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Message of O-ov. English to the Con-
. . .,, .. w , , • nccticut liegislature.
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I * * _ [extract.]
Hartford, May 1, 1867.
Fellow- Citizens of the Senate and House of
Jlejrresentaiieet:
In entering upon tlio duties to which I have
been colled at this interesting period of our
history, I am impressed with the conscions-
81 00 per »ess of my inability to meet the expectations
1 of those who hare so generously honored me
with the trust; and I should be destitute of
feeling were I not deeply affected by the con
fidence reposed in me by my fellow-citizens.
JOB PRIKTIN G.
tlcninr attention will be given to the
of JOB PRINTING of every dcscrlp-
TilE FOLLY OF PLANTERS.
NATIONAL AFFAIRS.
The situation of public affairs is in every
aspect important. Two years have elapsed
since our country emerged from a civil war
! such as the world liad never witnessed; a war
which had been waged to maintain the su-
!• nav be that men learnWisdom from ex-1 prcraacy of the Federal Constitution and the
tniinw ! integrity of the National Union. Over theca-
^mce, but it does n ; > lamitics of that unhappy conflict which des-
kutbey regulate their conduct in the ntlairs , 0 , ate{ j ^ j ar g 0 n portion of our country, and
life iu accordance with its teachings.— : carried sorrow to so many households, we
V, ■’ • history repeats iiec'if—tlie follies, J long slmll mourn—but at citizens of a corn-
failures and the vices of history, as well i »" on “T*?’ we s \ ould . 8t " ve to « tin ? uish
, - . ./ ; the vindictive resentments it engendered,
is virtues and triumphs ot truth o\ci or- The'right of a State voluntarily to with-
Mcn do not practically regard experi- ■ ( j raw f rom the Union has been abandoned by
a as a safe teacher. They are prone to I those who attempted to carry it into effeet.
„ their estimate of causes and effects by \ Four years of sanguinary warfare brought
- rie. of diffcrcaco in circum.t«i«a, and to S'})!™
4 to the happening of exceptional results Tb J e Union ig not rest0 rcd. Ten States are,
(heir favor, or, to use a common expres- j by the action of Congress, denied all partiri-
,u to laeh, as a regulator of events rather ‘ pation in the National Government, the laws
a to natural and legitimate causes. Thus j of which they are required to obey. Meas-
- . ... lures such as these tend to empire, not to
»‘»>at the errors of the world repeat them- unlon If reisted j Dt they mx J inevitably
Ives year after year and generation after i destroy the federative character of our gov
m ration. In our political condition wo ) ernment, and transform the Republic into i
i C a striking illustration of this wonderful l despotism. The course of legislation pur-
,tntal delusion. All along the path of his- 1 sued by Congress towards the ten Stat^ of
n A . ,. . 1 . o .. . tbo South, is, m my judgment, wholly unwar-
ij « mo tllc mouldering wrecks of just mt(d l)y 0 ur fundamental law, and as fatal
■c line of policy that our people are pur- b0 ,be Union and the Constitutiou as the
.; aJ- uul yet they press forward as heedless- principle of secession which hns been sup
as though the past furnished no warning ' pressed.
• . " 1 c . From the adoption of the Constitution
roni its catalogue of disasters. there have been conflicting opinions and
Rat we have no thought at present of • principles in regard to the powers which
rritiac a homily on politics. We desire to have been delegated to the Federal Goveru-
I attention to a crying and most amazing I "rent, and tlioso which have been reserved to
... , ... ' the States. In the opinion of one portion of
v m theid mo* J 0 » ~i our ;0 untrymen, the concentration and oxer •
ilisis of the South. In our letters on the , c j sc 3 f more power than was granted, is cs
: us from various sections of the country, sential to give strength and efficacy to the
reisone important,and wo may say lament- j central government. Another portion insist
, ... , ...nmtnnntiir Tt?«rn that the authority confeizud wu ample—that
■fact, that stands out prominent)}. I '!j n de:dits tendency is constantly aggressive
ratable that in the face of common sense, of an( j increasing, encroaching upon the re-
: tiperience, and even of present distress, servid rightsot the Statesand upon the rights
\rc majority, so far ns we can hear, of the ! of the people, and that if not carefully held
f , , .I,.:, I in cicck, ali the impoitant powers of the
,:hcm planters, n o 8 Government will be ultimately absorbed in
■.[a and straining every nerve for a »u- j one , rca t central empire. And around these
[(abundance of cotton. The statements j conflicting opinions, political organizations
have reached us warrant the belief I grew up at mi early day in our history,
jf not more that one-fourth ofl Ui til a recent period, the good sense, vir-
i i • ^uin.ii.n .i,« tue and patriotism of our people so modified
- land in cu.tivat.on the present and thccsccss J j )a l rty 81)irit , that
»r lias been devoted to grain,^ which, with , tbe j )U bHc tranquility has been preserved,
1 seasons, will be barely sufficient to sup- j an d iho Government and laws universally re-
ihe planter’s necessary wants for another ! spccl.ed. But the passions of men at last
K Should there be a failure-even a par-1 Tll ° restraints of the Consti-
. r tuticnchafed upon tb.-- trhowerestriving
no—the most serious consequences are on j y p or political power. One Extreme begat
I to follow, even allowing that fair , ano t(j C r, until a large portion of the people
■j should ba obtained for cotton. Even of the slaveholding States madly took up
arms to maintain the asserted right of scces-
ernments in the Southern States than to institute
an order of nobility in Now England.
Within tbo last month it hns been authorita
tively declared by tho Lord Chief Justico of Eng
land, in a notable case, that tho power to estab
lish martial law has never belonged to tho Brit
ish Crown, under any circumstances, and wheth
er in the colonies or at home; and that “it should
nover bo iorgotten that whatever might be the
chargo of which a man might be accused, though
ho might be a rebel and tho worst traitor over
brought to tho block, yet, until he was convicted
and until his lifo was taken, he wa3 still a Brit
ish subject, entitled when tried to those safe
guards which were tho essence of justice."
It is strange, indeed, that this power, so extra
ordinary that no British sovereign ever dared to
claim it as a prerogative ol Ills crown, can be sup
posed to reside In the constitution of a republic,
established by a people who revolted against Great
Britain that they might better secure their liber
ties by the safeguards of a written constitution
with limited and well defined powers.
But the evil consequences of this legislation do
not stop with the establishment of martial law.—
r ■ ’ -• • ’-for the
the
What Sensible and Eight Minded
Men Think at the Worth.
The Unexpected Friend.
A TRCE STORY OF GEORGE WASHINGTON.
;rrsent prices, which will not be main-
:ed, no planter can afford to buy com and
i >n after paying liis freedmen, the necessa-
I'lmtation expenses at present high rates
everything, and tho mountain load of
its, Stato and Federal, that come against
Ai it is not yet wholly too late, wo would
it our planters to think for a moment
i the consequences of this folly and
adon it at onco. Plant bottoms and wet
its in com, and cultivate it even to the
sion. Few will question the sincerity of
most of those who voluntarily took part in
this armed resistance. Tho sufferings, hard
ships and sacrifices they endured, too clearly
attest it.
Overpowered by the armies of the Repub
lic, they surrendered, acknowledged their al
legiance to tho Government which they had
opposed, and accepted the legal consequen
ces of their acts. Their immense armies
quietly dispersed to their homes under the
terms of tho sarrender. and resumed their
peaceful avocations.
To bring order out of chaos—to restore to
jlect of cotton. This is the only course their legitimate functions the State author!
i: will save them and tho wholo country
□ distress and want. Without a dollar of
rv, the South would to-day feel indepen-
t were her grancrics well stored. As it
they are already iu a state of exhaustion,
as the small grain and early com will bo
ely drawn upon,wc shall need an unusual
ply to carry us through tlie year to come,
ordinary crop of corn will not answer.—
; demands upon it for one wholo season
part of another will bo so groat,
it a heavy crop must bo made, or we shall
ties, nnd to re-establish their broken relations
with tbo Federal Government, became at once
a work of necessity. As Commandcr-in-chief
of the armies, President Lincoln addressed
himself to that work. Under his plan, ma
tured by President Johnson, tho States were
reorganized. In obedience to its require
menta, their Constitutions and laws were
changed—and, by the act of tho people of
each of those States, slavery was forever abol
ished. By this process the re cstafdishmcnt
of the Union was essentially consummated.
Little more was thenceforward required for
the country to move onward in a harmonious
ourselves loaded down with embarrass- [ nnd prosperous career, than the admission of
■an in the year 186H. j Senators and Representatives from those
A the planters think of these tiring* nnd
riscly while they may.
States to scats in Congress.
Unfortunately the tendency to centralize-
r\r* lin/1 TiPW imnPtlW dtiriniF the
, tion had received new impetus dnrin
STThc night train on the South Carolina j war, consequent on the exercise of extraordi-
I nan* nAwnra htf thp nnvprnment. and this
road, from Augusta, has been discontin-
Pas9engcre who desiro to ovoid delay
en route will do well to remember this,
M select the conuecting train from this city.
oseto Brazil.—The following persons
nary powers by the Government,
developed a new nnd extreme partisan spirit
It demanded tho exclusion of the late insur
rectionary States from any constitutional
rights within theUnion. Assuming that the
war in its practical results was a failure, that
the Union is really divided, that the inliai-
Georgia were papers in the steamer | g-j£ ™ a»£ ene-
'h America, which recently sailed “ om | in j eg an( j w ; t h the exception of the blacks,
* York to Rio do Janeiro: J. McF. Gas j arc be t rc!l tcd ns a conquered and subjugat-
. • wife and four children, T. B. Gaston. c d people, Congress has arbitrarily excluded
|«B. Gaston, S. A. McClendon, wife nnd the Senators and Representatives ol these
I..,i _:r n o Statcs-lrom the halls ot legislation, nnd er-
| .. >. ... A. u'li am. v\ii«\. .I.A. t ,. vi; n to examine tln>ir credentials. By
J. P. Porcher, wife and child, II. A. t]l j 5 nua ns Congress has taken posearipn of
II. O Burton, J. II. Ftillwood, Frank tfic Government, and tinder tho dictation of
MrilL - Blackburn, B. T. Leonard. acommittce, who sesessions have been held in
I secret, lias set aside some of the most ltnpor-
IThe Situation in Mexico.-TIic latest | tont and.salutaiy provisions of the^“tu-
l, r ... .. ,, i. i tiou. and even menaced with its power the
I' from Mexico, by tlie St. Mary yesterday, ■ | n jr e p enf l en t action of the judiciary.
jdhe New Orleans Picayuno of Sunday, T]ie i e „; s i at j on 0 f the Thirty-nintli Cou-
fr* affairs whew they linvc been for some ‘ y reSS vvaa, to a large extent, a series of usur-
f c - So far as wc yet know, Maximiliau j jmtions and infractions of the Constitution,
: rhiii.-ts Still hold out at Quere- commencing with proposition* to euloroe
t i .t e.i • | amendments of tliftt instrument f in tlie mccp*
There is a general expectation of their j ^ ncar i y one-third of the States,
[■ 7 surrender, but wo have no news oi . uul ( - u j| y ono-third of the people, had no
pt It ianow ncariy three weeks since j vo i cc , and cvci^uating in placing that people,
) Award’s swift mes-enger left Matamoros in a time of profound pence, under military
[SutLuig Potosi to intercede with Juarez, ' lo ^ i a n “ lb “ D ^ 0 eslablis ; t min tary governments
F»Wefore,lf the intluence ol the I liited 0 v<-r th i ton Southern Stater, and which assumes
r^unount to anything, Maximilian’s licnd , to annul the Stato and municipal governments
I s *. As for the capital, the Imperialists and tho legal tribunals of that portion of our
Lt.ij , , *■ Vliot *hr> T : ber country, his justly alarmed the apprehensions
[S' > ' &nd thc 4, of considered and re.lecting citizens. It I. in
LiV , convent ut B&n lJomin ° elFect establishing martial law over those States.
for thc reason they COUIO :.ot ne t w j ieacc docs Congress derive tho power to
P without being masters of tl••• whole ; subject any portion of the citizens of tho United
[ ' States to martial law? Martial law is not mili-
,n dry law. It embraces tho citizen as well as the
“Th- jaw solilior. It is tlie substitution of tlie willoftbe
Fla J?l HD,on ' ras ‘- ,L !L n -traction oommandingofficer in an enemy’s country in
1 |fR la t0 advocate Reconstruct timoofwar lor Sie municipal law whioh ->revi-
' otall of the oherrnan Aoi. mat Was ously prevailed. It is a crc&turo of necessity,
' the bill llld passed by . two-third- and exists only where no municipal law is in
! .0»er tile President's x-ito.— -■Uloiri'i force, or where the success of military operations
I La. renders its suspension for the time being neces-
. , . s ,. rv The deliberate enactment of martial law
P'.ttd It WHS to just such (southern paper- b ^ Legislature is a solecism, l'or a Legisla-
p® “Opinion”, and such Southern men turc has time and opportunity to enact munici-
hj t:> ^ kahington about that time, that Constitution or organic law.
South i- indebted for having thc inin- Con . r e S s has no power not granted to it by the
r* measure nut unon her We Clin sec Constitulion, and martial law is something
L: ", P nt U P° n 1Cr ' yycc -‘ . wholly without the Constitution, existing only
[' we matter for n Southron man to by the absence of law. It has no more power
Rot under the Constitution vo establish military gov-
The Cincinnati Enquirer copies the recent
order of Gen. Sickles requiring the Firemen I mu3t ^^ the j )0or
of Charleston to carry in tlieir proet -non and w idow, wiping away the tears which slowly
salute the national flag, and comments as fol trickled down her wasted cheeks. “There
] 0W3: i is no other resource. I am too sick to work,
In the last five years there have been many i « nd ? ou cannot »e me and your little
excesses of despotism, but we know of no ! brother starve. Try and beg a few shillings,
one that is more humiliating to every lover ^bj the time that is gone I may be better.
. *y
arm it has not only stricken down all local civil
government in those States, but, by its aid, It de
termines who shall, and who slia'd not, participate
in forming the governments that may be allowed
to them for the regulation of their local concerns.
It assumes the power to disfranchise the white In
habitants of thoso States and to enfranchise the
black—thus condemning, without conviction or
trial, a largo portion of their intelligent popula
tion, and placing the political power in the hands
ot those who have never participated in the affairs
of government, and a large majority ot whom can
not read the ballots they are authorized to cast—
This is not reconstruction. It is nut a measure of
peace, but a measure of war. Loctd self-govern
ment is the very comer stone of our Republican
fabric. All stable governments recognize its power
as a mere principle ot governmental policy. For
a Republic to discard it is suicidal.
It must be borne in mind that when these extra
ordinary powers were assumed by Congress, onr
armies had been withdrawn and disbanded. Peace
had been proclaimed. Congress itself had ac
knowledged the snpprcssion of the rebellion by a
public act. All departments of government, State
and National, were peacefully and without ob
struction exercising their lnnctions in thoseStates.
Thc people wore adapting themselves with una
nimity and good feeling, and with remarkable or
der, to the cnnngcd social condition which follow
ed thc abolition of slavery and the disbandment
of their armies.
If Congress can thus legislate for those States,
it is not difficult to foresee, in the not distant fu
ture, like interference iu other States. If these
powers, thus exercised, have been riehtlully exer
cised, then the Constitution of Connecticut aud
the ancient right of the people, so olten asserted
when a colony of Great Britian, to “regulate their
internal affairs in their own way," are henceforth
subject to the will or caprice wi a Congressional
majority.
The Constitution requires that the President
shall take care that tlie laws ore faithfully execu
ted; but Congress has seen fit to change the pre
scribed time of its meeting, so as to secure a con
tinuous session for the purpose of enforcing laws
by its own decrees, and to hold the constitutional
authority ol the Executive subject to its wilt—
For tills change, uncalled for ana unexpected, the
country was unprepared. In consequence of this,
Connecticut was unrepresented in thc popular
branch during the late session, convened at an
extraordinary time, during which laws ofmoment-
ons interest were hnrriedly passed in the absence
of the Representatives of seventeen of the thirty-
seven States of the Union. 8o broken nnd deple
ted was this fragmentary Congress that it did not
venture to appoint the regular standing commit
tees, tbongb adopting without hesitation laws of
vital consequence to a large section oi our com
mon country, and in conflict with the settled poli
cy oi onr Republican system.
In this connection, I may with propriety allude
to the course of the Senate in arrogating the power
to select, as well as to confirm, and in dictating to
the President in regard to hts appointments.
While the President is responsible for thc faithful
execution of the laws, the Senate, which is irre
sponsible, by an abuse of power, refuses to allow
him to select agents in whom he* has confidence,
but insists that lie shall only appoint those who
are opposed t« him, his measures, and the policy
which he believes to be for the interest of the
country. Estimable men of admitted ability and
integrity, many ot them havingserved with fidelity
through the war, have been thus rejected lor no
other reason than that they had received the con
fidence of the President.
It was in pursuance ol this purpose to absorb
within its grasp the lunctlocs which legitimately
appertain to the other branches or the government,
that it was proposed to take the pardoning power
from thc Executive, where the Constitution has
placed it, and, by an or post facto proceeding, con
fer it in certain contingencies upon Congress.
When the insurgent armies surrendered, their
soldiers became amenable to the then existing
laws. It certainly could not have been supposed
that they were to be prosecuted under new and
ditlercnt laws which were thereafter to be enacted.
\ et it is a lamentable fact that. Congress, during
the post two years, has employed no Inconsiderable
portion ot its time In devisin
punishment of past offences—a proceeding bad in
policy and repugnant to the great principles
which free governments are founded, and to
common sentiment ot an cnlighted age.
I have thus particularly'brought to your at
tention these acts of the Federal "Congress, be
cause, in my judgment, their tendency is to
revolutionize the character of onr Government;
and, therefore, they vitally concern the people
of Conneeticnt. That the inhabitants of tbo pro
scribed States will peacefully submit to tho rule
that has been provided for tirem, no one can
doubt. Their helplessness to do otherwise, if
nothing slse, assures this. That a Union of co
equal States under the Constitution may result
from their submission, is ray most fervent hope.
But questions of serious import to us will still
remain. Will the precedent tnus set by Con
gress be forgotten ? Will the Constitution which
is impotent to restrain the fury of a majority to
day, become the sacred shield it once was for
tho iniuority to-morrow? Will the sword that
is so oasily 'drawn to establish a Constitution
now, bo allowed to rest in its sheath if needed
to overthrow a Constitution hereafter? It has
been tho honest boast nnd ju3t glory of the sol
dier that he haa saved to our people their old
flag without a star displaced or a stripe broken
—but useless has been the sacrifice if tho people
no longer retain their faith in constitutional
;ovornment. If the charter of our liberties has
icen lost, nothing has been won.
More than ever at the present time should any
infranction of the Constitution bo regarded as a
inblic calamity. By the vast increase c f onr pnb-
ic indebtedness every question which concerns
the Government credit comes home to every per
son in thc land. By that credit all rallies are
measured. It lies at the foundation of all our
wealth, onr industry—ol society itself. No calami
ties of the past can'exceed those which belal us If
tho public credit should give way.. But how is it
to be preserved, if tbc supreme law of the land Is
itself repudiated ? In what market of the world
Is that Government trusted which Is swayed bv
revolutionary factions. Intent only upon the grati
fication of ambition or the indulgence ot partisan
resentment? Had the effots of Congress been
properly directed, thc Industry and trade of the
whole country would long since have felt the
grateful Influence, and the public credit been
strengthened.
It has long been the pride ol tlie people oi Con
necticut that within their borders the first experi
ment wns made to govern man by a written Consti
tution. It is not strange that they have been quick
to observe those signs which betoken danger to
their chosen Government. They are a law-abiding
and freedom loving people; but so long as their
own historv is remembered, they cannot forget
that force, oppression, military authority, are not
the instruments to bind a nation together—that no
Government can endure that has not Its founda
tions laid iu the aflections of the people.
Trusting in the intelligence of the American
people, let us indulge the hope that, from our
experience of danger, we may learn to secure | Coin,
our luture safety—and that when calmer times 1 • " r ™
succeed, tho true principles of our republican . ToU ,
system mav be re established by means of e
lecallv constituted Convention, end that the
foundations of the Union shall be relaid upon
the enduring principles of civil liberty and the
qual rights of the States, with the Hruifed pow-
-rs of tho Federal Government and th<x indisso
lubility of tho Union so clearly defined, that our
eontinnan-e os a people—one and indivisible—
ay bo perpetual.
Tho paramount importance which the events
f the past few years has given to subjects nfiect-
Go, Harry, my dear—I grieve to send you on
such an errand, but it must be done.”
The boy, a noble looking little fellow of
about ten'years, started up, and throwing his
arms around bis mother’s neck, left the house
without a word. He did not hear the groan
of anguish that was uttered by his parent, as
thc door closed behind him; and it was well
that lie did not, for his little heart was ready
to break without it. It was a by-strect in
Philadelphia, and ns he walked the street to
and fro on the sidewalk, he looked first at
one person and then at another, as they pass
ed him, but no one seemed to look kindly on
and tl.c longer he wnitolllic faster his
object of our attachment when v. ;• 1 tv courage dwindled away, and the more diffi-
of our country than this performance of
Sickles. What is more melancholy about it
is the fact that no Radical journal condemns
it, but all seem to ho highly pleased with it
and with the spirit which dictated it.
What an admirable method it is to make
our national colors popular in the South,
and to again renew the old feelings of amity
between the different States and sections!
They will undoubtedly in the South all
become devoted friends of the Union, and
be cordially attached to the Government,
after they have been put through such n
course of training and military inspection
section of the country the homage wWofi is
paid to it must he coerced by military ty
ranny.
How fceautiiully it can be said “to wave
over the land of the free aud thc home of
the brave,” when those who live under its
folds are immediately arrested if they do not
bow down in adoration before it! This is
the natural result cf Radical rule. It has
substituted for a confederacy of States, vo-
voluntarily united, and held together by mu
tual affection, the tie of force and coercion
of the smaller and weaker to the larger and
the stronger. For that warm, enthusiastic
and patriotic attachment which was one felt
tor tho flag of the “stars and stripes,” it has
substituted a feigned and coerced respect,
only secured by the power of the bayonet
and the sword. f
If there were any lingering feelings of at
tachment to the old flag in the subjugated
provinces of the South, it will lie dispelled
and eradicated by such insane and brutal
despotism as that of Sickles. Who, that has
any sense, or is imbned with any real attach
ment to his country, would not infinitely pre
fer to see ourilag unnoticed and disregarded
rather than have thc forced and miserable
homage that is secured to it by this Daniel
E. Sickles. It is flaunting in the face ot the
South the evidences of their subjugation. It
is driving the iron of ignominy and insult
even into their very souls.
It is calculated to excite in the minds of
their people the bitterest feelings of hate and
of profound and lasting indignation. It is
calculated to educate them to regard the flag
ami all those who sustain it with tlie same
deadly animosity that Hannibal, the Cartha-
genian, the son of Hamilcar, regarded the
Romans. The President ought to immedi
ately remove Sickles from tlie command, and
select some one who, if compelled to play
the part of a tyrant under the law, will not
add to it that of a fool.
As the order itself has never appeared in
full in the Telegraph, we annex it as part of
the history of these despotic times:
I desire that you will at once send for the
Chief of the Fire Department, and inform him
that the National standard must he borne in
front of tho column; that an escort of honor,
to consist of two members of each company
present, will he detailed by himself to march
with the colors; that the colors be placed
opposite the reviewing personages on the
ground designated for the review; and that
every person in the column shall salute the
colors by lifting his hat or cap on arriving at
the point three paces distant from the colors,
and carrying the cap uplifted, marching past
the colors to thc point three paces distant
from the same.
The Mayor of the city, the Chief of thc Fire
Department and the Foremen of companies
will lie held responsible lor thc observance
of this order, and they are hereby authorized
and required to arrest any person who dis
obeys it. You will take such measures as
you may find to bo necessary to insure the
execution of this order. D. E. 8icki.es.
Mi?. Walker’s Great Speech.—“ Leo,”
the Washington correspondent of the Charles
ton Courier, says of the late argument of Mr.
Walker before the Supreme Court;
Mr. R. J. Walker’s argument in support of
the application for an injunction against the
execution of tlie Military Reconstruction
Acts is the theme of much comment and ad
miration. It was listened to by some mem
bers of Congress who took part in the de
bates upon the Acts themselves. Mr. Wilson,
of Iowa, Chairman of the Judiciary Com
mittee of the House, who was the author of
one of the wisest provisions of the original
Act, was present, and profoundly attentive.
Mr. O’Conor and cx-Senator McDougal were
among those who approached and congratu
lated Mr. Walker.
How much influence on the Court this great
argument may have, is yet to be determined.
But it is whispered that four of the .Justices
—Clifford, Greer, Wayne aud Nelson—will be
against the motion of the Attorney General
to dismiss the hills. It may be surmised also
that Justices Davis and Field, who have a
political future before them, may also he un
willing to evade tbo question by a resort to
technicality. If tbc Court refuse to dismiss
the motion, then the hills for an injunction
will be entertained, and again fully argued,
though perhaps not at the present term.
May Statement of the Public Debi\—
The following is a detailed statement ot the
public debt on the 1st of May, 1807:
DF.BT BKABIXO COIN XSTFBEST.
Five per cent bonds - 4UH. 131^150
Six per cent bonds of 1SL7 and lSlii USIM
Six percent bonds of 1S31
Six percent five-tivcnty bonds 1,031,140.150
Navy pension fund....— 12,500.000
cult it was to muster courage to beg. Thc
tears were running fast down his checks, but
no one noticed them, or if they did, nobody
seemed to care; for although clean, Henry
looked poor and miserable, and it is common
for thc poor and miserable to cry.
Everybody seemed in a hurry, and the poor
boy seemed quite in despair, when at last he
spied a gentleman who seemed to be very
leisurely taking a morning w’nlk. He was
dressed in black, wore a three-cornered hat.
and had a face that was mild and benignant
as an angel’s. Somehow’, when Henry looked
at him he felt all his fears vanish at once,
and instantly approached him. His tears
had been flowing so long tlmt his eyes were
quite red and swollen, and his voice trembled,
but that was with weakness, for he had not
eaten for twenty-four hours. As Henry, with
a low, faltering voice, begged for a little
charity, tbc gentleman stopped, and his kind
heart melted with compassion as he looked
upon the fair countenance of the poor young
boy. and saw the deep flush that spread over
bis face, and listened to the modest, humble
tones which nccompained his petition. ■
“You do not look like a boy that has been
accustomed to beg his bread,” 6aid he, kind
iy laying his hand on the boy’s shoulder—
“what has driven you to this step ? ”
“Indeed,” answrered Harry, his tears begin
ning to flow afresh, “indeed I was not born
in this condition. But tlie misfortunes of my
father, and tlie sickness of my mother, have
driven me to the necessity now.”
“Who is your father ?” inquired the gen
tlcman, with still more interest.
“My father was a rich merchant of this
city, but lie became bondsman for a friend
who soon after failed, and he was entirely
ruined. He could not live after this loss,
and in one month he died of grief, and his
death was more terrible than any trouble.—
My mother, my little brother and myself,
soon sunk into the lowest depths of poverty.
My mother has, until now, managed to sup
port herself and my little brother by her la
bor, and I have earned what I could by
shoveling snow aud other work that I could
find to do. But night before last mother
.was taken very sick, and she has since be
come so much worse ”—here the tears pour
ed faster than ever—“Ido fear she will die.
I cannot think of any way in thc world to
help her. I have not had any work to do
for several weeks. I have not had the cour
age to go to any of my mothers’s old acquain
tances, and tell them that she had come to
need and charity. I thought, you looked
like a stranger, sir, and something in your
face overcame my shame, and gave me cour
age to speak to you Oh! sir, do pity my poor
mother! ”
The tears, and the simple, moving lan
guage of the boy, touched a chord in the
stranger that was accustomed to vibrations.
“Where docs your mother live, my boy.-
said be, iu a husky voice; is it far from
here?”
“ She lives iu the last house on this street,
sir,” replied Harry. “You can sec it from
here, iu the third block, on the left band
side.”
“Have you sent for a physician ? ”
“No, said the poor boy, sorrowfully shak
ing his bead. “I have no money to pay for
a physician or medicine.”
“Here,” said the stranger, drawing pieces
of silver from his pocket—“here are three
dollars; take them and run immediately and
get a physician.”
Harry’s eyes flashed with gratitude; he re
ceived the money with a stammering and in
audible voice, but with a look of tlie warmest
gratitude, and vanished.
The benignant gentlemen immediately
sought the dwelling of the sick widow. He
entered a little room in which he could see
nothing but a few implements of female labor,
a miserable tabic, an old bureau, and a little
bed which stood iu one corner, on which lay
the invalid. She appeared weak aud almost
exhausted, and in her bed, at her feet, sat a
little boy, crying as if his heart would break.
Deeply moved at the sight, the stranger
drew near to the bedside of thc invalid, and
feigning to be a physician, inquired into the
nature of the disease. The symptoms were
explained in a few words, when the widow,
with a deop sigh, added: “Oh, sir, my sick
ness has deeper cause and is beyond the art
of the physician to cure. I am a mother—
wretched mother. I see my children sinking
daily deeper and deeper into want, which I
have no means of relieving. My sicknecs is
of tho heart, and death alone can end my
sorrows; but even death is dreadful to me—
for it awakens the thought of misery into
which my children would be plunged ”
Her emotions choked her utterance, and
tears flowed unrestrained down her cheeks.
But thc pretended physician spoke so consol
ingly to her, and manifested so warm a sym
pathy for her condition, that the heart of the
woman throbbed with pleasure that was un
wonted.
“Do not despair,” said thc benevolent
life that is
Total..... — - $1,511,203^41
DEBT BEARING CCBXKNCY INTEREST.
Six percent bond* S12,P22,[900 J stranucr; “think of preservi
Three year compound interest notes 134,71^810 | ° .hiMm T „
Three year sovcn-thirty notes 540,410,200 i 80 precious to yonr clulciren. Can 1 Avruc a
—— | prescription here 1
Total _S097,115,710 * * — 1
Matured debt not presented for payment... 11,0321540
DEBT BEARING NO INTKRE3T.
United States notes $374,247,687
Fractional currency 28,975,3?.!
Gold certificates of deposit - 15,400,440
Total..... ;. $418,623,506 _
Total debt — $2,068,S75.CW ; an d wrote a few lines upon the paper.
ra-u <t IN rill i:v. ' - ■ -
$114,250,444
Currency.— 33,838,558
The poor widow took a little prayer book
from the band of her child who sat with her
in the bed, and tore out a blank leaf.
“I have no other paper,” said she, “bur per
haps that will do.”
The stranger took a pencil from his pocket,
...id wrote a few lines upon the paper.
“Thi3 prescription,” said he, “you will find
of great service to you. If it is necessary I,
will write you a second. I have great hopes
— ...$148,069,002 4 of vour fecovenv”
.Want ot debt less co*h iu Treasury 7S6../* . 1 ^ £jj gj ,; aper upon thc tuWo an(I weut
may iie still watch over you in all your paths!
A physician has just been here. Ho wns a
stranger, but spoke to mo with kindness and
compassion that was a blam to my heart—
When he went a way he left that prescription
on the table—see if you can read it.”
Henry glanced at the paper and started
back; be took it up, and as he read it through
again and again, a cry of wonder and aston
ishment escaped him.'
“What is it, my son V', exclaimed the poor
widow, trembling with an apprehension of,
she knew not wliat.
“Oh, read, dear, dear mother! God has
heard us! ”
The mother took the paper from the hand
of her son, but no sooner had she fixed her
eyesupon it than—“My God J” she exclaim
ed, “it is Washington! ” and fell fainting
upon her pillow.
The writing was an obligation from Wash
ington (for it was him), by which thc widow
wns to receive the sum of one hundred dol
lars from his own private property, to be
doubled in case of necessity.
Meanwhile the expected physician made
his appearance, and soon awoke thc mother
from her fainting fit. The joyful surprise,
together with the good nurse with which the
physician provided her, and a plenty of
wholesone food, soon restored her to perfect
health again.
Tho influence of Washington, who visited
her more than once, provided for the widow
friends who furnished her with contant and
profitable employment; and her sons, when
they bad arrived at the proper age, were
placed in respectable situations where they
were able to support themselves, and to ren
der the remainder of their mother’s life com
fortable and happy.
Let those who read this story remember,
when they think of the great aud good
Washington, that he was not above eutering
the dwellings of poverty and carrying joy
and gladness into the hearts of its inmates.
This is no fictitious tale, but is one of a thous
and incidents which mightbe related of him.
and which stamps.him one of the best of
men.
Appeal of Macon Board of Xraue.
Board of Trade ofthe City of Macon. Ga.. )
April 17, 1867. )
Gentlemen: Woaolieit your kind indulgence, while
wo present a few facts for your serious consideration;
facts in which, os we believe, the commercial inter
ests, at least, of our entire people, North, Bast, and
West, ns well as South, are more or less vitally in
terested.
The agricultural interest at the South is, especially,
almost totally prostrated, nnd its condition to-day is
more helpless and hopeless, its futuro more gloomy
and cheerless, than at any former period in its his-
Terrible
Tornado in
Sonnd.
Mississippi
This condition, of the cotton-growimr States in par
ticular, is owing to various causes, n few of which it
may be proper to enumerate. The total subversion
of tho former syitcm of labor, and tho very natural
derangements thereby l ic i: the l, --, ; of stock,
fences and farming implements, which have not been
replaced; tho great scarcity of subsistence for man
and beast, and in many sections, tho scarcity of even
seed, thc past season; tho almost entire annihilation
nf capital in tlie hand.- of the agricultural class; and
the partial failure of cotton, and nearly entire failure
of corn crops the past season—these, together with
other causes, which wo will not mention, have placed
vast numbersofour farmers in a condition at present
where they must have aider perish.
A large area of land is now prepared, and being
planted in cotton, and a much larger area than last
year has nlrcady been planted in corn. In spito of
multiplied discouragements, our planters have reso
lutely striven, and are striving, to overcome the num
berless embarrassments of their condition and situa
tion, and gather from the willing soil, by patient,
carel'ul industry, thc means to repair their losses, at
least, in part, and drive gaunt hunger from their hab
itations, and distress nnd suffering from tho land: but
after having employed their laborers, (who, to their
praise be it spoken, are doing Well,) prepared their
lands and planted their crops, their means have be
come, or are rapidly becoming, exhausted. Com and
bacon must be Lad, and they liavo not tho money to
procure it, and there are thousands of farms, whose
inrther culture must bo abandoned, and the laborers
discharged, unless their proprietors can obtain a
eredit for these needed supplies, until their crops can
bo harvested. This may seem a startling assertion,
but wc believe it to bo literally true.
There ia co capital here at all adequate to meet tlie
exigency. Our merchants and others are doing what
they can with means quite limited, but the truth is,
they arc powerless to afford tho relief required; and
the object ofthe Board, in this communication, is to
memorialize thc Boards of Trade, in the leadingcom-
mcrci&l cities of tho Union, praying that these facts
may be considered, nnd that association? may lie
formed and capital subscribed for the purpose of sup
plying the wants ofthe producing class, at tho South,
in respect to food for their bauds and stock, on r
credit, until harvest time, say Novcmbcrnext, taking
as security for the same, a first Hen upon the growing
crops (for which provision has been made in Georgia
by express statute), and such other and further secu
rity as might reasonably be demanded and afforded.
Should tho assistance indicated bo long withheld,
many thousands of farms must be abandoned, and
many thousands of laborers thrown out of employ
ment, without homes, or the means of procuring food,
and a vast amount of destitution and suffering must
follow. On tho other band, should tho credit be
promptly afforded, relief follows, nnd these calamities
are averted. A simple loan of food is all that is
asked, and that upon such conditions as, with proper
inidcnv and di-civriou on the leiri of tin- agent.- se
eded, it is believed, can result in no loss, but return
to tho subscribers their capital unimpaired, together
with a moderate interest on the same while thus em
ployed, aud, meanwhile, accomplish an amount of
good almost incalculable, at this particular crisis.
This Board of Trade will do all it can to further
nnd insure the success of an enterprise suggested by
such an exigency, and carried into effect from such
motives and consideration?, and might be further
useful in indicating tho proper agent to bo selected
here, for thc prudent management nnd faithful dis
tribution of tho loan thus provided; besides which
one of its officers proposes to subscribe, himself, $10,-
000 to tho capital required to supply tho section trib
utary to this market on tiro same conditions, and for
tho same remuneration that may be prescribed by
others. We also append hereto a copy of the Lien
Law of this State, before referred to, and in conclu
sion, beg that immediate aeticn may be taken here
on, trusting that that action may bo fnvorablo to the
interest wo have thus inadequately ami imperfectly
represented. Very respectfully,
J. B. Ross, President.
P. E. Bowdue, 1st Vice-President.
C. A. Nrrrixo. 2d Vice-President.
Jsbal.]
W. P. Goodall, Secretary, -tc.
An act to give Landlords a Lion upon the crops of
Tenants, forstock, farming utensils, and provisions,
furnished such tenants for the purpose of making
their crops: and to give factors aud merchants a lieu
upon the growing crops of farmers, for provisions
ami commercial manures, furni.ihed them for the
purposo of rnnking their crops.
Sec.l. Thc General As-embly of the State of Geor
gia do enact. That, from and after the.passugo of this
Act, that landlords may have, by special contract in
writing, alien upon the crop? of their tenants, for sU':h
stock, fanning utensils, and provisions furnishedsuch
tenants, for the purpose of making their crops.
Soe. 2. And be it further enacted. That factors ar.d
merchants shall have a lien upon thc growing crops
of farmers, for provisions furnished, and commercial
manures furnished, upon such terms as may be agreed
upon by the parties.
Sec. 3. And bo it further enacted. That such liens
shall be enforced in thc samo wav and manner that
liens arc now enforced against stcambuats in this
Statg.
Approved, 15th December, 1366.
T Accuracy of the Telegraph.—A film
desirous of finding out. tlie pecuniary statu?
ol a person who wished to purchase goods,
telegraphed for thc information. The an
swer came back, “Notegood for any amount.”
So a large bill of goods was sold and
hipped. Thc note came due and went to
protest. The firm found with disgust that
the dispatch should have read, “JYb?good for
any amount.”
FIFTEEN LIVES LOST—THE CABIN OF A STEA
MER SWEPT INTO THE SEA BY THE HUR
RICANE.
From the Mobile Times, 2d. J
The great tornado on Tuesday evening was
most severely felt in tlie Mississippi Sound.
A number of pleasure boats were upset and
their occupants were all subjected to great
risks.
The well known propeller Sarah was un
fortunate in being caught in the tornado;
coming unexpectedly as it did, the boat was
entirely unprepared.'
Mr. Galahan, the clerk of thc boat, was
standing in the doorway leading to the cabin
when the danger became imminent. Ho was,
when last heard of, assuring the ladies that
there was no danger. Brave and gallant
himself, he forgot that the elements were be
yond tlie control of man, and the terrible gust
that swept thc cabin and upper works from
the steamer carried Mr. Galahan with them.
"When thc danger came, when the lives of
passengers were in danger, the officers and
crew of the Sarah behaved with a gallantry,
-a bravery, and a devotion that deserves every
credii.
When tho cabin went by the board, and
the human beings on thc upper deck went
with it, the dismay, so natural in such an
event, that prevailed among thc other pas
sengers, was controlled and suppressed by
chi: coolness, the judgment, and tin: - kill of
the officers of the boat
THE LOST.
The following are the only names wc have
yet discovered of thc list:
George Jones, Pilot; George Mettec, steers
man; James Galahan, clerk; Mrs. Gen.
O’FerrclI, Miss Virginia Tibbetts, and an old
lady who came over with her son at the Col
lege.
There was also a Frenchman lost.
The steward went overboard, and was
picked up afterwards by a boat from the
wreck ot thc Sarah, after remaining several
hours in the water, floating on part of the
wreck of the cabin.
Tbc books and papers of the boat were
lost.
OTHER LOSSES OF LIFE.
In addition to the losses of life above giv
en, wc know positively of thc loss of a yacht
containing seven persons, six of whom—all
ladies—were lost.
SCENE OF THE DISASTER.
The disaster occurred about three miles
from Pascagoula. Thc accident occurred at
45 minutes past 5 o’clock.
ADDITIONAL.
Since writing the above we have been fur
nished with the following facts:
Mrs. J. E. O’Ferrell, the wife of Gen. J. E.
O’Ferrell, formerly connected with the house
of Dade, Hurxthal & Go., of this city, and
now a resident of Enterprise, Miss., was
among the lost. Her husband was awaiting
her at Pascagouln, and has made every effort
since the unfortunate occurrence to recover
her body without success.
Mr. Jones, of New Orleans, is also among
the missing.
Miss Jennie Tibbets, on her way back to
New Orleams, was among the missing.
Mr. George Jones, pilot of the Sarah, a
highly popular gentleman, a first-class pilot,
and a man of many friends, is also unfortu
nately among thc lest.
Charley Mettec, son of au old Mobilian,
Mr. George Mettec, and steersman of the boat,
a young man universally liked and admired
by all wlio knew him, lias unfortunately
found with the others a watery grave.
James Galahan, thc clerk of the boat, al
ways polite—a gentleman from instinct—and
among the most popular with steamboat
travelers, was one of the most to be regretted
losses sustained by the Sarah.
Severe Cold—Cotton Badly Damaged.
The very oldest resident cannot recollect
more than one May night in this section as
cold as that of Tuesday. It followed, a long
continued rain, and thc wind was blowing
ncariy all night, which alone probably pre
vented a severe white frost. Notwithstanding
this, the cold was 3’jfficient to kill some anil
greatly injure other tender vegetation. We
saw leaves of squash vines and snap beans,
early in thc morning, that were certainly
frozen, and they had then the peculiar ap
pearance of leaves scalded by frost, but per
haps not enough so to kill the whole plant.
A gentleman who rode through the coun
try at an early hour, informs us that his com
panion, an experienced planter, stopped at
several places to examine thc young cotton,
and gavo it as his opinion that half the plants
were killed. Where it had not been thinned
to a stand, perhaps there will yet be in most
places enough of tho youngest pr yet covered
plants to constitute a thin stand; but all of
the cotton was undoubtedly much injured
and retarded in its growth. This gentleman
was of the opinion that there was some white
frost along his route. Some of the cotton
plants were limber and drooping before the
warmth of sunshine could ho felt. Corn, be
ing a iiardier plant, did not receive so much
injury, bat it, too, must have been damaged.
There is some reason to lear that wheat, iu
the boot or in bloom, has been injured hv
this cold snap—if not here, a few degrees
further north. This would be a national ca
lamity.— Columlus Enquirer, 9th.
Mr. Peabody.—A monument is to be
erected in honor of George Peabody, in Lou
don, and will have upon it his statue. At a
recent meeting of merchants and business
men it was determined to erect it in the cen
tre of the large open pavement in thc rear of
thc London Merchants’ Exchange, and the
meeting declared it was to he a testimony of
the deep feeling of gratitude entertained by
the citizens of London towards Mr. Peabody
for his munificent donations for the benefit
of the London poor. Thc Prince of Wales
heads the list of subscribers.
Jrtf” Gen. Howard has purchased a fine
farm of three hundred and seventy-five acres
just across thc eastern branch of the Poto
mac, and about three miles from thc capitol
buildings, which lie will divide up into small
The New Orleans Crescent denies the ;■ tracts and seli to freedmen, the object being
statement that Ex-3Iayor Monroe and family, ! to get them out of the city aud make them
of that city, had gone to Canada, aud says independent producers.
they arc still in New Orleans.
J-WUric 1mm Young has a rival iu the
person of the king of Siam, who has taken
one hundred and one savage women to rear
his dusky race ot eighty-three, aud is neventy-
tbe stabbing of a negro woman in Bainbridge “Cheer up, mother,” said he, going to her j three years old himself,
some time since, but who subsequently es- bedside and uflectionutcly kissing her. See!
what a kind and benevolent stranger has
Arkested.-TIic Bainbridge Argus state? a ^ reely was hc ‘ at! - when the cider son
that tbc man Reagan, who was committed for rc turned.
caped, has been rc-arrested, and lodged in
. . given us. It will make us rich for several
jail at Albnny, wliero he will remain until the days It j ias enabled us to have a physician,
ng the federal relations of our State, is inv jus- j nex t session of the Superior Court. and he will be here in a moment. Compose
tification for dwelling thus at length upon them
at the present time.
Chief Justice Chase proposes to call
our acquisition “A/ctic Territory. Tlie Tri
bune of Monday suggests that our new ac
quaintance be called “Wolrttssia.”
yourself now, dear mother, and take cour-
King George of Greece has arrived age.”
at London. It is understood that tlie King “Come nearer, my mjii, said the mother,
will proceed to St. Peterburg and ask for looking with pride and affection on her shild.
the hand of the Grand Duchess Olga, daugh- J “Come nearer, that I may bless you. God
ter of the Grand Duke Coustantiue. nevor forsakes the innocent and good. Oh,
Cincinnati Charity.- -Within a lew weeks
the citizens of Cinc innati have contributed
about sixtv thousand dollars for the assist
ance of the people of the Southern State?
who are in destitute circumstances.
’’-^^Notw ithstanding the great havoc war
hairinadc among men, it is said, still there
are eight hundred thousand more males than
female? in thc United States.
CROPS.—We are glad to learn that the
crops in the upper part of this county and
in Twiggs are promising. The freedmen are
working better than last year. A friend who
has taken a trip through a portion cf Ala
bama, Florida, und the lower part of this
State, bears the same testimony as to the
crops and freedmen. Corn in Southern Geor
gia and in Florida is waist high.—Jlmrkim-
rilli: Dispatch. 9th.
jtgr* There is u disquieting minor circula
ting in London that the Prince of Wales also
is about to rush at book-making. He is now
said to be laboring upon a work giving an
account of his great tour through the United
States.
