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Tlie Greorgia Weekly Telegraph..
Georgia 'ib?rl;h| f rJtgru^lr.
Lf.Ttek from Paths.—We )>» vc ,^' scn * f
the machine correspondence that i' n P
Paris by a regularly organized company,
shall hereafter, from time to tune, as lie y
favor us, present to our renders letters from
an accomplished young. Georgian:now in Ku_
rope. One will l» found on the first pago of
this paper, and all who ren<l it will say that
it is spicy, gossiping and well-written.
Marine Disaster.—Tlie brig Charles E
Savage, hound from Baltimore to Charleston
■with n cargo of corn nnd flour, was lost on
Hattems a few day. ago. Her officers and
crew were taken off by the steamer Herman
Livingston, anti brought to Savannah
Monday.
gr In the House of Representatives on
Wednesday, there was somo discussion upon
the Senate resolution to appropriate a million
of dollars for the relief of starving people in
tho South. Fernando Wood was opposed to
the project; first, because the Government
ought not to distribute alAs, nnd secondly,
because ho was satisfied that there was no
deatitution that would justify the expendi
ture. We should not dispute the first objec
tion of Mr. Wood, nnd. indeed, rather favor
it than otherwise, but how he can say there
is no destitution requiring aid from all lawful
sources, in the face of facts, wc cannot well
EXPRESIDKNT DAVIS.
£5+- Beast Butler's scheme for feeding the
starving people of the South is worthy of
tliat great and good man. He proposes that
the pair of game-cocks recently presented to
General Lee bomado into a fricassc for their
benefit. The World says this is a nntnml
suggestion from Butler’s point of view. He
has always bad a cock in his eye.
——— s» >• ■ " —
Official Arrogance.—Wo observe that
army colonels nnd others, in Florida and else
where, are, upon the mere receipt of the in
telligence through tho papers of tho passage
of the Sherman bill, declaring martial law-
over their respective commands, nnd saying
who shall and shall not voto at elections.
This is arrogating to themselves the prerog
atives of tiie President and District Com -
manders, nrtd the foolery should bs stopped
by some one authorised to tench these up
starts their places. Gov. Wells, of Louisi
ana, set the bad example, and every village
or cross-road commandant seems to consider
himself bound to follow the example.
Webster on Miutart Republics.— 1 The
following is sin extract from Webster's ora
tion on the completion of tho Bunker Hill
monument, June 17,1843:
A military republic, a government founded
on mock elections nnd supported only by
the sword, is a movement indeed, bnt a re
trograde and disastrous movement from the
regular and old fashioned monarchal system.
If men would cqjoy the blessings of republi
can government, they must govern them
selves by reason, by mutual counsel and con
sultation, by a sense of feeling and general
interest, and by tbe acquiescence of the
minority in tho wil of the majority properly
expressed; and above all, tho military must
be kept,according to the language of our bill
of rights, in strict subordination to the civil
authorities.
Wherever this lesson is not both learned
and practiced, there can be no political
freedom. Absurd, preposterous it is, a scoff
and a satire upon free forms of constitutional
liberty, for forms of government to be pres
cribed by military leaders, and the right of
suffrage to be exercised at the point of the
sword.— 1 Fords, veil. \,page 98.
If ♦•Black Dan” were alive, wouldn't he
thunder and lightning at the bill of abomina
tions passed by the infamous two-tbirds.—N.
r. World.
Black vs. White.— 1 The following “item,”
taken from the Chattanooga “Union,” should
be placed to the credit of the African race:
Item.—Tho firm of J. II. Warner «fc Co.
had employed yesterday some twenty negroes
and three white men, cleaning out their store
and warehouse and helping them overhaul
their hardware. Just before tho men qnit in
the I v* nimr. die t>! tin- linn ini—ed lii- re
volver,'jind not being able to find itany other
way he determined to search all the laborers.
Standing them in n row lie searched each
negro, but found nothing on any of them,
but when he came to the white men be dis
covered that the three had filled their pock
ets with cutlery, such as knives, Ac. Ouc of
the men escaped, but two of them were
handed over to the police.
We have no thouglif that anything " 1 nM . v
say will have the slightest effect on tho
condition and futuredestiov of this unfortu-
nato man. lie bears in bis person, tlioug i,
tho consequence of die sins ol a whole pm-
pie, and those for whom he is thus called on
to suffer, should never cease to feel the liveli
est interest in his fate, or to raise the voice of
protest or supplication in his bchalff
The imprisonment ot Mr. Davis for nearly
two years, under the gravest charges and
without the slightest effort togive him a trial,
Is not only an outrage on his personal rights,
but a stain on the character of the nation.
Persecution is a crime in the eyes of both
civilization and Christianity. The Constitu
tion of the United States guarantees to every
alleged offender against the law “a fair and
tweedy trial,” and whft will say that in the
person of this aged and illustrious prisoner
the fundamental law has not received vio
lence at the hands of the Government ?
In May, 1865. Mr. Davis was consigned to
a dungeon in Fortress Monroe, and from that
day till now lie has not censed to appeal for
a trial before the courts of the country. lie
has never shrunk from tbe ordeal, but has
always been willing to submit his conduct
to tho scrutiny of the law. And yet, up to
the present time no movement ha9 been
made for a trial, and, indeed, it appears
farther off than ever. Every ridiculous pre
text has been resorted to as an excuse for the
delay, until the Government has created a
universal suspicion, by no means creditable
to its character for justice, that it is afraid to
submit its charges lo tbe decision of its own
courts.
Last year, Chief Justice Chase, to whom tho
Federal courts in the State of Virginia were
assigned, refused to hold them so long as the
military was superior to tho civil law in that
jurisdiction. The public were then assured,
after the failure in July nnd again in October,
that the trial would certainly take place in
tho month of Mdy, of the present year. That
day is approaching, nnd how stands the case ?
We arc told that Mr. Justice Chase now de
clares that the Military bill continues the very
ground of his objection, and that no court
will be held so long as that law is in opera
tion. Then what is to become of the feeble
old man who for months and years has been
deprived of his liberty under a pledge, both
by the Constitution nnd those who have been
appointed to administer it, that he shall have
an impartial and speedy hearing on the
charges alleged against him ? Is he to lie
there and die?
Wc appeal to the President of the United
States to take his case into consideration,
and as all hope of a trial has confessedly
passed, to set him at liberty. Has he not
6nffered enough already to gratify any ordi
nary spirit of revenge ? Can any further po
litical, or party, or personal purpose be ac
complished by keeping liitn a perpetual pris
oner f Is not the public sentiment even of
the Radical party of the North satisfied!
We believe it is, and that every good man
everywhere would applaud his immediate re
lease,and only regret that it had been deferred
so long. We again urge the matter upon the
President, and trust he will promptly do an
act that is required no less by the Constitu
tion of . his country, which he is sworn to
support, than by the enlightened public
opinion of the civilized world. Strike off
tho fetters of tho hoary-headed and noble
prisoner, bid him go in peace, return to his
home and friends, and, if he cannot live, let
him at least die, a freeman. It is a tribute
dne to law, to the sentiment of tho Christian
world, and to humanity.
ATTEMPT TO ORGANIZE A RADICAL
PARTY AT THE SOUTH.
Railroad Communications in Tennes
see.—The Chattanooga Union of Sunday
says: Major T. J. Carlisle, who accompanied
IIods. W. B. Stokes, S. M. Arnell, and D. S.
Goodloo, on their trip down the river 03 far
as Nashville, reports that travel is entirely
suspended by rail between Bridgeport anti
the mountaina on the Nashville and Chatta
nooga railroad from Stevenson to Decatur.
Trains aro running from Nashvillo to Deca
tur, and from Decatur to Memphis. Colonel
Yates requested him to say to us that it will
be better for passengers not to attempt leav
ing Chattanooga on tho Nashville and Mem
phis roads before Monday or Tuesday, as
there is no ccrtainiy of arriving at their des
tination, and they will be subject to serious
privations and inconveniences; and to at
tempt to run passenger trains at present will
delay tlie operations of tho construction
corps. A train with tho Southern mail left
yesterday for Atlanta at 4:20, with quite a
number of passengers. A freight train ar
rived on the same road at 10:20 a. m. The
road is in perfect order, and trains will here
after run regularly upon it
New Ouleans, Mouile and Chatta
nooga Railroad.—The Mobile Advertiser is
gratified to learn from Capt. J. N. Courte
nay, of the above company that the last of
many difficulties in securing the right of way
and location along the entire route has been
successfully overcome. A few days since he
closed for tlie company the purchase of the
Wills Valle}' Railroad, a line of ciglity-four
miles, having its present terminus ot Gads
den, and forming a necessary link in the di
rect nnd great trunk road from Mobile to
Chuttanoogd. This road will bo put in hand
at once for reconstruction, and it is designed
to complete it by the first of July, ISOS.—
This .purchase avoids a difficulty interposed
by the Governor of Georgia, in refusing right
‘of way through a small corner of the Geor
gia territory to Chattanooga. i
All the legislative, judicial and titular dif
ficulties being now conquered, it is the
purpose of tho Company, says the Adverti
ser, to go vigorously on with the work, nnd
next wttk ground will be broken on the New
Orleans connection. The t-ngiuccip are on
their way :ind are expected dnilv to arrive.—
The chief of the corps is Mr. Morley, distin
guished in his profession both in thiscodntry
and in Europe— in the latter having been iu
the service ot the Emperor of Russia.
The National Intelligencer says Mr. Wil
son, of Maisacbusetts, very naturally object
ed to the application of tho test oath to tbe
Southern politicians engaged in organizing
those States, on tho ground that “wc thereby
ostracise not only our enemies, but our
friends,” since there aro scores of original
Secessionists who, with a chance of forgiveness
by Congress, mould gladly tale charge of the
radical organisation. Ho further said that
these Southern Radicals wonld be more ultra
even than the Northern allies.
We are not surprised at anything these
days. There are “errors of the moon,” and
errors with a purpose. Some men do extra
ordinary things from mental demoralization,
while others arc ready to do anything that
holds out the hope of personal reward. Mr.
Wilson, of Massachusetts, it seems, confides
strongly in these human infirmities. Ho be
lieves that in spite of all the wrimgs heaped
upon tlie South by Uie Radical party, there
are still men among us who, with proper ap
pliances, would be willing to forget and for
give all, and take their life-long enemy to
their bosoms—in other words that a Radical
part}’ can lie formed out of Southern white
men. The proposition looks monstrous, yet
wc claim too much for Southern manhood
and seif-respect when wc conclude that we
have ndt elements in our midst for such an
organization; nay, men who would not only
join the Radicals and aid in their war upon
the Southern people, but who are base enongh
to denounce those noble spirits at the North
who have sacrificed themselves in trying to
save the Constitution from overthrow, nnd
our people lrom injustice and wrong.
No true Southern man can make thiscon-
cession without a sense of humiliation, a feel
ing of shame that this noble soil of ours; the
land of Troup nnd Crawford, and Calhoun,
and Lowndes, should spawn forth from its
womb such libels on Southern character and
manhood. We make it, though, in tlie spirit
of prophecy, nnd ns a warning to the true
men of the South against (Ii03C who are to
rise up in their midst and with tho brazen
front of Satan himself, under a variety of false
pretences, offer thi; forbidden, damning fruit
to their lips. We can think of no more hor
rible doom for our unhappy countrymen than
to bo harnessed to tins body of death. Pause
not, wc beseech you, even to hear, much less
to heed, tho fatal counsels of these serpents
in human form.
European Correspondence.
Paris, February 19,1807.
Editors Georgia Telegraph.—An unpar
doned, v/»subjugated «-rebel, who lor several
years has been buffeted about by varied for
tunes in Europe, proposes to indulge in
scries of letters descriptive of life, manners.
&C., in the Old World.
The fashionable, political and financial do
ings of foreign countries must possess a cer
tain degree of interest for those of your nu
merous readers whose acquaintance therewith
has been rendered limited by unavoidable
circumstances. Permit me then, Mr. Editor,
to trespass upon your indulgence by making
use of the columns of your journal for the
publication ot whatever may come within
my modest scope of observation. Leaving
questions of abstruse political tendency and
complicated diplomacy to be discussed by
those who make such subjects their study, I
shall only touch upon items of general news,
harmless gossip, nnd those little “airy noth
ings ” which may serve to amuse an idle mo
ment, and at the same time give the reader
an idea of what is passing among our trans-
Atlantic brethren. In this gay capital, more
especially, where everything is transpiring to
give a fund of pleasing matter to tho corres
pondent, I shall hope to cull such information
for my occasional letters as will not prove
entirely devoid of interest These letters
may be continued hereafter, when renewed
wanderings shall have taken me to other
places on the Continent. For the time being
I am located in Paris, and ’tis of that city,
its divertissements, distractions, &c., that I
shall speak.
On last Thursday the Emperor pronounced
his discourse before tbe members of the
Senate and Legislative Corps in the grand
talle of the Palace of the Louvre. Tho day
was bright and beautiful, and the attendance
very large. Tho usual military parade and
official demonstrations were observed in the
courts ot the Tuileries and Louvre during
the passage of the Imperial family to and
from the place of reunion. The discourse
precedes the opening of the,. Legislative
Chambers, and is always looked forward to
witli interest by the press and the public at
large. The speech was clear, elevated and
dignified. The speaker, impressed with tlie
wishes of his country, declared his deter
mination to expedito their realization by the
inauguration of liberal reforms and a greater
development of constitutional liberty.
Franco’s dream for the last half century has
been the union of ihc two fundamental ideas
of the revolution—liberty and democracy—
and to tho accomplishment ot this end the
Emperor now invites the hearty co-operation
of his legislators. "Whatever may be said to
the contrary by a lew croaking English jour
nals, the Emperor’s speech is an able produc
tion, worthy of the man and worthy of the
great nation over whose destinies lie is pre
siding. Progress and the propagation oil
liberal institutions are watch-words which
cannot fail to bo acceptable to every French
man. The Emperor concluded his address
ay saying: “Up to this time liberty in Frauce
has been only ephemeral; it has not been
able to take root in the soil because abuse
has immediately followed its use, and because
the nation preferred to limit the exercise of
its rights rather than undergo disorder in
ideas and in things. It is worthy ot you and
I to make a larger application of those great
principles which are tlie glory of France;
their development will not compromise, us
formerly, the necessary prestige of authority,
Power is to-day based; and ardent passions,
the sole obstacle to tbe expansion of our lib
erties, will become extinguished bv the im
mensity of universal suffrage. I have full
confidence in the good sense and patriotism
of the people, and 6troug in my right, which
I hold from them, strong in my conscience,
which wills only good, I invite you to march
with me with an assured pace in the way of
civilization.”
Recent constitutional modifications, ’tis
thought, will bring the Emperor and tho
members of tho Corps Legislatif in hiorc in
timate relations with each other, and the
friends of tho Empire are hoping that a hap
py entente rordigle will arise from this asso-
_ a: rni. „ n <-> flm In
wc do not wish to extenuate this grfevousrili,
yet when wo take into consideration the man
ner in which marring-- arc effected hetw-we
cannot be astonished at it Partie* are
brought together by their parents or guar
dians and united without any previous ac
quaintance and too often without any regard
to congeniality of taste and feeling—the mar
riage portion brought by each being the only
thing taken into consideration. Tho natural
consequences are that domestic discord and
infidelities ensue. Reference is made more
particularly to marriages in lilgu life; the
poorer classes are as happy and virtuous as
any people on the globe. t
Americans are numerous in Paris and con
tinue to arrive every week. Many are taking
“time by the fore-lock” und securing quarters
for the Exposition. 'Prices bid fair to be ex
orbitant, and landlords and shopkeepers are
dreaming of thousands to lie poured into
their purses by liberal visitors during the
next six or eight months to come. Hotel
and house accommodation will doubtless be
sufficient for the multitudes, provided they
do not all come at once. Americans, prover
bially tho most extravagant of travelers,
will be eagerly sought for by these trades-
mnngcrs,nml will no doubt spend their money
freely in seeing the sights anil living a la
mode in our gay capital.
General Dix is quite popular with most
classes o/J^s countrymen as Well as the Par
isians. M’is a source of regret that his ap
pointment has not yet been confirmed by the
United States Senate. Surely they cannot
urge any material objections to so able, intel
ligent and accomplished a gentleman. His
semi-weekly receptions are brilliant and largo-'
ly attended, and Madam and 3Iiss Dix are
winning many and warm friends by their
gracious and courteous manner of welcoming
their guests to their elegant saloons.
Miss Adah Isaacs Menkeu, of American
celebrity, is nightly performing with great
success at tho Theatre de la Qaiete. Her dar
ing feat as “Mazcppa” attracts crowded
houses, and the managers have evidenced
their appreciation of her talents by re-enga
ging her for one hundred nights. She will
coin a handsome sum out of the Parisian pub
lic, and we heartily wish her every success.
Joseph Kararn, the distinguished chief of
the Canadian insurrectionists, arrived yester
day at Marseilles, where he took occasion to
express his sentiments of gratitude to France
for the interest and hospitality which had
been extended him. Ho leaves soon for Al
geria—his pewly adopted home.
’Tis said that a ball is shortly to take place
at the Tuileries, and that the costumes of tbe
time ot Henry II will be de rigueur on that
occasion, Tho richness and elegance of these
costumes will give a spice of novelty and
eclat to tho ceremony, which will be relished
by the elite of the city.
The weather for the past week lias been
iutcrmittingly foul and fair. Now und then
we have a bright sunshiny day, and tho va
rious promenades, Boulevards, tbe Bois de
Boulogne, and Champs Elyses* are thronged
with thousands in quest of exercise and pas
time. On such days the Emperor, Empress
and little Print* Imperial take their accus
tomed drives, and show themselves to an ap
preciative populace. The Empress has
gracious smile and charming salute for all,
and wherever she goes sbo is welcomed with
enthusiastic shouts of tiveV Itnperatrice!
The Emperor is in fine health and promises
fair to live to a good old age. Let us hope
^tliat he may never die. Tlie Prince Imperial
is a rosy cheeked eleven year old boy, reared
for a glorious future and skilfully iudoctrinu
led in whatever may contribute to make him
tbe worthy son of a worthy sire. Washing
ton’s birth day will lift celebrated by tlie
Americans in a magnificent ball at the
Grand Hotel. From the preparations being
made, wo presume ’twill lie a grand affair. |
In my next I will probably give yon some
details concerning the progress, &c., of the
works for the Universal Exhibition.
Curran.
General Schofield’s Order Assuming
Command.
The following is General Schofield’s order
assuming command of the 1st Di.-trict. May
the same spirit influence tlie commander of
this:
IlEADqr A It VERS Fill ST DISTRICT, i
State op VmoiNiA, -
Richmond, Yn., March 13, 1807. .1
General Orders No. 1.
I. In compliance with tbe order of the
President, the undersigned hereby assumes
command of the First District, State int Vir
ginia, under, the act of Congress, of March
2d, 1867.
II. All officers under the existing provi
sionaj government of the State of Virgin!
will continue to perform the duties of their
respective offices according to law; unless
otherwise hereafter ordered in individual
cases, until their successors shall be duly
elected and qualified in accordance with the
above named act of Congress.
Ill It is desirable the military power con
ferred by therefore mentioned act be exer
cised only so far as may be necessary to ac
complish tho objects for Ivhicli that power
was conferred, and the undersigned appeals
to the people of Virginia, and especially to
magistrates and other civil officers, to render
the necessity for the exercise of this power
as slight as possible, by strict obedience to
the laws, and by impartial administra
tion of justice to all classes.
IV. The staffofficers now on duty at Head
quarters Department of the Potomac are as
signed to corresponding duties at Headquar
ters First District. State of Virginia.
J. 31. Schofield,
Brevet 3Iajor-Gen. U. S. A.
Official: S. F. Chalfin,
Assistant Adjutant Gen.
Jail Delivery at Cakteiisvii.le.—All
the inmates of Bartow county jail, including
two or three from This county, made their
escape on the night of Tuesday, the I2th
inst. A man by tlie name of Henderson,
from Floyd county, was conflneel in the debt
ors’ apartment, and it seems that he—proba
bly assisted by some ono outride—by Liking
oil' the hinges, on the outside of the door,
made tho way of exit from the jail possible.
They all left, and up to the time our inform
ant left, no information of their whereabouts,
or the direction they bad taken, had been re
ceived.—Home Courier.
£g?“3Ir8. Grattan, widow of the celebrated
Henry Grattan, died early in Febiuary, in
Dublin, at an advaucod age.
ciation. The saloons of the Tuileries are to
be opened one day in each week for the re
ception of the deputies. The more refractory
members may become pacified by tho spirit
of conciliation nnd peace which pervades
every action of his Imperial Highness, and
vn anticipate a harmonious session" and a
better state of feeling than has prevailed for
several years.
The Exhibition building is fast approach
ing completion, and will surely be ready for
opening on the 1st of April. The extensive
grounds are receiving their ornaments, and
will present a sight of wonderful taste and
beauty. Every preparation is being made
and every facility will be extended, by tboso
in power, to guarantee a most decided suc
cess for this great national enterprise. Visi
tors will be amply repaid, by the wonders of
art; science, &c., then to be witnessed, fer all
the trouble nnd efrpenseofa trip across the
waters to la plus hello ville du monde.
The city authorities, in anticipation of the
Exhibition, have passed a law prohibiting the
fair street walkers of the Boulevards from ca
tering tbe cafes, unaccompanied after mid
night. Each damstl is obliged to have her cav
alier,or tho doors iff these palaces of drinkables
and intrigues will be forbidden her. The
fannies du demi-monde arc counting largely
upon receiving a full benefit from tho influx
ot foreign gold which the great Exhibition
will necessarily attract here, and wc dare
say that many a credulous, top susceptible
stranger will fall a victim to their bewitch
ing snares. Their visits to the Cafes wijl
scarcely l.*c le ; s frequent though they m&ipdt
Tbe Methodist Episcopal Church, South—
The Qcestiox of Lav Delegation and Change
of Name.—The Baltimore Annual Conference of
this Church, recently in session in this city, and
which adjourned on Wednesday afternoon sine die,
is said to have been one of the most harmonious
bodies of ministers that has ever assembled in Bal
timore. There was bat little discusdon, and that
only aa to tbe most feasible maimer of carrying out
tbe object desired to be attained. The votes oi
changing the name of the Church from “Metho
dist Episcopal Church, South,” to •• Episcopal
Methodist Church,” and on the “admission of lay
representations into the General and Annual Con
ferences,” stood ayes 107, nocs none. The lay
delegates, according to the order named, adopted
at the General Conference which assembled in
New Orleans in May, 1866, are to be allowed to
participate in all the business of tbe Conference,
except such as involves ministerial character and
relations, and they are to be chosen annually by
the district stewards, or in snch other manner :.s
the Annual Conference may direct. Neither
chance, however, is to take effect until ‘•three-
fourths of the members ot the Annual Conlcreuce
present and voting shall have concurred in tbe
ordinance of the General Conlcreuce,’• when “tne
Bishops shall declare and proclaim the same.”
Previous to the unanimous vote of 107 by the
Baltimore Conlcreuce, the minority vote on lay
delegation was 63 more than one-fourth of the
whole vote, ana 53 more than one-fourth on the
change of Clinrch name. This required 99 votes
clear to carry the first, and 159 votes to carry the
second, under tbe requisition tor-a three-fourths
majority. The vote ot the Baltimore Conference,
therefore, carries lay delegation by eight majority
in the whole Church. The change of name Is lost
by 53. It Is thought probable, however, that u
Conference In Illinois will join the Southern
Church, with votes enough, if allowed,to overcome
this, aud thus carry both measures, alter both had
been given up for’lost.—Balt. Sun.
The Cemeteries of Paris.
A correspondent of the Buffalo Commercial
Advertiser, writing from Paris, describes the
cemeteries of that great city:
There are only three cemeteries in Paris,
the largest nnd most celebrated ot which is
the Per re Lachaise, so called from having
been owned by the Jesuit confessor of Louis
XL\ Lachaise, who possessed a country res
idence on its site. The grounds are about
two hundred acres in extent, and, though
used as a cemetery only about sixty years, the
place now as crowded as any part of old
Paris. The visitor realizes at once the ap
propriateness of calling it a “city of the
dead,” for it is laid out with jiaved streets
and little sidewalks, very like the great live
city whose dead it shelters. Over the greater
portion of the tombs arc built little cbapels
ot marble, with doors of open iron-work or
stained glass, and fitted up inside with altar,
crucifix and candles, and ono or two chairs,
according to the size ot the cbapel.
There are, besides, a great many magnifi
cent monuments, but nearly all the graves,
except those with only, a simple and unpre
tending bead-stone, have the peculiarity I
Lave mentioned. From an eminence at the
back of the cemetery we obtained tbe finest
view of Paris, but in the foreground were the
crowded streets of .tbe dead city, suggest
ing reflections which were, I hope, ap
propriate to the spot. There are over
twenty thousand monuments in the grounds.
If I were to undertake to mention the names
of eminent personages whose remains repose
here, I would have no room left in this letter
for anything else. We had only time to visit
a few of the most remarkable monuments,
and I have not room even .to speak of all
these. The most interesting spot in the plqco
is the tomb of Abelard and Heloise, which is
a gothic chapel of considerable size, in the
style of the thirteenth century, formed out of
the ruins of the Abbey of Paraclete, of which
Abelard was the founderaud Heloise the first
abbess.
The chapel contains the sarcophagus which
was constructed by the order ot Abelard
shortly before bis death. It represents the
ill-fated pair lying bide by side. It is a prac
tice with iovers to visit this grave and deco
rate it with fresh flowers and wreaths, and it
was thickly covered with these offer
ings when we saw it. Nearly all the
tombs, indeed, were decorated with flowers
and wreaths of yellow hnmortolles. We
walked through the quarter set apart as a
burial place for the Jews, and stopped at the
tomb of the actress, Rachel, which like so
many of the others, Was a cbapel, though of
rather larger size than the average. The
walls were entirely covered with names of
visitors scratched on the stone—a very un
pleasant sight; yet I dare say a compliment
was intended by every one who took tlie
trpuble to inscribe his name.
Cant.
The most disgustin
wc have ever readme'tho addre,
pecimeo of cant
Schuyler Colfax, of Indiana, upon
the Speakership of the House of Ron," 1 ®*
tatives Of nineteen States, non- i n 1 ^
Lauding the Thirty-ninth Congress
nauseam, he declares the CivU Rh»htq kn*
more noble achievement than M-vm-, f-> *
and boasts of the reverence for libertv7p
‘ ‘be
A Handsome Thing".
be able to enter alone. A word or two Were
wic
> Wer
about the women of tlii3, co untry,(wc speak
from hearsay, bojt well understood.) In no
clime in the world is the art and power of
pleasing carried to greater perfection by
Eve'sdaughteni than iu France. A Parisian
woman will do. anything for the man she
loves. She will anticipate his moat trifling
wants, will light liis cigar, curl his hair, wax
his moustache, warm bis slippers, relate
pleasing dreams in which he figures as the he
ro and she the ' lcroiue, build chateaus en Es-
pagnr, und people them with love and hap
piness, laugh, sing and dance for him, any
thing, everything to fascinate nnd please, and
by a thousand little attentions, executed with
grace and cheerfulness, cannot but win the
heart of the meat obdurate. Be lie husband
or lover,when once her affections are centered
upon him, be becomes nil the world to her,
and when he abandons her she commits sui
cide, or—finds another.
Much has been said about the lootcness and
depravity of married life in Paris, and while
t Sons, I
orks, >
8,1867.)
3Iessrs. Whitney & Sons, of the Car Wheel
Works, Philadelphia, have transmitted to
Railroad Presidents Wadley, Peake aud
Pollard, tbe sum of.$500, each, for the benefit
of Southern poor. We find the following
correspondence in tkc Savannah Herald of
yesterday:
Office of A. Whitney & Sons,
Car Wheel Works,
Philadelphia, March 8,
Wtn. X> Wadley, Esq., Savannah, Go.:
Deak Sin—There is yet no public move
ment here to send aid to those at the South
who are suffering for want of food. We de
sire to contribute "to this good object, and
lmvo decided to send a check for liv<» hun
dred dollars to each—31 r. Peake, Charleston,
3rr. Pollard, 3Iontgomcry, and to yoorself.
Wc, therefore, enclose you herein our check
to your order for five hundred dollars, nnd
will thank yon to apply tbe sum for the pur
pose named, through some organization in
yonr State, or otherwise, as you may deem
best Very truly, your friends,
A’ WniTNEY ft Sons.
Office Central Railroad and )
Banking Co. of Georgia,
' Savannah, March 16,1867.
Messrs. A. Whitney <£• Sons :
Gentlemen—I have your favor of the; 8th
instant, enclosing your check for $500, to be
applied to the suffering poor of our State.
This munificent donation entitles you to the
gratitude of our. people, and it will, I am
sure, bo appreciated by them. With me,
the lnllnessof my heart prevents many words.
I can, therefore, only with real gratitude
thank you on the part of our poor for the
liberal'donation you liavc made, and for my
own part will, to tho best of my ability* sc-
that it reaches those who you desire to been
efit. I now think that this can be best ac
complished through our present worthy Gov
ernor Jenkins. Yours truly,
Wxr. 3L .Wadlet 1 .
i
Extraordinary Cotton Exports.—Tho
shipments of cotton from this port during
the week ending last evening were to the
enormous amount of over twentytwo thousand
bales, of the currency value of noarly threa
and a quarter millions dollars. Of these ship
ments, over eighteen thousand bales were to
Liverpool, nearly twenty-three hundred hales
to Bremen, nnd over seventeen hundred bales
to Havre. The exports from the port thus
far in the current cotton yenr reach ncarly
two hundred and forty thousand bales, and
from all the ports of the country they exceed
seven hundred and fifty thousand bales, or
more than fifty per cent, of the reported re
ceipts at the .shipping ports, in the same
period. The latest mail advices make, tlie
available supply at all the ports about six
hundred and twenty-five thousand bales,
which, at the average value of each bale ot
the cotton exports from this port, through
the past week, represents over ninety millions
infiawful money.—iV. Y. Times, lilt A.
Col. Henry M. Asiiiiv.—This gentleman
has been arrested at Knoxville Tenn., and
carried to Clinton, Anderson county, to be
Fatal Accident.—Tlie Opelika Recorder
of tbe lCtli, says: On 3Ionday eveninlg last,
us 3Ir. T. V. Griggs, of this place, an employe
of the Montgomery and West Point Railroad,
was riding on a hand-car near Loachapoka.
be acciaentally fell off in front of the car!
when be was run over and fatally injured.
He was brought to bis residence in this place
on tbe 10 o’clock express train at night, and
after suffering the most excruciating pain
died on Tuesday evening hist. Several years
ago, 3Ir. Griggs was conductor on the branch
road from this place to Columbus. He was
buried with Masonic honors on Wednesday
last. ‘ '
23f”The remains of the United States frig
ate Brandywine were sold at auction at Nor
folk, Va., on Saturday moaning. A crowd of
some two hnndred persons were present,
among whom were speculators from Boston
New York and Baltimore. The bidding was
very spirited, and commenced with a Govern
ment offer of $5,000, and rose rapidly to $13,
COO, at which snm she was knocked down to
a firm of wreckers, who will knock her to
pieces for tbe old iron and copper she con
tains. The Brandywine was finished in 1834
about the time Lafayette made his second
visit to this country. * The United States, in
compliment to that'distinguished nobleman
put the frigate Brandywine at his disposal
and she made her first voyage in conveying
that eminent stranger back to France.
Destitution among the Negroes.—
There may be seen daily upon our streets nu
merojiiS' instances of the most utter deBtito
tion nnfongst tjie old nnd indigent of our
colored population. In abject poverty they
drag out a life of suffering. In several case’s
wo have heard of death from actual starva
tion. A few days’ago, wc arc informed, an
old crippled man died in a cellar near the
Court House. Yesterday, a boy of sixteen or
seventeen years, died in the same place. He
had been frequently seen in that vicinity,
weak from the effects of disease aud hunger.
A r. mark made by one of a number of col
on-1 2)cople,who were gazing on tlie dead
body, was not unmeaning: “Looks like
ser.ee we’s free nobody cares for us.” It was
a truthful commentary on the mockery of the
word “freedom,” when applied to a great part
of that qlaas.—AArect'ffa (S. C.) Banner. , m
From 3Iexico.—Three days’ later military
news from the interior, up to February 25tli,
ind general news up to the 2Stb, have been
received.
Marquez takes command ot the Imperial
force- in the city nl’Mexico. lie is called tin
“Tiger of La Cahuya.” nc says in a procla
mation : “I have given you proof enough how
shall condact myself and defend what is in
trusted to me.”
On the 25tli, Maximilian march to meet
Escobedo and give hint battle. 3Iuximilian's
forces are estimated at 14,700, and those of
the Liberals at 32,000 Tbe entire armies in
the field number—Republicans, 45,000, and
Imperialists, 35,00. The decisive battle would
probably be fought about the 29tli.
Fashions at Washington.—3'hc other evening
atte nded a party at the house of tho Secretary ol
the Navy. 1 never saw more gorgeous dressing
than tvns there exhibited. One lady—a foreigner,
whoso name I did not hear—wore a green satin
dress, with a green crcpellisse over-dress, canght
up at intervals with diamond butterflies. Tho
PaeiGc coast seemed to Shine particularly at this
party. Mrs. Senator Stewart looked very hand
some in crimson silk trimmed with velvet and
lace. Mrs. Goodwin, ot Arizoua, wore a lovely
green ealin. Miss McDougall is charmingly pretty
always, nnd was partionlarlj’ so cm this occasion.
Her dress was “a glimmer of satin und gloss ol
earls.” But the dress of dresses was that of Mrs.
uillvan. She wore u rich white corded silk
trimmed with bands of green velvet, upon which
were twined wreaths of golden ivy leaves. In her
hair were numbers of green aud gold beetles,—
She is a beautiftil woman, and was the cynosure of
all eyes— HosA. Cor.
The murderer of Mrs. Rushing, wife
of the Rev. 3Ir. Rushing, of whom I made
mention in my last, has been caught. After
being captured be confessed bis guilt, butthe
impudence lie displayed about the matter
was provoking. On the way to prison he at
tempted to escape, when be w as shot and,
killed.—Fla.. Cor. Sao. Ecies and Herald.
Tub New .Cotton Tax.—It is authorita
tively stated that the new Cotton tax of two
nnd a half per cent, docs not go into opera-,
tion until September next.
A Frenchman has compiled statistics
which show that but little over a quarter as
many women are struck by lightning as men.
That when a man und womnu are walking to
gether, the man is invariably the sufferer.
Sayings of Josh Billings.—Common
sense iz mostgineraily dispized by those who
ain’t got it.
If I waz asked which waz tbe best way in
theze daze of temptasbun tu bring up a boy,
I should say—bring him np the back way.'
It don’t require any edukasliun tu tell the
truth, but tu tell lize it duz.
We are- told that an noncst man iz the no
blest work of God—but the demand for the
work has been so limited thati have thought
a large share of the fust edition must he'still
in tho author’s hands.
3Ien don’t seem never tu git tired of talk
ing about theraselfs, but i have heard them
when i thought they showed signs of weak
ness. . . :
fnm folks are alwuz tricing tn see thru a
milstun edgeways, when, ef they would only
turn it over on the flat side, they could look
rite thru the hole.
Buty is like a ranebow—full ov promise
but short-lived.
It ain’t beat tu swap with your relashuns,
unless yn kan afford to give them the but
end ov tho trade.
Among the blu lors of Konneticut (which
arc obsulute,) are this: “No man shall chaw
terbaker on Sunday, unless he swallers tbo
spit.”
“Give me liberty or give me detli”—but of
the 2 i prefer the liberty.
He Wasn’t a Negro.—The man whose hands
were bound behind bint and tied to a cannon
wheel—whose head was made immovable by cords
fastened to the tame wheel—whose month was
gated with u bayonet, turned cross-wise and
und to the backot the neck so tightly- as to ex
tort from the agonised sufferer the most heart
rending moans und expressions of pain; tbe man
who was thus punished on Wednesday was not a
negro. If it had been a uegre. Tallahassee would
have ebbed and flowed with a dark wave of excite
ment beyond anything even that is witnessed when
a policeman attempts tbe arrest of a rascally little
darkey for criminal misbehavior. If it hail only
been a negro thus publicly puuished for :qgnatcr
crime, what a. shout of holy horror yvouia have
gone np from tbe negropholists amongst ns !—
How would telegraphic wires and ponderous mail
have groaned beneath »he weight of the horrid
news until it reached the ears of the countless ne
gro worshippers in the “God and morality” re
g.on! 'What teeming columns—what long, dark
chapters ot horrors in the Radical newspapers
from “our special correspondent in Tallahassee!"
What ghastly 1 sensational pictures In “Harper’s
Journal of (Jiyi!izafionWhat a inagniuceut
sensation is spoiled by the statement that it was
only a “white man”—a poor, drunken, ungovern
able soldl-roi the 7th United StatcB Infantry.—
Milder punishment having failed to snbdne him,
his officers were compelled to resort to what, to
us, seemed almost equal to the agonies of cruci
fixion itself. No criticism, whatever, ot the ac
tion of the oflleeis who ordered the punishment is
meant by this comment. But, as we listened to
the agonizing groans of the man, gagged with a
bayonet across his mouth—his head fastened tight
ly and immovably—and his hands bound to a can
non wheel behind him—wc could not help won
dering that we should have lived so long among
cruel ‘VUivc owners" without ever having wit
nessed, in all onr lives beiore,a punishment like
this. Nor could we help wondering what would
become of Florida if ever an ungovernable negro
should be publicly subjected to a punishment like
this, by an edict of a civil tribunal.
[ Tallahassee (Ela.) Sentinel.
The Inventor of Female Charms.—It is
not to be supposed lor a moment tliat ladies
of the present day resort to artificial means
of increasing that native loveliness which,
‘when unadorned isadornedthomost.” Their
great grandmothers, however, thought dif
ferently; and so numerous bad become fe
male falsifications a century ago, that it was
deemed necessary to introduce an act into
the English Parliament in 1779, Which pro
vides as f&llows:
All women, of whatever age, rank, profes
sion or degree, whether they be maids or wid
ows, that shall from nnd after this act, impose
upon and betray into matrimony any of His
3Iajesty's male subjests by paints, scent, cos
metic washes, artificial teeth, false hair,
Spanish wool, iron stays, hoops, high lieolcd
shoes, or bolstered hips, shall incur the penal
ty of the law now in force against witchcraft
and like misdemeanors ; and the marriage,
upon conviction, shall stand null and void.
Fined ror Hugging.— In Hartford. Con
necticut, the other day, a young man, for
hugging, and kissing a couploof young girls,
after they had told him it was against their
principles, was lined at tlie police 'court
" ‘ 1 32.
.rCTThe name of Queen Victoria’s book is
announced—“Leaves from 3Iy Journal in the
Highlands.” It will be funny to see how the
English reviewers treat it.
body that nad just reduced ten States to
condition of Provinces, and destroy*,! i*
last vestige of civil and political liLr
from the Potomac to the Rio Grande •’
It is to be hoped that by the discing ,
ad versity the eyes of the people of the vl?
will, by and by, be so far unsealed
they may be at least partially able to dU-
guish between the lovers of liberty usu"
hounds of despotism, between the
aud the whelps of demagogueism
true eloquence and the mmiorimis ;:1
tation of falsehood, login and iS??*
statesmanship and thimble-riV-in- j „
and the Plausible, the penmSS
bio aud the expedient; and betweea'tha f *'
mne and rational golden liberty 0 f SSft
all, which secures to each and all the d?. J
joyment of their rights, equality of brniv”"
upright courts and unbribed justice-and.
bastard freedom, of anarchical licence S;
takes away or jeopardizes all these ’
be a new birth of the nation, only mil 1,1
tamed to by baptism in fire and pi'°r e ^
arclnsts, imagines that history can be bnir”;
or suborned, so that it will transmi/L, 6(1
ages only that which SfSSSU?
boasts of the magnanimity ind
of the United States toward t hc StT*
querctl by their arms. The tender m ° B '
of Congress arc like t hose of Sherman??*®
in Georgia and South Carolina Ci ^
its legislation, the military despotism ^,' 0
a monument of its infamy anil shSL i
will stand as long as the ages .n!^’**
other. Where in all the
gross of the United States estahli«l,^i ^
erty with law, and
Pression 1” It has proven iLfZ?*
incompetent to deal with greathW'
oontemptible, wretched, demS*
and lias resorted to militaiy de«p 0 fi£^
thrown the whole South upon th P p i 5 Md
the President to govern,
miserably incompetent for the
cumstances imposed upon it k * tcir "
; f-ftwpAM Appeal
The New York Baby Tat dp —ti.* v
Should the King of Ashantecs, or anyo W
distinguished cannibal, come to that d,
and desire a fine, fat baby for a luiurio".'
meal, he could be accommodated Tfcm
so-caHed nurseries are numerous,’sodom
be found m different parts of the city their
whereabouts being for the most part'sdver-
Used tn the daily papers; the announcement
being made m a manner that disguises, k-
does not conceal their real import. Tfc~ {
places, the largest of which is situated if
Greenwich street, answers a doubje purpo«
that of relieving those of the respdnsibilife
of maternity, who do not wish to be so k-
dened, and bestowing upon those who wii
such blessings, the well spring of pleasure,",
babe in the house.”
The seeker after infantile loveliness cat
upon application, be accommodated to at;
desired extent; babies from one day to oi
year old are constantly on hand, or "provid,
to o.-der t of any type of beauty or shade
complexion, and at prices ranging from f5
to $200, warranted sound and inagoodsitf
of preservation at the time of delivery.
A reporter who visited one of these laid
bazaars was offered a sickly little Engli:
male infant, 17 days old, with a red, flifcl;]
skin, covered with “rash,” for the unreas i:,
ble price of $30. A robust femalecbild.fc
months old, was exhibited, but the reper.
did not inquire the price. A baby boy.«
month old, who was good and gave no ira
ble, was held at $75. A year and. a half c
French boy, with fair, round limits, hs
eyes and curly black hair, was tickefed i
$150. The matron in charge volunteeredti
information that babies, just then
“rather dull.”
JCjgF" The ice crop of New York city, For
tho past winter, amounts tc 859,000 tons,
being an excess of 55,000 tons , over that of
the previous year. This supply is distributed
among eight companies, one ot which owns
over one-half of the entire number of tons.
To .Jen kbnsks.—Xe does not mean “for-
tried on an indictment for murder, based on irnerly,” but vborn."’ “Mrs. Jours, ne Smith,”
the killing of some man during the late war, i me ., n8 d la t Smith was the .maiden name of
either by himself or command. the lady—“born Smith.”
Gov. Throckmorton my—- ,, .rt : -
of counties on the frontier to “•* ’" .
her of persons killed and tak; , •
, ■ , , - .j. , the amount of property destroy ^
!h±z A cotemporary advocates the e.-tab-- hj OD3 in their respectivecounuc • ^
lishmont of-semium-iesfor young ladies where j i,. ive reported tor f ’ lVC ctf
knitology,spinology, weaveology, eookology, persons have Lean killed, 1- tal '
etc., can be taught, the graduates to receive am f §157 735 worth of property
the degree of F. F. W., or Fit for Wives. ‘ —
Willis on Webster—The Hone J am
publishes the following letter from WiMisii
Alorris, on the death of Daniel Webster.
My Dear Morris—Webster is deic-
news that both Satan and Gabriel will nui
some remark abbut, when they bear il Hi
big eyes have now been some tliirty-sii I
hours looking somewhere, Wh&t an era: I
death is to such a spirit J I remember bek: |
struck with his wonderful,look of superior
ty at Eglinton tournament, with Bcglami
pick of gentlemen arid noble men srona*i
him, nnd I thought then that he setmeil:
sun child astray on our little star. As to hi
going to heaven, I would rather, on the who!
take our.small chance—but we shall heart'
him again, if there is cither telegraph
newspaper beyond tlie mahogany and sik
nails. He will not s'ay damned, nor bltssf
in respectable obscurity. Well! Peace *
his ashes—those he leaves behind.
I have an invitation to deliver the f®
meneement poem at Dartmouth Oo!h:
where "Webster was educated. Whatacit
for an obituary in verse! But I remeffih'
my damaged duodenum, and declined. •
vitations to deliver “Lectures” shove:
upon me like bills at Christmas. Do fc
expect a pump to give water from tbej*
die and from "tlie mouth with equal kci> T
I trickle enough from my. pen, envy
Why should my tongue, too, be called ap : |
Well, God bless you. I trust Webster' 1
be “ some ways ahead ” when von *
though probably I shall have mialalfl* 11 ]
time. There will be, here and tbe^ *
eye for either of us—though it is wove**
(Istood and thought of it to-day, at ®- T c ‘
dam,) how soon the fallen autumn
sits lightly on the water when it
soaks through and sinks ••
get me. you beloved villain, Til WSJLIl
again, if a gh ist can. Say “P oor ,'L''l
once a week, on publication day,
Yours, here or there, ^ I_! I
Misfortunes ore a kind of tu 1
ters, which frequently restore thekeaio'l
of tlie mind after it lias been sickened : j
sweets of prosperity.
Kr If a man is to be judged bv -k-j'
of his tongue, as a reptile is by d* c ‘.- I
its tooth, Thad. Stevens is a kuni.’
snake.
Liberty will Dot descead to P*
■ people :.iu't raise themselves to 1 ,J
is a blessing that must be earned s-- |
be enjoyed.
En-.\ri a Mi ni -ivai.Of' h : ' .
Council elected the following g°- A,jj|
evening from the list of . Bomme l S pX!<I
liopular vote of the citizens ot r
Saturday last:
S. H. Dent, 3ravor.
A. A. Walker, Treasurer.
T. L. Hardman, Clerk.
John 3L Lanier. Marshak v j
Aldermen—Z. J. Daniel. V. 1 ;
W..T. Collins, George M -'I
Locke, John C. Moore, A. J- 1
Raleigh.—Hems, 19tA.
- * ^ * ■' * *1
Indian Deimiedation*.-^/* : "V->: J
' ,-jted th-’
Teras paper.
rSf- A remarkable and peril zips unparal
leled coincidence is recorded in the civil reg
istry of Bar-sur-Aube, in France. In 1806
there were inscribed there onediundred and
six births, one hundred and six deaths, one
hundred and six marriages.
Post
! pa=r~ The Boston
constable was puzzled by T
: be a motto in a saloon wind^
thus: ‘ Noolas Rceb Regal
inscription backwards ke e
I to be put up."
w^ r $
On 1
used m