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THE GEORGIA WEEKLY TELEGRAPH.
(frunjin aVrrklij (Prltgrnjif
cor. of iheGa. Telegraph.
j{ f p»rt on the Orphan's Home.
I.0117 Engagements.
BY ANNA CORA RITCHIE.
“When the heart surrenders, confirm the
blushing promise quickly at the altar's foot,’'
is the adjuration of every enamored suitor,
eager for the climax of the wedding ring,
nut the maiden who reflects will rc.-pond
THE PENITENTIARY,
^ *1,1 V admired. Iheprodution is from I with no hasty “amen” to that loud prayer.—
! r Ttev Dr. Tucker, «»f Pcnfield, Ga. Keilect! Does not King Oberon still walk
01 ” V . ... t , I the earth, ucrformimr as fantastic and ainaz-
j{,.oort on the Orphan’s Home lias
\ Iheprodutionisfrotn
Tucker, «if Pcnfield, Ga.
■ .1 .ii«r T «piw1 the jicrforming as fantastic and atnaz
PTcunicnt is so interesting that I »end I iog f^tTwIth his muical flowers as in the
1 , in advance of its publication, a lew ex- days of Billy Bottom! And did woman ev-
• T hich will prove interesting to your I cr reflect after the fairy monarch had stolen
«•*" 1 A-r asking for an appropriation "pon her slumbers and pressed the joiee of
i**, l f *175,000 and $75,000 annually g? l>»n>le blofflom upon her folded lids?-
.vjjTfif 01 1 ’ J I The portals oi her heart open with her eyes
T.pjjfter, the Report goes on ns follows: j when the latter have once received that mys-
, . DOSS iblo .the Legislature may lie tic flower’s touch, and the eyes take in and
"1 1 the figures. Should this be the 1 the heart enthrones the first being looked
will not bo because therefa anything upon.
!L„*blc in the appropriations asked for, Let him wear what shape he may. he is
because the subject is new to us, transformed and glorified to her vision by
Xt not been accustomed to spend- love’s glamour. That moment reason is un-
**• ** • in this way It is just as proper ceremoniously thrust out of doors. In vain
* B ° n Iimuld take cure of our orphan chil- she clamors to be heard, and warns the infat-
,h,t J\t is that other people should take uated fair one against precipitancy—in vain
drm, «* There is no reason why we she reminds her that her happiness is more
^ 11 behind the civilized world in this easily periled than man’s—that hersusccp-
jJlOUl'l ’ V m- | “ I A2U.1.A.. 1 ** 11
from the demands which an cnlight- put of his madrigals to bind it upon Reason’s
!STnd Christian *ivi!ia»rion make upon us brow, and from that hour she passes for
a-a witluill other Slates and nations. F °lly-
!3 . we take as good rare of our children Goldsmith’s Citizen of the World quaintly
• v .'rentes do Of their’s wo cannot ex- remarks that “marnago has been compared
**,1, it »t anv cheaper rate thsn they *? « of skill for life; it is generous,
P* V ,i,e subject is new to us, it is not so then, in wth parties to declare that they are
,l0 -, ’rl It fa a field on which every possi- sharpm in the beginning. In lyigland, I
* 0 lament has been tried. In thelforth. am told, both sides use every art to conceal
■ k »he south, in the. East, in the West, in their defeat. from each other Wore marriage,
18 ,h d in Europe, for many years past, and the rest of tlieif lives may be regarded as
1... I U.i„ oifr tho whole I doing pcnnance for their dissimulation ?
Is this a malacious slander or a rudely cx-
2SSX has been made to sift the whole doing pcnnance 1
' Zmv of the subject to the verv bottom. this a malacious sianuer or a, roomy cx-
u lotto be supposed that we, in our mai- Pressed truth11 Are not lovers, all the world
1 * r will be able to devise plans more over, xcalously engaged in cheating each oth-
SSSl than those which have been cr? Docs not the very stato of menta.exlial-
« And ifwecan expectno exemption » *°», b 7 au ab ? orb, 1 n S aftcction
£ the claims which our helpless cl.il- U?ve birth to an unpremeditated deception ?
l ave on us, so also we need cxpec« ito Nay, hasinot love, in the dawn of lUexis-
fiLj OT the expense of meeting thee oh- tence, a beautifying influence upon the con-
S In other words, we must vxpcct I atitution of a man's soul? Are not common-
!Tonlv to do what other people do, but to P^ce mindselevatcd and rendered poetic by
niv r, hat other people pay. What would be I its refining power ? What, then, must be its
Sought of a man wuo on going to a Railroad effects upon spirits of fine mould ?
See to purchase liis ticket should expect to I The period of an open, prosperous be-
mke the purchase at half price because ho I tiirothal is the blossoming season of life—
wn a Gcordan. It this would be absurd for The sun of a pure passion calls forth the fair-
. individual Georgian, it is equally or more est flowers upon every tree, and tlieair is fill-
V, U rj for the State of Georgia, traveling on ed with the melody ot birds carolling joyful
tit "rent highway of time in company with promises from the branches. In the sunshine
other Stated and nations, to ask to travel at of bright illusions hopes and fears—the heart
half price. We must cither meet the expense glows and swells, and takes in all creation
<f tlic enterprise on foot, cost what it may,or with unwonted tenderness; the dullest pros-
vc must resort to the degrading alternative pects are tinged with orient hoes, the sim-
of placing the State ot Georgia below the plcst communicate a thrill of joy, nature puts
bottom of the list of civilized States—to the on her gala dress to welcome the enamored
MTa „ c alternative of leaving our orphan chil- pair wherever they wander, and shakes down
dren° to perish. The State of Pennsylvania odorous tributes upon their heads from every
lus some millions of dollars invested in Insti- bough. ,
unions of this kind, and this has been the And it is well. It is better for the soul
cs«c for many years past But in addition to even when love is misplaced, to give a bound
these invested millions, which are permanent lew devotion than to entertain a tame affec
iiul intended for the regular number of or- tion worthy of the whole wealth of the heart,
phans always on hand, that State, as I am The man of her choice is always a hero to
otdibly informed, has made an extra appro- a woman who loves heartily, and her fond
pnation of five hundred thousand dollars for fancy invests him with an abundance of cap-
tlic benefit of war orphans for tho present tivating attributes, which possibly have not
rear alone. True their population is larger the roost shadowy existence out ot her iraag-
ilian ours, but it is doubtful whether they ination. On the other hand, Shakespeare
have more war orphans than we—and it is tells us that to men “women are angels woo-
ccrtain that they owe no more to the children ing.” But, 01 the bitter disenchantment, if
ul their soldiers than we do to the children in the glare of Hymen’s touch the ideal
of ouk TI10 appropriation wc ask for now charms vanish away, the mantle of glory lalls
is scarcely more than a tenth of what Penn- from the hero’s shoulder—and the nDgel at
sylvania has made, and that too not counting whose shrine the lover devoutly worshipped,
in her permanent Institutions. stands before him a most terrestrial being,
When President Johnson proposed to us full of failings, wants, caprices, inconsisten
tly conditions of a re-admission to the Union, cies. Unconscioasly his eyes must then for-
one of these conditions was that each State I get
should repudiate its war obligations. We “The genilo rsy
thought that this was one of tho bardest con- They wora on courtship's smiling day—”
ditioni imposed, and nothing mantles the I ],; s vo ; ce must lose
chcrk of any high minded Georgian with “Tho tones that shed
deeper shame than the necessity of submit- A tenderness round alt they said—”
ling to this profound humiliation. For the the roses of her bridal chaplet must wither,
first lime in our liisioiy our promise has been an d i ea ye a martyr’s crown of thorns upon
stained with dishonor. Our only relief is in the brow they encircled.
the faci that it was not voluntary, but was The probation of a long engagement is the
forced upon us by a superior power.— surest talisman against this rude dissolving
We must remember that wo have issued bonds n f the spell that surrounds lovers. During
to the orphans of our soldiers, bonds not I the interval their various phases of character
printed nor engraved upon paper, but bonds arc revealed by unforeseen chances—by life’s
written in Heaven, and these bondsno power inevitable mutations ; and being discovered
asks us to repudiate. Even our conaucrors ft t this blissful period, when ho life-shackle
do not make this barbarous deuiaid. On the I makes endurance compulsory, even grave
contrary, by providing for their own children I j au its and temper-trying peculiarities are
they Ret us'an example which they invite us readily tolerated and excused. Mental angu-
to follow. Let us pay these bonds and the haritics ere worn nway and rounded off to a
world will applaud and Heaven will approve, graceful smoothness by the attrition of con-
hut it wc repudiate them wc shall show that stant association. Their souls become attun
our supposed grief, on being forced to repo- ct i to the same key. The indispensable lcs-
diatc our other obligations, was all hypocrit- son 0 f mutual forbearance is conned be
ical, nnd that we were secretly glad of it. If I times.
repudiation must come, for thc.snke of bleed-1 Love has leisure allowed him to build Ins
ing humanity, and for the sake of our patriot temple upon the rock of perfect trust, which
dead, let it come in some other form. If we no storm can shake. The flashing flames ot
must defraud any, let us defraud the strong enthusiasm, by which its shrine was illumi-
-not the weak, lf wo must cheat any, let nated at consecration, is gradually replaced
it be our peers. Let it not bo our little chil- by that steady, holy light, which fiercest gale
dren helpless and fatherless, nor yet the si- can no t extinguish. Good spirits have wbis-
lent dead whose right it is that their little pered to wife elect that she will need Martha’s
ones should be cared for. If the State of executive bauds and Mary’s appreciating soul
Georgia is dishonorable enough to refuse to to keep those altars swept and garnished, and
meet her obligations, let lier not be pusillani- have murmured in her partner’s ear that be
inous enough to take advantage of those who must reign within those wall with Solomon's
are not only defenceless, but who look to her wisdom and Jacob’s patience. Thus the pro-
tor protection. Let her not rob her own chil- longed betrothal is often the prelude to n
dren. These li’tle ones may not be after all harmonious union, and no harsh discords dis-
*0 helpless as they seem. The wail of the turb its life-long melody,
orphan will find its way to tlio car of the - »♦«-
Lord God of Sahaoth, and Ho who is the I How PorcuR Sbstimbnt is Made at the
Father of the fathcrlcts may avenge their I northern Elections.—A New York Republican
wrongs. Except the Lord build the house j )a p cr ghonld be good authority in matters con-
tliey labor in vain that build it, and we can ccrn | n g it 8 owl party, and from such we copy the
never expect the blessing of God upon our , o i] 0 wine paragraph showing how the elections
State unless wc meet the obligations which W£re carrled that 8ute .
Ilia providence has imposed upon us. From RrDMeIter c^mbi., Saratoga, and A!
The report goes on to discuss the question banv eonnt i ej th e universal statement Is that mo-
of the support of orphans by the State in n ne y'flowed like water, and that ir this practice is
purely utilitarian point of view, and argues I to continue the offices mu»t be set up to the high-
tha. under that aspect of the case, it is to the eat bidder. Electors marched up to the^olU un-
interest of the State to educate her orphan c j in w j, 0 placed tickets in their hands as they
children. The views presented in this report m , c h e d the ballot-boxes, and after depositing their
Mfcsonge of Governor Jenkins,
Tmntmitting the Report of the Commitsloncrt
of the Penitentiary.
[Wc condense Gov. Jenkins’ message to
the Legislature, transmitting the report of
Messrs. Cobb, Cooper nnd Fitten, and we are
also compelled, by want of space, to present
only tlic material parts of the Report of those
gentlemen.—Eds. Telegraph.]
are eminently practical, and worthy the con-1 votes took out hU pocket-book and ptld them one, punishment,
side ration of the General Assembly. It will I two, three, five or ten dollaia, as the case might As to the locality of the Penitentiary, no
_ _ * . I k... kalara linndraita nf nefinl H WI f II AU L tTf.n IDfl * — * •- * *•*
***** <». I-™-* f Eft; s;
become the judges of its merits. The report er3 buy u „ the j r #wn voters, who refused to
contains the recommendation that orphans eX erciae their privilege until a satisfactory sum of
Miotihl be received in the institution not until money was piseed la their hands. Atlesst one-
*«?“/,■» -**>* ;• “T toruSioS™
should be appointed to master mechanics un-1 °P DLO « ^
til 2i. A different course is recommended
towards such os should manifest capacity for
Jefferson Davis and tii* Fenians.—The To-
literary training. In that event some provi
sion should lie made for a liberal education.
Reporter.
_ I ronto editors tre retorting upon Mr. Seward for
calling the Fenian prisoners “political offenders,”
and therefore deserving of clemency, which could
not attach to crimes or a criminal character -re
torting by asking auch questions aa these:
DEATH OF COL. WASHINGTON. j •• Row has the American Government acted to-
We regret to announce the death of Col. James wards political ofienders ? At the veryheadoft he
„ * ... list stands Mr. Jcfferton Davis. By the united
II. R. Washington, Postmaster of Macon, which I TolM of all parties in the United Ststca, not tossy
occurred at hia residence in this city, at an early aoytliing of the opinion of outside nations Mr.
, . ■ Davis’ cont nued imprisoament in Fortreae Mon
hour yesterday morning, after a brief illaas*— to eomtrr which keeps him
He was at his oflSco on Mondsjr, attending to his | nC arcsrate4. Does Mr. Scwsrd think that the
bniineaa as usual, but got wet during the day way in which this man has been trested br the
sad took a chill soon after returning to hia home. thThlrfihips, the palpsbie cru.Itte*
From this he rapidly deeiined, end passed away w blcl! were associated with his imprisonment un-
»t the hour already stated. til within a very late period, were such as to give
Col. Washington was, we believe, a native of W» the right to .reach clemency to the people of
South Carolina, though he has resided in this j an ° 1
eitj Irom his early manhood. Ho was a gentle- A Conorbesvan in Nruiara.—'The New Tork
wan of fin# intelligence, imbued with much I ssya:
public spirit, and held many public trust* which Logan, whom the Radicals haveselected as Can-
managed with ability and good faith. Ha I p-euman at large from Illinois, iscerUinly amo ? t
w *» for many year* agent for the Bet A of the extraordinary chap. In telegraphing his regrets
State of Georgia, was once or twice an ineum- j tb»t he could not attend tbs dinner to Mr. Fieldf,
bent of the Mayoralty, several time* a Ropre- j regrets which ware pot shared by those who could,
tentative in the State Legislature, and finally j be not only calls that gentleman a “fuudsmbu ist,”
Postmaster, to whieh office he was appointed at i bat adds, at the expense of the committee of re-
the close of the war. He was a mon of decided j ception, that “the great and loyal West, standing
opinions and ardent temperament, never yield- midway between the antipodes, stretches her
*ag hi. eonvietions to any amount of oproaition,, bed. to greet the man who has united them in
orsteoni^- 1 the bonds of everlasting brotherhood.” What In
stooping to maka a fnend. In an acquain- ld ^ tLe man think the* antlpodeb” are*
***** with Col. Washington that ran through a tnc w ^
deeade we ever found him a Feasible, upright \ Troy hen bcloi.^ ngtoa hotel keeper reeently
' hstclied a beiod of TSehlckMa. “She is doing u-> ive.l
The Governor objects to abandoning the
present Penitentiary. He think3 a trifling
expense would put it in thorough repair, nnd
suggests that there be two State prisons—one
for colored convicts, where stone or lime may
be quarried, whilst the present one be retain
ed for prosecuting other employments. He
objects to dispensing with the mechanic arts
in the Penitentiary, saying—“I yield to no
one in appreciation of those arts, or in respect
for those who worthily pursue Uk*ih, but I
do not perceive that they will bo degraded
by having thrir handicraft tnight to or prac
ticed by convicts. Similarity of occupation
does not, by any means, necessitate social in
tercourse, or imply social equality.
“If .iecUanicuf pursuits are degraded by
the engagement in them of discharged con
victs, ao must any and all other pursuits, and
the question then arises, what are such per
sons to do ? Does the master carpenter, or
master mason, who employs a discharged
convict, nnd who daily superintends and
controls his labor, sink to his level ? If so,
then the planter who may employ him to till
his lands, or tend his flocks and herds, would
do likewise. The same reasoning might be
applied to any other branch oi industry, and
the same policy extended would lead to no
employment during the term of imprison
ment, and no adaptation to employment of
any kind when it shall have ended. Better
far at once imprison them for life, or even
take away that life, than so to shape yoar
legislation as to disconnigc their future en
gagement in reputable employments.”
In answer to the argument that mechanical
labor is degraded by being taught to con
victs, the Governor replies as follows:
“It is urged with great force, that ourmin-
oral resources require development, and the
suggestion is, that convict labor be employed
for that purpose; but, if the reasoning of the
report iu regard to the mechanic arts, be ap
plied to this branch of industry, it would
seem that the adoption of the policy recom
mended would at once render infamous the
business of mining and quarrying, which are
admitted to be important and worthy of en
couragement”
If, in carrying out bis suggestion, and es
tablishing a penitentiary elsewhere adapted
to the safe-keeping and comfortable accom
modation ot persons of color, and with a
view to the quarrying and dressing of mine
ral substances, it will be very easy, should fu
ture experience render it advisable, to enlarge
the new and abandon the old establishment.
Then, too, the times may be more propitious
to the sale of the latter. For the present,
says he, “I recommend the retention and con
tinued use of it upon the plan heretofore
pursued. If it be asked, why select the me
chanic arts for their instruction and employ
ment, the answer is ready. It is, that they
were eminently fitted to lie prosecuted within
a small area, which may be easily and secure
ly walled in.”
* For very vicious subjects he recommends
solitary confinement.
REPORT OP TnE COMMISSIONERS ON THE RE
MOVAL OF THE PENITENTIARY, MADE
TO TnE GOVERNOR.
[CONDENSED.]
Milledqeville, Nov. 2,18GG.
To Bit Excellency. Charles J. Jcnlins, Gov
emor. <te., Afilledgetille, Ga.:
Sir : In discharge of our duty-us commis
sinners “to examine and report upon the pro
priety of removing the present Penitentiary
and locating it elsewhere, or of establishing
an additional one,” we submit tlic following
report:
Section First alludes to the existing feeling
that mechanical operations arc degraded by
being taught to convicts, who are to become
the rivals and associates of others, and think
that the appeal which comes from cur
mechanics against this practice is, in our
judgment, well founded, and should be re
sponded to in our legislation to the utmost ex
tent compatible with tbc public interest. If
the objection had any force heretofore, it is
far more deserving of consideration now,
when our Penitcntiury has the prospect of be
ing filled to overflow with the very worst por
tion of the negro population. We cannot ex
pect our respectable citizens to put their sons
at a trade, when the State is educating the
most infamous characters in the same trade,
to compete and associate with them in tbe
pursuit of their doily occupation. If tbe
practice cannot be wholly abandoned, which
wc would prefer, there can at least be such a
reform as would greatly relievo the difficulty
and open the way for its final extinction.
2. Separation of white and black convicts
is strongly urged. If two Penitentiaries are
not established, the separation should never
theless be maintained.
3. Separation of male and female convicts
should also be maintained.
4. Persons convicted of infamous crimes
should-be kept separate from those convicted
of offenses not infamous.
5/The young should be kept separate from
the old.
U. The increasing number of convicts make
larger accommodations necessary, and in
volve a regard for expense.,
7. If tlic Penitentiary can be made useful
in developing tbc mineral and other resources
of the State, it would commend itself to the
favor of tbe people.
so much reduced as greatly to increase it
consumption. The State being satfatled with
very low prices, and the railroads furnishing
transportation during tlic portion of tbe
year, when not engaged in carrying the pro
duce of the country to market and transport
lag the return cargoes, would afford to our
cities and towns on the line ot tbe railroad
the opportunity of using stone for boildiu
and other purposes at reasonable, and, indeed
tempting prices, the central location at the
Stone ilonntain being peculiarly fit in this
respect
4th. The section of the country through
which the Western & Atlantic Railroad runs
is known to be abundant in mineral and oth
cr resources, to tbe development of which we
propose to make the Penitentiary, located at
Stone Mountain, a valuable auxiliary. This
road is owned by the State, therefore subject
to its absolute control, and operations upon
it can be carried on at comparatively small
expense. A convict train, with enrsconstruct
ed for the purpose, could be run upon the
road for the purpose of working the convicts
for limited perio ls at different points,confin
ing them during the night on the train and
working them daring the day along the line
of the road, in the iron, copper, marble, and
slate mines which abound there. The single
development of the lime to be found in that
country would compensate the State lor the
enterprice. Lime might be manufactured in
such abundance, and at such low price as
would justily its use as a fertilizer to an ex
tent never before contemplated in our State,
the benefits of which cannot now be estima
ted. In this connection we desire to call at
tention to the slate quarries, located near Van
Wert, Polk county, and cmbracifig a known
area of ninety acres.
Certain private parties desire to arrange for
working convicts in quarries in the Northern
part ot the State.
5tli. The '.nation of the Stone Mountain fa
convenient to the section from which provis
ions are to be had, and tbc railroad owned
by the State penetrating that section will en
able tbe State to transport these provisions to
tbe Penitentiary at very small cost.
A location of tbe Penitentiary some where
on tbe State road has its advantages.
1st The tact that this road is owned by the
State, subject alone to itscoetrol, would furn
ish a strong reason in favor of such selection.
All questions of transportation to and from
the Penitentiary would be free from contest
or embarrassment, which would not be the
case when the State had to deal with a pri
vate corporation.
2d. Such locat'oa wonld, to some extent,
increase both the ti&vcl and freight upon the
road, thus increasiag the revenue which tbe
State derives from this source.
3d. Supplies, and indeed all other articles
needed at the Pcaitentiary, would be trans
ported free of cos:. This is particularly the
case in reference Co previsions, as the loca
tion would be in ti:e immediate vicinity from
which the supplies would be drawn, and that,
too, at the lowestpriccs.
4th. It is wortly ot serious consideration,
liow far convict labor can be employed in do
ing the work on :ho road, for which large
sums arc now pai l out annually to hired la
bor. Wc are not prepared to* estimate the
damages in this r.-spect, but with a central
location along tbelineot tbe road, wc incline
to the opinion that it might be made an item
of considerable saving to the State.
5th. The advaitnges of 6ucli location, in
view of the propoed policy of using convict
labor for the development of the mineral and
other resources of that section, are manifest.
The proximity of the Penitentiary to the lo
calities where these resources are to be exam
ined and worked, would he an important
item in the success of the enterprise.
Several sites are mentioned on the Western
and Atlantic Railroad as eligible
1st. There is tbe Etowab Iron Works,
which is now offered tor sale; it is a large
and extensive property, embracing twelve or
fifteen thousand acres ot land, well timbered,
and with great mineral resources, and, as wc
nre informed can be purchased at a reasona
ble price. Of tbe water power, it is only ne
cessary to say, it is without limit.
2d. At Crawford’s Station, on “Two Ran”
Creek, a very eligible site can be bad irame-
diitely on the railroad, with abundant supply
of good water for all purposes. An efficient
line kiln is in successful operation very near,
aid good limestone very abundant. The
tnct ot land upon which the location could
be made is well timbered, aud presenting in
eviry respect very decided advantages. Tbe
necessary stone for building purposes could
be had at this locality.
Jd. A site at Howard’s place, near Kings
ton, possesses all the advantages to be deriv
ed from its central position and immediate
location on tlie line ot the road. Its princi
pal value, in our judgment, is derived from
thelime quarry which is of the best kind, and
abindant. There are, however, besides, a
stoic quarry, from which building mnterial
cmld be had for the erection of the necessa
ry inilding; but this quarry does not coni
pac with tbe one at Stone Mountain for gen
eral use.
7hc prices at which these places may he
mbfained is omitted, though they are men-
tioied as reasonable.
The theory of a Penitentiary contemplates
tw> principal objects to be accomplished—
tin reform and the punishment of tho crimi
nal. '
The commissioners think, ns a reformatory
miasurc, the Penitentiary is a failure; that
punishment, looking to the protection of so-
cidy, is the chief consideration; that labor
is tot a punishment, but a relief; and that
solitary confinement ought to be more resort
ed to for the higher and more infamous offen
scs.
It is impracticable to have a proper Peni
tentiary system when the main object in the
eye oi tho Legislature is the expense to be
ivoided and the profits to be realized from it.
if tbc system is to be kept up, of which we
express no opinion, the Legislature and peo
ple must make up their minds to regard the
John Bright. H. P., on Irl*h Reform.
Mr. Bright has recently made two speeches
before tbc working men of Dublin on the
id.
held
der to the enemy of all wo have gained m past years by
m nnlinchtng adherence, ibrough victory nnd defeat,
“ : r.ii 1; ij i vi v.ii y tilO 1 • - •!*-
dc.ensi6i« and Abhorrent. It i> Muituication, dbgfaoe
an J disintegration, robs the party ot its very tout, and
muke» of it a mero aggregation of individtn » place
hunters, banded together with a sola view to >ecunng
tho spoiL*, nnd am- ated by n lust of powtr rather than
a veneration of rightand jimico. It is to acknowledge
all and more than has e» <*r been charged upon it by ns
enemie*— to forfeit the self respect oi itsvii’mad the re-
sped of its opponents. Tho limei, itself one of he
[From tho Ind Anapolis Her.
Insanity oi the Chicago Times.
\i e have been in tho habit of .-tuching con;*t ;erablc
weight to the Utterance* of the Chicago Timet*. As the
proper steps to be taken lor the pacification mosslogaendal Democrat c journal in the nortiwer-t
-t 1 1 t , 4 tiis Democratic party nnd the ioser i ght» of tlic
01 Ireland, in the catalogue lie advocates ocratic pre** hsvo beta accustomed to defer t*> Jtsjung-
reform in suffrage and religion, while his rec-
ommendation regarding nal estate is worthy “ouldiup, iu *ome dc?.-e« : the policy of the party in the
... T J W«at,and oxenMslocapoucifut indoonce in soaping
or note. In bJs fpcccll Oi the 2d lie thus its destinies. Knteru*mmg those views of the Tiui.-s,
evnlftins the nnlirv cer fnrtli in lit. aal1 accustonwd to read w.tti pleasure and proli. iu
espial -s lac policy lortli in ills speech of *di-mltt«a editorials <>n m<‘ treat quaeii n- which
the 30th of October: •*» * arisen out oftiie sshe* of the rebellion, what wa,
* ou.- surprise and aMrtifiestion on inning up ii- Monday
Amongst the various measures which I pro- | awrnini’* i so* to dad a doabie-iawiea lemiorsdr
posed tor what I shall call the pacification •*«JheHtnndonmeiilorti.e mart rial princlple-
1 , , _ . ... , , , . 1, . . . by the p^riy ouring lh* alecaiiv.r- , uml nb.iM-ri
and redemption of Ireland, I said that it is ot -
the greatest importance that the people of
Ireland, by some process or other, should be
made, and have the opportunity of being
made, the possessors of their own soil. (Great
cheering.) You know perfectly well that I
am not about to propose to copy the villain
ous crimes of two hundred years ago, and to
confiscate the lands of the proprietor here or ..
elsewhere. I propose to.introduce a system
Which would gradually, but rapidly and easi- J muting that tho President was right in every position
Iv, without injuring anybody, make many I , l £ ie 10 cut l°©se
.f’ , , J 0 • Vj* f from iheaairmistr.uion, and ftnke out a new and lm-
thousands, who arc now tenant farmers with- j pc--:bli- path to power mid success, b-ucii a course
out leases and security, the owners of their rniaooa both to tho pat/ md u» Prtrid—t
own farms in this island. Now. this is my
plan, and I want to restate it here, with a
little further explanation, in order that the
gentlemen to whom I have referred may not
again repeat the very untrue, and what I call
the dishonorable comments which they h ive
made upon it. There are, as you know,
many large estates in Ireland which belong
to rich families in England—families in Eng
land, not only ot the highest rank, but of the
highest character, because I will venture to
SO) Mint there arc to he found among the
English nobility families of as much perfect
honorablenes3 and worth as some of those to
whom my plan would be offered. Therefore
I am not speaking against the aristocracy,
or against the families, or against property,
or against anybody or anything that fa good;
but I say this, that if Parliament were to ap
point n commission, and give it, say, at first,
up to tho amount of five millions sterling and
] lower to negotiate or treat with the great
families of England who have large estates in
Ireland, it is probable that some of these
great estates might be bought at not a very
unreasonable price (cheers, and a voice;
“Could we not get them ior nothing.”) Hear
me to the end of my statement. I am of opin
ion that it would be the cheapest money that
the Imperial Parliament almost ever expend
ed, even though it became possessed of those
great estates at a price considerably above
that which they wovld fetch if put up in
your market to-morrow. I piopose that it
should be worked in this way. 1 will take a
case. I assume that this commission—that a
large commission—got a large estate in its
possession, bought from Lord A, B, C, or D.
Wc will take one farm upon it, which I as
sume to be worth £1,000, and for which the
present tenant pays a rent of £50 a year ; he
has no lease, lie has no security, he makes al
most no permanent improvements of any kind,
and he is not quite sure whether, when he has
saved a little money, he will not take his fam
ily off to the United States (loud cheers.) (A
Voice: “He will come back again.”) We will
assume, if you like, that we are the
commission, and that we have got before us
the farmer who is the tenant on that partic
ular farm, for which he pays £50 a year with
out having a lease or security, and which I
take to ne worth £1,000. Now, the govern
ment, I believe, lends money to Irish land
ror ot toe pcmuc. . question of expense as secondary and subor-
8, One Penitentiary is deemed sufficient, f dinate t0 otller * mI more imnort / nf
on the score of economy, and thus securing
similarity of treatment and uniformity of
and courteous gentleman. He leaves a wife and
•*ver*l children, all of whom, we believe, have
attained their majority, though tho loss of hit
otto and counsel will prove a great bereavement
to them in these troublous times. They have
our sympathy in Iho deep sorrow that has come
#poa them.
a* could l>o expected."
Pr,mero, the Romancer Of the Rio Grande, i* raid
to be About to marry hi- bcardinc-hoyedtoeper -n
Washington. "A new w»y to pay olddebl*.
. n A lady en route from Galtcaton to New York.
t>*^j through Lynchburg on Tuesday morning, in tho
care of Adam*’ Express Company.
reason exists for retaining it at Milledgeville,
except that it now exists there and has ac
commodations for a limited number of con
victs. The present accommodations are in
sufficient, and this, in addition to their utter
unsuitableness for any other kind ot labor
except the mechanical trades, render r, change
not only right and proper, but almost indir-
acnsablc. "To retain the Penitentiary there,
s to decide that convicts should be kept at
work at the trades which have been usually
taught there. To this tbe objections hereto
fore presented arc insuperable, bulj even if
this were not so, the number of convicts that
may lie reasonably looked for would render
tbeir employment in the present Penitentiary
impracticable.
Stone Mountain in recommended as n
proper locality lor the Institution,
Because, 1st. The materials for construct
ing the necessary walls and buildings arc
<iere furnished in the inexhaustible stone
qnnrrics of this vicinity.
2d. The convicts can be made to do the
most of the work, thus greatly reducing the
expense which must otherwise be incurred
in preparing a Peniter-tiary upon the ex
pensive scale which must in some short pe
riod of time be provided.
3d. These quarries will furnish work br
the convicts for all time to come, and tley
will thus be withdrawn from all other rre-
chanical trades—a result most desirably in
every point of view. The great body of ihe
convicts would be kept busy at the nere
manual or rough work, reducing those en
gaged ia the finishing department as wel as
those engaged in making and repairing the
necessary tools to a very limited uumbei; or
dispensing with convict labor entirelf in
these respects, except with such eonvicb as
nre there for other than infamous crines.—
Mechanics might be employed for thesi pur
poses. In this just response to the com
plaints of our mechanics on this subject, al
ready discussed, our State would And ample
compensation for the loss of income iccnrred-
It is difficult to estimate the extent tc which
these quarries might be worked unler the
dinnte to other and more important consider
ations. In the successful accomplishment of
the objects to which those other considera
tions look, we will find ample consideration
for the expense which must necessarily be in
curred in making the Penitentiary what it
ought to be, a place for the punishment of
crime, nnd relieving it from it, ought not to
be an eye-sore to our worthy and respectable
mechanics.
Corn and Meat for tub Nerdt—Frrb
hearted Kextcckt,—Tho following paragraphs
clipped from the Loeiavillo Courier of the 16th
inat, will carry jojr to many a suffering house
hold in the South : We can only say', God bless
the noble-hearted people of Kentucky!
Kentucky has an immense surplus of corn
and meat this season, and she intends to give
liberally of them to her suffering brethren in
the South. For this purpose societies arc being
organised throughout the State, and beforo the
close of tho year we hope to hear of one in every
county.
_ The gentlemen who have formed an organisa*
• :oa in this city tor tbe purpose of seeding food
to tbe starving people of tho South, wish to en
gage for a fes* months the services of some gen
tleman competent to receive supplies from the
various county orgonizations, to forward them,
to correspond with county societies and individ
uals, and attend to any other duties incident to
the position.
The PnnrosxD Cos'.RE'S orJrws rx Paris.—The
Gaxctte dslfnaM alluding to the Jcwi-h Council
which is to assemble in Parts next year, remarks that
tbe meeting will be especially railed on to decide the
following questions : The aholitiun of the prohibi
tion of certain articles of food; the suppression of
polrgsuay which exists among the Jews in Algeria:
and the recosnition of female children as equally
qualified to inherit in that country with maids. The
French Government is said to be very anxious for the
of industrious people, who aro not subject to tho ten
cral laws of the Cinl Code.
VS-A General Conrt-Martial has been convened at
Rale gb, N. C., <‘J order of GenrrsI Sickles, for the trial
of Mnj. Alexander Goslin, A-.i-o-nt Oner .-.-m.t.-r, r of
BaflUo, N. Y., and other prl-oncre. 'i be Co irt i»c m
Tho Court will first proceed with the trial of Capt. C.
B-own, Thirty-Seventh UnitedBtofm colored troops, of
Boston, Acting Comm;fsarj, under charges silt ing va
rious fraudulent tales of Government property.
those qtiarr.es nugni i>c worncu unecr tut gj- Gen. Grant is said to disapprove the restoration peV The Southern cotton crop,itis reported,
proposed plan—the price of Stone CJUld be efoen. Sweeney to his rank in the regular army. will realise over 12,000,000.
owners for great drainage purposes at about
3 1-2 percent, per annum. Suppose the com
mission went to this farmer and said. “Sure
ly you would not have any objection to be
come possessed of this farm.” “No, not the
slightest,” he wonld say (laughter). “But
how is that to be done ?” In this way. You
tell tbe iarmer, “You now pay £50 a year,
that’s 5 per cent, on £1,000. The government
ran afford to do these transactions for 3 1-2
percent., and if you will pay £60 a year for a
given number of years, which any of the ac
tuaries at the insurance offices, or any good
arithmetician, can calculate”—if you pay £60
a year for rent instead of £50, for a given
number of years, its may be 10, 15, or 20, at
the end of that time the farm will be yours
without any further payment.” I want you
to understand how this is. You see if the
farmer had been paying £50, and you asked
him to pay £10 a year more toward buying
his farm, lie might do it; but the fact is,
that the £1,000 the government pays for the
farm would not cost them more than £35, and
therefore, the difference between £35 and £60.
being £25, would lie tbc sum which the far
mer annually in his rent would be paying the
government for tlie redemption of his farm,
and this at the end of a very lew year*, tbe
farmer having perfect security that no one
could turn him out if be paid his rent, and
nobody could touch him for the improve
ment he makes on his lands. What would he
do the next morning after having made that
agreement ? lie would speak to his wife and
big boy, who had been idling about during
a great deal of his time; he would explain
all this; and there is not a stone on the land
that would not be removed; there is not a
weed that would not be pulled up, not a par
ticle of manure that would not be saved;
there is not a single thing they would not do
with a zeal and enthusiasm, a labor of delight
they had never known before, to cultivate
that farm, and by the time the few years had
run out when the farm had become his with
out any further purchase, he would have
turned u dilapidated and miserable farm into
a garden for himself and family. (Great
cheering.) This story and this statement
may be commented on again by the newspa
pers. (Laughter.) You will understand that
I propose no forced purchase*, no confiscation.
I would undertake to give, if I were the gov
ernment, to any one of those landlords 10 per
cent more for his estate than it would fetch
in any market in Dublin or London; and
say that to do this would produce the most
marvellous change in the sentiments of the
people and in the condition of agriculture in
Ireland.
RELIEF BILL. N
The following is the Relief Bill, as it passed
the Ssnate and wan sent to the House:
A BILL,
To be entitled an Act, to alter and amend an Act
for the relief of the people of Georgia, and to
prevent the levy and sale of pro|>erty, and
within a limited period. Passed 8th of March,
1866.
Section 1. The General Assembly of (heStato
of Georgia do enact, That the numeral fizures,
standing for years, viz: 1866, 1867, and 1870, in
the closing lines of the first section of an Act,
passed March Oth, 1866, and vetoed by his £x-
cellency, the Governor, but passed by the con
stitutional majority of both branches of the Gene
ral Assembly, entitled an Act for the relief of the
people Of Georgia, and to prevent levy and sale
of properly, under certain circumstances, within
a limited period, be, and the 'same arc hereby,
stricken out and repealed, and the following nu
merical figures be inserted in lieu thereof, and
in tbe following order, to-wit: In the place and
stead of 1866 insert 1867; in tbe place and stexl
of 1867 insert 1868, and in the place and stead
of 1870 insert 1S71, without changing or altering
other words in said section.
Sac. 2. And be it further enacted. That tho
first section of the Act of whieh this is amenda
tory be construed to mean, that when the de
fendant shall fail to pay any installment as
mentioned in said Aet, said plaintiff may pro
ceed td collect said installment, but shall have
no right to proceed against defendants for tho
remainder until tho time stated in this Act for
the payment of the other several installments.
Mr. Johnson needs the support of lhap«ny u: this try
ia; time more than erar, and the party itself is not to
a condition to sacrifice any of its friends in pursuit of a
shadow. We do not entire y approve of everything the
President lias said and done siuce his aceuHsiO'l to the
PresideutiiU chair, Kit he has made a bold and deter
mined fight against the encroachments o! a radical and
etolntionary Congress, and we honor him for it. lie
hits had tho honesty nnl the l/cinline.s to break r»»y,
on a question of principle, from the party which elected
h m, enco ntering, by so doing, such a storm of vttu
p-.-rstion, calumny ana personal abuse ns was never be
fore vented upon tbe bead of any public nmn in the
United States. And ehall the Democracy, while agree
ing wit, him in principle, now abandon him forthe .-oke
of a wild and desperate play for success, worthy ody
of the rained gambler who risks hts all against impos
sible odds I So. Let us stick to and sustain President
Johnson so long as he is in the right, trusting to Uie
justice of our cause, and the lateut good seuso of the
American people, for final triumph.
But the worst of the Times’ vagaries is yet to come.
If any evidence were wanting to fasten upon it the
charge of insanity, its cool and deliberate advocacy of
negro suffrage wonld be sufficient Regarding negro
null rage as a h gh crime against free government—as a
Pandora's box from whieh * ontd isnumerable and irre
mediable evil*—we look upon tho suggestions «t the
Times, In this respect, with unmitigated horror. Quali
fied suffrage—the suffrage which rests on the basis of n
superficial knowledge of letters—would ptore merely
the entering wedge to universal suffrage. The Govern
ment rests upon the intelligence of its voters, and what
ever tends to debase the suffrage by adding snch an en
ormous amount ol ignorance, superstition and degra
dation to the mass oi the voting population, is a crime
against free government—a sapping and undermining
of the very foundation of the temple of liberty. This Is
not all. It leads to an admixture of bloods, and tho
physical and mors) dea'h of tbe race. Wo do not doubt
that the Radicals will consummate the iniquity they aro
workiDg for, and finally force negro suffrage upon the
people of tlie South. But let Democracy come out of
the contest with clean hands and easy consciences.—
Let their skirts be kept undefiled from tne stain of this
foul sin; and then, when in after years the fearful con
sequences of Radical Iniquity are manifest, no shade ot
murdered lltnquo can shake
say that uc did it.
We are not altogether without hope that the insanity
of the Times is a mere t inpurary aberration, and thut
in a short time returning reason will reassert her sway.
We shall note the symptoms with great interest, and
trust we may be enabled soon to report a thorough re
storation to intellectual healtli and reason. Let all
good Democrats remember the Times in their prayers.
The ZSadicals Played Out.
The World answers the threats of tbe Radical
organs as follows : '
Wheu a taiug can be done, it is in the power of
capable aud ingenious men to point out how it
can be done, as certain journals are CTery day
asseverating that the Kepubliean parly will com-
S el the SuUih to submit to the terms it chooses to
ictate, these journals wonld enlighten us very
much if they would give a detailed account of the
modus operandi. There are thirteen States that
will certainly reject the pending amendment; and
their rejection kills it “as dead as Julius Caesar.”
Wall! being thus killed, wh«t next* Isitto“rest
in the hope of a glorious resurrection,” like the
pious dead whose epitaphs we read on tomb
stones? But what tiumpet shall awake it from
its sleep? 'thirteen is one-foarth or lilty-two;
the number ol States must therefore reach fifty-
two before such an amendment can be ratified —
Where are the sixteen new States to come from ?
There is no likelihood that so many will ever be
added to the Union; and even if they should,
there is no certainly that fifty or a hundred
years heuce, States yet unborn will enter
iuto tho party quarrels of tbe year 1860. It is
needless io inquire about any other amendment
than the one now pending; tlie States which suf
fice to defeat this, suffice to defeat any other
which they disapprove. Such being the late of the
amendment, and such the hands by which the
blow is dealt, wc ore curious to be inlormcd by
some of the Republican pnndits, what, in their
opiniou, are the legal and constiutional penalties
of rejection. The question is an absurdity in
terms, bnt the grotetquc absurdity of the current
Republican bluster compels ns to ask it. All their
bravado rests on the conscious or unconscious as
sumption that States may be punished for non-rat-
itica’ion. Pray, toll us by what authority! Pray,
tell us by wbat method! - If by no authority and
by no method—as any person must readily sec who
attempts an answer— way is the nonsense so in
cessantly dinned in our cars, that the late elections
have decided that the Sonth must either ratify the
amendment or *uke tbe consequeuces? Conse
quences! The only constitutional consequence
will be, that the Constitntion remains unaltered.
Tho Constitution remaining, in 6plte ol the Re
publicans, uualtered, will they condescend to
tell us what they propose to do abcut it? That
tbey can proceed no farther against tbe South
by mero congressional legislation, they have
confeascd. Why else do they demand amend
ments ? They wero as strong in Congress, at tho
last session, as it is possible for any party to be.
No congressional sway can be more complete
than a two thirds majority of both Houses, capa
ble of riding rough-shod over tho veto of the
President. With this uncontrolled power, they
went as far as it was possible to go without such
gross, open, and flagrant violations of the Con
stitution as would defeat their own object by
bringing them into collision with the judiciary.
As against the Supreme Court a two-thirds ma
jority avails nothing, potent as it is against the
President. Tho Republican party, then, has
proceeded as far as it can go by mere congress
ional action; and it can neither amend the Con
stitution to get more power, nor punish States
for defeating proposed amendments.
Wc beg the Republicans to believe that nobody
will be scared by tbe bluster whose empt iness w e
have exposed. If tbey had a majority of the
whole people, the Constitution would of couiae,
bo no barrier to their wishes, lor no mper com
pact, however solemn and obligator^ can stand
against a preponderance of physical strength.—
But, fortunately their sectional majority is a mi
nority ot tho whole people ; so that whichever
form the question may take, “whether tbe Con
stitution shall DrevailV” or. “Whether the will ol
ytneon Cotton Market.
OFFICE DAILY TELEGRAPH,!
Maoo.t, Nov. 21,1816. J
COTTON—There was » p<" (1 fletr .n<l .T-r tho better
grades yesterday, amt nil offered was frec-iy taken up to
the o < se oftbo morning’.-hnrinet.-. ><t sn ndvanco of a
half cent, cn yasteiday’s quotation-— US ecn.i bting
givm. After the even ng dispatches were made public
the demand fell efl'Ecnuv l.at. (tboogh the closing rate
forthe better qnalities was 28 cent.-.
Atlanta .tlnrket.
AtLAifTt, November 21.
Below wilt be for.nd tho prices of a few had,u; arti
cles of Jlcrch-ntlize:
wnoLvaxLz pkicis :
CORN—Whit*Corn,$1 STatlCO; Mixed or reiiow,
$1 53 V hus'iel.
BACON—shoulders, ISA—cents; r sin Canvassed
Hams, HfiH: .-I ^nr-eured Hums,XfiNg; Clear Bib
bed 8ide*.' 20: Clear Sides. 20C21c.
VIRGINIA SALT—$2AS lb sack.
LAUD—In Barrel* sad Keg-. lSQ21c.
FLOUR—Fancy. White Wheat, $— i IS; Extra Family
and Family, S16&17; Extra, tit c© 15 CO; Superfine
tu oorHta on.
SMALL GRAIN—Bye. ^bn-hel fl 50Q.1 CO; Wheat
(Western for Seed), $d 50--i!3 00; Bay, per cwt, $2@225
Nashville Market.
. liiunux Nov. 10.
COTTON—Th- market was very qiiir t yesterday.—
Receipt- were sn. ill and sales limited The ru.lag price
was 28}^{&29e, and e o-ed a' the litter figure.
The following are the transactions reported daring
the day:
Received .....151 hales
Snipped.... cr>
Sale- , 123
The above quotations are subject to a deduction of te
vl lb when the purchaser pays the tax.
Louisville Market.
Lonsnui, Nov. 19.
TOIUCCO—Sales of 41 hhds: Light Logs, $8; New
Lenf. $30 :(XL
FLOUR—Hupcr8no, $0 75.
WHEAT—Prime.$i56p. r bushel.
CORN—In bulk. 90o for old, nnd tOc for new.
OATS- Me per bushel, in balk.
COTTON—Middling. 32 cents.
HOGS—Nominal at C’f®7 cents gics*.
MESS PORK—Old. $.7; new. $23 per barrel.
BACON—Shoulder-, 14; ClearSides, ceuts.
LARD—11 cents.
WHISKY—Raw, f2 23.
Cincinnati Market.
CisctxSATi. November 19.
FLOUR—Dali and 25c Io rer: Superb no, JlO&flU 75.
WHEAT dull: No. 1 Bprilg, $3 &>.
CORN—S5 cents for Ne. 1 red; old ear, 8i<i90e; now
do., 71 cents.
OATS—Dull; 4Sc for Ne.l; «C for No. 2
UYE-fl 25(2W!1 27.
11 A' LEY.—WaiTS per bushel for prime to choioe.
WHISKY steady: 31c in bond and $2 34 duty paid.
HOGS dull at to 23 c $6 75 with no demand.. Koceip’s,
1923. 8 anghtcrcrs are. the only buyers.
MESS PORK sold at $20.
GREEN MEATS—Declined 6 y ot: Shoulders, 10Uc.
BACON—14££(515 ctnte lor Sho lldsrs, and 11 cents
for Clear Sides. ,
LARI'—liU cents for new ke.-.
O.rttfCERlES dull and prices lower.
BUTTER—28090 cents qtlh.
GOLD-Cosed atl39^. ,
' , St. Louis Market.
Sr. Lobis, November 19.
FLOUR—Suporfine, 25; Doable Extra, $U
233*12 95.
WII EAT—Spring, $212@$215; prime fall,*2 65; choice,
(3 0oe2 70.
CORN—80($95 cents lor new; 90393 for old.
OATS—t5(it46 cents.
MESS PORK—$2800ft bbl.
MACON—Shoulders, 15c; Clear Shies, 15J2 eta.
LARD—17 cents for choice keg.
WHISK Y—Heavy at $2 33
' Augusta Cotton Market.
Accosts, November 19.
COTTON—There was a better feeling in tho market
to-d:iy than at the e ose of last week. Plan tors do not
appear to press sales, and the views of buvers are being
tniKlified os to the extent of tho crop. Tiansnctlons,
however, have been light. We quote: Strict Middling,
3K&32 centJ.
The sales to-day sum up 201 bales, aa follows: (0 at
30,53 at 30j4,31 at 31,11 at 32 eta, and -40 bslea at prices
which have not transpired. Receipts, 230 baiex.
GOLD—Brokers aro buying at M0Q- * ‘
145®-.
SILVER—Brokers are buying at lit®—, and telling
at 140®—.
, nnd selling at
Charleston Market.
Chabustsn, Rot. 19.
COTTON—The light stock on sale and tho Indisposi
tion of factors to sell at present prices fnrcod buyers
to snbm.t to a partial advance of a J4cBR>tofi)l their
orders. Tho operations extended to nbonl 288 bates;
say 50 at 27<4 10 at 28, 5 at 29. 10 at 30. 18 at SOU, 46 at
31,66 at 31>4,24 at 32,104 at 32*40. We quote:
Low Middling 29 ®30
Middling ..El et32
Strict Middling 32U@-
Good Middling — —
Siivaunah Cotton Market.
Sxvxsaxa, November 19.
COTTON—The market waa quite dull to-day. Thera
was pome disposition to buy, cut not at tlie prices de
manded by holders. It is gene ally believed by holders
that the market has tcached its lowest point, hence
they exhibit no disposition to press sales. We bear of
seine few sales at 31o fur middling.
stitution shall prevail?” or, “Whether the will
the majority shall prevail ?” the decision will b<
equally against the Republicans.
Mxxnnuur a.vd ton Thxcxs of Poland.—Tho N. York
Tribune -nys:
If the “ VAgne rumors ” of whieh tho Atlantic Cabts
brings intelligence hare any real foundation, Maximil
ian, erst of the baseless empire of Mexico, is to bo con
soled for the loss of his Transatlantic scepter with -ihe
crown of Poland.” But where is the crown! Unhappy
PoDnd, victim of royal ambitions nnd rapacity, has now
no separate National existence. There is still, it is trne,
a Kingdom of Poland, bat in name only, for that por
tion of the old kingdom so designated iv. in fact an in
tegral portiefh of the Russian Kmpir-. In view of her
mournf 1 history, who that can appreciate heroic valor
and sincere patrioti-m will not rejoice at such a recon
struction ofpola das would seen « tlie independence
of tho Poles! But, notwithstanding tlie Parisian 'n-
mors, we fear that the time has not yet came that shall
see th's brave and noble people once more takingtheir
proper place among the nationalities of tha O d World
Gtx. Gbaxt'b Oasza No. 41 Nor Rzvor.ro.—Order No.
44, issued by qpneral Grant in July last, directs district
and post commanders to arrest all persons who have
been, or may hereafter bo charged with crimes and of
fences against officers, agenta, citizens and inhabitanta
of the ' uited States and confine them in militarv cus
tody until the proper judicial tribunals are willing and
ready to try them. Thia order, it has been ascer ained
on inquiry, has not been revoked by either the Presi
dent or the Secretary of War. nor has General Grant, as
has been stated, done so. It is said, however, that the
General has merely written a letter to Maj.-Gen. Sheri
dan advising that it be not strictly enforced now that
the t'ivil Mights Bill la In operation, and irnder iu pro
visions the judicial tribunals are now open to all com
plaints.
Death or ax Actress.—Mrs. Mary Taylor,
formerly Mary Taylor Ewen, tbo popular act
ress, died in New York on Saturday last. Sho
was inarriad in 1851 to Mr. Ogilvie Owen, a New
York merchant, and left the stage never to re
turn. There are few actresses on tbe American
stage more popular than Mias Taylor waa in her
day.
Peiiodt’s Gins.—Tho Richmond Enqui
rer, in chronicling additional gifts Ircm George Peabody
to .Northern institutions of learningju-tly savs that not
. ,— --—— — —... Peabody, wuu v.,.-
ers of like means and liberalities, will cast their eyes in
this direction white dispensing their aids for the bene
fit of the ri<ing and the coming generations.
Subs Cube fob a Felon.—A poultice of onions, ap-
pjy-Tho peoplo of tbs South cannot appre
ciate the fact that really refined nnd intelligent
7oung ladies can bo educated to a belief that in
i caving comfortable homes, dear friends and
pleasant surroundings, to teach the young Afri- ...
# . can idea how to shoot, they are doing a ( nristian ■ plul uwrninr, noon and nijrlit ior threo or four day?,
—,T.— very anxious for the duty, and are prompted by the same spirit will cure a felon. No matter how bad the case, split-
” thero ‘I “ hich sends hundreds of Christians anroad as ir.g the fingur will be unnecessary, if thi, poultice bo
in Algeria forty thousand Jewish families, composed ..”'7“, ‘ used. We havo seen it tried several times and know
missionaries ^Athens. ^ ^ ^ ^ , that tho remedy is a sure, safe and Jggr one.
Vfe can more readily appreciate the fact that
they are educated to a love of money, and that
thout the latter consideration there would be
very few of them leaving comfortable homes to
teach the young African, o: any other kind of,
idea how to shoot.
,-q.WendetI Phillips is out in one of his ehsrscteris-
,.c letters, culling upon Congress t impeach tlie Presi
dent. »nd if that fails, to slop the supplies of tho Gov
ernment.
[Selma Reporter.
c*. A lot of rowdies undertook to break up a rcli-
giouv meeting on South Fork. Ritchie county, Wet
Virginia, a few days ago. Somo of the brethren pitch
ed io nnd cleaned them out, on theprinciplo as one of
them expre?Jed it, 'That it was as honorable to fight
fur the Methodist Church as it was to pray for it.
fWTho bPI making habitual drunkenness n suffi
cient cause f'r divorce has passed the Vermont I.egi^-
laturo ;!. risen to eleven,with nns aendment requiring
that the drunkenness must bn of two years’ duration
prerious to the finding of the libol.
te~'l ho Washington papers ann -unce th* prevalence
ofort skirts, without niters, on Pennsylvania Avenue
iu trial city. .
Ne iv York Dry Goods Market.
New Yonz, Nov. 19.
There is considerable irregularity of fee'lng aud opin
ion in the Dry Goods market. The advance of buyers
Irom thejobbing honsea indicates a further decline in
goods, while, on tho contrary, the agents accept tlic
etesdineas of the cotton market as a more hopeful sign.
There is little decided change in prices from Ssturiby,
although the present quotations are nominal and prices
have a downward tendency. Should there bo a reaction
In cotton and geld, Dry Goods would quickly f«o' it,
but should both continue downward, both must fall.—
Sprague Prints decl ned 1 etfl yard on Saturday after
noon. The business, however, is not much increased.
Print cloths aro reported tinner this morning. Cloth
and Bleached Domestic# are nominally lower.
The market has no working basis on whiolrto civ#
reliable price*.
BROWN SHEETINGS—Appleton’s A 21c, Cable A 20,
Ludlow A 18.
BLEACHED SHEETIXGS-S. James 25, Hope 25,
Canal 12. 1
PRINTS—Gamer k Co. 19, Pacific 19, Drummond 17,
Lowell 15Jf.
In market for Spring Woolens there is a lighter de
mand than there is for Lmteys and Flannels, but gen
erally there is bnt little to say ixiyond what has been
-ported tor the entire season.
The light importation has much relieved the market
of Foreign Goods nnd cansod holders to show more
confidence Should importation continue light and
the demand contiu e, the lending kind nf foreign goods
must soon become scarce and wanted.
Tho absence of auction sales gives a temporary lu'l
to business to-day.
New York Weekly Bank Statement.
N'bwYobe, Novembers.
Loans $273,433393 Decrease $2,359,837
Specie 156,111,121 Increase 2^65,733
Circulation 31.233 512 Increase 234,502
Deposits 221,892600 Decrease. 4.432,007
Lett al/Tender.. 65,126,361 Decrease 5,392,134
SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
Satasxah, November 20.
ARRIVED YESTERDAY,
Stmahip Herman Livingston, Baker, New York.
Simaliip Fannie Smoot, Baltimore.
-tm-hlp Florida, Barstow, New York.
Stmr Swan, Cohen, Augusta aud landings.
Sloop Wild Rover, O'Brien. Port Royal.
Stmr Express, Daniels, Augusta.
BELOW,
A ship, bark, and foreign bark.
CLEARED YESTERDAY,
Stmship Leo, Dearborn, New York.
Brig GFGeery, Conklin, New York.
SchrScicnce. Kitxgerald, Jeffenonton.
fcchr Vuria Hall, Garfield, New Y'ork.
SAILED YESTERDAY,
Sloop Annie/Donnell, 8t. Helena.
DEPARTED YESTERDAY,
Stmr Elisa Hancock, Richardson, Charleston.
n- ■ ■■
From a Lady.
WK.T Miltox, Saratoga Co., N. Y, I
July 6,1SC1, j
Dr.. Ho-tzttzb—Sir: i havo long delayed wr ting to
you my sincere thanks for tha good yon havo dona my
daughter. I can truly say tliAt uoth ng.but tho kind
hand of Providence and your Bitters havo saved her
from an early grave. For three years I have been doc
toring her with syrup* and all kinds of bitters that havo
been recommended to ms for her, besides having two
first-rate physicians; but all seemed to do her no good,
while I was searching the almanacs and all the news
papers that I could get hold of, in hopes of finding
something that would suit her c.\se. Accidentally there
came part ot a newspaper aroqnd some goods that I
bought at the 9pa. In look ing It over I saw at a giai ce
that your Bitters was just what ane needed. I sent the
next day to Ballston Spa and got a bottle oi yoar Bit
ters. She commenced taking them, and snch a change
in one week with her appetite, and the distress that
ctoats occasioned, and t‘ at burning in tbe stomach, I
never saw in my life as thero was In her. Sho has ta
ken threo bottles, and is now able to work all the time.
I think there is a little derangement of th« Liver.
Please send roe three bottler more, which I think wi’l
cure her entirely. We and others tho-gi.t sho had a
disease of the heart, but that beating and tl uttering that
would almost slop her Irom breathing at times, la all
gone. Yeurs, with respect,
itxs. Asiaxoa M’Phirsox.
gy-The difference of time between London at.d
•V Y. : . - t'-ur hours, fifty-live minutes, ,-ightei 11
and ninety-five hundred tha f.conds. Wh.ti it is
twelve o'clock in New Y'ork it t^ tittv-five minute#
nd nearly nineteen seconds alter lour o'chn k iu
London.
Ci.-r.eT. 1 ’r. Jenks, a well-known clergyman, d.ed in
os: .n on Tuesday, need ss J’r. Junk*' crammed Bt
arrard in 17.'7, nnd of his graduating the Hon
orace Blnncy, of Philadelphia Is the only '-iiv.Tor. ’
<3“Hcn. James Gnthrie is in such bad health that
ere is no probability of his taking hia seat ia the l'
Senate any mere. ”
«J-To drain lands, drink whisky and spen 1 ah your
ne at the vi lage tavern. Tills will drain yo of alt
your lands in n short time.