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THE GEORGIA WEEKLY TELEGRAPH.
JreT'Therc is said to be a trcmendons
stampede from the Radical ranks in Wiscon
sin. Many of the most prominent Republi
cans in the State are coming out in favor of
tbe President’s policy.
»- - ...
True.—A New York paper, speaking of
Brownlow, says: “We believe that, to-day,
the list of the rebel army contains no such
enemy of the Union or of peace as this derna
gogue from Tennessee—a “loyalist” in profes
sion, but the most pestilent rebel in practice
who could be found in a week’s journey.”
Savannah Medic At College.—We invite
the attention of Medical Students to tbe
Circular of this institution, which will lie
found in our columns. No school in the
South presents better advantages for procur
ing medical knowledge, whether we regard
location or tho eminent protessional gentle
men who constitute its faculty. The next
session will commence in November, and it
will be seen that they offer to instruct one
pupil free of charge from each of the seven
Congressional Districts.
Missouri.—Gen. Hancock has received in
structions to see that the Conservative voters
of Missouri have full protection in the exer
cise of their right of franchise, and any in
terfercncc therewith, from whatever quarter^
will be apt to meet a summary check. In
addition to the above, information has been
received going to show that the Conservatives
are taking their protection into their own
hands, and, as their opponents arc acting in
like manner, that fear is almost general that
a conflict will take place.
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Sacrifice of Property.—The following
facts are “straws,” and we cannot assign to
them too much significance:
A gentleman who has just returned .from
Carroll county, in this State, stated in the
presence of the Editor of the LaGrnnge Re
porter the other day, that a good lot of land
exposed to sale was sold for eighteen dol
lars!
On sale day last, two hundred and
eighty acres of land lying in Goshen District,
Elbert County, were sold at public out-cry for
twenty-five dollars. A horse was also put up
and brought- nothing. Comment is unne
cessary.
silicon Orphans* School.
Jffemr*. Editort: Will you please announce
through your columns, that the pastors ofthe
churches, and Rev. J. W. Burke, will act us
almoners for the “Macon Orphan School.”—
Any one wishing to make donations to this
object, and can see any of the above men
tioned gentlemen more conveniently than the
Principal, may give to them as agents. They
will turn over such donations to the Princi
pal, who will receipt the amount from each
one, in the annual report. They will await
voluntary contributions.
The school has begun with about twenty-
fiye scholars. Any one wishing to give cloth
ing, will please send it to the house—winter
is approaching, when the orpnaus will need
help.
A. E. C. Hughes,
. P. M. O. S.
Tho Frccdmen.
We fear that the result of this year's expe
riment will confirm the forebodings of those
planters who Lave all the time distrusted the
reliability of free black labor in tbe culture
of cotton. Wc understand that many_ plant
ers now say that they cannot again risk the
employment of such labor in the cotton cul
ture. What, then, is to becomo of the freed-
mcn ? Will the Government permit them to
lead lives of vagrancy and crime, plundering
the whites and rendering insecure and worth
less all the little property that is left in the
South ? The question is a very serious one,
and has to be met and dealt with in some
way.
And how are the planters to procure other
laborers ? It is time that this question too
was receiving practical attention. The State
Legislatures will probably find it necessary to
act in the premises tliij winter. Perhaps
they will send agents to Europe or to Chi
na, to provide for the immigration of the
new class of laborers. It will hardly do to
let the great cotton interests of the South
languish and lose its position for the xant of
laborers—not if the State or individual effort
can prevent it. And yet this event seems to
be seriously threatened. It is a question that
it will not do to dally with any longer.—
While the political agitators of the North
are clamoring for negro suffrage, the negro is
in a fair way to need bread more than any
thing else, and the late slave-holders of the
South are seriously threatened with the de
struction of tho business which has heretofore
supported both them and the negroes.
We copy the foregoing from the Columbus
Sun. Tlje article is eminently suggestive.—
It states facts and conclusions founded on
experience, and opens a wide field for thought
and action. We copy it for a two-fold rea
son, which may be set forth in a very few
words.
The first fact is, that the negro, to some ex
tent at least, lias proved a failure in the work
of cultivating.thc soil. We hope this is an
exceptional case and not a general rule. We
fear that some planters in the South have ar
rived at their conclusions too hastily. This
has been a most unfavorable year for agricul
ture in all respects—a late spring, definitive
seed, inadequate supply of working stock
Correspondence Georgia Telegraph.]
Letter from ^Washington.
Washington, Sept. 12tli, 18C0.
The President and suite are expected to
reach here on Saturday atternoon. The most
enlarged arrangements are being perfected to
extend to him a suitable reception. The
various associations and clubs, including the
association of oldest inhabitants, the several
wards, National Union Clubs, the employes
of the United States Arsenal, tho Army and
Navy Union, the several Johnson Union Clubs
the association of Irish citizens, the Johnson
Departmental Club and the National Union
Executive Committee will unite with the
municipal authorities in welcoming home the
distinquished travelers. Mayor Wallach will
deliver the speech of welcome. The demon
stration on the occasion promises to be very
extensive and imposing.
A stranger called yesterday upon the Treas
urer of the United States, and presented
United States Bonds to the amount of $800,
which, he stated, he purchased at a time
when the condition of the country indicated
that they never would be redeemed. A favor
able change now insuring their ultimate re
demption, he was desirous to contribute bis
mite in liquidating tbe national debt. He
refused to make known his identity,
ilany of the Radicals who are candidates
Items About Hie Crops.
The following items, taken at large from
Southern newspapers, will be rad with in
terest:
Tbe Louisville Courier publishes tho fol
lowing extract from a well informed corres
pondent in Texas:
Lavacca County, Aug. 18,1800.
On some plantations the worm lias not
made its appearance yet, and on others has
eaten up everything. Upon the whole wc
will make about one-bait a crop of cotton.
Our corn crop did not make as much as
was supposed, but it is offering at fifty cents
a bushel, which is about as low as it ever gets
here.
The New York Mercantile Journal for this
week estimates the coming crop at two mil
lion bales.
The rice crop of Georgia and South Caro
lina is estimated by the Charleston News at
33,000 tierces, against 164,070 in I860 and
126.269 in 1861.
The Crescent says that in the Marion (Lou
isiana) district, the cotton crop will not be
over two-thirds of the average.
The Galveston Price Current sfates that
accounts from the whole State arc generally
favorable.
The Murfresboro Monitor says on tho same
joint: “The crops which a month ago prom-
sed abundant, have been reduced to an aver
age, and in some portions an average crop
will not be made. Some declare their cotton
crop ruined, not expecting to ‘pick expen
ds.’ n
The Oxford (Miss.) Falcon of the 30th, says:
“The cotton crop will be very small, and late
for re-election to Congress, are using some of i leaV y r ji ns have damaged it very materially,
the $2000 extra conpensation, recently voted We may safely say that there will not be
themselves, to aid in their election. It seems more than a third of a crop made in this
A Colored Man** Advice to His
Brethren.
Clinton, Jones County, i
September 15, 1866. (
Mettrt. Editor* Telegraph:—To-day has
been one of great festivity among the colored
people in our village and vicinity, 't hey
prepared a large barbecue, employed a band
from Macon, and invited Lewis Smith (col
ored) from your city to address them. He
urged them to be industrious, economical,
honest and respectful to the whites, ever re
garding their contracts as sacred, and the
white people of the South as their best
friends. He recommended distinctions in
their own society, between the industrious
and the virtuous classes and the vagrant and
vicious. He urged the formation of a char
itable association to assist the poor and dis
tressed of his race. He advised them not to
seek suffrage at this time, because they were
unfitted tor its proper exercise, but to trust
to the generosity of the white race to bestow
it, whenever they were qualified for it. He
sought to impress his friends with intelligent
and wholesome adyicn upon every subject lie
touched.
The white people were well plcnscd with
all of the incidents of the day, and think
Smith deserves encouragement.
Jones County.
DUTY OF THE HQUR.
• A Virginia exchange gives the following
wholesome and timely advice, which we
would impress upon every reader:
One of the greatest dangers to be appre
hended by the people of the South now is, -
that their political misfortunes and wrongs,
should make them indifferent to the develop
ment of their resources. Oppression, says an
exchange, has always been unfavorable to in
dustry and enterprise. * A people generally
must have a sense of freedom and se curity be
fore tliey can become prosperous. The dis
content, hatred and despondency engendered
under an unjust and oppressive government
will infallibly make men listless and indolent,
unless they possess an energy and buoyancy
of character, that shall enable then to over
master these depressing emotions.
The best relief under all our ttoubles, we
conceive, and the best remedy for them is
hard, earnest, persevering work. The man
who is always talking politics, brooding
over bis country’s woes, and thinking about
Radicals, has little enjoyment or his life,
and is of doubtful advantage to his country,
The Southern people in general, and Vir
ginians in particular, have been taunted as
being too fond of policies, and having too
little of the spirit of Northern industry and
enterprise. The time has come when this
must be changed. Not that wc should neg
lect our political rights—by no means. But
the best way to regain and secure them, is to
develop that wealth and strength of resources
which God has given us, and which in this
world where might makes right, Is the best
safeguard against national oppression and
injustice.
Let every one therefore of every employ
ment, in our midst, be industrious. Hard
Work is the remedy. Throw away false
pride. Remember that tlie death of Radical
ism (which is just at hand), the Restoration of
political tights to the South, will not of it
self make you comfortable and prosperous.
That depends upon your individual exertions.
This is no time for idlers. Do what you can.
Be public spirited, improve your farms, edu
cate your children, bring them up to habits
of economy and industry, keep a good con
science, invite tbe right kind of immigrant
laborers, give employment to tbe poor, dis
courage idlers, frown down on public vices,
rely upon a just and good Providence, and in
a few years all will be well.
and plantation utensils, the dry weather and
the wet weather, have all combined to make
the year’s labor unremunerative. We fear
some of the sins ot the elements and the ene
my, if not some of our own, growing out ot
a failure practically to appreciate the fact that
the negro is no longer a slave, have been
visited upon the negro in forming the ground
work ot the conclusion that the latter is not
to be relied on for the production of cotton.
Wc should be very careful about this matter.
It is not just to the negro that a hasty and ill-
considered verdict should be rendered against
him. llis all—bis very existence—is at stake on
the issue. When bo ceases to be a laborer in
the field, be must cease to exist among us,
and pass away, returning to mother earth, for
there is no where else for him to go to. He
has been faithful to us in a state of slavery,
and we owe it to him to enter no undeserved
judgment against him. Especially is this so
in view of the fact, that he has been made
lord of himself, that heritage of woe,” with
out any agency of his own, and there is no
earthly being to whom he can look for friend
ship in this crisis of his destiny except his
former master. He may not appreciate this
latter fact fully, but ire do, and wc should
act upon it, and save him, if possible,
from the disastrous effects of his own ignor
ance. Let us, therefore, be careful how wc
deal with this subject of labor in the South,
lest we unconsciously find ourselves co-opera
ting to further the cruel and heartless policy
of tho North, who freed the negro simply to
destroy him and get his place. A fearful re
sponsibility, to God and to history, rests up
on us in this matter, and we should be care
ful soto acquit ourselves as to stand approv
ed in the sight of both.
Our second object in copying the statement
of the Sun is, to address, if possible, a word
of advice and exhortation to the freedmen,
who are most deeply interested in this mat
ter. We know some of them read our jour
nal, for whenever anything distasteful to
them appears in its columns, wc have noticed
that many cf them were sure to find it out.
We then a*k the freedmen, in a spirit of
friendly regard for their interests, to look at
this question in all its bearings and determine
forthwith, for the time is short, what they
intend to do—whether they will continue
faithfully to cultivate our fields and perform
all the necessary offices required of them in the
past, or consent to withdraw from agriculture
and the menial duties of the household, and
let others come and supply their places. This
is a solemn question for them, and one which
they arc called on to answer without a day’s
delay. Another - year may be too late. Wc
tell them in all truth, and ihey
will find it out sooner or later,
that the field, and other posts of domestics
labor are all that tliey can permanently fill in
thiscountry, and when the/ - throw up these
they part with their right to labor at all. We
know many are ambitious of city life, ot em
barking in the various branches of trade and
the mechanic jirts; but tbis is a fatal mistake
and a delusion. These latter places are all
destined to be filled by white laborers, immi
grants from the North and from Europe, and
whose claims to preferment the new order of
society inaugurated by the war will be forced
to respect. These white immigrants will
have no past associations or present sympathy
with the black man, and they will require
employment and patronage even if the negro
must be sacrificed in tlicir success. What is
more, they will be strong enough to exert a
moral and political power in the community,
and to demand that their behests shall lie
complied with. When that day arrives—and
it will arrive far sooner than many expect—
what is to become of the negro shop-keeper
and tradesman ? We leave them to answer
the question.
The last hope of the freedman in this
country, then, is to stick to the plantation
and the farm, and by devotion to tbe inter
ests ot his employer prove that he is worthy
to be trusted. The Southern people are on
liis side and arc ready to do a good part by
him. Broken in fortune by the war, and still
further prostrated by a disastrous year for the
crops, it is not in their power now to do as
well as they would for their lalxirers, but the
time will soon come wllen they can work to-
get her to their mutual advantage and pros
perity. Let the freedmen have faith in this,
and do their whole duty, for they will find
all else a broken reed that will crush beneath
their weight. Let them once abandon tbe
cotton, rice, and sugar plantations of the
South, or till them so unfaithfully that they
cannot be retained consistently with the in
terests of the planters, and their doom will
be written. That doom is suffering, starva
tion, and early extinction as a race. We hope
they will be wise wlied they may, and by
tbeir good behaviour secure the confidence of
their employers and thwart the cruel schemes
of their enemies.
as if the additional sum was voted to assist
them in the elections.
The black mail system was never more of
fensively practiced than now. It has beer
revealed that the Radicals, who have a carte
blanche in the management of the Portsmouth
(Va.) Navy Yard, (notwithstanding the pre
tentious conservatism ot Secretary Welles.)
levied two hundred and fifty dollars upon the
employes to; defray the expenses of the so-
called delegates to the negro worshipper^
pow-wow at Philadelphia. This is a griev
ance which cries aloud for a remedy, which,
if not promptly applied, will throw a greater
damper of apathy upon tho Conservative
cause than it can bear.
The Jacobins are now agitating a new pro
gramme : they are clamorous for Congress to
assume the ondelegated authority of organi
zing the black militia of the Southern States,
whilst the revolutionary Governors of the
Radical States are to be vested with tbe pri
vilege of organizing the white militia in a
manner to suit the purposes for which they
are to be’enrolled.
John D. Barclay, a clerk in the office of the
Commissioner of Customs of the Treasury, to
day entered upon the sixty-third year ot ser
vice in the Government employ. He entered
when but fourteen years old, and has attained
his seventy-seventh year.
The Executive Mansion, by dint ot very
extraordinary labor by a strong force of arti-
zans, who have been very active during the
President’s absence, now presents a delight
fully fresh and inviting aspect. The halls
and ante-rooms, so much the resort of visi
tors, are placed in a very substantial and
cleanly condition.
Judge Advocate General Holt, whom it
will be recollected spent much time in the
abortive attempt to fasten the crime of com
plicity in tbe assassination plot upon Jeffer
son Davis, upon the statements of a depraved
fiend who was subsequently proven to be a
county. We fear that our farmers will have
to expend the proceeds of their cotton in
buying provisions and paying heavy taxes.”
The Brooklyn (Miss.) Journal ot the 1st,
says: “We hear the most favorable accounts
from this county in relation to cotton. The
army worm, which a short time since threat
ened to do much damage, has almost entire
ly disappeared, without doing any material
harm.”
Speaking ot the prospect in St Mary’s
Parish, (La.) the Times 1ms a letter which
says: The rains in this section have been too
abundant of late for the crops, but have fa
vored the propagation of the cotton worm,
though other causes may neutralize tills effect.
Cotton grows well, and promises well, but
great fears are felt that the worm will reap
pear in great numbers in a week or two,—
Many still contend that there have been no
cotton worms in tbe parish this season. We
think the proofs that the real worm has been
at work in the cotton field is unanswerable.—
But they have not been seen in 7 a quarter of
the fields iu the parish. Wc have strong rea
sons to hope that their ravages will not be
general or very disastrous.
The Alexandria (La.) Democrat, ot the
5th, says the rains have ceased to fall, and as
it does not mention the worms, we suppose
they have ceased to crawl, or at least to eat
cotton.
The North Louisianian, of the 1st, says
The recent very heavy and unprecedented
rains in this section of country have done
about as much harm as good to the cotton
crop.
The Feliciana Democrat, of the 8tli, says
Cotton picking has been actively progressing
subject to the draw back of showery weather.
We still hear of the “ rot.” If the present
rains continue, it must largely increase. The
falling off in the crop in this parish, in con
sequence, will be quite large.
The Baton Rouge Comet, of the 8th, com
plains of continuous and excessive rains.
The Planters’ Banner, of the 8th, says the
army cotton worm has really appeared there
in countless numbers, and has already de
stroyed the crops on tlicir plantations.—
The boll worm has also appeared in some
places.
The Tallahassee Floridian says: “We
hear that the catterpillnr has made its ap
pearance iu the cotton fields iu many por-
The Signature of the Cross.
The signature of the cross is confined in
our day to those unable to write tlieir own
names, and it is inferred, very naturally, that
when jt was almost universal centuries ago,
it indicated a deplorable ignorance among all
classes of people. But an exchange takes ex
ception -to this opinion, and says: “ How
many of those who daily see X appended to
a document of those who are unable to write,
ever take the troqbleto discover its significa
tion? Tbe mark that persons unable to
write are required to make instead of tbeir
signature is the sign of the cross, and this
practice having formerly been followed by
kings and nobles, is constantly referred to as
an instance ot tbe deplorable ignorance o{
ancient times. Tbis signature is not, howev
er, invariable proof of such ignorance an
ciently. The U3e ot this mark was not con
fined to illiterate persons, for among the Sax
ons tho mark of the cross, as an attestation of
the good faith of the person signing, was re
quired to be attached to the signature of those
who could write, as well as to stand in tbe
place of the signature of those who conld not
write.
“In those times, if a man could write or
even read, his knowledge was considered
proof positive or presumptive that he was in
holy orders. The word ‘clcricus’ or clerk
was synonymous with penman; and the laity
or people, who were not clerks, did not teel
any necessity for the use of letters.” The an-
ceiut use of the cross was, therefore, univer
sal alike by those who could and by those who
could not write; it was, indeed,the symbol of
an oath from its holy association,and general!) 7
its mark. On this account. Mr. Charles
Knight, in his notes to the Pictorial Sbaks-
peare, explains the expression of “God save
the mark,” as a form of ejaculation approach
ing the character of an oatli.
This phrase occurs three or tour times in
the plays of Shakspeare; but hitherto, it has
been lelt by the commentators in its
original obscurity. With these associations
clustering around it, the sign of the cross
should not be made a subject of ridicule, but
rather be treated as having important mean
ing when appended to a document, being at
once a signature and affirmation to the truth
of what is there written.
RATIFICATION.
Addrem of Judge JE. A. Xisbct.
perjurer, has intimated that he will institute | [ions 0 f this countv. The ravages arc V
suit against Judge Montgomery Blair for
having stated that lie (Holt) was instrumen
tal in hanging Mis. Surratt—an innocent wo
man.
The statement is made with much assu
rance that the yearly salary and perquisites
ot the Collector of Customs for the port of
Boston reach one hundred thousand dollars.
The late cx-Vice President Hamlirn having
held the position for a year and a half retires
at this rate with an ample fortune.
The rejoicings of the army of Radicals who
hold positions in the several Departments arc
greatly marred by the apprehensions that the
President will inaugurate a general policy of
removals on his return, because of the dis
graceful and unwarrantable conduct of the
disunionists in the several sections through
which he has passed. Had he long since ap
plied the knife to the core of the malady, a
more salutary condition of the political sys
tem would new exist.
An immense pressure will be again brought
to bear upon tbe President on his return for
the retiring of Secretary Stanton. Delega
tions of the most able and prominent men in
the country backed by a powerful combina-
ginning to be serious. One planter informs
us that the crop will be cut off a hundred
bales by them, and if others suffer in the
same proportion, the crop will be short in
deed.
A correspondent of tbe Savannah Herald,
writing from Gainesville, Florida, says the
cotton crop in this and Marion county are be
ing gathered. The earliest cotton is opening
rapidly, and the staple is good. Cotton crops
are better in Marion and Alucliua counties
than in any county I know of.
The Columbus Sun says farmers, merchants
and all classes begin to wear long faces. For
the past seven days heavy rains have fallen.
Tbe weather is warm and tbe clouds show no
signs of abatement. The effect has been thus
far to cause cotton to rot, the blooms and
squares to fall oil', and so stain the open cot
ton and beat it out, and prevent nil picking.
Rains have been general all through this sec
tion, and cotton injured to the extent of bun
dreds, if not thousands of bales.
The Griffin Star says tbe rust bos made its
appearance in cotton to an alarming extent
since the late rains. Farmers are despond
ent. Worthless seed, and an unfavorable
spring, then the severe drouth of July and
August, and now the rust is certainly suffi
cient to discourage the most liopciul.
Mr. George A. PadriGk, of the Bainbridge
Georgian, reports that the crop of corn in
the South-western counties will be compara-
A Remarkable Article from a Semi-Offi
cial Paper.
THE TROUBLES IN PROSPECT—GEN. GRANT
MAY BE MADE DICTATOR.
Tbe New York Times, of Wednesday, lias
tbe following remarks upon the troubles
threatening the country, the course the Presi
dent would likely pursue, and the possibility
tbut Gen. Grant will become supreme ruler:
By lew, Congress consists of two hundred
and forty one members, and by Ian*, aleo, a
majority of the whole number, or 121 mem
bers, constitute a quorum. Suppose that mem
bers elected from the Southern States should
meet in December, 1867, and be enough, ad
ded to Northern members who believe in
tbeir right to representation, and who would
meet with them to constitute a quorum ;
and suppose the Northern members who do
not believe the South entitled to representa
tion, and who would not meet with them,
should meet by themselves, constituting less
than a quorum of the whole number. The
Pittsburgh Chronicle begins to see tbe possi
bility of such an occurrence: and it also sees
that the President will be under the necessity
of recognizing one or the other of these bodies
as t..c valid, constitutional House ot Repre
sentatives. He must send bis message to the
one or the other. He must sign bills passed
by the one or the other. He must treat one
or the other as a branch of Congress, clothed
with the power of making laws, and the
other as having no such authority. And
under the circumstances assumed, there
The object of the Phi ladelphi a Co
was to consolidate all the elements N
sition to Radical misrule North J J
and wholly irrespective of okl iyj ' J
ganize a party to sustain the Presid •
save the Union. This object has 1
piished. We are now in organized *
with the Democracy of tbe North, and
servatism ofthe Republican party hi *
us to lofck well to the resoondllii;,;' -
On taking the Chair at the late Ratifica
tion Meeting in this city, Judge Nisbct spoke
substantially, as follows:
Gentlemen—We are convened to ratify
the action of the Philadelphia Convention of
the 14th of August. Before proceeding to
the business of the hour, allow me to make
to you a few suggestions. I do not propose
to make a long speech, much less an argu
ment. Every sensible man in Georgia must
have seen that that Convention was the most
remarkable in its deliberations and results,
known to our annals—indeed, to tbe annals
of humanity. When we consider its size, us . 10T)K w *? u to tlie responsibilhifT - ;
every State and Territory of tbe Union being . 0l >r W
represented—the diversity of mind and char
acter among the delegates—the various sec
tions and interests to be considered—the par
ty conflicts and prejudices ot former days—
the passions engendered by the late gigantic
and terrific war, and the perils of the Union,
originating in tbe destructive policy of the
Radicul majority in Congress, wc cannot fail
to be impressed with the wonderful harmony
of its counsels, and the unparalleled wisdom
of its action. These delegates deliberated
and accomplished their work, almost without
public discussion. They seemed to have
been Divinely guided. Such bodies are al
most necessarily tumultuous. Not so tbis.—
It was absolutely unimpassioncd. Conces
sion and conciliation, and an over-mastering
sense of responsibility, ruled in the wigwam.
It was believed, and truthfully, that the in
tegrity of the American Union, and the prac
ticability ot free government depended upon
the platform of principles to be promulga-
1
> COji..
ence’s sake—which saw the South ,
penury, yet struggled on—which
the gallant Lee, with a woman’, •
and tbe moral courage of a mirt 1
bis troops from slaughter hr
sword to overwhelming numbers-., 1 ,!, 1 ??
all was lost conceded the fact, :ui
ourselves a conquered people- J*
by solemn acts of a Convention , -■
with all the requisitions of the (v,
thorities. e ” (r V J
One of three results will inevitably t
and at no remote period. Ourn^
prevail before the people and peace an/
rcigu—or we shall have a militarv r , r‘ '1
beginning at the North; or the So l
States will be subjected to a de-radi-"l
destructive military despotism. Tli e I
of these alternatives every good - *
cates, with sacred earnestness.
mighty save usjfrom either! iv : , i. |
imbecile folly to shut our eves to tlie tZ '
ry deductions of reason from the lac- ?
us. What then, gentlemen, is our dV
what our interest ? Our duty and i n ...
this crisis harmonize. Our duty i<
mind, and one heart, to sustain the pS
and the policy of his administratio n
catcd at Philadelphia. To present 1
adversaries an undivided front. Too,.*
State, as unit, in support ot that iJj
Studiously to avoid, division, and!
whole moral and voting power of oatl
be felt in the eventful struggle for pr T
now being waged. Wc have nothin--- ,
for, but in success, and everythin- J
from failure. If united, our strength - l
exerted silently. The fierceness u tCj
will be at the North. ■ But ic will j *
ted by the Convention. It was, indeed, a j the less be available. Wc may j
sublime success. To affirm—to ratify the ! breese, but terrible as the storm, R e *
resolutions of the Convention, is our business ! s °/ ar s P ea k ollt . ** If convince our ,\y
here to-night. For a few minutes allow me j
... . . j weal or woe, ^\c are with them-—with 3
to recall, In outline, the propositions cmbrac- j to the end. Wc speak to-night, and - J
ed in those resolutions. j be witli no discordant voice. Let it
They assert that tbe close ot tbe war gave | said that the South is an extinct i, i
to the Government of the United States no j Though crippled, and crannied, and
rights of conquest, and hostilities having ' tee are apoiceretill.
ceased by suppression, tbe insurgent States I It may be, that m the .ippoiatit -J
are remitted to all their rights under the Fed- j Providence, the Southern people are yj
oral Constitution. They claim for those | ed to become the conservators o( in
states equality with tlie other States. They j liberty. If anarchy should unfortuned
concede tbe right of the Southern States to j it the North, where shall order find*
representation in the Federal Cougress as it I but at the South ’.
existed under the Constitution before the i Allow me to detain you a few tuinut- I
war. That liability to taxation springs only 1 gcr, with suggestions relative to our tr
out of representation—that taxation without | ic and industrial affairs. Suddenly a k r
representation is oppression—and that the j der of things has been spri ng upon ns, •
great question of suffrage is to be left to the j war has left us deplorably impoverish,;;,
wisdom and discretion of the States. With- i some degree demoralized,aud greatly disc
out dwelling upon particulars, these are the [ aged. The property which remains;
general doctrines of the Philadelphia Plat-1 mainly our lands, has been made unaR
by the freedom ofthe negroes. It is at
lem, yet to be solved, whether it is pr»
ble to raise our great staples to a ran
ting extent by the hired labor at our_
maud. Tlie country is in debt—tan;
high—and money exceedingly scarce,
we are compelled to buy comes to k
horbitant prices—what we pay docs x
main, but moves North and West with:
form. Now, are not these the very rights,
the iclenticnl doctrines, which we of tlie South
have insisted upon since the close of the war ?
They certainly are. We are therefore ready
and most willing now to affirm them—recog
nised as they are by the administration at
Washington, and by the conservatism of the
North, fully represented in all its phases at
Philadelphia. To have demanded less would
have been ignominy—to have asked for more, | ring rapidity. Tbe North boldstlaicq
in our situation, would have been folly. j circulation of the National currency. G:
That in the address certain statements are j backs there are ns abundant as the sc
made to which in ordinary times, and even j leaves of Valambrosa. Abundance ufi
now, some ot us might justly object, is true. | there fixes prices, whilst we are compel;.
But it is no time to cavil at words, or to set- : pay them. We have no specie, a very lit
tle abstractions, or to re-assert theories of gov- J circulation, and no banks. Shorter,-;- l:0 '
eminent which, right or wrong, are settled by j of cotton and corn, tbe present year r. ni
tbe conclusive logic of the sword. AVc are j hance our troubles. This is a sad
** * * • * * 4V.1 ..Lt.... UTL..4- .
can be very little doubt, iu view of his .called to act under the necessities of the sit-
..nun... i a iiic oouui’WvbiLni Luuiiutb *• iu uc I-Uiiiinira-
tion, are already on hand prepared to press. tive , shortj and that thecotton’.crop,though
tbeir wishes with the utmost vigor. They jit will by no means be a full one, will be bet-
place their request upon the known wishes of I ter than has generally been supposed.
known opinions cn the subject, that President
Johnson will recognize the numerical quo
rum—the body which contains a majority of
all the members—as the only body authoriz
ed by the Constitution to make laws for the
United States. He will probably send ids
message to that body ; he will sign the bills
they pass, if concurred in by the Senate, and
lie will not recognize the acts of the Other as
alidi. any respect. Tbe Senate, on the con
trary, will recognize a majority of members
from all tlie States but ten, even if they are a
minority of tbe whole, as the real Congress,
and as cletlicd with all tbe powers of leg
islation.
Here, certainly, is danger of a collision of
authority. We have foreseen it, and have
warned the country ot it. Tbe Radicals have
foreseen it, and have been preparing for it.
They have not concealed tlieir purpose, in
such an event, to appeal to force, and arouse
the country to another conflict of arms.
* * * * * * *
Gcu. Grant maintaiued, and still maintains
his personal independence. He is reserved,
by those singular and unmatched personal
qualities which hold him aloof from all fac
tious or sedicious schemes, fur the supreme
hour of trial which may await our beloved
Republic. And stranger things have happen
ed in human history than would be the sal
vation of the nation from the perils of a new
civil war, by a spontaneous committal of its
destinies to his control.
the entire conservative party of the country,
who regard (Stanton’s retention as the pri
meval cause of the defection among the con
servatives. Potomec,
Appearance of the Cholera at Cedar Keys,
Florida.
GBgAT FATALITY- FLIGHT OF THE RESIDENTS.
We are kindly permitted to make the fol
lowing extracts from a private letter, dat’d at
Monticello Junction, Fla., Sept. 12:
“ Cholera has been playing the wild at Ce
dar Keys. It made its appearance there on
Friday; on Saturday two or three" died. On
Sunday nine died, and then the panic began.
Everybody trying to get away, and only two
mules and one wagon to do the hauling, and
no train until Monday. All business ceased ;
mills were stopped, houses were deserted,
stores were closed, doors were locked and
nailed up; and on Monday everybody who
had not lift or taken the disease departed.—
Some sick ones, who were taken along, were
left on the road, and some were taken sick
after starting. William Stockton was one of
those left.
“James Gibson, a son of Col. Wm. Gibson,
of Gadsden county, a good Confederate sol
dier, and Mr. Burgess were among tbe dead
on Sunday.
“ The cholera did its work in from five to
fifteen hours. Nobody conld stand it; all
who were taken died. A young man just
from there said—‘They had no time to make
tlieir wills; they could only call on God and
die.’
“William Stockton is a son of Col. AV. T.
Stockton, of Quincy, and I hope he will not
die.
“Thedisease will now probably die out, as
only a few negroes are left there. *
“ There were a lew cases in Jacksonville, I
believe, on Sunday.”
The farmers in tlie upper part of Edgefield
District, South Carolina, report a total failure
of tlieir crop. They are about to send an
agent West to buy corn.
Tlie Columbus papers refer to the boll
Yorm as very destructive in Macon and Pike
counties, in Alabama.
The Washington Gazette says that com
plaints of the rust are made in that vicinity.
Tbe editor ridicules the big crop estimates of
tbe gentlemen who sit over their wine in cities
and talk of 2,000,000 bales.
A letter to the Savannah Herald, dated
Ilolmcsville, Appling co., 12th ult., 6ays:
The crop season is over and the yield will
be small indeed. I don’t think there will be
more than half enough of corn made for home
consumption. The cotton crop will fall far
short of what the farmers anticipated in June,
in consequence of the drought which com
menced in the latter part of June and con
tinued tor eight weeks. Potatoes, peas and
sugar canc are looking well.
A Sagacious Dog.—There is a dog in this
city who goes daily to the commons with his
masters’ cow, and from morning until night,
never loses sight of her, or allows any one to
approach or molest her. As night comes on,
and the cow turns her steps homeward, he
follows her—keeping watch and ward against
tlie gangs of cow theives that infest the sub
urbs. That dog ought to be elected ah hon
orary member of the police force of the city.
[Aug. Cftron. ‘
Personnel of the Piebald Convention.
—A Philadelphia letter to the Savannah Her
ald, thus describes tlie personal appearance
of “Southern Loyalists” who recently con
vened in the former city:
“If they are tlie representatives of the
Union people anjl Union sentiment in the
South, *it is certainly a disgrace to be a
Union man down there. They look like
jail-birds. Some have necks on them like
the ostrich ; others^ again, legs—hollow legs
like cranes. Such a collection of wo-begone,
dejected, used up, mutilated, ragged, un
washed, sickly, hungry set of men were never
before made. I shouldn’t wonder if some
enterprising Yankee will, after they are thro’
tlicir deliberations, take and exhibit them in
some museum, as rare specimens of liumani-
ty. ****** *
Each man has a capacity for eating like tbe
camel has for drinking, and if they are not
taken awav from here soon the orderly in
habitants of this puritanical city will be in
danger ot starvation. Private families have
already felt the influence ot their voracious
appetites in the rise of breadstuff's.”
J2?“John Esten Cooke proposes to pub
lish shortly “A full and reliable record ot the
noble actions ot Southern women—their
charities, self-sacrifices and heroic courage
and devotion—during the trying scenes of
the late war.”
“Loyal Southerner*” on tbeir Trav
els.
It seems that the dirty Southern black
guards who recently met in Convention at
Philadelphia have concluded to help on the
cause of the President by sending a commit
tee of their number around to address the
people in liis wake. They have only to show
themselves to accomplish the end indicated.
The N. Y. Times speaks ot the traveling
party ns follows:
The Convention without constituents which
met last week at Philadelphia, appointed
Missionary Committee, to travel through the
North and expound to its citizens their griev
ances and their remedies. They were in New
Jersey on Monday; on Tuesday they appeared
in this city and Brooklyn; and for some time
to come w'e shall hear of their progress and
be surfeited with their speeches. To neither
will it be necessary to pay much attention, so
far as negro suffrage is concerned, if the mer
ciful arrangement advertised for New York
be adhered to throughout the journey. If
Brownlow and Hamilton and Botts travel in
company all the time, there will be but slight
occasion lor anxiety upon that subject. The
bane and the antidote will go together. AY hat
Hamilton may say will be unsaid by Botts,
and when Brownlow invokes the aid of Con
gress to force negro suffrage upon the South,
Botts will quietly affirm tlie aversion of the
loyalists ofNirffinia to any invasion of State
sovereignty in the matter of votes. Only let
Botts follow Brownlow, and outside criticism
or opposition will be superfluous.
Beecreh.—As we predicted, Beecher’s last
letter lias proved satisfactory to bis fanatical
congregation. An account of the reading of
tbe letter in Plymouth Church closes as fol
lows :
At the close all faces brightened, the organ
gave forth its joyful music, and while the,
congregation slowly dispersed, on every side
could be heard the expressions of different in
dividuals criticising the document. Thepre
uation, and it would be madness to throw
away substantial things in pursuit of shad
ows.
These principles are fundamental—they
comes to us from the revolutionary day—they
have not, unti: ot late, been denied by any
political party, or any statesman of any re
pute, and without them an equal Union of
States is an impossibility. Tlie privileges
which they confer, are no tv denied to us. A
dominant majority in Congress, usurping all
the powers of the Government and in the very
teeth of the Constitution, deny representation
—exclude us from the Union—and seek to
subject us to colonial vassalage, and to the
government of Congressional legislation,
backed by the sword. If they prevail we are
a ruined people. Two impulses impel them
forward—vindictive passion, and tlie lust of
power. They are determined to neutralize
the voting power of the South, until such
time as that power, through their policy, can
be wielded to tbeir ad vantage. I cannot stop
to elucidate the policy of that majority. Tlieir
pretext is, that wo have rebelled against the
Government—are yet rebels in heart and pur
pose, aud are not to be trusted. This pretext
is shamelessly hollow. Surely if ever a peo
ple did accept a condition of subjugation, we
have, and upon their own assumption that we
have never been out of the Union, we are now
entitled to the protection of its constitution
and laws. Of our honest purpose to return
\o the Union and to be subject to its author
ity; to fraternize with all its sections, and in
the future, to participate in its burdens and
to share its glory; we have given all the as
surances which honor, civilization, and Chris
tianity ought to a9k at our hands. AVc have
laid down our arms—have rescinded our
ordinances of secession—have acquiesced
in the destruction of three-fourths ot our
property by solemnly affirming the
emancipation of our slaves—have repu
diated our own public debt—have by leg
islation given to the negroes, the right of
testifying in courts of justice—the right to trial
by Jury—protection to person, character and
property, and equality with the whites, under
a the criminal law; and through all the organs
of public sentiment, have avowed our desire,
in good faith, to render true allegiance to the
Government. And yet it is said that the peo
ple ot the South are hostile to the Union, and
are not to be trusted. I can speak for our
own great State, and standing here in its
geographical centre, bred and born upon its
soil, and with no small means of understand
ing the sentiment of the people, I proclaim,
that this is not true. The people are for re
construction and none more so than the lead
ers of the Secession. Now and then, it is
true, a man is to be found, burning with a
sense of wrong and insult, who speaks out in
terms of hostility to the Union. These arc
few, and even they throw no practical
obstacles in the way of a return to our former
political relations to the Northern States.—
Again there are a few amongst ns, claiming
to be the exclusive Union men of the South,
who represented us at Philadelphia ami else
where, as rebels still in feeling and in fact.
They are oiphers here—spirits of evil and
evil only—exert no power—and receive, ns
they deserve, the contemptuous disregard of
all honest men. The feeling of the former is
natural—the conduct of the latter is selfish
and unprincipled. No, rely upon it, all class
es of the people of Georgia, are, if permitted,
determined to bear true faitb and allegiance
to tlie Government of the Union. To be
trusted, is what we have a right to ask ftf the
justice, intelligence and magnanimity of our
conquerors. But trusted we are uot by that
vailing sentiment was one of satisfaction, the majority which rules in both Houses ot Con-
letter of Mr. Beecher being considered the j *' lbe reason 18 obv,ous - lt 18 not the,r
one thing needful for the promotion of har- : in ™ r<
mony in tlie church between the pastor and I ., m . 0l \ U I )0
«1l his people. , the Philadelphia resolutions, our honoris
* 1 j, pledged— that honor which has been hereto-
Johnson Meeting in Boston.—An enthu- lore to be an e ' cmcnt of Southern cliar-
ful picture. AVImt then shall we do
to adversity, and fold our arms in (lisp
Certainly not. Some things remain t-
our self respect—our manhood—a rid
varied soil—a sun as genial as ever li::
Heavens and ftuitilied the earth—an-k
lrius and spirit of our people. AVc mes
work, husband our resources and acts
date ourselves to the altered state oi i!
A\ r hat, we ask, is peace, rcconstn-. :: :
good government. These granted, i
have no fears of our future. AVc si.;!':!
and live, and, perhaps, rule. B.iM
once. It is obliged to be a question d
In the meantime, let us gather up tfrl
ments—economise rigidly—pay on: j
even if its takes our last 'dollar—sust-q
majesty of the laws—discourage eme
and be kindly just to the miser;! ::
thrown upon our hands by the seldi-
fanaticism of others.
This is not all: If we would haves
we must create the products which coe
it. A\ T e must be producers of wlut v
sume, and venders of all surpluses. Ft
encourage farming, as well as planting
stock, and wheat, and grasses, and fids
potatoes, as well as cotton and sugar,
must inaugurate mechanic arts, ami
what we use, from an axe helve to a Xr.
gine—from a spool of thread to a -
silk—from a stool to a piano, and-
wheelbarrow to a phaeton. Doyoasiji
things are impossible ? I answer, tnl
and then, and not till then, proiwuit
tlieir possibility. But I cannot (!«•
these great themes. I detain you tool
In the great conflict of opinion up® 1
we are entering, wcare led byarcu ;
to tlie times, and that man at the held
Government. Not a leader, iu »_
sense, but os President of the L'nif«'
he having promulgated bi
policy, we follow in the line of thsjj
AYe can rely upon his granite will.
iust to say that in firmness, statesmi- 1 ']
triotism and magnanimity—yes, I "
say, in magnanimity—Andrew J o! *;.
exceeded the expectation ot liis most s '
friends. Let us, then, ratify the d*
our delegates in the Convention.
AVc owe allegiance to the Union,tot^J
of Georgia, and allegiance to ourtriW;^
North, but “ allegiance to oppiC®*
moral impossibility.”
East Tennessee.—It would see® ; 'i
portions of East Tennessee hostility]
kept up, and “free fights” between
and Conservatives are of almost eveiv^
currence. Occasionally, even
mixed up in affairs of the kind. Toe-’ 1H
ing somewhat classic account of a ®
pears in the columns of the Knosn-
mercial of the 6th:
Difficulties of.a personal nature
of freouent occurrence throughout^. ?
ncssee. At the recent tc‘rm of t-; 1
Court, lately held at Elizabethan- 31 J
vorsv occurred between two part: ‘ ,■
before its terminations, assumed '.J
prodigious proportions. At <> Be l '
learn, that about forty persons werj;^
in the melee, when brick-bats an< '
rocks, like tlie arrows’of Xerze's
exchanged fast and freely, and u* r \ J
light of the sun. Casualties- -sev(’ s ; 'j
heads, together with other serious 11 .
At the same place we understand
Rev. AVi C. Carter, tbe Ajax
Tennessee Conservatism, got hold
nificant little Radical, named
and when the parson finished ./j,:
demolished little Radical looked^ 1
have crept into a rat-liole.
Yankee ExTERrmsE.—A i
nv, with a capital of over a I ? I ‘” 0 Lpi|
siostic meeting was held in Faneuil Hall, on
the evening of the Kith, of the supporters of
President Johnson and his policy, for the pur
pose ot ratifying the proceedings of the Phil
adelphia Convention. Col.'Isaac II. AVright
‘presided, assisted by four Vice-Presidents,
with Robert C. AVinthrop at their head, in
cluding John Quincy Adams, and many oth
ers of tlie leading politicians of the National
Union party.
Madame Ristori, the actress, and com
pany, arrived at New York on Tuesday, in
the steamer Periere, from Brest.
interest to trust us. . , - pl
To return to the Union upon the terms of t eve erecting a lire-proof ir<
„ rx,;)n,l«i.,],;„ i that city one hundred and seveuio-^
by fifty-seven wide, air-tight, i° t0 . j
their design to store the ripc®*^
aCtcr—that honor which with no purpose ot
territorial aggrandizement, asserted the right. --- - <= — . -. ,
of self-government in 1861—which peaceably 7 j *1* fA® orchards again yiel P
organized a Confederacy upon the basis of \ doted treasures. t ^
the old Constitution—which unfurled tlie! General Butler, the Beast-^
battle-flag, when war was forced upon us, rec ^ h tlmt tUe rattle^,,
and which earned that flag triumphantly - - 1 - . . ™
over an hundred fields—which sent the elite
of our land to meet the invaders of the soil,
and hurried them thence, by hecatombs, to
the grave—which submitted to tbe wide hrin'’’
waste of our fields, the desecration of our to Niagara was obliged to u - |
homes—the profanation of our churches and immediately, because she " -
the conflagration of our cities, for independ- Niagara’s waterfall.
brother of his. This announce • , |
far towards removing the 0
taches to that reptile. cr
‘A gentleman vdio took »- j, -1