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National Thanksgiving.—See the Presi
dent's proclamation in our columns this morn
ing.
jgT* We have received a communication
nominating a ticket for Jlayornnd Aldermen
at the coming election. As the writer has
withheld his name his article cannot appear
in these columns. ,
The SoLiciTonsmr, for this Judicial Cir
cuit, having become vacant by the resigna
tion of Mr. Branham, an election to fill the
place will bo held in January. Capt. F. T.
Snead, of Macon county, formerly Ast. Ajt.
Gen. on Gen. Doles’ staff, a good lawyer and
a brave soldier, is the only name announced
thus far. We presume though that the field
will be contested.
£. F. Metcalfe & Co.—The advertisement
ot this firm will be found in our columns this
morning. It is a branch of that briarean
concern of E. 31. Bruce & Co., whose branch
es reach out and cover nearly every commer
cial city in the South. For responsibility
and commercial integrity, the firm is entitled
to popular confidence, while a recollection
of their lively enterprise in pouring money
jnto the South and giving us a fair conside
ration for tho little produce left us by the
war, gives them a claim upon our grateful
remembrance.
For particulars, see their advertisement.
Tnn Southern States—Signs of a
Wholesome Reaction.—Our Charleston (S.
C.) correspondent informs us that Governor
Orr, in anticipation of the endorsement, of
the restoration policy of Congress in the im
pending Northern elections, is inclined to
try the experiment ot calling his Legislature
together for the ratification of tho constitu
tional amendment, and to move also in be
half of a new election for members of Con
gress, to the end that men may be chosen
who con take tho test oath which is a law of
Congress.—Hi Y. Ueralil.
Gov. Orr couhl do very few things that
would surprise us, but this is one of the things
that wo feel sure lie will not even attempt.—
South Carolina is not ready for such a humil
iation, tho Ilernld’s Charleston correspondent
to the contrary notwithstanding.
In the revised edition of the book several
needed explanations are given and one or two
new features added, that are appropriate, and
at the same time lead additional interest to
the game. A little study of tho book will
give a fair insight into the powers and mer
its of the pieces, and enable the learner, with
practice, soon to acquire skill sufficient to
delight him with the pastime.
THE NORTHERN ELECTIONS—THEIR 131-
PORT, MORAL AND MATERIAL.
Three of the largest Northern States have
recently held their elections, and the result,
proxim&tely at least, has been laid before our
readers. "Well informed men nt the South
have not lieen disappointed, except to an
agreeable extent, where persons believed that
the Radical party would sweep everything
before them and leave tho opposition pros
trate and powerless. 'While there has been
a .very slight increase in their Congressional
representation, the popular vote shows that
they arc losing ground. We offered some
remarks on this point a day or two ago,
though there is a point or two that remain
to be considered. They are most important
in the present condition of affairs, and should
arrest the attention of all parties in this coun
try, as they will tho acute observation of the
world abroad.
The first fact developed by those elections
is, that the Northern people are nearly cqual-
GOD'S JUDGMENT?.
The terrible fate of the steamer Evening
Star, bound from New York to New Orleans,
would seem to be a judg meat of Ileavcn ap-
on a guilty and abandoned class. The New
York Daily News draws tho following pic
ture ot a large body of her passengers, all of
whom went down with the ill-fated ship:
A CARGO OF COURTEZANS EMBARKED FOR THE
CRESCENT CITT.
On Saturday the steamship Evening Star
sailed from this port for New Orleans, bear
ing hence eighty-seven prostitutes. It is. a
custom among the matrons of the large assig
nation houses of Havana, New Orleans, and
other Southern cities, at the opening of the
fall season, to visit the Northern States and
spend a month or six weeks in seeking and
selecting the most fascinating beauty that
may be found in the houses of prostitution in
New York, Boston, and Philadelphia, and
these they consign to their bagnois in the
South.
Last month Bianca Robbins, Jennie King,
Flora Bedell, Susan Kingsley, and several
other well-known keepers of fashionable man
sions of pollution in New Orleans, arrived in
this city, and at once commenced their search
for a supply of fresh victims to fill the places
of those of whom they had been relieved by
removal or death. After weeks they suc
ceeded in procuring the number requisite to
fill their almost deserted harems; and, on
the occasion, the number who embarked on
board the Evening Star was, as we havo al
ready said, eighty-seven, some of them the
most accomplished, handsomest and unscru
pulous lorettes to be found in the gilded
The Second Roman Catholic Pic
nary Council.
This eminent body of Roman Catholic di-
ly divided upon tho great questions of policy {, rotlie i 8 ot Cit ^
that now agitate the country. In Pennsylva-1 Every available state-room on the Evening
nia. the most radical of tho States and the Star which could be procured had been en
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The Alabama Claims.—The reference in
onr telegram of foreign news to the speech
of Lord Stanley at the Cable Dinner, will at
tract attention. The remarks of the London
Times, on the same topic, are equally worthy
of note. That the leading journal of England
should advocate a “concession’’ on the part
of that Government to the United States
upon the subject of the Alabama claims, or
claims asserted on account of depredations
committed by the great Confederate privateer
on Federal commerce during the late war, is
significant in more senses than one. It gives
promise of indemnity to Northern shippers
and ship-owners against immense losses,
which they considered total, and in view of
the questionable legality of the claims shows
that American power and prestige are ade
quate to the enforcement, even against great
and haughty England, of almost any demand
we may think proper to make. Should those
claims be conceded in fact,we will have enter
ed upon a new era in the world’s history, one
in which the scale of nationalities will have
been reviewed and reconstructed. In this,
however others may feel, it is very certain
that American pride will suffer no abatement
IRON DYKES.
The New Yorkers are abandoning the old
and costly system of dyking by throwing up
embankments of earth, and substituting iron
plates that may be laid down as fast as you
can build a common worm fence, and even
faster. They cost not one-fourth the amount
and arc even more effectual as barries against
floods. The Iron Dyke is described thus:
An impervious wall or iron dyke is con
structed from a series of cast-iron plates hav
ing water-tight joints and fitting into each
other. In most cases the plates should be
cast about five feet in width, a full quarter of
an inch in thickness, and say aboat ten to
twelve feet in length. This size would, how
ever, vary according to the particular work
to be accomplished. The bottom end of
each plate is made ns thin os possible, and
tne after another they arc pressed down into
the natural earth. The expense and labor of
making an excavation is thus absolutely
avoided, and an iron wall, impenetrable to
moisture, is rapidly and stcadlv reared.—
There are due provisions for avoiding the
irreguiarites of temperature in the contraction
and expansion of the iron, which we need
not enterinto. An ingenious and appropriate
machine for driving the plates has of course
been invented. This completes the whole
arrangement. Surely nothing could be more
simple.
WAR CHESS.
We have received a copy of a revised edi
tion of Col. Richardson's explanation of bis
game of tear and accompanying it is a
published diagram of the board, with the
squares all mttulrercd. This enables the au
thor to give illustrative games, by which the
powers of tlie pieces and the method of car
rying on the game are manifested. There is
a game given which presents a fair illustra
tion of the moves,and affords some insight in
to the science of the game itself.
The chflcrcnt plans of attack and defense
are exhibited: the pieces are marshalled iu
hostile array: the onset is made : the attack
is repulsed: a diversion is created by a vigor
ous assault on the other wing; and, after a
gallant struggle the defense succumbs.
' A variation is given, by which the attack
ing party, leaving its rear unprotected to a
sufficient extent receives a violent and unex
pected attack: the camp is carried by assault
and the game victoriously concluded by the
party attacked.
There is the charm of novelty, blended
with the pleasure of using the skill one has
actually acquired in war, attached to this
game. It is susceptible of endless variety
and will afford infinite amusement and pleas
ure to skilful 1 combatants, during the long
winter evenings.
Skill in the game is acquired far sooner,
than in chess: and, as a game, it is much su
perior to draughts. As a mimic representa
tion ot the bloody combats of actual strife, it
affords interest to all who may have engaged [*
in war; and the mental excitement it creates
is sufficient to maintain a fondness for the
game.
We advise those desirous of learning an
agreeable pastime, that is calculated to train
the mental powers, interest the mind and en
able one to pass many hours pleasantly, to 1
learn and practice wnr-cliess.
The men .r..d board may be purchased of I season, 5,000 bushels, reached Savannah from
J. W. Bout & Co., of this city. the Ogeechee Sunday last
borne of the arch-agitator, Stevens, the ma
jority for the Radicals sums up about twelve
thousand—or less than the voting population
of the two smallest counties of the State.
Such a difference in a State that casts a vote
of six hundred thousand, it will readily be
perceived, is a mere bagatelle that may be
neutralized by proper effort in a week. In
all the States the Administration party has
proved itself a living, active and powerful
organization, which no prudent man or party
can with safety and reason despise. It is not
an unreasonable estimate to say that they
constitute nine-tuenticths of the entire voting
population of the North.
The second point grows out of tho first,
and is one that strikes directly at the heart
of Republicanism and popular institutions in
this boasted land of liberty. Unite the en
tire South with the anti-Radical party of the
North, and what do we find ? An Adminis
tration party embracing at. least tteo-thirds
of the people of the United States, is the re
sult. And yet the remaining one-third we
find in possession of the government and
claiming to dictate laws to the great majori
ty, and even to oppress them with every form
of injustice and outrage, even to n denial of
the liberty of representation. Still we call
this a free, popular government, though the
voice of the people is powerless. An edify
ing spectacle in deed for the nations of the
earth which we call “despotisms,” to contem
plate ! Have we qot, indeed and truth, be
come an Oligarchy, moving on under Republi
can disguises ?
The fourth point is a material or physical
one, and suggests an enquiry. We find one
third of the arms-bcaring. population ofihe
country threatening to carry out their in
iquitous plans by legislation, and if resisted
to declare war against the remaining two
thirds—will the latter shrink from such a
contest? What have they to lose in the
strife? But apart from the defensive, will
this large majority of the American people
yield up their constitutional rights and con
sent to be governed and oppressed by the
ambitious, vindictive and remorseless minori
ty ? We leave the people to answer this
question for} themselves. There would have
been no need for propounding it to the brave
men who fought the first revolution, and
iounded the government under which we
live.
gaged in advance ot the hour of sailing, and
into these were packed two or three girls to
each room. So sudden had been this ar
rangement that passengers who were bound
to the Crescent City on business found them
selves deprived of the ordinary accommo-
I dations by this remarkable cargo of the lost
Bianca Robbins, well known throughout
the South as the mistress of one of tho most
elegant and costly houses in New Orleans,
secured accommodations for and shipped
twenty. Jennie King, of almost equally ex
tensive reputation, managed for the trans
portation of twenty; while Flora Bedell and
Susan Kingsley provided for fifteen and ten
girls respectively, and the remainder were
secured by other mistresses, who provided for
groups of from three to five, making an ag
gregate of eighty-seven.
Tlie steamer was advertised to sail at three
o’clock precisely, and long before that hour a
succession of hacks had discharged their in
mates on the pier, and immense trunks, bear
ing in emblazoned letters the romantic names
of Ella Livingston, Rose Standisb, Julia 3Ior-
timer, Nell 3Iaynard, Georgiana Do Vere,
Pauline Sinclair, Hortense De Launay, Clara
Winterton, Madaline Walters, lay piled.in
utter confusion by the gangway of the ship,
while the anxious ftlesdames and gay daugh
ters of the devil, flitted hither and thither
among the motley concourse which had ga th
ered to witness their departure. Leave tak
ings were indulged in, and many a gifl wiped
the tears from the corners of her eyes with
her embroidered kerchief as she took a fond
farewell ot the pampered pimp who had ci-
ceroncd her and taken care of her luggage.—
And luxuriously dressed swells strutted pom
pously about whiffing their cigars and com
menting on the scenes before them, while the
stalwart seamen ot the steamer visibly grin
ned. The scene was one of excitement and
confusion, which was heightened by tho ap
pearance of a body of civil marshals, bearing
in their bands a number ot writs of detainer,
which bad been granted for the detention of
the luggage of absconding debtors, and who
immediately commenced an active search
among the tranks for the property of various
females who had forgotten to pty their land
ladies or their shoe-makers. Protests and
entreaties were of no avail; the officers of the
law were inexorable, until the Southern mat
rons came to the rescue, and by the payment
of the claims released the trunks and band-
boxes from seizure and restored them to their
owners.
vines assembled in Baltimore on Sunday last.
The (I.i/,.;:,. ■ lV - : tn• • < :• . <■!
prelates, which is a marked feature of the
occasion, attracted to the vicinity of the
church an immense concourse ot people. The
streets and sidewalks were densely packed,
while the windows of the dwellings in the
neighborhood and every available spot where
a view could be obtained were crowded with
ladies and gentlemen. It was estimated that
some twenty 1 thousand people were congre
gated outside of the edifice. The congrega
tion numbered at least two thousand persons.
At half past nine o’clock all the Most Rev
erend and Right Reverend Prelates assembled
in tho upper halls of the Archbishop’s resi
dence, the other members ol the Synod meet
ing in the basement of the South wing. Ev
erything being arranged, the clergy proceed
ed to the large hall, where the Most Reverend
Presideit of the Council, having put incense
into the censer, and kneeling without his
mitre, intoned the hymn Veni Creator, all
present kneeling and uncovering. At the
end of the first verso the procession was form
ed in the following order:
Tho censcr-bearcr with thurible, and on his
right hand the third master of ceremonies;
ecclesiastics in white surplices, seventy-four
in number; four monks; theologians, priests,
vicars general and priests of highey rank,
numbering one hundred and twenty-two;
superiors of religious orders and communi
ties ; two mitred abbots; thirty-eight bish
ops, in tho order of their rank, walking two
and two : seven archbishops, including the
3fost Rev. JIartin John Spaulding, D. D.,
President of tbs Council, apostolic delegate.
Preceding the archbishop was the subdea
con, vested in tonic bearing the archbishopal
cross; accolyte choristers, Very Rev. W. B.
Croskeiy, D. D., Vicar General, and Rev. Jas.
Gibbons and Thomas Foley, secretaries. Fol
lowing were chaplains bearing books, can
dles, &c. The procession moved to Franklin
street, and then making tf counter movement,
passed along Charles street to Mulbcry, to
Cathedral, and then into the church. Tlie
magnificent appearance of the canonical
robes and vestments of the bishops and cler
gy formed a grand spectacle never witnessed
here on any previous occasion. The proces
sion was flanked on both sides and in front
and rear by the members of the Young Cath
olics’ Friend Society, who acted as a guard
of honor.
Relief for Mr.*. Jefferson Davis.
RESOLUTIONS OF THE WOMEN OF MISSISSIPPI
The following expression of sympathy and
resolutions were adopted by the women of
Mississippi, assembled at Jackson on tlie 29tb
ultimo:
, Civil Authoritt Entirely Restored in
Souto Carolina—Gen. Sickles, who com
mands the Military Department of South
Carolina, has issued an order restoring to the
civil authorities in that State all the functions
that have hitherto been withheld from them
by the military. The order declares that,
“ inasmuch as the State courts arc now open
to all persons, with equal civil rights therein,
without distinction of color, all cases—civil
and criminal—in which the parties are civil
ians, must, lie turned over to the State tribu
nals ; and all civilians now in military cus
tody will be surrendered to tbe sheriff of the
district in which tbe alleged offence was
committed.” This order practically annuls
the authority of the Freedmen’s Bureau and
military courts in South Carolina.
A Strong JIinded Woman for Congress.
Mrs.' Elizabeth Cody Stanton presents her
self in a card, published in a New York pa
per, to the voting population of the Eighth
Congressional district as a candidate tor re
presentative in Congress. She professes in
dependent principles; with a moral reserva
tion in favor of the Republican party, provi
ded it advocates negro suffrage, and asks
support on the high ground of safety of the
nation and justice to its citizens.
A Mistake.—Tbe Columbia South Caroli
nian, says: The Ursuline Academy is not to
be removed, is in a remarkably prosperous
condition, has nearly if not fully its compli
ment of pupils, and contributes only two or
three ladies from its rich store ot intellectual
occupants to go to Alabama, and there estab
lish a branch institution.
[37“ The Chicago Journal says that the
facts abont the late frosts, as regards their
effects on the com in Illinois, may be briefly
summed up thus: In the southern part of the
State no damage has been done to the crop;
in the central part the damage has been but |
slight, and in the northern part the damage
has been great, probably destroying, in the
aggregate, abont one-third of the crop.
Kcgro Insurrection.
Tlie 3Iemphis Avalanche, of Tuesday, con
tains a lengthy account of an insurrection
among the negroes on the plantations in the
vicinity of Cat Island, near that city. It
seems that the suspicions ot the planters have
been aroused for some time by the move
ments of the negroes, and that partial steps
had been taken to thwart any contemplated
outbreak. Premising this much, and that
the ncgroes~had procured arms ami ammuni
tion from Memphis, wo extract as follows:
Satisfied that mischief was at hand, and
arranging their plans, the brothers, Isaac and
Henry Burgett, took the road, each being
armed with a shot gun and revolver. They
had not advauced tar before they were met
by a body ot about fifty negroes, who or
dered them off their mules, accompanying
tbe order with a rapid and indiscriminate
firing. Fortunately, none of the shots had
any effect.
Mr. Isaac Burgett quickly alighted from
his animal, and raising his gnn to his shoul
der, fired, killing the leader of the crowd
and wounding two others. His brother, 3Ir.
Henry Burgett, had by this time got in the
rear of the scoundrels, and, together with the
other two gentlejnen who, it will be remem
bered, bad started in an opposite direction,
poured a volley in the ranks, which had the
effect of scattering them in all directions. It
was here that the other negro was killed and
two more wounded. By this time some ten
or twelve white men gathered around the
place, nnd qnickly succeeded in arresting and
placing under guard the entire gang. Forty
new lilies, thirty-five revolvers, a keg of pow
der, and two large bags of shot, were cap
tured. In about an hour after the capture,
two more squads of negroes were discovered
about a half mile of£ but immediately dis
persed in cohfusion upon hearing of the dis
astrous defeat of their infamous brother-plot
ters and assassins. An examination, after
wards, of about twenty ot the negroes,
showed plainly that it was concocted by
heads far more capable of doing mischief
than those of the ignorant, deluded negroes;
but the planners lacked the courage of exe
cuting their damnable' schemes. This part
of the work they left to a negro named Bill
Dickinson, who assumed the leadership, and
who, as is stated above, was killed. This
outbreak, which was to result in the murder
of all tbe whites in the neighborhood, to lie
iollowed by an indiscriminate plundering,
was planned and originated here in Memphis.
There can be no question about it. The am
munition and anus for them were purchased
by white men in Memphis. This is the testi
mony of the negroes.
When tlie first portion entered the Cathe
dral, the congregation rose to their feet, the
organ playing the grand march from Mozart’s
opera of Titus. When all were seated, Pon-
titicial High Mass was celebrated, the 3Iost
Rev. J. B. Purcell, of Cincinnati, officiating.
The singing, under the direction of Professor
Gegan, was truly grand, the choir being in
creased for the occasion by the addition of
several distinguished amateurs from other
cities.
Tht 3Iost Rev. J. McCloskey, Archbishop
of Nev York, then delivered an eloquent ser
mon. taking for his text the following selec
tions from the Psalms: “ Glorious things are
said of Tiiee, oh God; the dwelling in thee is,
as it were, of all rejoicing.”
Then followed the chanting of psalms,
prayers, and the litany of the saints, and the
singingof the liymn Veni Creator. Archbishop
Spalding, after these ceremonies, delivered an
address in Latin to the assembled Archbishops
and Priests.
At the conclusion of the ceremonies the
E recession reformed and returned to the Arch-
ishop’s residence in the same order as men
tioned before.
The following are the names of the officers
of the Council:
Promoter—Right Rev. P. N. Lynch, D. D.,
Bishop of Charleston.
Assistant—The Very Rev. Wm. O. Hara,
D. D., Vicar General of Philadelphia.
Chancellor—Rev. Thomas Foley, D. D., of
Baltimore.
Secretaries—The Rev. James A. Corcoran,
D. D., Vicar General, of Charleston, S. C.;
the Rev. James Keogh, D. D., of Philadcl-
E hia; Rev. Thomas A. Becker, D. D., of
liclimomd, Va.
Notaries—Very Rev. F. J. Pabosli, D. D.,
ot Cincinnati; Very Rev. F. S. Villarrasa,
O. S. D., of California; Very Rev. 31. Heiss,
D. D., ot Milwaukee; Rev. 31. Accolti, S. J.,
of California; Rev. W. Wayricli, C. S. S. R.,
of Baltimore; Rev. J. J. Foley, D. D., of Bal
timore; Rev. P. J. Ryan, of St. Louis; Rev.
A. Sherwood Healey, of Boston.
Masters ot Ceremonies—Rev. Francis 31c-
Neirry, of New York; Rev. S. Ferte, of Bal
timore.
There were vespers at the Cathedral last
night, and a sermon preached by the Right
Rev. P. N. Lynch, Bishop of Charleston, his
subject being “ The miraculous existence of
the Church.” There will be vespers and a
sermon every night during the sittings of the
Council, except on Thursdays and Saturdays.
Henry County.—The citizens of this
county held a public meeting, on the 8th
instant, and adopted resolutions protesting
against the reports that have gone out unfa
vorable to the good order of the people of the
county, nnd denouncing tbe acts of law
lessness and violence < that bavo occurred as
confined to a few bad men, and wholly dis
countenanced by the people generally.
[37~The people of Randolph county, held a
meeting at Cuthbert, a few days ago, and
adopted resolutions requesting the Legisla
ture to stop tbe collection of all moneys on
executions, until the people meet in conven
tion.
yy“Tbe first cargo of rough rice for the
The great slumbering volcano, Popo-
cataptl, has recently been explored by a party
which reports the crater accessible. Millions
of tons of sulphur are lying in there, and in
many places in a pure state. It can be car
ried to the summit of the volcano, and from
thence to the base of that eternally snow-
crowned mountain, at an expense of only
fifty cents per hundred pounds. The value
of one hundred pounds iu 3Icxico is $10.—
The crater is big enough to hold several cities,
but it is not probable that any will bo built
there at present
Another Mysterious Dispensation.—A
convict cor/ha-d in the Wr-t- in (Pa.) peniten
tiary, whose name was Holmes, on Thursday
morning indulged in the most blasphemous
language, cursing everybody, cursing God,
and pronouncing God the author of all sin,
and ridiculing the Bible. While uttering his
blasphemy he was suddenly struck down with
apoplexy, and remained unconscious until he
died.
New Reading—“Tired Nature's sweet
Ristori" etc., etc.
From the Indianapolis Journal.
A Lusuh Naturae—Half Horse and
Half Ox,
During last week an animal was brought
to this city from the northern part of this
State, the like of which was never before
seen. A year ago we learned from several
reliable gentlemen, who had seen it, that such
a monster was extant, though rather too di
minutive to attract much notice. About the
middle of the next month, its keepers con
cluded that it had attained a growth suffi
cient to be exhibited, and it was brought to
this city, to remain till after the State Fair;
but its extreme viciousne«s rendered it un
safe nnd improper to allow it to stay here.
The general characteristics and features of
the horse are closely blended witli those of
the ox, while the mane, reaching from the
forehead to the shoulder, and sweeping to
the knees, adds to th£ general appearance
of ferocity. The horns are heavy at
the base, but very short, and remarka
bly polished and pointed. The eye is
dull, but it suggests things unuttem
blc—an expression ot latent power, and
devilishness—which the general appear
ance of the animal c.onfirms. The muzzle is
black and ugly, the wide nostril arguing a
large breathing apparatus and unconquerable
endurance. The jaw is heavy and prominent
the forehead full but rather square. The
depth of the shoulder is very great, the fore
legs short and large, the foot broad and deep
ly cleft. But here the bovine resemblance
ceases altogether, and the jquine characteris
tics begin. The body is slight and rounded,
closely covered by a glossy coat of fine, short
hair, a long, flowing tail nearly smooth and
little as those ot a race horse, and the hoofs
rather slight, but well formed, contrasting
with the heavy legs nnd cleft hoofs of the for
ward part of the animal. In gait, too, is a
ludicrus cross between that of tho two brutes
ot whose natures it seems to partake. While
the motions of the forward part of the body
are slow, awkward and shambling, those of
the hinder are extremely graceful and agile.
Altogether it is one of the most wonderful
curiosities to be found in the animal king
dom. Who will give it a name ?
Tho follewmg expression of sympathy and
resolutions, at tlie request of the President,
were read by Col. C. E. Hooker, and unani
mously passed:
We, the women of Mississippi, assembled at
the Capitol, desiring in some substantial iorm
to tender our condolence to Ex-President Da
vis, in the severe affliction, both of body and
mind, to which his long imprisonment has
subjected him; impressed with the gloom and
painful conviction that his grave will be his
tomb, and that but a few days are left to him
among the living; from amid tho ashes ol
our former homes, and the distresses of our
stricken land, we desire to speak to him one
word of womanly consolation, ere he passes
away forever from the scene of action, and to
say to him, that we feel it our duty as 3Iissis-
sippians, as welKps our privilege as his coun
trywomen—the women of his own loved Mis
sissippi—to provide for his wife and little
ones.
We know that no lengthy appeal is neces
sary to our people—his own dear people—
who weep over him as an immolation to his
loved “sunny land,” for the noble benefieients
could not accept that which might give in
convenience to a single 3Iississippian. It is
our desire that all should give only what the
heart prompts. Tbe sole object of our meet
ing is to provide ways and means for this
puiposc, which we feel all must respect, and
3Iississippians will look upon as sacred.
Therefore;
Resolved, That a Committee of thirteen be
appointed to prepare suitable subscription
lists to be presented to the citizens of the
Capital and the County of Hinds, and left at
such public places as the Committee thinks
proper.
Resolved, That the President of this meet
ing designate a Committee of Correspond
ence, whose duty it shall be respectfully to
suggest to their country women, of each
county in the State, the propriety of meeting
and appointing a similar Committee, to act
in-concert with the Central Committee at tbe
Capital.
Resolved, That whatever amount shall be
collected by the Committee shall be deposit
ed with 3Iessrs. J. & T. Green, of the First
National Bank of Jackson; and it is respect
fully suggested to such Committees as arc
appointed in other counties of the State to
make deposit of the amounts collected by
them at the same bank, and notify the Cen
tral Committee of the time and amount of
such deposit
Resolved, 'When the collection shall have
been made and provided for in the foregoing
resolutions, it shall be the duty of the Central
Committee to tender to 3Irs. Jefferson Davis
a draft for tlie amount, for the benefit of her
self and family, and to ask her acceptance of
the same in the name and on behalf of the
women of Mississippi.
Seven more Persons Saved from the lost
Steamship Evening Star.
Yesterday morning the schooner 3Iorning
Star, Captain Palmer, from Cardenas, came
to anchor at the Quarantine ground below the
city. She fell in witn, at sea, one of the boats
of the unfortunate steamship Evening Star,
which, our readers have been previously in
formed, went down witli nearly all on board
in the late disastrous hurricane. This boat
contained the following persons:
James W. Lyons, pilot, of New Orleans.
John Berry, second cook.
Andrew 3'lcMahan, second assistant eng’r.
A Louza, cabin passenger.
E. A. Van Sickle, cabin passenger.
Miss 31innie Taylor,of New York, passenger.
Miss Nellie Wilson, of New York, passenger.
The above have reached this city safely, but
have suffered dreadfully, before they were
picked up, from hunger, thirst, and the ter
rible prospect of a miserable death in mid
ocean. Capt. James W. Lyons, New Orleans
pilot, floated off from tli9 ship when she went
down on a part of the upper works, and had
near him, for some time, a young lady who
was clinging to a fragment ot the ship, and
whom he fought hard to assist; but one ter
rible billow after another soon swept her
away, and she passed out of sight—her name
he docs not know. Captain Lyons held on
to the debris for a day, when he was picked
up by the ship’s boat His sea knowledge
proved of priceless value in the management
of this boat, she being without oats, provis
ions or water. The Captain is badly bruised
from being struck by fragments of tlie wreck.
3Ir. VanSicklc, one of tfic passengers above,
is a lawyer, aud a student formerly in the
office of Mr. O’Conor, the eminent New York
advocate.
The following persons were in this boat,
but were gather washed overboard and
drowned, or jumped into the ocean from de-
lerium caused by the want of water : John
Kavanaugh, fireman; 3Iartin Bret, butcher
one lady and one gentleman, the names ot
whom are unknown.
The sinking of the Evening Star was sud
den and awful. As she went down nembers
were kill by the pieces of the wreck, which,
being carried by the waves with great forcej
would, with one blow, destroy many lives.—
The gale was so violent that the boats were
unable to contain either provisions or water
nnd tlie helpless few who succeeded in getting
into them, were thrown suddenly on the vast
expanse'of water to take their chance for
life.
Those survivers who have arrived here de
sire to express their thanks to Captain Pal
mer, of the schooner 3Iorning Star, for the
kind consideration which he displayed on all
occasions for their welfare.
[Charleston Hetcs, 12th,
THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION,
By the President of the United States.
Almighty God, our Heavenly Father, has
been pleased to vouchsafe to us as a people
another year ot that national life which is an
indispensable condition of peace, security,
and progress That year lias, moreover, been
crowned with many peculiar blessings. The
civil war that so recently closed among us
has not been anywhere re-opened Foreign
intervention has ceased to excite alarm orap
prehension: intrusive pestilence lias be a
benignly mitigated; domestic tranquility* 1118
improved; sentiments of conciliation have
largely prevailed, and affections of »yalty
and patriotism have been widely rcyk e d; our
fields have yielded quite abundWtly; our
mining industry has been ricldT rewarded;
and we have been allowed to qttend our rail
road system far into the interior recesses of
the country, while our commerce lias resumed
its customary activity in foreign seas. These
great national blessings demand a national
acknowledgment.
Now, therefore, I Andrew Johnson, Presi
dent of the United States, do hereby recom
mend that Thurjjay the 29th clay of Novem
ber next be set ft part, and be observed every
where in the several States and Territories of
the United States by the people thereof as a
day of thanksgiving and praise to Almighty
God with due remembrance that in His tem
ple d»th every man speak of his honor.”
I recommend, also that on the same solemn
occasion they do humbly and honestly im
plore Him to grant to our National Councils,
and to onr whole people, that Divine wisdom
which alone can lead any nation into the
ways of all good.
In offering these national thanksgivings,
praises and supplications, we have the di
vine assurance that “the Lord rcmainctli a
King forever. Them that arc meek shall He
guide in judgment, and such ns are gentle
shall He learn His way. The Lord shall
give strength/*® Ilis people; and tlie Lord
shall . give to His people the blessing of
peace.”
In witness whereof I have hereunto
set my hand aad caused the seal of the Uni
ted States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington this eighth
day of October, in the year of our Lord, 1866,
and of the independence of the United States
the ninety-first.*
[l. s.] Andrew Johnson.
By the President:
Wm. II Seieard, Secretary of State.
ing Star. As to tic real
girls who aco
mation co
days of.
sorrow
tuted
lipjnied them, but Kit 1 ^
i be gathered. From
of cheir entrance upon their ^
r/hey had cast them nsidc a ,
n their stead the inevitable’7,?
gverrt. Inasmuch as all the prominent
of ri .ort in the city had furnished h ^
‘*5% th 7: 'vas yesterday,3
displayed by their late com ^
Ire news of tlie loss of th e P*
of a mates,
saiRcss
•Mien tire
.ame to their cars.
Registering in Missouri.—....
Missouri is said to be a most lovelT*^
immaculate unfairness and rascalitv
Radical manipulation. A gentleman
city, says the Memphis Avalanche
specimen of the manner in which the' 1
of the ballot-box is attempting to
served to the keeping of the black Hi*
patriots of 3Iissonri. While in St r .
- - . While in St Lo,/ -
stepped into the registration office »„ £
street, above Washington, in a \ Ktt "“h
The presiding officer was a Teuton
thoric proportions, in the full eniovm
all “the pride, pomp, and circumsS?'
his position. He had been a looker-on t 1
few minutes, when a very respectable If 1
man, whose advanced age was evident
his snow-white liair and beard, entered*,
room and made application lor a certSi!
of registration. The following hi^hlv^
taining and patriotic dialogue ensued’ aT^
ing the beauties of the system in fuiud
proportions: ”
Register—Veil, my friend, vat you T -
Citizen—I wished to be registered
voter, and receive a certificate of the fjl
Reg—Veil, mine friend, you bees "
The New England Radicals on An
other Hobby.
New England is inhabited by a set of peo
ple who are never happy except when inter
fering in other people’s affairs. Directly or
indirectly they have caused all the troubles
in which this comity lias been involved. * *
In another column our Boston correspon
dent describes the proceedings at the New
England Temperance Convention recently
held at that city. The old abolitionists, men
and women, were on hand, ready for a fresh
tussle with everybody who does not agree
with them. One might have imagined that
with tbe abolition of slavery their occupation
was gone; but they take quite a different
view of the subject. They nre now about to
begin a crusade against intemperance in all
its forms. They are going to abolish liquors;
they are going to abolish tobacco ; they are
going to abolish wine at the communion ta
ble ; they advise all liquor dealers to commit
suicide, and they declare themselves to be
the only good and virtuous people in the
world, and wish all who differ troni them to
leave it.
It is amusing to hear all the old arguments
and sophisms once used against slavery now
revived and applied with equal earnestness
to mm aud tobacco. The Church is called
upon to sustain the temperance cause, as it
was to sustain the anti-slavery cause. Tem
perance is announced ns the great political
issue, just as slavery was a short time ago.
Liquor dealers are described in the terms
once reserved for slaveholders. Ruin is de
fined as tlie sum of all rottenness, as'slavery
was the sum of all villanics. The Bible is
appealed to with great enthusiasm, although
the Bible recognizes slavery, and Christ him
self performed a miracle rather than permit
his friends to do without wine at a feast.
Evidently preparations are being made for
another great agitation in the well known
style of Wendall Phillips & Co. Nothing
but a medicine quite as severe as that admin
istered to the South will ever cure-thesc New
England fanatics.—Wetc York Herald.
shen under United Sthates unt re.
Sthatcs?
X
oct
rtl
■ ^
nti
fcr
lid'
Cit.—Yes, sir, I am.
Reg.—Veil, so goot You bees von t-
slicn of Missouri long times?
Cit.—I have been a citizen ot
long time.
* Reg.—Veil, mine fnend, how med, i t ,
you bees old ?
Cit.—I am sixty-five years old, si,*.
Reg.—Sixty-five years! Ah-hnr< y
how much yoa live in Missouri Stbntc--"
so old?
Cit.—I have been a resident of this St;
for twenty-five years. Have seen thktj
grow up from a village to its present po
tions. ”
lteg.—Ali-haw! So much, so goots E
you been loyals to the United States s '\
viles ? Unt to 3Iissouri States ?
Cit—Yes, sir, I have. I have differ*) it
many of my most' valued friends dnnn»^^—
past war iu believing and maintainin'
separation on the part of the South
the plan to redress wrongs.
Reg.—Veil, you syniptisc mit dc rebelly
Cit.—No, sir, I have not.
Reg.—Did you had any jioys in te rei<
lion ?
Cit—Yes, sir, I had four sons who sen-
in the armies of the South—two of»)
were killed.
Reg.—Ah-haw! Veil, did you syrapjtL;
mit ter poys in to rebellions t
Cit.—Yes, sir. A father's sympathiess
his children can never be lost. That is 5
matter of politics, but of affectior.
Reg.—Veil, den, py dam, you is not i
to the Gov’mcnt of the United States, an*
3Iissouri States. I register you, but 1 mi
reshected on him.
And so a citizen of 3Iissouri, loyal to
Union of the States, was debarred front
cising the privilege of voting because heh
retained a love and care for liis children, t
differing with himself, had borne arms in:
ranks of the Confederate army. Sop
Radicalism. 1
of*
|De<
not
ids
so:
K
[37“ While three little boys were amusing
themselves with a toy cannon in New Orleans
on 3Ionday, October 1, one of them put a ball
or some other missile into the little gun, and
fired it in the direction of his mother, not
dreaming of the injury it might do. The
missile entered tlnj mother's right side, and,
penetrating the heart, wag almost immedi
ately fatal. The little boys were brothers,
from 9 to 13 years of age, and the mother had
her youngest cliild, not 3 months old, in her
arms at the time. The babe was not injured.
Fcrnniulo Wood’s Circular announ
cing Himself a Candidate for Con
gross.
To the Electors of the 9th Conressional Hist,
I present myself to you as a candidate for
representative in Congress. I am not the
nominee, nor shall I ask to be, of any party,
•faction or convention. If elected, I shall be
as independent os a representative, as I am
independent as a candidate. I would not
accept a seat in Congress at this time ob
tained in any other way. I desire the elec
tion as a popular rebuke to those who utter
the malicious falsehood that, during the war,
I was a “rebel sympathizer” and disunionist;
and also to be placed in an official position,
where, unrestrained by partizan obligations,
I may follow the dictates of my own judg
ment for the public good. 3Iy guide will be
the Constitution, as understood nnd explained
by tne Fathers ot the Republic. On the oth
er grave matters, which are not defined in
that instrument, I shall favor a disposition of
the unsettled questions affecting the status of
the Southern States and people, which shall
forever remove all sectional or other differ
ences. I want the principles determined by
the war to be speedily recognized and con
formed to, so that we m Jy proceed to a seri
ous consideration of the many other interests,
too long neglected, which vitally affect our
prosperity. We have great national resources
yet undeveloped, a heavy public debt to
liquidate, a grievous burden of taxation to
lessen, a depreciated currency to redeem, our
foreign and domestic commerce to enlarge,
new enterprises to open and encourage, and
the yet higher obligation to perform of reach
ing the positior which the Almighty de
signed for us, ot being the first among the
nations of the earth in progress, civilization,
national prosperity and freedom.
Fernando Wood.
HT" New Orleans is now obliged to import
sugar and molasses for home use.
A Valuable Recipe.—A correspondent of
the Philadelphia Ledger writes that six
years’ experience has convinced him that a
coat of gum copal varnish, applied to the
soles of boots and shoes, and repeated a3 it
dries, until the pores are tilled and the sur
face shines like polished mahogany, will
make the soles waterproof, and also cause
them to last three times as long as ordinary
soles.
Accident to tiie Sylvan Shore.—The
Savannah Herald, of yesterday says:
On Saturday night last, ns the Sylvan
Shore, Capt. Tucker, was on her way from
Palatka to this port, while passing through
Romney Marsh, she got aground about half
tide. the tide fell, she careened over,
filled and sunk. Among her cargo were 50
head of cattle, six of which were drowned.
Her passengers and mails were brought up
by the Gluts. S. Hardee, which arrived yester
day from the Ogeechee.
Loss of tlie Steamer Evening Star.
The New York Herald, in speaking of tbe
loss of the Evening Star steamer, with two
hundred and fifty passengers, says:
AMONG THE PROMINENT PASSENGERS
Was General H. W. Palfrey, long and favora
bly known as a real estate auctioneer in New
Orleans, and occupying the rank of General
in the Louisiana State 3Iilitia. With Gen.
Palfrey were his wife and child. 3Iiss Sloo,
whose name appeared in the list of passen
gers published yesterday, was the daughter
of Thomas Sloo, President of the Sun 3Iutu-
al Insurance Company, ot New Orleans, and
niece to the gentleman to whom tlie original
grant across the Isthmus of Nicaragua was
made. D. Pretto was a member of the firm
of Wolf & Co., of New York, and Wolf &
Pretto, of New Orleans. He had just return
ed from Europe, and was proceeding home
with his wife, who had come to New York
for the purpose of accompanying him on the
trip back.
THE NEW ORLEANS OrERA TROUPE.
Among the passengers on board the ill-
fated vessel was the opera troupe of 3Ir. Paul
Albaiza, comprising fifty-nine singers, artistes
and musicians, whom the manager had en
gaged in Paris. 31 r. Albaiza and his compa
ny readied this city on Thursday the 27th
ult, by the steamer Ville de Paris. Having
put up at a hotel to await the departure of
the Evening Star, the following persons took
sassage tor New Orleans on the Saturday fol
lowing their arrival in New York: 3Ir. Che-
nest, Mr. Tapian, wife and child, O. D’Ester-
berg, wife and child, 3Ime, Elodie Girard,
3Ir. and 3Irs. Feme, 3Iiss E. Durand, 3Iiss J.
31. Sten, 3Irs. 3Iarie, 3Iiss 3Iarita. Campana
and servant, 3Iiss Bord, 3Iiss Raymand, 3Ir.
and 3Irs. Coppini. 3Ir. Charles Albaiza, 3Iiss
T. Clovam, 3Iiss Renouf, 3Iiss G. Read, Miss
Benedetti, Miss Lacquement, 3Iiss Strausse,
nett
.Va
« iva
:wt
One Step from the Altar to
Grave— Death of a Newly linn
Couple in One Day.—One week ago;
terday Rev. Father Butler united in
bonds of wedlock, in St. Stephen’s(Catb
Church of Newport, Ky., 3Ir. Tony Ln
to 31iss Agnes Kricft, both of that city. T;
young and happy couple enjoyed their k
moon on Friday, Saturday and Sunday:
termiuing that on 3fondav morning ti
would settle down to a commencema:
their new life with all its business, <t$pa
bilities. trials, &c. On Monday awoi
they rose at an early hour, aud robing he
selves in their every-day attire, went to bra *
fa9t. Each complained of feeling am
ill, and neither could eat. The husband
compelled almost immediately to retie
bed, and in a few minutes his wife folk
him. A physician was sent for, who,
arriving in the sick chamber, and after*
inaticn of tlie patients, pronounced their
ease the cholera. Immediate attention
given to them, but during; the day there:
tinued to grow worse, an l at four
o’clock the husband died. His body* £
removed to an adjoining room. His^ I
was also in a collapsed condition, tail r<! '
eight and-a-lialf o’clock she too followed! ^
husband into the dark valley and shadow
death. The bridegroom and bride were re’'
in their wedding clothes, and on Ibej
both were buried in the same grave,
funeral took place from their new bone
residence on Locust, near Brighton sS
and was attended by a large circle of fris*
Gi
Mis* A. Fern®, Mr « Rnvcrac Vr T Co*s- L a g reat . Dl yft <i . r 7* " n
nard, Mr. S. Robert. Mr. and Mrs. V. g! Villi, &
Mr nnd Mrs Cailland. Mre. Cnillnt Mr y ea . rs of a S c - H,s . fu 1
Mr. and 3Irs. Cnilland, Mrs. Caillot, 3Ir.iG.
Fisher, 3Ir. T. Bavan and some twenty oth
ers, whose names do not appear on the list of
passengers at the company’s office.
During the passage from Europe, 3Ir. Paul
Alhaizn, the manager, was .strongly advised
to convey his artists to New Orleans by rail;
but fearing that tlie voyage would prove too
fatiguing for the ladies of the troupe, he de
cided upon securing their passage by the
Evening Star. He did not, however, secure
his own berth on board, but proceeded to
New Orleans by land, thus avoiding the sad
fate that awaited the members of his compa
ny. While in Paris, Mr. Albaiza received
the news of his father’s death, and lost a bro
ther two weeks later. Ris second brother,
Mr. Charles Albaiza, was one of tbe passen
gers by the Evening Star.
DR. SPAULDING'S CIRCUS COMPANY,
numbering about thirty persons, was also on
board. The organization had on the vessel
a quantity of paraphernalia and baggage, but
no horses.
guests for the new Orleans -seraglios.
Ninety-seven young girls, whose ages varied
from fifteen to twenty-two, were among the
unfortunates. These had been engaged by
the matrons of suudry New Orleans maisons
dejoie to take apartments in their respective
establishments for the winter. The matrons,
who had come to New York about a month
since, for the purpose of making a selection
tmong the many inmates of the fashionable
metropolitan houses, were Bianca Robbins,
Jennie King, Flora Bedell, Susan Kingsley,
Pauline Meade aud Josephine Heensn, all
ell known in the circles of the Southern
mi monJe. With the exception of Flora
Bedell, who proceeded to New Orleans by
rail, all were passengers on board the Even-
TnE Cordova Colony.—We had the p
sure of meeting yesterday, says tlie 3’e*
leans Picayune of the 3d, a gentlanc
cently returned from Cordova, 3Iexico,wt
since the c!o«e of the war, he lias bcW
gaged in business. He tells us that ill
colonists arc well, with the exception ofv
eral Price, who has sometime heendowp'•;
a severe fit of sickness; but when onr*.^
left, lie wa3 convalescent. The res-
colony and the employes on tb* **
were in excellent health.* Their* ro P s, ^i
over, are good, and promise lar S e
JIany of the colonists will i»ake a.gocO
of money this year. Their superior!
edge and tact have enabled them to jV
largely from the peculiar labor and ca
tion of Mexico. So satisfied are
nists who remain in the country wilt pn :
prospects that none of them think ol k ■ ^
ing to this country. They receive t-etf ■‘■mM
plies principal ly«from New Orleans.
Bill Confesses.—Wc learn fro®.
that Bill, the murderer ot 3Irs. Roln='- .,
confined in a cell room of the Peiut* ■
confesses that he killed 3Irs. RoU' 118 ' 11 ^
so that he killed 3Ir. Crews, of Allan-*- —
time ago, and about which murder tn -
Bill says he has been
1.® was
m
years 01 age. ms tun coniessw*" ^
make a rare sensational sale book fo £
news boys.—Fed. Union.
The Turf.—3Ir. Alexander bas b« .
fortunate with hi3 horses recently. ?
broke down on the eve of the great.
broke down on the eve ot the grej“ 3
ration race at Jerome Park, 3Ieriu L'
distanced at Lexington, and to make 1 - i p,-
of disasters complete, Marion, tbe
and handsome two year old, in the
Fordham, owing to n severe spraini..!
a trial run in the mud, has been thro
of training.
Gen. Dix.—Gen- Dix does not
take charge of the French mission tiJ V
the 1st ol December, the time trow
3Ir. Bigelow desired his resignation,
ted, to take place. The
will precede him to Europe, 1* gK T! *<
Diasim on tho sto.imsliin Ara*I0, fort 1 -*'
passage on the steamship Arago,
the 25th inst.^HH|B^^H
£37“ We understand that a meeting,
citizens of Herriwether county fas.
Greenville recently, at whichresolct: 0 - 8 ^
adopted, recognizing the inipoTcnsne- ^
dition of tin* country, and <i-. c' - -' -
pr<-|vrty in that county -houbl be/";'-'•
Sheriff lor the payment of old
General G. W. 3rorgau is —
g:'t*>~!iian in tile 13th Ohio .list 1 ic—
lano, the present radical incumben- ,,
an addition to the conservative -
October elections that was bardtj
^ jurrOg" j
jgsF” Chicago is talking about #
herself on three sides with ‘J®
at a cos: of three millions of dollM-