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THE GEROGIA WEEKLY TELEGRAPH
TENNESSEE AND MISSOURI.
WHAT IS REPUBLICANISM!
Among the solemn duties imjmscd l»y the
Constitution on the Congress of the United
States, and which it has no right to neglect
or evade, is to “guarantee to each State a re
publican form of government.’’ This is ex
plicitly set forth in the fundamental law.—
The correlative proposition is equally clear,
viz: that each State has a right to a republi
can form of government, and is expected, un
der our system, to establish such a form, and
none other.
Now, what is “a republican form of gov
ernment,” as contemplated by the Constitu
tion ? "Without consulting the lexicograph
ers, we may safely say that it is a representa
tive democracy, that depends for its exist
ence upon the content, expressed or implied, of
a majority op tiie PEOPLE. This will not
be disputed, for a government of a minority
erected over a majority, is a system unknown
to our American theory. It is oligarchy.—
A majority government is the only kind re
cognized by our institutions, for no other
kind is a government of the people.
We doubt if there is a man in this country
bold nr d unprincipled enough to dispute the
truth of these propositions. What, then, is
the position of at least two States that claim
to be members ot the American Union—Ten
nessee and Missouri ? Have they republican
forms of government ns contemplated by the
Constitution of the United States 1 Will any
man pretend to say that their constitutions
are expressions of the popular will—that
anything like a majority of the people par
ticipated in making them? Brownlow an
swers this question for the State of Tennes
see. In several of his recent speeches he has
stated candidly that the Unionists of Tennes
see number 40,000, whilst the sympathisers
with the late struggle for independence num
ber just double that figure, or 80,000. The
present government of Tennessee was set up
bv tlint 40,000 minority, and it is claimed to
be valid as a system of government over the
entire voters of the State, numbering, accord
ing to his own estimate, 120,000.
Now, the question arises: can 40,000 out
of a voting population of 120,000, set up d
legal government for the whole ? The
question 13 presented in a much stronger
light when we ask, can this 40,000 lawfully
meet in council, claim all authority in the
State, and even disfranchise the remaining
80,000 of their fellow-citizens ? This is the
doctrine now set up, and claimed to. be the
(gfonjia ydlfchlri (Stltjtupii
jy*Our most profound bow to iho Editor
of the Griffin Star. May his and the Star's
shadow, instead of growing less, be doubled
in magnitude.
J5T* When Daniel Webster wns a young
man, about comm'.ncing.the study of law, he
was advised not to enter the legal profession,
for it was already crowded. His x reply was,
••There is room enough at the top.”
52TA fire occurred in Atlanta Saturday
morning which destroyed five or six small
wooden stores on Marietta street. Zimmer-
mau & Vcrdery, B. P. Bomar, T. C. Mayson,
M. P. Parks, and P. M. Sitton, were the prin
cipal sufferers.
The South Carolina Senate has pass
ed a bill designed to eflect a stay of execu
tions, without incurring the objection of un
constitutionality urged against stay laws. It
provides for the postponement of the terms
of the Courts of Common Pleas. The
nouse has not yet acted on this bill.
Forbear, Do!—We beseech the sages of
the New York Herald to spare the South
their advice. We are amply able to deter
mine for ourselves wlint is best to be done,
and if we needed counsel, the Herald, which
is everything by turns and nothing long,
would be the very last source to which we
would apply. _______
President Davis.—The President is re
ported to have said, in speaking ot Jeff. Da
vis, that if he was not tried at tho October
term by the Court in which he has been in
dicted he should be released. As it is under
stood that lie wilt not be tried at that time
his release may be expected soon after the
beginning of October. It is further reported
that Jeff Davis indignantly refused to be re
leased on condition of leaving the country
never to return.
So says the New York ncrnld of Friday,
and we presume the statement is correct.
Rumors Concerning Napoleon. — A
strange rumor comes from Rome to the eftect
that a conspiracy to poison the Emperor of
the French at Vichy was discovered before he
left that place. The poison was to have been
administered in a potion which the EmperOr
was accustomed to drink after his bath. It
is asserted that a man named Valentine was
to have carried this design into effect, but
when it was discovered through a warning
letter sent by one of the conspirators in Rome ■ law by the Brownlow party in our sister
to the Emperor, Valentine committed sui-1 State. In the State of Missouri we have a
cide. ' like assumption of authority, though, per-
Ristori, her "husband the Marquis, two haps, the same disproportion may not exist,
little Ristoris. several friends, private secre-j We would bring this question down to a
tary, and a host of servants are at the Fifth s l!i f** ana * 6,s - Whllc a mo J or, G has
J - - - the right to set up a government, has it the
right to disfranchise even a minority f If so
wo desire to see tho grant of such authority.
From what instrument is it derived ? If the
instrument be wanting, on what principle is
it pretended that such a claim shall be bas
ed ?
It is very clear that while the majority lias
a right to set up a government, they do not
possess the power absolutely and without re
striction. Under our institutions they can
form but one particular kind of government
—republican—and any other sort founded by
them is illegnl and void.
But it may be contended, as a justification
of this extraordinary exercise of power, that
a majority of the people ot the States named
took part in the late (so-called) rebellion, and
arc therefore disqualified from exercising the
rights of citizenship. "VVe ask by wliat late
—and governments can only act through
law, else tliev become usurpations—are they
so disqualified ? Point us to the clause of the
Constitution of the United States, of Tcnnes
see or Missouri, or to any law of either, that
disqualifies insurrectionary citizens from
taking part in their State governments, or
that authorizes anybody to disfranchise them.
Wc apprehend it cannot be done. It is a
clear principle of law that no citizen can be
deprived of his rights without due process of
law, and if this be true, we ask by what tri
bunal have these disfranchised citizens of
Tennessee and Missouri been tried and con
demned ? If they have “rebelled ” at all, it
was against the Federal Government; it can
not he shown that they have sinned against
their own States, or ever lifted a hand to re
sist their'authority.
On what lawful or reasonable pretense,
then, can the present Constitutions and Gov
ernments of Tennessee and Missouri he claim-
edas lawful governments for tho citizens of
either of those States ? Arc not their pres
ent Governors and Legislators clearly usur
pers, acting without the authority of law and
in express opposition to the will of a majori
ty of the people—the source of all power?—
TTiey clearly are.
We defy any man to controvert successful
ly these positions. It cannot be done. What
legal obstacle, then, is there to the resumption
of their legitimate powers by the people of
those States-«-their participation in
the coming elections without regard
to disfranchising laws or any other
unlawful proceeding, and the formation ot
such constitutions and the enactment of such
laws as shall reflect the will of the people ?
There is none. We tnist, therefore, that they
will not fail to claim their legal and indefeasi
ble rights in the coming elections,and that the
President, who is Commandcr-in-Chief of the
army and navy, will sec to it, that their great
privilege ot sufleragu is exercised without a
breach of the peace. *
It is time such arrant usurpers and mis
erable creatures as Brownlow and Fletcher
should tie made to throw off the robes of of
fice, which become them just about as much
ns the insignia of authority befitted the Mock
Duke in the play, and consigned to that in
significance for which their respective char
acters so eminently qualify them. We have
no hesitation in saying that it will be the
duty of the Government to stand by the peo-
Avcnue Hotel in New York. Ristori thought
New York bay “ perfectly splendid.” She is
described by a New York reporter as ** above
tho medium height, and has n magnificent
face, out of which shine a pair of glorious
brown eyes, shaded by long silky cye-lashes
The outline of the bead is rather of the se
vere Greek type than tho Italian, and is over
hung with masses of dark brown hair. The
complexion is deep olive, with a tinge of the
golden peach, and the mouth, and the curve
of the lips, together with an exquisitely
wrought chin, combined with elegant and
graceful outlines of her figure, certainly ren
der Adelaide Ristori a perfect specimen of
the fully developed and maternal Italian wo
man. Every movement nnd pose of the body
is emblematic of grace and classic fidelity.”
Under Conviction.—We received, yes
terday, from a citizen of Albany, a letter to
the following effect:
“Enclosed, find dollars. Send me
your daily. I am tired of reading other peo
ple’s papers, and want one of my own.”
We hope mnny others will repent of the
wrong they are doing our subscribers, os well
os ourselves by going about borrowing news
papers, instead of subscribing and paying
for them. It is a singular fact that not more
than one-third of the grown-up men of Ma
con take our city papers. The other two-
thirds depend for news on borrowing from
their next door neighbors, or dropping in at
business hours where the papers arc taken
and paid for. Wc have several such now in
our mind’s eye, ami we tell them they have
no more right to snonge on others for thc-ir
newspapera than they have for their dinners.
Then quit the disreputable practice.
Jefferson Dnvis.
He is Visited by a Confederate Officer—
VVhnt he Saw—IIow Mr. Davis Looks—
lie Talks About the Late confederacy
—Disctissiou on the Use ot Certain
Words.
now It Happened.—The Administration
lost Maine by so large a majority just because
the Democrats of that State played the fool,
and in bad faith to the Philadelphia Conven
tion, set up for themselves. The National In
telligencer says: “ So bright were the pros
pects in Maine of what was left of the old
Democratic party, that it must needs have a
State Convention' to present a candidate un
der old cognomens, watch-words and battle
cries. The experiment has turned out to be
a wretched failure. Good faith requires that
since the Philadelphia Convention, the ele
ments opposed to Radicalism should unite
under calls for conventions of ‘ National
Union Men.’ Supreme duty requires this. It
there is anything worse than ‘Radicalism ’ to
he opposed, or good in the restoration of rep
resentation to the excluded States, wc ought
to favor—to favor with the extreme strength
of 1 head-work, heart-work and hand-work ’
—those who would save the nation from fear
fully menaced woes.”
Col. A. R. Z. Dawson.—We publish the
letter of this gentleman with a single word of
comment, which seems to us to be all that is
required. It will relate to the statement that
“in some of the rural districts (of Georgia) it
would be impossible for any Northern man to
safely nnd successfully attempt to do any
business whatever,” a fact which, he alleges,
we knew "existed at that time.” Col. Daw
son left hero nearly a year ago, and we arc
free to confess there was no particular fancy
among our rural people, or any other class
for Northern men whether in military or
civil life—a very natural consequence of a,
long and exasperating war—and no doubt
Southerners were preferred to Northerners in
all business transactions—which, again, was
entirely natural—but if he means to say that
we know of any community in Georgia where
at that time tho person of any Northern man
who behaved himself was unsafe, he is sim
ply mistaken.
We would simply add that, as Col. Dawson
was respectfully, and even kindly, treated by
all our citizens with whom lie came in con
tact, we ore pleased to sec that he repudiates
the position and sentiments assigned to him
by the Dayton Journal, which, if correct,
yould arguo tlint lie was incapable of com
prehending either the real sentiments of our
people or the recognition due from a gentle
man : >r courtesies received.
From the Richmond Enquirer.
A day or two ago a gentleman of this city
visited Fortress Monroe lor the purpose of
procuring sonic confiscated furniture, the
property ot his uncle (a distinguished civil
ian and"Confederate officer), hiving procured
the necessary order from the proper authori
ties. Arriving at the Fortress lie was nar
rowly catechised by a Federal officer, who
asked him, among other questions, if “lie
had served in the rebel army.” “No, sir,”
was the reply, “but,” drawing himself up to
his full height, "I did lutvc the honor of serv
ing for four years in the army of the Confed
erate States of America.” “I suppose you
arc acquainted with a good many rebel offi
cers,” resumed the questioner. “No, sir, I
was not acquainted with any rebels, but I
knew, intimately, many Confederate officers.”
He was at length admitted into the fortress
and enjoved two interviews with Air. Davis,
who now has the liberty of tho fort during the
day, unattended by any guard, although con
fined to his quarters and closely watched by
night
Mr. Davis was in a conversational mood,
and talked freely on all subjects which came
up. He expressed bis regret that during the
existence of llie Confederacy there should
have existed nny differences of opinion be
tween himself and other Southern officers and
gentlemen, but hopea that such feelings
would be forgotten and all offences mutually
forgiven.
He expressed the warmest sympathy lor the
sufferings and struggles of the gallant Con
federate soldiers who, at the close of the war,
had returned to ruined and desolate homes,
to battle with poverty and all its attendant
evils, and said that he often thought of them
in the silent hours of the night, when sleep
refused to visit his troubled eye-lids, but lie
felt assured that the same indomitable will
and energy which carried them through such
a war would in the end be crowned with com
petence and plenty.
Mr. Davis inquired eagerly after many
personal friends, nnd sent kindly messages
to many. His health had, he said, some
what improved within the last fortnight,
but he was still very weak. In speaking
of the disgraceful manacling Affair, he said
that he attached no blame to Gen. Miles, who
had simply obeyed instructions. Ho said,
however, that orders to shackle him had been
several times forwarded to tbo fortress, but
that the officers, postponed or evaded its ex
ecution. In regard to Dr. Craven’s book, the
doctor had. Mr. Davis said, put language in
his month that never was used by liim, but
the doctor’s timidity prevented him from
writing a truthful account of many conversa
tions and circumstances.
At the expiration of the interview General
Miles asked the visitor what lie thought of
the looks of 3Ir. Davis, to which our friend
replied that, although “formerly intimately
acquainted with him, he should not have
recogn’zed him had lie met him on the
street.”
Gen. M. remarked that it made no differ
ence to him whether Mr. Davis was fat or
lean, he simply obeyed orders, and be did not
think the Richmond papers ought to be so
severe upon liis conduct, He seemed greatly
nettled at the truthful and pungent criticisms
of the Richmond press, and several times re
verted to the subject. The general’s profes
sion of humanity will not receive general
credence, however, for he is universallyjustly
regarded as a brute, and it is highly satisfac
tory to know that he is to be superceded by
Gtneral Burton, an old army officer and a gen
tleman, formerly Major of the 8d artillery at
San Francisco. ’ Mr. Davis expresses himself
Lighly gratified at the prospect of the pro
posed change, as he has long known General
B. to be a high-minded and honorable man.
The fighting in the street commenced when
3Ir. Trucks ess, who bad charge of a ward
delegation, was endeavoring to get his men
between the Bates Hon-e and ft lot of Radi
cals. to enable them to better protect the
presideitiul party. While attempting this
his hat was knocked off by a son of Sheriff
Robinson, and. as lie was stooping to pick it
up, a Radical fired at him. the ball striking
him near the right eye and ranging down in
to his neck. He drew his revolver and fired
-hot. win-!! hi- was immediately arrested,
though wliat become of the man who first
tired at him is not yet known. Policemen
Universal! and Buschcr made the arrest, and
when asked to allow him the opportunity of
seeing his family physician, and have his arm
dressed, refused it. ne was thrust into jail
and allowed a wet rag to go on his face, and
when his wife and daughters called to see
him, yesterday morning, and render him the
assistance it was natural they should desire
to offer, they were told by some one, whose
name wc hope to learn, that he was a “dirty,
d—d, stinking, sneaking murderer,” and tlint
they could not sec liim. Mr. Trucksess was
admitted to bail in $2,500, lost evening, and
Is now with his family and in a dangerous
condition.
RIOT ON MONDAY NIGHT.
GOV. MORTON RESPONSIBLE.
FIRST SHOT SEEN BY GEN. GRANT.
THE FIRST INSULT TO THE PARTY.
PROMINENT RADICALS AMONG THE
DISTURBERS.
Judge Advocate Holt—His Defense.
Judge Advocate General Holt is so stung
with tlic lash of the press, consequent upon
the exposure of his infamous transactions
with Conover and his tribe, that he has
coma out in an elaborate defense, which ap
pears as editorial in Forney’s “two papers,
both doily.” His whole vindication against
the charge of subordination of perjury, with
a view to effect the sacrifice of an imprisoned
man, consists in an assault on the veracity of
the witnesses whom lie himself introduced to
prove Mr. Davis’ guilt 1 According to the
rules of court, a party is not allowed to dis
credit his own witnesses—yet in order to es
cape the most convincing proofs of his atro
cious guilt, Mr. Holt is compelled to turn
against his confederates in crime, and claim
that they are unworthy of belief! That
such is their character is undoubtedly true,
for they have confessed it themselves. They
have confessed that when they swore as Mr.
Holt wanted them to swear, they swore to
unmitigated lie3 and were well paid for it—
But even a peijurer may tell the truth; nnd
while those wretches cannot be heard against
Mr. Davis, tlieir testimony is competent as
against 31 r. Holt. The whole theory of
"States’ evidence” implies that a criminal
may testify against bis accomplice. Mr. Holt
cannot therefore, shake off liis accessories in
this manner. Tlieir testimony against him
will need something much better than liis de
nial to refute it—for his own character is un
der as black a cloud as theirs. Men will
judge ot their statement by the moral proba
bilities of its truth; and these are so strong
nnd irresistible, that the name of Holt wifi
henceforth rank amongst the worn-out and
disgraced things.
The Accident at Johnstown.
DISTRESSING PARTICULARS.
Prussian Gains.
The changes made in the political map of
Europe by the late wondrous war are not U.-
and reduced to the position of private gen
tlemen. While the Hnpsburgs were but land- ^ WU1U1I 0
ed noblemen in Switzerland and theHolien- their electioneering liar,
zollerns in Suabia, m the tenth century, a
Weak cn .
i-erwhelming Radical triumphs i->
•lew England States have w t . i-
bone of the venerable Benn«*
Rev. Gov. Brownlow’s Speech In The Herald’s Backbone
New York. ed.
After tlic adjournment of the Philadelphia j The merw helming
rSJConvention, the Southern Radicals set out 2 e backt
sian victories. For instance, the oldest ruling .... . . , , tlu v* “* u veuerawe Dennett
family in Europe, the Guelplis, tire entirely on the,r missionary tour, in tlio wake ot the there are indubitable evidences ot a 4
pushed out from among the sovereign princes President. They first held a pow-wmv at somersault • upon the part of the New Vf
Cooper Institute, New York, and we copy | Tho Herald is a well oiled vreatW
_ „ , , , cock, and it it Oh an ges lront unon ti, ' r *
Parson Brownlow s speech as a specimen of | thc New York e!e otions, it will" e
fact that it anticipates a Radical victor*•
the Empire State.
pie’of those States in thc assertion of their
clear and inalienable rights.
Assassination of Col. G. V. 3roony.—
"NVe regret to learn from thc Mississippi Clar
ion, that Colonel Geo. V. .Moody, an able
lawyer of Port Gibson and Colonel of the
21st regiment, Barksdale's Brigade, army of
Northern Virginia, was assassinated while
sitting in his office n few nights ago. He
was fired upon from a window, nineteen
buck-shot entering his head and neck, kill
ing him instantly. Col. 3Ioody was a dele
gate to thc Philadelphia Convention from
Mississippi. _
Coming.—The Emperor of Brazil has sig
nified his intention to make the tour of the
United States at an early day. He is an in
telligent and estimable man, though we be
lieve African slavery is still tolerated in his
dominions. Upon liis nrrival the Radicals
are notified not to break their necks in run
ning after him.
[From the Indianapolis Herald, 12th.]
We have the following statement from a
gentleman, who wa3 evidently mistaken fora
Radical by the peason making the revelation
to him, which shows, very plainly, who was
responsible for the riot and bloodshed of
Monday night—not only that, but that the
purpose for which tlic “ Grand Army of the
Republic ” was organized was to “ vote and
fight” as commanded by tlieir leaders.
"He said “ that they were going to give the
Presidential party he’ll when they arrived in
the city—that the Grand Army bad a special
meeting on Saturday night, and elected offi
cers for the occasion. That though Govern
or 3Iorton would not be here, he had tele
graphed from Philadelphia, and they were
going to break up the procession, take Gen.
Grant, Secretary Seward and Admiral Farra-
gut from them, and drive thc remainder of
thc Presidential party out of the city.”
This fellow exurcscd a determination ot
going “it it rained pitchforks,” and we pre
sume thc other members being of the same
mind, that thc only reason the programme’
was not carried out was that they discovered
themselves too weak for success.
Gen. Grant said tlint thc first shot fired
came from a second story window on the op
posite side of thc street; that thc ball struck
one of the Chinese lanterns suspended from
the window of the President’s room, and, en
tering the room passed within three feet of
his own head. He expressed the opinion that
it wus a deliberate attempt to a*siasinate Mr.
Johnson/
Both General Grant and Admiral Farragut
were as completely disgusted as any of the
party. Tlic admiral wanted to know wliat
manner of people there were in Indianapolis,
and the general said that, though disturbed,
it was thc first time they had been insulted
since they started from Washington.
If the statement of tlio soldier ot the
“Grand Army of the Republic” docs not fully
satisfy the public min j that the radicals were
not only responsible 'or thc blood that was
shed, the fact that the following persons,
prominent in that party, were there hooting,
howling and urging on the mob of |botb
white men and negroes, would be sufficient
evidence:
Ham. Conner, postmaster; John Unversaw,
city marshal; John C. S. Harrison, banker.
No. 15 East Washington street; Jacob T.
Wright, county auditor; 3V. W. Leathers,
prosecutor criminal court; Jonathan S. Har
vey. late State treasurer; W. P. Fishback, O.
31. Wilson, late secretary of tlic State senate;
Andrew Brouse, Geo. W. Parker, Radical
candidate for sheriff; Chas. Grazier, member
of the city council; Jim Douglas and Sam
Douglas, o’f the Journal; Wm. R. Holloway
B rivate secretary of our “noble Governor,"
•avid M. Taylor, clerk in the bank of tlic
State; Dr. Abbett, A. J. Danfortb, grocer;
David Brouse, Tom Williamson, Geo. Yandes,
Reuben W. Kimball, U. States commission
ers; Geo. II. Chapman, judge of the criminal
court, Cyrus J. Dobbs, Long, an undertaker,
Watson, of Hasselmau & Watson; Harvey
Rickard, wholesale merchant on Meridian
street; Wm. Wilson, of Roll, Kimball & Aik-
man: Scott Butler, son of Gvid Butler; Witt,
claim agent: 3Iarott, merchant, Washington
street: and many others not named. Over the
store of Geisendorff was collected quite a
number ot persons who aided in the distur
bance. {and Kimbnll, mentioned above, was
for a time in tlic room, and was urging his
partisans to go down and help their friends
in the street.
During thc reception a Radical gave a boy
five dollars to throw a stone at the President,
giving him the stone with the money. It
was thrown, but did not reach the point at
which it was aimed.
The first shot fired was by Noah Holmes,
milkman.
[Correspondence New York Times.]
Johnstown. Friday, Sept. 14.
A most distressing catastrophe occurred at
Johnstown this morning, by which thirteen
persons were killed, ninety odd badly injured,
and a larger number bruised and slightly
hurt. In expectation ol the special train
containing the Presidential party, a large
number of people, probably 3,000 in all, had
gathered in and about the depot at this place
to tender the usual salutations. Near the
depot is an old canal, and which was a double
crossing with a sort of cover, fifty feet square
between. Upon this structure or bridge
some eight or nine hundred people had con
gregated, a large number of whom were wo
men and children. The centre part was
densely pucked, and must have contained at
least four hundred people. The train had
hardly stopped wlic-n the centre part gave
way with a tremendous crash, precipitating
the’ entire party in a headlong mass, some
thirty feet. Hardly had the noise of the fall
ing timbers and the shrieks cf the terrified
people above ceased, when the groans of the
dying anil the screams of women nnd chil
dren came from the awful wreck below.
All who had escaped injury proceeded at
once to extricate the sufferers, who were piled
one upon the other among a mass of broken
timbers and iron rods. Several of the Presi
dential party assisted in removing thc dead
and injured, among whom were Marshal O’-
Beirne, Mr. Murphy. Sir. Cadwallader, nnd
myself. ' ■
The President and General Grant were ex
ceedingly distressed, nnd were very anxious
that the special train should stop over an
hour to afford as much aid as possible, but
the Conductor stated that arrangements
made for meeting trains on the road, preclu
ded thc possibility of carrying into effect the
President's humane wish, and after a few
minutes the train started off. The party
above alluded to, however, remained, and
rendered a good deal of assistance for nearly
two hours.
The poor victims—men, women and chil
dren—were dragged out from the ruins, sev
eral of whom had been crushed to death by
the falling timbers, but more by being fallen
upon by others. Most of thc killed nnd
wounded were of the laboring class. 3Ir.
Metzger, one of the killed, was proprietor of
the hotel, and was quite wealthy; ’and Miss
Tetitia Cannon, was the belle of thc town,
and graduated at thc head of her class on
Tuesday last. The scene was one ot indes
cribable horror. The groans of the wound
ed, and thc screams and tears of mothers,
wives, sisters nnd daughters was the saddest
sight I ever saw. I believe I succeeded in
getting the names i.f all thc killetl nnd seri
ously injured, which I transmit as follows:
[We omit names.—Eds. Tel.]
ht The following notice cannot fail to
recall thc heartless policy of Sherman in his
desolating tour through the South :
Lost Refugee Child.—Among those who
were exiled in 1864, from North Alabama,
by order of Gen. Sherman, were mv wife
Sarah E. Novel, nnd my child Sarah Lizzie.
3Iy wife died in the hospital at Louisville,
and my child was lost among the scattering
refugees. She was seven years old when she
was in Louisville, in the winter of 1804-5.
light hair and complexion, and blue eyes.—
Any one having information of her will
please address me at Louisville, Ky., 3It.
Vernon Hotel. Papers copying will confer a
great favor. Wm. M. Novel,
of Huntsville, Ala.
Gen. D. M. Prentiss Denounced n Liar—
A Card from Ex-Scnntor Kichnrdson,
of Illinois.
To the Editor of the Quincy Herald:
I sec, from the Jacksonville Sentinel, that
Gen. D. 31. Prentiss, in a speech made at
Jacksonville, a tew days since, insinuated
that President Johnson was accessory to the
assassination of the late President Lincoln.—
He also, as reported, said lie was backed jn
this suspicion bv “the opinion of Hon. Wil
liam A. Richardson,’’ as expressed to him
self.
If he made the statement in reference to
me, I declare him to be a base and infamous
liar.
"W. A. Richaudson.
Quincy, III., Ang. 24,1800.
TnE Cotton Crop.—From all accounts
from Barbour and the counties adjoining, we
fear that disaster has befallen the cotton crop
which cannot be remedied. The late heavy
rains, continuing unceasingly for ten or twelve
days, lias been the ounce that broke King
Cotton’s back. A gentleman has shown us
specimens of the effect of the weather on liis
crop. Thc bolls are open, thc cotton shows
a musty appearance, nnd the seed have com
menced to sprout. These kind of bolls are
largely in the ascendant on bis plantation.—
Those .who have been looking forward to a
Guelph was sovereign Duke ot Bavaria and
afterward Emperor of Germany. And now
the defeat of the n.ipsburgs by the Hohenzol-
lenis drives a lineal descendant of Henry II.
from his throne in Hanover, and annexes liis
kingdom to the dominions of the victor.—
Thus the Holienzoller lias become the great
est power in Germany, and his former supe
riors as rivals are under him, or at least sub
ject to his influences.
As n matter of historical interest let us take
a look at this gain of Prussia. Before thc
war, according to the last census of 1804, the
total population of Prussia was 19,255,149,
inclurling those military detachments station
ed at Federal fortresses outside of Prussia,
numbering 28,809 men. Since the census the
Duchy of Lauenburg, with a population of
49,704, was added by treaty with Austria, so
that the entire population of Prussia on the
day that war was declared reached the total
of 19,304,843. Now, there will be os the re
sult of the victory, incorporated with Prussia
the following countries :
Population
Tte Kingdom of Hanover 1,913,492
The Duchy of Schleswig 400,430
The D"chyof Holstein 554,510
Electoral Ht£»e 745,063
The Duchy of Nassau 468,811
The Province of Upper Hc»se 239,4S4
The City of Frankfort 91, ISO
The Lapdgraviate of Hesse Hamburg.... 27,874
All these several Provinces, Duchies, and
Kingdoms are now Prussian, In fact as well
as in law, and the Chambers at Berlin are
now deliberating upon the proposed distri
bution of representatives in this newly ac
quired territory. Wc have then a consolid
ated and aggrandized Prussia, with a popu
lation of 23,810,743, harmonious in language
and interests, excepting the small districts of
Posen, partially inhabited by Poles. But this
doos not represent the real present power of
Prussia. All the German States north of the
River Slain, not totally absorbed into the
ICing’s dominions, have entered into a close
alliance or union with him, giving him full
and exclusive control of their military and
also of their diplomatic relations abroad, so
that, while these petty princes, very aptly
nicknamed by the London Times, “His
Transparency of Pumpemickle,” nominally
remain on their tiny thrones, they are in re
ality nothing but Prussian Governors over
tlieir respective countries. These several
principalities arc as follows:
Population.
The Kingdom of Saxony 2,343.9s;
The Grand Dukedom ' ecklenburg-Schwerm.. 552,613
The Grand Dukedom Oldenburg 801,312
The Dukedom Brunswick oases
The Grand Dukedom Saxe-Wcimnr-Eisenaih.. 230,231
augues:
Citizens of Nkw York : When I ad- .
dressed you from this platform four yearsago >> .... , ,
for two dreadful lioura [laughter],1had the , of Vbc lalt batch' of conJhuthnTl^
strength to do so and the voice to make my-
self heard. I have neither now, and, there
fore, 1 must throw myself upon your patience
and kind indulgence. I am not traveling as
a speaker, for I am not able to speak. I am
traveling as one of an expedition going round
and round again to try and wipe out the
moccasin tracks of Andy Johnson and Wm.
H. Seward, and not only the tracks of John
son and Seward, but also of the untamed and
unmitigated Copperheads who are crawling
along in their wake. [Laughter nnd cheers.]
My State is well represented in that expedi
tion and on this occasion, there being not
less than fifteen Tennessee delegates in the
city at this time. You see that I aui feeble,
but even if I were well and able to make a
speech, I should decline to do so on this
occasion. Ours is an electioneering
expedition; [great laughter.] ancl as the Gov
ernor of the great reconstructed State of Ten
nessee, I must maintain the dignity of the
office. Therefore it does not become me to
dabble in politics. [Kcnewed laughter.] It
will do for an accidental President, one who
has laid aside liis robes and dignity of office,
and who is quarreling with the people at
Cleveland ancl at St. Louis, charging the
New Orleans butchery upon a gallant and
loyal Congress, and invoking the mob to hang
Tliad. Stevens and Wendell Phillips, better
men than he ever was in his best days him
self. I have been engaged in Tennessee for
the last eighteen months in battling in a good
and glorious cause. For thirty years prior
to that I had been fighting the world, the
flesh and the devil; but latterly most of my
time has been occupied in fighting the devil,
Jeff. Davis and Andy Johnson. In Tennessee
less than two years ago we called a State Con
vention. It was during the* rebellion, when we
had captured and were holding Nashville, had
captured and were holding 3Iempliis, and
when glorious old Burnside, of Rhode Island,
[cheers] crossed over the Kentucky moun
tains into Tennessee and held Eastern Ten
nessee, which contains nearly all thc loyalty
of that State. At that time, I say, we called
a State Convention, and we called it under
the auspices of our Military Governor—one
Johnson. [Laughter.] Five hundred and
twenty-four delegates were present—good,
tried, loyal, talented men, representing every
county in thc loyal State, except one. They
amended the Constitution. They did not
wait for Congress, or the North, or any other
part of the world, to call upon them to do it,
but they so amended the Constitution as to
mZ abolish*negro slavery former. [Applause.]
The Dukedom Saxe-Meinlngen ITS 0'>5
The Dukedom Sexe-Cobarg-Gotha 164.527
The Dukedom Sexe-Alteuburg. 141.839
Tne Principality Lippe Detmold 111,338
The City ol Bremen 104.091
The Grand Dukedom Mecklenburg-Strelitz 99.060
The Principality Reuse, younger branch 86,472
The Principality Schwarzburg-Rudo stadl >3,752
The Principality Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.. GS,1$9
The Principa ity Waldeck 59.143
Tho City or Lubeck 3'),614
The Principality Reuse, older branch 43,924
The Principality Schaumburg-Lippe 81,782
As Prussia will be complete master of the
whole of these States, forming with herself
the North German Union, or Bund, the whole
population subject to her rule is, therefore,
29.210,531, a gain for Prussia of nearly ten
millions of people by a four-weeks’ war!—
May we not consider this result as equally a
wonder of our age as much as the Atlantic
cable is a wonder of physical science? . V^
[JT. T. Times.
Give Them Credit.—Some bloodthirsty
creatures in the late “loyal” Union convention
at Philadelphia were specially venomous in
an outcry for the murder of 3Ir. Davis. One
Clements, of Virginia, first gave tongue and
was followed by another "loyal” delegate,
Conway, of Louisiana, who "declared that
the people demanded that Jeff. Davis should
be hung by the netik.”. Sidney, of Mississip-
pi, was also of the same way of thinking and
"expressed himself a3 decidedly in favor of
hanging.” Bnt, even as in Sodom were some
just, it is to the credit of human nature that
two voices were raised in that “loyal” con
vention in behalf of mercy, magnanimity,
and justice. A 3Ir. Hart,of Florida, “thought
the Convention should be silent on thc sub
ject, arid should rather evince a magnani
mous sentiment toward a fallen foe,” and a
3Ir. Fernandez, of Louisiana, said that,
though he deemed 3Ir. Davis a traitor, “every
person should be considered innocent until
found guilty.” Let these men, Hart ancl Fer
nandez, have the credit that is their clue.—
They did what no other man has ever done
yet in a National Convention—dared tostand
up and pleiad, in the very face of scowling
thousands, the cause of the dying captive—
ancl, though otherwise black as the great
Radical of all, for this one honourable ancl
Christiandeed, thc Judge of all the earth will
not forget them in His final day.—Augusta
Con. _
Ben. F. Butler.—Appleton’s Cyclopedia
of Biography gives the following account of
one of Spoony Butler’s ancestral relatives:
Butler, John.—The atrocities committed by
this miscreant during the revolutionary war,
almost exceed belief! He was a native of
Connecticut, but removed to the Valley of
Wyoming, where, in 1778, at the head of
1.6*00 men, of which 300 were Indians, and the
rest tories painted like Indians, he attacked
the towns and villages of that romantic re
gion, nnd indiscriminately massacred those
who submitted as well as those who fought,
women ancl children as well as men. To the
question, wliat terms would be granted, lie
replied—“the hatchet!” People of both
sexes and every age were indiscriminately shut
up in houses, wjiich were then set on fire;
some were held down in the flames by pitch
forks. ancl, in one instance, at least, a poor
wretch had his body stuck full of pine knot
splinters and then burned, etc.
Our only comment is, that “blood will
tell.”
Hard Pressed.—The Radical papers at
the North are employed in the creditable bu
siness ol manufacturing Southern special de
spatches to suit their political purposes.—
Here is one from the Chicago Journal, made
up in that office, and ridiculous enough:
Savannah, Ga., Sept. 8.—The editor of
the Republican paper has received an anony
mous letter, warning him to suspend publica
tion and leave the State. Our informant
states that a military guard had been ordered
to take up their quarters in the building for
its protection.
Hon. A. II. Stephens has been offered the
3Iovorsbip of the city.
Savannah, Ga., Sept. 10.—There is a ru
mor afloat that Gen. J. C. Breckinridge will
shortly return to this country and settle in j parcels, and sell it to defray the expenses of
Having done that, our Legislature convened
ancl enacted a law giving the negro his right
to testify in Court, allowing him to sue and
be sued, ancl giving him his full right before
the Courts of the country. The same Legis
lature passed a law called the Franchise Law.
Wo had 40,000 loyal votes in Tennessee, and
80,000 rebel votes ; and we disfranchised the
80,000 rebel votes, and we are now holding
them back from the ballot-bcx, and
intend, God willing, to keej) them
from the ballot-box. They say they intend
to have their rights, that they iucend to vote,
ancl to run rough-shod over us. They boost
that they have Andrew Johnson on their side,
ancl I concede the fact. (Laughter.) But I
am North making arrangements to procure
arms and ammunition. VVe have the boys at
home; we have 30,000 men there who have
been in the Federal army. (Cheers.) We
shall call out the militia and arm them, and
I think the next revolution will, in all prob
ability, begin in Tennessee. They ran me
out once, ancl I c^iue up here among you as
a refugee. I have done fleeing to the moun
tains of Hepsidam, (laughter,) and I shall
stand my ground hereafter, ancl with my no
ble Legislature, and gailant troops. 1 will
fight them and die in thc last ditch. (Great
cheering.) Our Legislature, only -a few
weeks ago, ratified hv a vote of two-thirds
of both houses the Constitutional Amend
ment, and ours was the second State in the
Union to do so. Our Legislature has never
seen the time, since it was first convened, that
a resolution could be passed through eith
er House, endorsing Andrew Johnson, or
his policy; but our Legislature is square up
with the Radical Congress of the United
States. [Applause.] And ought they not to
stand by Congress ? [Cries of “Yes, yes,”
“No. no.*”] The ayes have it. [Laughter.]
[A Voice, “What about Maine ?”] Maine is
able to take care of herself. [Cheers.] The
most patriotic, talented, brave and gallant
body of men that ever convened in America
is the loyal Congress of the United States;
and the next best is the Tenuessee Legisla
ture. [Laughter ancl applause.] We have
done everything for the negro that could be
done, except to enfranchise him, and when
we meet next winter we can do that without
any help from outside. I find here at the
North that you do not need, and many of you
do not want negro suffrage. We at the South
are not so. We want thc loyal negroes to
help us to vote down the disloyal traitors. —
[“Good, good.”] If I were a candidate for of
fice to-monow, I would sooner have the vote of
a loyal negro than that cf a mean, pitiful white
man, I would sooner associate with a loyal
negro tnan a disloyal rebel, I would 3ooner
take my chances with a loyal negro after
death, than with a disloyal rebel. [Laughter]
I am sorry to say to you, gentlemen, that you
do not fully and thorougly understand the
tone ancl temper ot the people at the South.
The very old scratch lnmself is in them all
yet. [Great laughter.] It is their purpose
to bring on another rebellion. It is tlieir
purpose either to restore slavery by proclama
tion, or else to have pay for their emancipa
ted negroes. [“Never!” “never!”] Never
with my consent. They boast that they have
the President on tlieir side, and as I have
said, I concede the fact. He has gone clear
over, body, soul, and breeches, and is now on
the side of the rebellion, and lie will head
the rebellion. He now sustains tlic same re
lation in tliis rebellion that Jeff. Davis
did to the other one; he is thc living
head and soul of the whole con
cern. Now, „if, by tlieir wickedness,
thc rebels force another war upon the coun
try, which I think they will do and arc de
termined to do, and you, the loyal North,
send down another army to invade our
country nnd suppress the rebellion, I ask, as
I remarked last niglit in Trenton, that you
come in three grand divisions, the first armed
with heavy artillery and small arms to do the
killing. [“Amen.”] Yes, amen, may the
Lord answer your prayer. [Laughter.] Let
the second grand division come equipped
with torches ancl turpentine to do the burn
ing ; and the third with surveyors’ compasses
ancl chains to lav out the lands into small
utisnal amend’
ments, it comes out now flatly and S(|Ua ,
in tlieir favor, and declares that, with ref.
ence :o their adoption, there should h‘T
been no disagreement between the Presid *
and Congress. The amendments whicht/"'
nett now insist* that the President shonM
sustain are—
First. That all persons born or naturali»d
in the United States arc citizens thereof and
of the States in which thev reside, and on
footing of equality in regard to tlieir riJ}
rights. -
Second. That tlic enumeration of the per
pic for representation in Congress sballb,
abridged in proportion to the abridgment of
the right of suffrage—males above the a*e o-‘
twenty-one years—in any State on account o
race or color.
Third. That a large schedule of person;
civil and military, engaged in the late rebel
lion, shall be ineligible to any Federal off/"
hereafter until absolved by a ’two-thirds vote
of each House of Congress.
Fourth. That the national war debt sln^
be held sacred, and that all rebel debts an j
obligations shall be utterly repudiated aZ
held illegal and void.
Fifth. That Congress shall have power to
enforce the provisions of this article.
After having devoted many months to tu»
denunciation of each and all’of these amend!
ments, thc Herald insists that they should v
once be adopted and approved by the mod-
eratemen of all parties. Bennett regards];
as a good “half way house” between toe
“Copperheads” and such ravenous wohes
as Stevens and Butler. He warns the South
that it is now simply a question between the
adoption of these amendments and the con!
fiscation of all the property of the Southern
people. At present thc great mass of the
Northern people will rest content with the
restoration of thc Union upon the bash of
these amendments, but if they are not ratified,
thc Radicals, flushed and elated by their
probable successes this fall, will adopt the
bloody creed of Tliad. Stevens, and confiscate
the land of the Southern people for the par!
ment of the national debt and divisionamoag
the negroes.
[Richmond Times.
Charleston, S. C.
An attempt was made to burn the Repub
lican newspaper building last night, which
signally failed, the military frightening the
incendiaries away.
The lost Treasure of the Pirate Kidd.
—Two companies with a large capital invest
ed, are now busily engaged, the one in South
Coventry, Connecticut, the other on Oak Is-
thc war—sell it to men who respect the old
flag. [Applause.] Gentlemen, there are
other speakers here who are better able to
speak to you, and I have an engagement at
Beecher’s church. [Great laughter.] I want
to bring him back to a knowledge of the
truth as it is in the Republican Party.—
[Laughter and cheers.[ And if he continue
obstinate and rebellious, I have made up my
I mind to declare myself a candidate for the
land, Nora Scotia, in prospecting for the hid- pastorship of I113 church. [Renewed laugh-
Tlie Negro and Night.
The negro is essentially a nocturnal aninnl
and his habits in this respect are natural, uk
acquired. When lie was a slave there was
some reason for his nightly prowlings as]
enjoyments, because then his days were deto-
ted to the work of his owner. But now.
when one would suppose that his freedon:
had imparted a peculiar charm to the novel-
ty of diurnal recreations, we find that
Cuffec still clings, with unabated affection,
to the shades of evening and the hours of
advancing midnight. In common with rats,
bats, owls, weasels, minks, coons and pos
sums, all bis pursuits and social pleasures
are reserved for thc night. There was noth
ing to prevent the negroes, before Genera’.
Terry put an extinguisher upon their milita
ry exercises, from drilling on Navy Hill it
the day time.
But we would os soon have expected to set
a delegation of possums in that locality Iv
daylight, as a collection of negroes when the
sun was shining. The preference for night
over day is a trait which the negroes brought
with them from Africa; travelers in that
quarter of the globe have frequently com
mented upon it.
It would greatly conduce to the comfort
of communities in town and country, as well
as to the security of pigs, poultry nnd core-
cribs, if CufFee would become civilized inti*
habits nnd go to bed like white people.—
Cannot the Freedmen’s Bureau and the school-
marms, by their moral influence and exam
ple, eradicate this barbarous habit of turnin:
night into day. It is time that steps were
taken to impart to Cuffec some knowledge of
thc proprieties and humanities of life, sod
the sooner these nocturnal savage instincts
are laid aside, the better for him and even
one else.—Rich. Times.
A New York Lady’s Wardrobe.—Te
years ago 3Ii*. Allan Butler took high rank is
a poet by virtue of an amusing account is
verse of “ 3Iiss Flora 3rcFlimsev, of 3Iadisc:
Square,” who, after spending six consecutiv:
weeks in fcontinuous shopping, and tnar;
thousands of dollars in silks and laces, dolo
rously complained that she. “had nothing!
wear.”
This mythical female, however, has jnst
been eclipsed by a real flesh and blood Fifth
Avenue damsel* whose modest wardrobe tfc
insatiate Bennett airs in the New York Her
ald.
The lady in question appeared before»’-1
insurance office with really “nothing to
wear,” as she claimed an Insurance of twenty
one thousand dollars which Lad been take:
upon her wardrobe, which had been destroy
ed by fire. The inventory of this vast amon:t
of wearing apparel is published in the Her
ald, and occupies nearly two columns of flat
paper. Bennett pronounces the collection i
good one, but declares that Fifth Avenue effi
reveal a much more extensive wardrobe the
that for which the Insurance Company reft« i
to pay.
The wearing apparel of this young Iwo
alone isvalued at the sum of twouty-onetbefr
sand dollara, ns no jewelry seems to have be*:
lost by the fire.
To one of our poor Confederate msideij
these long lists of silk robes at nine hundrw
dollara, satins at four hundred dollars, velvtc
at five hundred, and innumerable other am-.
cles for the person and the toilet, would so®
as incredible as the tales of Aladdin and o* I
Sinbad, the Sailor. But enormous as t“ !
prices of these innumerable articles of l®-'
Dine vanity appear, we are reminded that t-<
prices published in the schedule are those ol
second-hand clothing, as they had all b*®
more or less "used at the time that they wt*’ 1 ’
burned. .
In spite of the barbaric splendor of to- -
specimen ofPetrolio, wefeel assured that to
feet were large, her bands ditto, and bervoj«
os shrill ns an angry peacock’s. Flocksottb';
gaudv Flamingoes can be seen, dnruigm
proper season, at Newport, Saratoga and b>-.- J
Branch.
Even the Radicals have
„ arrived ^
the conclusion that Forney is a “dead duck
and they are about to pitch that dirty W' I
and most disreputnblc paper, the Chroni -
overboard. As nobody can read that
these cholera times without holding his®
and the free use of disinfectants, the
cals have resolved to publish a more det -
organ at Washington.
large crop will be sorely disappointed.
[Eufauia (Ala.) JYeics, 17th.
£^~3Irs. Jenkins complained tlic other
evening that tlic turkey she had eaten did
not set well. “Probably,” said Jenkins, “it
was not a hen turkev.”
den treasures of the pirate Kidd and his free
booters. The South Coventry Company arc-
sanguine of success, although reticent, and
arc "working in co-operation with the son of
an old man named Dodd, who is supposed
to have been a guide for Kidd in liis search
for a place to hide his booty.—Ex.
Better send a regiment of Stoneraan’s spoon
troops. If they don’t find it, it will be be
cause it isn’t there.
9-55T* A cow was recently drowned by a
mud turtle, near Ogdensburg. She had gone
into the water to drink, when the turtle fas
tened to her nose, and held it so ’ong under
water as to suffocate the cow.
ter, amid which thc Parson retired.]
Fat Mbs.—Our corpulent readers will not
object if we say a few words in their favor.
A contemporary says that no fat man was
ever convicted of murder. Stout people are
not revengeful, nor, as a general rule, are they
agitated by violent gusts of passion. The
fellow who works with skeleton keys is gen
erally a lean and wiry individual, as lie can
only force himself through holes scarcely
large enough to admit a cat. Imagine liim
alarmed and running away, with a policeman
after him. Corpulency is not the sign of vil
lainy, but rather of good nature and good
will to all men.
Arming tiii: Negroes.—The iVasbit^
Union says there is no doubt but Cong‘S |
at its short session, will endeavor torai
blacks of thc South, to protect the So' .
missionaries who will go South f° r *■.
pose of endeavoring to change public . I
nu-nt. This is the protection askeit
Hamilton and others.
Cattkbpillabs and Cotton.—ft ^ |
ported that the catterpillar is in pc r “ ‘
Marion county, playing havoc with vs
ton. We hope that the damage niaf r
lighter than is supposed. ^
Cotton picking has generally coron lU j;*l
in earnest, and the staple is p® 02 .
good.—Gainesville, (Fla.) Nets Er~.
her 7th.
Scandalous.—The teachers I
schools in Richmond, who areloyahs' / .
radical stamp are abusing and mail? 1 - [
President in the most slanderous fp r ,J
one of the copies which most i fjjei-
graces the slates and writing book? 1 ■
negro pupils is. "Andrew Johnson «
or!"—Fhih. Evening Herald.