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THE GEORGIA WEEKLY TELEGRAPH*
Georgia • .nhlij Stltgrafli.
New Pai>eil—No. 1, VoL 1, of "The At
lanta Daily Commercial Bull'tin,' 1 ' J. J. Itjon,
Proprietor, has made its appearance. It is in
all respects a highly respectable sheet, and
does credit to the journalism of our sist cr
city.
Fenianism.—On our first page will be
found an article from the JV. Y. Timet, on the
course pursued toward the Fenians by the
Government. It may bo regarded in a M ini-
official light, and as such will bo interesting
to the reader. It would appear that the Fen
ian war is but a small affair in the estimation
of our Government, and only has to be let
alone to die a natural death.
J3r*It is proposed that a joint resolution
will soon be introduced, discharging the Com
mittee of Fifteen from the further considera
tion of the bill for the admission of the South
ern States, and that immediately alter its
passage, which is said to be assured, the
credentials of the Southern members will be
properly referred. It is said that a majority
of both Ilouses is in favor of this coarse.
Pat Dat AmuvED.—For the information
of such of our readers as hold office in the
State and draw their pay from the treasury,
we transfer to our columns from an Atlanta
paper, free of charge, the following notice:
Tbkasery of Georgia, }
Mii.ledoevii.le, March SO, 1808. f
I am directed by the Governor to notify
those concerned that the Salaries of the civil
list for the Political year 1865, will be paid
on application.,
Jno. Jokes, Treasurer.
Public Laws, &c.—Our thanks are due to
Mr. C. J. Wellborn, for a copy of his pam
phlet containing all the Public Laws passed
at tho late session of the Legislature, together
with the Constitution and Ordinances passed
by the late Convention, in a corrected form,
list of members and officers of the Legisla
turc, their post-offices, &c., the whole con
stitutlng a volume of some 120 pages. Fed
oral Union Power Press, Millcdgeville.-
Price $2 per copy; orders received at Mil
ledgeville.
‘ The Coast Clear to Mexico.—The Atlan
ta New Era says: “There is no order of the
U. S. authorities prohibiting citizens from
emigrating to Mexico, or any other country,
unless at the time a charge is pending against
them for the violation of some law of this gov
ernment Such as desire to know the truth
with regard to the privilege oi expatriation,
may rely upon this. Wo have seen it pri
▼ately, but officially announced, by the Sec
retary of State, Hon. Wm. H. Seward, in reply
to a Utter of inquiry written by a
in this city.
Important OrunoN on Through Freight.
We set; it stated that eminent legal counse-
who were employed by the Nashville Cham'
bor of Commerce, gave a professional opinion
that the rule of the Noshvil Ic and Chattanooga
R. It. in regard to through freights, whereby
shipmentsfrom thatpoint arc delayed or block
ed, is in violation of the rights at law of mer
chants of that city, and that the railroad
company is liable in every such case of dis
crimination in favor of foreign frieght, in
damages for not less than $1,000, nor more
than $5,000, one half of such sum going to
the informer, and the other to the State.
Another Cotton Swindle.—Tho Clarks
ville corrcspondent oftlic Houston Telegraph
charges, that the Treasury agents there have
seized 1,700 bales of cotton, which it was well
and generally known did not belong to the
late Confcdcraty. Through a third party tlic
Treasury agents offered the owner? of the
cotton to release it for a consideration of three
hundred bales. The owners refused this of
fer, and the cotton was removed at once at
much greater expenses than it would have
coat the owners. Every effort was made at
Clarksville and New Orleans to secure the re
lease of the cotton, 'but it failed.
THE FIRST FALSE STEP.
It is a rule of vital import to States as well
as to individuals, to avoid tho first false step.
No man or people can become suddenly de
based. It is the work of time, and the des
troyer makes his inroad, and finally enters the
citadel by gradual approaches. This is a
great day for accomplishing things by indi
rection. However bad an act may bo in
itself, wc invariably find that its advocates
have plausible reasons to give for it The
great danger with tho South at tho present
time is that in some unwary moment, or for
the accomplishment of some desirable end,
she may be led into a trap, and by her own
hand sign -away her rights and liberties. Let
every patriot be on the alert. The times are
fearful, and we should scrutinize every pro
position made to us, come from \yhcncc it
may, with Argus eyes. The day has arrived
in our .history when we should be “wise as
sarpents and harmless os doves.” One false
step now may lead ns into irretrievable ruin
and disgrace. We call upon the people of
the South to beware, to keep wide awake in
the present struggle, and to weigh well all
that may be submitted for their approval. Let
them, in a word, beware of the * politicians
and office seekers!
We observe that a measure has been intro
duced in the U. S. Senate, under the title of
a “compromise,” by Mr. Stewart, of tho new
State of Nevada, tho object of which is to
procure general amnesty and restoration on the
condition of universal suffrage.” This is the
proposition. Tho real author of it is said to
be that disorganizing and disgusting old man
who was expelled from the Confederate Con
gress- Henry 8. Foote—wlio is the father-in-
law ot Mr. Stewart, and now in Washington
striving to engineer througli his monstrous
bantling. It is also said to have friends
among Southern representatives, including
Judge Sharkie, a Senator elect from the State
of Mississippi; we hope, though, that this
will prove a mistake. Judge Sharkie is
sensible and pure-minded man, and we hope
has the nerve and contempt for office to resist
every improper overture.
Now, wc have only to say on this matter,
that if the South should ever give up this
question of suffrage to others, or for the at
tainment of any present good consent to ex
ercisc the right in accordance with the views
of the North and not her own, she will have
sealed her doom for all time. Under no cir
cumstances should this inherent right of
free people be parted with or suffer the slight
est encroachment The plain object of the
North in nil this contest about suffrage, is to
get possession of the South and take all po
litical power out of the hands of its present
inhabitants, whom the Radical faction, at
least, both hate and fear. Flood the South
era States with foreign immigrants in sympa
thy with the North, and give the negro the
right to vote, and the whole thing is accom
plished. With such an agency at the polls,
it is evident that no Southern man will or can
go to Congress from a majority "of the dis
tricts, and but few even to the State Legisla
tures. Society throughout the South will un
dergo a total revolution, and the present no
ble race of freemen wlio inhabit it will be
but “hewers of wood and drawers of water'
to a motley crew of foreign adventurers and
negro barbarians.
Arc our countrymen ot the Sooth prepared
for such a fate ? If not, we warn them in
time never to take that false step that leads
to Buch a catastrophe. They have done all
that could be rightfully demanded of them
let them take their stand and make not an
other concession. Let our people be true to
themselves in this hour of peril. Let oar Con
gressmen elect understand that however de
sirous we may be that they should take their
scats in Washington, it must never be done
upon a sacrifice of-Southern honor and South
era power. The Representative who, for the
purpose of gain or official position for him
self, would compromise any constitutional
right of his constituents, should bring upon
his name and house, their overwhelming and
everlasting execrations.
* A powerful influence is being brought
to bear upon the Executive fora remission of
-the sentence recently pronounced against G.
B. Lamar, of Georgia, formerly President of
the Bank ot tbeRepublic, New York, for cer
tain allodged attempts to defraud the Gov
ernment. The conviction,-it will be remem
bered, was before a military-court, and the
friends «f Lamar .contend that it was not
proper ««e to adjudicate his case—he being
a private citizen, and amenable only to the
civil courts. The Supreme Court has this
very question before it now, and the -Presi
dent may await its decision as applicable to
that of Lamar.
The Points ot Difference Stated.—
Tho New York Heralif, refers to the state
ment recently made by Senator Sherman in
a speech at Bridgeport, Conn., that tho Pres
ident and Congress “stood with each other
on every materimi question,” and adds: “The
Senator knows better than that He knows
that tho President insists that the Southern
States are in the Union, while Congress con
tends that they are out of the Union, dead,
without the right ot representation. Jt, this
difference immaterial ? He knows that the
President has denounced certain men as
Northern traitors, while Congress accepts
these men os its leaders. Is not this a mate-
trial difference ? lie knows that the President
* vetoed the Freedmen's Bureau bill, which
• Congress almost unanimously adopted. Is
-sot this a material difference ? He knows that
idle President opposes unlimited negro suf-
defige, while the majority of Congress is in
favor of it. Is this difference immaterial ?
Hejcnows that the President wishes loyal
dclogntes from the Soath to be admitted,
while Congress refuses to admit any Southern
delegates whatever. ^ not this a material
difference? Senator Sherman's speech does
him no.-eredit.” \
Central Railroad.—The repairs on this
'end of the Central Railroad are progressing
finely. The construction train is now run
ning to No. J5, and will reach the Oconee by
the middle of the coming week. The bridge
for that stream and tho trestle vrork for
both sides are Already framed and will
require but a few days to put them in posi
sitinn. AVe have also good accounts from the
Millcn end, and can see no reason why the
mtire work should not be finished in the
course- of six weeks.
Hum.—Th" only item of news brought
bv the telegraph last night, was the hanging
ot the negro Essex Walker, in Augusta, yes
terday, for the murder of Dr, Thomas Bync
of Burke county.
tig?" We are pleased fo learn fronj our Co
lumbus exchanges, that Hon. Jas. M. Cham-
b who has been suffering under a stroke
o paralysis is in a fair way of recovery.
Gen. Waddy Thompson ou our National
Finances.
Gen. Waddy Thompson, a gentleman who
figured prominently in American politics
many years ago, l»is broken the silence of bis
retirement, and favored the public with his
opinions on jiolitical and social affairs gener
ally, North and South, ne is not hopeful of
the future as regards either section, and thinks
while the South has -already been received,
“that now prosperous and exultant region
(the North) has or ly the privilege granted by
the giant—that of being the last detoured."—
Upon the financial condition of the country,
Gen. Thompson comments as follows, and his
opinions arc not without merit. He says:
“The payment of interest on American se
curities, which ars accumulating in Europe
to an alarming extent—interest on old debts
of stocks, railroad and other corporations—
will more than consume the cotton exported.
How then will our merchants pay for goods
imported ? How obtain specie to restore our
currency? Bankiuptcy of American mer
chants, "or specie exported instead of import
ed, will be what we.shall see. An inconvert
ible currency is bad enough; but to demand
specie in payment of a debt contracted in an
inflated currency, is repudiation, or, perhaps,
a less odious word may be employed, bank
ruptcy. Where will the Northwestern States
sell tlicir horses, mules, beeves hogs, corn
and cotton bajjping ? The South can no lon
ger buy; for it lias no money to pay with.—
Cotton may not he king, bnt it is, more than
anything else, the pabulum of American com
merce and curieacy. What are the §40,000,000
of specie from California' to the $200,000,000
of Southern cotton, to say nothing of rice,
tobacco and wheat ? Can tho commerce and
The -Programme of tho Radicals.
.The Washington correspondent of the Tri
bune informs the public that “the loyal men,
and they only, both black and white,” in a
number of the Southern States will shortly
issue calls for State Conventions to be com
posed of course only of “loyal” men, black
and white—that these conventions wiil
“frame State Constitutions embracing the
principles of loyalty, freedom, and equal
rights,” providing for the disfranchisement
of rebels—that they will then “elect Govern
ors, State officers, Representatives, and Sena
tors”—and that the “governments so framed”
will be recognized by Congress, which will at
once admit the representatives so elected.—
Such, says the Baltimore Gazette, is the pro
gramme, concocted in Washington, where a
number “of true and loyal m*en of the South”
have been for some days engaged in discuss
ing it, and have gone home to inaugurate the
scheme, each carrying, doubtless, a State Con
stitution in one pocket and plentiful supplies
of greenbacks in another.
Wc copy tho foregoing paragraph simply
for the purpose of denouncing its folly. It is
but part and parcel of tho radical programme
to irritate and annoy the Southern people,
and by driving them from their propriety,
create new occasions for depriving them of
their rights in the Union. Such a'proccdure
as indicated would clearly be an act of trea
son to the States and meet \Cilh its appiopri-
ato punishment. In Georgia we have.no
thought that one respectable white man
could be found to countenance, much -less
participate in, the revolutionary scheme. If
such a project should ever be started in this
State, it will come, not from our own people,
but from Yankee cmisarics and mischief-ma-
kerc, now amongst us under one pretext or
anothor, and who will seek this method of
distracting the public peace and deceiving
the poor blacks to their rain. We attach but
little importance to the report, but wc hope
every community will keep its eyes open for
the first indication of the conspiracy and re
port the leaders to Gov. Jenkins, who will see
that the law is executed. We hare ample
statutory provisions against such conspirators,
and hemp enough to carry them into execu
tion.
currency of the world stand the diminunition
of at least one halt this, the only substitute
fori pecic?—Nousverrons. Commercial men
and financiers are more able to calculate how
American commerce and currency can be man
aged with a million and a half bales of cot
ton. With the enormous increase of cotton
factories in tiic South, the increased demand
for cotton goods all over the world, and es
pecially in the South, from the deficient sup
ply of American cotton for the last five yeirs,
not less than a million of bales will be requir
ed for Araericau consumption. Can w« get
along with this ? I have heard it said that
more pleasure carriages arc sold at refill in
Augusta than any other city in America.—
How many will be sold the present year ?—
Not five percent It would be discreditable
to any man to drive a fine equipage amidst
universal ruin, poverty and sufferings.—
ing. So of pianos, cabinet furniture aud the
thousand articles of necessity and laxary with
which the North has heretofore supplied the
South. This loss of purchasers auJ.consum
ers will not only affect the manufacturers pro
perly so called, but every branch of Northern
industry which has heretofore found its prin
cipal market in the South. Their other
market has been in the West, who paid for
their purchases by a process baldly indirect
with Southern products. They sold their
horses, hogs, etc., to the South and received
drafts on the North from Southern planters
for cotton shipped there. The products of
the West were needed by the fcoutb. The
West needed the staples of the South or the
proceeds of their sale in money—an in
terebange mutually and equally advantage
oua. I raised my bacon in Illinois; Lite Illi
nois farmer raised his cotton on my plantation
in Florida. If I have no cotton, will lie not
lose his customer and his market? Will this
commerce, so mutually advantageous, ever be
restored? Wiil the national debt ever be
paid ? Has such a debt ever been honestly
paid by any nation? Can it ever be paid in
specie or its equivalent ? Credat Judcas non
ego. The share ot the interest on the public
debt and the expenses of the government of
the State of Illinois will be at least twenty-
five millions. Can the State pay it in specie !
The share of South Carolina, say ten millions.
The fee simple of the whole State will not
sell for enough to pay one year’s taxes. It
matters not so much how high taxes arc, if
the money is disbursed where it is raised. It
is blood one instant in the feet, the ntixt in
the head. But when expended elsewhere it
is blood taken from the arm, and causes ex
haustion and death. By certain and fixed
laws, the securities of our government must
accumulate in Europe and the Northern cit ies,
anil no countiy can endure such exhausting
depletion.
An Incident oi Wilson’s Raid.
[From the Memphis Avalanche-)
Wc like any thing noble, .and especially
when exhibited by an enemy; and therefore
take pleasure in publishing the following in
cident which occurred during Wilson's raid.
On Wednesday after the fall of Selma, some
young ladies of the Female College iu Sum-
merfield, informed the President that one of
the female teachers was running rapidly be
fore a Federal soldier. He immediately went
to the “front” and met Miss S., in great ter
ror. The soldier hdU demanded her watch,
which was secreted in the college, and un
der a threat of violence to lier person, si e
had promised to give it to him. The Dr. said
to her “you must not let him have the watch,
he is a scoundrel and shall not have it.” She
said, “Oh! Dr. if you knew how he had threat
ened me you would not blame me. I prom
ised it to him and he must have it.” So say
ing, and eluding the attempt of theDoctorto
take it from her, she ran and delivered it to
the soldier robber. Then such a volley of in
dignant abuse as hardly ever fell from the
lips of a minister was poured iorth on the
ruffian. He called him scoundrel, thief, rob
ber, brute, villion, and ordered him to be
gone; The villian pointed his gun and
threatened to shoot This did not intimidate
the preacher, who was a cripple and unarmed,
and in ungovernable rage he continued to
use the only weapon he had—his tongue—
until the robber beat a retreat, his ears ting
ling with the words of impotent wrath which
indicated that the blood of the indignant
Southerner had been raised to fever heat AH
this occurred in the presence of the school;
the minister’s wife fainted and was removed
insensible to her room.
The robbery, the threat of violating the
person ot a noble. Southern woman, and the
threat, also, to kill the gentleman at the head
of the school, were all reported to head quar
ters. Capt. McBaraey, of Gen. Wilson’s staff,
took interest in the matter, had tho same col
umn pass before the school, and the man was
identified and arrested, and the watch was
returned. -But this was not all. The Captain
obtained from General Wilson
55?” A movement is on foot to call a peo
ple’s convention in Pennsylvania, and run an
unconditional national Union candidate for
Governor, like Senator Cowan, and run Mr.
Clymcr off the track. It is ‘understood that
the President favors the movement, and that
it is indorsed by Governor Curtaiu.—Ex
change.
ned from General Wilson protection pa
pers for the college, and kept it guarded
whenever possible. He went still further,
and called for Miss , and said to her : I
have a present for you.” He then handed
her an elegant six shooter, and said: Take
this, and if any officer of our army steps
his foot across the threshold of this col
lege, with evil intent, shoot him. No one
can conceive the effect of this noble conduct
on the part of the gallant Captain. The feel
ing of insecurity which had taken hold of
the inniat( soi'iliccul:, .:<■ n-di.-ipatrd. and
many an earnest prayer went up from warm
Southern hearts lor the safety of Captain
McBamcy. Very* different was the conduct
of Colonel Noble, wbo, upon the case being
represented to him, simply and carelessly
said: “Your soldiers did as bad at Chambers-
burg.”
Now, if Captain McBaraey, of the 1st Ohio
Volunteers, should ever see this, let him feel
that gratitude warm and deep filled every
heart in Ccmcteir College, and that bis
chivalrous gallantry made an impression upon
free Southern hearts which time will .never
efface.
[From the N. A’. Time# ]
The Government and the Fenians.
Our Government has pursued a very sensi
ble and discreet policy with regard to the
manifestations and alleged purposes of Fe
nianism in .this country. There have been
some calls from tlie other side of tlie water
for it to “put down” Fenianism; but it was
very evident that those who made these de
mands were entire!/ ignorant of the nnturs
and powers of our Government. On the
other hand there has been with some of our
citizens an idea that the Government was
winking at what was virtually a violation
international comity, and that it intended
this way to pay England back, for her viola
tions of neutrality during tho war. Societies
were formed and lunds were raised in Eng
land to aid our rebellion: let there now
funds and societies here to aid the Irish re
bellion. Privateers were fitted out at Eng
lish ports to ravuge our commerce: let pri
vateers in turn now sail from our ports to dc
strov English commerce. As a Confederate
Plenipotentiary had a conference with Earl
Russell, so, in return, a Fenian “Centre” had
an interview with President Johnson,
raids for arson and murder upon bur soil were
got up in Canada, so, in like manner, were
raids for similar purposes in Canada, per
mitted to be organized upon our soil.
Such pretty aud painful argumentation
thi has been employed by American journals,
and our Government has thus been accused
of the most contemptible and hypocritical
conduct.
Now, it is quite true that there has been
great deal of sensational writing in certain
newspapers for some weeks past about a aj'
gantic raid into Canada that bad been pc
jeeted by the Fenians, and the Canadians have
been wrought up into a high state of excite
ment by the telegraphic reports of these t,to
ries. But the day on which, according to all
accounts, the grand denouement was to take
place has just passed away, and all was as
quiet on the St. Lawrence as it is on the Po
tomac. The Irishmen in Canada avouched
their loyalty to tho Provincial Government
the publication in general were under arms
but neither an enemy nor his shadow ap
pehred on the frontier.
Now, knowing very well beforehand that
such would lie the case, what would any one
have had our Government do ? It could un
questionably have got up a real sensation
and probably have precipitated a heavy quar
rel, by making a tremendous show of conn
teracting Fenian projects. Had it issued
proclamations prohibiting Fenian raids—had
it called out the militia to enforce our public
obligations—had it stationed a heavy mili
tary force along the border, wc have no dohbt
that amid the prevailing excitement that
would have been aroused, and in the divided
sentiment of the people, the Fenians would
have been sharp enough to get a few hundred
men througli the lines somewhere, who would
have pitched into the first place they could
find in genuine Irish style, and then, when
once the rumpus had opened, who can tell
what would have been its developments and
termination ? There is no question that
under these circumstances the public ex
citement would have become general
aud deep, and Fenianism would quickly have
gone forth in practical action, had our Gov
ernment gone furiously to work to crush its
shadow, as some desired. It was far the most
sensible thing for the Government to ace pre
cisely as it did. It saw no signs otany viola
tion of our neutrality, and it ccrtninly could
not be expected to believe or act upon the
windy nonsense published by newspaper re
porters. As for any interference with the or
ganization known as Fenians, so long as it
violated no law of the land, and made bo
practical attempt to disturb our foreign rela
tions, uo one who comprehends the rudiments
of our political system could suppose it pos
sible. And the same may be said of any at
tempt to prevent the publication of the excit
ing falsehoods about Fenian projects and
schemes, which have of late been the staple
in some ot our public journals. The Empe
ror of tlie French took the trouble, in his late
speech, to draw a comparison between his
Government and ours ; but wc may take this
opportunity of setting forth one of the dif
ferences between them, in the fact that while
bis government extinguishes public societies,
organizations and journals as it secs fit, ours
is happily not endowed with such powers.
So of the so-called Fenian privateers. AVc
have heard of some half-a-dozen as having
been purchased on the lakes and in the sea-
coast cities. We have beard many times,
through the scnsatorial sources already allu
ded to, that they were about to sail fqr some
where to execute some portentous Fenian pur
pose. But we imagine that the Fenian liead-
centrcs ns well ns our owa Governmental
head-centres are better- informed about the
matter; and that the apparent unconcern of
our authorities is simply owing to the fact
that there is no cause whatever for concern.
It is not at all likely that there will be any
call upon our Government for interference
with Fenian movements in the future. Tlie
American Government has lately shown its de
termination to prevent rigidly all infringe
ments of international law under all circum
stances.
Crawford and his men, who lately made a
breach of om; neutrality for the purpose of
aiding the Mexican Republic, with which we
sympathize, were seized and put in close cus
tody, to await thqir trial, and the officers of
our army who connived with him were also
summarily dealt with. Again, in the reeent
case ot Senor M’Kennn, charged with an at
tempt to fit out privateers for the Chilian ser
vice against Spain—the Government had him
promptly arrested, on evidence being fur
nished, although it is sure the sympathies of
the American people were pot with Spain in
her quarrel with Chili. In these instances,
our Government gave decisive evidence of the
policy it will pursue in these matters. But
there is no likelihood, at preseut, that it will
ever be called upon to carry out its policy
against fillibastcring or privateering on the
part of the Fenians.
NEWS ITEMS.
non. Cave Johnson, one of the oldest
most distinguished citizens of Tennessee, for
many years a Representative in Congress and
Postmaster General under James K. Polk,
now a candidate for the State Senate from the
Clarksville District. AVc hope that lie w
be elected.
John Morrissey, the millionaire pugilist,
a candidate for Congress in New York, and
tlie Tammany Organization has been arran
cd with a view to liis nomination.
Tho London Times and the largest English
newspapers are printed by noe’s presses.—
American reapers, and other agricultural im
plements, take the lead in England, and our
sewing machines may now be found in every
well-ordered British household. .
Terrible, if. True.—The Wilmington
Dispatch publishes a rumor of the shocking
death of Herr Lcnger, the lion tamer of Dan
Gastello’s Circus. It is reported that Longer
has been torn to pieces and killed by tho
savage beasts, and this, too, in the presence
of a large number of terror-sticken specta
tors.
Mr. Philip Nicklin Dallas, tho only
sen of the late George M. Dallas, died on
Thursday in Philadelphia, in the41st year
his age.' He was a member of the bar,
and while hi3 father was the American Min
ister to England, he was Secretary of Lega
tion. Mr. Dallas was a very estimable gentle
man, and his loss i$ much regretted.
A sensitive foreigner committed suicide in
New York a few days agojbccause he was so
mortified that his cousin had come to this
country and had gone into business as a mule-
driver.
The weekly rent of a large airy room in
the Peabody buildings, in London, with all
the necessary appliances, is only about sixty
cents, and the same proportion is charged for
more commodious apartments.
The last sale of negroes in the Valley of
Virginia was made by a gentleman of Staun
ton, April 7, 1865. He sold two negro chi!
dren, aged nine and twelve years, for five
thousand cabbage plants.
At the 22d of February dinner in St. Louis,
the Legislature was toasted as,“the assembled
scoundrelism of Missouri.” -
The Commercial’s special says President
Johnson lius determined to have 40,000 col
ored troops now stationed at the South mus
tcred out within tlie ensuing month.
New potatoes, peas, lettuce; and radishes
have made their appearance in the markets of
Charleston and Savannah.
| An Irish painter declares that among
other portraits, lie lias a representation of
Death os large as life.
A RichLadt.—One of the richest ladies in
the world, perhaps is Miss Burdctt Coutts,
who had been Miss Mellon, the actress. Her
fortune lias been computed at thirteen tons of
gold. * This money lias been handed down
from heir to heir many times, and is constant
ly increasing in amount. The lady who in
herited this vast amount previous to Miss
Mellon, the actress, became no less a person
age than the Duchess of St. Albans. Tlie
Duke of St. Albans being “a poor Duke,”
made an offer for the hand of the wealthy
but titlclcss heiress, aud was accepted. The
Duke imagined he would become possessed
of the immense wealth, instead of which, at
the death of the “Duchcs” he found that she
had left him a few thousand pounds, and
that the vast amount she held in her own
riglitr was destined to return to her family
again. *Tlie Duchess of St. Albans was spo
ken of as the “rival of the Queen,” and hi
appearance at Court was a source of great an
noyance to the latter—the “Duchess” being
considered a “commoner.” Miss Burdett
Coutts, the present possessor of the immense
fortune, is a Indy well known for her acts of
generosity. It employs several active secre
taries to read her begging letters, and the
labor of properly attending to their requests
enough to overtask the strongest constitu
tion. She gives all the money she has time
to give, money for drinking fountains, church-
at Nootka Sound, to found bishoprics at
Van Diemon’s Land, Jcrusalam, and for a
thousand bcncficient purposes. By way of
comparison, it may be mentioned that the
benefactions of the Queen, most frequently
recorded, are those of three guineas to the
fortunate mothers of as many babies at a
‘ ;rth.
{5?'“Thank God that I Lave got luy hut
back from this congregation 1” said a disap
pointed clergyman, turning it upside down,
when ii was returned empty to him at the
tlosc of a contribution.
That is a move in the right direction, ami wc
are glad to see it. If the Northern Dcniocra*
cy do not get out of the way of the country,
the people should shove them aside. It is &
pity the plan could not be adopted in Con
necticut and the real voice of the people be
heard in that State. Under the present sys
tem of tactics, the Radicals will .triumph ini .~^_ T l t>-m ,, , , ..
, .. , , . . let? Josh Billings says, “when once axed if
every election and the country be kept in hot i believed in the final salvation ol men, I ted
water for years to come. ' yes, but let me pick the men.”
fc#" A woman recently created great con
steniation in Raleigh, N. C., by appearing in
he streets in a perfectly naked" condition.
The Beauty of Old People.—Men and
women make their own beauty or tbeir own
ugliness. Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton speaks
in one of his novels of a man “who was uglier
than he had any business to be,” and, if he
conld but read it, every human being carries
bis life in bis face, and is good looking or the
reverse as that life has been good or evil.—
On our features the fine chisel of thought aud
emotion are eternally at work. Beauty is not
the monopoly of blooming young men and
of white and pink maids. There is a slow
growing beauty which only comes to perfec
tion in old age. Grace belongs to no period of
life and goodness improves the longer it exists.
I have seen sweeter smile» on a lip cf 70 than I
ever saw on a lip of seventeen. There is the
beauty of youth, and thero is also the beauty
of holiness—a beauty much more seldom met;
and more frequently"found iu the arm-chair
by the fire, with grand children around its
knee, than in the ball room or the promenade.
Husband and wife wbo have fought the world
side by side; made common stock of joy nnd
sorrow", and aged together, are not unfre-
quently found curious alike in personal ap
pearance and in pitch and tone of voice—just
as twin pebbles on the beach exposed to the
same tidal influences, are each other’s alter
ego. He has gained a feminine something
which brings bis manhood into full relief.—
She has gained a masculine something which
acts ns a foil to her womanhood.
Mil Seward ox the Fenians.—A AVnsli-
ington letter of the 14th, in tho New York
Times, says:
Sir Frederick Bruce had an interview again
to-dny with Secretary Seward in regard to
Fenian affairs. Mr. "Seward assured him
that it was nothing more than a seven days’
wonder; and would die out in a short time if
left alone. Tho British Minister thought
there ought to be some expression on the
part of the government against it; nnd if it
was officially announced that the govern
ment reprobated the movement, it would
have a most excellent effect just now. It is
very probable that something of the kind
will shortly be issued by the Secretary of
State.
The British Minister no doubt, recollects
another prophecy of Mr. Seward that the
Southern “Rebellion” would run its race in
sixty days.”
A writer In a Georgia paper introduces
tho American eagle, which for five years has
been a comparative stranger in these parts,
this style, preliminary to the Fourth of
July:
“ The American eagle is looking at us. His
tail feathers have been plucked out, but still
is on his roost. Miss Columbia is also
standing with her flag-staff and flag onto it,
but she looked a little passee / Fourth of
July comes but once a year, but its dull.—
AVe* must fix up the eagle, get the goddess a
new set of teeth and a waterfall, and have
fourth of-July got up regardless of expense.
AVe must give all the'Mormon women a hus
band apiece, marry the anxious scboolmarms
that come down South to teach the darkies,
put the niggers to work, build a horse rail
road from New York to the City of Mexico,
dam up the Gulf stream, lick England, (Old
and New,) annex Cuba, and we will be again
a great and glorious country.
More News of the Fenians.
EXTENSIVE MILITARY MOVEMENTS IN SOUTH
AMERICA.
New York, March 20.—A special Toron
to dispatch says: A dispatch from Ottawa,
says that a battery left there for the frontier
on Saturday. Other movements of troops to
the frontier are reported from the different
points. The organization of new companies
is going forward with great activity, and the
alarm seems unabated. Everybody now be
lieves tlie Fenians mean to make a desperate
attempt to obtain Canada, to use as a base,
and very little dependence is placed on the
American Government’s professions of observ
ing neutrality. The authorities feel that they
can expect no sympathy from the United
States, pnd must help themselves, if they
would maintain peace. Statements show that-
10,000 volunteers are under arms, and 15,000
more volunteers arc drilled and armed, but
not under pay.
The Herald’sTorontospecial says: A plot
is reported to have been discovered to blow
up the drill shed and the volunteer's while
drilling. A large city sewer was under the
drill shed, with its entrance one hundred
yards off. Rcportsays barrels of powder were
to be rolled up the river, and when the vol
unteers met for drill in the shell the whole
were to be blown, up. The sewer is now
guarded day and night.
New York, March 30.—In this city the
Central Council of Fenians at Union Square
were in secret session all through yesterday,
but notliingof their proceedings was given to
the public. Funds and rifles are still flowing
in, both here and at Sweeney’s Headquarters,
and it is reported that some important fea
tures arc now in process of development.
It is currently reported that O’Malioney has
within a few days sent off an expedition of
5,000 men to some point unknown to the
public.
The total strength of Sweeny’s force, or
ganized into regiments and battalions, up to
date, is given as 52.605. Before the month
passes the number will be doubled. Contri
butions of money and munitions of war con
tinue to pour into the Treasury and Ordnance
Departments of both branches of the Brother
hood.
New York, March 20.—The Herald’s Rio
Janicro correspondent gives further particu
lars regarding the River Platte war. Im
mense preparations were making tor battle,
which was imminent at the date of the latest
advices. The allied armies of the Paraguay-
and Urugayans, numbering about 50,000 meii
and supported by a considerable efficient
naval fleet, are on the bank of the Paraguay
river, in the vicinity ot Paso de la Patric,
controlled on the north side by the Paraguay
ans, estimated at only 20,000 men. Defen
sive works of great strength, however, possess
ed by the latter, neautralizc, to sonic extent,
tlie numerical advantage over their enemies.
The allies design to soon attempt the passage
of the river, and a desparate struggle was ex
pected. They had also in contemplation
flank movement and an attack on the Para
guayans’ rear. Parties of Paraguayans hail
crossed in boats over the river, and skirmish
ing had occurred. The allies, however, re
pulsed the Paraguayans with small loss.
meeting of republican members of con
gress—ENDORSEMENT OF TIEE PRESIDENT,
I AVAsniNGTON, March 14.—A meeting wee
held at the Metropolitan Hold to-night, com
posed of a number of leading Republicans
from both Houses of Congress, who endorse
the. President’s veto message and favor his re
construction policy, at which it was decided
to organize in support of their views and pre
pare for approaching political campaigns.
The question of Cabinet reconstruction was
discussed freely, aud tbc opinion was unani
mously expressed that Secretaries Stanton
and Ilarlau ought to be displaced, and possi
bly Attorney General Speed. A committee
was appointed to wait upon the President in
relation to the matter -and report to some
subsequent meeting of the caucus. As an ear
nest of business intentions rooms have al
ready been engaged for the season for head
quarter purposes, and the establishment of a
newspaper organ is being seriously consider
ed. A public meeting will be called soon to
rive expression to tlie sentiments entertained
t»y those engaged in the movement. Gover
nor Morton, of Indiana will probably bo urged
for Stanton’s place as Secretary of War., Un
qualified dissatisfaction at Mr. Harlan’s pro
cedure was expressed by all present. Anotli-
mceting will be held this week, and a more
iu ■'
definite plan of action agreed upon.
Horse Stealing.—A few days ago Cupid
King.and Jerry Breal, appropriated two horses
from Daniel J. Itylc, of Macon, Georgia,
and brought them to this city. Mr. Ryle fol
lowed the thieves all the way to the city, and
on Sunday evening had a conference with De
tective Wray, who advised him to visit the
stables in the city as if to buy horses. Fol
lowing this advice lie searched the various
stables, nnd in one of them found tlie accused
bargaining for the sale of the animals, which
he at once identified. As the thieves were
personally unacquainted with Mr. Ryle lie
slipped out, notified Mr. Wray, and in short
order they were in limbo. Yesterday they
were brought up before Col. Stone, ot the
Freedman’s Bureau, who, after bearing tlie
testimony, committed them to jail while he
took the case iito consideration.—Satannah
Republican 20/A inst. ,
Speech of the Emperor Napoleon.—
In answer to the address of the French Sen
ate, Napoleon said:
“The moral world, like tlie physical, obeys
certain general laws, which cannot be in
fringed without danger. It is not by daily
weakening the base of an edifice that the
crowning of a building is accelerated. My
government is not stationary; it advances,
and it means to advance, but on a ground
consolidated, and capable of sustaining power
and liberty. Let us call to our aid progress
in all its forms, but let us build up, layer after
layer, that great pyramid, which has for its
base universal suffrage, and for its summit the
civilizing genius of France.”
A Hint to Beginners.—Two young men
commenced the sail making business at
Philadelphia. They bought a lot of duck
from Stephen Girard on credit, and a friend
had engaged to indorse for them. Each
caught a roll and was carrying it off, when
Girard remarked:
“Had you not better get a dray ?”
“No: it is not far, and wc can carry it our
selves.”
Tell your friend lie needn’t indorse your
note. I’ll take it without.”
HTT he Duchess of * , once beautiful
anil replete with wit, was congratulating
herself on her youthful looks, and pretend-
tlint she was born at least twenty years
later than sire was, when her daughter, more
beautiful than her mother, endeavoring to
put a-stop to her exaggerations by crying
doud: “Oil, mamma, do leave at least nine
months between our ages.”
Important Decision on TnE Value of
U. S. Treasury Notes. —An important de
cision on the subject of the value of United
States Treasury notes, making them equal in
every respect in legal contemplation to simi
lar denominations in gold, has just been ren
dered by the New York Superior Court. The
agreement in this case was to pay freight
money in gold or silver on the delivery of the
cargo in "New York. The plaintiffs, John
AVilson & Co., owners of the British ship At
lanta, in January, 1863, chartered the vessel
to Gillanders, Arbuthnot & Co., of Calcutta,
and the cargo was consigned to Edwin D.
Morgan and others, of New York.
The vessel arrived in June, an the freight
money, amounting to $35,630, was tendered
in Treasury notes. The offer was refused,
and payment in specie was demanded. This
was refused, and the controversy carried to
the Superior Court, and the decision written
by Judge Monell lays down the law to be that
ad debts can be satisfied by a tender of pay
ment in' United States Treasury notes—lor-
mer adjudication having merely established
that contracts made before the passage of
the act of 1862, and providing for tilts pay
ment, in legal currency of the country, could
be satisfied by payment in United States
Treasury notes.
Adjournment of Congress.—A Wash
ington despatch of the 10th says:
The House entertained and very unexpect
edly passed this morning, without debate, a
joint resolution for the adjournment of Con
gress on the Thursday in May. The
date was thus left blank for the considera
tion of the Senate. AVhen the resolution
reached that body it was immediately re
ferred to the Committee on Finance, which
has the largest amount of business before it.
There is a very strong disposition on the part
of many of the members of the House to ef
fect an adjournment as early as June 1. The
business in the House, so far as the Appropri
ation bills are concerned, is pretty well under
way, all having been passed except the Civil,
Judicial aud Legislative, which were under
consideration to-day. But there is yet much
to do. Not a measure has been matured and
carried from the AVays and Means and Bank
ing Committees. So we are yet to have the
Loan Bill, Internal Revenue Tariffs, Reciproc
ity, Banking amendments, Bankrupt L uv-
scveral contested elections, and the whole
Reconstruction business.
A I .iris letter to the Cincinnati re,
cial contains the following:
I had nearly written roval scardn <
tell the plain truth, the talk that ’'. : S
through private sneietv in London "
else. I am pained to say that this , J®!
volves no less a personage than Oiv,
toria. It has, for a long time, been on
pie’s tongues; but it has at last anneiJ?
the newspapers. It is said that there
has taken a prodigious likingfor a verr .
looking, but “ignoble” Scotchman nf '
Brown, who was formerly a sort of out"”'
body servant to Prince Albert, and i„T
bears a strong resemblance to the Prin
She so dotes upon him that she keenak
constantly near her person at all her ml
and at all her journeys to and from Y.!
She consults her pet on all subjects ,
takes his advice so absolutely that the Y
the royal household have become very ;
ous of him. The last story is that she u
ing to knight him. Many him she can
for the laws of the realm forbid her to n
one of her own subjects. It is very dis
able, nay it is worse than disagreeable
mention these things of one who as «
mother and Queen, has so high a place in
reverence of the world. I have refr
from speaking of these stories while I
were talked of in private; .but now
have become so notorious, and are so pasfa,
ly mentioned in the English papers! the
no longer regard them as empty tales.”
Ashamed of His Position.—Major H f
Lawrence, agent of the Freedmen’s Burenrj
Fayetteville, North Carolina, writes to a frie,
in AVashington City a strong letter oppoji-J
the continuance of liis bureau, against whi-
lie arrays a list of powerful objections,
letter closes thus:
“I felt ashamed of myself as an America,
aud for n^' Government, when, a leiv djl
ago, Judge Bux’on, of the Supreme Court J
this State, called at my office to inquire as:
the extent of tlie jurisdiction he would 1
permitted to exercise in a term lie was ahn
to hold.” ” a
Major Lawrence is plainly a friend to i
government. Here is another hard Kit.
says: __
“If a State should establish such a judidj
system, I think the Federal Governing]
might well be called upon to enforce itsguiS
anty of republican government to the neocl
of that State.” 1 * |
No language could better describle the
compatibility of such a bureau with our tors
of government.—Exchange,
The Atlantic Cable.—The London Her
ald says tho movement has begun for lavb
the Atlantic cable during the summer. A
at present arranged, the Great Eastern wil
carry the new cable, will lajf it to New Pound
land, will then coal and return to the mid
Atlantic, where she will, with herconsorti
grapple for the lost end of tho odd cable, tfc
locality of which can be ascertai icd within
quarter of a mile, through observations take-,
last summer by Capt. Undevent and Cap:
Moriary. It is not intended that the part c
the old cable which now lies in the Gres
Eastern's tanks shall be again stowed in he
hold on her outward trip. It will be carri#
in another vessel till it is needed. Three res
sels, including the Great Eastern, will he pm
vided with grappling apparatus.
S3F“From Havana news is received that tie
recent decreeof March 2, directing that all th
cmancipadocs, or native Africans on the pin
tions, should be brought to the Govemmec
depot at Havana, to be sent to the Island ol
Fernando Po, has been revoked. Gen Dale
has sent in his resignition. and it is report:
that he will leave the island. A movemc:
is on foot to revive the slave trade, and at
a counter-movement toward the abolition i
slavery in Cuba and Porto Rico.
A Rich Boy.—Tlie richest individual
Massachusetts is a boy, the son of the Is!
Joshua Sears, a Boston merchant, who died-^n
leaving liis son as his sole heir; his propern
was appraised at about $1,800,000. The tns™
tees under his will invested the most of it
real estate in Franklin Street; the dwelli
houses of which theydemolished almost e
tircly to make room fertile finest block'
stores in Boston The investment proni
highly judicious; the property has inorctb
doubled on their hands, and now reaches u
aggregate of over $5,000,000 in value. Tin
lad who is to own this, is now being brough
up in the family of Hon. Alphcus Hardy, oi
ot the trustees, and leading merchant of B»
ISrJust as one John Elton bad closed
most fervid exhortation for sinners to it
from the wrath to come at one of the Bipiii
churches at New London, Connecticut,
Sunday night, the sheriff arrested him
stealing a minister’s overcoat. After, cor
eruble lying the overcoat was produced.
Mrs. Jeff. Davis spent a few minu
inside the bar of the Louisiana House of F'
rcsentatives, on the 15th. The members, £
orally, were not aware of the visit until
had retired. Those who had the honor <
her acquaintance paid their respects to 1
with the marked deference due to emin
personal worjh, and in a manner suggests
of deep sympathy with the family in itsprr
ent unhappy situation.
tST" The mansion of Mr. Pierre Soule, o
Esplanade street, New Orleans, for some tim|
past occupied as a Freedmen’s Orphan A?
lum, has been restored to him by order o
General Howard.
grit has been discovered that Othello
held a legal as well as a military office in
Venice. He was a tawny-general.
The President’s Partner.—A writer in
the Memphis Post, wlio dates his letter from
Tuscumbij, Ala., says:
AA'hilc Andrew Johnson is elevated to the
highest office In the gift of the people, John
S. Morgan, his former partner at Greenville,
Tenn., in the tailoringbusiness, is living here,
plying his old trade, and occasionally trans
acting some business connected with his of
fice, viz: Justice of the Peace, to which lie
was but recently appointed. The Squire says
that ho was decidedly a hotter tailor than old
Andy, and thinks it passing strange that for
tune should smile upon the inferior of the
two, and evinces much surprise that Andy
does not remember him when lie looks over a
long list of the lucrative offices to he tilled,
mil with some emphasis declares if he were
resident that notwithstanding Andy's infe-
iority as a tailor he would make him second
to none in the list of his appointments. Airs.
Morgan is the President’s own cousin, whk'h
fact also gives the Squire good cause to iom-
plain of his old chum's strange conduct.
2The N. O. Times says it U rumored
that Stewart, the Now York drv goods king,
and the rival house of Clafin, Mellcu & Co.,
arc to open branches in that city.
An eye witness says that at a revif-
meeting in Illinois, an impulsive DuchBC
was present. In the progress of the mectk?
Dutchey’s feelings becoming overpowerit*
and rising and swingirgliis hat, he exclaim^
with unction, “Hurray forShesus! Heist**
feller!” Tho effect was elcctorial, andsen*®
countenances gave way to merry ones.
£y~Theodore Tilton,editor of the NcvAf^ H
Independent, has a protracted fit of pslitici-
insanity. His leader last week had tie wo®
derful head-line, “iVo more White Sat**-
E#~Josli Billings said the otter nigj>jj
that a good way for a man to trail up acuU
in the way it should go, was ti travel t- 1,
way occasionally himself.
The City Hotel, at Natchez, 3li*j
was destroyed by fire ou thought of thelj
inst. The loss is said to >e heavy, but. *J-
covered by insurance to tic amount of
000 in various companies
55?”Alabama has lo? another of her nr*I
valued citizens—Judg Ormond, of Tus^l
loosa. He died at hi residence in that o. |
on the 2d instant.
;57”M!ijor Genial Edward M. McCook
late of the volu»tecr service, has been »?
pointed Ministerto the Sandwich Islands-
>37“ CnptairHogg, late of the ConftdcG*
armv, killed Captain ATiUiams of the Feu-
army, in a sreet fight, in Carthage,
last week.
vrrjr- \ endcr-hearted railway engineer, 0 *
a certain .‘ailroad, says he never runs ov« r
man if lc can help it, becauseJt “musses .
:he trask so."
A Fetter Txade.—Some oi the
are very severe upon Mr. Johnson becau-
is “#nly a tailor." AVc confess that wc.-
like him bet'er if lie were a g. •’ C’ "
kcr.—Rich. Dispatch.
There are over seventy vacant l ,u ” '
in Connecticut. In the whole oi the
England States there are three hun.lr^
the same condition, and five liund’-''> .
where the ministers do not get a livings
J2?“lt takes at least $60,000 a j
says a AVashington paper, to support^ t u .
000 lazy and worthless negroes wno
the neighborhood of Yorktown. '