of tho
Merclmnts continue to complain of the j subdivision confided to him, aud shall ah
backwardness of tho spring trade—not certify tho amount of compensation to
one particular branch, but all. The West-' which, under tho provisions of this act,
ern dealers are buying sparingly, while 1 such assistant is entitled, designating how
Southern orders, as n general thing, are much for each kind of service, the Secre-
said to ho much nnd t I (1 •• I"' H r shall thareu on • . .
to warrant. Many are inclined to uttrih- such assistant; and when the ruLurushave
uto tho Existing stagnation to tho uucer- been cnrofully examined for classification,
tainty which attaches to tho future as th> if found executed in a manner satisfactti
re suit of the vurious financial measures ry, then he shall also cause thu other half
pen ding in Congress: but, whatever the to ho paid."
cause, thero-cun ho no gainsaying tho ef-, XI. All communications to the Marshal
feet, which is visible on every side." j relating to the census will hereafter bo
Km,u,atkin T7r*T,7,:*rs.TW. Htatkn.— iwjdrusaed to blm nt SjkTaniiulii. Oft.
UMln, April l.-.V corro»i.ondoutof tho ' ' V ' H ‘ l ' h '
Evening Post says the emigration from ;
Ireland to tho United States lias increased New York, April L—Receipts of cotton
to a remarkable extent within tho ]iast few nt „)] l uitod Ktatos purtil for tho week
4T,HH, b S r rexpoHo.
obnoxious bill for tho preservation of life *dock iu all United Slates ports ut tho
aud property iu Irolaud. I present date, 430,000.
[Special to tin* Mobile Register.]
THU. RANDOLPH AND SMITH AF
FRAY.
TrKKAi.oo.sA, Ala., April 2.— All attempt
was made yosterday by Cadet Wm. Smith,
son of Yankee Smith, of tin* board of
Regents, aged about 27 years, to assassin
ate Rylaml Randolph on the public streets.
A fearful encounter ensued. Iiaml-to-hnml:
both parties exhausting their repeaters,
Randolph threw his pistol at Smith, and
m ule ut him with a knife; Smith’s cour
age failed and he retreated. Randolph
fell wounded in Ihe left leg. William II.
Bird, an old citizen, was killed by a stray
shot from Smith's pistol. Yornon Vaughn
was within gunshot distance, loaded with
weapons, but kept aloof. Vaughn and
Smith wore committed to jail, tin* former
charged w itli complicity. Randolph's con
dition is favorable to-day; tho wound, so
far. is not dangerous. The excitement j
has abated. 11. M.
Special Dispatch t<> the Mail,
TrsK.vt.oosA, April 4.- Ye
and William Smith, u Fnri
wore arraigned to-day befc
court for preliminary
charge of mimic
non Yaughti
ersity cadet,
ro a justice's
cstigatiou of thu
Defendants asked for
an adjournment of the case, which was
grant id until Monday, April isth.
The jail where the prisoners are con
fined is guarded every night by Federal
soldiers.
In tho nil'ray of Friday two bullets pene
trated Smith's hat cl oho to Ins head. One
struck his bolt buckle, glancing off. and
one slightlv wounded his back. Rnn-
doph's life w.»s saved by his pocket-book,
which was thickly wadded with fractional
currency, and which was comply ***y pene
trated by a bullet within a fovv inches of
his heart, barely intercepting it. E.ei-
dolph’s condition was to-day favorable.
11. M. ‘k
CALIFORNIA.
SOME STRANGE THINGS TO IHi SEEN Till.RE.
Tho following is an extract from a lec
ture recently delivered in Milwaukee:
California is worthy a visit. The face
of tho country indicates that tho ranges
of mountains are tho results of volcanic
eruptions. In some places they are so
regular that they see in to have boenformed
of plastic material that flowed down regu
larly. Over most of tho mountains and
valleys there is nothing that we would call
forests. In some places wo see a parched
and withored space as far as tho eye can
st retch. There aro other spots where you
think a castle has stood, aud cannot be
lieve it tho homo of Indians. Many the
ories aro offered to account for the ab
sence of trees in so many places.
Tho climate has romarkablo phases nml
ofl'ects. There is often ifdillYrcnco of ten
to fifteen degrees of temperature from
San Francisco to across tho bay. The
changes seldom go to extreme heat or
cold. As you sit iu tho room one poison
w ill come in say he never saw a finer day,
another will complain of a fog, and a third
declare there is no fog, but a sky darkly
overcast. They all speak tho truth, lmt
come from different points nt a short dis
tance. I do not doubt but thorc arc many
winces whore on tho windward side of a
iiill your land is not worth plowing andou
the leeward aide almost anything can bo
raised. In somo parts of Man Francisco
they say it is unsafe to buy a city lot on
ono side of tho street, because a wind may
blow it over (•> tho other side the next
day. The climate is good, but tho locality
must be sou"'.t in lvtorem e t tho object
desired. r J h> extraordinary si, . sof trees,
time
growth is i
tin
j lay
WILL THEY BE HUNG?
Will the two Radical scamps who al-
templed to assassinate Mr. Rylaml Ran
dolph, at Tuslodoosa, tho other day, be
hung ? They i hoot down n man in broad
day-iight, on the public streets, and lo
the danger of the community. They kill j 1
an innocent citizen, an old man universal- I JV ,l, . f41
I.V b--loved a poor saddler with a largi
family dependent upon him. They an
l and put in jail. But will l!
wld expec
idle
have
tinned In
law he i leted out to \ uUgliuii and Smith j 1 ”
nny more than it was to Morse who assas
sinated Newell Thomas, or to Collins who
nssnssitiat'd Jbmglny? The Attorney-
General shoe - , an editor down with a
double-barreled sliol gun procured tor the
occasion. Collins, of tho Board of Edu
cation, kills an cx-member of Congn *s iu
cold blood. Tho clerk of the Circuit
Court of this county fires with deadly
weapon upon the United Slates Collector.
Tho District Attorney nt Mobile sheets
down Judge Bush ed upon the public
streets. 'I Im I‘rebate Judgo of Elmore
Mmols at ono of our citizens without
provocation and with murderous intent.
The law is silent. Tho murderers are all
protected by their Radical comrades from
justice. They are above and beyond tho
law. They are loyal! !
Now, another editor is assaulted by two
Radicals loaded down with arms. One
stands aloof with his arsenal in reserve.
Tho other wounds his victim and then
runs. Rut before lie inns, bis cowardly,
trembling hand MUnls a bullet to the life
of an old laboring citizen, who is going
along the public street. Will thoRo IiihI,
murderers be hung ? Will they not rather
be treated as the illustrious murderers
who havo preceded them? Tho venuo
will be changed. Tho jury will bo packed.
Tlm right Judge will be selected. His
charge to the jury will vindicato the as-
KiiKHiiiK. If not, the jail will bo forced
by a Radical band of disguised patriots
aud tho subjects of justice will bo set
free to represent Texas or Arkansas in
Congress, or to be appointed Governors
of Now Mexico or Idaho. If tho worst
comes to the worst, the Legislature will
pass an act for their relief. No Radical
iu Alabama is punished for a criino
against tho life or property of a Demo-
‘•rat. If lie kills a man in Lowndes,
Congress relieves his political disabilities
and tho Governor pardons tho crime. If
he commits bigamy in Lawrence the Leg
islature pusses an act protecting him from
justice. If he steals shoos in Montgome
ry the Governor releases him from jail.
If he kills a Congressman in Morgan his
friends break open tho jail. There is no
law unde r Radical rule, except such ns
takes the last dollar from a tax-oppressed
people to give to public thieves and mur
derers ! —Man tf/uini cy Mail.
[Chicago Times Special, 30tli. J
Extraordinary Scene in a New York
I’ciu.io School.—An extraordinary scene
took place in a public school in Twonty-
Hovoulh street this afternoon. After tho
graduates had received their diplomas,
Superintendent Randall made a speech,
in which lie took strong ground in favor
of the retention of the Hiblo in tho public
schools, lie appealed to all to do their
utmost to retain tho sacred hook, and was
more tiiau ordinarily impressive in his re
marks.
Rev. Dr. McGlynti, of St.Stephen's Ro
man Catholic Church, followed, and aft or
complimenting the teachers on the clfi-
cieiicy of tho scholars, begged to difl'er
with tho remarks of the provious speaker,
lie for ono was not iu favor of having tho
Bible in the public schools, and he knew
that the majority of tho uudieueo present
coincided with him.
At this there arose such a storm of ap
plause mid hisses, tho audience being
evenly divided, that a regular panic set in.
Cries of “put him out,’ “smash him,"
wero heard on nil rides. Sc\ end Indies,
among whom were threo graduates, faint
ed. The excitement wan iutcu.sA, ono
Bibilo man knocking down nn mde-bihio
man and tho entire soli ool-room ienl v
appeared to he tilled wirii a !< t nf m,mi
nes, wlio tried their utmost to outdo ono
another in denouncing either one of tho
two ipcukers. Ono man, who attempted
to put Ri v. Dr. McGlynn out, was han
dled himself by the police and theso final
ly cleared tho hall. Tho excitement then
sprend to the stroots and is to-night tho
great town talk io upper districts.
The Washington correspondent of tho
Now York J/eraltf, utidor date of March
21st, writes ns follows:
“Cyrus W. Field, who is now hero, lias
submitted to Senator Sumner bis proposi
tion for the settlement of tho Alabama
claims, llo proposes that tho Unitod
States shall unino throo eminent persons,
crowned heads, as arbitrators, from whom
Great Britain shall select one, and his de
cision of the case shall bo final and bind
ing upon both parties, or that Great Bri
tain shall name tho arbitrators, nml that
the United States shall mako tho selection
of the fated individual. Mr. Field had a
loir; conference with Sumner yesterday on
tho subject. The latter docs not favor
the proposition. With all Lis respect for
royalty, ho does not think tho Unitod
Elutes would get a fair show from nny of
the crowned heads of Europe. He is op
posed to ail sorts of arbitrators in (hit
matter, because lie considers it beneath
'* i■ i* Government to submit
l i anjumig «.i tho kind. Mr. Field* mis
sion is therefore a failure, so fur as influ
encing Sunnier is concerned."
'lho Nashville Banner of Sunday says:
Hon. Henry Cooper arrived in tho city
yesterday, from Now York, haviug loft
Washington the early part of last week.
With the best opportunities of learning
tho status of the Tennossco situation at
tiio National Capital, ho avers as his
opinion that tho reconstruction scheme is
“played out." Except somoting alto
gether uulookcd for transpires, there is no
reasonable probability that Congress will
stop iu to interfere iu the afiairs of our
8}ate.
is weatlu r and when wo
d* .nth. Tiiero is a heavy
'Heath the soil, and tho rain
ml keeps the ground moist,
•ticcoshful cultivation is in
ig and raking thu soil. The
*i a capillary attraction,
tlm lecturer saw* oranges,
walnuts, apples, and all
together. All flowers mo
ouiuing at a season of tin.* year when
mi would ho compelled to put on an ovor-
•at if you attempted to gather them, llo
•tricity one of tho stimulants,
added to tho soil, sun and air, which pro-
duee tho wonderful vegetation of the
country.
Tlm sconory was very wonderful, much
of which was familiar to nil. Going into
a raviuo at Runsct from a mountain tho
seem) was so impressive that silence
seemed tho best medium through which to
coiuinuno with tho bonutiesof nature. Ho
described tlm mountains in beautiful lan
guage, following tho streams, cascades nnd
rivers as they leaped down the mountain,
and dwelt at length on the Yosemite Val-
lo y-„
I he lecturer drew a striking picture of
the famous California trees, speaking of
ton that were only thirty-two feet in di
ameter and some that wero threo hun
dred aud fifty feet high. Two of them,
standing side by side in tho church, would
fill it from wall to wall. On the stuiup of
one thirty-two persons could dance, form
ing four cottilions, and leavo plenty of
room for musicians nml lookers-on. If
sawed up ono would mako 527,000 feet, of
inch lumber, nml two thosond years, while
the world had passed through innumer
able changes, they lmd stood there, their
branches waving in tho breeze.
In speaking of tho geysers ho said that
in a cation less than a mile long ho saw
more than three hundred jets of steam,
that gavo indications of what was passing
holow. Tho earth near is
hum one s shoes. Ho placed a locomo
tive whistle over one struma aud heard
it two milos away. Thoro are also medici
nal springs, ami you can sit near two
springs ami roach hot water from ono nnd
cold, ice-water from tho othor. The
beauty of tho locality is unsurpassed; the
nooks aud cations soem ns if nature lmd
tried to put all her charms iuto ono spare.
Tho winds nnd fogs seriously nf-
foct ono in somo places. During tho
summer heat is also at times oppressive ;
aud everywhere except in tho water is
had; ami you aro subject to those ruthless
invaders, onrthquakus. Fooplo who are
not familiar with earthquakes cannot bo-
corao so and must always fool n dread of
them. Theso sudden convulsions of na
ture sometimes cause ridiculous exhibi
tions of fear, for thoy come whon ono is
so unprepared that thoro is no time for
consideration. Two Germans wore onco
working about a woll, ono iu it,
when an earthquake took place. Thoy
wero frightonod and ran, aud when asked
tho cause of their fear lho ono that was in
tho well said ho thought “this was on
that side aud that on this, tho bottom on
the top, and, mein Gott! 1 thought nil
was gone.”
The Frobi ect for Cotton—Pricks.—
Tho courso of cotton for sovoral months
past conveys a lesson which it will bo well
for tho planting community to bcod. It
teacheB tho importance, says tho Memphis
Avalanche, if not tho nocossity, of plant
ing corn, uud giving dttoattention to pork
the coming soiisoii. if this is not dono,
cotton will ho sold :it 1" prices next fall
and winter to buy <■ in iu*.. purl: i’.f w- ror
fnmino prices. ..o same thing w ex
perienced in : .57-8, and but for tl * risk
demand for • *tton from Europe, i dug
up prices, i. .ike state of affuirs Mild
now exist . i it is, tho price of uu.ton
barely jusli . s tho price paid for cuj .
Cotton v ill command much h i.x
months hence. The experience ot 1837-8
was a scvuie one to tho plauting interest,
and should not he forgotten. Heavy em
igration to the Southwest, combined with
increased introduction of capital through
out tho South, and largely increased ap
pliance of fortilizors, iu Gcorgin, South
Carolina and Alabama, point to a large
cotton crop the coming season. Factors
are ndvi:.ing planters to plant with a view
to liftei n cents per pound for cotton next
autumn. It is not reasonable to as
sume, with all ilio lights before us, that it
will bring higher prices. Should this
provo to bo the case, it will be well to
have corn and pork enough of our own
production for homo consumption. With
enough of broad nml meat on hand, it will
matter comparatively little what cotton
will bo worth six months hence, so far as
tho necessities of tho pooplo aro con
cerned. In such nn event they will bo in
position to contend with the “bears," aud
command fair prices, ut least, for their
cotton. Tho wisdom of this needs no
further demonstration. It wuh taught us
soveroly threo years ago. Let our plant
ing friends bear this iu mind nnd act ac
cordingly.
Heeding Lent and Health.-Dr. W.
W. Hall, the publisher of Hall's Journal
of J halt n, in his rocontly published work
on “lioaltli nnd Good Living," has tho
following on the physical benefits of keep
ing L-nt stri -ily, without the dispensa
tion usually granted:
‘•If nl! persons for a month in early
spring were t«* abstain J-nin all meats
wliiit • • vi r, ii; the spirit *.f tho doctrine
..f l.«*nt requires, it would add greatly to
ommutiiUcN, by enabling
thu system to throw off tho impurities of
tho .body acqmrod by tho hearty eating of
winter, would cool off tho boated blood,
and thus destroy tho gorms of spring end
Hummer disease; nnd thus it is that the
proper practico of tho procopts of religion
promotes not only tho spiritual but tho
physical health of man. Those sro sim
ple mousures; they aro practicable, cost
no money, aud are available to all; and if
heeded iu a rational manner, death would
ho kopt from many a dwelling, and life
time sorrows would bo lightened to mauy
bosoms." ^
Tho Macfarland trial commonced iu Nowr
Y'ork on Monday.
THE IXCOMPATABILLT1LS OF TIM
BERS.
Mr. Editor: II is not gunerrdiy known
that certain timbers of great durability,
"5 *':i flamed together, not upon each
other so ns to produce mutual destruction,
hut such is tho fact.
Many years ago. tlies writer of this arti
cle was having n “MimUou" cotton press
in .do, and having accidentally come in
possession of a large, hind; walnut log,
hewed square, which exactly suited tlffi
purposo of a straining beam, ho had it
sawed off tho light length and tin.m s
about two by ten im h»-on; on eitlirr
side and framed into tho bro.nl cypres ,
gallows posts, ami his press completed, all
under shelter. Tho cypress and walnut,
when framed together were perfectly
si mi ml. At tho end of two years it was
(Uncovered that tho walnut was considera
bly decayed—so much so ns to require a
now straining beam and when the pre> ;
ua ; taken to pieces tho tenons were en
tirely rotton, and the mortice where they
had been inserted into tho cypress, also
dc ayed so much as to provent the use of
the cypress again. Both timbers wero
vety badly docayc d. Tin: block sawed oil'
tin end of tho walnut whon the press was
made, waacari'iid to the storsclumsu and
u-rii outside of the door, exposed to rain,
and remained sound for tun years or
more, and tho lower end i-f the gallows’
post whero cypress was joined into ey-
prtsa, lemnined «*:. sound as tho davit
was put together. Either timber framed
into its own kind would have lasted ono
hundred years under shelter.
A mechanic who saw it. said Hint he had
I seen a cypress t ill laid down nudjtcdar
po«ts framed into it, to make a fence, and
I ihat the eevilar rotted oil in two or three
! years and tho fmioo fi II over. These
i lin ts should be lu ted by railroad men. n;i
the framing of different Kiuds of timber
together, might lead to the most, fright
ful accidents by tho giving away of
j bridges aud trestle works, when there
I was no suspicion of danger. In tho ease
of tho walnut, ami tho cypress, tho wal
nut was seasoned, tho cypress was nob-
I Wcksbury JLraUl.
THE SUEZ CANAL.
; '1 he following is an extract front a pri
vate lettor recently written by a lending
j American engineer nl l’orL Said. Him
; views regarding the access and capacity
j of tho canal are entitled to consideration:
j “1 have just passed over the great
I Suez ('anal. \Yo left Suez yosterday
j morning, after passing a day there. I
I cannot say the canal, commercially, is a
I success. Financially, so far «s the pre*.
out stockholders are concerned, it cannot
be. It has cost in cash 41)0,000,(100 francs
($80,(Mill,non), which, fur one hundred
I miles of canal, is too largo a smu to pay
| dividends upon. If the company charge
| a very high rate for vessels passing
; through it would deter many from coming
i this way. Only light freights could at-
| ford it. and that would furnish but small
i tonnage. Cotton from India is the great
I bulk "t tho return traffic, which would
continue to go round tho Capo of Good
| Hope. Tho canal will become the joint
property of all tho Governments interest
ed in tho trado that would passthrough
it, they paying the stockholders a fair
pric-i for tho canal, ami thereafter mako
it a public highway, charging ouly suffi
cient tolls to keep it in good working
condition, which 1 am pleased to find will
require very much less than represented.
1 thought thu drifting sand would con
tinue to fill up the canal, 'this is uot tho
ease. Tho entire canal, or nearly so, is
excavated below tho level of tho country
on either side, hence tho embankments
are very wido and high, and serve ns a
protection against tho drifting sand, as
well as a bulwark strong enough to pre
vent broaches in tho embankments, 'tho
harbors at either end are admirably con
structed for tho accommodation of tho
iuinicuso business tho canal is destined
to do. The wntor is at present twenty
two foot throughout, nml will soon be
twenty-five, with n width of 17(H) feet,
ami more in many places. Thcro is not a
lock of any description on the canal, from
tho Mediterranean to tho Red Sea, or
Gulf of Suez. Thoro is no obstruction
of any kind. Tho water of the two seas
is about tho snino height—tho tides nfi’oot-
ing tho canal only for tho distnuco of a
few miles at cither end. I repeat, that in
my judgment, as a canal and railroad
man, this canal is a great hucccks, and
will mark an ora iu tho history of tho
w orld. I rogret our Government did not
order ono or moro vessels of war to rep
resent tis hero. All othor nations were
thus represented at tho opening. Wo
had somo fiuo ships very near here."
A Sad Case of Poverty.—Gon. Sher
man's poverty compels him to oppose any
reduction of army salaries, especially his
own. Ho declared that ho can't live in
Washington City on a smaller salary than
ho is now* getting, which is $18,780 a yonr.
He says ho has spout his money freely in
entertaining his friends, nnd expects to do
it lignin. Thoroforo, to redneo his salary
would bo an outrage on tho part of Con
gress. Them is somo justice in nil this,
for, in spito of lho heroic manner iu which
ho scattered tho Georgia women and chil
dren on his march to tho sea, Sherman —
shunio upon his ungrateful country—is
now almost a pauper. Deprive him of a
single dollar of his salary, and ho and his
family will bo forced to timl food and shel
ter iu tho poor-houso. It is true, when ho
first went to Washington somo political
speculators, who thought it possible that
he might succeed Grant to the Presidency,
made him a present of a house; but that,
house cost $(57,000 at tho outset, nml of
course it isn’t worth any more now. It is
also trim that Gun. Shcnuau owns some
property in St. Louis, city and county-
probably a vacant lot or nn old franio
building or so—but this fact should weigh
absolutely nothing iu tho argument, for
tho assessed valuo of that outiro property
amounts but to lho moro bngatello of
$235,000. And now, let those say who
havo tried it, whothor it is possible for a
rospoctablo person, with but threo hun
dred thousand dollars ill real estate, to
subsist either in or out of Washington on
less than oightoeu thousand seven hun
dred uml eighty dollars a year without
starving to death in six weokR. It may bo
possible; but w e shall novor bolievo it un
til wo soo it dono moro than onco.
r Lo„i* cille Louric r-Juitrual.
Thieving I’critans.—“Don Piatt," who
is himself a Republican, thus describes a
class who havo grown up us fungi on tho
Republican body politic :
There is a ring of loud-mouthed profes-
rs of extra piety hero that has stolen
more, and has moro to show for its steal
ings, than any other ring in Washington.
Its members aro prominent iu all pious
aud charitable moves. They preside over
meetings of citizens looking to benevolent
work, aud mako tremendous speeches in
behalf of missionary enterprises. The
internal scoundrels, they roll to church in
carriages built of stealings, nnd gilded uud
varnished with public iniquity, draw n by
-.ti h n horses, and they walk in clothes
woven of stolen public plunder, aud hold
under their hypocritical noses velvet-
bound, gilt-edged, hot-pressed prayer
books that represent so much money
filched from tho Treasury. Ami when
they kneel it is to get closer to Satan, to
heur his whispered schemes of further
rascality. They mako mo cling closer to
tho precious belief iu a hell hereafter,
nml what Burns called “tidings o’ damna
tion.” Thoy aro prosperous lu re, but if I
fail to see them hereafter crawling nouud
to tho cool Ride of tho L; couIh, uml
crying aloud to Christian statesmen fora
little drop of ice water, I shall be greatly
disappointed, and consider «.ur plan oi
salvation a greater failure than Fisk At
Gould’s run on Wall street.
