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MACON, GA., MONDAY, MAY 21, 1866.
IYOL. 1, NO. 26
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general grant.
Tlic Southern people should think and
speak well of General Grant During the
war he boro himself os an honorable foe, ex
hibiting nothing, where he had the power, of
the brute or the tyrant—which cannot be said
of some very distinguished and highly lauded
of his contemporaries in the field. lie held
the South as a nation at war, and was ever
ready to extend to her the rights of the Inter
national Code. If he believed us “rebels,” he
never treated us as criminals. The same con
j OB PRINTING
I i>.rt ! tnl»r attention will be given to the I siderations that influenced him while the
L&,n of JOB PRINTING of eveiy descrip-1 strife was pending, also marked his conduct
at the close. The terms of capitulation were
I
.—A million is « great many, but I altogether such as we should have expected
wP illion i« » or ®- £* incredibless it may sp- o{ a g Cnerons fog whilst his noble and mag-
^ bottle, of Pl.rtat.or B.t- ? anlm0U8 addrcss to Leo wllen hand,n S back
1 w.r Tbi. is nearly one hundred and hls 8Word wil1 eTCr bo cherished as a gratetul
thouMud down, which at nine dollars incident in the hearts of the Southern peo-
jbt ‘ wr » million and a half dollarspie: “Sir, yon hate not been conquered, but
t!r /cme merit must attach to an article of otenehelmed by euperior number*—take back
. jCo where wo will, from one end of I tour sword 1”
i) cjuntry to the other, we are always in sight -Whilst we say thus much for Gen. Grant,
4,1,evidence*'' t icca a is ic . • - •, I j s no t inconsistent to’bring into question
j gentlemen a energy. We would aug-I . . " „
* Mhcm a little more elegance in their rock I tbe IB “P ated 8U P erlor qualities as a General
•Mt. The Legislature of New Hampshire and as a man, that Lave been made the pre-
" ,itw against their further disfiguring I text by the whole Northern people, who are
|TMountains. I falling oh their knees before his transcendent
greatness, and worshipping him as but little
Gwmit Pr.osrF.CT.—Taking into consid I lower than a God. The enthusiasm of victo-
Ln:io»tbel«‘l stands, the flooded jiver and I ry altera terrible war, and tbe fury of inccnf-
F yk bottoms, the heavy storms of rain and led passion, may give birth to such a delusion;
r-<!. tie cold nights, absence of sunshine j but the quiet, disinterested looker-on, is not
• rimr the day for same time past, we should I blinded to the truth, nor insensible to that
L that our Georgia planters have bnt little I intelligent verdict that impartial Histoiy
Camurag* them, even though the freed-1 must enter up on both his character and his
tn ‘hrnild do their duty. Accounts from I deeds. That gre-i arbiter between man and
f Wrft arc equally unfavorable, and on the I man will act upon fact*, not from impulse or
lot rivers disastrous, I prejudice.
. , I On the score of generalship, in the case of
mvek. e">- n consequenceo 10 lca '> I General Grant, it consisted, in the late war,
which have lately fallen the river has , ’
turned a sire of some magnitude, and aS confc9Sed “ h, f official report
* „ f arlv as high as it was at the time of (^cl. however, wasnotwntten by himself,)
i f i , „ _„„i, „„ „„„ . „ to be the practicability of a larger force over-
hie freshet, a week or two ago. As the I . 1 , . ...... . _ - , ..
cloudv and unsettled and comin » and b y a gradual and equal reduction to dissever the Union, or enslave the
’ 'of numbers, finally clearing the field of a
smaller one. Tliis]compriscd his entire policy
in the late war. It was marked by no grand
strategic movement, no brilliant manoeuvre
in the field, no stubborn and glorious defense
Either remains
t river is still rising, we may be visited with
iisastrous overflew, although we trust such
ki!i not be the case. .
[SawHntville Die., 17th.
Pstaidext Davis.—A Washington letter I ngninst odds in numbers. His great campaign
Its there is considerable speculation as to ia Virginia consisted of throwing his power-
lie objects of the interview between Secreta-1 legions against the veteran army of Lee,
McCulloch and Mr. Davis at Fortress *Mo»- without regard to the sacrifice of life to ensile
It is thought by some that the purpose I —men were nothing—and in every instance
la sound him as to whether lie would ac-1 being driven back with terrific slaughter. A
tat of banishment. There is no doubt that repetition of this from day to day character-.
I t many in high position profoundly lament |‘ zcd b > s march from the Rappahannock to
l.it he was ever captured, and they would I tbe Appomattox, when he gave up the at-
oice if he could “ take wings and fly to the tacking policy, which had proved so disas-
Conort parts of the earth,” but they don’t tr0U9 < and q^etly settled down behind his
bk it quite prudent to furnish him with earthworks for a siege against Petersburg.
I Had Lee’s army, which numbered but little
I more than half the Federal forces, remained
Tar. Magnolia Weekly, formerly pub-1 intact oqd well provisioned, and had no re
listed at Richmond, is to be revived about I inforccments been received by Grant, the lat
he first ot June, on a grand scale. The pub-1 ter would have been behind his same earth
i-bus mv its list of contributors embrace I works up to this day if the war had depend-
lunr distinguished writer, male and female, I ed on the two. When History comes to sum
i tbe South, and arrangements are being I up tlic events of that campaign, the name of
tide also to secure, by special contract, ori-1 Lee will be assigned a rank transcendently
ail contributions from some of the first glorious and immeasurably higher, in all,that
frpular writers of Europe, while special Lon-1 constitutes true generalship, than that of the
'J and Parisian correspondents will supply I Federal leader. Tlic latter will be as the
eclectic department with the choicest I twinkling star compared with tlic noon-tide
of the current literature of the Old I effulgence of the glorious orb that gives light
•rid. Terms, $3 per annum; $2 for six I to a world.
Tlic recent mention of General Grant’s
name in connection with tbe highest and
&T We are requested to draw attention to most responsible office in tlic gift of the Amer
i advertisement, in this day’s pmicr, of the ican people, and once the highest in the
^ York Disinfecting Company, who ™rld, will justify a remark upon h.spersonal
•“ erected a large building in New York \ ual 1 ? ties and &*"*<** “ a “ an ’ Wc 8 P e - ak
1 of tbe matter in no censorious or unkind
die manufacture of Disinfectants; ns this
i natter of public interest wc do so cheer-
and beg our readers to pay all the atten-
; C3 possible to cleanliness (for, cholera or no
lc: -ra. cleanliness is a godly virtue,) and
P BH »o pains in assisting to ward off so
■arfil a visitation as this disease, by the free
r'f disinfectants which arc recommended
•lie New York Board of Health. This is
spirit, but singly to vindicate truth and ex
pose a deliberate fraud and deception that
politicians, for tlieir own selfish ends and to
the hurt of General Grant, are seeking to im
pose on the people of the United States. At
tho North the matter has been considered
heretofore too sacred to be alluded to in pub
lic in view of General Grant’s great military
The True Cause of the NVar—What Selected Telegrams,
the South Fought to Vindicate- tiie national banks.
Tlie Eufaula (Ala.) News contains some , Washington, May JH. Officers of the Isa-
observations on this point that arc so just ‘j 0 ^ 1 Banks are
\ . , ... .lie currency, from all sections of the country,
and forcibly expressed, that we think them | Brging the '’ ecessity G f some legislation of
Congress to protect them from the additional
worthy of reproduction. - The editor says:
“If we were asked to giye the strongest ar
gument in favor of the late rebellion, we
would point to the conduct of the dominant
party towards the South since the close of
the war. Such inveterate bate and such
blood bound cruelty are not the result of the
conflict of arms, or they would be tbe univer
sal feeling of the North. This hatred existed
long before the war—so long, indeed, that it
had become hereditary, traditional, educa
tional, and only wonted the .opportunity to
develop all the brutality which now charac
terizes every word and deed of that beastly
faction which has so thoroughly degraded
justice, humanity, Christianity and free gov
ernment. The South has long been aware of
the character and designs of the 'blood-thirs
ty Jacobins, and saw, in tho rapid growth
of that party, that the only security for
Southern rights was an existence ontoide of
the Union. However signal the failure to
accomplish this object, the attempt bos de
monstrated the fact, that Southern subjection
to New England denomination had long been
the purpose of the Puritans, and that war
could only have been indefinitely postponed
by an ignominious surrender of slavery, first,
and then those State righto which were de
signed to protect the Union against the ty-
rany of consolidation. For years before the
bloody crisis, the people of the North were
admonished, by the great men of both sec
tions, that the consequences of their radical
fanaticism must be disastrous to the Union,
if not to free institutions here and elsewhere.
Those consequences were pointed out with
the logical accuracy of cause and effect, and
left the radicals no plea for persistence in
their mnd career except a settled purpose
South. Every step in their progress
brought them nearer to tbe consummation
of the end in view, and every legitimate de
duction from expressed opinions and party
evolutions lifted higher the flimscy veil
thrown, in mockery, over the hideous features
of their designs. The statesmen of the South
were not deceived as to the motives and ob
jects of tbe Northern fanatics, and endeavor
ed, by remonstrance, argument and compro
mise to avert the impending crisis. All their
efforts were unavailing, and now, that the
evil is upon us, the incarnate fiends, with
devilish impudence, would fasten upon the
South all the blame and inflict upon it all the
suffering that ought, rightfully, to be endured
by themselves alone. Whatever may be the
opinions of this generation—opinions founded
upon passion, prejudice ignorance, corruption
time will elicit truth, and history will vindi
cate tlie character of the truth—the justice of
its cause and the bravery and magnanimity
of its people. In doing this, history must
disclose, per contra, the baseness, injustice and
cruelty of the Northern fanatics—their disre
gard of Constitutional law, their savage sys
tem of warfare, hostility to free government,
and their abandonment of every virtue that
elevates the man above tbe brute. From sll-
wbicli must follow the inference, that no peo
ple of a high type caff five in peace with self-
righteous, meddling Puritans—a fact well
known since the day of Charles I.”
slurt-holdcrs" tax, imposed by local authori-
tiesnnder the recent decision of the Supreme
Court, declaring such tax to be permissible
under the Currency act. They aver that the
inevitable result will be the winding up of a
large number of the National Banks if relief
is not secured.
SANTA ANNA.
The Mexican Legation here say in reference
to Santa Anna that they regard him as a
French sot, and express a hope that if he
reaches Chihuahua, lie will be speedily
hanged.
M 'WNSTurcnoN bill.
The statement sent from here that the 3rd
section be stricken out in the Senate, and the
entire amendment more or less emasculated,
is at least premature, and tlie wish is father
of the thought. A pretty solid column will
be developed in the Senate in favor of the
Honse resolution.
BUMOB8 ABOUT JEFF. DAMS’ TBIAL.
The Times’ special says: I have it from
high authority, that Jeff. Davis will be tried
in Richmond in June, upon the indictment
recently fonnd by the Grand Jury at Norfolk,
providing Chief Justice Chase will preside in
tho Circuit Court there to convene. There
will be do delay on account of the investiga
tion going on before the House Judiciary
Committee. It is not true, os stated in some
of the papers, that a copy of the indictment
has been deposited with the Attorney Gener
al.
The Tribune’s says: The indictment of
Jeff Davis has been made public, but it con-
Oplnion of a Republican Correa-; Washington College—Election of Pro-
pondent on the Pleasures of Con-! fessoks.—-A meeting of tlie Board of Trus-
gross and \clto SnlFragc. I * ccs " ashington College was held at Lex-
i , „ r . „ . .. ington, Ya., on Thursday last, the 20th April,
n c clip tlic following from tlie Corinth) j for the purpose of electing additional profes-
Miss., correspondence of the Cincinnati Com- j sors. Tlie following were the elections to the
" several chairs
Nat >eral Philoeophy.—Professor Richard S.
mercial of tlie 7th:
The implacable selfishness, the vindictive
and revengeful disposition and tyrannic poli
cy which characterize the measures and legis
lation of the dominant party of Congress, have
driven and ore driving from them many of
their past supporters. Another cardinal con-
sideration is their persistent opposition to the
immediate restoration of the once insurrec
tionary States. There can not be assured
peace to the country, or stability to labor and
investment, confidence in trade and finance,
and permanence to law and order, so long as
the present condition of things, or status
exists. Hence, all true patriotism, the
intelligence, capital and industry of the
country, will array itself against the
dominant radical of Congress, if they do
not desist *lrom their course immediately.
Again let me inform our radical republi
can friends North, that universal negro suf
frage would not only have given to the South
increased political power, but anti-Republi
can power. From what I know and have
seen, from tho observation and conviction of
some of the most astute northern men resid
ing and traveling in the south, I do assert
that in two years hence the negroes of tha
South, 95 of a 100, will vote with their South
ern employers in all elections, if permitted to
vote. My reasons are, the generally kind
disposition of Southerners to negroes who
were former slaves, their identity of interests,
their mutual dependence, and their native
climate, soil and section of country. The ne
gro hears or cares not for the or^orical lum
her of Sumner, the vindictive and acritnoni
ous fulminations of Thad. Stevens, or tho
McCulloch, late Chief of the Confederate
Nitre and Mining Bureau, and but recently
released from a long and painful imprison
ment in Fort Pulaski.
Mental and Moral Science.—Rev. James A.
Lefebvrc, of Baltimore. This gentleman is
[Vienna Correspondence of the London Times.
The Probable Consequences of a
War Between Prussia ami Austria.
Prussia is playing a bold game, for, if the
fortune of war 6'aould be against her, she may
lose some of her most valuable possession—
the Rhenish Provinces to France, and Silesia
to Austria. Even Saxony may chance to re
tain a part of the whole of the territory'
which was taken from her and given to Rus
sia in 1815. The area of the Prussian pro
vinces of Saxony is about 385 square German
miles (28,500 English,) with a population of
well known n, „ U..-1 i.T of wel1 ni S b » million of souls. Austria also
Sdiitv b>t clergyman of runs r ;,k, for if she should be defeated
Allied Jfiithematiee.—Colonel William wto ^-ill'hardiv filHo'^ise^iScr !!
Allen,_of_ Augusta county, formerly chief ord-1 Though tiieHuiigarfans would ruit'^e ^faith
less to her should she be in distress, they
FUiUipio !,.Uuc lM «i.n S ot Their
ness to preside over a court in Virginia on the this and otlier cities arc intended to S ive aid
condition that the President issue a procla- bo them labor, to feed, dothe and - - - ‘
- J support their families, who are present to aid
their wants and soothe their sol-rows and dis
tress.
services, but tho recklessness of his seeming
tantinl company, we are told, and their ° . , , , „ ,
* * I r V i,.n<lp /lomnnrl n ctnfoinMi? nt t in triltil I —
''■At, eoming recommended os it is. will be
• calculable benefit to the public.
( ' e °8gia Railroad Convention.—The
^ holders of the Georgia Railroad held
Stir
| friends demand a statement of tlic truth.—
I The people should never bo deceived about
anybody or anything. It was briefly referred
| to by our Washington correspondent in his
| last letter.
It cannot well be doubted that General
»isn.
Tii: following Board of Directors was sc-
CCIe, l for the coming year:
Pr 'fciDE.vr.—John P. King.
Directors.—John Bones, Dr. James Hamil-
_ &3 .(ieo. T. Jackson, Richard Peters, Samuel
v ;-‘t.J°h n Cunningham, George W. Evans,
'illiim D. Conyers, James W. Davies, Elijah
Jones. Antoine Poullain, Benjamin IT.
\»nen. Massillon P. Stovall, Dr. Edward R.
' w, Nathan L. Hutchins, Stevens Thomas.
annual meeting in Augusta,. Tuesday I Grant is a man of good, sound sense andreso-
", v c anuua l report of the President was J j u j c w j]] ) t, u t this is the most that can be said
Rowing a prosperous condition of the l f hig mentaI caHbre . He bas but little
I'toy. The net profits of the road for tlie k now i e( jg 0 D f letters, is generally uninformed,
eming 13th May, is set down at $514,- | an( j can ne jth er speak nor write respect
ably for a man in his position. He may con
trol an army, but he has little or no know!
edge of government, and as regards tboso
high attainments in statesmanship necessary
to constitute a successful civil ruler, he is ut
terly a stranger. No doubt wo could select
from the little city of Macon, twenty men who
are, in all respects, quito as competent to
direct the vast domestic and foreign machin
ery of this great government, os himself.
These are facto well known to all whifliave
relations of intimacy with Gen. Grant. We
do not mention them to liis discredit; it it is
his misfortune not to have enjoyed opportu
nities in early life, and he deserves infinite
praise for the manner in which he has im
proved the talent with which nature endowed
him. '
We are not surprised that the Republicans
would like to make him President, for how
ever independent and resolute ho may be in
his proper sphere, could they succeed in plac
ing him in that strange position, they would
have a very fair ctancc of controlling him
to their liking. Nothing would suit them
better than to get the President in the power
of the shrewd wire-workers of Congress.—
We do not believe they will succeed in their
designs upon him, nor even that it will be in
the power of that revolutionaiy faction to
elect a President at all. The best wish we
can utter for Gen. Grant—and everybody re
spects and wishes him well—is that he may
have the sagacity to escape the clutches ef
these enemies in disguise.
,. 'f f:R ' Voo b's Grand Jury.—The Alexan-
^ na Vc!, c Mys; “We are informed by
jtEt cnian who wa3 i, orn au d raised and bas
' 1 uninterruptedly in tills city for upwards
■ 13 fa century, who is known to all our
-«ens, ami has at various times held impor.
j nui >icii>al positions, that of tho thirteen
^ ( ®K-rs of Judge Underwood’s grand jury,
10 M **ion in Norfolk, who hailed from
; wimdrin, he has never heard of but three,
; "f these three, though clever in their
fj' no % snne man would ever have supposed
*n instant that a petty juryman even could
, \ rtnbt some similar trick will be resort-
jj ■' ^ nderwood to procure a juiy to try
jj, '' lV ‘ s at Riclunflfld, but we take it for
1 ed Presidant Johnson has his
r »l nn <1.
it that
not convicted through corrupt
\r v
^ r - b »vis is
J 116 Radicals would do anything to
til? , < f r and they have no more fa-
1,1 an Underwood. There is not tho
fcL v 1 dan 8 CT of Mr - Davis’ receiving pei-
I** 10 ’ h'Rkto trial should not bcallow-
j. * conducted in a manner that will in-
• ‘tain on the American Judicinrv.
pgr Hon. W. E. Niblnck will please
accept our thanks for interesting public doc
uments.
MR. RAYMOND’S SPEECH.
Through no motive of respect for the man
himself,—for he has forfeited all right to
even an honorable mention by his country
men—we reprint, on our first page, the able
speech of Hon. Henry J. Raymond, of New
York, on the Committee’s “Plan of Rccon
struction.” It places the South on impregna
ble ground, and presents a vindication of her
motives and feelings which no man con an.
swer. As such, and for its powerful remon
strance against injustice and wrong, it de
serves to be read and preserved.
Bnt alas for the man himself. Who could have
believed that a Representative in the Congress
of the United States, in the face of the world
and his oath of office, after thus exposing and
deprecating an act of oppression and out
rage against a defenseless people, and show
ing conclusively the shameless hypocricy of
its authors, would, when the vote is taken, de
liberately; record his name in sanction of the
iniquity! Yet such is tho fact, na it
appears. of record. Henry J. Raymond,
alter denouncing the Committee as hy
pocrites, and declaring that the Plan of
Reconstruction appeared framed “for the ex
press purpose of pretenting its adoption by
the Southern States”—that they could not
adopt it with self respect or justice to their
own people-that it established“an oligarchical
instead of a republican form of government”—
that it would “plant discontent and dissen
sions in the Southern States”—that it was
“an act of bad faith and a departure from the
assurances given all through tlie war”—that
“the representation offered the South was a
mockery’’—that “it not only ‘breaks the
word of promise to tho hope,’ but docs not
even ‘hold it to the car ’ ”—wc say, Henry J.
Raymond, bolding and openly declaring these
sentiments, absolutely recorded his vote in
favor of tho measure! It presents him to the
world in tho double aspect ot the champion
and the betrayed of Truth.
We have only to add that such an-- act, on
the part of any public man, should brand him
with eternal infamy, and sink him so deep in
public contempt that the hand of no resur
rectionist can reach him.
A Darkey on Stonewall Jackson.—The
Richmond Examiner tells the following:
Walking up Main street, yesterday, our at
tention was attracted by the conversation of
two negroes, one of whom had a few copies
of the Examiner under his arm, and the oth
er observing the black lines on the paper,
asked, “What's de matter wid dot paper
To which the vender replied, “It’s tin- 'Zain-
iner in mornin’—mornin' for General Jack-
son." “What! Stonewall Jackson?" asked
his interrogator. “Sartinly, Stonewall Jack-
son, ob course.’’ “Dc good Lord ! dc A nn-
kce’s won't like dat a hit. tor dat or man did
sartinly whip dem good in de \ alley. I
knows dat ting, I does, cause I seed it.
motion abrogating martial law in the State so
far as the United States forces arc concerned.
The Chief Justice had an interview with the
President on the subject last week, and the
probabilities are, that tho latter will listen
to Mr. Chase’s suggestions, as he expressed
himself anxious for the immediate trial of the
chief instigator of the rebellion. The House
Committee is preparing a report in favor of
his trial by a Military Commission for com
plicity in the assassination conspiracy. The
report is voluminous, and will contain a chain
of circumstantial evidence, tlie various links
of which were obtained out of the ruins ot
the Confederacy.
LAMENTABLE SUICIDE.
Special Despatch to the Louisville Courier.
St. Louis, May 14.—B. L. Seago, one of the
business managers of the Atlanta New Era, a
yonng man of great promise and brilliant in
tellect, committed suicide Saturday last, in
this city. The Democrat ot this morning
gives the following account:
About a week ago B. L. Seago, assistant
editor of the Atlanta Era, arrived in this
city, and took a room in the fifth story of the
Southern Hotel. He appeared quite melan
choly, and had but little to say to any one
about the hotel. On Thursday bills were
sent to the office from an apothecary for one
ounce of morphine and three proscriptions
composed of chloroform. The last seen of
him was on Friday night At two o’clock
Sunday hi; room was entered through ,thc
transom, and his dead body found lying on
the bed. Coroner O’Reilly *was summoned,
and en inquest was held.
Several letters written by tho deceased a
short time before his death, were found on
the table, showing that lie had taken his own
life. No money was found among his effects,
nor had he deposited any at the. office of the
hotel.
FRENCH TROOPS FOB MEXICO—CONFIRMATION
OF MR. SMYTHE.
The Senate Committee on Commerce last
night agreed to report Mr. Smytlie for confir
mation as collector of the port of New York,
and at the Executive session to-day he was
promptly confirmed. This action is peculiar
ly gratifyinS, in view of the long considera
tion given the subject, and the doubted stat
us of the nomination at one time before tho
Committee.
Latcs advices from St. Thomas report tho
departure of twelve hundred French troops
for Vera Cruz. A few days previous a steam
er had arrived from Mexico, with seven
hundred troops on boanFcn route for France.
A SPLENDID nOHSE FOR OEK. GRANT.
A magnificent horse arrived here to-day,
which was sent by the Mexican Gen. Carvajal
as a present to Gen. Grant. The horse is a
descendant from pure Arabian stock, and is
the same that Geu. Carvajal rode through all
his campaigns.
MR. BADUEIt’S FUNERAL.
Raleigh, May 14.—The mortal remains of
Hon. George E. Badger were followed to tho
grave by an immense concourse of all classes
of this community, on Sunday (yesterday)
afternoon.
Death of Ex-Gov. Allen.
Tlie last mail irom Vera Cruz brings the
melancholy intelligence of the death of the
above distinguished citizen ot the South.—
The New Orleans Picayune says of him:
|The lamented deceased was a respected
planter in Louisiana when the Confederate
war broke out, and immediately entered the
services Colonel ofthe 4tli Regiment of vol
unteers, and rising to the rank of brigadier
general, proved himself a brave and gallant
officer. Subsequently disabled by a severe
wound, he was, on the expiration of Gov.
Moore’s term, elected Governor of Louisiana,
and held that high office when the wnr
closed. He was then at Shreveport, where,
learning tlmt he was among the excepted
from amnesty, he crossed Texas and • North
ern Mexico by way of Monterey, to the city,
and engaged in the publication of the Mexi
can Times newspaper, which he was very
successful. Recently his’ old wound broke
out afresh, and lie would have sought medi
cal advice in Paris, but he was unable to make
the journey:
Gov. Allen was a man of enthusiastic tern--
pernment and generous spirit, and possessed
a mind well cultivated and stored with po
lite learning. His death, so far away from
home and friends, is a sad one, but his mem
ory will ever be cherished by tlic people of
Louisiana, whom he served devotedly. His
administration of the highest office in her gift
was able, earnest and faithful. "Wc presume
liis remains will be brought home for burial
in tlie land and under the guardianship of
the people he loved so well.
Slanders Against the Mormons.
Gen. Sherman, in whose military district is
the Territory of Utah, hearing unfavorable
reports of lawlessness and violence to Gentiles
in Utah, telegraphed Brigham Young, and re
ceived the following commuhication in reply;
Great Salt Lake City, )
April 12 ; I860. (
Maj. Gen. IF. T. Sherman:
SiB:—I am under many obligations to you
for your kindness in telegraphing me respect
ing reports which have reached you from this
place, as it affords me opportunity of stating
facts.
As nigh us wc can learn there have been
telegrams sent from here to the East which
have not been reliable. Your telegram gives
us some idea of their purport. There have
been no such assassinations as alluded to in
your dispatch. On March 27th a soldier shot
a gentleman named Mayfield, and a Mr. Brass-
ficTa came home and seduced a Mormon’s
wife, and was shot on tlie street by some un
known person; but neither I nor the comma
nity at large know any more about it than an
inhabitant of St. Louis. Citizens who are
not of our faith do not suffer from intimida
tion here. In no other community could men
pursue the course many do here without ex
periencing the vengeance of a vigilance com
mittee. The outrageous slanders they have
circulated against us would nave provoked
such an outbreak elsewhere.
There arc a tew speculators here who are
anxious to make it appear that American
citizens’ lives are in danger through religious
fanaticism, hoping thereby to have troops sent
here to make money out of contracts. Gen
tiles’ lives arc as safe here ns Mormons, and
acts of violence occur more rarely in this city
than any other of its size in any of tlie new
States or Territories.
B. Young.
CITIZENS OF UTAH TO GEN. SHERMAN.
Major General Sherman:
Sir: "We, the undersigned, residents of
Great Salt Lake city, and not members of the
Mormon church, have read the above tele
gram of Mr. Young, and freely certify that
we fully believe that citizens of every class,
who simply attend to their legitimate busi
ness, are as free from intimidation and as
fully respected in their rights as in any paft
of the United States.
TV. Williard Smith, Lieutenant Colonel Gtli
U. S. V., commanding Camp Douglas; Cap
tain L. J. Bennett, G. S. volunteers; N. S.
Ranslinff & Co., merchants; Ellis & Bro.,
merchants; J. B. Kimball, merchant; Bodcn-
burg & Kalin, merchants;’ Walker Bros.,
merchants; F. H. Head, Superintendent In
dian Affairs; Nounnan, Orr & Co., bankers;
J. H. Jones, merchant; J. G. Hughes, repre
sentative of Ilolladay <£. Halsey, bankers; J.
AY. Calder, late Captain N. C. volunteers; M.
G. Lewis, cx-Assistant Adjutant General U.
S. Y.; Stclibins & Co., merchants.
GENERAL SHERMAN TO BRIGHAM YOUNG.
Brigham Young:
Sir—Your dispatch is received, and I am
much gratified at its substance and spirit.
\V. T. Sherman,
i Major General com’d’g Dep’t.
Visitors to Mrs. Davis.—Airs. Davis is
likewise honored with a visit from one ofthe
party arriving in the Northerner. Her visi
tor was the colored steward of Secretary Mc
Culloch. This colored disciple of Soyer in
former years had been one of the family ser
vants of Air. Davis. lie was received* with
becoming cordiality, and expressed himself
greatly pleased with his visit. About the
same time another visitor called on Airs. Da
vis. Tlie latter visitor was a gentleman from
Richmond, who brought her as a present
from the ladies of Richmond, a magnificent
silk dress and a costly variety of otlier arti
cles appertaining to a lady’s toilet It is said
that a portion of the gift embraced a tolera
bly cumbrous roll of Uncle Sam’s greenbacks;
but the the latter nart of the story is rumor;
I do not vouch for its correctness.— Corres
pondence N. Y. Herald. »
Sad Accident.—Yesterday morning Air.
Alex. AY r . Willink, aged 20 years, an employee
in Alillcr’s foundry, while engaged in arrang
ing the tackle upon the hoisting, derrick, ac
cidently fell to the ground, r. distance of over
thirty feet, striking upon liis head, breaking
his neck. He was taken up in an insensible
condition and carried to the house of his
brother. Air. H. F. AA’illink, .Jr., where the
medical assistance of Drs. Bullock and Alar-
tin were promptly secured. He died a few
minutes after reaching the house, of his broth-
A. S. Mercer, the conductor of the j cr.—Sao. BepuNiean 15th.
Washington Territory female emigration i
scheme, lias written a letter to New York, i Definitions not in AYebster.—Buss, to
denying the charges of bad faith and fraud j kiss again; plurihus, to kiss without regard
that have been brought against him, and i to sex; sillibus, to kiss the hand instead of
states that onclqdy who has sued the owners j the lips; blunderbuss, to ki?s the wrong per-
of the Continental for $G00, alleges to have : son; omnibus, to kiss all the persons in the
been paid to him, never paid a cent, while lie i room; erebus, to kiss in the dark.
paid out over $500 for board for herself and
family. Tlic great delay in New York cost! The first green corn of the season
him over $12,000 in boerd money, and he n , a de its appearance at New Orleans, on tlie
was therefore obliged to leeve some behind, nth. The price paid was two dollars per
lie says thfl enterprise i4 a success, and he in- dozen, and it was served up at the rcstau-
tends to repeat it the coming sumrr er. rants at twenty-five cents per ear.
nance officer of the Second Army corps, and
since the close of the war President of the
National Bank of Staunton.
Modem Languages -Professor Edward S.
Joynes, of “William and Alary” College.
The assistant professors were then elected,
as follows:
Latin—Captain Charles P. Brady.
Greeb—Colonel John AY. Reilly.
Mathematics—H. F. Estil.
The present condition of Washington Col- j
lege is far more prosperous than could well
would, not fail strencously to insist on the
immediate restoration of tlieir rights.
In consequence of her geographical posi
tion, Saxony is exposed to great danger.—
Should Prussia resolve to proceed to extreme
ities, she will take possession of certain strat
egic points in Saxony, from which Austria
must needs try to eject her. The treasures of
art, antiquities, curiosities, etc., belonging to
the State, are likely soon to be removed from
Dresden to the fortress of Kensington, or to
have been expected, and the whole endow- Municlu As a matter of course> reply
ment, including the sums raised by the lato ^ ven b th nd gtate3 t0 ’ the catego.
exertions of the trustees and friends of this b ical q * estions put by Prussia was not a
venerable institution, now amounto to one .fcwghtforward one. The secondary States
hundred and forty-fire thousand dollars. bave a j n f avor 0 f Austria, because they
There are at present one hundred and forty- fear Prussia „ cllickens fcar a hawk; but they
one students at the College, and their number are not disposefl to make common cimse with
is s cadi y increasing. her, as they have more than once been left in
Under the Presidency of General R. E Lee the * lurch * at critical niomen ts. Bavaria,
therein eveiy reason to hope:and believe that Wurtemburg, Ba d en. Weimer, Saxony, etc.
the AYasmngton College will become, as an | stand on a F ; deral Basis? and quote the elev
enth article of the Act of Confederation, the
educational institution second to none in this
or any other Southern State.
fourth paragraph of which reads thus :
T -d. „„„ I “The members of tlie Bund pledge tlieni-
IXnUMANITY ON TIIE PART OF THE FREED- I , , , . , 1
men’s Bubemt.—Tlie Freedmen’s Boreao of 12!l“
war with each other. Instead of having rc-
F . . .. ..,1. - „„ i course to violent measures for the settlement
el™ S.de“ E «“* IS™*.
1 -TT . Federal Diet. The Diet will mediate by
theoffi ^Attached to fhoBui^/SeMto ““niittee, and if its mediations
but, i/uavi, w v j, I T should be of no avail, and a judicial decision
have been derelict m Ins duty, and to have
behaved in the most inhume manner to- shou , 1 ? be , requ ' s t lte ’ the 4 uestl °? at .
„ „ . . cr f “ “ * r;, must oe referred to properly appointed Aus-
™ trffigal’ Courts, the sentence of which shall be
K. ^ hAT. iTC I twthpftrtiea-” .. ... .
MOfbed for MMOTl li.*T .Ublo. ksspen ,“or S™
Frctdroen’a 'Bur™, "on Adam. .In^t l » iU . th :
and represented to the officer that he was , • ? • J- ‘ t - q - ^. •
Riifterinrr from ft venr severe attack of small Ieisure, y preparing for contingencies, and 1U
clnf IrnLftTl Case ° f need sbe wdl be ab '° t0 brin o Sixty
pox, and w ished to be sent to th 6 hospital. thousand well equipped men into the field.—
The officer replied that that could not be Qu Q , of Vurtcmbnrg is strongly op-
done unless lie paid down ten dollars. As £ 08ed to u of Pru9 f^ and Ue ° r J ro / al
the negro hid not a cent in his pocket, hi / aubjecl3 are perfectly well
he wandered offand lay down in an alley be- 8atisficd such ca8e P The f$ adcn
tween Adams and AYasmngton street—to die. 1
AATiile he was lying on the street information
was sent to the Bureau, but no attention was
paid to it, and at an early hour yesterday
morning the poor fellow breathed his last-
In the afternoon he was buried at the expense
of tlie country.- Memphis Bulletin.
government is very reserved, u3 tlie inhabit
ants of the Grand Duchy feel as little sympa
thy for Austria as they do for Prussia.
Tlie Suspension of Interest on
Debts Due Southern Creditors.
A very important question was decided re
cently in the United States Circuit Court of'
Illinois, which may effect many interests. A
resident of Virginia had, before the war, ob
tained a judgment against a citizen of Blinois,
which remained unpaid at the outbreak of tbe
... , rebellion. On the 13tli day of July, 1SC1,
The village consisted of fifty houses, forty- Congress authorized the President, by proc-
, bica were tota . -’ destroyed. Some i ama tion, to forbid all commercial intercourse
of the houses were earned a distance of three betW een that portion of the United States in
miles with their inmates in them. Many of rebellion and that portion notin rebellion,
tho traorl nnnnm warn lrillnrl nn/l nrnnnnnrl 1 , _., . 1 /. . n
Village Destroyed by a Tornado.—
The Savannah Alerchantile Alirror gives a
graphic account of a tornado that swept over
the village of Saxton, Beaufort district, S. C„
on the 4th inst. It says :
the freed people were killed and wounded—
men, women and children. Near the village
was a pond, into which several were blown
and drowned. All the furniture, trunks,
chests, bed clothing, wearing apparal and
greenbacks of these unfortunate creatures
were carried away. From the succeeding
Saturday to Alonday tlic remaining freed peo-
and on tlie lotli day of August following,
the President issued his proclamation under
the act of Congress, declaring nil
Virginia east of the Alleghany mountains
to be in a state of rebellion, and pro
hibiting, within 15 days after tbe date thereof,
all commercial intercourse with tlic inhabi
tants. On the 1st of Sept. 18G1, when free
ze were engaged in searching for and bury- d om of intercourse expired, the plaintiff was
ing the dead. Trees were als* uprooted and sUU - m thc Confederacy and the defendant at
blown a great distance. home. The judgment remained unpaid. In
Saxton s village is situated about one mile January of the present year, tlie defendant
back of the city of Beaufort r asked leave to pav thc amount of the judge-
It is also reported that a large dwelling ment into court, with interest to Sept 1,1861,
house of Air. Ben). Capers of Lady> Island, | wben right of intercourse with the people of
was blown down and the trees on the enclo
sure uprooted.
AA r e give tho above facts, says the Index, as
stated by “thc reliable freedmen.”
European Army Statistics.—First. The
French Emperor bas a force of about 000,000
soldiers, which can be mobilized in an emer
gency.
2. The Austrian army, on a war footing,
may be placed at 575,000 men of all arms.
That of Prussia, including the Landwelir, or
trained militia, at least 505,000. Bavaria can
raise 90,000 men. Hanover, Saxony and AYtir-
temburg can each put 25,000 soldiers in the
field; and the Duchy of Baden at least 15,-
000. Hesse-Darmstadt and Hesse-Cassel to
gether. as many as 15,000 also.
3. Victor Emanuel could put in motion,
at a moment’s notice,” over 100,000 of as I operate in all cases ol judgments by South-
good soldiers as arc in Europe. era creditors against Northern debtors, and
In the event of war between Prussia and also as to claims for interest upon debts not
Austria, the chances are that all tlie powers yet in suit. If the doctrine of the Circuit
we have mentioned, would become parties Court of Illinois is sustained all interest up-
in it. I on Southern claims against Northern debtors
was suspended after the President’s proclam
The Galleries Jof the Capitol.—AYc I ation of non-intercourse, and in many cases
clip thc following from tlie Philadelphia the difference to debtors and creditors will be
Alercuiy, (mind that!) and may be true or ver y considerable, .
not [Chattanooga Union.
AVe have considerable pity for the poor, un
fortunate blacks of this district, who arc en- Thb LonD Mayor of Loxd0 n on Presi-
gaged by the Radicals to commit all sorts of DKNT JoH N S ON.-At the splendid banquet of
outrageous tricks that must eventually tell April 9th at the Mansion House, London, the
in tenfold upon the colored race. At the L ord Mayor paid this eloquent tribute to the
Capito they have taken complete possession Presiden ts 0 f the United States:
of all the public places, and^ on Wednesday | Passing t0 the great American Republic, he
Virginia ceased. Tlie motion was made upon
the ground that after that date there was no
one to whom the money could be paid and that
during the war all debts due Southern credi
tors were suspended. The court affirmed this
view of the case, and ordered that payment be
made of the amount ofthe principal, with in-
teres,.until Sept. 1,1801. This was done in the
absence of thc defendant, and he subsequently
applied to have the order set aside, princi
pally upon allegation that the defendant had
acted disingeneously towards him, by repre
sentations made since tlie original order of
the Court. That tribunal, ^however, refused
to cousider those questions*, and, after argu
ment, re affirmed thc original order. The
matter will be taken to the Supreme Court of
the United States for final decision. The
principle thus adjudged, if sustained^ must
last we counted two hundred and thirty-four
contrabands, of the filthiest character in tlie
gallery of the House, and as’wc left in utter
disgust and amazement, the darkies were
pouring in. A large number of them had
baskets, with their dinners, which they eat
in the gnlleries as though it were an eating
saloon. Thc cushions arc filled with vermin,
that will take many a bottle of Lyon’s pow
der to kill ofl the creeping things that stick
so close to the filthy contrabands.
[the Lord Arayor) need scarcely say in the
presence of this distinguished representative,
with what emotion the people of this country
watched the struggle of the past, and with
what joy and gladness they hailed the glorious
return to peace and happiness. [Hear, hear.]
Not this country alone, but the whole civilized
world, deplored the lamented death of that
able and distinguished statesmen, Air. Lin
coln. (Hear, hear.) But he believed Provi
dence watched over the Government of Amer-
Exportation of Taxed Cotton.—Tho I j® 8 ; ( or * n t^ b ™ bam Lincoln s place there
whole country will approve ofthe help given had been f ral , sc u l )ania " whose moral worth,
to American labor and aid to our infernal ® oura S c ’ forbearance and honesty must prove
revenue system by the adoption of the draw- “ cans ° f restoring to his country the
back on the exportation of taxed cotton in of peace, prospenty and happiness,
manufactured forms which tl.c House voted (Chee, r S l oould hai e read the n.s-
to-night.—•2f. Y. Tribune tory of tha past without feeling deep regard
® .. 11,01 „ , , for tbe President of the United States* and
Unquestionably. ^ee how well the scheme seeing in him the man who of all others. wa>
will work. 1 lie planter pays five cents per suited to the moment, was blessed with
pound tax on ten thousand pounds of cotton power of mind, a spirit of conciliation, a love
which lie sells to Mr. Greeley—five hundred G f justice, admiration for truth, and, above
dollars. Air. Greeley manufactures the cotton a u i V ;ith that great combination of mercy,
into cloth, and sells it to tbe King of Dalio-1 charity and the truest philanthropy which a
mey to supply the place of fig leaves.
AYhereupon, most righteous transaction, Air.
Greeley draws back from thc treasury and
pockets the five hundred dollars which the
planter paid to support thc Government. “F
faith, it is admirable.”
[.Richmond Dispatch.
er* Airs. Jefferson Davis lias engaged as
her cook the former cook of General Butler.
AVhen sbe learned of ids once having held
this position, she told him he ha< l been in bad
company, but she hoped to make a good man : lustre of hopethrou
and a good cook of him notwithstanding. [Loud cheers,
statesman could manifest—namely, an earn
est desire to do that which would tend to give
security to a State and happiness to a people.
[Cheers.] Let us hope that the huppinesaand
prosperity of the United States would con
tinue uninterrupted, and that tbe friendly
feeling and cordiality that had ever existed
between tlic United States and this country
might also continue with interruption to
tlie improvement of our commerce, to the
strengthening of our iricmlsliip. to bless us
with peace and prosperity, and to shed a
bout tlic civilized world.
