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B. G. HARRIS, OF MARYLAND. On the Reconstruction Resolutions. in the House of Representatives, on Thursday, after the expiration of the morning hour, the Speaker an- nounoed that the special order was the consideration of the bill heretoiore reported from the Joint Com mittee on Reconstruction, entitled “A ‘"bill to restore totbe States lately-in insurrection their full political rights.” That qur readers may be thoroughly in. formed of the present Congress, in whose action they; have no vroce, but in which their most vital interests are involved, we have f(ggn time to time given the views of leading men of all parties. With this view we giv e to-day a large portion of our space to the bold and startling speech of B. G. Harris, of Maryland, whose remarks, we are informed, were listened to throughout with unbroken attention, the members of the House gathering aronnd him as he proceeded. Many points of the speech produced marked sensa tion among the large audience present. We copy from the report of the House proceedings published m the Washington papers of Friday : Tlie.Speaker announced that the special order for to-day was the consideration of the bill heretofore re ported from the Joint Committee on Reconstruction, entitled “A bill to restore to the States lately in insur rection their full political rights.” Mr. Windom, of Minnesota, addressed the House for an hour in a written speech in support of the bill. The rebels, he said, defeated and overpowered in their wicked efforts to destroy the Government by open force, were now seeking to regain their former iulluence and power in the councils of the country, in order to accomplish by political treachery what they had failed to effect by armed rebellion. The pending bill was a measure absolutely-necessary to thwart their treasonable schemes. Unless it became a law,in less than two years we might expect to find all the dis loyal districts represented here by shameless traitors, Mr. W. dwelt at great length upon the propriety and lunpaosity of enforcing the obligation of the test oath; but, at the same time, expressed his conviction that the rebels would unhesitatingly violate all oaths, as they had before, whenever they thought that by doing so they could overturn the Government. Mr. Harris, of Maryland. Mr. Speaker, having been up to this period of the session a silent member from choice, I deem it my duty now to declare my views upon some of the political questions which are presented for the consideration of this House and this country. 1 should consider it a most ignoble act to win the suf port or endorsement of any ndfc by the least concealment or deception. I then, sir, declare that in principle I now stand as I stood before the war; as I stood after war was de clared; as I stood in the last Congress, when I re ceived its crown of censure; as I stood in prison and before that infernal instrument of tyranny, a court- martial. And as I stand in principle so will I stand in practice whenever occasion may require. When I indicate that there has been no change in my principles, this House and this ‘country, possibly —for the avowal of them has been attended by an un expected notoriety—may infer what my position now' is. I am an old-line Democrat, and believe in the doc trine of secession. I believe that the several States of this Union have the right to separate from it, each acting for itself. I believe that abuses and usurpa tions had been practiced and threatened to so great an extent by .their associates and partners in this govern mental compact, that the Southern Slates were justi fied in going out; and, sir, I further believe by their ordinance of secession that they did go, and thereby became to this Union foreign States. These convic tions I cannot change, and 1 do not expect will ever be removed; I will most assuredly proclaim them and stand by them as long as a single citizen of the Con federate States is in chains or subject to penalty for asserting them. There is no political or personal consideration w'hich would prompt me to such a de sertion. As the right of secession is the only thing that secures them from the charge of treason, my voice shall ever accord with my convictions and never join in that verdict against them. I should consider myself as assuming a most infamous posi tion if it did. What, sir, I that believe them right, I that would have joined them if the sovereign State of Maryland had said so, to desert them now in their utmost need, when I can legitimately give them such protection ae is in my pow’er honestly to give—never! From what I have said, Mr. Speaker, this House will readily infer that -I am adverse to the reconstruc tion policy of the President. I confess that Andrew Johnson has been, in adopting his inode of reconstruc tion, consistent with the views of the late President, with thoBe of the Republican party that 'elected him) and with his own declaration from the time ho aban doned the Democratic party and joined the Republican. These facts do not commend him to me; but surely it is not his lault that he is now at issue with many of the people who raised him to his present station. In my view the Southern seceded States have no right to representatives on this floor or in the Senate, and by my vote I have heretofore invariably rejected C S»ajNT!NG, •fitly and promptly done. •.issleut Advertisements must be paid in 1 ever y application which has been made by auy person ! claiming such a right; and, sir, not tmly do I believe j fhat they have no right in their present position to send Senators and Representatives here, hut I do not I think they have the right to furnish us with a Presi- f dent or Vice President, Being a citizen of seceded ! and reconstructed Tennessee, Andrew Johnson is in my opinion only President ae facto, forced upon the | country by their votes, attended by that very effective j implement, their bayonets. When I cannot avoid it, ! 1, like every one else, acquiesce in de facto gov ernments and tie/ttCfo Presidents; but if it could be | expected by auy one that 1 can cast my vote at the next Presidential election for Andrew’ Johnson ol‘ Tennes see for that high office, then, at least, the status of Tennesse herself must be completely changed. Mr. Harris proceeded to define his own views in regard to reconstruction, expressing his confident be lief that the Southern States are willing to enter again into the compact, and be subject to the old Constitu tion of the United States. It w’as not tfie Constitution Minute of Points .*",ireme four: at MiUedanijille., Go., Venn, 1860, Continued. m.uistrator, vs. Johnson and wife. In : innond. Harris, J.—1. The decisions of i ether States are not binding here as :cy are only guides so far as their reason- t is factory. iistrator appointed in Alabama, residing lmn9elf, and under bond for the due >1 his trust, cannot, upon coming into this i* or lor purposes of business, bo called e, in a court of equity, at the instanc idiug here, for waste or maladminis- j they fell out with, but the perversion of it by their Northern associates, and their persistent designs to violate and destroy important rights which were se cured by that instrument. Those rights have been destroyed, and can never be a source of discord be tween the North and the South. Slavery has been abolished and the seceded States have ac quiesced in it: and the negro is placed in the position which you desired him to have when you provoked the war. You know your proposed amendment of the Constitution cannot be adopted if the Southern States igment reversed, lor plaintiff in error : r defendants. l Judge Lumpkin's family being related t ’ one of the parties, he took no part in • rmott. In equity from Fulton. •f —1. Ignorance of fact is no cause for ; <n tract. 1 iy *»f May, 18G5, after General John- ; know where. We know they were not handed over to his poor, heart-broken mother, so that she might ex claim over his grave in a burst of agony, “Would God I had died for thee! Oh, Absalom, my son, my son. "a Mary Surratt was convicted, of course. She was tried by a court-martial. Her immediate execution wan ordered. She entreated for four days to enable her to overcome the shock and the better to prepare her soul to meet her God. Not an houfv thundered forth the voice from the War Department ; on with the gallows, the coffin and the grave; the angels of Hea- ^n shall not rejoice over this repentant sinner. Agents of mercy sought the ear of higher authority, and probably a more merciful heart; but Preston King w'as janitor that day, and they were excluded. Where is Preston King ? Echo answers—where ? She was thus executed speedily; and notwithstanding ap plication had been made in behalf of her heartbroken daughter for her remains, so that she might pour forth her sorrows, mingled with a gratitude and love which a daughter f?els lor a beloved mother, over her grave, these remains are still in the keeping of the War Department. Pontiu3 Pilate delivered the body of Jesus to Joseph of Anmathea, but a worse than Pontius Pilate is here. Is this a specimen of Northern civilization and Christianity! These things were done by Northern men, without any denunciation by the great Northern enlightened, civihzed and Christian Republican party. Not one word have I read or heard from your Phillips, your Beechers, your Cheevers, your Greeleys, or your strong-minded Massachusetts wo men, in rebuke of these most demoralizing acts; and as they touch upon everything which they think vi cious,^"they probably do not disapprove of these trans actions as coming in the way of Christian advance ment and progress. Let us now look at a Southern picture. John Browm was arrested for a crime kindred to that of Booth. He was in the most formal manner tried, being al lowed every facility for defence, no special test oath being urged to prevent tbo services of any advocate. He w’as legally an*d justly convicted to be hung. Be tween his conviction and execution ample time w’as given him for the settlement of his worldly affairs and for the preparation of his soul for eternity. After execution his remains w’ere placed in a decent coffin and then handed over to his friends that they might observe such obsequies as they might think becom ing. This took place among that “rude, illiterate semi-civilized” people called Virginians, who had for their Governor at the time eVen Henry A. Wise. Look upon this picture and then on that. The North is very learned, but I do not think she has any Chris tianity or civilization to spare. What sue has she had better retain for home consumption, and, as I hope, for improvement. She is more learned than the South, but wdiich is the best educated? But, sir, de nunciation and revenge must, as was expected, have their fling against an honorable reunion. The resent ment of the civilized and Christian North it is at tempted to rouse against the untortunate men of the South by epithets unbecoming the learned man or the patriot. They are denominated “murderers,” “red- handed rebels,” “conscious traitors.” Those who use these epithets must see, if they will reflect, that they are not true. They must know that Jefferson Davis, Roberl E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, and the thousand others w’ho engaged in the late contest never could be answerable for the charge of murder and conscious treason. Stonew’all Jackson rests in his grave, and your ow*n eloquent Beecher has illustrated liis character and rescued it from such an imputation. Time will defend the character of Davis and Lee. That their acts imposed upon them no consciousness of crime I have no doubt. The parting words of Jef ferson Davis, in the presence of the Senate, breathe the strongest conviction of rectitude -and a desire for peace and to avoid bloodshed. Away, then, with these charges that these people are murderers, red-handed rebels and conscious trai tors. They spring only from unreflecting excitement or from a depraved spirit of revenge, and w ith wise and considerate statesmen and patriots should never be allowed to interpose obstacles to the re-uuion which all such must now' desire. Away, too, with the expectation that the Southern people will ever de grade themselves by freely accepting conditions from the benefit of which you exclude their own chosen leaders. This shall and will never be. Let the people sweep these obstacles aside, and as we were enemies in war, in peace let us be friends. In reply to questions by Mr. Leblond, Mr. Harris having stated that the South had the right, by virtue of the Federal compact, to go out of the Union in spite of the Constitution, Mr. Leblond charged that he (Mr. Harris) and Mr. Stevens occupied the same position on the question of secession. Mr. Moulton denied that Mr. Stevens held this doctrine; and Mr. Ray mond obtaining the floor, the further consideration of the subject was postponed till the following day: SANTA ANNA. Stirring Address to tbe Mexican People. the forces ■iTid before that event became known in 1 tt sold and conveyed to Abbott certain t city, receiving from him the agreed iy notes' of the Confederate States, l eing alike ignorant of the surrender. •aine valueless very soon after news 1< r was received: held that a Court of t rescind the contract and cancel the -:ance of Dermott, the vendor. Judg- nd territory under shall vote against it, and I think you must believe that ■ Barnett & Bleckley for plaintiff in error. i pe for defendant. v Co. vs. O’Dowd. Assumpsit from 1 Under the Ordinance of the Con- *ry. ip. adjusting the equities of the par ed to reduce Confederate money toits fiie ordinance wisely gives the jury a can discover no distinct legal reason • he verdict in this case. Judgment •- r I -aiiitiff in error. • i f r defendant. dances on the Hudson River Rail road. fight—octbaoe and robberies. -2El£i -ie, x. y # , June 14.—Information re- that three car loads of Fenians and fight on the milk train on the y ' r Hail road last night, having previously i *’i’he milk cans on the train, and other : i themselves in a shameful manner. ;;'^t-kill Station and Germantown, fighting 4“-' ' and one of the number, having exaa- ' mrades, was thrown from the car win- :rfc tra ’-ff was in motion. The train did not - the :U P . ffians entered a hotel, helping them- ; ;- v ar ‘d paying for nothing. “.'V- one of the party was put off the train Una terrible manner, his entrails hanging r. having been received at this sration :. the train .was not allowed to enter . the night express up had left, giving rs ,"i t j, e restaurant an opportunity to ^ ~a:n passed through this station nearly -Sau- were asleep, and quiet seemed to pre- tress in the Cotton Regions of ■Mississippi aND Arkansas.—The follow- 'in a letter of a prominent cotton factor s to a friend in this city, of date June - hiui y depicts the lamentable condition of the fairest and most prosperous region • v ^ tor cro P 8 are becoming more and y • wi. very day. The immense overflows of and Red Rivers have caused dis- /- * :va ble. To a great extent the cotton j- cutfiles*; of late constant heavy rains •• ‘--mis, added to the difficulty of getting the • * work, umnistakeably point to a very ' H crop. v er is under water. The brevasses at Point Coupee and Baton Rouge have .. ' r nine ol the best parishes in South U'< overflow/* the Mississippi in Mis- ^ Arkansas has destroyed the crop over an \ n -. Add to these disasters the fact that i » V*’ formerly in cultivation, is not ss “ and y° u ran readily imagine that our w *°omy in the extreme. *■ I* ^ JU the country is very great. Many raisi d money in the city to make a a!, - v ruined. The city of New Orleans, people,) is sending up provisions to knows what will be the end.” ^ ,>r fci-isHEr* rN Hartford, Conn.—The | lit gives the following as the receipts of pnhjiphers in that city for sales of works re- 0 the >,\- ar . . ■ 5"’' nr. 1st and 2d volume $082,600 “Utory, 1st volume 650,000 330,000 440,000 t- JC' ,U au d Escape 266,500 a- .* ir ‘ Siicesaia 106,000 Ue «l< in Priaona 110,000 ^tobtr (,t . ...,$2,684,000 "ilumea issued was eight hundred ■ thousand. „ r , en company has begun the manufac- - ot 8t °ne for building purposes. It “p,'. Pillverlscd quart* and silicite of soda, ot til,..- 1 . 11 twenty-four hours from the eon- Pntty to the solidity of stone. it w ill never receive their assent. You can never hope for such a result, and they would be slaves should they aid in bringing it about. They will re ject with scorn the terms of your proposed amnesty, and will await awhile the calm and considerate action of the people of this country to aid them in again honorably becoming members of this Union. What is to be gained, under the circumstances, by keeping those out whom you are unwilling to come in ? You will certainly not try to humbug your constituents by pretending to auy tear of physical strength of the South. The Confederacy has not under its control a single cannon, a single musket, or a single round of ammunition. You are bent on schemes which seems to contain nothing but the elements of mischief and revenge, leading to a continued and indefinite separation of the Union,and aiming at the degradation of the w r hite peo ple of the South. This last you will not, and I say it in the name of the American people, you shall not ac complish. But there is something in the spirit ol the Southern people which will thwart your designs. If they have lowered the standard of their Confederacy, they have not lowered the standard of their pride—a becoming pride m the estimation of an honorable enemy. The Southerner has all around him, w ithout speaking of the merits of the late contest, tokens of the endur ance, courage and prowess of his people. Sad spec tacle though it be, it will not diminish his tone that he can on his own soil walk over the graves of nearly three hundred thousand of his courageous enemies, and, “Standing on the Yankee grave, He will not deem himself a slave.” Mr. Speaker, all the efforts made here or elsewhere to elevate the negro to an equality with the white man in the Southern States, either civilly, socially or po litically, are perfectly idle. The negro must be kept in subordination to the white man, no matter how eloquently you may deck off the theory of equality. In my opinion, there is, as it were, a declaration of war between the races. It is true actual hostilities are sus pended, and the negro is under parole to keep the peace, but when and where they approximate to any thing like equality in numbers the sword of power must be held over them. There are two many dear and cherished feelings and interests of thewhite race involved to relax that power for a single day. The negro must know it exists, and if necessary he must feel it. I say this with the kindest leelings and sym pathy for the negro race. Full equality of rights will never exist between races so dissimilar that cannot socially amalgamate, especially when they live together in large numbers. When amalgamation takes place— when the white woman shall bring forth negro off spring without a blush, and the white grandaire shall affectionately pat his nappy-headed grandson, then eqality may be said to exist between the races. You may then with safety grant equal rights of all kinds, aud possibly prepare for the millennium. Why, then, interpose such obstacles to a reunion ? Bnt these are not all the difficulties interposed; some favor an almost indefinite postponement, urging with zeal the South is too ignorant, too uncivilized to be trusted with any share in this Republican Govern ment. Northern education and c»vihzation must and should be more extensively spread among them be fore their admission to representation will cease to be dangerous. The honorable member from Minnesota (Mr. Donnelly) takes the lead in that position. In a speech delivered some time since he declared, “The great bulk of the people of the South are rude, illite rate, semi-civilized. Their condition in this respect would be shameful to any seroi*civilizod people, and is such as to render a Republican Government, resting on the intelligent judgment of the people, an impos sibility.” But let ns criticise somewhat further this Phariseeism, this claimed and boasted superiority of tho North over the South in “enlightenment and Christianity.” Education is certainly widely diffused over tlie North. Her people are greatly enlightened, but they set a great many false lights. Whence sprung all these isms, even in this nineteenth century, and within the age of the great reformer from Mineesota? I think the enlightened and Christian North is enti tled to credit for them all—Mormonism. Millerism, Spiritualism, Freelovcism, and worst of all (if it should spread beyond Massachusetts) Strongminded- womanism, have all sprung aud spread over that highly civilized and Christian region. The poor, ignorant, uneducated South was incapable of produc ing such evidences of advancement and progress. But let us continue the contrast a little further. Booth, the assassin, was not caught, but bravely shot by a company of soldiers. He was brought to this city dead, in order that the reward for his arrest might be secured by proving his identity. After that his entrails were torn out and thrown to the hogs; his head adorns some phrenological museum; bis heart is preserved in spirits; his spinal column can be seen, which will display to the learned how much he must have suffer- Wc give below the essential portions of an address from General Santa Anna, whose recent arrival in this country aud visit to Washington have been noticed. He appeals to the Mexican people to reconcile their differences, and accept his leadership in establishing a republic: On casting a glance over the blood-stained plains of Mexico, it is a consoling thought that all our misfor tunes have been useful for the present aud fruitful in lessons for the future. Those misfortunes have de veloped and strengthened the national sentiment; and from the midst of tlie nation’s rains we have be gun to build up a new and a moral country, under the impulse of our common participation in misfortune. There were Mexicans, it is true, but no nation. Now all our domestic hatreds have been concentrated into one common cry lor veugeauce on the invaders of the sacred soil left to us by our fathers. Yes, the nation does exist in the hearts of Mexicans, and great are the lessons which we have gathered from the field of er rors aud experience to guide us iu forming the rule of our future conduct. Though having followed different routes we meet to-day at the same point, tired, it is true, but not overcome by our constant fighting. Let us embrace one another at this critical moment of our existence; let us work in concert for our common cause, as wc did in the glorious days when we broke to pieces the chains of the conquest; let the nation rise as one man, and the sceptre as well as the crown of Maximilian will fall and be buried iu the depths of the seas. Santa Anna endeavors to show that his political course has been consistent and patriotic. Referring to his visit to Vera Cruz soon after the landing of the French troops, he says: ' General Bazaine rudely drove me from the Mexican territory, aud I was obliged to re-embark shortly after mj' arrival. I am rather glad that the outrage was committed, because it may have saved me from making certain compromises which circumstances might have imposed upon me, and because it opened my eyes re garding the intentions of the interventionists. Hav ing been absent from Mexico since 1855, other agents took upon themselves to represent and direct public opinion, entirely free from my influence. It was others who were the guides of the allied invasion, who negotiated with the Archduke, aud who finally escorted him to the capital. My antagonists say that I went there in search of an elevated position near the Arch duke. The truth is that I went thither in order to look after the interests and liberties of my compa triots, aud not to separate myself from the interests of the people. I have thus in no manner compromised myself with the Empire. I belong entirely to the Republic, and, in presence of the danger that menaces our country, the names of all parties disappear from my sight. I am not a Conservative, nor am I a Liberal. I am a Mexican. It becomes me now to set forth the conduct which I have followed iu my last administration, and that which has governed me since. * * * A badinage covers the eyes of our people and my own. We have jointly erred and suffered, and we have now warning aud experience. I anf not egotistic, and I desire to take part in repairing our error. Where is the Mexican who can refuse my services without incurring the opprobrium of history, or deny me the right to fight, and die if necessary, in the de fence of our desolate hearths ? If it is desired to achieve a solid and enduring peace is it right or just to turn the back upon an old soldier of the nation who only asks his couutr3*wen for a spot of ground where he can stand and fight against the usurpers of our rights ? Who is there that has sufficient authority to say to me: “Stand back! you are a Mexican, but voif cannot be allowed to draw your sword, as of yore, in defence of* the country which gave you birth, and of the republic which you yourself “founded?” Upon what principle, whether liberal or conservative, could such injustice be upheld ? Ill the great struggle of our country no element, however insignificant it may ap pear, that can be used to the advantage of the nation, can be considered useless. Further I perceive, in view of the facts already stated, and of the events that that have taken place in our country during the last five years, that the general tendency of the people is in favor of a republic, and that a monarchy is an im possibility in Mexico. In Spanish America the throne is the forerunner of the scaffold. Party sentiments must not be made the criterion of the coursa»of con temporary actors. It rests with history to give an im partial version, and I am certain that history will do me justice. Stand together, my countrymen! Let U3 consign all such recriiniminaton to oblivion, for they are det rimental to our country. I have given an explanation of my public acts, and in like manner I am ready to give any guarantees for my sincerity that may be re quired. Do* not forget that domestic dissension, when the soil of our country is being profaned by foreign invaders, is equivalent to desertion in the face of the enemy, and that, although there is no mil itary law whereby it can be punished, yet we must pass through the ordeal of an inflexible and avenging posterity, which will reward duly self-denial, patriot ism, and true magnanimity. Juarez is a true patriot, and Ortega is a worthy son of Mexico. Why are they not united ? Why augment through their disunion, the afflictions of our fellow- citizens ? I hope yet to see them friends. It is not for me to say who has a right to the Presidency, nor on whose side is the law; my object is to avenge the affront offered to our country,, by driving far from her midst the implacable tyrants that impress her. Let all dissensions among our compatriots cease, and let all hatred bo reserved for the foreign domination that covers us now with ignominy and shame. Juazez and Ortega should put an end to their resentments by a cordial embrace. Long and strenuously have the defenders of the republic struggled in Mexico. Not withstanding such great heroism,so firm a consistency, and so much sacrifice, the work is to-day no further advanced than it was in tlie beginning. By reason of my antecedents, of my position in the conservative party, and even of my long absence from the country, I believe myself to be the one called upon to reconcile all minds, setting the example of submission to the constitutional government, as I now sincerely do. Thus I perform patriotic duty, I obey the impulses of my own heart, and I satisfy the desires of hundreds of Mexicans who have called me to action. It will not surprise me to find my conduct misconstrued-and base intentions attributed to me, inspired by egotism. I expect that already; I am prepared for au. But, I shall neevertheless feel for my country at the sight presented by some of my fel low-citizens rejecting all associations with me in these solemn momenta of our country’s life. I shall have fears lest our past experience and the warnings which take note that I will never cowardly abandon the cause of the republic. Should my hopes be frustra ted by unexpected events, or through the influence of bad passions, I shall have fulfilled my duty, wheth er others have done theirs more faithfully than 1 have. My heart is young enough and my arm is strong enough to take part in the glorious struggle which is destined to achieve the second independence of Mex ico. I fe :1 that this is in accordance with my ante cedents, my position, my years, and the gloijy which I desire for my name. I do not wish to give up the sole ambition that impels and rules me—namely, to drive our oppressors beyond the ocean, to re-establish the republic and then withdraw to private life once more. No throne on earth could tempt me from that retirement, and I solemnly declare that on that day of •victory I will demand no other reward. Let us advance and unite the standards of our coun try which have been torn by the hands of the usurp ers. Let ns set again on its sacred pedestal the st atue of liberty, thrown down by the invaders. Let us give no rett to the tyrant who oppresses us. He has changed our vast plains into terrible deserts, where the bones of our brethren, immolated on the altar of duty or victims to the hired assassins of an empire, lie bleaching. He ruins the nation’s exchequer and makes monetary contracts abroad that are unwarrant able, believiug that it will be easy for him to throw their weight upon the shoulders of our martyred peo ple. The Austrian prince has spread a vail of mourn ing over the glory of our annals, and in place of the prosperity which he promised he has loaded us with misfortune and covered us with contempt and igno miny. Thousands of widows and orphans cry out for vengeance. Let us avenge them, compatriots! Union and fraternity be among us until we ascomplish this! It is now time, Mexicans, to forget forever our past contentions aud to make a strenuous effort, at once terrible and simultaneous, against our common enemy. The tremendous onslaughts of our indomitable sol diers will bring the reveille of liberty, joy to the hearts of mothers and rejoicing to our country. Heaven grant that the contentment which I foreshad owed be not disturbed by new fratricidal dissensions! Union shall be my watchword before the fight. Union again after our victory. God alone is infallible, and it would be a monstrous presumption on my part were I to set myself up as free from error during my long public career; but, with my hand on my heart, I can say that never has my will been an accomplice in my faults, but rather the impotence of human nature to accomplish good in the absolute. Trust to the sincerity of my words and intentions. I cannot, I should not, nor will I close the book of my life with falsehood. I only seek for my tomb a new laurel tree, whose shadow shall cover it iu the midst of peace. Let us hasten the hour of our nation’s triumph. Confide in my words, and be ready. Down with the Empire! Long live the Republic. A. L. Santa Anna. Elizabetosort, N. j., June 5. 1866. Hotels. ST. CHARLES SALOON, B Y A. STAMM, Bay Lain-, rear of Poet Office.— The best Liquors. Aloe, Wines Segarg, Ac., adway. on band, including a choice article of SELT- ER's WATER, directly imported from Ileraagthum, Nassau, and the l>cst of Rhine Wines. LUNCH every day at 11 o'clock. ml*-ly THE VERANDA HOUSE, A T WITTTR I LUFF. will be open on and after Monday, the 9t!t iusl., for the accommodation of Boarders, transient or permanent. Tbe subscriber, from his long experience in the bnelaese, can safely guarantee the commi t of those who may jrire him a call- my26-tf MOSES M. BBUSARIO. LIVE OAK GLOB HOUSE, No. 32 GKOKUK STREET, Charleston, South Carolina, Is now open for the arrommod.n ion of transient au permanent guests. Choicest Liquors, Whips, Airs and Sircars ar.WATS OH 11 ANII. Terra* ailtf 62 per Day. PETEK JUNKS, Fioplictor. Insurance. SOUTHERN BRANCH OFFICE KNICKERBOCKER LIFE INSURANCE CO., Of New York City, No. 89 i5ay Street CHARLESTON HOTEL, Our Washington Correspondence. [From our Regular Correspondent.] Washington, June 15th, 1866. It is a singular fact that on the recent vote in the House ou the Reconstruction amendment to the Con stitution, not a single member of the Republican party voted in the negative. It looks very much like the President will be left almost alone in the party which elected him. The fact that the President was unable to control a single vote in the House is an alarming symptom, as showing the way the current of public opinion is running North with the Republican ranks. The impression among well informed persons is that Mr. Seward’s power is undermined in the Republican party. He rose by pandering to the fanatical preju dice of the North, and he falls by trying to play the role of conservative. It is very evident that he is on his last legs. Tkere is no place for him in politics; the Republicans repudiate him and the Democrats refuse to accept him. I have heard a good deal of discussion lately as to the wisdom of the President’s course. Some say he should have determined how far it was necessary for the South to go, in order to satisfy the North, and he should have required this to have been done; that it he had pursued this policy he would have carried his policy through, and been master of the situation. As an illustration, it was said the President should have insisted ou the Southern States giving the negroes perfect legal equality, and the election to office of the most conservative men; that instead of this policy the President acquiesced in the establishment of a negro code in South Carolina and the election of men identified with the most extreme devotion to seces sion. It is contended that if the President had com prehended as he ought to have done the spirit of his own party, and acted upon that knowledge, that he I might have brought the South through. It is not every public man who can comprehend the philoso phy of his times. The President, it is said, is a very adroit politician, but no philosopher. At any i-nte, tin- * effort to organize a conservative party within the Re- [ publican lines seems to have been quite a failure, and j the future does not look auy ways encouraging in this I regard. CHARLESTON, S. C. rpnis popalai and well known Hotel, situated in the A business portion of tlie city, has beeu newly fur nished throughout by the present proprietor, who has beensixteeu years connected with the establishment. M26-tl W WHITE, Proprietor. Port Royal House, HILTON HEAD, S. C. RIDDELL A t B. BIDDU.L. in3-tf KUDU PiormiOii k. r. Bcoe. Miscellaneous. GEORGIA STATE DIRECTORY JT’or 18GG and 1867. BY CAPT. JOHN C. BRAIN, OF SAVANNAH, GA. T HIS valuable work of reference will be published on or about tlie 1st day of Jniy next. It will embrace the exact location of every business and professional man in the S ale of Georgia, as well as the private residences In all the cities, and will be the most extensive and complete directory ever pub lished. No business man should be without it, and none should fail to advertise in It, as it is donblless a splendid medium through which to communicate with substantial classes throughout the country. In the City of New York alone the publisher baa nearly five hundred subscribers, and that list is daily on the increase. The price of subscription is within the reach o‘ every business man, however limited his means. The advertising terms are likewise reason able. Capt. Brain and his General. Agent, J. Orrie Lea, of Charleston, may lie conferred with at Estill’s News Depot, rear of Tost. Office, each day for the next week, after the hour of one P. M. mySO-lm. 4SS£ mill* IN EXISTENCE. The debate in the Senate yesterday on the resolu tion to appropriate funds for the Paris exhibition, i shows that there is an intense feeling against the French domination in Mexico. There is something that does not meet the public eye in Mr. Seward’s re lations with Louis Napoleon. There is no doubt but what, when under the pressure of civil war, we made promises to the French Emperor, which some what hamper him now. If it were not for this the administration would take even a more decided at titude than it has in regard to Mexico. The Radicals lose no opportunity of inflaming the prejudices of the Northern people against the South. As an illustration there is a fair going on here now for the benefit of the orphans of the Federal soldiers, and a portion of the objects for exhibition are memorials of the Andersonville prison. Mr. Harris’ speech yesterday in the House was a very remarkable one. He denounced the treatmen 1 of Booth and Mrs. Surratt, aud insisted on the right of secession. It is nSt easy however to see what good such speeches can do at this moment. A singular proposition was introduced in the House yesterday, to establish a National Bureau of Insu rance. The idea is that the business of insurance like banking, should bo made a national affair. It is said iu that way persons who insure will be more cer tain to get paid, when they meet with losses. If the Government advances much further on this line, every great monetary interest will be nationalized. This is urged by some as the best means of consolida ting the Union. A very extensive system of inquiry is going on as to the promise of the growing crop of cotton. The advices received from the cotton region represent that there will not at the outside be over a million of bales made. Suit has been instituted against the stockholders of tlie exploded National Bank of this city, to make them pay up as far as the charter authorizes, and the bill reported to the House yesterday makes new and stringent provisions to secure these National Bunks from future explosions. The wool growers are preparing for higher duties on wool. Aud in various Radical journals the cry is loud for additional protection. Where is thiB busi ness of protection to end? In the mean time it is to be hoped tbe South will go to manufacturing, and get all-the good they can from the tariff. JUDSON’S' DEAD SHOT WORM CANDY MOTUffiRS, t ake: HEED.’ Thousands of children perish annually from one cause, and that is werms Wily will you neglect the first symptoms of these pests of humanity, and wait until it is too late before you administer the remedy ? JUDSON’S WORM CANDY is the only purely vege table remedy in existence. If there are no worms, it only acts as a gentle purgative, aDd cannot harm an infant. If worms exist, it kills tncm. Every family should have a package of JUDSON’S WORM CANDY. SAVAIVJVAH. GA. Policies Issued and Losses Paid Insurance. ORBAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN Life and Accident f ; INSURANCE COMPANY !N T ew Orleans- Capital, $300,000 si 6EN. JAMES LOMBSfREET.Preiilml- >ori i hf ARK PREPARED TO TAKE RISKN 86?s IRcasonablo w Terms. WILLIAM C. COSENS, Agent, At Marine Bank. a THE OGLETHORPE AT THIS OFFICE. CREDITS Given to holders of Mutual Policies of 50 PER CENT., if desired, when the premium amouuts to $50 or more, aud is paid annually. DIVIDENDS made to holders of Mutual Policies as follows-. PAID IN CASH, APPLY ON PREMIUM NOTES, or ADDED TO THE POLICY. Tlie latter or REVERSIONARY DIVI DENDS declared by this Company in 1865 were irom FORTY-FOUR to ONE HUN DRED AND TWENTY PER CENT., ac cording to age. Ten Year, Non-Forfeiture ENDOWMENT, Life Policie s Issued by this Company. it. TUR com «age, Insurance Comp’y OF SAVANNAH Are prepared to take Fire Risks on Reasonable At their Office, 111 Bay Street. O. W. MERCER, Presii J. T. Thomas, Sec. H. W. Mercer C. S. Hardee WllHam Hunter A. S. Hartridge A. Porter R. Morgan J. Stoddard J. T. Thomas W. Remshart F. L. One II. A. Crane A. A. Solomons M. Hamilton W. W. Gordon myT-tl Directors: M. 8. Cohen J. Lama J. W. Nevitt D G. Purse A. Fullarton J. McMahon L. J. Gallmartln F. W. Sims G. Butler R. Lachllson E. P. Claton, Augusta J. W. Knott, Macon B. F. Ross, Macon W. H. Young, Columbus >»day, Rean- mts. INSURE ZIL NY. fe * DO, ACCIDENTS, I\ THE Pioneer Company Braai 111 dia- OF THE SOUTH. No Extra Charge for Southern Residence », th, rk. rsv sole Agent for Savannah, C. M. HILSMAN. B. L. JUDSON & CO., Prop’rs, New yorlt. Call on Mr. Hilsman, and get our Almniar, gratia. myl8-lm Emigrants Can be Supplied WITHIN TEN DAYS. T HE undersigned are prepared to supply Planters and other parties who ma.y beiu want ol WHITE [COMMUNICATED. ] Observance of the Sabbath. To the City Council: Gentlemen—Your attention ed by the near approach of tbe ballet to the I we have received prove of noavaili" producing union, spinal marrow; the balance of his remains are de- ( Those who so oppose me will have given an eloquent posited, God and our Northern Secretary of War only explanation of onf past misfortunes; bat 1st them is respectfully called to the fiict that you were elected to office by a community who hold the fear of God and respect for his holy ordinances as our highest and most solemn obligation. There is no commandment more strictly enjoined upon us than that we should “Remember tho Sabbath Day to keep it holy." By your officiul sanction, places of business and profit are now kept open conducive to a disregard of a proper observation of tbe Sabbath. Not upon you alone, but upon us all before Go^ rests tbe shame of tbis official irreligion. Has auy minister of the Gospel advised you that there is do wrong in these things ? Or have you learned your Sunday creed from those who make God’s holy day a day of feasting and worldly plea sure? Three of your number we are proud to see hav« not hesitated to protest against tbiSAifficial endorse ment of a violation of the Sabbath. How stand the rest ? From whence came your Sunday creed ? Not from tho Rook of God, not from the Ten Command ments, not from tbe ministers of grace, to whose teachings you are supikwed to listen! From whom and from whence do you derive the moral inspiration of your Sunday creed ? We, whose Government has been converted into a wilful endorser of Sabbath breakers, we have a right to an explanation, and we demand it of you. You have no right to stain our public records with official violation" of God’s Holy LABORERS, and tiave nimle necessary arrange ments in the North to fid any orders for agriculture Laborers, Woodcu”-rs, Mechanics, etc., within TeD or Twelve days fromt he day the order Is given here. The Laborers are to .,e received by tfie Employers on arrival of the steamer here, and transported to the points where thev are wanted at Employers’ expense, and the Employers have further to pay a certain sum per head in advance, partly as security and partly for covering the expenses in bringing the Emigrants from the North to, this port. The rate at which Farming Laborers can be se cured will average about $t»o per year, the Employ ers finding them. For further particulars apply to WM. MORYILLE ft CO., Jones’ Block, Bay street, One door East of Barnard street, Savannah, Ga. references: ; Jackson ft Lawton, -avannah. John W. Anderson * Son. Savannah. Solomon Cohen, Savannah. Jno. C, Fen-ill, Savannah. Nicholls, Camp if- Co., Savannah Geo. A. Cuylcr, Savannah. W. R. Fleming, savannah. John Screven, Savannah. Brigham, Baldwin <f Co., Savauuah Savannah National Bank. Savannah. m2 THOS. W. BROOK8 MANUFACTURER OF FURNITURE AND GENERAL UPHOLSTERY. 121 Dock Street, Philadelphia, Pa. N. B.— All ORDERS sent by Mall promptly at ended to fySI-tt THE undersigned having been appointed sole agents * for the city for the above well known and an- perlor Ale, (warranted to stand in any climate), are now prepared to anpply tbe same in packages to enit purchasers. ,, ^ 12-3 mo CUNNINGHAM. PURSE ft CO. Day. You have no right to adop ferent from that imposed by the the Universe. Gunpowder Marks.—Dr. Dat her of the London lancet, fi the following treatment moat •corAed surface with glycerhM then apply ootton wadding; hi In one case the dlscolocatiow WM Rent looking more like a mommy . It entirely au balded in a month ment. GREAT SOUTHERN PAPER WARRME Depot forPrinters’Snpplies 210 Bay Street, Sayamali 6a. P LATNER A BOSWORTH keep constantlyon hand a huge stock of Ledger, Writing and Wrapping Papers, of all sizes and weights; also, Binders’ Bauds, Card Boards, Printers’ Cerda, Envelopes, Twines and Printing Inks. Having had long experience in the buainess, and buying our goods in lai%e lots direct from the manu facturers enables ns to compete with New Tort prices. Agents for Wade's celebrated Printing Inks; Agents in this City tor the Bath Paper Mills. Tha highest cash prices paid for all kinds of paper took. Directors: Henry Bbiqhah, President Merchants’ National Bank. Colonel Wm. S. Rockwell. H. A- Crane, of Crane ft Graybill. John D. Hopkins. A. A. Solomons, of A. A. Solomons A Co. E. A. Soullard. E. J. Moses, of Brady, Smith A Co. Fred. M. Hull, of Holcombe A Co. M. A. Cohen, Secretary Home Insurance Co. A. WILBUR, General Manager WM. R. BOYD, Agent. Dr. E> YON OK, Examining Physician. Or. R. D. ARNOLD, Consulting Phyafc’n. jeT-tf VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE. LEXINGTON, VA. T HE BOARD OF VISITORS will meet at the Vir ginia Military Institute on tlie 27th of June, to make appointments of Cadets. Applications for State and pay Cadet appointments will be made to the un- dersfgned, accompanied with the usual testimonials of good moral character. Candidates for appointment mnst be exempt from Bbdily disease, of ages between 16 and 25 years, and in the ease of Slate Cadet applicants, must satisfy the Board of their inability to meet tbe expenses ol the Institution. Candidates for admission mnst be able to read and write well, and to perform with fficiliiy and accuracy (he vai Ion* operations of the four ground rules of arithmetic, of reduction, of simple and comround proportion, and of vulgar and decimal fractions. State Cadets (one for each Senatorial District) will be supplied with board and tuition without charge. Every arrangement has been made by the Board of Visitor! to maintain tbe high scientific character of the Institute, and to put In full operation its we!l tried and distinctive system of discipline and Instruc tion. The grmdnatln# 1 exercises of the institution will take placeat.thelnstitate on tbe 4th of July. The examinations will commence on tbe 27th of Jane, and bs con tinned daily until completed. The public are respectfully Invited to all of these exercises. Fur all farther information, application will be made to the Superintendent. FRANCIS H. SMITH, Superintendent Augusta Constitutionalist please insert six times, and tend bill to this office. may234St r THE SOUTHERN Accident Insnranee Co., follow- tjniva- .. $80 . *150 .. 170 .. 130 £. 200 LnCHSURO, VA. ng: in- Authorized Capital, $1,000,000 u, lock. I, mts INSURES AGAINST SON- Ib ALL ACCIDENTS, Giving the holder of an Annual Policy the full amount insured in caae of death, and compensation each week, if disabled, for a period NOT EXCEEDING TWENTY-SIX WEEKS. Broad IORN SHORT TIME POLICIES. (93,000 FOR TEN CENTS 1) a day UN, Travellers’ Tickets, from, one to thirty days, may be bad at tbe Railroad Ticket Offices, Steamship Agencies, and at the Office of the General Agent. The Stock of this Company la exclusively in Southern bands, and represented by a Directory widely and favorably known. We, therefore, appeal with confidence to tbe good will and patronage of the Southern public. a co- minis- d title ID. 2-tf. J. W. STEELE, (Late Steele ft Borbank.) . 11 Merchants’ Row, Hilton Head,So. Ci And corner JOng and George AM., Charleston, f’tALLB the attention of Wholesale and Retail V 1 dnaaei to hla aeperioi atoeh of Military and Naval Clothing, FURNISHING GOODS, WatcheajEfojfta.Faoay Goods, ‘jwglxaaad Plated Ware, Sworftfo Sashe*. Beto, EBflMdarieg, Boots Capa, Fie’d GImmb, Gauntlet* Gtcvee, Ac. **c. Grain Cradles, CRASS SCYTHES, « and other I Claret Wine. and other Farming Toole, by BOUSE ft BRYANT, mrO-lm 1*4 I CASES Flin OLilET WIMR tor Sal# by lii k**S BHH.I *XL*3 ’EtW.MtT— ft p t»„ ■ ttSqft w mgmni «»-l* Corner WEHshi oitiohh*. ghth. i of presidAht and treasurer, COL. MAURICE S. LANGHORNE. vine presidents, GEN. JOHN B. GORDON, of Georgia GEN. HARRY T. HAYS of Louisiana GEN. JOHN B. GORDON, Chief Agent at Atlanta. Ga., Agent for the State. gned mv23 O. C. MYERS, General Agent, SAVANNAH, 8A. Rockland Lime, % the un. FRANCIS COBM MANDFACTURS. V-