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STATE POLICY. Wiiat the Freedman's Bureau Costs
The reassembling of the Legislature may the Government.— Gen. Howard in his rc-
not be an inappropriate occasion for offering port to Congress strongly recommends the
some remarks and suggestions upon the im- continuance of the Freedman's Bureau, which
portant questions of State policy upon which he deems essential to the support and protcc-
tlicy will be called to act. Perhaps no legis- tion of the freediuan’s Bureau, which he deems
lative body was ever convened in Georgia essential to the support and protection of the felt more affection for his mother t’ian for
upon whose wisdom and statesmanship so freedmen and the successful inauguration of l* cr -
much of the welfare of their constituents de- the free labor system. The money received' Prince Christian, of Schleswig-Holstein,
pended We hope they are Mly Bcnsible of from all source; by the Bureau from January
the vast responsibility that is attached to their to October, 1SC5, was $907,298 28; amount in the London papers, because the Prince is
action, and that they all approach the work expended $478,80317, and the estimates for now betrothed to the Princess ne'ena of
before them without prejudice and with an the next year, commencing January, I860, England.
eye single to the public good. We are happy call for an appropriation of $11,245,050,' The Emperor of the French receives every
in the belief that such is the disposition of which amount it is proposed to apply as fol- <J a y. a m,,,w ot every leading article in the
the present Legislature, and that if blunders lows: , foreign papers. ...
shall be committed, it will result not from j For salaries of assistant and sub-assistant on'the ifcw'square 0 * 8 *° ° | m
design, but from a misapprehension of the commissioners, $147,500; salaries of clerks, j The m of Holland has ordcred >L Rog _
true line of duty. ^ • $82,800; quarters and fuel, $15,000; clothing eard, editor of the Rive Gaucli, tin sensa-
The three leading questions that will come for distribution $1,750,000; commissary stores,; tional radical journal, to leave Luxembourg,
up for action at the coming session are, the $4,100,250; medical department, $500,000;j where he had taken up his refuge.
Frecdmen’s Code, Taxation, and the election school snnerintendente 821 000- sites for' Louis Napoleon sent a letter to file new
of Senators in the Federal Congress. Upon S3 ZSfXSUi olTBe&u^uring him of hh sympa-
each of these we propose to make a passing
remark.
The protection and government of the un
fortunate race who have recently been trans- quired for the expenditures of the Bureau for
ferred by the dash of a pen from bondage to the fiscal year ending January 1, 1866, will
freedom, and who, by the force of circum- be $41,745,050.
stances, and of necessity, have become objects
of care and friendly interest to the Southern ! Edwik Booth in New York.—The bril-
A committee of citizens, noted fortheirleam-
ing in the law,their familiarity with the princi
ples of government, their conservative and
high moral character, and, finally, their inti- j ev er assembled within the°walls of a theater
mate acquaintance,from practical experience, j in this city, and the ovation he received was
with the nature,wants and peculiarad aptation j ? uc ^ 1113 V as ne * er been accorded to any actor
v „• . , in America. Mr. Booth selected Ins favontc
tnc African race, liavc given the study and $ ^ t» « . n
labor nf montl., tl. n n.^tinn ,™i and masterly impersonation of Hamlet for
the occasion, and bis appearance upon the
stage was the signal for an outburst of the
most vociferous applause, which was continu
ed for many minutes, and, as the volume of
sound commenced to subside, it was re
newed with increased vigot, and was main
tained until the vast audience actually
became exhausted; it seemed the wild
spontaneous outburst of uncontrollable en
thusiasm—a genuine delight in welcom
ing Mr. Booth back to his profession,
and in giving him assurance of cordial sup
port Mr. Booth was entirely self-possessed,
and modestly and becomingly acknowledged
the compliment of his brilliant reception.—
He is much improved in appearance, and act
ed superbly throughout, demonstrating by
his careful reading and his adherence to the
text, together with his graceful acting, that
he had not been idle during his retirement;
labor of months to tlic question and produced
a system of laws embracing all tlic relations
of the freedman to the community in which
he lives. It is not perfect, nor does it pretend
to he, but it contains the main elements of a
proper system of laws to meet the case, with
many details that are valuable and difficult
to be arrived at in the tunnoil of a leg
islative body during the brief period
allotted for their public labor.
The report should be received with great re
spect by the Legislature, both for its intrin
sic worth and the high character of the gen
tlemen who prepared it. In discussing its
provisions, all prejudice should l>e banished;
the past should be forgoten as far as possible,
and moderation and good judgment allowed
to control. Nothing should be rejected sim-1 *'* ^ ac L was evident to all that he lias been
ply because it does not square with the feel
ings and prejudices of the times. Indeed, we
are not sure but that it would lie wisest to adop
the report as r. whole, go to work under it,
The Atlanta Intelligencer says that
silver and copper ore have been recently dis
covered in abundance on the lands of James
H. Huff, of Red Clay, Whitfield county, Ga.
The mine is within two and a half miles of
the East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad, in
Whitfield county. Specimens of the ore have
been sent to New York by an agent of a
company from that place.
fg* The Nashville Republican Banner ex
presses the opinion that the new party, which
must arise ont of the peculiar situation of the
country, and group itself around the standard
of the Administration, will be composed for
the most part of the men who did the fight
ing on both sides of the line-of-battle, to the
exclusion of the mere theorists and talkers,
who marred the plots respectively of the
Government and the Confederacy.
Spies Among the Fenians.—One of the
principal witnesses against Luby, the Fenian,
recently convicted In Dublin, was a man
named Schofield, who testified that lie was
employed by the British Consul at New York
to visit O’Mahoney, ostensibly for the pur
pose of buying Irish bonds, but really with
the object of entrapping the Fenian chief
into the writing of the letter. This letter
was produced, and was used on the trial for
the purpose of proving O’Mahoney’s hand
writing and identifying the movement of the
Irish Fenians with the proclaimed hostile ob
jects of the Brotherhood on this side of the
water.
Gen. Kirby Smith.—Tlic New Orleans
Crescent announces it as a fact that General
Kirby Smith lias returned to this country,
and is now in Virginia. Immediately on
arriving nt Havana he wrote to Gen. Grant
asking whether he (Gen. Smith) would be
considered as included in the capitulation
and placed on parole. Gen. Grant replied in
the most friendly manner, informing Gen.
Smith that he would be paroled and placed
on the same footing as other Confederate
officers should he return to the country. This
letter, in some way, found its way to the
dead-letter office, whence, after the lapse of
several months, it was forwarded to him,
(Smith). That gentleman immediately on
receiving it left Cuba for Virginia. He is
now, we believe, in Lynchburg, where his
wife and family reside.
Macon and Savannah Line op Steamers.
—'We made mention yesterday of the new
steamer Charles S. Ilnrdie, which had arrived
at Savannah and was soon to be placed on
the line to Macon. We now perceive—and
the people of this section will be gratified to
learn—that we are to have a weekly steamer to
the coast; the Two Boy* lias also been put on
the line l>y that enterprising firm, Messrs. Er
win & Hardee, and the regular trips com
menced .Thursday last. One of the above
steamers is to leave Savannah and the other
Hawkinsville, at 9 o’clock every Thursday
morning. We wish the enterprise complete
success, and the prospect could not be better.
With the Ayres also on the line, we shall now
have no difficulty in moving the produce of
this section of the State, and bringing back
all freights destined to our various markets.
Death op the Hon. Peter Cone.—We
regret, says the Savannah Herald of the 8th,
and we unite in the sentiment, to announce
the demise of this estimable citizen of Geor
gia, which occurred at his residence, in Bul
loch county, on Saturday morning last The
deceased was over seventy years of age. For
forty-two years or twenty-one terms, he served
Bulloch county with ability in the State Sen
ate, in which body he was known as the senior
member. General Cone was a man of sterling
integrity and ardent devotion to the welfare
of his native State. For many years the Hon.
Peter Cone was Major General of the First
Division Georgia Militia, to which position
he was elected by the Legislature over his
competitor, Gen. Charles Fioyd.
In the last war he served under General
Andrew Jackson as a captain, and was in
command of his company at the taking of
Tallahassee by the Indians.
General Cone was bom in Bulloch county.
Prize Monet to Naval Officers.—Mr.
S. J. W. Taber, Fourth Auditor of the Trcas-
ury, gives an interesting statement of the
amount of prize money paid different flag of
ficers of squadrons and commanders of ves
sels for captures during the rebellion. The
amounts are the aggregates of the larger sums
which might be materially increased by the
lesser sums lor want of space. The largest
single amount paid was the prize money of
Lieutenant William Budd, for the capture of
the Memphis—$38,318. The enlisted men
have been paid sums varying in amount from
thirteen cents to nineteen hundred dollars.—
The capture of the Albermarle by Lieutenant
Cushing's picket boat netted the boat's crew
$1,934 per man. Nine and a half millions of
prize money have been paid thus far. Six
hundred captures remain unadjudicatcd,
which will swell the aggregate to nearly fif
teen millions.
Sources of English Cotton Supplies.—
In the year 1884, says the Richmond Dis
patch, England obtained 2,587,336 bales of
cotton, and in 1865 this amount was increased
to 8,100,000 bales. The sources from which
she procured the cotton were India, China,
Egypt, Brazil, United States, West Indies,
Smyrna and Mediterranean. India furnished
the largest quantity, 1,397,514 in 1864, and
1,500,000 in 1865. China comes next, 390,074
in 1864, and GOO,000 in 1865. The United
States was fifth on the list, furnishing 197,776
in 1864 and 200,600 in 1805. It will be ob
served that India, the chief source of supply,
did not exhibit any very remarkable increase
in 1865 over 1864, notwithstanding the ex
traordinary efforts made by Great Britain to
develop the culture of this plant in her own
province, and the construction of internal im
provements to enlarge the facilities of trans
portation.
The apprehension is expressed that England
will apply herself more vigorously to the pro
duction of the staple in India and Egypt, and
will be very likely to go to Brazil for her
American cotton. There is no ground for any
Mich anticipations. It England can obtain fire occurred in Nashville Tlmrsdav
the quality of cotton suited to her manufac- j destroying three buildings on the public
Foreign Gossip.
The anniversary of tiic death of Thomas
Sutton, founder of tlic Charter House, in Lon
don, was duly celebrated on the 12th ultimo,
in that city by a dinner and speeches.
An Italian girl in Parma lately committed
suicide because lier lover declared that be
graphing, $18,000, stationery and printing,
$63,000; transportation $1,980,000.
Gen. Howard estimates that the amount re-
thy. Tlic new King will take the title of
Leopold IL
The new King of Belgium, who w is thirty
years old last April, has three childicn, two
girls and a boy. The latter, who is (heir ap
parent to the throne, is about six yi ars old.
A young Russian, hi. Katalinsky, ]: iysician
to the court, has lately committed si icidc in
St. Petersburg. He was in love with an
. ,.. actress who rejected him. The f fair has
people, their former masters, is a vital social liant success ot Edwin Booth on his reappear- crf , atrd a great excitement in the Russian
question. We cannot consider it too cau-! ance on the stage in New York, was a wither-1 capital.
tiously, or act upon it with too much delibc-; ing popular rebuke of the Herald, which tried Tlic passage of the Bosphorus t^id Dar-
ration, for the welfare of the entire community hard to incite popular prejudice, if not a moo, danelles by night is about to be opened to
dtfymU ■> ?ir»on the adoption of such a system against him, simply on the ground that he sicamer: ’ ot .° s an( * c * asses -
as stw’ ? just to all its constituent parts.! was brother to the man who took the life of A public meeting has been held at Edin-
Fo«ui, y f„, ,h„ Legislature, ,he ' PrCdeu, LiueCu. T„e World saj., :
whole ground has been gone over.—j Reappearance of Edwin Booth.—This favor-j At the funeral of the Kirn-of the Belgians
ite tragedian, after and absence of over nine . Queen Victoria was represented by Lbrd Syd-
months from the stage, reappeared last even j ney an( , tive generate of the English army.—
mg at the Winter Garden before one of the p r ; nce Alfred and the Prince of Wa es were
most brilliant and distinguished audiences a j go j )resen t.
The 'Japanese Ambassadors arc still in
England.
devoted in his study, the benefits of which
were disccrnable in his every tone and ges
ture, and particularly in his nice interpreta
tions of the text. It was an occasion upon
which criticism should not, it is obvious, be
-*«*■>- p°>« ™
out the necessary amendments. We are sat- entirely satisfactory, all the characters being
I..*-"* t r "' ! —*•'— ~ r '* excellently sustained. This occasion of Mr.
Booth’s reception may lie justly regarded as
the brightest triumph of his career, and will
give him every assurance that a generous'
public is determined to sustain him against
the dastardly attack of The Herald, and its
attempt to destroy his reputation and pro
fessional prospects. His triumph is that
journal’s proper rebuke, and must satisfy tie
public that all its efforts to do injury here
after, will prove as futile as in this instance.
isfied, from a careful examination of the la
bors of the committee, that any modification
Reking to a change in its general spirit,
would result injuriously.
Upon the question of Taxation, but little
need be said. Our represntatives will come
fresh from the people and fully informed of
their condition, wants and future prospects.
From what wc can learn, however, from va
rious portions of the State, we arc satisfied
that the citizens of Georgia are not able, with
the rest of the burthens upon them, to pay
any considerable amount of tax the present
year without manifest hardship. If the money
required for the support of Government and
to pay the interest on our public debt could
be procured by the sale of bonds or otherwise,
it should be done, and a temporary relief af
forded to the people in order to allow them
to recover from present prostration. With
her war debt repudiated, the State owes but
little comparatively, and her bonds, in proper
hands, ought to meet with ready sale. Could
we bridge over a year or two by such an ex
pedient, the Western and Atlantic Railroad
will have been put in complete repair, and
made a source of ample revenue for all the
wants of the State.
As regards the election of the United States
Senators, whilst wc have no thought of tak
ing part in tlic contests of the various aspi
rants, the subject is too important, and in
volves too deeply the reputation of the State,
if not the future welfare of the whole South,
for the press to remain either silent or indif
ferent We have, like others, our personal
preference, but for fear of being considered
desirous of dictating to the Legislature, wc
shall avoid all mention of names in what we
have to say. From several days’ association
with the members just previous to the ad
journment, we inferred that it had been
pretty well determined to make choice
of Hon. Joshua Hill to one of the
vacancies. He has high qualifications,
morally and intellectually, for the position,
and it is understood that the President, to
whom the people of the South feel under ob
ligations, would be gratified by his election.
In other respects, it would be an act emi
nently conciliatory in its character, and as
such could not fail to be appreciated. As
suming, then, our views of the intentions of
the Legislature regarding that gentleman to
be correct, the only contest will be for the re
maining position. In filling it the Legislature
owes it to their State to see that her dignity,
intelligence, and moral worth shall be repre
sented. A man of brain, of nerve, accustomed
to grapple with great and difficult problems,
and in all respects reliable, is the one for the
place. No mere politician or place-hunter
should be chosen to the exalted trust.—
Let the Legislature hunt out such a man and
tender the honor, without waiting for him to
come to Millcdgeville and by personal solicita
tions claim it as his due. There arc few men,
however occupied with the responsibilities
of private affairs, that will decline a compli
ment thus tendered.
There are other topics of public interest
that will come before the Legislature at its ap
proaching session, which we may allude to
hereafter; for tlic present wc confine our re
marks to the three specified, as major impor
tance, and trust the views presented may re
ceive candid consideration.
WnAT the French say about Maximil
ian.—In the correspondence on Mexican
affairs, recently communicated to Congress
by the President, it appears that Mr. Seward
instructed Mr. Bigelow, the American Minis
ter, to protest to the French Government
against the execution of Liberal soldiers,
under a decree of Maximilian, as “repugnant
to modem civilization and the interests of
humanity.” Mr. Bigelow executes the order,
and gives the result in a letter to Mr. Seward,
dated Paris, Nov. 30th, 1805, as follows:
“Sir :—He (M. Drouyn de l’Huys) here re
ferred to the representation I had made in
regard to the shooting of the Mexican pris
oners taken in war, and also to the cake of
Mme. Iturbidc. Why, he said, do you not
go to President Juarez ? We are not the
Government of Mexico, and you do ub too
much honor to trust us as such. Wo had to
go to Mexico with an army to secure certain
important interests, but we are not responsi
ble for Maximilian or his Government. He
is accountable to you as to any other govern
ment, if he violates its rights, and you have
the same remedies there that we had.”
“Violates it* rights.” There is something
significant, if not a positive rebuke, in the
language of the French Premier. Mr. Sew
ard presented no question of national right,
but one of alleged “humanity;” and the
Frenchman would seem to say that, instead
of looking after suffering humanity all over
the world, you had better attend to your own
business at home—vindicate your “rights”
whenever they are assailed.
Steamship Constitution—The New York
papers contain the following list of the per
sons lost in the late wreck of the steamship
Constitution, whilst on her passage from Sa
vannah to New York, as near as can be ascer
tained:
Miss Land, residence unknown.
Capt Sherwood, of Savannah.
Capt French, of New York.
Capt Lane, of brig
Mr Fitzgerald of the Savannah Daily Her
ald.
Daniel Biggs, of Philadelphia.
Antony French, engineer of steamer Indian
River.
Mr.Haydon, of Hartford.
Three other cabin passengers, one small
girl, three steerage and six stoaways, names
unknown.
The following is a list of crew supposed to
be lost:
C W Greenman, mate.
Wm Tilts, chief engineer.
WI Crocheron, purser.
Captain King, Savannah pilot.
Edward Bailey, oiler.
Wm Elkinton, coalpasser.
Henry McNeil, cook.
Daniel McNeal and John Fitzgerald, sea
men.
Andrew Burk, second steward.
Edward Read, pantryman.
Read, waiter, brother to Edward.
Patrick Brown, three waiters, second cook,
stewardess, two coalpasscrs, one fireman;
names unknown.
New taxes on doors and windows ind upon
grinding corn have been proposed by tlic
Italian minister of finance.
The King and Queen of Portugal have
arrived in London after a pleasant' visit to
France and Italy. The King is tujenty-fivc
years old and the Queen twenty-one. They
are the guests of Queen Victoria at Windsor
Castle.
The Algerian question is the cause of wide
dissensions in the French cabinet. The mass
ot the native population is much dissatisfied
in consequence of the delays and postpone
ments which have taken place in the reforms
which the Emperor's visit led t^ie natives to
anticipate. Some uneasiness is felt in high
quarters as to the effect this may have on the
African colony.
An industrial exhibition has' been opened
at Glasgow. Tlie Duke of Arrylc delivered
an inaugural address on “The agencies which
have been and are brought tc hear on the
condition of labor in the courtry.”
Maximilian at Home—Likely to Stay
There.
Tlie New York Times has sett a special cor-
pondent to Mexico to look itro matters, and
tell the truth let it hurt wlromjit may. In his
letter from Vera Cruz, dated 10th Dec., we
find the following paragraphs
Now as to Maximilian tliinling of return
ing to Europe, there is not the least probabil
ity of it. The idea does not seem to have
occurred to him yet. I know this fact from
a near friend of his. He sceired to be much
amazed at the wonderful editorials published
on this subject in the State! In fact, ac
cording to appearance it will take somewhat
more than lines darkening piper to induce
the Imperial court to abandm Mexico.
So iar aa I am able to judgi, the prevailing
opinion here in Vera Cruz, ii that Maximil
ian'! government is not tlic best possible, but
tliatit is undoubtedly tlie oiiy one that has
trie! to work for the good o’ the country for
many long years. As to its permanence, ev
ery «ne seems to expect the solution to that
problem from the United States. Is it not
also worthy of remark that flic French troops
all ovir the Mexican territoiy arc only 22,000
in nuiiber ? How far could 22,000 men keep
down the Juarists, if the Jtarists comprised
the Mexican people ?
I wil; here correct an repression that I
think is prevailing in tlie States. This is,
that Fmnce could not send more than a few
thousaid additional troopsto Mexico. I had
occasion to see an official document which has
been prepared in ease of an emergency. Ac
cording to that document, Napoleon can at
any tine, and is prepared |o send and land
within three months, from six to to one hun
dred thousand men on the Mexican territory.
Mark it, I believe that piliticians and well-
meaning citizens in tlie Ini ted States had
better make their calculations accordingly.
The Complete Restoration.—President
Johnson to issue a Proclamation announcing
the entire restoration of theUnion—The Mem
phis (Tinnesce) Commercial of the 31st ult,
says: j
A private dispatch announces that the Pres
ident lire determined to issue a proclamation
declaring the restoration of tlic Union, as
soon as Texas and Floritn shall be reorgan
ized. Hie dispatch is highly important, inas
much as it devclopes the maturation of the
President’s policy. The coders of the radical
party, both in the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives, have made open and unmistaka
ble war upon this policy Some may have
doubted whether he would stand firm. We
w 'H' not among those who doubted. All tm
co-tainty is dispelled by this dispatch, which
is from a source of undoibtcd authority,
The line of policy which the President has
adopted amounts to tits: It will devolve
upon the radicals the responsibility of
attempting to defeat tin restoration of the
Union, for which the bloodiest war of history
has been fought, if they persist in their in
sane schemes. The isstij will be thus made
in such a manner that the people cannot, and
will not, mistake the otject of the conspira
tors. They will thus bo arraigned before t
tribunal from which they cannot appeal, and
their aims and purposes will be unfolded to
tlie light of day. It is scarcely doubtful
what will be the result in such an issue. It
is the naked question of Union and disunion,
in which tlie radicals a:'ter having laid claim
to tlie honors of being peculiarly the friends
and upholders of the Union, will find them
selves playing their trqe role of disunionists.
Financial.
Extract from the money article of the
Herald, Jan. 1st:
“This national banking system is becoming
a serious national evil, and of itself will do
much to retard the ultimate return to specie
payments—an event which will not unlikely
be signalized by the failure of a large majori
ty of the institutions formed under the new
law. The more the national bank issues in
crease the greater will be the danger attend
ing the contraction of United States notes, as
every national bank is required to keep as a
reserve a large percentage of its liabilities in
legal tenders as well as to redeem all its own
notes in legal tenders on demand. On.tlie
30tb of last month there were in circulation,
exclusive of $26,103,197 in fractional curren
cy, only $62G,290,488 in legal tender notes,
and of these $199,449,042 were interest bear
ing, leaving $426,741,396 free to circulate
without licmg hoarded from their interest.
Now, supposing the national bank currency
increased to four hundred millions, as there
is little doubt it will be, bow can the
government contract its own issues
materially without imperilling the safety
of the national banks in which tlieir notes
are payable on presentation ? Unless United
States notes considerably exceed tlie national
bank notes in amount, how can all the nation
al banks maintain the necessary reserve and
be prepared to redeem their notes in legal ten
der when demanded ? Whenever such a
danger threatened there would not be want
ing speculators who wliould buy up at a dis
count the notes of bank after bank in succes
sion to a large amount, and, presenting them
all at once for payment at the banks, force
them into liquidation, relying upon the sale
of the bonds deposited with the treasury as
security for the notes for reimbursement —
This would force the notes of all but a few of
the strongest of the country banks to a dis
count and create general distrust, which
might eventuate in panic. The note brokers
would thrive by buying up the notes at a dis
count and demanding legal tender or liquida
tion, but the people and the treasury would
suffer, tlie National Banking act being one of
the foundation stones of our present financial
system.
“Does Mr. McCulloch take this into cousid
cration when lie talks of contraction ? Docs
he remember the succession of commercial
revulsions wliiclijovcrtook England after Wa
terloo in her efforts to legislate a return to
specie payments ? A historian of the times
says: “Prices fell on a sudden to a ruinous
extent ; banks broke, wages fell with tlie
prices of manufactures, and before the year
1816 lind come to a close panic, bankruptcy,
riot and disaffection had spread through the
land. Vast bodies of starving and discon
tented artisans now congregated together,
demanding a reform of the Parliament, a no possible difficulty between the executive'
[From the N. Y. Daily Times, of the political
firm of Seward, Weed and Raymond.]
Tlie President and Congress—-A Remark
able Movement.
Wc have hoped that no serious conflict of
opinion would occur between the President
and Congress on the subject of restoration.—
Both have hitherto been so thoroughly in
favor of maintaining tnc integrity of the
Union, and the sentiment of the country has
been so emphatic in support of that policy,
that serious difficulties in regard to it seemed
impossible. Certain statements, however,
published by authority in tlie Chicago Tri
bune. are calculated to impair our confidence
in this position.
Mr. Wilson, member of Congress from Iowa,
at tlie request of Mr. Thaddeus Stevens, of
fered the resolution of which the latter had
given notice concerning reconstruction. Im
mediately after its adoption by the House
Mr. Wilson sought and obtained an interview
with tlie President, of which lie lias made a
report published in tlic Chicago Tribune, and
copied in another column of this morning’s
Times. Mr. Wilson, at that interview,
assumed to speak on behalf of tlie majority
in Congress, and be informed tlie President
that it was very desirable that no conflict of
action should arise between them on the sub
ject of reconstruction; that it could be
avoided provided the President would
not press liis peculiar views, but would
accept the action of Congress as con
clusive, but that unless he did so, he
would certainly get into trouble. “If you
are disposed,” was Mr. Wilson’s language to
the President, “to interfere with Congress, by
patronage or otherwise, and force your pecu
liar views upon Congress and the country,
you will meet with serious opposition liy
those that arc now the friends of your admin
istration and desire sincerely to make it suc
cessful.” What Mr. Wilson means by being
the “friend of the administration” is appa
rent from the context. He claims to have
aided to bring it into power, and lie, there
fore, claims the right to dictate and overrule
its policy, and at the same time retain the dis-
S cnsatiou of its patronage. The President
as been engaged, ever since his accession to
office, in the patriotic task of restoring tlie
Union and healing the wounds of tlie war.
lie has adopted a policy for this purpose
which is heartily approved and upheld by tlic
country, and which is rapidly effacing tlie
disasters and animosities of the dreadful con
test bo happily closed. Just at this moment
Mr. Wilson steps in, and, on behalf of a pow
erful party in Congress, demands that the
President shall abandon this policy, or at
least hand over all tlie patronage and power
of his office to aid those who would set it
aside, qnd who propose to complete the dis
ruption of the Union which the rebels failed
to achieve. If lie will do this, “there can be
===== .
ry—Violation of the
ithern State Grand Luh 114 ' 6 - -t
Free Masonry-
tion of Soul
There is no society which the v. '
ever known whose principles cn | "
government were thought to be m 0 -
oughly ascertained and completely it], •'
edged than that of the Free Mmods
ing—as they seemed to have great riJf 11 ''
do—very remote antiquity, the estafr J*
land marks ot the order have always Jr
garded by its members with the greatest
pect and reverence. Bat lute events We ^
ly teaching us how completely times'-^
changed. Among the customs and osa„ ***
Masonry none have been more fu lly ackn? ■'
edged and universally observed from‘> a ®
beyond which the memory of man runn^ !
not to the contrary,” than those as to°S
qualification of its candidates and tlic ri'-fo!
of jurisdiction of its Lodges, both grand-5
subordiatc. No question as to these fiS,
has ever been, to our knowedgo, raised .
even suggested. The propriety and wisfi f
were too manifest. Alter these remark;. ^
preliminary, and to give our readers a J
men of the process the nation is making'
subjoin two paragraphs which have bJ
brought to our notice. The first is fm m j?
“Anglo-African” newspaper published in 2!
city q(-New York, and is as follows: !
“Paht Most Worehiptul Paul Drayton, a
tlie National Grand Lodge, is about to J
sumc liis labors in the South, under the
thority of the Most Worshipful GrandLod-- A
of the State of New York. Hu win ] ( ^ a
this city in a few daysto dedicate and com '
tute ‘Union Lodges’ in the city of Charleston"
South Carolina, and a King Solomon Lodi
in the town of Newbern, North Carolina .n i
4.—1 t-l. £.11
repeal of the corn laws and a reduction of
taxation.”
A Few Questions for the Radicals.
Is slavery abolished as an institution in tlie
United States ? If so, how w'as it done un
less the amendment to the Constitution of the
United States to that effect was ratified l>y
States in tlie Union ?
Was the proclamation of President Lin
coln, abolishing slavery, of any binding force
unless binding on States subject to the pow
ers of tlie General Government of the Union ?
If so, liow could they be subject to tlie Gen
eral Government unless they were in the
Union ?
If the Confederate States were out of the
Union, and not subject to the Constitution
and laws, but tc their government establish
ed, why had they not power to create a debt
which mortgaged tlic land and property of
its inhabitants, and which, being held by
foreign nations, at least so far, became a debt
not to be repudiated either by its own sub
jects or by tlie nation conquering it by force
of arms ?
Had the Confedracy succeeded in seceding
from tlie Union, and accomplished tlie object
of their rebellion, and subsequently we had,
through purchase or annexation, united,
should we not Lava bow ohlii/<“d to assume
its debts as well as its territory ? If so, un
der a peaceful annexation, arc we not equally
liable through conquest, if those States were
out of the Union and a distinct people with
an established government ?
Can any legislation by Congress, any ex
pressions in any of the proclamations or mes
sages of President Lincoln, any statement in
any of our diplomatic correspondence, any
orders from our Generals in the field, be pro
duced, which for a moment can be construed,
into an admission ou our part that those
States were, or have been, out of the Union,
and were not subject to the requirements of
the Constitution ?
Then why delay to consummate the purpose
of the war, to re-establish the Union under
the Constitution, and again unitedly press
forward toward the accomplishment of the
proud destiny contemplated by the founders
of the Republic ?
Burnt to Death.—Wcare pained to learn
that “Tcinmic,” a bright, interesting and uni
versally esteemed little girl, about 11 years of
age, the daughter of our townsman, Maj. R.
IL Wliiteley, died last night, at 8 o’clock,
from the effects of a burn which she received
while at school on Thursday morning. Go
ing too near the fire her dress caught, and be
fore the flames could be extinguished, she
was frightfully and mortally injured.—Bain-
bridge Chart and Compass.
Taxino National Banks.—The Attorney
General of Pennsylvania has just given an
opinion on the question of the power of the
State to tax national banks. The opinion is
in the affirmative of this question, and is
based on a particular law of the State.
The Baby Soldier.
Another little private
Mustered in
The army of temptation
And qf sin.
Another soldier arming
For the strife,
To fight the toilsome battles
Of a life.
Another little sentry,
Who will stand
On guard, while evils prowl
On every hand.
Lord, our little darling
Guide and save
’Mid the peril of the march,
To the grave.
turing purposes in any other country, she will
go there, in preference to the United States,
for her supplies. But that is what she cannot
do, though she has long explored the whole
habitable globe for that purpose. Cotton can
bo raised on almost every portion of the
earth's surface, but the peculiar kind that is
required for her manufactures can only be
found here. In view of the increasing com-
ictition of manufacturing enterprise in
■Vance, and all over the continent, England
vill find it a losing business to dispense with
» use of American cotton.
square, and property amounting in the ag
gregate to $200,000. The principal sufferers
are : a Cook, Moores & Co., $20,000 over insu
rance ; R. S. Page, $20,000; Furman & Co..
$45‘000, $23,000 insurance; Adams, Gibson &
Co., $G0,0G0, halt insured; International Ho
tel, $2,000; Skiff & "Wills, $200.
rggT Gen. W. Hackey, Chief Clerk of the
United States Senate, died in Washington on
the morning of tlie 5tli inst He had been
Not a Bad Idea.—The following item from a
Savannah paper, may be interesting to tho au
thorities here:
The Chain Gang.—Judges O’Bryne and Bard-
well, of the Freedman’s Court, have adopted a
punishment which, it is hoped, will have a good
effect in deterring freedmen from the commis
sion of crime. Under tho new regulation tho
crime for the commission of which tho offender
is sentenced to work on the streets with a ball
and chain is stated on a placard which is fas-
The Monroe Doctiine.—The Gothamites
held a mass meeting tt the Cooper Institute
on the 5th instant, to give expression to their
views in favor of exending all foreign inter
vention'in the affairs A tlic American conti
nent. Wm. Cullen Bryant presided, and
speeches were made tf a warlike character
by sundry gentlemen and among them the
Chslian Minister, for whose country in her
contest with Spain gleat interest was express
ed by the meeting. No action was taken,
out of respect to Han. Winter Davis, who
was expected to be the chief speaker on the
occasion. Before ailjouming, however, the
following resolution was read and received
with great applause:
Besolted That in Andrew Johnson, Presi
dent ol the United States, we recognize a
statesman and patriot, a noble illustration of
the fostering influence of republican institu
tions, a man of the people, deeply sympatbiz
ing with oppressed humanity at lioinc and
abroad, and who will with firmness, prudence
tened on his hock, .where it may be read by all
passers by. It is to be hoped that this mode of and dignity, and, in case of ultimate resort,
punishment will have the desired effect in with all his energies as a man and as a Presi-
restraining the viciously inclined. j ilent, dedicate himself to the vindication of
| those great national principles enunciated by
Tobacco and Sfirits.—Of tlic £44,090,000 our fathers as essential to our peace and safe-
yielded to the revenue of Great Britain by ty, and among which the Monroe doctrine is
in the employment of that body forty-two the customs anil excise, £20,500,000 arc pro- one of the most vital, and, at this moment, of
years. I duced by duties on smoking and drinking. first and practical importance.
pgy The “Universal Yankee Nation” has
given to the world paper collars, paper bo
soms, paper cufis, and paper soles; and now it
is proposed to add paper hats to the cata
logue. Here's what the Springfield, (Mass.)
Republican says about tlic proposition.—
“Some of our monied men have applied for
stock in a new Boston ‘notion,’ a paper hat
company. The company will have a capital
of $30,000, and own a patent recently secur
ed by means ot which it expects to manufac
ture durable, desirable, and water-proof pa
per bats of any form or color, at a cost of
eight to twenty-five cents a piece; and so rev
olutionize the bat business.” Let us have the
paper bat, by all mean; and then the paper
shirt.
Tue Reconstruction Committee and
tiie President.—The sub-Committce on
Reconstruction, who called on the President
on Saturday last, in accordance with the in
struction of said Committee, will make tlieir
reports soon. The object of tlieir interview
was for the purpose of ascertaining tlie views
of the President. The interview is said to
have been most satisfactory. Tlie President
talked very freely in regard to the whole
question, and told them, what some of them
knew before, that lie was in favor of an early
admission of the Representatives of tlie
Southern States. He indicated, very clearly
that be was opposed to sending a roving
committee throughout the South, to obtain
information respecting their affairs, for tlie
reason that they would probably take months
to accomplish tlieir mission. The Committee
gave no indication of the views of tlie Joint
Committee, for they did not know what they
were. They desired that there should be
harmony and unity of action between the
Executive and Congress.
and legislative branches of the government.
But Mr. Wilson was not content with thus
laying .down his terms of peace with the
President. He proceeded to denounce cer
tain other members of tlie administration
party in Congress who propose to support
the President in the policy lie has thus far
pursued. Here is his own report of what he
said on that subject:—
“ And let me add this, tlie so-called con
servatives of Congress, the men that claim to
be your exclusive friends, go with you to-day
because they think it is to their advantage to
do so; but they will oppose you to-morrow,
if they shall find that it is to tlieir disadvan
tage to support you. You will find in the
end that tlie men who differ from you to-day,
from sincere convictions, and lionest, patriotic
motives, are much more reliable and trust
worthy friends than these time-servers.”
This is a curious and characteristic speci
men of the Pharisaical self-complacency of
Mr. Wilson, and those on whose behalf he
claimed to speak. They alone are the men
who att from “sincere convictions.” They
alone are the men of “ honest and patriotic
motives;” and their principal concern is lest
they should not be allowed to control the
patronage of the administration to overthrow
its policy.
The county will not be sii'p” 3 *-’ 11 ta lciirn
tii.it. Mr. w:l.» £iiieu to obtain the assur
ance which lie sought. The President did
not surrender to his demends. He “said
nothing that could be construed into an ad
mission that his own policy of reconstruction
had failed.” On the contrary, he “seemed to
be fully persuaded of its present and future
success.” And what was still more astound
ing to* Mr. Wilson, he “did not say one word
to indicate his intention” of allowing Mr.
Wilson and his associates to use the patronage
of his office for the overthrow of his policy
and the permanent disruption of the Union.
Wc venture to predict that it will be a long
time before any such assurance will be obtain
ed from the President.
For four years tlie Union party lias been
lighting for the preservation of the Union.
This was the object of the war—and it was
also tlie object of peace. The people will not
surrender it to Mr. Wilson any sooner than
they would surrender it to Jeff. Davis.—
Andrew Johnson commended himself to the
confidence of the nation by his devoti in to
the Union, by the self-sacrificing courage and
patriotism with which lie maintained
its integrity. It was that which made
him the candidate of the people for the Vice
Presidency—it was that which gave him the
support of tlie people in every Northern State
in the elections of November last Not one
of the great States could have been carried on
any other platform than that which approved
his policy and pledged support to liis wise
and patriotic efforts to restore the Union.—
That policy is gaining in strength anil popu
larity every day. 5Ir. Wilson and those who
are acting with him may possibly thwart it
for a time, hut they cannot interfere with its
final success. And if they should unhappily
succeed in arraying against it the Union par
ty, as represented in Congress, they will sim
ply compel the President to throw himself
upon the country, without distinction of par
ty, for support. Unless wc have greatly mis
taken his character, he will not shrink from
the trial if they force it upon him. And un
less we greatly mistake the temper and spirit
ot the American people, he will receive such
a support ns has never been accorded to any
Chief Magistrate since Andrew Jackson. Mr.
Wilson and liis associates, in our judgment,
will prove themselves ve*y unwise men if they
force such an issue upon" the President and
the people. It will be the work of faction,
and not of patriotism. Its object is to per
petuate a narrow and selfisli ascendancy, not
to restore anil strengthen the glorious fabric
of our American republic. They can inaugu
rate the conflict, but they cannot escape tlie
swift and sure destructicn it will bring upon
them.
Maximillian’s Opinion op Americans.—
A recent letter from Mexico gives the follow
ing account of a conversation that Maxi-
millian hail lately with a Yankee, who. en
gaged in business in Mexico, came in collis
ion with the Government, anil applied to the
Emperor in person. The Emperor said lie
wished for nothing more than to make the
acquaintance of President Johnson and Sec
retary Seward. “I am convinced,” said he,
“that after a frank and honest conversation,
wo should part friends. No one desires more
than I to have in your Government a good
neighbor. No one would reap a better harv
est from the seed which I have sown than
your nation. T regret nothing more than
that, in my former position as Admiral
of the Austrian fleet, I could not
carry out one of my favorite pro
jects—to visit the United States; for I
love the Americans and admire their practi
cal talent. In all my works at Pcla, Trieste
and Venice, I employed Americans. And I
regret that I should not now, in my difficult
task, have the support of your nation. Your
countrymen, to be sure, are hostile to my
Government, because I was obliged to bring
witli me an army of invasion. "But was it
possible ? My predecessor Juarez left me no
thing but ruins and a divided nation. I was
obliged to lay a firm foundation, that the ed
ifice might not be overturned by the first
storm. I have enough material in my people
to give my young State that security which it
so much needs: but then your people must
not intervene to disturb a peaceful neighbor.
Your nation is too strong to have the least
fear of so young a neighbor.”
is also vested with full power to
Lodges throughout the Southern portion ct
the country.”
Coming from such a source, hut little no.
tice would have been taken of this, had ag .
the following appeared in the Newbern,Xortl,
Carolina, Daily Press:
There is in tlic city an organization called
King Solomon's Lodge, No. 1 of A. F. V
composed entirely and exclusively of negroes
It was established here some weeks ago. jj
it was done for tlie purpose of deriding Ma
sonry, the joke falls harmless, but if, t | 1(
paragraph above given indicates, [the extract
from"the Anglo-African,] there is a determi
nation to confer upon tlie negroes in the South
the rites and benefits of this ancient and hon
orable Order, we look upon it as ( a gross in- ^
suit, which tlie Grand Lodge of‘the State of 1
North Carolina should strongly protest
against.”
If we arc to believe what it seems to usmaj
be fairly inferred from the above extracts, the
Grand Lodge of New York has, in the most
flagrant manner, violated the jurisdiction of
the Grand Lodge of North Carolina, and, in
addition thereto, shamelessly ignored a lead
ing point in the matter of qualification.
Florida Supreme Court.—The Tallahas-
see Sentinel of the 6th, says:
On yesterday, Governor Walker sent to the
Senate the name of Charles H. DuPont, of
Gadsden county, for Chief Justice, and AE.
Maxwell, of Escambia county, and James M.
Baker, of Columbia county for Associate Jus
tices of the Supreme Court. The nomina
tions were confirmed by a unanimous rote.
Judge DuPont lias held the position of
Chief justice for several years, the duties of
which he has’discharged with great ability;
and we believe he possesses the entire con
fidence of the people and respect of the legal
profession both in a personal ami official
capacity. Mr. Maxwell is a leading member
of the Bar, and Mr. Baker was formerly Judge
of the Suwannee Circuit. In 1802 these too
gentlemen were chosen by the Legislature to
represent our State in the Confederate States
Senate. They are now to fill the places an
the Supreme Court Bench made vacant by
the untimely death of Hon. Wm. A Forward,
and the election of Judge Walker to the
Gubernatorial office. The reputation wnich
Messrs. Maxwell and Baker have acquired in
the service of the public, is an ample guaran
tee that they will prove worthy of the high
trust now roposer] in them hy the Governor
and Legislature.
i
Return of an Emperor from the Wars
—-The Emperor of Brazil has made himsel:
very popular by going to the field of war.-
Lctters from Rio in the Providence Jourrni
state “that every preparation is making tt
render his return one of the most brilliss
events in the brief history of this people-
immense arches are spanning the streets, bal
ing inscriptions and transparencies of the
most flattering character. Immortelles «
seen everywhere, and words of praise and
welcome will burn from thousands of gasjttt
on the night of liis return. It w as reported
some time since that an elaborately wrough,
sword, costing, with its diamond settings,
over $-500,000, was to be presented to him.-
A new and undefined turn has been given 0
this feature of tlie welcome by the action of ■
a certain Countess residing there in Rio, who ®
contributes largely herself, and calls upon
every lady in Rio to send a diamond with
which to embellish the sword ill question.-
There is scarcely any fabulous sum Damesblo
that tlie cost of this sword may not reach un
der these circumstances.”
Delegate to Washington.—An exceed
ingly well dressed colored gentleman.
mode, and sporting white gloves, was observe!
in our town on Wednesday last, attitudinize?
before little groups of liis brethren, and seem
ingly delivering bimseli of some very lumin
ous idea. He was collecting money to go*
as a delegate to Washington City, to repre
sent the condition of tlic colored race in this
State. During the day, Chaplain Hobbs, d
the Frecdmen’s Bureau, delivered a very see-
sible discourse to the freedmen, and took oc
casion to ventilate tlie aspirations and imp®- 1
sition of tlic “Congressman,” as Sambo called ■
him. After the conclusion of the speech, I
several of the colored men called upon the I
“Congressman” of their own accord, *ail, I
through the assistance of our efficient town C.
Marshal, compelled him to disgorge the money 1
he had collected, apparently to pay his ex
penses to Washington, but as the knowingl
ones thought, to make a livelihood by hi* |
wits.—Quincg (Fla.) Com.
Meteorology of the New Year.
In the year 186G there will be five eclip^
three of the sun and two of the moon,
accordance with the astronom ical pro gits'
these eclipses will be ushered in by a f
rial eclipse of tlic sun, March 16th, l?*'
This eclipse will be invisible both in the;
ted States and Europe. This will
lowed by a total eclipse of the moon.
30th, I860, visible throughout the
States. The moon will enter Penumbn*,
o'clock, 19-min. P. M., will enter sh.v'- ::
9 o'clock 19 min. as seen nt Washington^:!
be in tlie total phase from 10 to 12:14-
emerge from shadow at 1:21, end fromP*^!
bra at 2:30. Tlie principal advantages
eclipse will be tlic uncommon facilities^
afford to sensation reporters :'or ihe eX*£
of the most gorgeous powers of imaging
description. , _ ■
Another partial eclipse of tlic sun WiP-f |
place April 16,1SGG. Visible only in A® 6
stfr If
*3|
lia.
A second total eclipse of the moon
take place September 24, 1866. ’Phis® c \£|
will be visible only on tlie Pacific coast, ^ I
mencing at San Francisco at 4 : 9 p. I
becoming total at 5 : 9. The moon W**l g
on this occasion, in total eclipse—an®** I
rather original feature of tlic program*^, |
A third partial eclipse of the sun win "bl
place October 7 and S, 1866. This
will be invisible at Washington, but T ^.®
as far north as tlie Americo-Russian
sions, and in tlie major part of Europe.
Death of a Good Citizen.— MajorI
Wimly one of the 1 vest ciii/.-ns ol
county, ilied in Macon county, -Via.- ■
Dec. liis age was lit years. Ill-
were brought to bis late residence foF
inert.—Borne Courier.
23?“ Messrs, r.
roil II. Johnson,
in the late war, b
for the transacts
in Nashville.
mi It. Anderson an
both Confederate <5
;ive entered into part'
m nt the real
state