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MACON. FrtlDAY, MAY 81 r 186?.
Civil Officers.—^Tho New York Times
special from Washington, on the 23d, says,
Mr. Stanbery “holds there is uq power in .the
net authorizing the military commanders to
remove civil officers.” As tfri? subject in of
vital importance to several communities, wp
look with interest for tfip promised opinion
from the general law officer of the Govern
ment. ' *
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S
ION—SYNOPSIS.
For the convenience of those who have
not tirntf to read the Attorney General sopiti :
ion, and f°r general reference, we have. pre-
pared “below a synopsis of all the most im
portant points of the document: •
Tim registration must be completed before
the 1st day ot September,-1867.
* A voter must be 21 yqars of age at the date
of registration; and'have b.cen one year a
resident of .the State when lie* .votes, though
he may register and state The number of
• -■»„,» - ~ l months lie has been resident, which fact must
CnANGBdp Tactiq.'.—'The Northern pa— appear, on tin} list of voters opposite his
pers say Senator Wilsori expresses great hopes name. •
of the South becoming Radical in'the cun- This qjause of the oath, that “I. have never
ing elections, or, rather, that the'negroes will Ween a member of any State Legislature nor
all vote with the Radical party.- He think*, | held.any executive or judicial office in any
however, that the peopje of the Southern Stato and afterwards engaged in insurrection
States “c*ao best bo reached througlf dhil ar- or • rebellion against the United States,
gunient.’.’' The Senator recommends “the cm- or given aid- add comfort . to the
pkyment for this purpose of colored tndh- of I enemies ^ thereof,”* is treated as inde
good localstanding and influence.” Noth: ubt I pendent of this: “That I have never*
his cxpifiencc with Gen. Chftiton atMontgrun- I taken an oath as a member-of the Congress
ery is lather to'tiie thought that uegro stump of the. United States,.or as an officer of the
orators, well paid, would do better than I United States, or os a member of any State
Yankee white men, wbdso. section is so vul- Legislatun, or as an executive or judicial
nerable on many points regarding negro, sla- officer of any State, to support th'e'Coqptitu-
Very in America. . |tion of the United States, and afterwards eft-
' /• | gaged 4a insurrection or rebellion against the.
Mercer University, the well known Hap- United States, or .given aid. und comfort to*
tist College, is rfbout to bo removed from j^Ue enemies thereof.”. And-un'der it be seems
Penfielulor Atlanta. Tlio Presidents of the I to cuhsidcr .members of the State Legisla-
Institution and of the Hoard of Trustees arc j (urcs and executive and judicial officers du-
now at the latter, place, making arrange- I ring the rebellion, who may never lmv? taken
ments for th« change. I the oath to support the Constitution of the
* * '**'*’ • ... I United States, ns well as members of the sc-
Tne Proper Flag. T4ie Atlanta Opinion | cess ; on . conventions and military officers of
has gone over to’the Black Republican party th6 gt<ltes dv i ng the rebellion, as clearly dls-
of Atlanta, body, soul (if-ft ever had any) and | franchised, subject tortile limitations herein-
brecclics, though it did hot havefar to travel. I ft f {er . statec ] *
Who will conduct it iii.fut.urc is pot said, biifj yj
we suppose sonjc jnembrt'.of the .“Executive
Committee,” an illustrious’ body that seems-
to rest upon the herculean shoulders of* one
Markham and one Forrow,the former hailing
from the North and the Tatter from South
Carolina.
All officers, civil and military, of the Uni
ted States, who took the oitth to support the
Constitution of the United States, anti after
wards engaged in rebellion, &c., are disfran
chised.
Militia officers of a State prior to the re
bellion are not disfranchised.
Another patriot denies that lie' oalled I Members of Congress nnd members of Stale
on Jefferson Davis, or sought to,, or wished J Legislatures are clearly designated, but ofii-
to, or would in any circumstances. General cers of Le gj slaturC s are not.-
Robert Anderson is the man. I ° .
[Brooklyn'Union. I Tlte terms executive and judicial officers of
Pray, General Robert Anderson, patriot, a State clearly include,- so fur as .executive
tell us why you would pot t Mr. Davis has I officers are concerned, all such officers as ape
committed no sin that is not shared in by tie I generally known by the proper description
Southern people, and do you mean to taboo I of State officers or officers of the Mate. In
the whole Southern people, and deny them ontj sense, and in a popular sense, the dcscrip-
tho hohor of your society l If Mr. Davis is don executive officers pf a State is applicable
personally-infamous because bo fought for 1 to a well known class- tjic Governor, Lieu-
Southern independence, so are Robert E. Lee, I tenant Governor, Stato Auditor, Treasurer,
Joseph E. Johnston, Wade Hampton and I Secretary and State officials proper, wlio ex-
others, down to the humblest sympathiser for J ercise exeentiro functions ot the seat of Gov-
the cause. This conclusion cannot be avoided. I eminent. ,
Then, if Southern- men are unworthy, of I am not prepared to say (says 3Ir. S.,) that
Northern society, why are you so noxious to I on 'j those proper State officials come within
hold on to us and male us call you brethren ? I this term of description, nor am I prepared.
We have not the slightest objection to the U>s to judicial officers of a Stafe, to'limit the
social discrimination, but insist that it be j description to judges of courts, whosp. juris
made universal, if at all. Gen. Robert Antler- diction extends over the entire State. I
son married a Georgia lady, and received I must.sonlent myself in saying of these officers,
distinguished kindness and consideration at lerecufive or judicial,-that 1 -they are clearly
the hands of a “rebel” General early iii the (within the meaning of the law. r
war. We are sorry to see him making ft fool I Upon the subject of those not included
of himself. | certainly, lie says •
I have said that in«ddi£iac4a the ciass ol
Repudiated.—The Nashville Press & j officers who clearly come within the terms of
Times, Btownlow’s organ, “pitches into I the Act as judicial and executive officers of
George Ashbnrn, and denounces him ms a the State, and to those classes which coropre-
copperhead and a humbug and not to be o ffi cers and municipal officers,
, who clearly are not within the terms of the
trusted by the Radicals. This is hard for I A C t, there remains a vast number of officers
George, for if the “Torch and Turpentine” j whose status Is in some way defined. These
office within the meaning cf this law, nnd
h is taken the official oath, ai d who has not
afterwards participated in a rebellion,-may
very safely take this ^oatliund so, too, the
person who has fully participated in the re
bellion, but has not, prior thereto, ueld an
office and taken the official oath, may with
equal safety take this oath.
As to individual acts he says:
Mere acts of common humanity and<liari
ty cannot be considered as involving the*
.party in participation in the rebellion £o.
too, forcetl contributions by the rebel author
ities, or the compulsory payment of taxes in
aid* of the rebellious States’, would not in
volve the person, and they must not work
disqualification under this law. Voluntary
contributions in furtherance of the rebellion,
or subscriptions'to the rebel loans, and those
orgapized contributions of food or clothes or
necessary supplies, except of a strictly sanita
ry character, are to be classed' with acts
which disqualify.
Yielding to the pnlers or aats of a de facto
Government or to the circumstances incident
to* Its exetcisipg Jowcr temporarily over the
people, is not considered a “voluntary’* act.
‘Involuntary” acts are not considered disqual-
ifying^
Registers ate simply for the purpose of
registering - the’ voters’ names under orders
given thorn as to manucr, &c., and not deter
mining any rights.
Parties* applying to be registered have on
ly to take the oath, and their names must be
registered, and when registered‘they are en
titled to.vote.
ASJhe Great Source of Trouble.
party refuse to trust him, who will or can ?
ST* A petition for JeC Davis's pardon is
being circulated by Southern men in Wash
ington, and it is said that the head rebel him
self is no longer averse to sueihg for' clemency.
• [A r «f. York Herald.
Yes, “it is laid”-by the “ Herald,” univer
sally regarded as doubtful authority. That
Mr. Davis should beg for a pardon when he
denies that he lias committed a crime, and
for two years has been challenging the Gov
crnmsnt to put him on trial before its own
courts, is simply preposterous, ne will never
ask for a pardon so long ns he is Jefferson
Davis.
are known in popular language by sncli terms
of description as county, township and prp-
ci net officers. Thtfir name is legion. Their
functions and-duties are, for the most part,
strictly local. Some of them r such as sheriffs
•and justices of’the county courts, have juris
diction over the entire county. Others arc
restricted lu the eiaallest civil sub-divisions.
I have directed abstracts to be prepared for
each of these States, which will exhibit all
these officers and the duties which appertain
to them, and.the form-of oath required.
Engaging in insurrection or rebellion
against the United States, to work exclusion
must be voluntary. Conscripts, and slaves
forced into the army or to work on fortifica
tions, are not excluded.
On the other hand, all those wlio in'o' Iegis-
There is some point in the following ex
tract from a speech delivered at Blooming
ton, Indiana! by James Hughes, one of the
ablest and most prominent of the Radical
leaders in the West. That gcntltfmari said:
* I am opposed to negro suffrage, not because
they are .negroes, or are black, for those are
matters of taste and prejudice, but because
the right of suffrage has already been too
much extended and cheapened in this coun
try. While I am opposed to extending the
right of suffrage to the negroes, I-nmin lavor
of disfranchising one-half of the white peo
ple in this country. Our fathers committed
«' great and fatal mistake in extending as
t hey did the right of suffrage.
All history proves that there is but one in
terest that is conservative, and that can be
safely intrusted with the' governing power,
and that is tlie property interest. When a
man Is possessed of property be lias a stake
in the country'and desires a strong ami sta
ble government, and will not endanger his
property by unwise legislntiojf or by invoh
mg the country in a war. The great Object
in our form of government has been the want
of Strength and power in the Federal gov
ernment. It will be impossible to govern
this vast nnd rapidly increasing country un
der the operation of universal suffrage. Our
system of government -has been materially
and radically changed during tlie war, and
it can never be restored to what it was prior
to the war. The Constitution is not worth
the paper upon which it was written.
Tlie first effect of universal suffrage will
bo to make the government more nearly'ap
proach a pure Democracy, but this cannot
Inst long. Wo will follow the example of
other governments. The strife of factions
will go on until, ultimately, either the Senate
or the President will assume the control,
when we will have a strong nnd stable gov
ernment. The British government is the best
government that has. over existed on God’s
earth, and the sootier ours assimilates itst-lf
to the British government, tlie better it will
lie tor the country. I do not hesitate to de
clare, so matter how unpopular it may lie,
that if the negro race, and one half of ttic
white race, had good masters or mistresses,
they would be much better’off and the Gov
eminent would be safer and stronger. '
•uoropoml
Parts. May 7, 1807.
To'tiie Editort of the Georgia 'Telegraph :
Now that the Luxemburg question may be
sabl’to have entered fairly into the •‘domain
of diplomacy,” confidence is felt that it will
be settled in a way to preserve the peace of
Europe; and at th^ same time satisfy the
amour propre of the powers most interested.
The ranch talked of conference is tq be as
sembled in London to-day, nnd as the stip
ulation which have determined this disinter
ested arbitration on the part of England,
Austria and Russia are well understood be
foreliaud j it is confidently bclicvcdtfcntpclace
'will continue«i3 the result of the delibera
tion. HovAto"regulate the, neutralization of-
the Grand Pocliy, after the'departure of the
Prussian garrison, will’be the only real im
portant question to be resolved, as the legiti
macy and necessity of the evacuation, tacitly
acknowledged by Prussia and "unanimously*
settled upon.by tlte arbitrary powers, will
not be required to undergo further discus
sion. The King bf Holland, who invited
the conference-for the'Security of liis king
dom, probably cafes but little what dispo
sition may be made of-Luxemburg, provi- 1
ded the-settlement does uot -embarrass liis
government; and'whether it be confirmed t >
Kim, annexed to Belgium 6r established as a
.geirarate State, with an independent Prince, it
does not mattcrAnuch-so that the qnestiouis
Rmicablv arranged. France will have gained
her point in effecting tlie evacuation of the
fortress, and Prussia may calm her fender
susceptibilities by the certainty that France
has required jio additional foot of territory:
both may bury tho--hatchet (for awhile) and
smoketlie pipe ot peace over a dismantled
fortress, rendered useless to cither from the
fact of its being neutral ground.
The only possibility ot the negotiations
failing to result in a peaceful solution arises
from the circumstance that neither France
nor Prussia Lave formally admitted, although
they have well understood, the bases of the
proposed arrangement, and one or both may
validea with statues of illustrious officers, will
be s«ou put into dst-outiou. Napoleon in a visit
which he made k> the Invalid*- - found in voing.
out iliat those s rar -d avenues had a eheerlesro;
pcaraneo, uofi it occurred to him to have ftatues
placed there, but political evicts prevented tlie
accomplishment of bis idea.
The weather for the past week has been su
perb. Old Sol in all his glory hts gladdened
our hearts and blessed us with a-whole week of
goiden sunshine days. All Paris seems to have
put on its holiday attire; the Boulevards, Boia
dc Bouloj-rpi, Longchamps, the Exhibition,
'Chomps Kfysecs, <Sc., are teeming with thou
sands of promenad'ers, and equipages of every
kfud and ‘ nation. Apparently no one has Jett
the city, and the inhabitants and strangers aro
indiscriminately mixed - in this vast hive of cir
culating myriads. On Sunday tho races at the
Buis attracted an immense crowd in thatquarter,
and the return therefrom was particularly bril
liant and .animating all along the Avenue do
l'lmperatrica and the ’ Champs Elysees. Tho
charming soire:s at the Champs do Mars are
now fully inaugurated, and retain thousands of
visitors within the enclosure of the park until
late hours of the night. Nearly all the restau
rants, cafes aDd.bufiets are kept epea and bril
liantly lighted every night. The Chinese
theatre and Tunisian cafe-concert are particu
larly favored with public patronage. In the
Turkish section of the Exhibition buildingwines
from Palestine are exposed, and the exhibitor
announces to the passers that he will send gra
tuitous to every person who will give, him an or
der for twelve boltles of wine one bottle of water
from the Jordan—for baptism !
After long deliberation the committee of the
Universal Exhibition has adjudged the prize for the
Hymn dedicated to Peace to two poets, who share
equally tho- honor. This-Hymn with the cantata
will be snog oil tho 15th of August, on the occa
sion of tho Emperor’s fete end the great Exhibi
tion ceremonies which come off at that time.
Visitors to the. Exhibition arc even more nu
merous than was expected; it is estimated that
an avirage of fifty thousand per day will' be main
tained throughout the whole perioi ef the show.
If this should he tlie case the establishment will
prove a praying concern to the Government. The
Society of Construction guaranteed to the Impe
rial Commission eight millions ol francs, which
sum was considered necessary to indemnify the
state for its outlay. The Exhibition will last
from beginning to end, 210 days; multiply this by
50,0C0 and we have a total of 10,500,003 tones.
uot feel disposc-il to -accept all the conditions j Cuu any-one persist In asserting that the cuter-
Birds of a Feather.
ET Tlie registrars of the several counties I lativc or other official capacity were engaged
of Virginia trader the military government in thc furtbcrance of» common unlawful pur-
. 8 , * 8 I pose, or persons who m their individual
will bo required to make three hats of clas-1 capacity have done any overt act for the pur-
aificatiois of voters ; tho first comprising j pt.si of promoting rebellion, may well lie said
those whose right to vote is undisputed; tlie |j a the-meaning of this law to have engaged
second, those whose right has been clial. | ^ n ™ beb!on - ..... . , .. .
i , , . , ... I All persons who during thc rebellion acted
longed, but decided affirmatively; the third, j an official "fcapneity, where the duties ot
those dm to whom th«f decision bos been -nd-T office necessarily had relation to thc'snpport
Verse. In the la^t two lists tlie grounds ol | of the rebellion, such as members ofh rebel
Summer Resorts—The Indian Springs
A recent visit to this popular Sommer resort
enables us to give the public some Useful in
formation. There are three houses., open to
entertainment—those kept by Collier,-White
heaii and Elder. The Hotels are are in a
thoroughly renovated condition, add Visitors
will be as comfortable as they, could ask.—
They will find the landlords attentive and
polite, the rooms neat and airy, and.the fa
bles well supplied whli the choicest-viands.
Wo sojourned with Mr. Cofljer, anjj Yonnd
his table even surpassing itself for excellence
and boondfuhicss, presided over, os it is, by
his good lady.
The charges have been fixed by the propri
etors at $40 per monthior a single individual,
$15 per week, and $3 per day. And consider
ing the excellence of -the -diet, the many
home-comforts enjoyed, and the marvelous
properties of tho water, these charges arc
low. Compared with board in tlie cities,
they aro very low.
On the first of Jane, hacks will run doily
to and irom Forsyth, nt a charge of $2-50
per seat. Mr. Camp, who is tho mail con
tractor, runrf a neat, and comfortable hack
every Wednesday and Saturday, carrying the
mail. We commend-him to.tnvellere visit
ing tho Springs. For diseases ot liver,'
skin, kidneys and’ stoinflcli, tho Indian coring
water is unsurpassed, and invalids shotr.-i
by all moans give it a trial. They v.'ill.bq
sure to reap benefit. *- -
more esr.eciaijy appertained to the support
of the rebel cause, must be held to come witli-
iri'thc terrft3 of exclusion,’ -‘ .
Officfers in those' Abel States wlio during
thc rebellion discharged official duties not in*
mm ofor-
jy The mail pouch made up at Savan
nah, Ga., on the evening of the 17th inst., for
the .Washington and New York postal enfi,
was lost after it left tho office, and has not
been recovered.
A Reverend Bi.ack Rhtc blioan Ex-
j?KLLRD.—Wo copy the following notice from
tho Savannah Republican, oi the 20th inste
To the —This is to certify that Mr.
Janus Simms, who styles himself Rcvi-rer.d
James Siinms, lias been expelled from this
Church, his license withdrawn, and that he
!sno longer a [’readier of any Baptist Church
in this city.
Thi notice is given to the public by order
"ftl.e- l-’li: i Ai-kican Hai-tist Ohurch.
cidcut to the war, but in preservation of or
der and ;ndmin5stratitrn of law, are not to be
considered'liS thereby, engaging in rebellion.
I must reserve'for farther consideration,
after the abstracts are made, the question
whether all of tbem'. or if not all, what clas
sed of these officers dome within the disqual
ification..' As to nil other ’executive- or judi
cial officers who art hot in popular language
characterized as county officers, I incline to
consider them as coming^'mider thoiclescrip-
tion of executive and judicial officers of a
State, within tlie meaning of these laws.
Further— • , ‘ -1
I canrtot enumerate all of the employments
under State authority which, in my opinion,
work no uisifsnehisemenb I will nmuo'some
-by amy at illustration, viz: Boards of com
missioners of public works, directors of
asylums, visitors of State universities, di
rectors of State penitentiaries, State directors
of banks, or other corporations, special com
missioners or agents appointed by the Gov
ernor of another Stato with authority to per
form special duties, as examiners, of banks,
notaries public,, and commissioners to take
acknowledgments of deeds. Tim 'rule fn1d
down, aud these illustrations, will perhaps lie
■sufficient to determine who come within its
operations. •
We givo this extract also as pertinent:
Tlie exclusion ia ail comprehensive ns to
time, and applies -not only to those who were
in offico when the rebellion commenced, but
to those who held the prohibited offices nt
ni-v previous time-, although they may-have
ccnsea ta hold such office on indefinite num
ber ofjfuM prior to.the rebellion.
I now coi.,. t 0 consider what is -the'mean
ing anil scope \.r the disqualifications arising
unile’.' ta at J-:)t w ili L . which
the person t o state-Unf he-^kn not engaged
in insurrection or rc. 'tha.rj against tlie United
State*, or given aid and to tin ene
mies thereof.” I must here rc H . at «-hat has
boon said before, that to work o’.:qualificu-
tion two dement* must concur: first, L 0 idiu*'
thc designated oliice, State or Federal, ac _
companied by an uflicial oath to support ta 0
Constitution of the United States: .and sec
ond, engaging in rebellion against the United
States, or giving aid and comfort to its ene
mies. Botli these must not only concur, but
they must concur in the order of time men
tioned. First, the office nnd the oath, and
afterwards, engaging in rebellion, or giving
aid and comfort. A person wlio lias held
Sanford Conover, who wu?convicted some
time since of subornation of perjury, for pro
curing witnesses to swear to facta sufficient
to convict Jefferson Davis und other innocent
men of complicityjn an ^assassination, has
not yet been incarcerated in pursuance of the
sentence of the Court. He is still maintained
at public expense, in a comfortable though
secluded leisure, like a gentleman of elegant
ease, receiving calls from persons of distinc
tion nnd immaculate Radicals of the first
water.
The Impeachment Committee of the House
ol Representatives is in session at Washington,
its use and mission being to hold in terror
over the head of President Johnson thc per
petual menace oi a formal charge of compli
city in, or rather procurement of tho as*ns
sination of Lincoln, to prevent liis becoming
refractory, and to secure his enforcement of
the unconstitutional and iufamoits edicts of
Congress. One J. M. Ashley, of Toledo,
Ohio, until oi late not notorious for anything
except the procurement of office lor certain
-persons, forrvuluabc considerations carefully
stipulated in advance, is chairman of the
privy inquisition, and chief in the dirty, dis
reputable work of mousing about , niter testi
rnony, true or false, that may make, if possi
ble, a plausible case against tile Preffident.H
In the pursuit, of. this laudable object, to
effect which, perhaps; Surratt’s trial is de
layed nnd lie is retained in jail, tho Honora
ble Mr. Ashley night after night visits Cono
ver in jail, and lias long, private interviews
with him. The plot to assassinate President
Davis has proven a miserable failure, anil is
succeeded by one to destroy the fair fame of
President Johnson; nnd to secure its success,
thc Chairman of a Congressional Committee
has nightly nnd midnight interviews, in jail,
with a couvicted perjurer, a miscreant whose
ears should bc.cut off and nailed to thc pil-
!ory J and the: touch of whose hand is con
tamination to. that of nu honorable man.
i . •» [Memphis Appeal.
Final Failure of facob Darker.
H Wo regret to see that ouroid friend, Jacob
Barker, of N. Orleans, has come to a financial
“grief-” This is a sad clqsuig of a very long
life of intelligent enterprise and industry.,
Jacob Barker, is a man of various and re
markable characteristics, the most striking of
which is, that nt his age, which must approach
four scorce nnd ten, fie was actively engaged
ia commercial business as he was sixty years
ago! From 1814 to 1817, Jiyoob Barkers
“slijnplostcrs” were as plentiful and as cur
rent in this city, as poverqmcnt.stamps arc
now. Mechanics and laborers were paid in
twenty-five and fifty cent notes of Jacob Bar
ker's Exchange Bank.
- There used to bo au am using anecdote, il
lustrative of Mr, Barker’s business. shrewd
ness. Haying negotiated,bnt pot taken put,
a policy of insurance on one of his absent
ships, lio called at the insurance office, saying
to the President: “ If my policy is not exe
cuted, thee need not sign it—I havo heard
from my ship.” But the President answered:
“ Tliou art too I^tc, iriend Jacob; tho trans
action is completed.” . 6o “ friend Jacob ”
received the policy. He had heard that his
ship was.lost! ;
in 1S1G Mr. Backer was elected to the Scn-
ateof this State—serving, ;bo\vcyer, but one
yeaz—to.fill out a vacancy occasioned by the
resignation of jElbert U Jones.
His loutf commercial career in this city was
subject hi all the vicissitudes of fortune, but
no form .of embarrassment and no magnitude
of adversity could weaken his strong faith or
overcome liis indomitable energy. If liis head
went under to (jay it rqsc to-morrow. His
motto, like that attributed.to Lord Welling
ton was—“Up Guards, and nt’em.” If he
tfere notso near thc end, we should, both
hope aud'believe that lie would emerge front
the cloud that now darkens his financial
horizuu.T—JV.- F. Com. Advertiser.
required. In sueb-a case the dbnlerence will
fail to attain the object desired, and its arbi
tration will amount to nothing more than a
mockery, leaving the good faith of the' pow
ers accepting the peaceful invitation doubt
ful, since by such an acceptance, and well
knowing the terms to be submitted, they vir
tually committed themselves to the decision
of the arbitrators. ‘Franco evidently means
and expects peace.' She willingly accepted
the offered mediation, ami not wishing to
embarrass the action ,of tlie three Courts by
directly intervening in the debate, she has
resolved to leave thorn free to discuss with
Prussia a question, which in her eyes, is one
of public right and general interest. That
no pretext may be furnished public opinion
for undue agitation, the Emperor’s Govern
ment htv* ordered that all extraordinary mili
tary measures be discontinued.and lias assem
bled the Legislative Chambers in extra session
tQ acquaint them with the bartering pmspeots
for peace.
It was not my'intention to discuss political
questions at such length as I have, done in
several recent letters, but I could not forego
the temptation to review complications which
have W.ei! nigh involved Europe ir the
bloodiest of wars. For the future I shall en-
,deavor to deal ia more pleasing subjects, at
least for those who care little for European
politics.
An interesting luit; in which two sons in
law are prosecuting a party for defaming the
memory of their defunct father-in-law, is
Shortly tq be decided before tlie French High
Court of Appeals in'this city. The defama
tion of the dead, up to this time neglected
by the Code, will be adjudged as an amcma-
ble offence, over which thc civil courts have
jurisdictiou, or pronounced non kdmjssable
inasmuch as no special, provision has been
made for it by the laws of the land. Every
one admits the importance of enforcing a
certain respect for thc memory of the dyad,
hut if thc supreme tribunals sustain au action
for slander in such a case, it is feared that a
precedent would be established which would
encourage serious abuse hereafter. Indeed,
the moment it becomes impossible to appre
ciate the conduct of a dead person, without
exposing oneself t to persecution, lines and
imprisonment, the historian wiH-find himself
embarrassed, and criticism will degenerate
into contemptible and .worthless panegyric.
Perhaps no court would beablc to determine
clearly the line of demarcation between his
tory mil defamation, and any 1 attempt' to do
so*wonld resolve itself into syllogisms so ab
struse as to admit of endless arguments pro
and eon, without ever resulting in' it satisfac
tory or re|iaqlp conclusion. The lives of pub
lic men are presumed to be open to criticism,
■and the historian assumes the • responsibility
of impartially judging tliem after death.—
Whether tlfat judgtncnt.be construed Into a
defamation or not. it be apparent to
all that the law cannot intervene without
rendering, ere lolig, all' 'modern histories
unsound nntT unreliable.
The French Academy lws. elected Messrs. Gretry
and Favre to the chairs made vacant by the deaths
ol deBarantcand Cousin. Grairy is a priest of con-
slderablc celebrity as an orator and writer; he has
been professor of biblical literature Sat several
years In the college ol thc Sorhonne, and has pub-
lished a considerable number of theological works.
Jules Favre Is one of the most distinguished jurists
and 'politicians ot France. In hi* most vehement
declamation at thc bar or ou the rostrum he pre
serves a littcrary stylo remarkable lor Its force and
elegance. He Is the champion of many a Jorlorn
case, aud his wouderful success as a pleader brings
him in high demand whenever an important and
seemingly desperate cause Is.at issue. The day lie
was named by the-Academy to till the chair of thc
lamented Cousin, lie was prosecuting his arduous
duties at Sorbonno, where fio had bccu call eft to do
food the banker Pailhas in new suits after having
previously obtained his acquittance by a jury ia
tho Gironde. His election has been welcomed by
tlie-bar of Purls, who feel proud of the new honor
conferred upon him.
Yesterday a grand mass commemorative of the
death of Napoleon' 1st w« celebrated in the chap
el of the Tuilorics, in the presence of the Efmperor
Empress, Princes and Princesses of the Imperial
family, the Ministers, the Governor of the Palace,
Maids of Honor, and Chief Diguitaries of State;—
•prise is not a success after these figures.
Carlotfa Patti, the sister of Adelina, is creatin
quite a furore with^iier performances in conjunc
,tiou with the celebrated violinist, Vieuxtemps,
the ifyrique. These representations have been li
jug up the intermissions of Romeo and Juliet, and
have not been less snccesstul. Viss Carlotta Pat
ti is well known in America, having made her first
appearance before the public o! New York in 1S01
.with such success as to iusui;o her engagement
the Academy of Music, where she displayed to ap
preciative audiences her wouderful gift of song.—
From that time her renown became established
and the has gone ou- progressively until she h
attained the enviable rank in the musical world
which she enjoys to day. Leaving America dn
account of tho civil war, she went to London
where her reputation had preceded her and in
sured au immediate engagement at the Covent
Garden Opera, in which she wah paid $3200 per
month. In 1SGI she signed another engagement
at tho same place for $3600,-and another in 1S65
for 4000 per month. Her vaicj is rich and me!
odious, scarcely less limpid and pure then her
sister’s, and with perhaps equal volume. Its
marvellous adaptation to sudden starts and e!c
rations, as well as to thehigbeat or lowest notes,
is considered by many superior to her siste;’s.
Unfortunately an infirmity which causes her to
limp forbids graceful movement on the stage,
and she remains stationary.
Since my last letter, I learn that Paris 13 to be
favored soon'with the visits of* large number of
the crowned heads of Europe.-The King of
Grceco and Prince Oscar of S veden are already
here. In a few-days tho King and Queen of the
Belgians and-King and Queen ol Portugal will
arrive, as, probably, also, the Prince of Wales
and Prince and Princess of Prussia. Ia addition,
the visits of tho Emperor of Russia with two of
his sons. Emperor and Empress of Austriu, and
the King of Prussia, are announced. Victor
Emmanuel, the King and Queen of Spain, and
the Viceroy of Egypt, are to arrive ♦r'thiu the
next four or six weeks.
Such an assemblage of sovereigns has not been
seen in the Capital of Franca for the last cen-
turv. Curuax.
Emportant Religious. SvTovemcnts.
The evident tendency toward reunion on
tlie part ol tho tiyo branches of the Presby
terian Church of the United States after thir
ty years of separation, has culminated in the
presentation of a report in • favor of such a
union to the two General Assemblies now in
session, at Rochester and Cincinnati, which
was prepared by a joint committee apj^iintcd
4i year ago by each of these organizations. It
is a curious circumstance that, though tor
years there has .been no-cssential difference
between the doctrines held by these two reli
gious denominations, it was not until the war
broke out that practical overtures for reunion
w . re Rrade; ancl‘while many may have traced
• in the movement a manifestation of the spirit
;\vi icb united tho North as one man upon the
fall of Sumter, this fanciful theory is rudely
dispelled' by tlie fact that pne branch of the
Presbyterian Church vvas shorn of ,ihe great
er, portion of thc strength by the secession
of its Southern membership, and hence it
.was-not unwilling to unite with -tins other
branch. But be this as it may, thc fact re
mains that there is eveiy prospect of a fusion
of the two wings of this influential religious
denomination.
Leaving just at this point th/c causes of
this important action, of these two prominent
ecclesiastical bodies, if may be ilrgcd that
tliey-have but followed the'general tendepey
of the times. Tlio'record of the past live
years,teems with facts showing that tlie drift
oFthe djiyis toward centralization in nations
as well as sects. It is pogsi blCj 'too. ^if not
probable, that the formal annexation of
Russian-Aracrka to the Uniteri States may
result in a-tinion of thcGreOk and I*rotestant
Episcopal Churches more real than that
which was mooted a Jew years since. Thus,
the v.-ork goes on; anti not the least import-
antof thc results to be anticipated is the in
creased efficiency of the organizations which
now expend so much energy in warring with
each other, but which, when united,' will de
vote their joint energies to nt brining a com
mon cud.—Jf. Y. lYorld.
It is a noteworthy coincidence that the de-
uihml of various equalities for the negro
within the last quarter of a century ins been
jicooriipaincd by a similar drir.aud, constantly
rising in earnestness, in behalf of woman.—
'i'fie circle of female protestants and agitators
iigaifist the disfranchisement of their sex con
tinues to enlarge, and so does the number
of their masculine supporters. Gradually thg
barriers which once shut out women from
thc learned .professions, and from Dearly all
business avocations, arc giving wty, and soon
nothing will be left to complete their enfran
chiscment but to open to them tlie political
functions and positions hitherto limited to
men.
•It is not enough -that they enjoy the
privilege of having institutions of Their own
lbrmakrng female doctors of medicine, of di
vinity, or ot what not. They claim for bud
ding’damsels equal rights with downy strip
lings to admissions into thc junior, senior,
sophomore .and freshman glasses, and into
all the degrees aud fellowships, of thc grand
old musty colleges and universities, such as
Cambridge and Oxlord in England, and Har
vard aud Yale in the United States. The
bearded fogies who preside over the destinies
of Harvard, wishing not to be behind the
spirit of thc age, <m l yet /earful ot the con
sequences of abrupt innovation, are just now
in distressing perplexity on account of thc
application by a vo.ung lady to commence
study iii tlie curriculum of that institution,
which, venerable as it may lie, is rank with
unctuous traditions of almost every conceiva
ble masculine deviltry.
It is contended that one sex should net be
allowed to monopolize the benefits of those
opulent endowments contributed in remote
time to the dause of education, and to which
the great, colleges and universities of the day
owe their prosperous and stately growth.
To be sure, there are persons ready to answer
that to this growth tlie presence .of female
students, daily emptying quivers ot distract
ing charms among -the male matriculates,
might have been fatal. But such an argu
metit is merely hypothetical. The rule now-
.a-days in regard to matters of this sort is to
take nothing, upon .a 'priori assumption, or
even upon a posteriori xleduction, unless it
conforms with one of the ascendant isms of
the moment. If there is one which compri
ses the claim to female matriculation in
schools heretofore exclusively male, then
further debate on the subject is useless. That
is* lor practical purposes, the - whole ques
tion. Nevertheless, the claim is not likely
to be conceded without a prolonged strug
gle.
But why not ? If women, are once invi
ted to come upon a common plane of activi
ty with men, in respect to business and pro
lessional pursuits, what argument can be
urged against their coming upon the, same
plane in respect to studies adapted to make
them grace the responsible positions into
which it seems predestined that they shall
enter, ? If we must have female physicians,
by a,U means let them be such as will not
poison theirdearest.friends without the least
intent to do so, and such as will fidl dispatch
patients condemned to their hands, without
casing the. exit cf the victims .with all the
soothing appliance known tq thc medical
art. And let us have a female clergy, if this
must be, who will not add tq thc terrors of
death for the good, and detract from its ter
rorf for the bad, by the pictures which they
may paint and.exemplify ot a paradisepopu
lous with female saints.
Yet it seems likely that the cause of wo
man’s rights, in-its political aspect, will suffer
a considerable setback in consequence of the
desertion of the woman suffrage movement in'
England by Mr. Herbert Spencer. This leaves
it without any eminent male champion except
Mr. John Stuart Mill. And, besides, it is
meeting with formidable opposition from a
Miss Collett, a clever writer, who fears that
the Amazonian phalanx arc marching toa
conte'st which will end in destroying’ fill tlie
peculiar graces and sanctities of her sex.
Meanwhile, women never appeared more
given up to the delirium of fashion and'ex
travagance than at this momentous crisis, in
troductory to an era of unprecedented condi
tions and of fearfully- uncertain issues. The
spectacle is painfully suggcstfve of a well-
known Latin proverb.—N. O. Crescent.
> ors °r Slavery^
Smith * i n.■
jileal Jkuth
South.
;.,e. Charleston Mercury '? la3
•some statistics which illustrates m
tbropf of the Yankee for the negre
the whole trutii, and is « applicabTf ^
mrtltu'ion of slavery j u a
States as in South Carolina.
theMereury says:
h " b i* «i„
•Whilst Northern emissaries are ti
the South, and striving to excite ^r avers ia»
against tlie white population oh A" 6 blac i
thc past institution of slavery it, C0Un l of
useless to show tlie part the North* Cot t;
took in putting it upon this contiw P '^
oi, these emissaries, Mr.. Wilson *»»
from Massachusetts, and a Mr SoW
son, an adjunct of the Tribune oftl- lj >='
York, both from New England h» v ‘r Se »
us \yth eloquent dcnunciations’of r ‘ a , Vo,e ^
olina, on account of her complicity 5^-
port of this institution in former w ^
talked of thc auction "block “ d °-
the efforts made by the peonfe of « 0t , ef «•'
olina to protect themselves in thi.&° a '
from the interference of Nortl'e-n ° S 1
ries. . “ceadij.
Time will show, if the -history of ,],»
is any. augury of the future, that as J: M
lous and cruel as the course of tW* tDps ’
have been toward the white race of tb ^
it has bee* still more cruel'and fw ° ot *>
toward the black population w- es rut %
however, at present, only to show
nators of the evil of slavery i u c*,, ° n gi-
lina, if evil it has been; and for ^re
publish a table below carefully preim^u^
the 1-ecords of thc custom lioiKe m (.?f frt ®
in 1820, and laid before the
United States by the Hon. W’fliam Wu he
Senator from South Carolina s
number of AF.icnn sl.vS "^““S
Atnca into Charleston from the H r ff0Q
1804,. to thc 31st December. 1807
whom: . ■’ ana ty
British .
French.. — —lS.Gp
ix A5IEBIC.IX vessels' 1,13
Charleston, S. C
Bristol, R. I ....
Newport, R. L "'VyJ
Providence, R. I ;
'Baltimore
Savannah... —
Norfolk
Warren —
Hartford. Ct
Boston, Mass
Philadelphia..—-..,
New Orleans
Fraser, 2ronIio!m <Si Cc.
From the Charleston Mercury.]
The announcement of the suspension of this
house was received day before yesterday by
Messrs. John Fraser & Co. here, and we un
derstand it was as great a surprise to them as
Telegraphic dispatches, published in our yes
terday morning's paper, were a subject of
astonishmeut and regret to our entire com
munity.
Nothing is known as to the liabilities of
the suspended house, nor as to its prospects
of obtaining a sufficient extension to enable
to make the most of thc large stock of
cotton kuown to be on hand.
The firm in Charleston, whose business has
been chiefly upon account of other parties of
known responsibility, will, no doubt, become
embarrassed by tlie Liverpool suspension; but
their heaviest engagements had run off, and
we understand their present liabilities are
riot large in proportion to tlie'supposed mag
nitude of their business. Their
Of the thirty-nine thousand Africans tome,;
duriDtr these years into CharlestOr, thoSw
South Carolina, imported only two
six. The people of Great Britain and
land have been the most prominent in denowcC
us for having slaves; yet it appears tho G,«'
Britain imported and sold to us nineteen ihoneiri
six hundred, and Rhode Island seven thtraarJ
nine hundred, of the thirty-nine thousand riivc
Rhode Island, in order that she might see ti?.*
auction block realized the value of her import!
tions, had in Charleston eighty-eight of her tnU
natives as the consignees ot her cargoes. Sow j«
it be recollected, that this was long after the re
stitution was in full operation in 1789, and just
’Core the entire prohibition of the African dtp
trade took place in 1808, by the terms of thsfe
stitution. When the Constitution was made a
1787, South Carolina had prohibited the impert!-
lion of slaves from any.quarter into the Stair. ’
The zeal for the Airlcan with these people, tie-
was exactly what it is now—an affair of intertit-
Then, they went to Attica—took the negrs frsa
h s country—generally only men and hoys-aj
brought him here and sold him to us. Theyia';
money by the operation. Now, because we r«a
their .'aiih’ctsntss to the constitution, acd'd-i
unjust legislation, by taking taxes from a;, t:
expending them lor their benefit and enrichmot;
and in order that they may keep us down, aids
up a power oyer uo; under their control to eafe
theic unjust rule—with mingled hate and mria
theyprolcss love for the negro^maks warqa
us—emancipate the slaves they brought anda-J
us, and are striving to organize themagiicr.u
for their own interest and party ambition. Inthis
cruel eoferpise they have already killed onc-fai
of -the negroes in the Southern States—more tla
ali the whites who perished in the war. Andioi
they are busy eendiDg .emissaries all over ti;
South, to array the black against tho white fil
iation, with the certain knowledge that if the
efforts succeed, they arc getting upawarof tsts
which will inevitably end in the utter destni'clioi
and extirpation of the poornegro lrota thkcoci-
nent. They delude him with the idea that fej
will make him rule the white mac—that they wl
takeaway the lands andhouses ot the white oa
and give them to him.
We have not adoubt that, this is exactly tfcesor:
of language that they used toward their i. ccttm
when, on the coast ot Africa, they got the a iris
their slave ships and brought them across the At
lantic.. Excepting two States of the thirteen
Southern States, the white population is greater
than the black; aftd in these two States, the races
are becoming rapidly equalized fiom death aid
emigration. In the thirteen Southern States there
are eight millions of whites to three millions oi
blacks. To attempt to rule the while population
by the black in any ol these Stales is the most
wicked and cruel nonsense—too cruel to be at
tempted by any people but those who are attempt
ing it. we believe, however, that it will fail. It
will fajl, just as ail their .efforts to get up negro
insnrrectiens during thc war failed; end the blact
raee will have intelligence enough to understaa.
the designs ot these false friends oftheirs, andsfnre
to live in harmony with those who have, with
them, a common country and a common destiny.
Wilkes Scoth.
E-x Detective Baker filed a.bill in
court on the 22d inst., to compel the city of
Washington to pay .the reward of §20,000
offered lor the capture of Booth.
At the 8omo houti sdlomn mass was performed in
the Hotel (le InetikieM, nt the loot of the tbmb of
the great Emperor. A guard of honor, composed
of disabled officers, was stationed around tho tomb
while au absolution was pronounced by thp bishop.
I remarked, as participants in the ceremony, a
deputation of the soldier* of the Old guard, the
veterans of the Invalided, and a numberol other
faithful servants of the ancient glory of Fmnce. A
mure luiprc.-rive s.-iinc 1 never bi-fn'.- ulimiitil,
and I dare say sympathetic tears were found, steal
ing down each other’s clioeks, as well as my own,
in realizing the religious devotion aud respept paid
to tho memory of the mighty dead who “sleeps his
last sleep” in the marble sarcophagus around
which we were assembled off thatsolemn occasion.
A project esneoived by Napoleon I, for deco j
rating the avenues leading to tho Hotel des In-
Prof. Agassiz says that, as the slavery
question is over-, he is able to speak frankly
of the. different races of men—that they are
as distinct ns the races of lower apimals. The
oflspring of two animals of the same race,
whether brute or kunmn, i s invariably like
the parents. The offspring of two different
races is invariably unlike either- parent; and
instances the mule nnd the mulatto.
* What prevented the great Agassiz from
saying this.five years, ago ? What. a com
mentary upon, the liberality and intelligence
of thc American people, that a man so dis
tinguished os Agassiz for learning and scien
tific attainments, cannot at times openly speak
'of the laws of Nature from fear of political
ostracization I—’San Francisco Industrial
Magazine. ' -
position, wc should think, must depend upon
the event in Liverpool. Fortunately, The
house there is represented by a gentleman
not merely of high integrity; but of business
capacity and nerve equal to the emetgendy!
For * some fifty years this house has
stood amongst thc foremost mercantile houses
of the United States; and, although by
the course, of timo,-inany of its members
have changed, the strqng grotmd of integrity,
fidelity and skill, ou wiiicli it was originally
built, lias carried it through all the financial
convulsions which, during that period, have
shaken the mercantile world of England and
thc United States; and never was it supposed
to possess higher elements ot’ honor and abil
ity than now preside over its extensive inter
ests. Why the firm in'Liverpool suspended
payments we have no means of accounting
for, except the fall in the price of cotton,
with a failure to obtain the banking facilities
formerly extended . in Liverpool. It is well
known that, early in the .seasoD, the Bank'Of
England deliberately adopted the systematic
policy of refusing accommodations, previous
ly accorded, to those engaged in this tradc-
Thc effect It*s been to put the holders of cot
ton in the power of theJsuyers; and the mer
chants, factors and planters of the Smith
have, in the depressed price of cotton
throughout tire Spring, felt the baleful influ
ence of this gigantic and controlling institu
tion.
The suspension of this house wc believe to
be only the illustration of facts which bear
heavily upon ns all. It may be that rather
than sell the Cotton they hold at the de-
pressod'prices, occasioned by this bank pol
ip.V And iiCTorpnvntnrl hv tliA nojutimr
Fhe Cincinnati Enquirer copies the d:air
ultimate I of Bootli, and says:
icy and aggravated by the passing apprciien- will bo universally aum.i.vv. . Jf
slons of war in Europe, the partriersTn Liver- peiration and in his subsequent flight
- -* ■>* • • -• ” J A a onuratre that J?*
po'ol"preferred, both on account of others as
wefl’ns themselves, to siispea.d paytr.snt tem
porarily, and hold the cotton to "realize the
full amount of advances, acceptances, &c.—
This would be an awkward and painful alter
native; but under such circumstances, the
suspension would in no considerable degree
affect the rcsourec-s of the concern.
This great house seemed the chief, if not
thc only steady light burning amidst the'
mercantile gloom which rests upon our city
and land. With a feeling of deep sadness
we record its suspension, yet we. cannot but
hope that, under thc guidance of the able and
honorable gentlemen wlio now rule its desti
nies, it will again rise in all tlie splendor of
Booth would appear, at first sight, to •*
the last man to have perforated such & blood;
part ip the history of the countiy.
ub politician, end had never been distis-
guished' or noted in any of the contests of
opinion, either before dr during the vrar. He
had no tie jo biud him to the South, and ti>
it in i.oJorm did be.ewe allegiance. AH “
interests, professional or otherwise, aid the
bulk of, liis friends, were in the.Northera
citiei Iffi stnickhis blow from uomere-M'
ry or sordid considerations. 11s wtffct-t
flower of youth, was gifted .with beairfy
genius, and apparently had be.fore iiii^ H™'
liant prospects in life. Tearing himself
from all earthly attractions, which, in -- :
ease, 1 were so - strong, arid- foregoin?di P e! '
sonul; advantages, he sacrificed crerytlung
.upon the altar of a mistaken— wrnblyj 11 ”
taken—conviction of duty to hiireonatff-
He had studied attentively arid f »rr.fi .
the_btones of Brutus and Tell,and tlitj ca ,
left the strongest impression upon his r.ru; ; -
arid enthusiastic nature, and he burned -
emulation to imitate the extraordinary t---
brity they had acquired. A great trage '
his profession had made him acquaintcc
peculiar manner with thc grand and p- J ’““ .
and disinterested sentiments which tlse
dramatists have put krto the month* 0
heroes of the stage of Antiquity. 1 . fUjj
something in the very name which las y.
had given him, John Wilkes, after too IPr
Englisli-patriot, to foster this latent m-'l ^,
tion to take apy personal risks in 5 e '
with power, and to make any sacrifices n
sitry tri Uiat end. ' . . . ;t
Whatever we may think of hif c .[ l '
admitted that m '^P^.
Swikoixa as a Remedy.—Ijr. Brown
Sequard, an eminent’ physiologist and pliyst-1 ifs former enterprise and usefulness and pow-
cfan to oho of thcJParasiun hospitals, reeom- or. li they hud acted from mere motives oi
lnciids thc use ofa swing'as a preventative of
pervou9 attacks, which recur periodically.—
In certain cases of hysteria .and epilepsy lie
has prevented the.coming on of thc fit by en-
gdginghis patient in violent swinging at the
first indication of its approach. ’
i-'yf* Perhaps the best pun recorded was
the.; Inseribetl ou a tea-chest, viz: “ Tu doccs."
These words are the second person singular
of the Latin verb docto, to teach, and when
literally translated become “ Thou tea-chest.’ 5
interest, they might have left us, as. others
have done, and gone to other lands, to enjoy
the affiuence they possessed; But they have
preferred to stay with us In our ruin and
strive again to redeem the commerce aud
fortunes'of our desolated city and country.
1*- u^n >
*I3P\A New York paper says that suicide
is becoming alarmingly prevalent in that city.
We fenr there are few cities where it could
prevail with greater advantage to the world
at large.—Prentice. \
most uuequaled, and it could only hai^ ^
manifested by a most determined P» tu
ing under the-influcuce.of the stronger
liticnl fanaticism. , 4
Tim shooting of the President kef° rc
people, in his"open flight across j *•? '^3
his wild and desperate ride, .with *
leg, for sixty hriles, with the bbhc pj 0 ' A
and the terror with wliich lie. a sin?
inspired a whole company, - so that; i . , s
not be taken alive, are amazing
of both physical and moral p roWC ^v n , a ud
does not regret that so much g c J ^
courage; so amich fortitude arid
not been more under the contre;
meat and leason, and the
could have been of so much.s-.rviee . t£ j,
self and his country, properly e '; c i, s id
shonld'lnive been thrown away m
criminal enterprise, and that lie, " ‘
have been a hero and a statesman, ^ ^
have acted a role utterly unworthy “
of tlie tremendous aDd awful saert
he made ? ^ ^ ^
Why is a four-qnart meAS’ffe -'j
side saddle ? Because it holds a -■
lion.)