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THE GEORGIA WEEKLY’ TELEGRAPH
Georgia SSttltli; QTcIrarapIr.
Released.—H 6. Wheeler, alleged ab
sconding agent of Atchison and Pike’s Peak
R. R., was discharged from custody on return
ing the $10,000 of bonds in dispute.
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py* Gen Stonenian nas organized a com
mission. composed ol three army officers and
an ex-Confederate General, to investigate the
causes of the Memphis massacre.
' Mrs Toombs, wife of the General, has
returned from Cuba. She passed through At
lanta on Sunday, en route for Washington, in
Wilkes county, their old home.
pT Lieutenant 'Bronson, of the Veteran
Reserve Corps, was to have left Savannah
last week for Macon, to take charge of the
Freed men's Bureau for this section of the
State. A very easy task.
Wet Weather.—Our Cherokee Georgia
exchanges complain much of the long wet
spell in that section, and say it is materially
damaging the wheat crop. «Other crops look
well, saving the grass.
'The Washington letter writers say
that the Senate struck out the restriction
•gainst Executive appointments from
the 'Postal bill for fear of its prejudi
cing the main measure, and it will be enter
tained hereafter and passed as a separate bill.
They are none too good for it.
The Grant Speeches.—A Washington
correspondent says: The secret of the ful
some flattery bestowed upon Gen. Grant by
the Radicals, and his nomination by them to
the Presidency, is that they wish to get him
and the army on their side, in case their revo
lutionary schemes eliminate in civil war. f
l£T~ A resolution declaring Davis, Toombs
and Brcckcnridge infamous traitors, and that
they ought to be “arrested, tried and hung,”
passed the Tennessee House of Representa
tives a few days since, with an amendment by
which the name of James Buchanan was
omitted.
GnACEFui,.—A Fortress Monroe letter says
Mrs. Davis went to Norfolk last week to lay
in a stock of groceries for house-keeping pur
poses at the fort, but nobody would take her
money. Groceries of all kinds, and every
other creature comfort, were showed upon her
in the greatest profusion and free of cost
A QUESTION FOR THE SOUTH. | WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE
There is every prospect that at an early
day a grave and important question will be
submitted to the States of the South, and it
may not be amiss to say a word in anticipa
tion.
Although our Washington correspondent
has hopes of a better result, we think it may v
be regarded as a foregone conclusion that the
constitutional amendment reported by the
Reconstruction Committee will command a
two-thirds vote in both branches ot Congress,
and that it will be submitted to the States,
those of the South with the rest—for cer
tainly Mr. Stevens’ vagary can receive but lit
tle countenance in Congress or elsewhere—
for ratification. The question will then arise,
not whether the amendment shall be ratified
or not by the Southern States, for wc hope
they are not sunk so low in their own esteem
and become so cowed under oppression, as to
hesitate a moment oi> that point, but whether
they will entertain the proposed amendment
at all or not
This is a question that involves alike the
dignity of the States, the self-respect of the
people, and the sacredness of the constitution.
For one wc make bold to express the earnest
hope that no Southern State will allow itself
to be sedneed or bullied into an entertain
ment of the proposition; and for two reasons.
In the first place, the amendment will not
have been passed by a body competent under
the constitution to the work of amending that
instrument. It will not have received the
votes of two thirds of the Senators and Re
presentatives from the various States of the
Union, as the constitution prescribes. It is
evident that if all the States were represented
in Congress, no such amendment could pass
in cither house. The submission, therefore,
of such an enactment to the States, would
lie an invitation to endorse and ratify a clear
act of usurpation. It matters not whether
the Southern States adopt or reject die
amendment; any action upon it will imply
their endorsement of the violation of the con
stitution on which it will depend for existence.
The second reason is, that it contains a pal
pable indignity and insult to the whole South
cm people, and should be spumed with
contempt. We have not only been refused
all participation in a radical change of the
fundamental law under which we are to live
and be governed, but it calls upon us with
our own hands to disfranchise our brethren
and friends, nay, even ourselves, to strike
down our noble leaders in tho late straggle
for liberty, and by this act of proscription of
the living cast reproach and contumely upon
the graves of our patriotic dead! Is the
Can’t Pass toe Senate.—A Washington
despatch of the 9th, to the New York Times, Sii ' lth P re P ared for sucb aa exhibition of her
says: “Developments yesterday and to-day manbood ' her self-respect, and her gratitude?
make it certain that the section in question 10 P® not -
cannot pass the Senate by the requisite two- For thesc re “ ons ’ sbould the “™endment
thirds vote, and the most radical members P** tbe d Congress, we trust that no
admit that it is better to lose that than have I Soutbera State wlU 80 f,,r compromjse itself
the whole plan defeated.”
as to call together its Legislature, or do any
other act to indicate the slightest degree of
countenance for a measure of unmitigated
insult, oppression and tyranny.
Quitman Banner.—Many thanks to our
friends ot the Bonner for their compliment to
the Telegraph. After all, tho Savannah p$-1 “THE COUNTRYMAN” DEFUNCT,
pens may not bo so slow—we are only a little The last number of our Turawol’d content-
fatter than the common run of newspapers, porary brings us the sad news of its decease,
and wo intend to try and keep ahead. We The Government, or its ghost,—the latter
send you a copy of our Weekly—tell your most probably—has got after our friend
people, friend Carey, wlist you think of it. Turner, and he resolves incontinently to
abandon the field. We regret it; for the
^~ An Atlanta contemporary, alluding . p i ace of “The Countryman” cannot be sup-
t® tho constitutional amendmeut reported by I plied. Its spicy wit, unique literature, and
the Reconstruction Committee, says it noti-'L independent criticism of men and things are
ces “a report that Chief Justice Chase has to be found no where else. ‘"The Country'
pronounced the bill an unconstitutional one”! | man” dead, we must make up our minds to
We expect everybody would agree to that, as feast on dryer food for the future. The
the very object of the report is to make following is the characteristic valedictory of
something constitutional which was not con- the editor. Tilings look dark, ’tis true, but
stitutional before. | we cannot sympathise with our brothers des-
„ . , pair. A good crop of com, cotton and game
The Memphis Riot.—The Memphis Post and a succe 8sful run of the “Hattery,” wc
announces ti,at General Fisk arrived in that will ye t lift even him up from the
city last Tue-day night, and couple Plough of Despond.”
aiders from him appear m the colums of AmEu! _ When t, 10
Countryman was es-
that paper. It is understood that all the tablished, I was a Southern planter—the
colored school-houses will be replaced by bet- highest type of man, as I conceive it, that the
ter ones within ten days, and the cost of the world has ever produced. God, through the
same will be levied upon the city. It will f evere chastisement of war, has made me, no
, . . ,, - longer, a Southern planter. This type of man
also be called upon to pay evety dollar of oth- has forcver passed away.
er damage done by tho rioters.
Allow me to moralize, one moment, upon
my pride in being a planter. I know it is
natural for every human being to believe his
country to be superior to all others. The
Greenlander, it is said, drinks his quart of
train oil, at a draught, and glorifies himself
in the superiority of his country and liiscoun-
Thc use of leather and canvas mail-
bags for carrying letters is about to be aban
doned by the Postoffice Department, and iron
bound boxes an invention, of a Mr. Smith,
of the St Louis Postoffice, are to be adopted I trymen. 1 1 glorify myself, in being yet a
instead. Wo lcam from the New Orleans Southern man, and in having been a planter.
Times that forty of these boxes have been Perhaps lam guilty ofthe same rustic sim-
- *,.. , .. . plicity and folly that the Greenlander is. If
sent to the Postmaster in that city, and It Is ^ ^ it> G od lias made me what I am,
likely they will make their appearanoe here and God does nothing Y ron g- It is a repeti-
in a short I tioa of the grand story of the human heart.
It may be,'that in feeling as I do, I am like
Memoirs of the Marttred Dead of Mul I the countryman described by Virgil, who
berry Street Sunday School, Macon, <Sa., thought bis own little village home like im
by John Hix Bass; with an Address, by penal Rome.
Rev. J. O. A. Cook. Macon • J W Burke “Prbcm quam dlcnnt Roman, Mellboee, pntavi
Js Co. ' Stultus ego huic nostrae slmilcm, quo saepe sole-
I [mus m
We arcindebtcd to the courtesy of the pub- Pastores ovlum tencros depcllcre foetus.
lislicra for a copy ot this interesting panipk- f‘Pool that I was, 1 thought Imperial Rome
1_* Tf i... _ i i ! Like Mantua, where on market days we come,
let. It has a local value that cannot bo csti- J And thither, drive out tender Iambs from home.”)
mated, *„d will be cherished by many a j In m y ver dnncv, I thought Turawolil, ray
stricken J plantation home, cqaal to imperial Rome,
imperial London, or imperial Paris. I even
The Cuba Telegraph.—The President thought it superior to either. It was all in
has approved the bill to encourage telegraph- m T h>ve for my country. That love is un-
ic communication between the United States changed, but circumstances have changed.—
and other West India Islands and tho Bahamas (HokUhe wboVTouthem JcoplcresJSbte
It provides that the International Ocean Tele-1 for this, Messrs. Sumner and Stevens, if ye
graph Company; incorporated under the laws will.) But it is true. I repeat I have a home
of the State of New York, their successors an£ l * country no longer. Living in the same
and assigns, shall have the sole privilege for B “’ nevertbeiees '
a period of fourteen years to lay, construct, I have hoped against hope. I have indulg
ed, maintain and operate telegraphic or c d the fond dream that my flag, my country,
magnetic lines or cables in and over the waters, my constitution, and all my rights under
reefs, islands, shores and lands, over which ^em, bad been restored by the President’s
.h. United States haee jurisdiction tVom the p^HciuiiMn ha. gone, *
shores of tho State of Florida to the Island of radicals, I am afraid, will conquer President
Cuba and the Bahamas, either or both, and Johnson.
other West India Islands. The Companv I hoped thst, under the President’s policy,
shall at the time give the United States the we might still have asembtance of the South-
firec use of said cable, to a telegraph operator
of its own selection, to transmit any message
to and from its military, naval and diplomatic
or Consular agents, and the Company shall
keep ita lines open to the public for the trans
mission lor daily publication of market and
commercial reports and intelligence, and all
merges, dispatches and communications
shnifUe forwarded in the order in which they
'shall Lb: received, and tho Company shall not
’ permitted to cliaige nnd collect for mes
sages transmitted through any of its subma
rine cablet more than the rate of $3 50 for
messages of ten words, subject, however, to
the power of Congress to alter and determine
said rates, provided that the International
Ocean Telegraph Company shall, within the
period oi three years from the passage of this
act, cause the said submarine telegraph cable
or cables to be laid down, and that the said
cable or cables shall bo in successful opera
tion for tlic transmission of messages within
the said period of five years; otherwise this
grant to be null nnd void.
Congr*.-.- reserves the power to at any time
alter or repeal the above the act.
cm planter’s home. Now I hope no' longer.
I fear that God has ordained us unto wrath.
I fear that wc have no Cromwell, and no
Washington. Once already arrested and con
demned by the military authorities for being
a patriot, I can openly be a patriot no lon
ger: and if I cannot, I will be nothing.
Tliis being the case, I cannot longer publish
The Countryman. It was a representative of
independent country life, and of the borne of
the planters. These arc gone, and The Coun
tryman goes with them.—Farewell l
Who will be President if Johnson Dies?
By a law passed and approved March 1,1791
it is provided that if the Vice President, act
ing as President, die two months previous to
the time named by law for choosing elec
tors of President and Vice President, the
Secretary of State shall issue liis proclamation
for a Presidential election, to be conducted in
tbe same manner ns if at a regular election,
and the President so chosen by the electors,
shall be sworn in ns President on the 4tb of
March following, and hold his office, not for
the residue of the term, but for tlic regular
term of four years, thus changing the time for
commencement of the tcrnTof ofiice of the
President.
\
OF THE GEORGIA TELEGRAPH,
Washington, May 10,1SG6.
The Plan of the Jleeonstruction Committee be
fore Congress—Atrocious Sentiments of the
Radical Leaden—They Proclaim the Union
Desalted—Probable Defeat oj tneir Scheme—
The President will Veto the Colorado Bill—
Mr. Fitch of Savannah.
It will be well for tbe people of Georgia
mark well the sentimenta expressed by the
prominent and influential members of the
Republican party, in the debate now going
on in the House of Representatives, on the
“Plan of Reconstruction,” presented some
days ago, by the Committee of fifteen. That
plan, in connection with the bill which pass
ed the House a few days ago, making a Gen
eral out of Ulysses Grant, contains the essence
and subsistance of the whole ptot of the Rad
icals for keeping the Southern States out
the Union and for perpetuating their own
power by excluding the Southern people from
the next Presidential election. And one
the most remarkable and significant features
about the whole thing is, that the Radical
leaders are so confident of the success of their
atrocious scheme, that they do not attempt to
'conceal any part of it, but blazon abroad all
the details of their infamously wicked designs
For instance, every body knows that the
Union consists of thirty-6ix States, and that
the ratification of twenty-seven of them
necessary for the adoption of a constitutional
amendment. It has only been a few months,
since the last amendment to the constitution,
the one abolishing slavery, wns thus ratified
by the votes of 27 States. Yet Thad! Stevens,
the great leader of the radicals in the House,
asserts that the Union consists of only the 25
Northern States; that the 11 Southern States
are out ofthe Uuion; and that the amend
ment to the Constitution of the United States,
which is contained in the “Plan” of the Com
mittee of Fifteen, will become a part of the
Constitution, a part of the supreme law ofthe
land, if it is ratified by ojjly 19 of the North
era States! He says: “The proposition be
fore the House fell far short of his wishes, but
he believed that it was all that could be ob
tained in the present state of public opinion,
Not only ingress but the several States were
to be consulted. On a careful survey of the
whole ground, the Committee did not be
lieve that 19 ofthe loyal States could be in
duced to ratify any proposition more stringent
than this. He repeated “nineteen States,” tor
he utterly repudiated and scorned the idea
that any State not actually in the Union was
to be counted on the question of ratification
It was absurd to suppose that any more than
three-fourths of the States which proposed
the amendment were required to make it
valid.”
What a mockery, wliat an insult even to the
intelligent people of the North, is this farce
of amending the Constitution in this manner.
How can the Constitution be “amended” by
men who thus shamelessly and unblusbingly
violate it ? Your readers suppose of course,
that when the atrocious declaration was made
by Thaddeus Stevens, the House was in an
uproar, that every member sprang to his feet,
that indignant denunciation of such wicked
doctrines were hurled at the head of the hoary
old villain, and that cries of “treason! trea
son!!” filled tbe House. Nothing ofthe kind.
Such language, I am sorry to say, is not unu
sual from the Republican side of the Honsc,
although I never heard any that quite equal
led ths above in impudence. But instead of
rebuking it. it was endorsed by several other
Republicans. The beastly Sclienck, of Ohio,
the sepulchral Kelly, of Pennsylvania, Mr,
Thayer, of Pennsylvania, Shellabarger, El
liot, and even Raymond, of N. Y., all spoke
in favor of the general plan as proposed by
the Committee, although one or two of them
ventured to weakly oppose the 3d section of
the bill, which provides for the disfranchise
ment of the'Soutliem people. But not one of
them dissented from the doctrine of Thad
deus Stevens, that the Union consists now,
only of the 25 Northern States.
So then, according to the radical doctrine,
the South wns successful in the late war, the
Union is dissolved, and the eleven Southern
States are not in the Union! That is what
Thad. Stevens is anxious, for the House to
endorse. Bnt observe the perfidy of tbe old
sinner. Once let the House admit that his
theory is correct, that the eleven Southern
States are out of the Union, and lie will bring
in bills providing for treating them as foreign
countries conquered by our arms: as subju
gated provinces, having no political rights
whatever, and subject, in all things, to the
will of theconqurer.
I am glad to be able to assure your read
erg, that although the radical leaders are
willing to stand by Stevens in this thing, yet
the majority of the Republican members are
not willing. All the indications are, that the
3d section of the bill, which disfranchises the
whole Southern people, wilite defeated, and
that this defeat will defeat the whole bill.—
This section will be defeated by the votes of
such men as Mr. Raymond, Mr. Garfield of
Ohio, and Mr. Blaine of Maine, and they,
with the Democratic members, constitute
majority of the House! This section, howev
er, being the corner-stone and foundation of
the whole bill, when it is taken away the bill
will fall. When it is taken away, tha radicals
themselves will not desire the bill to pas9, be
cause it will be comparatively valueless to
them without it
I suppose it is no secret to your readers
that Gen. Grant Is a very vain, shallow-mind
cd, and ignorant man: that he is excessively
greedy of flattery, and swallows it with de
light; and that last summer he permitted Mr.
Washburn, of Illinois, one ofthe radical lead
ers, to take him all over the North, and ex
hibit him, like a traveling show, to gaping
crowds. This same man, Washburn, has
now got the House to make Grant a General
and to increase his salary to $18,000 a year,
in order to secure his services, if the Radi
cals should need them.
Tho latter are determined to carryout their
scheme for revolutionizing the form of gov
ernment, and for perpetuating their own pow
er by electing Mr. Colfax to be tbe next Prcs-
dent, by excluding the South from all partic
ipation in the next election. They apprehend
that this attempt will involve the country in
civil war, and they have made Grant a gener
al in order to have him and the army on their
side if such a war should ensue.
The bill for the admission of Colorado into
tbe Union as a State, is now before the Presi
dent. I have no doubt that tbe President
will veto the bill, chiefly for two reason: 1st
on account of tho insufficient number and
transient character of the population of that
territory; and second, that because the bill
for its admission has not been passed by such
a Congress as the Constitution alone recog
nizes. The United States Senate, for example,
consists, at present, of seventy-two members.
Twenty-two of these are excluded from their
seats by the radicals. The bill for the admis
sion of Colorado passed the Senate by a vote
of 19 to 13, thirty-two members voting and
eighteen being absent. Of the absentees, four
would have voted against the admission, mak
ing 17 against it, and 15 in favor of it—mak
ing 33 in its favor.
But the 22 absent Southern Senators would
have all voted against it, making 39 votes
against it, and only 33 in its favor, in a full
Senate. But the President, I hare no doubt,
will take the ground that it would be a man
ifest impropriety to permit 19 Senator from
the North, to admit another Northe rn State >
even if it was a large one, while, they exclude
eleven old and populous States.
Henry S. Fitch, who has recently been ap
pointed U. S. District Attorney for Georgia,
is a son of the late Scnat6r Fitch of Indiana.
Mr. Fitch resided in Chicago while I wa^
there from 1855 to 1860, and during the lat
ter part of that time was U. S. District Attor
ney for the northern district of Illinois. He
is a good lawyer, an estimable gentleman, and
made a very efficient law officer in Illinois,
do not kuow wby or when lie went to Savan
nah. Warwick.
Dcstructiw Fire in St. Loui-'.
ONE HUNDRED *ND FIFTEEN HORSES AND
MULES A'l> SIXTEEN RAILROAD
CASS DESTOTED.
[From the Nashville Binner.
BROWA'LOW COMES BACK ON
PRENTICE.
lafumous Attempt to Influence the Decision
of the Coart Martini.
Another View of the Case froma More Re
liable Source.
The severest criticism With which’ we can
accompany tbe article given below is, that it
is taken from the last number of the Knox
ville Whig, and that it has the true ring of
the old Brownlow bell-clapper:
This is the name of a firm of editors and
publishers in, Kentucky, who run that three
faced and prostituted concern, known as the
Lovisville Journal, a paper which, during the
rebellion, has been on both sides of the ques
tion.
Its corrupt, drunken, debauched old head,
Prentice, remained in Kentucky during the
war, intriguing for laigc contracts with the
Federal Government, furnishing mules, corn,
guns, and pistols, and following on the heels
of the Army ot the Cumberland with permits
to sell all.the goods lie could engage for a per
cent from the owners. His sons, meanwhile,
went, into the rebel service—one ran the
blockade with pistols for tbe rebels, while the
other was in Morgan’s command collecting
horses and mules. Were these turned over
to the senior swindler ofthe Journal office, to
be sold to the United States army in Nash
ville ? Lef what follows answer the question.
But Gen. Davis, on the 24th, had a writ of
habeas corpus served on bim from a United
States Court in favor ot Henderson, and the
General, in accordance with the instructions
of Gen. Thomas, refused to obey the writ.—
We expect to hear the old driveling corrup
tionist of the Journal office, howl over the
despotism of.a military court! And as the
concern is dependent on the President for
, we may look far the Journal to extol
the President to the skies for his talents,
virtues, patriotism, courage and firmness.—
Indeed, in view of the chances of this firm
breaking into the Penitentiary for their large
and criminal frauds, they took time by the
forelock, anil began their extravigant praise ! fire will not be so much, yet the loss of their
of the President as soon as Lincoln was as- rolling stock and horses and mules at this
sassinated.
From the Republican of tho 7th.]
A dcstruitive fire occurred on Saturday
morning between 12 and 1 o’clock in the
southern pirtion of the eity, which resulted
in the tonl destruction of the car house and
stables o' the southern division of the St.
Louis orFifth street railroad company. The
buildiigs were situated on Garondelet ave
nue. aiross tkp street from the United States
Arsend, and were two hundred feet by one
liunitcdand twenty feet. At tbe time tlie
fire occurred all the cars of the southern di-
visbn had beeiyrun in fog the night, and
ths horses and innles carefully stabled for
tie night, after which most of the car drivers
snd conductors had gone home. About three
ninutes before the tire broke out, the
watchman of tbe building had passed
though atid had discovered no signs of fire,
or oi anything out of place or indicating
anything out ot order. After walking to
the rear to see that all was right, he went to
the office, and while eating a lunch he beard
a noise among the mules and horses, and ran
out to see what was the matter, when ho dis
covered a light in the center of the building,
and found that tbe fire had been kindled in
oue of the mangers, and while trying to get
to the fire the flames spread to tlic hay and
combustible material in the loft above. Soon
the whole building was a mass of flames.—
The nature ot the building and material with
which tiie upper portion was filled was such
ns in a few minutes to roll up an ocean of
flame sufficient to light the city for a great
distance. On a near approach the groans
and pitiful neighing of the animals could
be distinctly heard, but they were all
confined to their stalls and tad no chance
of escape, but were thus, as it were, tied up
to be roasted alive. The flames rolled up
higher and higher until one hundred and
seventy poor tired animals that had just been
brought in from a hard day’s work were en
veloped in one grand and destructive sea of
fire. Nearer and nedrer the flames approach
ed, and greater and more intense became tbe
heat caused by tlie burning of the hay, straw
and wooden material of which the building
was composed, until one after another the
poor roasted and dying animals fell on the
floor of their stalls, writhing in the agony of
death. The flames progressed so rapidly
that only eighteen or twenty out of the 170
animals sheltered in tlie stable could be got
out, and 159 horses and mules perished in the
flames. One bv one they fell at first, them mote
rapidly, until* by dozens, amid the crash of
falling timbers, and the renewed fury of
the flames, the groans and neighing of the
tortured, suffering animals ceased to be heard
and no sonnd could be distinguised but the
crackling of the devouring element as it shot
its glaring flames in search of more material.
This it was not long in finding, for the close
proximity of a large three story brick build
ing, owned by Wm. Hackman, on the comer
of Carondelet avenue and Gate street, afford
ed new fuel, and the strong south wind which
was then prevailing drove the flames across
the street to this building, which was used
as a saloon and residence by Hackman. A
portion of the building was also occupied by
five other families besides Mr. Hackman’s all
of whom rented rooms from bim. Tbe roof
of the building was soon iu a sheet of flame,
and wns soon burned off. The building and
furniture were not totally destroyed, as tlic
engines played rapidly on the building, and
saved it without any very heavy damage.
The loss to the St. Lonis railroad company
may be estimated at about $100,000; although
the actual loss iu property destroyed by the
the Imperial family and an immense con- County Colored Convention
course of people were present. The day con- The sable population of this
eluded with a banquet of the Agricultural i for some time been exercised on
county
Society, and a festive performance in the j D f an election to be held bv them I 'r o 0 -
French Theatre. On the Gth the Emperor pose of sending a delegate to the Stit ^
reviewed the garrison of St. Petersburg, when
liis appearance was hailed with every token
of rejoicing, both by the military and the
people.
SELECTED TELEGRAMS.
PROMINENT REBELS TO BE MADE INELIGIBLE
TO offiBS. V —
The Times’.Washington special says: The
indications are unmistakable that the joint
resolution which passed tho Uouse yesterday,
will be modified in the Senate by striking out
the tliiid section entirely, or substituting for
it a provision declaring certain classes of
prominent rebels forever ineligible to office
under the National Government.
BESTRICTINO TIIE PRESIDENT’S POWER.
Au attempt will be made in the Senate to
pass Senator Henderson’s bill restricting tho
President’s power of removal from office with
out cause.
VETO OF THE COLORADO BILL.
Tiie veto of the Colorado bill was presented
to a special Cabinet meeting on Monday and
then transmitted to the Senate.
DESTITUTE NEGROES.
General Howard has appointed a special
relief commission, of which Surgeon Robert
Keiburn is President, and J. J. Brown, Vice-
President, to distribute tiie $25,000 appropri
ated by Congress ior the relief of destitute
colored people in this city.
Washington, May 12.—The President lias
approved the bill to incorporate the National
Theological Institute in the District of Co
lumbia for the education of persons for the
Christian ministry. There is to be no exclu
sion on account of theological belief. The
bill is silent as to race or color.
Maj. Gen. Hitchcock, Commissary General
of Prisoners, has given notice a sufficient
length of time having elapsed for presenta
tion of claims against the fund under charge
of tlie officer of moneys recovered from the
rebel authorities taken from United States
soldiers while l^ekl as prisoners of war.—
No claims presented after this date will be
considered. A pro rata distribution ot the
fund will be made on claims on files on satis-
actory proof of identity of claimants and au-
thenticy of claim being presented.
It seems that Henderson was bound in a
bond of $50,000, to appear at Nashville, Os.
borne, of the Journal, being his security.—
particular season of the year, when they carry
twice as many passengers as in winter, will
largely increase their loss. The actual loss
at the present time, consisting in part of 159
Tbe old bell-wether of the firm, kept out in j horses and mules, may be set down at $20,-
ordertoliide appearances. Prentice makes! 000: 10 street railway cars, $20,000; harness,
the contracts, Henderson does the swindling, I etc., $1500; stables, $9000; hay, feed, and
and Osborne goes security, in case Henderson j other material necessary to the equipment of
is caught. How must poor Ilerderson feel to- {the road, $5000, making the total-loss, as
wards Prentice, in view of his incarceration ! nearly ns it can at present be ascertained,
in our State prison ? Should he live ft serve about $55,500, on which there is an insurance
i.:~ :+ ,..:n u.. —1.: ,i?aaaaaa
his time out, it will be said of him as it was
of Ingoldsby’s legendary Cardinal:
He cursed him at board, he cursed him inbed,
From the soul of his foot to crown of bis bead;
He cursed him in sleeping—that very night
of $20,000.
The Attempted Assassination ot the Em«
peror of Russia.
He should dream of the Devil and awake in a [Berlin (April 21) Cor. London Times.]
He cursed him in .eating.be cursed him in drink
ing:
He cursed bim in
winking;
couching, in sneezing, ; in
The St. Petersbuig papers abound in glow
ing descriptions of tho enthusiasm awakened
in all.classes of society at the fortunate escape
He cursed him in sitting, in standing, in flying; of the Emperor. In the Alexandra Theater,
vr« »..-m ir.inn. ir. -j/ij n . d-i.. ^ merchant who had witnessed the murder
ous attempt, and happened to attend the play
on the same evening, was conducted to the
stage and made to relate the incident, before
an excited public. He concluded amid hur
rahs and tlic singing of the National Hymn.
In the German Theater, the Nobility Club,
and the Pavlovsk Military School, also, loyal
demonstrations took place on the same night.
The day after a solemn service was performed
in St. Isaac’s Cathedral, attended by their
Majesties, tlic Imperial family, anil all the
nobility and gentry iu the capital. At one
o’clock on that day the Emperor, accompa
nied by the Empress, tbe Grand Duke Cesa-
revitcb, and all the princes of his family, re
ceived the St. Petersburg mobility, the town
council, the corporation of merchants, and
other municipal bodies, in the White Hall of
the Winter Palace. As the royal personages
entered the hall, tlie hurrahs of the assent
bled throng shook the roof. At length, si
lence being restored, Count Orloff Davicloff,
the president of the nobility of the province
of St. Petersburg, approached the Emperor,
and in heartfelt, solemn tones, delivered the
following address:
“Youu Imperial Majesty : In approach
ing your presence on this melancholy, but, at
the same time, joyful occasion, we, the presi
dents, deputies, and noblemen of St. Peters
burg, would feel entitled to speak in the
name of all Russian noblemen collectively,
were it not that the nobility assemblies of the
several provinces possess and dearly prize the
right of individually expressing their senti
ments to your majesty; But, in the name of
our constituents, tlie noblemen of the capital
and province of St. Petersburg, we convey
to your majesty our grief that tho hand of a
criminal or a maniac has been raised against
your most high, your sacred beloved persan.
(Loud cheers.) We offer up prayers of sincere
gratitude to God Almighty for protecting
Russia from so terrible a calamity by saving
your life. Your Majesty! permit me at this
moment to remind you that on the third day
of your reign, when receiving the St Peters
burg deputies in this same palace, you ex
pressed a hope that you would always see the
Russian nobility at the head of every noble
and patriotic aspiration in tbe country.—
With the Divine assistance, this generous con
fidence of your Imperial Majesty will be borne
out to the everlasting rejoicing of your loving
heart
Enthusiastic hurrahs drowned the last
words. His Majesty, stepping forwad, then
returned his thanks in tlie following terms:,
Gentlemen of the Nobility and other Cor
porations: I thank you with all my heart
for this display of your sympathy on this sor
rowful occasion. I am happy to find that all
classes of society concur in manifesting their
loyal feelings to me on this as on every other
trying event Besides my implicit trust in
God Almighty, I derive strength for the ex
ercise of my onerous duties from the cordial
attachment evinced by you, gentlemen of the
nobility, as well as by su other classes. Once
raor6 let me thank you from the very bottom
of my heart. You, gentlemen ofthe nobility,
will, I hope, accord a friendly reception to
the new-made nobleman—yesterday a peas
ant—who saved my life. I think that he de
served the honor of being reckoned among
the Russian nobility.
The Emperor, having uttered these words,
embraced Count Orloff, who kissed his hand.
The Imperial family then withdrew, amid
thunders of spplsosc.
At 4 o’clock Archbishop Isidore, attended
by numerous clergy, performed Divine service
on the very spot, in front of the Summer
Garden, where the Emperor’s life had been
60 miraculously jireserved. The members of
He cursed him walking, in riding, in flying,
He cursed him in living, hecursrd him in dying
Never was heard such a terrible curse;
But what gave rise
To no little surprise,
Nobody seemed one penny the worse—
except the Quartermaster’s Department—ex
cept Uncle Sam, and he is minus some money
and mules, which tlie Journal office will resist
the refunding df, by write of habeas corpus,
anil direct appeals to the President!
The offender standing out in bold relief in
this huge swindle, is George D. Prentice, al
though he has manrged thus far to keep his
head out of the halter. George D. Prentice!
the embodiment of all that is mercenary, in
temperate and corrupt! George D. Prentice!
tlie butt-cut of Original Sin, tlie upper-crust
of all nastiness—a miserable old broken-down
back, steeped to the nose and chin in personal
and political profligacy, lost to all sense of
honor and shame, and blind to all the obliga
tions of patriotism!
He was recently a candidate for Public
Printer before the Kentucky Legislature, aud
received three totes. Tlius tiie Legislature ot
bis State is driving him into these mule
trades!”
In favorable contrast with the vindictive
spirit evinced above, is the following article
from the Union of yesterday :
The testimony in this case lias not been
concluded yet, but enough has been elicited
to show that Hoge, and very probably one or
two other clerks, now very anxious to swear
for tbe prosecution, are really ths villains, and
that theyaro endeavoring to shield them
selves by swearing away the liberty of others.
Mr. Hoge, in the Bruner case, stated that,
early in August he gave Mr. Henderson a
false receipt for $22,000 or $23,000, for which
on the following day he received $10,000.
Col. Coyle then asked: “How many false
receipts did you give during that time ?” To
which Hoge replied, “From two to four.”
The question was then asked if these re
ceipts were entered on the books, and he re
plied that they were— every one of them.—
The next question was: “Did you give any
genuine receipts during that time ?” and he
replied that he did, nnd they were entered in
the same way. The books were here pro
duced, and it was shown that, during that
period, Hoge had given Henderson but one
receipt.
That disposed of all that portion of his
testimony, and left but the ninety-eight mule
receipt of April Cth in controversy. During
Wednesday, and yesterday, four or five respec
table witnesses were colled, and established
beyond all controversy, that between ninety
and hue hundred mules were put in that day;
that the receipt was given to ono of the men,
(A. M. Dennis,) and that lie gave it to Mr.
Henderson, and that it was correct, as to the
number and other details.
We confess that, before the trial commenced,
we were strongly prejudiced against Mr. nen
derson; but the testimony has so clearly
established bis innocence, that wc write this
in justice to him.
TOE MERCHANTS’ NATIONAL BANK.
The following is a statement showing the
indebtedness ot tbe Merchants’ National Bank
ot this city to the Government, as taken from
the books of the Banks: Deposited to the
credit of the Treasurer of the United States,
$48,GG7; paymasters, $014,465; other dis
bursing officers and agents, $90,280; total,
$762,312, Of this amount, $369,184 was de-
positsd between the 20th of April and 3d of
May, the date of the failure of the Bank.—
Among the depositors of the Bank were H. A.
Risley, Supervising Special Agent of the
Treasur3', who had on deposit $24,542, Elijah
Seils, Superintendent of the Indian Affairs,
nearly $51,000, and Thomas J. Hobbs. Dis
bursing Clerk of tne Treasury Department,
upwards of $20,000. The officers of the
Government think that if they realize $50,000
exclusive of the security for the National de
posits, they will be extremely fortunate. It
is also estimated that Bayne & Co., of Balti
more, are indebted to the bank nearly $700,-
000.
SANTA ANNA EN ROUTE FOR MEXICO.
New York, May 12.—The Commercial’s
Washington special says that the French
Minister explains that the French troops,
which are reported as having passed through
Arizona on their way to Mexico, are recruits
to take the place of men whose terms of ser
vice have expired, or who have been invalids.
The Post says: General Santa Anna ar
rived at Elizabethport this morning by stea
mer Georgia, from St. Thomas. He is accom
panied by several South Americans. It is
understood the object of his coming here is
to unite liis efforts with those of the Liberal
party of Mexico to expel Maximilian. He
declares he is not seeking for power, but will
place himselt under tlie lead of Juarez.
Official documents which have been placed
in the hands cf Secretary Seward, by Mr.
Romero, the Miuister of Mexico, at Washing
ton, reveal tlie fact that Santa Anna was a
warm ad.ocate of a Monarchical form of
Government in that country is now a warm
adherent of Maximilian.
One night last week while Lieutenant
Blanding, Adjutant of the Freedmen’s Bu
reau, at Grenada, Miss., was walking on • the
street with a citizen of that place, some un
known person fired at him three times, the
shots striking him in the back of the head,
the body and leg, inflicting wounds which
caused liis deatn the next morning. The
shooting took place about 8 o’clock. A mcet-
‘ ig of the citizens ofthe town was held at
Inch resolutions were adopted, pledging all
possible hid in bringing the assassin to jus
tice.
*’ Cotton Growing Association.
Wc find the following in the Jackson (Miss.)
Clarion, of the 6th inst., and recommend the
matter to the earnest consideration of our
planters:
Jackson, May 4,1866.
The Central Cotton Growing Association
met this day in pursuance of adjournment, S.
P. Bailey in the chair. The following reso
lutions were adopted:
Resolved, That a committee be appointed
to wait upon the governor and solicit his aid
in recommending the formation of similar so
cieties in all the cotton-growing States.
Resolved, That the city papers be furnish
ed with a copy of the circular, and be request
ed to call the attention of all papers in the
State to the object of this association, and
urge upon all interested in the culture of the
staple, to form county societies and get a full
anil correct report of the condition of the
crop just planted, and to be raised, and re
port to this association at an early day, and
as often as practicable.
CIRCULAR.
Jackson, Miss., May 1,1866.
Sir : An association has been organized at
this place, for the purpose of collecting all
reliable information concerning the growing
cotton crop. Believing tho object is one of
the most vital importance, we earnestly rec
ommend it to your serious consideration, and
ask that you will not only answer the annexed
questions, but insist on your neighbors doing
so, and use your influence and best exertions
to effect a similar organization in your
county.
It is our wish that every county in the State
ivill form such associations, auxiliary to this,
anil make their reports to me as often as prac
ticable, which will be condensed for publica
tion in the New Orleans and other Southern
papers.
If all will act promptly, we will be able, as
the season advances, to collect and publish to
the world the most reliable information,
which will effectually counteract the many
false statements, so industriously and widely
circulated, to the great prejudice, not only of
the cotton planting but Southern interest.
Very respectfully,
S. P. Balky, President,
“ Central Cotton Growing Association.”
N. B. All the cotton growing States will
organize speedily for the same object.
The questions to bo responded to, says the
Clarion, arc the number of farms cultivated
this year that were cultivated 18G0—the num
ber of hands at work on each farm then and
now—the acres in cotton in 18G0 and in 18GG
—the bales made in 18G0—the condition of
the stand this year, the efficiency of the hands
now compared with former years, etc. Any
facts in reference to the operation of the
present system of labor will be important.—
Correct intelligence on all these points is very
much desired, and should be given to tiie
public.
State'
oreil convention, to In- 1k-1<1 • I
They mot in convention under a grove 5 1
suburbs of tbe town, on Monday” niiAt ™
and pftersome harangues and wordy # it
tions, elected a colored man, by the nan/]
Wade, to represent them. There ivi-re! I
candidates, the other being Giles Price » |
known blacksmith, who cau read and ,1
The successful candidate, we Underc 1
also possesses these splendid aceompli s ]T^|
and both understood that 'they were o **
ing a seat in Congress. The friends C f 1
candidates done a good deal of election
ing, and debated warmly their several (!j
fications for the office. The opponer
Giles Price declared him ineligible^,..!
fact, that he “aided and abetted the ihl
in giving voluntarily of his own free vtp| 1
accord, $100 for arming and equinp'v l
company raised in this county hadwl
the Rebel army. Therefore, “he cou. 1
take the test oath,” ancl it was useless toj
him. Giles Price was accordingly j e f e |
On Tuesday morning after the electioJ
chanced to meet, on the sidewalk, the -tl
Mr. Wade,” member elect from Thomas, j
who, by the way, claims to be a Minis*J
the Gospel and School Teacher, and we a
him tlic object of liis mission to Wasliim
IIo very sagely and politically hinted-j
“wc” were taxed without representation,
meant to have thiscorrectcd ; and with a»
of his eye and hunch of the shoulder he 3
a position argumentatively, and
politician style, to enlighten our benb I
brain on the subject of the “rights ofthe?
pie,” the “consent of the government,"
to have a “hitch” on the law making n 0 .
so that they can “pull back” when tht]
gets too hard for them.
We suppose the honorable member L
plenty of money, as every voter was rec^l
to pay one dollar before voting; to p
expenses of the delegate on his mission,’ j
learn, however, that ; the honorable genutJ
seat is to be contested. Tbe friends ofcj
Price declare they will not submit to the J
election, because the voting was done btf
“ town people ” alone, and the county wiJ
represented.—Thomastille Enterprise. '
A Mother’s Love. ^
Some year ago, some English officers l
ing in tiie vicinity of Mulkapoor, went
tiger hunting, and bagged a splendid ti<j
Whilst returning home with the trophy'!
found in a secluded spot, in the lee of aji (
rock,what evidently was the lair of at
for there lay bones of both human and 1
kind, and shreds and rags of clothing,
interesting than all, however, was the d
ery of a tiny kitten, nct*morethanafort_
old, coiled in a corner, winking and Mini
and gaping at the intruders. The huatoj
once decided that this must be tlic cubof j
beast they had slain, and willingly u|
charge of the little orphan. j
Tiger kittens are not captured every (J
so when the hunters returned to their qd
ters, tiie excitement of tbe tent was coed
erable. The newly acquired kitten was j
vided with a tiny dog-collar and chain, i
attached to the tent-pole, round whitil
gamboled, to the delight of an audience cq 1
bering nearly twenty. About two hq
after the capture, however, and just as it J
growing dark, the good people* in the i
were checked in the midst of their lull
by a sound that caused the bravest hem]
beat rather irregularly.
It was the roar, or rather the combine
of shriek and roar, peculiar to the tiger ri]
driven mad with rase. In an instant?
gamboling kitten became every inch a i
and* strained, with all its baby strengd,|
the tetlier, while it replied, with a loud i
to the terrible voice outside. The comp
was panic-stricken. There was somethiq
sudden and unearthly in the roar, tluil
seemed as though the great tiger brough I
an hour before, had come to life again. C
tainly, the tiger in question was already!
ed, but the picture conjured up became:]
the more pleasant for that.
There was, however, not nearly so i
time for speculation to the scared comp
as writing these lines has cost; tor a!
simultaneous with the roar, there leapt 1
into the center of the tent a bold tigress, a
without deigning to notice a single c
there, she caught her kidnapped baby by!
nape of the neck; and giving a jerk, snapj
the little chain, ancl then turning for then
door, trotted off at full speed. After alll
appeared that the little tiling did not be'/
to the tiger that was slain, bnt to tbe M
mother that had tracked and recovered i:l
Sanguinary man-eater as she may bavq 1-f
one can be scarcely sorry to lieiar that r. |
gun was leveled at the great rejoicing crea::
as she bore off her young one, and that J
got clear off
A Colony of Negroes Sent Out bt:|
United States “Come to Grief.”—The|
portation of four hundred and fifty-t
freed negroes in 18G3 to the Isle A’Vd
Hay ti, will be remembered by our reader
Congress had made an appropriation the;'
vious year for colonization, and placed hi
the handst>f Mr. Lincoln. In April, li
Messrs. Paul S. Forbes and Charles K Tq
erman made a contract with Secretary Uj
for the deportation of such colonists at ]
dollars each. The enterprise was a failq
its specifications, so far as a guarantee n
support for five years from the Hay ticn Gl
ernment was concerned, could not iiefulSl
the emigrants became dissatisfied, and fi'-|
refused all overtures for contracts for It'
and were eventually brought back, after*
delay, at much expense.
On Tuesday, in the Senate, a petiticcj
presented by Mr. Tuckerman for the
priation of the sum agreed upon wiij
equitable allowance for expenses of deity U
recurn of the colonists, made necessity]
circumstances beyond the control of coif
tors. He gives an account of the cost of]
expedition, which foots up the round W®
$80,000. He states that a “reimbursc-mff'J
the expenses of transportation has notf
been made to them, because of tbe ins’-
of the Haytien Government to comply r
one of the requirements of the contract'
the Haytien Government was required tot*
nish a guarantee that these emigrants st-
not, for a period of five years, come toF*1
and this the authorities declined on the gtef^
that special legislation would be required^
that such discrimination on behalf of ftSF
cIrss would probably cause jealousy
bloodshed, and certainly would lend to 1
astrous results.”—Washington DepubH ealt I
Aid fob Georgia.—The steamer E. C.
Knight,which arrived at an early hour yester
day from Baltimore, brought a quantity of
bacon, flour, corn, meal, tea, sugar nnd other
article contributed by the benevolent citizens
of Baltimore for the suffering poor of Geor
gia. The freight on this shipment would have
amounted to about $400, which was gener- j
usly contributed by tlie agents of the line
who also paid the stevedore's expenses in Bal
timore, and all expenses on the wharf in this 1 There
city.—Sacannah Advertiser, 1 Oth.
New Potoqraphic Printing Pnocr&J
Wo have received from the inventors, w*
G. E. Desbrats and W. A. Leggo, of Q ttet
C. E. some specimens of prints—done tf
a common band-printing press—of their*
Iy patented process for making printing p*
by means of the photograph.
The object of the patentees is to pr°”^
electrotype plates of pictures, ready t°. r ^
mon printing, like ordinary type p 011 ®
without engraving or other hand work
The process is briefly as follows: Up°*1
varnished side of an ordinary negative, pj
a solution of gelatin containing bichrofflM
potash. Dry, and expose tho uncoatC“_
face uppermost to light, which fixes ths'i
tion ot the bichromate hpon which the
fall. Dissolve off the unfixed p or£Jl,I l
dipping in warm water; drain and w e ,,
a film upon the glass more or less
cording to the strength of the liprhts * *J
picture. Take an impression of this
plaster. Dip the impressed plaster O
wax, and place the waxed surfaceuPjl
gloss plate also covered with hot waL J
’.vox upon the plate uniti 1 -wi:!i i j
the plaster, and-the' '"tatter may ■
moved, leaving upon the plate a
wax of the original photographic S'
film. " -tiii) I
The fac-simile being now dusted wit* I ■
bago, and electrotyped in the usu-*' : ' I
printing block in copper is pi;odin'
ble of use with printer's ink upon
Tlic specimens wo have received an t
most part copies of st.-el plate engr.o- : - j
the pictures arc comparatively well ’
however, room for improve® .
\Sciencific A» ier ‘ 1