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MACON, GA., FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1867.
!YOL. 2, NO. 14
GEOfiGIA TELEGRAPH
ASHING HOUSE.
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TIic Position ol* England
the Nations.
From tlie Cincinnati Enquirer.!
We publish elsewhere an article irom the
Commercial, under the heading of “England
I on the Down Grade,” which we propose to
make the ba§is of somo reflections. It is the
I opinion of our coteraporary that “England is
I old and decrepit; that for “fifty years she
Term* of Subscription : | has been hoodwinking the nations of Europe
Wkeklt TKi.uc.iura: $100 per by drawing upon the reputation she acquired
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JOB F1USTING.
•V.-iicnlnr attention will be given to the
. , el'JOB PRINTING of every descrip-1
at Trafalgar and Waterloo,” and that lately
they “have become convinced that even her
supremacy of the seas was hut a chimera of
their own credulity, and that for long yeare
she has enjoyed greatness merely by suffer
ance.” We are farther informed that it was
the late mode of constructing war-ships that
“struck a death-blow to the power of Eng
land; that her old wooden vessels, which
were tormerly her strongest bulwarks, are
now but “toys, and arc ns useless for purpo
Among j surpassed in the world, and whose dogs even
' are among the most powerful—will not hold
their own with the continent, where animal
life is not seen and eaten in any such strength
and quantity, and where, as in France, there
is little or no increase of the population.—
England is to-day where she has been for
centuries, and where she is likely to continue
for centuries more: at the very head of the
great powers of tho Old World. We say this
without reference to her policy, and with no
national partiality or bias in her favor, hut
because it is a historical fact that cannot,
with truth, be denied or gainsaid. England
is our rival, aud may be our enemy, buc it is
poor and '
in power, »«v .... ...... ........ ,
shall not encounter a “foeman worthy of our I J
steel.
Mexico.
THE POLITICAL SITUATION—ENGLAND’S IX-
TEItEST IN MEXICO—THE QUESTION OF
FOREIGN INTERVENTION.
From the London Time?, January 29.J
If the Mexicans have not yet succeeded in
making themselves a nation, they have, at
any rate, made themselves a difficulty. Their
destinies form a subject of embarrassing in
terest to more than one great power, and a
complete puzzle to the whole world. They
rai auu may ue our enemy, our it is ^ ‘ d ' ed „ a le uj ncapab l e o{ sell .
idiotic to insist that she is gigantic „ overnm( . nt » and tbe y bar* certainly never
let been able to govern themselves orto ac-
Ku.'Mst* of tiii; Fortieth Congress.
f ( gather from n Northern exchange the
m regard to tho overwhelming I ses of defense as her fishing smacks.” Her
, , , ... ■ commerce and colonics are represented as
BtBi'h of tbo Radical P : J * defenseless and hopeless, while “Russia, with
ji .rs which commences on the otli of I her magnificent iron-clad fleet floating innjes-
rh nest. Strong as that party is in the tically upon the waters of the Baltic,” and
. «*t Congress, it will be much more pow- “Prussia, with her colossal armies,” arc ready
; ! ia the next. In the Senate there will £ an >; to P ouac « andd «l
“ ail stroy her. We are again told that for a long
^Imtilvo Democrats proper ; Messrs. Sauls-1 dl0 be ]j c f ; n be r strength obtained
t and Riddle, of Delaware ; Mr. Hen- unlimited credence with the Trans-Atlantic
0 f Indiana ; Mr. Guthrie, of Ken- j world, although she never, during that time,
b, and .Mr. Buckalcw, of Pennsylvania. | performed any prodigy of valor to foster this
belief.
Snch is the picture ofEngland, drawn by
the artist ol the Commercial. Is it in any
sense true, or is it a mere daub by an igno
rant tyro in the historic art ? Let us see:
First, the Commercial is surprised that the
. . belief should be so general of her great power
f Wisconsin, and Dixon, ot Connecticut, and re80Urces among tho nations. This is
..iking twelve in all. The Radical strength I said of a country which, although in extent
will befortv and adding Nebraska, forty-two, of territory not larger than the State ot Mis-
iving" them a much more than three- souri-an island on the western coast of En-
‘ s - _ --- I rope—founded and rules to this day an Em
pire larger in extent than any other in the
world, and having a greater population than
any save China. It is said of a country
which, thus small and inconsiderable in nat
ural resources, has become the wealthiest na
tion that has ever been seen on this globe;
with a commercial marine which, leaving out
Unit at lltc Tniierle*—Extra c
from a Letter from a JLtuly.
cept a governor at the hand* of any other
nation. When, however.it is said they re-
sembleno other peon'- - r .0 be forgot
ten that they represent a Spanish colony, and
that Mexico, after ali, is really like Spain.
Take the actual state of the country at this
moment, and what do we find ?
The possesssion of political power in Mex-
V Democrats, on national ques'ions, will,
.never, be reinforced by seven Conscrva-
j.: Messrs. Johnson and Swann, of Mary
. 1. Davis, ot Kentucky ; Norton, of Min
, , {!l; Patterson, of Tennessee; Doolittle,
nurtlis majority. In the House, which, ex
uding the Southern States, is composed of
Ijijj members, there will be 29 vacancies in
jnseqaence of no elections having aa yet
Via held ia several of the States. It will
.land on the 4th of March, 129 Radicals to
fi Democrats, giving tho Republicans more I that of the United States, (whose people arc
in a three-fourths vote, and if the present her descendants and speak her language) is
^presentation in tho States to elect is no t larger,probably than that of the rest of the f ng
1 -i, _ » k - world put together. It is said of a country
hiSi'ed, the Radical strength will not be di- | save its contests with America, has j wb j
liriahed.
IxjvERsiTT of Gkorgia.—Tile Atnens I E ur0 p e>
jr.iT ot Monday says : “ The exercises of It was no
. institution were resumed on Friday French at Crcssy in the fonrteenth century,
,, . . * , . - * I or at Agmcourt in tlie fifteenth, or at Blen-
Sihmst. One hundred and l.lty students L Jm cighteCDt or at Waterloo in the
»in actual attendance and more still nre I n j ne tcc n tl», vietory always declared for her.
aim; in. Seventy new applicants have It made no difference whether she was led by
1 matriculated. Twentv-fivc or thirty Edward III, Henry V, or Marlborough, or
«neJ soldiers arc present'at the University Wellmgton-whether the war was in France,
, , , , , , , or in Belgium, m Spain, or in Canada, or in
[pit School, where they are boarded by Mr. 1 t |, c i n( jie9— s j 10 always gained the day. She
'-:-!cy Nance and instructed by members of I conquered France under the greatest of her
t CoUroe Faculty. Tho palmy days of the I monarch in modern times—Louis the XIV
nt i,i«r ” I and Napoleon I—the latter of whom declared
University are com.ng back at last. ^ tUc ^ og( . povTcrfu , of al , bis enemies.
The Banner also says : I F 0ur times have the gates of Paris opened
Mr. Benjamin T. Hunter. A. M., has been to admit an English army, which has also
pointed President of the University High bcen to Madrid, Lisbon, Amsterdam and
tool ami will ente.’ promptly upon his du- ftn( i Brussels. A huge portion of her colo-
We understand tliat ho lias experience I n j e3 have been taken and held by force from
a teacher, and he brings the best testiino- the other European powers. No foreign hos-
Paris, January 19, 1867.
It was the first Court ball of tho season,
(January 16th.) Everybody consequently I ico is disputed by half a dozen military lead-
had new dresses, and the new styles were e rs, who scarcely profess any principle, but
introduced and looked very elegant. I told w ho are ready to oppose all adversaries by
you in a lonner letter I had met Mrs. I force of arms, and to shoot or banish any
and Miss , and finding they were also I rival who may fall into their hands. In these
to be presented, I concluded to call for them proceedings they are not controlled by any
and £ ' ~
leave the house at eight o'clock, as I had to I no public
beat Mrs. ’s at half-past seven, and I tation of the term. The more adventurous
was punctual for once. _ _ | or turbulent spirits are ranged under the ban
The ground floor at the Tuilerics was fit- ners of one or other of the contending chiefs,
ted up beautifully as a pavilion, with the j b ut as for the rest of the population, we never
French flags, and velvet carpets, Ac. We so much as hear of it. The people seem ut-
entered by thepacillon dijjore, and weresur- terly indifferent to the quarrels of tbe mili-
rounded by ushers in Court dress, and you tary, probably because it matters little to
are puzzled to know if they are guests or I them which soldier is uppermost for the time,
servants, so elegantly do they appear. In 1 One or other of these leaders claims the pow-
tliat room you throw off your wrappings and cr of government, or either actually clutches
give them to your footman, who takes them it or prevents anybody else from doing so.—
to your carriage; then wc ascended the e»ca-1 The latter is the more common result, and
lierdela chapette to the ante-cliamber, where therefore Mexico is usually in a state of an-
wcgave up onr cards, and informed the gen- archy. But, allowing for this absence of a
tlemnn of the ante-chamber that we were for preponderating force, in what does Mexico
presentation. differ materially from Spain? Ofcourse, the
We are carried along by the ushers—I cau’t I character of the Mexican chiefs is affected by
call them servants—to the *aUe blanche, an the conditions of a ruder country and a lower
immense room. The walls were gold and civilization, nor would it be just to Narvaez,
white, the carpet, the lounges and chairs of 0 r O’Donnell, or Prim to compare them with
gobelins; a very remarkable piano was in Marquez, or Miramon, or Juarez. Practi-
tbis room, and the whole was very grand, cally, however, the course of affairs in cither
There wc waited for two long hours watch- country is pretty much tho same. Military
' igeach new arrival, and wondering from leaders scramble lor power by military means,
hat part of America they came. After a in Spain tho army is a regular army, and,
. . .. • . while General Dix came up to me and said, therefore, military contests take the form of
. u^ays liccn victorious a country which um- j as j was to be t be fourth presented I should j*egular military insnrrectious. In Mexico
.p. Athens I k cat ** le trf>0 P s t ‘ ,e Continent of j s t and b y the window ; and that we must all I there is no regular army, but only armed fac-
c ' I Eurone. ! arrange ourselves in the order our names ap- tions, and so the contests take the form ot
m: 111er^ wnetheshe^ met the ; pearet i on the list of presentation. brigandage. In neither case do the public or
, The Americans were all arrayed on one the people at large appear to take the least
side of the room, and on the other the Eng-1 interest, or claim the least share in the revo-
lish, Avitli the Minister, (Lord Cowley.) and lutions accomplished.
the Austrians, Spanish, Germans, Ac., with it may, perhaps, be asked why any people,
their representatives. " and, above all, why we in England should
In the first room all.the Ambassadors and concern ourselves about the affairs of Mexico,
their ladies were presented, and then came What is Mexico to ns any more than Mada-
our room. The head chamberlain announced gascar ? We can only reply that Mexico
the Emperor, and lie commenced with the owes us a great deal of money, which Mada-
English, and went through their line. There gascar does not, and that, like Spain again,
were not many of any nation present except she makes very little approach toward the
the Americans, and they only numbered discharge of her obligations. Besides this,
twenty-seven. General Dix introduced each the country is so advantageously placed, and
ono of us separately, by name and residence so prodigiously rich in natural resources, that
in the United States. it is impossible to look Avith indifference on
The Emperor having gone through the in- the abuse of such gifts, and the utter loss of
traduction, General Dix presented tbe Em- what might be a precious contribution to the
press to each one by name as before; after wealth of the world. The fact is, we began
which the Empress took the Emperor’s arm some years ago with an extraordinary sympa-
A Fcarlnl Picture.
At a certain tows meeting in Pennsylvania, the
question came up whether any persons should, be
licensed to sell rum. The clergyman, the deacon,
and physician, strange as it may appear, all favored
it. One man only spoke against because ol the
mischief it tiid. The question was about to be
put, when all at once there arose from one corner
of the room a miserable woman. She was thinly
clad, and her appearance indicated the utmost
wretchedness, and that her mortal career was al
most closed. After a moment of silence, and all
eyes being fixed upon her, she stretched her atten
uated body to its utmost height, and then her
long arms to their greatest length, and ra sing her
voice to a shrill pitch, she called to all to look up
on her.
“Yes i” she said, “look upon me, and then hear
me. All that the las* speaker has said relative to
temperate drinking, as being the father of drunk
enness, is true. All drinking of alcoholic poison,
as a beverage in health, is excess. Look upon
me! You all know mu, or once did. You all
know I tras once the mistress ot the best farm in
the town. You all know, too, I had one of the
best, the most devoted of husbands. You all know-
I had fine, noble-hearted, industrious boys. Where
are they now ? Doctor, whero arc they now ?—
You alt know. You all know they lie in a row
side by side in yonder churchyard; all—every one
of them filling a drunkard’s grave! They were all
taught to believe that temperate drinking was safe,
that excess alone ought to be avoided, and they
never acknowledged “excess. They quoted you,
and you, and you, (pointing with her shred of a
finger to the minister, doctor, and deacon,) as
authority. They thought themselves safe under
such teachers. But I saw the gradual change com
ing over my family and prospects, with dismay aud
horror. I felt wc were all to be overwhelmed iu
I'm- (■•iniiuou ruin. I tried to ward oli 'tu- ! low.—
I tried to break the spell, the delusive spell, in
which the idea ot the benefits of temperate drink
ing had involved my husband and sons. I begged,
I prayed, but the odds were against me.
‘The minister said the poison that was destroy
ing my husband and boys was a goed creature of
God; the deacon, who sits under the pulpit there,
and took our farm to pay the rum bills, sold them
the poison; the doctor s Aid a little inn goodk'iad
excess only to be avoided. My poor husband and
my poor boys fell into the snare, and they could
not tscape; at.il one after another was conveyed
to the sorrowful grave ol the drunkard. Now
look at me again. You probably see me for the
last time. My sands have almost run. I have
dragged my exhausted frame from my present
home—your poor house, to warn you, false teacher
of God’s word!” And with her arms flung high,
and her tall form stretched to its utmost, and her
voice raised to an unearthly pitch, she exclaimed:
“I soon shall stand beiorc the judgment-seat of
Tlie Sherman Amendment.
The following is the full text of Mr. Slier
man’s bill a s it passed the Senate and was
sent to the House:
TVhcrcas, No .legal State Governments or
adequate protection for life or property now
exist in the rebel States of Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida, Texas and
Arkansas; and whereas, it is necessary that
peace and good order should be enforced in
said States until loyal and republican State
Governments can be legally established
therefore,
Be it eDacted, etc. That said rebel States
shall be divided into military districts, and
made subject to the military authority of the
United States, as hereinafter prescribed, and
for that purpose Virginia shall constitute the
first district; North Carolina and South Car
olina the second district; Georgia, Alabama
and Florida the third district; Mississippi
and Arkansas the fourth district, and Louis
iana and Texas the fifth district.
Sec. 2. That it shall be the duty of tho
President to assign to the command of each
of said districts an officer of the army not
below the rank of Brigadier General, and to
detail a sufficient military force to enable
such officer to perform his duties and enforce
his authority in the district to which he is
assigned.
Section 8. That it shall be the duty of each
officer assigned as aforesaid to protect all
parsons iu their rights of person and prop
erty, to suppress insurrection, disorder and
violence, and to punish or cause to be pun
ished all disturbers of the public peace and
criminals, and to this end he may allow local
civil tribunals to take jurisdiction of and try
offenders, or when in his judgment it may he
necessary for the trial of offenders, he shall
have power to organize military commissions
or tribunals for that purpose, and all inter
ference, under color of State authority, with
the exercise of military authority under this
act, shall be null and A'oid.
Section 4. That all persons put under mili
tary arrest by virtue of this act shall be tried
without unnecessary delay, and no cruel or
. - , I ----- '— ill 4A .1 | 'VL*re IUU UIU1C3 ui nuiiur. a wua mn muui unions in i.uuir ubii, n uicu, u uul uoastun,
nuMfor retreat for education can * ,e I fighting power should be pretty good, not j | m p ressc( | with their beauty, and some ot were scarcely less interesting; they rose iu
n»l in our State. 1 only in Europe, y ut ^ ,n America . | them were quite elderly. I do not think tho arms for their independence, which gave
This is not the first time she lias been dc- Empress very beautiful, except when she is them credit in our eyes; and all England
,11 Tiw ” African Methodist Episcopal I dared to be on the “ downward grade, one ; convers i n g an d becomes animated. I proba- looked upon the Spanish Colonies of America
‘defence of Vireinia.” at its recent session I was 80 declared in 1 < SO, when she had lost i b |„ eS p ec ted too much beauty. A. and Miss and upon Mexico above all the rest, as enter-
a m*rirnn colonies, and when the fleets of, danced, of course; but as neither Mrs. ing upon a long and prosperous care.-r.
nor myseif indulged in that portion of | How widely different the actual result has
„ , . , ... . , the American colonies, and when the fleets of
IVtcrsjurg, adopted a reporl on the state p rance and Spain rode for a brief season tri-
coiintry,’’ in which this passage occurs: 1 umplinnt in the British channel. But she ^ tl)e enterta ; mnent) j feasted my eyes. I been need not be now remarked, but it may
very many of the districts of the country was then upon thccvcofone of the most ( The rooms were crowde d; upwards of two be observe d that since our Spanish colonies
« the dependence of the colored people bn JU"«P a ff* ln | thousand persons were present, comprising bavc realized at any rate a portion ot the
mtlic white, and the white upon the col- her not ° n,y tb * cel f eb , r ^ °f , Pa ,™ H C e ’ but 11 expectations formed of them the failure of
ir.i.n, lirimHimiifW 1 heir Majesties w ent through tlie rooms at | condmons of its origin or population. Mex
*d, lias been so complete, good feeling ex
»towards us; and efforts to-day are making I to the rock o? 8t Helena. By means of her
'our white brethem in the Southern States vast subsidies and money, in arms and re-
...... „. ,i sources, she kept Austria, Russia and Ger-
•fntfi: us religiously and otlicrwise. | nany j n tbe g e j d untd 9b(J was read y to strike
„ 1 ” .. — iiiia to the earth nt Waterloo. Has this
HT A German^ paper says the Turkish Em- ^ immeusc in the past , becn rca i| y ^embroidered
u to be divided nmong European Sov- I a t r j c ken with paralysis, and “ become old J sii , c of t)le t
eleven o’clock to open the supper room; to j j co ought to be, at least, as good as Peru or
go through that you had to pass through the djili, and yet it has never been able to settle
Throne room, the curtains and lounges of down to any such political organizations as
which are of dark red velvet, embroidered in wou jd allow of the development of its means
th,. nlirhenn reX ‘he canopy over the throne is red vel-1 and rcsoarccs . There has been no wnnt of
me jiom., ueen rtnny i vet embroidered with bees in gold, and on I a,~i«. Ynmlm mm-.
_ foreign capital or enterprise. Foreign mer-
is-1 “" VTwr.nit * AVhrre are tho evidences of i ' stuc "* l,,c tl,rone stand two of the Cent chants have flocked to Mexico, in spite of the
, ‘ chmv“anr lick of iduck a^In I GartUs; ,he >' are ‘-* le S» nt| y Pressed in a blue treatment they received, and tho Mexicans
40 L* * ™ t !iro all over six feet. It seems I mi „ bt liave al ^ 03t ^ much a monopoly of
s’na—England to liave Egypt, and Rus-
Turkey, with a slice cut out to give B - , , .— i mieui
King ol Greece. Where is Napoleon's | Hermann, ; ^or ln^putting impossible to regard them ns flesh and blood, | siiver
It they think he w to w . ...... ....,... .... ...... ..— . . . .. . .
degenerating, in consequence ot tho
weakness of all the combatants, into chrbnic
might have almost as much a monopoly
is = . ------q niniSnv in'ln/lln nil of which ! *«=»»•« *“*“ i silver as the Dutch islands in the East have
bo ignored in f “ nts haveTipJened in our mvn timw - they are 80 ,ta . tue . hk f J stood close to them* of spec ie. The ruin of the country has been
W1 , „ events mue nappencu lu our own uxurai and conversed about them, and I am sure civil war de^en ' flMta
Jiviiiou, they will find they have made a | IIas she not maintained intact all her colo- j th kne „. wu wcrc talking about them, but 1 - *
nies? ! they moved not a muscle.
’ “ It will be impossible to describe the sup-
'ikc.
third since Waterloo, while that of France
anarchy. It is probable that tbe Spaniards
left a fatal legacy in a wealthy and bigoted
5TT11C change from the bnshel to the has been almost stationary? In the: great ^^ ttat hwrt coifld prfertho<Kl,t^2dous* alike cd"* end ovment
'•’al measure for grain, etc., is to bo raau- T« ant, ‘y ot ,^f, 1 ,kirmln.Zlf i wi,h for was tl,ere - A bott,c of ice(1 cllam ' and power; but this, again, cannot have been
media St. Lonis on tho first ot March. ,ul tba . n e ' 1 dJreoved w — 1 1 ,a = ne dccantered was before near, y ever y peculiar to Mexico among the colonies of
v„«„. of c itJ . ^ si 1 ftastfr#:
nmlo out by the secretary, of the St. h<arragut, or any other United States naval At the end of this grand supper room stood Cldf wb ich created strife in Mexico; but the
Warehouse Company,comparing prices oflicer, whether he considers wooden a esseis the s ;j ver an d other ornaments used on state unfortunate fact was, that whatever might be
. • I aF nnr oaFiiiinr in war nnn lift will nnint to • w w_ «..** a.n _i» ! . 1 ... . _ . . P .
t’ushvl nod pei
T PlT centa1 ’ I that , i “y “ ind confusion, and Iconld fill quires I onecatoe over another. The Glance of power
-e price now paid here) will be . ~ 9j. leans, and iipon winch Farra^ut, from choice, j ot paper i n trying to describe them, lou do protracted tbe contest until at last the prin-
*• Louis the price is now about 80c. per always kept his pennant Hying. not return by tbe same entrance, but go out c i p ies contended for, whatever they may have
1 He Will tell of the capture of the iron In-1 by tlle ^ ahonmur. be P C n. were forgotten in the mere brutish
— dlanola bv the wooden Queen of the «»t, , i ts balustrade of bror.ze is one of tho most quarrel of rival factions. If there be any
*«Ments OF Cotton.—The Savannah :,nd "’ill declare that for service upon me magnificent in the world ; the staircase and party with a definite cause and a wcll-con-
k,biic„ ;VX Vhe movement of cot- 9ett9 ’, and in th ° ornamented by the Emperor’s £T v £i oi.ject, we may presume it to be the
' C!m statM tbat tl,c movement ot cot woo rf an steamer* are lar preferable to iron- bod rd> in their steel armor and i le j mef8 ! t of t J , le pricst / nd ' thftt party ba8 madc
"becoming large, not only in the nmu- c j nda . If the latter arc a success at all, which of brasS) cach standing on a st<;pi one above f ern { s witb Maximilian.
iptt of is not certain, it is mainly for coast defenses i tb(J otber> making them appear as statues. I -\y c can ^ but one
bales, but in value. The receipt!
1 «tlie norts for tho four weeka ending •md coast batteries. The greater portion of, do not daubt tha ° many t0 ok them for such,
me pons lor uio lull. . I the mercantile manne of Europe, both by sail { .—hi,i »m.ir. during tl.,-
» t. j 60 immovable did they remain during the
f . - and by steam, is in the hands of England; wbo j c evening.
'•Mod hales, and the exports to foreign I sbe j 3 the great ship-builder, and lias the j General Dix’s residcncehasalready become
'•‘during the same limo about one j great iron foundries, and Um idea that wjth ni ost popular here. His receptions are very
and ei»
T ‘!ue of tlie
* — j r.urope. win mo ubuiuhi u, v. ing.-——
Ol dollars. Thfe largo stun, in con- ^ for ocean defenses, is almost to the point t j P guished that crowd Paris,
with the valuo of exports of tobacco, of ridiculousness. Those powers are alto-
■"■•oi and other products, will acconnt I gether predominant ontheseas which have ahetue Isdians of tbe Lost Txx Tribes of
... ,,,r- ! the Mi.lors and tin- emimi.-n e. and they rue ,,-e it .-tat-t in a late Memphis 15,.1-
p.ession in exchange an 10 I England and the United States. In case ot a , etjn that forae Jewish rabhi, livinir in Memphis,
* I nf flint, nnwpr wnnl “i P h,,ucja ** trhir'
practical conclusion
from all these facts, and that is, that inter
vention in Mexico, unless it were to take the
shape of complete conquest, can be of no
avail. The temptation, or, we should rather
soy, the provocation to interfere was so great
that we ourselves, only the other day, made
an attempt at the work, but we have certain
ly reason to be satisfied tbat we retired when
wc did. Maximilian, Avho represented tbe
final expression of that expedition, has been
really a Avell-raeaning, moderate and able
sovereign. It seem3 to be shown by bis oo-
sition at this moment that the only objection
God. I shall meet yon there, you lafie guides, and unusual punishment shall be inflicted; and
be a witness against you all!” no sentence of any military commissioner
The miserable woman vanished. A dead silence tribunal hereby authorized, affecting the life
pervaded the assembly; the minister, deacon, and liJ, er tv of anv nerson shall be executed
physician hung their heads, and when the presi- or ? or any person, snail oe txecuicu
dent of the meeting pnt the question, “Shall any I until it is approved by the ofiicei in corn-
licenses be granted for the sale of spiritous li- mand of the district; and the Jaws and regu-
quora ?” the unanimous response was- -“No!” I lations for the government of the army shall
„ —„ not be affected by this act, exceut in so far as
The Future French Emperor.—Tlie thev may conflict with its provisions,
young Prince Napoleon Eugenic Lcuis Jean g ec That when the people of any of
Joseph, son of Napoleon and Eugenie, and sa | ( | rebel States shall have formed a const!-
prospective Emperor of France, was born on tutional government in conformity with the
the 15th ot March, 1856, and is now drawing Constitution of the United States, in ail re-
towarcl the completion ot Ins eleventh year, spects, framed by a convention of delegatus
While still in arms he was placed on the elected by tbe male citizens of said State,
muster-roll of the French Imperial Guards, as twenty-one years old and upward, of what-
a private in the regiment; for. as it Avas in- ever C0 j 0 r or previous condition, Avho
tended that he should receive a military ed-1 have been resident in said State for one year
ucation, and afterward assume a military previous to the day of such election, except
command, it was designed as a eompliinent 3UC h as may be disfranchished for participa-
to the army that lie should, at least nominal- I j n rebellion or for felony at common
through all the gradations of the service. j aw . anc ^ w hen such constitution shall pro-
When old enough to begin to learn the nadi- v i(j e that the elective franchise shall be en
tary exercises, he was put through them with I joyed by all such persons as have the qualiti
other youths of his own age, and in this way I cation herein stated lor election of delegates;
he was taught the bayonet and other drills be- and w i, en suc k constitution shall be ratified
tore he was eight years old. By this time, by a majority of the persons voting on the
too, he had been made a non-commissioned I question of ratification ivho are qualified as
officer of his regiment, and lmis now passing, I e j ec tors for delegates; and when such eonsti-
step by step through the various grades, to- tution shall have been subm itted to the Con-
ward the rank ol colonel. But while aj^cial I gr ess for examination and approval, and Con-
attention Las been given to his military tram- 5 ress shall have a pp r0V ed the same; and
ing, bis education as a citizen has not been -, 1)en said Stat b a vote of its Legislature
neglected. Besides the ordinary rudiments L lected under said constitution, shall have
of instruction he lias received lessons in two ttdopted the amendment to the Constitution
or three handicrafts, the last of which was I tbe United States proposed bv the Thirty-
the setting up of types in the imperial print- u ; n t b Congress, and known as article 14; and
mg office of Paris. The object of this may wben sa }d article shall have become a part of
liave been simply to extend his_ sphere ot tbe Constitution of the United States, said
knowledge and enlarge las views in a.ter life, state shall be declared entitled to representa
but the ability to earn a living like an ordi- t j on j n Congress, and Senatorsand Represcn
nary individual baa before now proved il tativ’es shall be admitted therefrom on their
valuable accomplishment for even the heir to taking the oath prescri bcd by law, and then
a throne. In the event ot the death ot the and thereafter the preceding sections of this
Emperor Napoleon III. before tbe Prince Im- actsba u be iccorporative in said State,
penal becomes of age, it is arranged that the . .
government of the country shall be carried I This bill, after being once rejected by the
on for a time by a Regency, under the Em- j House, was again taken up and passed on
press, assisted by Prince Napoleon, cousin of Wednesday, with two amendments, the first
the Emperor.
Tlie Episcopal Meeting—UnivcrMt jr
of the South.
| «re of the efforts to advance the pre-1 j tb Russia, the fleet of that power believe* the word “AAmn***,'” which i» an Indlai fc, him%as hU Mlltical oriwffi^for nowthat
481 on gold. It is not improbable that ™uld never get out of the Baltic and the Iiam e, to be derived from two Hebrew words. We to him was his political on 0 m, lor no" that
.4-ii , I ... ■ a , ' a tin! ..Aim n{ France would can tell him something more Israelitlsh than tbo
■ : r.will average, till early I Black I-ca-. .I.id ti.I n.i\\ 'lirann "i m, re name ,.t “ Arkansas. ” !n reaar.l t„ tin- In-
j- ,i . in .i lift v thousand not be lik.-lv to be m<»re>ue<-esslul than it . u .s Am , )11!r the Cberokccs there arc many cus
. ' I in tlie dnA-s of Louis XIV, or of Napoleon L tomg W bich 6 cem to point to them im descendants
I Fii'dand docs not, and has never maintained ofJsrael. For instauco, they had at an early day,
, so Faroe a standing armv ns the continental established among them, three cities of refuge,
f'OtMb.WppI Lvhw*. h» tat, m%,, 9 of necci.J-, sb. on,.
P 1 ^ before it, accompanied by the bring one out that will vie in numbers with ven ,r Cance of tbe man-slayer. These towns (ca
' r,t J sod minority ruiiorts of tho com-1 any adversary.
S •«*. U - rernm-d. Thn r. j»r- _W. i. «». CnlW
he is supposed to stand alone he is objection
able no longer. Perhaps the Americans, too,
will withdraw their protests if the Austrian
Prince should come to represent only the
elected head of the Mexican people; and al
though tho Mexican factions cannot be ex
pected immediately to lay aside their arms,
of which is that offered in the Senate by 3Ir.
Scene in the Senatk.-A correspondent ' ViU, . n ' which / ' as ' ( , . , .
, ... j. \ I Be it enacted, &c., That the 14th article of
describing the afternoon adjournment ot the amendment to t ’ he Constitution having been
Senate on the 15th instant, the military bill dldy ratified by the Legislatures of the
being under consideration, says: requisite number ot States, the same is liere-
At half-past four Mr. Williams moved to b J declared duly ratified, and part of the
take a recess until seven, and just as Senators I Constitution of the United^ States; and
Avere leaving ho remarked that he should ask I when any of the States lately in insurrection
for a vote to-night. None of the minority sba!1 llavc ratified the same, and shall have
have as yet spoken on tho subject, expecting I modified the Constitution and laws in con
to do so to-morrow. ° formity therewith, and which shall secure
Mr. Doolittle came forward iu front ot the equal and impartial suffrage to the male citi
President’s chair and indignantly denounced I z ens of the United States that have attained
the idea of passing the bill to-night. He I dle a S e twenty-one years, and have resided
said that such a despotism as had net been tlie^ State one year, and in the town, par-
heard of for six hundred years Avas to be es- I isi’i city, district, or county, three months
tablished over a people inhabiting a territo-1 next preceding the day of election, without
rv larger than Great Britian, France and I regard to race, color, or previous condition of
Spain combined, and yet discussion Avas not servitude, except such as may be disfrun-
to bo allowed. He intended with all the en- chised tor participation in the late rebellion
ergy that God bad given him to characterize I * n an y anu ad elections for Presidential
such an intention as it deserved. Mr. Hend- Electors, Representatives in Congress, and in
ricks also said that the liberties of this coun- I an y and ad elections for Governor, and for
try were to bo struck down, and it i\’as fit- ad State, county, district, parish, city, and
ting that it should bedone in the dark hours town officers; and as prov-ided by its Consti—
of the ni"lit. tution and laws, that all citizens of tlie Uni
At this time the scene was quite exciting. f° d States shall equally^ possess the. right to
Senators on the floor had clustered around I pursue all lawful avocations and business; to
Doolittle and Mr. Hendricks, the spectators receive the equal benefit of the public schools,
in tho galleries had, as if by simultaneous I a P d Hua’c the equal protection of all the
impulse, arisen and stood breathless and with I citizens of the United States in said States;
out-streatchcd nedks to catch every word that I and Avhen said Constitution shall have been
was uttered, and no echoing response came I submitted to the voters of said State as thus
from that majority so deal to all the tradi- defined for ratification or rejection, and
tions of the past. The chamber was in si- j when the Constitution, it ratified by the
lence deserted. people of said State, shall have becn sub-
* mitted to Congress for ratification and ap-
Defths of the Sea.—A French journal prova!, said State shall, it its Constitution
says that the soundings effected with refer- I be approved by Congress, be declared entitled
ence to tho neAV trans-Atlantic cab e have to representation in Congress, and senators
enabled comparisons to be made of the dif-1 and representatives shall be admitted there-
ferent depths of the sea. Generally speaking, I from on their taking the oath prescribed by
they are not of any great depth in the neigh- law.
borhood of continents; thus the Baltic, be- Another amendment, offered by Mr. Shel-
tween Germany and Sweeden, is only 120 leet ,, , i,-, 14*11
rinen- and tl.n Adriatic, between Venice and Iabar S er > WIIS a lso adopted and tucked on to
now
. t I much ol ft standing army, but who would havefonrotten
recommends tbo adoption reso- vcnturc to disparage our military strength on W Thcre Is another custom among them which (into tho rigiit way of becoming a nation
of Congress the pren >o terms account, after the late manifestations of jooks very much like they arc the descendants of "
'*Ucti Mississippi will be restored to I itf With far greater wealth than any other Jacob. The old Indians, who lived rears ago and
European power, and secure in her island
home from attack, England, if she choose, ,, a *7h’ a «incw or the hollow" of the thigh, which
can appear on the continent with n military - * ' ' ’ to
^ Federal relations, and pledging a so-
respectful consideration of the
"Ilea offered.
j. Waiuj Bekciiek on Suffraok.—
ninl Beecher delivered an nddress on
night at the Brooklyn Academy
• • It was generally expected that he
P^koethniiucationof reconstruction
I
**-<-' ms position; but his remarks ivrre
w Hi* subject of unireisal suffrage,
' W a.
followed implieitlv tLe manners am: cu-toms ol _
their fathers handed down by tradition, would not rick, of Hartford City. Ind., lost his life tli
c sinew or the hollow of the thigh, which , other day bv gettinjr a grain of corn fast in
?h f ,! h «n C r!^ d a n ’ at l 1 "at ’tho Sace'he I bis throat ’ U » mentioned as a singular cir-
ndoubtediy w—that this
of this kind that has
itv.
deep; and the Adriatic, between Venice and
Trieste, 130 feet. The greatest depth of the the bill by the House. Its full text has not
channel between Franco and England does jet transpired, though the substance is given
not exceed 300 feet, while to the southwest I in ° lir telegram ot Wednesday, as follows:
of Ireland, where the sea is open, the depth I If declares
is more than 2000 feet. The seas to the south That until the rebellious . States are ad-
of Europe are much deeper than those in the mitted to representation, any civil government
of the I shall be denied, the provision subject to the
authority of the United States to be abol-
ished, modified, or superseded at any time;
feet. On the coast of Spain the depth is I aud elections under the civil government
nearly 6000 feet. At 250 miles south of Nan-1 to bc conducted by persons described in the
tucket (south of Cape Cod) no bottom w^is j section, and no person shall be qualified
JSf Thc youngest son of Mr. John Kilpat- found at 7000 feet. The greatest depths arc J to hold office under the provisional govern
to be met with in the Southern ocean. To | nient who is ineligible under
the Avcst of the Cape of Good nopo 16,000
feet have been measured, and to the west of
St. Helena 37,000. Dr. Young estimrtes the
average depth of tho Atlantic at 25,600 feet,
and ot the Pacific at 20,000 feet.
At the meeting of the Board of Trustees of
the University of the South yesterday, Bishop
QuintarJ introduced the following preamble
aud resolutions:
Whereas. Since tlie last regular meeting of
the Board ot Trustees of the University of
the South, held in November, 1861, it" has
pleased Almighty God to remove from tho
Church on earth tho Rt. Rev. James H. Otey,
D. D., LL. D., Rt. Rev. Leonidas Polk, D. D.,
Rt. Rev. F. H. Rutledge, D. D., Rt. Rev.
Stephen Elliott, D. D., all of whom were
members of this Board, and three of whom
were Chancellors of the University of the
South; therefore,
Resolved, That a committee of three be
appointed to prepare resolutions, expressive
of the sense of this meeting, of the great loss
sustained by the Church in their death.
The Committee reported as follows:
Desirous of placing on record some expres
sion of our deep sense of the great loss which
we, in common with the Avhole church, have
sustained in the death of our late colleagues,
Bishops Otey, Polk, Elliott and Rutledge,
and of the feelings with which we will ever
cherish their beloved and blessed memory;
it is
Resolved, Tliat all the difficulties Avhich
press upon us in the great work in Avhich wo
are engaged, are light in comjiarison with the
inscrutible visitation that has deprh-ed us of
the companionship,counsel and co-operation
of the Bishops, who successively filled the of-'
fice of Chancellor of tho University of tho
Southland of their brother trustee, the Bish
op of Floridu.
Resolved, That in the zeal Avhich kneAV no
bounds in the service of his master, that
marked the Avhole life of the venerated BishJ
op Otey, Ave find as good a model for our
own imitation as the Church in modern
times affords; and tbat we. especially as the
appointed guardians of this institution, are
called upon to imitate the patient, perseA’er-
ing energy with Avhich he so ably devoted
biinself to the cause of Christian education.
Resolved, Tbat if the great beneficial re
sults which our University was founded to
secure shall ever be accomplished, the praise
under God will be mainly duo to the wisdom
and forethought, the hopeful confidence, and
indefatigable labors of its founder—tbe mag
nanimous and self-sacrificing Bishop Polk.
Resoh’cd, That wc have lost in Bishop El
liott a colleague possessed of the most ex
traordinary endowments, and of the rarest
attainments ; joined to all those qualities of
head and heart Avhich fitted him for useful
ness, above almost all other men whom we
have ever known.
Resolved, That we record our affectionate
appreciation of the meekness and gentleness
combined with unswerving attaenment to
principle, and devotion to duty—which
marked the unostentatious, yet holy and use
ful life of the lamented Bishop Rutledge.
Resolved, That in the removal irom the
scenes of these earthly labors of those emi
nent saints, Ave recognize the call which is
made upon us, their surviving brethren, to
carry on, Avith redoubled diligence, the work
which they so well began, and with the help
of God we pledge ourseU'es to rear upon the
foundation winch thej’ laid an institution of
learning, Avhich will not only perpetuate their
names ar.d deed, but which will also bless the
Church and the country with constantly in
creasing efficiency to generations yet unborn.
Resolved, That these resolutions be pub
lished in the papers in Montgomery, Mem
phis, Ncaa' Orleans, Tallahassee and Savan
nah, and that copies be furnished the respec
tive families of the deceased Bishops.
AV. M. Green,
W. C. Crane,
Geo. R. Fairdanks.
Xupolcon’s Speech.
the provisions
J ot the 3d section of the Constitutional
Amendment of hist session.
3/* Some mischievous wags, one night,
pulled doAvn a turner’s sign, and put it over
a lawyer’s door; in the morning it read :
“All sorts of twisting and turning done
bile playing, the other Brick Pomeroy arrived in Memphis
I, fell down and hurt on the 16th insL He publishes a card in the here.”
W- -What am de difference ’tAriX a watch himself. As he lay crying very bitterly, some Avalanche refuting Ben. Butler’s letter to tbe r , , ' *" .. '
waftWi ■ sars ^ &■ssj.- »w ** »i ssr.-sftaa?--.
■trly the right of women to vote, cattle or sheep, and Imgs and eat inside, and de tickin ob de fedder bed am on buwell to-morrow.” “Well” said he, “I
■ \1kui7oo-wW laboring horses are not dc out-ide." will not cry to-morrow.
» pigs in the air ? "
“Yes.” replied Joi
l-11 of
-nly advocated.
:i liar, and says he has proof of the suit for “Yes.” replied Jones,
damages, wind’s from sow -west. - '
‘that’s because the
The Emperor Napoleon in his speech be
fore the Corps Legislatiff on the assembling
of that body on the 15th inst. said: r
Serious events have happened in Europe,
almost fulfilling the great Napoleon’s idea to
unite all the great homogeneous nations
hitherto separated, and Avhich is the only
possible balance of power in Europe. Ger
man and Italian events Lave paved the way
to it. Their success cannot disturb France.
I stood aloof, and held tho peace which
Prussia and Italy made AA’itliout dismember-
Austria. France was just and neutral.—
In another part of the globe avc have becn
obliged to employ force to redress legitimate
grievances, and avc have endeavored to
raise an ancient empire. The happy results
Ave first obtained Avere Compromised by an
inauspicious concurrence of circumstauces.
The guiding idea of the Mexican expedition
Avas an elevated one. To regenerate a people
and implant among them ideas of order and
progress; to open vast outlets to our com
merce, and leaA'e the recognition of services
rendered to civilization to mark our path,
such Avas my desire and yours; but as soon
as the extent of our sacrifices appeared to me
to exceed the interests which lad called us
across the ocean, I spontaneously determined
upon the recall of our army corps, that the
Government of the United States might not
comprehend that Avant of conciliation had
embittered re.ations which tor the Avelfare of
both countriesihould remain friendly.
The Emperor then proceeded to say that
the great powers ought to act in concert to
satisfy the Christians, protect tho rights of
the Porte, and to prevent complications.—
The Roman treaty of September has been
executed, Avhercby the Government of the
Pope lias been placed in a new phase, and lie
is sustained by his own strength and the ven
eration of the great powers of the head of the
Church. Europe Avill sustain his temporal
power against demagogues. Our relations
with England arc intimate, and both the
powers agree on all the great questions.—
The perpetuation'of Austria is necessary to
the balance of power.
The Emperor says tbat lie is certain that
the peace of the world is not to be disturbed.
Sure ot the present, and confident of tbe fu
ture, I have fulfilled your wishes in regard to
lie deA’elopuient of our institutions upon a
liberal scale. France Avill use her new rights
Avisely. She is respected abroad, but the
conditions of war being changed she must
increase her defenses. The Army Bill has
been so drawn as to lighten the burden in
times of peace, and to increase.-the resources
in times of Avar. Our neighbors assumed far
lieaA'ier burdens. Let us ever keep our flag
high, as the best means of preserving peace.
The prosperity of Franco advances. Tlie
indirect revenue lias increased fitivy millions
of francs, and ive shall soon be hISI to sutis-
fy all interests, reduce the lands tax, and
make public improvements, whereby the
Avorking classes are to be lH‘nefited*.and lib
erty to Uo solid, lasting and glorious. *
1 trust in my people, my right and my con
science.
The population of Texas at the be’
ginning pfthe war was between G00,00g qnd
700,001). It is noAV at least 1,200,909. It will
soon have, as large a population as the State
of Xcav York—4,327,827. Population is
flowing into it from every part of the civilized
World, No country on tho earth offers such
inducements to immigrants as Texas.
