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Gen. W. J. IIardf.e.—We see it stated
that this gallant soldier has been elected
President of the Selma and Meridian Rail
road.
25?" Tlio Office of the Richmond Exit m
incr was closed a few days ago by the mili-
taiy niithority, it is said, by order of Gen.
Grant.
The Senate Committee on Internal
Improvements, have, through their chairman,
Mr. Owens, made a report adverse to the bill
passed by the House to restrict the fares on
railroads. The reasons assigned by the Com
mittee arc unanswerable, nnd it will be diffi
cult for the Senate to get over them unless
they are resolved to pass the injurious meas
ure without regard to the argument, which
wc cannot believe.
Jvdoe ok Cherokee Circuit.—Col. Jas.
Milner, of Cartcrsvillc, has, we are informed,
been appointed, by the Governor, Judge of
the Cherokee Circuit, to fill the unexpired
term of D. A. Walker, promoted to the Su
preme Bench.
River News.—The following items from
the Ilawkinsville Dispatch of the lOtli, will
lie interesting to shippers in this section :
Arcident to the Two Bon*.—This boat had
her lines burnt out yesterday morning, as she
was firing up to depart, caused by a lack of
water in the boilers. The water is* supposed
to have been let off by some malicious person,
as the boilers were filled over night. She
will probably be detained eight or ten days.
The Steamer Comet.—After several days of
labor and expense in the attempt to raise this
boat, the work has been abandoned for the
present We are informed by Mr. Willink
that he succeeded in raising her two feet at
the stern, but owing to her resting on logs,
he was unable to pas:, chains under her bow
and waist, and therefore desisted, icaring she
might break in half.
Mr. W. feels confident of success, and ex
pecta to renew the attempt so soon as the
river fulls sufficiently for that purjiose.
H?“Thc Springfield Republican say most
truly, that the men who put down the rebel
lion do not join in the demand for the lur
•her punishment of the rebels; hut,
"If there is a General who has never won a
battle, a soldier who invariably skulked
when fighting was to be done, a cainp-follow-
cr who was ever on hand to plunder conquer
ed town, a civilian who was always ready to
pour out the blood and money of every body
else to save the nation—these are the men
who are now eager to kick the prostrate foe
and confiscate his valuables-r-thcso nre the
men who are continually making abortive at
tempts to arouse all hatreds and stir the jmp-
uhir heart to vengeance.”
Ekcouragkmets in Turkey.—The gen
eral aspect of the missionary work in Turkey
is more favorable tlmn for many years. Tlie
congregations in Constantinople are much
larger than they have been. TIic Porte has
grauteil an unprecedented concession to Bul-
gariii, allowing Christians and Mohammedans
to be represented in equal proportions and
with equal rights in the Department and
Commercial councils. Six of the principal
judges iu the chief judicial tribunals arc
Christians.
Creeds and Crime.—The report of the In
spector-General of Prisons in Ireland for the
last year has tho following suggestive facts:
Of the 22,870 prisoners, 1,094, or a little over
three per cent, were Presbyterians; 8,ffl2, or
ten per cent, were of the Established church ;
18,464, or eighty-six per cent., were Roman
Catholics, and 198 not ascertained. Of the
juvenile prisoners, 85 were Presbyterians, 110
( ,f tlio Established church, and 1,179 Roman
OtthoUwL
latT'Tbc Florida Legislature, at its last
session, voted Martina M. Reid a pension of
W00 a year, for life, for services in Confed
erate hospitals.
tSTGrcntcr success has attended M’llc Pat*
ti at Turin than at Florence. She bos just re
ceived a letter from Count Vcraris de C’astig-
liene, Secretanr to the King of Italy, in
which she was intormed that his majesty had
conferred on M. Strakosch the cross of St.
Maurice and §t. Lazarus, and desired that
the brevet should be addressed to M'lle Patti,
in order that she herself might have the pleas
ure of transmitting it to her maettro brother-1
m-lavr and accompnnyist. The receipts, on ,
Ihe hat night of her performance, wore twen i
ty-tw.i thousand francs; and Patti, at the '
concession of the perfonnan
BY AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT.
nON. R. J. MOSES,
J/iwi. Editor* Telegraph:—With yonr permis
sion, I propose to give your readers a few hasty
pen-and-ink sketches of such of tho present Legis
Intors as a short sojourn at the capital has enabled
me to sec and hear.
HON. WILLIAM GIBSON,
President of the Senate, is a roundly bnilt, thick
set man, rather above the medium height, with
dark hair and eyes, and apparently somewhat on
the shady side of forty. Energy, determination
and benevolence hold a divided dominion over the
expression of his face. He has long been known
favorably to the people of Georgia. lie has the
reputation of being a good lawyer, and was, at one
time, Judge of the Northern Circuit for a brief
interval, by appointment of.Gov. Cobb. As a
Legislator, he is not without experience, having
repeatedly served the people of Richmond in one
or the other branch of the General Assembly. As
a speaker, be is more forcible than elegant, and
sterns to care as little lor rhetorical flourishes oa
for grammatical accuracy. He give* pretty gene
ral satisfaction os a presiding officer; but it some
friend would whisper in his car how much more
efficient he conid render his administration by a
little more assiduity in the matter of familiarizing
himself with parliamentary law, and he should act
upon the hint, his would be no “ unlineal hand ”
to grasp the sceptre which his lamented predeces
sor, the Hon. Andrew J. Miller, wielded so long
and so graceflilly. Possessed of a quick percep
tion and discriminating judgment, he unites, in
very harmonious combination, all the elements
essential to make him an excellent presiding officer.
It is no want of capacity, but a seeming contempt
of the restraints which rales of order impose, that
impairs bis usefulness as such. I predict, however,
that he will yet make reputation os a presiding
officer of tho Senate, as he always lias done in
whatever he has undertaken in life—whether upon
the forum, the hustings, or the field of battle.
HON. IIENUY R. CA8EY
•Represents the 29th Senatorial District, com
posed of the counties of Wilkes, Columbia and
Lincoln. He is tall, well proportioned and of
most commanding personal appearance. Alto
gether, he is the best specimen of manhood in
the Senate, and would attract attention in any
crowd. He has a bright grey eye, in which
mischief, or some kind of pleasant “deviltry’
seems continually lurking; while a sunshine of
smiles overspreads acountenance which the ladiea
consider handsome. One of the most useful mem
bers of tho Senate, he is an originator of meas
ures, no speaker; but like the prudent general,
tirveyiqg well the ground before him, and skill
fully planning the attack, he leaves to others the
execution, which rarely fails of success. lie is a
close and profound thinker, a vigorous and grace
ful writer, a man of very liberal views—in a
word, a noble type of a Georgia gentleman. He
is slow to form attachments, but ids friendships
are ardent and enduring. His profession is that
of medicine, and in it he has acquired a very de
served reputation. Gov. Brown, whose judge
ment of men rarely errs, selected him os the
chief of the Medical Department of -Georgia,
during oar iato revolution. The onerous and
difficult duties of this appointment were dis
charged with ability and to the satisfaction of
the people. He is a vigilant member, and is
ever mindful of the interests of his constituents;
and it is only when the fair make their appear
ance in the gallery of the Senate, thathis public
duties are forgotten for a short time in hisarden,
pursuit of his own welfare and happiness. His
usefulness as a legislator will be greatly enhanced
when the days of his wMowerhood are ended—-a
consummation Which he devoutly prays for.
The next character in tho “dramati* pertentr"
which I propose to introduce to the public is the
Senator from the 7th District,
IION. HENNING B. MOORE.
‘physique” lie is one of the most remarkable
In
men with whom I have ever met. As I saw him
rise from liis seat nnd submit to tlie Senate a report
from the Committee on the Judiciary, of wbieb he
i- the efficient and able chairman, I was no little
amazed to he informed that he had attained his full
three teore years. Scarcely a wrinkle furrows his
cheek, and not a gray hair can be discovered in the
full suit which he yet wears. In stature lie is
about 5 feet 10 inches, weighs about 100 pounds
and is unusually quick and active in his movements.
His step is as elastic, and bis spirits as frenli and
buoyant as those of a boy of seventeen—no matter
bow arduous may have boen his duties through tli:
day, nor how much he may work at night. He was
barn in Colombia, 'but reared in Clarke county,
which kc first represented in the Legislature. Be
afterwards moved to Lincoln which he represented
in one or the other branch of tlie General Assem
bly almost continuously lor near a quarter of a
century. A few years since lie migrated to the
“wire-grass settlements,” and so soon as he acquir
ed the constitutional qualification of a six months
residence, he “turned up” again, a representative,
from Thomas. I know not whetherreprcsenUtivo
government obtains in the next world; butif.V<ertfcn-
horgianium be a good religion, “Othello’s occupa
tion will not be gone” when this venerable Sena-
tor shall “shuffle off this mortal coll.” He never
makes long speeches; but they arc always forcible)
practical and convincing, and when he closes lie
seems to say, ‘Now answer tli&t if yon eon.’ As a pur-
iiamentarian he has no cqnal in tlie Senate. His pro
tracted service in the Councils of the State renders
him a most useful member. The impress of bis
sound, practical mind may be seen in most of the
important measures of State policy. Should he
take tlie good care of himself in the future, that he
has done in the past, a long career of active nselni-
ness is yet before him, and he may live to tlie age
ol Ms father, who still resides in Athens in his 83d
year, or of his grandfather, who died in his unehttn-
dred end tieentg-flrst gear.
Member tor Muscogee, and the generally ac
knowledged leader of the House, Is a short, heavy
built Israelite—proud of his tribe—with raven hair,
which the snows of fifty winters have had uo power
to bleach, and dark eyea languid in repose, but
which when aroused kindle with Promethean fire.
His face is truly leonine in tjrpc, and,'In so far, not
unfitly mirrors his heart which Is the residence of
Will nnd Courage and Generosity and all the man
ly virtnea. Being Chairman of the Committee on
the Judiciaiy, he is often called to address the
House and never fails to command attention. He
is the best speaker I have heard in cither branch of
tho Assembly. Some of the qualities which make
him more of the Orator than the Debater—a Pitt
rather than a Fox—are an emotional nature, Itall of
eloquent feeling, a copious and nervous diction,
an ear for tho music of . words, an impassioned
declamation, appealing more strongly to tho heart
than to tho head, and a power of amplification
Mrlierala few men excel him. The cogency of Ills
logic is in some measure eclipsed by the splendor
of bis rhetoric; and he seeius to love the flower as
much as the fruit. Said Mb Jefferson : “Pat
rick Henry, on his feet persuaded us all, but when
he had taken his seat, I cauld recall none of his
As illnstrative of his magnetic power over the
emotional elements of our common humanity, 1
will relate an incident: After making an eloqncnt
appeal to the House for the pardon of an aged con
vict sentenced to ninety-nine yeans imprisonment
in the [penitentiary, after conviction for murder
purely on circumstantial evidence, an old member
met the Major as the House adjourned, and seiz
ing Mm by the hand said: “Mr. Moses, I don’t
know you; bnt your speech touched me, sir; it
made tears ran down my cheek. Ton saved a few
days of liberty to that poor old man, and I thank
yon for it; for I am old myself. Ain. Pottle op
posed you, I was sorry for it, I thought he was a
Christian man.” The old gentleman was not post
ed as to the Major’s national lineage; and no one
enjoyed the fauxpa* more exquisitely than did the
Jew. As I have said, be is proud of his race. Hu
perfectly understands the insensate prejudice ex
isting against it, and - which, to bis honor be it
sold, he manfully confronts, by so conforming his
conduct as to challenge criticism upon his public or
private life. Ills love for that people is intense and
vciy beautiful—allowing nothing to divide his
affections with them, but hi* country—Georgia,
and those that love Georgia; for a truer, more
patriotic heart than bis, never quickened its pulsa
tions at the mention of Liberty. He wields a large
influence in the House, and—his supremacy being
intellectual—it requires no prophetic pen to pre
diet that the measure of his fame is not yet lull.—
In social lire, his genial qualities shine in most
attractive perfection. After making the best speech
ol the day at the Capitol, in the abandon of social
hilarity at night in his room, he can tell the best
story of the session. If his hero chance to be a
Frenchman, his imitations of the accent arc indeed
inimitable. In short, he is the man of all circles,
and emphatically the pride of his own.
nON. CHARLES II. SMITH,
Senator from the Rome District, is “the observed
of all observers.” His seat is to tho right of the
President, about midway the side wall of the
chamber and directly under the full-length por
trait of “Old Hickory”—Jackson. He is the first
Senator the stranger asks to see on entering the
gallery, and especially so, if the aforesaid stran
ger bo of the gentler sex. A casual spectator at
firstgiance, would hardly single out a small)
trim, yet grave and dignified person, tho crown of
whose head is unadorned with capillary orna
ments, to be the veritable and inimitable “Sill
Arp,” of continental celebrity. His stature is
Napoleonic vcryalighily exaggerated, and his port
is Chesterfieldian, san* the stilts. But for his
laughing bide eye, full of lurking humor and
quiet mischief and beaming with intelllgenceond
bonhommie, one irouftl set him down for another
of Carlyle’s “Earnest Men.” I have not seen him
on his legs in the Senate, and am therefore un
prepared to form any opinion of his ability as a
parliamentary speaker. If he should speak
there as well as he talks surrounded by familiars
—for he talks as well as he writes—his mental
and physical conformation is a rare and happy
one. He is Chairman of the Committee on Fi
nance, and is winning an enviable reputation in
that difficult branch of Legislative science.
This is his first term of service as a Legislator,
and should the meridian be as bright as the ori
ent promises,his career will be one of usefulness
and fame. He is a Lawyer by profession, and, I
have been told, ranks among the foremost of the
Cherokee Bar. ’Tis strange he should have cho
sen such a litigious vocation in view of his natu
ral and recently avowed “harmonizing’’ procliv
ities and dispositions. Enpaasant, he comes hon-
estlyand not hereditarily by those “harmoni
zing" elements of character and temper, if
Combe be authority. His father was a nativcof
Boston and bis mother was a native of Charles
ton—the blo)d of Massachusetts and South Caro
lina commingling in his views! Who else can say
as much ? and ought he not to do his “dumdest
to harmonize•’ ths antagonistic sections? This
crude sketch would be inexcusably imperfect
were I to omit mention of Major Smith’* attrac
tive, companionable disposition. Frank, cordi
al, generous, no body finds a warmer welcome in
any circle; and abounding in anecdote and sto
ry-telling, no ono can recall a single biting or
bitter remark that fell from his lips. His heart
is as tender as pity itself, and his modesty is
equal to his merit.
[to be continued.]
SPEECH OF IION. REVERDY JOHN- is not required of the white race. If the
SON ON TnE CONSTITUTIONAL same qualification is required for both, there
AMENDMENT. is no distinction. The honorable Senator’s
In the Senate, Feb. *9th, tlio ]oint resolu- j question is answered I think by the terms of
tion to amend the Constitution of the United tb ® resolution. What I said was that as the
States was taken up. ! dentinefranchise is regulated in JNew York,
Sir. Johnson took the floor. In the re
marks he was about to make he would ad
dress himself, first to the consideration of the
resolntion in order an' l ascertain its exact
meaning; secondly, to tho supposed necessity
which causes such an amendment; and third
ly, to its effect upon the consideration of tho i
country’. In this, as upon cveiy case upon I
which human judgment. is to he exercised, it
is very important that we should very distinct
ly understand what the measure under con
sideration is. The second section of the first
article of the Constitution regulates the mode
in which representation and taxation are to
be ascertained. It makes both depend upon
the same fact. Representation is to be ap
portioned according to numbers, and direct
taxation is to be apportioned in the same
way. As the resolution was first reported
from tlio Committee, it .stood in that way.—
Upon the recommitnfWft, the provision which
it originally contained in relation to direct
taxation was annulled, and it now stands as
a proposition to amend the Constitution so
unless it is changed by abolishing the free
hold qualification, or by requiring a like
qualification from white voters, the whole
number of colored people will be deducted
Mr. ConnesS desired Mr. Johnson to discuss
the effect of the statute he had named under
this amendment.
Mr. Johnson—I admit that in tlie case sup
posed by the honorable Senator there would
be no deduction. They would all l»e em
braced. If a State admit colored men to
vote, and require a qualification which it
does not exact from white men, then the en
tire colored population is to be deducted from
the estimate. But, Mr. President, there is
another question which the Senate will have
to meet if this amendment is adopted. How
many States now admit colored men to the
exercise ? Only six. And how many ex
elude them positively from the right of suf
frage ? Thirty. Supposing all the States to
be in the Union which are supposed to be out.
Suppose they are to be esteemed as out of the
Union. How many of those that are claimed
as to effect alone the second section of the first *° be in .’ wbose representatives are upon this
article of the Constitution, as it relates to the | {? oor ’ tbe c . olored ™ an tbe ri S bt s f'
mode in which the number of representatives “age. Only six. And unless the States
is to be ascertained. The Senate will remem- j chnn S e . th 1 e ' r Policy, (and I am by no means
her that representation was based upon num-1 P er9ua( fod l * mt they will; on thc coijtraiy, as
hers, with two exceptions. The firet cxcep- f? r as I havc .,T °P ini °? ° n the subject I be-
tion was Indians not taxed. The other was ! b f e they will not, and that opinion is form-
that that portion ot the people in tlie C(1 n pon the occurrences of the times,) if this
Sourthem States which was held in slavery,; J* raen( ^cnt passes, there is hardly one of
was not to be taken into tlie account to its *r ese States that would not lose a representa-
entire extent, but only to the extent of three j * ,ve P rovl(,ed thc J’ bad tbe co ored popula-
fiftlis of the whole; that as the Constitution ! t,b “ them l refe " cd to tl,e
now stands, and slavery now longer exists, j whlcl Vamendment would have;upon the
the Southern States would be entitled to re- j SSfc* , SeD » to " representing States
presentatives for the whole number of people ^hatwo d ot be effected by it might vote
there. The effect of the proposed amend- i for it Massachusetts, according to the census
ment, with the exception of the prov
make no change in tlie corresponding
ment of the Constitution, except that » k uuiiia . , r : - non*- -b- ;■
the provision that three-fifth only of acertain ! a I o<Jeo 5 Ve 1 rmon , t Ln ?
class shall be counted- The reason for that! » i 1 ^ 889 ’ i? 4
omission is, of. course apparent. There are ® w . IIa “P slurc bas o25 '~
no persons now in existence in any State of “ n . d ^acks. The game so to
the Union who are not to ho considered as , ^ I bey W1 , 1 ,\ n ° t
men, but as property. The provision in re-1 be aff< * ted *7 ^ 1! y«"°iuly. They will lose
lation to tho estimation of three-fifths instead 1 ?,° representatn es. But, on the contrary,
of the whole number was made because there 1 *! ,cy « al “ . not tbe number of representa-
did not at that time exist in the States a class tlve3 ’ but in " ot bein S, raet ’ on thl9 b - v
of persons who held the double capacity of * corresponding number of representatives
men and propertv, or, tospeakmore correctly, ' fr om tbe ® tber f a . tes ’ , 8U <* as tba Constitu-
who were persons and chattels. There wiU ^ on designed, these other States
great difficulty in the convent on in provi- i ? houId 1,ave ’ bat ' vlU , be met & a , n “ m ‘
ding for the manner in which as that class of b “ *¥‘, by one : tblrdhtm
persons was concerned,'representation was to ! • g d ^ t ,0SC
be sustained and equal difficulty in ascertain- f S . tat f; ,, Tba m tbc othe . r hal1 tbat are
ing.as far ns they are concerned, how tho P laced !there for ti e purpose of accommoda-
ZS?££S!Z£££ SSSSf" «■»» «iw»
CanafMR, ^ fin* onhWf Arc not tbo North and tlie statesmen of the
gSdonL —ST JmaidcJ tfr.t then) | £g„7? ? 4S
k «>•■*.- lo 2 ki "S *> “»»'>' ‘l>« «">
and that is, for the purpose of representation,
sections in the past which would lead to be
lieve that the North is inferior to tlie South
in anything of intellectual improvement, or
statesmanship ? Maryland contained a popu
lation of 515,919 whites and 171,131 colored.
To refuse to let the blacks vote would be to
deprive her representatives. The populace of
was the best rule because promising more the fMe ™uld never agree to this amend-
than any other rule to arrive at a just result of Th< * ™ u,d to tb , e P°' nt °. f " e ;
ascertaining the number of Rcjresentalivcs ‘ t '^ t ?- re -« ulate tbe ngllt
and the quota of taxation. Now as far as re-j ot J an V b 1 19 ?.^' lt ’?' ia * . ,
lates to the quota of taxation and ns far as \ ^ Remises of
relates to the ouota of ReDresentntives the ! Mr. Sumner s speech relating to the rights of
the General Government to interpose m reg
ulating the elective franchise of States. He
persons held in slavery or in involuntary servi
tude shall be deemed three-fifths men and two-
fifths property, and they established the same
rule in relation to taxation. They very wisely
concluded that it was all-importantthat some
general rule should lie adopted; that this
relates to the quota of Representatives the
state of things is clearly changed. There are
no persons now, so to speak, who are three-
fifths men and two-fifths property. We ail
stand upon the same platform. As we came
from nature’s God, we stand together
upon an unity as far as relates to hitman
rights. And it was entirely unnecessary,
therefore, to change the mode of apportion-
PRAYER.
BT MISS n. A. FOSTER.
When blessings cluster round our way,
And skies are bright and fair,
Oh, let the heart its tribute pay—
Its gratitude in prayer.
But should afflictions dim the scene,
Its darkest hours we’ll dare,
While on a mighty arm we lean
And find relief in prayer.
How sweet the thought through smiles and tears,
Life’s sorrow, joy, or care,
Our Heavenly Father ever hears
And answers fervent prayer!
George Muller anil liis Orphnn Houses.
George Muller was bom in Prussia, Sept.
27, 1805. His father, not from motives of
piety, but that he might have a comfortable
living, gave him a liberal education, and he
was a member of the University at Halle;
yet he often neglected his studies, and spent
his time in idleness and disipation.
In the year 1825, when twenty years of age,
he attended a religious meeting, which made
a deep impression on his mind. He abandon
ed liis wicked course, and soon became ac
quainted with devoted, self-sacrificing Chris
tians; read the life of Franke and of his es
tablishing orpan houses and gave himself un
reservedly to Christ, resolved to live for the
welfare of others.
He went to Bristol, England, to labor ns a
minister of the Gospel, but believed it would
be wrong for him to receive a fixed salary,
and speaks of himself and wife as having
grace to accept literally the command, “Sell
that ye have, and give alms.” He was thus a
very poor man. Sometimes the box placed
in the Chapel to receive voluntary contribu
tions was empty, nnd he knew not how he
was to obtain food. Yet he felt sure that he
was engaged iu his Master’s work, and that
He would provide for his need. Sometimes
the very instant that he was praying, money
nnd food were sent for his relief, often from
persons of whom he had never heard.
He was anxious to do something for the
poor children who surrounded him, and in
1834 founded the “Scriptural Knowledge In
stitution.” It was designed to aid in putting
poor children into day-schools, where reli
gious instruction was given, and if means
should be provided, to establish schools for
them, to assist missionaries in their work,
and to circulate Bibles and religious books.
Mr. Muller determined to rely upon God
alone, and never to ask aid from any hu
man being. The donations being unsolicited,
were at first small, but they steadily increas
ed. The first year he had established two
charity schools, whose expenses were about
one hundred pounds. 'He longed to have a
home for poor, destitute orphans. In an
swer to his prayers, a bouse was offered him,
provisions and clothing were sent, money
given, and persons voluutecred to care for
the children. His field of usefulness daily
widened. In 1849 he had been enabled to
erect a large building for the accommodation
of three hundred orphans. In 1857 another
house was built, providing for four hundred.
In 1860 a third house was nearly completed,
designed to accommodate four hundred nnd
fifty orphans. In the same year Mr. Muller
says, “Without any one having been person
ally applied to for any thing by me, the sum
ot $133,528 14s. has been given to me for
the orphans, as the result ot prayer to God
since the commencement of the work, which
sum includes the amout received for the onen
A VALENTINE.
read from Kent's Commentaries, showing
that prerogatives of the constitution were
positive, specific, and, in the above regard,
gave no authority for interference. No one
bad ever held before that the General Gov
ernment was to step within the limits of the
...... , * , .received an ,. oin pjj a i lc< i Mien lean* scholar, and wa» turprlsed
oration, which lasted twenty mimitefl, one o: i„. .i-roteshUnrof. „ ,i nr. :r
tho longest, peihnps, in the annals of the
Mage. - • - ‘
to learn that lie devotes blsprofe- -ional life mainly
to the practice of Commercial Law. Such a master
a I <«» >* *»“ "»•««»)• .h. u.
Chaillot (Rue dcs ILvdnsi for the w inter attention almost exclusively to criminal advocacy;
tnue uti mssms) ior tnc w inter. j ^ be , n Ms c , ement and In hu „ lory
HILLEDGEVILLE CORK ESPONDENCE
LETTER VII. ■
. Milledoevillz, Feb. 14tli, 180C.
Upon the Bank question, the members of the
Legislature secin to be somewhat at a loss. The
bill to repeal ail acts making stockholders liable
will probablv come np in the Senate to-day or to
morrow, anil will elicit an animated discussion.
This bill contains n proviso, tbat existing contracts
shall not be impaired, nor vested rights disturbed.
It is insisted that the. passage of tills hill will destroy
speculation in bank notes, and enable stockholders
to make advantageous compromises. The Bank
men take very great interest in it. Indeed, they
say that a large class of onr people, (tbc stock
holders,) many of whom are widows and orphans,
have everything at stake on the passage of the bill.
There are other measnres pending on the same sub
ject, but tlie Bank men seem to take but little
interest in them, ns they relate only to thc mode
of winding up these institutions and to the adjust
ment of the equities between the bill-holders.
The case of tlie personal liability of the stock
holders is a very hard one. At the commencement
of the war, the banks were on a sound basis, and
raid good dividends. Both the 8tatc and Confed
erate Government* compelled them to advance
millions of their bills (it is said, about ten millions)
to aid in the prosecution of the war, and to receive
State and Confederate bonds and treasnry notes in
oayment, and to take them in discharge of all debts
line to the bar.ks and on deposit at par, ami
required them, at nil times, to give Treasury
notes ot this State or of tha Confederate States
at par, in exchange for their own bills or bank ustes
when demanded in sums of one hundred dellars.—
In this manner, without their free consent and
against their remonstrances, and by compliance
with the positive requirements of law to keep on
hand State and Confederate notes for the redemp
tion or their own bill*, nearly all their assets were
converted into these public securities. With these
securities, tho banks are ready to redeem every dol
lar of their circulation, as required by law. But
the Confederacy has failed—tlie State, underpres
sure of Federal authority, has repudiated—the
banks are broken—and tlie stockholders have lost
every dollar Of their capital
Bnt it may be said that the planter has lost his ne
groes, mules, etc., and that lie and the bank stock
holders only labor under u common bnrden.—
This is u mistake. The planter has been stripped
of movable property, but has liU land still, from
which he can derive a support. He has no huge
debt entailed upon him by action of the State or
Confederate Government, while the person, whose
whole estate consisted of 95000 of bank stock, has
lost every dollar and is left with a liability of ten
to fifteen thousand dollars hanging over him, caused
alone bv act of the government, as the banks were
rendered insolvent, not by their own bad manage--
ment,* bnt in the manner already stated. Each
stockholder is liable for the redemption ot the bills
in proportion to the ainonnt of stock owned by
Mm. Many or the banks were compelled to issue
two or three for one of capital stock, which makes
eacii stockholder liable for two or three times as
mueh as the whole amount ho has already lost.
Thisccrtaluly prescuts a case of extreme liard-
shin, but the hardship is increased, if possible,
when wc recollect that probably three fourths ot
all the bills issued by Georgia banks, are now in
the bands oi New York and other foreign brokers.
These speculators have bought them up at twenty
cents in the dollar in greenbacks, and will sue the
stockholders for one hundred cents in the dollar.
If they are permitted to recover this amonni,
utter rain befalls a large class of our own people,
and millions of dollars of the property of Georgia
will be transferred t« other States withont any com
pensation In return. Few members oi tlm Legis
lature can claim this as right. The case calls for
relief, and justice as well as sound governmental
policy would a< - in to require that it be granted.
Ricuaiond.
ing representation and taxation, except for S w , w !? flie people
some other cause which did not enter into t J berem bo ?! ^erc to elect their Legisla-
thc estimation of the wise and great ones by i * ures ’ al , ,dd Congress had no right to mter-
whomthe Government was made and t ,/ e fore with the elective franchise was ,t honest
now to attempt, to thrust such intefcrrence
upon the States indirectly, os was provided in
Constitution adopted, in recommending this
particular provision. This amendment says
to the States: You are to be entitled to a num
ber of representatives in proportion to your
numbers, .which is all right. Our fathers
designed that when they made the Govern
ment, and under it the country has gone on
prosperously. But, says the amendment, fur
ther, in the exercise of your right, you think
proper to exclude from tho privilege of suf
frage any portion of the number ot that- pop
ulation on account of race or color that portion
is to be deducted from theamount of numbers
which is regulnte tho number of your represen
tative and your power in the Government is
correspondingly decreased. And _ it does
more than that. It only snys that if' there be
by State legislation a distinction on account
of color in the exercise of the elective fran- j
clrise, hot only shall tbc number of such, per
sons who may be so excluded froii franchise
be deducted from the number 6f persons
wfyich is to ascertain the number of your rep
resentatives, but every man, whether entitled
to vote or not by the laws of the Slate, of
whom it might be said be belongs to tin race,
and every mnn who comes under the dtnomi
nation of color within the limits of the
States is to be deducted from the cnlmern-
thc terms of this amendment at this point.
Mr. Sumner asked if Congress had the
power to annul all State laws iu regard to dis
tinction of color, could it not also annul all
statutory provision for inequality of political
rights ?
Mr Johnson thought that Congressional
legislation in either case entirely unconstitu
tional. Why were the Senators of the other
side afraid to trust their fcspective States ?
And if soapprchensive.upon what grounds did
they assume to be confident that they had num
bers sufficient to enable them to adopt this
amendment and while they were anxious for its
paesagc,was it because they believed .that it
would have the desired effect in the South with
out affecting the system of the State Govern
ment of the Northern States? This Union
had always been dealt with as one. Why
then was Congress unwilling to leave the new
provision to the people of the entire Union,
instead of pushing its passage indirectly
through the Legislatures of a portion of the
States ? He then cited the case of Connecti
cut, and said the result would be repeated
with greater emphasis in Maryland. Sena
tors who now ardently advocated the mens
now in progress.”
Since the establishment of the “Scriptural
Knowledge Institution” in 1825,13,124 souls
have been brought under habitual religious
instruction, besides thousands that have been
assisted in schools in different parts of the
world; over eleven millions of religious tracts
have been circulated ; and a large sura annu
ally .expended in aid of home and foreign
mission.!. For these various objects, discon
nected with the orphans, Mr. Muller has re
ceived £51,175 14s. lid., which added to
the sum for the orphans, makes nearly a mil
lion of dollars.
When we think of the daily expenses ne
cessary to carry on these “Orphan Houses”
and other works of charty, and that the3c
children have never wanted for food or cloth
ing, remembering that these enterprises are
conducted by a poor man without any fixed
income, in addition to his duties as a clergy
man, wc cannot help exclaiming that it is
God who gives the power. These houses
stand as a monument of God’s willingness to
answer the prayer of faith, and accept and
bless the humble, confiding efforts of his
children.
FOR THE TELEGRAPH.
Messrs. Editors : I send you two enig
matical poems written by that great Lut
much-injured poet, Edgar' A. Poe. with their
solutions, that you may publish them for the
entertainment of the juveniles. I append a
solution to each enigma, but I hope your
readers will endeavor to solve the enigmas
without first looking at the explanation. 1
For her this rhyme is penned, whose luminous
eyes,
Brightly expressive as the twins of Loedc,
Shall find her own sweet name, that, nestling
cs
Upon tlie page, enwrapped from overy reader.
Search narrowly the lines!—they hold a treasure
Divine—a talisman—an amulet
That must be worn at heart. Search well the
measure—
The words—the syllables! Do not forget !
The trivialest print, or you may lose your labor
And yet, there is in this no gordian knot,
Which one might not undo without a sabre,
If one could merely comprehend the plot.
Enwritten upon the leaf,* whore now aro peering
Eyes scintillating soul, there lie perdu*.
Three eloquent words oft ntteied in the hearing
Of poets, by poets—as the namo is a poet’s, too
Its letters, although naturally lying
Like tho Knight Pinto—Mendez Ferdinando—
Still form a synonym for truth. Cease' trying !
You will not read the riddle, though you do tho
best you can do.
Explanation : Read the first letter of the first
line in connection with tho second letter of the
second line, the third letter of the third line, and
so on to the end, and wo get the name, Frances
Sargent Osgood, which lies, perdu* iu the enig
matical Valentino.
AN ENIGMA.
Seldom we find, says Solomon Don Dunce,
“Half an idea in the profoundest sonnet,
Through all the flimsy things we see at once
As easily as through a Naples’ bonnet—
Trash of all trash !—how can a lady don it?
Yet heavier far than your Petrachan stuff—
Owl-downy nonsense that the faintest puff
Twirls into trunk paper the while you con it"
And, veritably, Sol is right enough.
The general tuckermanities are arraDt
Bubbles—ephemeral and *0 transparent—
But this is, now,—you may depend upon it—
Stable, opaque, immortal—all by dint
Of the dear names that lie concealed within it
The same explanation will give us 8araii Anna
Lewis, the “dear name” that lies concealed with
in this poetical Enigma. Hirondelle.
tion; jf; therefore, as is done in the &ate of i ure d P rec, P ltatc |y withdraw their sup-
New York nnd several other States of the ! P° rtd they supposed that its operation would
Union, a distinction is made between the ! affect tiieir own State and it, m the
right to vote upon the part of tic colored i nataral occurrence of events the black popu-
Jk a. e\ lation should bo equally distributed over the
fi”* Sfi U , p0 "i he - ? a V f ! whole country, no representative of a North-
fheone i nmilifleitifm rlLnP; l l in , n *’ , or ^4 cm constituency could then be found with
other • tbe^viiofa’ of i f!’ 6 1 intrepidity enough to countenance such a
fltntn nf New York ia tn hn 1 r ^^ proposition. Jt was because tlie proposition
ft k ' did not affect them as it would tlie South that
lei l.w a Of Tor?- no the h mt l tut \ nn these gentlemen were so anxious for its adop-
pe t" £ f'ra tion. Tl.e country had come out of the late
2A Jhe reonKl r^ innee rr “ ‘ rCel '? ld , war so depressed that it needed the'utmost
nf. SSKZi f possession - the Government to bring about a
Of VnwVolr, "> ,tC r°T ! recovery, lie would advocate that the blacks
Snf t ,n t,1C he left as they are, protected by the Consti-
Knrrion ft tution in every privilege that pertains to the
orSof it L f f C0, ‘ i white man. Let the black work for his liv-
tvi“^55* '‘tobveftMJ-’ingusdid tlio white man, giving him full
tWLennv J^lErton -h*** Y ? right under the law to regulate liis°contracts,
of O, ™ of T' n0t ^ i and thus show his capacity for exercising the
^‘ t ., race Z h ° right of suffrage. Congr4 now proposes to
hofilera S unj frce - 4 to the South, unless you will let the black
■ r c ‘ . — ’ * entire niim- m , m yot(; uf rt; p res entati 0n shall be lessen-
k ’ " NC 7 }■ 308 by ^ * cd. Bat in assessing her taxes the full count
portion of her representatives.
FOZSEIGX.
The Neglected Heathen of Great
Cities.—Rev. Dr. Puscy recently said, in re
gard to London, “There are places in London,
as I have myself seen, where for generation
after generation the name of Christ has never
readied, aud their inhabitants bad much bet
ter have been born in Calcutta than in Lon
don, because the charity which sends forth
Christian missionaries would the rather reach
them.”
A Centre of Great Influence.—Rev.
Mr. Spurgeon, one of the celebrities of Lon
don, is indefatigable in iiis labors as a minis
ter. In liis chapel, a congregation of 5,000
men can be comfortably seated, and frequent
ly 0,500 ar* present. The Sunday-schools at
tached to his “Tabernacle” number 900
scholars. There is also a largely attended
adult class for men, and a ladies’ Bible class
of about 700. When lie first opened his Pas
tor’s College it had but one'pupU; now it
has 91. Tho expenses of the college amount
to $25,000 annually, collected by private sub
scriptions. He has sent 47 ministers to dif
ferent parts of the United Kingdom, who
have all succeeded in collecting congregations.
The Tabernacle has many branch institutions
in London, where his preachers lecture and
instruct; the working expenses of twelve of
these are paid by his congregation.
Sir Morton Peto.—In 1851, when the
World's Fair was proposed to be held in
London, and the plan for the building of the
International Exhibition had been drawn, a
meeting of wealthy men was_ called to. raise
tho necessary funds, of which half a million
sterling was demanded. There had been a
Loss of a Greenock Ship—Dreadful Suffer
ing of the Officers and Crew.
At an early hour yesterday morning the
second officer and twenty-four members of
the crew of the ship Aeronaut of Greenock,
which went ashore on the Island of South
Uist on the 9th instant, were landed from the
Isleman at Greenock. We have obtained
from one of the shipwrecked mariners the
following statement regarding tlie circum
stances of the wreck: The Argonaut was a
full rigged ship of 1,078 tuns. She was built at
Quebec in 1858, and was commanded by
Captain M’Kennie. She sailed from St. Jobn,
N. B., for Greenock, on the 1st of December,
having on board a full cargo of timber. After
she left port the weather proved very bois
terous, and southwest gales prevailed till 24tli
December, when the ship was about 360 miles
of tlie westward of Tory Island, and making
for the North Channel. About seven o’clock
tfti the evening of 24th the three masts and
everything attached went overboard.
The boats, bulwarks, and stanchions were
swept away, the cabin was stove in, and, in
fact, the vessel was stripped of everything
that the fearful sea could carry away. The
rudder afterward became unshipped, nnd in
the morning, to crown the misery of the un
fortunate crew, the ship became waterlogged.
The officers aud crew all managed to gdt into
the forecastle, where they lived huddled to
gether for seventeen days, suffering the keen
est distress of body and' mind, and enduring
fearful privations. A11 the clothes, beds and
bedding were washed out of the forecastle,
and as the ship was at the mercy ot the sea,
every wave washed clean over her. The whole
stock of provisions which could be found was
a few biscuits and a little beef and pork.
The only water left in the tank was found to
have been impregnated with salt water, and
tlie quantity left"was very small. The crew,
twenty-seven iu number, saw no liope but to
eke out existence as well as possible.
The daily quantity of rations issued was half
an ounce of bread, a quarter of a pound of
beef, and one wine glass full of water for the
first ten days, which was taken each day
about 12 o’clock; during tlie last seven days
the men were on the wreck they had no bread
at all, but three wine glasses full of brackish
water were served ont as a substitute. To
such extremities were thev reduced that they
cooked and ate the cat. At length, on the
2d inst., the weather moderated a little. In
tlie course of the morning tlie joyful cry was
heard’that a steamer was in sight. Hope ran
high thal help was now near, bnt their hearts
almost failed within them when the steamer
was observed holding on her course. Day
after day passed, but still no appearance of
any other ship. The men were benumbed
with cold, famishing with hunger, and
parched with thirst. Ever and anon the men
took off their clothes, and having squeezed
the water out of them, put them on again,
cold and wet.
On the 8th January land was sighted, but
where none of the crew cbuld tell. Toward
nightfall the ship struck on tlio rocks near the
south end of South Uist. A fire was kindled on
the windlass head in order to attract the
attention of those on shore should the island
prove to be inhabited. Subsequently, a small
raft was constructed and Inuncbcd, when
three of the crew got upon it, in order, if
possible, to reach the shore. At this time a
small book wns seen approaching from the
land, but the sea was so violent that her crew
were unable to get out near tho wreck. The
three men on the raft, however, were picked
up and conveyed on shore, where the hospi
table islanders treated them very kindly and
tried to make them as comfortable as possible.
Mr. Conncss asked a question. Suppose j
one of these States, North Carolina for in-!
stance, if this amendment should be adopted,
should enact that *a property qualification
should be required for the exercise of the
franchise, not applicable to folored people
alone, bnt to all alike, and spell an amount
of all the inhabitants would be the basis.
_ At a recent masked ball in Norwich, I that the Great Exhibition might have proved
a young lady was completely dressed in news- a failure, had it not been for his promptness,
papers. Of course she struck off a large nn- when the allied armies lay embedded in the
pression, all tbc gentlemen present being mi- mud before Sebastopol, it was found impos-
pressed with the idea that the paper duty—- slble to transport cannon and munitions »f
few subscriptions of a few hundred pounds,
when Morton Peto, then a comparatively nn- _ . , .^ - - .,
known gentleman, arose, offering to give £50, During the following night the rest of the
I 000. This bold offer electrified tlie meeting’j crew ' v ’ erc left on boaru tb“ na
and roused others to greater liberality; so
was established as would lead to the exclu- : I V W (§58 havin S to be ™F ried on men
was estaiiiisiieci as wouiMteau to the exclu-: wonc ] er whether dancing increased her circu- 4, ou u er ; xim a imc^nterurisinir mm sen
s.on of a large number ot the colored popu- Jati and whether hcrTeadcri were the lead- *© the Crimea a ff ofand I
lation from the poles, wonld not that State j er9 0 f las hi on . Of course she could object to 1 ’
as an act of liom-
was nor K cause oi race orcoior, tint Decause I Cotton. That private , Ir '“V r MI
of property qualification applying univer- Sherman to a friendm EnglMBd and Pnbhsh- compensate
sullv J 1 , 1 ; ° ; cd m the London Times, to the eiiect that lie j country wa
' Mr. Johnson—Of course, I have said noth- ba ‘J i. ust P*®? 1 thj ^VS h , ,llU _ COt L°. n , C0Untl 7
ing to the contrary. None are
from the numbers except an
against whom some qualification is required ... •
for the exercise of the elective IfcuftMM that caUy impossibfr that Gem Sheri ,u - prophe-
cy of abuudancc should ho realized.
SSd and there will be an alliance■ of the staple
entire class -is m *d e ) is bound, says the Mobile AdtcrUttr,
*: __ ... i to fool some credulous people. It isphysi-
twenty-one days had a railway complete, and
trains running from Dahvi-v.i to tlie heights
around SjL).'i.-,opol. For this service, which
was worth millions to England, be refused all
ition, feeling that the service to his
is sufficient reward. For this pa
triotic act Queen Victoria conferred upon him
the honor of a baronetcy.
wreck, nnd, as
the storm raged with increasing violence,
fears were entertained that the vessel would
break up before morning. When daylight
broke, a man named Ferguson, assisted by
his family, dragged his boat across the is
land, a distance of lour miles over the snow,
and after experiencing great dangers succeed
ed in rescuing the remainder of the ship
wrecked mariners. The poor lidkiws were
conveyed to a farm house, where every assist
ance that could he rendered them in their
sick and famishing condition >va- freely and
he.irti: ■ >r.: • .
In Mav i i-
Roman Catholic o;
It is to he of mag;
the v >rner •
thcdral wa • hi
one hunilre I
■VVoorhees, of Indiana, lias been ronste
from his seat in Congress anil Washburne h:
gone into it.
;et in
pal
breadth, to i.u- extivi
lis -j.irc will overtop i
j of the imperial cin.
ot a'new
in Pekin,
us—three
and fifty
the trau-
ie-t of the