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THE GEORGIA WEEKLY TELEGRAPH.
BLACKGUARDISM.
“Blackguardism is getting to l>e altogether
j too much tolerated in Congress of late, anil
'Ex-I’resMnit !) . \ i s lien made an nerd- to boMYcreiv cheeked, ;a>> the >prilig-
honororv raohber wf the Petersburg (Va.) , ?«! d Republican J The check
■ • • , . , ‘a . , b it is to turn 1 the blackguards
Olemorial Society. i * b
Tlic Tax on Cotton.
Lilies’31
Statesman till), wliich implies sagacity and
common sense, in imposing public taxes for
revenue, naturally takes care not to trenchou
the productiveness ot the article taxed. That
feature must bi kept continually before the
Our Connecticut eotemporary takes a su- mind df the legislator, or it would be very
i no taxation without repres utation'came 1° HP TT T T? O A !"> TLT T C' ■
him like the voiced John thc^Baptist. It -*— J -*—< J—^ LJ -I\ X XIX V_v
at Bainbridge, for the benefit of 3faj. Gee.
The handsome sum of $500 was the' perficial vifa. of a very important subject.— easy to tax a commodity out of existence —
— . 7 *§|\. , -TY, « _ L, , > nut of fon Tlic short sight is often, if not always, the
mult of fJw festival, Tableaux and Drama. Blackguard Jcannot,, be turned out of Con of poH ? icg withou t at least a fair de
gress; and perhaps we might truthfully go 0 f forecast, and a disposition to leave
to for as to say that they ought not to be most things pertnining to-production and ex-
turned out of the body now styling itself the change to themselves, there can be no such
Congress. The members ot legislative bodies
are representative men, in manners as well as
principles. They partake of the moral qual
itics of the men who elect them, or, at least
son claiming any such light. lie thought
science us that Of political ‘economy, and im-, l ' iese States had no -right to furnish a. Presi-
mediate desires must supply the standard j' e . nt or-Vice-President.' Andrew-Johnson^
and measure for legislative enactments. being a ciUam of a seceded State is in his
The proposition t Q lay a tax of five cent* Q [r - opinion, only President de facto,
per pound on coftor. wifi,, it is believed. : forced tiyiori tho eotintiyf l^r
—» — J r~ _ . “ *i,.f « r „ neo»ntnliln check the tide of Northern emigrants south- f fenued by that ten encc.ne
spy; Romero calls Santa Anna a French spy. & - Bfr- ’ <!••• ^4 . •• 1 ward, with their much needed capital, and 1 Liyouct
pTA lump of gold taken from the Norih
Carolina gold mines, weighing five pounds, is
on exhibition at Statesville, N. C. It is the
largest lump found in the State since 1828.
* / \ j F 1 r t /
; a Sweeney says Stephens is an English
and .Santa Anna denounces Romero as an
Austrian spy—all of which is personal.
The President has vetoed the New
York and Montano Mining hill, a grand Yan
kee scheme for swindling 'the Government
■out of the public lands. >
§37"The ladies of Tallahassee have fomed
« society for the purpose of raising money to
"buy artificial arms and legs for the dkmcm-
'bered Confederate soldiers.
Medical.—A meeting of the Medical As
sociation of Georgia is called to assemble in
Atlanta an Thursday next, the first meeting
they have had since 1801.
jg^The crops in Thomas county, Georgia,
are reported to be dreadfully in the grass and
likely to continue so. The freed men in that
quarter will not work. This results from. the
demoralizing effects of the long continuance
of negro troops at Tlramosvillc.
Insanity among the Blacks.—The Rich
mond Whig remarks that insanity is becom
ing fearfully prevalent among the freedmen.
Within the month of May some fifteen or six
teen such unfortunates have been placed in
confinement in thatnty, while in former times
that number would hardly have been found in
five years.
was tlm true doc tribe. But it w< uld l.c seen
that lie wns adverse to the President - - recon
struction policy, though Andrew Johnson
lind been consistent in lii$ policy in following j
Lincoln and 'he party that elected him. In
his (Mr. Harris's! view, the Southern seceded
States had no right to lepresentatiw- on this
floorer in the Senate, and, in liis vote- here
tofore, lie had invariably voted against?every
application which has been made by any per-
Fire in Boaton.
Bo-ton,,June 1!).—The innutnre
DESPATCHES TO THE ASSOCIATED PBKM
TT
LATER FROM EUROPE.
tore of
Holley, Morse & Boydefl, Wa'hin.'ton street,
ana Child & Sauk's picture establishment
have been burned. Loss of tiro former, $50,-
OHd—of the latter. $10,000. v _
sales thirteen thousand hai r,
whisky dull, Naval stoi
ARRIVAL OF THE PERUVIAN.
THE PRUSSIANS ENTERED HOLSTEIN.
THE AV AR VIRTUALLY COMMENCED.
K. , *' Veu ’ ° r,p, ' lns Mnrk c ,
NEt. Ohlkxs, June 20.—i
changed: salel-to-dav 5D0 I .
IN**! Goldsjg LXlEar> r «‘
Farther Point. June 18.—The steamship I Salvador.
Congressional News
4Kj*iiington, June 19—The President to- j < * uarter P er ccnt - discount.
. *i'— ■*—* 5 ' 1 " nf Omrnrnor Hoi- Burning of a Caihofic C |,
20.-Th^
day sent in the nomination of Governor Hoi
deii, of North parolina, as Minister to San
New York, June
i Church at Little Palls,
lB this
their Votes, ah
implSihent—.the
to their constituents. This should be so-an 6bortly prevent the raising of the staple
agreement in character between the represen- at all in the cotton fields of that section. It
tative and his constituency. It is a great is to be remembered that, since the war,
moral law, and will exist as long as the world India cotton baa been produced in immensely
stands. m -d ■> !
He contended tliat^^onesset^vrouTfnMve
to be admitted into thc.Union by act ofCou-J the 7th iustant
gress, and he elaborated this view. Looking 1 —
to the laws which the republican party might,
enact, 31r. Harris said there is something inthfe
spirit of the Southern people that will thwart
yoaridesigns. If they have lowered the stan
dard of their pride—a becoming pride in the
estimation of.tlielr enemy. The Southerner
has around him, without speaking of tTie
merits of the late contest, token- of the en
durance, courage, and powers of his people.
Gad spectacle though it be. it will not dimin
ish' his tone that [he can, on his own soil,
Thk Home Insurance Company.—We
take pleasure in calling attention to the ad
vertisement of this institution,which is owned
exclusively in thcSontli and managed by Sa
vannah merchants-of the highest respectabil
ity. It is worthy ot every confidence, and wc
'hope to see it share largely in those immense
incomes from insurance that 1 have heretofore
gone North to enrich other‘people and im
poverish our own. .
The Home Company has been doing busi
ness for some time in this city, 3Ir. E.
Granniss, agent, and in all cases has prompt
ly met its losses without quibble or vexation
It is a pleasure to deal with each a Company
and property-holders should ’bear in mind
when the season arrives for taking out new
policies or renewing old ones.
Savannah Papbbs.—As we are frequently
called on by merchants and others desirous of
-consulting a Savannah paper, we would state
—in no disobliging spirit; though, for our cx-
• changes are always at their service—that the
JVetet tt Herald is a well- edited paper, fully
up to the mark in aN business matters, and iw
it now comes though regularly,we recommend
that our citizens whs have interests in Savan
nah, send down theircnbscriptiaas, addressed
i to the proprietors of that journal. The Sa-
vannah papers informer days—*t least one
• of them,for which we can speak knowingly—
thad large subscription lists : in 'JIacon, and
•since the resumption of interooonc there k
'do reason why they should not ’.have them
again. We regret that at present we cannot,
; and with a proper regard for the rights and
’feelings of Georgians, net conscientiously, ex
tend our recommendation beyond -the paper
referred to.
■ Ondit op Mr. Toombs.—A lady, formerly
a resident of New Orleans, has recently wnt-
•t«i a letter to a female friend in Washington
city,-says thc'Nntional Republican, detailing
an account of «n interview she lied at Ha
vana with Mr. Robert Toombs, ex-United
States Senator lrom Georgia. She oays Mr.
'Toombs-still avows his intention of-jet call
ing the roll of his former glares at the foot Of
Bunker Hill, and -defiantly asserts that the
:in vincible giant of-secession is not dead, but
•only taking a quiet aaoozc, in order toanvig-
•orate himself for another, acd, as Mr. T.
Slopes, a more sucoeasfal attempt to overthrow
4lie Government of the United States.
The reader can believe as much of this as
be pleoses, bot in our opinion; it sonndsNikc
a piece of arrant fiction, concocted for a-pur-
pose unfriendly to the distinguished exile.
So caps the Savannah 'Herald, and we agree
with-it fully in the opinion.
Slate Tisad:: Revived by tre .Frkhi •
men’s Bureau Agents.—“Pierre,” in a let
ter to the New York News, from Thamaston,
Georgia, states upon the authority of the ne
gro president of the Council of the Equal
Rights Association ot Georgia for that coun
ty, that the agents of the Froedmen’s Bureau
have carried off large numbers of negroes
from that Stnte under pretext'd finding them
lucrative employment in Louisiana and Ar
kansas, and have shipped them to the West
Indies and Eold them as slaves. This infor
mation was procured by the Equal ltights
Association (all negroes) through their special
agent sent to Louisiana and Arkansas to leam
the late of the negroes carried off The de
coyed negroes were worked for a time or.
plantations on the banks of the Mississippi
and Red rivers, then seized at night *od hur
ried aboard vessels prepared for their recep
tion, and carried to the West Indies.
’ increased quantity, and British machinery
bas been adapted to the spinning of that pe-
The great difficulty in the case under flis- culiar stap]e> -\Ve have all along assumed,
cussion, is that -our Springfield contemporary first, that American cotton, being a superior
is for commencing the work of reform in the fibre to eveiy other kind produced on
wrong place. The trouble is with the great gkibe, will crowd all competing
" , _ sorts out of the market whenever it
body of Northern society—the source of pow- is offered . ^ that wc
er—and you must purify the fountain if yon i could, therefore, command almost any price
would have wire waters. A depraved society i we chose to ask for it. The fallacy of such , , , .
can no more have i nure-minded and decent grounds the record of a brief term of expe- ] *' a,k ov ? r the graves of nearly three hundred
can no more liave a pure mimlta ana decent, triH suffice to establish. The imports | tlmusand of his courageous enemies, and 1
representative, than a bit. or .ountmn can ofcoMonat Liveipool, which is the great “Standing on the Yankee’s grave ' J | ’
send forth-sweet waters. 1 <x,tton mart of the world, show in tabulated j Ho w ' 11 not tIeeIn himself a slnve.” .
That -vituperation has become -a general form the mistake of reasoning upon assutup- [Sensation. At this point the entire House
practice at the North, and cveu’assumed the tionsofsuch a character. For ten years be- gathered around Mr. Harris, and listened at-
l—.rt.jsai *. s »«■?« j araTag^aFsat^g; I as* Tl,c ond ‘ssi
to every disinterestetl olserver of tlieir In?- w jj ereaai f or jg(}5 f the India imjiort amount-1 Mr. Harris continued.—There were, lie
tory. Their press is vituperative to a degree | e <l to 1,207,000 bales and thus far, for tbecur- said, thank God, Southern States enough to
that is infamous- their legislative bodies are rent year, the amount lias been doubled that make the constitutional amendment, passed
vituperative, and national and personal de- j «Uast vear The production of E^rpt and yesterday, ineffectual. IIo then refereed to
V . u v 4. • a- r' Brazil Las been mcrcscd almost bve and I an of the isms which originated in what he
traction has even become a characteristic ot. respectively. From which it is called the Christian North, and said that the
their pnlpit Their popular gathering* not pra tty clear that we can obtain from abroad contrast coaid be carried further. Booth, the
all we shall lie likely to want, even if the pro- assassin, was not caught, but bravely shot by
posed tax should break down the domestic soldiers. He was brought to this city dead;
production. in order that the reward for his arrest might
But to bring tbe whole question up to the •>« securer! by proving his identity. After that
pie with self-respect, with a high senfcc of jjjgi, of national advantage, in respect j his entrails were torn out and thrown to the
propriety and a regard for the rights of oth- j of the urgent necessity that exists for restor- bogs; liis head adorns some phrenological
ers, and the Congress will never be troubled ! >"S industrial activity at once in the South- museum; his heart is preset ved in spirits; his
. ’ , .• • *• ; era States, and thus most effectively cement- spinal column can be seen, by whicli tbe
with men whose appropriate sphere i> | ; n<r h»»nds nf union !>* lavinsr broad and learned will see how he must have suffered
Peruvian lias arrived off hbre with Liverpool » Garfield. ofOlso, called up the motion j burned ttk afternoon
dates to the 7th, and Londondan- dates to the j to reconsider the vote by which the bill to es- j „
Sthinstant/ * tablish a National Bureau of Education, was ; 1 oiatt < * 1 0,1 ll »c Cm.
f1 ItJUoaI fciws. | rejected, and the question being put the mo- j g
.... . _ . . . 'tion prevailed—yeas 70. nays 49. The bill theYorkT.ibune,^
T!,CPnWSn °“Sv;ni.en read a third time and Ye,- ^ ,
The Austrians were conccntrating'^it* Al-| ^^use,''Mr; Rogers, ofNmv Jersey,' ' ’"iSM A^tim^KiV
r Lresehted tbe minority report of the Commit-* ^ ^ “
T t K f Lavements ot the two aruiK-s are rc- P Recon . tril( , i()n . ft is a lengthy docu-
gaplffl M a virtual co^^encemeTt of cons ; sting of nn ,borate argument in
. • 1 favor ot the President’s policy and the imme-
-.*no mahket!-. jdiatc admission of the South to representation.
The sales of cotton in Liverpool for the i jj. the ground that a State can neitlier
week ending the 7tb, amounted to 71,000 j v .- ltlic i ra w nor be expeiled from the Union ;
bales. The market lmd declined l-4d to 1-2(1; {be war was to prcserve no t to destroy tlic
on the week s operations. j g tatcf<- The report concludes with a eulogy
The sales of l - riday covered 1-7,000 !ia!e>, j on j b( . j )Ur ;iy of President Johnson's motives,
the market closing buoyant, with an advance . The Tcuiainder of the session of the House
of l-4d to l-2d, caused by the Java’s advices was occupied by a consideration of the new
Army bilL’ .11 i-G a . It-
Provisions quiet
unoftea set all rules of propriety and decency
at defiance. The reform, then, must begin at
home, and not in Congress. Inspire the peo-
| ing tlm bonds of union by laying broad and
by the near approach of tbe bullet to the
marrow of the spimil. The rest of his re
bear garden or the fish market i deep the foundations of trade, commerce and
How came this disgraceful state of things ; manufactures,—the levying of such a tax os
ftlmut nt the North ? The cause is evident— five cents on everv pound of cotton raised ap- mains were deposited, God and our Northern
ThTfiret step in^lie pr«M»«waa to do away I P«™ *>. transparently hazardous as to amount | Secretary of War only know where. We
to faUlity as an experiment in which such know they were not handed over to lik poor
with personal accounfabilify, except so far as j gj-^t interests are involved. In the first broken-hearted mother, that she might ex-
tlic law would give complete satisfaction for ! place, it should be our aim to regain the com-1 olaim: “ Would to God, I had died for tlitc,
insults and injuries. This was a great point; mand of the world's markets as soon as we Absolom, my son, my son!”
from America.
I* Breadstufis were firm,
and iteady. 'JiM iioiihat (unitho on nr j
Financial.—London, June 8th.—Consols,
closed at 86 to 86 1-4 for money. Five-twen
ties; 64 to 64 3-8. Illinois Central IL R., 75
to 751-2. Erie, 40 to 41. The bullion in the
Bank of England had increased £1,400,000.
MARINE NEWS.
The ship Galina arrived at Llveqiool from
Galveston, Leensita and St. 3Iarie from Apa
lachicola ; the Helen P. Cooper from —— ; at
Havre, American Eagle, from ilobile; at Liv
erpool, George V. and Jane Bishop from Sa
vannah ; the Rcvallen and Sqnando from
New Orleans, and the Elarte de la 3lore; at
Havre, the Gariboldi and G. Mosby.
New York Markets.
New York, June 18, m.—Cotton dull;
middling 40 to 42. Gold, 104 34. Sterling
Exchange quiet and quotations nominal.
New Orleans Mnrket.
New Orleans, June 10.—Cotton steady-
sales to-day COO bales at 87 l-2c. Stock 116,-
685. .
Gold, 47 1-S. Bank rates for Sterling, 165.
The latest Red river news reports unfavora
bly as to the prospects of a crop on the over
flowed lauds that have been newly planted.
[The following despatches should have ap
peared in yesterday’s issue, but bv some mis
take failed to reach our office.—Eds']
gained, for when public sentiment came to
brand every man who resented an insult or
injuiycn person, as a “ruffian,” an immunity
was granted to the real ruffians of society,
and detraction became fashionable, for the
traduoer knew that hecouldnot be punished.
It is new a venial offense, if oflense at all, to
traduce character, to brand honest men and
good citizens as traitors, viUians, rogues and
scoundrels, epithets with which the Northern
press abounds, and are often on the tongues
of their highest dignitaries; but slap a man’s
jaws, or cane liim,for theontrage, it is an act of
brutality and ruffianism. Such is Northern
sentiment, and no wonder that blackgards
have got into the responsible places of the
land.
We have no respect, for that sort of morali
ty, for its*inevitable tendency is to deprave
and debase society. When a boy, we recol
lect to have beard the brave and brilliant.
Prentisc close an able speech in Congress
against die Anti-Dueling bill for the District
of Columbia, by a motion to strike out the
title and insert “A bill to encourage black
guards and protect cowards.” Such is
actly. tlic effect of tbe present puritanical
sentiment at the North. We are no champion
of the dmdlo, bat it is a truth that cannot
be denied that those communities where such
arbitraments arc sanctioned by public senti
ment,: Present a manifest contrast in decency,
good order, and high-toned-speech and bear
ing, with those where the practice is proscri
bed by public opinion. Wo at least bold
with personal accountability in its broadest
sense, regarding it as the greatest safeguard
of civilization, good order, and tbe amenities
of social life. We utterly despise that moral
ity and religions cant that tolerate back
biting, slander, and detraction, and brand
as ruffianism the infliction of a just punish
ment for wrongs and injuries received. It is
both inconsistent and cowardly. That moral
code that is too pious to fight and yet not pi
ous<cnongh to restrain from vinification and
abase, is disgusting hypocrisy, and no part
of an honest man’s creed.
Regarding the recent affair between two
Congressmen, wc think the Iowa preacher,
who had too much religion to fight and not
enough to keep him from insulting a brave
soldier, got just what he deserved, -only not
enough of if. In the people will.persist in
sendii^: such blackguards to Congress to as
sociate writh gentiemer , the plan of putting
civil tongues into their heads, and.beating
maimers .and decency into them, -with
hickory stick, is about cs good as any, and
the only really effectual one.
The Last Yankee Notion.—Wc learn that
the Northern school inarms, who dosed their
twelve months labors of love and profit and
left here for their homes a few days ago, made
arrangements prior to their departure for all
their colored friends in 3facon to go into
mourning on the 4th of July, as a mark oi
respect to the memory of Abraham Lincoln.
Why a day of national rejoidng among the
whites was selected as one of lamentation
among the blacks, is not so clear to our mind.
It looks a little singular, to say the le*6t ofit.
Our friendly advice to the negroes is to
have as little to do with this class of Yankees
and tlieir celebrations as possible. They will
profit by the policy in the long run, it, indeed,
many of them have not already had reason
t* appreciate the wisdom ofonr counsel.
3Vliy these school marms should want the
colored population of the South to do that
in honor ot Mr. Lincoln which they never do
them»iIren, can only be accounted for on the
hypothesis that they believe such a demon
stration will bo distasteful to’thc former mas
ter.- ot tin- negroes. The least the latter do
in that line tho better will it be for them, for
if the two classes are to live and work togeth
er iu peace and harmony, they must respect
tha feelings of each other.
Rumqrid Duel.—A Washington orres
;pondcnt writing on the IStb, says: General
Rousseau, to-day, obtained leave of absence
for one week, and it is reported left here on
the train for the North this evening. Whether
•the latter statement is true or not I have not
learned. Out of this fact and rumor, the quid
nuncs have made up a story that 'Gen. Rous
seau has left here with duelistic intentions
and to meet certain Iowa offices:, of his own
rank, «rbo have -notified him that they as
sume the quarrel for Mr. Grinncll, and pro
pose to finish up the physical «r pugilistic
branch ofit on behalf of the Iowa member.—
Wliat might be regarded as very high author
ity is my source of information forpart of the
above statement. The lateness of -the hour
pnecludea the possibility of learning how well
uaded the statements arc.
can; next, we should seek to encourage emi-1 3Inry Surratt was convicted, of course,—
gnttion southwardly to the utmost extent, She was tried by it court martial! llerim-
which we shall not do by putting restrictive mediate execution was ordered! She eii-
duties of such great weight upon the pro- treated for four daysto enable her to over
ducts of Capital, intelligence, and industry in come the shock and be the better prepared
that quarter; then labor ought to be sum- to meet her God. “Not an hour,” thundered
moned forth into the cotton field by every I forth the voice from the War Department!”
possible inducement, or at least by abstaining On with the gallows, the coffin and the grave!
from preventive legislation, and giving it “The angels of Heaven shall not rejoice over
every favorable chance that may offer. one repentant sinner!” Angels of mercy
When the erdp which is the object of our sought the higher authority and probably a
present speculations was put into the ground, more merciful heart; but Preston King was
cotton commanded between forty ami fifty janitor that day, and they were excluded!
cents per pound, and a large rise even upon Where is Preston King ? Echo answers,
these figures w ; as confidently anticipated, where! She was then executed speedily, and
Should anything like tlic number of bales be notwithstanding lier heart-broken daughter
secured which Mr. Alexander II. Stephens has made application for her remains, so that
named as the probable result ol the picking she might pour forth her sorrows, they are
season, even at five cents tax on every pound still in the keeping of tlic War Department
raised, cloth may be made at what w e may Pontius Pilate delivered the body of Jesus
style, in paper rule, a reasonable figure, for to Joseph, but a worse than Pontius Pilate is
tbe time-being; but we shall not be a great here.
while in finding out that cotton will be sent Is this a specimen of Northern civilization
over to us from Liverpool, just as wheat is and Christianity ? These things were done
now. the high price of the domestic staple | by Northern men, without any denunciation
making exportations hither an object with from the great Northern enlightened, civilized
foreign factors. At low prices, American Republican party! Not one word have - 1
cotton has been worth over fifty percent | heard from your Greeleys, your Beechers, your
more than Surats cotton, but that was before Cheevers, and your strong-minded 3Iossachu-
tlie changes had been made in tlie machinery setts women in rebuke of these demoralizing
of the British spinners. The fact is cstab- acts.
linked, too,’by a careful comparison of prices I Mr. Harris then reviewed what lie called
previous to, during, and since tlic war, that, the Southern picture of the trial and execu-
in contrast with Surats, American cotton has tion of John Brown, whose crime was kin-
lod the market when it was cheap and plenti- dred to that of Booth. lie then argued that
fei, and fallen greatly behind when scarce secession had been justified in the North, and
and dear. From which the inference is to be declared that it was time to throw away tbe
drawn that no burdens or restrictions ought words that these Southern people were trai-
to belaid on tlic production of cotton in. the tors and murderers. In conclusion, he said:
United: States, which have a tendency to in- These words of murderers and traitors only
crease its price or r> nder it comparatively I spring from a depraved spirit of excitement,
scarce. It should rather have every possible <x from a depraved spirit of revenge, and with
encouragement which a free and open rivalry vise and considerate statesmen and patriots
is calculated to give. Tho computation should never be qllowed to interpose obsta-
sliowing tbat cotton grown in this country is des to the reunion which all such must now
ordinarily'worth about fifty per cent more at lesire. Away, too, with tlic expectation that
Liveipool than all other kinds, it is argued, I the Southern people will ever degrade them-
with the,precision of.mathematical reasoning, selves by freely accepting conditions from the
that any burden, whether tax or other, which I benefit of which you exclude tlieir own cho-
tends to diminish that advantage, must come 'nen leaders. This should not and never will
Marine News.
New York, June 181—The Steamer Lodo-
va link arrived from Galveston ; The Alber-
marl, Valley. City and Saratoga from Rich
mond, and the Telfair from Wilmington.
The steamer North Point' bound trom Sa
vannab to Baltimore, was disabled near Hat
teras and towed to Fortress ilonroe. ‘ ”1
DEATH OF GENERAL, CASS.
Foreign Imports, etc.
New York, June 17.—The imports of tlie
past week have exceeded seven milliqn dol
lars worth of sugar, tea and coffee.
THE GOLb EXCITEMENT.
Tlie excitement in tlie Gold Room has been
intense for several days past. Four or five of
tlie heaviest stock speculators have lost foiv
tunes in that time by throwing their money
and influence against the rise.
A London letter to a Banking firm here
says the specie arrivals are immense, (be
ing for American credit,) tbat the amount
sent from America is everywhere admitted to
have saved general bankruptcy in England
Tbe letters to the other banking houses in
‘ this city are very much to the same effect.
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The Cholera .Spreading.
Detroit, June 18.—General Lewis Cass
died at his residence in this city at 4 o’clock
yesterday morning; aged 83 years.
New York, June 18.—There were three
deaths from cholera yesterday. There is
much alarm and apprehension tliat the dis
case will spread. . -itn
Baltimore, June 18.—A man died here
of cholera yesterday afternoon. Jle had ar
rived Saturday afternoon from New York.
COXGRESSllOXAL, NEWS.
THAD STEVENS FLOORED AGAIN.
oat of the pocket ot the producer. A five
cent tax will make cheap cotton with us for
the future a.positive impossibility.
As a rale, the property of tlie country hat
doubled once in about every fifteen years;
but that was when all tlie avenues to indus
try and prosperity were open, ino such bar
riers being set across them as the present
proposition contains. Tbe belief is by no
means unsupported by reason, that, under
like favorable circumstances, a like ratio of
increase may be hereafter maintained, even
with the added burden of our immense -pub
lic debt. The inference is reached, howevtr,
only over the road of our incalculable natunl
resources, and of the free and unrestrictid
application of eager industry to their rapid
development. And where thus increasing in
wealth, our taxes will be met with compara
tive ease; but if tbe new policy is to be oae
of a hampering, cramping, and practically
exhaustive character, we must be content to
sec this noble domain of ours offering rot
much besides a subsistence to a dissatisfbd
population, instead of being the great centre
of human industry and a - perpetual example
of human progress and prosperity.—Bourn
Pott.
be. Let the people sweep these obstacles
aside, and as we were enemies in war, in peace
let us be friends.
Mutiny among the Colored Tn*ors.—
The Cincinnati Commercial “liarns from a
private source that the negro troops stationed
at Fort Smith, Arkansas, are mutinous be
cause under orders to march to New Mexico.
A considerable number of them are under ar
rest. At one time there was danger of a figkt
between tlie whiteaud black troops. A num
ber of the l,lack6 swore they would rather die
than go to New Mexico, and loaded their
guns to resist the officers. Their courage failed
them, however, when the test cam* 1 , and they
obeyed orders when directed to stack their
arms."
Colored Testimonv.—Judge Thomas, of
the Circuit Court in Virginia, in a case where
negro evidence was offered, has decided that
Inasmuch as the State laws of Virginia for
bade the introduction of colored testimony
in civil suits to which white men alone are
parties, the evidence of the negro was inad-
missable, and that no legislation on tlie part
of Congress could impair tlic right of tlic
Slate of Virginia to decide what persons, or
classes of persons, were competent to testify
in her Courts.
A Bold Speech.
In tbe House of Representatives, on Thurs
day, while the bill Cor restoring the late sece
ded States to their political rights, was under
consideration, Mr. Harris, of Maryland, said;
That having been up to this period of the
session asilent mcml»erl'rom choice, he deemed
it bis duty to declare his views upon some of
’the political questions. He should consider
it a most ignoble act to win the support or
endorsement of any man by the least conceal
ment or deception. Ho declared that in
principle he stood now ns he stood before the
war; ns he stood after war was declared; as
lie stood in the last Congress, when lie re
ceived its crown of censure; as he stood in
prison, and before that infernal instrument of
tyranny, a court-martial; as lie stood in prin
ciple, «o lie would stand in practice wherever
■occasion required.
When he indicated that there lias been no
change in his principles, this country and tlie
House could infer wliat his position now
was. He was an old-line Democrat, and be
lieved in the doctrine of secession. lie be
lieved tbat the several States of this Union
had the right to separate from it, each acting
for itself. He believed that abuses and usur
pations had been practiced and threatened to
so great an extent by their associates and
partners in this governmental compact, that
the Southern States were justified in going
out; and he lurtlier declared that by tlieir
ordinances of secession they did go out, anil
thereby became foreign States. ' These con
viction' he could not change, nor did he
think they would be removed. He would
stand by them and proclaim them as long as
a citizen ot the Confederate States was in
chains, or subject to penalty for averting
those convictions. There was* no nolitical or
Crops in Alabama.—The Eufauln News of
the 19th inst., after alluding to tbe cold weath
er and hail storms in the neighborhood, says:
Crops arc bound to suffer from such weath
er as this. We have conversed with a gen
tleman who has traveled over the road be
tween here and Montgomery, and his account
of the crop is most deplorable; grass every
where outside of Barbour county, and no
chance to get rid ofit, and save the crop.—
Cotton, especially, very grassy, and corn look
ing very badly. * We arc sorry to learn that
there is such a poor prospect for corn. It is
very high here now, and if the crop for th;3
year is a failure, wc arc afraid there will be
more suffering through tlie country next year
•than there is this. We think there is yet
time to save the com crop and hope it will
be done. Let us have plenty of provisions
and we can get along very well—without
them we will have poor horses, poor mules,
plenty of suffering, more stealing and dissat
isfaction generally.
A Shrewd Female Speculator.—The
Amador, California, Ledger tells the [follow
ing story:
“A short time ago, a widow lady, residing
in a village not a thousand miles from here,
put her house up at a raffle, and soon dispos
ed of the tickets—all feeling disposed to as
sist her. The evening arrived for the raffle
to come off, and the house was won by a gen
tleman who thought himself most fortunate
in. obtaining a homestead so cliesp. The
next day he applied for possession and a title
to the property. What was liis surprise when
lie was cooly informed that it wasunnecessa
ry to give any written title to the house—
that there it was, and to take it; and the
sooner the better, as she was anxious to build
another on the spot where it stood! The
winner found that lie had drawn an elephant
— he had a house but no lot”
Washington, June 18tb.—In the Senate
to-day Mr. Harris presented tbe petition of
seven New York Banks, asking an extension
of tbe time on the tax on circulation; refer
red to the Finance Committee.
The President, in response to a resolution
of the Senate, transmitted a communication
from tbe Acting Secretary of tbe Interior to
that body, respecting the transactions for
colonization, transportation, &c., for negroes.
The Report was made March 7th, 1864,
showing that upwards of $33,000 had been
expended, which was augmented by a sup
plemental of report to $37,391. Report further
says the act of 1802, under which this was
dpne, was subsequently repealed, and no oth
er measure of a similar character has since
been passed by Congress.
In the nouse, Mir. Stevens offered
joint resolution proposing an amendment to
tbe Constitution, giving Congress power to
lay an export duty on cotton. He refused to
allow dobate, and pressed the measure to a
vote, hoping to get it passed by two-thirds
vote. Tlie resolution was rejected, yeas 59,
nays 6. - 1 ,l "
3Ir. Bingham offered a resolution, which
was passed, requesting the President to trans
mit the Reconstruction Committee's constitu
tional amendment, lately adopted by Con
gress, to tbe several States for ratification.—
Mr. Raymond, of New York, delivered a long
speech on Reconstruction, declaring himself
a faithful and consistent member of the Re
publican party, yet defending the President.
The Senate Financial Committee reported
tax bill reducing tax on cotton to two cents
per pound.
ONE DAY LATER FROM EUROPE.
no political or
personal consideration which would prompt
nim to such a desertion. The right of seces
sion is the only thing that j'reserves them
from the charge of treason. Hia voice would
ever accord with his convictions.
3Ir. Harris proceeded to state that there
were some things in the speech of the Presi
dent on the 22d of February which he ap
proved. The sentiment that there should be
Toe Wav it was Done.—We are informed
that three free negroes from Augusta county
were permitted to vote the Radical ticket at
Raniincs’ Mill, in this county, at the late elec
tion. They came through the lines in 18G3,
and gave as reason, that they had been in the
rebel service and left liccause they could not
get their pay. Yet they were permitted to
vote without even taking tlie oath, while
many of our oldest and best citzens were not
permitted to vote nt nil. This is the way
tilings arc done under this “best Government
the world ever saw.”—Clarisburg ( West l a.)
ConserttUirc.
Watermelons.—The first of the season
were offered on the streets yesterday. They
were ot small size—that of ordinary gourds.
One dollar each was asked and sometimes re
ceived for the little things. Venders must
bring larger sized melons, and come down
from that price before they can do much.—
The crop is plentiful, and looking well
throughout the country, so wc are told, and
soon an abundance of watermelons will be
brought to town.—Columbus Sun, 20th.
Gen. Lee has written a letter to a
friend in Lebanon, in which he says lie will
spend the summer vacation from collegiate
labors near Crab'Orchard, Ky.
WARLIKE INDICATIONS CONTINUE.
' Cotton Maintains its Advance.
Suit for Recovery of U. S. Securities.
Harrisburg, Pa., June 17.-The Petroleum
Bank, Titusville and Venango Bank, at Frank
lin, have instituted action against ex-Auditor
General Isaac Heakcr, and through him
agaiust the State of Pennsylvania, foij recovery
ot a million and a quarter of United States
securities, deposited with the Auditor Gen
eral as security for the circulating medium of
these Banks. The facts as shown, are these
The firm of Culver, Penn & Co., were in the
habit of taking notes of Venango and Petro
leum Banks for cancellation at Auditor Gen
eral's office, where they received a like
amount of bonds for tiiat which they present
ed in notes. It is alleged that the parties
thus receiving these bonds were neither agents
nor officers of the Banks. These bonds, in
stead of being sent to tlic officers of said
Banks, were taken to New York and hypoth
ecated by Culver, Penn & Co. It is alleged
that it was without the authority of the
Banks, and that it was embezzlement for
which the Auditor General is 'responsible,
Warrants have been issued and officers are
now in Venango to arrest tlie parties impli
cated in the transaction. The condition of
tlie Banks is now in the course of official in
vestigation.
Foreign News.
New York, June 17.—Steamers Nassau,
from Southampton on the 6tb, and Palmyra,
from Liverpool on the 5th, have arrived.—
News generally anticipated in previous dis
patches. It is confirmed that France has
officially notified England and Prussia that
negotiations for peace have been withdrawn,
and Napoleon says Austria will take upou
herself a grave responsibility.
m
New York Market.
New York, June 20.- Cotton is unchanged
Middling, 39 to 41c.; Gold, 152 3-8; Sterling
exchange, 110.
Congressional News.
Tlie Two Cents Amendment Passed
the Senate.
Halifax, June 18.—The steamship China
has arrived with Liverpool advices to the
Oth instant, the very latest being up to the
afternoon of that day.
TOLITICAL.
The continental news continues warlike.
MARKETS.
Sales of cotton in Liverpool on Saturday,
9th, 10,000 bales, the market closing firm,
with the advance of the day previous fully
sustained.
Breadstufis steady.
London, Saturday p. m., 9.—Consols closed
at 86 3-8 to 86 5-8 for money. Five-Twenties,
65 1-2 to 66.
New York Market.
New York, June 18.—P. M.—Cotton is
firm; sales to-day, 1,000 bales at 40a42c.—
Pork is firm at $32 78a$33. Sugar dull.—
Gold closed at 58.
ESCAPE OF A CHILIAN PRIVATEER.
Boston, June 19.—A warrant was issued on
Friday, by Judge Lowell, U. S. District
Court, on the application of the Spanish Vice
Consul, to detain the steamer Cherokee on
the allegation that she was intended for a
Chilian Privateer, Before tlic warrant could
be executed tlie ship had sailed.
Washington, June 20.—The Secretary of
the Treasury, in a communication to the
House, expresses an opinion, based upon his
observation of tbe operation of the law of
1861, that an additional enactment authoriz
ing a resumption by the Southern States, re
spectively, of the remainder of the direct
tax due from each, would, in view of tlic
present impoverished condition of tlieir peo
ple, prevent much hardship in individual
cases and save from confiscation tlie property
of many persons against whom the Govern
ment has no grounds of complaint,, while no
public interest would be unjustly affected by
the change. He states that should this policy
be adopted, the collection of taxes under the
present system might,and ought to, be discon
tinued until opportunity for assumption shall
be offered. Whether the amount realized from
resales of property bid in for the Government,
should or should not be allowed to the States
respectively in computing the taxes still due,
is a question well deserving of consideration
and which is submitted without comment
The Senate refused to take up tlie House
resolution fixing a day of final adjournment.
They engaged in tlic consideration of the
Tax bill, and adopted the amendment of two
cents per pound on cotton.
Tho House refused tojconcur in the Senate
amendment to the Paris Exposition bill, and
a Committee of Conference was appointed on
the disagreeing votes.
New York Market.
New Y’okk, June 19, m.—Cotton firm;
middling, 40c. Gold, 154 1-5. Sterling Ex
change, 110 1-4. 3Yool, 20c to 25c.
Marine News.
New York, June 10.—Arrived, Evening
Star from New Orleans, and 3Iissouri from
Savannah.
Prize Fight Near Washington.
Washington, June 20.—A prize tight took
place this morning at a point on the Virgin
ia side of the Potomac .river, between Sam'l
Collier, of Baltimore: and Barney Aarons, of
New York; fifty seven rounds were fought
and resulted in”the defeat ot Aarons; both
parties were seriously injured. Upon tlieir
return to this city they, with others con
cerned, were^arrested and will be held for
requisition from the Governor of Virginia.
Representatives, that said Ravi,
held in custody as« prisoner, and
to a trial, according to tlic laws of
There would seem to he no room
as to the correctness of one prop^
given, since all parties arc agreed
The House Bays Davis ■ should !«
counsel say exactly the same, and
trying, ever since they were allow,.'
municate witfi him, to get his ca^'
judge and jiirj;. Then why i s h, '
Who stands in fliewaf?
Judge Underwood held fe&erdt
application for bail, that lie* was i
of war—therefore^ not bailable, ft
ing aesuiued, the reason..is cooc;..
how long may* prisoner of war C
war is officially declared at an c-
pose one were held to-day a priso-
taken by General Jackson at A'ew
1816, would tliat suffice to bar bisf
But how and when did Davii
prisoner, of war ? He was not arr*j
public enemy, but as a felon, officii:!
ed, in the face of the civilized wi
the foulest, ni'ost execrable gnilt-t ,.
ing suborned assassins to murder -
Lincoln—a crime the basest and ti
nrdly known to mankind. It
that $100,000 was offered and
rest And tlie proclamation of A:>- I
son and Wm. II. Seward offerii
says liis complicity with Wilkes’L P
company is established “by wills;,
the Bureau of Military Justice’’ So ■'
no need of time to hunt it up.
Others charged with that horrij
have been arraigned, tried, sohie nfa
ago acquitted and set at liberty; oi_
cuted and buried; others arc no»>-
tlieir terms as convict prisoners. V;
HR 11 Rffl RWSttin trial, • |W
ed V Is the charge of assassination ;
ed ? Then it should be retracted*
as it was made. Is it persisted in!
imagiue any creditable reason for Is;
matter as it is ?
It has been asserted that Davis is
ble for the death by exposure and;
our captured soldiers, and liis officii
gives plausibility to the charge I
Henry Wire, a miserable wretch, ag
of tools, was long ago arraigned, a
victed, sentenced and hanged fore
no charge lias been officially prefer
Davis. So we presume none is to
■For 8 or 10 months he was noli
sec his wife or any member of liisfi
to communicate with counsel save
letters sent through the WarDi
At length the embargo isrelaxe
simultaneously indicted for treason,
say bis counsel, we shall get his
court;” and they attend at tbe raj
ting to call it on. The judge hasik
about trying it—he is loyal, uprigt:,
less—there is no business in the wij-Ht.
government comes limpingin the*: |
and is not ready! No preparation
made on that side and the casci
over!
Now if there be any reason fornott
case in Virginia, it is perfectly triahi
nessee. There is ample evidence!
Davis was at irurfrecsboro in 1861'
and impelling tbe Rebel army of Ii
Judge Trigg, of tliat district, is th
loyal: lie holds Court at Knoxville;
people «^s overwhelmingly loyal as
Why has not an indictment been f
tried in his Court ? Who can say!
It 1ms a very bad look when a ma|
charged with the vilest crime knov
is not even indicted therefor, but kei
jail over a year without knowing
charge; and, when at length an indi
found against him for something t
ferer.t, he can’t get tried on that, bvj
iu close jail without l>eing allowed
to face liis accusers. We should ns
sort of treatment ; and we mean to
fair play for friends and enemies
Mind, here is no question of met
ty, since none ha3 yet been solicited
oner accused of heinous crimes i
tried, and bis trial is shuffled offi
kept in close jail a good way on
year. Meantime, the belief gains'?!
the whole business is a sham—t* 1
no intention of trying liim—thati
held till a favorable time shall ton
letting him go, and, when hist*
bail, they are told that he is not»
but a prisoner of war! And in th;
is currently proclaimed that the fi
dare not try him for treason lest it
on trial that he was right and tin
wrong in our late struggle.
Tho Government of the United
not afford to be thus cowering
before an alleged, criminal. It nit
the light. It must declare on
he is held, for what crime he is to
and when: why these hesitation
his counsel have to be coaxing
for a trial. If he is to be tried *i
not be tried too soon.
One year ago Davis was the
aa utterly prostrate rebellion. Ej
popular at the Sputh and <!«*•
North. It is very different _no*
fully regained all the popularity^
Every ex-rebel regards Davis M 1 ]
him; and he wins sympathy on*
circle. Another year of F 01
might make him popular at tie J
For our own part, and in br
others who believe tbe true,
of reconstruction to be univers* 1 .
impartial suffrage—the-.' two
wc demand that this prisoner “
State, or whatever lie may be. *•
full legal rights secured to hi®
stitution and laws of the Is 3 "
that any illegal harshness to'-
be exposed tends to engender art
between North and South, andj
tlie latter to accept conditions®
tion which we hold best for
shall oppose it as at once a ' r:
blunder. We have still an op®-
troversy with those who insist oa
ting our country on a basis of ^
judice, and we cannot afford l ^
the advantage ot truly repr^j
making war on a fallen, powerls*
wguor peace.
Yt
New York Markets.
New York, June 20]). m.—Cotton dull,
sales to-day 4,000 bales, including three hun
dred by auction, at thirty-nine to forty; flour
dull; inferior declined, Southern 13 1-2 to
14, wheat dull; new Michigan 2 67 1-2; corn
ndvnnced 1 to 2 cts., beef steady, pork firm.
The Germinating Pmnco** |
The widow of Johnson Hatch, nji
Maine, now upwards of seventy. I
relates the following curioo* 1
thing morj than thirty yt '' .
a discussii-n as to l. 'V, 1 |
principle in coru would contm
good. She resolved to ’ry ,,
and prove the fact. She
year of coni and planted a * c -
it every year for thirty yc.c- . j
twenty-nine years the corn -
ished.but the thirtieth year »
up or sprout
Is
Salt Your Chimney?'
chimney put a quantity ol '
tar with which the interce"-■-
to be laid. The effect " • 1 “.. |
never be any accumulat- 1 - 11 ,
chimney. The philosop-
The salt in the portion o. -.
exposed, absorbs moisture ■
phere every damp day- '‘V
coming damp, falls down “
This appears to be an Fn- * ,
is used with success in t sU