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The Greorgja, ~Weekly Telegraph.
(gforgia ofltriiln (Tclr^raph.
Orn Jfsw Masii.il—It will he seen, from
Washington telegram, that, Gen. Thomas
j n> - declined the command of the Third
Military District, embracing the States of
(jeorgis> Alabama and Florida, Gen. Joiin
Poi’H has been usigned to that position. Wc
^ no objection to the change, though be*
ond hi* disastrous campaign against Lee
'ml bis aubsiqucnt disgrace and assignment
* the Indio# Nation, wc know but little.
'Xho Impeaching Chiefs, Ashley and I there is some in the volunteer service, but I
Sutler—-Can They “Cast a Stone." I never dreamt of anything of this kind belorc.
and it makes me sick.”
I rom tho Philadelphia Age.J | q_ Did Captain George ever call upon you
Our readers will remember that in the last I afterwards t
f (ssioil of Congress, Mr. James 31. Ashley, of [ A. No, sir.
Ohio, made himself somewhat notorious by Q. Did you hear from him after that ?
his insane movement to impeach the Presi- A. No, sir. , . .
dent, and it will also be recollected that I Q. Or have any interview with him after I P ear * n ^ 1C Dublin Freeman s Journal, under
about the same time a series of letters were I that? * the signature of a correspondent;
published written by Ashley to his “dear A. No, sir; I never lmd any interview When it was discovered in New York that
friend Case,” which clearly showed that he whatever with him afterwards. I afterwards Stephens failed to keep his promise of com-
was not exactly the right kind of person to met General Butler in Washington. mencing a fight at the close of last year, the
i prate about official corruption. The itn- | Q. How long— - . _ . .
pcacliment pimple, however, not coming to
The Fenian Programme in Ireland.
STErnExs ISO jonx mitcuel.
The news received by the .cable of a new
outbreak of the Fenians !u Irc-laml gives in
terest to the following statements, which at>-
g was it after this transaction ? iury of the American Feniaus knew no bounds,
pcovuiuciit. liuuuiv, uuwcvvr, iivu coming iu i A. About a month after this I met General I and if he were caught during the first stages
I the sort of head that Ashley fondly expected Butler in Washington, and he gave me an 0 f disappointment lie would not be now^in
i if would reach, the celebrated Doctor Butler, I order for two thousand of these caps at £14 France to give trouble to the Government.
T ie WbATUER. Sunday night, the skipa J u wouiu reacu, cue ceicuratcu uoctor cutter, iomcr mr vwi wnmwa ox mese caps at fit i France to give
. ‘ , ' , " ",i n Ana’down v,,. ' f’f Massachusetts, the sole inventor of the cash in hand, which were delivered, and he The supposition that he is now in Kerry is
Saving cleared aua mercury gone fttwn, we j cruinive powcr l7iac } line which pro-| paid me. I entirely groundless. He is in Paris, and has
From parties urtrad tram abore, vnbearj WjftH » famo “® ‘I " „ V * V TTT.
, 1 , , . . rjrt append the following extract from the “Re- Tho Cartersvillo Meeting,
bad every prospect of a frost to destroy vege- , C { U ccd such an extraordinary effect upon the Q. Did he at that time say anything to you already sent tor his wife to join hi
{ation, which is now considerably advanced. j rebels during the late war, has been called I about the former transaction ? * , where lie intends to apply himself to literary
. „ erv ,r,jneral inquiry vesterday, how-1 into consultation, and these two great men A. Not a word. _ pursuits for the future, being somewhat f
‘■P ' ® . l tr, l that no Ham. arc engaged, night and day, in examining tlie I It must be borne in mind that the above [ the condition of Othello, os far as Fenianis:
ever, we were pit to <i * ■ important matter committed to tlieir care by j revelation was made in an official form to 1 is concerned. When bis defection was dis-
a <*e was done in this locality, there was a t j. iC Radicals. Now, in order to show the I Congress, and stands to-day upon the record I covered by Col. Kelly and others, a conven
light frost yesterday morning, but our gar- real character of Butler, and that the public uncontradicted. Precious patriot-, arc Ash- Hon of the Brotherhood was called in New
, ns aU ,i orchards came off unharmed. may know how he discharged his official du- ley and Butler! York, when he was formally deposed and
f .•—-t- v r- ■ i mj - "— 1 ——u— ~ ‘Gen. Gleason put in his place pro tern., until
the views of John Jlitchel could be bad.
That gentleman was at once communicated
We annex the action of the meeting of the I °° the subject, and liis advice was to
„ „ . . , „ . ... „ the effect that tbs organization should be
citizens of Bartow county, at Cartcrayille, on k t in Americj) b « t that notiling should
the 13th instant, as it appears in the Carters- J be further done in Ireland, owing to the dan-
ville Express. The committee reported the gers to organizers tnd people from the ex-
followio" resolutions • treme watchfulness »f the authorities. Mitch-
Resolved. That in view of the recent ac J el argued that it would be madness to keep
tion of the Tlnrty-nintl. Congress, in the! or attempt an
tbst theweathor has been quite severe. There
was a heavy sled in Cobb county on Friday,
aoJ some in Fulton, completely destroying
jli advanced vegetation.
Rational Dsmocuatic Cosvextiox.— j
\fc liavo received from a committee a call j
f jr a Democratic National Convention, to be j
]„•!,! in the city of Louisville, on the 7th 1
next, with the request that we publish
s(i l advocate the same.
Wc wish our friends of the State* success
b, tbeif efforts “to restore constitutional
liberty”—the avowed purpose of the Convcn-
port on Government jDontracts.” made to the
Thirty-ninth Congress, by 3Ir. Weshburae, of
Illinois, in which, on pages 1301, 1302,1303
and 1304, Butler cuts this sorry figure :
Testimony of J. F. Whipple.
St. Nicholas Hotel, l
New York, March 6,1862. j
J. F. Whipple sworn:
Question. State your residence ?
Answer. No. 120 East Twenty-first street.
Q. What is yonr place of business t
A. 37 Broadway.
Q. What kind of business 1
A. Hot business.
province or territory, without law except tho
sill of our military master, and having noth
ing to do in the matter of our own liberties,
much less tho liberties of other people. If
disposed to join them in convention just for
the sako of “auldlang sync,” we do not
know that we would bo allowed to do it.
General Thomas’ leanings arc not Democrat
ic, and probably he would not be disposed
to see lib subjects engaging In snch disloyal
proceedings. We will, at all events, wait
tor developments, and then give you our
prayers, if nothing else.
ProFoUCD Loan to tub South.—A Wash
ington letter states that there is a number of
tho members of the 3Iaryland Legislature
there pressing upon Congress the justice and
necessity of lending some ♦13,000,000 to the
Southern people to aid them in their present
necessities. It is urged by many that if the
amount asked is furnished, the States will
nerer pay tho loan, and that tho scheme is
gotten up by dilapidated merchants and
bankrupts to aid their own necessities. Oth
ers assert that the people must have aid, or
they will be unable to obtain a cotton crop,
and that unless some assistance is given them
before another winter,the suffering through-
oat tho South will be most intense.
Maryland on tuf. Stand.—The adoption
of a resolution by the House inquiring into
the republicanism of the Constitution of Ma
ryland, a State that never seceded, is most
significant. Congress might as well extend
its investigations into the governments of
Now York or Massachusetts, and will soon do
so :f there be a flaw anywhere to be picked.
This fulfills the prediction that Radical des
potism is not to be confined to the South, but
in dte time extended ovor the whole Union.
Will tho patriots of the North never awake
from their slumbers?
A Juwik Impeached.—Judge 3Ioody, the
8% Lonis Judge who refused to execute the
Missouri test oath law, on tho ground that it
had been declared unconstitutional by the
Supreme Court, has been impeached by tbe
Legislature and found guilty by the Missouri
Legislature, ffis removal will follow of
course. Thero was really no trial. The
uccused appeared by counsel, and askod a
continuance for five or six days to enable him
to prepare for defence, alleging his duties on
the bench, tho absence of counsel, absence of
witnesses, and tbo want of a certified copy of
the decision of the Supremo Court of the
United States against the constitutionality
of the Missouri oath. Impeachments, it
seems, are tried in Missouri in joint session
of the two Houses. Tho motion for contin
uance waa denied, a majority in both Houses
voting against it Thereupon tho counsel
refused to Drocecd, and the accused declined
any further participation in the trial. The
prosocition went on, and of course the Judge
was bund guilty on all the charges and
speeilcations. ___
^th^rSa^id 1 lyrsffi fc 5-*™* 0 f^ r „
. amendments, in the forma tion of a new con- America, the accumulation ot arms and stores
with stitutionandiothe adoption of the consti- m™". » P °w 5* T trans P oratlon - au<
e to tutional amendment. tLat ?. rdere ba .f ent to Ire ' aud *® su . s P end
Resolved, Inasmuch as we are not yet a n ^ 0 *'® favornble time.
- ■ ill uese views wero presented at an adjourned
meeting of the Convention above alluded to.
Q. Have yon had any negotiations
any of the military officers in reference
Sit ££ ITA ^ with ^ Sfe?
Butler and his Quanermaster, Capt Paul rSt^^iUi^
Q^Whon did you have this negotiation i tention to comply with the requirements of fufutic ^ ^
1 About the 6th of October. Congress, as soon as we know the mode of nott^ed by
Q. State all the circumstances, giving a com P lance - I vention and a messenger dispatched inline
narration of evetything that transpired be- The report was then dicuussed, m which j diatcly to Ireland with the news. Fortu
tween you and either or both of them ? . I discussion C. W. Howard, Col. H. P. Farrow, I nately, that the messenger arrived in the
A. At the breaking out of the war I in- j j jj Parrott and Judge Jas. Jlilner par- nick ot time to stop a foray contemplated
wfir*~> mt 0|>o ° iu
, , .... I immediately dispatched to all parts of the
tress Jlonroe; and he wore it and was pleased j eage, and was decided by the chair to be I country to pre y ent the contemplated more-
witb it, as he expressed to a friend of mine I negatived. A division %vas called for, pend-1 m ent, which had the desired effect. Thd
who gave me tho information. And at tlie|j n _ which Judge Jlilner offered the follow-1 southwest of Kerry is tbe only place where
rime Tic came frr m Hatternsto Washington ,. I nre«ume as a substitute. tfl « order did not reach in time, hence the
•I was at Washington and met him at ‘he r “°W™ 0 “ a SUDStltUt °’ attempt at insurrection there, and the cause
National Hotel; spoke to him about wlmt he tbougb it is not so stated. of the people of other parts not aiding the
had been through, and called attention to Resolved, That we will obey tbe mandates Kerry insurgents.
that cap, and told him I was inventor of it; of the law’. We will do what the authorities It - 3 „ ot f “ r an y wanf of S y mpa thy, but in
and he told me then that he wanted a large J ot the' United States require us to do. A\ e I obedience to orders, that the ‘turn out’ was
quantity of them—about six thousand; and are for the Union and the Government, and not more strious The order did not reach
that he had a quartermaster at Lowell that will abide its action upon all subjects affect- EQ g 1;int | ag soon as j re l a ncl; hence Chester,
he had great confidence in; and he wanted ing our interests; whether it comes from I No ° ucwl tlle (tester people imagine that it
me to come to Lowell on Saturday of the same I Congress or the Prcsixlent, our duty is I was the extraordinary display of vigor by the
week, and there they would give me a con- obey. We love tho government of our Fatli- authorities that prevented thesack of Chester
tract for six thousand. On the 5th ofOcto- ers, and desire that party differences tobe bn- castle, but be thankful that the order of John
her—that was Saturday—I was sitting in I ried in oblivion. I TVIitoheJ reached the leader jost in time to
General Butler’s office in Lowell, waiting for This resolution was, without discussion, prevent it. This being so, it is plain that the
him, and there I saw Paul It. George, quar- I unanimously adopted. (men lately arrested in Dublin, Drogheda,
termaster, and a man by the name of Hil
dreth, whom I afterward learned to be Fisher
A. Hildreth, General Butler’s brother-in-law;
and I ehowsd the samples to them thnt J
took with me; and the quartermaster liked
them; and then this Jlr. Hildreth took me
Cost of living in Germany.
Dundalk and other ports did not come to
Ireland to create disturbance, at the order of
suspension had reached them before they left
A correspondent of the Chicago Tribune] England,
writes to that paper front Jlunicli: All Americans in Ireland, England and
H . I have been living here since the latter part Scotland have been ordered back at once and
into a back office and wanted to know tJe | c f October, in company with my wife anil I most of them have already left. All would
price of these goods and what discount I brother-in-law. We are stopping at a first have done so but for the want of means. The
gave, and if an order could be got lor a I ^ hotel, and occupy four large front I more indigent have applied to Mr. Adams
quantityof them, if I would make any f ‘*' j r00 ms, consisting of two parlors and two land the various American consuls at our
duction in price for cash in hand. I told I | je( j chambers. They arc on the second ports for transportation home. So the police
him I came there to negotiate with General I jj oori fronting on a fine street, and very well j and detectives may relax their vigilance nnd
Butler, and did not know anything about ary fnmisberil. The parlors are even carpeted—I Lord Derby let the habeas corpus be restored,
other person in this matter. an unusU nl thing in Germany. For the fonr The next invasion of Ireland will depend on
Q. What did you tell him about the price? rooms we pay just one dollar and forty cents John Mitcbel and the chances of war between
A. I told him the price would be £15 a a day. Tbe same accommodation at a lead- England and the United States or France—
dozen, 5 per cent off cash in hand. In the I ing American hotel would cost at least fifteen and it is to be hoped that Ireland may so itn
evening I met Gen. Butler and several mem- dollars a day. For fires we are charged no I prove in the interim that no change ot rulers
bers ot his staff and friends who happened mo re than two dollars, and for lights ninety may be necessary.. Without, however, jus-
in his office, and told him I had come on at I cen ts per week. For breakfast (tea, coffee J tico being fairly done to Ireland, a strong hos-
liis request, and showed him my samples; or chocolate, with beefsteak or fried fish, or I tile element will always exist in the United
and then the price was asked and'I told him anything we may order,) wc average twenty I States, ready to take any advantage ot Eng-
tbo same, nc demurred ut the price, nnd I cents each ; for dinner of six courses is fort5 land’s trouble with foreign States. Tho above
said lie could buy a good wool hat for fifty I cents, and for tea twenty cents each. Wash- j I have obtained from Jlr. Jlitchel’s messen-
cents, and pulled but a bill from Bent & I ing is charged at the rate of about thirty I ger, who is an old friend and schoolfellow,
Bush, corner of Court and Washington streets, ce nt* a dozen. The total expenses for all of j and who returned by the Liverpool steamer
Boston, where ho had bought hats for fifty I qs does not average more than ten florins, or | on Saturday,
cents apiece, and mentioned that he had four dollars a day, or one hundred and I •
bought those for his soldiers, and they were twenty dollars per month. I am convinced! Xho Fenians,
now wearing them at the barracks. I saw tbat the same entertainment would not have
the bill and noticed it, because they are par-1 j )een furnished by first class American hotels J As we see it announced that Mr. John
ties I sell goods to nnd know them. _ I asked I for less than six hundred dollars a month. I 3Iitchel is now the Head Centre of Fenian-
him if ho was going to give his soldiers such I the summer months tbe rates are some-1 j sm ^ and as it is understood that he is one of
hats as tho^ne showed me thc hat abl^k what higher but still much less than in this the Riclimond Di )atcll) thc fol _
limn* inrmrtihlv „w°tn one accustom- that WlU *•> re * d Wlth lnturest:
PuniTtON OF Tkn.mcssse.—The status of
Tennessee is somewhat a peculiar one. She
is tie only ono of the seceding States that is
sxunpt from the operation of military law
under the Sherman bill, but none the better
of for that. She was already so thoroughly
ttrturcd in the hands of Brownlow nnd liis
Radical conspirators, that there was no ne
cessity for Congress to step in and add to
her hardships and shiune. This fact is fully
appreciated by thc Nashville Gazette, which
discourses thus on thc situation:
Our Humiliation.—Ten Southern States
have been Slicrnianizcd. Tennessee escapes.
Ten States whose surface is dotted oyer with
the graves of Tennesseeans that perished in
the common cause, are consigned to military
despotism, while Tennessee, tho old “ Volun
teer State’’ is exempt. She lins seen ten sisters
daiu by the ruthless savages; she was helpless
to aid them, and denied even thegrim pleas-
ure of sharing their fate. They are slain, but
she—a sole captive—is reserved only for a
fate far worse—slow torture—life-long shame.
Better the death of the Southern land, that
will know no waking until tlio general res
urrection 1
wool liat. The thing was then dismissed,
He told me he would see me on Monday in I ^ ■
Boston. In the meantime during my wait-1 pears almost incrediblv low to one accustom
ing in Lowell for General Butler, Imrtdethu e d to American prices.' Nineteen-twentieths Lj nt e *« ~^UnUy risS.Td
acquaintance ol ^Ir. CusIiidij, ol the lirni ot j of thc population live in In reel apartments, I cJovcrnmcnt cs steadily opgsged in putting
Cushing & JIack, tin workers and stove deal- according to the universal European custom, them down. They are now manifesting them-
ers. 3Ir. Cusliiug heard the conversation Whole floors, containing the veiy finest 6uits selves in many parts of Ireland, and the police
pacing between me and Captain George ; | of rooms (ten to twelve.) can be rented, un-1
point to put outtheflames,
the Fenians will be
IPV. the embers
said to me: “Now, I want to tell you how I rent, good'sized families meet all their cnr-J continue 'alive underneath, ana will borst out
you have to do this thing. You come from rent household expenses with one hundred I ?f a *?* n ^*^? , M nU l5“ , “®* i y®“SlandwiUh*fe
New York nnd do not know them up here, and twenty-five florins, or $50 a month, cn- Irt .,| nd w ! onld g^na operations and wait to see
I am making stoves and camp kettles, and joying for this small sum all tho “delicacies what iuroadscharterism and the leagues mad- upon
stove pipes and tanks, nnd all their tin and ( ,t the season’’the year round. A household tha British Government. We suspect, however,
iron ware that is wanted for this brigade.” that costs $1,000 a year is already considered jh»t, “J> r ° ad i the “PPf®'
And said he, “the quartermaster George dc- an expensive one. Good cooks and to
cides upon what he wants, comes to my shop I bermaids may bo had for $20 to $30 a year. uk u t t, e ; r ebunces iu another fight. They mustgo
and selects what he waots; then I arrange I For calf-skin, Eastern-made dress boots 11 to the wall again.
the price with Mr. Hildreth, General have paid $3, and tor a pair ot patent-leath- But most assuredly these repeated and desper-
Butier’s brother-in-law. Then I make out I ers $3 50. The best merchant tailor in the miHeatToTof uT^British rnlo
my bill to flildretli; Hildreth takes the j city will make the finest beaver overcoat for I Sr fo^the detriment m^riUsh powcr before the
goods and charges them to the government at $19, and the finest broadcloth suit for $24. world. England having given up her attitude ot
whatever price he has a mind to.” Another My wife was asked but $2 for the best cus-1 dictator-general aud settler of tbo aflairs of the
thing, I heard George give Cushing instrac-1 tom made gaiters. The other day she paid J world, and having turned broker, manufacturer,
tions howto make various articles at this the bill of a fashionable dressmakerfor mnk- ^oVtho^ who lltel^fS^her.Tdtbere are
time; and 31r. Cushing took me around to ing four dresses and mending and altering 1 powcrs which to-day itch to pick a uuarrcl with
liis establishment in Lowell, and showed me I several others. The charge for everything I her. Even the United States has given the lion-
the articles lie was making for Butler’s brig-I wa3 about 30 florins, or $12. She wears a I turned-shop keeper a kick—nay, several kicks-
ade, and the amount of iron ware lie had in winter cloak costing $9, which could fiS^Sblhi} placed mtie!-
various stages of making. On 3IoncIay 1 bavo been bon^ut for id tlie unitul aoyi>ody docs get iutosi row with that
went to Boston and went to Butler's office, I Very good kid gloves, manufactured here, I kingdom, her provinces will drop off, and diseon-
aud there I met several of liis staff officers, can be had for 43 cents a pair. tented Ireland will welcome the invuderand rally
one of whom is his ndjntant, George C. Amusements of every description can so*n
Strong, aud Colonel George Pheplcy, of Port- enjoyed at equally moderate rates. At the ^ w»bout ’its wigg^tions. Jittery countrj- is
land, and Captoin Paul It. GeoTge, and one I Royal Opera House and Theatre, the orenea-J bound to havo Its rise, progress aud dowmali, and
other person whose name I do not remember, I tra and stock singers nnd actors, some of [England must repeat this sort of history. She
with General Butler. Then I showed them I which are not inferior to those of any other I may yet esteem it happiness to be allowed the
my samples, and they looked ot the various institution of thc kind In Germany, the aver- Starts of her own little me, having surrendered
samples nnd decided upon one style. Then <.g e admission for first class performances of - * ■ ; ...—
General Butler took this sample in his hand [operas and dramas is seventy cents for the l ‘-Euchre,” on “YccA-f”—A correspondent
and came np to me and asked me the price, former and fifty cents for tho latter. D f the New Orleans Picayune writes as fol-
I told him $15 per dozen, five per cent, off Stuttgart prices are even lower than those lows: ,
for cash in hand. Then General Bntler said: I of Munich. At Franklort-ou*the Maine- and Morristown, N. J., Feb. 26, 1867.
“Now, the question is this, nnd we might as some watering places in the neighborhood ol I PSeoj/nne—In the name of all the gods, give
well talk it right out. Can yon let us have that city tliev are higher. Amusements are your poweriul aid to restore to the much abused
six thousand at your price, giving my quar- dearer at Dresden. Prices in North German enehre "any
ternmster ten per cent, to divide around. I cities range from ten to twenty-five per cent. inorc 1 .: cotfee .< l>e -"kanphy t"
think these are the exact words. I put them higher. The maximum of expense is to be] “tviiat’s iu anarae?” you will say; but certainly
vOiYt qliar IX DEBT.
Don’t run In debt—never mind—nevermind,
if thy clothe.- are faded and torn:
Fix ’em up, make them do; it is better by tar.
Than to liavo tbe heart wc.-ny and worn. '
Who'll love you the more for the set of your hat,
Or the ruff, or tho tinofyour shoe,
The shape of your vest, or your bools, or cravat.
If they know you’re in debt for the new.
Thore’s no comfort I tell you, in walking the street,
In fine clothe.-, if you know you’re in debt.
And feel that by chance you some tradesman may
meet
Who will sneer—“they're not paid for yet.”
Good friends, let mo beg ofyou, don’t run in debt.
If the ehairs and the sofas are old—
They will fit yonr back better than any new sot,
Unless they're paid foi—in gold !
If the house Is too small, draw thecloser together,
keep it wtjrm with u hearty good will;
A big one unpaid for, in all kinds of weather
™ ill send to yonr warm heart a chill.
Don’t run in debt—now. dear girls, take a bint,
(If tho fashions havo changed since last season,)
Old Nature js out in tho very samo tint.
And Old Nature, we think, has some reason.
Bat jost say to your friend that you cannot afford
To spend time to keep up with the fashion:
Tbat your purse is too light andhonor too bright.
To be tarnished with such silly passion.
Gents, don’t run in debt—let your friends if they can,
Have fine horses, feathers and flowers.
But unless they're paid for, be moro of a man
Than to envy their sunshiny hours.
Ifyou’ve money to spare, I have nothing to say,
To spend your dollars and dimes as you please:
But mind you, the man who his note has to pay.
Is the man who is never at ease.
Kind husbands, don’t run in debt any more:
’I will fill your wife’s cup fall of sorrow,
To know that your neighbor may call at your door.
With a bill you mast settle to-morrow,
0, take my advice—it is good, it is true!
(But oh! lest some of yon doubt,)
I’ll whisper a secret, now seeing ’tis you—
I have tried it, and know all about.
The chain of a debtor is heavy and cold.
Its links all corrosion and rust;
Gild it o’er as yon will—it is never of gold—
Then spurn it aside with disgust.
The man who's in debt Is too often a slave.
Though his heart may bo honest and true.
Can he bold up his head and look saucy and brave.
When a note ho can’t pay becomes due?
Fatal Duel at New Orleans—-Both
Parties Silled.
I* Professor DeBovt Dead ?—This secins
to be a vexed question just now. and tbe tes
timony is strangely conflicting. Tbe event
was formnlly announced by telegraph from a
Northern city, where lie was reported to have
died, anil much ink was shed in writing his
obituary. A few days ago, however, Prof.
DsBow’s associate in
through the press that thc I usedTo be my Sabbath-school teacher, and
dead, hot alive and full of statistics asever. if ^ mnn'nrttr that lie used to be, you
This ought to have settled the matter, !'Ut have certainly mistaken your man. Aiullur-
Meigs, _
told General Butler that he had mistaken his I Intelligencer says:
man, nnd turned around and gathered up my many years ago one of our most hospitable
samples and put them in my box, and told j citizens w.iV lorced to dose bis doors, in order to
him at the same lime that I had been able protect himselt from tho rudeness of those who
, < *1* • '" . cfini'i uninvited tobisrcccplioiiMiiiu parties. iJUt
to keep the mill going without resorting t<> I rudentss and ill-breeding lakes even a widerraDge
anything of that kind, and when it coaly not , loW Uia:1 , t j;d then. Going to receptions and
be done without it, it would be stopped.— I parties UDiuvited is become the rale rather than
Unon that liis adjutant, Strong, stepped up to tbe exception. And to this may be traced all the
,, P J, rL.I_ ,:.„1 c„; e . ..TbJ.,! l-nin I trouble and .nnoyaece that has been lelt during
tbs winter.« Nor will It do to eiiargo *U tbe blame
tlic Review announced | General Butler and says: “1 have known
editor was “not ! this gentleman ever since I was a boy. He
the floods subside anil here comes along tho
Huhvillc Union and Dispatch ol the 8' a inst.,
-or’s
thermore; let me say to you, if there's any
corruption here I am counted out.” He then
for this to etrauiror-i. Washington pas within it-
tell a lurtre class of persons ready at all times to
disregard the proprieties of lit--, and to present
themselves uninvited stall the b3lls and receptions
given by our prominent citiz -n!. The antecedents , fo April next. Where several counties are
and associations of many ol those persons unfit. cn ,b riiced ; n one Congressional district, one
ai * .i. 1K..U l.^turvhr tin .... ...
msphnHI ..KB .. miPV
So there is to be an “Enehre” Congress, accord
ing to tbe universal Picayune. Pray agitato, con
tinually, thereat tor “yuca.” which is tue proper;
the ti/uiiiomt, and the plainest spelling, unless, as
the great Frenchman said, words were givdn to
conceal onr ideas.
Yours in spirit and truth,
uDto “Yrc^."'
Baxkkui’T Act Officials.—Chief Justice
Chase is already overwhelmed by applications
for appointments as registers under the the
bankrupt net- He will not appoint nny one
until nfier the meeting of the Supreme Court
From the New Orleans Times, February 24.]
Already has been given, in tho columns of
this paper, a short account of the dreadful
duel fought between Messrs. Edmund Lefebre
and Charles Janin. Both parties wero respec
tably connected, and were highly esteemed
by thos« who knew them personally. The
following account of the causes and progres
sion of the difficulty, it is believed, will be
found correct:
Not very long ago, a well known society
gave a ball, and Jlr. Lefebre brought his wife
there. It is stated that Sir. Janin, while
Avaltzing with JIadame Lefebre. thrust his
hand into that lady’s bosom, and that the
lady, tearing herself away, rushed to her hus
band and complained of the outrageous act.
3Ir. Lefebre, a few moments afterwards, ac
costed Jlr. Janin, saying, “Sir, you have in
sulted my wife, and you must fight me.”—
Janin, then, being the taller und heavier
man, seized Lefebre and knocked him down.
Lefebre mentioned the matter immediately
afterwards to some ot his Iricnds, and they
indignantly replied that the man who would
conduct himself in that way was not within
thc pale of the code of honor, and should
only be beaten.
Mr. Lefebre thought, however, otherwise,
and on the very next day, by a friend, sent a
challenge to Mr. Janin. Tbe latter accepted
it at once.
The gentlemen who were unfortunately en
gaged as the respective seconds did every
thing in their power to prevent a meeting.
Both ot the principals being determined and
brave men, a fatal termination of the quarrel
was to bo easily expected. Tbe efforts of
the seconds were, however, vain. There
seemed to be on both sides a vindictive de
sire for blood; they would not even fight
with pistols, but Insisted on double-barrelled
guns at thirty paces. No entreaties could
mako them swerve one inch from their set
tled resolve, and their friends with sorry
hearts made tho necessary preparations; yet
the whole affair was so quietly conducted
that not tho least inkling of it was given,
none of the parties being “literary gentle
men.”
On Thursday morniDg last, the principals,
with their seconds and tvro well-known phy
sicians, drove out ol the limits of the city to
a place about a mile above the fortifications.
Many of the readers of this article will re
member the spot, a beautiful ono indeed.
Wide-spreading oaks, old almost as tbe
“everlasting hills,” gave a grateful shade to
the tender verdure beneath. Many picnics
have there been held, and it. was selected
more recently by some Federal admirer of
nature ns a good camping place for his regi
ment.
I The seconds again, each anxious to prevent
bloodshed, interposed, but the principals
were sternly inexorable. Jlr. Lefebre, how
ever, appeared to have a presentiment of liis
approaching fate; for, grasping his second’s
hand, lie said: “Farewell, this is the last
good-bye I will ever make,” and then, cool
nnd collected, walked to bis post. After all
persuasion had failed, as is said, the weapons,
double-barrelled guns, each one loaded in the
left barrel, were handed to the antagonists.
There was a breathless pause. Then in
clear, ringing accents we heard the words :
“ Gentlemen, are you ready ? one, two,
three I”
The two reports appeared us one; so fatal
ly and accurately had tbe weapons been dis
charged. Lefebre received the shot a little
above tho naval; it passing through, ctusb-
ing the spine and thrusting a piece of the
backbone out of the flesh. With a ghastly
look he stared for a moment, and grouping
his arms for a second, he fell dead on his
face.
Mr. Janin was shot through the neck. The
ball glanced down, however, and inflicted
whnt bas been proved to be a deadly wound.
The friends of Lefebre took charge of the
inanimate remains, and after a little while
they procured a skiff and crossed the Missis
sippi. All that was left of what was once a
man was carried and deposited imthe house
of a relativo.
Jleantirae Jlr. Janin was carried to his re
sidence. Evpry effort was mnd - to preserve
his life, but twelve hours after thc duel he
expired.
Jlr. Lefebre was a Canadian by birth, born
in Montreal, and leaves behind him a wife
and two children. Jlr. Janin, who it appeal’s
was bom in France, had depending on- him
for support a mother and sister. So two
families are plunged pitilessly into distress.
The seconds, both gentlemen ot the highest
standing, used every effort to arrange the
matter amicably, but, as has been remarked,
without success, for no apology would be
given. The feeling appeared to lie so bitter,
so utterly bloodtliristy, that nothing short of
Hfecouid appease it.
The Honor of the North.
From tho Now Haven RegisurJ
The greatest calamity that can pccsibly be
fall a nation, is the loss of its honor. It may
be stricken by famine, pistilcnce and the
sword; be rent and tom by civil feud and
war; suffer the loss of armies and navies,
with prestige, territory and power ; lie sub
ject to tbegreatest indignity, humiliation and
wrong; sink into liopdc3S bankruptcy and
financial ruin : but, with the preservation ot
its plighted faith and honor, it is still a na
tion of which its citizens may be proud. In
all the republics of antiquity, running back
to the most barbaric times, nothing has been
held so sacred ns the national honor—the
public faith given in leagues nnd alliances.
Tite Roman Feciales (the very name imply
ing good faith), were the special custodians
of these leagues and alliances, and they were
the proper heralds and proclaimed of war.
It was not lawful to take up arms against thc
people with whom the Romans had formed
an alliance, until the Fecials had demanded
satisfaction, and exhausted all the necessary
means and expedients to effect a satisfactory
adjustment of their difficulties. The war
commenced without these preliminaries, was
deemed too unrighteous to justify them in
calling the gods to witness against tho peo
ple witli whom they were contending. Both
in making peace and denouncing war, the
public honor was regarded ns the one thing
sacred above all others ; or us Shakspeare ex
presses it, in his Coriolanus:
“Honor and policy, like uncovered friends,
Do bold companionship in peace as war.”
But how has the honor of the North, as
given to the South, been kept by the Radical
party io power ? Let a plain, ungnrnished
history tell. After the capitulation of two
great Southern armies under General Lee
aud Johnston, in the spring of 1865, the sev
eral seceeded States were called upon by
President Johnson, who was then fully in
accord with bisparty.to remove certain impe
diments in the way of restoration, when they
would be re-admitted into the Union oa an
equal footing with the other States. The ne
cessary steps were first indicated by President
Lincoln in his proclamation of December,
1863, and subsequently stated in his confer-
renco with the Confederate commissioners at
Fortress Monroe, and adopted as the policy
of President Johnson in 1865. Commissions
were issued to provisional Governors, with
the necessary instructions to organize tem
porary governments, and shape their final
action in accord and harmony with the
United States. A speedy restoration was
what wa3 especially desired on the part of the
Federal Government. The people of the
South, acting in good faith of the pledges
given them, went to work and remove -’, every
known impediment to the proper rehabili
tation of the several States, and their speedy
restoration to the Union. So far as they had
any knowledge or information, they did
everything that was demanded, and in some
cases even more. For two years and upicard,
the Republiean Congress intiirMed no dissent
whatever from the plan of President Lincoln,
and thus tacitly assured the South that the con
ditions imposed by him were all that tcould be
required.. The reader will mark this state
ment in italics, as it is all important in set
tling the question ot violated faith.
On the strength of these assurances, the
South promptly proceeded to organize their
The Flood Subsided—Damages Sus
tained.
Front thu Chattnnoosn American Union, 15th.
It is lmnlly possible rvs yet to calculate cor
rectly the datiiag'.s which our merchants have
sustained by tbe flood. The estimates made
during the prevalence of the high water,
were in general somewhat exaggerated, and
so, we judge, are many of those made yester
day. The greatest losses to the business meil
will arise from thc cessation of business. IVc
give below a few of the estimated damages-
as reported to us yesterday:
JV. Crutchfield & Co., set their losses at
about §1,300. The greater part of tlieir stock
was serious'y damaged, and some ot it will
prove an entire loss.
J. H. Warper & Co. have lost not less than
$6,000. Their stock was all new, and ot
that kind (hardware) most easily injured by
water.
L. Murrin estimates liis losses at $1,500,
which is, we think, very pearly correct.
J. L. Divine* Co. escaped with very fight
damages, not over $600.
A. D. Taylor’s warehouse was almost to
tally submerged, but fortunately he liad
shipped nearly all his grain before the water
bad risen many feet, nnd the coal stored in it
prevented it from going down the stream, so
that liis losses are only the amount necessary
to repair his floor, about $100.
Wight & Peabody, Druggists, Sims’ Block,
estimate their losses at about $1,000.
II. F. Parrish & Co., grocers, estimate their
loss in stock as very small.
John L. Divine’s losses on his farm will be
very heavy—from $£2,030 to $15,000. lie
has four farms, located in various directions
from the city, one on the nortli side of thc
river. The fencing, forage and outbuildings
are swept from off them and the growing
crops totally ruined.
The water is still among the buildings on
the bank of the river below Cameron Hill, so
that it is impossible to form any estimate as
yet of the damage done in tbat neighbor
hood.
H. N. Snyder, dry goods, estimates his loss
at $3,000.
The following list of losses is from our
issue of yesterday:
Lightfoot saloon, $500 ; Bon Ton Restau
rant, $800; Capitol Saloon, $500. The Eagle
Saloon, M. J. Pierce, proprietor, corner of
Ninth and Ralroad street, sustained a heavy
loss. While the proprietor was removing his
goods, a thief extracted his pocket book,
irom his coat pocket, thereby adding insult
to injury. Mr. Pierce has hosts of friends,
and all sympathise with him. Lev/is Flem
ing, Saloon, $300. Major Hobbs, Railroad
Saloon, opposite Crutchfield Ilouse, sustained
a loss ot $500.
R. A. Bishop, proprietor of the Crutchfield
House, can form no idea as yet of the losses
sustained by him. The destruction to thc
fencing nnd" board walks around the house
has been very heavy, A large^ amount of
cord-wood, piled in the yard of the house,
drifted off or was stolen; the beautiful gar
den in front of it was totally ruined and the
furniture much injured. All the stock of
groceries in thc store room was submerged,
but the damage to them cannot be ascertain
ed yet. The vegetable garden belonging to
tlie' house, on the north side of the river, is
destroyed. The early vegetables in it were
coming up finely. At the Louse farm on the
State Governments; elected their Legislatures I Rossville load, the whole of the fencing has
The Flood in East Tennessee.—The
Cleveland Banner, of the 14th, gives us uoine
additionaj particulars of the great flood in
the Tennessee Valley. The flood, says that
journal, has no parallel within the recollec
tion' of the oldest inhabitant, aud its disas-
trous ravages cannot be computed. The
farming interest has suffered greatly in the
way of washing aw Ay fencing and tbe soil.
Along the rivera and creeks all tbe fencing
lias been carried away aud thc farms greatly
damaged. The Tennessee river was swollen
ten feet higher tliau ever known before.—
Several houses has been washed away along
the bottoms of the Tennessee. At Charles-
_ -nr _> r , ’ took his cap, and put it on liis head, and left
containing an account cl the I rob ora tu- ; tho room Thtn General Butler supped up
ooral near that city. Wc copy irom that ^ to me and said, “wait n moment;" and lie
journal: ' took his quartermaster. Captain PAtil R.
*®d impro-sive funeral services of the Episco-
1*1 Church were performed. The services
over, Uie funeral cortege proceeded to the
lence ot Mrs. John Johns, & few miles
from the city, where all that is mortal of
•‘rofresor J. D. 1). DeBow were laid in their
finsl resting place.
l if~ 'I’li'' Knoxville Mes-enger of last week
conies to us printed on pink paper, tlie flood
haring opt off its regular supplies.
have them if none of the others had them.—
He took the sample I had and my address.—
Then Captain Paul R. George came to me
from this little room and took my address,
nnd stud he would call upon me at my place
of business in New York and settle thi* mat
ter. I packed up my samples, and after 1
had loft the room I met this Major tit rung,
and he says to me: “Friend Whipple, I am
sick. I suppose that there is but very little
corruption in the general army, and I suppose
position | .
portative a- that of United St iles District no bridges, nnd isnow in running order from
Judge, and the fees will be fixed by the Su-' Dalton to Knoxville, and on the' Chattanooga
pretne Court so that the best attorneys can : liranvh to Chickamauga. a distance of eight
afford to tend to it. Where there are any j miles from Chattanooga. Several small
number of persons who desire to take the ben- j bridges on the East Tennesse and Virginia
efit of the law the position of register will railroad were carried away, with three spans
be Very profitable. of tlie Strawberry Plains bridge, across the
Holston. Tlie freshet made sad havoc among
An Englishman has patented a watch j the mills, having carried two millsaway (the
with hands that shows Jon its face no j C.istiller Mill and Cleveland Mill) on Mouse
Creek, and damaging more or less nearly
ties are taken. Elsewhere they would be rebuked
and put down at oneu.
St. Elmo.—Messrs. G. W. Carleton & Co.,
publishers of “St. Elmo,” have h id to issue
a curd, stating that, owing to the great nnd
unexpected increase in thc demand tor this
•i masterpiece of fiction," tln-y arc reluctantly j
compelled to solicit the indulgence of tlie'
trade for a few days. A large edition to in , ^ thps0 wllic l, tell the hour lacked
pres?, and will soon he ready for delivery. | Tj)L> gg,,^ . lre displayed ns they are ! every other in the country, still the people of
They have also issued new editions of “ Beu- 1 wanted and” no others appear on the watch Bradley county have not suffered like many
lah” and “ Macarin.” face. ' 1 others, for which they ought to be thankful.
been swept away. A large barn was carried
off by the current and deposited at a place a
quarter of a mile distant from its original
location, while the dwelling house was car-
riedfrom one hill across a valley, and left on
the side of tbe opposite hill, on the spot
where a big house formerly stood, thc latter
having departed for parts unknown.
The rear wall oi the Cumberland Presby
terian Church, corner of Chesnutand Eighth
Streets, has a crack in its extending from the
roof to the ground, which is two inches in
some parts of it.
A wing of the house occupied by Major
Johnson, livingat Chesnut and Sixth Streets,
was floated off during tlie flood, and was
found stranded on the commons at Eighth
and Pine Streets. Scarcely anything was
left of it but thc roof and a floor. At tlie
time it was vacated when the waters were
rising it contain’d considerable household
property, but nothing was left in it but a
trunk; a large stove was among tlie pissing
articles.
Hook & Wood, furniture dealers, opposite
the American Union office have snffered se
verely. Two very fine pianos, two sets of
splendid tete-a-tetes and two mohair sofas
were moved when thc rise threatened
tlieir store, and deposited iu a neighborhood
wareroom, Sve feet higher than j.heir own
store, but tho water floated them all. The
stock left in their store was coated with mud
and q’arped very badly.
The losses sustained by the railroad Com
panies will lie very heavy. In the city the
tracks are all washed very badly ; platform
cars floated off the tracks, went sailing down
stream or are piled up in all sorts ot ways
and places. Engines left on tlie tracks or in
tho shops were covered as high as the boilers.
Numbers- ot the , cars were loaded with
freight, dry goods, groceries, hardware, etc.,
which will prove almost a total loss.
A portion of the house occupied by Major
Johnson, at Sixth and Chestnut streets, float
ed upChestnut and was lodged in the middle
of the street, opposite Dr. Green’s, at Seventh ’
street.
The old bath house floated from Fifth and
and Chestnut streets, and is now lodged in
the rear of Lindeinah’s house, at Seventh and
Railroad streets, and lies on its side.
Buildings have been carried off trom every
part of the city. Some of them are lodged
within the corporation limits on high spots
ot ground, or have caught on posts and held
till the waters went down, when they over
turned and now lie in every odd manner on
the street. . . •></•
John C. Griffin & Co., commission mer
chants, JIarket and Fourth streets, estimate
their damage by the flood at §1,700—one
half of which was’on goods received by them
for sale upon commission. Among other
things they lost one hundred ancl thirty-
four sacks of salt.
In the Union Passenger Depot the plat
forms have been raised by the current and
stand up in every direction, every few yards
of flooring forming fits inclined plane on its
own hook.
Tho platforms on both sides of Ninth
street, from Railroad to JIarket, have been
tossed, and thrown about the water as it
they were nothing but feathers, and now lay
abo'ut, higgle-de-piggle-de, as the French
say. ■ _ _
Jam. Delivery.—Some time duringFriday
night, the jail of Muscogee county wss brok
en, and four of the six prisoners co^fingd in
it made their escape. Tlie four wha escaped
were—P. H. Calhoun, committed for horse
stealing, and Joshua Joues forlarctuy—-both
whites; also the following negroes,, al! com
mitted for stealing: Alfred Porter, George
Bewell, William Ingersoll, and Henrr Mahol-
rnes alias Holmes Lindsay. IVter Rankin,
another freednmn con, fined on a charge of
, _ . theft, also came out into tlie yard, but .made
depredations ot a character ca>-1 no el y orts t o -escape. The ether ffeedman
' who remained probablycottld not have got
ten throuidi the apertures mode bv thoss who
broke ouft— Col. Enq. 17ttL.
and State officers; provided for sending Sen
ators and Representatives to Congress; were
recognized as States by the Federal Execu
tive, and were reinstated, or supposed they
were, to all their rights and immunities as
States. But when they lmd elected their Sen
ators and Representatives to Congress, they
learned, for the first time, upon their applica
tion for admission, that something more was
required of them. No people ever showed
greater willingness and promptitude in com
plying with the demands of the Government,
than the South did in this particular instance,
Tlie plighted faith of tbe nation had been
given them. They had accepted it. Con
gress had interposed no objection to the man
ner in which it was given; and, not doing
this, was as much bound in honor as the Ex
ecutive to keep the laith thus solemnly
plighted.
After every State in the South had abol
ished slavery as the first condition of resto
ration, and had declared their ordinances of
secession null and void, and repudiated their
Confederate war debts, in compliance with
the conditions imposed, the Radicals finally
submitted an amendment to tbe Constitution,
which would leave no ground for “bad faith”
on the part of the South, and. by its submis
sion, again virtually pledged themselves to
admit the Southern Senators and Representa
tives on their adoption of the same in the
manner provided by the Constitution. The
amendment was promptly and cheerfully
adopted by every Southern State. Again the
Punic faith of the Radicals displayed itself
in other demands and conditions ; and even
now, after more than two years of legislative
trifling on the subject, no definite and final
terms are proposed by these reconstruction
marplots. It is but a short time since that
the Radical leaders shamelessly declared in
Congress that the constitutional amendments
were not proposed as a condition of restora
tion. And yet they have thc effrontery to
charge the South with being obstinate, per
verse, stiff-necked and rebellious, in not ac
cepting all tbe conditions they demand!
Were thu people of tlm South to yield the
point of negro suffrage to morrow, they would
liave no betteror greater guarantee than the}’
bad two years ago, of admission into thc
Union. With the acceptance of every new
condition, they have found themselves just as
far from restoration as ever; nay, each new
acceptance has been .followed by more exact
ing and humiliating terms. Tlie demand
now is, not alone negro enfranchisement,- but
white qualification. This yielded, and the
confiscation of ail white men’s estate will fol
low, with the partitioning up of the same
among the negroes. A bill to this effect has.
already been drawn up, and will be among
the first to be introduced in thc Radical
Rump, No. 2.
Tbe future historian will search in vain, for
a single precedent in history to parallel the
Punic faith of the Radicals in these proceed
ings of thc Rump. In facr, the treachery
ami perfidiousness Of the Oarthagehians—
their faithlessness and deceit, would give a
proverb to honesty in comparison with the
reatcr iniquity and shamelessness of the
Radicals in Congress.
Colored Troops.—Two companies of the
40th Regiment United States Colored Troops,
(Regulars,) Colonel Allies, commanding, ar
rived in this city on the Wilmington and
Weldon Railroad, Wednesday evening, en
route for Charleston, where, we learn, they
will be stationed. A portion of tlie regiment
to which-these troops belong, are stationed
at the forts below this place, being tlie same
which were landed from the steamer that
went ashore on New Inlet Bar recently. The
remaining portion, we are informed, are at
Morehead City. During tlie night before
last, and the forenoon of yesterday, strag
gling parties of the detachment passing
through were strolling about tbe streets arul
committin
culated to annoy, disturb and iDjute the
citizens. We arc informed that several stores
were entered by bands of these stragglers,
and bold robberies committed, in the very
face or the owners. Abusive language ac
companied these actions, and tho owners of
the goods thus stolen, on remonstrating with
the soldiers on their action, wo-re threatened
with tlieir lives. This, we suppose, is but a
foretaste of what w« are to expect when mid
End oi- Poland.—The St. Petersburg pa
pers state that the Russian government has
decided on obliterating tlie liumee-/ Boland.
From April next the name of " Kingdom ot
Poland” will be replaced bv that of “ The
rr J j, 1-., J J tesy ot tlie lamrnnge ot executioners,” adds.
herall, loth inst. j th / Temps , - is always an aggravation of the
pg-Thb Leximrton, (Ky.) Statesman says j punishment.” .
tlrattto negroes are leaving Kentucky, and , —-—- —
especially those who are able to do the work ; Something Nt"<r.—The publishers of tho
we so much need to bo done. In the P as * ; Cincinnati Enquirer have adopted the pirn
three months not less than three hundred . . .. . , . . ..
aWe bodied young field hands have left Lex-1 of adapting the size of tlieir paper to the
ington alone, and it is told that this is but i daily demands upon its columns; hence it is
the beginning of tbe emigration. issued with forty columns some days, with
_, . i T*’ , ... , , thirtv-six colums, and even with but thirty-
5-1? Galveston is flooded with counterfeit - , ’ , , /
one dollar .greenbacks. Three Italians have | two columns, when they have no pressing de-
been arrested for passing them. j mand upon tueiv space.
