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f n)ing,»' da y° rtwas ' inC<! ’ on thc
Heo®®: tjon ot peace nnd the restore
Tgw throughout thc Southern
intimated that there was
' " >c t to be performed in the
f^rftbe work of rc-anion
The war is.at an end, {
reign everywhere, and we are pro
nee more a united and harmoni-
The object of the Philadelphia
Mpe dal pet of thc President
jga sC ""jl_ t0 bury every remaining caus<
^^'nn" to banish every unpleasant rec
f^^ftbe past, to restore the rights of
J#* 6 nd to bring all ihe people of the
l' K "*V»ttf together once moratkiilM'bfmS
1^ .Union. Its work has been well
honor it for the high and holy
‘ B ! lllis so effectually performed.
Isi* 1 not now an additional duty rcst-
I * a* President, in order to make his
r 1 mistent and without which the ef-
^Te Convention will have been in
, \Vc think there is. The day far regard-
. fal offenders as felons and criminals
I evcn in despotic Europe, it has
CJdw'l from the policy of nations. -
: 'hniinsnuel has just proclaimed uni
ijunn r * t f throughout iris dominions, in-
. „ n the most prominent and sinful
ffltf- - - - • . a a * - «-
and
peace
, yvhy should thc President of thc
I ? \ Sides stiH a ]ttT & body of loyal
F' mC n under parol, and the world
ly chief of the Southern people in the
T ’I, for independence, who is as loyal as
r"j ot ns, still in the walla ot a dungeon?
the great Southern heart beat re-
f* reto the music of the Union so long as
I gloved representative is in chains ?—
l-r lioold he be punished and we not only
I uberty hut embraced as brethren and
r, Hi’s great sin is that he became our
X W>thing more; theretore, all harshness
. .rir upon him by the Government is
„,<] n«r upon thc Southern people,
is neither wisdom nor policy in kcep-
Iwisone wound gaping and bleeding.—
Itijtisno question to be nettled by his trial
I --conviction that is not confessedly already
djodin.tcd and acqnieaced in by the
, sonthern people, himself among the
.Vor can conviction be procured ex
Io: through i corrupt judicial organization
'f his trial, that would disgrace the country
ihrejes of all Christendom. There can
jw condemnation where there is no guilt,
Llihertcan be no guilt of intention where
Iputr sets from no ill intention, but in pur-
f «of what he honestly believes to be his
Uj right. Even the address of the late
creation concedes that the Southern peo-
, in seceding from the Union, did what
| , lelieved they had a right to do. An
.,itul of Mr. Davis, therefore, would only
Licit the high ground upon which the
I,, virement has been placed by the volunta
it consent ot' all the people. Then let the
Lshlent cease louger to patronize the in
Inmin desires of Northern Radicalism, by
Keeping that aged and dying, yet great, man
\ prisoner, and branding him as a criminal
f he has sinned, in God’s name he lias sut-
|::ed enough already.
We find oar views on this subject so forci
bly and classically expressed in a recent re-
rkable letter from General Albert Pike to
President, that we cannot forego the
Moure of laying an extract before our read
That noble warrior and poet appeals to
iwutive clemency ns follows:
I "I l>eg you to remember that it was
ke general amnesty proposed by the Tri-
lav Plotius, iu favor of all who had
ia part in the civil wars, after the death
|: tills, that did most to cicatrize the wounds
t Home; and that the Emperor Napoleon
bub in terms of commendation of “those
wices of civilized nations, which teach
i to honor their adversaries, to spore the
«wed, and not to permit anger to sur-
cstrife;” and also to repeat these pro-
J*ic words of Ctesar, that “we forget the
'•s of the greatest criminals, to remember
|~J their punishment, if it has been too
The late war was more owing to the dead
t the past, who are honored, than to the
F : ? of the present who arc execrated; more
MrJerson and Madison than to Davis and
pter; more to the Kentucky and Virginia
tJutions, than to the arguments of 1860.—
commotions have long roots in the
mil their true authors have often been
• beyond the reach of human vengeance,
pc those whom hatred seeks to immolate,
R tbeen hut the bondmen of necessity, the
pi instruments of Fate. Why should the
pM crave the blood of the living, who
■ obeyed the dead ?
• •'•pittfully submit tliat it is not just to
u rebellion and treason what had
l^cltimtsd by States and parties for seventy
!** « the lawful exercise of a political
F& by a State; and that it would be a
lt * mistake to make even one name and
f^cy a watchword and beacon for all
Hoe. It would be to create ‘that
f■"■ •b!c barrier which always separates,
r 1 Uood is so shed, the children of the
p* country.’
I ^ convicted and sentenced, none now ac-
P :, 'H feel, nor will the people of the
1 believe, that they have been guilty of
I*'' 11 - Neither defeat nor condemnation
p>'a conviction*. They will not seem to
r b«n criminals, but only to have atoned
P^eir li vcg f or gjj, c f failure in the
r^on of rights claimed, even if unreal.
FStates, and by a great political
pb nnoe the beginning of thc govern-
violences always lead to fatal re-
fT 1 ' Bloodshed after victory and in
of triumph, will not make the vic-
V® 01 * illustrious or complete, nor serve
I -cot the Union. It is not wise to fnr-
P‘ ccoquered people with martyrs, more
pr than when alive. Living, we
p o*vt no influence; so dying, we should
Lp '^mortal and omnipotent, eternal
future insurrections) apostles of a
r* vitality can only thus be pre-
L . f o* President has it in his power to
fprtdiie himself, and secure to the coun-
1 “ t P*®**’ mercy; and those
, p* ' llm to uk the sword of justice are
cuemies, and will, if he docs so,
htv5 1 * the first to condemn the severi-
k*.'! 0 * sdvise. It is not by thc pros-
pij % ocylla that the Wounds caused bv
we healed.”
| i :h:<i Victor iCniiuniiiie! .*tril>
iTv *'*l' ‘U deleat :.t Lissato the pr< sence
]( a f fhe Austrian ships of a number
r4*lf f' or ‘F<.lcrate oliicers, who, aware
, <der *l ' ut'. i 0 f tlje Italian vessels,
[ -iint- :n their detenuination to destroy
For tlie Telegraph.
A BELIEF QUESTION.
JlimhL Biitori :
Iu my communication in your paper of the
22t\d inst., I notice the followin': typographi
cal errors: In thc sixteenth lino, tin-t para
graph for “Government" read Governor;
twenty-third line, third paragraph, for “ con
sideration of warranty” read consideration
or of warranty; in twenty-eighth line, same
paragraph, for “ rests ” read
It not being my purpose to matte a strictly
legal argument, upon the questions presented,
by references to legal authorities, which would
be stale and uninteresting to tlie general(read-
der, for whom these communications are more
particularly intended, I shall simply take a
common sense view of the matter, which,
from time immemorial, has been beld by the
ablest jurists to be the true basis of all law.
We have noticed that the Supreme Court
held that a “warranty of slaves for life’’ re
ferred only to the existing status of the slave
at the time of sale, and not to his future con
dition or status. Upon what ground of com
mon sense or, if you please, legal deduction,
the Court arrived at this conclusion is an
emancipation of our slaves, was not waged
between independent separate nations, but
was recognized by the civilised world as a
civil war, between two Mictions of the same
nation, which resulted in tlieie-cstnblishment
of thc authority of the United States Govern
ment over tlie seceded States, and by virtue
of that authority, recognized and approved
by Georgia, as well as all the other slave-
holding States—Kentucky excepted—slavery
has been abolished within i ;s limits. This
then was not an act of “the King's enemy"
but of our own Government, Georgia accept
ing and agreeing to such act, not only by the
ratification of an amendment of the Constitu
tion of the United States, hut by an amend
ment of her own State Constitution.
By and In virtue of this authority, thc
slave which was warranted “a slave for life,’,
hus ceased to be such. Tin; solemn obliga
tion of the covennnter, conttined in his war
ranty, lias been set aside and t.nnullcd. The
covenantee lias lost bia property in bis slave,
for which he was indebted to rbe covenanter,
under a solemn covenant mutually binding on
both, and yet our courts hold that whilst the
covenanter is released from t a*; obligations of
his warranty, yet the covenantee is bound by
enigma to me. It is a well settled principle ],j s obligation to pay the debt for the slave,
of law, recognized by all autborities, that ev- Looking to the argument, and reasoning, I
ery word and part ot a covenant is to be ] la y e humbly attempted to nn.intaiu, lookin
tlrictiy construed as against the coveoan- to the sacred and eternal principles of justice
to".. From this stand point, then, what between man and man, looking to the op-
is the strict meaning of tlie words pression and ruin which will be inflicted
“warranty” and “slaves for life ?” Accord- upon u large and worthy portion of our silt
ing to Webster, “warrant” means “secured or
saved harmless from any loss or damage by
the act” Blackstone says, “warranty” means
“in law, a promise or covenant by deed, made
by the bargainer for himself and bis heirs to
warrant or secure the bargainee and his heirs
against oil men in the enjoyment of an estate
or other things granted.” As to the words
“slaves for life,” it has been argued, that they
came into vogue as a distinction lietween
“slaves for life” and slaves for a limited term
of year.-'. Will this reasoning stand tlie test
of investigation ? Under the laws of Georgia,
if not all the slave holding States, no such re
lation as slaves for a limited term of years ex
isted. All laws, providing for a quati or
qualified condition of slaver/, have been held
null and void by our Courts, as contrary to
the genius and policy of our ipstitutions. It
is clear, then, that, as no such relation ex
isted or could exist under our laws, such an
argument is a non-aequitur, wholly unsustain
ed by the premises. As no other relation of
aluvery thau that for life existed or could
exist under our laws, in defining the ttntue of
a slave, in a Bill of Sale, it was simply neces
sary to use the word tlace, tlie strict and only
legal meaning attached to which word was
that of servitude or slavery for life.
In order, then, to define the true status of
a slave sold, it was wholly unnecessary, in a
bill of sale, to use tlie words “slave for life,”
or to warrant him as such, thc simple term
elate being sufficient to define such relation.
Such a form, then, of a bill of snle being suf
ficient to convey an absolute title to a slave,
so fur as relates to his existing status, at the
time of sale, which, as we have seen, was
that of slavery for life, why, if that be tbc
only object intended, use the more impressive
and very strong term, “warrant said slave a
slave for life ?” It .is very evident that much
stress is to be placed upon the legal mean
ing of the word “warrant” in this connec
tion. And what is that meaning ? Why Jthat
the warrantee, or party purchasing such
slave, shall be “secured or saved harmless
from any loss or damage by the actand
that “the bargainer for himself and bis heirs”
iatends “to warrant or secure thc bargainee
and his heirs against all men, in the enjoy
ment of an estate” in such “slave for life.’’
If then I purchased a slave ititli a “warranty
oi slavery for life,” and that slave ceased to
sustain such relation to me, from any cause
whatever, have I not sustained a “loss
damage by the act ?”
But it is contended that a warranty cannot
protect and secure from loss against the acts
of the Government, and that, os slavery was
abolished by the Government, the covenantor
bargainer” is no longer bound by tbc
warranty of slavery for life. This is evidently
a forced construction to suit the emergency
of the case. A warranty of tide to property
tor a valid consideration, without qualifica
tion or exception, is intended to be, and, in
contemplation of law, reason and common
sente is a guarantee, not only according to
Blackstone, against “the bargainer for him
self and bis heirs,” but “against all men," “the
act of God and the King’s enemies” only ex
cepted. IT a warranty of slavery lor life con
templated an exception as against the acts of
the Government, or against any other source
of conflict with thc title conveyed, such ex
ception should be most assuredly, plainly and
distinctly stated. The omission of such an
exception cannot be supplied by inference or
deduction, for tbc legal rule requires a strict
construction of such warranty, which consti
tutes an important and leading feature in thc
consideration, without which, it is to l>e le
gally presumed, the contract would not
have been made. Besides, can it be
legally maintained that, by thc act of the
Government, or from any other cause, saving
“thc act of God or tlio King’s enemy,” the
covenanter may be released from the obliga
tion of his covenant, whilst the covenantee
shall be bound by tbc obligations growing
out of and resulting from such covenant ? It
is a trite, but true, old adage, that “it is a
bad rule that won’t work both ways.” Pro
tection and obligation are reciprocal and cor
relative terms, and the obligation to pay, ne
cessarily implies the right of protection in
an undisturbed and peaceable possession
and enjoyment.
But, as before stated, a warranty will not
ordinarily protect against “the act of God
or the King’s enemy.” This, it is admitted,
is a sound maxim of law, based upon com
mon sense. Property destroyed by Provi
dential causes, or by the enemy, duringa
state of war, is exempt from the ordinary
protection of warranty or insurance. But
can tbi%nrinciplo apply to the case before
us? Will it be contended that thc einanci- 1
pation of our slaves was an act
enemy ?” This principle only applies to thc
casualties of war between separate, independ
ent belligerent nations. Were such the rela
tions existing between thc United States and
the Confederate States? That we were bel
ligerents during thc war, is true, and each
party so recognized the other. But that we
were separate and independent nations, was
the issue at stake, nnd, to establish such rela
tion ior the Confederate States, we fought
long and gallantly, but, to defeat such a re
sult, was equally the determined purpose of
our then enemies. Thc result is before the
world. We were overpowered and defeated
without ever having our national and sepa
rate independence «cknowledged by any na
tion. The war, then, which resulted in the
fering people, if the consequences of such
decisions be not arrested, I call upon my
countrymen to unite in a determined effort
to arrest this great wrong. Bibb,
[to be conmu).],
Jcirerson Davis and I its Slanderers
Infamous FulscIiooi.l< Exposed.
Meadow Nook, DeKai-b Co., Ga., t
July Jlst, I860. [
To the Editor of the Metropolitan Jlecord:
Deab SinI have liecn convinced by the
teachings of history and man, and more par
ticularly by tlie events which have come
under my own personal knowledge during
the past five years, “that a lie well stuck to
answers as well as the truth,” to serve the
purposes of hate and envy, and wo! be u.ito
the individual and. people who arc forced to
permit a systematic and ]xrsistent slander
unrefuted. Victor Hugo says somewhere that
a man’s destiny, depends as’ much upon what
is said ot him as on what lie actually does.
Tlie fanatics of the North have acted on this
fact for thirty years, and the dignified con
tempt with which we have regarded their mis
representations, has ended in our ruin and
desolation.
These reflections have been called to mind
by reading the report of Ihe committee ap
pointed by Congress to investigate the charges
against President Davis of complicity with
the assassination ot the late President Lin
coln.
It appears to me that a sense of shame
would prevent any set of Mien who liad a
particle of feeling or honor from the attempt
to link the name of such a character us Jef
ferson Davis with murder and crime.
After the most diligent investigation, run
ning through a period of nore than twelve
months, and suborning witnesses wlio, for the
honor of humanity be it said, recanted at
the last moment, and confessed their dark
crime, what does the whole testimony amount
to ?
First, that Mr. Davis, daring the progress
of a long and terrible war, conducted on the
part of our enemies with a barbarous cruelty
unknown to modern times, received a few
letters from a few individuals requesting per
mission to offer themselves as instruments to
rid their country of the nu n wlio were re
garded as thc wicked authors of our suffer
ings. These letters are paraded liefore £Tie
public—one from C. L. O. OcKalb, another
from J. S. Paramore, and another from Lieu
tenant Waldemar Alston, requesting bis per
mission. The two first are unknown to me
but Lieutenant Alston was an officer under
my command at one time—an unassuming
and intelligent youth, about nineteen years of
age, who had witnessed enough cruelty at the
bands of the enemy to turn his heart into
bitterness and gall. In none ot these cases
was the permission sought granted; and the
committee were careful to suppress those
cases where it was not only refused, but re
jected with indignant scorn, as was always
the case when these kind of letters were
brought to the personal knowledge of Mr.
Davis. I can testify to one case which hap
pened in my own regiment, where it was not
only refused, but the party who made the re
quest was placed under arrest, and ordered
to be tried by court-martial. A gallant
young lawyer from Memphis. Tennessee, who
was Captain of Co. , Ninth Tennessee
regiment, Morgan’s Brigade, smarting under
the sense of recent injuries, wrote to Mr. Da
vis to request permission to go to "Washing
ton and assassinate 31r. Lincoln and his Cabi
net, blow up the Capitol, &c. 3Ir. Davis en
dorsed on tlio back of the letter, “Atrocious.
Respectfully referred to the Secretary of War,
who will order thc arrest and trial by court-
martial of the writer. J. D.” This letter,
with this endorsement, was returned to Gen
eral 3Iorgan while his brigade was at “Black’s
Shop, near Murfreesboro,” by Mr. Randolph,
then Secretary of War. Captain — was
arrested, nnd was so mortified at his arrest,
that he shouldered a musket, and marching
headlong into the first battle, was killed at
3Ii!ton, Tennessee.
These facts can be established by General
Basil Duke, Colonel N. C. P. Breckinridge,
3Iajor William P. Elliott, Commissary of
Brigade, Major David H. Llewellyn, Q. 31.,
Colonel R. A. Alston, then Captain and A.
A. G.
The second charge which depends on the
false testimony of one Lewis F. Bates, a ram
pant secessionist and renegade Yankee,'is,
that 3Ir. Davis, when lie received Gen. Breck
inridge’s despatch announcing the assassina
tion of President Lincoln, said: “Well, Gen
eral, I do not know, if it were to be done at
til, it were better that it were well done; and
if the same had been done to Andy Johnson,
thc Beast, and Secretary Stanton, the job
would then be complete.”
A more shameless lie was never uttered
even by a renegade Yankee, and if this man
has any conscience left, it must sting him
with remorse, until he is driven, like tlie oth
er witnesses, to repent and take back this
damning sin. God forgive him, for wc never
can.
The writer of this was standing within ten
feet of 3Ir. Davis when be received this des
patch, and never will he forget the awful so
lemnity of the occasion, and the noble gran
deur and dignity of Mr. Davis’ appearance.
It was in the town of Charlotte, North Caro
lina; General Lee’s army bad surrendered;
Johnston's army was entirely disorganized
all was confusion, dread, uncertainty and
gloom. Mr. Davis loomed up more proudly
than he kad ever before appeared to me; for
i[[ he alone, of all that vast crowd, seemed to
T I retain the majesty and self-jiossession of his
ot •the ivmg s c ], arac t orj an d to rise with the emergencies of
that dreadful hour. Riding into town at the
head of a small cavalry escort, he dismounted
opposite to the house of this Lewis F. Bates,
who had sent Mr. Davis a special invitation
to be bis guest—prompted, no doubt, by the
desire to collect testimony in private conver
sation, that he might use hereafter to advan
tage instead of soliciting it as an honor, that
he°inight transmit to his posterity.
Dismounting from his horse, li*- proceeded
to enter the house of Mr. Bates, and was met
at the steps by Col. William JUmson, a prom
inent citizen of Charlotte, and President of
the Charlotte and Columbia Railroad, who
said • "Mr. President in behalf ot the citi
zens of Charlotte, 1 >: ive 3' 0U a cordial wel
come to the hospitalities ot our town. _ .Ur.
Davi'- wlio wa» dressed in a plain suit ol
"r iv and wo-ca low-crowned white felt hat,
nearly cov«cd with crape, bowed low and
gracefully, saving as be did so. “I thank
you sir.”’ The large crowd, consisting almost
entirely of soldier*, vrifh tearful eyes nnd over
flowing hearts, st.id, with dee]) earnestness,
“speak to us," "let us hear from you.” He
turned with his kind, benignant, dignified
look, to the crowd and said:
••My friends, I thank you for thus evidence
of vour affection. If I had come as the bear
er of glad tidings, if I had come to announce
success at the head of a triumphant army,
this is nothing more than I would have ex
pected; but coming as I do, to tell you of
very great disaster: coining ns I do, to tell
you that our national affairs have reached a
very low point ot depression; coming, I may
say, a refugee from the capital of die country,
this demonstration of your love rills me with
feelings to deep for utterance. ’ < [Ob, niv
God! he felt it all.] “This has been a war of
the people for the people, nnd I have been
simply their executive; and If they desire to
continue the struggle, I am still ready and
willing to devote myself to their cause.—
True, General Lee's army has surrendered, but
thc men are still alive, the cause is not yet
dead ; and only show by yourdetermination
ami-fortitude that you are willing to suffer
yet longer, and wc may still hope for success.
In reviewing my administration of the past
four years, I atn conscious of having commit
ted errors, and very grave ones; but in all that
I have done, in all that I have tried to do, I
can lay my hand upon my heart and appeal
to God that I have had but one purpose to
serve, but one mission to fulfill, tlie preserva
tion of the true principles of constitutional
freedom, which are as dear to me to-day as
they were four years ago. I have nothing
to abate or take back; if they were right then,
Letter from Washington.
they are right now, and no misfortune to our
arms can change right into wrong. Again I
thank you.”
These were the last words of Jefferson Da
vis to his vanquished and scattered 1 people,
and few among that vast audience who will
not remember them. God knows they sunk
deep into my heart, and I can never feel again
wliat I then felt when I heard niv noble
chieftain bid us what I felt was his last adieu.
3Iany of us could no longer retain our sobs.
He bowed, nnd was about to turn to go in
thc house, when a little boy from the tele
graph office handed him a despatch. He
opened it calmly, and read it in silence, and
folding it up and returning it to the envelope,
handed it to Col. William Johnson, remark
ing as he did so, “This contains very astound
ing intelligence.” The crowd, whose anxie
ty could no longer be restrained, cried out,
“Read it! Read it!” and Colonel Johnson,in
his deep, slow and solemn tone, read it aloud.
Some thoughtless persons shouted, and 3Ir.
Davis looked in such earnest reproof, that in
stantly every voice was hushed os though they
were ashamed of having broken tile solemni
ty of the scene by such indiscreet joy. The
writer then shook hands with 3Ir. Davis, who
asked him about his family, and other ques
tions of that kind, with which lie was in tlie
habit of making all feel at case wlio came
near him. Captain Edward Lrowdncs, of
South Carolina, was then introduced, and af
ter a short conversation 3Ir. Davis retired into
the house.
This, ou uiy honor, was all that occurred on
that soieuin occasion, for who could ever for
get it. Alas that one should be so base as to
misrepresent und malign the noble man who
bore himself under such trying circumstances
so as to leave his impress forever upon the
minds of all wlio saw him.
It is well known to thepeoule of tlie South
that 3Ir. Davis was abused, and almost threat
ened, because he refused so firmly to conduct
the war on any other than the most humane
principles.
Thc press accused biui ot being accessory
to the murder of our soldiers because he re
fused in so many instances to retaliate when
they had been barbarously executed, and
even tlie Confederate Congress censured his
conduct, and many of its prominent members,
who have long since received their pardons,
frequently remarked that “We were dying ot
West Point and Davis Religion.” Nothing
could swerve him from the rule he had laid
down and tlie determination which he liad
tunned of building up u government which
by moral contrast must finally prevail.
I am, tlieretore, amazed that in the face of
these facts, which are so well known and es
tablished, that a Congressional Committee
would attempt to blacken his name by con
necting it with conspiracy and crime. All
sucli attempts will most surely fail, and al
though he lias been imprisoned in a dtngeon
and shackled with fetters, there is a halo of
glory that surrounds his brow that no slan
der can tarnish or prosecution destroy.
Yours very truly.
R. A. Alstox,
Late Confederate Army.
J3?”An English paper relates that while
tlie flagship of a British commodore was sta
tioned in tlie Bay of Naples some years since,
she was visited by the King and royal family,
with suite, who came out in gilded barges and
the full parade ot royalty. One of the suite,
a spindle-shanked and gaudily attired Nea
politan, strayed away Iron* the party, and
cruising about midships, espied a windsail,
an object lie had never seen before. As it
was fully expanded by the air, he took it for
a pillar, and folding his arms, leaned against
it, when it yielded to his weight and he dis
appeared below, heels over head, with a ve
locity that was actually murvellous, as was
his escape from any injury. The mishap
c'lanced to have only one witness. This was
a veteran tar, who, approaching the quarter
deck and touchiug liis hat, said respectfully,
“I beg pardon, commodore, but one of them
ere kiugs has fell down the hatchway.”
Seuved ueu Right.—An amusing inci
dent is told of a woman in England, whose
husband, a wealthy man, died suddenly,
without leaving any will. The widow, de
sirous of securing the whole property, con
cealed her husband’s death, and persuaded a
poor shoemaker to take his place while a will
could bo made Accordingly, he was closely
muffied in bed, as if very sick, and a lawyer
was called to write a will. The shoemaker,
in a feeble voice, bequeathed half of all the
property to the widow. “What shall be
done with the remainder ?” asked the lawyer.
“The remainder,” replied he, “I give and be
queath to the poor little shoemaker across
the street, who has always been a good neigh
bor and a deserving man,” thus securing a
rich bequest for himself. The widow was
thunderstruck at the man’s audacious cun
ning, but did not dare expose thc fraud, and
so two rogues shared the estate.
| m Mr. Gladstone and 3Ir. Disreali met
at the Lord 3Iayor's table, at a dinner given
to the King and Queen of the Belgians. The
great political rivals exchanged compliments
in the most gracious manner. Thc Chancel
lor of tlie Exchequer, forgetting their “long
and fierce eXcountres,” called 3Ir. Gladstone
his “right honorable friend,” an d Mr. Glad
stone “heartily reciprocated” tlie kindly senti
ments expressed by his “right honorable and
distinguished” successor. “I believe,” said
Mr. Gladstone, “that our countrymen out of
doors, do us but justice when they entertain
a conviction, warranted by the facts of thc
case, that amid those conflicts into which so
many of us enter, and in which we engage
from night to night, the ardor and thc eager
ness with which we fight what we think res
pectively the battles of the public interest,
are not to be taken as indicating anything
like personal animosity to each other.”
No Cholera in Jacksonville.—Tlie Jack
sonville Union of the 4th inst., in referring to
an impression that liad gone abroad tliat
cholera liad made its appearance in that city,
states that but one case of that dreadful dis
ease liad occurred there, and that was Dr.
Sabal. brother of Dr. Emile T. Sabal, of Con
federate memory, and that lie had fully
recovered; and that there liad not been any
other case that in any wise gave indications
of choleric character.
A letter from Dalton, Georgia, says
that one compiny there took out $10,050
worth of gold from the mines in one day, and
that capitalists of New York and Boston are
about to ship extensive mining machinery to
that place for the purpose of working the
mines.
Washington, 22d Aug., 1800.
For some time past rumors have prevailed
that Secretary Stanton was to leave the Cabi
net. They were based mainly upon the fact,
that ho occupied an equivocal position with
respect to the policy of the administration,
and strengthened by the general wish of the
people that lie was removed. Fcr the past
day or two, however, evidences have trans
pired which linked together, give promise
that this personage is about to leave his pre
sent position. Whilst always avoiding the
promulgation of sensational and ground’ess
rumors, it is proper to state that circumstan
ces warrant the belief that the lang prevail
ing rumor is about to be verified. The fail
ure of this officer to reply affirmatively to
Senator Doolittle with respect to the policy
inuagurated at Philadelphia; his absence
from the demonstration consequent upon the
presentation of the address of the National
Convention to the President, at which the
cabinet officers were all present but himself,
have settled the public mind in the convic
tion that he is too firmly wedded to his radi
cal idols to allow his following in the con
servative wake of the administration.
What however gives thc strongest evidence
that the impassable gulf has loomed up be
tween him and the President, is the language
of a dispatch transmitted yesterday to a
prominent official in Wisconsin by Postmaster
General ltnndall, who, echoing evidently the
sentiment of the President, and designing to
point to tlio War Secretrar, says that “they
who arc not for us, are against us;” “ that a
position of neutrality is incompatible with
the existing political condition of affairs.”
Stanton would be very glad to exchange the
Cabinet portfolio for a foreign mission, but
rumor says that the President is indisposed
to accommodate him. A private position
would not be to him a bed of roses; prose
cutions for persecutions would follow him
thick and heavy.
The President, from a careful analysis of
the past workings of the Freedman’s Bureau,
li&s concluded that it would much letter
comport with both thc wishes and interests
of those most interested in the running of
that machine, to substitute as its chief a con- •
semtivc official in the place of Gen. Howard,
whose main aim has been to so conduct its
operations as to redound to the strength of
radicalism North. A change lias been decided
upon, and will be made at an early day.
An address, signed by seventy odd general
officers of tlie late Federal army, has been
issued to the soldiers and sailors, exhorting
them to participate in tlie meeting next
month to ratify the action of the Philadel
phia Convention. Among the signers are
several gentlemen who bore a very distin
guished and prominent purt in the late war.
At the suggestion of niauy from the seaboard
States, the locality has been changed from
Chicago to Cleveland, Ohio, it being more
central.
The late Vice-President, Hamlin, now Col
lector of the port of Boston, is about to be
removed, and a conservative appointed in his
place. This change is made at the request of
the New England delegates to the late Con
vention, who have assured the President that
his removal will insure the success of one or
two conservative Congressmen from 3Iassa-
chusetts, and some others from New Eng
land.
Postmaster General Randall is looking after
the political status of the heads of the several
bureaus of liis department. He is bent on
running that institution exclusively in the
interest of the Union.
Arrangements are perfected here to hold a
grand mass meeting to ratify the policy ot
the late Union Convention.
Though the delegates, recently assembled
here, have left for their respective homes, it
does not seem to give thc President any re
luxation. The 3Iansion, to-day, is thronged
with persons from the several States who are
deputized to confer with the administration
relative to thc adoption of suitable measures
to strengthen the newly inaugurated policy
in their several localities.
Judge Underwood, of Va., of great Radi
cal renowu, lias granted an iqjunction against
the National Express Company, enjoining up-
on*tho Company, a statement of affairs, and
the placing of its operations under tlie con
trol of others.
Orders have been issued directing the 2d
Auditor of the Treasury not to consider any
claims for bounty under tbe late act until fur
ther advised.
Gen. Custar and other officers ot the army
are about to leave here for the West, to take
tbe stump in aid of the political policy of
the administration.
The activity in political circles is beyond
anything heretofore experienced. The Radi
cal revolutionists, painfully aware of thc great
fall which they are to experience in the event of
defeat, are concocting every mischievous
scheme to perpetuate them in power. They
have all tbe Statepatronage,mostof the federal
patronage at present, are spending oceans of
money, and resort to every system of-wrong
and deception to carry their ends. They see
it clearly discernible that the people have de
termined to thrust them out from power and
place.
The President has ordered the issuing ot a
number of pardons to gentlemen of the South,
at the instance of the delegates.
Ford’s Theatre, the scene of the assassina
tion of 3Ir. Lincoln, which was taken pos
session of by the Government, and subse
quently altered in its whole exterior to a fire
proof depository, is being again remodeled
so as to prepare it for the use of the Surgeon
General and his clerks. The whole front wall
having sprung rendered it necessary as a mat
ter of precaution, to take it all out, and put
it in new. The several alterations and chan
ges, together with one hundred thousand dol
lars which was paid for the building, is ma
king it a very costly piece of property.
The ram Shenandoah, formerly in thc ser
vice of the Confederate navy, has been sold
abroad, and the amount realized by the Gov
ernment is 11.808 psunds, English currency,
which has been added to the fund arising
from the sale of abandoned property.
Baron Stccckel, the Russian 3Iinister, lias
left for a visit to his home.
In all the interview* with the President by
gentlemen, conferring relative to arrange
ments for future action, they enjoin upon him
to confer the patronage ot the Government
upon conservative republicans, as it is not ex
pected by the heretotore democrats to receive
patronnge to the exclusion of the national
conservative republicans.
Potomac.
Prospect ok Hicukr Prices.—Congress,
as the country knotvs to its cost, refuted to
redeem the pledges which the House almost
unanimously gave, early in thc session, to
support the plan of the Secretary of’ the
Treasury for tlie contraction of the currency
ns presented in his report. The influences
under which Congress acted in this matter
still exist, ans will operate with greater forco
upon Congress ut the next session than at the
lust. These were chiefly monetary, but in
part political. In a full tide of speculation
the money market shrank from the test of
contraction. It would have exposed, as was
feared, the unsoondneas of thc paper money
system, and the business interests which have
grown up under it.
In fact, however, Congre»3 was mistaken in
the supposition that a compliance with the
Secretary's suggestion would have produced
a commercial pnnic and crash. It would
have restricted bunking and business opera
tions within prudent limits without any
sudden or considerable contraction of the
currency.
The very fuct that the Secretary had thc
power of withdrawing o poition of the
greenbacks from circulation would have
prevented the necessity of a resort to con
traction. But, as Congress left the matter,
the Secretary is restricted from the with
drawal of any amount ot legal tenders be
yond a small monthly sum. The banks and
speculators, therefore know exactly tlie ex
tent to which thc currency can be contracted
and govern themselves accordingly.
It is believed that the credit machinery is
now being put into full operation, and will
be run to a dangerous extent. The mercan
tile deposits in thc banks amount to six hun
dred and seventy millions, which is virtually
an increase of paper credit to that amount.
Financial observers look for a great in
crease of prices in consequence of this state
oi things.—National Intelligencer.
The Atlantic Cable.
John Mitcbel, writing to the News from
Paris, 6ays in reference to the Atlantic Cable,
that he never wished it well, and was glad
when it failed before, because its chief llene-
fit will redound to speculators in trade and
money; by means, chiefly, of representations
more or less false, and at*the expense, chiefly,
of thc great mass of human society. In oth
er words, these grand improvements, of this
grand century,'tend always to make thc rich
richer; and this can only be by making tlie
poor poorer.
Mr. Mitcbel adds that he knows that an
Atlantic cable has always been regarded by
the JEnglish Government as u military meas
ure—against the United States. Both ends
of tlie cab’e are on British ground. No mat
ter what conventions or agreements may sub
sist between the two Governments about the
“neutrality” of tlie cable, and its common
use, everybody knows, or ouglit to know, that
those conventions and agreements last just so
long as pence lasts between the two countries.
The moment tlnjre is a quarrel—and England
will not be so solicitous to avoid one ns she
was a week ago—the cable is British proper
ty, and by means thereof Halifax, Quebec and
3Iontreal will be within whispering distance
of the Home Guards. Is this nothing ?—
Within five minutes of a declaration ot war,
and a fortnight before you know it, Buffalo
uiay be blazing. In such a case this fine in
ternational concern will be a military estofet-
tee; entirely in thc employment of ah enemy,
and about as “neutral” as an Armstrong gun.
3Ir. 31., suggests that as there is one Atlan
tic Cable laid, it would be no harm to lay an
other; say between New York and Brest.—
An American ship, I suppose, can do what a
British ship has done, and a little better.
OUR CHESS DEPARTMENT.
All those interested in
should subscribe for thc 1 Vo\
Mucon, Ga. $4 per annum.
EfgT" Communications on mn
ing to Chess are solicited, and should he nd-
i “Chess Editor” of t’.. Telc-grrpli.
is colun n
Telegraph,
rs pertair-
dres
CLUBS.
We hope the players of our m iMiborirg
cities will unite in the formation of Chex
Clubs, and get up some interesting matche
by Telegraph. We will be glad to hear of
thc formation of any such clnbs, and will,
with pleasure, chronicle their or ,r ; uization.
Wc know that Atlanta, August mad Colunr
allbus can boast some fine players.
CIIESS PAPERS.
To those of our readers who may desire to
know the names of New York papers that
contain able Chess Departments, wc would
say that the “Field. Turf and Farm,” "Wilke’s
Spirit of the Times,” and the “New Y’ork
Clipper,” all contain able and very interesting
columns, in that department. The “Field,
Turf and Farm,” generally contains most
matter. The “Clipper,” edited by the vete
ran, 3L J. Hazletine, is always good. The
“Spirit,” edited by N. 3roracbe is excellently
conducted. The New York Albion, has a
Chess Department, hut publishes no games,
while the other papers always do. These
papers may be obtained ot any news dealer.
To tlie above we may add, the Kingston
(N. Y.) Journal, which has an interesting
chess column.
Enigum Xo. 2.
From the Chess Players’ 3fagazine.
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BLACK.
Antics of the Cable.—Tlie Atlantic Tel
egraph, says an exchange, does some queer
things. It will take us some time to get used
to them. For example, the London markets
of to-day at noon, are received at New York
this morning at six o’clock—six hours before
they leave London! London news of twelve
o’clock last night, will reach New Yor(^be
fore sunset yesterday! So that fix it as ^rou
will, we shall be always one day ahead, not
only of London hut of the news itself. In
many cases we shall receive intelligence of an
event before it occurs. If the Austrian? nnd
Prussians should go to war again, and fight
amther battle of Sadowa, say on Saturday,
we might hear of it the Friday before. At
San Francisco, the news will be still further
ahead of time, siflee the further we go from
Europe, the earlier we shall hear European
news. The London dispatches received in
New York at twelve o’clock, will reach Stin
Francisco before nine o’clock thc same day.
The explanation ot these antics is that the
sun nnd dispatches travel from east to west,
but the dispatches outstrip the sun.
Gen. Dick Taylor.—At the Philadelphia
Convention, hardly had thc echoes of the
cheers for the thirty-six States died away,
when, from the back part of the building,
rose a stentorian voice, “Three cheers for the
Union.” Three cheers of course were given
with a will; but when some one announced
that thc party who called for them was the
ex-rchel Gen. Dick Taylor, fresh enthusiasm
was imparted to all, and the cheers were vo
ciferously renewed, as a pledge that a union
ot fhe North and the South was the great ob
ject desired by the Convention and the coun
try at large. As before, excitement was in
creased by the band striking in with “Dixie.”
The proposed tunnel between France
and England is likely to have a formidable
rival in the “ ocean ferry,” proposed by a 3Ir.
Fowler, who would employ enormous steam
vessels, like the Great Eastern, to ply be
tween tlie two shores. These bouts starting
from special docks at Dover and Calais,
would take the trains on board, and convey
them across, so that there would be no delay,
no changing of carriages, between London
and Paris, and as the roughest weather would
have no sensible effect on the motion of the
mammoth ferry-boat, the demon of sickness
would be banished from that favored high
way. The tunnel would take 20 years to
complete, and cost £20,000,000 sterling. The
“ ferry-boats ” could be ready in 20 months,
and would only cost £1,500,000.
The Cable and Mexico.—It is stated that
since the Atlantic cable has been laid Napo
leon has kept up a constant telegraphic com
munication with 3Iaximilinn, there being, by
means of the ocean cable, a continuous tele
graphic line from Paris, through London nod
New York, to Galveston, Texas. A fast
steamer, connecting Galveston and Vera Cruz,
carries despatches between those places in a
very short time. No doubt Louis Napoleon
read on Saturday the proclamation of Presi
dent Johnson concerning the blockade of
ilatamoras.
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WHITE.
White to play and give mate in two moves.
Che«« Gossip.
The bell foundry at West Troy, N. Y.,
has jnst received some ten tons of line copper
and tin metal, which formerly constituted a
portion of the machinery of the famous rebel
ram 3Ierrimac or Virginia. This metal is to
be cast into church bells.
\-#T' Tlie following copy of a written no
tice • appears in a western paper: “ Lost or
strode from the subscriber, a sheep all ovar
white, one leg was black and half his body.
All persons shall reseve five dol’s to bring
him. He was a she gote.”
Steps have been taken by tbe Govern
ment to stay all proceedings for the present in
the matter of the confiscation of the late Con
federate General Beauregard's property in the
Southern States.
Killed by Lightning.—The Dawson
Journal learns that three negroes were killed
by lightning, on the 10th inst.. at the planta
tion of Col. Richard Collier. They were in
the yard under a shed, where cooking was
carried on when the accident happened.
13T* There is a society of revolutionists in
Russia called tlie “Hell'' society.—Exchange.
It is proposed to make Brovtnlow & Co.
honorary members of this order.—Na?h.
Union.
A man in Harrisburg wishing to get
rid of his cat and four kittens, placed them
in a sack and took them live miles into the
country. They returned the next day with
tlieir number increased to nine, by the addi
tion of four kittens picked up ou the load.
The great Chess Match between Andersscn
and Stcinitz commenced on Wednesday, July
18th. The winner of the first eight games is
to be the victor. One game had been played
at our list advices, and after a hard fought
battle of six hours, was won by Prof. An-
deresen —■Turf, Field and Farm.
We are called upon to record the deaths of
two grea: French supporters of our noble
game—3131. de Sasias and 3Iery. The latter
was a staunch friend-of Labourdonuais, and
sang one of his triumphs over tbe renowned
Macdonuell in a witty poem called LaRecanchc
de Waterloo In this 3Iery gave the game as
actually played, more by move. The Rev.
3Ir. Darblay answered it by a poeui printed in
3Ir. G. Walker's P/tilidorian, in which he
gives one ot the prettiest games of the match,
move by move, won by Macdonuell. It may
not be uninteresting to our readers, nor out
of place, to give a short biographical sketch
of this late prominent French character.—
Joseph 3Iery.* a conspicuous politician, poet,
dramatist, and partisan of the Bonaparte
family, died in Paris on tbe 18th ult. He
commenced his stirring career early in life.—
In 1815 he threw himself into determined
opposition to the Court of Louis XVIII., and
his satirical writings tiien lead to his impris
onment. At the revolution of 1830 3Iery
fought bravely in the barricades, and when
the triumph of Louis Phiilippi was seemed
joined the liberals. His “Insurrection” and
“La Tricolore” hymns of victory after “the
three days” gained him great popularity.—
Finding, however, that the Orleanijt party
did not carry out the extreme principles he
himself professed, he quitted France, and
went to Italy, where he presented himself to
Queen IIorter.se, the distinguished-mother of
Napoleon III., and was received with honor
anti favor. From that period he became de
voted to tbe house of Bonaparte, then in ex
ile. 3Icrv possessed an extraordinary facility
of composition, and would, iu the midst ot a
circle of friends, recite a poem or a story ex
temporaneously in flowing language. His
style was exceedingly brilliant, ana he spoke
with an energy and vivacity that delighted
his hearers. He was looked upon as one of
the most fascinating nu mbers cf tbe literary
society ot Paris. His romances and novels
are numerous. He live” latterly very retired
in his residence iu the Rue Notre Dame De
Lorette. His remains were inteired in thc
cemetery of Montmartr..
A Strange Discovery.—Sonic days since
in the removal of public, property in thc
United States Quartermaster's Department
Storehouse, on East Bay, two strange pack
ages came to light, which, or. examination,
proved to be boxes containing the remains of
two Federal soldiers marked as follows: Pri
vate H. J. Hall, Company B, 3d N. H. Vols.;
Private Albert S. Flint,’Company D, 4tli N.
H. Vols. The former died on the 19th of
July, and the latter on the 8th of Augusl,
1803, and have been stored away as merchan
dize for over a year. As soon as they were
discovered they were buried in the Federal
Scldiers’ Cemetery, at 3Iagnolia. IVe are re
quested to state that their graves have been
marked so. that their friends can remove
them at the proper season.—Charleston Daily
Courier:
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