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THE GEORGIA WEEKLY TELEGRAPH
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psy* In the correspondence of the State
Department relative to the Shenandoah, Mr.
Seward refused to recognize tho vessel only
as tho British-registered ship Sea King.
“New Haven had a rousing Union
meeting in support of the President and his
policy on the 1st of March. The leading
men of the city, of all parties, participated,
and Senator Doolittle and Dr. Bacon were
among tho speakers. •
A Unit.—The New York papers say all the
Cabinet are now united in favor of the Presi
dent and his policy. Even Stanton has given
in his adhesion. Wo are rather inclined to
doubt the statement, though a good office
goes a long way toward opening the mind of
the occnpant to conviction.
The Southern Colony. — The Mexican
‘•Times' 1 of Jan. 27, says: Several ex-Confed-
prates have arrived nt Cordova cn route to
the American colony near Marlton. This col
ony is doing well, and cotton is being exten
sively planted. A Portuguese colony is set
tling at Huachingac.
The Public Debt.—From a statement
made by tho Treasury Department, it appears
that the debt of the United States amouted
on the 1st of March to $2,827,808,959 46;
amount in the Treasury, coin and currency,
$110,018,059 24: leaving a clear indebtedness
of $3,711,850.000 20—two billions seven hun
dred and eleven millions eight hundred and
fifty thousand dollars and twenty two cents!
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“TpR Georgia Citizen,” a daily afternoon
paper, published in this city, Dr. L. F. W.
Andrews editor and proprietor, made its first
visit to our office yesterday afternoon. As a
specimen sheet, it is highly creditable, and
promises well for the future. The “Citizen,”
says the editor, in a well-written salutatory,
“will lie eminently conservative in principle,
conciliatory in temper, and courteous in
speech.” These are the great landmarks for
a journalist to steer by, and, well adhered to,
cannot fail to secure to this new candidate for
public favor a liberal share of patronage. We
welcome the “Citizen to the list of our regu
lar visitors, and wish it a prosperous career.
ExronTS and Imports.—Statistics at the
Treasury Department, says the National Intel
ligencer, shows that the commonly received
opinion that there is a balance of exports over
imports in our foreign trade is without found
ation* The official values of the exports arc
currency values, the values of the imports are
gold values, and consequently, for the pur
pose of comparison, it becomes necessary to
equalize them. For the threo years, 1803, ’64,
to, the imports amount to $876,000,000 in
gold, while the exports, valued officially ia
currency nt $972,000,000, when reduced to a
gold standard, are $082,000,000, leaving, in
stead of an ovcrplusin our favor of $150,000,-
000, a deficit of $154,000,000. This is the
true conation of our foreign trade, and prob
ably explains the great flow of our Govern
ment securities to Europe.
“Your Bull” &c., — The Boston Post
says; Senator Sumner accuses the Presi
dent of “white-washing”—misrepresenting—
facts. Senator Wade denounces him as a
traitor. Representative Stevens sneers at
him as a “pundit,” and says public function
aries, guilty of less offenses than Mr. John
son has committed, have lost their heads in
consequence; while the Clerk of the Senate
■ays he is endeavoring to force traitors into
Congress! But when the President retorts
in self defense, these models of propriety are
shocked, and cry for civet.
It is even worse than that: when the Pres
ident pays these worthies back in their own
coin, the whole pack set up a howl that he
was “drunk.” If ho was, as Lincoln said
about Grant, wc wish all the officers of the
Government would take to drinking the same
sort of whisky.
President Johnson* thinks the oath is
too severe, but is not disposed to quarrel with
Congress on this point. Wc think those who
have read the recent speech of Alexander II.
Stephens, before the Georgia Legislature, will
conclude that it is a vicious test which ex
cludes him and such men as him from Con
gress. They would add much to the respec-
tahilitv of that body as at present constitu
ted. The radicals perhaps are afraid of the
comparison which their admission wopld sug
gest.—Chicago Time*.
The “Times” is right If the test oath
founded in reason, Mr. Stephens ought to be
admitted. Such men can only be kept out of
Congress by prejudice. And yet, safo and
true a inan as Mr. Stephens, we do him no
injustice in saying that Georgia has not elect
ed one man to Congress who is not quite as
safe and true, and who will not give as hon
est a support to the Constitution and Govern
ment
The truth is, let Congress do what it will,
should that odious test oath remain to stare
*ur members in the face when thev come to
take their seats, the South will be oa effectu
ally excluded from representation then, as she
is now. No Southern constituency will con
sent to be repcresented by men who are dis
tasteful to them and chosen under Northern
dictation. Wc have nobody fit to represent
us on those terms, and if we had and did not
choose, from any cause, to send them to
Congress, it is nobody's business. The only
question is: have wo sent men whom we be
lieve to bo loyal and truo to the Constitution,
not whether wc have omitted to send others
who may also possess thoso moral qualifica
tions. If nobody who took part in the war
can go to Congress, then is the Union recon
structed only so for as the former Unionists
of the South are concerned, who need no re
construction, leaving out the great body of
the people.
So important is it that the test oath be rc
pealed, that we cannot bring ourselves to be
lieve that the President will make no issue
upon it, except under assurances that the Su
preme Court will set tho odious measure aside
as unconstitutional—which it clearly is—or
that it is to get.nd of in some equally expedi
tious way.
POLITICAL PARTIES IN THE UNITED
ST T ES.
We have thought this subject of sufficient
importance to justify us in transferring to our
columns an article in relation thereto from
the New York World, a paper of acknowl
edged ability and influence and the represen
tative of what is left of the Democratic par
ty in the Northern States It has an impor
tance beyond the mere success of this or that
political organization. The triumph of sound
principles and the safety of the country not
unoften depend upon the movements of par
ties. Hence, every patriot has an interest in
the principles and policy they adopt and seek
to carry out in the practical administration
of the government At this particular crisis
of our histoiy, the course of parties becomes
a question of vast moment to every well-wish
er of tho country. A false step now may
thwart the best intentions and bring untold
evils upon all the people. The Republican
party, which has now control of the countiy,
is fast undergoing the ordeal of disintegra
tion. The explosive material gathered with
in its bosom during a time ol war, can rest
in quiet but little longer. The clement of
cohesion with so large and cumbrous a body,
is dissolving under the genial sun of peace.
A rupture, therefore,is inevitable. Discordant
materials, with the bond of union gone, must
fall to pieces, each returning to its natural
affinity. This is a work of necessity, and will
surely go on without any extraneous assist
ance. Indeed, any interference is most apt
to arrest the process of dissolution and im
part new vitality to the oehesivc principle.
Wc arc pleased to see that so intelligent a
journal as Tho World is inclined to take a
sensible view of this important question, and
to direct the minds of its political adherents
in a safe and philosophical channel. We
hope it may prove successful; but recent
meetings at the North, purporting to be
purely Democratic in their organization,
would seem to indicate that the sound views
of Tho World either came too late for the
present emergency, or failed to command the
respect they deserve.
It will be seen that our New York contem
porary discourages the idea of any alliance
or coalition between the President and the
Democracy. It considers the Democratic
party, under existing circumstances, as a mere
“army of observation,” looking with interest
to any result of the war between the two fac
tions of the Republicans that will redound to
the best interests of the whole country, but
taking no part in the strife—that the Presi
dent and liis friends on the one side, and the
Radical Disunionists on the other, must fight
it out among themselves. This is the true
view of the case, and it appeals with a pecu
liar force in view of tho fact that the Presi
dential party seem amply able to take care
of themselves.
But notwithstanding the general views of
The World, it is still laboring under one deep-
LEGISLATIVE PHOTOGRAPHS.
as he vainly supposed, in tho more lucrative
1 pursuits of mercantile life, in the city of Augusta.
Ills career as a merchant, suddenly ami sadly
terminating, lie removed to Mailisou where he soon
married and settled upon a farm. Fitted by his
_ —. , . taste and education for a field more active and en-
The Secretary of the Senate is a gentleman j jarred i.'sclin’ut--, be was not content “his light
and scholar. I never look upon his thoughtful I should be hid uuder a bushel.” Actuated there'
face, nor listen to the rich melody of his voice,
BY AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT.
COL. JOIIX B. WEEMS.
A paragraph is going the rounds of
the papers that Alexander Campbell, founder
of the denomination sometimes called the
“Campbcllites,” is dead. lie was alive and
well at last accounts,. The mistake probably
arose by confounding him with Dr.* D. R.
Campbell, a prominent Baptist clergyman of
Kentucky, who died a few months since.—
ITashciUe Union.
{9£f A remarkable case of absence of mind
occurred at the residence of one of our most
hospitable citizens last evening. A friend of
well known bibilous propensities, bad no
sooner entered the room thonjhe was asked
rooted error, of which, however, it will be
effectually cured by the events of the next few
years. Its idea is that, the Republicans split
in twain, the Democratic party, with the rein
forcement of a united South, will be stronger
than either faction, nnd therefore must suc
ceed to the government. This, in our judg
ment, is a grave error, and if the Democratic
party at the North is kept up with any such
hope, it is destined to a bitter disappoint
ment. The World ignores all history, and es
pecially the history of the Democratic party,
when it builds upon such a foundation. Par
ties which once die, .especially in the midst of
revolution and opposing the war, never rc
vive. The success of arms seals the fate forev
er. And again, wc have in the Federal and
the Republican parties of Washington's and
Jefferson's day, and in tho Whig party of a
still later period, an instructive lesson on this
subject. These all went by the board in tlieir
time, and for not one of them has there been
a day of resurrection. The Democratic party
died a more violent death than either of
them, and went down to the grave with a
mountain load of sins upon its head. It died,
too, unlamentcd, for so lost had it become to
all moral sense that it even raised its bands
against itself^ and nt Charleston committed
the crime of suicide.
It is a great mistake, too, to suppose that
the South would unite to a man in an effort
to restore that defanct organization. Many
good people at the South, and among them
some who have in times past borne the Demo
cratic banner through every contest, in spite
of the universal sentiment of gratitude felt
by U3 all toward those individuals at tlio
North who sympathised with us in tho lato
struggle for independence and threw their in
fluence in the scalo against the shedding of
fraternal blood—wc say there arc many who
regard the excesses and ultraism of the old
Democratic party as having a full share of
responsibility for tho disasters that have come
upon the country. Its corruptions in elec
tions, its duplicity to gain power, its unscru
pulous use of tho public money and patron
age, its loose notions of government and
vocacy of the largest liberty, its devotion to
expediency and abandonment of principle,
its contempt of authority and habitual dis
honor of genius and greatness—all have borne
their legitimate fruit, discord and ruin.—
These things cannot be forgotten.
The South, in siding with parties for the
future, will have many salutary lessons for her
guide. It will be her aim to avoid unbridled
democracy on the one band, and licensed ty-
rany of government on the other. Tho gold
en mean between Scylla and Charybdis will
/be her choice, and her only path of safety.—
He who practically holds aloft the constitu-
tion of our fathers, and proclaims tho sacred
guarantees and restrictions of tlifit immortal
instrument as tho rule of his political con
duct, is the man to whom sho will rally and
give her undivided support. A parly of the
Constitution is what we of the South want,
and intend to have if wc can get it Wc
want a party that will bring back the country
to its old Washingtonian landmarks, and ad
minister tbe government in strict regard for
its own honor, the rights of tbe States and
the liberties of tho people. That party has
yet to be bom from of womb of Time.
but to admiro him, and wish there were more
like him in the land. He mast be near 40 years
of age, is a man of low statue, dignified carriage
and deportment: has dark chcsnut hair which
is interestingly thin; light hazel oyes which are
deeply set; heavy and overhanging brows, and
a face very striking for its thoughtful repose and
freedom from corroding care. His conversation
is chaste, his humor elegant and always to be
enjoyed and appreciated by refined companions.
There are men of finer social qualities, of more
wit and humor; bat none more companionable,
or whose absence yea more sincerely regret
when he says adieu. The conversational tone of,
his voice is unlike any I have ever heard, and I
think more naturally musical. A favorite with
all; he enters no circle without a welcome, and
alwaya contributes hit full share to mutual en
joyment. Tbe ladies, especially, appreciate him
in this regard, and he seems to hold the balance
of power in the galleries between Dr. Casey, is
the Senate, and Mr. Snead, in the House. At tbe
highest ministerial officer in the Senate, Cot.
Weems deserves and receives the tribute of
praise from every member of that body. Vener-
able'Senstors endorse the faet that ao predeces
sor has ever surpaased, if they have equaled the
accuracy, the despatch and the uniform civility
of his official conduct. He is a guide to all in
pointing out the truo parliamentary line of legis
lation and in keeping them upon it. In
this respect his experience and skill are, at this
session, the more invaluable, because the Senate
is composed almost entirely, of new members.—
He is himself a close student of Mr. Jefferson’s
Manual, and has beside* no small experience, as
he was the Assistant Secretary under tho lamen
ted Col. Colquit in 1856. Colonel Weems is a
lawyer by profession. In 1848 he was elected
Solicitor General of tbe Northern Circuit, which
office he held for eight years; and such was the
energy and assiduity with which he performed
his -duties, that he was earnestly urged by the
Grand Juries, and by the members of his profes
sion, to accept the offico for another term. This
be declined, and began a general practice in the
city of Augusta. When the conflicts of arms be
gan, he like most of his profession, betook him
self to the tented field. He soon rose from a
captaincy to the command of the Tenth Georgia
Regiment. After a severe wound at Savage Sta
tion, he was, during his disability, placed in
charge of the Conscript Bureau of the State of
Georgia. The arduous and perplexing duties of
tbe position he filled with honor to himself and
satisfaction to his superiors. At his own request
he was relieved from this department and again
sought his command upon the blood-stained
fields of the Old Dominion. He was a second
time wounded at the battle of Gettysburg. Col.
Weems is a native of Wilkes county, Georgia.
He is not a graduate of any College; but obtain
ed a thorough education under the teachings of
the justly celebrated Carlyle Beeman. He is a
quiet, unostentatious gentleman, worthy of a
better photograph than I can give him, and will
receive an epitaph of many tears when he dies.
COL. JAMES D. WADDELL.
The efficient and popular Clerk of the House,
is a scion of a noble race. His father was a
Presbyterian Minister of good repute, and his
grandfather the loved, honored, and renowned
Moses Waddell, of Franklin College memory.
Colonel W. inherits many of the noble and
manly virtues of his distinguished ancestors.—
Of coarse he has strong Presbyterian instincts,
and perhaps enjoys the religion of his fathers in
a milder form. He is a man of medium height,
dark hair, dark eyes and complexion, and is full
of physical and intellectual vigor. He wears a
face of cheerful industry, overcast at times with
a shadow of humorous cunning, with a slight
tear-limp in his gait, he does not bear kimselt
with graceful locomotion, but may be said rather
to waddle along,
he moves, he seems to throw the weight of his
brain unfairly upon tbe right of an elegant per
pendicular. This may, however, be occasioned
from a tender regard for tho weaker leg on his
other side. Ho has passed his third decade, but
carries his ago well and safely. Four years of
glorious and successful service in an unsuccess
ful war, has slightly broken tbe manliness of his
form, but made no encroachments upon the good
ness of his heart or tho attractiveness of his fea
tures.
He still imagines himself Colonel of the 20th
Georgia, and seems to owe and enjoy the same
obedience'to his General, as when following Him
to the field or engaged ia tbe shock of battle.—
His devotion to General Benning borders upon
idolatry, and ia a daily violation of tbe letter and
spirit of tbe second commandment. It is said he
believes that “Old Rock” should be unanimously
elected Judge and Governor and King over all
the earth, and it is not safo for any one who
values his friendship to join issue with him upon
this subject. By gentle persuasion, he has been
induced to secede from his assertion that ho had
seen tho General mortally wounded seven times
upon different battle-fields. We tiust that this
idolatry on the part of Col. W. will be as readily
forgiven, as was my Uncle Tobv’s profanity,
when be swore that “ the poor soldier should not
die, by G—d.”
Col. W. has been well educated. He enjoys
intellectual pleasures, and delighU in the day
dreams of an active and poetic imagination.—
fore, by a desire to do good in bis day and genera
tion, aiid in obedience to a solemn sense of Chris
tian duty, he was ordained to tbe ministry of the
Baptist Church which profession he beautifully
adorns and illustrates by a “godly walk and con
versation.” HU name Is familiar to the brethren
of the “mystic tie” throughout Georgia. As a tes
timonial ot their appreciation of ills exalted worth,
he was elevated to tbe distinguished position of
Master of tbe Grand Lodge of Masons in thcState;
and in him that time-honored institution has an
stole and zealous advocate, and a bright exatnplur
of the principles and truths which it inculcates.—
He is without experience as a Legislator, bat the
J rarity of his character and tho soundness ot his
udgment eminently qualify him for usefulness In
the councils of tbe State. So far, he has indulged
to a moderate degree in the debates of the Senate.
Ills speeches are always short but pertinent, and
evince t bo rough mental discipline and sound prac
tical sense. Hie style of declamation Is slow and
measured, his enunciation distinct and emphatic,
and his language expressive and chaste. As a lite
rary effort, his speech upon the bill of tbe Senate
to establish a State Orphan’s Homo has not been
excelled, if equaled during the session. The sub
ject called forth all the generous impulses of his
nature, and at the close or bis earnest and eloquent
appeal In behalf of the helpless child whose father
now fills the patriot soldiers crave, the venerable
and much respected Senator from the 25th District
who sits upon Bis left, arose from his seat, and
with a tremor upon bis lips and with eyes filled
with tears, said: “Mr. President—I call for the yeas
and naya upon the passage of this bilL I wish the
Journal of the Senate to attest the unanimity with
which it passed.” • The roll was called im>t nut i
vote stands recorded against it. In tlie present ex
banstcd^condltion of the Treasury, tlieS tnte is un
able to give material aid to that good work. If
Mr. Butler would only go about among the people
and appeal to them in their behalf; it would be es
tablished at once upon a sore foundation. But I
forbear. His generous nature, pleasing address
and good sense qualify liim for much usefulness,
and he Las the energy and will to advance any ob
ject looking to tbe welfare of the people and his
State. He is about 43 years of age. May be long
live to enjoy the inwards of a well-spent life ot
usefulness and honor.
COL. T. J. SMITH.
A BLAST FROM MR. LLOYD GARRI.
SON.
This old abolition mountebank reappeared
on the stage in Brooklyn last week. He has
lost none of his malignity or his folly," as will
appear by reference to a’ few extracts from
his speech which wc append:
TIIE PRESIDENT’S SPEECIL
Who constituted the great body of the
crowd that marched to the White House on
This gentleman represents the County ol Han
cock. and is one of the most useful and influential
members in tbe Legislature. His influence is not
exerted in set speeches, but rests upon his Inleli-
gent work in the Committee room, and upon high,
bat very quiet power which he has of rendering
men unwilling to differ from him, when thrown
into intimate contact with him. He is also recog
nized as one of the few who in the present body
have some legislative experiooee, he having several
times represented his county in the “piping times
of peace.” He however took an early, uctive and
honorable participation in the war; and during
that time he neither tilled, nor sought any office
outside of the army. His appearance is high
ly manly and engagaging, with a decidedly
military bearing which was carried with him
into the army, and not borrowed front it—
IBs character Is in full harmony with these exte
rior indications. The sterner virtues of truth, jus
tice, honor and remarkable energy, are gracefully
softened by high sociability and great fondness for
the good opinions of his Iricnds, and a most loyal
devotion to their service. The elegant hospitality
dispensed by him and Mrs. Smith at their beautilul
seat of Glen Mary, is particularly known and liigl
THE PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS TO A
MARYLAND DELEGATION.
Last week an immense popular gathering
was held at Baltimore to approve tbe course
of the President and hold up lib arms in tlie
straggle against Radicalism tor a restored
Union and a constitutional government. A
committee was appointed, who repaired to
Washington on the 1st instant, tendered tho
resolutions of the patriots of Baltimore in
person, and assured the President D f their Jhuraday last and drew frtim him that speech,
r ’ , ~ . I “which lor its indecency, bombast, malignity,
rapport and confidence. arul treasonable leaning, there arc no words
The President having received tbe resolu- fitly to characterize, and for which, with otli-
tions, responded in these words: er weighty reasons, he ought to be indicted
Gentlemen—I cannot make anv formal *7 that grand inquest, the United States
speech in rcplv; hut in response to what has H «ura of Representatives tried by the Senate,
been said, I will simply remark that my pol- «?<* ( or tba P eace ™ d ? f th ® 1 countr - v
iev, to which you have alluded as before the digmlnBtsd from office. (Loud and long ap-
country, was not announced as the result of J dause *) rhatmob. was constituted, as every
impulse, nor was it thrown out for any W ““ m Washington knows ot rebels
eaptandun purpose. It was announced as andtbe “ copperhead abettors, almost to a
the result of conVictions after mature consid- man,the low, the vile and the desperate. These
eration, as a necessary construction of the werc the hackere of President Johnson, rend-
principles upon which this Government rests. * be air jubilant with shouts, as he made
'Hat policy which I honestly regard as being that harangue which as it circulates through
tlie best for the country, will continue before * h « a “ d ’ 13 fil ,n 5 ! “ ll rcbeld "“ with satamc
the'peoplc without the slightest deviation. |J abllat * on > and ail eopperlieadtlom with hope
and without being swerved from on my part, ot victory. When the bottomless pit is in
I do not say this in a spirit of menace or fu . U «: b ° rU9 ' ‘‘i 3 no * f or son f of g ood “cn to
threat to anybody; hut simply to give assu- jjmn t n tune. (Laughter and applause.) Take
ranee that there shall be no abandonment of, tbat speech where you may, if tlie brutal, the
and no shrinking from that policy, because it drunk ? n - the seditious, tlie negro-hating, the
is believed that the very existence and perpe- tyrannical in spirit and design are there, it
tuity ot the Government depend upon the Wl 1 recede their unanimous applause If,
maintenance of tlie principles which have I unhappily, liere and there, there are those
been enunciated. I am not insensible " bo arc “ ot ® f that damp, who also approve
to the remarks which have been, accompa- ‘be i speech, then so much the worse for them,
nying the presentation of these resolu-1 the more inexcusable and inexphcablc ts
tions. Tlie mind and soul of a man who would I tlieir conduct. Listen to the New \ork W orld,
not feci more or less inspired and i m - the Daily News, and the Herald, the old trin-
pressed by what you have said, must be ex- desenliedmthescnptun.'s as “the world
tremcly dull and barren. I feel the full force thefleshand the devil ” Mr. Garrison then read
of wliat you have spoken, and I think I know P as8 ^8 e3 from the editorials which have re-
l.ow to appreciate it; and thus feeling, I am «■*& anpeaedin f besa disreputable papers.
wifi, fl,« with reference to the President and his late
impressed with the conviction that my duty
must lie performed without regard to conse
quences. Your encouragement at this par
ticular time seems peculiarly appropriate;
measures, favoring the audience with a run
ning comment.
HENRY J. RAYMOND WOR8E THAN A REBEL.
your countenance and proffers of support un-1 .^ e ne *? produced an extract from the
der the present circumstances, inspire tuewith I Tunes, which was received with vehement
a confidence, and a strength, and a hope, that blss ^ s * tbcn sald *. 11 J’° u , P ard “ n
the country will ultimately triumph, and f be bad g ram “ ar for . thc 3ak ? tbe
those great principles will be sustained. It I KV 110 the Times is out ot joint, and its
editor deserves a heavier condemnation than
any of his secession associates. lie, alas!
bus gone over to the enemy in a manner which
covers with a disastrous eclipse his old fame
as a friend of freedom nnd as the announcer of
is not necessary for me to remark to you that
I entered this contest at its very incipicncy,
and I have not deviated a single hair’s bredth
from the line of policy I then laid down. I
stand now precisely on the same ground that,. ... ,. , ,
I stood on in the Senate on the 18th and l 9 th tbc irrepressible conflict and tl.c higher law.
days of December, 1800. I know that it lias secretary seward a fallen lucifer.
been said, and no doubt bv many designedly You have seen the telegram sent by Mr.
said, that hero is a President who was elect- Seward to President Johnson alter tlie deliv-
ed by a partv, and who, on coming into pow- ery ot that infamous speech. “It is all right
er abandoned that party; that lie has “Tyleriz- and safe; the Union is restored, and the
cd” liis Administration; that he lias joined the country safe; tho President’s speech is tri-
Copperheads; and things of that kind. Those umpliant, and tbe countiy will lie happy.”—
tilings have no influence upon me; they fail (Hisses.) How art thou fallen, oh, Lucifer,
wholly to drive me from the discharge of my son of the morning. It had been far better
luty. But if you and I, with others, have for thee to have died beneath the stalls of the
ly appreciated by a wide circle ot friends. When I | IL . en employed for four years in resistin'' a I assassin, Payne, than to have survived .and
lie was quite a young man, fie established a repntu- „,.,j ftra tio W and dissolution of the Union, and I forwarded such a besotted telegram to the
tion, w nefi he lias since great.y enlarged as an |i( P y liave rcac i, ed a j )0 j nt w hcro resistance I Presidential leader of the rebel and copper-
lias ceased, if we can be instrumental in con- head forces of the country. God may forgive
ciliating and bring back all the people to an | >' ou i but a betrayed people never will
tion, which he has since greatly enlarged
eminently successful planter, lie is one of the
very few men who succeeded in getting efficient
work out of the freedmen during the late satur
nalia of idleness and intoxication which followed
as the first fruits of their freedom. Indeed,
throughout his whole life, be has been distinguish
ed for succeeding in whatever he attempted. The
people of lib eounty have always delighted to
honor him, and lie has never failed to repay them
with most intelligent and faithful service.
IIOX. R. A. T. RIDLEY
Is a veteran Legislator. It is a quarter of a cen
tury since he made his debut in the Georgia Le
gislature as Senator from Troop. He is Repre
sentative of that people now. He is, perhaps,
five feet ten inches nigh; of square, muscular
frame, capable of great endurance, and unbend
ing beneath the weight of sixty years. His dark
hair retains its pristine color; his eyes beam
with all the fire of young manhood beneath his
neat gold-rimmed glasses, and his step is as firm
and elastic as in the morning of life. He is as
much at home in tho arena of politics as in prac
tising the profession of Galen—of whose school
he is an eminent disciple. Dr. Ridley is a North
Carolinian by nativity, and an alumnus of
Cha[*l Hill. He emigrated to Georgia in 1829,
and located at LaGrango a few years later. In
1844 he was a Clay elector, and fairly “ won his
spurs” as a stump-speaker in that exciting can
Leaning too much forward as In . 1860 » bo opposed secession, but when
the sovereignty of Georgia decided oa tho meas
ure, he embarked, heart and soul, in' the cause,
freely opening his munificent purse to aid it,
and cheerfully giving threo sons to the battle.—
He was a delegate to the lato State Convention
and mako his mark conspicuously in that
body of sages and statesmen. As a debater, he
is among the best In tho House. When most
deeply interested and absorbed in tlie mat
ter under discussion, lie raises with slow and
measured length lib rnauly form, and before utter
ing a syllable, tbrasts both hands deep into lib
pockets, where they stay searching for a “lower
deep,” until he lias liuishcd a sensible speech,
clothed in chaste and vigorous language, spiced
with wit or sarcasm, and frequently adorned with
classical allusion or enliveued with poetical quo
tation. Few members have oftencr addressed tbc
House; and it is no small praise to say, that lie al
ways enlists attention and contributes largely to
the success of the cause he espouses. His aptitude
for repartee is of the first rate—but is the battle-
axe of Richard rattier than tho scimeterof Saladin
which he wields. When aroused by some personal
jfi>i<7,belleving to the full in the lex lalionix,hb pow
er of in vccti ve b prodigious, and tils opponent finds
in him “afocman worthy of hb steel.” But he coin-
bines tbe fori iter in re with the maviter in mo/lo in
rare and harmonious unison. In private life, he is
in all respects exemplary and amiable, und around
the social circle b a monarch among those that love
good cheer. Jovial, witty, instructive,—generous,
charitable, hospitable—devoted to hb friends and
magnanimous to his foes, ho baslivcd a highly use
ful and honorable life, and will leavo behind film a
sweet-scented memory when the light of (his world
shall have darkened to hb vision.
IION. J. A. TV. JOHNSON.
The next photograph which I propose to sub
mit to the criticism of the public is that of the
Hon. J. A. W. Johnson, the Senator from the 43d
district, embracing the counties of Whitfield,
Gordon and Murray. Ho is a tail and slender
Hit judgment of the character and dispositions of , gentleman with black hair and heavy black
men is remarkableandintuitive. When officiating whiskers which conceal tho greater portion of
his face. His features, when ut rest, betokens
an anxious and care-worn expression. The con-
jggr A Washington correspondent says tho
National Express Company, of which Gen
eral Joe Johnston is President, have instituted
a suit against tho Virginia Central Railroad,
and other roads, who have, for two millions
of dollars, sold to Adams’ Express Company
tho exclusive right to carry express matter
over their respective roads for a period of
four years, unless other companies pay an
equal amount, which of course, no other com
pany can do.
at hb desk, he rarely mbtakes what will be each
members vote and knows on which side of the line
to place hb pencil before the member has answer-
«,u y— w way. It is humoro*’*!;* Bn-'d of him
that on the count, when a division b called for, he
counts the motion lost or won according to hb
Inclination, Col. Hardeman’s hammer b equally
potent upon the sound ot Jthe ayes and noyes.—
These two gentlemen seem to fully harmonize, and
can, if they choose, pass more bllb of their own
volition than could be carried by a dozen votes on
the other side; they are said, however, to be making
good laws, and to far as I am concerned, they may
make them all if they want to.
Col. Waddell seems to be a universal favorite
with tbe members of the House, and if that body b
considered a Joke, then he b the cream et it
He b a native of South Carolina—a graduate of
the State University—studied law with Judge
Irwin of Marietta, and has been lor several years a
citizen of Folk county, Georgia, pursuing hb pro
fession with ability and success. As a writer he b
inclined to the use ot fascinating and florid lan
guage, and finishes smoothly hb periods to suit the
harmony of the ear as well as tbe mind. He b of
a cheerful and lively dbposition, passionately fond
of companions who have magnets In their hearts,
who can return thought for thought, and play the
gentle child again. It b wonderful how such men
could shake off the charity of nature, and breath
the hot breath of war, and in the heat of battle—
in the deadly conflict, become as fierce and fhrious
as they bad been Und and gentle.
CoL W. entered the war as a private and fonght
hb way np to his present rank. Near the close Of
the conflict he was made chief of the Bureau of
claims for negroes lost in war. After the surrender
of oar armies, thb business looked so extensive, that
ho abandoned it, and has retired to more congenial
pursuits.
HON. DAVID E. BUTLER.
This 8enator represents the 28th District, com
posed of the counties of Morgan, Putnam and
Jasper. There are few men whose entire course
i beloved State.
JiBr However it may be elsewhere, it fc “ ZZ it
true that in Chicago a very large portion oi r “ -i - Loi.ij.Luti-
and prosperity t
For Brazil.—The steamship Margaret,
which was t|i have sailed yesterday, owing to
of conduct from their “youth up” is more cousis
tent and blameless than that of him, whose brief j u, itii Hit sixth in-r.. when sue u-il! positively*
sketch 1 wilt next attempt, but with feebleness " ice full cargo and her <-oui|>!euii-tit <>l
to portray. From his birth and through his boy-1 *' b,,, . v "* " ,lr respectable
SXD
tractcd brow and fixed, steadfast gaze indicate
on abstracted contemplation of some subject
altogether foreign to that whirb may be end - .*
ging the attention of the Senate. But when
aroused he is completely changed. An electric
influence seems to pervade his entire nature—
his eye flashes with intellectual fire—a tremor
Mixes every limb, and when combating a sup
posed error, a withering rebuke plays with scorn-
nl curl upon his lip. Hb style of elocutoln is
vehement, nervous and impassioned, and every
energy of body and soul seems to be enlisted in
the triumph or defeat ofj the measure upon
which he « speaking.
Ever present in his seat, he is a vigilant and
active member, ready to advocate in his bold,
manly, and earnest manner that which his judg
ment may approve, or to denounce, in unmeas
ured strain!, that which he may oppose. He is
no compromise n-.an. No argument, persuasion,
or appeal «an exert any influence over him to
yield a rigl t or compound a wrong. That trust,
so generoudy confided by his constituents, was
not misplaced. He represents them ably, faith'
fully and laboriously. I believe that this is his
first appealance in either branch of the Legisla
ture. He ! as filled, however, other offices of
trust His administration as Solicitor General,
was highly acceptable to the people of his Cir
cuit, and tb ty would do we]], perhaps not better
than to invest him with the ermine so recently
laid aside b; Judge Walker upon his election to
the Supren e Bench. Colonel Johnson went
into the 'service at the opening of the revolu
tion in compound ot the Thirty, fourth Geor-
;ia Regiment and bore himself gallantly
hrongbout the struggle. He was at tbc siege of
Vicksburg, aad saw that Gibraltar of our hopes in-
llorlous fall! through the ineffeciency of Gen.
remberton, Ha was subsequently transiered to
the battle i ccnes which desolated hb own
home and set tion, and now bears upon hb peraon
the honored sen of thirteen bailies, some of which
'*et draw fre n him that blood which he would
liave proudly and Jireely shed in defense of hb
country’s cat sc. But he accepts the issue of the
war, and yiclfls to no one, in honesty of inteiltien
an« energy of purpose to restore peace, happiness,
" * “ r to nb —* ~
[Trotn tlie Net» Yn.l v ■
TIIE POLITICAL CRISIS.
The sharp conflict which has aiisen k. I
tween President Johnson and the ItcpuMiZl
majority in Congress, is in a conflict mSu '
Democrats feel a keen interest; but it j,.
tlie interest of participants, but ol speebto* I
We not only do not wish, but earnestly d :
rccate, any alliance or coaltion betweenTl
President and the Democratic party ti
would tnisbeseem the dignity of a Prcsid 1
elected by one party to go over to the otF. I
If he is constrained to differ from the naml
that elected him, it is consistent with {w'l
rum for him to rise above partisanship ^1
throw hitnself on the good sense of thecoma'
try; and in such a case, honest men shonpl
support him without regard to party conJI
erations.
Tlie position of the Democratic party
this crisis, is that of an army of observaii’o,!
Wo have a greater interest in the cotiiplet
restoration of tlie Union than wc can have K
any other result whatsoever. We are rejil
to do or to forbear anything of which twL
doing or the forbearance tends to expedkl
the restoration of the seceded States to theif
old relations to the federal government, ly
do not think that a total separation bet*
the President and the party that elected 1
would facilitate this result. His close idei,
tifieation with the Democratic party wonlj
probably consolidate the disintegratin'' Rj
publicans: and as the Radicals form a lar-J
majority of that organization, it would bio*
restoration for a long period. We are g!^
of the split which has been precipitated bJ
the President, and trust that he and tlie txj
Republican faction may be left to fight it ( *
among themselves.
We feci no uneasiness, but great enconJ
agement, at the attempts making in WuU
ton to heal the breach by some sort of J
compromise, if that Is tlie proper nnme f
an accommodation which the concession
must all be made by one side. Noth
could give us more sincere joy than to
even tlie Radicals surrender to the President!
for the moment his policy prevails, clcveil
States sure to vote with the Democratic m-|
ty, resume ail tlieir political functions. Bel
the support of liis policy by the Radicals isl
political impossibility, and its early succesj
depend upon how large a segment of the Re
publican party will cleave off by the shock*
the present conflict. We therefore rejoice ii|
the attempt of Secretary Seward, Senate!
Sherman, and others of that stamp, to unde|
state and belittle the difference between ti *
President and Congress, and to furnish ei|
cuscs to Republicans for adhering to 31,|
Johnson. Wc sincerely wish these attempt
all the success possible, and more than tlicil
are likely to attain. Meanwhile, the Demcl
cratic party stands on guard, keeping tliti!
organization compact, ami giving a disintej
csteflsupport to the policy of the Prcsiden"
We congratulate the buoyant Republicanso
the rosc-w*atcr school on their suddenly di
covered prospect of a compromise. Mr. joli
son’s veto and speecli afford encouragn
ground for their sanguine hopes! The anil
wonder is, what is to he tlie basis ot a coisj
promise which is to give such golden satis]
faction. The President holds that any otli
Freedmen's Bureau than the transient i
which now* exists is needless and danger
ciliating nnd i>nng uacK an tue people to an ] j uu i uut 11 uvliuvvu [icupiu uvvci wm. i «««« 10 ucuuium uuu uange
earnest and loyal and thorough support of I TIIK president's motives and aspirations. Three-fourths of the Republicans of the Hi
the Government, it seems to me that wc are I President Johnson undertakes to stigma-1 and nearly two-thirds of those of the Sc:
doing a great deal toward accomplishing tbe I t* ze Congress as a seditious body, a. disunion
work wc undertook. It happens, sometimes, I body. What is the meaning of this? It is
in the history of families, if I may be permit-11° wake up popular vengeance; it is to bring
ted to use the illustration, that there arc dif-1 down upon Congress the hatred and the w rath
fcrencesund fueds; but when those differ-1wild and violent men. I tell you we have
cnees arc understood and arranged, and when I no *- a sober man in the Presidential chair, and
the feuds subside the parties can approach I suc h a man with such habits does not know
each other feeling more kindly toward those from < la .v to day and hour to hour what he
from whom they had been estranged than they will do and yet dares to brand the Congress
did before. Then, I do not think we arc do- of the United States as a disloyal, disunion
ing wrong if, while maintaining principle, | body. He means, if he dare, to perform a
while trying to preserve the Government, we ^ U P an( i either to insist, at the point of
have succeeded in convincing of their error I bayonet, upon uavmg those Southern
and bringing to the fold of their fathers those rebels put into both Houses of Congress, or
who strayed; I think this is a result of which drive Congress out of the Capitol. I believe
all should be proud, and for which we should tba * ; tbe capital is in greater danger now than
not be taunted. If I know myself, my object is 1 5t cver was, and were it not that Lieutenant-
to preserve the Government. I want it to General Grant is living.it would be lost. So
continue in loyal hands, and in none others, I l° n 8 a3 General Grant lives and occupies hi3
I hope that the time will soon come when I present position, perhaps his tyrannical de-
tbe country will be thoroughly reconciled; I mand may not lie made, (Applause.)
but to secure all that is necessary for this pur-1 ^r. Garrison closed his lecture with an ap-
pose will require a severe struggle, for I am I P ea l to thf people of tlie State of New York
free to say to you that it is not worth while to . do justice to tlie black man, and place him,
to disguise the fact that the very same spirit I with regard to suffrage, on the same level with
which animated the rebellion at one end of I the white man.
the line now exists at tho other, to sonic ex- A Tkk8E Condensation of Sumner's
tent. Before the recent rebellion there were SpBKCH olf Negko Equality.—Compare the
fonwrvativc Republican, .he most oncoai
purpose of preserving the institution of Sla c cjcero ]{olniJJy ’yrontesquie, Otis
very; and another set of gentlemen were | Ada ’ ls> Madi ^ ni Lamartine,(but there is no
arc strongly of the adverse opinion.
President holds that the Senators and Repit
sentatives from tbe reconstructed States a
entitled to immediate admission; the Repal
licans of both Houses scoff and repudiate t
idea. He is opposed to any further awe
ments of the Constitution; they deem cert
amendments vital. They are for forcing!
gro suffrage on the South; he is strenuoui
opposed to it. What compromise is possili
between these irreconcilable opinions? Tt
President shows no symptoms of yielding]
and if they yield to him, what excuse
apology can they offer for all they have be
doing since the beginning of the session?
In good truth, tbe Radicals cannot wcl
cumb in this crisis without tlie most abjectr
political liumilation. Besides, they would
sell themselves for nothing, They can i
expect to find grace with the President-
Like the fallen angels in “Paradise Lost,” f I
hnve nothing to hope from repentance.
Johnson is certain to bestow no offices
them. Having nothing to gain by submit!
sion, they will oppose the policy of the Pa
ident to the end of the chapter. Tlie Dcm j
crats de-firing no offices from Mr. Jolmset]
and the Radicals being certain to obt;
none, there is opened before the so-callt
to
willing to break up the Government for the
purpose of destroying Slavery and thejso I Librar /c : italogue,) and the rest, the whole
avowed. Though these respective parties I gu d substance of the great speech is not
disagreed in the object they wished to accorn- comnrisetl in this . . b 1
plisl. they agreed ia one thing, and that was ^ impressible negro who made such
the destruction of the Government: “ d , fauitic'chafes upon the camp-kettle, and
far as that point is con erne , t e ne a a | assisted in saving the republic by wearing
culpable as the other. The blow was hist QUt tbc ahoC3 an( f c i othes {'urnished by Massa-
strack at .flic Sourthera end of the line It c u usett3 manufacturers and contractors .stands
being struck there, the: other spirit that was fa tho bist of t0 . d a3 our Savior whiIe
making war upon the principles the | Andrew Johnson is Pontius Pilate, and tlie
Goveminrat must have somethingto vent itself I whito SoutU is Barabbas. Grant, Sherman,
upon,and it joined with those who were forthe Sheridan , Thomas, Farragut, and all their
Union against those who m ere for the rebel- wb j te followers, were only so many supernu-
bon * ® ut now, whep rebellion is put down, merar j e3 the black brigade of shoe-wearers
if wc find an attempt to change the charac-1 d kcttlc . c i C aners. What isdoubtful in the
. . \? T J b ? Government, and it is a manifesto- constitution becomes clear ns daylight when
ends and tion of the same spirit which attempted M seen through the amendment basket
break up the Government I sland opposed "The Southern blacks are citizens of tbc
to both; I stapdwitliyoufortlic Government, United States, while Southern whites never
for the Constitution, for the supremacy of the ^ andnevcr ougllt t0 be. What is not
laws, and for obedience to the laws and t e I darkc y is oligarchy. Black is white, and
Constitution. Let it be understood that sofar as w j,; tc |,l ac k. The white man was made a
making candidates for the future is concerned, j. ttlelowerthantllc ^ and tl)C angcl3
I have nothing to with it. If I can be instru-1 wcre niadu a g 00 d deal lower than the negroes,
mentol in accomplishing the great work "e Taxation without representation is the injus-
have undertaken, to bring about peace and Uce
of this, as it was of our fathers age, and
harmony and reconciliation among all our | while there is not one negro in twenty tlious-
people, and again place this Government up- and wbo ; s any , noro liable to taxation than a
on its firm basis, I shall feel that I had reach- j wood cb uck j s ho ought to be represented, if
ed the summit of my ambition. I have | no t a H C p rescn tative, and to have the rightto
nther object in Yiew, if I know mj own heart I R „ff ragf . while the Southern whites should be
%nd -iv owu feeitngs. uctuctn.. *>t*imij taxed trt tj, c t U nc of ten cents per pound on
jae to thank you most sincerely tor the en- t be i r co tton, with no representation in this or
couragemcnt you have given me, and for the any f u t urc Cougress, and wo will disfranchise
countenance you have shown by thus timely tU - m wc can Tlle colored brother is of
coming forward in the great struggle lor the i n fj n itel y more importance than the Constitu-
first principles of free government. I ^j on or tbe coun t r y. Thus, dressed in Cicero’s
Phillips is on a rampage. He spoke old clothes, parades the irrepressible darkey
Tuesday night at Brooklyn. The following «*<> the presence ofthe sublime Sumner’s
is a sample • speech, and other sublime old fellows’
The campaign of Virginia was fought I thought*”—WaxAin^ton Correspondence qfthe
against the representative Lee. The present I "• T\orld.
campaign is fought against Andrew Johnson, I pgf" Never shall I forget the remarks of a
who leads the hosts of the Confedcracj'. The I learned legal friend, who was at one time
question has shifted from the camp into the somewhat skeptical in his views. Said he to
forum; it has shifted from cannon into ideas I j ae : “Did I believe as you do, that the masses
* * We have crushed South Carolina, I of our race arc perishing in sin, I could have
and now the President means to crush Mas-1 rest. I would fly to tell them of salvation,
sacliusctts. Well, wc accept the war. If I would labor day and night. I would speak
he succeeds, we shall write his name higher j with all the energy and pathos I could sum-
than that of Aniold or Burr, for the treason I mom I would warn and expostulate, and en-
which they attempted and failed, in, he car-1 treat my fellow-men to turn unto Christ, and
ried; but we shall write it. side by side receive salvation at his hands. I am astonish-
with them—tho traitor that tried and failed I ed at the manner in which the majority of
—if we win. you ministers tell your message. Why, you
And yet, the followers of his bloody wretch do not act as if you believed your words.—
feed from the President’s table and claim to You* have not the earnestness in preaching that
wc lawyers have in pleading. It we were as
mg prospect cver offered
tical minority. They arc
way to monopolize all the patronage in
gift of the President. Fewer in numberf
the Democrats, fewer than tlie Radicals,
chance of each aspirant for a good office i
five-fold as great as in a united and liomojr
neous party after success in a president!
election. Wc accordingly expect to see f
wing of the Republican party rapidly
forced; and if they assume to read the I
cals out of the party, they will thereby pH
mote the spirit which is demanded by then]
tcrests of the Union.
The consequence will be, tjkit the Pn
dent’s policy will prevail; the Union will
restored; the Democratic party, by the
sion of the Southern vote, will ontnumb
both of the Republican factions together
and, by keeping aloof from nil entangling»
fiances, it wifi be free to adopt any course
action therafter, which tlie interests of ('
whole country may seem to require.
be his exclusive friends.
game as you are we would never carry a sin-
tie suit.”
A decade of years has passed away since
that remark was made. I bless God it was
made to me. It put a fire in my bones which
I hope will bum as long as I live. God preach
For the Telegraph.
Messrs. Editors:—Please allow me to ac
knowledge the receipt of twenty-five dollars
lor the Mrs. Jeff. Davis fund, as the result o
one day’s effort of two young ladies.of Mon-1 cd ^tining sermon to me that dav by tho
roe Female University—to-witj Miss Kate n, outh of tfiat infidei lawyer.—Rev. P. Stry-
Hannan and Miss. Mattie \V right. They h- er jfetc Erunstcicl.
promise twice tho above amount next Satur-
da y. J. T. Stephens, | EiF* One of the speakers (Stephenson) nt
Ordinary Monroe County. : the radical meeting in tliis city on Monday
said that “lie believed tbe best
Address of the French Senate—M
CO.—The address of the French Senate in!
ply to the Emperor’s address throws a si j
light on tlie significance of his language:,
garding the Mexican expedition, the roc-,
of. the French troops, and tlie permanence!
.Maximilian’s reign. The paragraphs on th‘
subjects run as follows:
Your majesty has announced that flj
memorable Mexican expedition approac!
its conclusion, anu that jou at- cot-iir , <v
arrangement with the Emperor Maximi'^
for fixing the period of the recall oft'
troops. France is gratified to hear that c
protection to her commercial interests will]
assured in that great and rich market i
ed by our co-operation to security.
As for the U. States, if, in consequence o!J
misapprehension, the presence of tie T '
flag on the American continent appeals j
them less opportune than at another morel
lustrious epoch in their history, the firm H
guage of your government has shown tba-l
is not high and menacing words w hich **
determine.our withdrawal. France is ac
tomed to march only at her own time, bat '
is pleased to remember her ancient fri®
ship for the United States. What you &
from them is, neutrality and the law of *
tions. By that means they wifi the
see that a war, undertaken for the so <
avowed purpose of protecting re?*" 1
Frenchmen agrinst a government with"
probity, does not become,, by reason o»1
successful issue, a war of x conquest, of d° !
nation, or of propagandism.
Two Apostles.—Two remarkable i
were preached last Sunday in this city—
from the pulpit of a cathedral, breatliingF
and good will; ono in a Puritan tempi®) h
ing strife and hatred. Bishop Lynch,
ing for the misery of the stricken and s®
ing, counseled “calmness, love, and 8 ooa I|
ingPresbyter Cheever, belying the
al'triumph, reviled, in priestly billing^
the chiefs of the people, who shrink ft 0 ® j
pression and are rebuilding ruin. . , J
Which bears the Divine conimi?s|° n !j
urges submission, “in true ebantoj
in the county of j c ‘ ,ize,1K * ,v registered anuna her passengers.
prehension i
c* ot the people.—Chicago Tin
. j ,i I i [ Mobile Tribune 'id.
temptations and allure- I *
ut * j l£T~ At the celebration of a marriage, a
■— j large miin.V r of young ladies preseftr, the
cd minister said, “those wishing to be joined in
mi- j the lioiy bonds of matrimony will please
pic- stand up,” and nearly all the young ladies
tod his course at the Jaw schools of the Univerai- J arose
of
— ( i Ll V'llli” iHUb «»v vu.iv vam iwv iiunt •*.!_» i n in» ououii^iwu, »*» ‘ •
A Bridge Over toe Hudson.—'I lie people ; to reconstruct was to construct a tlionsamj the lawful power which luis asserted
‘Albany are rejoicing over the completion ; gallowses in tlie South/’ We presume the :>y toree, or he who dings dirt upon
a bridge over the Hudson Kivcr nfc that speaker would be glad now to take a contract • whose moderation is wiser than his
poiAt The bridge is nearly » mile in length Ux Southerners. He took a contract of\! Which i> the Christian pastor—the Soi
■ * * * * r troni hiiFii water ai i , r*. a—:*• 4^,. i
and is t Jiirty teet in height troni high water game kind in 1861; but after trying it for j er, whose voice is f*isc<i in persuasion^
mark. The work was commenced in June, a very brief period, he found it dangerous | tcrnal love instead of complaint over*"'
very brief period,
i work, and resigned.—Chicago Tims.
1804. The bridge rests on twenty abutments,
and uus a draw which when quarter open,
will admit the passage of ten vessels of the
largest size at the same time. The structure vertised
contains 2,000,000 feet of timber, 2,000 ties Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Alaoami
and 100 tons ot cast iron. Its estimated cost and Georgia; bat only 184 were let, and oa
is si,200,000. On the 22d of February a train 518 routes the people are still destitute of
of cars pa: _
time. the way.
PBs | or the Northerner who denounces
r 2 ———~ ., , , , j that be as “hypocrites and robbers,’ ,'L
The Post office Department lately ad- « thev m not #, d wit hhis own madness? 1
the letting ot over <00 rentes in j y *jj
j-'. “ A Pari correspond nt wnj®*
d o'ver the’“bridge’for the first posteuicilitfes,*'because, the test oath iaj in j Patti has aftRjWedi an ul * i
n tersburg, at £400 ij$2,000) a niguw