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The Ti in Stay Law.—Tex -h'- -ofarg'ota
.-.I >y » nli ra j« r : ■•- inty ttick. It affects all
Judgments vendtfrtil before January next, pay
ment * on which, except due* to the State, «re to
Be m isi-.* in lour aamui losteflnv ut*. 1 bo Gover
nor Tetooii, hir approved t iteli - * ltd hr to
tteew ji r tints.: »r«*f M-. vetoed some
time afo.
Finest Opera House in tub Would,—Louis
Napoleon's (Ipcn Huu-' .lul'.u.', which is o coat
eight millions (1 dollars la gold, will not he com
pleted til] 188a. At the rtv.-de-cluusea, on each
tide of the stage, are built rooms ior too “Ceut-
garJcs," a tablet for the hones, the enblct for tho
carriages ot tbo Kmperor, the stables lor the
theatre, alto tho hall where the choiriiteis keep
themselves. On the right side is a passe for the
police and tho ti remen.
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STThe friends of Mr. 11. B. Lewis, formerly
residing in this city, will perceive by a card pub
lished to day, th it he is associated wttli Mr. W. II
Cherry. PrMdent Merchants’ Naticnal I auk ot
Memphis, ’lean., and Mr. K. C. Daniel, late Cash
ier of same Bank. These gentlemen, all of charac
ter and capacity in their peculiar tusim s*, are
Banker*in tin city of New York, under thestyle
of Lewis, Daniel »fc Co. We commend the r house
to oar rr.idtrs w!>n wish the servico. of Bankers
In that city, and led snre they wiil alien 1 to all
Uidoe-s entrust .-I t> il.em -with promptn tss, and
give perfect satisfaction.
Cnvuos of Tactics.—General Forrest recently
nddrmacd the citizens cu Little Dock on .he sub
ject of the railroad in course of construction from
tliat city to Memphis. He is reported to have
humrrously said that he had changed his policy
in regard to railroads: that he had devoted much
attention in ihe psst to tearing them, up, hat that
he wished to devote all bis energies hereafter to
laying them down. Ucreis an argument tor prac
tical reconstruction. Wc trust it will be favora
bly received by such p North as pro
fess to believe tints, the “rebels” of the South arc
unwilling to engage tn the work of reconstruc
ts n.
Cotton Estimate.—The New Orleans Picayune
ssys : A gentleman, whom one of our oldest and
most conscientious and stable firms pronouace * *
gentleman of the highest probity and character.”
writes thus liom Natchez: “I am fully satisfied
that the present crop will not exceed l.OCO.OOO
bales, and this is th: opinion ot all parties in this
neighborhood. I bad every reason, In the month
of May last, to suppose tluit I would make 1,200
bales. I bad between 1,400 and 1,500 acres planted
of the best bottom land in Louisiana, only four
hundred acres of which was injured by the water,
and yet I shall not wake over one hundred and fil
ly bales.”
Pacific Railroad.—The California end of the
l’abific railroad will be higher than ihe passes ot
the Alps. The grade at Cisco,-iiit ety-three wilce
from Sacramento, uad fourteen wiles from Aim,
the present terminus of tho passenger trains,is5911
feet above the leyel of the sea, only 315 less than
the top of Monut Washington ; tho highest peak
of the White mountains, and the highest land in
New England. When the grade reaches the sum
mit station, twelve and a half miles from Cisco, It
.will be 7,041 feet above tho level of the ocean, 818
licet higher than the summit of Mount Washington,
.and higher than al! but out of the world-renown
ed passes of the Alps.
License Taxes on Bankers.—The following
decision lias just been made by E. A. Rollins, the
Internal Revanuc Commissioner: “Under tho
provision* of the Act of June 30,1864, the license
taxes of bankers were based upon the amount of
capital used or employed. The Solicitor of the
Treasury has given it as his opinion that the
surplus earnings of an incorporated bank are no
part of its capital within the meaning and intent
of that part of said Act which relates to license
taxes, and that the license tax of such bank
should not bo assessed -rpon a sum greater than
its chartered capital. Wherever, therefore, a
-sum greater th in the chartered capital has been
wade, the measure of such a tax for the curreut
year, the exesas wiil be abated upon an applica
tion made in proper form totbisofiico'."
THANKSGIVING.
Aesdluing to the proclamation of the Prc.-i-
dent, this day is to be observed as a day of thanks
giving to i'..- Father ..! al! imr.-ii-, hu the mi
hum'. crv.l t.ikeiis of hi? iov.i-g M. dnrr-s taiun
I1S. We hop ■ all i urim - wiii " :n!
that all our ;>eople will assemble at their usual
places of worship and return heartfelt thanks to
God tor his mercies.
Politically, wc arc under a cloud, and feel that
wo an- deprived of our Constitutional rights—but
little, if any, hope brightens the prospect. Our
political enemies arc largely in the majority: th*.
msulf:io better spirit now than they have in the
psst.
The financial condition of the country is embar
rassing, especially so, when compared with our
former wealth and luxury before the war. Indeed
wc have much to bmnble us, and lead us to repen
tance and confession of our sins. But are these
good reasons why wc should not meet together to
observe a day of thanksgiving? Have we nothing
to be grateful for? “in everything give thanks,
waa the language of the Arostle, who was
pneenttd above measure. But we have
many blessings left to us. We should
say with adoring p.uisc, “ He hath
nat dealt with us after our sins, nor rewarded ns
according to our Iniquities, hut as a father pitieth
his children so the Lord hath pitied us.” It was
a remark ot Seueca, that when we imagine our
condition tabe the wont, we may look aronnd ns
and see others worse oir than we are, and thereby
have occasion for gratitude for our mercies.
Wo have mnch left to ns after the terrible deso
lations of war have to heavily scourged ns. Our
honor and manhood, onr energiea and enterprise,
our fields, and vast mineral resources, and un
numbered temporal blessings are left to us; be
sides, the better greater blessings of religious free
dom and rights of conscience. Indeed, if we will
but turn our eyes from the dark, and view th*
bright side of life—turn away from our misfor
tunes and contemplate our blessings- -we will be
.surprised and grateful to find we have so muck
left to us.
‘O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for
his mercy endureth forever.”
For tho Daily Telegraph.]
Mount. Editor* :—The time will soon he at'band
when our citizens will te called on to elect anew
municipal Board. We sec several Tickets already
announced. Have the citizens had a voice in nom
inating these Tickets ? We have seen no call lor a
meeting for this purpose, which is the only legiti
mate mode for bringing out a Ticket.
The city’s best interests demand that ahe elect
an able Board. She needs financial talent Ques
tions will doubtless arise in reference .to Water
Works, extension of Gas Works and Pipes through
the city, the proper rate ol taxation to be levied lor
the support of the city -government, city debt,
bonds of the city past due, how to dispose of them,
and furthermore, as regards to tho Macon Reserve,
if it has been sold to the city, a proper regard and
watchful case, is required to preserve the health of
the city. And other interests connected with the
cities welfare, demand the aid of her most able
citizens.
Therefore let a meeting be called, by public
notice, lor the purpose of nominating a suitable
licket to be run for Mayor and Aldermen, at the
clcctio.i to be held on the 8th December.
MANY CITIZENS.
Important Decision.—Judge Giles, of the
United States Circuit Court ot Maryland, In tho
ease of the Jackson-itisnritftce Company, of Mem
phis, Tennessee, vs. James A. Stewart, has deci
ded that “private interests are protraettd, and
lenofidc contracts made before the breaking out
of the war are suspended during its existence, but
rerivoatlta termination.” The action was on a
bill of exchange drawn in Memphis in Febrcury,
1801, at sixt days, on James A. Stewart, payable
at the Farmers’ aud Planters’ Bonk in Baltimore,
and accepted by Stewart, but pioteated tor non
payment Aptil fill,1661.5 ,The pica of the statute
of limitation was pat in, but the Court affirmed
that tbo statute did no: run from August 18,1881,
to June IS, 1685, the dates orthe proclamationso!
war and peace. During this interval no interest
uoa allowed, hut judgment was given lo* princi
pal and intere.-ta exclusive of this interval.
For the Daily Telegraph.]
"Macon, Ga. Noy. 27tli, 1888.
To tiu Editor* <(f ti c Dung Tdrgroph:
b'XXTLt.M .8 :—Believing that tho following facta
will lie Interesting to many of your rtudera, I re
quest that you publish this note :
Th* Oglethorpe University having sustained
litm.y losses l;v the war, the Board ol Trustees, al
arceeut meeiii g tn llm city ot bavaiiiuili, unani
mously nwiTi-s, to reconstruct, and place it upon
a footing or perm .iD-nt utUhiuess. They elected
the Kcv. Joseph Stiles. I>. D., President, a?.d the
Rev. Wiii. Fiinn, o! Mi’.Iedguvillc, Professor ot
Mathematics. P.-ofcf.ior 1 Smith retains his pres
ent plaee in the Facility, the Bynod of Georgia
being in Session at Savannah, adopted resolutions,
cordially endorsing tiic action of the Board. At
the same time the Board conform] the Doctorate
of Divinity, upoa the tollowhig persona: David
Wills, Pastor of the Church at Macon; J. It. Bur-
geit, Pastor ot- the Government Street Church at
Mobile, and J. L. Girardeau, Pastor of tho Glebe
Street Church at Charleston, 8. C.
It la the purpose ol ihe Trustees, to adopt meas
ure* at an early day, to supply the pecuniary
wants oftho Unlver-ity, and to organise:: full corp
ol instructors.
The Presbyterian Index, Mobile; Southern
rmbyteriaa, Coin tubus; and the Central Presby •
ni.au, Richmond; wiil please copy this notice.
E. A. N isbbt, President
.Board ot Trustee*.
COTTON TAN—COTTON MANUFACTURING.
On our first page will be lound the report of Ihe
Hction <.r' Cham.- : of Commerce of tin- city of
New Yoik, :.s to memorialising Congressforthe
abolition of the tax . u cotton.
It contains sou. --tatistical facts as to the com-
pirstive consumption in Europe of American oot*
ton for years part, --nd at pr sent, Ac., which are
of intoivi-.l to tho-'-1 bring in the iotton producing
.to c tltt position they
te matter, and trust we
ieved from -his burden.—
it th- -ame page, front
e uuembracing statistic*
Mar.uhi taring, showing the
Stale;-. We arc
li ivc taken !a
may yet be
AYc, also, put
ku exchange^
,,i. the subject
Deatu op AnmniL French Forrest.—Admi
ral French Forrest, formerly of the United States
navy, died at a quarter to 2 o'clock P. M., on the
22d instaat, after a short but painful illness of
typhoid fever, in the “1st year of bis age. Ad
miral Forrest fought bravely in the war of 1812;
he was in the naval engagement under Coumo
dore Perry; also fought valiantly in theMexirnu
war; he was appointed at that time adjutant
general of the land and naval forces, and the re
sponsible duty devolved upon him of having the
forces transported into the interior of Mexico.—
When Virginia seeeded, he joined the fortunes of
tho .southern Confederacy, and was given the
position of commsoder-in-chief of the naval
foreas c-f Virginia, and commanded at the Nor
folk Navy Yard, aud was afterwards appointed
to the command ot the James River Squadron,
j and then Acting Assistant Secretary of the
Navy. A kind and affectionate husband and
father, and a true aud sincere friend, beloved
and respected by all who knew him. His fune
ral took place from the residence of his brother,
Bladen Forrest, No. 78 First street, Georgetown,
ou Saturday, the 24th inst., at 1 o'clock, P. M.
£**■ Wc had the pleasure of a- visit yentrday
from Mr. James Lauderdale, Genera; F-.ascnger
Agent of the Atlanta aud Washington Railroad
Line. Mr. Lauderdale was formerly connected
with the Southern Express office in this city, and
wc always fonnd bun exceedingly polite and ob
liging. In his piesent position he is very useful
to the companies commanding most direct, most
interesting, and cheapest line of travel between
Georgia and the Capital, and we believe those trav
eling northward will consult their advantage by i
patronizing this route.
Diffusion of the Neoko.—Gov. Worth, of
North Carolina, makes a suggestion in his recent
message which will hardly find favor with the Radi
cals. He proses that, as the negroes are pooraud
wages necessarily low—in consequence of the im
poverishment ot the whites—the foods expended
by the Freedman's Bureau be applied to paying
the expenses of any of the colored population who
may desire to emigrate where they ecu better
ttclr condition. 11 their presence is a blessing,
no one section should me nopolize It; if an HI, all
should nnitc in bearing it. If the proposition is
rejected, let those who have the problem to solve
be permitted to woikout their own solution with
out outside interference.
In Ban Lrcx.—We know that the regret we
feel iu regard to the misfortune of Col. Black—in
tho loss of tho office of the Eufaula News—will
be shared by all his editorial brethren.
Mr. Black, however, i* undaunted, and though
be has teen the fruits of twenty yean labor
swept away in a*few hours, yet he is unaismay-
ed, and is now on the hunt for a press to resur
rect the News from its ashes.
To the kind offices of'the Atlanta press, espe
dally would we commend him—aa he has gone
to the Gate City to endeavor to find what he
needs.
Macon Gas Light Company.—This Company,
wishing to furnlsa gas on as favorable terms as
they e.c did, although their expenses have in
creased very much, propose to reduce the price
on the 1st of December to seven (7) dollars per
thousand cubic feet. Thry received previous lo
1801 five dollars in gold. Should thecurreicy im
prove still more, they will no doubt reduce tn c
price in proportion.
°kepaking for the Fjght.—The Canadian
Government is directing its attention to the re
arming and equipping of the volunteer batteries
of the Province. Each battery, in future, is to be
made up of four guns, all of equal calibre, and
■will consist of three 9 pounders and a 34-pound
howitzer. It is thought that these will in that
country, where it is impracticable to obtain long
nuges, prove equally if not more telling sgaiust
an enemy.
Haws of Adjustment.
The New York Times objects to Universal Suf-
irage ns a basis of Reconstruction, aud continues:
“Eqnal1ynnaceeptr.hu- would be the proposi
tion lur a universal amnesty. Such an amnesty
would readmit, to every right of citizenship, to
every civil and politb al privilege, to every oilic
Slale and Federal, in the United States, every man
who was engaged in any way in the Rebellion.—
To this, we do nut believe tho people will asset
They may excuse ’.hose who were draggeu into
aecifsloo—or evtn those who went into it undera
sincere belief that their lirst allegiance was due to
their State Governments—and they may !>e willing
tosec them again in office. But tln-y will not con
sent that the original authors oi the Rebellion—
the men who were engaged for years In conspirin
against the Government while boldine office under
it—the men who, In the Congress ol Un'ted States,
,i- Senators and .'!• inter.-, weie a.tire in nieasnns
to ovi-ithro-.v th.- i.’onstitntion they had sworn to
support—shall again resume the official power
which they so grossly abused. Undera Universal
Amnesty, Toombs, Mason, Slidell, men now
known to ! ave be -n plotting treason against tin
Government they pretended to serve, could again
sit in the seats they so disgraced, and again wield
the national powt r they turned against the nation’s
life. Su’li a spectacle would shock the public
sense ot justice, us well as create just apprehen
sions for the pub! c safety. The people recognize
a broad di-tiuctioa in the guilt of the different
classes of persons who engaged in the Rebellion,
snd they are willing to make a corn-spending dis
tinction in their treatment of them.
“Universal suffrage, therefore Instead ol
being an offset tn the objections felt against a
Universal Amnesty, being itself objectionable,
would only aggravate the hostility against that
measure. A qualified sufferngc and a limited am
nesty would be much more likely to command
the approval of the people. If tho South would
extend suffrage to the negroes, in common with
all other citizens, basing it upon certain condi
tions, intelligence, payment of taxes, or what
ever other qualifications they might prescribe,
an amnesty which should remove all disabilities
from persons engaged in the Rebellion, except
that the original authors of tho movement should
be forever excluded from Federal office, would
undoubtedly be conceded by the North.”
Remarks"bv tds Tribone.—We desire to have
all views of this grave topic presented and fairly
considered; and we do not expect to have our
own way in all things. We wish to see tha
rights of all our countrymen secured and all the
States restored to their natural and proper pla
ces in the. Union so soon as may be; and—so
that these ends aTe achieved—we are not ten-
ac-ous as to the mode and means.
The Times’ proposition strikes us as unwise in
that it settles nothing, but leaves the country ex
posed to years of sterile agitation. Let us suppose
that proposition accepted; a part of the Blacks
enfranchised on one hand and certain prominent
Rebels excluded from Federal office on the other;
who does not know that agitation for the enfran-
cLilenient of the still non-votimr negroes on one
hand and of the prescribed Rebe s on the other
would instantly begin? Mr. Wendell Phillips
would demonstrate, after his fashion, that the Re
publicans had betrayed the Blacks and conspired
to give the countnr over to the Southern oil
cliy; while Pollard, Semmes, Forsyth <fc Co.,
would thunder against the baseness of the South
in consenting to ostracise her noblest and truest
because ot their nobleness and truth. In the end,
the Blacks would be enfranchised and the ban re
moved from tho prescribed Rebels; but meantime
there would be years of convulsion, bitterness and
thriftless agitation.
■If the end be obvious, is it- not better to march
directly thither at once ?
The Cotion Tax.
ACTION OK THE MEMPHIS CHAMBER OF COM
MEltCE.
At a of the Memphis Chamfer of Commerce
last WedaeMi.iv, Frejiiient Nelson calle.l attention t
'ha three percent, tax on cotton. He had token th
resion-ihilitv to communicate with the Hon. Keverdy
Johu.-c-a upon the Mifject, and would submit the
lowing as in, interrogatories ami the reply recei
from tli it eetttleman :
Amnesty to Insurgent*.
From the National Intelligencer.
The Atlantic telegraph informs us that the
Turkish authorities have granted a general am
nesty to the Cretan insurgents. We imagine
that there is not a generous heart in all the earth
but will not hear this announeemeLt with de
light and pleasure. The human heart, where it
s not distorted by passion, delights in mercy.—
Even General Butler and Thaddeus Stevens will
hear this news with gratification.
But it is curious that while everybody assents
so readily to pardoning other people’s rebels, all
are not so willing to pardon their own rebels.—
The English appeal to the United States in rel-
erence to the Southern insurgents, and Mr. Sew
ard makes his appeal.for mercy in behalf of tho
Fenians.
What every one is so anxious to see done,
where they are not personally prejudiced on the
subject, must be founded in wisdom.
ludeed. if history proves anything with its fa
mous philosophy teaching by example, it is tha*
conciliation is a great power in curing political
discontent. It has required a long time of stupid
misrule, with infinite evils, for England to com
mence to learn this lesson in reference to Ireland.
In the same vindictiv e spirit which General Butler,
and men of his class manifest towards the South,
England has governed Ireland, or rather misgov
erned her, tor long years, it was a long time be
fore public sentinunt in England became suffi
ciently rational, anti magnanimous to do anything
looking to justice to Ireland. During all this time
Ireland was a burden on England, it was only
wheu a more enliglit entd and generous policy was
resorted to by England that the Irish connection
began to be a real be at lit to England.
And yet there area certain claws of men among
the Radical leaden who wish toVepeat in this
country the Engliab policy to Ireland. These
men, either .from t. narrow /ange of mind, which
does not permit th :m to grasp the great matters
involved in the pacification of the South, or be
cause they seek pr pularity by pandering to the
meanest interests of them, think all statesman
ship consists in denouncing rebels and eternally
trampling upon the South.
For our part, wti wish to abolish Southern sec
tionalism by nationalizing it. Wc wish to plaut
the foundations ol’the Government South in the
affections of the jieople, and have one united,
universal, grand coon try.
We hope that in the spirit of true peaec a gene
ral amnesty may be proclaimed to all persons in
volved in our rebellion.
Wc have always prided ourselves on that char
acter of Christianity, which inculcates universal
love; and yet the 'Turkish Government, with no
higher source of inspiration to draw its morals
from than the Koran, in the very fever of the
blood, while the insurrection is on hand, proclaims
universal forgiveness, and we refuse to exercise
this noble prerogative of forgiveness to onr erring
brothers of the South, though it will soon be two
years since the last gun was fired in our melan
choly war.”
Mb. Davis.—A correspondent of the New York
Times, rays;
Since the recent additions made to Jeff. Davis’
quarters in Carroll Hall, and the removal ot Mrs.
Davis and her sister to the rooms prepared for
them, he ha* become remarkably cheerful. Ills
health has much improved ot late, aud be Is said
to speak very confidently of being released. Rela
tives aud friends from all puts of the Sontli are
constantly arriving, entering the fort at pleasure,
and departing almost unobserved. Thu Adams
Express Company are in constant receipt of pack
ages and presents for Davis, furnished by his sym
pathisers.
The Democratic Vot* in the Five Great
States.—We have at last the official rote of the
five great States of the Union cast at the late elec
tions. It Is as follows;
Demccrats. Republicans.
Mt-Mi-iitf Chamber or Commerce, Nov. 3,1*
Hon. Raverdy John«on, Baltimore:
Sir—1 have -ecu in tile newspapers a -hortoommuni
c.itit.u fri m you, axpre—ii»K the opinion tiiat the
Oocgrass, impoelng a tax of three cents on cottoi
unconstitutional. The Chamber of Commerce in thi
city have it in contemplation to propose to like a-s
tions of other citi'-s tp raise a fund for tho purpo
employina an attorney and of testing the question l
fore .-upti me < - art n(the f't.tteci Staten.
As they Mould not ivish to make an unfortunate or
unsuccessful effort in tha premises, they would, iu
great measure, be governed by your opinion of the r
su'.t. ami. if not incompatible, I M-ould be gipd to kno
tf you gfill entertain the tame opinion as that relerred
to. If so, I would thank you to namo he f camlttrm
on which you would conduct and argue the eaa
test c.-e could be arranged here, and probably, by
agreement with the L'n led States District Attorney,
carried before the Supreme Court at an early day.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant.
T. A. Noses, President
Baltimore, N’ov. 7.1888.
T. A. Nelson, Pres’t Chamber of Commerce, Slemplii
Sir—Yours of the 3-1 is received. The opinion
which y< u refer, that I expressed as to the eonstitu
tions'ity of the cotton tux, I still entertain. A- to the
qtie-tio’n. it seems to uu t" tie ,-o free of difficulty uiiru
n is well understood, that J have every hopo of bring*
lag the Supreme Coast lo the same ccmeliisloa if J ar
gue it before them.
• ***«•*
Very respectfully, etc,
Keverdy Jooxaox.
Aljer the presentation oftho nboye, and some defaal
as to what couisc should be pursued, tho following,pre
1. : y Mr. P.umr-.ei, uns adopted :
Whereas, in view of tiie opinion expressed by emi
Rent legal gentlemen, that the tax of three cents per
po nd on cotton which is now being paid by the pro
ducers, is unconstitutional and illegal; therefore
Resolved. That a Committee of three members of Ihe
Memphis Chamt er of Commerce be appointed to make
the t ecessary arrangements, and employ attorneys to
test the legality of the law, provided a sufficient sum
can ho mis. ti by subscription to pay such •• retaining,’'
nd suflic ent fees as may be necessary to insure the
-ervices of Itcrcrdy Johnson and some other eminent
legal gentleman.
Resolved, That itald committee solicit the ro-operaj
tion of other Chambers of Commerce, in raising sub
scriptions from the cotton-growcis in the diffetent sec
tion* of the country.
President Johnson on Negro Suffrage.
Suffrage should ba conferred by the States
that right being guaranteed to each State by the
Constitution. Andrew Johnson is in favor of
qualified suffrage in Tennessee ss a citizen of
that State. He authorized us. in behalf of the
Cbiel Executive of the Nation, to urge qualified
suffrage for three classes of colored men* in this
District, in April last, and at his suggestion we
renewed the proposition again in July, only
about one week beforo Congress adjourned. We
took special pains to notify several Radical Sen
ators and ReprescntitiveB who were anxions in
quirers on the subject that the President was in
•avor of tho plan proposed in the Republican.—
The Radicals wero afraid to touch thequestion
and went home to their several States and black
guarded the President, and declared that he was
opposed to extending tbo right of suffrage to the
black man.
Andrew Johnson Ja in furor of more for the
b’.ack man it Tennessee, as a citizen of that State
he suggested to Governor Sharkey, of Jllfsissippl
more for the colored men of that State, and re
quested aud authorized us to urge upon Congress,
at the last session, more for the colored men of
this District, than Charles Sumner, or Henry Wil
son, or any other Congressman of .Massachusetts,
ever urged for the colored men of their State. No
colored man who fought in the Union army, o'
who own* property, uo natter how much, can vote
i'j Massaehusctts, unless he can read and write.—
President Johnson goes beyond that. He is in
favor of granting suffrage to all colored men,
whtrever the Constitution gives him the power to
do it, who can read and write, or who served hon
orably in the Union army, or who *wn property
to the extent ot two handred aud filty dollars and
upwards.
The only difference between the President and
Congress is. that the former believes that, under
the Constitution, eaeh State has the right to set
tle the question of suffrage for itself. Congress
assumes the right to impose it upon the States,
Constitution or no Constitution.
If Andrew Johnson bad been represented iu the
press, end upon the stump, in the late canvass,
with the same zeal jind ability by his professed
friends, that has characterized the misrepresenta
tions of bis enemies, he would stand to-day the
peerless among the most faithlul in the Republic.
[Aa/. Jtrp. (Official Organ) Kov. 19.
Tiik Assassisatiox Conspirators ai Dnr Tortooas.—
The United State* Navy supply steamer Newbern arri
ved at Fortress Mooroe on Thursday, from a visit to
the various ships of the Atlantic Coast Squadron. A
boatswain, named Rrogdcn, formerly of the receiving
-hip Vermont, who has been a prisoner for nearly a
year at the Dry Tortugas, and was recently pardoned,
was taken ou the Newbern at Key West lla gives a
very intelligent and no doubt an entirely accurate ac,
count of the present condition «-f the Uncoln assassi
nation conspirators confined at Dry Tortugas—Dr.
Hndd, Spangler, O’Loughlin and Arnold.
Accotding to his statement. Dr. Mudd has recovered
from the disgrace into which he fell, through his at
tempt at escape about a year ago by concealing himself
in a coal banker of the steamer Winfield Scott It wip
he remembered that after this fruitless attempt to ex
tend the area of his freedom be was removed from Ihe
medi- al dispensary, in which he had been deta-led as
an assistant, and compelled to do the most menial work
about the prison. He is now returned to ids old posi
tion and enjoys even greater confidence than ever, as,
in addition to dispensing medicines, besets as the med
ical attendant upon a good many of the prisoners. Un
der his present kind treatm- nt and the comforti and
liberty allowed him, his health has picked up amazing
ly, so much so that he is in vastly better health no*
than when first admitted to the prison. He believes
that he will shortly bo pardoned, and this opinion is
generally entertained by others.
Mr. Spangler is, to use the expression of my inform
ant, making money hand-over-fist at his carpenter
work. It seems he nas daily his set ta<ks of work, and,
this completed, is sllowcdnil he can make beside. Be-
•ing a rapid workman, he gets his hands ful of extra
jab*, and altogether is doing mnch heller pecuniarily
than when doing (he carpenter work at Fora’s theatre,
lie is a picture of good health, as also are O’Loughlin
anil Arnold The two latter are still at work at their
old employment. These, os well a< Spang'er, live in
hope of a speedy pardon.—Chr. If. }'. Herald.
New York, 354,491 889,133
Pennsylvania 290,034 308,250
Ohio 213,006 250,802
Indiana 155,10J 109,818
Illinois 147,153 208,245
1,180,891 1,800,543
The presence of 1,200,000 Democrats In five
States, out ot 2,500,000 votes, will show liow little
truth there is in the a&serliwn that the Dtmocrucy
are dying out or becoming a feeble faction. The
figures tell n different story.
advantage the 6
all others. Fn :
what s hold for
to tho fortunate
•»«r P*opl« "'i' 1 ■
they could, itsi’ot
i: tor them-, iv- •
companies f,,r m .■
staple. Slioub
Amei iron
wiii be bench 1 '-'
turers in oilier
With prop
•Miffed to pn.
matters, whet;
best to be ib n
will increas:
State as well ■;
advantage.
ike
.Mahtland a Musutok retwus tiic North
and South.—A Washington letter -ays that “for
many reasons a plau i» being considered in Mary
land leariiig upon the con-litutioi al amendment
quo-lion, in which that State i- to liirurc as a
mediator between tlie North and the South.
■ ha* over ihe Baltimore d-legation to the Legis ature have
11 be seen 1 had private meetings and pass-d resolution* rc-
1 jur-tlngthe Governor to call an extra sesaionof
i ; ji- Leiri-latur* to take action on thi-- oue-tlon.”
apital Many of •
o. money, and! Lzctcxe will be delivered at Concert Hall
tter use of I ,,t r o'clock, Tm -day c cuing, December -lib, by
in to form George (i. :mith, on the - -abject: “The
■ our eros'. : Young Men of the South ; wlmt they h;n-
iteel! >n t ■ j what they should do.”
I -i: - . --n—.f.=—i •.*„ I.,* had Lt the Hook
thus one;
at k
unc,
Another Monster Gun.—At tlm Fort Pitt
Works there baa been cast another uion-ier naval
gun. The gun was the third of the description
and calibre ever cast. It in twenty inch core, and
is drained ior the naval service on oar irou-clad
fleat. In the three furnaces used there were 140,-
000 pounds ot the best Bloomfield or Juniate pig
Iron, as follows: In the first turnace 63,000 poum*-:
second 40,008 pounds; and in the ihird 87,000
pounds. I he furnaces were fired at 4:80 A. M.,
and were tapped for ihe running ot the metal into
the moulds at 10: - -'5 A. M. The time cuuBumed In
running the metal Into the mould was 21 miuutcs.
The Bcst Thing Yf.t.—Ol all the good things
Col. Greene has got off in relation to the falling
stars, the following maybe set down us the very
best:
Mrs. Snyder says Snyder**excuse for being out
nearly all night, that be was waiting on th<- Com
mon to see the meteor ic -bower, would be more
plausible if Ids clothes didn’t smell -ostrong ol
cigar smoke, and lie wasn’t troubled with hiccups.
Hard on Snyder.
The Proposed Congress of Jtios in Paris.—The
Gazette dc France, alluding to tho Jewish Coun
cil which is to assemble in Paris next year, re
marks that tbo meeting will bo especially called
on to decide the following questions:
The abolition of the prohibition of certain nr -
tides of food; tho suppression of polygamy,
which exists among the Jews in Algeria, and
the recognition of femalo children ns equally
qualified to inherit in that country with the
males. The French government issaidtobc
very anxious for the reforms relating to the
African comny, as there are in Algeria forty
thousand Jewish families, composed of industn
ous people, who are not subject to the general
laws of the civil code.
Noble CaxaccT.A-The Pensacola Observer, of the 17ih
inst., ssys:
YVo learn from Capt. Caro that on Thursday, about 9
o'clock. .Major Robert Harris, with two other residents
of the Perdido, while out fi-hing. were blown from the
mouth of that river seaward, and that his two comp m-
isns, seeing the danger, left (he sloop and swan ashore.
His wife, learning hi- danger, reported it to Capt. Arm
strong, at the Navy .Yard, who, upon consultraz with
Com. Ve Camp, procured th- services of the United
Stales s'.ejmiT Yucca to go to his re-enc. with Captain
Caro in charge as pilot. Whan the steamer was getting
under iv.iv the United States tugboat Ko-o reported the
Major pi died up by her ton miles from shore and sent
home on .-loop Challenge The prompt action of the
naval officers is highly -poken of.
A Southern Indiistrini. Congress Proposed.
Win. M. Burwcll, of Ya., delivered the inaugu
ral address at tho opening of the Mechanics' ami
Agricultural Fair at New Orleans, on ihe 20tb
inst. He considered the “ Social and Political
Economy” in a mo9t able, comprehensive and
elaborate manner, treating, under appropriate
heads, nil tli" great interests involved. In con
clusion, he propounded the following proposi
tion:
There is another tgency, Mr. President, which
this Association may offer to the South. An
“Industrial Congress of the Southern people.”—
At this meeting tho South might determine on
an industrial system adequate to the era. It
might assign to each section of the South such
pursuits as wero adapted to its climate and soil.
May I be allowed lo indicate such a general dis
tribution? 1. To all tho staple States the pro
duction of those staples whensoever it may be
profitable. 2. To Virginia, Maryland, Kentucky
and Tennessee, the building of villages, and th
organization of mechanical employments. 3. To
the hill country of the cotton States, especially
the conversion of cotton into cloths. 4. To the
city of Now Orleans, tho Venice of the South
Seas, and her sister cities which gem the Gulf,
the conduct of Southern commerce.
Wc need a proper -y-ti-m of mo:al, intellectual
and industrial development—with the employment
otull the facilities ot u odein progress which pre
vail elsewhere. If such a system, made applicable
to the standard and objects of Southern civiliza
tion, 6hall become the care of the statesman, the
theme of the scholar, aud the field of lionorabl
and useful ambition, there can be no doubt of the
successful introduction of a system Which was led
by a Peel, a (Jobden.a Clinton,uml a Seward to pow
er and distinction; at the same time, the failure to
recognize it- impoitance has brought death, bond
age and ruin upon the truest, the freest, and the
most virtuous people the world kas ever known,
Such a polity of improvement, of employment, of
charity, of liberty, cannot be unworthy the heart
or intellect ol cny patriot.
If you, gentlemen, and others like you shall de
cree this change, it will soon be impressed on the
country, il w iil -aun find representative men in
the public councils. Make, then, these issues of
progress In all your votes. Support no man for
office who can do nothing for liis country save to
drink its health; who can do nothing for liis con-
stitutents except secure a better salary for himself
or public rations for his reintions. Put usetul is
sues in the press and ia the electians, and your
voice will aoon be heard. Take these simple and
obvious means to put the education and employ
ment ot the people before the people. Hold up
this system of prosperity and independence as an
emblem and an example" which an afflicted people
may look upon and live, aud we may hope for a
future in whose happiness and safety all the
-terms mnl -orrows ol the pa-t will be lor-
gottc-n.
The Tariff Queston.
It is too soon yet to say with certainty what the
course of the 40th Congress will be upon any sub
ject. But there are indications that the tariff will
oe materially amended, and that the advocates for
high protective duties will find themselves in a
minority. It Is not altogether that such blatant
high protectionists as Gnnnell, of Iowa, and Hart,
of New York, have not been re-elected; but it is
that the fundamental Democratic doctrine ol free
trade has been, during the lust few months, cordi
ally embraced, and is" now earnestly advoeattd, by
many leading Republican members of the 40th
Congress, and by many leading Republican news
papers. Among the latter may be named the New
fork Evening Fost—a paper which is said to have
entirely supplanted the Tribune (the organ of the
protectionists) is the influence which it wields
over the Republican party in the East. “Protec
tion" to Mr. Oriunell and the wool-growers causes
us to pay from $30 to $50 for coats which, under a
free trade tariff, we i mild buy fjr e'.'O -l.il-80.—
ut a stop to
pi
while Thaddeus Stevens
tariff, we could buy
Protection” to the iron men has
railroad building,
grows richer every day. "Western farmeis cannot
sell their prdduce at a profit because of the enor
mous high freight; while the iron manulacturers,
whose iuteicsts arc “protected,” are growing
enormously rich. The grgit mats ol the people—
honest, industrious men—who could live in com-
tort ou their salary or wages, find It impossible to
do so now, because they have to pay double and
triple prices for every thing under the protective
tariff. These facts will be better understood in
the 40th Congress than they were a year ago, and
there Is reason to hope that the tariff will be great
ly modified; that the false doctrine aud pernicious
working of “protection” will be exposed; and tin t
some steps will be taken in the direction of lree
trade.—Charleston Xcioe.
Destructive Fi e iu Eufaula.
We learn from Col. John Black, proprietor of
the Eufaula “Neva,” that a most disastrous fire
occurred in that city, on Tuesday night last,
commencing about 7 o'clock. It. originated :r. a
two story framed dwelling bouse adjoining the
"Eeics” office, from thence it communicated to
the framed house adjoining, and after leaping
the huge wall iutervening, it assailed the stores
adjacent, which, though of brick, weie soon in
flames.
From the “News” office, it swept on to Morris
A (J'Byrnns’ grocery establ ishr.ient. Two kegs 0|
powder were then used in blowing up the next
buildiugs, which, though this repelled tho rav.
ages of tho fiend for a few minutes, would not
stop his terrible onset, until he had leaped the
embrasures of Smith A McGinty’a store, flashed
through the windows of the newly finished store
of Messrs. Bray & Bro., and culminated in oue
of the most destructive conflagrations tiiat lias
ever visited Eufaula.
Owing to the ahscnco of fire engines, the con- j
flagration held undisputed sway, and soon the !
Tl.c Tax on to,ton
From the New York World
At a meeting of tiie Chamber 0 -'C
yesterday afternoon. •» report w-'<
mill adopted in favor of tin- tot-,)' 'V
diute repeal of the tax of thn-j-,-" -o' '' :
on cotton. The Committee m-,ki, !
was instructed to prepare a ni- m( rial :
gross setting forth the iniiwice mVi •
^ Wc trust J X“*W
commenced will be supported bv the- 1
oers ot Commerce and Boards of r
other cities, and by petitions f- r ,m ra *
nil parts of tiie country. ‘ C ‘ H:
Both the cotton and the cora „ ,
proved a failure this .' r '.' 1 : -
of the South. Bail seed, bad wr *^"-
caterpillar, nnd the den,„ g , m .. nt 0 ,-T"' •
oitve conspired to produce < Uc h , *
that, in many districts, there win
distress, and unless relief is Ml,,-'; ■/ '
turn, before the close of the winter al 1
ing Republican journul of thi- e'it A
mended, a week or two :i”<. j u , ‘ •
tions from the North to mitWm.'p';' ’
tire misery. Contributions'" w,
entire bIock - in the most business portion of the j well’; butlt w’ouid "be far*betterf ! '
town—Broad street—was in ilame3. Ten or I bing tile South by a burden on^u St °^. ri
ture to which there'is no parallel nS* 1
twelve houses were burnt.
The following is a list of the sufferers : Dr.
Thornton, A. J. Goff, H. Rich, Jacob Smith, News
Office, Morris A O’Byrne*, M. Lazaron, Dr. Rob
ertson, Smiih A MeGinjy, U. Booth, Dr. Plant,
Dr. Drewry, Messrs. Bray & Bro. Bat few of
these parties, we learn, were insured.
Keeping Sweet Potatoes.—E. A. Baker, of
Eooneville, Indiana, publishes in the Country
Gentleman the following directions for keeping
sweet potatoes:
Two or three plans nre practiced in this com
munity. One is to build a small cellar, say
twelve or fifteen feet square, under the family
loom of the bouse, only entered by a trap door
through the floor—the cellar walls fitted up to
the floor of the room snug, so that no air can gel
through. The potatoes are dug and allowed to
dry, when they are let down into the cellar with
out bruising. Through the winter the cellar is
ventilated once or twice a week by opening the
trap door for half an hour, during which time
the outside doors of the room above should be
kept closed. I have kept sweet potatoes in this
way till the middle of April.
Another, and I think tiie best plan, is to “build
a house within a house,” filling the space be
tween the walls with clay. The doors are hung,
one to the inner and one to the outer wall. The
space above tho joints are filled with clay or
saw-dust. Tho potatoes nre dug and hauled to
the house. The floor, or rather the ground, 13
covered with dry chaff. A layer of potatoes is
carefully laid on and another layer of chaff, the
process continuing until the pile is about three
leet high. A thick layer of chaff is then spread
over the top, nnd the process is completed. A
box, two by six inches, is placed in tho wall,
opposite tho door (or ventilation. This is kept
closed in cold weather, and only opened in the
middle of the day on warm days.
remitting tins tax, the South a -,u
spared the extortion of. ,
an amount which would go ftrto-v M
i lieving its population, black and white?’
Urn suffering consequent on a shorts^
The party in power make great prefer
ot protecting find encouragingdSoesb-
dustry. Ue hm no faith in thdrsrai
the effect of the protective policy heinVs
ply to rob one part of the comimmitv
money into the pockets of another or- -
*P thelo -c- inclined by pursuingunnn
ble branches of business. But tre-v
mentin favor of protecting domestic it
try is a double argument against horde
it with unjust exactions. We harem"
advantages for the production of cot’onH
periorto those of any other region ontJ
globe. But the effect of this 1 1
is the same as *if the soil were cursed tritiJ
partial sterility, and the atmospj re J
with a blighting mildew. It isa
The Trade or Savannah.—The Savannah
News and Herald, of Saturday last, ha3 the fol
lowing :
The cargo of the Bremen bark Georg and Jo
hann, which arrived hero early in the week from
Bremen, was sold yesterday to Mr. M. S. Cohen,
on private terms. It consisted of 500 bags Ran
goon rice, 40,000 German brick, 2,200 flag-stones,
and 100 barrels East India ale- The vessel was
consigned to Mr. F. Schuster, who made thesale,
and who, wc are informed, intends U open a di
rect trade with Bremen if he meets with en
couragement. The vessel had an unfortunately
long voyage and the rice was somewhat late.—
The German brick was a curiosity, being about
twice the size of our ordinary brick and well
made, while the ale was almest, il not equal to
the famous Scotch brands.
The ship Ellen Hood was cleared at tho Cus
tom House yesterday f>r Liverpool, and takes
out three thousand and 62 bales of cotton. She
has 2,818 bales upland cotton, weighing 1,314,
492 pounds, and valued at $154,682.23. Shelias
also 234 bales Sea Island cotton, weighing 85,210
now pounds, and valued at $60,S71,S6. The total
value of ths cargo is $515,554.09. This vessel is
one of the fastest that ever left this port, and
came hero from New York in the short space of
threo days
Words or Tavrv and Soasnxtsn.—We are not
right sure but our cotempornrv of the Iberville South,
is very near the solution ef the great labur problem
in the following article. He says :
The foreigners, the coolies, and the freedmen arc
all very well in their way. but neither the one nor the
other, nor nil of them, will supply the great void of
labor, while we ourselves continue to talk, grumble,
loaf, ami brag about what we used to be.
The stubborn truth of the matter is this, that South
ern men nnd women, and their children have get to
go to work, if they may reasonably expect to repair
their shattered fortunes, and render "the land we
lore” other than a Jamaican or liaytian waste.
Tin- are "1 bib m-- i- pn-t : we imi-t nil w irk. or nil
sink. We have no longer “father’s plantation and
niggers” to fall back upon. The old homestead is well
nieli valueless, and the former slaves are freedmen.
There is nothing left for us but brains nnd hands,
and plenty employment for both.
Don’t be so particular about the kind of labor in
which you engage. There is as much of dignity and
honor attached to one kind of honest employment as
another. I.nvlioM .. f w hater or J on may find tod.,
with a whole heart, with faith in the just awards of
the future, nnd our word for it. you cannot fail to
achieve, at no distant day. wealth, comfort, and the
esteem of the better classes of society, such us the
mere drone in the hivo of human life can never know
or realize.
Radical Canazd.—A Washington correspondent thus
nails a Radical lie:
Mnch misapprehension seems toexisttliroughouttbe
countrv in regard to the number of troops now on duty
rrltlnn the department ot Washington, and it has been
variously stated at lrom fifteen hundred to twcnlj
thousand. Prominent officers, who I ave been forvears
on duty in this ei y, and who would therefore naturally
be supposed to posse ss correct information on thesub-
ject, have stated the force in thisdiqmrtmenl lobe near
ly tw nty thousand. An extract lrom an official return,
however, gives the number of troops here now to be as
follows: Garrison of Wa-Mugw-u, BOOS; Fort McHenry,
Md., ISO; Fort Wash ngton, 110: Fort Whipple, 150:
Battery Regers. 15 : For Foot, 150, and rendezvous of
aistributiou, ’-tXl Total, 3050.
Who is She?—Tho Philadelphia correspondent
of the Atlanta New Era, says:
Next week appears, once more in the Walnut
street Theatre, Miss Eflie German, a Georgian by
birth, and one of the particular pets of the “jcu-
netae doree" of Philadelphia. For some months
she has been sufleting from a painful pulmonary
or bronchial aflectlon, and at one time no hopes
warn entertained of her recnveiy. Now, that aha
has re. uined her health aud spirits, may she long
delight tis with her inimitable representations.
vi-it fro
to |*
il, •
gets, 50 cc iits—Cull 1"
't’.l ' *• • *
i.antii'v’:.
ti id an .
> consider Wie:
knmr whst
-purity <*f y*
ll.e d<
T in Bvingto.v Hot se.—This hotel, at Fort Y
we found 111 a late experience tc give as
^ 1 neals t> the hungry traveler as any one
w-.niM desir.- to sit down to. Everything is
A»d to perfection : the variety is excellent;
... : the servants nre polite and attentive. A
! dollar is well spent in paying for a clinn
i Byiugtun House, Fort Valley.
Hox. S. R. Mallory.—The gent
peared from public view since bi
son, “ turns up,” like most of oui
and is thus spoken of by the Pcu ;
30th ult.:
We were to-dav fivcred With .i
gin-lied 1’iiiZ, 11.'wil”. -:li-ills reiurn I
so busily oceup ed ia repairing his res
[ nre -,-iice bare i- lifl'e known. Butyesii
• h . .1 the Naval power- of th* Cuntoderaev
i penno nd. two "r Ifireo artisan*, and lik
. and other true men. sbowsadispes tion
]- ' with the prr—nt order • 1 iliuig-. worth
Northt rn jour sals would jndg
ATmmiLZ TttOf*criLx.—On the 23d .nst., Mon
treal e\\criments were made with thePalliser shot
and shell and Firth steel shell. One 9-inch Palli-
ser shell, fired ut a target 2,000 yards distance,
composed of 8-Inch armor plates ami 1 inch teak
b.i king. The t-heil went through the iron and
leak, setting lire to th- latter, causing more de-
man. who has iiuip- stractioBatthe bach of the target than anything
liberation from pri-
-pie, bard at work,
•ula Observer; of tbc
heretofore witnessed. Another
meats will be made next week.
, ot expt
rdnyhe d
to-dav In
> Lee, Fui
to Ik
of in
lt the
proinil
li.vakv
i.f bll.i.r-
id of
null:
of rec
ie South by
iil.-i.,..;',n-
•mbs, through
different suite
HyMohn Dabury, the pc.’per of a restaurant in
tin Richmond, was a slave before the war, but Had
p.-rn ' bought his freedom, and when the war broke out
t he owed ji balance of two hundred dollars. Some
advisid him not to pay it, sating; “You are tree
■ mi- by tie law.” John’s reply was, “No, my master
ted like a gentleman to me ; he let me ’buy mv-
lfand my wife cheap; I owe him the money hon-
tly, and I intend to pay it.”
t an
Sooth Carolina Energy.—The newspapers ot
South Carolina make less complaint over the
losses of the Avar than any other State, though
their losses were enormous. Beaufort, the home
the gentry, was occupied at an early day, and
tile Sea Islands, the most profitable cotton plan
tations ot the South, were seized or made value
less. Sherman’s army swept through with de
stroying hand, because the Palmetto State was
looked upon as the exciting cause of the rebel
lion. But her citizens have gone to work in seri
ous earnestness. They are rapidly rebuilding their
railroads. They arc accommodating themselves
tairlj to the altered conditions of labor. They
were the first to pass a civil rights bill, aud bo'li
the negroes and their late owners seem to be do
ing remarkably well under the circumstances.—
The business ot her principal seaport has revivi d.
The burnt district Is being rapidly rebuilt, and the
merchants of Charleston arc showing unexampled
activity. There is good stufl enough in her popu
lation to enable them to take as prominent a pluae
in the march of material progress as they have
ever done in political abstractions.—national In
telligencer.
tVe know of one man in the State capital who
has made $25,000 since the war closed. He is a
printer at that.
Obituary.—Commodore Lawrence Rousseau
diel in the city ol New Orleans on the llh inst.,
at the advanced ago of 76 years.
The Commodore was a native of Louisiana,
and of French descent. He entered the Unilcu
States Navy at an early age, and served with
much distinction in that service for forty years
or more. He was in some of the frigate fights of
the war of 1812. Upon tho secession of the State
of Louisiana, the gallant Commodore, then an
old man, truo to the political lessons he had
learned in his youth, and true to what an honor
able gentleman esteems much higher, the point
of honor—sacrificed his commission in the old
servico (then tho highest that an officer could
bear,) tore himself away from tho associations of
a life- titx.0, nnd offered his servico to his native
State.
He sleeps now the sleep of peace Few men
have passed from among us more regretted. He
was a well-educated and refined gentleman,
with a heart full of tho milk of human kindness.
The writer of this knew him well, and loved
him, and he does not believe that Hie Commo
dore left an enemy in tiie world. Of how tew
men can this be said. Jtequleacat in pare.
Mobile Tribune.
T3f~ A Toronto dispatch of the 19th states that
the thirty-nine Fenian prisoners confined in tho
old jail there were released from custody a few
nights before. Their discharge was conducted
with great secrecy. It wa3 only about an hour
before their being sent away that the prisoners
Afiemseives were made aware of their joyous ti
dings. They were furnished transportation by
the government to the Suspension Bridge, ami a
special train wa» previdrd by the Great Western
Railroad. This drew up in rear of tbo jail at
10 o'clock, ami the men were quietly .odged ou
board iu charge of a guard of twenty imn, with
a corporal and sergeant under command of!
Lieut. Harrison. Seventeenth regiment. The I
prisoners received a good supper at the station j
before starting, and each was presented with a |
five dollar greenback. On reaching the fails the .
Fenians bade eood-bye to the escort, giving three
hearty cheers forthe shcriif, the governor of the
jail, and thejail oliicials.
Sale op Two Noted Blockade Runners.—
The well known blockade runners Mary and Red
Gauntlet were sold at public auction yesterday by
the United States Marshal. The Mary was knock
ed down to Col. Martin at the insignificant stun ot
$1G,GC0. She cost the magnificent sum of £20,C00.
The Red Gauntlet was bid iu by Mr. Charles Cam
eron, of New Orleans, for the email sum of $3,100.
She cost about £12,C00. The gcntl men who pur
chased these fine steamers have not yet determined
to what use they will convert them. They have
lain in the river, op; osite our city, since the close
of the war, and the names ot the Mary and the Red
t!aun:!'t are lamiii.ir 1” ev.-rv Cm,li-.ii-r.it” in
“Dixie land.” The Red Gauntlet wis originally
bnilt for the opium trade, but failed by a few
knots to meet the speed required, and was sold to
the Confederate Government.—Mobile Advertiser.
23d.
Gen. Ber.nniDGE.—The Maysvillo (Ky.) Bulle
tin is gratified to learn from a gentleman of high
character in the State, that General S. S. Bur-
bridge no longer disgraces the State of Kentucky
with his offensive presence. He lias taken up
his residence at or near Madison, Indiana, and
such is his dread of that vengeance which his
cowardly brutality while in military command
in Kentucky, has so justly invoked, that no in
ducement whatever is sufficient for him to come
into tho state even for a day. He is haunted
with a terror that follows him at every step. He
sees in every Kentuckian the friend of some
murdered victim. Tho very soil of his native
State, to his eyes, is yet crimsoned with tho
blood ho so remorselessly shed. No wonder he
dares not put his foot upon it.
Disastrous Fire in Selma.—A disastrous fire
occurred in Selma on the night of the 2fith inst.
It broke out about 12 o'clock in the cellar of the
store occupied by Burnett. Martin tc Swann, ou
Broad street, between Water and Alabama
streets. Tho flames spread rapidly and in two
hours tile siore in which the fire originated, to
gether with the adjoining stores ofJudsoaA
Duncan, Barven .1 Hooper, the United Stalo
Commissary store house, and a number of frame
buildings occupied during the war as a Wayside
Hospital, were wrapped iu flames. Owing to
the exertions of the firemen the building occu
pied by Messrs. Mirell & Johnson nnd tho Mes
senger newspaper office were saved, and tiie fire
subdued. Total loss about $100,009. Insurance
about $300,000
25^”Tl'e recent letter of Dr. Doran, in the
Pall Mall Gazette, calling attention to the
ruinous condition of Byron's tomb, at Iluck-
nad, has been productive of good results,
£500 having been raised at the last accounts
towards repairing and preserving the tomb.
While cm this subject, wc may mention that
an antique folding writiDg-table, which for
merly belonged to the poet was recently ad
vertised for sale at Manchester, its authentici
ty being vouched for by the late Dr. Rallies,
of Liverpool, who was noted in his life-time
as a collector of relics.
the production of cotton in E'-ypt l c ‘
and Brazil. It is the interest of thtscou
that our cotton crops should grow to^
surpass tluir former dimensions, roravj
agricultural country like ours, it is an icM
culable advantage to have within our po»|
the practical monoploy of a commoi'in *
universal demand all ovtfr the world; so-
modify light in proportion to its value, tajj.
sily transported; a commodity which in»
ulating exchanges and meeting t '
against us in foreign trade is justas <
gold: a commodity for which, ualL.
grain crops, the deaaaad does not depend]
the fluctuating harvests of Europe. Cotton J
to US what t( u i< to Chill:., v, ;V
Brazil, what her wines and silksare toFn
It is preposterous and suicidal to I
this advantage by taxing it partially out]
existence.
At present, there is no branch of the i
tional industry so much depressed as the c
ton culture. Instead of crippling it by r
eminent obstacles, it is our interest to uJ
off every burden and give full play to J
natural elasticity of recuperation. TheYf
needs it as much as the South; for theb.^
stands to the West in the position of
natural market. More hands can be em{
ed, and consequently more mouths reqnii
be fed, by the cotton culture than by til
manufacture s of the E intern and I
States. It is a branch of industry which I
not artificially obstructed, can never be;
ken down by a rival commodity: it i
one of the most solid, reliable, and <
ing of all our national resources. To
and enable the country to tlriv - v.:' :
by it, it requires no protection, no bonrJ
no government dandling; it only tubf
open field, fair play, and to be let alone. I
The party in power profess great solid:!
for the welfare of the freedmen. But to f
press the South is to impoverish
Starting in their new condition da
111 ej n eed all they can get. It it obriorca
tlm.i- of tiu-m who cultivate on shares,«I
patches of land for which they pay rail
direct losers by the tax. Those who t
for hire suffer by itequally, though nots
rectly. The rate of wages the eianployejsjj
afford to pay depen !s on the rate ol prd
High profits, by increasing the business:
crease the competition for labor and tb
of wages. The South cannot suffer
the freedmen suffering with it; it_<
thrive without riiatr participation in iu
perity.
Beauhkgard on Nkedle-Gcns.—It'-H
that when recently in Europe, Ikaure
had an inti mew with N i]
asked his opinion of the Prussian nctd-*1|
Beauregard toM him that the
i ere a humbug. •• Why,” m.M ■ w
the Confederate armies fought agat^R i-H tt
more effective weapon than :Yf. ■
cral armies have the best guns known.
needle-gun lias a range of only four las'
yards. The Prussian columns couki
been mowed down at a much locgrri
The General, as it is reported, wc
show that the Austrian-tailed not on act.
of the superiority of Prussian arms, b’- : l
the inferioritv of their Generali
W. C. WATTS & CO.’S WEEKLY 3L
REPORT.
JUrzsMft*
COT r < N.—In our report of Friday,
1 Miti-I’Miu';’.»n lid :■* l' ..
l”i r« i- , i« i.T.tin- r*■ • • I
portii;>: m non * injury to the crop by WgT
inm been no confirmation ot thli report,
Saturday was quiet, nnd so continued daring tn*
w« ok. i in i e ■■ as,heftm,Ui(liale prjwjJ* .
AmericfUi, .’ti.il f-were u A :: •• -• * j
til yesterday, when .he Bank rate notbauiffD* 1
ercti, a.- wi4> cxj.e» t» «i by many, were r •
ay. iif * ever, ;uh;e* from - Iruicheater
fav«»raMe. an i ibN imparted u;- re-wT*J
ket, nt.d American cIoms at our quoutitf * *
day. No transactions in Ameri< .in to w-’ 1
during the week, but Organs, basis Dkk 4 Ung* *
delivery, ^o!d to-dav .v ■
The recent litii\y‘imp.Tt « find .f> ‘ ” ‘ I
nished n la>«er Mipplv and occa.-iocedi
to effect sales, prices'for each have - :T * a *T'«
the week o j^d, except for certain c* 4 ^
the better grades* whi^h are unchanged
For Egyptian the demand was very ^
cent arrivals having been much pressed
to the large arriv* > at, a-d ncretsed
Alexandria, prices dope irregular
In tea Island* :i smaller business
5«*me week* previous, but pr.ee-were":
change.
The sales of the week sum up #5 350 wj .**
The Maxufacturh Of Glass.—One of our ex
changes states that the milking of window and
bottle glass, at Pittsburg, gives employment toi~..„ , , , , » s^t.*
1S 00 men anfi bora, whose annual waqe.amount j por^SdS^TO^p^SlSSSI.'Im^rtsU
to $1,390,olG. The amount of silica consumed bade?, of which 7TOi were American. Tc*
is 212,000 tons, and is chiefly brought from Mis- I Stuck now adds up 665.L0 Liles(•decrea^ 03 *^
ri. The annual value of the manufactured of 37.340,* again *t 02.1,070last J*r,*bincre** .
;s i3 estimated at $2,160,000. These reports I theChina piculs . T
~ ... - i j i* ... , I sea for Great Britain is l-l'.u.00k*NitIi*»i*«."
are of the window and bottle glass works a one,
and do not include tho 19 flint glass factories
which are valued at $1,293,000, pay weekly wa
ges amounting to $19,000, and annually consume
2.095,SOfi bnthels of coal, employing 2,204 hands, I ^hith is /no 1
nnd make $2,000,000 worth of glass ware. j now'e.st
deducted from excess in stuck, fth***
rent excels, as compared with la-t >• ■* . I
hales. The total appur.mt ' ' 1 ' . I
ndda u j- Ml lt»0 hales, whit h la »lD
oar last report. The stock of American.. *
- ass than Uutvve.k. b«'thefJJ
listed at U0.0C0, •gain.*-1 5 - I
veek. i
M asters op the Situation.—Wc find, this para- I , P. 8.—Since the o!n.-c of business to *. ■
.... .. .. . „ _ . .... I from New York report. “Iteceiptsat i-’ 1
graph in the New Yo.k Day Dock of the 29th: , endure x-th ulmno 4.i,probate*'a--^-'^ Y.-P
15400 three preceding \v*ek«.' Crop *: vJ
white frost, but no damage.” It re" •• h ' *..»
Southern States into yielding to the demands of * liat effect this will have on onrnsri"*
Congress, let them remember tiiat they are inns- 1 Memphis Cotton Market* J
.-.ii-Xi'HR- > 1
tors ol thesituatiou. They have only to stand still.
Do nothing. The mongrels are already coaxing, j
begging them to yield; and the great crowd ot ;
riniincrs are perfectly frantic to have them do I
somelhimr. But we say, stand still. Don’t stir i
n inch. Yon are masters of the situation il yqp I
pid but know it.
Tin: Mobile and Girard Railroad.—Tho lay
ing of the iron below Union Springs is being
pushe
red *
I First ok tub Season —Tiie lirst fall ol snow,
at the I i’d- ‘1‘” »■*>•">■ occurred in New 1 ork city on Ihe -leans, to a large and prosperous
| 22d inst. It was light, and melted rapidly. church.
rtr Rev. Jno. L. Girardeau, formerly of Lib
erty county, in this Shite, hut now living u
Charleston, has been called to take charge of the
Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, in the plaee of
Rev. B. Q. Mallard, also of Liberty county, who
1 forward. Fifteen miles have b
d a portion received. We were told yes
terday by one of tho “ posted ’’ that the iron had
been laid one mile and a quarter below the
“.Springs,” and that the entire extension of fif
teen or twenty miles westward would be com
pleted at least hv New Year’s. This extension
will largely add Lo tiie receipts of cotton in Co- i
y— - - lurnbus. — Columbus Sun.
An Eminent Farmer Dead.—Mr. Hull Max- ‘
well, oneol the most eminent farmers in Scotland, } A bili pas.-ed both branches of the Missis-
died lately. To him is doe the flourishing condi-t sippi Legislature restoring all lands sold for taxes
tion of the Highland Society, which W to Scotland ! ot t ■4t> I, Ini;-.’ ml ISi,::, to their owners, provided
what the Royal Agricultural is to England. He j they were in 1361 citiz-ns of the State, and?till con-
helped lo cofli ct the agricultural statistics of Scot- tinue to be, upon payment ol costs, and any amount
land ten years ago, and did the work lor about I of count v tax the State may have paid since the ac- ] nan
£2200 less than the £f000 voted by Parliament.— I quired title. ' r<i-
For this service he was made a Companion of llie j j
Bath. The receipts from Internal Revenue on lie 1 ’ n
—• ; 21st inst., were $74t,li*4. From the lirst of the -
A Good Pillow.—Gen. Pillow, who male con- ! year (July I) to tiiehlst of t ictooer inclusive, the ‘j’,,.'
tracts with a large number of freedmen to work 1 Income lias mounted to $125,251,BON. During
upon his plantation in Arkansas, is said lohave I the present month the sum of the receipts to date
raised J,000 bales of cotton tills year. i is $15,884,513.
COTTON—The Cotton mark.-. j.
buoyant. There was a fair impitry diirR.- ■
with rales ol middling at ROip.sii’. (tie -
pr,.eh«s, wlin-h quoted that mariie: arm J-
gave firmness and buoyancy to the‘ t.
holder- advanced their prices from 1; ; ■
were made during the afternoon al - * - , "
ket throughout the (lay ezh:b:t- d ->
closed firm, with prices tending upi-— • < 1
Ordinary |