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THE GEORGIA WEEKLY TELEGRAPH
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A’ Goon One.—Brooklyn, New York, lias a
Mayor who ia one of a thousand. The City
Council haring pawed a resolution to raise
his salary from $3,000 to $.*>,000, the Mayor—
the Bon. Samuel M. Booth—has vetoed it I
pjy*Boot-Hc~:ing Radicals in Congress vie
with each other who shall help feeble old
Stevens to his seat. One offers an arm
another takes his hat, a third holds up his
coat-tail and old Thad., the sage father, says,
‘•bless ye, my children; bless ye.”
PT James Duncan, of Andersonville pris
on notoriety, recently tried and found guilty
by a military commission at Savannah, Ga.,
of murder, in violation of the lawsof war, has
been sentenced to fifteen years confinement et
hard labor.
Gen-krai. Grant Arrested a Second
Time.—On Saturday, Lieutenant; Gen. Grant
was arrested by officer Crown for fast dri
ving. The General took the arrest ver y
good-humoredly, said it was an oversight,
and rode over to the Second Precinct station
house and paid his fine.—Nat. Intelligencer.
THE LABOR QUESTION IN THE SOUTH.
So far as we have observed popular move
ments at the North, they nearly all tend in one
direction. There are societies and associa
tions, in nearly all their leading cities, that
are organized for the purpose of impro\ ing
the labor system of the South, not by making
the labor of the negro more available and ef
fective, but by the introduction of somebody
to take his place. The idea seemi general
that the labor of the negro is, sooner or later,
to be dispensed with and that the white man
is to take his place in the field, the workshop
and the household.- This has been the policy
of the wise men and real managers of the an
ti-slavery crusade from the beginning. The
pauperism of the world presses .upon the
North, and the safety of society demands that
there shall be an outlet for the redundant
population. The West is too inaccessible,
and the really poor can never avail themselves
of the wild lands without a year’s support to
commence with, and that nobody .'will fur
nish. The open fields and ready employment
at the South are far preferable; and, 'indeed,
they constitute the only practicable refcbptaclc
for the idle and starving populatRinfs-of the
North.
The great obstacle in the way of this grand
THX ran Duncan, Sbcr- ,?*«»« Nonl,m.'».n»?^in.t
'intestine convulsions, was the negito-: be oc
cupied the place that was needed,' and must
be got rid of in one way or another. To
forcibly eject him would be cruel’ j(uid repul
sive to Christendom, and hence they, conclud
ed to accomplish their purpose through a
national policy in which natural taws would
in time work out a consummation for which
they could not strike directly without shock
ing the civiiiz»u r.oria tl>o inhumanity of
the act The first step was to free the negro,
under the pretext of bettering his condition—
a result which they never had at heart for-a
moment. It was an important one, but not
wholly efficacious, for the negro, though free,
does not change his social or political ttatu*,
and must continue to be a ‘‘liewer of wood
and drawn of water” to his former master.—
He cannot live without labor, and he is com
pelled to take such employment as may
be at hand. This revolution, it is true,
gives free agency to the negro nom
inally, but in reality it only changes
the law of wages as applied to himself. He
gets his pay for the year’s labor in money or
a share of the crop, whilst under the old sys
tem he realized it in a comfortable support
and maintenance for himself and family, with
kind nursing and medical attendance when
sick, and a like attention in the decline of life
when his labor became worthless. Under this
state of things, with little or no aspiration, the
negro would continue to work on year after
year, for ages, still holding the place that is
so anxiously coveted by his pseudo friends at
the North.
The question now is: how shall this diffi-
man * Oo, of New York, are announced as
• the agents for a loan of four million dollars,
to Pope Pius IX, to aid him in the fiscal
difficulties of his dominions until the arrange
ments completed by the French Italian Gov
ernment have been settled
Mince Meat —A man was found dead on
the levee at Loaisville, on the 23d. ult., with
one hundred and ten stnl>« in J>»« u5 «
cats were cut on, noth eyes were torn out and
the body was otherwise frightfully mutilated
The case is involved in much mystery. The
body is not yet identified.—Exchange.
If he was a black man, Congress ought, by
all means, to appoint and send out another
committee of investigation.
For Wiiat ?—The Richmond papers no
tice the fact, and ask the reason why, that
hundreds of young negro men, with arms, are
drilled nightly on the common near that city.
This military preparation for something
which docs not appear, has been going on for
months past, and the Times very properly
demands that the military authorities either
expose the object to the public or break up
the practice. White people, it truthfully
alleges, would not be allowed that privilege
in the existing condition of the country.
Nothing Further to Say.—At the com
mencement of the Virginia University, last
week, General Fitzhugh Lee was called for
most vociferously, and amid enthusiastic ap
plause came forward. He said:
Ladies and Gentlemen: There is a small
village in this good old State known as Ap
pomattox Courthouse. At this place I was
most forcibly reminded, on the 0th day of
April, 1865, that Iliad nothing further to say.
I thank you most heartily for the honor you
have so kindly conferred upon me.
Ex-Presidekt Davis and Gen. Johxston.
—It is well known that these two distinguish
ed gentlemen never agreed during tho war,
and that each has been severe in his judg
ment on the other. There is no necessity,
however, for discussions and divisions among
their countrymen on this point. All love Air.
Davis, all love Gen. Johnston, and we all
should leave the quarrel to the two, content
ing ourselves with a regret that such a vari
ance should exist.
Some sensible remarks on this subject will
be found in another column, copied from the
Griffin Herald.
ET The Army Bill, in its present shape as
amended by the Senate Military Committee,
cuts off three of Scbcnck’s negro regiments,
and five of his regiments of rheumatic and
wheezy veteran reserves. It retains three
regiments of the latter, and five regiments of
negroes, together with thirty-seven regiments
of white soldiers, of five hundred men in each,
making with the cavalry and artillery about
thirty thousand men. This bill will proba
bly pass both Houses. The Radicals will
only vote for it, however, because they hope
to elect the next President, who will, they
hope, raise the regiments to a thousand men
each, which will be about sixty thousand
men. *
Bryan, Haiitridge & Co.—The attention
of our up-country merchants and planters is
directed to the card of this new house, which
was opened a few months ago in Savannah,
and is now a candidate for their patronage.
The partners are all gentlemen bred to busi
ness, and maintain a high character wherever
they are known. Major Bryan, the senior
member of the firm, was on active participant
in the late war. and bears many honorable
scars on his person. Those connected with
tho Southern branch of the army may recol
lect him os tho very efficient Inspector on the
staff of Gen. Beauregard after he became dis
abled for more active duty in the field. From
a personal knowledge of two of the three
members of the firm, we can conscientiously
recommend it to public confidence and pa
tronage.
[From the Griffin Herald.]
Must not Open his Moutlu
The Atlanta Era says:
“Every one will regret that Mr. Davis has
taken occasion to assail, through Dr. Craven,
the character of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, and
other distinguished gentlemen in the civil
and military Departments in the late Confed
erate Government virtually charging them, as
he does, with having compassed the death of
the cause, and subsequent humiliation of him
self.” ^
We regret as much as any one can, that ex-
Prcsident Davis and Gen. Johnston are not
friends; but because they choose to under
rate each other, and let their prejudices, it
may be, speak-out, instead of their sober
judgments, that is no reason why third par
ties should precipitately pitch in, and feel
themselves committed to take the one side or
the other. We think that Davis was not on
ly right to avail himself of an opportunity to
express himself freely and unreservedly about
everything, but, injustice to the great cause he
represented, as well as to himself indi
vidually, be was bound to do so. He
must havo known that he had busy, unscru
pulous enemies outside, that were doing, in
one sly way or other, everything they could
to forestall public sentiment against him.
He knew, too, wbat friends he bad were
afraid to raise their voices in his favoi, for
fear of comprising bis own or their safety.
But the main reason was, he expected, from
the treatment he was then receiving, that
would be the only and last chance he would
ever have to place himself, imperfectly though
it might be, properly before the world. As
it were, it is a voice from the tomb, and to us
the presentiment still comes, it is the dying
declarations of a martyr, and as such, in all
its sanctity, should be so received. We are
rejoiced be bad the opportunity to express
himself, and that he did so Ireelv; and that
lie was fortunate in having a candid-minded
and fair man through whom to make
his dying appeal to an outside world.
Whatever falls from his lips, in his
present condition, is a treasure that
should not be lost. But far higher, howev
er, would we value what he might say, were
lie released from tbat dungeon, and had ac
cess to all the data and documents that are
neccssarv to get at tho true history of the
“lost cause.” He would doubtless modify
some of his views touching measures and
men, yielding candidly to all the lights
brought to bear—but at the same time, cut
from his stature all that the most fastidious
may call for, he would still loom-forth as the
most Colossal man of all the giants of the
great secession movement.
* * * * * a *
Most beautiful fairness! Jordan can ma
lign the incarcerated and manacled chief,
through that stinking sheet, Harper’s Month
ly, and Beauregard almost endorse it; Foote
can befoul a large duodecimo of white paper
with his calumnies against Davis, and news
papers publish extracts from it, and 6evcrai
others threaten to follow in the wake of these
history-perpetrators—but poor Davis! he
must not open his mouth, and if lie does open
it to speak, no one must be allowed to listen
or take memoranda, or publish the same! ■
Andrew Johnson Fires Another Shot at
the Dead Dock—Forney ufter the New
York Custom-House.
The National Republican ot 2d finishes
cnlty be got rid of? Again there is no thought Forncy Andrew Johnson is a dangerous
of driving the negro out of the South ; mjin to a quarrel with. His organ par-
the purpose is to be accomplished by indirec- tokc8 of his MUcosc naturCi and lets down
tion, though none the less surely. Northern Forney in the fo ii ow5lJg sty i e
statesmen once more avail themselves of na- At the yery t5mc t]mt the pure-minded
tional laws, and the great object at the “Brook farm” socialist (Dana) was striving
present time of all their political | for the spoils, the immaculate Forney, the
policy,
to create the contingency in I Secretary of the Lnited States Senate, went
.Mch ,ho* operate, „d “jZ
thus work out the problem of the complete drew Johnson as “My dear Air. President,”
extinction of the negro race in the South, and, advising him to dispose of the custom-house
as a consequence, the substitution of white I “outside of all the politicians,” and asking
labor. The plan is a simple one. In the first •” 1 UP0 “ “* (F ° rney ’ 8) friend
place the country is to be flooded with North- We purposely leave out the name of the
cm teachers to elevate the negro in the scale! candidate mentioned in Forney’s letter be-
of intelligence, and instil into his mind aspi- cause he. perhaps, is not to blame for the
rations for a destiny be never can reach.- * h ? T \ connngsorlong graspingoflus pure-
_ . . , / . , ’ I minded and highly patnotic friend Forney.
Emissaries penetrate every portion of tho I q>] ic letter is now published because Forney
South, breathe poison into the negro’s ear, has challenged it, and because it exhibits a
and make liim believe that his former master, I specimen of sublime impudence and unparal-
nnd the people generally among whom he Wed anywhere, ard never hereafter to be
■ i A .. . ° excelled. We submit the letter itself. Read
was rear, d, are inimical to his peace and his it and then read an “Occasional” letter print-
prosperity. Their legislators, even before c d daily trom the same pen, and wonder at
mental enlightenment, would give him po- the infamy of the author:
litical power equal to that of the white man, New York, January 2,186G,
and have already, so far os a legislative en- My Dear Air. President.—I have been in
actment could accomplish the result, made this city for twOdays, and now write under
•» ■« *•
and prescribed a pennlty against all who the country. I take it for granted you are
would call the unnatural decree into ques- resolved not to be unmindful of your own
tion. They would introduce him at the polls, I fame, and that you will not allow your friends
in the council chamber, and halls of legisla- " ho hcart i'y 8U * tain 3™ r to fcel th *}
. , . : . .. - 6 , | they are without your aid and encouragement,
tion, and in all respects make him the equal whether a candidate for President or not, and
of his former master. Do this, and the rela-1 if you are not, I shall be greatly surprised
tion of harmony is destroyed, and forever. with the wonderful favor that has crowned
Such is Northern policy, but what is to be I y° ur re8 ^ or ^ on , P°^ c y, you diould not allow a
the great office to go to indifferent men, or
me o i t jj 0se dearly in the interests of your foes. I
A Mechanic’s Wife Receives n Legacy of
W oman iu
835,000,000—The Richest
America.
: From the Hartford Caurant, Jane 28.
city, who have suddenly found themselves
raised from that condition in society where
people are said to live in “circumstances,” to
the highest pinnacle of wealth. The facts
are these: Airs. Eli Walker, residing at No.
100 Alaple avenue, is a woman ot English birth.
Her husband, who is a inachinic by trade,
and bersclf, have resided here for a number
of ycare, and have several children.
It was reported some months ago
thnt a large property valued at
thirty-five millions of dollars, had fallen to
Airs. Walker's father, as u direct heir, and he
being dead, that the whole amount belonged
to her as his only child. Steps were at once
taken to ascertain the truth of this report,
and cx-Governor T. H. Seymour was em
ployed to investigate. The result of his in
vestigation is entirely favorable to Airs. Wal
ker, documents having been received which
show beyond question that she will come in
possession of this immense property, and she,'
together with her husband anti children, will
start for England next week to receive the
golden egg.
It is said that upon n full settlement of nl
matters connected with this most extrnordil
Riry “streak of luck,” Airs. Walker will re
turn to Hartford and make her permanent
residence here. Rumor bath it that she will
erect upon some eligible site a magnificent
mansion, following the style of the grand villas
and castles of Merry England, which shnll ex
cel in grandeur the most costly of American
palaces.
its natural and inevitable effect ?
races now subsist in harmony, enjoying those I need not repeat to you that I am now, as ever,
mutual advantages that never fail to result for twenty years shown in my writings, and
from a just relation between capital and la-1 s *nco your great act of patriotism in 1S00 es-
bo,. But o»o- out.ho porfcot
tnne, and what becomes of the negro ? There da ii y 8 i, ow to the world. Hence in what I
is no principle of human philosophy more I now say I speak no idle words, but mean all
clear than that which announces the dcstruc-1 ^ The collector’s cfficc at New York city
lion of the wckcr ranvba. i. cones in con- » Jfj* ‘‘I’E.f,T dlfj
flict with a superior. They never can exist them, but to select your own man, who should
tog'thcr as equals, and Northern abolitionists be free only to help you and serve the Gov-
are as fully assured of the fact as wo are, and eminent—one they could neither attack nor
the result stated is just tho thing they arc h*®- Such a man is * ■■■ * of this city. He wa9
aiming at now. The cry of philanthropy. L Democrat, but like you, refused to follow
“the rights of man,” “justice to the oppress- the party into treason. He served a short
cd,” &c., &c., is all the veriest humbug and time with great distinction, and resigned on
hypocrisy. The real object is to annihilate a ^ co “ lt J® health. jTf 3 n mem ber of
.he 1. C^p bta o* from U,c A-cJ£“£
can Continent—and to place his fair inherj- cated to finance, intensely national, honest,
tancc into the hands of the Dutch, the Irish, and independent, and could furnish millions
. the Swiss and Italian emigrants that annually security. He is an organizing mind, and
The fickleness of fortune is well illustrated flock to the Northern shores. This is wha -; w°«d“^e you a party or fight your battles
in the cxncnence of a worthy family in this , . „ , single-handed. Hois an Andrew Johnson
- ‘ ■ y * they are at, and we call upon tho Southerq Democrat, in short. I write in the knowl-
pcople as the only true friends and sympa- edge that he would accept, and that his ap-
thisera of the negro to stand by him and rave j pointraent would be hailed with joy by this
him, if possible, from the cruel fate that I wllole community.
awaits him at the hands of the Radicals of ° U *j WJFoiiney.
the North. | To the President, etc., etc.
How to Preserve Milk.—It is said that
if milk be introduced into bottles, put into a
pan with cold water and gradually raised to
boiling point, and after being allowed to
cool, be taken out, corked, and set in a cool
place, it may be preserved perfectly sweet for
upward of half a year. The reason is said to
be that heat deprives the sugar of its power
of changing into lactic acid.
On this latter point we have something to j But it that is not enough, you shall have
say to the people of the South, and also to inorc> ^ ti, c organ to AH-. Forney, Come
the black man now in a state of freedom, but up on th e witness stand, sir:
wo reserve our remarks for a future number. | h Did you, or did you not, write to any
person since the election of Lincoln and
Colorado.—A correspondent of tho N. Y. I Johnson in substance that if Hamlin had
News says : “Since the passage somo Weeks continued Vice-President you would have re-
ago of the bill to admit Colorado, some of the signed, because he took your patronage
Senators most friendly to the measure have away and gave it to Scrgeant-at-Arm
received direct from that territory intelli- Brown ?
gencc of such a nature as would have led 2. Did you, or did you not, since the clec-
tlicm to vote against the admission if they tion of Lincoln and Johnson, write any iuflu-
had known the actual facts before the vote ential person congratulating him upon the
had been taken. It appears that the Tcrrito-1 prospect of tho revival of the Democratic
ry has become greatly depopulated during party, and urging the necessity of taking
the last eighteen months, in consequence of I from the existing United States Senators, who
the barrenness and sterility of the soil, and its were original Whigs and Freesoilcrs, the
inadaptability to mining purposes, and that I power they now possess f
there is no prospect that the Territory will 3. Did you, or did you not, write, to any
contain a sufficient population to constitute a distinguished official, then about to come in
state for many years to come. These facts I to power, pleading, if not “begging,” with
being now known to all the Senators, tho ve- him to employ as his confidential “private
to message will soon be taken up, and the secretary” a man of your selection I
veto will bo sustained. 4. Did you, or did you not, write to any
The Fortress Monroe Prisoner-^-A Warn,
ing from the Richmond Times.
Wien Napoleon Bonaparte died on the
prison rock of St. Helena, at the time lie
breathed his list and for hours after his death,
one of the moit tremendous storms that ever
swept the face of land or sea was fiercely
raging. Dark clouds draped the canopy of
Heaven like a funeral pall, while the strug
gling winds, with dread and mournful sounds,
seemed to give expression to paroxysms of
grief snd igony. Vast waves thundered fu-
riously against the rockbound shores of the
lonely island, as if they sought to tear it from
its adamantine base. Scorching lightnings
shivered the granite crags, and nigh above
the wails of the tempest and crash of this
awful elemental strife came the booming of
signal gins from vessels in distress, as they
were wlirled through the darkness of that
night Ml the dangers of that sea down to
destnenon. Amid such scenes as these the
soul OT Napoleon took its flight. Supersti
tion die. not fail to connect as cause and effect
the deSAt of such a great man and the coin
cidence cf such a storm. The friends of the
ijnprisonol and exiled Emperor saw in this
hurricanea manifestation of Heaven’s anger
and vcugtance at the conduct of his enemies
and the iihumanity of his jailor. Certain it
is, that tlis remarkable tempest was not with
out its effect upon the mind and conscience
of Hudson Lowe.
If Jeferson Dans, like Napoleon Bonaparte,
shall de in prison, we know not whether
there sill be a physical storm similar to this
to hcrad his entrance into eternity, and strike
terror hto the hearts of his enemies. But
this weknow— that the death of such a man
in prises, after the world now knows what
he has suffered, will arouse a moral stonn
which rill sweep from the centre to the cir-
cumferace of Christendom, and pillory to
shame firever on the page of history the ac
tors in he dark tragedy of Fortress Alonroe.
The deah of Davis in prison will be an
indigtiaM theme before wkirii tlie deeds
of the Inquisition, and the crimes of the
Bastile, asd the murders of London Tower,
and the horrors of the Austrian Dungeon,
will glow mdiant with the light of justice
and mercy. It will be in vain, then, to place
the burden of such a sin on Aliles alone. He
may alone be the guilty party; hut the name,
fame and reputation of the American peo
ple, as represented by the 1 blood hound
party in power, will have to reel and stag
ger under the gigantic infamy, never to be
relieved by death or burial in oblivion. No
penance will then atone for the treatment of
Mr. Davis, lor the world will only recollect his
virtues and his injuries. For the Radical par
ty there will then be eternal shame and deg
radation, and for Miles there will be peace
and happiness neither here nor hereafter.—
Wherever he may go, conscience will lash
him with her scorpion sting, and the hissings
of the universe will follow him. In the song
of every bird he shall hear, “Oh! the shame,
the shame:” and in the rustle of eveiy leaf
breathed upon by tie summer’s softest
zephyr he shall hear the harsh rattle of
the manacles and the piteous moans of his
victim. Will he travel by sea ? Then a spec
tral iorm from Hampton Roads will haunt
his imaginations and fill his dreams, clothing
the crest of each wave with a winding sheet
and shouting vengeance in the foam of each
billow.
We repeat, if Jefferscn Davis shall die in
prison, let all amenable for it prepare to meet
a tempest and deluge of wrath and shame,
such as never before a reaged a deed of wrong
to the living or the dead.
In Limbo !—The person DeAIont, arrested
some days ago rind sent to jail on suspicion
of being an accomplice in the attempt to rob
the National Bank, attempted to escape by
picking. the jail lock. He failed, however,
and was taken before Jndge’Smith and reg
ularly committed. Owing to certain boasts
that ho have never yet been successfully con
fined in a jail, the sheriff has found .it neces
sary to place liim in irons. DeAIont says he
is a native of Macon, Ga.,andtbatbismotber,
a Airs. Maulsby, still resides there. He has
been away from his home, however, a number
of years. At one time “captain of a company
in Alissouri, and fought on his own hook.”—
At another, in the Baltimore jail, on the
charge of murder. In jail again in San Fran
cisco, California, for larceny. In jail at two
other points for minor offences, from all of
THE EUROPEAN CONFLICT.
Cavalry.}......
..... ....... 39,188
41,903
Artillery
2S.171
59,4S9
I Pioneers and
engin’rs S,784
13,766
Train*
2,928
23,272
I Grand total
.....281,781
019,995
40,903
02, IS 9
16,7 CO
30,272
THEIR ARMIES AND NAVIES.
A great war in Europe having been pretty well
determined on, the relative atrength of the con
tending parties, together with their respective
military and naval organizations, becomes a
matter of much public interest, and, indeed, is
essential for a proper understanding of future
movements on the theater of war. Such an ex
position we copy below from the New York Her
ald, and our readers will do well to peruse it.
THE NAVIES.
The majority of people are conversant with the I artillery, twelve colonels of pioneers and engineers
military strength of tho four Powers _who are and two colonels of train.
ITS ORGANIZATION.
Commander-in-Chicf in the Eastern prorinces of
the kingdom, Gen. Field Marshal Count WrangeL
Military Governor of the Western proviuces,
General Carl Anton. Prince ot Hohenzollem
761,995
THE PRUSSIAN ARMY.
The Prussian army consists In time of peace aud
war of one corps des garths aud eight provincial
army corps. Each corps is composed of two div
isions of infantry, onedivisien of cavalry, one brig
ade ot artillery, one battalion of pioneers, one t>at-
tallon of sharpshooters and one train battalion.
The whole army Is commanded by one general
field marshal, one general field zeugmeister (gen
eral quartermaster,) thirtv-fivegenerals, flfty-eurht
lieutenant generals (generals of division,) ninety-
seven general majors (generals ot brigade,) one
hundred and eighteen colonels of infantry, thirty-
five colonels ot cavalry, twenty-three colonels of
expected to open the ball at which all Europe is
to be entertained, but very few have any idea as
to what their chances would be at sea: and,
although the war between them would bo carried
on to a great extent on terra firma, yet as all of
them are possessed of formidable navies, it is General Carl
certain that there also will be considerable sea Seigmaringen.
fighting. In view of these facts we now present conr8DE s oardes—HEADQUARTERS, BERLIN
our readers with some lnterestiug data concern-
ing the naval power of the countries upon which
the eyes of the world are now turned.
THE ROYAL ITALIAN NAVY.
The navy of Italy is of very recent growth,
having been called into existence ain.ee the revo
lution which transformed Victor Emanuel from
the monarch of one of the smallest of European
kingdoms to the king ot an almost united Italy.
At tne time ol the revolution the Sardinian navy
consisted of six steam frigates, four sailing
frigates, three steam and four sailing corvettes,
three steam despatch vessels, three steam trans
ports, one tug and four brigantines; making in
all twenty-eight vessels, carrying one hundred
and thirty-six guns and two thousand nine hun
dred and twenty-two men. Its personnel consisted
of one vice-admiral, two rear-admirals, seven
captains of ships of line, eight captains of frigates
and eight captains of corvettes.
To this was added the navies of the Two Sici
lies and Naples. The former consisted of two
ships ot the line, one of ninety and the other
eighty guns; two sixty-four gun frigates, one
forty-eight gun frigate, two forty-ono gun frigates,
two corvettes, a mortar vessel, five brigantines
and two schooners. They were all sailing ves
sels and oarried about five hundred guns.
, The Neapolitans had fourteen steam frigates, four
stvam corvettes, eleven steam gunboats, three tran
sports, ten mortar vessels and thirty smaller craft,
carrying Paixlian guns; mokinga total of 72 vessels
carrying 763 guns.
It will be thus 6een that the three navies combined
amounted to one hundred and sevcqteen vessels,
canylig 1,390guns; quite a formidable force, if they
had been modem built, but most of them were vciy
antiquated sailing emit, and the steam vessels iu
their possession were nearly useless, owing to the
o.d-fashioned machinery and clumsy batteries with
which they were supplied.
8hortly after the peace of Villafranca the Navy
Department of Italy, being impressed with the im
portance of an efficient navy to a young power, or
dered to be constructed at different navy yi.rds in
France, England and Scotland, afleetoftwenty-tour
li 'st class iron-cased frigates, one second class iron-
cased frigate, six iron-cased gunboats, six iron
cosed batteries, two wooden screw frigates, twelve
corvettes, twelve gunboats, fifteen despatch boats,
fourteen transport ships and nine steam tngs, all
built of wood. This splendid fleet of one hundred
undone vessels was to be completed and delivered
within ten years. Upwards of seventy of them have
been turned over to the Italian government by the
contractors, and are now afloat manned by Italian
sailors and provided with batteries of the most ap
proved description. The premier vessels of the Ital
ian navy arc the Re d’ltalia and the Re Luigi di Por-
tigallo, built in New York. They arc both forty
gun frigates, iron-cased, and of5,500 tons measure
ment. The Re d’ltalia is the swifter of the two and
is consequently the favorite; but the Italian officials
are unanimous in their declarations that they 'are
hot 1 infinitely superior to those furnished by France
and England. This is a most gratifying fact to
Americans, show ing, as it does, that we are cxccl-
ing the old established powers of Europe in the art
of building war vessels, as well os in everything
else, where skill, ingenuity and perseverance are
required.
By an official statement dated April 2,1866, we
learn that at that time the number of Italian war
vessels in commission and equipped for active
service was seventy-one, carrying one thousand
one hundred and ninety-seven guns aud twenty
thousand 6ix hundred*.:ml twenty-seven men, and
of twenty-five thousand eight hundred and twen
ty horse power. Thu transport squadron consist
ed of twenty-four ships of four thousand three
hundred and ninety horsepower and manned with
crews numbering three thousand two hundred and
twenty men.
THU PRUSSIAN NAVY.
Prussia has never ranked very high as a naval
power, which is, perhaps, attributable to her Insu
lated situation; but, of late yeurs, like all other
Powers of any standing in Europe, she has devot
ed mneb attention to the perfection ot her naval
armament. Ten years ago the Prussian naval force
consisted ot fifty-two vessels, the majority ot
which were sailing ships, mounting one hundred
which fie successfully escaped. lie rays that | “^um^to^^homanronr^undreVand eigT
he hails more immediately from Charleston, 1 — - -
South Carolina, and is on authorized detective.
The Crops in Decatur.—From all we
can learn through our exchanges we are led
to believe that the crops in this immediate
region are much better than they arc in any
other portion of Georgia. The planters arc
succeeding in conquering the grass, which, at
one time, appeared to be invincible; and the
general condition of the various crops has
greatly improved in tho last few weeks. It
is thought by some of our most sagacious
farmers tint the cotton crop of this county
will be nearly half an average one. The su
gar cane il also good, but the corn does not
appear to thrive so well.—Chart and Cam
pan, 3d imt.
It is stated that Gen. Cass’ large for
tune ot five millions of dollara had its origin
in his investment in Veal estate in wbat is now
the heart of the City of Detroit; and the
heirs of the deceased statesman may thank
the late Mrs. Cass, who died in 1855, for the
great wealth they inherit. Repeatedly, when
the property was rising in value years ago, the
General was anxious to sell, and was only re
strained 1>y the earnest advice and remon
strance of his wife.
person after the election of Lincoln and
Johnson fully endorsing Andrew Johnson as
a Democrat, fully endorsing Andrew John
son’s restoration policy, and welcoming him,
in substance, as the coming leader of a certain
political party F
5. Will you, or will you not, relieve the
holders of any letters containing such asser
tions, or declarations, or sayings, from the
obligations imposed upon them because such
letters bear the words “private and confiden
tial!”
Louisiana—We have spoken heretofore ol
Legislature in Louisiana which the Radicals
had “hidden out in the bushes,” and by
which they hoped to secure the ratification
of the constitutional amendment. It appears
that they are now consulting as to the expe
diency of ro-convoking this Legislature (or
Convention) and getting it to do the work
required. But the proposition meets with
opposition from some of its own members. A
dis])atch from New Orleans of the 28tli ult
rays: JudgeDurall, a member of the Conven
tion of 1864, rays it was composed of non
residents, who were elected by the army offi
cers and men aboard the gunboats; that it is
without legal existence, and that any attempt
to reconvened is revolutionary.
The Inisn Vote.—The game which the
Radicals are playing for the Irish vote is al
ready seen to be a failure. Stephens, the
the Lead Centre, indignantly put his foot, in
the veiy beginning, on the attempt to buy up
bis countrymen with deceitful professions of
sympathy for Ireland. How could men care
for Ireland whose sole aim is to visit upon
the South the samo iniquities, a hundred-fold
intensified, under which Ireland suffers ? How
can they condemn England without still more
condemning themselves ? The Roberts fac
tion were at first caught with the gudgeon
bait thrown out to them; but the number of
the deluded ones is constantly diminising.—
The instincts of the Irish arc on the side ot
liberty, and they will not be made the tools
of tyrants.—Rich. Eng.
Russia and France in the South.—The
London Times of the 7th of June remarks :
Now the great tempest is rolling round to the
point where the first wrong was done. It is
all for Holstein that Silesia is menaced; but
it is terrible to think how the storm may
spread. In the rear of Italy stands France,
and in the rear of Austria stands Russia. It
is even said that the design of Italy against
the Adriatic provinces of Austria have sug
gested 6ome political concert between the
Emperor and the Sultan; nor does anybody
seem to doubt that the war, which begins
upon the Baltic, may extend to the Black
Sea.
ty men aod sixty-six officers. In 185S orders were
issued foi the construction of the following fleet
within a given time:—
VESSELS. GUNS.
12 Frigates, sixty gnns each 720
10 Screw corvettes, twelve guns each 120
14 Despatch boats, tight gnns each 112
5 Schooners, four gnns each 20
5 Practice vessels, two gnns each 10
S6 Gnnboats, three guns each 10S
S3 Vessels 1,000
Nes.rly all of these have been completed and
added to the old fleet, thus making the entire Prus
sian naval force amount to one hundred and thir
ty-four vessels, carrying one thousand two hun
dred and eighty gnns. The personnel was at the
same time increased to four thousand six hundred
and eighty-four men. The principal ports of Prus
sia are Konigsberg, Stettin, Dantilg and Kernel.—
Great preparations have been going on at the latter
place, which is the Prussian naval depot, ever
since a war became probable, and it is believed
that at the present time the entire naval force of
Prussia Is In such condition that very little notice
would suffice to enable it to commence hostile op
erations.
THE AU8TRIAN NAVY.
Wo will now proceed to glance at the maritime
power which is to be pitted against tbttcolossol
armaments we have enumerated above. In the
middle ages Austria ranked blgh among the naval
Powers of Europe, and in the wars of Christen
dom against the encroaching Turns the galleys of
Austria were ever foremost in the fight. At the
celebrated naval battle of Lepanto, Don John, of
Austria, carried terror to the hearts of the infidels,
and at that critical period, when the followers ol
Mahomet seemed abont to overrun Europe, the
war galleys of Austria and Venice were of inealcn-
able service in staying their ravages on the seas.
From a variety of causes, however, tho Aus-
rian naval power failed to keep pace with the
advancement made in the art of ship building
by other Powers, and, finally, her prestige as a
maritime nation died away. Of late years, how
ever, Austria has become sensible oftho impor-
anco of this branch of her military service and
has constructed a really formidable fleet of war
vessels. Like all the rest of the continental
Powers of Europe, everything pertaining to the
naval organization of Austria is kept as secret as
possible, so that it is a matter of extreme diffi
culty to obtain any information as to what ves
sels are being constructed for her. However, it
is known that there are now several iron-cased
frigates, which have been lately completed, fit
ting for active service in an Austrian port.—
Within the past three years Austria has built
six fine screw frigates and five iron-clads. The
navy of Austria is, as far as can be ascertained,
as_follows:
Vessels. Guns.
6 frigates, carrying 225
6 corvettes, carrying 116
69 steamers, gunboats, <tc., carrying 261
9 steam tenders, carrying 18
2 mortar vessels, carrying 20
7 brigs, carrying 112
5 brigantines, carrying 52
2 schooners, carrying.: - 24
6 schooner brigs, carrying 29
Commander—Prince Augusto of Wurtemberg.
First division of guards—Commander, Lieut
General von dor Mulhe.
Second division—Commander, Lieutenant Gen
eral ven Plensky.
- First division of cavalry—Commander, Lieuten
ant General von Goltz.
FIRST CORPS D’ARMEE—HEADQUARTERS, KOX-
IG8BEKG.
Commander—General von Bonin.
First division—Commander, General von Gre-
isheim.
Second division—Commander, Lieutenant Gen
eral von Goltz.
SECOND CORPS
D’ARMEE HEADQUARTERS,
BERLIN.
Commander—Frederick William, Prince of Prus
sia.
Third division (Hettin)—Major General von
Werder.
Fourth division—(Bromberg) Lieutenant Gen
eral Bittenfeld.
THIRD CORPS D’ARMEE—HEADQUARTERS,
BERLIN.
Commander—Prince Frederic Carl of Prussia.
Fifth division (Frankfort)—Lieutenant General
von Tumpling.
Sixth division (Brandenburg)—Lieutenant Gen
eral von Maurtein. ,
FOURTH CORPS D’ARMEE—HEADQUARTERS,
MAGDEBURG.
Commander—General von Scback.
Seventh division (Madgeburg)—Lieutenant Gen
eral von Fransecky.
Eighth division (Erfurt)—Lieutenant General
von Horn.
FIFTH CORPS D’ARMEE—HEADQUARTERS,
POSEN.
Commander—General von Steinecke.
Ninth division (Glogon)—Lieutenant General
Schmidt
Tenth division (Posen)—Lieutenant General von
Kirchback.
SIXTH CORPS D’ARMEE—HEADQUARTERS,
BRESLAU.
Commander—General von Mutins.
Eleventh division (Breslau)—Lieutenant General
von Zarrton.
Twelfth division (Neisse)—Lieutenant General
von TodzynskL
SEVENTH CORPS D’ARMEE—HEADQUARTERS,
MUNSTER.
Commander—General Vogel von Finkenstcin.
Thirteenth division (Munster)—Lieutenant Gen
eral von Groeben.
Fourteenth division (Dnsseldorf)—Lieutenant
General Meinhovel.
EIGHTH CORPS D’ARMEE—HEADQUARTERS,
COBLEKTZ.
Commander—General von Bittenfeld.
Fifteenth division (Cologne)—Lieutenant Gene
ral von Gartriuga.
Sixteenth division (Treves)—Lieutenant General
von Etrel.
Every corps tParmee consists of
Two brigades of infantry, under a major gen
eral.
One brigade ol cavalry, under a major general.
One battalion of chasseurs, under a colonel
One battalion of pioneers, under a colonel.
One brigade of artillery, under a major general,
One. battalion of train, under a colonel.
The full strength of a corps d'armee is, in time of
peace, 21,504 men; in time ot war, 38,905 men—
Deluding lendwehr, first call, 52,520 men, and se
cond call, 65,400 men.
ITS NUMERICAL 8RENGTH—ABMY FOB THE ACTIVE
rriLD SERVICE.
4 INFANTRY.
Corps dcs Gardes.
Regiments. I\;ace.
4 inlantry 7,664
4 grenadiers 7,664
1 guard fasileers 2,107
Laborers in arsenals u
438
7,688
Total ...78
Rionecnt'** > ^
2 companies pioneer reserves
12 companies garrison pioneers.\"" 250
Total "C
TOTAL STRENGTH.
A-Standing (field) army
»,580
Total privates
Officers.. 19 9.«63
Gens d’armes
Field orderlies. 22.... ?>250
1,458
Total iITTr
112,631
SECOND CALL (ZWEITES) ACFOEfin,
laxdweiir. EEor > 1
116 battalions
TOTAL;STRENGTH OF*THE '
Army in war time
ARMIES OF THE
STATES SOUTH OF THE MAIN LIXv
POSED TO OO WITH ACSTb’u^ ‘
BAVARIA.
Population In 1S64, 4.807,440.
Infantry.
In Itoor.
, . -Voi.
14 regiments
8 Rifle battalions 7®*!
4 Scouting companies ‘ ‘ * ’S”
Cavatrg.
9,276
12 regiments.
Artillery.
4 regiments, with 136 gnns and
a train of3,046 men and 8 388
horses
Engineers.
1 regiment 010,
.Total strength of the Bavaria? army i„
101,609 men; in actual war, 20S.714 U *
Vr’URTHEMBEItO.
Population In 1864, 1,743,328.
In Race.
Men,
Cavalry
Artillery and train 1 gj.
Engineers and staff. ’gjg
Total.
11,701
BADEN.
27,451
36,348
24,332
157,608
218,088
10,060
9 guard iDfantry 17,435
Line Infantry.
12 grenadiers Nos. 1 to 12. 19,350
S tusileert Nos S3 to 40.. 12,904
52 infantry 83,876
72line infantry >..116,136
Chasseurs and Sharpshooters.
Battalions.
1 guard chasseurs 534
1 guard sharpshooters 534
8 chasseurs (Jager) 4,772
10 chasseurs an 6harpsh’rs.. 5,840
Total 139,411 255,599
Une regiment of infantry consists, without offi
cers, in time ol peace, of 4,613 privates; in time of
war of 3,030 privates.
CAVALRY.
Guard Cavalry.
Regements- Race. War.
1 garde da corps 603 G15
1 guard cuirassiers 594 006
2 guard dragoons 1,188 1,212
1 guard hussars 594 606
3 guarp ulans 1,782 1,81$
8 regiments 4,761 4,857
Line Cavalry.
1 of cuirassiers *....4,752 4,848
8 dragoons 5,344 5,444
12 hussars 7.720 7,868
12 ulans 7,128 7,272
40 regiments 24,944 25,432
Reserve (Landtcehr) Cavalry.
1 heavy cavalry - 17 G06
ldtngoons 17 606
5 hussars 85 3,030
5 ulans 85 3,030
12 regiments landwehr cav’y. 204 7,272
Total ol cav. 60 regiments. 29.909 37,061
Population in 1864, 1,434,754; strenri J
, army—in peace, 7,908 men; in war, <
SAXONY.
Population in 1864, 2,337,192; streniti. J
army—in peace, 25,396: in war, 50,79
Total of the German States south of tl.‘
line—in peace, 112,017 men; in uit 4
men.
STATES NORTH OF THE MAIN LINE, Wa
POSED TO GO WITH PRUSSIA:
HANOVER.
Population, 1,923,492; army—in pt» M . el
men; iu war, 52,000 men. 1 ^ ^
OLDENBURG.
Population, 301,812; army—in peaet. 1
men; in war, 7,500 men.
MECKLENBERG.
Population—Mecklenburg-Schwerin, SgJ
Mecklenburg-Strelitz, 99,060; armv-in -
6,693 men; in war, 13,500 men.
N. B.—The army of Mecklenburg has fiJ
been incorporated into tbe Prussian army. 1
BRUNSWICK.
Population, 293,888; army--in peace 2,710 J
in war, 5,3S9. ,
The army of Brunswick forms a division til
Prussian army.
HESSE CASSEL.
Population, 745,063; army-in peace, 12,sd
in war, 28,365 men. 1
IIESSE DARMSTADT.
Population, 853.315; army—In peace,
men; in war, 20,500 men.
SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN.
Population, 960,976; urmv—in peace. 6.M0J
in war, 12,000 men. 1
Similar States in Central Germany, inclndit
three cities—Population in 1864; 1,312,500.
Army contingent of llic German federal d
in peace, 8 020 men; in Wur, 17,500 men.
Total military strength of all minor t._.
States north of the main line, in peace, frl
men; in war, 156,744 men.
RECAPITULATION.
The annexed table exhibits the uunfj
strength of the contending parties :
AUSTRIA AND ITS ALLIES.
landwehr cav’y. 204
‘otal ol cav. 60 regiments. 29.909
FIELD ARTILLERY.
[In Peace. In TFar.
Cctticr.Mcn. Cannon. Men.
_ uard art’ry, 50 1,773 96 8,181
1 brigade artillery... 56 1,761 96 3,120
7 brigadea 892 12,327 672 21,840
Total 504 15,861 864 28,091
Every artillery brigade consists of ono field
rsgiment and one garrison regiment. Every
regiment has in peace 14, in war 17 batteries.
PIONEERS.
Battalions. Companies. Peace. War.
Austria proper.
Bavaria
Wurtemberg
Baden
Saxony
Total
PRUSSIA AND ITS ALLIES.
Prussia proper 7t‘|
Hanover
Mecklenburg (numbered in Prussian army.)
Brunswick (numbered in Prussian army.)’
Hesse Cassel
IIcssc Darmstadt :
Schleswig-Holstein
Total SfJ
The above figures shew a great differei^l
the numerical strength ol the respective h-r
erents, but it must he borne in mind that i]
tria will certainly have to contend against-4
and perhaps Im forced to keep a large id
nientof her array in Hungary, in order tof
vent another uprising against her auther:?
that country.
The Southern Confederacy Triumph
ant.—Wo copy the following from a Virgin
in’exchange. It is something remarkable
that the Confederacy never was whipped at
Manassas:
The tournament at Manosra on the 22nd,
(last Friday) was in every respect a success,
and everything passed off pleasantly. Mr.
Henry Lynn “Knight of the Lost Confed
eracy,” bore off the first prize and crowned as
Queen of Love and Beauty, Miss Bcttie Fe-
well, of Manassas.”
Dismissed.—Captain Philip R. Forney,
Fourteenth United States infantry, (a son of
Col. John W. Forney,) was recently tried by
court martial at San Francisco, California,
and dismissed the service. The charges of
which Capt Forney was found guilty were
disobedience of orders and conduct unbecom
ing an officer and a gentleman. The sentence
ol the court ha9 been confirmed by the com
manding general—Nat. Intel.
Ill vesels, carrying -848
THE ARMIES—THE AUSTRIAN ARMY—ORGAN
IZATION AND STRENGTH.
The Austrian army is raised by conscription
Substitution sallowed in time of peace by furn-
HRf
ishing
Mute or by paying a bounty of
p«y . m '
twelve hundred to fifteen hundred florins, or six
hundred to seven hundred dollars to government
which re-engages for this sum able and honora
bly discharged soldiers.
Duration of service eight years and two years
additional for reserve service.
COMUAXDEBS.
Active Half Pay
Field Marshals 3
Generals of cavalry 13
Field Marshal Lts 78 128
General Majors 121 174
Commanders ot corns are called Feld Zeng
Meisters (F. Z. M.); or divisions, Field Marshals
Lieutenants (F. H. L.); of brigades, General
Majors (G. M.)
Tho following table shows the strength of the
Austrian army:
War. Actual
Footing. War.
785 785
385,324 465,324
53,268 67,268
48.84 6 60,846
2,342 5,342
Peace.
Imperial body guard- 785
Line infantry.. 145,804
Greuz troops - 30,401
Light infantry - 24,710
Sanitary companies... 1,010
8 pioneers.
32
6 battalions
SB
1 train
TRAIN.
2
8 trains
10
9 battalions
18
495
3,960
606
4,848
4,455 5,454
183
1,464
30,200
1,647 80,200
The total active field army, therefore, is, in
peace, 191,283, 504 cannon; in war, 356,905 men,
864 cannon.
FIRST CALL OF LANDWEHR, OR FIRST FIELD
RESERVE.
The first call or ban of the reserve consists of
men who have served three years in the regular
army, and who are from twenty-three to thirty
years of age. They arefully organized, equipped
and drilled, andean join their regiments forty-
eight hours after call. The numerical atrength
of this first ban (Erste3 Aufgaebot) is:—
Men.
81 battalions of reserve ; 81,561
10 companies chassenrs 2,010
60 escaarons cavalry 10,541
36 batteries, with 144 guns 4,963
0 companiesofpioneers 1,613
9 battalions of train 4,518
Extra duty men 18,500
The “So-Called WniTE Race."—
of the many black bills introduced reci
into the United States Senate by Ct>|
Sumner, occurs the following section:
Sec. 5. That any citizen who has brfl
slave, or is the defendant of a slave,
does not lielong to the so-called wbM
that may hereafter be unlawfully depritsj
his vote by any person may maintain if
or suits, and recover damages of anj^
person in any district court of tbe
States for the district in which suchp'
may be found.
The bill was ordered to be printed.
Chinese Modi, of Making CHASotJ
novel way of making change recently #
red at Hong Kong, in China. An hin®
having complained to a native judge oh]
lor who hq4 cheated him, the official T
tcnced tho culprit to fifty blows of the tjj
nado—a sentence which was atcnce tvF
and tho American changed fifty eents c
The Judge, not being able to change thej
lar given by the American, the latter h~
ously told him to take it out in the
manner. Accerdingly the tailor was 1
tied down and received fifty mors bio**-l
making up in his own person the
change.
Proposed Action of the
and Conservative Members.—It is®]
stood that an address to the people.®!
United States has been agreed up° n M
Democratic and Conservative mew^vl
Congress, and is now being signed, “j
indorses the proposed National ConFfj
to be held at Philadelphia on thclIthM
gust, and urges participation in its
rags. It is headed with the names of "I
Guthrie and Representative Niblack.
Total infantry 202,710 490,565
Total of first call 123,923
garrison troops.
Infantry.
12 battalions guard reserve 132
104 battalions provincial rcserve.1,500
10 battalions chasseurs (Jagw). —
126 battalions
Cavalry.
37 squadrons
Artillery.
. Race. .
Companies. Men.
599,56 |Garrison artillery..72 7,200
120,710
5,700
Companies. Men.
142 27,047
, A discovery of an important cb
is said to have been made in Fnince, _
will enable us to pass over the silkworm 1
go direct to the mulberry tree for our-" »3
ot silk. In the bark of the tree a fi“ c
substance exists, and,3L Brunet ha»*UC|
in reducing this to tho fineness, durt
and general appearance of silk. He**
ing up bark lor the purpose of P r ? '
large quantities of this new kind 01 sn
They do things in a hurry > n 1
nia, as witness the following propTaB 1 ^.]
“pleasant little affair:” San Ju*u *
Stage robbed at 5 a. in. of i?3,0 W.
offered at 7 a. m.; robbers shot and J
money recovered at 2 p. m.; coroner; _
at 3 p. m.; funeral of the thieves at 1‘
A judge qf oik- of the New 1 3
courts was in his earlier clays not oifi)
but actually a pirate. He wa- t‘
young, and being taken prisons
buccaneers, was induced to serve '
for a time.