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yOL. 2—NO. 200. SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBEfe 3, 1866. PRICE, 5 GENTS. Daily News and Herald. rUBDIBHED BK C vv. MASON. m B.T Stbkkt. ISiT.traiB, Gnu ferlM’. 1 ' Fife Cents. $3 60. #10 no. p .'jTp'-s ()F ADVERTISING. .i aKE first insertion, $1.50; each lnser- scents. MORNING DISPATCHES. h / FROM EUROPE. Fenian Excitement in England. ~ STEAMSHIP CHINA SAIL It f* t FOR AMERICA. MADAM HISTORY KN ROUTS TO NSW YORK- T H K JVI A. R K E X S . • ( ~ London, Sept. 1.—*The threatened raifi by the Fe- niaim into Canada haS received serious notice on the part of the British ^Govenimuui, who are taking active precautionary measures. Three uatteries of artillery have lately been sent to Quebec. Liverpool, Sept 1.—Thu steamship China sailed to day for Halifax and Boston, with $153,000 in gold. Brest, Sept 1.—The steamship Pierre sailed to-day for New York. Among her passengers are Madam History, the great tragedienne, and a theatrical com* pany of forty-five persons. •< f - / .1 - • Liverpool, Saturday—Noon.—The cuttou market dull, aud prices have declined a quarter of a penny per pound. The sales atA estimated at 7,000 hales; middling upland, The hreadstufls market is dull and unchanged The provision market is un changed. * i.:.h London, Saturday—Njoou.—The money market is unchanged. Consols are quoted at 89M for money. The market for American securities is steady; U. S five-twenties, 73*4. pgr a SQUARE is ten measared lines ol Nonpa reil el the News and Herald. 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The Tri-Weokly News and Herald s published at $(*» per year, or 75 cents per month, and The Weekly News and Herald Is issued every Sa a.rday at $3 per yoar. dOIi PRINTING. n vry style, neatly and promptly done. PRESIDENTIAL TOUR. Tlie Trip a Succession of Ovutions* Rochester, Sept. 2.—The President -IrriVed here to-day. A great multitude greeted him with every demonstration of honor, as has been the case at. Au burn, Utica, Canandaigua, Geneva, and other points. The trip from Albany to this place may bfiVriefly de scribed as a succession of ovations. Yesterday, at Auburn, a littlo boy, named Richard son, rushed towards the erfriago to shake hands with Grant, when ho fell under the wheels, and his leg was shattered. Last night he sent word to Secretary Seward that he was anxious to see General Uraut. The latter, much affected by the circumstance, in com pany with Surge on-Generai Barnes, called to see the little sufferer, and consoled him, telling him in parting to write to him when he recovered, and he would try and be of service to him. At Seneca Falls Station, where the party stopped a abort time, the President was addressed - by Judge Mills, in behalf of the citizens. He promised that Seneca county should give a larger vote this foil in favor of liis Administration than any duality of equal population in the State. Tno Presided! responded briefly, as also did others of the party who were called out. At Clifton Springs the sister of Stephen A. Douglas, and his two sons joined the party. The President aud Gen. Grant went to the platfopn and bowed to Mrs. Granger, the mother of the deceased Senator, who was sitting at the door of her residence not far from the track at Schenectady, They were welcomed by the Mayor and Council in an address, and the Presi dent waa about to make a reply wLen tUa platform on which the party were standing gave way aud they were floored for a time; no one w$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.] .,111-ML * "! Insurance. Life Insurance. insurance 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. ^pion k ANDKB80S, Bankers and Commis sion Merchants, have r*tnovert to the off Planter*’ BRANCH OFFICE Of TH E KNICKERBOCKER life mmi co„ Of New York. RESIDENT BOAS]) Oi' DIRECTORS. 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MAT SIHKEri THE OGLETHORPE Insurance Comp’y OF SAVANNAH ^tre prepared to takV a Fire Ms oi Reasonable Terns, At their Office, 111 Bay Street. H- W. MERCKR, President. CHAS. 8. HARDKK, Vice President. J. T. Taotus, Sec II. W. Mercer O. 8. Ilardee William limiter A. S. Marl ridge A. Porter K. Morgan J. Stoddard J. T. Thomas W. Remehart F. L. Unc H. A. Crane A. A. Solomons M. MamUtno W. W. Gffidon myT-tl Directors: M. 8. Cohen J. Lamm J. W. ifevttt D S. Fttne A. Fnllarton I. McMahon * L. 3: Unllnartin F. W. 81ms a Bo tier B. Lachlista K. P. Claton, Augusta J. W. Knott. Macon W. H. Young, Colombo** BARGAINS IN DRY GOODS l( ( AT THE OLD STAND OF i JTSHW IC’COVAOBT, 1 So." HOBronfhtoa Street, ■fOfcpotdtt Mean* Weed, Cornwell A Co.'s) H ATTWB reoently lakes the atore No. 160 Broqgh- totf street, and received* SELECT AND EXTENSIVE STOCK OF STAPLE AND FANCY UHY GOODS, . .Hi -j.il i ft j. . 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