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THE GEORGIA WEEKLY TELEGRAPH,
6torji:i SaUtlilij Ccltgrap'.
■WEDNESDAY MORNING, JAN. ID, 1866.
Secretary Seward ox 'War.—A gentle
man of this city, says the Louisville Journal,
on Thursday of last week, put an interesting
question to Mr. Seward, Secretary of State.
Mr. Seward replied, “I must answer you
diplomatically’'—and he did. “And now,”
said the gentleman, “I will ask you another
question, and you can answer as diplomati
cally as you please; are we to have war ?”—
“No!” replied the Secretary. Nothing dip
lomatic about that Wc know that this con
versation took place for we heard it.
The Breach of Pi.iouted Faith.—“Not
a single Republican paper,” says the Cincin-
. nati Enquirer, “has had the honesty and cour
age to protest against the foul breach of faith
on the part of the Government in the arrest
of Admiral Semmes, after its stipulation, upon
his surrender, not to molest him. There has
been no incident that reflects more severely
upon the national credit and honor than this
violation of an engagement. It is a shame to
the Republican press that it is silent.”
Wc publish elsewhere a full statement of
the case of Admiral Scmmes, from the New
York Daily News. It states the whole inat-
^/oeV-sfat'lishccI, imu W^'iSnkec conmian<r
er of the Kearwge. instead of lowering boats
prompt! v ;n order to save his prisoners from
g pi-Aing vessel, was a!“’ u£ to allow them to
yo down with it. wJ^-n a friendly English sail
interposed and saved them.
B^*A statement is made in relation to
the wealth of the ^Mexican church that de
serves mere than a passing notice. The in
come of the ecclesiastical establishment is
put down at fifty-six millions a year, while its
cathedral churches, etc., are valued at five
millions. The income of the Archbishop is
immense, being placed at figures beyond all
ordinary conception of salaries or incomes.
Eight bishops divide four hundred thousand
dollars between them. Is it any wonder that
a government should be weak and its people
impoverished and divided when a great
sponge like this absorbs their energies and
strength ?
Ax Abuse that Should r.t: Corrected.
—The Washington agent of the Associated
Press, we perceive, is in the habit of charac
terizing Admiral Seinmes, of the late Confed
erate Navy, in his messages from that city, as
“ the pirate Seinmes.” If this fellow is
put there with the liberty of doing
the dirty work of nothern radicals, we
protest against any such agent As a patron
of the Associated Press, we shall stand no
such insults to the Southern press and peo
ple, and we call upon the President of the
Association to have the abuse corrected forth
with. Capt. Seinmes is a high-minded, hon
orable gcntlcmnn, and is no more deserving
the name of “pirate” than tlie Washington
Correspondent of the Associated Press'is de
serving the title of thief or puppy'. If the
Southern press cannot get their news dis
patches without being outraged by a hireling,
Wc hope they will combine and adopt some
other agency for the transaction of their busi-i
ness affairs.
Centra r, Raibroad.—We are in receipt of
the annual report of the President and Su
perintendent ot this road, containing a state
ment of its affairs up to the 1st Dec. The
statement of the earnings and expenditures
of the road since the company commenced
to receive and pay out U. 8. currency, is r.s
follows:
For Freight - - - -
For Passago ...
PRESIDENT JOHNSON AND THE i Milford, Baker County, Ga., )
SOUTH. i January Oth, 1800. f
That President Johnson is entitled to the ' Telegraph:—The excitement
thanks, if not the gratitude, of the Southern ' atten ' i ”’ t u P on the Christmas holidays have
people, there are few among us that are not
fined.
husband, 1:s!leci !aw , Dad placed themselves,
- $09,525 04
- 53,597 47
Total Earnings - - $113,122 01
Expenditures have been - - $190,086 00
Showing Expenses in excess of
Earnings of 77,803 49
Total number of miles of road now’ in op
eration; including EatohTon and Waynesboro
branches, 101. The machinery is io bad con-
diwon aud will need extensive repairs. But
it v. cars or engines lost during the war, but
they are all in bad order and much scattered
over the country. The total destruction of
track and bridges, will reach about 139 miles.
T e only station houses left standing are at
Nos. 3, 21-2,10, and 14. The process of re
pairing has been greatly delayed by the diffi-
culty of procuring and retaining labor, of
purchasing or hiring teams and wagons, and
ol getting timber for crossties and bridges.—
Th superintendent says their trohblcs are
n«.w removed and the work will hereafter
process according to contract.
FROM WASHINGTON.
The Special Committee at Work.
Washington. Jan. G.—The Congressional
Special Committee held a reconstruction
meeting to-day, and appointed Senators Fes
senden, of Maine, and Johnson, of Maryland,
and Representative Washburn, to wait on
the President. The latter gave the Sub Com
mittee an acclience to-day.
Illness of ax Editor.—We are sorry to
find the following announcement, presaging
a serious result, in the Memphis Appeal, of
tlic itli inst.:
We regret to state that Col. B. F. Dill,
wli' - • long ami severe illness has excited so
mu< n interest among his numerous friends, is
yet in a critical condition. lie is at <Forest
Hill, under the hos|)ital>le roof of Prof. Mil
ler and his excellent lady, where lie receives
every attention that affection and friendship
can bestow.
“The RicnT Wat.”—This is the title of a
weekly sheet issued at Boston by Geo. L.
Stearns for the advocacy of the enforcement
of negro sullrage upon the South. Some fifty
thousand copies are distributed weekly
throughout the States free of charge—and
free of postage. T\je aim of the publisher seems
to be to convince the people of the North
that there is no such tiling as loyalty or good
faith among the whites of the South, and that
the only trne supporters of the Union here
are the blacks; that congress has the right to
invest them with the right of suffrage, and
that until this is done, there can be no recon
struction and no peace. The editor asks for
contributions of money in order to enable
him to extend the usefulness of his sheet, “es
pecially at the South, where Major-General
Howard has kindly volunteered to distribute
it, through the agencey of the Freed men's
Bureau*—Exchange.
Was it to be expected that the Frcedmen’s
Bureaus should lend itself to any such dirty
business? If it is to become an agent of the
enemies of the South, the sooner we get rid of
it the better.
So far as the freedmtn are concerned, the
statement is untrue: will Gen. Steadman
pi, a -e inform the public what sort of a “spir
it t ie Northerners nrs exhibiting toward
Georgians ?
th
■’! bate doctors' bills,'’ as the man said
w!i i. iu caught the laud iy physician kissing
his wife.
willing most cheerfully to concede. He lias
stood as a barrier and shield between us and
n radical faction who have no sympathy with
tlie South and would gloat over its utter des
truction. His conduct in the past, his pres
ent efforts, and, so far as wc can judge, good
intentions for the future, command our res-
pect and grateful recognition. He is having
a fierce contest in our behalf, and with the
very men who made him what he is. It re
quires nerve and a strong sense of duty to
conduct such a struggle, and we praise him
for his manifestation of those excellent vir
tues. The good of the whole country, and
the glory of his administration may be in
volved in liis ‘policy, but then it is none the
less beneficial to us and worthy of our approv
al and commendation. Wo hope lie may
succoed. The triumph will confer untold
blessings upon his countrymen of every lati
tude and class, aud win for him a proud
name among the statesmen and benefactors of
bis country.
But does President Johnson go into this
fight with fanatics aud disorganizes with his
own hands perfectly clean ] Is there no part
of his policy that his er.emies^mgj' hold un ns
overbearing and revolutionary proceedin''® ?
A little self-examination is a salutary exercise
for all men. We are too apt, in our struggles
with others, to overlook ourselves. Let us
devote a moment to an investigation of this
subject of enquiry.
Though not all they would have it to be
the Southern people hailed the lata message
ol President Johnson as a sign of returnin'
justice, and an omen of better times. He die
cussed the war, its (to him) happy termina
tion. the present condition of the Southern
people, their disposition to forget the past,
and to uuite cordially and with sincerity of
pupose, in support of the Union for the’fu
ture. lie had investigated the Southern
mind and conduct thoroughly, through relia
ble agents, and in every part of their countrv,
and had come to the conclusion that the
Southern States and people should strike
bunds with the States and people of the
North, and live like brothers *
had given ample
should be readmit!
ler the common
complete restorati
litical rights. T1
mem; and further]
substance, at least,
a final odjustmc
patriotic anil ui
inscribed upon his u nr>r.ar, lie has entered the
contest with the lb d Republican^ and Jaco
bins ot the North, and, we rejoice to see, with
some present rigns of success.
Thus stands the matter at present. The
1 resident is inlly armed with the principles
of justice and truth; but there is one weap
on that is valuable, and we may say indis
pensable, in all contests, which, we fear, lie
has overlooked : it is the mighty sword of
example. Have his works corresponded with
his faith * Let us briefly refer to the facts :
If the South has done all that can be rea
sonably required of her; if her people are
loyal and so well inclined to the government
as to entitle them to a full and free enjoyment \
of the protection, privileges and blessings of
the Union, as is contended, how happens it
that tlie President has failed to regulate his
ora conduct by that conviction ? Why is it
that whilst preaching peace and exhorting
r refractory Congressmen to harmony, he con
tinues to keep dp the war against a portion,
at least, of tlie Southern people ? Iftlio.Boutli
be what she ought to be, why is it that her
citizens, those most beloved and cherished,
arc still languishing in the dungeons end
prison-houses of the Government, and by the.
President s order l It she be loyal and true,
why is it that Federal disfranchisement still
clogs the limbs of so many of her best citizens
who know not whether their lives and for
tunes belong to themselves or are at the mer
cy of an exacting government at Washington ?
To lie more specific, why is it that Jefferson
Davis, Clement C. Clay, and perhaps a score
of other prominent men of tlie South, arc de
prived of their liberty whilst the great body
of their fellow-citizens, not one whit more
loyal than they, are fit subjects for political
and personal rehabilitation t Why is it that
the gallant commander of a Confederate
cruiser in the late war, with a pledge of safe
ty from tlie nation in his pocket, was, lnit a
few days ago, and in the very midst of this
war with the blood-thirsty Radicals, dragged
from his home by Fe'deral soldiers, transport
ed across the country under guard as a crim
inal, thrown into prison at the capital, and
then denounced by the friends of tlie Govern
ment as a “pirate” ? Why isit that that large
hotly of Southerners who for the crime
of having acquired by their industry
and frugality a fortune amounting to twenty
thousand dollars in the aggregate, are still
denied the rights of citizens, and held trem
bling under a threat of confiscation and ar
raignment for'trenson ? If the South be what
she is represented, bow happens it that mar
tial law prevails still throughout her borders,
and the writ of kaheus corpus is denied to all
her people ?
All these hardships come from the hand s
of the President, exist by his will alone, and
might be removed in an hour by bis simple
Hat—how do they comport with his argument
to Congress in favor of perfect peace aud res
toration 1 How can he hope for success in
his present war with the spirits ot evil until
he shall have first made his own record clear
and spotless ? Why it is that tlie Radicals
have overlooked this important point In the
argument and failed to retort upon him,
Physician, heal thyself" wc cannot conceive.
Let the President think of these things, re
vise and correct his own inconsistent policy,
nnd then he will be able to present a front to
his adversaries “more terrible than an army
with banners'”
We make these remarks in no feeling of
opposition or unkindness to the President,
whom we would uphold nnd encourage rather
than embarrass. They are naked truths, and
urged at this time with no motive but a de
sire to sec put into operation all the tme
agencies for harmony, and of removing every
source of discord and heart-1 mining. This
he professes to be his purpose, but we con
ceive he has overlooked a most important du
ty on his part, which, if performed, would do
more for its accomplishment.
subsided, and, old and young, white and
black, are devoting their energies to the farm
ing business. The Frecdmun having become
satisfied that the Government docs not intend
giving them anything, save what they honest
ly earn, have contracted and gone to work
with a zeal, truly commendable. Everybody
is possessed with the cotton mania, and seem
inclined to raise but little else. Owing to the
warm and sudden changes of the weather,
most persona who lulled meat prior to Christ
mas lost it
Cotton stealers scorn to be on the alert.
List week three “ cullud” individuals appro
priated a bale belonging to Mr. Elliott, from
his cotton gin, under the cover of sable-wing
ed night, and conveyed it to Albany, when
City Marshal Towns, not recognizing a legal
interest in the “ sables,” took possession of
the “snowy staple,” and called upon them
for a “ showing.” They reported the cotton
as belonging to a “Mrs. Jordan,” of this (Ba
ker) county. The Marshal wrote to the lady
at once, hut pending an answer, a white man
by the name of “Wrincc” arrived, and claim
ed it as being stolen from a Mr. Kirby, and
afterward from Mrs. Cook, giving also a ficti
tious najne in place of his own- His contra
il jet orv et-*—■*««; coupled with the foot of
ids being recognized ss “ Wrence” by thosa
that.knew bun, led to his arrest and lodg
ment in jail. He will be brought to this 1
county for trial. The negroes have not been
“ cribbed” yet.
Yesterday wc had an election here for coun
ty officers, accompanied by the usual amount
ot drunkeness and “ log-rolling’’ between the
different candidates and their friends. Tlie
day's performance concluded with a grand
display ol pugilistic feats between two indi
viduals, to the great damage of each others
features. Carrie.
But what isit of which he is Loused ? A ; belied aiio3o engravings which represent him
violation of the usages of wAr. la;t the usages ] as a man with no mirth in his composition. All
are of uo efficiency in time of /peace. The j classes approached at the rate of thirty per
law of war only pre vails in time) ot war; ami | minute, and enjoyed the inestimable privi-
offenses ogams: that law can pc punished j lege of looking tlieir great friend in the face
while they operate, that ia to sat duringp.var. i and shaking him by the hand. Both the
With the restoration ofpcaee tip rule of civil j Presidential hands were steadily employed
law is re-established; and the Conclusion of j for a time, and their owner hail a pleasant
peace works an absolution of [every purely , snriie and a good word for .each comer. His
military offense. This is the judgement of affectionate, simple greeting to the children
common sense. 'This is the authority of legal j in the throng was particularly noticeable and
precedent. This is the dcscispn i f Judge j was remarked by all. Big-hearted people af-
Ltouard in the recent case oflfiberC Martin. (terwarrl remarked, as they gossipped ia the
So, if Admiral Semmea were oliooxious to the j East Room, that the President's success in
charge on which he is arraigned, he would putting little people at their ease was a sure
nqt now be amenable to a military tribunal | indication of his excellence as a man. Near-
fur an infraction of the usage iff war. At the ly four thousand citizens paid tlieir respects
time of his arrest peace prd/ailed in the to the President before tlie reception hour
country. Not a solitary arii was raiseu j expired. After two o’clock a largo number
agaitst the anthority of the Government.— j of colored citizens were admitted to the con
its (hminnm was restored ovei every inch of! gratuhitory circle, as their white brothers had
debatable territory; its rule ias everywhere j Been before them. This was the first time
prevalent. . Admiral Semmes was a citizen of I in the angels of the republic, and there ap-
Alakama, in which State the Provisional j pears to be no reason why it should not be
Goffrument. had been superseded by the i repeated. Their hearty good wishes for the
elect authorities, of the people, in which President’s welfare, their "God bless yon’s l
...., .. —~ wrw Tf -
private Avar, without disguise, seated in the Senate to-d av r •
a friendly Power. The cruisers -. r _ -n’ ;U -s
3 in British waters were at least 3i ' Rom< ; ro ’ sa . ov>aa c uderst TC( p.,
Stntl the restoration of peace was recognized
and declared by the unequivocal acts of the
Federal Government.
YeL .after ail, these arguments were super-
fluouffor the defense of Admiral Scmmes. It
suffice, for the impunity of Ms person, that
he canied with him the solemn pledge of the
Amcfilan Government, that fir no act previ
ous tolis-parole, should he be in any wise
molestei or disturbed. Shall this sacred on-
gagemht of the nation be tiolated ? Will
the prdident permit so signll an act of na-
tion.d/torfidy to bo perput. atcnl ? We do
narLd:t;, t it. We look to pee the summary
rzleasi oi the Admiral Seinmes by order of
Executive. We confidently expect apro-
aiul invocations for a happy New Year and
many returns were audibly and respectfully
expressed, and plentiful enough to set Mr.
Johnson up with a stock of benisons to last
until another reception.—Corremxmdcnce N.
Y. Herald.
Arrival of Mrs. Clement C. Clay anil Inter
view with her Husband.
Correspondence N. Y. Herald.
Fortress Monroe, Dec. 28, 1865.
Mrs. Clement C. Clay was among the list of
I arrivals this morning. Her presence soon
• became known, autl many serious, and, I am
impertinent eyes, peered
of tile Hotel sitting room
The Case of Admiral Scmiaes>
From the N. Y. Daily N«» s.
i iie arrest of Raphael Semmes, and his trial
by a military court, for the offenses of which
he is accused, is a transaction for which we
confess our inability io suggest aav plausible
apology. _ This man was an Admiral in tiie
Confederate navy, and on the fall of Ilich-
moiid was in command of the Confederate
txOiilla in tlie Janies. He destroyed his boats,
and with the personnel of his fleet joined Gen-
is of a piece with what we have been hear- vnr ,,
Ing for months past, and we have ceased to “f ’ Under tbe Ecw C0 "-Us:i oa 1
be startled by the intelligence that American 1,19 aeat - • ; f
citizens are openly preparing for an invasion CONFEDERATE EMIGRAT'D”'r
of Her Majesty's dominions under tbe very jqq * y lO^J
eyes of their government. There is here no T ' '
question of ncutality. for the rights and duties . s rK01 *M aT Li0.—Volu m j nnt .
of neutrality arc wholly derived from a state relative to Confederate emigration to ■>!
of hostility; it is a simple case of individuals and the plans of Maury and Gn h
levying ' ' ** '
against
hianched . .
commissioned from Richmond. It was t' vcea traitors in Mexico and !:i Sllr
thence that they received their orders, and the United States, arc produced. *
thence, that they were provided with the i
sinews of war. But Fenianism is American j
from first to last—in its origin, in its eharac- j
ter, in it3 objects, in its organization. To say j
that it has its basis of operations in the Uui- •
ted States is little, for it is notorious that it
derives from t ho United States its whole! . . ... .
strength and its very existence. Why. then, j JLin,^Las arrived with Liverpool advii
do ,we not remonstrate angrily ngair.s't its be- i fhe ~~o. ult.
ing tolerated, end demand redress at Wash- | - itivKTa. Cotton had declined
in "ton ? Because we know that President j ,, CS , 0 J M, 1 ? 5b,000 bales; sali^ ,,f;
Johnson ought not to be held respon- ’ ° :! 3 r ' Io,000 bales, the market closing iyi.j
sibie for anything which the laws of a free ! u l’''? r< tendency,
country do not enable him to cheek, or for j Elv ^’^~ n o l £ s ' Vl ’ rc ff u otcd r.t GO a Co j.
everything which they do enable him to check j Consp.s, 87 3-8.
but which it might be premature to chock at Political.—The recent correspond^-
the present moment. We do not ask, or tween Minister Adams and Lord CV
need equal forbearance in respect of our own i s published. The former says t i.
short-comings, but onlv that which Mr. m . ’
Johnson concedes to ns, the credit of having I bIlenan,loah r,mve d at Liverpool, die
acted up to our own views of honorable neu
trality.
LATER FROM EtlRopp,
ARRIVAL OF TIIE Moiuyj^.
DECLINE IN COTTON.
Portland, Jan. G.—The steamshi-.
test trqu General Sherman ugainst the viola- “ )l! ged 'to say i
turn of an engagement to which he is rpc- ! [' arou o :l ^ ie blinds „
cially committed bv the mrgt solemn pledge ! t°S c tJ>n unobstructed and satisfactory view
oi military honor. We doubt not the Amur- i H* ^ lc '“’ re 1 patiently these iuqms-
ican pcoilc will demand ti:o discharge of an j J-ojMdJiooks, and also the delay intervening
individual whose safeguard is their plighted i ! ,utore accomplishing tlie object of her coin-
word. i ln .ff— aa interview with her husband. Al-
--- ... tliough equipped with the proper papers and
NEW YEAR’S DAY AT THE WHITE i the fundamental one granting admission to
- HOUSE. j tl:e fort and to her husband, bearing tlie sig- I was passed
[ nature of President Johnson, the cumbrous I -, T „ r. .• 1Tr , , r . . . ,
Reception by the President aud Family | slowness and precision of red tape-had to be ' * ' ot West Virginia made a
Y j auJ 1 i - r!!!y - j observed with all the military proprieties. | speech arguing that rebellion was limited by
Tbis red tapeism kept her seven hours wait-1 State lines, audits authority was extended
CONGRESSIONAL.
Washington, Jan. 8.—In tlie Senate to
day, no business of importance was transact
ed. The session lasted but half an hour.
In the House, Mr. Williams offered a reso
lution declaring that in order to maintain the
national authority and protect loyal citizens
of seceding States, the military forces of the
Government should not be withdrawn from
those States until Congress shall declare tlieir
presence there no longer necessary; which
NegToe* Admitted to the Reception for the
First Thee.
Washington, Jan. 1, I860.
NEW YEAR AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
The customary receptioi of New Year call-
'ers by the President at t’ic White House to
day showe-l us the Great Reconsfractionlst in
a new light—that of a dignified, hearty,
filial, self-possessed, social democrat, which
i"g, a delaj intensified _ in if3 tediousnesa only so far as its powers couhl carry it; therc-
terM «rh n t r^t d n , t l tl, lilr , ty ^ " Iu °? t , c0 " 1 ‘ j fore protested against the dogma that States
iordcss cuaractet ot the room m which she 1 ....... *
which slie
was thus kpet in unwilling and unnecessary
durance. An ambulance at length came after
her, anti with Captain Hitchcock, Provost
Marshal, as her chaperon, $he passed inside
the fortress and tlieuce direct to Carroll • a, . “• v , " iffft tb-
bouthcru {states, by disobedience tvr. ‘
wore out of the Union. He would roquin
representatives from the South to take an oath
as representatives of loyal constituencies.
Mr. Shellnborger, of Ohio, argued
Government should have taken actionrw
ing the crew. To which the latter r>
that none of the crew were British
which fact precluded action on the p--|
the Government.
The London.Globe highly euiori;
Grant’s report asjan able document v. l
full justice' to-diis opponents.
NEW YORK MARKET^
New York, Jan. 8.—Cotton I'lht; ci|
dling quoted at 52a53c. Na/J stores
Gold quoted 189 1-4.
New York, Jan. o.-'-totton has dcclicj
laffc. *
Gold, 338 3-4. X
New YoHN/“ an - —Cotton dull;
dined 1&2 i ^*es at 49ao0c.
Liver/^ 1 '’ Dec. 24. No market rep
Yestew^v the Manchester market closed
nvtird.
fecial Dispatch to the Louisville Courier.
From Washington.
Hall, where her husband is at present con
ffsidc the
or has exhibited himself in any other charac
ter than that ofa decent well-behaved mem
ber of the community. Nevertheless, on it
sudden he is arrested by order of the Federal
Executive, and is seat to Washington for tri
al, on charges prepared in tlie Navy Depart
ment, and alleging acts committed during the
war. Will any honest man say this
is. not a violation of the national
faith' If the Government intended to
exact retribution of Admiral Semmes for of
fences previous to his surrender, he should
have beeu refused the privilege of a parole,
and been immediately taken into custody.—’
1 hat was not done. On the contrary, lie was
paroled, permitted to go at large, and fnrn-
'shed a paper panotioiwii Ly Gcnend shrrmnn,
which pledged the honor of the United States
to his protection, while he demeaned himself
as a law-abiding citizen. On the faith of this
protection, he declined to avail himself of
opportunities oi escape, and remained within
reach of.the Federal power. Vfho will ven
ture to deny that, under these circumstances,
his arrest is a flagrant infraction of tho plight
ed word of the nation ? If his parole did not
operate an absolution of every offense coni-
m;tted jlagraaiehello, it indisputably suspend
ed every proceeding against him for such!, , . , . , .
time as he observed the conditions of the ! H ‘ . y ’' vl t Ue
ire ot; ornaments exetetin- a couple of - lliesiaai 11 an J’ «“<-• iwd toid her seven { »t *ae rxeeamenjli Bureau,
ses with fresh fiowcrsj the ladles of the i j luvnl ^ 3 a ?° ' ie would be kept thisyep or ts to the House ot Representatives that.
White House, Mrs. Patterlon and Mrs. Stover, !n l? n . s0 . ,, » s ,' ;0 would have in consequence of instructions received to re-
Misscs Cmigonilcs and Bister, two pretty ; llounct 'd !t ‘nipossible tor him to iive thw^ • stor e aiaandoned property to former owners
voung lady visitors fro-* Knoxvil'e •Tern snch a term id imprisonment. AsitX' 110 ! , , . * 1 , : I0:u - cr
and the children of tlie daily. Thc’bruised hi S bl - v a l>P^fiates tlie kind j ^ ”', n P araonc< ‘. thclr upon it was
furniture of the East Ro.In was removed m.,1 : treatment he has received, and ny*Clay ' ndcrud so unccrtala , ^ t! ‘c steps taken to
lie crowd about the “^Thusband paroled The presem visit j ° f
arruige way tq watch Pj^rerpreted ns it failure to accomplish this! ‘ 1 J -texican aftairs. They
and domestic digui- Regarding Jeff. Davis, Mrs. Clay,! ‘““hnmc much diplomatic correspondence on
an ante-room, through
]ias.-ed“ on ihoir way to
ing. Without the stri
the melting snow, so |1
grand.entrance and the
.the arrival of the foreie
taries, and to gaze adidringly upon the goicKwluitever
and gauze of. foreign tf '
and da : ilders, was not
have been without both
policemen. The Presi
in the Blue Room just
when tlie foreign mini:
Cabinet, Supreme Com
die- were announced. S;
to deliver an addre;
Tiie President transmitted reports to the
[ House to-day ia reieren.-e to a resolution of
:ier anxietie
. inis only j the subject,and are mainly to to effect tiie in-
has fulfilled its engagement, his arrest is a
signal illustration. In a large view, a wrong
to a solitary individual, is a matter of
trivial moment ; but the credit ot the coun
try is involved in nil infraction of the nation
al faith. Every respectable citizen should
feel the stigma of public disgrace as a per
sonal infamy, and should resent an act of na
tional perfidy with the spirit imparted by a
sense of individual outrage. It signifie
nothing what may liav
Coun
J Uu-G
raedertek Brute,the j irow the London Times, December 1G.
ap.'csentalive of her . The passage In Presidents .Johnson’s tnes-
country
Viendly
iew the
review-
t to
said.—
ich tho
rideat did not say, and which are, never-
'vdeuhrick, of Austria; Commandei um »mui «c, _ • - , , . . . - , ,
he Itriian States; Mr. Earns- tholcss, very material. No one can deny, for j whnt ” l - r further legislation is needed to
In the Senate, Mr. Sumr.er offered a resolu
tion t o protect freed meu from bcltig ki-lnao-
ped and carried to Cuba and Brazil, there to ::,u! ; es -
he held in slavery, fie read letters from per Tiia c ’ i ro:i
sons in Alabama, stating this to be so, and
remarked that Federal officers were among
the guilty parties. He moved that the Judi
ciary Committee be directed to
lnquir:
Bertana ti, from the It
iff, of i enmark; Detorse, of Belgium; Van instance, that “the accordance of belligerent
iin!ier>. from the ELiherlan'lsSenoir Ho- rightsjo the insurgents was unprecedented.”
mero, f: >nx the ropiblic of ^frxico; Ser.or Lord Russell admitted as much ir. Iris cor
Molina, Vonr-tho Ce itral American' States; pondeuce with Mr. Adams; but the questir
fW John Slidell's daughter, who married
the rake Erlanger, has been obliged to leave
her husband aud return to her father’s house.
Erlanger’s first wife the daughter of the
banker Lafittc, was also obliged to run away
from her husband, but she was proved to
have been as faithless to him as he to her.
Raphcat Semmes; lie was protected by the
plighted word of the Government: lie' was
converted with tiie panoply of the national
honor; and with that saleguard he should be
as exempt from injury as if sheltered by the
wings ot an ngel. But, by the action of the
Government itself, he is acquitted of all
crime, other than that of treason against the
United States. The tcrocity of party jour
nalism brands him as a “pirate:” but tlie
Federal authorities over and over again re
cognized tlie legitimacy of the warfare in
which lie was engaged. In the commence
ment of the “rebellion'’ 'Confederate priva
teers were loaded with irons and subjected to
trirl iis hut n tlir/mf «•«_
trial as “piratesbut either a threat of re
taliation or an accurate apprehension of the
rules of public law, persuaded tho Executive
to exchange them as prisoners of war. Yet
Admiral Semmes waanot a privateer. He was
a duly commissioned ‘officer of the Confed
erate Navy; lie was in command of a ship of
war, and he sustained precisely the relation
to the United States Government in which
stood General Lee and every other officer of
tho Confederate Array. No matter though
his exploits be stigmatized as “depredations;”
they were operations which international law
recognizes as legitmate, and which the United
States Government refused to make contra
band as proposed in tlie Treaty of Paris.
But, it is not for tlie ravages he committed
on American cojmnerce that Admiral Semmes
is arraigned before a military tribunal in
Washington. This ia the substance of the
charge against him: That, in the fight with
the Kcarsarge, he displayed a flag of truce,
by which signal he procured a suspension of
hostilities, and that under shelter of the ces
sation of fire so induced, he escaped a capitu
lation to his successful adversary. And these
acts are averred to be an infraction of the
usages of war. Now, the fact is, that in tlie
progress of the battle, Admiral Semmes dis
covered his ship to be in a sinking condition;
that he did then hoist a white flag; that im
mediately the Alabama went down ; that he
was cast into the ocean, and was so picked
up by a boat from a neutral vessel. Such is
the statement of the English officer who res
cued him ; and its truth is abundantly con
firmed by oilier representations. Do these
circumstances justify the charge ofa violation
of the usages of war ? What was Admiral
Semmes to do in his situation—was he to de
cline the proffered aid of the Englishman,
and go to the bottom of tbe sea; or was he,
after bis deliverance, to insist on being trans
ferred to the custody of the Commandant of
the Kcarsarge i If he had done either of
these things he would have been simply sneer
ed at for his Quixotic folly. He acted as a
man of sense, and in obedience to the obli
gation which makes it the duty of every pris
oner of war to escape if ho can. It was not
his own act, bu t the force of circumstances
w hich delivered him from the hands ot the
Federal commander; and he is no more re
sponsible for a breach of military usage than
he would have been if he had captured, and
afterward released by the shipwreck of the ves
sel in which he was detain
Corres-
I aestion is
Ser.or Ada BeroagaJ from (Xiila. and plain , whether the civil war was not unprecedented
John Ilie, from tin moupuun republic ot too; whether tiie United States did not assert
Switzerland. These foreign ministers were | belligerent rights, without consulting prece-
generalij in theirpri-.cribed court dress, very dents, by declaring a blockade ; and whether
been t!i« rrimn nf rioh of course, but u rique in the eyes of lour- a neutral State could do otherwise than toi-
geoise. $enor Romei o, of the suffering Mexi-: low their example. Further, it is perfectly
can republic, appearin' in a plain suit ot black, true, as a matter of tact, that England fnr-
and was the recipbrt of an extraordinarily nisbed more efficient aid to the Confederates
hearty s|iake of tl>e rand from the President, than aiiy other power. It could not lie oth-.
The hnhes accompanying these foreign par- envise, considering that England, of all mar-
ties we(e tastefully (-.it un: expcn-rively dress- atime countries, lies nearest to America, und
cil. Judge CJiase, \teariug the same benign, possesses the largest private docks in the
ummp;*wioqed expijession which.appears on ! world; it is equally true that, being also the
the one dollar greenbacks, came with Mrs. best market for arms and ammunition, she
Sprague, ids daughter, who is thinner aud i contributed more than nny other nation to
paler, mu! not the Rate Chase Ohio people the suppression of the rebellion. Again, it
admired. ; ia an undoubted fact that cruisers built,
naif an hour was spent in the Blue Room though not euuipped, in our ports, “drove
by these dignitark* in goldiacc and decora- American commerce from the seas and trans-
tions, and these laijies of elaborate toilet and: Erred it” to neutral bottoms; nor can we be
versatile tongue, afiuiated converse in all the surpresed that some confusion should have
modem languages ;was carried on. introduo- existed, in the minds of the merchants who
tion ceremonies iverc gone through; still i.suffered thereby, between this consequence
President Johnson and liis daughters were and the motives of our government. It should
unruffled. Mrs. Johnson and Colonel Bob- have been remembered, however, even
ert, the President’s soil, being indisposed, did : by those who were least disposed
not receive. ; to rely on our good faith, that in this
The officers of the army and navy were next respect the interests of our ship-owners were
presented to the Chief Magistrate' Many of opposed to those cf every other class in the
the foreign dignitaries yet lingered in the community. Liverpool does not dictate our
Blue Room, when the hero ofthe greatest of; national policy to the exclusion of Manchcs-
wars. Lieutenant General Grant, grasped the j ter and the great manufacturing districts,
hand of the President, the fervor of the shake which lost far more by the continuance of tlie
which followed, convincing tlie lingerers that war than was ever gained by our mercantile
it was not one of mere formality. General murine. IVe ought not therefore, to be sus-
Grant passed into the room, respectfully pected of favoring tlie creation ofa Confede-
greeted the ladies, and at once became the rate navy on selfish grounds, and the failure
centre of alittleprcsentation circle, a position of ouc Government to prevent evasions of our
which he vacated as soon as it could be gen-; law in one-ortwo cases ought not to. be re-
teelly done. Following tlie General, nearly corded witnout some recognition of its suc-
everv officer of rank who chanced to be in cessful intervention on the other occasions.—
Washington to day," paid his respects to the The advocates of the Couiederate States have
President. They were all in full uniform and never ceased to protest against tlie oppressive
presented a very brilliant appearance. Tlieir construction, as they allege -Which the law
names were as follows:—Generals Rawlins, officers of the Crown fastened upon the For-
Townscnd, Ord, Howard, Hunter, Meigs, eign Enlistment act, and the embargo laid up-
Doubleday, Barnes, Seth Williams, Ingalls, on the two iron-clad rams was certainly an
Hugh Ewing, Bartlett, Gillmore, Eaton, Mor- arbitrary exercise of Executive authority,
ris, Mott, narrlie, Prince, Perry, Holt, Nich- : Mr. Johnson docs no more than justice in
ols, Delafiekl, Green, Alexander, Dent. Ket- : attributing to us the same earnest desire for
chum, Fessenden, Ekin, Haskins, Kelton, peace which lie professes himself Even when
Shires, Vincent. Rucker, Robinson, Dana,Me-; the causes of inutal exasperation were at their
Keevcr, Ramsay, Dyer and W. E. Strong. i height, there never was a war party ia this
Subsequently Captain Fox, Assistant Sec- country. There were those who learned
retary of the Navy, introduced the following th it. war might be forced upon us as a dire
named officers: Admirals Shiibrick, Davis, M -ssity, but there were qone who deliber-
Lce, Smith and Dalilgrcen ; Commodores uiuiy contemplated that contingency without
Radford, Wise and Harwodd, mid Colonel horror. Our pacific sentiments have not, in-
Zeilin, Commandant of the Marine Corps, j deed, as yet been tested by provocation as
No naval officers from othei* stations than ; severe os that which the Americans at one
Washington were present. t time fancied they had received, but-they arc
The diplomatic corps, the Cabinet, the ar- j tested at this moment by a grievance far fro/n
my and navy officers having taken their de- imaginary. The very same mail which
parture, President Johnson nerved himself brings us the President’s Message to Con
fer a friendly muscular strnggle with the vig- gress, also brings us news of a very
orous hourgwise. Policemen were stationed : strange proceeding within the territory
along the route to and from the Blue Room, j of the United States. We are duly • in-
United States Marshal Gooding nnd Colonel ; formed that a Fenian Senate, or rather “the
O’Briene took up their positions near the Fenian Senate is in session at New York
President, and the joyous well-wishing popu- that the Fenian President is about to issue
lace wero admitted, keeping step to the in- bonds bearing the signature of the Irish Re-
comprelionsible music of Tannhauser, care- public, and that a constitutional difficulty has
fully rendered by the Marine band. The j arisen between him and the Senate on this
liiely young ladies from East Tenm-ssec were financial operation, while iii the meantime
in a state of most interesting expectation, tlie Gove#ior of New Brunswick has recciv-
Mrs. Stover and Mrs. Patterson rose and ed information of an intended Fenian raid on
smiled cheerfully, while the President’s face j that province. All this, we need hardly say,
SECRETARY SEWARD S TRIP—VISIT TO P
CKUZ—HUMOUED CHANGES IX THE CA ; :
CAPTAIN fcEMMKfl.
Washington, Jan. U.—r. h.—The;::
Secretary Seward southward in one ff
vessels of war, is the subject of much •
lalioa here. It is confidently stated il
is to proceed to Vera Cruz, and it iscsth-.
that there may be a conference '. ;-,vctn i
and some of the French party i;i 3Ie.fi .
regard to Mexieau affairs.
The probability of early ohang .. hi i
Cabinet, lias been rumored to day. The
tion of successors to Stanton in the V,' r D;,
pertinent, and Harlan in the Interior Dt
*eent, has been recently the subject ofeb
tali.cn between the President and ore rtr
prominent politician. Genera! Fnji|
Glair has been verly strongly urged r
tary of War, and Butler aiid Banks appear to
have been partially withdrawn. It ii .J
cred that the. change in the War I). nattr
will occur immediately after the dclive:
Mr. Stanton of the eulogy upon Mr. Lint
Senator Trumbull, of Illinois, is fnrlicatedd
successor of Harlan in the Interior Pepd
ment. The time - when this change wills
cur depends much upon the Senatorial i
tion in Iowa.
The visit of Assistant. Secretary of Tra
ury,-Chandler, to the South, is expected t
de-clop some gigantic cotton frauds.
The rebel commander ot the Alab..:
Captain .Semmes, is still confined in tin- .Vs
Yard instead, oi being removed to Old t\
tol. . lie is comfortably quartered and nr.;
supplied with, both necessaries and tun
bis meals being furnished from a rest.-::
and bocks allowed him. lie isclc ■ ly g;
cd by marines and is not permitted i
course with any person but iiis conn-. 1.
SCRAPS.
From the Boston Post.
Epitaph on a dead horse—"Peace t-’
t
pi
Ilia
prevent a revival of the slave trade.
Mr. Davis said he bad uo doubt tbe Yan
kees were opening the slave trade. Tbev
would do so if they could make money. The
resolution was adopted.
Mr. Wilson gave notice that he would call
for the bill on Wednesday to increase and fix
the number of men of the regular army. Af
ter which tbe executive session adjourned.
In t he House, Mr. Voorliees made a speech
endorsing the President’s policy of restora
tion, and comb ittrig the arguments of Ste
vens, that the Southern States by the war
had ceased to exist. He contended that the
war having ceased, obedience to tlie laws, was
the only guarantee to representation; and, in
conclusion, expressed himself against the
decision of protection to domestic manufac
tures.
Mr. Bingham replied to Voorliees, declar
ing the sentimenis ho uttered to be such ns
kept active the rebellion, and asserting that
the Presidelit was in accord, with Congress.
Washington, Jan. 10.—In response to tho
Senate resolution,- asking why Jefferson Da
vis had not yet been tried, the President to
day transmitted a message, enclosing a letter
from Attorney General Speed,who states that
no circuit courts have yet been held in the
late rebellious districts since the termination
of hostilities, and holds with'the opinion that
the late insurgents waiting trial, should be
tried only before civil courts, when fully and
actually restored, aud has not thought it prop
er to advise the President to cause criminal
proceedings to be instituted against Davis or
any other insurgent in the States or districts
in which they were not actually present du
ring the prosecution of hostilities.
•In the Senate, Wilson introduced a bill fix
ing the peace establishment of the army. It
provides seven regiments of artillery, ten of
cavalry, aud sixty of infantry, each branch
with a proportionate number of black troops,
officered by whites. j Death op Capt. Cutter.—The Cinen
Howe offered a resolution declaring that i Gazette announces {he death of Capt
seceding States had forfeited their rights, i W. Cutter the poet. It says:
and mode a speech denying the doctrine of I Ho died in an Eastern hospital. h‘
indestructibility!!of State Governments. He J™ own o 3 the author of the patriotic sob?-
•j , ., U; . , , . , Plunbus Unum, and tlie Invocation oi
said that the President liad no right to re- j two magnificent lyrics that are destine’]
store the Rebel States. His duties were only | immortality, together with other very tine
executive. ductions.
In tho House, Wilson, of Iowa, made a j Earl Russell is seriously ilL flc is :
speech in support of the bill extending the ! ty-three years of age, and his sickness
right of negro suffrage in tbe District e f hasten a .change in the British Govern^
TT„ *i * u Why is President Johnson like Cm a > ,
lvoree case betrayed at
Weakness..."
Some people's poetry is ol such ac i-::
ble sort as to deserve being called wornss.
Uecnan is on band in New York, at
Metrolitan Hotel, having lost none of ij
yft/Stality.
Adateltaacs Menken is writing poetry:
must make Mazeppa’s horse-laugh.
Gen. Scliurz.ljos discovered t'aat thcrc-i]
good deal of laitnan nature' in almost tv.
OUC.
A clergyman in good credit is Dr. A!'
Barnes: for ho or.o refuses to take !
Notes.” > i
Tiie superintendent of the construction
the new court hquso in New York has .-y 10.'-
a year for liis salary.
i young lady said to her beau, t s s-is k
a pot of hot water in her htuid. rronii*
marry me or I’ll scald you. “Throw the"'*
ter,” be replied, “I bad tether l o scal<M
once than every day of my life.”
At a meeting of young girls at 8' r.-.-ca,
Y., recently, it was “Resolved, that if '
the'young ladies of Senaca Falls, itcift ;
married during the year to come, sonv.-bol
will be to blame.”
Women, the darlings, have sentiment,
timcntality, sensibility, and often the b(
sense ; but. there is one kind of sense—5|
don't mean nonsense—that they are r.<
mous for, says Quilp, namely reticence. 1
The Philadelphia Press advises a: vll
dread n foreign war to call at air. St-wan]
office. “It.is -amazing Low suddenly,
hearing his assurance, wc dismiss eur
tudes and blush for our fears,” say
Press.
23F“Gcueral Steadman arrived at Nj
ville on monday, from a Soutlieni tour,
represents that the Georgians exhibit a spj
of vindictiveness towards Nortlicrueri
treedmen.—JS'ashrillc paper.
Confiscated.—Among other property]
ceutly confiscated in Lexington Ya., by f
provost marshal, was a considerable qp-j
ty of valuable hides, a large proportiot]
wuich was owned by the widow of the -
Gen. Stonewall Jackson.
I3f“Thc only objection to the labor of]
blacks in Texas, is described to be the
bllity of the v. hites to pay them.
Eg* 3 *A poor blacksmith in Ohio,
invested a few dollars in two acres of oil l
out of which iua few months, he made f 1 ’]
000.
at
to
Columbia. He said the social element here
fostered secession. He made a lengthy speech
on the subject.
Bowycr, of Penn., opposed the bill on the
ground that this is a white man’s government.
He said the intention was to to perfect tho
equality of the races.
Schofield, of Penn., favored the bill
MARYLAND LEGISLATURE.
Why * ,.,
zof Because he is tho greatest of an
Andies.
Snubbed.—A Washington corresp 0 "^
says: “It is a subject of comment to-day^
at the President’s reception yesterday.^
of the diplomatic corps recognized' <> r ,
to the Mexican Minister, they cyideiit. _
recognizing him as a representative hm ^
| government. Senor Romero was corHia . .
i ceived by President Johnson, but lie rt
Baltimore, Jan. 10.—The Maryland Lems- ed only a short time in the reception 3
— -**<*• • s?£sr eta,o,e,ho ' 1 ' 1 '