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IMPORTANCE OP AN AGENT IN
WASHINGTON.
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~ | a month or two since, that the Governor rc-
WA8HINGTON CORRESPONDENCE
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Government ^” <r ! t ’ quest some member elect to Congress to remnin
in jail at Mobile for six|_j ® .w—
Dexter,
wl»o has been in jaii al I permanently in-Washington—at least during
months on n chargeot erabuzzk nient lias been of Congress-atthc expense of tlio
turned over to the civil authorities l.y order h
of the President.
pg* From the Charieston papers we leant
tliat the trains on the Charleston and Savan
nah Railroad are now running to Whitehall, a
distance of 48 miles from Charleston. The re
pairs of the Road nro steadily progressing.
Griffin Firemen.—We desire to express
our acknowledgments to the Firemen of Grif-
tin, for their polite attention in sending us a
ticket of invitation to tlieir ''Firemen’s Con
gratulatory Party,” to come off this evening.
Though unable to bo present, we appreciate
the attention, and wish them a merry occa
sion.
Reported Trouble in Georgia.—We
find tlio following paragraph in the Louis-
vdilo Courier of Friday. A company of tlio
lGtli U. S. Regulars was sent to Fannin coun
ty from this city a few days ago to look after
matters in that section;
Gov. Jenkins, of Georgia, has applied to
Gen. Thomas for troops to be sent to Fannin
oouuty, Northern Georgia, to quell a disturb
ance, * which the civil authorities arc pow
erless to repress. The troops will be sent.
Railroad Convention.—On the 4th of
July next a General Convention of all the
railroad Presidents, Chief Engineers and Gen
oral Superintendents in the United States, is
to be held in Philadelphia, for an interchange
of views in regard to railroad construction,
management and operation. Tho call for the
Convention has been signed by railroad offi
cers in all parts of the countiy, and the chief
officers of railroads in the British Provinces
have been invited to attend and participate
in tbedeliberntions.
Lav Representation wrrn the Metho-
i»ists :—The General Conference of the Mcth.
odist Episcopal Church South, at their session
yesterday, says the New Orleans Times of the
34th, adopted a most important resolution,
affecting tho character ot the representation
in Conference. This has heretofore been only
alcrical.
Rev. Dr. McTycire, of Montgomery, offered
the resolution, which was os follows:
Resolved, That it is the sense ofthfs Gener
al Conference that representation be introduc
ed into the Annual and General Conferences.
Which was carried, 80 to 48, and a special
oommittce was ordered, composed of one del
egate from each annual conference,to be select
ed by the delegates of each conference res
pectively, to bring in a plan for lay represen
tation, in accordance with the resolution.
Turned Up.—Our office has been illu
mined for a day or two past by the bright
ayes and handsome face of our distinguished
ex-editorial and ever poetical friend, Harry
Flasii, Esq., who (with ourselves) took
French leave of his Macon friends about the
time one Wilson gave notice of an intended
intrusion upon cur hospitalities, having no
particular fancy for that sort of company,
and after eosmopoliting for many months qui
etly settled down at Galveston as dealer in
pork and poetry. We are happy to report
him none the worse for .wear and tear, and as
ready as ever to contribute to the enjoyment
of his friends.
It may not be amiss to say that Mr. Flash
•till retains his interest in the Telegraph, be
ing tho proprietor of a third of the property,
and wilt in future favor its readers with some
thing fresh and spicy from the far West.
Hubdkii near Gordon.—The many friends
of Mr. Joseph Jones, the well known and
obliging landlord of the Gordon note], will
be pained to hear that he was waylaid and
murdered Sunday last. The only facts of the
ease that wo have been able to gather arc,
thnt he roilo out from home during the day,
and his horse returning without him, liis fam
ily became alarmed and dispatched a party in
search of him. After proceeding a few miles
they, discoved blood and other ‘-traces in the
•and which they followed up until they came
to the body of Mr. Jones hurriedly buried be
neath the dirt and leaves. An individval of
the neighborhood, whose name we could not
obtain, has been arrested for the murder, and
•t last accounts was undergoing examination.
Mr. Jones leaves a large and interesting
ftmily to lament his bloody and untimely
death.
State. Such an agency would be valuable,
not only that the Governor himself may
receive early and correct information on all
points of political interest, hut as a conven
ience to that largo body of our citizen?
who have business with tho. Depart
ments. This latter has always Itecn trans
acted by our Senators and Representatives,
who, from their free access to the
various bureaus, enjoyed peculiar facilities
for procuring early and satisfactory action on
all subjects entrusted to them. An outsider
lia9 no such privilege, and however pressing
may be his business he is liable to be put off
for weeks, and when he gets a hearing his
business must give way to that of more im
portant personages in the estimation of the
officials.
Tho want of a representative man in Wash
ington, is productive of great inconvenience
and expense to our people. If a private citi
zen or corporation has business with the Pres
cient or any of the Departments,it is necessary
that some one should go all the way to the
capital and remain there for an indefinite
length of time and at a heavy expense—say,
at least, several hundred dollars. Many per
sons are unable to undertake this cost, and
ore therefore compelled to suffer in their
interests. The city .of Columbus has recently
had two commissioners in Washington look
ing after her interests, and our own city
found it necessary to procure the services of
a leading citizen in a like capacity, thus in
curring an expense of several thousand dol
lars for the two, when an intelligent resident
representation could have despatched the
whole business in tho conrso of a few days.
We doubt if there is a newspaper office in
tlio State, which has had any considerable
transactions with the Government officials,
that has not been,' for the same 1 reason, cither
postponed or defeated altogether in its in
terests.
In view ol these facts, we hope Gov. Jen
kins will take the matter into serious con
sideration, and despatch ono or more of our
Representatives elect to Washington for the
purposes indicated, and at his earliest con
vcnicnce.
Enormous Cotton Morcmcnts.
The exports of Cotton from this port, says
the N. Y. Times, of tho 25th ult., ran ahead
of all precedent during the week ending last
evening, having reached 22,277 bales, of the
currency valuo of $3,882,709, or an average of
about $175 n hale. Included in the exports
were to Liverpool, 17,702 bales, valued at $3,-
109,648; Cronst&dt, l,413bales,valuedat$236,
100; Hamburg, 982 bales, valued at $157,-
997; Naples, 747 hales, valued at $145,642;
Bremen, 682 bales, valued at $122,174; Ant
werp, 246 bales, valued at $47,868; Havre,
308 hales, valued at $43,145; and Bardelona,
137 bales, valued at $20,700. The footings
of the weeks return make the total shipments
of the staple from this port exclusively, since
the first of the current month, 63,371 bales, or
an average of about 3,000 bales for each busi-
«css day; and since September 1,1865, 416,-
1C7 bales, worth at least eighty millions of
(awful money. Since the Istinst., the receipts
at the port have been 36,601 bales; since Jan
uary 1, 1860, 271,580 bales; and since Sep
tember 1. 1865—less than eight months—
723.348 hales, certainly equal to a currency
value of one hundred and thirty-eight million
dollars. Estimates of the available supply
bow here range from 170,000 to 230,000 hales
—the average being 200,000 bales, represent
ing a eurreucy value of not less than thirty-
five million dollars.
Tub Cotton Tax.—The Indianapolis fler-
ald says: If Congress can lay a tax of five
cents a pound on cotton in a State of the Un
ion, it can, if it pleases, lay a tax of a dollar
• bushel on wheat, corn, etc., in Indiana.
Tho tax of five cents on cotton will increase
Its price about six cents at the manufactory,
as there must be interest on the outlay while
the cotton is awaiting manufacture, and the
manufactured article a sale. This will be
added on t>> the price of goods and paid by
the people who purchase tho cotton fabrics
at the stores. Of course the people will not
sec very cheap calicoes and muslins again.
Another effect of the tariff will he to en
courage the growth of cotton in other parts
of the world. As the manufacturers of Great
Britain, Franco and Belgium, when they go
lo buy cotton, will find ours fire cents a
pound higher than the natural cost of rais-
fcg, with a fair profit added, would make it,
fen account of the Government abolition war
jk»x, it may be they will be able to procure a
supply from the Indies, South America or
Mexico, at lower rates. Taxes injure indus
try and burden the people.
The Cotton Crop in South-Western
Georgia.—Tho Albany Patriot, of the 28th
ult., soys: “ We learn from some of our plan
ters in this neighborhood that the cotton
planted this spring i? dying out. Large
fields, it is said, which came up and looked
promising at first, are now past all hope.—
This, the intelligent planters, whom we have
conversed with on tho subject, say is the re
sult of planting old. and, perhaps, damaged
seed. The seed, when kept on hand so long
before planting, loses much ot its vigor and
vitality, and although it may come up, has
not the necessary substance or oil in it to
make the plant shoot downward to the clay
to take root It is well known that our plan
ters, for the last three or four years, have
planted little or no cotton, and, consequent
ly the seed used this spring had been on bond
several years, and, in many instances, had
been very much neglected and damaged.—
Xlic result now is that a large, and perhaps
the largest portion of lands planted with this
old and damaged seed, will produce no cot
ton. If this is tho general condition of the
cotton crop in • the cotton countiy of the
South, the crop must necessarily he short.
We hope, however, this planting of defective
seed is confined alone to this section.”
Colorado.—The vote of the Senate to ad
mit this territory as a State into the Union
affords an evidence of the unpriro'p.ed man
ner in which all important public questions
are disposed of by the present so-called Con
gress. A short time ago, a majority of the
Senate opposed admission; now a majority of
six vote for it, the only reason for the change
being a promise on the part of tho Colorado
Senators elect to side with the Radicals when
they take their seats. In the debate it was
clearly shown that tho population of the Col
orado docs nit by many thousands approach
the standard which has heretofore been adopt-
od in the admission of new States, and even
the friends of the hill did not pretend to
claim thnt the population has at any time
been more than one-half the basis of repre
sentation adopted in tlie States. It was clear
ly shown by 1 Mr. Sumner and Mr. Doolittle
that there are not now over five or six thous
and voters in the Territory ; that their pop
ulation and mining interests have decreased
greatly since the last census, and no valid rea
son was shown by those who favored the bill
why Colorado slionld be admitted.
An Opinion of Gen Lee.—The New York
World of the 20th says:
“While tho bill for the reorganization of
the array was under discussion in the House
of Representatives yesterday, Schenck, of
Ohio, who glories in the title of General—a
title which lie disgraced by his shameful in-
competcncy and want of courage—spoke of
General Lee as a “douUy-perjured vreteh J"
This Schenck. which should bo written
with a « instead of an “e,” is Chairman of
the Military Committee in tho House. He
has either no character to lose, or is destitute
of the common sense to sec that such language
with regard to Robert E, Lee, can only bring
the author of it into universal contempt.
Tns Crescent Monthly.—This is the title
of a new and handsome monthly magazine,
devoted to“literture,art, science and society,”
and published by.Wm. E*velyn, New Orleans.
Terms $5 per annum. The “Crescent” is after
the form of the Atlantic Monthly, and the
number for April—which is the first of the
issue—is filled with matter of high respecta
bility and interest We hope to sec the efforts
of tho publisher succeed; and they ought if
we have any Southern literary pride left.
The Flood in the Mississippi.—A New
Orleans dispatch, of the 27th instant, says:
The Ouachita country is flooded, and the
ground cold. Corn will not germinate, and
all the cotton seed is rotten. The Baton
Rouge crevasse is abandoned. The Grosse
State Railroad is flooded, npd the people
driven from home. At Shreveport the river
is high and inundation threatened.
Judge Stanshury.—It will be seen that
our Washington correspondent locates this
gentleman, who has just been appointed to
the Supreme Court, in Kentucky, contrary to
the general impression which has made him
la citizen of Ohio. His residence is said to
be in Campbell county, in the former State.
Iff A wealthy lady of St. Louis, foiul of
concord of sweet sounds, has doped with a
negro minstrel who plays the bones.
evil Judgeships to he Abolished- 7 he Test Oath
to be Retained—The Case of Jefferson Da-
tis—Admission of Colorado—The Negro
. Celebration,
Washington, April 23,1866.
There is a strong probability that it will
soon he my duty to chronicle the occurrence
of another veto.
The House of Representatives, as I stated
in a recent letter, have passed a bill abolish
ing one of the circuits of the United States
Circuit Court, the ono over which the late
Judge Catron presided. Upon the death of
Judge Catron, there was, of course, a vacancy
in the'Suprcmc Court, which it would devolve
upon President Johnson to fill. The bill re
ducing the number of circuits was framed
expressly to prevent President Johnson from
appointing a judge to fill this vacancy. Of
the 9 Judges now upon the Supreme bench,
5 were appointed by President Lincoln,
namely, Judges Field, Davis, Miller and
Swayac, and Chief Justice Chase. All of
these Judges are supposed to be radically in
clined. and they constitute, it will"'be seen, a
majority of the Court. The only conserva
tive Judges upon the bench, are Judges
Grier, Clifford. Wayne, and Nelson. Tho
radical leaders in Congress were afraid that
President Johnson would appoint a conserva
tive judge, and in order to prevent him this
bill was prepared. It has passed tho House,
but has not yet been acted on in the Senate.
Before the war, however, it had become evi
dent that the necessities of justice required
that the number of circuits should be in
creased. Since the close of the war, and un
der existing circumstances, it is evident that
the business before most of the circuit courts
will be much greater than can be attended
to, and that the number of circuits will have
to be increased instead of being diminished.
President Johnson, therefore, a few days ago,
appointed Hon. Henry Stansbury, of Ken
tucky, an eminent lawyer and jurist, to fill
the vacancy occasioned by Judge Catron’s
death. The Scnato have not yet confirm
ed the appointment, and it is not
likely that they will confirm it Instead of
doing so, the probability is, that they will
take up and pass the House bill abolishing
Judge Catron’s seat on the Supreme bench.
In this case, the President will surely veto the
bill.
I am sorry to say that there is no probabil
ity that tho test oath will he altered or modi
fled during the present session of Congress.
The Senate has passed a bill prohibiting pay
ments to persons employed during the pre
sent session of Congress. The Senate has
passed a bill prohibiting payments to persons
employed by the Treasury and Post Office
Departments who have not taken the test
oath, and the House Judiciary Committee
have made a report recommending that no
change he made in the law imposing the test
oath, as it now stands, which will undoubt
edly he adopted by the House. This, too, in
the lace of the representations that have been
made to Congress by the Secretary of the
Treasury and the Postmaster General, show
ing liow seriously the interests and business
of the country are suffering on account of the
operation of this unwise and unconstitutional
law. It is every day becoming more evident
that the Radicals in Congress are willing that
the country should go to ruin, sooner than
that they will relax one iota of their unjust
severity towards the South. One of them
brutally remarked a few days ago that if
there were no loyal people in the South to
transact the business of the Post Office and
Treasury Departments, plenty of disbanded
Yankee soldiers could be found to do it.
Hero is a specimen of the stuff with which
the ghouls of the House Judiciaiy Commit
tee arc regaling themselves:
“The House Judiciary Committee, having
the investigation of the evidence relating to
Jeff. Davis’ aliened complicity in the assas
sination of President Lincoln under consid
eration, to-day examined Dr. James Mcdrith,
of Indianapolis, who testified that he was in
Missouri in February, 1865, at & meeting of
prominent Southerners, among whom were
Saunders, Thompson, Tucker, and a number
of others equally well known, and that the
question of the assassination of Lincoln, Stan
ton and Grant was discussed; that it was de
clared that it was going to take place at an
early day, and that Booth was going to per
form the act. He testi ied that at the same time
a letter from Jeff. Davis was read on the same
subject, and that lie, the witness, was after
wards told by Clement C. Clay that he, Clay,
knew also, all about it. In reply to a ques
tion, the witness said ho went from Newport,
Ky., to Canada in 1864.
Whoever can swallow that stuff must have
the digestion of an ostrich. I need not as
sure your renders that President Johnson
treats it with the scorn that it deserves.
The question of the admission of tho new
State of Colorado is engaging the attention
of the Senate to some extent, and it may he
acted on decisively this week. The two Sen
ators from that prospective State are already
here, and it seems to be understood that they
will vote with tho radicals, when they arc
admitted. Senator Sumner objects to the
admission of the new State, because its Con
stitution does not allow negroes to vote. It
may be on that account that the now State
will be rejected; hut the probability is, at
present, that it will be admitted.
On Thursday last, about fifteen millions of
dollars worth of negroes paraded the streets
here, dressed up in fantastical clothes, some
as Masons and Odd Fellows, some as Sons of
Temperance and Recliabites, and some sim
ply as darkeys, pure and simple. The occa
sion of the great splurge was the celebration
of the emancipation in the District of Colum
bia. Some of the nigs carried banners, on
which were various fantastical devices and
inscriptions, of which the following are spec
imens : “I wish all men to be free—Abraham
Lincoln.” “The fool hath said in his heart,
there is no God.” “Onr friends in Congress.”
“The wild ass knowetli his master's crib.”
“The colored troops fought bravely.”
“The .Rcchubitcs arc our name, Africa is
our nation: Georgetown is our dwelling
place, and Christ is our salvation. Amen.”
The city papers thus speak of the affair:
‘‘Tramp—Tramp,” Ac.—“Tlio colored
troops fought bravely,” and to-day waded
the mud and filth of the streets with all the
martial ardor of old. It was an unhealthy
crowd on a hot day, with the thermometer
at a boiling point. The big fiat feet of the
darkies tramped the mud down to a hardness
that, in a measure, almost macademized
the streets. "We missed old Jane Swisshelm.
of Pittsburg, in the procession.
The Streets This .Moh.ni.no.—After the
indications of the storm had disappeared,
Pennsylvania avenue began to look as though
it were robed in sable hue. Our colored
brethren, of all shades and colors, seemed to
be hastening to some desired or favored ren
dezvous. The coal black, the coffee-colored,
the black and tan, the one-eighth black, ami
the pure white, all pushed eagerly forward
for the Franklin Square. Old darkey wo
men, with baskets of cakes and lemonade,
fried fish andJiver, sandwiches, and other
strong food, also thronged the highway.—
Now and then a sedate looking colored man,
in full Masonic regalia, looking like an Afri
can prince, would pass along, the observed
of all observers among the blacks. The
whites looked on in good humor, and now
and then some one would shout, "and the
colored troops fought nobly,” which rejoinder
made the colored folks laugh heartily. The
darkey contraband vfomcn, with all their
finery of brass jewelry and cast-off silk gowns,
and outre bonnets, with the perspiration
streaming from their faces, seemed and acted
as though the day of jubilee was at band,
and the time had come for a grand cqualiza
tion of all the things of this earth. The
' great mass of the people look on the whole
affair as a good black joke, except Forney
and Kelley, who consider it a “big thing.”
Terrible Cruelties ol the Chinese—Inhn-
Atrocities—Prisoners Dissected
Alive.
From the Hong Kong Daily Press, Jan. 10.
These two men, one condemned for rebel- j
Affairs a! Quarantine.
We have already called attention,with some
New York on
The Congressional
Reconstruction
. delegation from
warmth, to the manner 'n which the sick \ork held a meeting in W * ‘
were removed last week (Wednesday) from - wed
lion and the other for robbery and murder, j the Virginia to the hospital-ship Falcon,
were executed outlie 21st inst., at noon, on The formal report on this matter rendered
the “Tsni-shen-kin” wharf, and within a few
Ivory.
toe demands of commerce and manufac
ture, ac.
From the N. Y. Journal of Commerce.
The amount of ivory required to supply
the demand of commerce and of manufacture
is probably known to very few of our read
ers ; and when we take into consideration the
number of elephants which must be destroy
ed annually to meet these demands, it ap
pears absolutely enormous. We have not the
statistics which enable us to estimate the
amount consumed in the different parts of the
world. It is stated on good authority that
the cutlery establishment? ot Sheffield alone
consume annually the ivory which is supplied
by more than 20,000 elephants, so that this
number must he slain every year to meet the
wants of a single town.
If this is the case, what must be the num
ber slain every year to support the various
markets of the world f Every country must
have its supply, and thus a terrible warfare is
constantly waged upon this noble animal.—
The other sources trom which ivory is obtain
ed, the walrus, the narwhal, &c., afford but an
insignificant item in the supply, and no other
substance has been discovered or invented
which can take its place, and as the demand
is constantly increasing from year to year, it
would seem that the race of elephants must
ere long become extinct. It would be quite
curious to know how the supplyls kept up so
equally. There are very few Europeans who
engage in the hunting of elephants, unless it
he for a sporting expedition,nndso it must be
left to the natives of Africa and Asia to take
in their own way, ancl slaughter, as best they
can, an animal so immense, that to kill a sin
gle one would seem to be a sufficient achieve
ment for a lifetime.
The best ivory known is that winch comes
from Africa. It is not so white as that fur
nished by the Asiatic elephants, but it pre
serves its color best, is most transparent,
freest from cracks and receives the highest
polish. This is accounted for by what is
certainly a remarkable physiological fact,
that the elephants of the two continents, Asia
and Africa, yield ivory, thq composition of
which is materially different. The African
ivory contains just about equal parts of ani
mal and earthy matter, while in the Asiatic
the earthy matter is aboutonc quarter greater
than tlic animal. The finest tusks are ob
tained from the western coast of Africa, near
the equator They vary greatly in size and
weight, according to the age of the animals
from which they are taken. Some weigh not
more than six or eight pounds, while others
run as high as 150 and occasionally beyond
this. Some of our readers may have seen
last summer in the window on Broadway, an
elephant’s tusk, imported from Africa, which
was said to be the largest tusk from a livin:
elephant, or one recently slain, ever importci
into this country, and perhaps as large as
any ever taken. Fossell elephants or mam
moths have yielded larger tusks, but they are
seldom of much utility, unless in extremely
cold countries where not only the ivory but
the flesh may lie preserved for ages. One
great source of the supply of ivory in Russia
and the northern countries of Europe is the
tnsks of extinct species of elephants and
mammoths, which are found in the banks of
the rivers of Northern Siberia in a remarka
ble state of preservation. These tusks are of
great size, but the ivory is not so heavy as
the African or Southern Asiatic. Ivory has
the remarkable property of being capable of
restoration where its qualities have been im
paired by great age. The fossil remains
which are occasionally dug up in our own
country arc so dry and destitute of all adhe
sive material that they soon crumble into
dust or become evcecdingly brittle on being
exposed to the air. This was the case with
some ivory carvings found by Layard in the
ruins of Nincvah, but the ivory was restored
to its former condition on being boiled in a
solution of gelatine, which supplied tlic
place of the albuminous matter that entired
into its original texture. So, on the other
hand, by dissolving a portion of the earthy
matter which is one of the principal ingredi
ents, the ivoiy retains it3 tenacily, but be
comes exceedingly flexible. It is thus pre
pared for making surgical instruments.
Ivory is a very important branch of com
merce, not merely on account of the quantity
which enters into the commerce of the world,
of which it is no inconsiderable item, but be
cause it is essential to many mechanical arts.
Its chief use is in making the handles of
knives, for which a comparatively large
amount is consumed. It is largely used for
the keys of pianofortes, being almost the only
substance employed for this purpose. In
many other musical instruments it is more or
less used. It is very extensively employed
in China and other countries in the manufac
ture of chessmen, and toys and ornaments
of various sorts, and for casing small pieces
of statuary. It has been of late years cut
into broad veneers by sawing or cutting
around a large tusk. In tho London exhi
bition of 1851 a veneer of this kind was
shown which was a foot wide and 40 feet in
length, while at Paris it is said to have been
cut into sheets 30 inches by 150. It was large
ly used in aucient times. We read that Solo
mon “made a great throne of ivory,” and of
“the ivory house” that Aliab made, and bench
es and hedsof ivory are mentioned in thescrip-
turcs. What will supply its place when the
race of elephants is destroyed we cannot tell,
but ingenuity is already at work to furnish a
substitute, and is stimulated by the offer' of
large rewards. A short time since a reward
of $5,000 was offered in this country by par
ties interested iu the manufacture ot billiard
balls, for a substance possessing the same
qualities in about the same proportions. Its
elasticity adapts it to this purpose, but as
ivory is affected by dampness and expands
unequally according to the grain, it is found
that the* balls do not retain their perfect
sphericity in all states of the atmosphere.—
For this reason, and on account of its increas
ing scarcity, some other substance is in de
mand. Vegetable ivory, so called, is used in
making many articles, but it is of compara
tively little value. There seems to be more
hope that the requisite material will be ob
tained from some compound of Itidia rubber
or gutta percha than from any other source.
Methodist General Conference.
New Orleans, April 27.—Tho Conference
refused to restore W. F. Parker, who had
been located by the Ilolston Conference.
The Educational Committee recommend
the establishment of an institute for the edu
cation of young men entering the ministry;
also, a higher standard of intellectual qualifi
cations for those entering conference; also,
the concentration ot the church to the sup
port of a few schools under guidance of the
church.
The name of the church was changed to
day from the M. E. Church, South, "to the
Methodist Church. Tlic vote stood, ayes
111, nays 20.
The ordination of new Bishops will take
place on Sunday.
The ladies of New Orleans give the mem
bers of Conference an entertainment at City
Park on to-morrow.
yards of Hamburg consulate, and direcuy in
front of several other European houses thnt
agreed upon tli
tions as terms of res
yesterday by Dr. Dalton to the Board of submitted to the Rccon
Health, will, if we are not mistaken; cause Liberal, generon^ New York!
A bill to provide for the restoration of tl
States, lfitolv in insnrrerfinn f/% *i. • . ^
1 mg ton jjg
following j.ropo,.
ration, which are top
ruction Commit^
public indignation to turn fiercely against
are situated there. The men were dragged ■ whoever is to blame for this stupid and cruel j. States, lately in insurrection to th H1 *
to the place of execution so heavily ironed j proceeding. Nothing in heartlessness, lazi- political rights. ’ e!r : -l
and menacled that they could not walk; and, ness, indefference and want of contrivance in m T . - ,. . ,,
being starved for some time previously, they the history of Turkish and Oriental Quaoan- , . • " la " ” 10 States
appeared the most miserable objects of suffer- tines ever surpassed this. Here, as Dr. Stone j • . *, . ' v • as ^ oon , n<| is ooj.
ing humanity that could be imagined—more | remarks, comes into port “a poor devil of a j- - j ‘ 1 , 1 1 °f e an “ ? a ) e 'y oftfc
dead than alive. They were guarded by 200 ; Captain, with a pcst-housc under his com-1 J?* ■' partlcl P aii on h,
Mandarin soldiers, headed by tlie> Hai Hong, J mand, and he dare not move here or there 1 ‘ ® - ’ a
carrying a Le’eng, or warrant of tlic power of I lest he should
is there to tell
So, a thousand Human Drags arc impnsoncu . Constitution of the United States “an aVJ
many hours ongcr than hey need be, M the in the wor(ls foUowing . WS ’ ,l “ art «*
midst of death in its most fearful forms.” . P n ...
For thirty-six hoars thisdloating pest-house k« prmmntnd ♦!*. ^ e P res ®®J a, W®* shall
lay without’succor or message from the shore; ^ , 0 several States whiefc
thesteerago crowded with the sick and the L ‘v ; . • ' u |; n riie L mon according
dying, and the dead towed in boats at the -L ‘ ^ *
stern. These hundreds of poor men and wo- L t > J , ? j! e ' 10 * 2 number
men,thus forced to cling towhat they consider- nro fkh»r1 thnt whonwr D p*
ed a charnel-liousoi, and without proper med- ] i i„„. , } 9 c . °' the Cni-
ical aid, are constantly on the verge of riot ^
and mutiny, in order to force their way out in anv S t ate except for parti^pafe
from the poisonous ship. The first supplies rP i, P ii; nn ti,« i,„oi a I at ion in
that erne from the *£,« to J-JS by
fgP. Doran Killian, a leading Finnegan'
has returned to New York from the border,
and has been followed by the entire Fenian
force, which had gathered there for the pur
pose of invading Canada.
A IllUlltmi Mi HU, J'WV.
life or death, who, having dressed himself in
a red hood and mantle, seated himself at a
table placed there for the occasion, demanded
the prisoners to bo brought before him. which
being done they were both forced on their
knees, the Hai-Hong wrote down their names
and ordered them to be flogged—the rebel
300 and the other culprit 200 blows with the
bamboo. The rebel having received his 300
blows, and borne them without a murmur,
was taken to a cross that had been erected for
the purpose, and being securely lashed to it,
in nn upright posture, with his arms extend
ed, the executioner commenced his horrible
butchery by first cutting off the flesh above
tlie eyes; next the cars, and then the breast.
Then’he cut through the muscles of each arm,
laying the silvery white bone bare; the flesh
not being cutoff but left banging; the blood
spurting out and actually bespattering the
executioner at each pulsation of the heart.
Then the iquscles of the thighs were cut out
in the same manner. After the executioner
had performed these dreadful tortures upon
the poor wretch, he laid his small knife aside
and took another, about ten inches long and
about an inch broad, and cut gashes on each
side ol the man's clicst, laying the ribs bare.
Then lie made several flourishes with the
knife and then ran it into the poor victim’s
body, entering just below the sternum in the
middle of the chest, to the full extent of the
blade. This I thought and hoped would
prove the coup de grace. But no, for the man
still breathed, and the executioner still con
tinued his bloody task,cutting downward with
the knife, and letting out the entrails. He then
slashed and cut open the stomach. Then,giving
a yell, ran his hand in and seized tlie man’s
liver and cut it out, passing the bleeding,
quivering mass to the assistant as coolly and
in as business-like manner as though he were
opening and butchering a pig. This finished
the torture, and the executioner left the vic
tim in this mutilated state, not yet dead, lor
I saw him give several grasps for breath af
terwards. - He then cut the sampan man’s
head off, at the foot of the cross, with a sin
gle blow, and then returned, and letting loose
the rebel’s head which fell forward, he de
capitated him 1 certainly the most merciful
stoke he had given that day! The bodies
were exposed on the same wharf, with theiir
legs tied to posts, -for five days afterwards,
to the great annoyance of the Europeans who
occupied the houses adjacent. The poor
rebel bore his inhuman tortue most manfully;
not a moan or cry escaped him during all the
time. The only movement he made was a
slight quivering of hi? whole frame, and a
movement of the head to and fro; otherwise
a spectator might have questioned whether
he were alive or dead during the horrible
exhibition.
But this is not the first exhibition of this
kind we have been treated to at Amoy during
the nionth- of December. The gunboat Grass
hopper captured, 19 pirates at PortMathcson,
brought them to Amoy, and delivered them
up to the Total. They were tried, all found
guilty, and condemned to death. But five
of tue nnmber had friends here, who paid
sums of money to the Totai, and procured
tlieir release. This I know for a fact, for I
happened to accompany 19 of the prisoners
from the Hoi-hong prison to the Totai’s on
the day of their final condemnation and exe
cution ; money having been already paid for
three of them, and security given lor their
good behavior in future, they had been liber
ated. When I entered the Yhamun the pris
oners were brought before the Totai, and
their names called over. At this time a res
pectably dressed Chinaman came to the front
with his hankercliief full of dollars, and I
noticed that the Totai cast a peculiarly long
ing eye towards the hankercliief, and beamed
very complaisantlv upon this Chinaman, who
performed a veiy short-winded ko
tow, and then presented a petition to
his excellency, which he received and
read; and in a few minutes a servant was or
dered to receive the “almighty Mexican,” and
count them, the petitioner accompanying him.
The dollars being found correct, (I should es
timate them at about $500,) the crier of the
Court called out two names of two ot the pi
rates, who were taken apart from the others,
their shackles knocked off, «nd allowed to
depart with their kind friend and benefactor.
So much for Mandarin law and justice. Why
it is quite a godsend to them for our gunboats
to capture pirates and give them over to them
for trial and punishment. *****
I question if all of these 14 men who were be
headed on the 8th of December were the pi
rates who were delivered to the Mandarins
by her Majesty’s gunboat Grasshopper, for in
general appearance they looked more like
miserable mendicants, hired and paid for the
purpose, than Canton pirates. The following
questions put to these prisoners in the pres
ence of the Totai may show the probability
of my surmise:
“Are you guilty or not ot piracy ? Remem
ber, if you confess, yoii will be beheaded to
day at noon; if you deny your guilt, you will
be returned again to prison.”
Answer by all the men but two:
“I ani guilty, and I wish to die; the sooner
the better.”
These 14 men were condemned to death,
and one of them, said to he the chief, was
sentenced to be cut to pieces alive previous
to tlic decapitation. The Totai sentenced
him to be executed tho same as a soeclio, or
in passing sentcnc? handed the vermillion
pencil to an attendant, who made a red mark
across the chiefs forehead, and then threw
the pencil disdainfully on the ground, and
broke up about a dozen crockery cups in
front of the prisoners, who were all kneeling.
They were then inarched off to the execution
ground, and having arrived there they were
placed in four lines, three and four in a line,
cqui'distant from each other, kneeling,the pi
rate chief being in the centre. There was
more care and regularity at this execution
than I had seen before. A mandarin dressed
in red, carrying the Le’eng, and gu irded by
soldiers bringing up the rear; and on his
arrival on the ground he waved the
Le’eng to two executioners, who com
menced their work of butchery, and in less
than five minutes three of the prisoners
were lying headless around their chief,
who remained kneeling in the centre, bespat
tered with the blood of bis dead companions]
During the time the execution was going on
the chief looked around occasionally, as he
heard the dull thud of tliccxecutioner'sknile,
and apparently wishing for the same merci
ful fate and speedy death! But no, he was
doomed to dreadful, lingering, excruciating
suffering, by torture, ere death would close
upon his agonies; and, being led away, wa3
bound to a large post. But, not wishing to
sicken my readers by a recapitulation of the
tortures the poor rebel underwent, suffice it
to say that he underwent exactly the same
torture, and the extra of having the scalp cut
across the top of the forehead, and the skin
and integuments drawn down over his eyes,
and was at last decapitated. All these dis
gusting exhibitions have been enacted at
Amoy, where British power is known, has
been felt and is respected ; and only a word
a passenger, were three barrels of sawdust!
When at length tho sick are to be removed,
there is no stcamtug or proper means of
transference. The poor dying emigrants- are
tied into a rude seat made of a hogshead, and
lowered from the yard-arm, under the hot
sun, after much difficulty, into one rowboat,
and then again hoisted into the Falcon. Three
the number thus excluded bears to the whole
number of male citizens not less than twentr-
one years of age, in such States.
Sec. 2. Until the— day of —, a. d., 187
nil persons who voluntarily adhere to the
late insurrection, giving it aid and comfort,
shall be excluded from the right to vote for
three-quarters of an hour. One poor woman
died during the process, and no doubt the
majority of the others died afterward. It
forcibly occurs to the Quarantine officials that
this is a very slow .and cruel process, and on
the urgent representation of the Sanitaiy Su
perintendent of the City, they condescended
to request the Captain to help them with the
ship’s boats.
We cannot wonder that since this perfor
mance the cholera has raged fearfully in the
hospital-ship. Now, it is a public duty to
ascertain where the blame of this disgraceful
and cruel proceedings rests. Is it on the
Health Officer; Dr. Swinburne, or the Quaran
tine Commissioners ?. It plainly does not rest,
on the Board of Health, as the whole matter
was outside of their immediate control.—N.
T. Times.
persons on an average are thus transferred in £cp r f en f a ri' r cs in Congress and for electors fo r
-• ■ - • - 1 President and Vice President of the United
States.
Sec. 3. Debts or obligations already incn r .
red for which may hcreafuer be incurred, fo
aid of insurrection, or of war against th:
United States, and claim for compensation foj
loss of involuntary servitude or labor,
not be paid by any State, nor by the United
States
Sec. 4. “Congress shall have power to en
force by appropriate legislation the provisions
of this article.” Now, therefore, he it enact
eel by the Senate and House of Representa
tives of the United States of America in Con
gress assembled, That, whenever the above
recited amendment shall become a part of the
Constitution of tlie United States, and anr
State lately in insurrection shall have ratified
the same and shall -liave {modified its consti
tution and laws herewith, its Senators ami
Representatives from such State, if found
duly elected and qualified, shall, after hav
ing taken the required oaths of office, be
admitted into Congress as such; provi
ded, that no person shall he eligibledo any
office under the United States who is in-
eluded in any of the following classes, viz.
1st. The President and Vice President ot the
Confederate States, so-called; the heads of
departments and the members of both Houses
of Congress thereof. 2d. Those who In other
countries acted as agents of the Confederate
States of America, so-called. 3d. Heads of
Departments of the United States, officers of
the army and navy of the United States, and
members of either House of Congress of ttc^H
the United States, wlio aided in the latere-^™
bellion. 4th. Those who acted as officers of
the Confederate States of America, so-called,
above the grade of colonel in tho army oi
Master in the navy, and any one who, as Gov
ernor of either of the so-called Confederate I
States, gave aid or comfort to the late rebel-1
lion. 5th. Those who have treated officersoi I
soldiers or sailors of the army or navy of the |
.United States, captured during the late war,
otherwise than lawfully as prisoners of war.
Sec. 2nd. And he it further enacted, Thu
when any State lately in insurrection shall
have ratified the foregoing amendment to the H
Constitution, any part of the direct tax unde:
the act of August atli, 1861, which may re
main due and unpaid in such State, may be
assured and paid by such State, and the pay I j
ment thereof on proper assurances from snci ™
State, and payment thereof be given to the
Secretary of the Treasury of the United
States, may be postponed for a period no:
exceeding ten years from and after the pas
sage of this act.
The Pacific Const.
A Curious Proceeding—The Steamer John L. Ste
B liens Seized by Mexican (Liberal) Authority at
ape St. Lucas—The Captain gives Bonds and
the Vessel is Released.
San Francisco, Tuesday, April 24.
The steamer John L. Stephens, from Ma-
zatlan, has arrived, with $45,500 in treasure.
On her down trip tlie steamboat was seized
at Cape St. Lucas, by order of Gen. Corona,
and an effort was made to send her to Altata,
but she was finally ordered to La Paz.
Capt. "Wakeman forwarded to the United
States Consul his protest against the seizure
of the vessel or intermeddling with her car
go; notwithstanding which, a guard of Lib
eral soldiers was placed on hoard, who ran
sacked her in search of contraband articles.
As a drunken crowd of Liberals on shore was
prepared to commit violence, Captain Wake-
man deemed it expedient to give $500 cash
and a bond for $1,500 more, when the vessel
was released and proceeded on her voyage.
San Francisco, April 14.
Mexican reports are very much mixed, ev
erything depending on the amount of credi
bility possessed by the correspondents.—
Those inclined to the Liberals assert that in
the recent battles nearMazatlan the Imperial
ists were totally routed, while Consul Guillen
asserts that the reports are absolutely false.
When the steamer John L. Stephens was
captured by the Liberals she bore tho Impe
rial flag, and was engaged in transporting
contraband articles and munitions of war in
boxes marked “Hardware” and “Claret,” and
a considerable portion of the ammunition
was not on her manifest. The contraband
articles found were all confiscated.
The Cholera.
The Halifax papers of Monday report
three coses of cholera in thnt city, and state
that eight passengers who escaped from quar
antine arc supposed to be spreading the dis
ease in their midst.
Three of the Halifax physicians, who vol
unteered to attend the cases at quarantine,
have been attacked, and one tell a victim to
liis humanity, after an illness of tliirtv-six
hours. No cases have yet occurred in New
York, but the peril is considered great, as
will be seen by a proclamation from the Board
of Health, an abstract of which i9 given in
the dispatches below:
New Yonn, April 25.—The Montreal Her
ald, of April 23, reports that Dr. Slayer, one
of the physicians who volunteered to attend
the cholera attacks on tligtUngland, was taken
ill on Monday morning and died of that
disease on Tuesday evening. Two other
-doctors, Garrie and Gossip, were attacked
with the disease, but recovered. Eight of
tho ship passengers made their escape from
the quarantine ship, and it is feared
may spread the disease. Three cases ot chol
era have also been reported at Halifax.
cholera quarantine at new YORK.
New York, April 25.—The Deputy Health
Officer reports twelve additional deaths from
cholera on the hospital ship, and the recep
tion of five more patients from the steamer
Illinois, making the number remaining in
hospital six.
HEALTH PROCLAMATION.
The Board of Health has drawn up a pro
clamation of peril to the public health, which
the Govenor has indorsed and signed. It
sets forth in a series of resolutions that in the
judgment of the Board, there is great and im
mediate peril to the public health, and pro
vides for cleaning and disinfecting the city,
for tlie removal and treatment of those attack
ed by cholera, and generally to enforce the
laws pertaining to health, and to incur debts
for the purpose.—N. Y. Times, 26.
C2?“Richmond Editors have ahard time of
it. They have just got through with a trou
ble with the printers, and now the proprie
tors of tlio Enquirer, having quarreled with
each other, have adopted the novel expedi
tion of suspending the issue of their journal
until their troubles are ended. They, there
fore, ask the ‘'indulgence of the public until
further notice,” at which indefinite period
they promise to resume the publication of the
Enquirer.
Fire in Houston.—We regret to learn that
the residence of Dr. Josiah A. Florney, near
Fort Valley, was consumed by fire on Friday
night last between the hours of 11 and 12
o’clock. He had just completed this dwel-
ing to replace one burnt a few years since.
Gen. Tnomas Jordan, Adjutant Gener
al on Beauregard's staff during the war, and
the man who wrote the abusive article against
Mr. Davis for Harper’s Magazine, we sec- it
stated, has turned up as editor of one of the
Memphis papers.
We see it stated that Justice Wayne,
of the Supreme Court, and Judge Erskine,
of the U. S. District Court for Georgia, were
to have left New York for Savannah by last
Saturday’s steamer.
. . . , T* Two white men and a dozen negroes
from a British Consul would have prevented have lately been publicly flogged in Fayctte-
them. villc, North Carolina, the local courts order
ing the punishment, and the United States
i military commander declining to interfere
i because the penalty was sanctioned by the
statutes.
tarn commemoration of the birthday of
the Prince Imperial of France, the Empress
Eugenie has given $15 ,000 to be divided
among forty charitable institution scattered
over the country districts ot France.
er-T he London Times bears testimony
to and bewails the feet that large numbers of
the best colliers and iron workers in England
arc emigrating to the United States.
Fire.—Over two hundred bales of cotton
took fire and were destroyed in the cotton
yard of the Central Railroad at Savannah,
on the 25th ult. They caught from a spark
from an engine.
Washington Items.
JEFF. DAVIS’ TRIAL—GOVERNMENT COUNCIL
Messrs. East, Clifford and Rousseau ban
been retained, by tlie Government for the trit'
of Jeff. Davis. They were here yesterday, «i
ranging tlic case, tliouh the time and place of
trial have not been definitely settled,
Attorney General Speedy lias gone Wcstto
recruit his health, whicli is somewhat impair
ed by close and unremitting application to
business.. The determination of the time ul
place of trial of Jeff. Davis will not be midt
until Mr. Speed's return.
The Judiciary Committee is still at work
upon Jeff Davis’ case. The minority of th
committee complain of unjust procceings of
the majority in not allowing them attitadi
lor cross-examination of witnesses.
»
GOVERNMENT FINANCES.
In all probability, unless something occffll
which is not now anticipated by the Admtj
istration, the Secretary of the Treasury belie" I
ing that the time has come when the Govcr:|
ment should no longer be in the position otif
borrower of money, to-day ordered the Assj
taut United States Treasurer to discontincj
the reception of deposits for temporary loaiul
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS AND THE SKSATlI
The Tribune’s Washington special lays:-!
The statement is whispered about this eve|
ing that the Senate to-day in executive sessiil
discussed sonic other matter than militgl
confirmations, which were passed upon wit!I
out opposition. If rumor is to be
the majority of the Senate very distinctly i
nounced that no nomination shou'.d be
firmed when made to fill a place made t
by the removal for opinion'ssake of anyefl
petent officer who supported the election -
Andr ew Johnson in the last Presidential <’
tion.
TREATY WITH JAPAN. |
The President has officially proclaimed i- j
Convention between the Empire of Rffif
and the Governments of the United St»»y
Great Britain, France and Holland, OT
ding for the Daymen* to this Govemn** 1 ‘
$3.000,00for indemnity and expem<*-J
This convention was made in view oftke^
tile acts ot more than a dozen princes,™)-
were assuming such formidable prop
as to make it difficult for the Tycoon
fully to observe the treaties.
Commercial Prosperity.—As indie
of the activity prevailing in commercial V
ters, we note several facts which show 15 1
striking manner the continued prosperity
our city. On yesterday morning Messrs r.;|
der A Fullarton cleared tlie American (
Governor Langdon, Capt. Weeks.fori
pool, with a cargo consisting of 3,5351
upland cotton, valued at $570,521 46.
is the largest cargo that a vessel of ber (
has carried from this port for many Jt'j
Messrs. Chas. Green & Son, cleared the -
wegian bark, Atlantic, Capt, KihH u \
Havre, with a cargo of 1,370 bales u'
cotton, valued at $10G,788 38, and 12*
sea-island, value $29,335 13; total tw-J
cargo, $220,123 51. Messrs. Wilder «U|
larton also cleared the British ship
Capt. Jourdan. for Liverpool, with ® ’ 1
consisting of 2,033 bales upland cotton-
$-161,588 36; 138 bales sea-islaml ^
value $42,520 82; 213,121 feet timber.
$8,945; total value $508,063 18.
grand total of $1,304,703. the val«
cargoes of the above three vessel*.—- vir '
28 th.
Sale op tue Hermitage.—Nashvila- '
24.—In the Senate to-day a bill F^'
first reading, tendering the mansion ^
tlic Hermitage, Jackson's residence, ; ^
acres of ground adjoining, or. conch
the United States Government will f - ^
upon it a branch ot the West Pom y
Academy, or some other public id* ^
The remaining acres of the estate, am ,
hundred, are to be sold, and the P r j, f
plied to the payment ol bonds issue< rt r
State in payment for the whole P n ’l
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