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GEORGIA TELEGRAPH.
WILL TIIE SOUTH BE ADMITTED
AFTER ALL f
Tlie Philmlelpliia Ago maintains, and wo
tbink justly, that, let the South do wlmt she
may, her representatives will never be aunnt
ted by a Radical Congress. This is veryevt
dent without argument, as no member will
bo admitted who cannot take the iron-clad
oath, which no representative of Southern
sentiment can take. But the Ago goes even
further, and maintains that Southern mem
bers elect who can tako the oath will not be
received so long as the Radicals are in power,
and wo fully agree with it in the opinion.
The whole matter, says the Age, is confi
ded to the discretion of a partisan Congress,
representing only twenty-six out of thirty*
seven States of the Union. That body is
ruled by a committee consisting of less than
a dozen members, und thus the Union of the
States and the prosperity and progress of the
nation depend upon a small faction of despe
rate and unprincipled political gamblers. The
Southern States, in the language of Senator
Nye, are to bo repelled from, rather than at
tracted towards the Union, and the conversa
tional debate in the House of Representatives
will show most clearly that even if the un
represented States comply in every particu
lar, and with unbroken faith, with the terms
of the Military Reconstruction bill, they have
lmvc no assurance that the question which
now divides the Union will ho definitely set
tled, or tho States admitted to their old con
stitutionn! relations with the Federal Govern
ment. The dobatc was as follows:
Mr. Brooks—Will tho gentlemnn (Air. Wil-
aon, of Iowa, Chairman of the Judiciary
Committee and the author of tho Supplemen
tal Military Reconstruction bill) permit me to
ask him by what process, what operan
ds, Congress is ever to determine whether
these elections liavo been conducted in the
manner proscribed f
Mr. Wilson, ol Iown—Probably tho gen
tleman can answer the question from his own
experience, better than 1 can, for my answer
would only be theoretical. If, when the con
stitution shall bo presented to Congress for
approval, a portion of the people of a State
should represent that the election which has
resulted in the alleged ratification of thecon-
stitution was unfair, that the voters were
kept away from the polls by intimidation or
by fraud, or were prevailed upon by fraudu
lent means to vote against it," or rice versa,
then Congress, through its appropriate chan
nel, perlinps, can examine into the facts the
same as wo do into the election of a member,
and determine whether there has been fair
ness in conducting the election, whether the
will of the majority of those who actually
voted is expressed in tho result, and whether
thoso who were entitled to vote, but did not
vote, were restrained or kept away from the
polls by fear, intimidation, threats or inind.
Mr. Brooks—I have no doubt my unfortu
nate countrymen of the South will be very
muoh in the condition I was in during the
Thirty-ninth Congress. But I had and have
this advantage over them: that ns often as
Congress turns me out, jnst so often do the
people rend me back again by an increased
mnjoritv. This is an advantage wiiich, undor
this bill, tho Southern people will not have.
What I havo to say, and I think I have
once before called the attention of the House
to it, is that nothing is settled by this bill.
No matter what the South may do, no matter
what compliance they make with the require
ments of tho law, the whole thing is to be a
contested election case upon the floor of this
House, with a party majority of more than
two-thirds of tho members to control tho re
sult.
Air. Wilson, of Iowa—When thia bill shall
have become a law, Congress will have pro
posed a complete plau ot reconstruction for
tho people of the South; and by tho amend
ment embraced in the report of tbe Commit-
tee of Conference, it is proposed to give notice
to tho people of tho booth that their action
under this legislation must be fnir; that overy
man entitled to voto must have a chance to
vote without restraint and in the absence of
fraud; that unless that is done, wo hold in
our hands the power to send the case bock to
them until they shall comply with the law.
Air. Williams, (Rep.) of Pennsylvania—I
wish to inquire of tho gentleman from Iowa
(Air. Wilson), whether the effect of this sur
render on the part of the House is not merely
to substitute interior evidence for that which
is higher, and mny be called demonstrative in
its character f In other words, whether we
are not to take tho opinion of Congress in
stead of the evidence furnished by the record
of the votes?
Air. Wilson, of Iowa—Wc are to have tho
opinion of Congress upon whatever evidence
may be presented, whether record or other
wise. And the judgment of Congress will
be expressed by t he vote* ot the two Houses.
Air. William?, of Pennsylvania -Undoubt
edly.
Congress, adds the Age, is to be the judge
of the execution of this law, and, in the
language of Mr. Wilson, (Radical) of Town,
they hold the power tot rend the case of •.’he
formation of a State constitution back to the
people for an indefinite period of time, and
thusprevent either recognition or representa
tion. Does this not prove our position, that
no settlement, of our national difficulties is
intended by the Radicals 1
Gen. Lee and Radical Reconstruction.
Tho Richmond Enquirer has authority for
declaring that (Jen. Lee neither spoke nor
wrote tho sentiments attributed to him, and,
as a matter of course, tho individual who
6tartcd the report in such an emphatic man
ner has invented a romance without founda
tion in fact. It matters not wlia( Gen. Lee's
views arc; he prefers to keep them front the-
world, and this attempt to drag him out is an
exhibition .of diplomacy suitable to tlio spirit
of this tricky era, but unkind and offensive
beyond comparison. The Enquirer, having
branded the imposture, concludes thus
‘•Wo think Gen. Lee is entitled to have
his wishes respected in reference to such pub
lications; and we think, further, that the
reticence which he lias imposed upon him
self—under nil the circumstances of his posi
tion, and from the dedication of himself to
duties and pursuits the least congenial with
politics—is dignified, becoming and wise. Wc
hope no journalist will hereafter, under any
6tress of difficulty in maintaining himself, un
dertake to drag outgeneral Lee, and either
knowingly or, as in the Into case, unknowing
ly, declare his opinion.”
A Straw. 1 —The Springfield Sentinel,fead-
ing organ of tho Democracy of Illinois, sayst
i “Had wa known ns we now know, ns
doubtless thoutwnds of other Democrats feel,
the ‘UnioD’ armies wonid have been smaller,
and the Confederate larger.”
, No Markets.—A bill lms'bcen introduced
yi the Ndw York Senate to sell out all the
public markets m the city of New York and
abolish the system altogether, the license^ to
ba disposed of hereafter to indoor dealers.
St. Anthony.— S:. Anthony hns elected for
.Mayor that gallant soldier and true patriot,
Hon. O. C. Alcrriman, and a full li-t of Dem
ocratic city officers. Wo are proml,ol our
•• suburb.-," as I In' Rress contemptuously terms
the cities at th" Falls,— St. l‘a<:t I'wnttr, ’id. t few better and abler met*.
Washington Correspondence.
LETTER FROM “WARWICK. ’
Tito Adjournment of CongTers—Interestinjr Situation
of Affair.- in Maryland—A New Constitution to bo
Fornud-Consress Kefuse* to Interfere to,Prevent
R-.
Washington, April 2, ISO*
Congress lias adjourned at last, but very
unwillingly, for the reasons stated in my let
ter of Alarch 23. The resolution of adjourn
ment was passed by a very thin House, and
by a majority of only 8 members, and with
66 members absent. It really amounts to an
adjournment till December, for it is nbt ob
ligatory upon the members to come back here
in July, and Tery few of them will probably
do so. If there is no quorum present in July,
and it is safe to say there will be none, tho
presiding officers are authorized to adjourn
their respective Houses till December.
In view of what is going on in Maryland
it is very strange that Congress should have
adjourned now. That State is largely Demo
cralic. During tho whole period of the war,
the State was under the exclusive control of
the military authorities, and for the most
part of the time Mr. Schenck, the present
member from Ohio, commanded these forces.
Under his direction all the elections in the
State were held, and the Democrats were kept
nwny from the polls, under the pretext that
they were “ disloyal.” By this means a Re
publican Legislature was elected in 1868,who
in 1804 formed anew State Constitution, and
pretended to submit it to tbe people. At
this election many Democrats were kept away
from the polls, hut still tho proposed new
Constitution was defeated by a majority of
1,943 votes. But there was a body of 2,500
soldiers stationed in Maryland. Air. Schenck
ordered these men to vote, and Ire the aid 6t
their votes the Republicans figured up a ma
jority of 475 votes in favor of the Constitu
tion.
The present Legislature of the State was
elected last fall. At this election the Demo
cratic citizens of the State demanded their
right to vote, and, the civil laws being again
paramount in tho State, and tho rulo of mill
tary supremacy being over, they .exercised
this right to n pretty considerable extent ;
although at the same time the votes of hun
dreds of Democrats were refused, under the
provisions of on unconstitutional and illegal
registry law. A largo majority of tlio mem
bers of the Legislature elected were, however,
Democrats. They have elected as United
States Senator, to succeed Air. Cresswell,
Francis Philip Thomas, Esq;, a staunch and
life-long Democrat, and a real statesman of
the school of Webster and Clay. The Seu-
ato of the 40th Congress refuses to admit Air.
Thomas to a seat in that body, because, as
they say, he is “disloyal,” and sympathized
with the South during the war. On the other
hand, Hon. Rcverdy Johnson, on the floor of
the Senate, ’declared that, Mr. Thomas
was as “loyal” as any man who holds a seat in
that body, ne admitted tbatAL. Thomas
had believed that the war plight have been
honorably avoided; but said that that belief
was Bliared by a great many of the best citi
zens of tho country.
This Alaryland Legislature hns also passed
a law, providing for the formation of a new
State Constitution. On the 2d Wednesday
in April, the citizens of Maryland are to elect
delegates to a State Convention, and this
convention is to form a new State Constitu
tion, which is to be submitted to tho people
for ratification. As matters exist at„present
in that State, four-fifths of the delegates elec
ted will l>e Democrats, and the Constitution
which they will form will be based upon true
Democratic principles. Suck a Constitution
will be ratified by the votes of fqur-fifths of
the people of tho State.
This prospect is absolutely appalling to
the “loyalists” of Alaryland. Although they
do not embrace one-fifth of the voters of the
State, yet they have controlled it, by the aid
ot Congress and the military power, up to
last fall, when the Democrats began to regain
their ascendency. But if this Constitution
is held, and this Constitution formed, they
are lost forever. They therefore applied to
Congress, two weeks before the adjournment,
and begged the interposition of that body.—
Indeed they begged that Congress would de
stroy the present State Government of Alary
land, place the State under martial law, and
then proceed to reconstruct it, after the fash
ion of the Southern States. They say, in their
appeal to Congress, that 30,000 of the pres
ent citizens of Alaryland were soldiers in the
Confederate army during the whole war, and
that these men will vote with the Democratic
party. They i forget to mention, however,
that these men are old citizens of Mary
land, and that they always voted with the
Democratic party. Congress, however, has
turned a deaf ear to their appeal, and, giving
them the oold shonldor, has adjourned and
gone home. The Alaryland “loyalists” now
declare that they will take tho matter into
their own hands, and will resist by force the
assemblage of tho proposed convention and
even the election of delegates to it. But they
will'scarcely be so instate as really to do so.—
Their numerical strength is not ooc-fiftb as
great as that of the Democrats; and in 6uch a
contest they would not be the victorious
party.
The Senate is still in session, and will prob
ably remain in session till the 1st of Alay.—
The Supreme Court is also in session. The
nouse Judiciary Committee is in session, and
will probably remain in session permanently
until tho impeachment matter is disposed ol
some in way. Tho Chronicle is very much
frightened at the evident disposition of the
negroes of the South to trust their own mas
ters, and to voto with them in preferenr j to
their pretended Iriends from the North.—
Gen. Beauregard’s letter, indeed, has terrified
tho Radicals all over the North, as much as
bis victorv at Bull Ron frightened us all here
in July. 1801. Warwick.
Opening of the Paris Exposition.
Paris, April L—The great Paris Universal
Exposition was formally opened this morn
ing. The day was observed as a holiday by
the entire population of the city. The morn
ing dawned cloudily,but the sky cleared at an
early hour, and by 10 o'clock in the forenoon
the weather was most beautiful, like that en
joyed on a fine day of Alay in New York.—
The state of the weather may be taken indeed
H3 typical of the Exhibition building, which
is now in great confusion, but when fully
completed will be one of the wonders of the
world. Viewed at a distance, the building
resembles a mammoth gasometer dressed with
flags, hut when entered it is found to be in
every way convenient. At 11 a. m. the doors
were opened, and by tho time of the Em
peror's arrival there were 5,000 persons in
side. Outside, along the banks of tho river
Seine, and <?n all the hills and roads for miles
around Paris, at least 100,000 people had as
sembled. There were 8,000 policemen on
duty, and the order was excellent. Every
carriage in Paris seems to be employed in
journeys to and from the building. The
grounds of and around the Exposition build
ing are in a lamentable 6tato of confusion.—
Wagons and workmen were busy carting
away the rubbish when tho Emperor arrived
Heaps of dirt and straw and packing cases
lay around or were temporarily thrown into
the unfinished arbors and fancy cottages.—
Inside the building was tho same scene.
Everywhere debris. Not one-tenth of goods
opened or arranged, but tho French Depart
ment of course in tho first order. Next to
that the Russian, and third the English. All
the departments were not ready. The Ameri-
can Department is one of the most incom
plete, and the Commissioners, exhibitors, and
Americans generally in the city arc very dis
satisfied with Commissioner Beckwith, who
appears totally inefficient.
The only department in operation is the
restaurants, lnit even here tho Americans arc
behind hand. The only goods which have
been damaged on the voyage are American.
At one o’clock the invited gnests assembled
nt the Art Gallery, where America made a
fine show, many fine pictures being exhibited
and well hung; but tho English display was
much greater. When the guests gathered,
however, the superiority of the American la
dies was conceded. Theyjwcre the belles of the
day. A brilliant company blazing with dia
monds and orders filled the central hall to
welcome the Emperor and Empress, who
came precisely at 3 o’clock in the afternoon.
The crowd outside tho building was good-
natured but not demonstrative toward him.
No cheers ffreeted the Imperial party. They
drove up a long avenue covered with a velvet
canopy of green nnd gold, dceorated with
flags and lined with soldiers. They alighted
at a splendid pavilion specially built for the
Emperor. The Emperor immediately reap
neared and gave his arm to the Empress, and
proceeded on foot to the main door. During
the imperial progress, full bands played the
national air. Tbeclteeringnovr grew louder,
the Americans and English present leading
with hesrty “ hurrahs,” and Turks, Japanese,
Italians, Prussians, Germans and French join
ing in the different styles peculiar to their
several countries, the Emperor and Empress
bowed repeatedly to the crowd as they as
cended the platform which runs around .the
machine gallery.
Tile Emperor wore a plain evening dress,
with scarf ot the Legion of Honor, and car
ried a heavy cane. He looked smiling, but
pale and fatigued. Tho Empress was robed
in black silk, and looked in fine health. Tbe
Prince Imperial and Prince Napoleon were
not present.’ The Princess Clotliilde wore a
brown velvet dress, powdered with gold. A
distinguished party of Senators and Alinisters
formed an escort "for the Imperial party.—
Prinee Leuchtembei'g represented Russia.—
The members of the Diplomatic corps accred
ited to the French Court, clothed in unifonn,
had special seats reserved for them at the
opening scene, hnt they were completely hid
den from view. Preceded by the chamber
lains the party passed round tho entire gallery,
nearly a mile long. The different national
commissions stood on a platform over the sec
tions allotted to their countries. Turks, Ja
pan esc, Russians, Alorroccoene, _ Tunisians
and Persians wore their full national cos
tumes.
The Emperor spoke a few words to each
Commission, but at tbe American department
he stopped, with tlio Empress, and bowed to
the crowd, who were cheering heartily. Half
an hoar was consumed in this tour. Then
the cortege descended and passed through
the Art and a few other galleries, and at 3
o’clock returned to the Palace. The Expo
sition will not be ready till Alay. One-half
of ail the space is allotted to France, and that
is not complete. The English arc very strong
in machinery, treating the Americans in that
department. England being near Paris ac
counts in a great measure for this. There is
nothing like so many strangers herb as were
expected. The number of Americans is not
much greater than usual overy season. Prices
have gone up fearfully. The hotels raise
their charges fifty per cent, after this week.
It is useless to come to see this Exposition
before May.
tetter from Ex-Governor Brown, of
Georgia, to a orthern Man.
The following letter from Ex-Gov. Brown,
of Georgia, was written in reply to a citizen
of New Albany, Ind., who had congratulated
him upon his letter of the 23d of February,
relative to reconstruction and tho proper
course of the Southern States:
Atlanta, Saturday, Abirch 23,1SG7.
Dear Sir: Your commuHication came to
hand yesterday, and I have read with pleas
ure the kind expressions it contains. I have
been bitterly assailed by many Southern
presses, and” niv motives impugned, on ;ir-
count of my letter of the 23d ultimo. I acted
from a conscientious conviction of duty. I
knew the situation, anti had no doubt that it
was the best for both North and South that
this vexed question be forever settled, and as
speedily us possible. Wc, us the conquered,
can expect no better terms titan those con
tained in the Sherntan bill. Your people, as
the conquerors, cun never have a high state
of prosperity while this section is prostrate
and her interests paralyzed.
Under existing circumstances, the welfare
of tho whole country will be best promoted
by tho prompt acceptance of the terms on our
part, in good faith, and a faithful adherence
t < tho pledges contained iu the act on your
part. We must accept the act as a final set
tlement, and you must then admit us to rep
resentation; nnd wc must nil shake hands,
over past differences. Let the old family of
sister States again assemble around the com
mon council board. Let tacli drop a tear
over the follies nnd misfortunes of the past,
and let all resolve in future that all distract
ing sectional agitations shall be banished
from the halls of legislation, and that the pro
motion of tjre best interests of tho whole
country Ji] all its parts, shall be our highest
nmbitioWV..Ad we will then see returning
prosperityind happiness in every part of our
vast territory. This is now my most ardent
wish. If I can be instrumental in producing
this result, I am content that others hold the
offices and enjoy the honors. I shall do all I
can to encourage loyalty und obedience to
the constituted authorities. As a. privatc
citizen, (for I expect no public position,) I
shall contribute my humble part to uphold
the flag, sustain the credit and maintain the
honor ot the Government against every assault
and in every emergency.
I was a Secessionist, and, it you please, a
bold, ardent rebel. I conscientiously believe
that wc had the right peaceably to secede.—
The people of your section denied this right.
We appealed to the arbitrament of the sword
no other tribunal having jurisdiction of the
case. The decision was in your favor.' We
are bound by it. I Consider the judgment
conclusive and the Settlement final. I took
my parole as a military commander, and the
amnesty oath in good faith, f 1 have done no
act in violation of either, nor do I ever in
tend to in future. The Government of the
United Stntes is now my Government—its
flag is now my flag. I chose both after the
surrender in preference to any other Govern
ment or flag, and I'am- determined j come
what may, to act faithfully and defend both.
With this fixed purpose it is natural that I
should desire the stability of the Government
nnd the prosperity of the whole country ns
the greatest earthly blessing.
In reply to your comments upon parties, I
have only to sav that I shall sympathize and
encourage onr, people to act in future with
the party, no matter by what name it may lie
called, which has most ability to build up
and restore prosperity to the land of my birth
and tho home of my manhood, and shows the
S eateot disposition to respect our rights as
e broken section of tho Union. I do not
intend to be bound by past predilections or
prejudices. We have entered upon a new
era, and I expect to take a practical view of
each question as it is presented. Thi9 I bet-
lieve to be tho intention of a majority ot our
people. After we are restored to the Union,
we intend to discharge our obligations jn
good faith, and wo expect equal rights and
equal protection.
Very respectfully,, w .,„
-TOt. "Your obedient servant,
Joseph E. Brown.
The
Powers of tho District Com
manders.
The telegraph brings a report that Attor
ney-General Stanbery hasintormed thePresi-
dent that General Sheridan in removing
Mayor Monroe and other officers has exceed
ed the authority granted him bythe Shernian
law, but that the Radicals point to certain
sections of the law as conferring the necessa
ry power.
It is unprofitable to argue legal questions
with a man who handles a sword. Old Polo-
niu3 understood this very well, and refused
to argue with his Prince upon any of the
points raised by the latter. AVhether it were
a camel or a whale that Hamlet saw was all
one to the courtier. He hact no eyes of his
own. We of the South can gain nothing,
perhaps, by pointing to the law and askin^
for its execution as it stands. But one thing
is certain, as we said some weeks since, and
that is that the following lines contain the
only word in the act of Congress which con
fer any power upon the district command
ers
Section 8. “That it shall be the duty of
each officer assigned as aforesaid to protect
nil persons in their rights of person and prop
erty, to suppress insurrection, and disorder,
and violence, and to punish, or cause to be
punished, all disturbers of the public peace
and criminals.”
Any one who will take the trouble to read
the entire law will discover that there is not
another word in it which can be construed as
conferring power. The sixth section, upon
which the Radicals are said to rely, declares
that our State governments are “provisional
only,” but, as if anticipating that this would
be construed to give to the military power to,
change them, it it; immediately afterwards
stated that these governments are in all re
spects “subject to the paramount authority of
AVe copy tbe following views of a distin
guished legal gentleman of this State on the
bankrupt law, from the LaGraugc Reporter.
Debtors and creditors, we trust, will alike
profit by them:
Mr. Editor:—Tlio following reflections
have been suggested by numerous consultn
tions which I have recently bad. Believim.
that they may prove of some benefit to our
community, I submit them to you for inspec
tion, to be published or not, as you think
best:
The bankrupt law, recently passed by Con
gress, should operate as tin additional incen
tive, both to debtors and creditors, for tbe
adjustment and compromise of debts. It is
not yet so far furnished with needful execu
tive machinery as that any debtor can sum
marily resort to it to free himself from the
burthen of his debts, or that any creditor can
force a division from obstinate debtors un
der its stringent provisions. Indeed, in my
opinion, it is evidently the benevolent inten
tion of the government that another crop
shall intervene before the nation is subjected
to its operation. Previous to that time much
may happen; and another Congress will
assemble soon enough to greatly modify it
before much is done, either by" debtors or
creditors, through the agency of tlio Register
of Bankruptcy. At all evonts, one plain fait
exists: That parties cannot apply cither for
voluntary baukruptey on tlie one hand, or to
force debtors to involuntary bankruptcy ou
the other hand'. Another plain fact exists:
This law, with all its provisions both as to
voluntary and involuntary bankruptcy, can
not and does not do more than provide an
equitable way to apply the property of the
country to pay the debts of the country.—
Therefore, the best thing that can be done,
irz.
the United States at any time to abolish, j by debtors and creditors, is to give each oth-
modify, control, or supersede the same.” Iu er full and candid mutual explanations, to
other words, Congress wished it to- be dis
tinctly understood that in recognizing our
State governments as provisional or de facto
it reserved to itself the right to abolish them
hereafter should such nn extreme measure be
come necessary.
Does the third section, then, confer tbe
power exercised by Gen. Sheridan ? Clearly
not, wc think. If it was impossible for him
to “protect all persons in their rights of per
son and property;”'without dismissing these
officers, or if they were disqualified by the
constitutional amendment, then he simply
performed his duty under the law. Bat there
are nrf such reasons as these offered. They
were removed, so far as the public is informed,
only because they were objectionable to the
loyal people, or because Gen. Sheridan
thought he Could fiil their places with better
men. AVe hold that the District commanders
ought to be governed, like a judge in a court
of equity, by the law, so far as it is possible
to conform to it. This law is certainly plain
enough. The commanding Generals are to
do what is prescribed in the language we
have quoted from the third section; and to
see that no disqualified persoD shall Vote or
hold office under the “ provisional govern-
menis.” Under the supplementary law they
are empowered to do certain other acts nec
essary to be done in order to the holding of
a State convention. AVhatever they do more
than this is not authorized by any other law
thah that of force.—Iiicfitnond Dispatch.
Doited States Supreme Court.
THE INJUNCTION AGAINST THE ENFORCEMENT
OF THE RECONSTRUCTION BILL.
Sudden DE.vrn.—Air. Jesse Youngkin, of
Athens, Georgia, died suddenly on Tuesdiiy
m'orning, about 1 o’clock, at the National
Hotel, in this city.' Air. Y. had been a guest
at the hotel for several days, and though
complaining of indisposition, his condition
tvas not deemed at all dangerous by his
friends. AVe learn that at the hour of noon
previous to his death he was on the street,
and was to have left fot Athens that night.
His unexpected death resulted from conges
tion of the lnngs. 'Columbus Hughes, Ktq..
left for Athens last night in charge of Itis're-
tnains, where the family of the deceased re
side.—Atlanta Intelligencer' lOffi.
It turns out that Air. Ex-Commissary
Cumming3 was arrested on the affidavit of
Antoine PouIIain, Esq-, of Augusta, and not,
as alleged, of a citizen of Tennessee.
fc±T* Jodgo' Caldwell, a distinguished
North Carolina jurist, died nt Salisbury on
the lilt iust. The Old North 8tnto possessed
Amicable Settlement of the Turhish-
Amcrican Difficulty.
Special Correspondence of tho Picayune.
Larnaca, Island of Cyprus, Feb. 20.
I havo only a moment, before the sailing of
the steamer, to send you the particulars of
the settlement of the late difficult}' with Tur
key, which has been amicably settled through
the negotiations of our Minister at Constan
tinople, Mr. E. Joy Morris, and full indemni
ty obtained from the Ottoman Porte.
It was simply another Koszta case, only in
the present instance the man was taken out
of the house of tbe American Consul, Gen.
Cesnola, by violence of an armed police. The
prompt and spirited manner in which Gen.
Cesnola resented the indignity to tho Ameri
can flag, demanding immediate satisfaction
and indemnity through our Alinister at Con-
Mantinnp’.c. is worthy if all praise.
The following are tlie terms acceded to on
the part of the Sublime Porte:
1. Tho restitution of Alustafa Fefsi (the
man abducted) nnd the recognized right ot
protection ot him by the United States Con
sul.
2. The dismissal from office of thsMundir,
the local Governor of Larnaca.
9. A salute of twenty-one guns from the
fortress of the island, in honor of the Ameri
can flag of the Consulate at Larnaca.
4. An indemnity of ten thousand piastres
to tho first dragoman of tho United Slates
Consul, for.the violation of the sanctity of his
house by- the forcible entry of the local police.
5. Finally, a diplomatic note of apology
f om his highness the Ali Pacha, in the name
of the Sublime Porte, to the United States
Consul, and for alj reclamation demanded.
Thus has been satisfactorily arranged to all
parties a difficulty which, under other circum
stances, might have,involved the two coun
tries in a serious war.
Easton"s Oleum Vit.s: and Dyspeptic
Pills.—AVo hear daily of the astonishing
cures effected by these truly valuable reme
dies, and therefore (tike great pleasure in re
commending them to our readers. The Oleum
Vitas is a liniment, prepared lrom a German
Professor's recipe,: and acts like magic on
rheumatism, neuraleia, toothache, &c. . .
The Dyspeptic pills are fast gaining the
popularity they merit, and are pronounced a
sure remedy by nil who have used them.—
Tbcso articles arc of-homo manufacture, nnd
this fact should induce all to buy them in
preference to other medicines. The proprie
tor, H. H. Ivayton, Savannah, .will fill all or
ders, and they can also be found at our prin
cipal druggists here and throughout tho
country.—Savannah Jleputdiean, Feb, 28, ’G7.
For sale by J. Hi Zeilin ifc Co., Alacon.
-
AVe are informed, by a friend of ours,
timt he lust a fiuQ.nnile a lew days ago from
the effects of feeding him on damaged AVes-
tern corn. Oar linin-rs bad better look out,
or they may loose a good deal of their stock.
AVe have beard pfrimiiar cases heretofore.
[Early County A tics.
From tho National Intelligencer.]
Friday, April 5,1867.—Air. AV. L. Sharkey,
(with whom was Air. It. J. Walker.) It the
Court please, if it be in order, I desire to
make an application to the court this morn
ing for an injunction in behalf of the State
of Alississippi against Andrew Johnson and
others. I desire at this time to file the bill
and - ask the court to assign tbe day for its
hearing, and I venture to express the hope
that tlio day may be as early as possible, in
asmuch as it is a bill to prevent irreparable
mischief, and I believe. belongs to a class of
cases which in all courts has precedence. It
the court desire it I will read the bill, or file
it without reading. • , .
The Chief Justice. If it is to he filed, you
may file it without reading.
The Attorney General, (Mr. Stoubery.)
This is an original case, and I believe the
practice is to obtain leave of the court to file
the bill. It is a bill, in my judgment, (so far
as one of the parties is concerned.) against
the United States; and I wish to appear at
the first moment such an application is pre
sented and object to the court entortaining
jurisdiction of it, even limine. I have sug
gested to my learned friend, Judge Sharkey,-
that perhaps if he would make a morion for
leave to file tho bill, he would, iu the most
regular way, allow me to make the objection
I have against the court entertaining this bill
for a moment, as far us tho United States is
concerned.
Air. Sharkey. That is all the motion
make, if tjie objection is persisted in. Tho
question which tho gentleman presents is one
which will come up as a matter of course.—
We expect to discuss it, and are prepared to
discuss it now or any time the court may as
sign for it. I have already remarked that it
is a bill intended to prevent irreparable mis
chief, and belongs to a class of cases which
in all courts have preference; and the earlier
it is settled, the better. I am aware, too, of
the importance and magnitude of the case.—
It involves one of those delicate questions
which arc always unpleasant for a court to
determine, between the Constitution and tho
legislative department of the Government;
but, however delicate it may be, I have the
consolation of knowing that thi9 court is able
to meet it It is a very important case, de
signed to test the constitutionality of a re
cent act of Congress; and as the mischief
that must result from delay, will be progross
ing in the meantime, we desire to have as ear
ly a hearing as possible. I am willing to file
tbe bill, and I proposed, if the court desired,
to read it
The Chief Justice. AVe understand you
only move for leave to file the bill; that mo
tion may be made, and on the next motion
day it may be called up.’
Sir. Shark.-V. I Mipp.-cri. inu-mu.’h :w it
is an application of somewhat pressing im
portance, that tho court -would give permis
sion for the filing of the bill, and. then assign
a day for the hearing of tho cause.
The Chief Justice. You are not in a posi
tion to file the hill yet. There is only a mo
tion tor leave to file the bill.
The Attorney General. On that question,
if the Court please, I am quite ready, .md I
believe the gentlemen are. I am ready now
to resist the granting of the motion for leave
to file that bilL
The Chief Justice. AVe do not propose to
hear the motion out of its regular order. The
rules require that such a motion shall be filed.
Let it be filed, and it will be taken up when
reached in its order.
Air. Sharkey. I will file the application.
The application was then, filed, and will bo
heard on Friday next.
jg?“Dr. George Oliver, a distinguished
author of works on Alnsoury, died in Charles
ton, a few days ago, at an advanced age. ,
Importance of the Connecticut Elec
tion.
1 lie Cincinnati Enquirer says :
Tlte importance of this total revolution iu
a New England State can scarcely be over
estimated. Not for ten years have we had a
Democratic Governor in'any. New England
State"and~ the last one was not' in Connecti
cut. And why should he come now but f.»r
the total disgust which the people have final
ly come to entertain toward thid despotical
and int>narcntal party, which has ruled the
country with such remoiseless, reckless and
insane violence ? How little have they
thought. when maturing their dark and des
perate plans to destroy the liberties of ten mil
lions of people, they were digging their po
litical graves in the soil of the North !
For a dozen years Connecticut has been
persistently and uniformly against us. During
a large portion of the time they have had
every Congressman, and always the Governor
and Stale officers’ At the last Congressional
election they carried three Congressmen out
of four. Now.it is reversed and the Democrats
have three out of four. The same change
in public opinion which lias carried Con
necticut will give us, this,fall,. New York,
New Jersey.Pennsylvania, Indiana, and sev
eral other States, But this gain will be
largely increased. AVe have observed elec
tions in the United States tor many years, and
have never failed to remark tffiat the, first
elections of a year were ah,unerring 6ign and
indication of how all, would go. . y
As the season progressed, however, the tide
which had set in in one direction increased
in volume and impetuosity until tbalast State
hiul voteif, and that always did the worst of
any. There cat* be no doubt that thp ball of
cpunter-revolution which has been, set in
motion in New England will ryll over all the
land.- It is like the stand which. Virginia
ruadp in 1855 against the—up.to that .time—
irresistible “ Sam,'’ who, at the head of the
Know Nothing party, had been sweeping the
country.ltke a tornado. The check then given
by yirginia soo.n extended, to the whole
U don, and led to the destruction of that or
ganization. ■
do .nil they can for each otl rr, and to settle
on amicable terms of compromise.
In Georgia the basis is very well ascertain
ed. In giving in their taxes of I860, the peo
pie disclosed, on oath, what remained to them
of tho wreck resulting fre.m the revolution,
Upon comparing it with tbe property of the
State, as testified to by tax payers iu 18G0,
the Comptroller General and other able finan
ciers find that 78 per cent, of the property of
Georgia has been lost, and only about 22 per
cent, thereof remains. The value and pro
ductiveness of this 22 per _-ent. of property
has been, since the date of giving in the tax
of last year, rapidly diminishing. It is fair
to state that the debtor! do not hold more
than one-half the property of the State. But
suppose they hold all, and revising to work
for creditors, they say, here is the property,
we will go away.
All tbe latter could get. could be the de
predated property, and i t whatever extent
they might carry involimf - y bankruptcy or
otherwise seize th e meagre y eans Of support
and of recuperation l ift t > debtors, in that
same ratio would propert;. and their debts
with it, decrease in value, «.cause men would
sink into despair or t®: ye away—so that
there would be but few or none to labor; and
we all knbw that labo? is necessary to all
values. It thus appears that he who gets
twenty per cent, on his del t in Georgia does
well, aud-the cases going that sum arc
more exceptionable by far thi.n. thpse which
go below it.
But no matter on which side of that ratio
the exception falls, the parties ought to settle
with each other, and prepare to enter with
cheerful dignity upon the new order of things
unencumbered. The debtor who is not wil
ling to make full exhibit to his creditor, and
pay him as far aa he can, having due regard
to other claims upon him, is dishonest; and
that creditor who would deprive his debtor
of the means of support fdr his family is
cruel. Then', why not settie ?' A miserly
policy on the one hand is as unwise as dila
tory neglect on the other.
The people have had the sound, practical
common sense already to settle in many cases.
Should the good work continue, much will
be accomplished towards restoring the entto-
try to happiness and con ten ment. Alany of
our best men are burdened with the carcasses
of old obligations which have long since been
shorn of their equity, and th us they are left a
party to doubts and uncertainty. Relieve
them by voluntary Mrangemcpts’between
themselves and wise and jast creditors, 'pud
they are at once restored to the vigorous ex
ertions of hopeful manhood.
. , L B. H> BtGUAM.
Incident in the Case of
A correspondedt of the New Yort- n-
wnting from Richmoid, makes t-„’ V ° f H
extraordinary statement: ‘ 01, °^
It is, perhaps, no; prcnerallv Vnr,
during the incarceration of WirA, ^
Winder in tlie Capitol Prison the,-?'
adjoining cells, audeijoyed f*iliUe^? P ^
munication, one to the other bv 3 fcoi t’
^rifting, through an aperture’ not ni s 0f
doubtless, by the jailor. No onel’’^
ted to see either, unless bv «ueci fl i
from the Secretary of War. On tlfo"^
previous to the execution of AYirz . ni ?it
entered his cell, of course by norm?. ®® 1 *
Stanton, and proposed to Hm,
-would agree to implicate Jeff. Dart, s
alleged conspiracy <o starve the vJ, Q , tiE
prisoners confined at Andersonviflo T 5
would be spared. AYirz replied that lv>, 3 ^
not save Ins own life bv sacrificial tL ?®
another innocent man. The »tutJl t i" &t of
on left the cell, and AVirz
mumcated all that traneffired tn J CO| 0-
dcr.. The Major
Davis in New York, rad revealed to hcl
is here stated, backing it up by an
which he gave her, and which sheSo??^
The trial of Davis would involve re,- i 0 .^
which would shock humanity, :ind
fullest whatever sense of justice or fLj; n 0lti
national pndcis still left at the North ? 01
not unreasonable to presume that
dignation would be aroused to a nith a
wound render it unsafe for the concoct
tho vile plans devised to secure the « •. 0|
of Davis’ life, to prolong their
among a people whose fame and cW.5*
they so grossly outraged. C1| arscter
Should not the names of the trio
made this infamous preposition to W|«L°
traced out by some means? If thew
would initiate some movement to tii a is
U is probable that some light laieht il ,
tained which would fix the identify
villains. The time is eminentlr .
for such an inquiry now that tile
divulging each other’s iniquities It ,
timt Major WIWo,
which would give a clue, to the
the parties. It he has he should be kdueffi
to furnish i and then the wretches shonlJS
held up to the universal scorn and contemm
they so nchly merit. " r
Honour and Profit.
Cuffee’s Opinion of Nigoers, Southern-
etis and Yankees.—I give below a part of i
conversation which I overheard from two
darkies who were passing where I sat. One
was a self-important fellow, who evidently
“felt bis keeping,” The other was a true
“Sambo.” The first sentence I caught was
from him. Said he: “Is you libbin’ wid Air.
R. dis year? “No,” said the other “lef dar
some time.” “AVell, is you goin’ back to lib
wid Ben ?” “No indeed, neber! I ain’t
gwinc to any ffigger; dar is no ’pehdence in
a nigger. I puts no fool over me.”
“Jest so 1” said Sambo. “Ah !” said the
other, “a nigger won’t do no how. Give him
a little ’xarbance over yon and he put his
foot right in your face.” v
“Dat’s so,” said Sambo, evidently deeply
impressed with the profound wisdom of his
more gifted comrade. “But,” continued the
other, “I counts Air. R. de right sort ot a
man ; but you try a hundred before you find
another such a one. De troqt is, the white
folks feels above us, and now dey sec wo is
even wid dem, it kind of aggravates dem.
And as to de Yankees, dey are worse dan our
folks. A Yankee nebber knows when to stop
axin’ a nigger to work, and when de end ob
do year come, an’ you ar him for money,
bless de Lord, you owes him.”
Singularities of Suffrage North.—A
nice commentary upon the Radical demand
for. impartial suffrage in the South is found
in the fact that only eight of tho twenty-two
States controlled by the Radicals permit such
suffrage. Of tbe New England States Con
necticut is the only one that refuses the bal
lot to colored men. Alainc, New Hampshire
and Vermont makes no distinction whatever
in respect to suffrage, but Alassachusetts and
Rhode Island do. The laws of Massachusetts
requires the voter to be able to read the Con
stitution of the United States in the English
latigunge nnd to write his name. Rhode
Island likewise indulges in a little Know
Notbingism in its Suffrage law, by declarin:
that every native male citizen may vote. In
New York negroes with certein qualifications
are allowed to vote; that is, such as are worth
two hundred and fifty dollars, and have been
in tlie State three years. In AYisconsin ne
groes are allowed to vote by virtue of a de
cision by the ‘Supreme Court of that State
upon a technicality. In Ohio the greater part
ot the negroes vote, although 4he law gives
the ballot only to those who hqvemore than
half white blood'. Darkeys who are blaelc as
charcoal can vote there in the Radical dis
tricts, under the half white-law. In nearly
all of the other States, however, the Radicals
have declined, by tests in popular elections,
tp give the negroes that which they so stren
uously insist the Southern people shall give
theni.—keio York Suti.
Gen. Johnston on the First Manassas!
Gen. Joseph E! Johnston, of the life Confed
erate army, publishes in the Selma'(Ala.) Ga
zette a letter of five columns, defending
himself and General Stonewall Jackson
against imputations contained in J. Esten
Cooke’s Life of the latter, and correcting sun
dry errors in its report of events at and after
the first battle of Bull Run. He says that thd
reason why the Federal army was riot pur
sued after that battle by tbe victorious Con
federate fcityaiiy. 'wos that the cavalry (of
which they had but a small force) was driven
back by the strong rear guard of the United
States army, and thatit would have been utter
madness to rush dpon the ‘ fortifications, on
the Yirginia sidoerf the Potomac, w hich wcic
strong and heavily armed, especially ns a
river a mile wide would have still intervened
between them and the capital, which they
had no means of crossing. Gen. Johnston
says the victory of Bull Run saved the Con
federacy, which was all it could reasonably
have been expected to do. Alost of the “rebel”
troops regarded it as .deciding the whole
question and ending the war, and thousands
of them left the army and went home. The
Union army, he says, was “less disorganized
by defeat than the Confederate army by its
triumph.” The letter is a valuable contribu
tion to the military history of the war.
The Discoveries at Bompeii.
The Lacedemonians, defeated by Anfina
ter when j ust upon the point of concluding
an agreement, said, “You may i mpose “
heavy and ruinous taxes upon us asyo-
please ; but to command ns to do shameful
and dishonest things, you will lose vonr time
for it is to no purpose.” And the Kings of
Egypt made their judges solemnly swear
“That they would, not do anything contrary
to their consciences, though ever so much
commanded to it by tho Kings themselves."
Two things experience and history prove
to be almost always certain. Oneis, that the
people, when threatened with disaster and
oppression, as the penalty of pursuing th e
difficult path of duty, will lend a ready ear
to those counsellors who advise them to fol
low in theih action that course which «ei-
pedient and seem9 profitable, because it will
tend to relieve them of their present appre
hensions and avert impending evil; rathe
than that which is for their honor and ulti
mate advantage.
Tho other -is, that those who are arawd
with arbitrary and absolute power, willabcs
it, readily persuading themselves tliut the it-
terest and safety of the State require that tc
be done which is in their opinion neeessn
and proper, and that the promulgation:]
opinions contrary to their policy is a eric*
AVlieri Alarius after he had sat, a fugitin
on the ruins of Carthage, entered Rome whk
Cinna, and glutted his vengeance with tit
slaughter of his enemies, and of all whomb
suspected in a degree, “every road and evav
city were filled with the pursuers, hnntij
out those who attempted to escape and us
ceal themselves; and the ties of hospitalityut
friendship were proved to be no seeoritvh
misfortune, for there were very few" (Pi
torch says) “who did not betray those :t
sought refuge with them.”
Calamity has overtaken the people of a
Southland the most inexorable of despotic
demands ot them dishonorable and clegs-
ding compliances, and that they shall sulrj
to conditions not fit to he imposed upon th*
descendants of English freemen.
Over them, to rule with powers uii imiteti
by any law or constitution, a resistless fora
has placed five military., chieftains, each s
A correspondent of the Bangor Whig, who
has recently visited the buried city of Pom
peii, thus describes what he saw there:
In a baker’s oven which we saw vrero eighty
loaves of bread, with the name of the baker
stamped upon them. As I saw this stamp, and af
terward large quantities of brands such as are
used now-a-days lor burning the names of dealers
upon barrels and boxes, I could but reflect how
nearly the ancients came to the invention of
printing, an art to which modern civilization is so
much indebted. Here we have all but the mova
ble types. AVhy did not some-Gnttenburg eon-
C'.ive the idea of separating the letters? How dii-
ferent would the subsequent history of the world
have beer, bad this simple and easy contrivance
been adopted! We saw eggs looking as if lreshlv
laid, dates, walnuts, nets with thejneedlcs used in
making them, purses containing coins found with
a skeleton, contents of a color dealers shop,
4,000 specimens ot glass, Including neary every
object in which glass can he moulded—vnses, jel
ly-moulds, thousands of specimens of painting,
carpenters’ tools, such as square, compasses,
plumblead planes, and saws, thimbles, needles,
combs, (tine tooth), buckles for harness, stoves,
steejyards, and scales, dentistry and surgical in-
.-truthents, bells. Ac., ,Vv. .My wife said in look
ing about tbe museum she saw "everything used in
housekeeping but a ilat-iron—a faw minutes
further observation disclosed this useful article.—
A large, heavy and strong iron safe very much in
terested one of our party.
The Italian government has given orders to re
tain on the premises all articles that may be found
hereafter, instead of having them transported to
the museum at Naples, as lias hitherto been done.
Large quantities ot jewelry, coins, bronze, Ac.,
are beingconstantlymet with. In comparing the
articles then in use, and those of our day, the im
provements wc have made, are seen to be many and
great; yet perhaps we do not excel so very much
as an ignorance ot these discoveries would incline
us to imagine. AVe see many useful articles of
Jiousekeeping, many carpenters’ and agricultural
tuple merits, identical with onr »wn. In vases,
terra cottas and jewelry they were luliy our
equals.
We visited numerous temples, basilicas, baths,
tombs and places of general interest. AVe walked
over the original pavement, worn on each side of
the street to the depth ol several inches by the
wheels of ancient chariots; we saw frescoes as
gay in color and graceful in d rawing as any in niod-
Ctesar, beyond tlte reacli and control even of
tliat Committee of Public Safety and Revolu
tionary Tribunal called a Congress, by whose
grant they bold their.immense power.
.So tbe Persian Kings governed their Prov
inces by, Satraps, and those qf Home were
ruled by Proconsuls and Prefects of the Em
perors. ’ So the Saracenic Culiplis governtd
their Lieutenancies, and the Turkish Saltans
their Pacbaliks. ft is tho, old tyrannic rde
of a singlq will, with every. possible tempt*-
tion to abuse qf power. Except at rare in
tervals, the hriman' race has always been so
governed. It is servitude, however light th
forbearance and humanity of the despot an;
make the yoke; for men, under such a gov
ernment, have no rights. Of these, by em
powering tlfe'petty Cajsars to remove u!
appoint the jud^ds at their pleasure, Corgw*
lias stripped every white man in the Soul
No man there, to-day, .has any rights »t»J!
and yet this despotism,is not the worst cs
fortune that can befall a people. There is*
shame in a mute submission to a power ffi’
cannot bo resisted, more than there is in nm
tyrdom. The victim sacrificed, upon the ilw
is not dishonored.
This condition of tlie Southern peoph
the natural consequence of their unsure®
ful attempt to win political independent
and like every other state, arid condition, *•
imposes upon them duties. AYltat are tho*
duties ? Now, as ever, that is for then t- £
most important of all possible question*""
now, more than ever. A. nation
the* duties that devolve upon it inptwf^]
but in calamity it must perform themorpe*
isb. It is then that a false step is irretne
ble. AVhen honor alone remains to »pe#P^
it must guard it with a sleepless vigilance-'
Come what may, it must do that trine
right.—Memphis Appeal.
JVfovements of Santa Anns.
The Alexican Alinister lias received relis^
information that a secret movement h*®,' ;;'
for some time under the auspices ot
Anna, having in view - the organir^'o® ..
fillibuster force for the invasion ot M ^
The facts were some time since placed
the State Department by Mr. RonierC’ ■
promise was obtained from Air. |
tlie movements of the suspected P :
should be closely watched. The org- *
tion, which proves to be extensive, em
among its other military notable* * wj
known fillibustering Genual who >
year in a raid across the Rio Gnui'
is even stated that a distinguished^*’ ~ j;{
States Senator, who t "M f»6 a
agent in Mexico during the 1 .sii-
been occasionally seen at the residence,
ta Anna on Staten Island. . bees
The headquarters of the parties u ^
at Eddington, in Pennsylvania,-A^cort 1 '
are known as an “Emigration society-
their real designs by a sliow 0 -jjjjt
tural and other industrial
curious facts are being elicitcd m ytii
the affair involving the .^aie by b 1 ’
of valuable real estate iu St. iyit
.hypothecation 'of Ills extenswo
Jalapa, with which to. raise
funds. It is no longer doubto t f
ever strength in the way of money, ■ ^
political influence Santa Anna
lias been tendered to MaxiniH iaD ’..,
these services have been, or soon
tiep ted.
Two imperial agents have rec -• A j.
in the United States, and are knoira
visited tbe 'General's liendquarn 1=
Brighton. A number of mllitovry .-,.5
arc often seen at the house. Aq { 1
rn times; mo walked upon mosaic pavements tend to show that Santa Anna i> ‘ ^
liowiusr the highest skill nnd most beautiful com- Gorfespdhdenco with military ch',e' : l> • • .
binations of colors, and thus we wandered through , ^7*,,- of Mexico witii " ' 1
this citv of tho dead, from struct to street, from tile Uult coast ~
’ feet understanding.—
bouse to house.
.•per