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IKTKRK8TIKO TO LaWTKKS.—A* » ® ntt< T
of interest to tlie legal fraternity of this State,
we tako pleasure in saying tliat we * 1 ‘* '
menoo on the4th, and continue from time to
time as they may lie furnished to . u ®’ *
of “Skotches of prominent Georgia Lawye
of the present century who are now no more.
They are from the pea of a venerable and
distinguished member of the profession and
front what we have wen of them, w. feel safe
in promising a real literary treat to our read-
era. As nearly or quite all the lawyers in this
section of the State take the TelbowaM alrea
dy, we make this announcement for the infor
mation of those at a distance, wlio will tod
these memoirs alone ample compensation for a
year's subscription.
TOO Fast.—We seo many hasty, and as we
think, ill-timed discussions in the papert as
to whether the Southern States should ac
cept the Sherman plan of reconstruction or
not. For ourselves, wo are not sure t.iat
Sherman’s bill is a law, and until that n al
ter is definitely settled against ouc ooavic-
tions by competent authority, we think it
premature to be advising tbo peoj4e wha 1 ; to
do about it We expeck like good citirms,
to obey all laws, whether they be just or <on-
stitutional in our own opinion or not, but we
shall not volunteer obedienso to anything
that is not law.
Advertising.—Prentice, of the Louisi Ulo
Journal, in its »f tlw 28th ult, say »e—
Wo have been carrying on the Louis rille
Journal between thirty-six and tbirty-s<!ven
years. During that timo, we have knowi no
man of business in thocity to fail who ad ver-
tised liberally. And wo have known no one
POLITICAL MISSIONARIES—A SUGGES
TION TOJ THE ORATORS OF THE
SOUTH.
“The Radical members «f Congress (says
the Philadelphia Age) are preparing to rend
a prospecting party into the South. They
have created a new clase of voters in that
section, and are naturally wuxious to know
how they will be disposed to exercise the elec
tive franchise before further steps are taken
_ the matter of ‘Southern reconstruction.’—
The joint caucus of the Radicals, held in
Washington during the present week, had
special reference to this matter. Money is to
be raised and -speakers dispatched into all
the States now under military power, to ad
dress tho negroes, and organize them into a
party under the lead of such ‘loyalists' as
Hunnicutt and Hahn, and that description of
torch and turpentine' fanatics,’who live best
amid the storm of passion and prejudice.—
While military rule is overshadowing all free
dom of speech and of the -press, and whole
classes ot white men are disfranchised, and
forbidden to approach the ballot box, the
Radicals arc concocting * plan, by wliicb to
build up a party in that section, which will
give color to an assumption that the people
are content with the new order of thlDgs, and
disposed to affiliate with that faction which
has riveted the chains upon .them in open de
fiance of tho Constitution nnd the promises
and declarations made during the progress of
the war.'”
For oureclves we have not the slightest
objection to this arrangement. We hope the
n&dioaU will send their orators South and
that they will avail themsel ves of every oc-
cawon to address ibo people in public. It is
only those sly, puritanical-faced dodgers'
around negro kitchens and back lots that we
baso to fear, and we have reason to believe
to succeed in any considerable, if even in a ^ . g ftIroadv an army ^ 8uch insid i ous
respectable degree, who didn’t advertise hb- abread " in tbe Soutb .
erally. ,. The orators and gentlemen of tho North
Railroad Matters.—Wo learn tha; the bo received kindly and .treated with eve-
railroad bridge at Hawkinsvillc is aoout ry respect, so long at least as they extend re
completed, and that tho cars will run int > the spcct to us. But, we believe in free discus
town during the present week. «on. To know the truth-and that is wbat
Wo are also informed that the first c srgo everybody wants to know, white and black—
of iron for tbo extension of tho Macon and | wo should hear both sides. Therefore, when
Augusta railroad has arrived at Mayfield and Northern orators come South, we hope
will bo laid down without delay. Southern men will not be wanting anywhere
' to meet them in fair debate. We have noth-
Sutfraoh.—The Richmond Times tl inks I ing to lose and everything to gain by -tho en
that nothing is more certain than that women counter of mind with mind, and a thorough
willbcpcrinittod to votain less than tenyears. exposition of facta and principles connected
This depends wholly upon whether thelilsck with tho existing condition and future poli-
Rcpublicans are in power or not, and how cy of the country,
tho present system works out. The mania And now, wo have another suggestion to
for universal suffr&go originated with that make. As our Northern friends have taken
party, and even they will regret it should it such interest in our political enlightenment,
bo found unprofitable. Likoall other manics— it is but right and fair that we return tbe
for there it no just principlo to sustain it, not I compliment and send missionaries to them.
even common sense—it will run its course I Indeed, this is the great need of the country
and care itself. And all history proves that I at the present time. The pooplo of tho North
It will be succeeded by tho opposite doctrine, I have been deceived and misled by their po
a restricted suffrage, restricted beyond any litical demagogues and fanatical crack-brains
limits we have known in our history as a na- long enough, and the South should put her-
tion. In this expectation rests all our hopes self in immediate connection with the popu
for republican liberty in America. l&rmind of that section. It has purposely
been kept in darkness as regards the South
IW Gen. Joseph E. Johnston is out in the I ] ler disposition, her temper, her views and
Selma Mowenger with a long letter defend- her interests, and we should send representa-
ing himself against certain strictures in the tives there to tell them the truth. This
Life of Gen. Stonewall Jackson, by a staff I country is only to bo saved through the
[For the Telegraph.
Georgia lawyers.
f NUMBER l \
In this State the lawyers have but a poor
chance for posthumous fame. Their reputa
tions survive them only so long and so dis
tinctly as tradition can perpetuate and elu
cidate them. Mers lawyers, except Judges
of the Supreme Court, have no record. Their
fate for the most part is vtrum colitare per
ora. They live only in the kindly memory
and appreciating judgment. of contempora
ries, and a few generations of professional
successors. They scon become myths lin
gering indistinctly in -the shadows of the
past. The most profound learning—the
energy and skill which have commanded
success—the integrity which has inspired
confidence—the wit that has lit up the som
bre halls of justice, and the eloquence which
has delighted, instructed and convinced, in
sure but a abort lived renown. “Pity, 'tis 'tis
sol" All this is especially true at the South, fur
we have had no distinctive history of either
men or things.
The melancholy fact suggests two thoughts:
First, let us respect ourselves as a class whilst
we live; and second, let survivors guard as a.
trust the memory of.the departed. The Bar
has been considered hy many, as simply a
lever, wherewith to pry men into political
position. Our yo ung men aspire to the Leg
islature, and thence to Congress. It is one
of the vices of our too democratic institutions
that they create u passion for political life
in all men, from the “sovereign,” who inhab
its a gutter, to the highest orderof cultivated
mind.
covered. Let the frailties of thedead sleep-
yea, let them repose in the slumber that
knows no waking.
And now, Messrs. Editors, it is probable
that your columns cannot be filled for some
time to come, with your usual amount ot free
and able political discussion, and therefore,
will be open to lighter matter. For this
reason, among others, I am encouraged to
promise the aforesaid sketches. Allow me,
notwithstanding, to say, in the spirit of
“chartered libertine,” and in utter con
tempt of consistency, that I pledge myself to
nothing. Shall I confess itl I am in a sense
demoralized. I feel that I am not a free
agent. That propelling power of manhood
confidence in the future, is wanting. I am
triple slave—a slave to the evil times upon
which we have fallen—a slave to my office,
and a slave to my caprices. I, therefore, ask
your indulgence. I may send you soon
sketch of William 0. Dawson; others at in
tervals, may follow—if so well, and if not,
“nobody is hart.” Bulleb.
Subjugation of all the States.
In an nrticle on the design of the Radical
Congress to assert power over all the States
and usurp the rights to regulate their inter
nal policy, the Charleston Courier says:
When Mr. Tbaddeus Stevens, in the full
flush of his victory over a prostrate South
called upon Congress to take Pennsylvania
“in hand,” be uttered no idle threat. The
idea was that no State was Republican whose
institutiom and politics were not in bar
monv with that of a majority in Congress,
and that Congress should assume tho power
of the nation and be supreme over Constitu
tions and Static.
officer of the letter.
Savannah.—-CoL T. P. Robb, a Northern
man who has been acting as Direct Tax Com
missioner at Savannah since the war, has been
appointed Postmaster of that city.
agency of the honest working masses of the
North, who have no interest in politics, but
to do right and what is best for their coun
try. Our orators could tell them what they
never heard before—the truth—and when
once heard they would be shocked at the
A reconstruction awallow-every thing meet- ainount of fraud and deception that have
ing was held by the negroes and a portion ol bccn practiced upon them so systematically
the white people of Savannah on Monday
Er-Proviiional Governor Johnson presided,
and the exhibition generally drew from
U. S. Attorney Fitcb, who made a speech,
this significant remark: “Between this
and the first day of November, I shall be sur
prised, from what Ihavo seen, if some Anglo
Saxon does not, in tho interim, deprecate his
blood and regret that ho cannot trace his
lineage to Ethiopia, for the purposo of se
curing your dcctivo suffrage.”
for years. And, what is more, the people
would turn and rend tlieir deceivers.
We hope our people will think of this mat
ter, and that its importance will impress their
minds as it has ours. Most of our profes
sional men will be at leisure during the sum
mer months, and there is no way in which
they could spend their time so acceptably to
their country and beneficially to themselves
and their posterity. Stephens, Johnson, Hill
and others we might name, are admirably
Ex-Confederates to the Rescue.—Tho T Da ' ific(1 for tlie work ’ , nnd wc ho f e *» see
them in the harness. A dozen speeches from
Texas “ Ranchcro ” says: There are rumors
afloat that a body of “ Confederates,” no-
called, numbering many hundred, are organ
izing in the Texas mountains to join Maximil
ian in his northern campaign.
Sir. Stephens in the large cities of New York,
all of which would be reported in the papers,
would revolutionize the State. Hill might
talk most effectively to the Germans and
Quakers of Pennsylvania, and they have no
man who would be a match for him on the
Governor Johnson, from his great
abilities and the association of his name and
history with tho immortal Douglas, would
sweep away tho cobwebs from the eye3 of Hli
nois and her sister Stales of the West. They
are all three men of the first rank as regards
both abilities and character, and all, though
Personal Liberty at ike Nortii.—Tho
Northern press boasts much of their section. I stump
and especially their devotion to the liberty of
tbe citizen and to decency of deportment on
all occasions. As an illustration of bow
much liberty is enjoyed by tho citizen in that
part of the Union, we may instance a fact—
Last week, in tho refined and law-loving city
of New Haven, when Professor Northrop, I they occupied high positions in the councils
who is a candidate for Congress, was address- of the Confederacy, opposed secession down
ing a meeting, an old Union soldier became to tho very accomplishment of the fact. The
weary of his tirade and attempted quietly to peoplo of tho North will therefore hear them,
leave the house, whereupon ho was jeered and I hear them respectfully, and what is more,
hissod, and assailed with such cries as put th e y believe them
him out," “hit him,” etc., etc. Even t ao All the other States have men amplyquali
speaker gave him a kick as he went.— I fled to plead the cause of the South before
Should the slightest disrespect be offered to I the people of the North, and we hope they
a Radical orator ia tbe South, we should be engage them for the good work. V e
denounced as ruffians. need self-vindication. Wc aro not under
stood; to the contrary most grosslymisrcpre-
Major General Pope.—^This distinguish »d sented and belied by ail the moulders of
officer, Commander ot tho Third Military I p ub ]; c sentiment and opinion at the North.—
US!Jfir | w« bclioro tto if .he people, .he hooeM,
laboring men of the Northern States could be
The resolution of’Mr. Thomas, the Radical
Now, so far as the lawyer is concerned, member f r0B1 Maryland, which was referred
this is a great mistake. It is but too appa- to the Committee on the Judiciary, to inquire
rent now that where the power of the gov-1 whether Maryland has a Republican form of
di,oc Uj bjr ,he
and office, therefore, is open to all, permanent, I And now it seem# Connecticut is about to
ood government is impossible. But I will [be taken “in hand.”
not depart from my theme. Many a good J That State, not many months since, in the
lawyer ha. been spoiled by becoming a poor of constitutional right, declared
, J 1 -» e iv • « against negro suffrage by over ten thousand
statesman. Thfe p ursuit of politics u mcom- b TLe Republicans \ nt yea r carried
patible with professional distinction. He I ( be state by but a bare plurality of 500 votes,
who abandons a lucrative practice for politics and the prospect is that at tbe pending elec-
with the expectation of resuming it at will, is tion they will lose the State, the Uepubli-
doomed to disappointment. His return to canvasser!h therefore,,as reported by tele-
^ v. .* J gram, have determined, notwithstanding the
his position at tbe Bar is as difficult as the j awg G f gtate do notallow it, to offer apd
poetic ascent from HelL It is true that a I poll the negro vote in tho State, with a view
knowledge of the law is necessary to the! in so ulosi a contest of casting it for their
statesman, but statesmanship is not necessary candidate.; and then claim, before Congress,
. ’ - r n that three fourths of the so-called loyal States,
to the lawyer. Mr. Calhoun was a great I having adopted the constitutional amend-
statesman, because, among other things, he J mcnt,thatit is therefore a law, and that no
was a well-read elementary lawyer; whilst 1 State undtr its general terms can create dis
o'clock on -Sunday afternoon, and after a short
delay loft for Montgomery the same evening.
By the detention of the trains above Chatta
nooga, he was unable to tako tho Saturday
night train down, as expTcted; but as soon
as tbe fact was known, Maj. Wallace prom oi
ly placed a special train upon tho State road,
for the convenience of Gen. P. and suite. A
number of our prominent citizens met the
General at Chattanooga, and escorted him
to the city, where he was a guest of the
National a few hours, and was celled upon by
many gentlemen during his stay.
It was remarked by observers that Gen, P.
was unaccoippanied by his staff, and wore no
made sensible of the exact condition of af
fairs South, i« twelve months the Black Re
publican party would not have a foothold
outside ot New England, and but very low
oven there. The truth must bo carried to
them, and that s&ered duty devolves upon the
South. She owes it to herself and to the
cause of free government in this Western
World. Blinded by prejudices and purpose
ly kept in ignorance, it is no wonder that tho
great body of the Northern peoplo hate tho
insignia of his .iigh rank. Plain and umis- I g oudl and to punish her as they conceive
aumiug in manners as in style, agreeable in . , * , J
his intercourse with those he met?and con-I J ustl T> wollkl tear down the government on
servative in expression, the impression cro their own heads and erect a despotism in its
nted was strongly in his favor. The posit on place,
is one we have reason to believe he sought to
decline, hut. the exigencies of the service A Lunatic Shoots ax Aged Man Through
compelled his acceptance. We understand the Heart, and Cura Hia Head Off with
he baa determined not to call additional an Axe.—Portland, March 25.—George Itolfe,
troops into the District, aa he does not iindc-j an inoffensive man, aged thirty-flvo years,
ipato tho least disturbance between the Fed
cral authorities and the people, during tho
transition of the latter from their present un
settled coodilinn to that permanency as Sti.tcs
in the Union so essential to onr future wel
fare.—Atlanta Opinion, 2d.
Clay Statde.—We are officially informed
that there ia no foundation in fact for She
story going the rounds, of the papers Hint
the Clay statue is to be tin veiled on the ICth
of April, and that Messrs. Winthrop, Fill
more and Stephens are to delivur an address
on tbe o-.xa6ioD. The pedestal Ijas not ar
rived, no day is fixed ior the ceremony, mil
no orator has been selected. As soon as my-
tbing is determined on we will announce i:."
[Louitrillt Jovrnal.
woh murdered on Sunday morning in tho
Williams House, in Falmouth, by Ebon Wil
liams, aged twenty-one years, who shot him
through tbe heart with a rifle, and then cut
off his head with an axe. Williams is an im-
becil, under guardianship, but being supposed
harmless, was allowed to occupy tho house
with Rulfe, who was a pauper, as hia servant.
Williams went to tho house of his guardian
in the afternoon, and stated gleefully what he
had done. The body was found laid out as
if for burial, aud tbe head in a pail of water.
A Vermont mao recently bought
twenty-six railroad tickets, intending to take
his wife and twenty-four children to the
West. Among the two dozen are eleven
pairs of twins—all boys.
Mr. Petigrn wa* an exceedingly able law- tinctions fa the elective franchise on account
yer, without having been, at~any time in * Iaotber "ords, the claim will be
a long life, diverted into politics. If the law p 5 * st 7bat by tbe Act of Congress itself
must needs yield to a passion for political I the ten .-xcluded Commonwealths of the
life, in that event—albeit unaccustomed to j South art not States in the Union, but mere
venture to suggest to onr young brethren, to 1 constitutfaual amendment is to bo submitted,
seek first tbe honors and emoluments of the ] Second That tho Constitutional Amend
profession, and when these are attained, and J raent is mw the law of the lund, having been
not till then, enter the filthy arena of politics. p*j bet a b '
The pursuit of political honors is sometimes g at under iu Mv terms the col-
degrading, and success always unsatisfactory. I ored race ^ ave the right of suffrage ia every
The majority of politicians find, when too I State, regardless of local laws or State Con-
late, that the peoplt aro a capricious task- Btitations. ,
. ,T. .. _ And tha new plan for cite subversion of
master, and that tho favors which they con- thc SteteB Gnomes more apparent when we
ferare to tbe spirit wbat tbe apples of Sodom I scan ^0 proceedings in Qongress. Tbe
are to the taste—but dust and ashes. It may I bill of Mr. Wilson, ot Massachusetts, is sig
be conceded that some lawyers do in fact I nificant. It is in these words:
•cquir. luting
as statesmen. There are exceptional m -lg( a tes has teen ratified by asufliciunt number
stances—Mr. Webstir and Mr. Berrien, for I of States, aid is therefore a port ot the fun-
example. Let it bn noted, however, that I damental la.v; and whereas the first section
these glorious luminaries of the law ignored article of amendment declares that
... „ , , . . ‘all persons aom or naturalized m tbo United
politics until professional eminence had been nb ject to the jurisdiction thereof,
reached. arc citizens of the United States, and of the
Some such man as Lord Campbell, might j State wherein they reside, and that no State
find on the roll of deceased Georgia lawyers I shall make or enforce any law which shall
. . . e . . .. . . ,. I abridge tho privileges or immunities of citi-
matenal for as interesting a book as his I £ ^ g. ite f States;’ and whereas the
Lives of the Chancellors. Their names are I sa j d fourteenti article of amendment to tho
not so illustrious as those of Lord Eldon and ] Constitution unpowers Congress to enforce
Chancellor Bacon, “ the wisest, brightest and j by appropriate legislation the provisions of
meanest of mankind,” but their genius, wit, ard ?.°", Tll ^ rc ^ re »
, . . , ''. , , 6 M “Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
learning, straggles, tnumphs, eloquence, and R epresentati , e8of t he United States, in Con-
moral and social character, are themes rich gross assembled, That there shall be no de
in the elements of delightful comment and nial of the chetive franchise to any male citi-
illustration. Some one says that every man’s zca the Uiited States by any State, on
,- r - r . j ,,. | account ot caor or raccor previous condi-
li e, if accurately delineated, would be a ro ~ L; on anything in the Constitution or laws of
mance. Much more truthfully it might bel anv State to j ie contrary notwithstanding,
affirmed that every fuccessful lawyer’s life is Sec. 2. '“Aid he it further enacted, That
romance—not the romance of sensational each and every person who shall violate the
fiction, but the romance of real life. provisions of ibis Act shall on conviction in
any Court of me United States, bo fined for
When the writer came to the bar, such men each and cvey offense not less than $1,000,
as Berrien, Reid, S. Jones, T. W. Cobb, Up- or be imprismed not less than six months,
son, Clavton, D. G, Campbell, Dougherty, ° r both . at tht discretion of the Court.”
Foster, Dawson, Shorter, Doolv, Tracy, A. G. T T he programme scarcely needs comment.
, .. , . , . J If any State declines to grant negro suffrage,
Safibld, and others too numerous to be named, I ifc u bebd(1 ts abrid |i ng the immunities
were in mid career. Ho is, however, old 1 0 f citizens, and its laws and action declared
onough to have known most of them—some invalid. Connecticut may yet be the first of
of them intimately. They have all gone down tlm New England States on trial for its liber-
.. . . , , A, . ... ties, franchises and constitutional existence.
to tha tomb, not un xept nor unlionored, but Tbe barbed arrotv w ju nover b e content with
unsung. I propose to give brief sketches of piercing the viUls ot the South,
some of them, not finished portraits, but out- Tbo words President Johnson, as appli-
lino drawings. These evanescent memorials cable to the stito of affairs among us, may in
may release for a season the character of the but a little vhile prove true of the whole
dead from the grasp of oblivion, and revive I country, “that the people of these States
, . . M1 v , . shall have no Constitution except such as
virtues which contemporaries will bo pleased bo dictlted by Congress, and formed
to contemplate, and winch the younger mem-1 under the rertraint of its rule.”
here of tho profession would do well to emu
late. Upon them the Arctic night of the | General^herman on “HorseFrowlino”
The Official Changes in If ew Orleans.
INSTALLATION OF GENERAL apEKIDAN’s Ar-
rOINTEES.
grave now hovers—long, cold and obstruct- and the L+ws of War.—Wc have been fur-
ing.. It shall give place to interminable day, aisbed, sayt the Selma (Ala.) Times, with a
« -**•**<? »•> ‘‘•r»Hss£9 tgspi SSS&i “
pass away. In tho meantime, it is a kindly I ma n, asking to have his horse restored to
charity, as well as a pleasurable duty, to plant I him. It » a Very good specimen of the
flowers upon the earth that covers them. erratic hunor of that eminent raider, and
x , -ii.. „ . will doubtless provoke a smile from many a
It is well to visit the Cemetery. Even the Confed., who was himself occasionally “care-
sepulchro has its soothing power. “The love less in a search for title” where horses, bee-
tliat survives tho tomb is one of the noblest hives, or vegetables were concerned:
attributes of the soul—no, there is a voico Atlanta, Ga., Sopt. 10, 1864.
from tbo tomb sweeter than song. There [ liec. , Confederate Army:
remembrance of the dead to which DearSir: Your letter of September 14 is
we turn, even from the charms of the living.” received. I approach a question involving
Nor will sucn reminiscences be unacceptable l be title of a. horse with great diffidence, for
pie, associated as they aro with lawyers in the remarkably silent on the “horse.” He is a
administration of the law, as parties, jurors beast so tempting to the soldier—to him of
and witnesses, and also as lookers-on, become cavalry, the fancy artillery, or the pa-
familiarly acquainted with their character tient in - fantry ~ th f a ^L bn i
, , ~ ^ . . recovering a worthless, spavined beast than
and standing. Not (infrequently they know inpaying B a millionof ** greenbacks,”so Ifcar
them well personally. Hence it is that they 11 must reduce your claim to one of finance,
acquire a kind of property in the popular and refer you to the great Board of Claims in
lawyer. They admire and lovo [him whilst Washington. That may reach your case by
living and venerate bim when dead. Thel^X^ grandchild becomes a great-
court with us is a beneficent school. From fa Privately* I thinkit was a shabby thing in
the discussions of the court room, the people the scamp of the 31st Missouri who took your
learn more than from any other source of civil I borse, and the colonel or his brigadier should
rights and of the principles upon which oar ^ S
a . ’ , undertake to make good the sins of omission
constitutions are billed. They laugh at the 0 f awn C0 ] 0 n e ls und brigadiers, much less
lawyer’s wit, vreep at his pathos, and gather I of those ot a former generation. “When this
material lor thought from his augument. J cruel war is over,” and peace once more
This is true here, tut to a less extent in Eng- od vc3 J oa a P a risb, I wifi promise, if near
, , , , e ,, , . , you, to procure out ol one of Uncle Sam’s
land; Thejuryapeechesof theeloquentand ac-1 co rra ] S) 1 beast that will replace the one
complisbed Erskir.e, contributed more to in-1 taken from you bo wrongfully. But now ’tis
fuse into the monarchy the element of popu- impossible ; we have a big journey before us,
lar liberty, than the advocacy of the ablest j and need all wo have, and, I fear, more
,... , c _ v. a.. too; so look out when the Yankees are about,
political reformer of his d j. nnd b j de your beas t 9i { 01 . experience is,
To the fanltsof my subjects, (and who of i that all soldiers are veiy Careless in a search
woman born is without them ?) I propose to j i or title. I know General Hardee will con-
be, if not blind, yst very kind. In truth, it) 8™ this my advice,
is tbe fair side of character that I would like} WUh ^
We copy as follows from the New Orleans
papers of the 29th ult: :
THE TRANSFER OF THE MAYORALTY.
From th« New Orleans Picayune, 29th.]
At 12 o'clock yesterday Mr. Edward Heath
appeared at the office of the Mayor, and be
ing escorted into the Mayor’s parlor, was
courteously and kindly invited by Mayor
Monroe to a seat beside him. The latter then
rose, and in a few words congratulated the
appointee upon his elevation, and promised
to give him every assistance in his power.—
Mayor Monroe observed that, expecting
change to be made, he was personally aud as
a citizen gratified that the choice had fallen
not on an officer seeker or noisy partisan, but
upon a quiet and unobtrusive citizen of many
years of residence like Mr. Heath.
The repljf of the latter was modest and
brief, hut intimated his earnest desire to make
his office one ot benefit te the people, and
his administration of it satisfactory to them.
The question being propounded as to who
was to administer the oath of the office to
the new Mayor, the custom having been for
the outgoing incumbent to administer it to
his successor, Mr. Lynch, the new Attorney
General, was of the opinion that some judicial
officer was necessary to do this, as Mayor
Monroe had been removed, and a pause oc
curred, during which we left.
Just as wo passed out a booming bowl of
champagne punch passed in. By the inner
door of the outer office was a richly framed
and elaborately painted portrait of the late
President Lincoln, waiting to come in, which
will doubtless, when wc return again, be
hung prominently on the wall.
inauguration of the new officers at
THE FIRST DISTRICT COURT. ’
From the New Orleans Crescent, 29th ult.)
Aa might have been expected, a large
crowd was this morning in attendance at the
First District Court to witness the exit of the
old and tbe inauguration of the new officers
in this court The recent changes were every
where eagerly discussed among counsellors,
officers of the court and spectators, and
speculations made as to what would be the
next changes.
At a quarter past ten his Honor, Judge V,
W. Howe was escorted by ex-Judge Abell
through tho court room into the judge’s pri
vate reception room, and a half hour’s private
conversation followed between tho two judges
and the old nnd nelw attorney generals. Judge
Howe was then escorted to his seat by ex-
Judge Abell, and the former commenced his
duties by ordering the reading of the
minutes.
After this was done Mr. Trepagnier, the
clerk, read the recent military order and the
written oath of the new incumbent. Attor
ney General Lynch was then sworn in by
Judge Howe, and the juries were then dis
missed. A member of the bar now asked if
motion would be entertained, and the court
answered none, unless of special importance.
The event was characterized by no exhibi
tion of feeling or anything like a scene, the
judge politely adorning his successor with the
judicial ermine (figuratively speaking).
Judge Abell ushered him to his chair with
an air which seemed to doubt whether he
was doing him much of a kindness; and the
manners of Judge Howe seemed, by their re
serve ami reticence, to doubt whether the
new dignity would not prove of more trouble
than it was worth.
Attorney General Lynch modestly content
ed himself with a seat among the jurors, and
ex-Attorney General Herron occupied his
time in quietly sorting his papers and chew-'
ing tobacco, with a speculative, musing air,
until the arrival of Judge Howe. He had
received do notification of the change until
Wednesday between one and two o’clock, at
which time he was requested to sign a receipt
for the order. He had receipted at tho same
time for Judge Abell. He had not been in
formed of any cause for removal as having
recently occurred, and seemed to suppose
that some indictment about the time of the
July convention might have had something
to do with his removal. The court adjourne
until Saturday.
A letter from Six-President Such
anan.
Under date of Philadelphia, Feb. 27th.
number of Pennsylvanians desiring to tender
Ex-President Buchanan, “the expression of
their continuing respect and admiration,
nnd also desiring “to hear words of counsel
of consolation, and if possible of hope, from
one who now survives, as the last of Ameri
can statesman of the olden times,” tendered
him a public dinner. To this letter Presi
dent Buchanan replied:
Wheatland, March 23,1S6'
Gentlemen : I have nxviml, with grateful
emotions, your very kind Invitation to a pi' “
1 ' re' ~ mm | 1
Portable Steam Engines for Saving
of £abor to Planters and Others.
dinner you propose to give me, in the
to unveil, aqd leave tbe foul side, if any, un-1
Major General.
ublic
Philadelphia, ou any day 1 may indicate. Noth
ing, I can assure yon, could aHord me greater
pleasure tbanto meetyou around the festive board
and with you renew the pleasant memories oflon.
past years.
I deny myself this gratification, only in deference
to what I consider the wise example of my Demo
cratic predecessors in the office of President.—
After having administered the most exalted office
which the country could bestow, they deemed it
expedient to remain in the retirement of private
11,c; and while holding their own opinions on the
pu itical questions of the day, they left the public
discussion of them to gentlemen, like yourselves,
still on the busy theatre of active liic.
II any other reason were required for my self-
denial on this occasion, I might reler yon to my
advanced age, of which you remind me, by 6tating
that I am now the last survivor ot “American
statesmen of the olden time, the only living co-
temporary of Webster and Clay, and ffenton, and
Calhoun.” In passing, permit meto say you might
have justly added to these distinguished names
that of Silas Wright. He was a statesman who,
for sound, practical wisdom, ior far-seeing sagaci
ty, and for lucid and convincing argument, had no
superior in the Senate, even at the period when it
was tho greatest deliberative body in the world.—
Yon have my cordial thanksforyonr opinion “that
no responsibility for the years ot blood and sorrow
we have endured, rests on me, who tried, in a mo
ment ol terrible exigency, to do my duty under the
the Constitution.” Proceeding, as this does, from
a large number of my lellow-citizens, equal in in
telligence, cliaracter and patriotism to any similar
number of gentlemen in the State, may I not, with
much confidence, iudulge tho hope that you hut
anticipate the general sentiment ot future times f
Under this impression, and always firmly rely
ing on Divine Prudence, I have borne with a
tranquil and contented spirit all the harsh criti
cisms which have been published on my official
conduct throughout tho last unhappy years. As
suming, as you do, “tbe immediate future of the
country to be fuff of peril,” you ask me “tor
words of conn6el, of ceusolation, and, if possible,
oi hope.” Consistently with my self-imposed ret
icence, I may say to you—adhere steadily to tbe
Constitution of your country, exert all your pow
er and influence in disseminating and enforcing its
general principles, by means of the Press, public
speeches, private conversations, and in every other
honorable manner; and employ tbe same untiring
energy in exposing and condemning every depar
ture' from its precepts. Never despair; for the
time will surely come when these shill triumph
aud control the administration of the Govern
ment. , , t H
With sentiments of grateful respect, I remain,
your much obliged friend,
James Buchanan.
Hon. Asa Packer, Hon. Owen Jones, Hon. John
Cadwulader, Samuel K. 8. Smith, G. R. Fox,
AudrcwC. Craig, Esqs., and Hon. Hiester Cly-
mer, with many others.
Living on Corn Husks.—Mr. J. J. Knox,
a very estimable citizen of Sumter District,
S. O., employed a trustworthy neighbor to
make personal examination of the destitu
tion in Iris vicinity, and he reported as fol
lows :
“I have not been over five miles from home,
and! have seen and heard direct from three
hundred nnd sixty-six persons. The most of
them are now without bred, and are actually
subsisting on corn husks, and whatever they
can get to preserve life upon, while there arc
others who have one or two bushels of com
left yet, but without any means to get more.
Some have a horse or two, and are trying to
raise a little crop, but have little or tothing
to live upon.”—Sumter Netcs.
A Canadian dead-liouse was broken
open recently and fourteen bodies were
stolen.
The almost universal application of steam
as a means of lessening human labor is «ne of
the age’s greatest wonders. Formerly the
imperfect construction of Steam Engines,
their cumbrous and inconvenient propor
tions, and above all their costly price, ren
dered them obsolete for all ordinary branches
ot industry. At the present day, however,
thegreat improvements and wonderful pro
gress in adapting steam to a vast variety of
purposes, have produced a great revolution
in numberless methods of labor. In England
and other parts of Europe, no farmstead is
thought complete without steam power for
use in threshing, cutting feed, &c., &c. Many
of our best and largest farmers in this coun
try find it economical to imitate the example,
yet it has not been used here to anything like
the extent as across the ocean, although
steam power can be obtained cheaper, and
from the great extent of our farms can be
used to greater advantage, and our large far
mers will be compelled to introduce steam or
fall behind tlieir more progressive neighbors.
In England clubs are often formed, using the
machinery in turns, and thus lightening the
expense to each, and it has been found to
work excellently, and by renting powers to
other farmers have paid handsome profits.
The use of steam is, however, very rapidly
increasing in this country, and the portable
engine is rapidly taking the place of the sta
tionary engines, they being more simple and
less complicated, and costing a less sum, and
in addition are complete when they leave the
manufacturer, and ready to be put in imme
diate operation, requiring no mason work or
other expense to set them up.
In order to supply the great demand for
this class of engines, the Wood & Mann Steam
Engine Company, of Utica, N. Y., the senior
member of which company has been engaged
in the manufacture of Portable Engines for
over fifteen years, have within the last three
years added greatly to their facilities for the
manufacture of their unrivalled engines, and
now have immense works, covering an area
of over an acre and a half of ground with six
large buildings, andcapable of building from
40 to 50 of tlieir complete engines every
month. They have already sold over one
thousand of tlieir engines, and the demand
for them is constantly increasing.
Their works being so extensive and- devo
ted solely to Portable Engines and Circular
Saw. Mills, they are able and do reduce their
manufacture to tbe most perfect Bystem, ev
ery engine being most thoroughly and care
fully built, and every one is thoroughly tested
with fire under a pressure of steam before
leaving their works. In addition, inspec
tors are employed for the express purpose of
examining every part, and every precaution
is exercised that human ingenuity can sug
gest fo have every engine and every part of
them perfect before shipment.
This company have recently commenced
the manufacture of Circular Saw Mills, hav
ing had frequent calls for them and being
unable to find any mill built which they con
sidered as adapted to the great lumber in
terests of the country. In the construction
of these mills the same care is exercised as
with their engines, and every improvement
that has any merit to it has been introduced,
the mills being built upon mechanical and
scientific principles. The mills are very
strongly built, being entirely of iron, and
will not shrink or swell as is tbe case with
the ordinary wooden carriage mills, and all
who have them in use or who have examined
them, pronounce them the most complete
nnd perfect mill ever constructed.
The use of steam is much more certain,
and at the same time cheaper than water
power, as the mill can be placed directly
where the lumber is, and thus obviating the
necessity of hauling logs a great distance,
and the mills can be readily moved from
place to place when desired.
Water is an uncertain power, is constantly
liable to freshets, low water and freezing in
winter, and large numbers of water mills are
compelled to standstill a great portion of the
time from one or another of these causes. In
addition, the expense of an engine And mill
at first isgenerallyless than for a water power
and mill.
This company have engines now in use in
almost every State iu the United States, as
well as in the West Indies, South and Central
America, Africa, Egypt, &c., &c., and they
have acquired a world-wide reputation, and
these engines are now in actual use in almost
evety branch of business that tbe mind can
suggest, on farms, in the woods, in cities,
under ground, and in the fifth and sixth
stories ot buildings, and there is no purpose
to which they are not applicable.
Full directions are sent with every engine
or mill, so that any party can set them in op
eration. and many of their engines hate been
successfully put in operation by parties wlio
have never used steam power before.
The engines are remarkable for the small
amount of fuel, consumed, and for the won
derful ability of the boilers to generate steam,
and they are so rated that they are from 25
to 50 per cent more powerful than the same
engines as rated by other manufactories.—
Anything combustible can be used for fuel,
saw dust, slabs, tan bark, &c., &c.
The great experience this company have
in .building engines and mills, and the great
number they have in use, enable them to know
exactly what is required, and they are con
stantly making improvements, until now they
haveattained that degree of perfection that
it seems as though nothing' more complete
and perfect can be built.
This company are strictly honorable . in
their dealings, and are careful to see that
every customer is fully satisfied, and they
carry out fully anything they agree to do.
It will prove advantageous to all who de
fire anytliing of the kind to 'send for their
circular, which will be sent on application,
and which contains their prices and full
descriptions.
The Trench in Mexico.
From tho New Orleans Picayune ]
The late occupation of Mexico j, otlA
the most remarkable events in historv r of
known that the claims of France aeaiW
country were much smaller than thr. thlt
England or of Spain. Napoleon,TndreT/
dared before the whole world that he
from a nobler motive—the interest 0 feh$
zation—and that his object was to 0D en
new avenues of trade and Commerce tn .v*
Latin race, and give it an equal chance J?, e
the Saxon in the New World. It was bvft?
race, indeed, in the palmy days of Susie
the American continent was discovered ^
the largest portion of it settled. In tbe m 80,5
time it had fallen into decay, but was n
recovering, and what was more natural
to make an effort to restore its prestiir. ? -fj 8
idea took like wild-fire, and for twelvem-miC
was the talk of the whole world. Meano-i.-,
England backed out of the expedition
with her Spain and left France to nur„ IT
way alone. Wbat was the result ? “ her
The French expeditionary corps was
forced. It marched triumphant to the
of Mexico, and thence sent its legions
part ot the newly founded empire So
plete was the occupation that Napoleon conV
justly say that he “ruled from the Gnff ,
Mexico to the Sea of Cortes.” Under ti, ^
protection the Latin race settled in Mari?
regained a portion of its ancient presti^ *,
organizing a native Imperial armjofffi?
extraction, united its fortunes with the ;
and for more than three years order • Cl
Mexico had not known for half a
; such j
was preserved. “ cen hny,
In many other respects, also, the presto
of the Latin race was restored, it
riod of the occupation, we are assured th
were a hundred and fifty sail plyW betw!/!
the coasts of France and Mexico Tn e ,] n 3
inant people of that country bad Ion* hf,
partial_to French manufactures F f e ac “
cloths, French boots, French silks, laces wine,
watches, watch chains, jewelir. and *a’l oh
jects tie vertu, were used throughout Z
country. The occupation gave immense im
pulse to this trade, and at n time when FtJrX
manufactures were 1 — >=' c “
No Agricultural College Scrip for
the Southern States.—In the U. States
Senate on Thursday Mr. Pomery called up
the joint resolution to restrain the issue of
agricultural college scrip to the States lately
in rebellion until they are represented in
Congress.
Mr. Morton said he was opposed to the
whole system under which agricultural col
lege scrip was issue’d. The scheme was a
dead failure. The land granted for this pur
pose fell into the hands of speculators at half
price. It would be much better to give tbe
States a certain amount of money to build
those agricultural colleges.
Mr. Ramsay offered a proviso that not more
than five sections of agricultural scrip hereto
fore or hereafter issued shall be located in any
one township.
Mr. Pomeroy said this amendment was not
germane to the bill.
Mr. Yates said the reason the scrip was be
low par was because the land could not be
located under it, except in large quantities.
3Ir. Morton objected to the bill because it
provided that the scrip should be issued to
these States after they are reconstructed.—
He wanted to prevent the issue of another
acre of this scrip. It was playing directly
into the hands ot land speculators, at the ex
pense of the Government.
Mr. Howe said it was important to pass
this bill without amendment, so as to make
it a law before adjournment.
The amendment of Mr. Ramsay was disa
greed to and the bill was passed as it came
from the House. It now goes to the Presi
dent.
„ , .. . suffering like those 7{
England fromour civil war. Itwastbeow,
ing of new avenues of trade in tbe Yew
World that saved France, in those dark da«
the horrors of a Lancashire fami De "i.
benefit that accrued to her alone on that ae
count will fully repay her for all her trouble
and expense.
But is this new volume of trade between
France and Mexico permanent? Un,! „„
doubtedly: The French are a very remarks
ble people. However lone they mav fight
another, they never fail to leave a trlendl?
feeling behind. They have fought succes
sively all the people of Europe, and to-day
there is nobody more popular amon* them
all than a Frenchman. So happily have they
left Mexico that, amid all the contending
parties whom they have been fighting ing
last five years, they leave behind none incio*
rably hostile. With Liberals and Impciialists
alike they have parted on at least convenient-
ly polite terms, and Marshat Bazainc hu
withdrawn his troops, in small detachment?
from the uttermost parts of the Empire, and
gotten back all his regular prisoners besidei
That is the highest triumph of civilized war
fare. And now we see no reason why France
should not continue to enjoy, for all time to
come, the immense trade she has inaugurated
in that country, and why the Spanish Main
should not continue to be filled with he
shipping.
But why should Napoleon, at the very mo-
ment he had entered upen the fruition of hit
hopes aud restored order to the country, with
draw'bis troops? That we cannot answer.
We only know that, at the time lie tookthii
determination, he also determined to with
draw his troops from Rome, which they htd
occupied for eighteen years, nearly fourtitw
as long as Mexico, and ordered an unheardrf
conscription—an immense levy which i3
increase the French army to millions offigb
ing men. All the other rulers of Etuopt
have increased their armaments, also, ton
extent amounting, in some cases, toalerya
masse, and there are distant mutterings of u
approaching gigantic war in Europe, such*
has yet never been seen. It is the old qns
tion of an irrepressible antagonism betwea
Eastern and Westean civilization, which Ns
poleon the First was himself unable totoitt
and its discussion would be as foreign tolls
as it would be futile.
There are many questions, however, cot
nected with the French occupation of Ueii-
co, which are proper subjects of discusioo,
and the most curious is, why did Spain aban
don the original expedition ? Why did Ek-
land did is clear, for its real object, when de
veloped, was not in accordance with her well
known policy. But why should Spaiu, wko
has always claimed a certain proprietary
right over Spanish America? Hid she not
done so, it is cleair that the triumph of the
Latin nice would have been complete, and
even afte*- the withdrawal of all tlie French,
the Empire would have been surely main
tained. We can explain it in no other way
than by assuming that she was jeffous o!
France, and this assumption appears to Lave
been supported by subsequent event?. Tbs
French fleets have sedulously avoided Spanish
ports, and the Spaniards have as sedulously
given them the cold shoulder, till the trad
which French sail finally took cut it off ff-
rnost entirely from the Spanish possessions,
and they were far more ignorant of wh»t w
transpiring in Mexico'than wc of the United
States, It was a great mistake, for bad d*
not withdrawn with England trom thcorigff'
al expedition, she might have enjoyed s &■’
share of the copartnership, and nottbatoniy
but been the residuary, legatee of the wholf
Mexican estate, nnd restored much of her 11
cient prestige in tlie New World.
A letter from New York says the out
cry in some of the English journals against
chignons is having a very marked effect upon
that article in that market. The ladies are
beginning very generally to throw it aside,
and it was observed at the opera last evening
but few were worn in the more fashionable
of the boxes. There are places in New York
where thousands of dollars are invested in
the manufacture of them, and the panic that
has been started about the “pediculi” threat
ens to quite ruin the trade.
__ A Boston paper in 1810 bragged in
large capitals over French news fifty-two,
days old. Mark the change !
Fehale University, Fjianklik.—
charter of the “Female College of the Staff
Tennessee,” at Franklin, was
enlarged by the Legislature, during its w®*
session. The title of the institution •'; t
changed to the “Tennessee Female
ty,” and it was vested with all the
and privileges of the most favoreJ t® 0 .
tions of that class. With the coruee-"'*- 3 , e
of the next scholastic year, Sept.
University system of instruction wiU W V
in full operation. The States of
Virginia, Georgia, Kentucky and
are ably represented in the present x
which has earned no inferior reputad 0 ^
culture, faithfulness and success. « eV - ' jf
Gallaghan, of Missouri, is Presided
Mi Parker, late of Monroe .Coll<'
professor of Mathematics-ml Natural sc
Prof. Heffernan, of Louisville,.ffJg, ,.^1
of the Music Department; bliss Clowo^
Mrs. Parker, of Tenn., instruct m . q ( .
Languages, Belles, Letters, Drawing
naraental branches; and the Prepay
partment is assigned to Miss
The University building is one ot ^ ^
convenient and imposing iu the =o i ^
the town of Franklin, memorable ■■
scene of the battle of Nov. SOtli, iSi ia ^
fulness, quiet and the refinement
mvuuty, a highly eligible location ll |‘ ,j 0 s-
male School. Such are the. repiy- l!
which have been made to us, m ‘ ^
deemed worthy of credit, and w® 1u fo i th;
both usefulness and prosperity wpl ^
history of'the institution.— G'-’g'.h
The Purse.—A Methodist laborer^
ley’s time—Capt. Webb—when auj 0
formed him of the conversation . gje
man, was in the habit of asking, * ■ 0 f
converted?” Without tliecon\e~-j
purse, the good Captain would
to tlie conversion of the man. , v - a0 ';ii
agreed with Captain Adam Clarke, ^
to say : “He did not believe m
that cost a man nothing.” The ru
costs a man nothing is no relig 10,! 3 ;
the being converted all bnt the 1
conversation at all.
&TThe Washington Chronicle
Fortieth Congress “the loyal an** ^ p-1
cal successor of the greatest L e g 15
ever assembled in the national uu-
^"Beverly Tucker has been
manager ot the Escandon estates
about fifty miles lroni San Lu 13 0