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PRESIDENTIAL TOUR.
Tlie Trip a Succession of Ovutions*
Rochester, Sept. 2.—The President -IrriVed here
to-day. A great multitude greeted him with every
demonstration of honor, as has been the case at. Au
burn, Utica, Canandaigua, Geneva, and other points.
The trip from Albany to this place may bfiVriefly de
scribed as a succession of ovations.
Yesterday, at Auburn, a littlo boy, named Richard
son, rushed towards the erfriago to shake hands with
Grant, when ho fell under the wheels, and his leg was
shattered. Last night he sent word to Secretary
Seward that he was anxious to see General Uraut.
The latter, much affected by the circumstance, in com
pany with Surge on-Generai Barnes, called to see the
little sufferer, and consoled him, telling him in parting
to write to him when he recovered, and he would try
and be of service to him.
At Seneca Falls Station, where the party stopped a
abort time, the President was addressed - by Judge
Mills, in behalf of the citizens. He promised that
Seneca county should give a larger vote this foil in
favor of liis Administration than any duality of equal
population in the State. Tno Presided! responded
briefly, as also did others of the party who were called
out.
At Clifton Springs the sister of Stephen A. Douglas,
and his two sons joined the party. The President aud
Gen. Grant went to the platfopn and bowed to Mrs.
Granger, the mother of the deceased Senator, who
was sitting at the door of her residence not far from
the track at Schenectady, They were welcomed by
the Mayor and Council in an address, and the Presi
dent waa about to make a reply wLen tUa platform on
which the party were standing gave way aud they
were floored for a time; no one w$s. hurt, however,
and the President spoke as though no interruption
had occurred. He made a short speech also at Fondo,
Herkheimer, Utica and other towns on Uie'route.
their arrival at Auburn tlife party wero received by the
Mayor, when the President again spoke, and then an
excursion was made to Willow Grove on Owasco lake,
where an elegant dinner was prepared. During t he ban
quet Gen. Grant proposed a toast to Senor Romero, the
Minister of Mexico, and the success of the cause he
represents.
RADICAL. MASS MEETING INI PHII.A'
UALPH1A.
A Glimpse Behind the Mask.—Tbe
North Carolina Presbyterian says a colored
Biplist minister at Beaufort, S. C., writes to
the Christian Recorder:
“Some of our white ministerial friends do
more iu the way of procuring farms and
keeping our poor race in ignorance than any
thin): else. They pretend when they are
North, that they would come down here and
ilo anything tor our race iu the way of en
lightening them; but instead of this, when
they see the cotton bag, they lorget all
about Christ and Him crucified, and the
saving of souls.' 1 Of certain Northern mer
chants he says: “All they wish to do is to
preach what Piesideut Lincoln has done,
anil pat the colored man on the shoulder
with the lull hand, while with the right hand
they catch hold of liis pocket book. And
when they have got the last cent from him
their friendship suddenly ceases. Then ho
is only a nigger.”
Speech of Broivnlow.
THE SOUTH TO BE INVADED BY THREE ARMIES.
Washington, Sept. 2.—Durant, ol'New orle»ns,anJ
Brownluw spoke at a mass meeting in Philadelphia
last night. Tbe former said that Governor Wells, un
der direction from Washington, Oiled every office with
men who had given aid and eoMf«rt to the rebellion,
either in the held or the Cablet, and »o well did he
succeed that in the following jsri-.'itpoue was elected
to the Legislature, who would hot haVe considered it
an unpardonable insult to hate" been called a union
man; immediately were seenfoedirelhlcousequencea
odious distinctions were made in every direction
emancipated Blaves were oppressed and justice, or
right in the case of a citiaen of African descent or of
union principles, in most quarters could not bo ob
tained, and thia was one reason wuy loyal men turned
their attention to tlie thought of re-convoking the
Convention of 1864. He declared that the Prcsident’i
interference in affairs in New, Orleans produced the
terrible results of July 30th, and that loyal men were
fleeing to the North for protection and free speech.
He asked for the enfranchisement of negroes, without
whose aid he aays the loyal while men of Louisiana
cannot recreate a loyal Goyenunrid.
The Hon.Wm.D.Kelly said he wished to introduce the
great and ralUant GoV. Browntow, who. in the course
of his brief remarks said the Jgesent Congress was
tfc» most patriotic body-la tM world, aud had never
been excelled oy any bnt the present Legislature of
Teaneoee. He furtharwrid: If Another wart comes
I want you to divide your army into Ihreo portions.
Let tbe first sad largost como armed with liar-
pooDR and do the killing ; let the second come with
live torches aud do the burning; let the third come
with survey lines and remark olit and resettle the
country. These are my sentiments.
Embcxzlement In a New York Bank.
New Yoke, Sept. 2.—H. Briggs, paying teller for
the Nassau Bank, was yesterday arrested on the
charge of embezzling one hundred U*ousaud Uollara
of the funds of the bant Ar*frijM been in tlie
habit of frequenting and losing heavily at various
gambling houses thrpugbout the oily, and, on being
arrested, made a full confession of bis guilt.
Perry, tbe lawyer who was committed hy Judge
Barnard for contempt of Court, has commenced a suit
against the Judge for false imprlssumcnt. The da
mages are laid at fifty thousaud dollars.
Fred Douglass Accepts an |Delegate to
the Philadelphia Convention.
New Yoke, Sept. 2.—Fred Douglass publishes a
letter accepting the position as delegate to tho Phila
delphia Convention from tills city, and says if this
Ctmvontton sledl rSdelvJ moths event will bo some
what significant of progress; if they reject me they
will only identify themselves with another Convention
which from mean motives turned its back upon Its
tiuing aud indicting themfor expounding tlio true frie “‘ l -
A Reconstruction Item#
New York, Saturday, Autr. 25, I8G6.
Jo the Editor uf the. Sew York limes:
An interesting affair transpired last even
ing on the Stamford traiu, between Boston
ami Providence, which 1 deem worthy of
notice. Near my seat, in the last cal', was a
man in blue pants who had lost an arm in
ibe service of the United Slates. When the
conductor called upon him for his ticket, the
one-armed man replied that he had neither
ticket nor money, hut that a friend would be
in readiness at the depot in Providence to
settle the amount for his trip. The conduc
tor very courteously informed him that be
should be compelled to put him off at Mans-
tield unless he made the necessary settlement
before the arrival of the train at that place,
aud suggested thafhe might take up a col
lection among the passengers. This he re
solved to do, and had collected the* sum of
tbirty-Hve ceuts, when a gentleman occupy
ing a seat with me, asked tho aoldier how
much he lacked of the tuli amount, and be
replied ‘ one dollar,’ 1 which tbe former imme
diately handed him. “Thank you, kindly!’
said the soldier; “but excuse me, sir, have
you not been au officer in the army ?" “/
was an officer in tlie Confederate o- %•" *‘I re
spect you, and shall uever forget you,” said
tbe soldier. Subsequently 1 got into con
versation with the cx-Confederatc, whom I
found to be Oapt. 1’. S. Mackey, lormerly
chief engineer of the Trans-Mississippi army.
Ben. C. TkoemaN.
The War on Preachers.—Satan and other
Kadicals just now seem to be waging an ex
terminating war upon preachers iu Missouri.
Not content with putting them in prison,
Word of God, the devils seem to have taken
“a long pull, a strong puH,and a pull altogeth
er,” with a view of getting rid ol that class
of criminals entirely. The shocking murder
of the ltev. Mr. Headlee has been followed,
it appears, by other violent acts. In Gundy
county,JJa gang of Radical imps, a cotiple (f
Sundays ago, drove the Rev. Joseph Defvin
from his pulpit, bursted percussion caps at
him, and hooted hint out of church, because
he had not taken the oath; and, for the same
reason, a few days since, the Rev. Mr. Price,
while on his way from DeKalb to Clinton
county, was followed by a number of outlaws,
who broke into a house where he was stay
ing over night, and so beaten with clubs and
pistols that the unoffending minister had to
be conveyed to his home, where, a dispatch
says, he now lies in a critical condition.
Gov. Fletcher, of course, never hears of
these things. He is the most ignorant man
in Missouri, it would seem, in regard to the
true condition of affairs in many parts of the
State, aud, while the best men in it are beiiq;
shot down like dogs, dragged from the sacrec.
desk, or bludgeoned on the highway by Rad
ical scoundrels, he prates about the “enforce
ment of the laws” against men who have no
thought of violating them. Isn’t he a sweet
scented Executive V—St. Louis Republican.
and ruu along little narrow lertile valleys,
between ranges of mountains whose forest
clad aides and rocky summits rise Uitfli ou
every side. These little valleys arc full of
growing corn and stacks of grain; neat little
villages and industrious people, and there
you breathe tbe pure mouutain air, aud see
the brooks lull of water clear as crystal, flow
ing down from the springs in the mountains,
so wholesome aDd cool.
On we go though the great tunnel, down
through the valleys, and out on the plains of
Murfreesboro. There the great fields of cot
ton and corn exceed anything we baye.riKl
in our travels iu South Carolina and Georgra
in growth and prospect of yield. Near Mur
freesboro we pass through the battle field ol
Stone river, and sec the monument erected
near the railroad to mark the spot where the
battle was fought, aud in memory of those
who fell there, and whose graves you can
■ee all about you as you pass along.
We enter Nashville and notice the fortifi
cations crowning the hill tops arouud it, and
see in it mnuy marks of the storm of war
that has so recently swept over the Southern
land; but no threatenihg cannon frown ou
us from those battlements, nor hostile armies
arrest our progress now. Those things have
all passed away, and commerce, industry and
peace have taken their place.
We leave tyr Louisville, Ky., and pnss
through a very fertile country where tbe
crops of corn, cotton and tobacco are very
flourishing and promising: North of the
mountains of Tennessee they have had fre
quent rains, and all growing crops are
promising an abundant yield. Crossing the
Ohio river at Louisville, passing through
Southern Indiana, one of the richcsfhP'b*
cultural and grazing countries we have yet
seen, and where the whole country i« thickly
settled aad under a high state of cultivation,
aud the many charming villages and land
scapes make it a pleasant country to travel
through. We reach Cincinnati, the Queen
City ot the West, one thousand miles from
Savannah, tiwdeMing fbe distance in about
sixty hours. We find some alarm prevailing
among the citizens of Cincinnati on account
of the appearaoce of cholera in the city, and
justly, too, for there has been almo^ a hun
dred deaths from it some days; but we are
informed that the number of cases are de-
reLe Mesa at $32.87. Lard duU at W*@20Xc.; sale. • ^ U is thought that it will
of 850 barrels- Cotton dull; sales of .00 bales at 33<^ * uany, auu - b — ...
35c. Sugar active; sales of 1,500 hogsheads Musco
vado at H@i2.t4C.
The New Secretary off the Interior*
Washington, September 2.—Mr. Browning was in
stalled Secretary of tlie Interior and Cornelius Wen
dell Superintendent of Public Printing to-day.
New Orleans Market.
NeiV Obueans, Heptegtber {,—Cotton drooping;
sales US bales tow mCtofae, 4 ■hfBftr 34c. Gold 1*6;U
There were twenty-two deaths from cholera yester-
day. ) ,
., Hew York Market.
New Yob*. September 2.—Gold. 145;;. Flonrdull
at f9.75@lli.B6 for Southern; sales of 450 barrels.
Whest, 2@3c. lower. Coro, He. lower. Oats, l(g,l>;c.
better. Beef steady. Pork heavy; sales of G.550 bar-
J HqbUf ^arket.
Moppr Sept 1.—Cotton sales to-day 300 bales at
S0@ 31c. - - fj ' • ■ ,i --« f
—A story is fold of an Englishman who
paid two hundred guineas when the cable
was first opened for the privilege of lighting
his segar by the strongest electric spark
which could be sent over the wire.
Tht JUlMdag Cattpm, Swap.
The New Y'ork Mercantile Journal, in its
general review of the crops of the country,
has tile following to say upon the cotton
crop: - r • ! 1 / » 1 ' : ■
Coming now to two or three other great staples iu
which tlie prosperity of tho country is deeply inter
ested,"we UutnraMy toko «P eaWon as th« first in mo
ment As tho period draws nigh when the crop is to
be gatherecl.aml it* proceed* to be diatribuLnl throngb-
•out the laud, more uml more anxiety in felt to know
what results ouy be relied upon. Every day the com
mercial and agricultural press, both Northeim and
Southern, teems with article* and report* on this sub
ject, elucidated by many contradictory views. It -is,
however, pretty unanimously conceded that lb* crop
of thi*. present year will oot, at the very beat, be more
than ofie-third of that gathered in 1840, the largest
ever made iu the South. It amounted to 5,344,156
bales, aud consequently the total anticipated in that
region, would be les3 than 000. Mississippi has
lately published some searching reporta, from which
It appears that Hinds, Carroll, Cfttickasaw, Copiah sad
Madison counties, in that State, have 144 plastations
within their limits, employing, in 1860, 5,4516 hands,
and eultivfting in cotton 61,575 acres, producing
27,88cT>aTeS of 400 pounds each.
This year the same plantations employ 1,714 hands,
cultivating only 17,W*3 acre9, producing, under favora
ble circimisUucec, 10.000 bales at the utmost. A care
ful comparison of the statements- received from the
other ltodiug cotton States, reveals similar relations,
and 4kiug them iill together, it appears that only 09*
tbsrd the number of hands have been at *M*k, pro
ducing only one-third of the yield contrasted with
1600.' Hence the basis of onr caluulatioB heregivm.
Several of the States will, n^rtheles*, coastderatfiy
exceed their recent estimates. TYxaa and Missouri,
for instance, will do much better, and flliusts comes
forward to represent considerable cotton growing at
the West. Their surplus, some authorities professiog
to be well informed, put at over 200,000 bales. If this
be correct, and we see some reason to believe it, the
toUfl crop would run up to about 2,000,000 bales. In
South Carolina the cotton plant is comparatively small
and backward, bnt otherwise uninjured, although the
rains have been heavy in that Staio. In Georgia tbs
plants are doing well, fevered by light showers, and
promise a paying yield. Iu Florida the plant is small,
but healthy aud vigorous. The planters have, at list,
subdued tbe conflicting wild grasses, and a handsome
rop is anticipated. In Alabama, generally, the ootton
s small, but sturdy. In Autauga county things look
better. A leadiug planter boasts that he has 40 acres
of cftiou H least 5 1 2 last high, every stalk of which
I11 Mississippi there Will not be a full crop, but a
fair yield. In the opulent cotton region around Co-
lumbusMiern will be only half a crop, owing to the
tact that+oo fluid 1 was planted tu the hand* fil l other
local ryteoua. .<14.other parte of the State farmers are
on very‘bad terms 'with their negroes, aud hence, will
fall behind. Still, the crops are better than expected.
Iu Kentucky the cottou is decidedly looking ill, —
provem«ut this year. In
uess«;e the prospect is bright, some of the'new market
plantations doing admirably. In Arkansas the cotton
has been injured by excessive rains and cold weather.
Independence couuty will yield about 10,1100 bales.—
lu Louisiana tbe cotton growth is superb, and packing
has commenced. The plant has escaped the worm,
and even in the Bayou B<euf county-every acre planted
and not destroyed bv inundations, will yield its bale.
The Mississippi cotton, where not overflowed, will do
us much. In .Texas the prospect is bright. At Galves
ton new cotton was, at last accounts, already coming
in aud selling at 40 cents per po«ud fur gold. The
German settleiueqts are making copious returns of
both corn and cottou, and generally all apprehension
of the army worm seems to have vanished for this
jeae. 11 .*
From foreign countries we have many accounts,
good, had and indifferent. Those who are experi
menting on the cottou culture iu Mexico, discover
that, iu the. chief district selected, lying 60 miles south
east of the capitol, their progress ia poor. lh Cuba,
bad weather, grubs, aud other local causes, have in
duced tbe abandonment of the atUempts to raise cot
ton there. Costa Rica requires a much larger supply
of labor, by immigration or otherwise, before she can
make any headway with her cotton, ftild in the Br*-
EsUian province of Rio Graude do Bui, the business,
thus far, is most uupromising.
The Manchester Cottou Supply Association of Eng
land, have published au abstract of their reports re
ceived from their agents and correspondents in various
parts of tlm world. Prussia will send between 3,000
and 4,000 bales; Sidon 36.000 pounds, and tbe consular
districts of the Dardanelles 6,080,000 pounds. In La-
tM-ia about 10,000 acies, and ou the Island of Rhodes
2.6 6 acres have been planted in cottou, and tbe latter
l*!ace is expected to yield, say 20,*000 cwh, the most of
which will be consumed by residents, only 2,000 cwL
being the quantity allowed for exportation. For three
years past, cottou culture has rapidly increased on the
fsle ol Cyprus, as also iu Continental Greece, the yield
of the former region for this year being estimated at
1,345,000 ivundri. and of the latter, at 10,000,€00 okes,
or 27,000,000 pounds of good quality.
Digesting all the facts that can be gleaned from for
eign statistics and estimates, it is unquestionsble,
that American cutton culture still reigns supreme, and
the immediate future holds out abundant reward and
little or no competition to the successful Southern
plauter
Important to FaLers—Decision ot th«
Commissioner of lnUruul Revenue
The following decisions have recently been given
by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue at Wash
ington. They are important to farmers, in so far as
they nutaugle some of the knotty points of the law :
1. Farmers will not be required to make return of
produce consumed in their own immediate families.
2. The farmers’ proflts from sales of live stock are
to be found by deducting from tho gross receipts for
animals sold the purchase money paid for tho same.
If animals have been lost during the year by death or
robbery, the purchase money paid fOr such animals
may he deducted from tht gross income of the farm.
No deduction can be made by the farmer foe the
value of services rendered by* his minor children,
whether he actually pays for such services or not If
his adult children work for him and receive compen
sation for their labor, they are to be regarded as other
hired laborers in determining his income.
4. Money paid for labor, except such as is used or
employed iu domestic service, or in the production of
articles consumed iu the family of the producer, may
be deducted.
5. No deduction can be allowed in any case for the
cost of unpro motive labor. If house servants are
employed a i>ortiou of the time in productive labor,
we enter the mouotaia region oi Tennessee ^
deducted.
(L Expenses for ditching and clearing new land are
plainly expenses for permanent improvements, aud
not deducted.
7. Tlie whole amount expended ter fertilizers ap
plied during the year to the farmer’s lands may be
deducted, but no deduction is allowed for fertilizers
produced on tlie farm. The cost of seed purchased
for sowing and planted may be deducted.
8. If a person sells timber standing, the proflts are
to bfl-aepertained, by estimating the value of the land
al^r^e. reflurvil of the timber, and from the sum
thus obtained deducting tbe estimated value of the
land on the first day of January, 1862, or on the day of
purchase, if purchased since that date.
51. Where 110 repairs have been male by the tax
payer upon any building owned by him during the
preceding five years, nothing can be deducted for re
pairs made during the year for which his income is
estimated.
10. A farmer should make retnrn of all his produce
sold wiUiin the year, but a mere .executory contract
Tot a sale is not a sale; delivery, eflber actual or con
structive, is essential. fTUe critrfrifh by which to
judge whether a sale is complete or not isto determine
whether the vendor still retains in that character a
right over the property; if the property were lost or
destroyed, ujxm which of the parties, in the absence
of any other relation between them than that of the
vendor and vendee, would the loss fall.
Corrfespondeoce of the News and -Herald
Jottings of Travel.
The burning ana of an August day in Sa
vannah has hid its fiery face behind tlie dis
tant Westward pines; but still it is hot, ns
we tarn our backs on the heated city, and,
to escape from the confines oi brick .walls
and the Ecorcliing of the heated term in the
South, we determine to sedk the cooler re
gions of * the North- Darkness hides the
earth US We go out by tbe Ceatrml Railroad.
Strangely wild, yet grand, is a night ride
over this railroad. Awhile* you*5ash aifjpg
amid the dark pines, the engine like a thing’
of life, but demon like, {usliing madly through
the dark forest, scattering coals oLfire and
illuminating tbe jttbgle oh all sides. «Olten
you see tbe camp fires of tlie negroes or la-'
borers amid the trees whose tall trunks, as'
shown by the fire light, seem to stand like
giant sentries placed to guard your path.
About the fires and ne*r their rude domiciles
you see thc-nrigfoes'ffafidug to the sound of
the violin or some rude instrument, the wild
strains of which, with their accompanying
“patting” and singing come to the car of the
traveler as be is whirle.d past on the_ passing
tirain, and in a moment more he Is again in
the dark pine forest, from out of tne depths
of which be often bears tbe haying of the
hounds as they pnrsue the game. How cool
and refreshing the night air is that one in
hales there in tlie piny woods.
At Millen we change cars for Augusta. If
we have to wait a short time we must spend
it as best we can, standing there in the dark
ness, in open ground, with no shelter from
rain or storm. It is to be hoped that the
Railroad Company will see to it that a depot,
or, at least, suitable sheds be erected there
for tbe protection of travelers and baggage. . .
. . JjM liUleaiossilBlily off imfirureiqant this year, in leu-
I he mail, too, we noticed, was thrown out ihi, nrosneut is bright. Home of the'new market
by the wayside ou the grouud, where, bad it
been raining, it would have beeu much dam
aged.
The dawn of tbe morning finds us in Au
gusta, which, from the limited view we bad
of it, we think—next to Savannah—the most
beautiful city in America. It’s fine fine lo
cation and wide and shady streets certainly
makes it a place much to be admired. All
day we are an the Georgia Railroad iwhich
passes through one of the finest upland por
tions of the State, celebrated for its hand
some little towus and many pretty girjs, and
from onr observations, tbe latter do alxmnd
in that region to an extent ecally alarmUm to
bachelQrs. The country along the line qf
this Railroad appears to have sufferred very
much from want of rain. The growing crops
are much injured, and the corn looks lo be
almost a total failure. Along the way, and
as we approach Atlanta, we see the marks uf
the rude hand of war in the many ruins pf
bouses and of what have once been beautiful
villages. Much of 4his is the work of Gen.
Sherman’s army. ■ No one can view such un
necessary devastation without sorrow. We
say unnecessary for certainly neither the
cause of federal or Confederate could be
benefitted by the burning of farm-house%^nd
villages by tbe army of either party. While
we regret the ruin everywfiere to been seen
in this part of Georgia, yet we canuot for a
moment entertain the thought that such
things were done with the knowledge or sanc
tion of either the commanding officer or the
Federal Government, but by a lawless sol
diery that could uot bn restrained from com
milting such acts. Atlanta is fast rising from
its ruins, and bids fair to soon be the most
important city in Northwestern Georgia.
We passed over the road between Atlanta
and Chattanooga, Tcnn., in the night, and
consequently had no opportunity ot observ
ing the country. With the first light of the
morning we leave Chattanooga aud pass
along at the base of Lookout Mountain,
memorable for the stirring events that trans
pired in its vicinity in tbe late war, aud tbe
battle fought on its rugged heights. Now-
soon disappear from the city. We find it
much cooler here than in Georgia ; the mer
cury marking qioat of the time from sixty to
seventy degrees.
After a abort rest we shall continne out
travels farther North, and you may bear
from us again. lawn.
—It is supposed Major General Dix will
be the conservative candidate for Governor
of New York.
The President’s Position.—The Washing
ton correspondent of the Philadelphia Ledger,
writes that tliere-will be no Connecticut slip
ups iu the ensuing fall elections. The Exec
utive has been informed by those in frequent
converse with him, that such fatal errors
must not be allowed to oucur iu any State
where they can l>e prevented, and there
is the (best ponsible authority for assert
ing that he holds the same view. Bis new
position in entting loose from those whose
"aut* tend to peq^tuate disunion and make
irduraptiaa of the States inevitable,” is mid
to be fully realized by him, and he feels that
he can now move forward in the work of res
toration, unfettered by any fear of displeas
ing the people at large, or tinv supposed
abandonment of “the party that elected him.”
His declaration, as expressed at the thresh
old ef the fall campaign, is, “Those whoop-
pose me, I will oppose.
Crops in the CaNebrake.—Ravages of the.
Army Worm.—The Uuiontown Herald of Sat
urday last, says, “the cotton prospect* are
IttWrimv in the e*frWpe..uf To m all quarters
complaints pome np of the ravage* of the boU-
worm, and of that great enemy to the cotton
plant, the army worm. No neighborhood—
from Georgia to Texas—seems exempt from
these scourges; aud iueome localities the des
truction wrought by them is almost total.
“In the Cuuebrake, planters reduced the
estimates made ou the brat of August, twen
ty or forty per ' oe*t. The frequent rams of
tM present wdek’will doutless increase the
boll worms, whilst some of theknowingplan-
ters are hopeful they will check the ravages
of the army. ”
g tN Butler a Jacx Ketch.—This notori
ous individual has been making fi-speech;
one of his characteristic speeches that suit so
admirably the disunion element that is now
striviu" to inaugurate another civil war. The
late wiur was a gold mine to the shoddyiteS,
and anther war would be the height of their
wishes In this speech the “bottled up” he
ro of Big Bethel says, “The only right left
fo captured rebels was the right to hang;”
and we have no doubt but Butler is ready to
do the hanging at any moment his services
may be required. We really dislike to dis-
grace our columns the name of this
“beast,” yet we are necessitated to do so, for
the purpose of showing how low and groTel-
lingInhuman nature.can sink.— Washington
A Voice from M«Mi«1lnelts.
The following letter is from the pen of s gentleman
Who was formerly Chief Justtee of the State of Ver
mont, and to now one of the loading members of the
Suffolk bar of Massachusetts. , It wap addretwed to a
member of the National Union Executive Committee:
Boston, August 13, 1866.
R. S. Spofforff. Esq.:
Mr Dka* Sou—Since your caUL of Saturday, and your
very kind request that i should attend the National
Convention at Philadelphia, to-morrow, as one of the
delegates from this commonwealth, I hiro endea
vored to so arrange other engagements that I might
be able to comply with the request, bat regret that it
will not be practicable^ Had I known that my ser
vices would have been reqiiiwU in that capacity at an
earlier day, my earnest dafifi ttaat every pessible
effort should be made for the fall restoration of every
KeeUott of the Government to its normal relation, aud
my thorough conviction that it’ean only be effected by
a steady and consistent support of the humane, na
tional and constitutional policy of 'the present Execu
tive, would have induced me- to/ forego other under
takings, which have now beoume, imperative.
, But as I cannot be present to fkke part in the de
liberations of tbe Convention, I may be excused for
-suggesting to yourself the leading points of policy
which seem to Qie indispensable towards effecting the
desired result, and to do this with the more freedom,
from an entire consciousness that toy views are iu no
sense tainted with any alloy of partisan pokey or sec
tional ambition. And 1 firmly believe thejf are equally
exempt- from all spirit of love of mastery, either of
sections or parties, aud from au findim 1 bitterness andg
vainglory, either fbr myself-e**4fiheim
It ssems to me ths time has telly otene when a brave
and-magnanimous natfc, from fixe regard to s^lf-re-
spset, as well as from obvious motives of pokey,
should cease to make any further detoands torblooii—
the blood or a fallen and a prostratorfoe. Ths flippant
t ilk, of which we hear so much froto insipid; young
men aud half-grown damsels, about making treason
odious by public executions, is too sickening to all
Christian spirts to be touch dwelt upon. I need only
instance the case of Robert E. Lee, who did as much,
perhaps, as any other oue to sustain the cause of the
rebeUieu. snd who uuy, therefore, be tairly regarded
as the adequate representative of the. Cause in this re
spect. He confessedly went ibto flic movement with
regret and reluctance, and flual|p. upon the sole ground
uf his false sense of superior obligating* of allegiance
to Stofte sovereignty. Had he prtuierly comprehended
the paramount obligations of national sovereignty,
within its prescribed and limited sphere,. he would
naturally have escaped all detoctiiaj from national Al
legiance. This mistake was the result .of the wrong
bias of edneatioo. This had for many years become,
to a large extent, ths settled Southern doctrine. But
’can any sane man -loubt the perfect siucerity of Gen.
Lee in what he did ? That he was actuated by the pu
rest, Uie uiorit uuaffectcd religious convictious of duty?
As well might one doubt the sincerity of Washington,
or the other heroes of the American Revolution. As
well doubt the sincerity of that numerous army * of
Christian martyrs who have iu all ajres laid down their
lives iu the professed cause ot rengiou and virtue,
&nd sometimes made strange misconceptions of truth
and 1 duty. 'u .
The most which can be said of Gen. Lee aud most
of those who have suffered so terribly in this strange
aud incomprehensible infatuation is, that they mis
took* truth, and, consequenllyi dufey, as who of us may
not. They committed a grievous fault, and grievously
have they answered for it. He lost all but honor, and
this his bitterest enemy, if he have any such, will ac
cord him. He fought bravely and nobly, and proved
himself, mi ail points, a foeman worthy of our steel.
And when his cause failed he proved himself more
noble in bis surrender than in the conflict He sub
mitted, like a hero aud a Christian, to the magnanim
ity and the sense of justice of a mighty and a Chris
tian nation; and to to-day, in all respects, as loyal to
the National Government as any man t in Massachu
setts. Ha did more than any other mau had it in his
power to do to bring this unseemly, this fraternal con
flict, to an abrupt aud perfect close.
Aud now what language is adequate to paint the fe
rocity, the barbarity of that man who would desire to
see such a respected and fallen foe brought to the
block or to the gallows. Language is inadequate to
portray my own horror at the apprehension oi the ex
istence of one such man 1 But the thought thkt in
G»i« late period of the world’s history, among a peo
ple proud and boastful of their humanity* of tneir
Christian love and forbearance, a whole nation should
demand such sacrifices, to Lppeaso their hate, is to-
comprehensible. And it is not true of any considera
ble portion of the Northern pedple. it is a libel upon
their character to pretend it. Left to themselves,
tho North and the tiouth. immediately upon the sur
render of all the armies of tbe rebellion, have rushod
into each other's embrace and confidence. The great
heart of this mighty aad magnanimous people did
then, and does now, except when it has beeu poisoned
by false fepreseutation, beat to its very core with the
warmest paternal sympathy towards their unfortunate
and misguided brethren of the South.
There is no more doubt of the perfect necessity of
the great mass of the Southern people in gding into
the rebellion than of any other uatiou.or portion of a
nation, in the world, who hare resorted to similar re
dress of alleged grievances. The evidence upon that
point is scarcely less conclusive than iu jibe ease of
our own revolution. Aud we do not always sufficient
ly reflect that on the day of the battle of Lexington,
that movement could have been characterized as noth
ing less than rebellion—aud such is most have re
mained forever but lor its successful issue.
And when we remember iu what unqualified terms
the right of revolution is set forth in tlie Declaration
of Independence, aud iu what unlimited language
that right has been maintained by the leading states
men of our country, not excepting the late lamented
President Lincoln, we cannot feel surprised that it
might, by tht-m or the South, have been constructed
as fairly extending a shield over the movement in
augurated by them. But in any view, this, with their
view of .State sovereignty, affords the clearest ground
for believing in their most undoubted sincerity.
Assuming, then, the perfect sincerity of the South
iu their efforts at independence, and reflecting upon
the sudden aud unreserved m&nneriu which they made
a final and unqualified surrender,how can a bravo.and
magnanimous j>eople, who desire to live with fikiem
hereafter on terms of amity and equality, demand
vindictive punishment of them, or desire to hold the
threat of it over their heads. By so doing we but
widen the breach aud render it more incurable at
every step. If we expect to rule ibe South as con
quered territory, to humble them by punishment, ss
Poland aud Ireland have been ruled and humbled, we
must be prepared to do this perpetually. And we
must understand also that a despotic central rule
over one section will inevitably extend itself to tbe
whole country. We cxuuot have, if we would, free
dom in one section and despotism over all the rest.
The governor and the governed, the oppressor and
the oppressed, will iu the end share the same fate..
The people ought to be made to comprehend this
fully. There are but two modes of dealing with the
flouth: that of conciliation and forbearance on tbe
one hand, and that of ths rigorous infliction of pun
ishment ou the other. The former is the only prin
ciple by which any association of equals can be main
tained. Without compromise aud conciliation no
family or fltate, no community of any kind, could
be maintained for an hour. Bnt by the opposite
course we maintain our nationality, perhaps, but
it will cease to be a free couutry. We may be able, at
great expense, to repress outbreaks, and to make the
blacks the rating force in ttiat section, led by an army
of white harpies thirsting for blood and plunder, but
we shall uever make the country prosperous and
happy.
Tne question, then, is which do the people prefer?
Not the politicians of any school, but the people left
to their owu choice. There can be no question the
people desire forgiveness and conciliation ; to let the
past bury tbe past. If the conciliatory policy inaugu
rated by Mr. Lincoln had been honestly and freely
carried out by every depaitmeut of the Government,
The South would have been at this hour more truly
and cordially loyal to the National Government than
ever before. But, unfortunately, it suited the pur
poses of mere partisans,* to order to perpetuate their
own rule—persons who did not desire the reconcilia
tion of tt>e south, to use or attempt to use Mr. John
son fur their own sinister purposes, it was accord
ingly said, as we all remember; by those in this
interest-men who did flotl believe to any supreme
overruling power bnt their own—that Providence had
wonderfully interfered at this critical period e£ the
nation's history to remove Mr. Lincoln just because
he bad become too humane, too tender-hearted to*
wards rebels, and had kindly sent Mr. Johnson to
perform the needful office of humbling the South!
Just as if Omnipotence could uot work with one in
strument as well as anether ; as if the hearts of all
men ware not in His mighty hand, to will andtojrdHi
His own good pleasure! ^ t
And after it became.apparent that this new instru
ment of political providence, sent to save tbe country
by perpetuating the power of a faction, did not tolly
recognize his appointment to such an office—in short,
that he left more responsibility to his conscience sod
his God than those self-constituted keepers of the na
tional safety—there began a war of proscription stoU
abuse against the chief ex^emtite officer of the Repub
lic—one who came to his place under circumstances
demonstrating tbe utmost forbearance and good will,
for which the past history of the couutry affords no
fiarafleL ,
Under these circumstances the general voice of the
nation has called together a natioual convention of its
wisest ineif and most disinterested adorers, for tbe
times surely have need of such; and the great ques
tion is, What shall be done? What can be done to
pacifr and reconcile contending interests and opinions?
And it seems to me most unquestionable that the first
step towards effectual and permanent reconciliation
must be entire aud unqualified amnesty.
I do not say that there should be no exceptions,
but my judgment and my conscience declare in favor
of no exception. Any such exception will greatly tend
to derogate Arum the magnanimity sad generosity of
the act, and it can avail nothing towards makiuga
salutary example of the consequences of treason; for
all suou excepted persons mushbe tried by Southern
juries, and codld never he convicted. Tbe effort to
convict would therefore only show our impotence sad
want of* magnanimity. •
e e * * • • : nit
[We omit a paragraph in which the writer;sagged*
an amendment of the Constitution touching the ques
tion of equal suffrage.—Ed. I^ews and Heaai.d.]
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SOUTHERN
My ud argument* in f*vor off
recognition of the Southern repveMnUtrirea h»vc been
long before the public, without producing much effect;
1 here no more doubt'bf the right of Georgia *wd
North CtfoUna to representation in Congrem* then I
have hi negevd te that of New York and Hadeheltu- a
eetta; and CongreM might ai well exclude the reprf-
•entetivee of Connecticut aad New York, because of
the there made between (tehewt raeea
and colors in regard to the deetin franchise, a* to
exclude those of the States lately aiding in rebellion
—f (mg—i ft <. not 4: <ma*isa
with which they hare any conSen,' Ufeyond the qualilf-
csthms of Hm representative*, to long a* the M*
forms a portion of the the facto Government.
Yoar*, very trwty,
Removal.
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H ATTWB reoently lakes the atore No. 160 Broqgh-
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( ‘ CONSISTING OF
Brawn and bleached Sheetings and Shirtings,
Prims, Oouoh***, Use ns, Jeans, Tickings,
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Jaconets, Cambrics and Nainsooks,
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A'«6n#t Hums dirir la the coanty of Bulloch, on
honrsrf sSeTronr hundred and sixty-three acres of
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Housekeeping Goods
Domeath
Cloths
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Having had long exprikaes IntM heatneen. ant
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