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THE GEORGIA WEEKLY TELEGRAPH.
(Georgia O'clcrlilii iEtlrjnflj
lThe Grenl Seal of the Stato of Mis
souri has been found. It was dug up from
the bottom of a well near Marshall. Texas, at
a place where ex-Gov. Reynold's headquar
ters were at one time established.
Death op a Musician.—The patrons and
pupils of the "Wesleyan Female College will
regret to hear of the death of Mr. August S.
Scm.tcnTF.n, for some years past the faithful
and accomplished professor of music in that
institution. Ho left here at the close of the
late term to travel North for his health, and
died in the city of New York on the 8th of
the present month, of consumption.
Bund Tom.—The celebrated Blind Tom,
from Columbus, lias arrived in London and
given a concert at Hanover Square. The Era
pronounces his feat of playing three different
tunes nt the same time—playing Yankee Doo
dle with the left linnd, Fisher's Hornpipe
with the right, while singing Early in the
Morning—“a task beyond civilization, sane
people generally, and the entire white family."
Cholera on TnE Mississippi.—"We learn
from the New Orleans Times that the cholera
not only prevails to a considerable extent on
the coast plan tat nt ions below the city, but is
very severe on the plantations up the river
between Vicksburg and New Orleans. There
were as many as forty cases a few dsys since
on one plantation. The darkies are becoming
dreadfully alarmed, and it is feared many of
them will leave.
LABOR CONVENTIONS.
: is wholly gratuitous and without warrant in
Some months ago the American Printers
“Union" held a convention in the city of
Chicngo, in which the Unions of nearly eve
ry State were represented. In looking through
their proceedings—which, by tbe way, were
anything contained in the “ Declaration ot
Principles," to which it refers. The only allu
sion to the subject is in the exact words of
tbe Constitution of tbe United States, to
which nobody should object. The use of the
not of a verv practical character—weobserved term loyal i» readily understood to apply
that tbe leading object, as stated in tbe ad- to those who can take the oath prescribed in
dress of the President of tbe Convention, was the Constitution, or the Northern delegates
to protect the interests of printers by pre- would never have endorsed ns loyal and af-
seribing the wages of labor.
More recently, a Convention of Laborers,
confined chiefly to States North of the Poto
mac, met in tbe city of Baltimore, and the
telegraph informs us that the leading idea
was the limitation of daily labor to eight
hours in every branch of domestic industry,
the Convention calling upon Congress and
the Stato Legislatures to enact the necessary
laws for carrying
effect.
The press of every country can have no
! filiated with the men whom we sent to Phila
delphia. We have no thought that any mem
ber of tbe Convention approved the Test Oath
of 1862; indeed it is directly in the teeth of
both the letter and spirit of all their action nt
Philadelphia. Had the Convention declared
its approval of that oath, we are sure not five
members from the South would have remain,
ed in the house lor a moment. Let the Con-
that object into practical I ventson stand upon its merits, and be criti
cised with fairness.
We hope all [other Southern papers who
THE VESSELS BURKED.
The following list of vessels were des
troyed :
lit the slip south side of the oil dock.adouUe
lasted sloop, a canal boat and six lighters;
Tierces.
Receipts at Charleston from the 1st
September, 1859, toAug.il, I860, 154.970
Receipts from September 1, 1860, to
August 21, 1861,
Receipts from September 1, 1885, to
Aug. 81, I860,
Estimated for I860 and "67,
The Yew York I*o*t oil tbe In ion
Convention.
The New York Evening Post, confessedly
4.025
25.000
’ Thu Tallahassee Sentinel of'liiuisday
says:
“A Convention That Didn't Convene.—
Somehow or other, the Convention of “Un
constitutional Unionists" of this State, called
to meet at Tallahassee yesterday, “to appoint
delegates to represent Florida in the Conven
tion of Southern Unionists to beheld in Phil
adelphia, September 3d,” did not meet We
understand that Mr. O. B. Hart, of Jackson
ville, and some gentleman of the Dime per
suasion, from Fcrnandina, whose name we
were not so fortunate as to learn, were in
town, but they did not organize.”
The Issue Made.—Since the action of the
Philadelphia Convention tbe peopli of the
United States, North and South, have but two
platforms to choose between. They must
stand on the Philadelphia platform with re
union on the principles of the Constitution,
with the rights of the States and the liber
ties of the people unimpaired; or they must
take their places on the platform with dis
union, disfranchisement, universal negro suf
frage, and a consolidated national despotism,
This is now the issue, and there is no mid
die ground. The actors on the politics! stage
must side with ono or the other o. those
platforms and parties, and if the great scrip
tural rule, “ho that is not for me is against
me,” ever had its application, it is now.
higher mission than to dignify labor, and, in I have felt constrained to oppose the Convcn-
all legitimate ways, see to it that tbe laborer tion, will now follow the example of the
shall receive a reward commensurate with the New Era, and give us a united South. W bat
service performed. Labor is tbe great pro- can they promise themselves or tlieir country,
duccr of value, und upon the latter must dc- by continued opposition ? Allowing that the
pend all estimates of national and individual Philadelphia Platform is not free trom objec
wealth. It is tbo interest of every communi- tion, where, and from whom will they get a
ty, therefore, to foster labor in every practi- better or as good? If tbe political organize
cable way—perhaps we should say in the tion formed at Philadelphia is obnoxious,
practicable way, for, after all, there is but one, pray, whom can they trust ? What is their
and that is adequate compensation. So far plan—their substitute ? Would they get up
as human effort is concerned, though, it can a third party in the South, and it so, who
have but little agency in securing this object, would join it, and what power would it have
except through the combined action of all for good ? Would they make war not only
the parties concerned. against every friend, of any party, that we
All movements of the character indicated have nt tbe North. but also against an over-
arc limnon false notions of political j whelming majority of the Southern people ?
economy. They ignore the great vital prin- Verily, such temerity would seem to savor of
ciple that lies at the root of all indastry, and j madness. These are serious and practical
being opposed to irreversible laws, must sig-1 questions, and wc would be glad to see them
nally fail in their objects. Trade has laws as I answered. This is no time for trifling, nor
well as Nature, and jou can no more regulate I factious opposition. We must adopt the only
a branch of industry in opposition to those I practical mode of resisting oppression, or
laws than you can change the immutable de- J consent to be allied with the oppressors.—
crees of the Creator. I Such, at least, will be the practical effect of
Neither capital cor labor is per t» inde | our conduct.
pendent and able to prescribe its own laws
of investment and profits. They both de
pend upon the great and universally accept
ed maxim that it tales itco to male a bargain,
Indian Springs.—We recently passed sev
eral days most pleasantly at this romantic and
health-giving resort. The hotels are not
crowded, but the company is highly respects
ble in character and sufficient in numbers for
all social purposes. Besides the invalids, who
constitute a majority, there is quite a gather
ing of young peoplo of both sexes, who keep
up the life and hilarity of the Springs. There
ore hops nightly, and they are well attended,
As there is probably considerable warm
weather before us, notwithstanding the pres
ent cool spell, we hope the landlords of the
Springs will continue to receive a liberal pat
ronage for some weeks to come. Dr. White
head, with whom we stopped, is untiring in
his efforts to make all around him comforta
ble and happy. His house is the best situa
ted of them all; the rooms are well ventilated
and comfortably furnished, the servants ready
and attentive, and every want supplied that is
compatible with the resources of the section.
Those who visit the Springs cannot do better
than give him a call.
E£F“Gen. John A. Logan, formerly of the
United States army, is at this time a radical
candidate at large for Congress for the State
of Illinois. An exchange says;
Responsible and well-known citizens of
Cairo, offer the following wagers to General
John A. Logan's friends: $10 that John A.
Logan cannot name three revolutionary gen
erals ; $10 that he cannot give the names of
three revolutionary battle-fields; $10 that he
cannot name the thirteen original colonies;
$10 that he cannot name the present States
in tbe Union; $10 that he cannot name a
single battle in which Gen. Washington per
sonally participated; $10 that he can’t name
the three most populous cities in th-j world,
$10 that he can’t name the capitals of ten
States of the Union; $10 that he can’t com
pute the interest at 7 per cent, on $100 for
six weeks; $10 that he can’t give the date,
birth and death of Gen. Washington; $10
that he cannot correctly punctuate iris own
signature, and $10 more, that no man who is
intimately acquainted with Logan, dare ac
cept any two of the above propositions.
If there be any likelihood of any of these
propositions being won, who can be at a loss
to understand how such muckwateri as But
ler and Banks were raised to high position
in the Federal armies.
RATIFICATION MEETING IN MUSCOGEE.
The citizens of Muscogee county held
rousing ratification meeting in Columbus,
Thursday night. Hon. A. H. Chappel presided
and eloquent speeches were made by Hon.
James Johnson, and Martin J. Crawford. A
committee, consisting of Major Wiley Wil
liams, Ex-P.-ov. Gov. Johnson, Hon. M. J.
Crawford, John Peabody, R. L. Mott, R. B.
Murdoch and A. R. Lamar, Esq., reported
the following preamble and resolution, which
were unanimously adopted:
The peoplo of Georgia and of tbs other
Southern States, having participated by their
Delegates in the National Union Cot yen tion,
recently held at Philadelphia, and being
deeply interested in the influence and results
of its labors upon tbe public opinion of the
whole country, and through public opinion
on the policy and action of the Government
of tho United States, and it being, therefore,
highly suitable and proper that the proceed
ings of that Convention should be the sub
ject of review and consideration by us, as a
portion of the Southern people. Be* it there
fore
Resolved, by the citizens of Muscogee
county, in mass meeting assembled, That we
ratify the action of said Convent!an, and
hereby endorse the declaration of principles
put forth by it, cherishing tlie hope and con
fidence that tlieir practical recognition by
tbe People and Government to the United
States, is all that is wanted to heal the
wounds of our country, and make it whole
again, and to ensure tbe permanent harmony
integrity and well-being of our great Fede
ral Republic.
J3P" The New York World, referring to
the reception by the President of the Phila
delphia Convention delegates, says “it is evi-
for all relations between hirer and employe I dent that General Grant’s appearance had
arc matters of bargain or contract. There been pre-arranged. The occasion was well
is a mutual dependence of one upon the oth- k ^ own beforehand; the hour was known; its
cr, and neither can dictate laws to the other, bearing on the politics of the country was
There is a something that is superior to both, J " understood. That General Grant con-
masted
names of owners unknown. On the north
side of tbe dock, the schooner Alfred Barrett;
a schooner, name unknown.
The bark Free Trade, at tbe end of tbe
cotton dock, for Naples, with 50 hogsheads
of tobacco on board. Crew all safe. The
second mate and a boy escaped by jumping'
overboard.
vessels were aground. j their unwary coadjutors. It is a leading part
' of tlieir plan to impeach the President, at the
From the N. Y. World.
Impeachment or tlic President and
Another Civil War.
That the hot-headed Radicals arc looking
126.200 J the ablest and most respectable of all tlic
strictly anti-slavery journals of the country,
does not think it either patriotic or (Tecent
to join the more disreputable papers opposed
] to the President's policy in objurgations of
I the Philadelphia National Union Convention.
I That body, indeed, lias the Post's respect,
The sloop Sarah Francis, of New-Haven,
with 200 barrels of oil on board. Tbe crew
reported safe.
The Dutch brig Lambert, for Cork, with
1,200 barrels of oil. Fate of the crew un
known.
An unknown schooner, that hauled in astern
of tbe Alfred Barrett. Her mate, who es
caped, informed one of the crew of the Bar
rett, that lie believed that the captain and one
or two of the crew were lost.
NAMES OP TnOPE KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN
BURNED.
The names of those burned on tbe Alfred
Barrett are:
Capt. Kelly, of Cape Cod; married. First-
Mate Alonzo Kelly, cousin of the Captain,
single; residence,’ Cape Cod. Seaman Ar
thur W. "Wilton, of Bridgeport, Conn.; single.
and to which each has to yield in its turn as
the circumstances of the time may require.—
Labor can no more demand a certain price or
reward, than capital can prescribe the meas-
sented to assist in so conspicuous a mannei
| as to identify himself with the new move
ment, may be regarded as a bright additim
to the accumulating proofs that the patrict-
ure of its profits. Both depend upon the I ism » fair-mindedness, and steady good seise
great law of supply and demand, and this is of tho countl 7 »re allying around the Pnsi
regulated by the circumstances of the market ‘ ent-
for the time being. And the rule is a just
and equitable one, perfectly consistent with
National. Bank Currency.—As then are
at present so many counterfeit altered Na-
the great interests of society and the laws of I tionnl Bank notes in circulation throughout
subsistence. When money is abundant and the couutr y t we publish the following list of
in excess of the demand, the capitalist must I designs on the back of the genuine notes;
submit to a reduction of liis profits, and ties * li000 notes, Washington resigning his com-
tersa. On the other hand when labor exceeds | mission . $j 00 notcbj Surrender of General
the actual demand, it must consent to lower Burgoyue; $100 notes, Declaration of Inde
wages; though after all there is no serious pendence; $20 notes, Baptism of Pocalion-
loss, for cheap labor always begets cheap sub- tas; $10 notes, De Soto discovering the Mis-
sistcnce, and though a man should work for sissippi ; $o notes, Landing of Columbus in
a less sum nominally it will purchase as many 1492; § 2 notes, Sir Walter Raleigh, 1585;
of the necessaries of life as a greater sum j notes, Landing of the Pilgrims. All Na-
would in a time ot high prices for labor.
We thus see the utter falacy of the idea
entertained by these Conventions, that labor
can dictate its own reward at will—a propo-
tional Bank notes, the backs of which do not
correspond with the above, are bogus.
THE GREAT JERSEY CITY FIRE.
sition which, if true, would upset the entire Mi „ nted etaiIsortheConflagration.-Name S
foundations of society and place it in the I of Some of the Dead and Injured—The
power of certain classes to grow rich on tbe 14085 Estimatcd at <1,000,000
impaveriahroent of others. I A destructive fire occurred yesterday in
As before stated neither labor nor capital I Jersey City, just north of the Erie railway
is independent, but both are dependent for I buildings, resulting in the burning to death
wages and profits on each other under the instruction by
® „ fire of the oil and cottoi docks; about 15,-
great laws of political economy. Nor are qoo barrels of petroleum oil; some 80 cars;
they antagonistic. True, each strives for the I a large quantity of cotton; two ships; one
best bargain to be had, and this is but right; schooner; a sloop and canal boat, and nine
but finally both must yield to laws which “Shtcre, involving a loss, estimated by those
J . , competent and in positions to judge, over $2,-
they have no power to modify or control. 000 000. b ’
I T1 >e marlet otert will regulate all differ- ’ origin of the fire.
ences between tbe two-they will never be The flre oggmd about 15 minute8 ?
able to regulate the market, at least for any a. m., and was caused by an explosion on
considerable period. The proper rule for the board of the schooner Alfred Barrett, Captain
government of both is, that being mutually Kdly, of Barnstable, Mass., with a cargo of
a»
the question of wages or profits to their mu- match in the fore Lold of ft ie ves ^j There
tual advantage, and thus move on liarmoni- were on board four persons: The captain,
onsly and with mutual success. The wise I mate, and two of the crew, three of whom
capitalist will always pay a just compensation wer . e to death—one of the crew es-
. , , , • enping with probably fatal injuries.
for labor, and a wise laborer will never require I r 0 r the fire J
higher wages than it is to the interest of his The fire spread to all parts of the
employer to pay. Equitable mifids can vessel in a moment, and tbe flames shot up
always regulate the question to the satisfac-I j nt ° tke ai r t ° a great distance. The deck
tion of all concerned; but a spirit of dicta- ^‘bfoTOTtae^uth
tion or oppression on the part of either capi- side of the oil dock. In a very short space
tnl or labor never fails to be followed by its ot time tbe ignited oil spread over a large
appropriate punishment in the shape of loss-1 surface of water, burning most furiously, sur-
- If the Baltimore laborers should succeed ^ °«>er crafts within the
. . 4 . . . . . .. . slip and rendering escape almost impossible,
reducing the hours of labor to eight, how At this time the ebb tide had just turned,
would they go to work to make their cm- and the burning oil was carried along under
ployers pay twelve hours wages lor the re- the pier to the cotton and tobacco dock next
duced amount otwork? "We thus see tbe I northward, which was also soon inflames,
folly of all such expedients, and the wisdom JgfJjJ The firenextbrokcou? Sn—-
of leaving all questions of wages and profits car s on the pier of the New York am
to be regulated by the great laws of industry. Railway, some of which contained large
It is folly to oppose them, and attempt to set tanks filled with cnide oil, and from thence
up the interests and whims of classes as a I ^sp^adtosome eight or ten thousand bar-
From Charleston Daily Ncwe.
The Klee Crop of South Carolina—
Its History.
Previoas to the late struggle the article of
Rice, after Cotton, was thcT most important
commodity of export from this State, the
amount shipped to coastwise and foreign
ports being generally some three to four mil
lion dollars iu value.
As many of our readers know, its culture
here was accidental—a vessel in distress from
the Island of Madagascar having put into this
port about the year 1708, a small quantity of
tbo seed was procured from the Captain by
Ltndgravc Smith, who planted it on a piece
of low ground near the corner of the present
Ehst Bay and Longitude Lane. The season
bring propitious, the grain grew luxuriantly;
and from this small experiment the cultiva
tion rapidly spread through tlie country.—
Before the* Revolution of 1776 its growth
vas entirely confined to the inland swamps,
ind its culture was precarious, owing
to the difficulty of supplying the fields with
fresh water; but, notwithstanding this obsta
cle, the growth increased rapidly, and for the
ten years, from 1720 to 1730, the export av
eraged about 80.000 bbls. a year; from 1730
to 1740 over 40.000 per annum; and one year
just previous to tlie Revolution it hnd attain
ed the considerable sum of70.000 bbls. Soon
after the peace of 1783 tlie value of the river
swamps for the growth of the plant was dis
covered, and Mr. Gideon Dupont, of St.
James, Goose Creek Parish, made public his
system of water culture, which, in a few
years, caused almost the entire abandonment
of the inland for the river swamp. Owing,
however, to its having to compete with low
priced East India Rice, the increased value of
laborers and the uncertainty of the crops in
many localities, the amount of the grain pro
duced had not increased for many years be
fore our late war, the exportations generally
amounting from 120.000 to 150.000 tierces.
difficulties of cultivation.
Perhaps there is no plant grown that has
sirrounding it a more trying atmosphere for
tk; white man during the months of August
anl September, and even the negro suffers so
mich from pleurisy and pneumonia that on
next session of Congress, in tbe expectation
that he will resist being put out of office by
such a Rump, and that, in this manner, the
conflict will be precipitated. Senator Wilson
has declared it as liis opinion, “that the
President would be impeached next winter,
unless a change took place this fall.” Ger-
ritt Smith lias recently published a letter in
which, with characteristic frankness and can
dor, be expresses liis opinion thnt another
civil war is probably necessary, und is close
upon us. We make tlie following extract:
The war will break out again if suffrage is
withheld from tbe black man. It will, in
that case, breuk out in levcnge upon the loyal
whites of the South, in persecution of the
blacks of the South, and, but too probably,
on a much broader, if not indeed on a na
tional scale.
In all probability, our nation will lenrn no
more of righteousness until she shell have
drifted on to another breaking up. In nil
probability she must reach another bloody
catastrophe before her sunken soul shall feel
another upward impulse.
In closing this letter, let me say that I
would not underrate the present Congress.
In the main it is composed of men who are
neither ignorant of the right nor indifferent
to it. Unhappily they were not sufficiently
resolute to follow up their convictions, and
insist ou harvesting the fruits of our dear-
bought victory. Alas, that Congress has,
but too probably, left it impossible for these
fruits ever to be harvested. Alas that its
mistakes have, but too probably, rendered
vain all this expenditure of blood and treas
ure ! The nation must pass through another
season of sorrow ere it shall reach its season
of joy. Seed must again be sown in tears
and, blood, ere this nation shall reap its har
vest of salvation.
Negro suffrage at whatever cost,” is the
legend which the Radicals are everywhere in
scribing upon their party banners. Speaker
Colfax, in his late speech in Chicago, stated
it to be the determination of the Republican
party that the South shall be kept out until
they adopted tbe pending constitutional
amendment; and Senator Trumbull, in his
speech at tbe same meeting, said, without at
tempting to mince tlie matter, that negro
suffrage is the aim and substance of the
amendment. The chief obstacle in tlieir way
is not the Constitution—for which they care
nothing—but President Johnson, whom they
mean to impeach, and get out of the way;
by peaceable means if they can, but by force
if they find it necessary. That reverend old
bruiser and blackguard, Parson Brownlow,
has lately sounded tbe tocsin of a new civil
war in a speech at Knoxville. The following
is from a Knoxville telegram to the Radical
Chicago Tribune;
“Governor Brownlow spoke here to-day.—
He said the rebellion headed by Andrew
Johnson would share the same fate as that
headed by Jeff. Davis. If attempted, a mil
lion of loyal swords would leap from their
scabbards, and millions of bayonets surround
the Capitol, and sweep the usurper and trai-
nnd to some extent its support.
In proof of this statement, we ask atten
tion to the following opening of the leading
article of that paper of Friday morning
last:
THE PHILADELPHIA CONVENTION.
The address and resolutions adopted by
the Philadelphia Convention yesterday show
the real scope of this so vigorously-denounced
and loudly-puffed political movement. Aside
from the open and square recantation of old
political errors by the Southern and Northern
secessionists and pro-slavery men, who have
abandoned, in the face of the whole oonntry,
both slavery and “independent State sove
reignty,” and given their adhesion to the
doctrine ot the perpetuity ol the Union aud
the supremacy of the Federal Government—
aside from this, but one object is contem
plated in the address and resolutions: to
procure the election to the next Congress of
a majority of members, no matter of what
party, favorable to the immediate admission
of loyal representatives.
The Eve*ing Post lias steadfastly and so
long urged upon the present Congress tbe
justice and policy of this action, that it is
hardly necessary to say it has now our hearti
est consent. We doubt, indeed, whether the
present Congress will not, when it meets in
December, put an end to unprofitable strife
and discussion by admitting the States to
representation at once and without further
preliminaries. The country is becoming
satisfied that this' is the reasonable and
sound constitutional policy. As the ob
ject is one of immediate and pressing
importance, it was well to bring it prom
inently jietorc tlie public, and to make
it an issue in tbe coining election. We will
add that the manner in which this important
object has been brought forward by the con
vention appears to us judicious, and not of
fensive to either of the political parties—ou
both of whom this policy is urged.
Addresr of Hon. Keverdy JohaZ *>
President. 0n, °iii.|
Mr. President: We are before ,
committee of the National Union
which met in Philadelphia on Tin V”
14th instant, charged with the d u *- '
senting you with an authentic conv ^
proceeding?. * * of •
Before placing it in vour hands -
permit us to congratulate vou thV' ^
object for which the Convention
in the enthusiasm with which, in ,' v "-
and Territory the cad was respond*?.^
the unbroken harmony of iu de 0 ...
the unanimity with which tin pri,,!^
has declared were adopted, ami ini,.' 1 '
dally in the patriotic and toi,;:j..m H
character ot the principles themselves
confident that you and the country whu?I
gratifying and cheering e\idu, e-V 'l . I
exists amongst the people a public som;
which renders mi early and conmlr-m 1 ^
rly and complete ,,
tion of the Union as established by the r I
stitution certain and inevitable. Part • 1
tion, seeking the continuance ol its ini«d I
n»J nioimni:,rily delay it,but" the princiM
of political liberty for which our fathers-
cessfully contended, and to secure I
they &dopCed-~tfce Constitution, are so t
ingly inconsistent with the condition in
the country lias been placed by such
that it will not be permitted a* much d. I
permitted a much loci,
duration. We wish, Mr. President, y OUco ^l
have witnessed the spirit of concordI
sone plantations it has been said that there to Lf ro “ tke Executive Mansion.”
wo no increase in tbe population. It can be I T kc Rochester Democrat also grows blood
eaaly seen that there arc many difficulties in ^‘irety, and in a recent issue, cries havoc as
tbe cultivation of this staple which will per- [ f O“ ows:
“If by reason of advantage in position, the
opposition insists in holding out, then it must
substitute.
rels of oil piled up between tbe tracks. The
flames shot up into the air from two to three
hundred leet, and the smoke rolled up in
I dense black clouds.
A general alarm having been sonnded, the
A GRACEFUL SURRENDER.
We are glad to see that some of the few
journals of the South that opposed the Phil-1 entire Fire Department of Jersey City were
adelphia Convention, have taken a second | prwmptly on tho ground, and subsequently
, rr,,„ . hollowed by the l ire Departments of Hobo-
[-thought on the matter. Tlie Atlanta k Hudson City, Bergen and Union Hill.— * son .„ '-a croDS on the South Carolina
New Era, whose opposition lias bordered on The heat was intense, and the efforts of the S 1 P ? £ ** '
The police succeeded in anesting,
i,cnr Savannah, on the 20th, a gang cf negro
highwaymen, .six in number. Two jf them
are the'murderers of Mr. Henry Sookenger.
They have conkssed the crime. 0
the ultra, finding—as lias long been obvious I firemen to combat the flames were of little or
to some of us—that it can no longer oppose 110 avail, except to save some of the burning
the Philadelphia platform and political or-1 p ar8 ’ ® P- or P’.°^ °* ^ e ra *l' T ay pier, and the
... r. f , . ^ large freight depot about 300 feet distant,
ganization without making war upon its own southward.
people, has determined, in a patriotic spirit, There were about 250 freight cars on the
to overcome its objections and take sides with pier, mostly empty, with the exception of a
the only movement that can save the South few loaded with oats, and a couple with
(,o» urnr destruction. Adcrftunklj
ing that it can sec no practicable middle over 200 cars, tome of them enveloped in
ground between the Unionists and tbe Radi- flames, and only about 30 cars were destroy-
cals, it declares its future policy as follows: ed. One ot the locomotives was backed
“ We therefore waive our individual opin- doWD ‘ h . rou f. h a sh f eet °J ? an, « for tke P“ r *
^ en . .% pose of hauling out a tram of cars, but the
ions respecting the Declaration of Principles, | irst w being on fire, they were obliged to
and* for the sake of harmony among cur own I abandon the attempt. A strong force of me*,
people, give our adhesion to the Philadelphia however, succeeded in rolling the cars out of
Platform. Wc do this without in the slight- the way of danger, and the fire upon them
«t „ ls ,cc or d..„ si „ f our
viously expressed opinions. W c are far from as wert . not on g re . An attempt was made
cordially endorsing’ the policy of Test to haul out two ships lying at the end of the
Oath representation now as heretofore. We cotton and tobacco dock, but it was unsuc
cessful in consequence of the low tide.
Among the craft burned was an Erie canal
boat, which was lying in the slip, about mid
way ou the 60ui:h side of the oil dock.
Persons employed about tbe piers and on the
vessels, state that there were on board the
captain, his wife, four or five children, and a
servant girl, all of whom undoubtedly per-
staplc whicti will per
ha]s cramp its growth for many years under
thepresent state of affairs.
the present crop.
Ii consequence of the above mentioned
difficulties and the general demoralization
arishg from the sudden change in the status
of tlie negro, there has been almost an entire
failure of tbe crop of the past season^ and
the result of the present year’s planting is
looked for with great anxiety, many fearing
that for sone years at least the crop wiil near
ly cease to be grown. Our inquiries have
been attended with some difficulty, and in the
following statement we can only promise our
readers an approach to accuracy:
Commencing north of Charleston, we meet
the large rice district tributary to George
town (6. C.), consisting of the rice lands on
the Wactamaw, Pee Dec. Black river, Sam-
pit creek, Ac., and immediately adjacent the
important North and South Santee district
This porfion of the State, in a successful
year befon the war, would send to market
about 60,010 tierces of Iticc. But a portion
of this valuable land is under cultivation,
and the remrinder will only make a limited
crop—the growth of this district being esti
mated, shotld no storm or other casualty oc
cur. at abo^t 250,0C0 bushels, equal to some
12,000 tieries Clean Rice., In this section
arc located on Waccamaw river, the noble
rice fields vlierc the late Colonel J. J. Ward
cultivated "the famous Big Grain Rice, the
most superior species of the grain ever sent
to market
The next district is the Cooper River rice
fields, where most of the planters are cultiva
ting but i small part of their estates, and we
ore infomed that much of this small crop is
in poor condition. These lands are very fer
tile, and »me of them have been known to
produce 80 to 90 bushels to the acre, and in a
good season the-yield of these lands will
amount to 25,000 tierces, but they are quite
uncertaii in consequence of a deficient sup
ply of fiesh water in dry seasons, the river
being at such times brackish through much
of its course. We have heard the crop of
this scaion very differently stated, some plac-
be reduced to a trial of main strength, and
the weaker power must go to the wall at last.
AVe have no fears of the result, but regret the
waste of life and treasure, the humiliation in
the eye? of foreign nations, and the imped!
ments to the country’s progress in power and
prosperity which the exercise of »little com
non sense on the part of the minority might
prevent.”
Thus while patriotic citizens of the North
and the South are assembling at Philadelphia
for the re-establi&hmcnt of peace, prosperity,
and good will, these furions and malignant
Radicals—these bloodhounds of civil war—
are slipping from the collar put upon them by
the Constitution, and opening in full cry
upon the President and the Union.
The Mexican Blockade.
igsomc j n _ j t at 40,000 bushels and others as high as
d-Ene ‘ - — zb> - ’ »
100,000. AVe take a medium and place it at
GO,000 bushels, equal to 3,000 tierces.
To tbe South lie the Pon Pon rice fields on
the Edisto River, at which point there is but
little land in cultivation;. the Ashcpoo rice
fields, where wc learn there are some excellent
crops, and the Combalieo River plantations.
In this region lies the elegant estate of Je-
hossee Island, belonging to tlie Hon. AVm.
Aiken. The yield ot this district tlie present
season is estimated at about 100,000 bushels,
equal to 5,000 tierces. It is stated that there
give adhesion to the measure without thank
ing anybody for •suppressing the rebellion,’
and only as a matter of expediency, we had
almost said necessity. It is the best that can
be done under the circumstances.”
It is just so: “ the best that can be done
undertlie circumstances is i\hat every true j j s h cc i j n the flames, as no one was seen to
patriot should adopt as therule of liis conduct, leave the boat, which was enveloped in flames
sacrificing Iris own individual opinions, cepe- -and smoke almost immediately after tlie fire
cially on immaterial points, to tbe public broke out. I he name of the boat or the
good. We beg to differ in tote, however,
with the New Era. regarding the matter of
“test oath representation." Its construction
persons who perished upon it was unknown
to all. The oil and cotton docks, each
800 feet in length, and the latter covered with
a frame building were totally destroyed.
side ot the Savannah river, and that Mr,
Daniel Heyward has here a superior show of
Rice, which ho lias made by the most untir
ing effort and skillful management, and that
he will be able to send to market near GO,000
bushels. It is estimated that Charleston will
get from this source about 100,000 bushels,
equal to 5,000 tierces clean Rice. We have
no certain intelligence from Georgia, but if
wc estimate the yield there at one-third that
of South Carolina, the rice crop of South
Carolina and Georgia for the present year
will give the following result:
ESTIMATE OF the RICE CROP IN SOUTH CARO
LINA AND GEORGIA FOR 18C6.
Clean Rice.
AVaccamaw, Pee Dee and San
tee district, 12.000 tierces.
Cooper River district,
Pon Pon, Ashepoo, Combaliee
and vicinity,
Savannah Back River, amount
to come to Charleston,
Crop of Georgia,
3.000 tierces.
5.000 tierces.
5.000 tierces.
8.000 tierces.
Total, 33.000 tierces,
There is. perhaps, a limited amount plant
ed on the Cape Fear River, North Carolina,
and some inland rice produced in the interi
or; the latter will, to a certain extent, ii the
price keeps up, be brought to this market by
railroad, but the aboTe estimate will not be
much changed by these elements. The dan
gers now are an equinoctial gale and bad
work during harvest. To show our readers
tbe complete prostration of this branch of ag
riculture by the war we give the receipts at
this point during the years ’59 and ’60, and
'CO and ’61, and the same for ’G5 and ’06, and
conjecturally for ’G6 and ’G7:
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA—A PROCLAMATION!
AVhereas, a war is existing in the Republic
of Mexico, aggravated by foreign military in
tervention: and
AVhereas, the United States, in accordance
with their settled habits and policy, are a
neutral power in regard to the war which
thus afflicts the Republic of Mexico; a®d
AVhereas, it has become known that one of
the belligerents in the said war, namely, the
Prince Maximilian, who asserts himself to be
Emperor of Mexico, has issued a declaration
in regard to the port of Matamoras and other
Mexican ports which are in the occupation
and possession of another of the said bcllig
crcnts, namely, the United States of Mexico
which decree is in the following words:
“The port of Matamoras and all those of
the Northern frontier which lmve withdrawn
from their obedience to the Government are
closed to foreign and coasting traffic during
sncli time as the laws of the Empire shall not
be therein reinstated.
Article Second. Merchandise proceeding
from said ports, or arriving at any other where
the excise of the Empire is collected, shall
pay the duties on importation introduced aud
consumption, and, on satisfactory proof of
contravention, shall be irremiss&blv confisca
tei *
Our Ministry of the Treasury is charged
with the punctual execution of this decree.
Given at Mexico the 9th of July, I860.
And whereas, The decree thus recited by
declaring a belligerent blockade unsupported
by competent military or naval forces, as de
fined by the law of nations, as well as of tbe
treaties existing between the United States
ot America and the United States of Mex
ico.
Now, therefore, I. Andrew Johnson, Presi
dent of the United States, do hereby pro
claim and declare, that the aforesaid decree
is held and will be held by tbe United States
to be absolutely null and void, ns against the
government and citizens of the United States,
and that any attempt which shall be made to
enforce the same against the government or
citizens of the United States will he disal
lowed.
In witness hereof I have hereunto set my
hand and caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed.
Done at the city of AA'ashington the seven
teenth day of August, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six,
and of the independence of the United States
of America, the ninety-first.
Andrew Johnson.
By the President:
AVm. H. Seward, Secretary of State.
Tbe Paris correspondent of the Pall
Mall Gazette thus photographs M. Drouyn de
L’Huys: “At sixty-one years of age the
Foreign Minister of France is a stout, solid-
looking man, with a broad, grave face set in
a collar of grayish whiskers, und eyes which,
though sliort-sigbted, seem to Lave a keen,
sharp glance through tbe spectacles which he
usually wears. There is in his figure, just a
touch that reminds one of Cavour. His voice
is solemn and somewhat unctious, and lie
talks with extreme volubility, but at the same
time, even in ordinary conversation, with a
certain studied elegance of express ion.
The suspension of the Federal Direct
Tax in North Carolina has been ordered by
the Secretary of tbe Treasury, in accordance
with a direction of the President, und discre
tionary power conferred by Congress.
“Bibb” and the Snprcme Court.
In a communication over the signature of
“Bibb,” to be found in the Macon Daily Tele
graph of the 22d inst, among other things,
the writer says, “The Legisturc at its last ses
sion passed a stay law by a constitutional nm
jority over tbe Governor’s veto, which was
elaborately and ably argued before the Su
preme Court at its last session, in Milledge-
villc; but that Court, from motives Inoien only
to itself, has failed to make public its decision
upon this law, leaving the people in doubt
whether the law will be sustained or not.”
There is evidently a covert assault upon
the Court in this extract; but let that pass.
The fact is undeniable, that the stay law
of 18G6 was not presented in any case returned
to and argued before the Court. There was
an elaborate and able debate, in which it was
discussed, but the law of 1866 was not before
the Court either, directly or indirectly, for ad
judication.
The discussion was wide of the case before
the Court. The point before the Court was
simply whether the act of 1865 (a stay lawi
enacted to continue in force during the war)
had not expired in October, 1865.
The debate on the stay law of 1866 should
not have been permitted, as the law was in
no form brought before the Court. It may
be said, however, in justification of the Court,
that it was misled, by the statements of
counsel that there were several cases in which
it was presented—hence the debate.
Again, this writer, “Bibb, ” takes occasion
to speak of a decision made by the Supreme
Court in reference to the libility of purchas
ers of slaves—“warranted slaves for life,” &c.
There were three cases involving nearly the
same questions; they were all against the
same defendant, a citizen of Bibb.
The opinions in these cases were delivered
by Judge AValker, and have not yet been
written out and sent to the Reporter, owing,
most probnbly, to the fact that Judge AVal
ker has been very sick for five or six weoks,
and will not for several weeks yet, be able to
resume his labors in preparing his decisions
ior publication. /
\ discussion in advance of their publica
tion, of their consistency, &c., is not entirely
fair.
Fiat Justitia.
concord
brotherly affection which animated t - l|
member of the convention. Great &$
confidence has ever been in the intelli^!'
aud patriotism of your fellow-citizens, intfc £
deep devotion to the Union, and tK
present determination to reinstate
maintain it, that confidence would Lave l
come a positive conviction could you t,'
seen and heard all that was done and aid
upon the occasion. Every heart was J
deiitly full ol joy, every eye beamed
patriotic animation; despondency gavepC
to the assurance that our late dreadful ( V
strife ended, the blissful reign of peace !-
der the protection not of anus, but of tl
Constitution and laws, would have s* it
and be in every part of our laud cheerfai
acknowledged, and in good faith obevej
You would not have doubted that ihe
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The Cochina Rock.—A St Augustine
(Fla.) paper, speaking of the visit of Catholic
Bishop Verot in connection with the re-build
ing of churches destroyed during the war,
says:
AVe arc much pleased to see that the Bisbop
thought of bringing out to light tlie inex
haustible mineral treasures embedded in the
bowels of tlie earth all <&cr Anasticia Island.
The cochina rock of which the Catholic
Church of this place, and also the old Span
ish Fort which has never been taken by storm
as yet, arc built, is considered by the Bishop
as the best building material in tbe world.
The rock is a concretion of small shells of all
shapes, forms and age, and stratifications; it
Ls n standing subject of Mineralogy. Concho
tomy and Geology; but, as a building stone,
it is soft enough to be wrought very easily,
more easily than wood, and it is perfectly un
alterable in the air, not being exposed to
crumble or to decay; the walls of the fort
are as strong now as they, were two hundred
years ago. The rock looks at a distanco as
beautiful as granite. May the hard working
men of our place learn to develope this inex
haustible source of prosperity for tbe city.—
AVe hear that the Bishop will use no other
material to build the Churches destroyed by
the war. Already several squares of rock
have found their way to Jacksonville, where
a handsome Catholic Church will soon be
erected. Fernandina and other places, we
understand, will soon share the same advan
tage.
Gen. Grant Sustaining the Presidnet.
—The National Intelligencer, describing the
scene when the President was waited on,
Saturday, by the committee from the Phila
delphia Convention, and when he gave Iris
, , . . . d, at ihe ntm.
fence ot dangerous domestic insurrections i»
the future are not to be apprehended if
you could have seen tlie men of Massnciij
setts and South Carolina coming iutotU
Convention on the first day of iu cieeta,
hand in hand, amidst the rapturous app!^
of the whole body, awakened by hwtfdt
gratification at the eveut, tilling the ej«,I
thousands with tears of joy, which they na-
ther could nor desired to repress, you woaM
have felt us every person present tclt that
the time had arrived when all sectional or
other perilous dissensions had ceased, and
that nothing should be heard iu tlie futan
but the voice of harmony proclaiming devo
tion to a common country, of pride in htitj
bound together by a common Union, exfe.
ing and protected by forms of government
proved by experience to be eminently fitted
for tbe exigencies of either war or peace.
In the principles announced by the conven-
tion and in the feeling there manifested,
have every assurance that harmony throughout
our entire land will soon prevail. AVe knoir
that as in former days, as was eloquently ue
dared by AVebster, tlic nation's most gifted
statesman, Massachusetts and South Carolina
went “shoulder to shoulder through the Rev
olution," and stood hand in hand around tbe
Administration of AVashington, and felt la
own great arm lean on them for support, so
will they again with like magnanimity, dele
tion and power, stand around your adminis
tration and cause you to teel that you mayil-
so lean on them for support In the proceed
ings, Mr. President, winch we are to place in
your hands, you will find that the conven
tion performed the grateful duty imposed
upon them by their knowledge of your “de
votion to the Constitution and laws and in
terests of your country,” as illustrated bj
your entire presidential career, of declaring
that in you they “recognize a chief magis
trate worthy of the nation and loyal to the
great crisis upon which your lot is cast,” and
in this declaration it gives us marked pleas
ure to add, we are confident that the conven
tion has but spokcu the intelligent aud patri
otic sentiment of the country. Ever inacces
sible to the low influences which often con
trol the mere partizan, and governing alone
by an honest opinion of constitutional ohligs-
tions an rights, and of the duty of looking
solely to the true interests, safety ani
honor of the nation, such u class is in
capable of resorting to any bait for pop
ularity at the expense of the public
good. In the measures which you have
adopted fort the restoration of the UBion,
the convention saw only a continuance of the
policy which for the same purpose was inaa
gurated by your immediate predeces
sor, in Iris re-election by the people after
that policy lmd been fully indicated, and had
been made one of tbe issues of tlie contest
Those of hjs political friends who are now
assailing you for sternly pursuing it, forget
ful or regardless of the opinions which their
support of liis re-election necessarily involved,
being upon the same ticket with that much
lamented public servant whose foul assassint-
tion touched the heart of the civilized world
with grief and horror—you would have beet .
false to obvious duty if you had not endeav- ■ Je
hot
ored to carry out the same policy; and, judg
ing new by the opposite one which Congres
lias pursued, its wisdom and patriotism are
indicated by the fact that that Congress h«
but continued a broken Union by keeping
ten of tlic States in which at one time the in
surrection existed, as lar as they could ac
complish it, in the condition of subjugated
provinces, denying the right to be represen
ted whilst subjecting their people to ever?
species of legislation, including that of taxa
tion. That such a state of things is at war
with every genius of our government; incon
sistent with every idea ot political freedom-
and most perilous to the peace and safety o:
the country, no reflecting mau can fail to be
lieve.
AVe hope, sir, that the proceedings of the
convention will cause you to adhere, if p 0 * 2 '
ble, with even greater firmness to the corn*
which you are pursuing, by satisfying yon
that the people are with you, and that tit
wish which lies nearest to their heart is th s "
a perfect restoration of our Union at f“ !
earliest moment be allowed, and a conviction
that thatTcsult can only be accomplished -J
the measures which you are pursuing. -I 1 " 1
in the discharge of the duties which the*
impose on you, we, as did every member &
the convention, again for ourselves indivio-;
ally tender to you our profound resp*^
and assurance of our cordial and since-”
support •
With a re-united Union, with no foot &:■
freedmen’s treading or permitted to tread c -
our soil, with a nation’s faith pledged fore”-'
to a strict observance of all its obligati® 5 -
with kindness aud fraternal love everyth';
prevailing, the desolations of war will ***
be removed; its sacrifices of life, sad as ta .
bare been, with Christian resignation, be
ferred to a providential purpose, of alias
ULlJ/IWl* VVUfWUMVU} uuw HULU m- I I.V U f lUVUkKU |iui|iuev.| —
cordial approval to the transaction of that our beloved country oil a firm and eudura--:
Convention, says:
“The presence of so many members of the
Cabinet was a voluntary tribute on their part
to tbe patriotism of tbe Convention. No in
vitations had been sent to them to attend.—
The absence of the Secretary of AA'ar, Stan
ton was the subject of General remark, but it
was amply compensated for by tlie voluntary
presence of Gen. Grant, who stood beside the
President throughout the whole proceeding.
Tlie lively interest be manifested, and the ge
nial smile with which he greeted each of the
committee and delegates, attest his complete
sympathy with the National Union party, Iris
approval of its purposes, and Iris accord with
the policy enunciated by tile President.
Jj^”A Connecticut paper says: “ The wife
of John Michaels, of Bethany, finished hoe
ing potatoes on Friday, and on Monday gave
birth to three daughters—one weighing’ 111-2
pounds, another 11 1-4, and the third 10 34
—all as lively as Guinea pigs.”
Hon. Edward Bates thinks the Radi
cal leaders are deranged. The Louisville
Journal says certainly everything, that tliey
obtain control of, soon gets “deranged.”
basis, which will forever place our liberty^-
happiness beyond the reach of human per 1 -;
then, too, and forever, will our Governc--^
challenge the admiration and receive tfl
respect of the nations of the world, sad w*
no danger of any efforts to impeach 0
honor. ,.
And permit me, sir, in conclusion to
that great as your solicitude for the rcsto>
tion of (>ur domestic peaiv. ami yofi ■ .
to that end, you have also a watchful eye
the rights of’the nation, and that any attefflr
by an assumed or actual foreign power to
force an illegal blockade against thcGove--
meat or citizens of tbe United States, to I
your own mild bat expressive words, j
be disregarded." In this detenni '
am sure you will receive the unanim uS *
provnl of your fellow-citizens. _ u
Now, sir, as the chairman of this
tee, and in behalf of the convention, I
the honor to present you with an auth®
copy of its proceedings.
The Match Between A>'pei;ssen •
Steimtz.—By our last advices, five
all had been olayed in tho match, of " •;
Am er-seawon the first and lost the r<-- -
iug four.