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OCEAN STEAM NAVIGATION.
The RichmondDispatch says: “Itisdificult
to realize that not thirty years have elapsed
W. Pease, | since the crossing of the Atlantic bj steam
alone began to be seriously discussed.
Dr. Lardner demonstrated to the Satisfaction
Don’t Sell H^hmcb.—Mr. J,
bookseller, of this :ity, says the Columbus; power
ceivc or sell it We are glad to learn that he
is pursuing this course. The bitterness to
wards the South displayed in the articles and
the caricatures of that publication ought to
influence every man to protect himself and
his section from insult and calumny, to the
extent at least ot withholding from it Ins
countenance and patronage.
Let all news dealers and booksellers in the
South follow Mr. Pease’s example, as an
act of becoming respect to the public.
The Legislature.—This body determined
yesterday, to dispose of the various elections
that are to come before it and go on with the
business ot the session. It will be seen, from
our report, that the Supreme Judges are to
be elected to-day, and United States Senators
Friday next. ■ _ „ , ...
The vote of the Senate lias effectually kill
ed off the movements to abolish the Peniten
tiary, and wo consider the determination both
wise and humane. A bloody Code could
never be executed, and the result would be
yB'7?tifli t y„.t 1 O f „yrinie.
not advised of the provisions of the bill,
though, in this day of fluctuating values, it
would be difficult to agree upon figures that
would be just both to the road and the public
for any considerable period. Railroad fares
are very high, but, we believe not out of pro
portion with most other things. Upon the
whole wo doubt the propriety of such legisla
tion in the present condition of the country.
Negro Jubilee in Washington.—The
Washington correspondent of the New York
Herald gives tho following account of events
attending the passage by the House of the
bill authorising negro suffrage in the District
of Columbia. It affords a foretaste of what
the country is coming to under fanatical rule:
The galleries were filled by anxious spectn
tors and listeners of both colors, the blacks
preponderating, however. The passage of
the bill was hailed with such boisterous and
prolonged applause on the floor that Speaker
Colfax lost his temper, and said that he
would not in future attempt to suppress the
galleries unless members behaved themselves,
jubilant radicals rushed into the lobbies, the
Jiulku and the barber shops and grasped the
hands of every thoroughbred freed
■fton they found in theje localities. Coming
<Jown from the galleries, big darkies jostled
loftily against the high born dames of this
District and trod upon their drapery with an
air of divine right. In tho street cars they
hobnobbed with successful Congressmen, and
grinned familiarly in the faces of the hereto
fore ruling race. The sole remaining hope
of the people of the district is in the Presi
dent. 1 They expect the House bill No. 1 will
pass the Senate.
Probable Modification if not Repeal
of tiie Test Oath.—A Washington corres
pondent writes under date of the 17tli inst.,
thal it is possible the test oath, as applied to | not on, J discussed anterior to that
be done. The practical men concluded not
to discuss the question by augumeut. 1 hey
paid no attention to Dr. Lardner than Noah
did to the antediluvian critics who ammused
themselves by his construction of the ark.
They went to work and built a vessel at Bris
tol which they called the Great W estern.
She was thought to be quite a monster of
marine architecture, having a deck two hun
dred and thirty feet long, nearly sixty feet
wide; pnddle-whecls twenty-eight feet in di
ameter, and paddles ten feet long. The
horec-power of her engines was four hundred
tons; and her carrying tonnage, one thous
and three hundred and forty. She was fin-
ished in the spring of 183a The immense
dimensions of this Leviathan awakened fears
for her safety. In these dnys she would be
considered a very fair yawl for tho Great
Eastern. But, besides the general increduli
ty about her success, she was looked upon then
as too big for safety, and only seven passen
gers could be induced to enter their names
Tor the trial trip. Before she could start,
however, a little steamship, tho Sirius, built
miin ircmna on incbtn of April,-iifear’
made straight for New York. The Grout
Western left Bristol on the 8th of the same
month, and tho question of practicability was
merged on board both vessels into a trial of
speed. / Neptune did everything that could
be expected to give the experiment a thor
ough trial. The winds howled from the west*
and the elements in general seemed combined
to defeat the bold navigators. But they
held on their way steadily, and on the
morning of the 23d of April the Sirius
reached New York, and the Great Western a
few hours later on the same day. The daily
average speed of the latter during the entire
voyage was two hundred and eleven miles.—
The excitement in New York upon the arri
val of these vessels was immense. Flags were
Mii.i.kdgkyii.u., Jan. 24,1806.
Ed: tors Tdeyrapk ■ In niy la-t letter I endeavor-
cd to rive jou an exhaustive li,t of the distinguish
ed men of Georgia, now in attendance on the
L< --Mature in connection with the election of sen
ators and Judges, and on hi- Excellency .in con
nection with the appointment of Supe
the Western aud Atlantic Railroad. I And, how
ever that the list is incomplete, as there arc a con
siderable number of such men whose names were
not included in it. I therefore will let the matter
ton—'v^sVandiiiB Army and the Finams I an< j Queenstown the 7th, arrived here this
morning. Her dates are two days later.
CHEAT BRITAIN.
The Army and Navy Gazette, referring, tc
—The Tariff Ac.
Washington, Jan. 17, 1801
The Reconstruction Committee liavcpo
purpose of presenting, at an early day a Ml I the announcement last week of a reduction
or even partial report. The committee, i is\ the army, says:
thought will avail themselves, to thc Rest At present what is actually decided upon
extent, of the power they have of sendinfor
riatedant of | persons and papers, and examining, a.mg
other witnesses, some of those whoare »°«t
familiar with the condition of the J“n,
returned and pardoned ex-rebels, Softcm
members elect, members or ex-nieinbcrst me
Southern press, Southern clergymci
rest, and not attempt further enlightenment of the “ vhat j 9 tl / c feelinir of the South towq* the
people on the subject I presume that many of
the visitors I sec from the upper part of the State,
come here to advance their own or their friends
to the railroad position. His Excellency
has a plain duty to perform in the appointment,
which U to give the place to the man of greatest
competency, regardless of favoritism; and he will
do It ... n .
I had occasion to spend some time with tot
Frobel, Civil Engineer,who was employed to make
a report on the repairs necessary to be made on the
State noose, and the Improvements on the public
irnmnds. He is also employed In making a profile
of the Oconee river, with reference to the water
power which may be used profitably In or near the
city. The survey of the river by this engineer, wag
shows that a fall of nearly sixty feet, can be ob
tained by conducting the river In a canal about a
mile and a halt A water power may thus be ob
tained that may in time make Milledgevffic a
manufacturing city of the first importance. The
. —-.»u S ui into almost anv part of the
city.
■rue comptroller General, Mtj. Barnes, is assid
uously engaged in estimates of the proper per
cent to be levied on real estate and other property
in the State to raise the amount of money neces
sary' for the support of the government. Although
his conclusions have not yet been satisfactorily
reached, enough has been ascertained to warrant
the belief that with a poll tax of two dollars per
capUa, alike upon white and black, and an ad valo
rem tax of one-tenth or one-eighth of one pei
cent., together with the money necessaiy to be
raised by bonds for immediate use, will be all that
is necessary for the support of the State govern
ment the next fiscal year. This will be about as
light a tax as the psople have ever paid.
The penitentiary system of punishment,' judg
ing from the discussion on the subject, will not he
abolished. By some, It is urged to be unconstitu
tional to abolish it—inasmuch as the Constitution
refers to tliat system as a mode of punishment,
freedmen, with referrcncc to selling orbing
to them small tracts of land, or in prrrnng
white labor to theirs, and especialUM to
negro suffrage, will, of course be the'Urden
of inquiry. . • .
Sonic observers now conjecture /« tne
main object and result of the consul ions ot
the committee will be to prepare »*“«*?*
nai"n document for the next tall eld°ns, l»j
which the positions of tho RcpubliA major
ity in Congress will be sustained fore the
displayed, guns fired, hells rung, and the I and forbids a use of unusual or barbarous punish-
great multitude bawled themselves hoarse.— I incuts to which resort would necessarily have to
This was not quite twenty-eight years ago, be made If there were no penitentiary. Theadvo-
and now steamers ply over all the oceans as I c * te8 abolition point to tbe enormous ex-
if they were so many ferries. The plliloso- ‘"“T**?*? to set the institution on foot from
, J , , . f . . . | its ashes. It is certainly one of tbe most vexed
phers are coming to the conclusion that it is qncstlous now before thc General Assembly. It
philosophic not to pronounce anything ini-1 signed, by thc advocates of tho system, that
practicable until it has been actually and ef-1 a whole month of legislation would be necessary
people in opposition to the mor<dvanced
position ot the President. !
1 The resolutions ofiered in the ouse by a
prominent member of the c«® ttee >Mr.
Conkling, for reference to thnt°niniittec,
was considered as thc most discfuging de
velopment of the session in if r « to . tue
probability of a reconstruction the L mon.
As a reflex of thc icntiments ohe commit
tee, they promise cb a distract ehd<loubtfol
feature, and as an exposition Mi\ Conk-
linrr-a men »!cws, they disap/tt expecta
tions which. hud been formJn regard to
them. When referred to theomittee, they
will be considered ns haiinpeen at- least
tolerated by the House.
A standing army of sorerty ven thousand
is one of the contemphted insures of the
leading politicians ofCongiS. It will be
necessary not so mucl’in ref«#icc to foreign
os to domestic compicntionshat may arise
in case of the adopion of tlline of policy
on tho subject of reonstructii that has been
indicated This a<l other ensures* culling
for vast expenditures do nc serve to give
confidence in ouiflnaneial fmre.
Thc free trudedoctrines otlie commercial
South seem to In making irogress in the
West, and it isproiable tliaan attempt will
be made to mcriifvtkc tariff*) ns to improve
it as a revenue meaure.
fcctually tried.”
This review of tbe early history of ocean steam
navigation is copied, first, on account of its
intrinsic interest to the reader who may be
uninformed in such subjects; and secondly,
for thc purpose of correcting one or two very
material errors into which our Richmond con
temporary has fallen. They are important,
to make the laws conform to the change; and that
this itself would involve au expenditure of money
| equal to tbe rebuilding of the institution.
Equally perplexing is the homestead bill. While
I the passage ot tbe bill wonld be, perhaps, a Con
stitutional mode of relief to the people, so many
difficulties presents themselves in perfecting the
I bill, that some of its warmest friends are dis
posed to give it up in sheer despair of success and
nlike from their relation to thc truth of suffer the law exempting from levy and sale cer-
historv, and as aflccting the reputation of a I ta,n property of the debtor to remain as it is with
some slight amendment But thc greatest fear is,
The Dispatch Is mistaken in aaying that 1?^
- . ,7? . bold the bill to be unconstitutional, and that while,
e practicability of crossing thc Atlantic . ,
under such a law, the home creditor might be
Ocean with vessels propelled by steam power, I barred from bis claims, under the Constitution of
began to be seriously discussed “not thirty | the United States, the Northern creditor might be
years” ago. It is correct in its dates of the
Sirisus and Great Western experiments, viz:
1838, but it is a fact that the subject was
attorneys practicing in United States courts,
will be repealed or set aside by decision of
the United States Supreme Court in thc Gar
land case. The Court was to have pronounced
their decision on Monday week last, blit, for
some rcasoq, it has been deferred. It has
been surmised that this decision will be fa-
volatile to thc petitioner. The Chief Justice
stated during the argument ot tho case that
the decision in this case would govern all sim
ilar cases. Mr. Stevens has affirmed his reso
lution for the repeal of thc act ot July, 1864,
extending the test oath to attorneys, with a
knowledge, perhaps, that the Court desires
the repeal. The repeal of this act, on every
decision setting it aside as unconstitutional,
will, no doubt, have a tendency in favor of an
early repeal of tho test oath required of mem-
ben of Congress.
able to recover.
The bill fora conventional rate of Interest not
to exceed ten per cent already passed the Senate,
was but a carrying out of the recommendation of
his Excellency in the Message delivered at thc
day, but a steamship, thc Savannah, actually ^ dlfion «y*
left thc port of Savannah and crossed thc At
lantic nearly twenty years previous to the
building of the vessels alluded to—somewhere
i.bout 1821 or 1822, thc exact date not recol
lected. This was thc first attempt to cross
the ocean by steam power, and it succeeded,
though, it is by no means wonderful that tbe
the Legislature a world of trouble; for while all
agree that a change in the interest laws is necessary
to make capital flow into thc State, hardly any
two would have agreed as to the amount of inter
est that should have been legalized, and many
wonld have considered it best to abolish the usury
laws altogether.
Both Houses are crowded each day with bills for
fict was not taken hold of and regular lines I chartering institutions. Thns Georgia already evin-
of steamships established for nearly a score C es the glory she is to obtain as a manufacturing
SENATOR WADE.
“Would I lend my voice and my vote to in
duce that people to jeopardize their lives in
defense of their country and then turn them
over to tho mercy of their enemies ? Sir, the
man that would do it deliberately and know
ingly is the meanest of God’s creatures.—
Tempt them into the service, let them fight
through the war and then desert them to their
enemies to bo destroyed!”
Tlioabovc is an extract from thc late speech
of Senator Wade ip Congress; and “that peo-
pW refers to the negroes, and “their enemies''
refers to tho white population of the South!
O fanatic! O blockhead! O numsknll!
O hypocrite! O base calumniator! Here arc
a race of people upon whose preservation and
comfort the wholo fabric of Southern pros
perity has rested for years, and to preserve
whom we have made and enforced a multi
plicity of laws; a rare around whom thc ten
drils of affection and interest have been en
twining in tbe South for generations; for
whose preservation, as a source of prosperity,
we have endured thc world’s contumely; for
whose spiritual and physical benefit we have
done morcthnn the world ever witnessed for thc
advantage of a servile race; and to maintain
and preserve whom we have sacrificed nearly
all our property uml hundreds of thousands
of lives most dear to our hearts! With them
we have lived peeccfully and prosperously.—
With every opportunity for insubordination
they have for years remained faithfully in
bondage, though trusted to thc utmost; and
not only so, but they labored with the great
est fidelity. Only where the invading armies
came and dragged them off, did they desert
their masters and mistresses. Aud even nf-
their emancipation they have labored
rfully well; and, ah rays, where they
of years afterwards, as we shall presently see.
The second error ot thc Dispatch is in as
cribing declarations and opinions to Dr.
Lardner, which he never made or entertained.
That eminent gentleman never held that thc
Atlantic could not be crowed by steam pow
er, and could not have done so, for the
contrary had already become a
matter of history. His position
was that a successful navigation of the Atlan
tic from Europe to America by steamships,
was impracticable. In other words, he main
tained that vessels propelled by steam could
never compete in the carrying trade with thc
sailing vessels, and make money for their
owners. Wchave had several lines of steamers
crossing the Atlantic for years, hut is there
anything in their history, at an investment,
State, and thc State will derive much of its reve
nue from such sources.
As the Legislature is to take into con
sideration all the recommendations of the Comp
troller, in reference to taxation, it becomes im
portant for them to remember that many of these
institutions were established during Confederate
times, and will have to work for years before
they can bring their capital stock to a greenback
basis. It would seem unjust therefore to taxsuch
institutions on the amount of their capital stock,
at least until they can pay a dividend of 7per
cent. on that capital. A taxation on this tbe same
as on other property, would depress the effort! of
these Companies to bring their stock to a pir
value, and operate to the lessening of tie
amount of capital on whoso taxation tho Stab
may at no distant day, greatly rely for raising
money for the support of government.
It often happens that a great deal of time of
M EXCAN NJWS.
New Om.EANsJan. 21,—Brownsville ac
counts of thc 15tj give inpnrtially correct
statements about le Bagdid affair. A party
of one hundred nd twsity-tlirce, most of
whom wenrcolori soldiers from thc 118tli
regiment, under (I. Reed crossed the river at
Clarksville, and tided into three squads at
four o’clock on thnorning of the 5tb. The
first squad proceed to the arsenal, which
they captured, in about fjgur hundred pris
oners and four jees of artillery. The sec
ond party proceed to thc ferry, where the
Imperial guard ' ten men wore stationed.
Thc officer commding the guard stood to.
his p^t, braVelynptying his revolver, when
he was shot dowwhereupon the others sur
rendered. One ipcrinlist was killed, and
another woundei The third party proceed
ed to capture CriRico, the post command
ant, who escapeivhile the party was in the
house, but was mrwards captured. A squad
of ten men ivaihen. detailed to take the
Antonio, fired oher, killing a sergeant and
wounding sever others. The Antonio fired
a volley, killingro and wounding one. The
K y attackingcr fired two shots from the
itzers, one hereof passed through her
just above the iter line.
On the morng of the Cth a French frig
ate lying outsic shelled the place, and shots
afterwards werireely exchanged between the
Liberal ho\vitz6 on the beach and howitzer
boats. From p French frigate no damage
was done, cxcit creating a panic among thc
citizens, who ossed to the American bank.
■ A dctachmcioftwo hundred men from the
180 colored intitry was sent over to protect
the Amerieaicitizcns, and remained until
of
that each battalion in the United King
dom shall be reduced from ten to seven regi
ments, and regiments abroad will be reduced
on their return home.
Bright's reform speech is universally re
garded by the press as a modification of bis
reform demanded, and ns an indication that
he is prepared to accept such measures as thc
cabiuet may he expected to propo-e. Ilis
political enemies credit him with being far
less offensive than in any of his previous
speeches.
Mazzini is dangerously ill at London.
The weekly official returns of the cattle
disease shows a large increase in the number
of animals attacked.
The special commission for the trial of
Fenians was resumed at Dublin on thc 5tli.
ATE R l'KOM EUROPE,
Arrival of the Juia.
New York, Jan. 2G.—The steamship Jura,
has arrived with Liverpool advices to the
14th.
that disproves the soundness of Dr. Lardner's either branch of the General Asaembly is taken
predictions ? Is ocean steam navigation a up in the diicuuion of trivial questions. This
success or n failure ? True, thc Cunanl and was the case recently in the House of Represen
the Collins lines have been regularly at work I Natives. A bill was introduced by Mr. Glenn, of
for years, but have they made money out of I Whitfield, fortherelielofamanby the name of
1 Collins—a gentleman of respectability in his
county—who had, under tho impression that her
husband was dead, married a soldier’s wife. The
I soldier returned, the wife preferred her second
husband, and Collins wfched to have her as his
wife. A great deal of discussion ensued, but the
turn to the discussion of the question was given
by Mr. Gartrell, of Cobb, who, with a counte
nance beaming with humor, solemnly and dryly
remarked : “I suppose tbe Legislature is going
to take tho wife away from the poor soldier, who
has been fighting for his country.” It was no
their business, or have they been supported
by thc bounties of the British and American
governments ? We think a careful investiga
tion of their history will establish the latter
branch of the alternative, and if so, tho posi
tion of Dr. Lardner that ocean steam naviga
tion is impracticable, has been sustained by
experience, no matter how many steamships
may be regularly passing from Europe to
America and back.
The opinion of Dr. Lardner was based upon I use to press the question further, and Mr. G»en
thc following considerations: He maintained
that tho cost of fuel, thc great space required
for storing a sufficient quantity for n three
week’s voyage, thc room occupied by the ma
chinery, thc expense of skilled mechanics and
other considerations not now recollected,
would so increase thc cost of steam
found relief for his client in a motion to lay the
bill on the table for the present. Ricnuoxn.
ter
won
remained with their former owners and pur
sued their former vocations, have they fared
beat. It waa only when asserting their free-
dom. ami flocking to tho towns, or following
thc Federal armies that they have sickened
andjdicd, or perished from starvation, misery
or neglect.
And, even now, when it is to our interest
to promote their welfare, anil by even - means
and inducement in our power, maintain their
health, sobriety, industry and happiness; and
when we are using every reasonable instu-
mentallity to that end, we arc called their eii-
emut.' and why? Bccau-e, forsooth, we arc
not w illing to grant them universally thc
privilege of voting! Or hecan-i we once were
their Blasters!
"Tohe dMtrof ii. n Base viUflvl Wonld
that the God of truth had palsied thy tongue
in thy throat when thou didst utter such a
libel! out upon your dog of a slanderer !
ci, that some hand of justice conld lash yon
from tin world with a whip of scorpions!
Prospect of Labor in Floridn-
Tlio Tall all assa Floridian of tho 19th inst
says.*
Thc appearance of our streets, (deserted to
. . . . ■ a great extent by the freedmen, who a few
navigation and diminish tho capacity for | weeks since thronged them) even more than
freights, that such vessels could not, from
the mere increase of speed, successfully com
pete with thc sailing packets on the ocean.—
We doubt very seriously if there is anytliing
in tlic history of ocean steamships that suc
cessfully controverts ibis opinion.
the eveningofiic 7th, when a detachment
the 40th colrtd infantry relieved them, with
instructions jis said, to withdraw in case of
an Imperial .tack. The French mail steam
er lying oilide thc bar left immediately
after the affif, probably for Vera Cruz
Bagdad J nearly deserted. Plunder and
pillage is interruptedly kept up. A large
amount ofgoods crossed to Clarksville.
That wliicj arrives at Brownsville is seized
and ret Uriel to its proper owners. After
wranglingfer several days with Escolwlo re
garding tli command. Crawford left for
New OrlereS where he has since arrived
after reinfreements and supplies.
The LiLrals are fortifying Bagdad with
cotton bafrs, heavy guns, &c,
Three /rench transports arrived off the bar
on the
Genes! Mejia commenced building earth
works :«d mounting guns, two of which are
64 pouxlers, between Matmuoras and the river
coninisiding Brownsville.
General Mejia notified Wcitzel if attacked
from tie American side that he will open tire,
and poet likely some shots will lodge in
Brownsville.
General Giles A. Smith, immediately sent
over to ascertain Mejia's intentions. The na
ture of the necting is unknown. It isbfeliev-
ed to be bcligcrent.
The ammunition has been removed 3 miles
from Brownsville, and Weitzel ordered the
rebuilding of old Fort Brown, which is be
ing mounfd with 30 pounder Parrott guns.
A large pontoon train is being rapidly put in
good oi
Mejia apprehends another Liberal attack,
and is ti/ing to make another forced loan'
which lxtokcns much uneasiness. Several of
his American contra-gucrrilos in attempting
to dcsertby crossing the river were drown
Gen. TTeitztl reviewed the troops in Browns
ville. All afo in good health and spirits,
■Washington, Jan. 21.—Official news from
El Paso, Mexico, up to the 22d of December is
received. Thc French inarched in great
force against the city of Chihuahua, and thc
Mexican government had to abandon it on
the 9th. President Juarez left Chihuahua
with his cabinet, and his army, rnd came to
El Paso, arriving there on. the 18th. The
French occupied Chihuahua on tho 11tli of
that month. Thc Mexican force, under Gen,
Jerrcscas, remained fifty miles from Chihua
hua, awaiting the French. President Juarez
El
was very well received by thc people at
r> rm.. - C iL _ J *
I the accounts which reach us from the plan- I ^ >aso * me news irom me interior
tors themselves, furnishes a much more “nted as very good for the national
f-sF~ Brother Russell, of that spicy week
ly paper, the Bainbridgc Chart and Compass,
lias put us greatly in his debt, and lias only
to say how, when and where we shall settle.
W) hope he will come to Macon and give us
a chance at him.
Secretary Seward.—The steamer Liber
ty, at New York, from Havana, brings news
of thc arrival of the Premier. Tho Captain-
General of Cuba had fitted up his country
scat to receive and entertain him in a hospita
ble manner.
The President has sent to thc Senate
over two thousand nominations for confirma
tion, being mostly the brevet and other mil
itary promotions, made last fall and summer.
The Military Committee will take up their
consideration at tlfeir next meeting.
Gsorgia U. S. Senators.—The election
of U. S. Senators is set down in the Legisla
ture for Tuesday next, not “Friday,” as the
I printer made us say in yesterday’s Telegraph.
hopeful view of the agricultural prospects of
our'State, than any hut thc most sanguine
ventured to take one month since. For the
most part tho freedmen have entered into
contracts for labor the current year, on terms
which seem to us liberal towards them, and
which, nevertheless, thc landholder, with cot
ton at its present price, can very well afford
to pay. Before Christmas, our opinion was
that a third of a crop in Florida for 18GG, was
a liberal estimate. It is of course too soon to
speak with much confidence; still we will
now venture to predict in the event of seasons
not unfavorable, that it will come up to the
average of tiie half of a full crop.
Tbe rise in thc price of mules in Florida, a
hundred per cent, within the last few weeks,
and thc enormous rents being paid for land
leave no reason for doubt of a rapid growth
of confidence in at least tho partial success of
the free labor system in this portion of thc
South. That these more hopeful anticipa
tions may be realized is of course, thc wish of
all the lovers of either the white or black
race.
Thc news from the interior is repre
' cause.
TIIE SENATORIAL ELECTION.
Editors Telegraph : I ask a brie! space in
your journal to enable mo to suggest to the
members of the Legislature, that they would
do both a graceful and a grateful act by mak
ing choice of Hon. Henry L. Bennino to
supply one of the vacancies in the United
States Senate. He has ability, integrity, and
high personal character that fit him eminent
ly for the distinction,and Georgia owes him a
debt ol gratitude which she cannot ignore in
justice cither to him or to herself. I am sat
isfied thaMiis election would give universal
satisfaction among tho people. Bbib.
fy It is reported that William Graham,
of Nashua, Chickasaw county, Illinois lia-
suddenly found himself worth lorty-fivc mil
lions of dollars. It comes from his great
grandfather's estate in Scotland, which was
A bachelor and young ,'ady bought
some tickets in partnership in a lottery at the
recent Sanitary Fair at Milwaukic, agreeing
to divide thc proceeds equitably. They drew
a double bedstead, a baby-crib and lunch
basket, and the question is how to divide
them, or whether thov shall not use thc
“jintly.”
sold many years ago, the price it brought
having since accumulated in the Bank of
England. lie had previously quarreled with
his wife and son, and has now cut them off
without a shilling.
*5?" Tbe Washington correspondent of the
N. Y. Independent says it is conceded that
Mr. Adams will he the new Secretary of State.
er President Johnson was a lucky man
on New Year’s day. Somebody in Stamford,
Connecticut, sent him a turkey which weigh
ed 47 pounds.
FRANCE.
The weekly returns of the Bank of France
show a decrease in cash on hand of twenty-
five millions of francs.
Thc Bank of France on the 4th inst., ad
vanced its rate of discount 1 per cent., mak
ing it 5 per cent.
J The Senate aud Corps, Lcgislatif have
been summoned to assemble on thc 22d of
January. It is stated that the opposition de
puties held a meeting at Paris to consider thc
course of procedure in thc approaching ses
sion, and that they decided to direct their
efforts chiefly to the American question.
JAPAN.
The Neipardo of Japan has given formal
sanction to the ratification of the treaty for
opening the ports of Ossaca and Ringo, and
they are to ho opened or the 1st of January,
upon thc terms of thc existing tariff with
other open ports.
English dates of thc 7th, from Queenstown
say:
The London Times of December 29th, in
an article on finances, urges the English Gov
ernment to abandon the plan for paying the
national debt in four hundred years, and
study American views. It says thc United
States believes it cun liquidate its debts, and
seriously talks of doing so, not in four hun
dred years, but in thirty years. Should the
United States find itself clear of debt at the
end of the century, and should we on the
contrary liud that we had only lowered our
debt by £70,000,000, leaving still £730,000,-
000, thc contrast will not only be shameful but
dangerous. In the event of a contest between
the old and new country tho former will start
with a burden of debt proved to be impossi
ble of ppyment, and the latter will start clear
altogether; that is the consideration of which
will be fully discounted in the American pub
lic opinion and feeling. We might be alilo
to stand tho reproach,^liardjas we hlfie been on
American repudiators, but shall we be able
to prevent Americans thinking thctnsdyos
vastly richer and stronger, and better thou
ourselves, and therefore more likely to tome
well out of a fresh war.
LATEST.
Queenstown, Jan. 7.—The military revolt
in Spain is not extending. It is reported
Gen. Paine commands the insurgents.
Liverpool, Jan. 6.—The regular weekly
report of thc cotton market was forwarded by
the Novia Scotia. Manchester market active;
prices tend downward.
Breadstuffs dull and still declining. Wake
field, Nash & Co., and Richardson, Spence &
Co., report flour dull and nominal. Wheat
very dull and 2d lower: winter red 10s 4d. to
10s*6d. Com inactive nt 29s to 29s 6d. for
mixed.
London—Baring’s Circular reports wheat
dull and is lower; flour scarce—American 27s:
sugar inactive and partially lower i tea tend;
ins downward; petroleum lower, at 3s 4d for
refined-
New York, Jan. 22.—The steamer Liberty,
from Havana, has arrived.
The news from thc City of Mexico is to the
9th. Thc Mexican force (Impeaial) which
left; Manzillo recently found the 4tli battal
ion starving, and with a multitude of sick.—
The whole neighborhood of Acapulco had
surrendered, alter having destroyed the wells.
Desertions from the Imperial forces were
very great.
Maximillian’s Minister Plenipotentiary to
France, and about six hundred soldiers,, be
longing to the Foreign Legion, had arrived
at Vera Cruz.
The death of the Belgian King was com
municated to his daughter. Empress Car-
lottu.
St. Louis, Jan. 22—The Kansas City Ad
vertiser publishes a private letter, dated Paso
del Norte, December 22d, which says: Presi
dent Juarez arrived here on the 18th inst.— I
His rear guard will be in to-morrow. The|
French troops are following them, and will
probably occupy the place in a few days.
COTTON MARKET.
Sales of cotton on the 13th, 7,000 bales, thc
market closing easier, though former quota
tions were barely maintained.
NEW YORK MARKET.
New York, Jan. 27.—Cotton is steady,
with sales to-day of 2,300 bales at prices va
rying from 47a48c.
Gold quoted at 139 3-4.
political.
The political news by the Jura is uninpor-
tant. It was reported that Earl Russell had
submitted his Reform Bill to the Cabinet.
It was understood that Stevens, thc Fenian
Head Center, had left Paris and gone to Ge
neva to confer with the members of the In
ternational Revolutionary Club.
The Paris Correspondent of the London
Times, says the Mexican difficulty was before
thc last Ministerial Council and nearly all
of the members favored'a speedy recall of thc
French troops. The Emperor, however,
thinks the time has not yet arrived.
Spanish affairs remains unchanged.
TENNESSEE AND KENTUCKY LEGISLATURES.
Cincinnati, Jan. 26.—The Tcnuessee Sen
ate, yesterday, concurred in the House amend
ment to the Negro Testimony bill.
In the Kentucky Legislature the Senate
resolved to postpone the election of U. S.
Senators, and to extend the present session.
Thc House lias objected .to the constitution
al amendaicnt abolishing slavery throughout
the United States, and declared the action
already taken by the Legislature to be final.
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.
Washington, Jan. 26.—Thc House rif Rep
resentatives to-day resumed the consideration
of the constitutional amendment regarding
thc basis of representation. Mr. Harding, of
Ky., and Mr. Wright,of New Jersey,spoke.—
During thc debate on the subject, these gen
tlemen spoke in favor of the admission of
Southern representatives. They could see no
necessity for a constitutional amendment
which, they said, was designed as a piece of
party management by the Republicans to se
cure tlie suffrages of the negroes. The House
will take a vote on the question to-day.
Hie Senate considered a joint resolution
fur the iippointmeut of Provisional Governors
for tiro Southern States }Ir. Ilowe, of Wis
consin, also introduced a resolution and made
a speech in advocacy of the measure.
Washington, Jan. 27.—The House con-
eming their inter
NEW YORK MARKET
New York, Jan. CJ.—Cott
Middlings 47n48c, chiefly thc
Gold, 139 7-8.
n is steady.*
atter.
(■COMMUNICATION.
THE LEGISLATURE—U. S.SENATORS
JtSmr*. Editors: Is it true, as reported that
thc contest fer U. S. Senator for the short
term, lies between four or five men who are
scarcely known out of their own counties, and
some of whom have been trying in vain, f or
years to be elected to thc Legislature l Such
is the report in many parts of the State.—
Can it be that the General Assembly will be
guilty of the folly of selecting men of the
most ordinary capacity to represent the
State of Georgia, in the Senate ot the United
States ? Let us rather not be represented a'
all if we can not get fit and proper men Or
the position—men of ability, of high charac
ter and liberal attainments.
Is there a man in Milledgevillc who A seek
ing the positiou of Senator ? If there is, then
the members of the Legislature may rest assur
ed that he is totally unlit for tins place. It is
a position not to be desired at this time, and
it is the highest evidence of unfitness on the
part of any man, that he should urge himself
as a candidate for it.
Countryman.
[For the Telegraph.]
TO THE LEGISLATURE OF GEORGIA.
Gentlemen: Wo hear that there is great
danger of your electing some small men to
the United States Senate. Beware, Beware—
we have suffered enough from weak men
wo will have no pigmies where giants ought
to be.
Repectfully,
Wool Hat Bovs.
Professor W. L Brown.—We have be-,
fore us the prospectus of “Springfield High
School,” in Georgia, thirty miles from 3?a-
con, and ten miles from Perry, which will he
opened for students on the 1st of Jan. next.
This school ?s established by Professor W.
LeRoy Brown, a Master of Arts of thc Uni
versity of Virginia, and enjoying a very high
distinction, both as a 'scholar and teacher, in
this his native State. Professor Brown aban
doned a highly flourishing hoarding school
near the University at the commencement
of thc late war, and enlisted as a private in
the Confederate artillery. Promoted to a
Lieutenantcy by his comrades, he attracted
the attention of General Magruder on the
Peninsula, who frequently called his eminent
engineering skill and scientific attainments
into requisition, Under General M's earnest
recommendations he was quickly transferred
to thc inspectorship of arsenals and manu-
facturcsuf arms, and was subsequently com
mandant of the Richmond Arsenal, where he
introduced several very important improve
ments in projectiles, and was in every way
, ,, .. , , . • highly useful. The war over, lie has returned
sumed the entire day m speech-making, the | / ducationa , pursuits . ’ We wish our
Radicals insisting that additional guaranties
should be required of the Southern States be
fore admitting their representatives to the
floors ot Congress.
LATER FROM EUROPE.
ANOTHER DECLINE IN COTTON
DISASTROUS GALES AT SEA.
A VICTORY FOE THE SPANISH INSUR
GENTS.
pig~There is a child in Staunton, Virginia,
seven weeks old, which weighs only one
pound and a half. When born it could be
put in a tea-cup, and then weighed only half
a pound. The little Liliputian is “doing
well.”
Colonel Mosby Released.—The Alex
andria Gazette of Tuesday says that Colonel
Mosby was released after a few hours confine
ment, and is now at his home in Warrenton,
J5F“ The Secretary of War has addressed
a letter to thc heads of the general bureau of
his department, directing that the National
Intelligencer, he removed from the list of
newspapers authorized to publish advertise
ments for the War Department, there being
no further necessity for employing it for that
purpose.
An Alligator in a Cold Climate.—Some
boys, while skating on thc Licking river near
Cincinnati, on Monday, discovered an alliga
tor. Unluckily the water in that latitude had
proved too cold for him, and he was frozen
stiff. On being dug out he was found to be
six and a half feet long, with a jaw eleven in
ches long. He is supposed to be one of two
that some soldiers brought up from New Or
leans eight months ago, and which escaped
from them.
Senator Sherman, of Ohio, has placed
himself squarely and uneqivocally on the side
of the Administration.
It is generally believed in Washing
ton that General Stedman will be Secretary
of War, vice Stanton resigned.
Miss Lucy Rushton.—The New York cor
respondent of the Chicago Times has the fol
lowing about the new theatrical managers re
cently arrived from Europe:
Miss Rushton is Adah Isaacs Menken on
foot. She is large and voluptuous of person,
appears to know it, and is determined to
make it pay. Like the Menken, she believes
in being gay afid happy. She had a supper
of gallant spirits like herselt, a few nights
ago, at her hotel. She was the only lady
present, and she didn’t retire when thc wine
ind wit began to flow. On the contrary, she
kept her place, and said more witty things,
and gave expression (innocently of course)
to more vulgar double entendres, than any
male present, which is quite remarkable,
seeing that Clapp, the king of the Bohemians,
as there.
Col. E. M. Galt.—We are pained to learn
that this gentleman, who commanded at the
close of the war the “First Regiment Georgia
State Line,” died recently in Aevortli. He
as a gallant gentleman, and leaves many
triends to mourn his loss.—Atlanta Intelli
gencer.
A friend of ours boasts tliat the ladies
have lately sent him a dozen pair of slippers.
He must be a slippery lellow.
New York, Jan. 0.—The steamship Hiber
nia arrived at Portland to-day with Euro
pcan advices to the 13th instant.
MARKETS.
The Liverpool cotton market had declined
from 3-4d to Id. The sales of the week
amounted to 50,000 bales; sales of Friday,
10,000. Middling Orleans was quoted at 20d,
the market closing steady.
Consols quoted at 86 7-8, a 87. Five-twen
ties, 64 a 65.
The Times and other journals having at
tributed the pressure in the money market to
the heavy exports to America on a credit,
the commercial men have published letters
refuting the argument and showing that
remittances have been most prompt, and
heavy cotton receipts are set off against Brit*
ish exports.
| GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.
Reports from Spain say that the insurgents
have defeated thc government troops, though
the official accounts say the insurgents are
discouraged and retreating.
The late gales at sea have been most disas
trous to the shipping. The ship Desolate,
bound from Mobile for Liverpool, put into
Jelay in a leaky condition, and with thc loss
of her mizzen mast.
The Mountaineer, which left Mobile August
27tli, has not been heard of since that date.
NEW YORK MARKET.
New York, Jan. 24.—Thc cotton market
is unchanged; sales to-day, 2.900 bales.—
Gold, 139 1-2.
PROPOSITION FOR A CONVENTION IN
TENNESSEE.
Nashville, Jan. 24.—The leading conser
vative members of the Legislature and prom
inent Union men of the State, have issued
call to the citizens who are favorable to a res
toration to a position of equality and influence,
to hold a mass meeting on the 22nd of Feb
ruary. A hearty endorsement of thc Pres-
dent’s restoration policy is pledged.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Washington, Jan. 24.—In the Senate to
day, Mr. Wilson offered a joint resolution for
an amendment to the Constitution, prohibit
ing payment for slaves, which was referred to
the Judiciary Committee.
A discussion of the hill to eulnrge the pow
ers of the Frecdmen’s Bureau occupied the
Senate until thc adjournment.
The House resumed the consideration of
thc constitutional amendment fixing the basis
of representation. An amendment was offered
to apportion the representatives according to
thc number of the voting population, but no
vote was taken on the proposition.
The negro testimony bill was passed to a
second reading.
Washington. Jan. 25.—Thc Senate to-day
passed the bill to enlarge the powers of thc
Frcedmen's Bureau.
Thc House adopted a resolution instruct-
g thc Committee on the District of Colum
bia to report a bill excluding from the right of
uffrage all parties in the District who volun
teered in thc service of the late Southern Con
federacy.
The discussion of thc constitutional amend
ment regarding the basis of repressentation
was renewed. During the debate Mr. Brig
ham, who is a member of the Reconstruction
Committee, said it had under conconsidera-
tion another amendment of thc Constitution,
protecting thc rights of ail persons, white
and black, which had not heretofore been en
forced owing to a want of power in Congress.
Mr. Strousse, ofPennsylvia, and Mr. Nich
olson, of Dcleware, favored thc admission of
friend a cordinl welcome and great prosperi
ty in the sister State where he has made his
home.—Richmond Sentinel.
We hope our Virginia friends will send ua
out more of just such men, for we need them
for the education of our youth. A well edu
cated, and experienced, trustworthy teacher
is, perhaps, the hadest man to be found in
any community, and when to be bad, their
services are priceless.—[Eds. Tel.
IBP" Of the nine thousand post-offices in
the Southern States, about two thousand have
been re-bpened. Nearly three hundred of
these have received post-mistresses, because
no men could be found who could take thc
oath.
Which is Right f—-The Republican and
Radical papers of the North classify thc
members of Congress as “Union” men and
Copperheads.” The New York World, in its
report of the proceedings of Congress, inserts
after the name of each democratic member
the designation “Union,” and after the name
of each Radical, “Disunion”—as “Mr. Cowan,
Union;” “Mr. Sherman, Disunion.”
piy*Thn surving members of the “ Old
Stonewall” Brigade are going to erect a mon
ument to Stonewall Jackson.
Whoever educates this year’s girls bo-
comcs the benefactor of last year’s boys.
Capture of Rngdnd by Colored Troops—
The Place Plundered nud thc People
Killed.
New Orleans, Jan. 18j—A private letter
from Clarksville, Texas, says that the 118th
Colored Infantry captured* Bagdad. They
plundered the place and killed the people.—
The scene was indescribable. The negroes
shot men down for refusing to give up their
money. The Times has a letter saying that
the attacking party numbered sixty. They
captured nearly three hundred prisoners, half
of whom turned Liberals.
Crawford and Escobedo, on receipt of the
intelligence, started for Bagdad, when the
latter, who was in command, requested twenty
men from General Weitzel to preserve order,
which was granted. A French corvette
shelled the town all day on the Cth without
damage.
SBgF*3omcbody, in writing about Senator
Summer, says “lie scrupulously patterns after
the English, but in doing so he apes their
vices and affectations, taking no heed of their
generous and noble qualities. In statecraft
he is weak and purblind. He tampers con
tinually with thc letter, but brings no practi
cal wisdom to bear upon thc spirit of things.
He has blacked thc end of his nose and is
content not to see beyond it. He originates
nothing of importance, is weak and querulous
in the attack, and feeble and ineffective in de
fense. He neglects the Senate to address
galleries that refuse to listen to him, and he
substitutes for the point of his argument some
Grcck or Latin cheeseparing, stolen labor
iously, and as flat on his lips as it is futile in
his speech.”
Planting on a Large Scale.—The Selma
(Ala.) correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette
writer:
General McArthur, of Illinois, has leased
five plantations in central Alabama for next
ear; Major Banes, of Joe Johnston's staff,
lias eight; Generals Chase and Wm. R. Woods,
of Ohio, are getting some; so arc Colonel
Gore, of Iowa, and a number of others.—
Their plan is to rent at three to five dollars
in acre, one third down, and thc remainder
payable 1st of January, 1S67. Then they hire,
it liberal salaries, competent overseers for
each plantation.”
urET* Washing shirts, says an exchange,
wears them out. When they get dirty, rub
them over with chalk. “Economy is wealth.”
Gen. R. E. Leo, who is in Richmond
aising funds for Washington College, of-
which lie is the Preside nt, has received from
Cyrus II. McCormick, inventor of the reaping
machine, and a native, ten thousand dollars
for the establishment of a McCormick Pr°*
fessorsliip ofPractieal Mechanics.
Stonewall Jackson's Last Wouds.-'PW
thc infantry to the front. Tell Majorflawkes
to send forward provisions to the men. !■ '
rro** the riser and rest under tin shade oft: ■
trees.''
Tiie flower of youth and beauty’s pi
'le with statesmen aud diplomatist-
genial warmth of social intercourse
Washington society this winter to
never before witnessed—says a core
an extent
spondent