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THE GEORGIA WEEKLY TELEGRAPH
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Mns Stonewall Jacks ok.—A letter from
the widow of the lamented hero, Stoftcwall
Jackson, will bo found in our supplement.
U will be seen that she corrects the misap
prehension that she is in a condition to suffer
from want of comforts of life. A kind father
extends over her and her child parental care.
Still she is dependent, and the country of
Stonewall Jockson would have her independ
aut in her own right, and for this reason we
hope the good intentions of the Southern
people to honor the great hero by substantial
compliments to his family, will not cease on
the appearance of Mrs. Jackson's modest
letter.
Baptist Ciiubch.—We are requested to
announce that the mechanics have token pos
session of the Baptist house ot worship in
Macon, in order to effect needed repairs, and
that for the two coming Sabbaths there will
bo no divine service, though the Sabbath
school will not be suspended.
Arrival op a Locomotive for the 3Ius-
coa&E Railroad.—The schooner Helen
brought on her recent voyage from Philadel
phia, a splended new locomotive, intended
for the Muscogee Railroad, and also 200 car
wheels, castings, &c., for the Atlantic & Gulf
Road. So says a Savai**** 4 * P a P«* * p Friday
fast
0TMn. Boully, of the Hawkinsville
Dispatch, is in our city, and will call on some
of our. citizens to-day to secure advertise-
sweii t* for bis paper, and obtain subscribers.
The Dispatch is a good paper for our mer
chants to advertise in.
Cold Spell.—The late cold spell was re
markable, and wc have taken the trouble,
from various telegrams, to compile the state
of the thermometer in various places on the
lSIb.
London, Canada West, “very cold.”
Toronto, Canada West, at 5:3Q—23
Montreal, at 8 a. in., 17, at 5 p. w., 3 below
zero.
Quebec, 15 abovo zero at sunset.
Niles, Michigan, 3 p. m„ 5 below zero.
East Saginaw, at sunset, 13 below zero.
Grand Rapid, above zero, 10.
Chicago, 41-3 below zero.
Detroit, zero.
Toledo, 5 below zero at daylight.
Columbus, Ohio, at daylight, 8 below zero;
at 9 o'clock, 10 below zero.
Drayton, Ohio, 7 p. m., 8 below zero ; at
lip. m., 14 below zero.
There was a great snow storm all over the
North-west.
GLEANINGS.
'ST Rev. S. W. Bailey, in a lecture at Coop
er’s Institute, on tobacco, humorously sought
to prove that the practice of smoking is con
ductive of the growth of democratic ideas
and also of family happiness.
13?" On the 14th of February an affray
took place at the Spotswood Hotel, Rich-
mend, between Dr. Staart, general correspon
dent of the New York “Herald,” and Colonel
Garnett, late of the Confederate army. No
weapons were used. The parties were great
ly excited.
13?" New York papers of the 15th, an
nounce that General Joseph E. Johnson ar-
. rived in that city on the day before, and is
stopping at the New York Hotel.
IS?" Government has seized all the flat-
boats at Mobile, on the ground that the boats
had belonged to the Confederate States. The
action of the authorities has thrown a great
■any men out of employment.
KT The order suppressing the Richmond
Bxamincr emanated from General Grant,
was based on the ground that Pollard, the
Editor, bad broken his parole.
13?" On the 14th the Speaker announced
the following gentlemen as the select commit
tee On the propcscd National Bureau of Edu
cation contemplated by Mr. Garfield's bill
Messrs. Garfield, of Ohio ; Patterson, of New
Hampshire; Randall, of Pennsylvania; Don
elly, of Minnesota; Moulton, of Illinois
Goodyear, of New York.
On the aamo day, Mr. Kelly presented the
memorial of two hundred and thirty-four
communicants of Payne Chapel, African Meth
odist Episcopal Church, at Atlanta, Ga., pray
ing for an appropriation sufficient to enable
them to rebuild their place of worship, which
was torn down and utterly demolished by a
party of Federal soldiers, during the late
campaign of Gen. Sherman through Georgia.
Umph!
tdgf" Kentucky is the only State of the
thirty-six that hasn't adopted the Constitu
tionil Amendment.
J jgf"Anno Domini 401 the Black Sea was
rely frozen over. If it were to happen
now, Mr. Sumner would bo caught in the ice,
—Boston Pott.
Fire in Savannah.—The Warehouse be
longing to the 31erchsats’ and Planters Bank,
and leased by Mr. J. C. Rowland, at the cor
ner of Montgomery street and Battle Row,
Savannah, was destroyed by fire, Friday last
Ons hundred hales of cotton, fully insured,
and five thousand bushelsof corn, not insured,
were destroyed with the building.
pjr in a suit just decided by the Supreme
Court of New York, for an autograph letter
of Washington to the Mayor and Council of
New York city in 1785, the jury fixed the
value of the letter at $2,050.
Uon. Geo. Bancroft.—The recent com
memorative address of this venerable histori
an before the President, and the two Houses
of Congress, contains, says the Lynchburg
News, one sentiment at least which must have
fallen rather gratingly upon the ears of some
his auditory. Mr. Bancroft asserts in his ora
tion, which will go down to posterity as part
of tho history of this eventful era, that
“The States which would have left us, arc
wot brought back as conquered States, for
then we should hold them only so long as the
contest could be maintained, but they come
to their righful place under the constitution,
as original, noec.-sary, and Insepcrablc mem
bers oi the Union.”
yarThe Emperor of France, on the open
ing of the Chambers, 23d ult., made this sig
nificant announcement: “ France has no
political State prisoners in jail, nor political
exiles beyond her frontier.” Such is this day
tho condition of. “dujwtic France.” In free
America the case ■< different.
Wc tiave it in our power to make
pediferou* New England harmless, at the
tarthest, to the rising generation.—Meridian
Mm-nger.
Then, for heaven’s sake, stand not on the
otJ-t 11 your doing, but do it,—lb.
GOTER.VOR JENKINS.
Whilst enduring many wrongs, in this evil
day, wc have reason to be grateful that we have
in the Chief Alagistrale 7 of the State, a man
adapted to tho times. Judge Jenkins, whilst
deploring tho mal-administration ofthe Feder
al Government, and conscious of a growing
tendency at the North to disturb tlie institu
tions peculiar to the South, and apprehensive
of an ultimate disruption ofthe Union, yet did
not approve of the secession of the State. The
time for the final issue he did not think had
arrived. Yet longer forbearance—still farther
effort to avert the necessity of attempting
the organization of a separate Government,
he desired and counselled. No one ever
questioned bis loyalty to the Unioh; he rev*
erenced its historic renown; ho rejoiced in
its greatness; ho loved the pure principles
upon which it was based, and earnestly de
sired and labored for its perpetuity.—
But when tho dread issue was made—when
Georgia struck for independence—he did not
hesitate to cast bis fortunes with hers, and
to pledge honor and fame and life to the
success of her cause. He gave his hand;
his heart and every element of his noble
manhood to the war. Nor did any one over
question hi3 loyalty to the Southern Confed
eracy. And when the war closed by remedi
less subjugation; when the baptism of blood
had been fully administered, and the State,
stripped of her resources, lay prostrate at
♦he feet of her conquerors, and all was lost
but honor, then he accepted the inexorable
necessity of the case, and promptly acquiesced
in a cordial return to the Union. So that
when elected and now, there neither was,
nor is, a doqbt of his loyalty to the constitu*
tion and laws of the United States.
The extraordinary condition of our public
affairs casts upon the Governor of the State
extraordinary responsibilities, and involves
the possession of peculiar adaptedness to meet
them.
A powerful party, holding command ot
both Houses ot Congress and influenced eith
er by vindictive passion, or fanaticism, or
lust, for power,or by all these combined, seeks
to subject us to indefinite military despotism.
The President, backed by all the conserva
tism of the North, and nil the sympathies of
the South, and influenced by a generous
clemency and a wise statesmanship, seeks our
restoration to the Union with all the rights
and immunities guaranteed to the States by
the constitution, at once, without penalties
for the past, and with no indemnity for the
future, but our plighted faith; whilst wo»
most anxious to return to the parent fold, de
sire to submit to any terms that do noi in
volve,’constitutional disfranchisement, nation
al degradation, or personal dishonor. In
such a condition of the case the State Execu
tive is clothed with great powers for good or
evil. The future of our Commonwealth de
pends greatly upon his wisdom, firmness and
patriotism.
Now, it is admitted that the views and po
sitions held by Gov. Jenkins, as stated above,
commend him as the man mo9t likely to in
spire confidence at home, and to command
respect abroad and at) the same time fit him
eminently for the delicate duty of liis place.
Without bis staunch Southcmism, ire could
not trust him, and without his stAuncli Union
ism, he could not be trusted at Washington.
It is passing strange that onr enemies assume
that one's fealty to his native land, in a cri
sis of life and death, should demonstrate him
to be unworthy of confidence when he
pledges his faith to the Union. That homage
which staked all upon the success of tlie Con
federacy, is the strongest guarantee of fideli
ty to tho oath of allegiance to the Union.—
This adherence to honor, they seem not to un
derstand, or else they wantonly disregard its
significance.
Governor Jenkins is entitled to the grate
ful confidence of the State for the services nl
ready rendered, chiefly, but not alone, as le
gislator, and Judge of tbe Supreme Court.
For very many years he represented the coun
ty of Richmond in the Legislature, and has
presided for a length of time on the Supreme
Court Bench; in the former capacity, illustra
ting a liberal and far-seeing statesmanship; and
in the latter, the learning, justice and dignity,
of ail able Judge. His moderation ns a party
man, in times of violent party excitement, re
minds us that now we have nothing to fear
from bias or prejudice, originating in tbe
struggles of the extinct parties of the country.
Whilst he is not void of honorable aspiration,
yet his ambition has ever been subordinated
to public duty and private obligation. Once
ho declined a candidacy for tho U. S. Senate,
when his election was certain, because be
would not interfere witli the just claims of a
personal friend, and a distinguished citizen.
Were our Federal relations free from em
barrassment, there would rest upon the Ex
ecutive duties severe enough, to task the en
ergies ot tho strongest man in Georgia. Then
it would remain, in cooperation with the other
departments of the government, to restore the
credit ofthe State—to reorganize the admin
istration of the State Road—to remodel the
indnstrinl pursuits, and revive the industrial
energies of the people—to adjust equitably
the political relations of the two races, now
under the State government—to readjust tlie
pennl laws—to provide for public education,
and to rc-invigoratc the general administra
tion of the laws. But waiving these things,
what are the moral and intellectual qualities
which tho times make necessary, in a Governor
of Georgia ? Why these: a calm, discriminating
judgment, a thorough acquaintance with our
system of government forbearance, self-con
trol, firmness, a love of country which masters
every other passion and subordinates all in
terests to the public weal, an absolutely un
conditional rectitude of purpose, and last, but
not least, trust in the wisdom and justice of
an overruling Providence. These elements,
harmoniously blended, constitute a well bal
anced character—the per contra of a brilliant
visionary, an extremist, a demagogue, or an
obstinate impracticable. It is high, but not
unmerited, praise to say, that they unite in
Gov. Jenkins, and therefore, he is the right
man in the right place.
What our future for years to come is to bc t
a few months will determine. Just now it
is shrowded in uncertainty. It is not appa
rent that the radical majority have abandoned
one jot or title of their selfish and vindic
tive policy/ They seem resolved to rule, or
ruin. At the samo time the President, like a
granite mountain, stands immovable. Let us
not underrate the difficulties which environ
him, but give to him a patient and hearty
support. That mutual confidence subsists
between him and the Governor, there is no
reason to doubt.
Why, it may be asked, this eulogistic arti
cle on Gov. Jenkins ? Wc answer, not for the
ignoble purpose of interested laudation, but
to render the just meed of praise to distin-
confidence of the people already in, him re
posed, and to repress indignant outbreaks of
feeling for outrageous wrongs endured or
threatened. Let us trust the ship to tbe
helmsman, far lie has a clear eye and a steady
and strong hand, and his life and fame arc
afloat.
Letter from Mrs. “Stonewall” Jackson.
The editor of the Charleston News recent
ly proposed a subscription in that city for the
relief of the widow ofthe late General “Stone
wall” Jackson, who had been represented to
be in very straitened circumstances. ' After
the first announcement, it occured to him
that he might have been misled, or, if the
facts were as stated, that it might be more
becoming and respectful to Mrs. Jackson to
first ascertain tho correctness of the impres
sion prevailing as to her circumstances, and
to learn from her if tbe measure ot relief in
spired by those impressions were consonant
with her feelings. To his note addressed to
her upon the subject, he received tho follow
ing letter:
Cottage Home, N. C., Jan. 25,1866.
My Dear Sir. Your letter‘of the 3d. instant
was forwarded to me from Lexington, Va.,
I have delayed answer for a few days, ho
ping to receive the paper to which you refer
red, but it has not yet reched me, and I have
not had the pleasure of readingyour editori
al; but judging from tbe remarks in your let
ter, (suppose it is a similar publication to
what has recently appeared in m»ny thc
newspapers, representing the family of Gen
eral Jackson as suffering for the necessities of
life, and appealing to the public for their
relief.
It is a source of deep regret and mortifica
tion to me, and to my family and friends, that
such a misunderstanding should exist in re
gard to my circumstances. It is true that
almost the whole of my little fortune has
been swept away. My noble husband, actua
ted by patriotism, invested in Confederate
bonds, to assist the government, and I, fol
lowing his example, the consequence was the
loss of nearly the whole of his estate; but
God has still left to me one of the kindest of
fathers, who has the means of providing all
the comforts of life for me and my orphan
child. The pecuniary sufferings of others in
our afflicted land have been so much greater
than my own, that, in this respect, I have on
ly need of a more thankful heart And I, of
all others, should have no fears for the future
for the covenant-keeping God of my husband
has watched over ns heretofore, and the love
of this great people to me and my little child,
on his account, fills my heart with grateful
joy.
While it is one of the greatest comforts of
my desolated life to see the many hcautitui
and eloquent tributes to the memory of my
beloved husband, and I would gracefully ac
cept any offerings, that arc voluntarily given
as testimonials of love and gratitude in him,
yet the contributions that are now called for
ore given under a /alee impression ; and it is
inconsistent with ideas of honor and recti
tude to receive them. I would, therefore, beg
that all efforts that are made to raise a fund
for my “relief,” both in Charleston and else
where be immediately stopped.
With thanks to the warm-hearted and gen
erous citizens of Charleston for their kind
feelings towards me and mine,
I remain, yours, very truly,
* * Mart Ans Jackson.,,-
LATEST NEWS FROM OUR EX.
CHANGES.
THE SUSPENSION OF TnE RICHMOND EXAM
INER.
New York, Feb. 17—The Tribune's special
says: Mr. Henry Rives Pollard, of tlie Rich
mond Examiner, having invoked in vain the
interference of the President to secure the re
scinding of General Tony’s recent order sup
pressing his paper for the expression of dis
loyal sentiments, yesterday visited General
Grant, before whom he laid his grievances,
and of whom he asked permission to resume
tlie publication of his paper. General Grant,
after listening to Pollnrd’s representations,
quietly informed him that he would receive
any written communication addressed to him
from Richmond, bat that he could not at
present give his decision in the matter. The
suppression ofthe Examiner was done in pur
suance oPiositivc orders from General Grant,
who announces his intention of suppressing
all newsptpcrs in the South which have the
audacity to come out in similar bold denun
ciations of the Government
GEN. LEt BEFORE THE RECONSTRUCTION
COMMITTEE.
Washiigton, Feb. 17.—Gen. R. E. Lee
Gen. Taylor’s Famous “Blander.”
The Richmond Dispatch comes, solitary
and alone, to the rescue of the literature of
“Old Zack.” It quotes from Chambers’s Jour
nal and comments as follows:
Slip of the Pes.—General Taylor im
mortalized himself by perpetrating one of the
grandest bulls on record, in which he attain
ed what a certain literary professor calls “a
perfection hardly to be surpassed.” In his
presidential address he announced to the
American Congress that the United States
were at peace with all the world, and con
tinued to cherish relations of amity with the
rest of mankind.—Chambers'* Journal.
Seventeen years after its appearance, Presi
dent Taylor’s lapsus penna is thus commented
upon by a foreign periodical. Wc do not re
member ever to have seen an attempt to
E rove that tho old hero did not commit a
hinder. And yet no proposition, wc think,
is more susceptible of perfect demonstration.
Here is General Taylor’s own language:
•‘Wc are at peace with all the world, and
hope to maintain our amicable relations with
the rest of mankind.”
This is merely apparently a bull. The two
phrases, “all the world” and the “rest of man
kind” are ‘ synonymous and intcrcbangablc.
No one will contend that he might not with
propriety have said, “Wc are at peace with
the rest of mankind,” or “We are at peace
with all the world.” And the same idea
wonld have been expressed by cither phrase.
This proves the two to l>c identical in mean
ing, and if so, they may be substituted the
one for tlie other. Let us see how the sen
tence would then read:
“Wc are nt peace with tlie rest of mankind,
and hope to maintain our amicable relations
with all the world.”
As good English as anybody can write.
Again: the conjunction “and” certainly docs
not affect the correctness ot the language; for
in parsing the sentence, the word “we"
supposed to be between “and” and “hope”
as the nominative case to the latter. Leave
out tlie “and,” and the dullest reader will
perceive that there is nothing wrong—thus:
“Wc are nt peace with all the world. We
hope to maintain our amicable relations with
the rest of mankind,” (or “all the world.”)
Is that right ? Unquestionably. And We
think no one will contend that tlie insertion
of “and” could convert these two sentences
into one containing a bull. It is undeniable,
then, that General Taylor was right The
resemblance to n bull isowing entirely to that
imperfection of the language itself—if im
perfection it be—which makes “all the world”
and “the rest of mankind” synonymous
phrases. Read tlie sentence ns the old hero
wrote it, with a strong accent upon the word
maintain, and no one can object to it as in
correct, however inelegant it may be.
guisbed worth and merit, to strengthen the
A Novel Duel.—A quarrel took place re
garding some trifle between Sir Edward
K , an English gentleman, very well
known in Paris, and another sportsman, not
less famous, the Boron R . Tho seconds
had in vain crideavered to reconcile them,
and it was necessary to have recourse
amis;'but, os both of the principals were
firstrat o shots and swordsmen, it was agreod
that they should figlit with—cigars. Two
cigars, similar in every external respect, hut
one of them prepared in such a manner that
it should explode and prove mortal to the
smoker, were placed on a table. The combat
ants drew lots for the firet choice. The novel
weapons of war were then lighted, and alter
a few puffs on explosion took place, and Sir
Edward fell on bis back. He, however, im
mediately got up again, and was surrounded
by the seconds, while his adversary offered
him his hand. v
“Gentlemen,” then said one of the seconds,
“you have both shown the greatest courage,
since you were both ignorant of the effects
of the explosion. Mr. II (the other sec
ond) and I agreed only to put a little gun
cotton in one of the cigars; and now let us
o to dinner. May such be the end of eveiy
[uel.” '
The Freedmen’s Bureau Bill—The
Tennessee Delegation.—The Commercial's
special says: Influential politicians are en
deavoring to effect a compromise on the
Freedmen’s Bureau bill. The basis is that if
the *Presidcnt signs the bill, the Tennessee
delegation will be at once admitted.
yST It is said of Dr. Bascoin, the Metho
dist clergyman, that his eloquence was such
that on one occasion the whole congregation
arose and pressed towards the pulpit. He
once so excited Henry Clay that the latter
exclaimed, “Will done, Bascoin! Give it to
them! Give it to them 1”
was examned this forenoon by the Joint
Committee on Reconstruction.
mil Bancroft's oration—-indignation of
FOREDN MINISTERS—SEKOR ROMERO.
New Tore, Feb. 17.—The Herald’s spe
cial says: The diplomatic corps arc indig
nant orcr Mr. Bancroft’s oration, especially
tlie Austrian and British Ministers. The lat
ter retracted Ills acceptation of nn invitation
to dinacr at the house of a Congressman as
so>n as he heard that the dinner was given
in honor of Mr Bancroft.
The stoiy that Mr. Romero, Mexican Min
istir, was refused admission to the Bancroft
culigy, and went away indignant, is ex
planed. Mr. Romero presented himself at
themain entrance to the hall shortly before
the exercises commenced, when he discover
ed fiat he liac; neglected to bring his letter
ofiivitation. The door keeper, in obeying
posiive instructions from the Committee,
conll not admit him without the ticket. Ro-
merc appealed to Senator Foote, Chairman
ot tin Committee, who just then approached
the door with the President on liis arm.
Senrtor Foote could not attend to it then,
and passed on, Romero then departed, and
the fenator sought him after the President
was seated, but could not find him. The
Chahnan deeply regrets the seeming dis
couresy to the Representative of the Repub
lic o' Mexico.
tax receipts from southern states.
The World’s special says: A communica
tion will be sent to Congress on Monday by
the Treasury Department showing that from
April 1st, 1865, to Febuary 1st, 1866 ; $28,-
000,000 of all kinds of taxes have been re
ceive! from the Southern States.
OPPOSITION TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND
XI ENT.
The Commercial's special says 23 Senators
declare ,hev will vote against the constitu
tional anendnent
• tik freedmen’s hill.
A special to the Press says the Freedmen’s
bill will certaiily be vetoed by the President-
THE TENNESSEE DELEGATION TO BE ADMITTED
BY BILL.
Special Ditpitcb to the Cincinnati Gazette.
Wasrinoto?, Feb. 16.—The sub-commit
tee of tlie reconstruction committc of fifteen,
cfcaiged with at inquiry into the claims of
the Tennessee representation in Congress,
have finished thiir labors and as announced
in last night’s diipatchcs, communicated their
result to the mam committee yesterday. The
sub-committee eiamined many persons of the
highest clinrnctir and standing, including
Gens. Thomas an! Fisk, all of whom express
the opinion that Hie formal rehabilitation of
Tennessee in the Union wouldgreatlystrength
cn the loyal clenunt in that State, and there
fore they concluded to submit to the main
committee with their report proper, a bill
admitting, or ratter re admitting Tennessee
into the Union. The wording of the bill is
very nearly liketliat of tlie usual cnacthicnts
for the admissiot of new States.
OTHER SOUTHERN CONGRESSMEN NOT TO BE
ADMITTED.
There is gronrd for asserting that the evi
dence taken belnre the sub-committce con
cerning the condition of affairs in the other
rebel States, is such as to preclude absolutely
the probability of the admission of any of
them the same vay as Tennessee during the
present session.
FROM MEXICO.
New York, Feb. 17.—The Herald’s Vera
Cruz dispatches to the 1st inst., state that
there was great activity in French military
affairs at VcraCruz, but not of a character to
indicate an early evacuation of tlie country
by the Europeans. French troops in large
numbers were arriving at Vera Cruz from the
interior and embarking on transports. It is
understood they were bound for tho defence
of Tampico, which was seriously threatened
by the Republicans, and it was even intima
ted that they were intended for the fron
tier service on this side of the line of the Pa
nueva river, in order to be there in readiness
to meet and cheek the advance of tbe allies,
the Liberal! in Mexico and from the Uuitec.
States. Thire was a rumor that the Imperial
ists had already been compelled to surrendci
Tampico, tiough an account of a severe de
feat of the Republicans in tlie vicinity ot that
city, comes to us by way of New Orleans.
Large quantities of military stores were still
arriving at Vera Cruz and being sent into tlie
Interior, and an Imperial train valued at
$600,000 was recently captured by the Repub
licans.
The report ofthe commission appointed by
Gen. Welted, to investigate the Bagdad af
fair, shows clearly that no United States offi
cers were connected with the raid, and Gen.
Crawford-is chnrgcd with being its instigator
and director. Tlie testimony taken by the
commission was very extensive.
'Flic Auctioneering of
setts in Washington Territory.
„ A Piquunt Description of it.
DISPATCHES TO TOE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
From tho Lscroaw (Wis.) Democrat.
SWEETMEATS FOR CANNIBALS.
“A Pacific const editor protests against the
Mercer project of shipping Yankee girls to
that region, and desires the press cast of the
Rocky Mountains to speak out and put a stop
to this business.’ He says: ‘Let no more un
protected females be exposed to the perils of
these shore’s.”
People have wondered at the sense of this
Massachusetts abolition philanthropy for
some time. It is much like the olden style of
dealing ih the handsome girls of Circassia,
when hundreds of their “school marms” were
huddled together and shipped off to parts
unknown for the pleasure of “Harem” scarem
Turks. We suppose the mode of disposing
of these Yankee girls on their arrival to the
Pacific coast is something like this:
The ship has arrived in port. Notice has
been sent to the longhaired miners and rough
bachelors of that auriferous section. The girls:
have been bathed by squads, platoons and '
brigades in the mouth of some “waterfall”
from the mountains; their bcsL raiment has
been put on. Standing on the poop deck,
the charge d' affaire*, with hair pushed back
from bis receding forehead,and a sharp nasal
twang, thus holds forth :
“Neow yeou wild beasts of this ere Pacific
•strand, I’ve brought you a whole passel of
genuine ladies, right nice and fresh from
Busting and along the shore. I have a pick
cd lot of gals, fresh as a daisy and lively as a
butterfly! I. won’t acel the entire lot to one
man, for that would lie too much of a good
thing, but I’ll sell each of you a little charm
er, warranted not to cut in the eye, big enough
for the tallest mines, and small enough for
the least there among you! Walk up, fellers.
Stand up to the tnffrail, gals. No crowding
on the hauscr ! Git coat ycr dust and select
yer gal l
The first Fll offer, fellers, is a freckled faced
school-marm, named Betsey Jane. T’other
name aint no matter. You can gin her yeourn!
She 13 nineteen years old by the Bible, has
good teeth, twenty-seven inches round the
waist, and is warranted kind in harness.—
How much for Betsey ? Sold to Jack Long-
beard for five hundred dollars. Good-by, Bet!
“The next gal, ladies and gentleman, I mean
fellers, is a sly puss, named Pliilla Malury!—
She is a choice gal, raised in Bosting—poor
but honest parents—early inured to the Gos
pel and Abolitionism, and warranted perfect
as far as heard from! How much lor her, fel
lers i She can darn a stocking or make a
pumpkin pie, in tlie twinkling of an eye, and
she can heave a sigh, you can bet! She is goin
on twenty years—lias a cheek like a spitzen-
bergen, the sweetest lips and most daintyful
breath you ever tasted—all for—six hundred,
make it nine, and down she goes to Captain
Bull of the Woods for nine hundred!
The next animile—oh, sweetheart! fellers,
is a blue-eyed Yankee gal, named Jerusha
Jane—never mind her other name. She is
bustin’ ga!. Knows all her letters—has
constitution like a tea-kettle, which is good
after its nose is knocked off for all it will
fetch, and is an ornament to her sex or any
other man. She is twenty-five years old—
ain’t so by ly handsome, but is heavy on
the hug, and is warranted to lost a life-time,
if she don’t die first. How much for her ?
Come, wake up, you fellers! Massachusetts
wants to enlighten you! Here is the best
chance for happiness—only a few more left!
Sold to dare-devil Tom for fifty ounces of
dust!
“Now, fellers, stand up close. Here is
stunner. Tabithia Marier, as was her mother
before her, also her graiidmother. She is
nineteen years old, poor but honest parents,
eats but little—a pine gum lunch will last her
■ week. Sold for no fault, but Massachusetts
has no further use, and takes this means to
jay her war tax. Come up and feel of this
ot. She never scolds except in anger, and.
like George Washington, never chopped 1
tree with her little hatchet. She is warranted
genuine, and if not sold, will be thrown
ashore for you tellers to play with, and over
she goes, for it’s all chance,’you know.”
telegtKaphic.i und s? h it, becomcs
1 gress to enable them to organize State ^
ernmenfs. The resolutions fully sustain? a
President in maintaining a suspension of t
/Meat corpus in the Southern States, and •
keeping troops there for the protection '
Union citizens and freedmen.
The President sent to the Senate to-d
his veto of the Freedmen’s Bureau bill *'
which he suggests amendments. He ta\ *
the ground that the bill is unconstitutional
and that the appointment of agents in even
county where freedmen and refugees ci;i
would place too much patronnge in the has
of the Executive and enable him to use itfo.
the attainment of political ends, were ke y
disposed. He expresses the earnest hop.
that a question of so much importanc* to it
country will not become a law, unlu» upo-
deliberate consideration by the people, it shall
receive tho sanction of an enlightened puty
judgment.
GENERAL NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.
THE PRESIDENT’S VETO SUSTAINED
BY THE SENATE!
THAD. STEVENS RAMPANT !
NO SOUTHERNERS TO BE ADMITTED
TILL CONGRESS CONSENTS! .
Gen. Butler has received from Low
ell, Mass., a flag made for the use of tho U. S.
Senate, which was manufactured in the mills
at that place for the American Bunting Com
pany. This is tlie first flag ever made in this
country from domestic materials, and will be
hoisted to-day, and the Senators will no long
er deliberate under the folds of a flag made
from foreign fabrics.—National Intelligencer.
TnE Charleston Cathedral. — Bishop
Lynch has purchased the property adjoining
the Cathedral lot, and will shortly commence
the construction of a new and elegant Church
edifice in the Gothic style, to take the place
of the Cathedral of St. John and St. Finbar,
which was so unfortunately destroyed in the
great fire of 1861. The new building will
occupy a commanding position, and will be,
in all respects, an ornament to tho city.
IS?" Servants in England seemed to (lave
turned the tables on their masters and mis
tresses.—Boston Commercial.
Masters and mistresses in tlie South have
been treated in the same way. At least they
have had the Bnreau turned on them.—lb. '
KTA western soldier, who had been
through all the campaigns and shared in
many of the fiercest battles of the war, writes
from his home that “he nover realized the
horror of war till begot home to Indiana and
found his gal married to a stay-at-home dry-
goods clerk.”
A Paris letter says that the gold med
al for Mrs. Lincoln, subscribed for in France
is to be presented to her by M. Albert, mem
ber of the Provisional Government of 1848,
who has been selected by the Committee to
go to the United States for the porposc.
. A new gas,made from crude petroleum,
is being introduced into Chicago. The Chica
go Pust says the light of the petroleum gas is
fully four times greater than the light of the
coat gas, and that it can be made at a much
less cost.
A Foreign Conspiracy against Ameri
can Finance.—Information from the State-
Department, furnished by United States Con
sul Potter, reveals the existence of a wide
spread conspiracy in Canada and Europe with
the object of affecting the finance of the Uni
ted States Government. The intention seems
to be. if possible, to create a panic in the Eu
ropean markets in reference to American se
curities, and, os a consequence, forcing home
our bonds now held there. The hope seems
to he cherished that they may in this manner
bring about a financial crisis in the United
States, and prostrate the commercial interests
of tlie country. The principal Canadian agent
a man named Vernon, and the first move
ment toward the desired result exhibits itself
a work the proof-sheets of which are in the
hands of the Department. Its tenor may be
inferred from the following heading: “Repu
diation ot the National Debt Inevitable—Im
possible to Pay the Interest and support the
Government—Tlie Farmer, Artisan, and La
borer Slaves to ‘Shoddy’ and Wall street.”
It appears that Vernon is in correspon
dence with tlie Rothschilds on the subject,
and that other leading European banking
houses arc implicated in the plot. Correspon
dence bus been opened with the London
Times, with Hope & Co., Amsterdam, with
Earl Russell, and the Paris journals. The ev
idence is full and complete of an intention on
the part of the plotters to destroy the credit
of the Government.—Nat. Intelligencer.
True Courtesy.—Real courtesy is widely
different from tlie courtesy which blooms
only in tlie sunshine of love and the smile of
beauty, and withers and cools down when in
the atmosphere of poverty and ago and toil.
Show me tlie man who can quit the brilliant
society of the young to listen to the kindly
voice of age, who can hold cheerful converse
with one whom years has deprived of charms;
show me a man of generous impulse, who is
always ready to help the poor and needy;
show me the man who treats unprotected
maidenhood as he would the heiress, sur
rounded by the protection of rank, riches and
family; show me Ihe man who never forgets
for an instant the delicacy, the respect that
is due to woman as woman, in any condition
or class; show me such a man, and you show
me a gentleman—nay, you show me better,
vou show me a true Christian.
Learning a Trade.—It was a wise law of
the ancient Jews, that the sons of even the
wealthiest men should be obliged to serve an
apprenticeship to some useful occupation;
so that in case of reverse in fortune they
might have something to fall back upon.
The same law still exists in Turkey, where
every man, rich or poor, even the Sultan him
self, must learn a trade. How fortunate
would it bo now had it been a law in this
country!
“Would to God I had a trade!” is the cry
of thousands of returned soldiers, North and
South, who find themselves ruined in pocket,
with no immediate prospect of gaining a
livelihood. It should teach parents that,what
ever else they may give their sons, theyshonld
give them a good trade.
Armies of Other Days.—The largest army
ever assembled at any one time during the
revolution was that commanded by General
Putnam, on Long Island. That numbered
seventeen thousand men of all arms. The
next largest was that with which Washington
captured Cornwallis at Yorktown, when he
had sixteen thousand. Our largest army
assembled in 1812 was commanded by Jack-
son at New Orleans, and counted about six
thousand. ComiDg down to tho Mexican
army, Taylor won his victories with a force
never exceeding five thousand, and Scott’s
largest force was not beyond eight thousand
five hundred. The largest army prior to the
rebellion, was, therefore, that of Putnam, at
Long Island—seventeen thousand men.
55?" If you want to get a favor from a
man, feed him. A man, like a horse, can’t
be managed till be has had a bit in his
mouth.
Washington, Feb. 20.—In tho Senate to
day, Mr. Wall, of New Jersey, offered a joint
resolution to amend the Constitution so as to
render the President ineligible to election for
a second term. He supported it in a speech in
which he alluded in caustic terms to the
President, who, he said, had developed a pol
icy that was agreeable to every enemy of the
country.
Mr. Wilson offered a resolution, which was
adopted, instructing the Committee on Re
construction to enquire and report bow far
the late rebellious Stated bad conformed to
tbe requirements of tbe President’s recon
struction policy.
Mr. Davis, of Kentucky, read a long argu
ment in opposition to tbe Freedmen’s Bureau
bill, and sustaining the veto ofthe President
Mr. Trumbull followed, opposing the veto.
The vote was then taken on the vetoed bill,
and .resulted as follows: yeas, 30; nays 18.
The vote is insufficient to secure the passage
of the bill over the veto.
In the House, to-day, Sir. Stevens from the
Committee on Reconstruction, reported
joint resolution declaring that no Senator or
Representative shall be admitted into cither
branch of Congress from the late rebellious
States until Congress shall iiave declared
such States entitled to representation.
Mr. Grinder asked and obtained leave to
read the minority report of the Reconstruc
tion Committee, which declares that the
State .of Tennessee is entitled to representa
tion.
Mr. Stevens said their was an earnest dis
position, until yesterday, to inquire into the
condition of Tennessee and sec whether or
not that State was entitled to representation;
but since then there had been a change, and
it was wholly out of the power of the Com
mittee to proceed further without surrender
ing the rights of the body to the usurpation
of another power.
Much excitement prevailed during these
proceedings. Mr. Stevens demanded a vote
on the previous question, and motions to ad
journ for the purpose of leaving off the vote
have prevailed all day. The House is still
in session to-night, with no prospect of ad
journment.
LATER.
Mr. Srevens’ resolution to deprive the South
ern States of representation until they shall
be declared fit by Congress, passed the House
to-night, by a vote of 109 yeas to 40 nays.
FROM PANAMA.
New York, Feb. 21.—Panama dates to
tbe 12th has been received. A gold mine has
been discovered eighteen miles from Panama,
developments of which are pronounced ex
ceedingly rich.
Callao advices confirm the declaration of
war by Peru against Spain. Hostilities have
not yet commenced.
MOBILE MARKET.
Mobile, Feb. 20.—Cotton excited and ad
vanced one cent. Sales 3,200 bales. 3Iid-
dling at 4Gc.
Gold 36. Sterling 46. t
Dinner of the Press Convention.—Bj.
fore final adjournment, it was concluded that
the members could not take leave of one
other, and of several friends who had showi
them conrsesies without meeting at the f«.
five board. Accordingly hurried prepay
tion was made by the proprietors of the E t .
change, where most of the members stopped,
and the affair came off at four o’clock on Fji
day evening. By common consent, the bead
of the table was accorded to Mr. Clark, Pr»
ident of the Association, and foot to Col
Steele, the venerable and jovial editor of th*
Atlanta Intelligencer. Messrs. Gage, Grant
Tompkins and Clark, of the Mobile delegj.
tion in the Legislature, were present, and zi
so Mr. Keating, President of the South
tern Press Association. The wine provided
by members of the local press was dranl
freely, but good order and good feeling w*
preserved tlioughout. Tho fun, in the shap*
of jests and toasts, was kept up till latei;
the afternoon. Among other things worth;
of recording, the health of President John
son was toasted and received three rousinj
cheers and a “tiger.”—Montgomery Advertise:
18 th.
Good Breeding.—Had man never fallen,
the continual, jar of interest found in th<
world would not be manifested. Mntin!
good will and kindness would be the spon-
taneous growth of earth, and to express tht
feeling of the heart would bt but the nature!
out-pouring of the truest, purest feelingi
But since the heart 1ms changed a continued
curb is needed to soften tlie asperities, and
hold in check the violence of the unguarded
heart. It is well, therefore, that the usages oi
society impose their restraints; even whet
the form alone is put for the language of
heart.
The amiable, the self-denying, the gen 1
are ever welcome to the heart, and in
absence the world borrows their lanj
assuming their voice and manner, and
code of courtesy, brings back again to
the gentleness and peace of primeval
cence. In this light, manners are elevati
symbols of the heart language—to tl
ground which morality and religion
and become tlie dews of social life.
Murder of Charles A. Clapp.-
community was yesterday morning si
at the intelligence of tlie murder of (
A. Clapp, an industrious, enterprising
respected citizen, the diabolical deed hav
been perpetrated at his late residence, j
without the southwestern environs of
city, at half-past nine o’clock on Friday nigin
The affair at first seemed enveloped in a ve
of mystery, hut in this instance, as in othe:
of a similar character, the truth of the hackl
neyed adage, “Murder will out,” hes been ft I
ly verified. - J
The Jury of Inquest, after a patient:
careful investigation into the matter ye
day, were forced to the conclusion that
Clapp had been murdered by a Federal t
dier named Berry, the wife of the uufori
nate deceased being considered as acce
to it, and their verdict was returned i
cordnnce with these afets.—Mont. Advertiser!
NEWS FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL OP THE EUROPA. 1
FURTHER DECLINE IN COTTON.
THREATENING MESSAGE FROM
FRANCE.
New York, Feb. 10.—Tho steamship
Europa has arrived at Halifax.
karkets.
Cotton in Liverpool hnd declined l-2d on
American and l-4d to Id on other descrip
tions. Sales of the week, 51,000 bales. Mid
dling Orleans, 18 8-4d. Sales of Friday, 10,-
000 bales, market closing firmer, particularly
on American qualities. Sales of Saturday,
8,000 bales, market closing quiet and steady.
Five-twenties were quoted at 66 3-4. Con
sols, 86 3-4a87.
POLITICAL.
France, it is said, lias sent an inquiry to
Washington concerning tlie intentions of tbe
United States with reference to Mexico. An
intention to occupy the latter country will be
regarded by France as a casus belli.
STILL LATER FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL OF THE MORAVIAN
COTTON ADVANCED.
Portland, Feb. 19.—The steamship 3Iora-
vian has arrived at this port with advices
from Europe to the 10th inst.
3IARKETS.
The Liverpool cotton market was buoyant
and had advanced 3-4d on American and l-4d
to l-2d on other descriptions. Sales of the
week, 70,000 bales; sales of Friday, IS,000
bales, holders demanding an advance.
3Iiddling Orleans was quoted 19 l-2d.
Five-Twenties were quoted at 671-4 to
’ 3-4. Consols, 86 3-4 tc 86 7-8.
POLITICAL.
Tlie Spanisli Government at Cadiz has been
notified by the Spanish 3Iinistcr, at London,
by telegram, of the departure of vessels from
the 3Iersey, under the Peruvian flag, to prey
upon the commerce of Spain. '
Tho Spanish Chamber of Deputies, in re
sponse to tho Queen’s speech, offered a reso
lution netting forth the increased financial dif
ficulties, and stating the necessity for balanc
ing the expenditure with the revenue, as it
was impossible to raise taxes.
NEW YORK 3IARRETS.
New York, Feb. 19.—The cotton market
quiet; middlings, 44c.
Gold, 137 1-4.
New York, Feb. 20.—Cotton market firm;
Middlings 45 a 4G cents.
Gold 137 1-8.
FROM WASHINGTON.
STATE GOVERNMENTS YET TO
ORGANIZED.
BE
THE PRESIDENT VETOES THE FREED-
3IEN’S BUREAU BILL.
Washington, Feb. 19.—The House, to
day, by a large majority, passed resolutions
declaring that the rebellion deprived the
people of tho South of all civil government,
The Face in tiie Glass.—At first it wij
a baby face, round and dimpled and inno
laughing and crowing at itself as nurse!
it up to amuse it by the pretty reflectiorl
then it was the face of a little girl, who *
climbed upon a chair to look at the
chubby image, and wondering how
could bo “two of her.” Afterwards it i
the face ofthe young maiden, who stood oft
before the mirror, plaiting her hair and
ting on her golden ornaments, and adomii
herself for the eyes of those whom she ion
and desired to please. And now it is an ole
cr face, that sees the approach of wrinkle
and “crow’s feet,” and these defects, whig
the hand of Time lias traced upon it; it;
not wreng to notice, because the old i *
ed face makes the heart thoughtful, and i
minds it that it is drawing nearer to its cte
nal home.
Beautiful Idea.—Away among the AH
glianies there it a spring, so small that a si
gle ox could d; ain it dry on a summer's dd
It steals its unobstrusive way among the
till it spreads out into tlie beautiful C
Thence it stretches away a thousand tr
leaving on its banks more than a hum
villages and cicics, and many thousand
vated farms, aud bearing on its bosom
than half a thousand steamboats. Then joi
ing the, 3Iississippi, it stretches away
twelve, hundred miles or more, until it
into the great emblem of eternity. It is
of the great tributaries of the ocean, whi
obedient only to God, shall roll and roar ‘
the angel, with one foot on the sea and
other on the land, shall lift up liis hand
heaven and swear that time shall lm no 1<
cr. So with moral influence. It is a iivi
an ocean, boundless and fathomless as <
nity.
The Floyd Acceptances—Decision
the Court of Claims.—The Times’ W&
ington special says: The United
Court oi Claims to-day decided the
Pierce vs. the United States, involvingt
validity of tho Floyd acceptances. The c
cision is adverse to the claimant. The i
ion of the court is that these accept
were issued without the authority of law, *
a fraudulent purpose, and therefore the <
ernment is not bound to pay them, althoa
they are in the hands of bona fide holders.^
Over $1,700,000 are involved in this and e’
cr cases, dependent upon tlie result of *
above' decision.
Destructive Fire in New York.—I'-
York, Feb. 15.—A destructive fire this mo
ing destroyed the City Assembly Room,
ican Theater and several stores on Broad*
Loss $200,000. Tlie goods in the stores t
nearly all removed, so that the loss oft
store keepers will be light. The build”
was owned by Edward Mathews. His.)
will be nearly $150,000, on which there i*^
insurance of $80,000.
The Capture of Bagdad.—New Yojj
Feb. 15.—Tho Herald’s Havana letter oi^
7th, says City of Mexico papers contain^
accounts of the seizure of Bagdad, and ‘
press the hope that the United States *
make reparation, and thu3 remove the
cessity of a declaration of war.
Nebraska Legislature.—Omalm,
IS. — The Nebraska Legislature adji*'
yesterday. Resolutions endorsing P«
Johnson’s administration were passed i
unanimously. Bills provi ling for a
survey of the Territory and liberal prof"
to induce emigration were also passed.
£5?" Some one who ha3 had a g'! m ^
the new styles announces that the spnng^
nets aro to bo a cross between the * t*
and the “Fanchon,” and that ga* 1 ”!
hats are to be more ball-shaped than W"
with a lower orowa.
The characbvof an upright man ^
pair of 1 loots. Tlie more you bhu-
rnore it shines.