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I hr MkxicaX Mission.—Gen. Sherman
arrive*! at New Orleans on the 20th ar.d pro-
ceo*!e<l up the river to St. I. ml*. ' ,r - ( ini l’'
bell landed at Brijos uiJ starred on his
wild goes# chtvst alter Juarez's h> ailouaru r.--.
The mission is likely to prove ajlaseo.
Latin Run Mad -S|rcrnl of the newspa
pers having perpetrate! jokca on the travels
and exploit * of “Sk TrmtnitJ win
W and “.■■<<*■" ''Wid off* the Yale
retorts as follows: Oh, “trn mP sculls! “Sir
diovc a “tue pone tan dm tine l rr\
from the eaatward. He is visiting his “ante."
jfrs. “PU Terra * in this city, and will stay
till “Ortem.” Dr. Dgnoi* ( the “Terrij”
(Terry!*! likewise “et never” with us last eve
ning. fHe “eta) 1st* pi.b The pugilist also
“cum'' with them and “limh\aS man bgdW in
the ttp'M ; In- “r '.••■■■' ••
vma” flounder.
auspicious for ECIgI0N (
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CHKISTMAS DAY
Christmas! O day, most
the world ! Day on w hich I
Savionr—was horn ! Day memorable to all
But moat particularly mem oniblc if it t«ll> *>i
a Saviour born in the6oui—a Saviour whose
smile of lore, amidst showers of earthly trou
bles, lights up the heart''heaven with an ever-
during Bow of Promise.
Rejoice with mo, th* <* render, at ihe re
turn of this day, which reminds t:s ol the all-
embracing lovo-—divine love which pitied
a sinful world, and sent that world a Saviour.
And what else of joy does the day bring
Hicfe. rsad&U-JtoatlLPQkUtll tiifiti that thou
hast*many friend* 1 -Do nottfie happy greet
ings convince thee ot thatj rottnnmri’nT
Thank God fpr friends 1 Without them,
the world were an void 'waste. I love iny
friends—real friends; and in loving them,
and having than lovemre I am happy.
Chi i>t mas relumes the fires oTfriendship, and,
military
OF CIVIL-
5ur Washington Correspondence,
LETTER FROM “WARWICK.”
~I1E nov*E os IMPEACHMENT—<HB StTItElTE
COCUT AMD TIIE INDIANA CONSPIRACY—THE
ENC.LIMI GOVERNMENT DETERMINED TO
PROTECT CANADA.
Washington, Dec. 19, 1SWJ.
A vote, which may possess some slgnift
therefore, enhunces happiness.
I ■ And, ibeti, fherc are the mementoes of
NEC,UO VOTER AND THE RADICALS. . tfc " d sunsh jne ln the soul • aseoang U.uoretucv.u.^,
\Wcfmieil in our ln«t issue, some action off - J \ * ♦ 1 c * Court, on certificate ot divwi**
e copied m our tan e, ^ ^ *• To-from-^, a Christinas token of at thc U ’ Q Ju(] e8 of tLc Uni ed I
the Repnhlicsas of the District
censuring the negro voters for their disposi
tisn to act independently, and not as they
(tho Republicans) dictate, in political mat
ters. At tho municipal election in B*>stoi:
the other day, the darkies, who vote there as
well as white people, found that Radical
promises were not kept; got mad at the party
of great promises and no performance, and
voted the Democratic ticket. They voted
for once better than wliite people. Upon this
action, a Boston Radical paper vents its
spleen against the negroes, and intimates that
if they do not vote “right" in future they will
lose all their old friends nod show themselves
unfit for the elective franchise!
This is just what we have always said. The
Republicans, and Northern politicians gener
ally, are marvellously friendly to the negro ■
not that they care a euap «f a finger for h*®.
but because they believe they can use W* *°
their own advantage. If negro sufi^g e “
ver allowed in the Sooth, «c sly* 111 !*ave on
other Boston case; the negroes, will vote for
their best friends—the Southern peopla—
and for their section, and w e shall then hear
no more of negrophobia at- Ihe North. The
Yankee politicians will/dr°P him, as they
would a hot poUtoe,:^ moment they find
out that he is not a sujppl° * n their hands,
Were we governed s*dely by a desire to aug-
■ ent the strength of the South in the public
■uncils, without regard to great political
Inciplcs and, the ultimate aafety of the
‘intry and heat iutcrests of society, we
uld to nn/rrow, as a Southern measure,
ocate i)«d extension of the suffrage to the
^k p-dpulstion.
ase being before the Unitcogtates Supreme
' — *■of opinion of
•States Circuit
tachmcnt.” A small gift it may be; and yet Court for Indiana, the for 1 ® 1- maintains that
it speaks volumes—it speaks cf. a heart that, the matter was propel befor^ The
loves; amllove is happing How itex-^ The
pands the soul with hopeful, exhilarating of tfce complainant, x<>r deprive lum of ^
beatitude, and makes thttf Jture appear more I right of appeal totke civil tribunals’ «. nd ^
bright and cheerful!—And then-.Christmas the act of March 1863. Although the pn j.
,o ,» „f bw .)•„ in *’auH Inns k|e <*»* **^*£22 SaS±fl!K
TRIAL
IANS.
OF THE SUPRE5IE COURT,
patch to tha New York Times.
Wadi'-'gton, Monday, Dec. 17.
’t will l<e recollected that the Supreme |
Coyt of the United States, at its former j
term announced it* decidon in the easel
«c p'Ue ot Latnbbin T. Jltlligan, declaring!
ti e ilegality of Itis trial for alleged con- j
^pirac., before a Military Commission in In-1 canc , ,ken in the House on tire J7th
di urn, ncl. in effect," ordering his discharge : . ’ " . ,
from pbon, he having oeen convicted and j ln ^- It was on a motion to stispeml the ifilc s
condem«d to the punishment of death. ■> a- to receive a resolution ollcnd by Mr.
To day Associate Justice Davis read an ela '- Ashler, of Massachusetts, providing lor thc
orate opiton in this case, in which reiAvitce , a pp oi ' n ’ tn t of n sc i c ct committee to inquire
was made o the importance of observing the | 1 * . . JT .. . o fo ,„ a i la .
ConstitutiK-Al guarantees for the protection i ^hether any officer.of.thc L mted States has
of the citim in his person and property been guilty of high crimes aiul misdemequ- , the Torvand
The experiti.-c of our past history ahov* § ors. Tlie vote was 88 to 49 lirtd the motibri al)d , et t jjjg p aT |
tile wisdom <f the framers of the ConJI re fore was lost, two-thirds not voting in
tion, in constituting it to be auke en^ . .7
in war as in peat*, as waashown in the cml - a-, or of it. As it was, ny-10 1
contest through v*'*i(^i wt have just passed, i Hcaus voted with tile minority, anil of these
The powers of the '^institution should not! only two were men of. note, nauivlj- dJc^srs.
be strained to suit cnergencies, for on iU I Raymond of New York, and Dawes of Mas-
maintenance in alUte integrity depended t h With them, however, voted
our liberties and free Go.rnment, not only i “ ' ' * , ’ , : ? _ .
in the present bnt for all tine to oome. The Messrs. Maytard, Stokes an.d t’ay|or,.^t ferv
' ^ ‘ " If tie vote means anything, ijt means
V
ia.tional AMCSEMhNT.—While our citi
\ are enjoying the Christmas holidays,
should not fail to remember that Mr.
ins and his accomplished wife arc giv-
\ghtly most attractive entertainments at
in Hall. As a compendium of fun and
i, they cannot be excelled, while the
played are of so refined a character
me con take offense. “ Kathleen Ma
jn M last night made evciybody laugh
• rvbody cry, nnd we hope to see the
trded nightly for the remainder of
ef season.
Danville paper nominates General
overnor of Virginia. This is said
only political position he ever as-
THE WAR DECISIONS PARAMOUNT TO
THOSE OF THE SUPREME COURT.
In proof of tho revolutionary and violent
intentions of the Northern Radicals, we have
only to read thc sentiments that are daily ut
tered through their press. The Herald, which
is now in full fellowship with the party,
nnd quite as Radical of late as Forney's
Chronicle and Press, for it is equally indus
trious in collecting sensation lies and using
them against the South, is openly for a dis
regard by tl e Government and people of the
decisions of the Supreme Court. That we do
not misrepresent that journal, we copy the
following extraordinary sentiments from its
issue of the 19th instant:
ern cities. Wo have many reasons for the We Hold that the war, that last appeal of
hid your Yankee friends like to
>r next President f Don’t all an-
acel We would like to hear
_. Jus and the Tribune on the sub
ject. We will withdraw the nomination pro
vided they name a Northern man who in
honest Northern estimation, is as great, wise
and good.
OCR NORTHERN VISITORS.
It has alrendy been announced that from
forty to sixty of Northern Congressmen,
chiefly Radicals, have left Washington to
spend their Christmas holiday in the South- I
syne”—days when care was unknown and
unanticipated—days when the.old yule log
burnt brightly and scatteredjoy around—
whfin niotlier and father, sister and brother,
mingled their shouts with ours—and when
the lovei and friendships of youth cast a
halo of joy to think of those halcyon days—
t.ud Christmas jnale* you think-off them.
Behold the «%**ling ev''-—!**r the gleeful
«bo>’*«' ft childhood 1 What intoxication of
Miss at the evidences of Santa Claus’ mysteri
ous visit I Was there ever such unalloyed
satisfaction ?—not even in the finst rapturous
kiss of reciprocated love.
More blessed 'tis to give thanto-reerfre! I’d
ratberbehold others happy through my instru
mentality, than float in a sea of merely selfish
bliss. And what purer, sweeter joy than that
.you afford by infusing gladness into child
hood’s heart ? Then reap the rich reward.
And, reader, does not this ’Christmas,
amidst its setting of jet, find thee enjoying
uany—many comforts, pleasures, gratifica
tions ? . '
“Shaw 1 Perhaps some few—”
Ungrateful man, thoughtless woman, lay
that hand upon thy jnouth and crush back
the exclamation to which thou wast about to
give voice. Yes, thou—thotj hast .much to
be grateful for; and this Christinas reminds
thee of,thy blessings, fipeed upward a sonl-
offering of thanks to Heaven that you have
so much for which to be grateful.
Hark! Heavenly choirs are pealing an
angelic anthem—Glory t* God in the High
est Heavens.—on earth, peaoe, good will
among meal
( l.ri'iniii- mivs t.* i- — Peace—G* oi>
vmjjJ—Peace between you and me. Good
will in my heart towards yon -in your heart
towards me. And goodwill means kindness,
sympathy. Isve; nnd these produce happi-
uspended, his right under the Constitution
and laws still rsmained. He was & citizen off
Indiana, and had never been in the laud ou,
naval service, or in tho active militia. It w us (
true a conspiracy existed in Indiana, when the
defendant was accuseel of participating
but according to the ict ot J^ch, pro- Conrt ordered th « re]e «se of three ffcCto iWbo
vision was clearly made lor Uie tri.1 j 8Uc ij ,
classes of offences betpi^a qiivft’imurt. Tliej? ere 1 - v,n ? in J** 1 undt ' r imprisonment for
Cir«en'itX’oati tf, Trtfaiann was open and uuob-P^. The case ol these men is very peculiar.
nessce.
that 49 members of the House, ific!udin£ a/
dozen Republicans, are not in favor of im
peaching thePresident; lor it was for that
purpose that the resolution was introduced.
The vote, however, was not a full 0H&4 'J C6
members die not vote: 50 of them would
probably bare voted for the risirlution Fso
that in a fuf House the vote on the resolu
tion would probabjy b.6 about. 138 to, ^5.—
hrhis would be a two-thirds vote: nnd this, I
Suppose, is about the way the members stand
J-i the queitiou of impeachment. t ,
On the I7th inst. also, the U. S. Supreme
John Bright on Ireland.
The folio .ring is the ful l letter of John
Bright, alluded to iu tho telrgnqihic dis
patches: . ,
“Rochdale, Nov. 24.
“Deaii Sin.: i thank you for the note and
newspaper. ij'" ■JCf ■
“The Irish landlords fed that they can re
ly on English force to sustain them,'and they
are careless as to the condition ot the coun
try and the .feelings of the tcu intry. 3Iy
plan would rob nobody! It would give more
than its present market value for any estate
purchased, and I would make a new race ot
proprietors out of the present occupiers, and
thus convert them from discontent to a reul
loyally-to their country.
“Everything proposed for Ireland^is op-
‘ Church and landlord
party has itself nothing to
suggest.
“Discoptept and insurrection may menace
the country, but English forge is always at
hand'; so the landlord sleeps in peace, and
fct-N that his rents and power'arc securer
“IfIreland were onc*tj)pusand piles away
from us, All won'Jd b6 at pnee^ghafiged.—
Justice would he done, or tlie. landlord
would be exterminated by tlie vengeance of
Mr. Davis’ Appearance.
The Fortress Monroe correspondent of the
N, Y. Times thus writes:
Col. Stanton, the chiel paymaster of the de
partment. has just returned from Fortress
Monroe, where lie lpsmatle an extraordinary
payment. JThc rtcipieuts ot thc greenbacks
were the 80th United: States colored troops,
consisting of two hundred nnd twenty officers
and men, gnd the amount required’ to dis
charge the indebtedness of the government
to them was ?S3,000 -the pay being only for
five mouths, the remainder of the amount be
ing absorbed by bounties. While Col. Stan
ton was paying these sable warriors, Jeffer
son Davis, walking thc ramparts that have
so long been to him the world’s boundary,
passed by and glanced curiously at the scene.
At tins moment a - ge«tiemAn took note of his
piTSonal appearance, who has not seen him
since 1S60, but who was then familiar with
his form and features, and his first impression
was that Jefferson Davis has grown wondrous-
ly old in these fjw years.
His hair has turned to a silvery white,
while his form, grown emaciated, his face
'haggard, his step slow and uncertain, bis
whole presence that ot one the^ands of whose
life have almost run pnt. Daily he mounts
the ramparts, daily he makes the circuit of
structed, and business therein continued to be
transacted. The court under the law could
have punished such crimes, and there wais no
fear of an interruption ot process. There
were troops in Indiami, but tlie Statu was uot
tlie scene of war. The troops were employed
in the event of evasion, or sent to operate
where military necessity might require. No
matter how guilty Miligan was, there existed
no authority to try him before a MilitaryConi-
mission, he not being in the military or naval
service; nor did Congress attempt by ifslegia
lation to confer sacli power. Therefore the
Court should order his release from military
custody, and remand him to the civil tribunaL
To this all tlie members of the court gave
an affirmative answer, and also to the second
question, namely: Ought thc court to issue
a writ of habeas corpus, and order his release?
And they say no to the third question: Had
the military commission the legal right to try
him?
The opinion reviews the subject of martial
law, and condemns its exercise in cases where
the civil courts are open and process is un
obstructed.
Chief-Justice Chase, for himself aud Asso
ciates Wayne, Swayne and Miller, read a dis
senting opinion relative to the third point,
namely, military tribunals, taking the ground
that they may be ordered by Congressional
authority in cases where the civil courts are
obstructed, and iu districts where military
When .Mr. Johnson became President, he
tound these men under sentence of death
ind the sentence would have been executed
icd three innocent men would haye been
asrdered under judicial forme, had it not
Win for his instant interposition. Your
era will remember how weighty Were the
that pressed upon President Johnson
frol May, 1865 until December of that year.
Thftvar was just over; the relations between
the people of the South and the General
Govniment required to be fixed; and tlie
statii.of the Southern States was to be cs
tablisecL Under these circumstances, 6up-
Dosmg of course, that the men had been
rightftly convicted, but determined that, if
innocat, tlieir blood should not rest upon
his ski|s, President Johnson commuted tho
senteno to imprisonment for life, determined
that, adtoon as his public duties would allow
him to <h so; he would examine thc evidence
in the cap, and satisfy himself whether the
men badbeea justly convicted or not. In
the mealtime, howevar, the case had been
brought lefore the United States Supreme
Court.
The mq, Messrs. Milligan, Horsey and
the people.. ' . j the immense fortifications so long Ills prison
“I sec nothing better m the future so lonffl i.„ 1
as the people of tho United Kingdom ure ex
cluded from the House of Commons, and how
soon wc may be able to have them included
is more than I can tell.
“I do what I can for them, and now they
are doing something for themselves, I hope
there may be some result before long.
“My correspondence is very burdensome.
daily he gathers what he may ol invigoration
from tliu bracing, healthful air surging up
from thc ocean between the Virginia capes,
but daily his life seems slipping gradually
from his grasp. He has no positive disease:
he is not even fretted by any galling prison
restrictions, he seems at ease, has no com
plaints to make about.his treatment, and yet
Ills strength appears, to wane, his natural
PLATFORM OF THE “ DIRTY ^
association
Washington, Dec.,21.—At a se •
Southern Ih-pubii- an A,;...
of December, resolutions nu>l am. ‘ .G
the followin'.: < in ct \wr- a.iooti'. '
Whereas. Texas. Louisiana. A
lama, .Mississippi, Georgia, North r ^
Virginia, South Carolina ; .n i : j
warring with the United Sun -,\* - < is
ated, therefore, ’ ' sc 'i°g-
1. Resolved, That the Governments
Statis named cca e to exist, 01 tie
2. That Congress having provided n,
emmentior the people, they nass m* i * 0 ’-
authority of the President as Comm..,? ^
Chief. • owd*!*
so forgive this bnet note, ami bsheve me, f orce day by day to be abated; but those
yours, very truly, ^ Joiin Biiioi t. | mos t familiar with him now seem to think
* 'A TT* — * that he will last as long within the fort its
An Ominous Prediction. The lute Lord out Q f perhaps longer. The great four
Macauley, in May, 1857, wrote a letter to II. I years strain upon his energies, and the down-
L Randall, of New York, in which lie ex- fall of his empire, sapped the foundations of
presses his earnest convictions in relation to
operations are in progress. Fortunately, iu Bowles, lift been tried in Indiana before a
Indiana the Judges^were loyal, together with military (bmmisdon for an alleged military
Look as you will, Christmas brings happi
ness, produces happiness, is happiness.
R.
• belief that thc motive thereunto moving is
a desire to add to their stock of sensation
capital in Congress, by treasuring up thc rev
elations of lying tongues in the South nnd
perverting what little they see of our people
and their bearing; bat we hope they have
better and more patriotic motives, and in that
•Tent we cordially unite with our cotemporary
of the Nashville Union in the following ex
hortation to the Southern people every
where:
“If these gentlemen are coming South
with an honest purpose to seek the truth for
themselves, and to apply it in the legislation
of Congress, both by their votes and their
testimony, the Southern people should feli
citate themselves on tlie opportunity thus
afforded of setting themselves right, and of
vindicating their section from the aspersions
to which it hns been so long and unjustly
•objected. They should avail themselves of
it, and receive the visitois with open hospi
tality, and with that generous and polite
frankness which arc a distinguished trait in
Southern character and training.
kings and peoples, has resulted in a great
revolution, superseding the constitution as it
was. and demanding lrom the results of the
war and fr >m the sovereign voice ot the pco-
p’.e victo.ious in the war a new interpretation
ai d a new departure even by the Supreme
Court. It is in this view, from the Indiana
decision, ignoring thc vital necessities ot the
government during tlio rebellion, that a re
construction of tho Supreme Court adapted
to the paramount decisions of the tear looms up
into bold relief as a question of vital import
ance. Id trespassing upon the issues decided
by the war the Court may be faithful to the
letter of the Constitution as it was; but it is
assuming a jurisdiction over the superior tri~
huntil of the tear, which was an appeal from
the constitution to the sword.”
If this is not open treason, we would be
glad to have some one give us the right in
terpretation of the term.
Lions in the Path.—Thc Charleston Merr
cury says:
The Congress of the United States have
“It is very true that this opportunity should
have been afforded through our own chosen
Representatives to whom we have committed
our interests and vindication in the Fedeerl
Congress, But that has bcea denied, and wc
are now CAlled upon to avail ourselves of the
next best incans afforded—the reception in
our midst of tho representative men of the
North, whom we know to be opposed to our
views. We have no doubt ot the character
of that reception. It will be courteous, gener
ous and kind—comporting with the honor,
-dignity nnd frankness of our people. We
trust oiir diatiaguisbed visitors will lay aside
all pre-conccivcd notions of our wickedness
and view us with unprejudiced eyes, not as
pre-judgiug partisans, but as men diligently
••eking the truth. In that case, their visit
will bo instructive nnd beneficial to them
selves hs well as to us.”
DEATH OF RIGHT REV, BISHOP ELLIOTT.
At a 1 ate hour last night the telegraph
brought us thc painful intelligence of the sud
den demise of this eminent Prelate at Sav
annah, Ga. He had just returned from a
brief visit to thc interior in the discharge of
his Episcopal functions.
He left the cars in apparently perfect health,
and «oon alter reaching his residenceexpired;
doubtless from heort-oiscatB.
This sad announcement comes upon us in
all its 6uddenne»s with a most depressing
ffcct.
South Carolina, will weep not only with
her eisier Georgia, where the Dioc*>an Jaboro
of the deceased were so long and so signally
exercis'd, but with tlie whole South, in the
removal of a Prelate, learned, apostolic,
abounding in good works, known, revered
and loved, throughout the length and
breadth cf our land.
An eruuito and ripe scholar, a finished and
most impressive pulpit orator—a muster of
•• English unditilcd ”—a patriot sou, whose
affection lor hi* native land welled out from
fountains holy as a mother’s love, and vi h
[■•in ,i.d etui lofty became .■* Knight oft) e
Cross—all these will lie enshrouded in the
w in,-u clo.es forever from mortal sight
:!.«loved aud gifted Elliott.-CW. Courier. *
still tho Constitution of the United States
over them; nnd although they will not ob
serve it, there are others who will respect it,
and overrule their despotic tendencies.
The President is there, in whose hands is
the executive power, and the command of
the army and navy of thc United States.
The United States judiciary is there to
bring to the test of the Constitution their
tyrannical usurpations.
The united South is agninst them, and
nearly half of the North.
A huge debt and an inflated currency arc
there, sensitive to all political convulsions—
nnd sure to overwhelm them, if they impair
their stability by revolutionary violence.
These cheeks, we believe, will overthrow
the Radicals and save them from themselves
—and save the country.
Mahshal Bazaine to tiif. Mexicans.—
Tlie Spanish steamer Paris, from Havana,
wnS detained at Vera Cruz two days by a
norther, the captain and purser being ashore
when the norther sprang up. She, therefore,
did not get off till thc morning of the 8th.
In the meantime, was posted up, in Vera
Cruz, Marshal Buzaine’s address to the Mexi
cans. called forth by Maximilian’s proclama
tion. A friend who saw it tells us that in it
the French Marshal says, he abandons tlie
Emperor to the Mexicans—will have noth
ing further to Jo with him, and he need not
count any longer on thc support or protec
tion ot French troops. This is about as good
a thing as Max. could have desired; for, after
the American', there is no people the Mexi
cans hate so much now ns the French. Our
informant also a-sjres us that the reaction in
favor of the Emperor was very great through
out tbs country.—N. O. Picayune.
Incukase of the Currency.— The cor
respondent of the New York Times tele
graphs, under date 19th, that it has been as
certained that a majority of thc Committee
on Banking and Currency are infarcr of an
increase of the currency by the issue of more
legal tenders. The proposition to base an
increased currency on Government bonds,
w jH it is believed, be approved.
the great mass of the people; but it might
happen that a disloyal Judiciary might im
pede the course of justice. Hence there
should be the means of affording protection
by tbo military power. The guilt of the de
fendant bad nothing to do with the present
decision, which has reference to the legality
of the military commission which tried the
*•:*-«• of Mil,'ig.tr:.
The dissenting Judges agreed with the
majority of the Court that Congress did not
confer in this case the power to try the ac
cused by snch a Commission, but bad made
provision for the determination of the ques
tion before the civil courts. It will be re
collected that the cases of Bowles and Hor
sey were analogous to that of Milligan, and
that the parties were released from prison
consequent upon the decision of the Supreme
Court. Thc counsel in these cases were
Judge McDonald, Gen. Garfield and Dudley
D. Field for the petitioners; and for the other
side, Attorney-General Speed, Mr. Stanberry
and Gen. Butler. No notes were permitted to
be taken by reporters in the coart, but the
above, it is believed, give the general points
of the decision. Theconrt-ioom was crowded
with members of the Bar. including a number
from various States, and members ot both
Houses of Congress. It is understood that
the opinions delivered to-day are to be printed
in pamphlet form for public information.
The Amendment no Finalty.—The Times’
■Washington correspondent telegraphs, under
date cl' 20th :
It is not true that a majority of the Repub
lican members of Congress have given assu
rances that thc Senators and Representatives
from South Carolina shall be admitted on thc
adoption of the Amendment by the Legisla
ture of that State, though it is positively
known that quite a number of prominent Re
publicans have done so.
A Serious Notice.—It is said that the
British Minister at Washington lias informed
the United States Government that it will bs
required to maintain its neutrality laws, and
that if Canada is again itvaded from onr
border the invasion will be considered as oDe
ot United States troops.
A Pennsylvania Representative, Hon. Chas.
V. Calver, had to be taken out of Jail in or
der to take Ids seat in Congress. He was in
carcerated on a civil process, and tlit Ser-
geant-at-Arms was sent after him. There are
many more members of the present Congress
who would be jail birds if they had their de
sorts.
J3T* Don’t put out kerosene lamps by
blowing down the chimney. A doctor in
Peoria tried it the other night. The I a inn
exploded, and the doctor narrowly escaped
losing both his eyes.
J5F” Hon. Caleb Lion, Governor of Idaho
says he was robbed of $47,000 Government
money in a sleeping car between Philadelphia
and Washington. Perhaps he was.
ESsT* English detectives think they sec a
Fenian trick in the ocean yacht race.
The President has sent to the Senate a
thousand military nominations.
Thurlow Weed has joined the Democratic
Manhattan Club in New York city.
Why is John Morrissey like the Red Sea?
Because he is death on Faro.
Mrs. Sarah Matin, who has died at Phila
delphia at eighty-seven, was one of the girls
who cast flowers before Washington on his
entre into Trenton.
It is n satisfaction to know that tlie earth
weighs 1,25G,195,070,000,000,000,000 tons.
It is demonstrated that Pennsylvania is in
creasing more rapidly thnn New York.
A little girl in school being asked what a
offence, thiy being civilians. They were
charged wtb being copperheads, in other
words, Democrats; with being members of
that imaginary order tailed the Knights of
the Golden Circle; and that they had sympa
thized with the tause ol the South. For this
alleged offence they were tried by a military
Commission in a State wiiere profound peace
prevailed, and where the civil courts were in
full operation. They were of course con
victed, and sentenced to doth. One General
Hovey, who convened the court, approved of
the sentence, and General Joe Hooker, who
commanded the “military department”
which Indiana was ineltded, also approved
it. This was in March, 1805. Early
April, 1665, President Lincoln also approved
it, and this was among the last of his official
acts. The men were sated from a shameful
and undeserved death, m I faavo stated, by
President Johnson.
By the decision just rendered, the Supreme
Court now holds all the proceedings against
the prisoners, including the original arrest,
to have been illegal, unconstitutional, null
and void, on the ground that military com
missions, in States where the civil courts are
in operation, are unconXitutional, and have no
color of law to supporttkem. The Constitu
tion of the United States secures to every
citizen of the United Stttes, not in the mili
tary service, a trial by jirv. This plain pro
vision of the Censtitutioi was contemptuous
ly trampled upon in thecase of Messrs. Mil
ligan, Horsey and Ba«vles. It was most
shamefully trampled up<n in the case of Mrs.
Surratt. Payne, and tin other alleged con
spirators; and I believe there are military
officers in some parts of the South now who
are trying to trample upon it But the Su
preme Court has at last put a stop to all that,
I enclose a copy of the decision. It has caus
ed wailing and gnashing of teeth among the
Radicals. The Chronicle complains that the
Supreme Court is in league with thc Southern
sympathizers, and threatens it with a Con
gressional investigation ! It says:
“The bravest, and trueit, and wisest men
ot the land, who have usee military tribunals
in defense of the national life, are thus brand
ed as felons, and wc are now told that the
real criminals of the war were not the trai
tors, spies, guerillas, and issassins tried, but
the patriots who tried thim. This extraor
dinary decision will doubtless receive the
serious attention of Congress at an early
day."
So! The Supreme Court i3 only to render
such decisions as are agreeable to the Rump
Congress! Well, when matters reach that
pass, we will have a delightful government.
The most important point in this decision
is the express announcement by the Coart
that Congress has no power to authorize tri
als by military commissions, cither in times
of peace, or in times of war; but that they
are expressly forbidden by the ConstitutioDj
which is the supreme law of the land.
It is stated, on good authority, that Sir
Frederick Bruce, the British minister, has
been instructed.by his government to inform
31 r. Seward that if Canada is again invaded
by a body of armed men from the United
States, such invasion will be regarded as an
invasion by the United States troops. There
The only
his life; alter that it mattered little where or
how lie lived. I may add that he bos grown
simply indifferent as to the. future; lie does
nol expect liberty, and never speaks of it
now; lie does not hope for a trial in the
spring, but presumes that the trial will be
discussed and .liinted at as tlie excuse’ for
the future of the United States. He said r
It is quite plain that yonr government will
never be able to. restrain a distressed and dis
contented: majority. For .with you the ma
jority is the government, and has the rich,
who are always a minority, absolutely at its j japing him where he is.
tnercy, ■ * * * * * I sen-1 ° 10 ,
ously apprehend that you will, in some such
scitBoa as I have described, do things which
will prevent prosperity from returning; that
yon will act like a people who should in a
year of scarcity devour all the seed corn, and
thus make the next year a year not of scarci
ty, but of absolute famine. There will be, I
fear, spoliation. The spoliation will increase
the distress. The distress will produce fresh
spoliation. There is nothing to stop yon.—
Yonr Constitution is all sail nnd no anchor.
As I said before, when a society hns entered
on this downward progress, cither civiliza
tion or liberty must perish. Either somo
Cesar or Napoleon will seize th6 reins of
government with a strong hand, or yonr re
public will be as fearfully plundered and laid
waste by barbarians in the twentieth century
as the Roman Empire was in the fifth, with
this differences That the Huns and Vandals,
who ravaged tlie Roman Empire, came from
without, and that your Huns and Vandals
will have been engendered within your own
country by your own institutions.
.x President Bnchanan is spending a
few days in Philadelphia. He converses free
ly on topics of general interest. Reference
l>eing made to the voluminous dispatches
Secretary Seward is flooding the newspapers
of the country with, and which are given to
the public without regard to the oft times
great interest at stake, 3Ir. Buchanan con
demned the practice, and said that Seward
had exceeded in this line all his successors
collectively. He did not pretend to read
them as "sent to him officially, but de
pended upon the newspapers entirely to furn-
sh the gist of what they contained. 3Ir.
Lincoln's assassination, he thougnt one of the
greatest calamities that had ever befallen the
country. He thought if 3Ir. Lincoln had
lived the country would have been re-united,
and based his opinion upon Mr. Lincoln’s
popularity and strength, which would have
carried him successfully through any under
taking he might have attempted looking to
that end. In regard to Jefferson Davis he
was unable to fortn an opinion as to what dis
posal would be made of him. He scouted
the idea of his being <n any wa v implicated
in the assassination of 31 r. Linct ln, which he
had no doubt Jefferson Davis regretted as
sincerely as did a majority of the Southern
people.
Bishop Elliott.
Bishop Elliott was a son of the late Hon.
Stephen Elliott, a gentleman widely known
for his polished culture and high scientific
attainments, and was born at Beaufort, South
Carolina, in August, 1800. He has fallen in
the maturity of manhood; for, with his fine
constitution, both of body and mind, he had
begun to show no sign of decay. Who is
there of us that does not remember his manly
form and impressive appearance, as he moved
along in our midst, with his intellectual and
benignant countenance, and beloved by all
classes in the community ?
Bishop Elliott was a graduate of Harvard
College. Cambridge, and in early life com
menced the study, and afterwards the prac
tice, of law in his native State. On the
death of his honored father, lie succeeded
him as editor of the Southern Review, then
the leading literary periodical at thc South
This position brought him prominently be
fore the public as a profound thinker, an able
writer, and a man ol scholarly attainments.
He lmd not long been engaged in legal and
literary pursuits, before his deep and earnest
attention was turned to the all-important
subject of religion, nnd the subject of the
Christian ministry. Abandoning the law, he
became an able and eloquent minister of the
gospel. For some time he was Professor of
Christian ethics in thc South Carolina Col
lege, which position he ably filled.
At an cnrly period of his ministry, such
was tlie public estimate of his piety and his
ability, that he was elected Protestant Epis
copal Bishop of the Diocese of Georgia, in
which sacred and responsible office he con
tinued to his death, giving not only satifac
tion, but exciting almost unbounded love
and admiration, for the manner m which he
discharged his sacred functions. As rector
of Christ Church in this city, a position which
he filled besides the episcopal office, he
preached usually every Sabbath, except when
engaged out of the city in diocesan duties.—
All the parishes of Georgia, but none so
deeply as that of Christ Church, Savannah,
share in the common loss to them of the
faithful rector, the eloquent preacher, tlie
able divine, nnd the pious servant of Christ.
But this great loss is not confined to the
church. Society shares in the general grief.
In nothing was Bishop Elliott more remark
able than in the culture of his mind and tho
suavity of his manners. In him were blend
ed the accomplishments of the private gen
tleman nnd the public officer.
cataract or waterfall was, replied thna it was
hair flowing over something, she didn’t knew j j s nothing improbable in this.
w ljat - ! wonder is, that the British government has
A Sad Affair.—We ltarn that a difficulty ! not taken this step long ago. It is quite
occurred at Starkville, between two citizens ' w jthin the power of the United States Gov-
of that place on Wednesday dost, which re-; ernmuntt0 preV ent these Fenian invasions.-
sultedm the death of one of the parties. The ! „ , ,, V, , , . . . * , ^
names of the parties are Win. Bridges, nnd I General ileade has deru s ° • , '’ 1 7
L. B. Wheeler, the former receiving a stab in this can be done. It is much to be hoped
the breast from thc hands of the latter, from | that tlie British government will stand by
which lie died in a few moments. They t jj e declaration that they have now made,
were brothers-in-lar.-. and both respectable ! h f th „ death of the Empress
citizens. AN e know nothing of the orimn of 1 ^ „ ,, m i
the difficulty; but itis greatly to bo regretted Carlotta is not believed here. ie icartJess
that it should have taken place. Wheeler story was probably invented ns the last card
made his (scape, and as yet lias not been ar- use d in induciug the Emperor 3Iaxi-
rested.—Sumter liepublican. t0 abdicate, and abandon Mexico,
Rev. Yardy Wooi.ley, formerly of Say when it wasjseen that all former expedients
annah, and well-known in this city, where he bad failed. But, as I have always maintained
resided daring the war, died at Brunswick, from the first, Maximilian will not abdicate,
oa thc 18th instant. in any event. ^ abwick.
“His life was ccntle, and the elements
So mixod in him. that nature might stand np
And say to all tho world, this was a man!”
Bishop Elliott succeeded thc late Hon. C.
. Henry, as President of the Georgia His
torical Society in 1804. Under his presi
dency, tho Society was largely augmented.
At their meetinw. Yesterday, the Society re-
S" 1 VOi to attend his fincral, ill a body. ami.
besides resolutions to be presented at the
next regular meeting, Hon. Solomon Colicn
was unanimously selected to pronounce a eu
logy on the life and cliaraeter of the de
ceased, at thc anniversary on tho 12tli Feb
ruary next. The selection is an admirable
one, and it is hoped 3Ir. Cohen will accept.
By ihe programme in our columns, it will
be s’ en that the funeral obsequies take place
this day at Christ Church. As n testimony
of respect to thc memory of the lamented
dead, we arc sure this entire community will
unite in attending the luneral services.—Sav.
2ietcs and Herald.
A Man in a SIillion.—3Ir. Beecher related
the following incident in one of his recent
sermons:
Not. long ago a gentleman who was enga
ged in the oii business had made somo twelve
or fifteen thousand dollars, and he concluded
that he had made enough, singular as.it may
seem, and that he would wind lip his affairs
anil come home. I do not believe one of
you would have done it. Fifteen thousand
dollars I Why it is just enough to bait the
trap of mammon. Well, lie wound up his
affairs, and was on the point of leaving, when
h6 was met l?y a young man of Ins acquaint
ance, (I believe they both reside in New
York.) who had invested six thousand dol
lars, all he had, in an experimental well, and
had been boring aud boring until he. had
given out in discouragement. And coming
to this man, he said, “1 shall lose six thous
and dollars if I am obliged to give up my
interest in that well,” and begged him to
take it off his hands. “I am selling out and
not taking on.” says the man. Bnt the young
man pleaded with linn, and out of personal
kindness he said, “Very well,'! will take it.”
In two days they struck a vein in this well,
and it was an immensely fruitful well, and
be sold his share for two hundred thousand
dollars. The young man was present when
the check was drawn on New York for the
amount, and he felt like death and mourned
and said, “It is always my Iuck ; 1 am al
ways a little too late.” And tho man said.
You may take ten thousand of it, if you
want.” The young man thought he was
jesting, but lie assured him he was not, and
said, “ I will make it twenty thousand if it
will do you any good. Or,” said ke,
will make tt fifty thousand. Well," said he,
“take the whole of it; I do not want it.
Give me the six thousand, and you may have
the advantage of the good luck.” And so
he gave the two hundred thousand. All of
you that would have done that may rise up.
Bishop Elliott.—A private letter from
Savannah, published in the Augusta Consti
tutionalist contains thc following 5
Savannah, Dec. 22.
* * * * * *
Our beloved Bishop died suddenly last
evening. I was called soon after be was
taken, but before a physician, or even any of
his family could reach him, he had died.
He was to have returned to the city this
morning; but changing his plans, telegraph
ed his wife that lie would be here by the
train from 3Iacon, last evening. At a quar
ter past seven o’clock he arrived at our depot
about half past seven reached home—was
very cheerful; eat a hearty supper, and then
complained of feeling unwell and left the
room. The family heard a fall, and found
him lying flat on the face, as he had fallen,
and dead. The fall itself was enough the
physicians say, to seriously injure him.
Whether apoplexy, or heart disease, or
what is not known. At half past eight he
was dead.
From thc Savannah Republican we extract
the following order of exercises observed in
the fuueral ot the Bishop.
The remains will be conveyed to Cnrist
Church at 7 A.3L, and placed in front of the
chancel.
The morning prayer will commence at 7
o'clock.
The ante-communion office at 11 A.3L, to
be immediately followed by the burial ser
vice ol Hie church.
3. The Presidents duty was limited w
holding of the people in control until tl
ot Congress was promulgated.
4. In calling these bodies toother
framing constitutions the Comman,»-
Chief transcended his. powers, and o ^
ments thus instituted werfliinvalid.
5. 'It was the duty of Congress to
tute governments founded upon Reuu| D ’ *
principles, calculated to protect life hi ^
property and the natural rights of the ink”’'
tants, and restrain and punish evil di« *-
enc-mies of the Government. ^ K ' 5 '
0. Among the principles lor the new St
governments are the right of suffrage
eligibility to office of all citizens, r ,.„®
of race or color; aud the exclusion lrom •
frage and lrom offices of trust honor ?■
profit, whether Federal, State, tenjtori 1
municipal, until relieved by Coii'toss. of ►
office-holders < under Confederate or s ®
powers or authority proclaimed by Co n „ :t
or the Executive as insurrectionary, w i 1 ?.l S
said offices be civil or military; also a|i ^
sons who voted for the ordinance pf
sion or gave it aid and comfort. sec&
7. The Assocation recommends the j Bn ,
diate call of State Conventions to intrne c-
stitutions or institute preliminary estai.iy
meats analogous to territorial govemm™
■ The memorial sets forth, in S i x r
printed pages, the history of the one!'
course and termination of tlie war, d.^i'
ing in strong terms the past disadvaotn?"
and present sufferings ol tlieir party
pleading uot only safety for tliemseivc’*
fellow-sufferers; but for ’.heir still “bleed;*!*
country. The memorial concludes thus- 3
We ask for. speedy, sharp, short and dec-;
sive action, and wc ask it it the name «*j
behalf of devoted friends of the Uni„ a l
habiting the test portions of thc confine**
no one of whom can claim that he enjnrj*L
blessings of a free republican government »
the security which the Constitution cf : ,
United States guaraptecs to the cititjX
Therefore your memorialists herewith saV
mit the resolutions of our association as]
respectfully admonish Congress of the dan-
gets and increased complications of delay
They pray your honorable body for immedi
ate action in.accordance with the print,pin
announced. Justice, mercy and the nation]
security alike demand the remedy.
The document is signed by Thomas J. D ■-
rant, President, and Daniel H. Bringharl
Secretary.
mb. Davis,
The correspondent of a New York piper
writing from Fortress ilonr'oe, says of Mr,
Davis: • ’ • • '
3Ir.‘ Davis, as I have been told, expressa
gratification at the arrest of Surratt. H»h
gratified because now lie sees thc way cleue
than ever to tho establishment of his on
innocence in connection with the death otJb,
Lincoln. Even if the captured fugitive pn!
fere the accusations it is claimed he will, U
livers that it will be a very simple and eist
matter to disprove them, and his anxiety a
regard to the result hns this depth sndcoa-
pass and no more—the desire of an early op
portunity to meet and refute the charge.
And on the conclusion of his letter, tddi:
Concluding this topic, I will thereforeidd
that the capture of Surratt has not dimini.4a
the appetite of Jeff. Davis; that his sleep hu
been none the less on account of it; that In
maintains the same even tenor of mind ml
spirits, and is as cordial nnd social tsew I
toward the officers of the fort and visitiq ®
friends daily calling to see him.
Doctoring Fruit Tekes.—A gentle
of Rochester was lately in Saratoga cosiit, j
New York, and was there shown an apple
tree in fine healthy condition, which Ind been
ill, subjeoted to treatment with calomel,ud
thoroughly cured. The tree was ufflictei j
with insects, which were destroying it ud I
rendering it unproductive. A hole ire? : :: |
into the body ot the tree nearly tbrosri tb
sap, and two grains cf calomel inserted, ii I
soon as the calomel was taken up bythesjk
the vermin on the tree began to die, Mdi
began to bear fruit and has done so for tbr“
years, to the entire satisfaction of the oweff.
Sulphur may be mixed with the enkmdei
produce a good effect. This is a fact word |
knowing.
K#'' The city of Mexico correspondent td
the New Orleans Times states that Emperor
Maximilian has determined not to abdicci
just yet, and had issued a proclamation exil
ing for a congress of the Mexican people. “
consider the future government of the country.
The empire has been divided into fonrnffi-
tary divisions, with Gens. Vidaurie, Mfiix
Jliratuier, and 3Iarquez in command. Mil*
milian bas changed his headquarters »
Puebla. Ten million dollars and fortjtbf**
and men have been raised to defend tad*!!*
port the Empire. The French have deelctd
lor non-intervention, and seized the caswa-
house at Yera Cruz.
3Ir. Davis.—The New York Herald, in
speaking of the iniquitous attempts lately
made to revive the old story of 3Ir. Davis’
complicity with the assassination of 3Ir. Lin
coln, says: “The statement which we pub
lished yesterday from our ilontreal corres
pondent fully bears out the views which we
recently expressed regarding the alleged
complicity of Jeff. Davis and his Cabinet
with the assassination plot. IVc never enter-
tnined a doubt of the falseness ot the charge.
No man in 3Ir. Davis’s position could pos.-i-
bly have lent a moment’s attention to the
consideration of such a plan, for the simple
reason that it would have ruined him in the
esteem and confidence of the very people
whom it was intended to serve.” Apart
from this merely business-like aspect ot the
case, the Herald might have added that the
character of3Ir. Davis, both ns a gentleman
and Christian, is an ample shield to protect
him against the foul imputation of having
any knowledge of a contemplated murder.
The people ot Jefferson county, "West
. irginia, have refused to pay tho taxes of
Governor Boreiuan's Legislature, in order to
test the legality of tlieir forced separation
from the Old Dominion.
Madame Ristori 3Iakes a Speech.—
Madame Ristori, the distinguished trage
dienne, closed her engagement in Washing
ton city on Monday last, appearing in her
great character ot “Elizabeth” to a crowd
ed house. She was called betore the curtain,
and made the following farewell speech:
Ladies and Gentlemen—3Iy reception at
Washington has impressed me profoundly.
The capital of this wonderful nation, the
great names of the past aud tlie present that
consecrate it, inspire a thousand emotions. I
can speak but one—God bless America.
A Washington letter, referring to the
speech, says: It was of twenty-nine seconds
duration, which took her two days to com
mit to memory, in order to speak it in the
English language.
Returning Emigrants.—We learn from
the New York Sun that several hundred Irish
emigrants, recently arrived are leaving that
port every week, on their way back to their
native land. They declare themselves dis
appointed, and prefer the old country, with
all its poverty and British oppression, to the
uncertainties of this.
fesf Tlie LaGrange Reporter says: “ Per
haps there is no place of the size of LaGrange
that can boost of so many lawyers, There
are nineteen lawyers now practicing in La-
Grange. Among them may bo found ths
brightest ornaments of the profession.'’
EST" The English army is at preset- -
want of recruits—a want it is found t*7
difficult to supply; and the newspaper 3
view of Irish revolutions and European
plications, are nervously discussing the »
means to fill up the thinned ranks. The i*
difficulty is the aristocratic constitutio:«
the army, the separation of the offices E-
men by caste, and che hopelessness felt by
soldiers ot ever being able to mount to* 3
officer’s rank.
We publish the platform ol the’-
called” Southern loyalists. A Washing
telegram of the 21st, says—
Washington, Dec. 21.—Thc
Senators now here express great m'Lr' 3 *??
at the memorial of the Southern
published this morning, and before
for tlieir homes will reply to tlie charge
therein against the Southern people.
P?~A Fortress Monroe correspondent
of Jeff. Davis in relation to thc cap' --;;
Surratt: “Eveiy feeling of bis nature ^
at assassination, and particular^ to
man as 3Ir. Lincoln. Although liin
in the contest of arms, he respected hin>
integrity and high magnanimity of c,1 V s f
and sincere, untiring devotion to wo* 3
considered right.
jsgr Sir Frederics Bruce has had all hi* '•' '
stolen.—Exchange.
Not surprising, as at last acconnls Be-*--
was in \Yashiu«ton. It is really astonif’- 3 ?
it'
people will not be more careful of their va.
when he is about.
A clergyman, in addressing a 1*
i behalf of universal suffrage witaou--
pr*I tf
atre-
LI* oM* I
gard to race, color, age or sex, said •
doxical as this Riay seem to Thee, o.i ■'
it is nevertheless true.”
^“In some parts of Yorkshire, - ^
flood caused the destruction of tho—'' |u '‘
hares, rabbits and even of pheasants.
. «... - . ,je
A prize ot l,500f. is offered ■. ^
French Government for the be.-t "
Archaeology.
Thcr? are Socrates, Xenopliofl, *
Napoleon and Alexander streets in - c
leans.
The Emperor of Brazil has eniancip *
all his si ivea.
Jacob Thompson, late of the -° ut “
Confederacy, was at Vera Cruz lateiy.