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PLANTERS’ CONVENTION.
SECOND DAY'S PROCEEDINGS.
Representative Cnameer,
Millcdgcville, Ga., Nov. 14tb, 1886.
8 O’clock, P. M.
The Convention met pursuant to adjourn
ment; Colonel Thomas, of Baldwin, in the
Chair.
The Secretary being absent, on motion of
r TEixr.Kirn : 812 OO pernnnnra. “ „ V “
‘Von PRINTING: IJ- B- Jones, ot Burke, H. . L. French,
.. r attention will be given to the I Schley, was requested to act. The journal of
.ion PRINTING of every deser j> | y CS t er day read and confirmed.
The committee of five to nominate officers,
I submitted the following report:
■ " " ... « • -* A . tL.t hllUHA.A n. . j The committee appointed to nominate ofH
I cent for the Planters’ Convention have per-
VltlKXll Oh*rrvi*t<Mry
r hundred meteors on Monday nixht last*
.”tha star* did full somewhere. It is said
pa -hVwcr fell also atChieaco tho same oven-
,.-ople. at Washing- formed that duty, and report as follows:
•Tbt Northern Conservative prens, so far as re-
i " ..i. mn* the proiwviUin of the Chicago
l . .1., .,inn the President and “po for” negro
' arc !or ry to see so sterling a paper ns
fall in with any such heretical doctrines.
Qcilcrstood that ThaiL Stephens, at the
*. of Congress, will move the appointment of a
■ puittee. t-» be charged with the duty of in-
■m; llic official conduct of President John-
.", ii i>i>rt what uctiou, if any. is required by
For President—Colonel B. C. Yancey, of
Clarke.
For 1st Vice-President—Col. B. B. Moore,
of Thomas.
For 2d Vice-President—Col. J. B. Jones,
of Burke.
For Treasurer—Col. T. J. Smith, of Han
cock.
For Secretary—Captain H. L. French, of
Schley.
Respectfully submitted,
J. A. 3In.EER, Chairman.
Which report was taken up and unani
mousiv adopted.
Gen. Harrison, of Chatham, submitted the
following:
Resolved, That a Committee of three be
Amxestv Northern men inVTnshing-
.ai.ltobe expecting a new amnesty procla-
„ frv.mthe President, which will make no cx-
and will embrace the relief of Jeff. Davis
h;,, they may not ho disappointed. So long as j appointed to wait on the Presidentelect,
lent makes war practically on his own doc-1 no tjfy him of his election and solicit his ac-
j i retains his enemies in power, ho cannot I ccptimce.
Mu-cced. I Which was adopted.
r,ut> mKFiRK AT Memphis.—On Tucfdaynight I The following constitute said committee
i u- .. clock, tfco cotton mills at Memphis were I Q en> Harrison, of Chatham, Col. Hughes, of
r be on fire It required but«i few: min- T wig gB , and Dr. Reese of Sumter, which
. .• .niplete the work of total destruction. A I .... „ . . ..
vi.uildinr. fall of machinery and busy With the committee conducted the President to the
f two hundred persons employed in It, was I chair, who addressed the Convention, tender-
, . -i in a twinkling wholly consumed. I | n g hj 3 acknowledgements, &C.
STY Corur.—The only subject of interest The Chairman of the Committee appoint-
, •>. i.rcblr.turc yesterday was the report of the I ed t 0 memorialize the legislature in reference
ramittec recommending tho retention of the I ^ geaclintr a Commissioner to Europe to en
LntvC iitrl with amendments to the law creating I ..
'.-will be’-een that tb« report was rejected by tho courage immigration, made the following re-
.. - i. is*, nays 20. Wo hope so important a I port through their Chairman, Col. Yancey,
stun will be reconsidered and acted upon with do- I j t .
H hy a full r?enatc.^ I rC port jg too lengthy for publication
We neglected to notice, last Wedncs- here, but will appear in the published pro-
t f t> \r v.puii.. ivbnsn select I cecdtngs of the Convention. It is an able
:.r.,he card of lb M. MeClelUn-wtoe .elwt ^ an<J j tfUst wiU be Iieard by tbe
:L a1 f r boys ts now one of he I q enera i Assembly and the prayer granted.)
t. Mr. McClellan is a gentleman of superior w '“ c,u . , , r T „ v r w i
abi'ii: i. who conducts a school for subsistence. I On motion of Mr. J. B. Jones of Burke,
He fought all through the war, and, to say noth- I the report was taken up and unanimously
i-f 0 f hit capacities, deserves the patronage of I adopted.
tbe« who have children to educate. He will j> r w. j. Reese, ot Sumter, submitted tbe
a few more scholars than his present I f 0 u ow ii,g
Resolved, That the Secretary be
pub-1 instructed to furnish copies of the
i ratu A war,—As a matter of curiosity, we
Col. B. B. Moore, of Thomas, Chairman ot
Thre^iaTfromtbe hwtdquartir.of the report just adopted, to Colonel B B
g of tho itmUiw Wo would only remark I Moore, ot the Senate, and Col. J. B. Jones ot
things look a little singular transpiring just I the House Ot Representatives, with a rpfjuest
ts.br tt.e nose of our Government, and designed for to present the same to their respective bodies,
toe: > e[ trations against a country with which we are | which was adopted.
<3!y terms. Perhaps, after all, it la merely a
IVrtiaps Roberts has eerious designs against the. . . , . .
Inshmen now on Uia*. and several of them the Committee, appointed to examine the
mn.' l to death, by the Pntuk Courts in Canada. I _\ c t incorporating this association, OS to
ar>e i« certainly not calculated to inspire that I whether the name can be changed without
legislation, made the followiig report, to-
BOOK NOTICE. I wit
rrxM tiAXK.—By Marion Harland, author of | This report recommends that a Bill be in
ia ” a’c’ “n V^Sh^don’ ft Co“w&i.’ 4U%! troduced at the present session of the Legis-
Thii is a new book, by a Southern author, who lature, changing the name from “Cotton
a rery popular; and it will be found worthy tot Planters’ Convention,” to that of the Agn-
sai with any of her former books, so much es- cultural and Manufacturing Association ot
turned Ur their delineation of character and high I ^ be State of Georgia.
*** ,one * Sunnybank rc-lntroduce* us to many j rpjj C re port was taken up and adopted.
ftht pleasant accaalntances with whom we grew f. i
laiilisr in "Alone,” and will, therefor*, receives I On moUon of Col. Hughes of Twiggs, an^
circulation. It is very neatly printed and I invitation was extended for persons present
iudsomeiy bound. Its style la elegant nnd its I to unite with the Association, which motion
•ieturos are vivid with Interest, and true to nature. I prevailed, and the following named gentle
a good book for the holidays, trice $1.75. | mcn enrolled their names, viz
. Col. J. J. Jones, of Burke; Dr. J. E. Blount,
Hu,n u. Wn.i. Tin: Sri'RKvr Law.—The Chicago I , . . -p_ . o , . « .
iMiuMicaneceuMtothinkthatsincetholatcolections. of Stewart; Col. J. A. Render, of 3Icrn
pie, the Constitution nnd all the property of | wether.
t I'nited States have boon vested in foe simple in I j jj Jones, of Burke, offered the fol-
I lowta,,'rn.Iu.ion .he impor-
lvcn th© jurrender, not only of tb© President’s I tance of formiDg 4 County Farmers Clubs, to
ry and policy of reconstruction, but also of all I be auxiliary to this Association, which was
trill over the question it»elf."the Republican con- I . . t
•Reconstruction is now to be adjusted ae- Uken U P ® t » 0 P ted -J .
• rding to tito will of tho Republican party as repre- I The President offered tl.e following:
•-led by tl.e Republican majority in Congress. With I Resolved, That the agricultural interest is
itlrar majority of three-fourths hi tho House. :ind I J ce pK- interested in the development of the
'-'-fifths in tho Senate, it is plain that even the I b j n . c resources of tbo State—lime being the
• nrc Of office depends upon tho clemeney and dis- cb est commercial fertilizer, and most
of tho men whom he has assailed, opposed and need ‘ ed jn a great arca 0 f soil.
• I Resolved, That tho attention of the Legis-
TnrSAMi.i T ii-iuY.-That day of rest, when thought lature is earnestly directed to the considera-
t'-ii and memory of wetrinen should not perplex I tio 1 of tbe eligibility and importance ot lo-
worry, i* one of the blessings of civilisation and I eating the Penitentiary at the inexhaustible
iMianitjr. It is a wiso provision, and one of those I quarries of Lime near Kingston, on the W. ft
«i<iensations, tbe original intention of which is littlo A. Railroad, which affords the finest “ com
Momi nnd appreciated. While tho mind is at-1 mcrcial lime ” in the South for the purpose
i.i the sublime minstrelsy of devotion, the limbs I of developing this article of such universal
' « way have ached, or tho brain that may have I commercial use and demand, and whence can
*a illny with labor, are enabled to regain their I ^ distributed at nominal cost vast quantities
’ : M elasticity oy repose. And then the tonnd of I tbe refuge and inferior lime for farmers’ ma
th bell.-! What melody their music tells! IIow I nure b y the system of railways penetrating
■? ”«-ctly they chime thcir caJl to Prayer!- ^ direct ion of the State.
u,u ' t m( e< ^}»« °V!' 40 ' vh,c , hdoos ““‘“J 10 Resolved, That such action upon the part
reuiencej, nn«l thrill with an unknown but do-1 T .\ f • ; n tbp
fctlinf under th© pathos ©f their SOUndi*— I ^PonnlnHnii th#» lnhnr nf
*> I we not be grateful to God for his beneficence, preceding Resolution devotmg 1the I^abor of
hooid we not be willing on bonded knocs to ex- the convicts to the working of Lime KUm s,
that rratitude? Hio to tho chnrehea, then, of I will result in incalculable value to the poor
denomination*, and pour out tho llha-1 lands of tbe State, besides increasing largely,
f your souls in songs of grateftil praise. I their productions—thus increasing individual
Stia\cd. I state wealth.
DESTINY OF THE NEGRO. I On motion of F. T. Sneed, of Macon, the
A census of Mississippi, Uken this year, shows I same was taken np and adopted, and the
j**- 'he total population ol that statu is now 65,-1 Secretary directed to transmit the same to
.' J ''''ksnltwsalnltifiO. A census now taking I som c member of tbe Association, who isa
Ahbams.howsaproportlonste decrease in all I Dlembcr of the Legiskture. that the same may
r ' JUn il<a in that sUte where the work has boen I , ., . . .... . „
dieted. In other southern States, the work be laid before th,t body for acUon
®Bm««Un U the population is In progress, un- The following Resolution was submitted by
( L ’"’ authority, and it is believed that the re-1W. W. Boyd, of Fulton, to-wit:
^ *‘ u »bow a similar depopulation throughout Resolved, That the adoption by the State
" T toutl1 ' of Georgia, of a system or policy which shall
tin.-mast important fact which is revealed by f c8 ter the manufacturing arts and enterprises
' c, “»ns in MiMhsalppl and Alabama is the great I by exemption from taxation, for a term of
7«wpid decrease of the black population. The years, the capital stock of all such enterprises
•’‘•‘■•e of white population in six yean has t esu, I will, in the judgment of this Convention, be
Ai a o aaa tn.. A #1 i '
trttion
ificU.
i st *tc ol Minisaippi, 8,000. The decrease of I wise and judicious.
b ‘ d ; In tte Col. Moore, of Thomas, offered the follow
ume, 5,,000. In those portions of Alabama I. , ’
*** 'lie census Is completed, tbe nslatlvo do-1 in S amen “ mcn * :
^**« blacks and whites is shown to have been S trik « out 411 that portion which relates to
‘"■itheaame. The black population has de I the exemption from taxation. Tho amend-
in six yean at the rate of 13 per cent, ment was concurred in,.and the resolution
the same period, end or ail the destructive I adopted.
^.rtofcivUwar.tbe decrease of white popu- ‘ D W . j. Re,^. G f Sumter, offered the fol
b been In the neighbortmod ol 3 percent I. .
, J?® ^Goshall be the same throughout the ^ owln ff'
appear that the black popnl.tlon In I B«*> lved ’ ^ tbe Association request the
^•stUonhai wn reduced ,m‘ IZI Southern Recorder and Federal Union to
m ’ • in publish Utc proceedings, and that all other
- , lnlbW - 1 papers in tbe State be likewise requested to
copy—which was adopted.
Mr. F. Schaller, of Ciaric, offered the follow-
Resolved, That the next annual meeting of! with a snap, growls at a chair which happens soles—ah. And dar is dat fine young nigger
this Association lie on the 3d Tuesday ofito he in the way, pulls off his boots and man, lofin about, doin’ nofio, pitchin’waits
August, 1867, at the city of Atlanta. j throws them, in a comer, jerks his socks from on Snnday—breakin’ de holy Sabaf day—ah;
ir „rn. M „v ! his feet drops his pantaloons on the floor and I pitchin’ waits jest because you see de white
Mr..Orm, of Baldwin, proposed the follow-, SUTUt. out of his vest and I folks nitchin’ dollar aforo do trrocerv-ah.
ing amendment:
Strike out August and insert November,
and strike ont Atlanta and insert Milledge
villc—which amendment was concurred in,
and tbe resolution passed.
Ou motion of Col. Orm, the Convention
adjourned.
B. C. Yascet, Pres.
H. L. French, Sec’ry.
Letter from Washington.
Correspondence of the Georgia Telegraph.
Wasotkotos, Nov. 13, I860.
Gen. Dix ha* resigned the position of Naval
Officer for the port of New York, preparatory to
leaving for his poet at Paris es Minister. Appli
cants with their backers are flocking here. Fer
nando Wood is here, and yesterday had on audience
with the President, urgfltg the appointment of his
favorite, whose name has not yet transpired.
A powerful pressure from Ohio, headed by Mr.
Mungen, Congressman, elect, is here urging the
President to appoint Mr. Spooner, of that State, as
Commissioner of Internal Revenue, in placc.of Mr.
Rollins, the present incumbent, who is an extreme
Radical. The President is willing to act but the
matter is delayed and conferred by Secretary Mc
Culloch, who is quite reluctant to UlYe the change
made pending tbe preparation of bis annual report.
The Irish Citizens held an enthusiastic meeting
here on Friday evening, and were exceedingly dc
nunciatory of the Canadian authorities with
respect to the Fenianjrials.
The sailing of Minister Campbell and Maj.-Gen.
Sherman, of Mexico, is a matter of prolific com
ment It is the almost universal impression that
upon the assembling of Congress,. United States
troops will be ordered to Mexico.
All pardon applications on file in the office of the
Attorney General, now remain In abeyance, the
pref sure upon the time of the President In framing
his annual message, debarring him from giving to
snch that personal supervision which he assigned
to himseli previous to acting.
Though the majority for the Conservative* in
Maryland are reckoned by thousands, it la the pur
pose of the repudiated to apply to a sympathizing
Congress for that aid and support which an indig
cant people withheld. In districts, eve.-y coun
ty and precinct of which voted almost nnanimons-
ly for Conservatives, the “won’t be whipped’’ give
notice of an appeal to their friends, feeling satis
fied that they will either draw a scat In Congress,
or a sung two thousand from the Treasury. The
horrible condition of matters in that State, aron6-
cd the atent energies of the best talent to shake ofi
the yoke of despotism. Several ex-members of
Congress, an cx-Governor, and several heretofore
able Judges on the bench, are elected to the Legis
lature.
An arrangement is being made between tbe Sec
retary of War and W. W. Corcoran, Esq., by
which the magnificent Art Union building, now,
and during the war r -«s«d by the Qnartenpaster’s
Department, is to be turned over to its founder
and owner, Mr. Corcoran, through whose liberal
munificence it was constructed as a fitting dedica
tion to tbe arts and sciences. This noble strut*
lure, built at such heavy outlay, stands on a square
facing the War Department on Pennsylvania Aven
ue, and cost its owner a Urge fortune in its erec
tion. At tbe opening of hostilities it was approach
ing completion, and being diverted from it« origi
nal purpose, several changes were made in accord
ance with the enggeations of the heads of the bu
reau. It is the purpose of Mr. Corcoran to push it
forward rapidly, and have it thrown open forexhl
bition of works of art at the earliest moment.—
There is no authority for the statement that this
gentleman purposed leaving the United States for
a permanent residence abroad.
Radical Congressmen are beginning to arrive In
considerable strength, witheut waiting for the
organization of safety to get ready to act as an es
cort. They all breathe the same tone ol blood
and thunder, impeachment and deposing. Thongli
Congress in both branches stsnds in the relation ef
the Grand and Petit Jnry in the event of the im
peachment, they acem all to have made np their
minds that tbe President should not only be tried,
bnt that be should be condemned and sentenced.
A fit jnry of inquest, tbe impeachment, trial and
removal of the President would be only carrying
out an understood conclusion.
Potomac.
ei£ U * U ’* 4 * a contemporary foretell with a
Umore reliable than mere prophecy,
^ inevitable destiny of the negro
race In
ing:
Slow Tlicy Go lo Bed.
The young girl trips gaily up to her cham
ber, and, with the cautious timidity peculiar
to her sex, first locks the doors and arranges
tbe window curtains, so that by no chance a
passer-by. or a belated nocturnal wanderer
from the pavement, can catch a glimpse of
her budding beauty when en dithabiUe. This
task completed, site turns on the gas to its
fall, and institutes a general search through
out the apartment, that she may be sure it
does not contain a horrible “ bugbear,” or a
desperate ruffian,” in big whiskers and crisp
black hair. Carefully with her delicate little
fingers, she lifts the bed valance, peers into
places where even Tom Thumb could not
squeeze his diminutive corporation, and takes
a cursory peep into the half-emptied trunk,
not forgetting to glance nervously under the
sofa, the space between which and the floor
is not sufficient to contain tbe ghost of Calvin
Ed son, much less an ordinary robber. Hav
ing ascertained that she is really alone, she
leisurely proceeds to divest her tair form of
the “silk and linen conventionalities of so
ciety.” First she relieves her glossy hair of
the pins and combs which enthrall it, and
“does it up” more compactly. Then oft
comes the little collar and the little vapory
cloud of lace she calls undersleeves, which all
the day have been clasped around her white,
plump arms, by a couple of India rubber
straps.
Next the love of a spring silk dress is un-
fastend in front Then sundry waist-strings
and button straps arc loosed, and lo! what a
collapse, like Lowe’s big balloon. She stands
like Saturn the centre ot rings. There they
lie on the soft carpet, partly covered by the
linen underfixings and overfixings, with no
more expression in them than there is jn tbe
bare floor beneath the carpet Sits site now
upon the edge of the snowy bed and begins
the unlacing ot gaiters,-and the disrobing of
those fair swelling limbs of their stockings.
The pretty little foot is carefully perched
upon the knee—down drops the gaiter, off
comes tbe elastic, and her thumb inserted in
the top of the stocking, pushes it down—
down over the heel, ana the cotton rests be
side the prunella. Sc with the other foot,
ouly involving a slight change of position.
There is a smile that peeps out lrom behind
the blushes of her sweet face, now as stand
ing before the glass she places upon her head
the nightcap, and with the quick twist of her
finger, ties the bewitching bow. Then the
night gown is thrown over the frilled chernr
ise, concealing the heaving bosom and the
shoulders in the linnen folds. Then the
counterpane and sheets are thrown back, the
gas turned down, very, very low, and the little
form presses the yielding couch, and the an
gel goes ofi into the world of dreams.
Now, in the room directly above her,
i lets them lie there, gets out of his vest and I folks pitchin’ dollar afore de grocery—ah.
■ C oat bv a quick, vindictive twist of the arms Yes, and I knode a white man to pitch dol-
and body, nnpins and unbuttons his collar, lars till he got so pooer he had to borrr a
throws it carelessly at rather than on the ta- dollar to pitch, and den he run out credit
ble; travels to the window in his shirt ex- that way; and he had to come down to old
tremity to let down the curtain, as if he didn’t hoss shoes. Take care, young nigger, de old
care a cuss whether the entire population of debbil is no specter ot pussons—he’d as soon
the street beheld his anatomy or not; then have yon as a white man—yon make as good
puts out the light and Itotmces into the bed a fire in hell as de biggest, fattest white man
like a great calf jumping into a pile of hay— I in de land—ah.
curls himself up, his knees nearly touching
l ,; s nose, lies a moment or two, tarns on bis I The Stars did not fall this year, at least
back, stretches his limbs out, swears at the I according to astronomical appointment, but
tucking in of the 1;: 1 clothes, grunts, gets I t ba t is no reason why we should not repro-
ovsr on the other side and is—asleep. Then f
comes in the snoring and snorting.
Terrible Famine in India.
duce an old joke about the great “shower” of
1833—so here it is
No Use for Thowsers.—On the morning
ot the meteoric shower, in 1883, old Peyton
Cholera and Starvation-Some Most Horrible Scenes I Robert,, who intended making an early start
-Hindoos and Mahommcdans Dy:nz by Hundreds bls ™ k - ? ot n P * b « “>« tlle *'%
of Thousands—The Dead Left for Days on the Street* P I:l Y* 0n going to ills door he Saw tilth
as a Feast for the Village Doss—Twoand n halfmil- I amazement the skylit up With the falling
lions Dead in a Single District—Thousands of Per- I meteors, and lie concluded at once that the
ishing.Mcn, Women and Children Crowding the I world was on fire, and that the day of judg-
Strects of the Cities and Lying Without the Wails— I ment had come. He stood for a moment
The Greater Part Most Die. I gazing in speechless terror at the scene, and
I then with a yell of horror sprang out of the
New Yoiik, Nov. 12.—The Times corres- I d oor right in the midst of the falling stars,
pondent gives the following interesting par- I and there, he commenced a series of ground
ticulars ol the great famine India: I tumbling that would have done honor to
A Calcutta paper ot August 16th says that Dan Castello’s ring.
20,000 paupers from the fumine-strickon re- I j[j s w jf e being awakened in the meantime,
gion have inundated Calcutta,the am- I seeing’ Peyton jumping and skipping about
vals are reckoned at 200 a day. >* e ,.iave, on tho yard, bawled out to him to know “What
the highest authority, a frightful picture of I j n th c name of common sense he was doin’
the prevailing destitution, especially in Cal- I ou t thar dancing round, without his clothes
cutta. It would be difiicult to exaggerate OB t» But Peyton heard not. The judgment
the magnitude and extent of the calamity. I a nd long back accounts he would have to set-
All the accounts I liavc seen nave underrated I him heedless of all terrestrial things;
lt - . , . and his wife, by this time, becoming alarmed
It is difficult to obtain reliable statistics as | at b is behavior, sprang out of bed, and run-
to the mortality from the famine, and cholera I ijng to the door, shrieked out at tho top of
occasioned by it; but all that I have seen and I bcr vo ; cc .
heard has convinced me that it has been on I “Peyton, I say Pevton, what do you mean
a scale of irigLtful magnitude. There are I jumpin’ about thar ? Come and put your
still four long dark months before us; though bre eclie3 on.”
for a month past there has seemed some slight j “Breeches! what the devil’s the use of
abatement in the distress in thc tour districts
ot Batazorc, Mcdnaporc, Sarum and Tirahout,
Over forty thousand non-laboring paupers
were being relieved in the latter port of July;
besides seven thousand who were able to
make somc return for food by working.
A week later we find 34,000 daily relieved
breeches when the world is on fire ?”
TnE Bible.—IIow comes it that this little
volume, composed by humble men in a rude
age, when art and science were but in their
.... - ... childhood, has exerted more influence on the
in Batazore and Mednapore alone; while I hwiian mind nnd on the social system, than
Poore and Nudda add 17,000 more to the a11 the other books put together? Whence
^<1 I comes it that tins book lias achieved such
It is believed that in Cattack the majority marvellous changes in the opinions of man-
of thc people must die before relief can reach I. “vi* 1 * 8 banished idle worship has abol-
them; while 1,000 persons a day were perish- ished infanticide—has put down polygamy
ing at the single station of Batazore. A ves- and divorce—exalted the condition of woman
rel, the Tubal Cain, which was bringing them -raised the standard of public morality-
food, was driven off by a storm and compel- I created for families that blessed thing, a
led to throw overboard 1,500 bag? of rice. Christian home ; and caused its other tri-
But this is not all, and probably not the um P b . b Y causing benevolent institutions,
worst. The new crop of rico will soon be open an expensive, to spring up as with the
be obtained, but it is likely tc add a new y 0 ™ 1 ofenebantment ? What sort of a book
source of damage. For, lacking other food. 13 tl,13 > that cv , cn the wind and waves of liu-
thc poor people will devour it in its unma- raa ? P asslon obe 7 it» What other engine of
tured and unwholesome state, and a dreadful I s< ^ 1 ! 1 improvement °P era J?^ so Jong, and
pestilence will probablv thus be produced. J* 1 lost n ° ne ot J«8 virtue ? Since it appear-
Until the land can be covered with a net- « d - many boasted plans of amelioration have
work of railroads and canals, there seems no been , tried and failed; many codes of juns-
escapc from the frasueut repetition ot such pnulence have arisen, and run their course,
calamities, and that dav is far distant ? ml expired. Empire after empire has been
Another account says: launched on th*s tide of time, and gone down,
When the famine was at its height the star- earing no trace on the waters. But this
ving poor, we arc told, crowded into the book is still going about doing good—leaven
streets* of Calcutta, and it was estimated that 1 ,n ~ soc,etv w,,h ,tshf ' lv <-h«>r,n«
ing society with its holy principles—cheering
the sorrowful with its consolations—strength
ening thc tempted—encouraging the peni
tent—calming the troubled spirit and
smoothing the pillow of death. Can such
book be tlic offspring of human genius ?—
Does not the vnstness of its effects demon
no fewer than 20,000 to 25,000 starving peo
ple were wandering about the capital.
At Mullick Ghat, where the Bombay mer
chants raised a fund and distributed food,
there were at one time 7,000 famishing appli
cants crowded up. They were described a3. ^ ,
placed in order uVon an open space, waiting 3t ' at f tb e excellency of the power to be of
for the distribution. Ou one side nearly 4,000 | God * ^ r ‘ McCulloch.
Hindoos, each with a leaf platter before liim, ~ “*
were seated on the wet ground, hastily parta-1 ^ earxess of Death.—W hen we walk near
king of the scant dele they received. On the powerful machinery, wc know that one single
•ther aide were thousands of famishing Mus- misstep, and those mighty engines will tear
selmen, ranged in like manner, aid watching I U3 . ribbons with their flying wheels, or
with silent and greedy eagerness the meal of I g nad 113 to Dowder in their ponderous jaws,
their Hindoo brethren, and counting with . So when we are thundering across the land
bitter longings the minutes till their time I a rail car, and there is nothing but an inch
should come °* non flange to hold us on the track. So
Under the'ahelter of the Ghat, crowded wbcn wc arc in » ship, and there is.nothing
women, girls and children, and outside the between us an eternity,
gates were hundreds and hundreds who had imagine, then that we see how close
lost their chance until the next distribution. '' c are to tb « ed g® ot the precipice. But wc
Over all a horrible dead silence reigned.— do not see it. Whether on the sea or on the
There was no chattering or conversation; I land.the partition that divides usfrometer-
hardly a sound, except when at intervals some P 1 ^? ls 8 ?metlnng less than the oak plank or
wretch threw up his arms with an ejaculation bal f. an inch of iron flange. The machinery
to heaven, wrung from him by the unap- bf « aad , deatb » 'v» tbm « 3 ; The tissues
peasable pangs of hunger. tbat bold tbe beating powers in their place
More than this, officials wrote horns dc - are oftrai not thicker fian a sheet of paper
scriptions of meeting dead bodies in every and lf that tbl “ partition rupture, it would
morning’s ride, bodies lying in the road, with I bo tb p same with us as if a cannon ball had
thc village dogs eating them at leisure. struck us; . • .
A Calcutta journal stated that in Bazatore, , Deatb 13 inseparably bound up with life in
having a population ot 12,000, the deaths Jbe ^ry 34 ™. 01 "® of our bodles * Struggle as
amounted to 300 a dav, and on the govern- bo would to widen the space, no man can, at
ment demanding oi its officials a report de-1 ft ny time, go further from death than the
nying the libel, the collector of the district | 'nickness ot a sheet of paper,
replied that on the 8th day of August he had I
345 deaths in the city, and on the 0th 151, A Contribution lrom Mrs. Jeff. Davis to
and for tho week ending the 9tli, 126 a day, I the Washington ami Lee Association,
the bodies sometimes remaining unburied for The Norfolk Virginian contains the follow-
three days. ing paragraph: “Wc announce with extreme
Tbe province of Orisa suffered the most I gratification and pleasure that Mrs. Jefferson
severely,-one paper declaring that 400,000 Davis has presented to the Washington and
souls have perished in maritime Orisa alone. Lee Association, through Mrs. Dr. Farrar, of
Indeed, a telegram from India announces that this city, an elegant and costly set of French
half the population of Orisa have perished in jewels, to be disposed of as the Association
the famine, that is, fully two millions and a may decide for its benefit The tribute from
half of people. I Mrs. Davis, in this the neccssitores hour of
Negro Sermon. berown and husband’s affliction, sfcnnpsbcr
™ 4 .. . . , as the noblest of her sex, and the mft will be
Wc find the following sermon in the ocal c licrishea and prized more highly for the
columns ofthe West Alabamian, said to liave gift _ maker and the memories that cluster
been delivered by a colored preached who abou t the jewels, than for the intrinsic'value
rejoiced in the title of “Maj.” VV e never saw ot the jewels themselves, though they arequite
a report in which the idiom of thc negro was CO£tly ^ The jewe , 3 will form b 0 ne of the chief
more faithfully given; nor have we often attra £ tions ottb e fair of tl.e Washington and
seen a discourse more pointed and applica- Leo Association, to bo held in this city in May
ble to the present condition of the freedmen: I n ,. x t »
“And now my dear dyin’ and rcmortal I
bredren and cistern letn’me tell you, dare is Bishop Asdrevt.—This venerable man of God
great trouble now in dis land—dare is a great I arrived in this city on Tuesday evening, and
trouble—and you sav what am it 'l O! my was at tho morning prayer meetingat the Meth-
dear young gemtnen, apd my dear young cis- °4* gt Church yesterday. .He spoke of the
ton, ..J 5T*« Christian friends, il.m ««. gSSSt.’ML'S* EuSMSrt KShto
trouble for you and mo, nnd do Lord onlj progress. Th.t portion ol hfs remnrks which
knows how dat am gwme to end. What am wa s addressed to those who, like himself, had
dat trouble, Maj ? why don’t you tell dis dear I approached close to the brink of tbe river, was
Jefferson Davis.
From the New York Tribune, Nov. 9th.
Eighteen months liarq nearly elapsed since
Jefferson Davis was made a state prisoner.—
He had previously been publicly charged, by
the President of the United States, with con
spiring to assassinate President Lincoln, and
$100,000 offered for his capture thereupon.—
The capture was promptly made and the
money duly paid; yet, up to this hour, there
has not been even an attempt made by the
Government to procure his indictment on that
charge. He has also been popularly, if not
officially, accused of complicity in the virtual
murder of Union soldiers, while prisoners of
war, by subjecting them to needless, inhuman
exposure, privation and abuse; but no at
tempt has been made to indict him on that
charge. He has been indicted for simple
treason; and even this indictment has not
been obtained at the instance of the Govera-
emment. It may be so badly drawn that no
conviction could be bad on it, wbatever the
proof advanced; yet the Executive could say,
“ I am not responsible for this. The indict
ment was obtained without the assent or
privity of my Attorney-General or Cabinet.”
Repeated attempts have been made by the
prisoner’s counsel to bring his case - to trial;
but to no purpose. The Govern men: does
not appear to prosecute; the machinery of
the Courts is always out of order. At one
time martial law stands in the way; when
that obstacle is removed, there is a cavil as
to the sufficiency or completeness of its with
drawal; and, when that will no longer serve,
it is found that Congress has somehow disar
ranged the judicial districts, so that the case
cancot safely be proceeded with. And Con
gress itself, having most inconsiderately med
died with the matter, never took pains to in
quire what action on its part, if any, was re
quisite; so that now Congress, President and
Chief justice, are in a complete muddle on
the subject; each seeming inclined to throw
all responsibility for the delay on one or both
of the others.
Thc upshot of all this is that the prisoner
is not tried, nor likely to be; and that, if
tried, lie is morally certain not to be con
victed ; if convicted, not to be punished.—
There are still many persons who would like
to have him executed; but,there is not one
intelligent man on earth who has the faintest
notion that he ever will be. For, though
Governments sometimes inflict capital pun
ishment on conspicuous rebels, they never, at
least in modern times, do, so long after their
rebellion was suppressed. Austria, in 1S49,
put to death thirteen of the Hungarian lead
ers betrayed into her hands by thc miscreant
Gorgey; but she tried them by drum-bead
court-martial directly after their surrender,
and had them all hanged and buried within
forty-eight hours. Had she waited eighteen
months, and then executed them, she would
have invoked the execrations of all Christen
dom.
Since it is notorions tbat Davis is not to be
punished, why is he still kept awaiting
trial which he alone seems to. desire, and
which he can by no means obtain ? What
good end is subserved by persisting in a
menace which still serves to irritate, though
it no longer appals ?
Congress, at its last session, evidently felt
that it had thc President at a disadvantage
with regard to this prisoner—that he was an
elephant which Mr. Johnson had too easily
acquired, and was now unable either to keep
or dispose of, save to his own loss. In the
State of leeling then prevalar. this aspect of
the case was regarded by many with evident
complacency. Had the President been a man
of high courage, we think he would have
bailed the prisoner, and called on Congress
to demand, if that were deemed advisable,
that he should be surrendered and tried, and
to prescribe the legal conditions of
such trial since the laws as they stand
seem inadequate or defective. But he should
first, at all events, have publicly retracted the
charge of complicity with the assassins of
President Lincoln, since he has virtually
abandoned it by not attempting to found an
indictment thereon. It is neither jnstnor
wise to send forth a prisoner of state with
thc brand of murder on his brow; and a
naked failure to prosecute is but equivalent
to the Scotch verdict, “Not proven.” If Mr.
Davis is even prAbably guilty of complicity
with Booth, lie should loDg since have been
indicted and tried for that crime; if he is
not, he should have, ere this, been explicitly
freed from the reproach, even though he
were tobe executed for treason on thc morrow.
A great government may deal sternly with
offenders, but not meanly; it cannot afford to
seem unwilling to repair an obvious wrong.
HOW TBE RADICALS WILL BE BALKED—
A FIT RESPONSE.
trouble which am on the land—ah.
big
We am
great brute of a brother. He comes into _ JPBB,.
Mints the door with a slam, turns the key debbil git your neberlastin
revive old recollections.
, . , , , P Though the Bishop has passed the three-score
now differently situated from what we was a and ten years allotted as the age of man, he is
year ago—ah. Every black man and woman I still earnest and enthusiastic ai ever in the cause
must take care ob demselves—ah. De trou- of his master. Age and infirmities are telling
ble am about homes. Some ob you got none oa bis once vigorous frame, but the mental
now-ah. Noplace to keep your old bald J*. en, ‘ ie ? re ™ ain undlmmed, and his many
i,re.,♦ * • .1. *i ,t„ _ friends hope he may yet lone be spared to do
heads from de rain ah, and when de winter d Mrv j ce j n the cause to which ho has devo-
comes, cister—ah, no whar to cover the little ted a long life. -‘Sav. Ad. 15.
ones from„tbo storm—ah. ...
ob jou got sorter homes now, but no pay* The Emperor Napoleon has caused
tellm how long you gwme to stay dar—ah. himself to be inscribed as an exhibitor in the
Oh. de little ones liab died m de cold,m tenth class at the Great Exhibition of 1867.
some place for want ob a piece of corn bred— His Majesty has designed a model for awork-
ah. Dis am part ol de trouble ah. But den I )uan ’ a house, which, to lowness of price,
dar is dat fine young lady—no missus to tell un itca all the accommodations desirable and
her do nght—she gb an hire herself out, away tho conditions required by health.
from her folks and her mammy—ah, how ...
many snares dar am to lead her away from Askiko Advice—It is said that quite a number
de paf of rectitude; and so de poor fools of the Governors of the Southern States huve ad-
is the wander ronn’ from pillow to pos, and from dressed letters to the President, asking far hit
he kev debbil mt vour neberlastin?. neber dying visemest now.
The N. Y. World thus replies to the threat of
the Times, that the North will take all matters into
its own hands and change the Constitution to suit
itself:
Onr trimming contemporary admits that this
hypothetical consequence of rejecting thc amend
ment would be completely repugnant to the Con
stitution, and yet lt intimates its intention to favor
it if the amendment is not ratified by tbe Sontliern
States! Tbe Times seems to think that even the
moderate section ot the Republican party is so in-
diaolubly wedded to tbe Radicals, that it will abet
them in the most palpable, glaring, and acknowl
edged violations of tbe Constitmion. It is no busi
ness of ours to vindicate any part of the Republi
can party against this libel; for libel It Is, even if
true, according to the old legal maxim, “thc great
er the truth the greater the libel.” Conceding,
then, tor the scope of the argument, that the whole
Republican party will aid the Radicals to break
down the Constitution, how will thc case then
stand ? Will President Johnson recognize bastard
amendments ratified ouly by three-fourths of the
represented States, as a part of the Constitution ?
By no means. They would be spurned by tbe
President, and repudiated by the tsupreme Court.
Will the Times be good enough to tell us bow.
under these circumstances, they cot 11 be enforced,
The Times intimates that universal negro suf
frage is the particular amendment likely to be
forced upon the South by the method it des-
cribes.But is anybody verdant enough to suppose
that, against the unanimous opposition of the
outnumbering Southern whites, and against the
indignant senso of outrage which the attempt
wjiild rouse, the negroes could approach the
polliJg-places? It would requires larger art. y
to enforce such « law than we had in the field at
any time during the war. Will tbe people con
sent to be taxed to support such an army ?—
Would not the public credit be speedily engulfed
in such a bottomless abyss ? Would President
Johnson, or either of our two great conservative
generals permit the army to be used fur such a
purpose? If the Radicals choose to make this
experiment, if they are willing to go into the
Presidential election in tho midst of such an em
broilment, their presumptiofa must be equal to
their malignity, if they expect to succeed.
There is another wholesome consideration
which we advise the Radicals, ana their time
serving abettors, not to overlook. The physical
strength ofthe country is on the side of the
Constitution. Even if the whole Republican
party is mad enough to support the Radicals in
Alabama.
In itia annual message to tbe Legislature of
Alabama, Gov. Patton thus refers to the pro
posed constitutional amendment:
The Governor is opposed to tbe adoption of
tho proposed constitutional amendment, because
it would not only overshadow and weaken the
authority and influence of the Stato Courts, but
might possibly reduce them to a complete nulli
ty. I! matters not what might be the chancier
of his case, every individual dissatisfied with
the decision of a State Court, might apply to a
Federal tribunal for redress. This makes the
amendment most dangerous to the liberties of
the entire country.
The second section, while it will not at all
diminish the representation of the North, will
cfi'ect a loas of nearly one-half tbe representa
tives to which the Southern States are entitled,
unless suffrage is granted negroes The ques
tion of representation has contributed in no way
to the troubles of the country, and a change in
it cannot be legitimately claimed as forming
any part of the results of the war.
The third section establishes a test of eligibili
ty for office, botii Federal and State, which is not
only unjust but proscriptive, but which might
possibly lead to ruinous consequences. It will
operate practically as an cx post facto law, which
is contrary to all tho principles of modern civi
lization. Its adoption would vacate nearly all
the offices in the unre: resented States. It would
not only add greatly to the disabilities of the
test oath, but it would abridge the relieving
tiower of Congress, by requiring a vote of two-
thirds instead of a majority.
_ The Governor concludes as follows: Wo are
sincerely desirous for a complete restoration of
the Union. We want conciliation, harmony and
national tranquility. We feel that we have giv
en every evidence which human action can fur
nish, of an honest purpose to conform in good
faith to the condition of things surrounding us.
Alabama is to-day as true to tho Constitution
and laws of the General Government, as any
State in the Union. Under the internal revenue
law, and the tax on cotton, the people of this
State are now paying revenue to tho General
Government at the rate of nearly ten millions
of dollars a year. In tho enactment of theso
laws we had no voice. This amendment was
proposed when nea. ly one third of the States
were unrepresented, and all of its harsh features
are aimed directly at the States thus excluded.
The ratification of such an amendment, proposed
under such circumstances, cannot, in any pos
sible view, accomplish any good to the country,
and might bring upon it irretrievable disaster.
Adyextcres op x Speaker —A humorous
contributor to tbe St. Louis Republican evident
ly understands the capabilities of the English
language. He attempted to make a Johnson
speech in a Radical meeting with the following
tesults :
Fortunately there was but one light in tho
room, and that was a tallow candle. The first
chair hurled at me struck it aud left us all in
tho dark. I could hear them rushing toward
the stand and I made for the door. That was a
sympathizing crowd. They couldn't see me,
but they all felt for me. On they came and on
I went. Came in violent contact with the globe
like form of Old Chopps. Just for fun I tipped
him over and cried out, “Here, boys, I’ve got
him!” Old C. being of about my shape and
dimensions, thc mob was easily misled, and
they piled on to him three deep. As I made
my exit at the front door I heard him scream
ing for quarter. Iam sure ho never got it.—
There was not a quarter in all that crowd.—
Once outside, two or three of them recognized
me by the gaslight, and O, persimmons 1 didn't
they freeze to me like a hired man ? I said
something about free speech. They replied
with something about freebooters, illustrating
their remarks with practical demonstrations. I
bore up under it (or before it) until I reached a
a pile of bricks, and you should have seen them
scatter. Again I was master of the situation,
and deeming discretion the belter part of valor,
I broke down the street as hard as I could tear.
It takes a strong man to break down a street
but I did it nevertheless.
A Reximscexcb op the Charlestox Coxvex-
tiox op 1S60.—We recollect on one occasion di
ning with Mr. Vallandigham, during the session
of tbe Democratic convention of 1S60, in this
city. It was at tho period when the members
from the South bad intimated their iutontion to
withdraw from its deliberations. Secession, often
broached as a contingency, had not jet assumed
tho shape which forced itself upon the convic
tion as a reality. And, even by those who spoke
most unreservedly of it ns a remedy, it was
always accompanied by the remark that : t would
be peaceful, and would either result in the secu
rity. by constitutional amendment, of the rights
of the South, or that the separation of these
States would be without conflict. Tho Presiden
tial election had not commenced. The nominees
were not yet before the people.
Mr. Mhllandighnm rose at the table, and with
great depth of feeling and earnestness of man
ner, said to those around : “ Gentlemen, if the
Southern members withdraw from the conven
tion, the Democratic party, the only stay of the
Upion, will be disrupted' a sectional President
will he elected, the secession of the Southern
States will follow, and there will ensue oae of.
the most terrible and bloody civil wan on rec
ord.” Gen. McClernand, who was at the table,
said: “Sitdown, Vallandigham; you are always
prophesying,” upon which he responded: “I
speak earnestly, because I feel earnestly , aud if
we live you will hear witness to its fulfillment.
Charleston Courier. .
The Washbubne Family.—This distinguished
family, several of whose members have already
made themselves famous in our national Legisla
ture, wilt be well represented in the 40th "Con
gress. No less than lour Woshburnes are already
elected to thc next House of Representatives—
Elihu B. Washburne, ot Illinois, well known as
chairman of the committee on commerce in the
present House; William B. Washburne, of Massa
chusetts, a member ot the present Congress.—
General C. C. Washburne, of Wisconsin, a former
member of Congress, and a Major-General ot Vol
unteers during thc rebellion; and Henry D. Wash
burne, of Indiana, a member of tbe last House.—
The first three are, wc believe, brothers, the fourth
being their cousin. The head of the house is Is
rael Washburn**, of Maine, an older brother ofthe
three Congressmen, himself an ex-Cougreesman
and an ex-Uovcrnor, aud now in training tur the
United States Scnatorship from Maine. A young
er scion of tbe house is an aspirant for legislative
honors in New Hampshire.—Cleveland Leader.
The Martlaxd Coxgkessioxal Cohtxstaxts.
It has been authoritatively announced that
John L. Thomas and -J. J. Stewart, two of the
Radical candidates for Congress in Maryland,
intend to contest the election of their suec°ssful
opponents, upon the ground of illegal voting in
the city of Baltimore. This is beyond parallel
tbe sheerest impudence that has yet been devel
oped bv the most reckless nnd depraved of mod
ern politicians. The only excuse these deflated
Radical candidates can present for contesting
thc seats of General Phelps and Colonel Archer
is that the appeal will be made to an unscrupu
lous majority in Congress, whose antecedents in
regard to contested elections induce the belief
that, right or wrong, Radical Republican con
testants will be admitted to seats.—AaL Intel.
Arrest of Gen. Ortega at Erazos,
by Order of Gen. Sheridan.
Galvzstox, Texas, Nov. 13—Brownsville dates
ts the 8th Inst., received here, announce tbe arrest
ot Gen. Ortega and party at Brazos, by order of
Gen. Sheridan, who offered to permit him to re
turn, lf he desired, to New Orleans. He filed a
protest against his arrest.
pf?" A person who was recently called into
court for the purpose ot proving tlse correct
ness of a doctor's bill, was asked by the law-
attempting to force negro suffrage on theSonthi ] J' cr "bether “ the doctor did not make sev-
that party is still in a minority bf about a mil-1 end visits after the patient was out of dnn-
lion in the United States. The male citizens of ger.” “ No,” replied, the witness, “Iconsid-
Virginia alone would cancel and overlap all tho ! ered the patient in danger as loDg as the doc- >
Republican majorities in this, year’s elections, tor continued his visits.”
If a majority of one section undertakes to clr- ; ... 1
cum vent and break down the Constiluthn, why j Woman’s Age.—How long Eve, tbe first
may not a majority of the whole people come to j womall< jj vod; w « do not know, lt is a curi-
1 ' r ' 1 ' ors fact that in sacred history, the age, death
Mr. C. W. Rickctson died suddenly at and burial of but one woman, Surah, t lie wife
Pittsburg the other day; but the cloud ot of Abraham, is distinctly noted. Woman’s
gloom which his death cast over his friends age. ever since, appears to have been a sub-
was not without its silver lining. His life jw* f° r history or discussion,
was insured for eighty thousand dollars. -gr The Atl^tie ’ablclTwOrlted with n
en. Muzeno, the newly appointed battery of only five cups. Many short linen
Captain-General of Cuba, arrived in Havana ir this country, less perfect*;: iiuptacd, re-,,
on last Saturday, to relieve Gen. Lersundi. quire forty or titty.
