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- o u/ i i/: MM* VOL. 2—NO. 205. SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1868. PRICE, 5 CENTS. The Daily News and Herald. PUBU8HKD BY S. W. MASON. ill Bat Stbixt, Savannah, Qa> Per Copy..... ■ per Hundred, per Year. •Fire Cents. *3 60. $10 00. BA TES of advertising. 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IS?* All transient Advertisements mnst be paid la ilvaace. Tlie Tri-Weolcly News anil Herald a published at $6 per vear, or 75 cents per month, and The Weekly News and Herald Is issued every Sa rprday at $i per year. JOB PRINTING, u every style, neatly and promptly done. By Telegraph.. MORNING DISPATCHES. Letter from Ex-Gov. H. V. Johnson* He Endorses the Philadelphia Convention. _ . ., . AoangT, . ussbs. Editors:—Having tgoelva tor my views of the proceedingor the P&i&delphia Convention, and as to the coarse the Southern people should pursue in reference to its action, I take this method of.responding,; because it gives me* less labor and a more general dissemination of my opinion. Although I felt the necessity of some means of bringing the conservative men of the Norths and the people of the South into co-operation, yet V doubted the expediency of the caU for the Philadelphia Con vention. After it was called I was very timidly in favor of sending delegates, fearing that the passions engendered by the war had not sufficiently subsided ~>uy.in council and wisdom in action. The President at the Tomb of Douglas. Chicago, Sept. 7.—The President concluded bis re marks at the laying of the corner-stone of the Douglas monument, as follows: 1 am preseut to show my high regard for a man who perished in public service, and one whom I respected and loved. I Lave no eulogy to pronounce. That has been done better than I could do it. Some men qiay wear the civic wreath which the nation weaves for those who serve their country in lofty positions, or their names may be engraved upon the imperishable records of national glory. This column is reared to the memory of the legislator and the representativ® man. A consciousness of a duty performed was his while living, and his reward will be the inscription of his name high on the cenotaph erected by a grateful nation to commemorate the services of those who lived and toiled for their people and the union of the 8tates. (Immence applause.) Fellow-citizens, I believe in my very heart that if we could communicate with - the dead, and cause them to know what was transpiring on earth—were it possible for Stephen A. Douglas to be disturbed from his slumber, be would rise from his grave, shake off the habilaments of the tomb, and rfoclaim; “The Constitution and the Union—they must be preserved.” (Great applause.) \ From the Recowered Cable. Heast’s Content, Sept. 7.—A dispatch from the Great Eastern reports the cable playing out well. The Great Eastern expects to arrive at Heart’s Content on Saturday. A Case of Spontaneous Combustion. Philadelphia, Sept. 7.—The Union League build ing was bred this morning, and badly: damaged. The Janitor was arrested on suspicion of being the incen diary. ■ Political. H New York, Sept. 7.—Holbrook, Democrat, has a ma jority for Congress in Idahoe Territory of one thou sand. The Unionists and Democrats of Michigan have no minated General Alpheus Williams for Governor. Wcw York Market. New York, Sept. 7—Noon.—Gold, 45%. Exchange, sight, 107. Cotton unchanged. “Parson” Bhownlow.—-To prove that this notorious mao. has as little Christianity as ordinary decency, a corespondent encloses us a veritable extract'from Brownlow’s say- ings, printed as revised by himself for publi cation. It is convincing, but too blasphem ous lor our columns. The “Parson” de nounces by name Herod, Pilate, Juaas and Peter, (the Apostle} as ‘^Sarly Democrats ’ whom he does not “ admire; * of the quartette named he is most severe upon the celebrated Apostle, whom he stigmatizes with most opprobrious epithets; * and repre sents as .the worst of the characters des cribed. How respectable citizens can con sort with such a foul-mouthed ranler, we cannot understand.—New York Journal of Commerce. Homicide.—On Tuesday afternoon, con stable James E. Tanfc shot a named P. Brennan. The ball entered the small of the back and lodged in the kidney. Brennan expired about one o’clock yesterday after noon. „ , > . It appears that Taut went to Brennan’s noose for the purpose of executing a distrain warrant; that Brennan ejected Temt from the premises, and turned to re-enter the bouse, when Tant fired on him. We learn that Tant immediately sought deputy sheriff Crump, and surrendered himself. Tant was arrested yesterday after the death of Brennan.—Augusta Constitutionalist. —The New Orleans Tribune, the freed- nien’a organ, has resumed publication. •iv ; i*. , T -j-. - - - - - — —c— been disappointed and I believe that much good, has been dono and pro gress made towards restoring harmony, upon the basis of the Constitution. Though not all which I could wish, yet more than 1 expected, was done. With the spirit, toue, and in the main, the sentiments of the resolutions adopted, 1 am satisfied. Both in Unguaefc and pdmdjrte, Twoufft alight inodifi- tijttfoBs. - But take themes a dl*lMdh*ld*red in the light of surrounding circumstances, they furnish less ground tor complaint than I could have anticipated. They were evidently dictated under the inspiration of patriotism and phrased in language intended not to wound the sensibilities of an overpowered, bat proud and gallant people. Viewing.them in this light, I am willing to accept them in the spirit that gave them form and utterance, and ignore whatsoever is dis- tasttaful, as a tribute to tfre. generous enthusiasm of thepatrtottc body from whom they emanated. The question is frequently asked, by those who honestly upposed the representation of the State in the Convention and who now withhold their approval of its action, what good has it accomplished ? I reply, it has, in my judgment, effected two very important things—important to the whole country, and especial ly to those States which are.denied representation in Congress. In the first place, it inaugurated the be ginning of good feeling and understanding between the two sections. The war hafe engendered bitterness and hatred. There can be no real political fraternity, between the North and the South ,hjntil such feeling shall have been soothed and oonflddnoe re-established between the two sections. We at the South, lLoking to the treatment we have received from Congress since the surrender of our arms, are apt to forget that we have friends at the North, and to class its whole people as enemies to the restoration of the Union and to our welfare. The people of the North, attaching undine importance to the falsehoods of hired letter writers, who distort and magnify every act of rash ness or imprudence that occurs in our midst, or mistaking the honest, but injudicious comments of a a portion of our press, for the true exposition of the general sentiment, imagine that a spirit of insubordi nation to the Constitution and laws pervades the South. The result has been the perpetuation of mutually bad feelings—crimination and recrimina tion. Doubtless, many of the intelligent, of botn sec tions, kn£w the error, but they could not expose it to the masses, for the lack of some practical demonstra tion that would arrest general attention. The Phila delphia Convention furnished that demonstration. It was signalized by scenes of enthusiasm, unparalleled in the history of Conventions in this country. The better feelings of the heart—oharity, magnanimity, generosity, love of justice, patriotism—were started from their icy repose and thawed into happy fusion. It was a meeting of the North and tho South, not on the battle field, but on the field of reconciliation; and the representatives irom each section returned home, prepared to testify truthfully of the temper and spirit of the people of each, that, while honestly differing on some quesiions, they agree to co-operate with eaeh other, in the great work of restoration. ' In the second place, the Convention has organized a parly, pledged to the restoration of the Union, upon the basis of the constitution and of representation to the Southern States, without any other test of loyalty besides the oath to support the constitution of the United States. This is deeply interesting to us. It is the overshadowing question, paramount to all others. It is vital. I surrender none of the cherished politi cal opinions of my life, so far as they are applicable to the situation in which we are left by the war, nor do I endorse such as I believe to be erroneous iu the Philadelphia platform and address. But what avails the discussion of these now? What can we gam by argument? We have no audience; we are practically out of the Union; we have no voice in the action of the Government. Shall we waste our powers in vain debate, and refuse to co-operate with the Conservative men of the North because they differ with us upon some questions ? Shall we throw obstacles in their way by jealous criticisms of the proceedings of the Convention at the very time wheu^hey are figuring our battle? Shall we not rather aid, sustam and encour age them by earnest co-operation? For one, I am prepared to do it, with my whole heart; for jhe issue is vital. It involves, in my judgment, not ouly the destiny of the South,' but that of constitutional liberty. Some such movement as that of the Philadelphia Contention was necessary, in order to afford the con servative element of the country a defined basis of ac tion, on which it could organize and concenLCAbe*<&« fteS® aq|iqayj^r^inb '|)Toduce a powerful effect. The people have but to open their eyas to see that liberty is in Deril, and that the constitution is sought to be substituted by the will of an irresponsible ma jority. The people everywhere love liberty ; they love the constitution ;. they are honest; they are to be trusted. Show them the right and they will pursue it; make them sensible of the danger and they will unite to avert it; expose to them the bad ambition of power, drunk with the love of dominion, and they wiU rise to overthrow it. The campaign, in the North ern and northwestern States, is just now opening. The Philadelphia Convention boldly and clearly presents the issue between the conservative and destructive elements, of restora tion of all the States to representation, on the basis of the constitution on the one hand; and on the other, the perpetuation of strife and discord, by tne wicked outlawry and disfranchisement of nearly one third, of the States of the Union. The appeal w made to the calm, spber patriotism of the Northern people. With them the battle is to be won or lost. Liberty and the promise of good government is the prize on one side, against the misrule and despotism on the other. May we not, since the demonstration in Philadelphia and the patriotic response of the Pres ident to the resolutions of the Convention, indulge a hope of final triumph lor truth, justice, and State eq priorU> the action of the Philadelphia Convention, the President had no party to sustain him. He stood alone, so far as organized co-operation was concerned, against the assaults of the Radical Congress and press. Ho has exhibited courage worthy of Jackson, and a determination to restore the Southern States to rig fit' ful representation in Congress which cannot fail to challenge our support and commendation. The con vention was conlesBedly a movement . of his concep tion. He desired it, First, to inaugurate a good feel ing and understanding between the friends of the Union, under the Constitution; Secondly, to organize them into a party, to sustain his policy of restoration; and TtlirdlU, to present fairiv to the people of the whole country the distinct issue of reinstating the ten excluded States to their constitutional relation to the other States, without unconstitutional tests of loyalty. The whole programme Is deeply, .vitaUy^intoresting :o the South. Shall we not hold up his hands? Shall we not give him our earnest support? Shall we not do all in our power to crpwn the action of the Conven tion with the most triumphant success? Whilst this great battle is to be fought at the North and Northweet, in which the South cannot practically participate, still we have an important part to act. That is—what I have, just above intimated—uphold, encourage and sustain the efforts of those who are ral lying under the banner wtafcsh the , Convention un furled to the breeze. The inscriptions upon it may not be all that we wish ; bnt prominent among them is the recognition of the equalMr *5® 8tetes, and their right to representation without the odious *®®{" oath. We, therefore, cannot but view the contest with an intense desire to see that banner planted in tri umph upon the dome of the Capitol. Let our press and people abstein from captious and ill-natured criti cism of the action of the Convention, forgetting or ignoring whatsoever is distasteful in phraseology or erroneous in principle, let us. look rather to its pa triotic spirit. Reciprocating that spirit, let us prac tice forbearance, a manly resignation to the neoessi- tiea of our pondttioiv*n4j|spgt -the Constitution wteMMrtil be fcasjr in flaqjl^g jmn? Noryi to South, anAYrom South to North, everything calculated to lm- telthe people, provoke them to rash and intemperate expressions, and widen the chasm that divides them. The people, and particularly the press of the South, should not forget this; and in view of it, they should take special pains to afford as little capital fqr the de structives, and as much for the conservatives as pos sible. The Radicals are evidently We shall even constitute a part of the tribunal to de cide the questions discussed. If we never get restored to representation, then argument is useless. We can therefore, afford to be silent as to what we cannot en dorse, for the sake of the prize that is staked upon tfew issue. Our Government, the Constitution, the whole framework of our political institutions were, in the beginning, the result of mutual concessions and com promises. They will never be restored, and when re stored they cannot he preserved, without the exercise of the same spirit True, as a section, the South will be in a minority and powerless, of herself, to arrest unjust and uncon stitutional legislation. But that great change in popu lar sentiment in the North, which shall secure to us representation, will also bring into Congress friends who, united with the Southern members. wil'consti tute a majority of the House, or, if not a majority, a sufficient number to sustain Presidential vetoes of unconstitutional enactments. Extravagance of ex penditure can be checked, the harden of taxation equalized, corruption exposed, and the annoyance ot the present dominant party tamed and chastened. When we can be beard there will be hope, at least, by appeal to reason and justice, that the ship of state may be again pat upon the course which its builders intended it to navigate. , ' 3t If this can be accomplished there is hope of regain ing good government, and finally material prosperity. Long before the war I had come to the conviction that the best hope for this country was in a close alliance with the great agricultural States of the Northwest. They, like us, are interested in low taxation and economy. United with them, and such friends as could always be'elected from a few districts of the 4 Northern States, I believed, on the day of secession, that the South was stronger in than out of the Union. This conviction, so deeply fixed, explains the true motive of my adhesion to the noble and lamented Doaglas in 1860. I knew he was justly the idefi of the Northwest; I knew bis great ability, his firmness, his courage and tried friendship for the South.* I knew that we could trust him, however me might differ from him upon some points of theoretic politics. I believed that through. him, 9 if the Union should stand, the alliance to which I have referred could be consolidated. Hence, I consented to share his fortune, knowing at the time, as; well as I knew after the event, that his election was impossi ble. Thus, looking for a defeat, I still hoped that a fragment of the National Democracy, North and South might be preserved in a state of organization, around which that glorious old party might again rally, and preserve the Union and the rights of the South in the Union. Nothing, however, could stay the tendency to secession, after Mr. Lincoln’s election by a strictly sectional vote. We have, passed through the conflict and have been overpowered. We came out of it with slavery abolished, our labor deranged and prostrated, our fields desolated, and our homes draped in mourn ing for our noble and gallant dead. We have accepted these results in good faith. We are ready to resume our place in the Union, endeaver to recover from our reverses, and promote the harmonv and welfare of our common country. And now that slavery is abolished, and consequently must cease to be an apple of discord, my mind returns with strengthened conviction of the policy of renewing the lies which, in other days, bound us to the agricultural States of the Northwest. Once restored to representation in Congress nothing can prevent such an alliance. Whilst all our revenue was raised by a tariff upou imports, the agricultural class did not appreciate the amount of their taxes, nor the inequality with which they were imposed. It is quite different now. The tax gatherer goes to every man’s door and levies tribute upon the products of his labor. Let existing passions subside; let harmony be restored ; lot' fanaticism starve to death, because the carcass of slavery, on which it fed, has been forever removed, and we shall soon see and hear the masses, who till the soil, inquiring mto the operations of the tax laws, and the expenditure of revenue, and holding their representatives to a strict accountability. Labor wilt assert its right to just and equal treatment at the hands of the Government, with associated and in corporated capital. Heretofore the country has been harrassed about slavery; fanatics using the question as the means of obtaining power—obtaining power in order that they might levy tribute upon agriculture, to pamper and protect manufactures. The issue win be a naked one—shall agricultural labor be taxed to uphold and sustain incorporated capital ? The result is not to be feared. Agriculture does not shrink from a just share of the burden which the immense national debt must impose upon every interest. But it wiU demand economy, the lowest taxation that will meet the emergency, and equality in its imposition. This is all the Sou :h asks, and in demanding it she must and will receive the co-operation of agricultural ists in all sections, but especially of the Northwestern States. This is my hope for the future of the country. It is founded upon the potent affiniti*# of interest, which, when left free to act, will as certainly bind to gether the tillers of the soil as gravitation does the the works of the universe. Nor wiU the alliance to which I-refer be impotent in asserting the principles of constitutional interpre tation, essential to the healthful working of our gov ernmental machinery. The doctrines of *98 and ’99 may yet be re-asserted by the Congress of the United States. They are as valuable now as ever they were— as true and sound as ever. They survive the war, however ignored and forgotten, amidst the thunder and smoke of battle, because they arc endued with the immortality of truth. Our rights under the constitu tion, slavery excepted, are precisely the same that they were before the war; aud whatsoever else may be objectionable in the address of the Phi adelphi.t Convention to the people of the United States,- it i3 both gratifying and encouraging that this truth is fully recocniz.'ii by force of arms the supreme authority over all the territory and over all the States knd people within its jurisdiction which the constitution confers upon it, but it acquired thereby no new power, no enlarged jurisdiction, no rights, either of territorial possession orofeivi: authority, which it did not possess before the rebellion broke onti All the rightful power it can ever possess is that which is conferred upon it in ex press terms, or by fair and necessary implication by the constitution of the United States. yet it must be done in the nofip. wfetoh tile Constitu tion itself points oat Says tbs Address: “We deny the right of Congress to mobs' these changes fh the -ftmdamental fesr without the concur rence of three-fourths (Mali the States. Including espe cially those to be most seriously effected by them, er impose them upon States or pebffle at co&dittons 91 representation or of Idnrission to say of the rights, duties or obligations which belong, under the Consti tution, to aU the States alike; and with still greater emphasis do we deny the right of any portion of the States, excluding the Test ot the Ststsa from any share in their councils, to propose or sanction changes in the Constitution which are to affect permanently their political relations and control or coerce the legitimate action of the several members of the wetumon Union. Such an exercise of power is simply a usurpation, jnat as umfrilnhtebip when exercised by Northern States as itwmiffi be-if exercised by Southern, and not to be fortified or palliated by anything in the past history either of those by whom it is attempted or those upon whusf.rights and liberties it iato^ake effect. It finds wowgrtrafit in the f(M0ni»Mk is aMM with the fundamental principles of our form of government. If tolerated in one instance it become the precedent for futu reinvasions of liberty and constitutional right, dependent solely upon-the will of the puffy in poaaea- sion of power, and thus leads by direct and necessary sequence to the most fatal and intolerable of all tyran nies, the, tyranny of shifting and irresponsible polit ical factions. It is against this, the most formidable of all the dangers which menace the stability of free government, that the Constitution of the United States weu intended most carefully to provide. We fte- a strict and steadfast adherence to ita provisions. . Jo this, and in this alone, can we find a basis of perma nent union and peace.” Estfacta similar-in spirit, and sentiment mighft.be multiplied. But these are enough ite show 4 a may well afford to acquiesce in silence to whatsoever may be objectionable, when the principles so essen tial and vital to us in the present crisis are recognized. Mroe than this: when such announce ments are made and a great party organized, who are now engaged in the struggle to make them good at the ballot box, does it become the Southern people to' damp their zeal and weaken their morel power by fastidious criticism ? I cannot do it. Wherein I differ from the Platform and Address, I will differ in peace as with friends, and lock shields with them *g** na * the common enemy. I say, God speed to the work which was begun in Philadelphia Every considera tion of interest and patriotism calls upon us to aid hi the work of restoration. We can never successfully organize our agricultural labor; capital will not flow to us lor the development of our unbounded natural resources ; population will not increase rapid ly, nor prosperity return to us, so long as the present political derangsment continues. We shall be the helpless victims of misrule and despot ism. The domination of the Radicals must be broken down or constitutional liberty la lost and the Sooth doomed to the saddest fete that ever befell a civilized people. Our duty is plain. It involves no dishonor. It requires us to practice patience, forbearance, con ciliation and resignation to present evils for the sake of greater future good. We cannot expect to have things all our own way. If we could, our situation were quite different. We would wish that we were free from debt, and that no stay law were necessary to save the people from utter ruin. But the war brought the one, and a sense of self preservation, among the people, demands the other. If we could have things %ll<nir,djya way, the war had resulted differently; we would have taken our position as an independent power, among the family of nations. But Providence ; ordained otherwise, and we must obey the irrevoca- 1 tite decries. It is the part of wise and liberal states manship to tolerate what it cannot prevent, and seek, bp appeal to reason and patriotism, to mitigate what it cannot control. To learn this is one of the most valuable lessons for indiridifel life. It is equally so for States. It brings comparative happiness to both, whilst the heart frets and chafes under the friction of vain resistane. Respectfully, <fcc., Hebschel Y. Johnson. Miscellaneous. UNVILLE & GLEASON. 8k Julian Street, West of Market, AasNva, tor MERRITT, WALCOTT* CO., tt Crartlaiti Street lev Tirt: [Correspondence of the Richmond Examiner.] Baltimore, Sept 2, 1866. This city is a reflex of the opinions of-the two great sections of the country—the North and South. While it is justly cele brated as a true Southern city, representing ail the good and noble qualities of the South ern people, as well as. their political opin ions, still there is a large number of North ern fanatics here, who chiefly obtained a foothold during the war, and were then the ruling party in the city—indeed, the present City Council and city officers are Radicals, though they represent bat a small minority of the neonle .Th.t- a tslalure of the State, will meet their no: ' Neither war nor the victory by which it was ended changed in any way the constitution of the United States. *»*»»** •And to-day also, precisely as before the war, all the powers not conferred by the Constitution upon the General Government, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the several States or to the peoL-le thereof." These are announcements of that “Address.” They are significant They are the principles which under lie the doctrines of '98 and '99. They show how truth will-crop out The Southern States,by the act of seces sion, put in issue two questions: first, the right to se cede; and secondly, the perpetuation of slavery. Both have been decided against us, -»nd we have ac cepted, in good faith the award of the sword. With this exception, our constitutional rights are just what they were before the war; for it is certain that it iu the language of that “Address, “the Government ac quired no new powqr by the war,’’ the Southern States lost none. It were bootless to discuss these principles now. It is a great point gained that, amid the fiery play of the passions, a party has been organ ized that announces them. We can discuss, when the right of representaUon shall be accorded to ns, with hope of success. For the ordeal through which the Government is now passing will satisfy right-minded men in all sections that constitutional liberty can be maintained ouly by a recognition of the right, and equality of the States. Their abrogation or disregard greatly chagrined and astounded by the success of the Conven tion, and pain- fqiiy pynp'j'Mi} hpiauafl tlyre was so litue speaking* especially by Southern delegates. They tailed to reidtae their expected tafi* of di»oord and wrangling; they gathered but little pabulum for the greedy maw of slander and vituperation'. 8b, 5 by a similar course, let the people of the. Sqttih disappoint their mama and insatiable impetite. Let ns feel and realize that all that we ran ever expect of constitutional rights is involved in the pending campaign, and that our feta depends upon the final triumph of the ConsaravtiTe party. When we speak and act, it should be in their interest and with a view to their success; for in their success is our hope for the future. • .1 There are turning points in the history of nations as well as individuals—“a tide in the affairs of men. which, taken in the flood lftad« on to fortune.** We * are now in the midst of such a crisis. The momentum of. destructive fanaticism—ruinous, relentless, despe rate, develish—will become, irresistible, unless its progress be arrested. It can be arrested only by the uprising of the people iu their majesty. I indulge a hope that the action of the Convention will awaken them to the perils of the crisis. I trust the fire *>»»* 1 wormed the hearts of that body will be diffused in ex panding circles until it shall begirt the whole land and dispel the darkness that now hangs, like a funeral pa’l, over our distracted country. Now is ,the time and the opportunity.for^^the masses of the North to rally. The Government is in then: hands; we are ex cluded; if tile Temple of Liberty totter to its fell, the responsibility is theirs. Do they not begin to see it? The Kround-sweli begins to heave; the reaction has thepeople,North «.d Bouth_tho« who demre Constitutiurml Union mid good govem- ment—be-true to themtolve. »nd their posterity u d _j__ a. Ah. heiflhh of the great occasion. Then woe, woe awaits those who now of liberty moDrove of *11 that na done by the Phitadelphta Cou- Protest .gainst wlrnt is objectionable,by ourprM.er nur monte ta totally tmnecaary. even as a matter of juatteeto o’uraelvea. There ia no need °” position upon controverted questions ofprtociple or polioy; it is known and read •>* men. WBen re^ atored to representaUon we can argue and deb^a, if occasion require it . We stall tbea have an audienoe. who might be humane and jnat, but the despotism an irresponsible majority. But to realize these antic ipations, we tnuat first be admitted to our representa tion in Congress. That ia the great question—the es sential vital condition precedent to any hope of better days for the South. And this depends upon the final success of the Philadelphia movement. Let us en courage that success. J - , We owe it to frankness and candor ; we owe it to the conservative men of the North ; we owe ir to our selves, to do justice so the Philadelphia Convention— its resolutions and addreas. I regret to see that some who opposed the Convention, and now withhold their approval of its action, dwell upon, and express, in the light of severe criticism, all that ia diataateful in lan guage and objectionable in principle, without mso, holding up for commendation sod snport whati^t*-j inently acceptable to the Southern people. This is wrong. It oan do no good at the 3outh; itia calculated to weaken those at the North who are. engaged in the struggle to restore the Union upon the plan of the Administration. But while I thus comment on this course of the opponents of the proceedings of the Convention, it affords me pleasure to sward to them honest and patriotic purposes. They are not more wrong than those who would assign them the position of alliance with the Badieals. We must tolerate among ourselves honeet differences of opinion. Sharing common calamities, we all hnve a common desire to be relieved from an unfortunate oondifion. Onr differences of opinion upon these topics, do not destroy the unanimity with which the entire people of the South earnestly wish the triumph of the Con servative party. Whatsoever may be objectionable in them, both the Resolutions and the Addreas con tain much thst is true and encouraging, but little in substance to condemn. They are sound upon the vital, practical, living Issues of the crisis. They as sert the equality of the States, the right of all to rep resentation in Congress, their .right to "prescribe qualification for the elective franchise. They deny the rigb. of the States now represented to propose and ratify amendments to the Federal Constitution. AU these we can endorse, and they are aU that belong strictly to the issue that more deeply than all others concerns us. They are boldly announced, both in the Besolutions end Address; and discussed in the tatter with clearness and abUity. I have already quoted a few sentences from the “Addreas." I will quote a few more; in order to bring them prominently before the reader, as worthy his approval. See how forcibly it pats the pretensions and schemes of the Badieals: “It baa been proclaimed by Congress that in addi tion to the powers conferred upon it by the Constitu tion, the Federal Government may now proclaim over the States and the territory, and the people involved in the insurrection, the rights of war—right of con quest and of confiscation, the right to abrogate aU ex isting governments, institutions and taws, mod to sub jugate the territory conquered and its inhabitants tq such terms and regulations ee the legislative depart ment of.the Gosemment may eee fit to Impose, under the broad aud sweeping claim that the ciauto , of the Constitution which provides that no State shall, with out its content, be deprived of its equl BUUIage in the Senate of the United States has been annuUeJ; and States have been refused, and me. nnu rejitod representation altogether, in both branchea^ of the Federal Congress; and timPongress in which only a part of the States and of ti* people of the Union are represented haa asserted tbv right to exclude others from representation, and from aU share in making their own laws and choosing their own rulers, unless they Shall comply with such oooditiona and perform such acta aa this Congress, - thus composed, may itself prescribe. That right has not only been anerted, but it baa been exercised, and in practically enforced at the present time." .* R'wphic end vivid picture of the designs of the Badieals ia here drawn I And now remember that the “Address” combata all these positions, with abtll- VL t”* 1 ® 1 °q D ® ,loe - It argues that they are subversive of the Government, and '—-1 to the Union, for " preservation ofwhich the war was waged. It bri them as despotism and Usurpation. And after pf-- that whilst it ia the anqueationahla right at the peo ple of the United States to change the Constitution, FKOM BALTIMORE. The Political Classes la Baltimore—The Registration Law —Passage off Use Presi dential Party through Fall Trade of Baltlatox n Southern Mart. decapitation at. tbe hands of (be people at the next elections. The registration law, passed by the present Legislature, disfranchises the- best citizens of this State, but it has signally failed to ac complish wbat it was designed to do, namely, to disqualify a sufficient number of Conser vative voters, so' that the Radicals could carry the fall elections. Tbe oath prescribed is, it anything, worse than the Congressional Ironclad oath; but whether from its ille gality, unjustness, or otherwise, the mass of tbe conservative citizens of Maryland are taking it, and the result will be that this State, at the fall elections, will rid itself of the Radical thraldom to which it has been ubjectcd lor the past four years, and will declare, in a voice of thunder, for Andrew Johnson and the Constitution. The passage of the President throngh this city on Tuesday last was marked by the most popular demonstration of love and re spect ever before paid to a passing visitor- business was entirely suspended, stores were closed, mechanics stopped work, and there was a general turnout of the whole populace to see and welcome that Chief Magistrate who has so nobly battled for their tights and liberties, and who has said to them, “The nation’s life is in your hand9; I am content (5 tmst it there.” If a popular verdict were ‘tfeeded as to the approval of the President's coarse, let his tour to the tomb ot a departed Horses Stolen. L3TQUMftaB > iH»-nr~tflg forehead, and tame in left hind foot from-a eat by the halter. Also, from Mr. Wetaman’e, near, my place, a DARK BAT HOB3B, 15 hands high, branded on the shoulder and hip with the letter “it,” and left hind fetlock swelled from a wound. ... .- A liberal reward will be paid for the recovery of tbe aforesaid horses. sep3-dfetw3t BENJAMIN WILLIAMSON, uquw.j , _ - . . „ LUUIdU, lb* UiO IUU1 IU IUU HfUJU O UCUMKU means despotism—not the despotism of a smgteruleC; • a. nhsprvpft and it whn minht be humane and just, but the despotuon of] siniesman in tne west De. oDserveu, ana 11 will be seen that at eveiy stage he has been welcomed and honored by a beloved and pa- triotic people, pouring their vast tribute of love and respect at his feet. Title fall trade is just opening, and the mer chant's here anticipate a good season. They look particularly to the Southern trade, and with a view to secure it, have imported direct from Europe, by the Baltimore and Liver pool Steamship Company, stocks of goods peculiarly adapted to the South. They are determined to leave Southern merchants no kxfciise logo to New York; they'will offer every inducement to purchase here, as Cur aa low rates, credit, and time thatcan be offered inNew York, and as the goods embrace every variety and class, it is to be expected ;hi>t Baltimore, tbe true and steadfast friend of tbe Southern people; will be patronized by them; but, strange to say, a large number of Southern merchants have ah infatuation that brings them on to Yankeedoin, aid pur chase their goods from then who, after pock eting their money, would hang them if they conlil. The “City of Brotherly Love,” so called, bnt. more properly speaking, the city of hate, fiendish atrocity and demoniam, is a mart largely patronized by merebama from the South, or “Southern merchants.'' to called. This should not be tolerated. Men who buy their goods from onr greatest political enemies Bhould be marked, and let- the peo ple demand that our friends shall be patron- Led until we are in a condition to supply our own wants, in a commercial way, by direct importation to Richmond and other paints South. Even while here I have been morti fied at seeing' a great many Southern men pass through to New Yolk to parohase goods, and amongst them some Richmond men. This is base ingratitude towards Bal timore, whose noble women have done so much foe onr poor an* deffbtute peopje, and who are now zealously worlong to tiuild an asylum for the orphans = ofi Confederate soL The opening trade brings a large number or visitors to the city, and the hotels are reaping a harvest The Fountain, popularly known as a ffbnthera hotel,!* largely patron ized by merchants from Virginia and aU parts of the South. While here it has been mv good fortune to meet with many i former companions in arms from remote parts of the South, and any vimtomfrom Oat section will be sure to meat old friends ah this well- known h6tel. It is large, oammodvras and well managed; the servants am attentive; the cleika an courteous and obliging, and the proprietor is a high toned Southern gentle- mam at- . ■ ■ •' ■ • ■ —Dean Richmond's funeral took place at Batavia, New York, on Thursday, of W eek- A mong the prominent pencils pres- UWIU mm uniwtiaui sun uauTWOOB. And alter proSOW. « * ■ g... ' ‘ _ ■.* in* tfie tegumeat wits irrmuubie power, it oouousm. ent were eX-Fremdeot FllUBOre, Governor Seymour, Tbcrriow Weed and Gem Blecna. aajB ' i.-■..... H Ji.'.'-i : MANUFACTURERS OT ALL KINDS OF ■otte, Nate, Wnktei, Sett Screws, Tap* and Dim, *c, Ac., and dealers in aU kinds of Railroad. Steam ahlpandKngineer'8 Supplies, Odt, Varnish, Faint, Hemp and Rubber Packing; Oak Tanned and Rabbar Belting, Brass Fittings, Cupping and Riveting B men, FUen, Chisels, Qts Pipe, Nslta, Circular Gang Saws, Pomps, Steam Whittles, Steam and We ter Onagers, Steam engines and Sew MHtaof even SoeeriptioiL Ac., Ac. Also Agvete for A. P. WOOD A CO.’S celebrated Portable Steam Engines. fSl REMOVAL. JOSEPH A. ROBERTS, (Late of Columbus, Ga.,) has Removed to 14 Stoddard’s Upper Range. C ONSIGNMENTS of Cotton, Wool and Produce generally, respectfully solicited. Advances made on most liberal terms. Goods for the interior forwarded with care and dtapatch. sepl-lm House Wanted. Any person having a small DWELLING I BOUSE to rent, between now and October 1st, will find a good tenant by applying to JOHN C. MAKER * CO., anll8.tr, IS* Congress street. G-eorgia Chemical Works, OF SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. W E ABE NOW PREPARED to supply the trade with a superior brand of MXIftT SOAR, MANUFACTURED AT THE GEORGIA CHEMICAL WORKS. For the Laundry, it has'nb superior. It Is uniform in quality, and every box warranted. It Is now in nee by mnuy families in the city, giv ing perfect satisfaction tat every case, and baa bee* introduced into the Laundries of tbe principal Hotels, ' i the exclusion of an others. Orders addressed to the undersigned will have prompt attention. PURSE A THOMAS, AGENTS GEORGIA CHEMICAL WORKS, sep3-Im 117 Bay Street. STEAM ENGINE AND SAW MILL FOR 8ALE. A FIRST CLASS SPECIMEN STEAM ENGINE and Saw Mill, manufactured to order at the Ful ton Works, Ne York. Consists of an ensine of 40 horse power, return flue boiler, with all the conve nience* complete; iron frame, 40 feet carriage; 55 inch saw; patent aelfieetUng head biocka; luo feet log chain, with pnlleyB and first class belting for the mill complete. The whole is perfectly new end can be purchased low on application to *030tf LaROCHS. WBST k DANIELS. FOR SALE. F our of the city hand fire engines. bnilt by Hoimem* ' A Co., Boston. Being aa* tion Engines, ere well adapted for ediesaot supplied with water work*. These Engines have been well cared for, and are in good order. Apply to R. LAOHLISON, anT-im Chairman of Sped*! Committee. COTTON GINS. McCarthy, American, tong Staple, Short Staple, Oa hand and tor sale cheap by CfflPIAI * CHAPH, antt-lm BAT STREET. Medical Card. OR. WE DHICAI. ■M’ Odlce, northeast corner of Draytoa and Preat (knt straeta. a*14-lm PHEEHIX STEAM SAW HILL EASTERN WHARF, SAVANNAH, GA. STEAM SAW MILL," would reepeetfolly their rtfewds sad the public generally, that they are aow prepared to fill orders tor LmihrrU anyqnaa- " and of any aisea and lengths. W* have con- tad wtth onr Mill an improved Planer, and will give partfeatar attention to ontaza tor ptailed and ^ utogue ud grooved tamber. , Orders left at toe MmToF«tJ. f. * M. Hamilton’ _ mrteta, will nceiv office, corner BsyahdJ iiSF^- iSX&r" m. war, ;,i * f. 9, iaklioi. ftafi-tf FOR SALE. A superior article, by * CHARLES L. OOLBT A CO., Johnston, Woods & Co., General Commle’n Merchants Me* U MsdttMI's Lower Ramgc, savannah, ga. eepl-tf xftq Insurance. Life Insurance. l • ; iu : ii- , •, SOUTHERN * MUCH OFFICE KNICKERBOCKER "J-a1 vluoj u-,> :t . LIFE INSURANCE CO. Of JTffw York. RESIDEIT BOARD BP DIRECTORS. Policies Written in every Form Desired. PARTICULAR ATTENTION IS CALLED TO THE Tor Year, Non-Forfeiture, ENDOWMENT POLICIES, by which plan there can be no forfeiture after two .nnaal Premiums have been paid. Insurance. THE OGLETHORPE Insurance Comp’y OF SAVANNAH Are prepared to tnk* Fin Rida n Bt»Me Terns, At their Office, 111 B*y Street. 1 H- W. MERCER, President. CHAU. 8. HARDEE, Vice President. J. T. Thomas, Bee. Directors: M. 8. Cohen J. Lama J. W. Nfentt „ a. 9nHarton J. MeMahor Ll J. Gnllmartla F. W. Sims ■ G. Butler & Laehliaoa E F. Claton. Augusta J. W. Knott. Macon B. R Roeg, Ifaeoe w. H. Young, Colombo. H. W. Mercer C-8. Hardee William Hooter A. R flartridge A. Porter R. Morgen J. Stoddard J. T. Thomas W. Remshsrt FJ» One ffpu Crane A. a. Solomons M. Hamilton W. W. Gordon myT-tf 8. B. HABHDI6T0!!, DEALER IN Mcies Written A Losses Promptly Paid OFFXOB, No. 89 Say Street. F* Cell dud receive a Circular, with free ex planation. A. WUiBIJR, General Manager. WM. Rl j ROYD, Agent. •Oldtf nut mam mmm IN THE TRAVELER S INSURANCE COMPANY. A TICKET FOR ONE DAY, iw—ww, noM |* event of Fetal Accident, and $25 per week to event of disability caused by Accident, OO.T. SS OBHTSi Fir ht Hill,$5; ForOieTear, $25. Do Without One. No Person Should Neglect II CM" Call get e Circular. WJii . R. SOm Agent, . , M street. Sir, il €> R’NUI.Vt, Agent, tS9 May Street. BOOKS! BOOKS! ‘ < Wk BALI BY ri ttvjui vsriT .. Cooper, (Hcofts & Farrelly. ud! vif-OU . .'.IttJ-i.i . ER itttt—b -hyJkta iMdwyds. YfeS mdisM Ste; AEwvek utmiated. : OswursHMeey ef Use Ovti War in the United satttdfrctoiaaitoMtt. : r ■eFlacaEst imvlhn PMeoaaf of War; betas the Lfttldn 5f k Mabel Ife tmo Federal Vena. By A. LMhMfr' Htetoty bf 4h* Atlantic Cbbia, by H. M Field. , l,, Utters tt SdCeide de Guerin. W lkE-ltafttklfftiMl. hFG.Sk BowtwelL ante SALE, RESIDENCE In Stockton, 19 mites MmMo. U rias to enit purchaser. **&!!!&*«*. 8Tfi£LJ2, _ BOTH' IHMiiii "—Ci AdJ SMirattiterA**-. t ** rl " l>r, "» •Mh.nl Clothing, j 9VU!; -jtttt .1 > 4J ... ’ 1 ‘ r - b'l <„L: —MataZMIHMUi 9dj iiii jorfr-' 1 ! ><«% Licffin Ji bar. -ishitui m . Hi At .ii lie,. EVERY VARIETY.OF FURNITURE IS SELLING GOODS 4 Lower Than Any Other House IN SAVANNAH. HOTELS AND STEAMBOATS furnished: PARLOR SETS, extra well upholstered. FINE BED ROOM SETS, Walnnt and Ma hogany. COTTAGE BED ROOM SETS, ot every Tarlety. MATTRESSES, BOLSTERS and PILLOW# of all kinds. KITTLE’S FOLDING SPRING BEDS and MATTRESSES, the best Bed in use, and WARRANTED SUPERIOR to all others. LACE AND GAUZE MOSQUITO CANO PIES, and CANOPY FRAMES. WAREROOMS, 178 Broughton Street, Nearly Opposite St. Andrew’s Hall. jelSAm LOW PRICES! ■ i*-• \ r Quick Sales!* W* have Just received and opened the LARGEST stock or DRY GOODS to be foend ta tela city, and which we offer at LOWER PRICES than they can be bought for at u>y other houae, constating 1* pan of Every variety of Drea Goods Housekeeping Goods. Domettic. and Print* Clothe and Caaetmefes ed Iiseu and Drills broideries and Laces Hosiery and Glove* Bibnona and Braids Hair Rails and Curia Lace Petal* aqd Veil* Bradley** Empress Trail, HandkereiiMs Ac., Ac., Ac. EINSTEIN A ECKflftN, my2i-lf 151 Congtnes street. BaVABHAH, OA. 0. J. TRACY & CO., ■access* t* D. 8. Cehem, I.AMU’ DRB>8 TBWMMGSi OBNAM11' - b PHYEWOMmSTSd PABIH *A*LY GOODS. No. 80S Broadway, rorner of Doaae ttreet, any, 4mw ■ Itt Yoax. Agent* Wanted, *» t.’jjhil&r THE LIFE AND CAMPAIGNS OF BT FBQE. E. ,1* QABNEY, D. IL, OF VA. published tar bar x J r T~- author, a personal friend and UCtef of rtaff of the Chrieita* 8n4ttsr7 We weak m Affaot ta every count,. Mend -*— . —■ what the Prme '«isaairoiateHi.ft.„