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THE GEORGIA WEEKLY TELEGRAPH.
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^ia tfTfklij Crltgrnjij).
3lilcs, Jeff. Davis’ jailor, was
£F nomination for Congress in Mas-
b , Baldwin, a civilian.
*[ . : s sai,! that the Government allows
’/ a , W cnty dollar* per week for the
of rations. ^ _
Mir Isaac Sewell, one of the oldest
! J - . ^teanod citizen* of Milledgevillo,
residence in that city on Wednes-
r |»«t. —
* Mr william A. lfedd. an old citizen
bus, Os., died in that city on
I J !1 inv last, aged sixty-tlirce years. He
I £V ve of Greene county, Ga.
■t- prrKK J. Strozier, Esq., of Albany,
'. J ,1; late for Judge of the Southwestern
| ’ c u ; '"i» i> lnrc of Jutlg0 Clarkc ’ rCTi s ned ;
I ^ti,>D in January. ^
Tw-General McClernard, of Illinois, in a
Democratic speech, declared that all
r Pr" 1 '
r ,tic Congressmen elected at this
, < . fj ,, ns would refuse to meet with
^ fl.o-i n hy the Republican party. They,
!l ' w j ,i„ hands with those elected by
’ »ml the two would organize a
,.f their own, and one which the
would acknowledge as legitimate.
rut I' 1
Ann""
Joseph If.—It is generally
1 jjiat “Louisa Mahlback” is the
,n t . of tlie author of Joseph II. and
l.riik the Great, elegant translations of
iI, ),arc been given to the public by two
V iirfsir countrywomen. It is, liowcver, a
kf '_ »Muhlback ” is-the pseudonym,
.1 Miss Clam Jifundt the real name of tbe
writer. , .
T) y A |j| E D Soldiers.—Tbe Sumter Rc-
Uican leams from a note addressed to tbe
l ib irv "f that county, that all maimed and
s oUlicrs. cn route for Macon, for the
most of obtaining artificial limbs, on cx-
!^,j n » a certificate of tbe Ordinary of bis
’ lv made in compliance of the law, will
I i mported free of charge, over the South
uvum Railroad, both going and returning.
Kia.r it before the World.—The fol-
r statement, said to be authentic, and
poblisbeU by us some weeks ago, will lose
•,>thing by repetition. It should be kept
Wnrc the world as a triumphant vindication
f the South against tbe slanders of her form- success.
tr memies, the latter, themselves, being the
witnesses:
“According to an official report of the War
IKprtment, the numlier of Union prisoners
ukl . n during flie rebellion was 200,040; Rebel
jrisoners, 200,000. Number of Union pris-
cctnwho died in confinement, 22,570, or a
little over eight per rent.; of Rebels who died
in Northern prisons, 20,430, or thirteen per
test. i
Taiiocon Freights.—The Ssvannab Her-
ihl is pleased to learn tliat arrangements
lave been made for through rates of trans-
|, rution l>etwcen that city And Montgom
ery, which went into effect os tlic 15th inst.
t ors will run tlirough without change by way
of Columbus, the gunge of tie Opelika road
hiving t>ccn widened to conform to that on
»llthe Georgia am! South Carolina railroads.
Colonel IVadlcy, the energetic President of
the Central road, says tlic IWrnld, is now en-
ihscoring to get through rales established to
Mobile, so that cotton destined for New York
ran be sent by way of Savannah, in less time
am] at less expense than by the tedious and
dangerous route through the Florida Keys,
The Central • Rnilroad, under its present
sagacious and efficient managenent, is thus
mi nding its arms and bringing in business
treat a very large section of country, all of
tlicli will help to build up Savannah, and
fbee her in her proper position—that of the
Ming city on the Atlantic soutli of Balti
more.
OUR PAPER.
The proprietors of the Telegraph do not
often trouble the public with matters of per
sonal interest to themselves; but, at tbe com
mencement of another business season, en
couraged by the past and hopeful of the fu
ture, they feel tliat they can say a few words
regarding their paper without offence against
propriety.
The Telegraph, though old in years, was
an experiment when it came into the hands
of its present owners. Every interest of the
country had been prostrated by a disastrous
war; the people wero poor and apprehensive
of untold evils, not knowing whether they
were freemen or slaves; post-offices and the
postal system had died out, and a dread un
certainty brooded over all things. We bad few
subscribers, our circulation being necessarily
confined to our own city of 3facon and the
towns on the lines of railroad—to which latter
the Express was our carrier, as a matter of fa
vor. A few hundred readers were all of which
wc could boost, and tbe advertising incident
to a revival of business was almost our sole de
pendence. Wo went to work, however, with
a good heart, some nfcans, an effective and ex
perienced force in every department, and a
firm resolution'to succeed over every obstacle
if energy and a liberal expenditure of money
could accomplish tbe object. Nor were we
disappointed.
By degrees matters became more settled,
business revived and extended, post-offices
nnd post routes were established to some con
siderable extent, and what was better then
all, the reign of despotism over the Press was
brought to a close. We have strived honest
ly, while we advanced our own personal in
terests, to serve the cause of.truth and our
down-trodden countrymen to the best of our
knowledge nnd ability. A generous public
lias appreciated our motives and our labors,
and we think we can now say, that ns regards
nil the elements of success, the Telegraph lias
no cause to envy the fortune of any oth
er journal in the State. We believe
its circulation exceeds tliat of any other pa
per in tlic State, and wc feel no hesitation in
saying tliat its list of paying subscribers is
fully double that of any paper in the city of
3facon, or west of Augusta. It embraces,
too, the solid men of the country—the mer
chants, the planters, the intelligent mechan
ics, and the professional men of every kind.
Wc feel that we have both deserved and won
cal distinctions. I saw and said, at the be- Designs of tlic Republican Party
ginning, that the “rebellion would try the _ .
strength of the whole people. All, there- rSPEECII FROM GEN. JOHN GLAR\,
fore, Republican or Democratic, who stood | GOVERNOR ELECT OF PENN-
by the Union and sustained the Government, : SYLVANIA.
were equally friends. |
In wars between nations, however pro-[ 0 n Wednesday evening, Maj. General John
tracted and sanguinary, peace, when it came, i T
was as significant as war! and bore its traits. W - Gear y del,ver cd an address at the Jones
But civil wars have their sting, or barb, to | House, Harrisburg, Pa., upon tbe reception
rankle and fester. With ns, though blood j of tbe news of bis election as Governor of
Pennsylvania. Geary spoke as follows:
Cotton Tax Unconstitutional.—Since
tie death of Daniel Welister, it is pretty gen-
ually conceded tliat Rcvcrdy Johnson of
Miniand is the soundest constitutional law
Jtr n America. Being so regarded, the
:#!l*iring letter from him possesses more than
r i»ary interest at tlic present juncture. It
•*i: reply to a letter of lion. Charles I. Scott
<■! Vile ox county, Alabama, containing these
rrrogatories:
"la your opinion, is the act of Congress im
•tog a three per cent tax on cotton con
• itional? And would the Supreme Court
: ’lie United States so decide in the event
'Ideation was curried before it for ad
JI ration it”
REPLY.
Nf.w York, Sept. 20, I860,
ir Sir:—Your note of the 3d is received
The question you have put to me I
- vc heretofore considered. My opinion is,
-R the tax of three cents, imposed by the
;t of Congress is unconstitutional, and I be
-we the Court will so decide.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
Reyerdy Johnson.
We learn from the Wilcox (Camden) Times
'•-« the cotton planters of that county are
: acerting measures to have the question
'«1 in the Supreme Cocrt. Wo hope all
planters of the South will follow this ex-
It is high time wo bad commenced
' actable resistance to unconstitutional leg
ion. Heaven knowj we are oppressed
Rough in a lawful way.
Manners in Public Places.—As the
•*>n for public amusements has com
“ ' ■•ced, there can be no better time than the
l ^nt to protest against a v:ry general prac-
• v "fill-bred or thoughtless people in most
' ■ ''-'Southern theatres, our own not ncccp
; Wc allude to the habit of rising and
•‘-wing i a disorder just before the piece is
: Med, to the annoyance of those who
to hear the play to the end, nnd in con-
^Pt of tho performers. There is neither
sense nor decency in the practico, and
G°pe to see it universally abandoned. A
,ir ed foreigner coining amongst us with-
- ; information as to our habits and customs,
“to oppose that a considerable portion o
public audience, though genteel in ap-
j lrince , were nothing more than the ser-
w.j of gentlemen who had received parses
‘ * °ut until such an hour, and, under a
* !t y ot dismissal, not to exceed the time
n 1,
br- Je . 1 ?,‘ ,ow * n K remarks, from a contcmpo-
iJJtoike the nail an the head:
ru< * e People who start for the doors
Hut,, ,e Pky is about to conclude, forget
15,1 G eit: Me many who desire to see the end,
t^ T a °cannot do so amid the disturbance
»' i®.** 8, No person who has the breeding
tod 1 or Rvntlomaa, will be guilty of this
the T “ e manager might, in justice to
tote ft 1 refined portion of his audi-
tke doors a few minutes before the
H ( i t , * ’“e Piece and thus keep the house
who boys a ticket to an cn-
tofijsnpB #’ ?. on t bu J the right to make a
Jr Wtnself and disturb the entire
For the future, we can only say that no ef
fort or expense shall be spared to keep the
Telegraph in the front rank of Southern jour
nals. Able correspondents are employed for
tlic coining winter, at Washington, Milledge-
villc, New York, and several other important
points—men whose labors our renders have
already learned to appreciate. The com
mercial department will receive special at
tention, and in this respect we are deter
mined not to be excelled. All the political
and general news of the world will be care
fully collected for our columns, so that the
readers cf the Telegraph will not be igno
rant of any important portion of the history
of the times.
With these promises, wc call upon our
friends everywhere—it they feel that they
can do it conscientiously—to speak a word
for the Telegraph, and do what they conve
niently can to extend its circulation. The
approaching sessions of Congress nnd the
State Legislature will possess a peculiar in
terest, nnd no man should be without a good
paper to inform him of what is going on.
Let him subscribe for the Telegraph, and lie
shall not lie disappointed.
has ceased to flow, the war goes 9n, witli this
difference, that the North has become almost
os exacting and aggressive after, as the South
was before, the rebellion. For the first time
in the history of signal wars, terminating
triumphantly, the victors fail in the exercise
of that great redeeming virtue—a virtue
which distinguishes the civilized from the
savage state—magnanimity. Indeed, ordi
nary forbearance toward erring brethren who
have lost everything seems more than we can
afford. And yet, two thirds of all who fol-
Fellote-Cithern: As the candidate and rep
resentative of the triumphant Union Republi
can party of Pennsylvania, I reciprocate your
congratulations, and return you my sincere
thanks for this greeting. It is indeed a noble
victory wo have achieved. Wc cannot too
fervently and too repeatedly offer thanks to
Almighty God for this new evidence of his
presence in the midst of our National difficul
ties. The same hand that guided us through
lowed their traitor leaders into rebellion be- * * be sufferings and deaths of a causeless rebel-
lieved their cause to be just as right and pa
triotic as we hiote ours to have been.
In view of the determination of Radical
leaders to obstruct the return of loyal repre
sentatives to Congress and loyal States to the
Union, and to deprive the conntty and the
people of the legitimate fhiits ot a peace in
which
“Both parties nobly are subdued,
And neither party loser,”
the Conservative sentiment ot the people,
North and South, was appealed to. That
appeal, to be successful, involved the neces
sity of ignoring party, and of voting for can
didates irrespective of their antecedents. For
this I was and am prepared. Nor have I
any hesitation in voting for Democrats who
were loyal during the war. In common with
all my Whig friends, I voted for Democrats
freely, after the Republican party was organ
ized. Indeed, since its inauguration wc
have done little else than vote for Demo
crats. I voted in 1804 fora Democrat for
Governor and a Democrat for Lieutenant
Governor. The Speaker of the present As
sembly came to ns wreaking from a Copper
head hot-bed, with the music of bis secession
speech ringing in our cars. I voted, also,
twice for a Democratic State Comptroller and
twice for a Lieutenant Governor—not as Dem
ocrats, but as representatives of our princi
ples. The rebellion broke up, and confounded
political organizations. Leading Republicans
and Democrats are now rivaling each other
in their extreme radicalism. Gen. B. F. But
ler, a Democrat who supported Breckinridge
for President, is now a full neck ahead of
Sumner in the race for President in 1870.
Though signally unfoitunate in his conflicts
witli the enemy at Big Bethel nnd Fort Fish
er, Gen. Butler presses the South now vigor
ously and gallantly 1
Tho men who now lend the Radical cru
sade against the President, attempted, during
the war, to divide the North. Such a divis
ion would have destroyed both the Govern
ment and Union. That calamity was averted
by the firmness and patriotism of Conserva
tive Republicans. In 1864 the same leaders,
as hostile to Mr. Lincoln rs they arc to Pres
ident Johnson, attempted to defeat his elec
tion by a flank movement at Cleveland.—
Their call for that Convention was signed by
the present editor of the Albany Evening
Journnl. Mr. Greely wrote private letters to
prominent Republicans inviting their co-ope
ration in a scheme to defeat Mr. Lincoln’s
election.
The same leaders went to Washington last
December witli the deliberate intention to
quarrel with the President, who, up to that
day and hour, “ followed in the footsteps of
his illustrious predecessor.” Their denuncia
tions, persecutions and slanders have been
systematic, persistent and fiendish. If, under
a keen sense of injustice, he has since erred
in judgment or temper, none will deny the
sufficiency of the provocations. That it would
have been wiser, though less manly, to for
bear; I admit But no nature, merely human
excepting, perhaps, that of Abraham Lincoln
can patiently endure wanton public indigni
ties and contumely.
Thcrlow Weed.
Tlic Manifesto of Tliurlotv Weed.
Below we publish extracts Jrom tbe recent
letter of the veteran nnd astute journalist and
politician, Thuriow Weed, to the New York
Times, a brief reference to which was made
a few days since. The portions omitted are
incidental references to unimportant matters.
Tliat given, affords evidence that Mr. Weed
is a patriot and statesman of enlarged views,
and that he refuses to trifle with the pence
and security of tho country for mere parti
san objects. If tbe North had more men of
the stamp of Thuriow Weed, the future of shall be recorded/
this nation would promise more auspiciously
than it docs now. nis course in regard to
the approaching New York election is in
striking contrast to that pursued by tliat pro
fessional trimmer, II. J. Raymond, and wc
trust will rectify among conservative Repub
licans the mischief done recently by his de
fection :
To the Editor of the New York Times :
Near the inauspicious close of a protracted
session of Congress, several distinguished Re
publican friends of President Johnson's Ad
ministration invited such lpyal citizens of all
the States as desired an enlightened, just and
speedy restoration of Union, Fraternity and
Brotherhood, to assemble in convention at
Philadelphia. This invitation was endorsed
by equally distinguished Democratic states
men. and* was responded to by able and pa
triotic delegations from States North nnd
South, whose calm deliberations and wise
conclusions promised salutary results.
The Convention was attended by eminent
men from the North, irrespective of party.
From the South came equally eminent men,
most ot whom had been concerned in the re
bellion, but who, the war over, accepted the
result as evidence of their error, and desired
to return to their allegiance and duty in the
Union nnd under the Constitution. In the
Declaration of Principles adopted unanimous
ly by tliat Convention, the Southern dclcgntes
pledged themselves to all that justice, duty,
honor and magnanimity required.
The Philadelphia Convention contemplat
ed, for the pending cnnvnss, State organiza
tions in the spirit of its purpose and action.
It presumed that, anxious to concentrate the
conservative sentiment and strength of the
Northern people, State organizations would
proceed upon the basis of Union inaugurated
at Philadelphia, Republicans and Democrats,
for the time being and for a common object,
merging their names and organizations in
that of the National Union Party. In ob
jecting, subsequently, to two State Conven
tions, and calling one with delegates of Re
publican nnd Democratic antecedents, the
Philadelphia principle was preserved.
More of tlic Impeachment.
The World proceeds to answer the position
ot Butler by citing tlic ca3e of Justice Sam
uel Chase, of the United States Supreme
Court, impeached in 1805. The Senate, af
ter organizing as 11 high court of impeach
rnent, adopted the following as one of the
rules ot proceeding:
“ The person impeached shall then lie called
to appear and answer the articles of impeach
ment exhibited against him. If he appears,
or any person for him, the appearance shall
be recorded, stating particularly if by him
self or if by agent or attorney; naming the
person appearing, and the capacity in which
he appears. If he docs not appear, either
personally or by agent or attorney, the same
“'’all be recorded.”
General Butler is wholly wrong in his law.
Instead of the President being taken into
custody and impeached, it depends on his
voluntary choice whether he will appear be
fore the court at all. If lie appears, lie is just
as free to appear hy attorney ns in person.
Judge Story, in his Commentaries on the
Constitution, describes at length the formal!
tics observed in trials for impeachment. And
the World cites the following passage as cor
roborating the inferences drawn from tlic rule
of the court in Judge Chase’s case:
“ If he"—the person impeached—“does
not appear, in jterson or ly attorney, his de
fault- is recorded, and toe Senate may pro
ceed EX PARTE TO TnK TRIAL OP TIIE IM
PEACHMENT. If lie does appear, in person or
by attorney, bis appearance is recorded.”
There have been, in all, four cases ot im
peachment, since the beginning of our Gov
ernment, namely, tliat of William Blount.
17C0; John Pickering, 1803; Samuel Chase,
1805; and James H. Peck, 1831. The law
governing such trials, as stated by Judge Sto
ry, is founded on the precedents furnished by
these four cases. The argument of General
Butler in support of the position of Wendell
Phillips, that the President must necessarily
be suspended from office during the trial, falls
to the ground in the face of this uniform
UBagc. But even if the exploded assumption
of Butler were. correct, the taking'of. the
President into temporary custody would not
operate as a suspension from office. If he
should lie totally disabled for six weeks by
typhus fever, wc suppose nobody is nlisurd
enough to say that lie would cease to be
President during his illness, and that the
President of the Senate would be inducted
into the Executive chair. The Government
would, in that case, be administered by the
heads of departments, and papers requiring
the President’s name would remain unsigned
until liis recovery. That his office could not
lie filled by another person daring his tran
sient disability, may be shown by conclusive
analogy. Suppose Chief Justice Chascshould
be impeached, would his office be vacant
during the trial t If so, the President could
send to the Senate a nomination to fill the
vacancy.
For Chief-justice Chase to preside at the
trial of the President would be also a great
iniquity, although in conformity to the letter
f the Constitution. The President of the
lenate presides in all trials of impeachments'
with tlic single exception that the Chief-jus
tice takes his place when the President of the
United States is tried. The reason which
That the Democratic party consented, for
the accomplishment.of a great reform, to
temporarily merge itself in the National
Union movement, was my understanding nnd
expectation. Tliat, too, was the understand
ing of the late Mr. Richmond, with whom I
held frequent frank and unreserved conver
sations. This is evidenced also by the polit- j baa always been given for tub exception is
ical constitution and course of the Philadel- ; solid and conclusive. It is, that the Presi-
phia Convention. The World hesitated to ■ dent of tho Senate being the Constitutional
approve, while the Leader ridiculed the j successor of a deposed President, is an inter-
Philadelphia call; but when the Democracy > csted party, anil therefore unfit to conduct
of the State walked into that Convention, ' the trial. This objection applies, in all its
thoio journals acquiesced. 1 force, to Chief justice Chase. Contrary to
* * * * * * * * | all former example, to all sense of fitness, to
I do not, of course, hold a party resnonsi- all the decorum which beseems liis great of-
ble for the views of one of its Ica’ding jour- lice, the Chief-justice b a candidate for Presi-
iials, nor for tbe acts of individual‘Deino- dent us Mr. Johnsons successor. liis success
cnt~. My cil', 1 i- ;■> L'lurd, as far a- pn--i- in ri-M- liing tin- l’ri->iiii-:u-y di-pi-rob on exelu-
b),. against the expres-ion of views and the ding the unrepresented States from participa-
ri-p-tition of acts which embarrass the can- tion in the election: anil the deposing of
Yass . President Johnson is thought hr the Radicals
** * * * a necessary step to their exclusion. With
From the outbreak of the rebellion I have this great stake in the result, Chief-justice
neither known nor recognized former politi- Chase is totally unfit to preside at the trial.
lion has led us safely through a new and even
mere tremendous peril. The intelligence of
the terrible overthrow of treason in Pennsyl
vania—the sublime civic sequel to the crown
ing victory of Gettysburg; tbe second and
final surrender of tbe rebel sympathizers—
will forever and justly settle many disputed
questions. It permanently established the
fact that the Government of the United States
is vested in.the American people and in their
representatives iq Congress assembled, and
not in a corrupt Executive ; and upon this
strong and granite foundation we shall now
proceed to fortify against tbe inroads of
and the attacks of treason, the following
truths and covenants; that the government
of the people by the people and for the peo
ple shall not perish from the earththe cruel
and revengeful traitors defeated in battle
shall not be restored to ruin the country they
•attempted to destroy; that when our fore
fathers declared man capable of self-govern
ment they rejected the heresy of human slav
ery, and pledged equal political rights to all
their successors; that hereafter the citizen
represented in the State and National legis
latures must be clothed with the rights of
citizenship"; that all the agencies of the Gov
ernment, civil and military, mustbepersever.
ingly and sternly exercised to protect, vindi
cate, and, if needs be, avenge our oppressed
brothers in tbe South against the savage per
secutions of rebels who are still so imperti
nent and defiant that even Andrew Johnson
fears to pardon them; that thb obligation
is as sacred as that which made the Roman
citizen strong and respected nil over the
world, and which stimulates the British Gov
ernment to-day to defend British subjects
against opposition and persecution, however
remote and however remorseless; that as we
must choose between those who will not
yield to the conqueror’s ttrms in the recent
insurgent States, and those who have fought
steadily for the Government, and pray for its
protection, wc gladly prefer the men who of
fered their lives tor the flag to those who con
tinue to scorn and trample upon it. The de
feat of the sympathizers with treason, nnd
the overthrow of an abandoned and ungrateful
Executive in Pennsylvania, opens the whole
Southern country to the progressive people
ot the North, with their ten thousand intel
lectual and elevating agencies; and, better
than this, it secures to the resident loyalists,
white and black, those natural and civil nghts
pledged in the Declaration of Independence,
and secured by the laws of the land. What
Pennsylvanian who contributed to the re
splendent majority we contemplate with sucli
gratitude and joy to-night will not feel proud
that to his vote nnd to liis energy mnnkind
is indebted for these priceless blessings ?—
Having fortified these great truths against all
future dangers, it is for us of Pennsylvania to
maintain the forward position we have so
proudly won. The result provts tliat an in
telligent people cannot be driven away from
principle by appeals to prejudice, and it fixes
the fact more than ever tliat profligacy and
proscription in high places serve to arouse
popular indignation and to strengthen popu
lar convictions. No tyrant in any age—not
even Nero, whose infamy is written in the
immortal pages of Suetonius - ever descended j
so low in liis efforts to debauch, or reached so '
high in his efforts to destroy, as Andrew
Johnson. Strong in the stolen ]A>wcr of a
betrayed people, lie stretched forth his arm,
paralizing where he could not purchase, and
scourging where he could not subdue. Our
State was converted into a market place,
where the offices of the people were proffered
to themselves as the price of their ow» de
gradation, and where honest opinion was
ostracised and craven sycophancy disgus-
ingly rewarded. But this attempt to
restore the traitors of the South* and
to restore the Copperhead 1 of the North has
to be a galvanism so brief that his fa'lurc hts
consigned both to a deeper dcatli and to a
darker grave than thac they occupied before.
The Commonwealth that lias resisted and de- j
tied such bribes and such brutalities may well
claim the proud title'ot_ being the fortrcs of
American freedom. Blit as I speak to you I
feel that we are not alone entitled to the
laurels of this transcendent triumph. Indiana
and Ohio complete the triumvirate as they
compete for tlic palm. Let us share it with
them as those who won the immortal battles
against the rebellion—shared equally the
dangers nnd the honors of the conflict. Now
that wc linve done our duty, it will be easy for
others to follow—easy, let us hope, for Mnrj
land to hold the position so bravely and
bloodily won during the war, and now sought
to lie torn away from her by returned rebels
and pensioned mercenaries; easy tor Tennes
see to retain and rivet the splendid post she
has captured from double treason ; easy for
Delaware to cut loose from the prejudices
under which she has groaned so long; cosy
for Missouri to add another page to her crim
soned yet immortal record; and, above all,
easy for the patriots of tlic South to compel
obedience to the Inst generous proffer of the
American people in the new amendment of
the national Constitution.
TELEGRAPHIC.
[DESPATCHES TO THE ASSOCtATED PRESS.]
Foreign Xcws by Steamers.
LORD STANLEY AT THE CABLE BAN
QUET.
THE LONDON TDIES ON THE ALA
BAMA CLAIMS.
JOHN BULL’S KNEES WEAKENING,
New York, October 15.—Foreign dates to
the 5th instant have been received.
The London Times compliments Lord Stan
ley on his speech at the cable banquet in'Liv-
erpool, which was, it says, designed to satisfy
the United States that our relations with that
country are safe in his hands. The Times
suggests that his Lordship should take
hand the differences relating to the Alabama
claims, which, untractable as they appear, it
s presumed can be set at rest if the necessary
temper and judgment be brought to bear. It
further suggests that England should offer
submit her neutrality laws, together with
those of the United States, to revision by
mixed commission; also, that the time has
come when concession respecting the Ala
bama claims is no longer open to miscoD
struction, and would be accepted by the Uni
ted States as a spontaneous act of good will
Foreign Hews by the Scotia.
Domestic Markets.
New York, Oct. 17.—Gold, 148 1-8; Five
New Iork, October 10.—The steamship Twenties, 114; Cotton,heavy; sales900bales
Scotia has arrived, with Queenstown dates to at 41a43&; Flour steady, sales 450 barrels,
the 7th. Southern, $12alG.oO; Wheat, la2c. better;
The following are the principal conditions Corn, 2a3c. better; Oats, lc. higher; Pork
of the treaty of peace between Austria and
Italy: A mutual exchange of all prisoners
of war. Austria consents to the union of Ve-
Terrillc Fire in Quebec.
FIFTEEN HUNDRED HOUSES BURNT,
Montreal, Oct 15.—A terrible fire occur
red in Quebec last night in St Roche’s and St.
Zavier’s suburbs. Fifteen hundred houses de
stroyed, four men killed, one soldier blown
up, one officer wounded.
I LATER.
Quebec, October 15.—The whole district
west of Crown street to St Zavier toll-gate
nearly a mile in length, is burned. Seventeen
churches and convents are destroyed. Two
thousand houses are in ashes, and twenty
thousand persons are rendered houseless.
Domestic Markets.
New York, Oct 15.—Gold 150 3-8 ; Five
Twenties, of’65,1081-8; Ten-Forties, 99 3-4
Flour steady, at $11.90al6.50 for Southern
sales 400 bbls; Wheat, la2c. better; Com
has advanced 2c. and Oats has also improved
la2c.r Beef, dull; Pork quiet, sales at $36.50:
Lard, lower; Whisky, firm; Cotton firm—
sales of 500 bales Middlings were made at 42
a44c^ Sugar, firm; Molasses steady, sales 300
hhd*.; Spts. Turpentine, 70&71: Rosin, $4.25.
Baltimore, Oct. loth.—Flour, very firm
Western Extra, $12.75al3.50; Wheat, steady:
Corn firm, receipts light; Oats, firm; Provis-
ioBS, inactive; Sugar, firm; Whisky, steady.
Xcw Orleans Market.
New Orlans, October 15.—Cotton higher.
The sales to-day were 1,400 bales, at 38 a 39
c^nts. Gold, $1.49.
Mobile Markets.
Mobile, October 15.—The sales of cotton
to-day were 800 bales—middlings at 39 a 40,
*nd low middlings at 37 cents. The market
is very hard.
IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO.
THE IMPERIALISTS CARRYING EVERY
THING BEFORE THEM.
Webster's Dictionary.—Tho Richmond
Christian Advocate of last week has a long
review, or rather description, of a new edi
tion of Webster's Dictionary, from which we
infer that that literary nuisance, though not
abated, has become less offensive. Webster’s
bold but crude ideas of grammar produced a
crop of errors which still show their heads in
every part of the field of letters. His first
dictionary, too, was ti dictionary of Web
ster’s language, not Webster’s Dictionary of
tbe English language. It both spelled and
pronounced words secundum Websterem, not
according to the “ custom of the best writers
and speakers.” Each new edition, however,
was an improvement upon the one preceding
it; and we may hope that the last is the best,
seeing that Webster had nothing to do witli
its preparation—a duty which seems to have
been entrusted to much better hands.
Result of the Election in Indiana.
Indianapolis, Oct 11.—Official returns
are coming in slowly, but show nothing to in
dicate a change in the general result given
in Inst night’s report
The Legislature (from returns secured up
to this time) stands:
Senate—Union 82, Democrats 18.
House—Union 64, Democrats 86.
The Unionists will certainly have forty ma
jority on joint ballot
Congress—Union 8, Democrats, 3.
The election ol Wasbburne and Orth, (Un
ionists,) in the Seventh and Eighth Districts,
is conceded by both parties.
Tho following resolution was adopt
ed at a large mass meeting recently held in
Polk county, Arkansas:
Resolved, That we neither now, nor can
hereafter, forget our heroic dead; but that
their virtues which led them to brave death
in defense ot that they believed to be right
and just, and manly, shall be the strongest
incentive to us to maintain and stand by tho
laith of our fathers, in a renovated, rc-united,
and strengthened Republic.
65f” A large number of negroes left Buike
county last week for the West. Another lot
are preparing to leave soon.
New Orleans, Oct. 15.—News from the
Rio Grande states that Gen. Mejia has cap
tured Monterey, dispersed the Liberals and is
marching on Matamoras.
IT. States Dstrlct Court at Charles
ton.
. Charleston, October io.—The grand jury
made a presentment to the United States
District Court to-day, in which, after treat
ing upon local topics, they express the hope
that the National Congress will dispassion
ately consider the State of the country, and
direct its efforts to a full restoration of the
Union, removing or modifying all disqualify
ing acts, especially tbe test oath. They also
advert to the case of Mr. Davis, and urge his
speedy trial or release on bail, as a matter of
justice and humanity.
New York Market.
New Y@rk, Oct. 13, noon.—Gold, 151
1-4; Exchange, steady; Wheat, la2c. better;
Corn, 2c. better; Provisions, steady.
Ccncrul News.
3IR. HENRY WARD BEECHER DE3ION-
STRATES—ELECTION TROUBLES IN
3IARYLAND—FURTHER FR03I THE
QUEBEC FIRE—AR3IS RESTORED TO
THE FENIANS.
New York, October 16.—Henry Ward
Beecher made an address at the Brooklyn
Academy last night, in which he advocated
the passage of the Constitutional Amend
ment as a necessity. He expressed his confi
dcnce in tho gcod faith of the South, and
characterized the Republican party as the
true guardian of the Government. He de
clared it to be the duty of the North to edu
cate the South into a recognition of entire
justice.
Baltimore, Oct 16.—Petitions arc being
circulated here and extensively signed calling
on the Governor to remove the President of
the Police Commissioners, which it is claimed
he can do in the recess of the legislature.—
Tbe friends of tbe Commissioners contend
otherwise, however. As these have the ap
pointment of Judges at the State election,
the importance of the subject is readily un
derstood.
Quebec, Oct. 16.—A moderate computa
tion places tbe number of houses destroyed
by the fire at two thousand five hundred.—
The loss of real property is from two andja
half to three millions. Eighteen hundred
persons have been rendered homeless.
Buffalo, Oct 16.—Orders have been re
ceived from Washington to restore to the
Fenians the arms which were taken lrom
them, on their giving bond that they shall
not be used in violation of the neutrality of
the United States.
firm, sales 4,200 bbls., Mess $33.50; Lard,
lower; Whisky, quiet; Sugar, firm; Coffee,
steady; Molasses, firm ; Spts. Turpentine, 70
netia with Italy. The frontiers to be added a72c.; Rosin, $4.25a9.50.
to Italy are those winch constituted the ad- j Mobile, Oct. 17.—Cotton sales to-day, 100
ministration of Yenetia while under the Aus-1 bales; Middling 38; Low 3Iiddling 36. The
trinn dominion. The amount of debt to be j market is dull, and in absence ot demand
assumed by Italy is 30,000,000 florins, paya--P r ' ces arc nominal.'
ble in eleven installments in twenty-three
months.
.An Athens despatch, dated September 29,
says the French Minister, Monthier, has
warned the Greek Government that France
would break off diplomatic relations with
Greece if the latter did not observe the
strictest neutrality during the present insur
rection in Condia. The Cretan National As
sembly had called upon the Greek nation to
take part in the insurrection. The English
and French Consuls in Candia are opposed
to the movement
Latest Foreign Markets.
[by the cable.]
Liverpool, Oct 16.—The Cotton market
is quiet and active. Sales to-day 2000 bales.
3Iiddling Upland quoted’at 15 l-4d.
The weather is still unfavorable for the
crops.
Bxeadstufis tend upward. Corn advanced
to thirty shillings per central for mixed Wes
tern.
London, Oct 16.—Consols, 89 1-2; U. S.
5-20’s, 68 1-4.
Sale of Government Property in S. Caro
lina.
Washington, Oct 16.—Tho U. S. District
Commissioner will sell to the highest bidder
the following Government property situated
on the islands of Port Royal, Ladies, St Hel
ena, Coosa and Parry; sales to commence as
follows:
November 1st, 1866-r-Forty-four lots and
houses in the town of Beaufort. -
Nov. 5th—Three thousand lots in the new
ly laid-out town of Port Royal at tbe south
west end of St Helena Island.
December 3d—33 school farms, containing
about 6000 acres. These sales are to be made
under the act of July 16tli, 1866.
Death ot John Van Huron,
New York, October 16.—John Van Buren
died two days since, on board of the steam
ship Scotia, at sea. His body has been
brought here.
Despatch from Minister Adams.
Washington, Oct. 16.—Mr. Adams, our
Minister at London, states in a despatch oi
the 29th ultimo that there was then no case
before that legation of a proved American
citizen being in custody in England on sus
picion of being concerned in Fenian move
ments—all so situated having been released.
Domestic Markets.
Baltimore, Oct. 16.—Flour—Fine Howard
Street Superfine, $11 65. Wheat quiet; red,
95 to $3. Corn, yellow, 75; white, scarce
and nominal. Oats, firm at 58 to 59c. Pro
visions inactive. Sugar, firm. Coffee, steady.
Whisky, steady.
New York, Oct 10.—Gold, 148 7-8; 5’s,
114 5-8; 10’s, 99 1-2; 7’s, 105 7-8.
Cotton, dull; sales to-day 800 bales at 41
to 43c. Flour closed heavy; gales 450 bbls
at $12 to $16 50. Wheat 1 to 2 cents lower.
Corn, ditto. Pork firmer; New Mess, 33 87
to $33 08. Lard, lower. Whisky, Groceries
and Naval Stores quiet.
New Orleams, Oct. 1G.—Cotton steady,
unchanged; White Corn, $1.00; Supr. Flour,
$12.25; Pork, $34.-50; Lard, 19a21c.; Gold
147 1-2.
3Iobile, Oct. 16th.—Cotton sales to-day
600 bales; Middlings, £9a40c.; market steady.
New Orleans, Oct. 17.—Cotton unchang
ed. Sales to-day 3,100 bales. Gold 147 1-2;
New York Exchange, one half discount.
General New*.
Albany, N. Y., Oct. 16.—The Democratic
and Conservative Congressional Convention
for the Fourteenth District nominat-sd to-day
John Shelton and L. Pruyan their candidates
for Congress.
Baltimore, Oct. 17.—The Committee ap
pointed by the Conservative Convention last
night to collect evidence against the Police
Commissioners meet this afternoon, prepara
tory to presenting the matter to Governor
Swann.
New York, Oct. 17.—A private letter, da
ted Monterey, Sept. 27tli, from Maj. General
Lew Wallace, has been received by a promi
nent merchant in this city. The Liberals
were confident of success, and were continual
ly receiving munitions of war, and as they
advanced were obtaining the necessary funds
for carrying on the war. At the time of wri
ting, the French were retreating, instead of
advancing.
Washington, Oct 17th.—There is no pro
bability whatever of the President’s changing
his present position as to his restoration poli
cy, as has been intimated in some of the pa
pers.
Mi<ods*>ippi ami tlic Con*liUttionaI
Amendment.
Negro Killed in Columbia Co.
Augusta, Oct 16.—A freedman was shot
in Columbia County last night The outrage
originated from a difficulty with a white
man which the freedinan reported to Gen
Tillson, who advised him to seek redress from
the civil authorities. A party of white men
surrounded his house last night and shot him
while attempting to escape. 3Iucli indigna
tion was caused by .the outrage, and tbe mil
itary was sent to arrest the perpetrators.
A light frost was reported in this vicinity
yesterday.
-«-»>•
Early Retirement of Mr. Stanton
GENERAL SHER3IAN TO BE SECRE
TARY OF WAR—03LA.HA ELECTIONS
—FIRE IN NEW YORK—ARRIVAL OF
THE QUAKER CITY.
New York Markets.
New York, O-t. 16, Noon.—Gold, 149;
Sterling Exchange, 108. Cotton steady at 42
to 44 cts. Flour steady at $12 to $16 50 for
Southern; sales 400 bbls. Wheat dull. Corn
to 2c lower Pork dull. Lard quiet.
foreign Markets.
ANOTHER ADVANCE IN COTTON.
(by the cable.)
Liverpool, Oct 13.—The Cotton market
very active. Sales to-day 30,000 bales;
Middling Uplands, have advanced one quar
ter, closing at 15 l-4d.
London, Oct. 15.—The money market is
There are 137.000 persons in Brooklyn I slightly firmer. Consols, 89 1-2 ; u. S. Five-
wlio do business in New York. ' 1 Twenties, 70 1-2.
Washington, Oct. 17.—There seems no
doubt that Stanton will soon retire trorn tbe
War Department, and that Lieut General
Sherman will succeed him for a time at least,
as acting Secretary of War.
Official returns from the Territory of Oma
ha nearly complete, show a Republican ma
jority of between six and seven hundred. The
Legislature has over thirty Republican ma
jority.
New York, Oct 17.—Arrived, steamer
Quaker City, from Charleston.
Three large stpres west of Washington
street were burned last night Five wer-
filled with cotton.
Loss $300,000.
New York Market.
New York, Oct 17th.—Noon.—Cotton is
firmer, quotations nominal; Flour, more
steady; Wheat, firm; Com, la2c. better.
Pork, firmer; Lard and Whisky, quiet.
Gold, 148 7-8 ; Sterling Exchange, higher
and quoted 108 1-4.
Arrests in Columbia County.
HENRY COUNTY]TO BEJGARRISONED
(Special to the Telegraph.)
New Orleans, Oct 16th.—The Governor
of Mississippi considers the Constitutional
Amendment an insult to the whole South,
and says he presumes that it will only be nec
essary to read it to the Legislature for that
body to reject it. The Legislature merely
ordered the messago read.
Female Compositors.—The “Field and
Fireside,” published at Raleigh, N. C., has
all its types set by female compositors.
Speaking of the subject, the “Field and
Fireside” says:
The ladies employed in this office are some
of the many in tlic South upon whom the
disasters of the war fell with a heavy hand.
They are all well educated and accomplished,
and’btlong to as good families as any in tho
city. At 4 o’clock their day’s duties end;
then they go home to dinner, are ready for
an afternoon walk or call; and wc doubt not
that many a young gentleman who, desiring
an evening among bright eyes, pretty faces,
good music, Ac., is often astonished (if not
made to feel small at his own lack of posting)
at the thorough familiarity which tlieso la
dies evince in all "matters pertaining to cur
rent literature. He does not trouble himself
to ascertain where and how they read so
much; it is enough for him tliat they can
lead him in conversation upon almost any
topic.
It these ladies deign to touch with their
rosy finger tips the hand of any of their gal
lants, (which wc very much -doubt,) wc are
inclined to the opinion that many a time the
mental ejaculation lias suggested itself, “what
pure white hands she has!” It is not gene
rally known that there is a strong bleaching
quality in types and printing offices, and that
there is no business by which one’s hands can
be made whiter than in a composing room.
3Iore of the Survivors of TnE Even
ing Star.—The Charleston papers report
the arrival at that city, by the schooner
Morning Star, from Cardenas, of some of the
passengers and crew of tho unlortunate
steamship Evening Star. She picked up at
sea one of the small boats, containing the
following seven persons: James W. Lyons,
pilot, of New Orleans; John Berry, second
cook; Andrew Mc3Iahan, second assistant
engineer; A. Souza, cabin passenger; F. A.
Van Sickle, cabin passenger; 3Iiss Minnie
Taylor, of New York, passenger; and Miss
3Iinnie Wilson, ofNcw York, passenger.
It is stated that tour others, including one
lady, were of tlie number who left the sinking
steamer, but from delirium, arising from the
want of water and nourishment, jumped into
the sea. The survivors were suffering much
from the effects of exposure and starvation,
and also from injuries received from frag
ments of the wreck.
(Special to tho Telegraph.)
Augusta, Oct. 17.—Four white men
charged witli the murder of a freedman in
Columbia county, Tuesday morning, were ar
rested by the military to-day and committed
to jail. It is understood the prisoners will
have an examination to-morrow belorc the
Judge of the County Court, now in session.
Gen. Tillson will publish a communication
to-morrow stating that the civil authorities I
havingfailed to protect freed people and the i->nhemn. 2
agent of the Bureau, he will maintain a gar- German Reformed
rison in said county until the conduct of the KonuaCathollc --J;
people and action of the civil authorities Total ,a
warrant the belief that the laws will be en-! * **. 7, , c
e 1 1 .11 .. — ... , The difiereuee between the number of
forced anc a classes of citizens be protected people who eat and those who sleep in New
in their rights of pereon and property. York is 197.000.
The Rev. Lovick Pierce.—This eminent
divine and remnrkable man, who has been
filling the 3Iethodist pulpit in this city lor
several days, is physically, mentally and
morally a study for the thoughtful. He has
been preaching the gospel constantly, faith
fully and ably for sixty-two years, having
commenced liis labors in 1804, being now 82
years of age, yet on Sunday last, he preached
two sermons of over an hour’s length each,
and lectured the Sunday school besides.—
What a living hero 1 Let the youths of the
present day behold and listen to this exem
plification of the man of God—take heed to
iis counsels, and live as he has lived. “Then
shall thy days be long in the laud which the
Lord thy God giveth thee,” and “thou sliait
go down to thy grave well stricken in years
and lull of honors.”—Grijfin Star.
Scene at a Radical Meeting.—The Na
tional Intelligencer has the following:
Gen. Cameron, in speaking at the late Har
risburg mass meeting, seeing Gen. Knipc in
the crowd, said:
I “There’s your postmaster, Joe Knipe. I
made him a General.”
And no sooner bad he uttered the words
than there rung out in a clear, silvery voice
from the audience,
You are a liar 1 I was made a General
while fighting the battles of my country, while
you were at Home speculating in mule con
tracts.”
It was the voice of the gallant Gen. Knipe,
and of course there was a commotion. A rush
was made by the roughs at Knipe, but he de
fled them and kept them off.
Wealth of Queen Victoria.—Queen
Victoria is at present one ot the richest sov
ereigns in Europe. The Duchess of Kent,
who laid up a considerable sum of money,
left it all to the Queen. The prince Consort
also, who followed a strict economy from the
very day of his marriage, was at the time or
his death the possessor of a large fortune. He
made his will in favor of the Queen. Finally
au old gentleman, who had more attachment
for her Majesty than for his'distant relations,
has just made the Queen the legatee of his
hole fortune, amounting to forty millions of
francs.
Cncncn Matters.—During the past three
months the following accession of ministers
from other denominations baa been made to
the EpBcopal Church in tie- United States:
Methf*riam I Wesleyan 33
oD^rejiational and hrosbytcrian 13
Unitarian