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■ , NS Gr.onoiA.- - About two hundred
b»v« been wlded to the churches at
M the results of the recent revival
jrMijor Gencml Grierson, tho military
• hs* been appointed a Colonel of one
C M * regiments of the regular army,
•Jfred to report at Fort Leavenworth
ficruit hi* regiment.
litinrmos of Fare,—The traveling pub-
- i be pleased to lea.n that the Central
vid lias reduced the fare between Ma-
" s-d Savannah from $12 to t'10; between
L M ih and Augusta, to $0 50.
■ ■ —
I tj* Horace Grecly and John Morrisey are
, yt i( 0 n for a seat in Congress from the
A district of New York. An exchange
.fa to this as a combination of pliiloso-
L tt d “pliists.”
jilt potting of such a man as Greely in the
L jlirtht Radicals is about the only thing
at could redeem tho Democracy from dis-
Ixt in running such a man as Morrissey for
Tajows-
J AsornER “March to tub Sea.”—Tho
fatunooga Union of the 81st learns that
. £ B. Whitman was to havo left Nnsh-
t on the 1st, on a tour of inspection
M gh a number of Southern States, ond
t; follow* the trail of Sherman’s famous
lauth to the sea.” Major Whitman has
j«a instructed to report, as completely as
wiblc, the list of the graves of the Union
tliiwrs, tluir locality, and the condition of
cbattle fields of that renowned campaign.
It this city they will be joined by an escort
If tea men of the 5th Regular Cavalry. Tho
|atr will be provided with all necessary
jespequippage, and expect to be occupied
I vu two months making the trip.
I Mahtusd.—It appears, from the des
patch, that Gov. Swann has determined to
move the Police Commissioners of Balti-
nnre, and to test the strength of official vir-
» and lax as against the mob. We think
i will triumph over all opposition, and in
irt that the public peace will not be dis-
jirbcd. Of his legal right to remove the
Commissioners, there can be no two honest
fprions; and the testimony os detailed in tbc
more papers proves An amount of official
• and Tilliany that makes the duty im
festive. The deed will be done, and if
fcney and his misguided Radicals do not
f<Ure themselves, they will be made to
Puwoxau—We were pleased to grasp the
oJ. in our office, yesterday, of an old friend
tie person of Gen. A. R. Wright, the gal-
J hero of many a well-fought field. The
wal is quite as earnestly engaged in the
suits of peace as he formerly was on the
of war, and fully appreciates, and il-
tes, the great duty of every man at the
«h to banish vain regrets and strain every
to build up an exhausted countjy. As
■ii*g editor of that sterling old journal,
Augusta Chronicle & Sentinel, he is doing
service to [the State, while a portion of
>tioe is devoted to the duties of the Bar,
r which he is a distinguished member.
are pleased to report the General in
‘■ itttt health, and hopeful of the conn
ctenons Next Month,—Elections occur
’retire States on Tuesday, the 6th of No-
b'«r, as follows: Massachusetts, New York,
,fT Jersey, Delaware. Maryland, Illinois,
^■Mgan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Missouri,
i* 6 **. and Nevada. These States elect
^tty-one Representatives in Congress. In
present Congress the delegations in the
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EFFECT OF TIJE CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND
MENT—WHAT A NORTHERN MAN 8ATS
OF IT.
The Chicago Times reports a speech recent
ly made by Gen. McCIcrnand, of Illinois,
from which wc make the following extract:
“Again wc hear that guarantees of good
conduct must be required of the Southern
people. What guarantees have already been
required, and what have been given f First,
these people wore required forever to abolish
slavery, and they have done so by constitu
tional act. Next, they were required to re-
E eal their ordinances of secession, and they
ave done it. Next, they were required
to repeal, tho robel debt, and they have
done this. . They hnve done all these
things; they fulfilled every condition origin
ally imposed, and yet they arc denied admis
sion to Federal relations.* Nay, more, with
every successive compliance, new conditions
are added. They are now required, express
ly or virtually, to disfranchise themselves,
white men, and to enfranchise the blacks.—
This is the effect ol tbc proposed constitu
tional amendment. They refuse, and all just
and generous men Applaud the refusal. The
Radicals disclaim, denounce, and swear per
petual abasement as the penalty of refusal.—
Is this right ? Is it manly ? Is it.honest ?—
Is it to be expected that any, people will
knowingly, deliberately, vote tlicir own dis
franchisement and degradation ? That men
of kindred-blood with ourselves will basely
manacle and enslave themselves} They who
would do so are not fit to be freemen, and
are only fit to be slaves. Would we of the
North do it ? Never! never 1 Perish—per
isli, inch by inch, day by day, rather! I say
this from my heart of hearts, from my soul
of souls.”
Such are the views of a Northern man re
garding the degrading terms now offered the
Southern people. They need no comment—
In discussing this question, however, in re
cent numbers of the Telegraph, wo omitted
one important point that should command
the serious attention of our people—the con
sidcration of good faith to the President
and every friend of the South and free-
government, at the North. The Presi
dent and entire Conservative party have
planted themselves on “The Constitution as
it it,” in opposition to all constitutional
amendments at the hands of the present Con
gress, and all new conditions for thecomplete
re habilitation of the Southern States as equal
members of tho Federal Union. They are
fighting the battle on that line, and, what is
more, they ure bound to conquer in the end,
for Truth and Justice are mighty and will
finally prevail. Now, the question is: shall
we, Irom mere considerations of temporary
expediency, or unworthy, cowardly fear,
abandon them in the war and lend our aid
to build up their enemies? Is there one
Southern man who is willing to place him
self in such a position ? We hope not. The
triumph of the constitutional amendment in
one Southern State, besides the degradation
it brings, will be a triumph of the Radicals of
the North—a triumph over the South—a tri
umph over the President, and a triumph over
civil liberty.
IIENRY COUNTY VINDICATED.
For some weeks past, reports of lawlessness
and inhumanity on the part of the civil
officers and citizens of the county of Henry,
have been current over the State, and have
even found their way to the Northern press.
These reports were most prejudicial to the
good people of that county generally, as it
was alleged that the acts of outrage com
plained of were endorsed by public senti
ment, and it was utterly impossible to enforce
the law, even did the officers of justice show
a willingness to perform their duty.
As was very proper, the military authori
ties determined to institute a thorough ex
amination into the matter, and to correct the
abuse. To this end ail officer of the army
was recently despatched to that county,and he
has devoted much time and scrutiny to the
investigation. Ho returned a day or two
since, nod in his report to headquarters, en
tirely exonerates the people of Henry. Both
the civil officers and the people, he says are
honestly desirous of performing their
whole duty, of executing the law and pre
serving the public peace. All the difficulties
in the past are oscribable to the mischief-ma
king agent of the Bureau, one Phillips, un
der tho instigation, it is believed, of a noto
rious scamp residing in the adjoining county
of Spalding, by the name of Swayze.
Such is the eflcct of the report made to
Gen. Tillson, and wc rejoice at having an
opportunity of vindicating the character of
the good people of Henry against the slan-
■ders that hnve gone abroad against them.
The statement above may be relied on as
entirely authentic.
information,
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*^fHEROr THE FIRE-TRIED PATRIOTS
' banded around, last week, says the
*«tD| —
Watchman, one of the “Southern
-called—Morse, formerly of the
& Sentinel. We extend the same
lhi» week, to another of the “fire
_P»triots,” Mr. Ambrose Spencer, of
‘ ctis, Ga., author of a manual of lies
Anderaonville, and more recently, a
, ^te to the Mulatto Convention at Pbila-
We are indebted to the Amcricus
"T® bean for the 1 acts. Read Mr. Spencer’s
^ recruits:
J° y® 8 " SILVER OKAYS ” OF SUMPTER.
is now upon us. The last effort
** k*® 1 and we must go
Pm c T ln e * rD * 9 !- I propose to ifi«? a com
mit D ** ntr ^> composed of men i.rer con-
CQvpt"%® 1I,T8 * Grets for tlio War, in the
^DERATE sendee.
volunteer now, and not wait un-
by law or the presence of the
compelled into service ?
1^253' *1 n °t patriotism, culls us to the
if not honor, requires our pres-
j.,
*^Ptor>u«i aUt k 0 r}ty- I expect no office in
a i organization. I wish to go only
Those who are
For the Telegraph.
Economy! Economy I
I* now the general prescription of all who un
dertake to advise on public affair*. The methods
of applying it are as varied as the tempers and
dispositions of those who aim at turning opinions
in a right direction. "Without attempting to
analyze the many plans set forth as likely to at
tain the end in view, I shall merely call to the
minds of tho voters that the City Council pre
ceding the present, as its last act, passed an Or
dinance giving a sum of money as extra com
pensation to the Superintendent of streets, for
notifying the person whose duty it was to attend
to tho pomps when any of them in the neighbor
hood in which he happened, needed repairing;
and tho first act of the present Council was to
apportion the salaries of the corporation officers
much higher than they had been. If the mem
bers of the Council hid to defray these expenses
from their own pockets we might accord them
the priiso of liberality; coming as they do, in
great part, from tho earnings of tho working
class, who, along with bearing their share of the
public burden, are obliged to contribute to the
enrichment of those who are said to be “in busi
ness,” it behooves them, once in a while, to look
to the application of their earnings. The way
to do this would be for the working men gener
ally to assemble for an interchange of opinion,
and not to suffer two or three persons to nomi
nate one for whom they shall vote—often with
no other qualification than that bo has acquired
wealth in the community. The citizens of for
eign birth are interested in this; most of them
know, experimentally, what it is to be obliged to
elect at the dictation of a landlord or employer.
We suggest that if they would nominate two or
three of their number it would be the beginning
of a new and oetter order of things, for no one,
who (as most of the working men are) is con
stantly on the lookout about making “ both ends
meet ” can say that at present, or (or some time
past, things have been managed with economy.
The subscriber wishes to be understood as en
tering a protest against the style of doing busi
ness at the City Hall. We should like to see His
Honor, with the Council, interest themselves in
the material that we are obliged to support as
city patrol-men; whereas, the heads of the pres
ent Police department have to perform all the
labor and work of the Mayor, Council and prin
cipal Marshal at the same time.
We suggest the propriety of the adopted citi
zens of Macon coming together in some public
place, say the City Hall, for the purpose of taking
into consideration the coming municipal elec- I
tion. Ecokomt.
Millcdscvlllo Correspondence.
3In.LEDGEvn.us, Nov. 1,1866.
Eds. Telegraph : The Legislature of Georgia
has again assembled. Extensive preparations
seem to have been made to welcome this body,
whose assembling, however important to the in
terests of other portions of the State, Is vital to
this.
The perple of MU.Iedgeville arc jealous, 6ensl
tive. They remember still that Macon came near
once being the seat of Government. The excite
ment then was great, and it has not worn off It
manifests itself when the “improvements” onilie
Capitol are shown you. It Is true paint has doze
considerable to the building, and the chain gang
here commenced a goed work on the grounds;
but much remains to make both the Capital and the
Capitol of Georgia all they should be.
Itis expected that this will be a lively session.—
Fire other restaurants have sprung np besides
Conn’s, some with evident intention to rival his.—
The Governor expects to give a levee.
A loll quorum are present. Cheerful sslutions
are the order of the day. Matters relating to one’s
personal affairs must be disposed of before affairs
of the State are reached. The meeting of the com
mittee, appointed to take place one day previous
to the sitting of the Legisture, for the purpose of
devising a system of common school education for
Georgia, did not come off The Chairman of the
Senate committee—Hon. O. L. Smith—was pres-
STONEWALL JACKSON.
The memory of Stonewall Jackson has received
lew tributes more touching in simplicity and
patkos than the following beautiful poem, publish
ed in the New York Citizen, of which Mr. Charles
G. Halplne Is the editor. Mr. Halplne himself is a
poet ol rare taste, was an officer in the United
States army during the late wrar, and is well known
to fame as “ private Miles O'Reilly. ' 1 he poem
in question, he says, is Irom the pen ol a (Itstin
gaished officer of the United States Navy.
[AMiwj Express.
He sleeps nil quietly and cold
Beneath the soil that gave him birth,
Then break his battle-brand in twain,
And lay it with him in the earth.
No more at midnight shall he urge
His toilsome march among the pines;
Nor hear upon the morning air
The war shout of bis charging lines.
Bold Is the eye whose meteor gleam
Flashed hope on*all within ‘i Jkjvt:
And still the voice that, trumi-cVJ.cned,
Rang through the serried ranks of fight
No more for him shall cannons park.
Or tents gleam white upon the plain:
And where nis camp fires blazed of yore
Brown reapers laugh amid the grain.
No more above his narrow bed
Shall Eound the tread of marching feet,
The rifle volley and the crash
Of sabres when the freemen meet
And thongh the winds of autumn rave,
And winter snow fall thick and deep,
Above bis breast, they cannot move
The quiet of his dreamless sleep.
We may not raise a marble shaft
Above the heart that now is dust;
But nature, like a mother fond.
Will ne’er forget her sacred trust
Young April o’er his lowly mound
Shall shake the violets from her hair;
And glorious June, with fervid kiss,
Shut bid the roses blossom there.
And round about t he droning bee,
With drowsy hum shall come and go;
While west winds all the livelong day
Shall mumur dirges, soft and low.
The warrior’s stormy fate is o’er,
The midnight gloom hathpassed away;
And like a glory from the East
Breaks the first light of freedom’s day!
And white winged peace, o’er all the land,
Broods like a dove upon her nest,
While iron war with slaughter gorged,
At length hath laid him down to reck
And where we won our onward way,
With fire and steel, through yonder wood,
The blackbird whistles, and the quail
Gives answer to her timid brood.
3fexico should not deprive her of her pre- i
relatives and rights.
From tho Richmond "Whig.
The National Express Company.
A general meeting of the stockholders, in
Whatever may be the late of my unfortun
ate country, I shall be satisfied that I have: pursuance ot a call made through the public
fulfilled a duty in thus making known my { press, was held in this city on the 9th inst.,
sentiments and opinions. At the same time A committee, consisting of 3Iessrs. Barber, of
THE TORCH AND TURPENTINE
BRIGADE.
“Parson Brownlow advises the Radicals of the
North to march South, with the torch in one hand
and the turpentine in the other.”
I see them on their winding way,
Across the hills and down the glade,
They’re going South to burn and slay;
The Torch-and-Turpentine Brigade!
’Tis Ben directs the flaming march—
The “Parson” sports the bread and wine,
The “Natich Cobbler” waves the Torch,
While “Tuaddecs” totes the Turpentine.
Astride ah ass of monstrous size,
Whose ears are as the steeples tall.
With whetted swords on both his thighs,
Rides iorth the fieiy ILlnnibawl !
Fierce as the frenzied unicorn,
With rolliiig eyes and well poised head,
- Bold “Horace” blows tis pewter horn,
To give the cohorts time to tread 1
On either flank the bnmmcrslurk,
And “Anna D.” shall hold the sack,
Jack Hamilton shall play the Turk,
While sooty “Fred” shall play the jack.
Santa Anna Indignant—His Feel
ings and Designs.
To the Editor of the Herald :
In your journal ot the 20th instant I have
ent, but Dr. Ridley, who holds the same position rea j an editorial with the following heading;
on the Hoase committee, was absent; neither was | u Remedy for 3Iexico.” It commences as
there a quorum of the committee present. I un
derstood that the committee bavd made strenuous
efforts to devise some feasible plan for common
school education in Georgia, but have found them
selves embarrassed In every proposition, coming
from their own members or fromothar sources, by
the need of tho State’s husbanding all her resour
ces.
Since writing the above I have seen Col. Frobel,
the State architect, who has shown me through
the capltol and made me acquainted with the ex
tent of the improvements. 1 will allude to them
hereafter. Bibb.
GRAND LODGE.
This body, which lias been in session in
our city for several days, yesterday made
choice of the following officers for the ensu
ing year:
M. ff. G. M.—John Harris.
R. W. Dep. Gr. 31.1st Disk—W. A. Love.
“ *• “ “ “ 2d “ —B. H. Bingham
“ “ “ “ “ 3d “ —W. W. Boyd.
«*•*•*“ “ 4th “ — J. E.;Blackshear.
"W. 3. Grand Warden—C. F. Lewis.
“ J. “ “ —8. A. Borders.
W. G. Treasurer—J. E. Wells.
“ “ Sec’ry—8. Rose.
•* “ Sr. Deacon—O, Y. Brown.
“ “ Jr. “ —W. F. Durden.
“ “ hfarahal—F. H. West.
“ •* Pcrsuivant—B. II. Mitchell.
Steward—J. H. Jones.
“ —E. Trice.
“ —B. J. Head.
G. Tyler—C. H. Freeman.
The Grand Lodge will probably get through
with its business and adjourn to-day.
THE LEGISLATURE.
This body met at the Capital yesterday,
nad, a quornm being present in both houses,
proceeded to business. A report for the day
will be found in our columns. Wc also fur
nish, in a supplement to this number, the
excellent Message of Gov. Jenkins, a docu
ment that will command general attention.—
We are without room for comment, except to
say, all honor to our Chief 3Iagistrate for
his noble stand in behalf of the honor and
1st
2d
8d
Ominous Signs.—Wc have
recently, of circumstances that seem to indi
cate that the world is not destined to the
enjoyment of a long peace. A general arm
ing, we are told, is taking place in France.—
The British Parliament is about to vote large
additional appropriations to the army and
navy. A few days ago the military comman
der in Canada urged the fortifying of all the
important towns, and the inauguration of a
general volunteer system throughout tho
British North American possessions. Gen’L
Sheridan has instructed the commander of
the United States forces on tho Rio Grande
to take 6ucb steps as will virtually amount to
direct interference of our government in
tho quarrel between the Liberals and Imperi
alists of 3Iexico. Austria is dissatisfied with
the disastrous results of the late war, and is
making arrangements that indicate a deter
mination to submit to them only so long as
she is obliged to. dignity of Georgia in the matter of the con-
Put all these facts together and we have st j tu ti ona l amendment!
pretty strong jrrima facie evidence that the ^
public peace is soon to be interrupted some- Gen. Forrest.'—Wc learn from the Mem-
: where, on the European continent if not on phis Appeal that General Thomas Jordan,
this. But between the Fenians and the Ala- late editor of that paper, and Col. John P.
bniua claims as regards England, nnd Mexi- Pryor, of Memphis, are engaged in preparing
can affairs as regards France, may not these f or publication a life of Gan. Forrest, and
extraordinary militnry preparations of those that they will have it ready for the press in a Maximilian has contracted can only be de-
two governments be in anticipation of a rup- couple of months. ; cided by a national congress, freely elected
with ourselves ? It is not impossible, : by the people, as so importaut a matter bo
follows: “ It is stated in a Boston paper that
the government is ready to adopt a plan to
put an end to the3Iexican muddle by paying
the French debt,” &c.
That article is very important; it is of con
siderable interest as regards the future fate
of Mexico. Instead ot a remedy it proposes a
great evil. The writer says the debt contract
ed by 3Iaximilian with the government of
France, to establish his empire, will be recog
nized nnd paid by the United States, which,
in consideration thereof, will take a part ol'
the Mexican territory.
These remarks give rbe to several wcll-
ounded objections which do not admit of
reply. In the first place I must remark that
to me the fate of 3Iexico appears a most de
plorable one. That unfortunate country seems
destined to become a victim in expiation of
her children’s crimes, of their eternal dis
agreement and quarrels; for they seem un
willing to come to any understanding or to
make the least mutual concession. They per
sist in placing the gratification of their vin
dictiveness above all other considerations,
and look upon the loss of their nationality as
of minor importance.
The Mexicans on reading the article to
which I refer should raise a uniform and in
dignant outcry, and protest that it is neither
just nor honorable that such articles shonld
appear in the midst of a sister republic from
which we Lave a right to expect disinterested
protection, and not injuries and humiliation.
It is impossible tlmt the ruin and dishonor of
3Iexico can bring a remedy for the evils
which afflict her. To burden 3rcxico with
an immense debt which was not contracted
at her wish is not just, and especially when,
according to the plan referred to, half of her
territory is to be assumed as a consideration
of the bargain.
It cannot be that propositions of such a
character can find an echo at the capital of
the immortal Washington, for the sentiment
of national honor would reject them, while
the conscicncies of the representatives of this
great people would refuse to be thus forsworn
in presence of their solemn declaration not
to recognize 3Iaximillian's empire, because it
was raised and sustained by French bayonets
against tbc wish of the immense majority of
the Mexican people. It becomes, therefore,
impossible for them to admit Maximilian’s
debt as legitimate. If they have not deemed
it right to recognize the empire, they cannot
be justifiable in recognizing the debt. This
appears to me logical.
I sincerely assure you that I cannot let such
an article as the one indicated pass unno-
ticted. On the contrary, I feel compelled,
much against my custom, to appear publicly
and make known to tlioso who may have
been deluded, that the Mexican nation alone
has the unalterable right to dispose of its
own destiny, and that hence the fate ot the
debt which the intruding government of
I wishflo ward off the malignity of such as
would gladly be able to say that, when such
ideas were put forth within my hearing, I re
mained silent It would not be strange for
the m do so yet even in presence of this pro
test, seeing that they unblushingly accuse me
of being an agent ot 3Iaximilian.
I have come to this country in search of
friends of my native soil, of true republicans,
who would aid me by their strength and re
sources to combat the ridiculous empire of
3Iaximilian, but by no means with any other
•design. I have always defended on the field
of battle the independence and integrity ot
my nation, and I will never deviate from that
line of conduct, let my position be what it
may, whether brilliant or otherwise, and let
those who wish me ill Bay what they choose.
Yours truly,
A. L. De Santa Anna.
New York, October 23, 1866.
How to Compromise a Debt.
A correspondent sends us the following.
South Carolinian.
Once on a time there were two Polish Isra
elites—one named P. who lived in Charles
ton—the other named L. resided in Columbia.
It seems there was a difference in money mat
ters between them. P. came to Columbia;
L. took him with a bail writ, and in the ab
sence of bail was committed to jail. The de
fendant sent tor the plaintiff, nnd said “I have
no friends in this town, but if you will release
me and go to Charleston where I have friends
and money, I will pay you.” This was agreed
to; the plaintiff proceeded to Charleston as
the custodian of the defendant, in the hope of
getting liis money. But lo! and behold!
when P. entrapped L. to Charleston, he (P.)
had a bail writ issued for L. and put him (L.)
in jail. L. being in the Lion’s mouth, agreed
to settle upon the terms that each man should
pay his own costs and settle the law suit
In a short time after, the aforesaid L. re
appeared withiu the precincts of his former
habitation. Upon meeting a former official,
he was asked: “Well, how did you get along
witliP.?”—he replied:
“Veil den I dells you. P. he kooins oop
to Coloomby. He owesh me zwi hoontred
dollare. I dakes him mit a a pail writ an
boots him in shail. He send for me to goom
to de shail and see him, and ven I goes dare
lie say, I bees a sdranger vrurn Sharleslon
raidout friends here, but you lets me out ol'
dis tam place, goom mit me to Sharleston, an
I bays you de monish. Veil, I lets him drav-
el. I bays de vare for him to Sharleston mid
the railroat, but ven I goom dare vat you
dink ? “Why,” replied the official, “I sup
pose he paid you.” “Baid ter tuyfel. He
garry me mid ter pail writ for zwi boonterd
dollare, and boots me in der dam shail in
Sharleston.” ‘And how,’ said the officer, ‘did
you finally settle the suit ?' ‘Veil, he say to
me, vat we do ? Each man bay de gost mit
oct dollare zevent vive cent gwit ter terty
law suit vay ter do pusiuess.’ ”
How the Revenue of the Atlantic Ca
ble is Used.—The Inventors’ Guardian, an
English journal, thus explains how the revc
nue thus derived from the Atlantic telegraph
is at present proportioned:
“A through message from London to
America of 20 words is charged £20. The
British line to Valentia gets 8s;; the Amer
ican lines, Port Hood to New York, 10s.
This leaves for two companies £19 4s. The
Newfoundland telegraph company takes one
third of the gross receipts of the two cables,
£6 8s.; the Atlantic telegraph company re
ceives only £12 16s. This amount of £12 16s
has to meet the following claims :
“Working expenses and maintenance of
the cables, with a staff at London and Val
entia; debenture holders, per annum, £5,000;
the Anglo-American Company, 20 per cent.
E er annum on£600,000, £120,000. This can
e paid off at three months’ notice by fund
ing £1,200,000. One year’s interest is nearly
due now. Then follows the Atlantic Tele
graph 8 per cent preference stock of £600,-
000, £48,000; and the original 4 per cent,
stock of £600,000, £24,000. Should any bal
ance remain after the £12 IGs. per message
of twenty words has supported the above
charges, the Anglo-American Company can
claim one half; and the remaining half is
equally divided between the 8 per cent, pref
erence stock and the 4 per cent, original
stockholders of the Atlantic Telegraph Com
pany.
The “Last Surrender.”—The Asheville
(N. C.) News says that the last surrender of
the war east of the 3Iississippi was made by
Col. James R. Lore, on the 7th ot May, 1865.
The NewssayB:
It is a fact which impartial histoiy will
record, that Col. James R. Love, with liis
little veteran band, fought thelast battle for
the “lost cause” that was made on this side
“the great father of waters.” This battle
took place at 3Iill Creek, in JIcDowel! county,
in this State, on the 17tli of April, 1865, and
was a success to the Confederates, delaying
Gen. Gillman, who had “as many thousands
as Col. Love had hundreds,” and causing the
enemy to take another route to Asheville,
tlierf the headquarters of the military district
knoivn as the “Westsrn District of North
Carolina.”
Subsequently to this, however, Col. Lore
had a skirmish with Col. W. C. Bartlett,
commanding United States forces in Haw-
wood county, on the 6th of 3Iay, 1865, nnd
negotiated terms favorable not only to his
own command, but to the citizens of the dis
trict, in the surrender on the day following,
at “Almnn’s Mill,” which terms were con
firmed by Brigadier General J. G. 3Iar-
tin and Colonel W. H. Thomas. This
wns the last regular surrender this 3ide of the
3Iississippi river—Gen. Dick Taylor surren
dering on the 4th of 3Iay, 1865.
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11 th, 1805.
A Mimosa Si'KXCKR.
and pcrhnps we should not calculate too con- party recently ascended Alt. Hood,; longs exclusively to the Mexican nation. Any
•Hently on a calm world and a long peace. Oregon to its very summit. They ascertained other method would bean act ot violenci
... its height to be 17,600 feet, and also, to a cer- and a flagrant injustice. The 3Iexican nation
There was no candidate in favor of tnintv°that it is a volcano. It this measure- alone hns the right to dispose of that which What is the difference between perse-
tlieConstitutional amendment elected to the ment be correct, 3It. Hood is the highest peak belongs to it, in the usual manner adopted severance and obstinacy 1 One is a strong
£!,2rS«l£a Legislature. im the United States. by all civilized nations, and the weakness of will ond the other a strong won’t.
5l!r fitf* on a calm world and a long peace,
l»tL ' r n -ynes at this office, at once, that
Georgia, Bogey, of St. Louis, Nixon, of New
Orleans, Norvell, of Lynchburg, Chricton
and Perot, of Baltimore, and Skiddy, of New
York, was appointed to make a complete
investigation into the condition and affairs
of the company, and then recommend such
course of action by the stockholders asmight
best tend to the interests ot the company.—
The committee made a thorough examination
into all matters connected with the present
condition and future prospect of the compa
ny, and made an elaborate report, in which
they recommended that, in order to release
the company of its present difficulties, re-es
tablish its credit and render its success
sure, the present subscribed stock of about
four millions ot dollars ought to be consoli
dated and brought clown to one-fourth of its
nominal amount, and that upon the payment
by every stockholder of an aggregate sum
of $25 on each share of his stock and the
surrender of his scrip, full paid stock, not lia
ble to any iurther assessment, should be is
sued to him in proportion of one share, full
paid, for four now held by him, which would
reduce the capital stock now existing to about
a million of dollars, full paid: would relieve
the company of its debts; leave it in full
possession of its present valuable property,
such as horses, wagons, furniture, &c., and
moreover leave considerable ready cash in
its treasury.
The charter of the company fixes the capi
tal at five millions, which the directors are
empowered to increase to ten millions, and
requires that one-third of the five millions
shall be subscribed, or in other words, the
company are required to have one million
six hundred and sixty-six thousand dollars
subscribed capital, under the charter. Now,
as the consolidation above suggested will re
dues the capital stock to somewhat over
million, the committee advise that there be
issued six hundred thousand dollars of eight
per cent, stock, to be sold at par.
These recommendations of the committee
met the unanimous approval ot the stock
holders, and then a committee was chosen to
visit New York, and enter into negotiations
with parties there for a sale of this preferred
stock, or a large portion of it.
The chairman of this committee, 3Ir. Bar
ber, of Georgia, since that meeting, returned
to Richmond. with several members ot his
committee, and at another meeting of the
stockholders, held in this city on the 19th
instant, he reported most gratifying results
from their mission to New York. On this
gratifying result being made known to the
stockholders, they resolved to adjourn the
meeting to Monday, 29th instant, at same
hour and place, and inasmuch as the whole
amount of the preferred stock may not be
taken in New York, it was thought advisa.
ble to solicit subscriptions to it in all the
towns and cities where the stock of the com
pany is held now. Accordingly, the follow
ing resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That a committee of three
stockholders be appointed in each town and
city to solicit subscriptions to the preferred
stock, and report to the adjourned meeting,
From facts which have come to our know
ledge, we can now say that the company has
secured substantial and reliable co-operative
aid in the North, by becoming allied with
a powerful organization already existing there,
and all that is needed now is that the South
should do its duty. If the recommendations
of the able and influencial men who
have conducted the investigation and visited
New York, be carried out, there is no earthly
doubt of thecomplete success of the enter
prise. It would, indeed, be a poor comment
ary on the patriotism and energy of the South
ern people, now that they have it in their
power to push forward to complete success an
organization beneficial to themselves and the
gallant men who fought tor them, to have it
to say that they let it fall through.
Have "We State Governments ?— The le
gal effect of the amendment is not fully
known to the country. The Tallahassee
Floridian, referring to a speech recently made
by Judge ilarvin, of that State, in New York,
says:
“"We are informed by a letter received from
gentleman who was present, that on that
occasion he put the first section, which de
clares all persons born in the country to be
citizens whose privileges and immunities arc
not to be abridged, even though they may
be penitentiary convicts, by the side of the
5th section which confers power upon Con
gress to enforce the article; and then appeal
ed to the lawyers to know whether this
amendment would not clothe Congress with
power to protect citizens in every State in
their rights of person and property; and if
so, what further use would there be for the
State governments ? since the power to pro
tect in life, person and property, includes
nearly all the functions of government. We
are told that the legal gentlemen present were
startled at the results to which the arguments
necessarily led.”
A Girdle of Steam Around the World.
A Philadelphia paper calls attention to the
fact that the beginning of the new year will
itness tbc inauguration of unbroken steam
communication around the globe, to be
thenceforth prosecuted as regularly as the ar
rival nnd departure of European steamships
at our wharfs. The steamship Henry Cliaun-
cy will sail on the 11th of December for the
Isthmus; will connect there with the Golden
City for San Francisco; and Irom San Fran
cisco, on the first day of January, the steam
ship Colorado will sail for Yokohama, in Ja
pan, and Hong Kong, in China. If, arrived
at the latter port, the passenger wishes still
to journey westwnrd, he can proceed by the
boatsof the Peninsular and Orientnl Compa
ny to Bombay, and onward through the Red
Sea, to the Isthmus of Suez, which, crossed
by rail, conducts to the British line of Medi
terranean steamers, touching at Malta and
Garibraltar, and arrive in England, where a
few hours of railway will enable him to take
passage in one of a dozen lines of steamships
for this country—tho supposed point of de
parture.
Deatii of 3Ir. S. K. Goddard.—Wc re
gret to have to announce the death, which
occurred yesterday, of 3Ir. S. K. Goddard,
one of the proprietors ot the Sun nnd Times.
3Ir. Goddard had been a resident of this city
for several years, and was esteemed by those
who knew him as a man of excellent traits
of character. His family connections, we
believe, reside at the North. He hod been
for sometime a sufferer from sickness, and
died of consumption or a kindred complaint.
[ Col. Enq., 31*A
ggf” Hon. D. W. 3Iicldleton, Clerk of the
Supreme Court of the United States, gives
notice that at an ensuing December term, the
general causes brought into this court by
writs of error or appeal from the circuit and
districts courts for tbcsevernl districts within
tho States declared to be in rebellion by tbc
proclamation of the President of the United
States, dated August 16,1861, will be called
and disposed of under the rules, and in regu
lar order as they may stand upon the docket.
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The Three.—The sweetest word iu our
language is Love. The greatest word in our
language is God. The word expressing the
shortest time Is Now. The three make the
greatest and the sweetest duty man can per
form.
Christianity in its Power. Robert
Hall am: If ever Christianity appears in its
power, it is when it erects its trophies upon
the tomb—when it takes up votaric ^whero
the world leaves them, and fills the breast
with immortal hope in dying moments.
t^"A cow, exhibited at a late fair in Illi
nois, gave a yield of milk during three weeks
in the mouth* of June of twenty-nine quarts
daily, from which was made thirteen pounds
of butter weekly. She took the premium,
distancing all competitors.
The Old Church, in Hampton, Va.,
the existence of which dates back to 1669, is
being repaired through the generosity of the j
ladies of Portsmouth.
Mr, Peabody’s Political Views.
At the inauguration of the celebrated Pea
body Institute, at Baltimore, last week, its
noble founder, 3Ir. George Peabody, made a
speech, a portion of which was devoted to
the political condition ot tho country. His
views arc just such as wc expected of the
man, and arc worthy of general publication.
He said:
Fellow-citizens, the Union of the States of
America was one of the earliest objects of my
childhood’s reverence. For the independence
of our country my father bore arms in some
of the darkest days oi the revolution, and
from him, nnd from his example, I learned
to love and honor that Union. Later in
life I learned more fully its inestimable
worth, perhaps more than most have done;
for born and educated at the North, then
living for nearly twenty years at the South,
and thus learning in the best school the char
acter and life of her people; finally, in the
course of a long residence abroad, being
thrown in intimate contact with individuals
of every section of our glorious land, I came,
as do most Americans who live long in for
eign lands, to love our country as a whole, to
know and take pride in all her sons as equal
ly countrymen—to know no North, no South,
no East, no "West. And so I wish publicly to
avow that during the terrible contest through
which our nation lias passed my sympathies
were still and always with the Union that my
uniform course tended to assist, but never to
injure, the credit of the government of the
Union, and at the close of the war three-
fourths of all the property I possessed had
been invested in United States government
and State securities, and remain so at this
time.
But none the less could I fail to feel chari
ty for the South ; to remember that political
opinion is far more a matter of birth and ed
ucation than of calm and unbiased reason and
sober thought Even you and I, my friends,
had we been bora at the South, born to the
feelings, beliefs and perhaps prejudices of
Southern men, might have taken the same
course which was adopted by the South, and
have cast in our lot with those who fought as
all must admit so bravely, lor what they be
lieved to be their rights. Never, therefore,
during the war or since, have I permitted
the contest, or any passions engendered by
it, to interfere with the social relations and
warm friendships which I had formed for a
very large number of the people of the Sonth.
I blamed, and shall always blame, the insti
gators of strife and sowers of dissention, both
at the North and at the South. I believed,
and do still believe, that bloodshed might
have been avoided by mutual conciliation.—
But after the great struggle had actually com
menced I could see no hope for the clorious
future of America, save in the success of the
armies of the Union; and in reviewing my
whole course, there is nothing which I could
change if I would, nor which I would change
if I could. And now, after the lapse of these
eventful years, I am more deeply, more earn
estly, more painfully convinced than ever, of
our need of mutual forbearance and concilia
tion, of Christian charity and forgiveness,, of
united effort to bind up the fresh and broken
wounds of our nation.
To you, therefore, citizons of Baltimore
and of JIaryland, I make my appeal, proba
bly the last that I shall ever bav6 to make to
you. May not this Institute be a common
ground, where all may meet, burying former
differences and animosities; forgetting past
separations and estrangements.: weaving the
bands of new attachments to the city, to the
State, and to the nation ? 3Iay not Baltimore,
her name already honored as the birth place of
religious toleration in America, now crown'
her past fame by becoming the day-star ot
political tolerance and charity; and will not
JIaryland, in place of a battle-ground for
opposing parties, become the feld where
milder councils and calm deliberations may
prevail; where good men of all sections may
meet to devise and execute the wisest plans
for repairing the ravages of war, anti for ma
king the future of our country alike common,
prosperous and glorious, from the Atlantic to
the Pacific, and from our northern to our
southern boundary?
DEATH OF DANIEL CHANDLER.
The Jlobile papers record the death of
Daniel Chandler, a distinguished lawyer and
much beloved citizen of that place. 3Ir.
Chandler was a native of Georgia and com
menced his brilliant career at the Bar in the
Northern Circuit. He married a daughter of
the late Duncan G. Campbell, and moved to
3Iobilc about thirty years ago. The close of
his usefublifeis thus referred to in the Mobile
Advertiser of Sunday;
Death oe 3Ir. Chandler.—The remains
of Daniel Chandler, Esq., brought to the city
from New Orleans, were interred this morn
ing, having been followed to the grave by a
large concourse of bis old friends and fellow
citizens.
3Ir. Chandler had long been a leading mem
ber of the bar and prominent citizen of Mo
bile. He was, wc believe, a native of Geor
gia, but bad resided here for a great many
years—how long, we arc unable just now, to
specify.
So far as we can remember, he never sought,
and seldom or never held, any public office,
but bis influence upon public opinion and the
political sentiment ot 3Iobile, by means of his
talents and character, was very great.
After tho election of 3Ir. Lincoln to the
Presidency of the United States, 3Ir. Chand
ler was a leading member of wliat was
known as the “Co-operation” party in this
city. At the memorable meeting held in
Temperance Hall, in November, 1860, he of
fered and eloquently advocated resolutions to
that effect, which were, however, defeated.
Soon afterward 3Ir. Chandler was struck
down by paralysis, and during the last few
years bad consequently withdrawn entirely
from public and professional life.
"Wc presume his age to have been about
sixty, but, in writing this hasty notice, have
to he guided entirely by memory and con
jecture. Some more competent pen will,
no doubt, do ample justice to the memory of
this respected and distinguished citizen.
Death ok O. S. Kimbrough.—Captain O.
S. Kimbrough, a resident of this city since
his carlv childhood, died at the residence of
his father on Sunday night, after a brief but
severe illness. He was a gentleman of,the
highest social qualities, and his generous dis
position and affable manners which had been
cultivated by extensive travel and observa
tion of men and things, made for him a large
circle of acquaintances, most of whom were
attached to him as friends. He served very
gallantly during the greater portiqji of the
lute war as Captain in the 10th regiment of
Georgia infantry, and was in command ot the
bridge leading to this city on the night of
the 16th April, 1865.—Col. Sun, 30th.
The Everett Springs Academy Burned.
The Borne Courier says this Academy was
destroyed by fire on Tuesday night ot last
week. The loss in school books, desks, Ac.,
is supposed to be $400, aside trow the house.
It is believed to be the work cuf an incendi-.
ary.