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VOLUME XXXVI.] IiOUGHTOS, XISB ET, BARN ES& MOORE publishers 3rd Proprietors. MILLED SEVILLE, GEORR SHAT, NOVEMBER 21, Hie Volunleei Counsel. THItll.LlNU STORV JO V I Editors. II. NIitSK r.-i ttlnbir <T(rt Jffbetal Ji nublUhed Weekly, in Mill edged lie, Ga., Corner of Unicode Wilkinson Sis., ‘it $3 a year in Advance. ADVERTISING. Trinsikst.—One Dollar per aqiiMj^f ten lines for »vbinsertion. , . , „ . .... r, ijutes of respect, K evolutions Gy Societies, (Obit- ... , xree<liu<r six lines, Xouiiuatious tor ofueeCoin iLi.ncations or Editorial notices for iiuiiv'uhial benefit, , ► rgedos transient advert winj;. l_.gr.Ai. Advicktisiso. S ,riff’s sales, per leey of ten lines, or less, iloi-t^ntfe ti fa sales per square, Tii Olly-tor's Sales, per square, ( for Letters of Administration, .. •* “ Guardiansliip, ] liters of application fordiam’n from Adin’n ., “ “ ‘f Guard’u f 2 50 5 00 5 00 :t oo 3 00 ■1 50 3 00 5 00 3 00 5 00 1 50 3 00 1 00 ,,,Tn for leave to sell land, Notices to t>^-btors and Creditors, jjjles of laud,d*e., per square, perishable property, 10 days, per square l_,;ray Notices, 30 days, Koredosiire of Mortgage, per sq.. each time, LEGAL AIU’EKTISEMENTS. _ .,,f Land, &.c., by Administrators, Executors or i, iniiitiis, are required by law to be held on the first ■ l,iv i:i the mouth ; between the hours of .0 l|i the and three ill the atternoon. atthe Court house j „ <• unity in which the property is situated. X ,i . ot these sales must be given m a public gn- •ieUr W days previous to the duy ot sule. Nonces for the sale of personal property must-be ..■ii in like manner 10 days previous to sale day. * _\„tices to the debtors and creditors ot an estate also be punished 40 days. _ \ tice that application will be made t > the Court <>f ,,‘i nary for leave to sell Land, &c., must be pubhs.i- . • tor two mouths. , . ■ , for letters of Administration Guardianship, i must be published 30 days—for dismission from Aiuimistration, monthly *t.c mouths—for dismission ■ ,„n Guardianship, 4U Hays. I; . tor foreclosure ot .Mortgage must he published •til. 'y for four months—lor establishing lost papers, , I nil space Of three m»nllt<—tor compelling titles - n Executors or administrators, where bond lias | r ii oven oy the deceased, tlie full space of three Joltn Taylor was licensed wlien a youth of twenty-two, to practice at tiie bar. He was poor, but well educated, and pos sessed extraordinary genius. lie married a beauty, who afterwards deserted biin for another. On the 9th of April. 1840, the court house in Clarksville, Texas, was crowded to overflowing. An exciting case was about to be tried. George Hopkins, a wealthy pi liter, had offered a gross insult to Mary Ellison, the young and beautiful wife of his overseer. The husband threatened to chastise him for the outrage, when Hopkins went to Ellison’s house and shot him in his own door. The mur derer was bailed to answer the charge. This occmrencc produced great excite ment, and Hopkins, in order to turn the tide of popular indignation, had circulated reports against her character, and she had sued him for slander. Both suits were pending—for murder and slander. The interest became deeper when it was known that 1’ike and Ashly, of Ar kansas, and S. S. Prentiss, of New Or leans, by enormous fees, had been retain ed to defend Hopkins. Hopkins was acquitted. The Texas lawyers were overwhelmed by their oppo nents.* It was a fight of dwarf against giant. The slander case was for the 9th. and ! the throng of spectators grew in numbers as well as excitement; public opinion was Setting in for Jlopkins; his money had procured witnesses who served for the ►murdered DEAD and living—the beautiful Mary more beautiful every mo ment as her tears flowed faster—till men w ej. and sohhed'like children. He closed with a strange exhortation to the jury, and through them to tho by standers; he advised the panel, after they should bring in a verdict for the plaintiff not to offer violence to the defendant, however richly he might deserve it; in other words “not to lynch ti e villian, hut leave his punishment with God.” This was the most artful trick of all, and the best calculated to insure vengeance. Tho jurj' returned a verdict of fifty thousand dollats, and the night afterwards Hopkins was taken ont of bed and beaten almost to death. As the court adjourned the strangei*said : “John Taylor will preach here tins evening at early candle light.” He did preach, and the house was crow ded. I have listened to Clay. Webster ► and Calhoun—to Dwight, Bascom and Beecher—hut never heard anything in the form of sublime words even remotely approximating to the eloquence of John Taylor—massive as a mountain, and wildly rushing as a cataract of fire. a nee of a lib as the price of peace and’ safety.* There is an ungenerous sneer, an GENERAL NEWS. G^n. ITenry C. Wayne, lias Wn appointed agent for tbe Stale of Georgia, tor tiio American »*v i vy i.i uu uu^tiiuum ouvti, uj'cui mi mo outt! ueorgM, It»r till* America! unkind exultation in the parade of band Company, and agency located at 57 Broail- bonds amounting to $700,600 will be un- , • , . , ..... rr,- 1 way New iork. ay General Dudley lias arrested nogreases who were leading dissolute lives at Memphis, and bound them ont to work on plantations for the balance of this year and all of next. Among the many curiosities and wonders that triumph with which the Times says : “We need not remind the South* fo how great an extent they are depend ent lor the speedy repossession of their old political status upon the kindly. sentiment and confidence of the peo- ! ^ een discovered in the tar off Western i r .i i t . ,, ,* j wilns, none is more striking or marvellous than plC Ol the loyal otates. #*Ore shame, the mountain of rock salt, situated about twenty to the “loyal States” if they are SO ni il es from Meadow Valley, Nevada, and only ,)• _ | ... i eighteen miles from the head of navigation on the dl.lo}al to the spirit of their republl- j Colorado river. It rises abruptly from the plain, about four hundred feet in height, a mountain of jiure, sparkling ebrystalized salt. Gen. Grant says three important ques- ment of their political rights. Is this,! t ‘ ons have been settled in Arkansas: indeed, the household of a republic i ^* rst ’ *1’? insertion oi the clause of the where the members that are strong canism, as to use their power to rcii dor any of their sister States depend ent upon their kindness for theenjoy- can deny to those that are weak, the shelter and the privileges that are their inalienable birth-right ? Is there State Constitution forever prohibiting slavery. Second the repudiation of tho Confederate debt. Third, the prompt ratification by the Legislature of the Con stitutional amendment abolishing slavery. “A Word lo the South. 1 ’ # The intention to intimidate the South to the acknowledgment and support of Radical doctrines is plain- j luicul essence of every State likewise ly demonstrated by Llnck iiepubhenn : unchanged from what it was when journals and oratois. The lines pro- j th e -Constitution became the supreme poses, as a condition of the restoration | aw n f tbn l?md - n,.d that of the Southern States to their natu ral functions within the Union, “their "VulMidatiuiis will always be continued steoordiii; ;;e<e. tho legal requirement his pow- j erful ad\crates.—When tlm slander case prompt ratification of the constitutiou- was called Alary Ellison was left without j a] amendment” abolishing slavery.— an attorney all had withdrawn. j “It would secure,” says our coutempo- ‘‘Have you no counsel?: 1 .nquired, . (| s ,, e edy a.lu.issioo of their Judge Mills, looking kindly at the plain- J J , .. ., ° J 1 j members to Congress; while its re- *No, sir, they have all deserted me,' fu8al woulJ undoubtedly postpone and 1 am too poor to employ any more,” ; Giat event indefinitely.’ replied the beautiful Mary, bursting into 1 This threat,jvhich, if fulfilled,.,will tears. involve the destruction of the funda- „ t “In such case, will not some chivalrous mentals of our political system gives utile** otherwise "or-1 member of tho profession volunteer ?”j evidence that the reckless fanaticism any condition of our political system ( The State Government has been in opera- that can justify the prohibition of full tion since March, 1804. national representation to peaceable , Railroad communication is now perfect and law-abiding partners of our na- : between Jackson, Meridian and Vicks- tionality ? If our form of govern ; Burg. ment has changed under the influence j Gen. Joseph E. Johnson has been of civil strife, let it so be understood ; : elected President of the National Express if it has not changed, then is the po- Company. After the installation of Hon. P. C. Gaillard, Mayor of Charleston, Hon. Charles Macbeth, Ex Mayor was presen ted with a gold watch and chain by the gentlemen who held office under him, as a testimdbial of his faithful discharge of du- : fy during the past eight years. ! Hon. John A. Campbell has arrjved home in Mobile. a law of the land; and that political essence necessitates, and ‘that Consti tution authorizes representation of the States iti the Federal legislation ; else all is anarchy or despotism. “A word to the cJouth,” says the | Times, in affectation of friendly coun- , *. c FrtmtmLy Legislature convenes on 0 .i. -Vi... J , tne first monday in December, sel ; but its advice is dictation and me- J We, Major General Ew'l has made Tcn- nauce of political emasculation. . too, have our “word to the South.”— nessec his adopted State we say, let your suffrages be the lion- j ^* ^ r * Jyl‘» Connell was assassina- est expressions of your will. Let your in his own bed room in the Franklin State Legislature be a fair representa-1 H " ,cl at m f°y few d X' s,l e"‘ i firm nf flio spnfiniont of nnmiln Rev. 1*. A. Fexiiam was ronsepmtorl ci; rcJ. or is about to expire, ami must be renew- ,3 it h... wishes the payer coutiuued. v/ e do not send receipts to new subscri- »■-. It they receive the paper they may know tint wc- hiive received the money. that goaded to South into hostility lo the central authority,is now employed in fomenting elements of discord and disturbance to thwart the general in- Subscribers wishing their papers ckanped j t ] 0 j] ies locked so shabby that the court rom »ueT)ost-oftice to another must 8,ate t j hesitated to let the case norceed through lh « ^st-omce irom which they w.sh it Jj;s *en t . ! Lame of tho post-oflice irom HtgeJ. The first sensation was changed into laughter, when a tall, gaunt, spectral figure elbowed his way through the crowd, and placed himself within the bar. His, .... . . , clination to repair the mischief that has been done. The Southern people, with an alac- “lias your name been entered on the i rity that was not effected, have re- i r °G s of the State ?” demanded the judge. | newed their allegiance to tiie Union, I “It is immaterial,” answered the stran- an( ] have accepted every obligation 1!Y sei '' lns tL, : > . I V 3oJ !? s3 l,p , 8 . t " rliD S "P " i ' L imposed upon them by tiie Executive s. *• JOSES and Z. i. RICE, j J ig "“t r 'trib U n™ ‘of”Amc“°a 0 !” Tod bo P. roclan, “ tion ' Congressional Icgisia- \\ i: -luctfuiiy invite ouroMfrienfi* aiitUiK-trsv j ] iail ^ et ] the judge a broad parchment.: military decree, or by whatever M uuhiic to irtve on a «*«n. »ng 8M ‘ 'pj )C tl j a j went 01i> other instrumentality of dominion the lie suffered the witnesses to tell their Federal power is invested with or has AUGUSTA HOTEL, 3t*p L der the title of republicanism. [A; V. Nan. wj public to give us a call. Nothing pball „n our part to suti.-ly the inner and outer •ml* ,d man. _ _ _ JONES A liICE. A. .-u«ta, On . Sept. 5tli. 1 Stdi, 5 din " ix. ELa SB^.GrO^ COMMISSION MERCHANT, [Established in business km'2.] ATLANTA, GEORGIA, Vi jive strict attention to all business entrvis- j i-! tuhim llislong connection with the Com- n and Produce business of Atlanta, gives ; assumed. The radicals are not satis fied with the complete submission ol the vanouished to every official ex pression of will on the part of the victors. They demand beside a blind obe< ieuce to partizen precepts thatare ‘•I* I AliBOTT, W. L. ABUOTT. 15 F. A1 ABBOTT* & BROTHERS, ABBorr a pt 12th. ISU5. BROS. G 3111. CO. TIIE (OXSTITlTIOiMLlST, 1 iJ.h d Daily, TriWeekly and Weekly ATUCSTA, GA., BY STOCKTON A. Utidy, six months, $5 00. one"month, J 00. t Uf, k]y ) . s ; x months, 3 00. ** three “ J - r »0. '' v ekly, six “ 2 00. iimtisementi at reasonable rates, be Constitutionalist is onq of the oldest ?.ml '* in/fuential journals in Georgia, having a.so circulation in tho adjoining States, Urns ng a tirst class advertising medium. S Ot SAVE TOUR RAGS! H.iiedgeville, Oct 24, ISG5. 12 3m *A. S. HARTRIDGE, Emission and forwarding merchant, ^ Bay Street, Savannah, Ga. No business done in Cotton except as a r on Commission. °v 3, J*>r>. 14 3m" i ISON A GORDON, invectives that all trembled like aspens, and two of them fled from the court house. The excitement of the crowd was becom ing tremendous. Their united souls seemed to hang upon tho burning tongue of the stranger; lie inspned them with the power of his malignant passions; he seemed to bavte stolen nature’s long hidden secret of attraction. But his greatest triumph was to come. llis eyes began to glance at the assas sin Hopkins, as his lean, taper fingers as sumed the same direction. He hemmed the wretch with a wall of strong evidence aud impregnable argument, cutting off all | -LAN COTTON RAGS, also damaged cotton, , , f. . . . . ^ bkeu in cxcban<*e for tin ware. ’ ll0 P e of escape. He dug beneath the T. T. WINDSOR. muide dcrer’afect ditches oi dilemma, and held the slanderer up to the* scorn at,d contempt of the populace. Having thus girt him about with a circle of lire, he stripped himself to the work of massacre. Oh! then it was a vision both glorious and dreadful to heboid the orator. His actions became as impetuous as the mo tions of an oak in a hurricane. His voice became a trumpet filled with wild whirl pools, deafening the ear with crashes of power, and yet intermingled all the while with a sweet undersong of the softest ca dence. His forehead glowed liko a hea ted furnace, his countenance was haggard Gtllon Factors, Commission j like that of a maniac, and ever aud anon lip finnrr llis touwardinr* merchants, . :iG Hay Street. Savannah, Georgia. " M II. TISON, WM. W. GORDON • V*attention will be fciven to the suit H MBEU, ROSIN, TERPENTINE, Arc. S °v. 1, 1^5^ 14 3n»" . attektion l\dies. ,) '3 RECEIVED slot of Dress Goods, Trim- ■‘‘g* siu] Furnishing Goods. JOSEPH A PASS. ... . 3rd door Milledgsville llolol.- Oct. 1G, 1S65. H tf he flung his long and bony arms on high as if grasping after thunderbolts. He drew a picture of murder in such colors that in comparison hell itself might be considered beautiful; he painted the slanderer so black that the sun seemed dark at noonday, wheu shining on such an accursed monster, and then fixing both portraits on the shining Hopkins, fastened them there forever The agitation of the audience nearly amounted to mad ness. All at once the speaker descended from the perilous height. His voice wailed ont own story, and lie allowed the defense to lead off, A’shley spoke first, followed by Like and Prentiss. The latter brought the house down in cheers, in which the jury joined. It was now the stranger’s turn, he ri ses—before the bar, not behind it—and so _ B - *:ion anJ Produce business oi Atlanta, gives, ne *r^he wondering jury that he might not supported by even the pretense of ;„lvjintag.‘s ov< r perhaps any other house in j touch the foreman with his long bony fin- j authority. Under penalty ol remain- i- ;ita or Upper Georgia. , ^ i ger. He jiroceeded to tear to pieces the j ing a political nonentity, the South > i<>tL, i'0 >. ,?n> j argument* of Ashley, which melted away I most not only acquiesce in the radical , oTT s at “ is touch ,ike f,ost a sunbeam; legislation of the past, but must itself every one looked surprised. Anon Le legislate ill accordance with tbeex- came to the dazzling wit of the poet law- , ° • ,• X t .i i .... 1>: . .... trerne views of a Northern faction up- (■ncral Commission & Iforwarding J ha ; J;. g fcin ‘ 0 " tll faee'h^an ’to 1 kbdlZ j 0,1 ,natte,:s wherein by the plainest in- ! and llis ejes to open, Jim and dreary no | terpretation of law, equity and the h . a „ DE • FRiFS^ ' longer, hut vivid as lightning; red as.fire- j Constitution, every State is entitled v niTl! kfi' 1 STREET ATLANTA GA globes, and glaring as twin meteors. The to the exercise of its volition. :r’kesp Constantly on hand a good «took' of j "' llole sonl ""^ ,ie e y e i ‘!* e lul1 Leart The people demand the adoption of its con, Corn, Wheat, Bagging and Rope, i st learned out of Ins face. 4 hen without ^j,j s amendment, says the Times.— blowing an allusion to Prentiss, he turn- What people y The pe0 p|e of Massa- cd short around on the perjured witnesses , .* , 1 , 1 , of Hopkins, loro IkeirtostiJonyintosbre.!. ! c ,usctts h » v « li,c r .'8 ht to , votc , as "*«)' and hurled into their faces such terrible I^ ease 0,1 ^ 1C tfustion, and so have the people of the South Carolina. .Shall the suffrages of one State be controlled by the demands of another? If the peo ple of South desire that the Constitu tion be amended in any particular, let them legislate to tliat effect. AVe do not think that a Southern citizen can be conquered to that extent that he must vote against Ivis conscience aud his , o wish, upon compulson. ‘Emancipa tion,’ says our contemporary, ‘would lose half its merit, and more than halt its advantage, if it were to be enforc ed by the North upon unwilling and resentful States.’ Then the fault is with the Northf that has enforced emancipation by the exercise‘of arbi trary power. The Times itsiM ex presses the ample truth in stating that *it comes as a result cf war—as a measure imposed upon a defeated and helpless community.’ If there be wrong in that, if there be anything in that, as apparently the conscience ot the Times suggests, that is incompati ble with the essence of Republican-, ism, the wrong will be still greater and the violation of Republicanism be more flagrant, should the South be compelled, after submitting to the fact to applaud it against^ their will and judgment. Yet it is such compulsion that our contemporary threatens; a compulsion of the meanest aud most cowardly description ; for it is that of the powerful who held the helpless under duress to enforce a renunciation of faith. It is the infliction of the torture to extort the confession of principles that the victim, at his heart, disowns; to compel the utter- llow they got there is a mystery Letter from Gov. Brown to Hon. C. J. Our readers will remember the recent JellkiflS. ! mu, 'der of a porter and robbery of a store j in Philadelphia. The detectives think MlLLEDGEVILLE, Oct. 30, 1SG5. ! they have* captured the criminals. It Hon. Charles J. Jenkins: i seems that a new chisel, wrapped in a Dear S,r: The present condition of W “? 2 ‘,*7, r , . - , P }, C1 , J were written, was accidently left in the Geoigia and of. the South, and tho • s t ore by the robbers. A tour among the wise and magnanimous course pur- ■ hardware stores of the city resulted in fin- sued hy President Johnson in his re-; dinga shopman who sold the chisel, recog- construction policy, make it the duty | nized tho paper in which he wrapped it, of the whole people, in my opinion, aQ d described the purchasers so aecurate- to unite and give to his administration ^ ^ ,at were found and arrested, a faithful support. [notwithstanding their attempts at dis- Party dissensions and divisions j among ourselves would, at present,;, valuab.o lot of furs liver L,e most detrimental to the public in- fr0m 6 tIie H ed.on liny Company-c.000 terest, and should he discouraged by skins, worth $50,000. The skins every good citizen and true patriot.— ! filled twelve ordinary sized boxes, and the Past differences should he buried, St. Paul Press says they arc worth more and no man or party of men should ! than^heir weight in silver, he proscribed on account of j»ast po-! 1*he Bqenos Ayres Standard slates that litical opinions, hut we should cuIti-j the Government has agreed to subsidize vate among ourselves feelings of Irietul | tj 10 New York and Brazilian Steamship Company to the extent of $20,000 per annum for eight years. The same paper ship, unity and harmony. Having accepted the amnesty pro- j posed by tbe President of the United I P ’SS Tt* "n A,ncri - e " Ce: ‘ 4 * . • .. , . j can ting was respected by tlie 1 araguay- fctates upon, the terms mentioned m ; aa8 at the capture ofBelja Vista. his proclamation, our people should ^ r ,, ,. , - 1 . . . , , *. 1 I One of tbe subterranean passages reccn- act in good fil\th, and give to the na- | discovered under the city of Nashville tional government unquestionable cv- j |, as ijeen explored to the depth of one bun- tration, -and whatever the result it idenceof our sincerity. ' dred and twenty-five- feet Several rpl- W oulij ’still he an administration Vi- Under the circumstances by which ics were discovered, including fossils, ^ we are surrounded, the position of! hones, buttons and stones resembling agate i Tnron „ r Governor of tbe State for tl.e next i »»•! Tbe grand chamber of.be i J ^tbe strong feeling dent Lincoln plunged us into mouming, •ut the execution of Davis would make us blush.” • The family of a well-to-do farmer, Burkholder by name, have been engaged for some time past in plundering the cars of the Pennsylvania Central Railroad, at Alton; they stole thousands ct dollars worth. Eight members out of nine—ono was used as State’s evidence—were sent to the penitentiary. Efforts are being made to establish a National Bank in Charleston, S. C. From tbe Cincinnati Enquirer. The Elections and Hie effect on the President's Policy. Washington, Nov. 9. Much interest has been manifested to know if the result of the recent elections will effect any modification of the policy of the Administration in reference to reconstruction. It may be positively asserted that no change in this policy will be in duced hy suqli causes as have been heretofore stated in this correspond- Mr. Johnson has regarded these elections, except in New Jersey, as more of a personal than a political struggle; because, both parties had strongly indorsed him and his adminis- term, will be one of great labor ami responsibility, requiring ability, integ rity, firmness, and statesmanship of a high order. Being satisfied that you possess these necesSary qualifications, and that you will, if elected*, lend your cave is fVrty feet high.* thirty fe<*t long. Further explosions aro to ho made. Gov. Curtin is in Washington, urging tho payment of the Pennsylvania war claims. The Titusville Pa., Herald puts down the whole loss by the recent tire at%hfe aid to no political party seeking to u. S., Grant well, Pitholo Creek, at keep alive or create divisions among [ $80,700. This covers 7CG0 barrels oil, our people, hut forgetting the past valued at $42,000. The well was yicld- tliat you will look to merit and qual ifications in the selection of officers and the bestowal of official patronage, ing from 10,00 to 12 00 barrels per day. The “Hartford Planting Company,” a joint stock company of wealthy capital ists of llartfojd, Ct., have leased three which is the only mode bj which pai-j thousand acres in Louisiana, ann. are go- ty spirit can be kept down, it audios ;„g ; u t 0 thccottou and sugar cane culture, me much pleasure to unite with other Thc fircmcn of Chicopee hkd a muster gentlemen who are now soliciting you a f ew days since at Chicopee Falls. A to become a candidate for that impor- prize of $23, offered by the Torrent com- -j. :j.: • ek: v.n. ..i_ tant position Trusting that you will yield to the wishes of your friends and allow the use of your name, I am, very respectfully, . Your obedient servant, Joseph E. Brown. Confederate Money Recognized.—Ac cording to its value inspccio. J udge Cooper at thc October term of the Circuit Court for Canuon county, Tennessee in a suit tried before him predicated upon a promi- sory note payable in Confederate money, duo in Nov., 1S63, held, that as the Uni ted Stales had acknowledged thc Confed erate flfttes as a belligerent power, that a contract made payable in Conlederate money, made in a locality that was in the military occupation of the Confeder ates, would be valid and binding upon the parties, and that the plaintiff would be entitled To recovor whatever the proofs showed the Confederate money to be worth at the time the note fell due.” pany of Chicopee Falls, was played for by the Atlautic and Pacific ot Chicopee, and won by the latter in a tlnow of 1GG feet 4 inches, the Atlantic making 155 j feet 2 inches. A prize set of silver giv- j en by the ladies of Chicopee Falls was ; played for by all the companies, for the championship of the town, and wa» won by the Torrent of Chicopee Falls, who threw 1GG feet 9 inches, while the Atlan tic reached 154, and the Pacific 147 1-2. ’The Quartermaster General has order ed the sale of the Government buildings at Point Lookout, Maryland. They cost thc Government nearly $100,000. By the treaty, with thc Osage Indians, there will he thrown upon the, market over 3,000,000 acres of land, much of it watered by tho Noosho river, with its fine belt of timber. This valley is one of rich est in the West. Mr. F. W r . Paddock, of Nantucket, raised forty-seven pounds of potatoes from one seed potato. * Tbe long pending controversy relative to the acceptance of thc first forty miles i favoring the adoption of tiie anti-sla very amendment to the Constitution oversloughed the Democrats. The adoption of this amendment is desired by the Administration, and the result in New Jersey was in accordance, and there is no reason whatver that any change should he made against the Presidential policy. Mr. Johnson, however, will have the most strenuous opposition in Con gress from the radical wing of the Re publican party. Charles Sumner broke with the President when the latter made his speech to the commit tee of negro preachers, and told them that freedom for them meant the lib erty to work for themselves and earn their living by the sweat of their brows. Mr. Sumner has recently written a letter to Washington, in which he sol emnly declares that he regards the present as the darkest days of«the Re public—even more gloomy .and preg nant with national misfortune than the day after the. first battle of Bull Run, ant! he is coming to the Capital. t* renew the fight aud fight it out.— This is the token of a radical war up on the Administration. It will he perhaps quite as much embittered as the debates in Congress which preceded the secession of the* Southern States. A systematic effort will he made to drive Johnson frpm his platform, and Jo nullify his recon struction policy, but it is now believed there will he found conservatism enough to sustain him and carry hint bravely through the ordeal. NUMBER of the Kansas branch of the Pacific Rail road has been decided by the President in faVor of its acceptance, and Government mediately issued to the road* Tho direc tors promise to complete thc road to Fort lliley by the first of Juno. It is reported that the Secretary of War ha« ordered the payment of* bounties to colored troops, which’ had been com menced under the decision of the Attorney General to ho discontinued. The jaw provides that the colored volun teers shall be placed on the same footing with white volunteers in regard to pay, clothing and subsistence, but not as to bounties. The Brewer’s Convention, in session at Baltimore recently, passed a 'resolution that they “are. opposed to all frauds on the Government, and will do all they possibly can to prevent them, and to pro mote the proper collection of beer and ale manufacturing taxes; and that the Conven tion pray the Government to adopt a system <jf barrel stamping ; that is to affix a suitable stamp on each cask of beer sold in connection with the preeent system of taxing, viz, one dollar on each barrel.” A curious railroad accident occurred recently in Massachusetts. An express train of cars w'as pAssing, when a cow, annoyed by a small dog,‘dashed on to tho rails. When the train had passed the cow lay with-its head cut off, and th’e lit tle dog, with its tail off, sat between the rails, looking after the retiringrars, with a *ace indicative of the most intense dis gust and astonishment. Mrs. Darling, or “Granny Darling,” as she was known all over the town of Med way, Mass, died at:^‘ early hour ou Sat urday morning last, at the advanced age of 102 years and 4 months. She leaves o^ie daughter, about G5 years of age, who is younger than most women at 45, and two sons about 70. The Burnet House, tho leading hotel in Cincinnati, was sold October 20, to Si las F. Miller for $500,000. Sixty miles of tie Pacific Railroad'west of Omaha, Nebraska, will ho finished hy the 1st of December. lelegation of Italians waited upon Piesident a few days ago, and pre- a petition from “the Central Ex- Committee for the National Mon- to the first Supporter of the Aboli- of Capital Pnnishinent,” praying for i The citizens of South Danvers, Mass , j cle,nfcnc ^ in behalf of Jeff. Davis. J’he have been considerably startled hy the Pf ,ltlon « dated at Milan, July 81, 186*. discovery of torpedoes in their coal. 1 J b <! petitioners 833- “the death of l'resi-