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MACON, GA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1867.
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THE
CONSTITUTION AND LAWS
SHALL BE MAINTAINED.
Term* or Subscription:
Weekly Telbcriph : ft 00
per
j We at Inst arc beginning to bear tbe ring
! of the tTue metal from the Executive Chair
; at Washington. The people had begun to set-
j tie down in the hopeless belief that we had
no longer a constitutional government, but
that the will of the majority was the supreme
power in the state. For two years past there
seemed to have been no serious obstacle to
this usurpation, and we had pretty well given
Macon Duly Wham.: $10 00 per annum. j op constUut5onQl Uberty M loEt , and by gen-
JOC PRINTING.
r^-ParUcnlnr attention will be given to the
K^tlon or JOB PRINTING of every descrip
tion. ...
eral consent. In the midst of this despair
of the Republic, the President lias struck a
key note that vibrates throughout the land
and revives hope in every breast. In his
proclamation, given to our readers on Wed
nesday, he reviews his oath of office to sup
port the Constitution and see that the laws
aro enforced, and declares his purpose in the
future to adhere religiously to his duty and
put,down with the strong arm of force all
opposition to the Constitution and law
bring i
Court against his successor and thus bring
up the whole question of the constitutional!- 8U g“* oncl WnJ B £eaK of the Passport Office,
Richmond, is in the drug business in Norfolk,
GxOROU ON THE Registry.—It is not per
mitted to ordinary mortals to pry into the
mysteries of the Radical registry, but an At
lanta editor, more favored than the rest of us,
puts down the numbef of voters enrolled at
183,000. Another authority says of this
number the whites have a little over 18,000
majority. How this will bo after the regis
try shall have undergone the authorized
manipulation, remains to be seen.
;S?"A Washington special in the Tribune,
dated 3d, says: “General Pope cannot be
considered safe in his position. The Presi
dent gives out that he will surely remove
him.”
f “Cheating Never Thrives.”—Evil-doers
Lf all kinds, and especially thieves ami rob-
Jbers, will loam a valuable lesson from the
fate of the Treasury Cotton Agents sent South
at the close of the war, as set forth in our
telegram yesterday. The committee ap
pointed lo investigate tlio frauds of these _
hearties: villains report that “many of the j crnment jg Ec t aside to make room for them,
largest < perntors are dead, while a majority
lost their gains by subsequent operations and
the decline of cotton.’’ Such was their pun-
lisameat. For their iufamous crime of rob
bing an already impoverished people under
Itlic color of law, many of the worst offenders
I were sent by an avenging Providence te their
llast account, while others were themselves re-
Jduced to poverty—n righteous retribution,
I all honest men will say.
£2T General Sheridan reports to General
I Grant’s headquarters that he has approved
the action of General Griffin in removing, on
August Hi, three additional District Judges
in Texas, on the charge of disloyalty.
j J3TA Washington correspondent of the
Boston Post states, on the authority of a con-
venation just held with President Johnson,
that before the removal of Stanton the Presi
dent and General Grant had a conversation,
iu which Gen. G. expressed the opinion that
Stanton ought to be removed, and indicated
his willingness in that event to take charge
of the Department of War.
Firemen not Liable.—A letter from
Headquarters states that Orders No. 53 “does
not effect exemptions from jury service un
der the laws of Georgia.
Libet. Buxine.—The New York World
says: “Lieut. Brainc, who is now im
prisoned at Kings county jail, received
yesterday n visit from several prominent
Southerners, among whom were Gen. Gardi-
' ner, of Tennessee; Gen. Loring, of Mississippi,
j and Mr. Willis, of Charleston. It is stated
I that these gentlemen have formed themselves
into a committee to arrongo for the defence
of Brainc, and to collect the abundant evi
dence that Lieut. Brainc was, when he
captured the Chcasapeake, a regular com
missioned officer in the Confederate navy.”
— —
A Bad Record.—“There seems to be no
doubt but that instructions were ct one time
forwarded to Gen. Bickles by Gen Grant, di
recting him to arrest any civil officer who at
tempted to servo a warrant upon him for fn-
terfering with a process from a United fctates
Court,”
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Sale op Stocks in Savannah.—Central
Hailjoad Stock brought ninety-seven dollars
and fitly cents.
Southwestern Railroad Stock brought
eighty five dollars aud fitly cents.
Atlantic and Gulf Railroad Stock brought
fifty-live dollars.
— - ■ »
Savannah.—The merchants of Savannah
are decidedly lookiug up. Besides a Mer
chant’s Exchange, after the Northern style,
I ’hey have established a Board of Tradc. We
1 are satisfied these facilities to commerce will
I ’fork well. Besides the reduction and
I ‘impliflcaHoo of labor, the moral effects ol
I rack institutions upon the society of
I raerchants cannot be over estimated.
Present Whereabouts and Occupa
tion of Ken Prominent in the
War.
General Braxton Bragg is living in New
Orleans, and is President of the New Orleans
Water Works Company.
General Joseph E. Johnston is living in
Selma, and is President of the Alabama and
Tennessee Railroad Company.
General W. J. Hardee is President of tbe
Selma and Meridian Railroad Company, and
resides in Greene county, Alabama.
General J. B. Hood is engaged in the com
mission business in New Orleans.
General N. B. Forrest is “mine host of a
hotel” in Memphis, and is also “running” a
large cotton plantation near that city.
General E. Kirby Smith is residing in San
Antonia, Texas, and is reported to be very
rich.
General Dick Taylor is on his plantation
in Louisiana.
Mqjor General Edward C. Walthall is “at
home” in Coffoovillo, Mississippi.
Colonel Quantrell, the noted “Partisan Ran
ger” of the war, was reported as keeping a
grocery store in Mexico, across the Rio
Grande, under the name of Anderson, but
another “kills him off” during the latter part
*'-* Which report is true? Oris
Foreign Postage.
RESULTS OF TUE LATE TOSTAI. CONVENTION
BETWEEN ENGLAND AND TJTE UNITED
STATES.
We breathed freer after reading this patri
otic and manly document. It appeared to us J of the war.
a starting point in a new-revolution-a^peace- cither J rCo r ne !i usB ovle, Confederate Provost
ful revolution from Radical, usurpation ana ^ Manassas.'Gordonsv! lie, and Or-
military despotism to the reign of constitu- an g C Courthouse, and the militry “Fusty bust”
tional law. We hope the President means j 0 f the war, has settled in Mexico, where he
business by this proclamation, and that he j is said to own a punt of fivebundred thous-
will enforce it against all the enemies of law, ‘ J
whether in office or among tho people. If
this expectation be well grounded, why may
and acres of land.
General Sam. Jones is fanning near Mat-
toax Station. Amelia county, Virginia.
General Gordon resides' at Brunswick,
Georgia, sawing lumber and planting rice.
General E. P. Alexandor is a Professor in
not the South, by peaceful and leyal means,
get rid of this vile reconstruction usurpation ; ■ -. _ _ . _ .
j*..i -V-- 1 Columbia College, South Carolinia.
of tho Radical Con 0 rc-s altogether < No ^ Colonel Hind6dalc, formcly of General
man—not even their authors and supporters— j Holmes’ staff is practicing law iu Fayetteville,
has yet pretended that the military bills arc ' North Carolina.
constitutional enactments; and yet they are • Captain Moody, of the “Madison Tips,
•* only to pptalcti force, tat til ofcr gov- j
Lieutenant Brazelman, formerly Ordnance
Then, why will a suffering Sontli submit to i Officer of the North Carolinia Washington
the hardship ? Why will State and munici- ? Artillery, is merchandizing in Richmond, Vir-
pal officers consent to be deposed in order to j ^ eutcnmt CuHingswortl., Ordnance Offi-
make room for the favorites of military satraps? j cerof Cabell’s Battalion of Artillery, is in
Why will private citizens consent to be ar- i the furniture business in Richmond, Ya..
rested and thrown into prison upon the will 1 Captain Willis Wilkinson, former Chief of
of tillHti,r-flm+m+mhlzt,! fiSBSS&£
secure them in their rights ? The President; Colum ^ South Carolinia.
has told us that the laws shall be sustained— ; Colonel Hector A. McKethan is in the car
at least, when declared by the Courts of the j riage manufacturing business at Fayetteville,
United States—why nof avail ourselves of North Carolina.
the protection? There arc j the head
which the military bills could be brought J of ^ p rm 0 f -\7i S0 Brothers, commission
under review in the Courts of tho United j merchants of Richmond,
States, and steps should be taken forthwith | Major John Poe, of the Richmond City
,o secure a tonti »p.» It Any j SJcStiti c
deposed sheriff or attorney m Georgia can | r3tc Statcs signal Corps, and the “fia" flop-
bring an action in tbe United States District per” par excellence. is now “loose” in Norfolk,
ty of the law appointing military commanders
over the Southern States. Judge Erskine
would be bound to decide on the point
raised, and we have no hesitation in saying
that he would pronounco the law unconstitu
tional and void. His decision would be law
per” par excels .
a rough apprentice to the local reporting bu-
and doing well.
Colonel Walter Taylor, Adjutant on Gen.
Lee’s staff is residing and doing business in
Norfolk.
Major Garnett Andrews, who was adju
tant of the post of Richmond, is now practi-
for his district, and the President, if his late ; cinglaw in Mississippi .
proclamation means anything, will enforce; Colonel Henry A. Carrington, lSthYirgi-
* , , A , . »• nia regiment, is practicing law at Charlotte
it as such. The people would stand by him , c l ( r urt g ouge> 1
in such a contest, while Judge Erskine would : c 0 i 0KC j William E. Green, 5Cth Virginia
crown his name with immortality by being I regiment, is farming in Charlotte county,
the first judicial officer in his county to Virginia. .... . .
J .» - . f1 . n _ d ftrres t the ■ Colonel Robert E. Withers, ISth Virginia
throw himself into the breach and arrest the , .. wfao was disablcd fro m field duty
tide of despotism and infamy that is sweep- j bv W0UDd 3 received at the battle of Gaines’
ing over it. Who will move in the matter ? j jHili, and was afterwards commandant of post
at Danville, is editor of the Lynchburg
RECONSTRUCTION ELECTIONS.
The Columbus Times calls attention to the
recent order of General Pope commanding
an election to Lc held by the people of Ala
bama, in October, for delegates to a State
Convention end on the question of Conven
tion or no Convention, and calls attention to
certain peculiarities in its provisions. As
News. . .
Colonel George K.Greggs, 88th "Virginia,
is fanning iu Pittsylvania county, Ya.
Lieutenant-Colonel Powhatan B. Whittle,
88th Virginia regiment, disabled by wounds
from ficld'duty, and afterwards Judge ofMil-
itary Court, has been elected a Judge in the
State of Georgia.
Colonel Win. T. Robins, 2-ltli Virginia cav
alry, is farming in Gloucester county, Ya.
Major -Genera! Wm. Taliaferro is practicing
tcrest. The Times thus specifies :
let. The election is to continue for three
days,and is to be Lcldonly at tho court-house
in each county. Probably General Pope had
in view the greater concentration of officers,
they will probably be applied to Georgia anu . ] avr j n j be county of Gloucester Ya.
Florida they become matters of general in- Lieutenant-Colonel George G. Cabell, 18th
Virginia regiment, is practicing law at Dan
ville, Ya.
Major Charles S. Carrington, quartermaster
in charge of tho forage department of the
Army of Northern Virginia, is President of
i tbe James river aud Kanawha canal
civil aud military, whose duty it is to main- j jnfon^^deri^oHhe^oS of'thetownof
tain the peace, in making this change. But j Fredericksburg, and engaged in tho drag
wo fear that it will also concentrate the ele- j business.
meats of excitement or mischief, that where Gen. Robert Anderson, of Wheeler s cav-
disorders .to occur .tar ,-m ta ».ro «io» j »<£»
because of the larger crowd jirescnt. It may ( tjyjtoroge business at Savannah, Ga.
also have the effect of keeping many from the j “
polls who will not wish to go so for. j Ex-Gov. Graham, of North Carolina,
2d. Separate county representation is j 0J - THE Situation.—Hon. Wm. A. Graham,
abandoned, and counties aro in many instan- 0 f North Carolina, in a letter to a resident of
ces grouped togotherin districts for the elec-1 Yen Buren, Ark., writes as follows respecting
tion ol one or more delegates. As the pub- j j be political Situation of the South:
I Tm: President on ms Mettle.—Tbecor-
I 'tfpoiuloat of tbe Boston Post writes from
I Washington:
I Mr. Johnson has electrified the country by
J « exhibition of firmness and decision, and 1
■ authorized to say that the policy inau-
H 1 ivill a!AAAin frtilnnmrl mi f F'linsr
| dint nets tuner, u is in * '“‘f'; • Mr.Fox, that the “most dangerous of aU
siblc for ua to say whether the white or black j revf< ] u{ ; ons j 8 a restoration." 'Hie idea of
vote is largest. We are of the opinion, how- j d ,-straining the States by militiry domina-
> .■ a . « r _ — ibnl. Alt-t«, a.9 ».1 a*, j-/* A/Micfttnfinnc fnr
about 53 delegates havo black majorities
except begn^ ■
* twenty-one years of age, and by the Howard
Dd. The “iron-clad,” or oath prescribed | amendment to the Constitution of the United
rated ivillbe closeV MIowod‘up.’Those j for 0 gi cers of the United States, is not pre- t gfflles, at the same time astrocising all men
I^PPOM the administration will have to | -, d as oualiCcation for delegates to the | of experience anil influence mnong us, is the
I • Aside rci! o rdl A ^s of PCTHontit considers* | T . . ,. . .. . _ * most solemn f&rccthdt li&s Ijccn enseted in
te Assssn the late Secretary j Convention. ^ It is said that this quaUficarioQ ; bb tory. It is to roll, back the tide of civ-
’ etben similarly situated.
■ - n i ^ 0 ' lnsn!1 declared to a party of trends
■ , ^nt, having exhausted every effort at
enciliation, he should now unflinchi ugly cn-
°ite every constitutional power t<"i save the
oiintry from impending ruin; that the &im-
"wsanwos constitutional government
^ere is another sentence ol fierce import:
^ThoPresident has taken the -‘war path” in
‘ ever been exercised in any republican coun-
Tue TiuncuE oft Amnesty.—Tho Tribuue
savs of the expected proclamation of general I The Board of Registered voters has just
amnesty;
The President's amnesty proclamation is
been announced here, and iucludes one ne
gro to two white men throughout the State.
The Presidents amnesty proclamation is f ^- liwn tb „ ^- bo i e aeries of steps in the process
expected in a few days. It is not to that “reconstruction,” as it is allied, shall have
that the country will object: there k uo gen- ; b ful j v C0D tcmplated, I think the people,
oral wish to punish, by fine, imprisonment or , vbereve ' tbc _ constitute majorities, will find
death, any man for taking part in , ■ it to their interest to vote against conventions
hellion. But no opinion of ptamiery or : tbc j a YlbWt and bear the reign of
Binckley can repeal tbe law vrmcn aeciarra miUaarY government until another appeal can
nn Frrw'lltlVA IlfirHrtll SlifklL ClltltJG OIS- . i,. m -x. Dio VrvrtK
A - a , miusarj sovernmem uuuittuuiuu von
coroeat ” l " J "“7"" "U• that n0 Executlve pardon shall enUtle dis-. be ma(1 ^ t0 p ubl ] c op i n ion at the North, and
SSm'JS? aesjat' fr ^ci‘i6ed rebels to vote. It may be well to ^ peciaI1 £ the K c?rthwest.
fion nLi \ U v C H°, ry > Co,,fitltu * i limit the disfranclnsement-to give the bal-. ** , - .
laust and naU.be preserved.’ i lot to classes now deprived ot it; but this ggr A. Blrkholtz, formerly a conductor in
T. MurpheyTn citizen of Bayau- ] m nst bo the act of Congress.
”ort
,.i , - • wui^iucv, it uiusttu ut * ‘
Pni’ b- “ ora B bout while proceeding to F
^ ' ail<l Was drow i lcd i on Wednesday
j or Hon. John- McQueen.—Hon.
• - i s.iccn, ior many years a member of Cou-
f- :a th r t Congressional District of
I Ptnt'. Carolina, died at Society Hill, in -that
I bis a’-e nilay ' P ' st ' ’ n sixty-third year of
especially:
j BTA , .
; Colt’s Factory, Hatford, has invented a new
metallic compound resemblmg brass, but
Louis Napoleon’s stables contain 300 • durable and cheaper. A company has
horses, of which 200 arc carriage, seventy | beec formed in Providence for its manufac-
sjddle, aud thirty post hones. Hundreds of j turC) NV ith three hundred thousand dollars
men are employccl in taking care* of these J ca pitail.
stables, all ruled by a quartermaster. The | , ”* - ’ , , ,..
-tails for the horses ire made of carved oak. fcSTMrs. Brewster am aged lady reriding
The floor is made of a resistant bitumen, de- in Newton count* Ga., was found dead in
signed in lozenges, and eagh stamped with a | her house on» day last week. It is believed
spread eagle. she was murdered.
Washington, August 28tb.—The follow
ing has been prepared at the Postofiicc De
f artment, namely:
Whereas, Article 5 of the new Postal Con
vention concluded between the United States
of America and the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, on tbe 8th clay ot
July, A. D., 1867, (including printed paper;
of all kinds, maps, plans, prints, engravings,
drawings, photographs, lithographs, sheets of
music, etc.:) and patterns and samples^ of
merchandise, (including seeds aud grain,)
shall be transmitted by either office at such
charges, not less than three pence, in the
United Kingdom, or six cents in tbe United
States, per four ounces on books, packets and
patterns, or samples of merchandise, and
under such regulations ns tho cl is. - tching
office may from time to time lay down; and
Whereas, The provisions of the said article
are to be carried into effect in each country
on the 1st of October, A. D. 1807.
It is hereby ordered, That the rates ot pos
tage to be levied and collected in the United
States on aDd after the first day of October,
1807, upon international newspapers, printed
matter, and other postal packets, enumerated
in the said article, posted in the United States
and addressed to the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, shall be ns fol
lows, viz:
Newspapers and unsealed circulars, two
cents each.
Pamphlets and periodicals over two ounces
in weight, and other printed matter, (except
books), including printed papers of all kinds,
maps, plans, prints, engravings, drawings,
photographs, lithographs, sheets of music,
etc., four cents per -four ounces or fraction of
four ounces.
Books, six cents per four ouuces, or frac
tion of four ounces.
Patterns and samples of merchandise, eight
cents per four ounces, or fraction of four
ounces.
And be it further ordered, That the regula
tions "to be observed and cn f orccd in the
United States with respect to tbo printed pa
pers of all kinds and other postal packets
enumerated in tho said article, shall be the
following, viz:
j. The postage charges herein established
must in all cases be fully prepaid at tbe office of
mailing in the United States, by means of Uni
ted States postago stamps affised outside the
package or its cover. If not so prepaid, tho pack
age cannot be forwarded.
2. Newspapers, circulars, pamphlets, period
icals, books, or other printed papers, including
maps, plans, prints, engraviDgs, drawings, pho
tographs, sheets of music, etc., must to wrapped
or enveloped in covers open at the sides or ends,
so as Is admit of the enclosures being removed
for examination.
3. No newspaper, pamphlet, periodical, oi
article of printed matter (other than boolf pack
ets) may contain any word or communication,
whether by writing,* printing, marks or signs,
upon the cover or wrapper thereof, except the
name and &ddrcs3of the person to whom it is
sent, the printed title of the publication, the
printed name of tho publisher or vender who
sends it, or, in case of newspapers or other regu
lar publications, when sent direct to subscribers
from tho office of publication, tbe printed date
when subscription expires. It must not contain
a letter or any communication in writing in
other inclosure.
4. No book packet may contain anything that
is sealed or otherwise closed against inspection,
nor must thero bo any letter, nor any communi-
tlon of the nature of a letter, whether separate
or otherwise, unless the whole of such letter or
communication be printed; bat entries merely
itating from whom or to whom tho packet is
sent shall not be regarded as a letter.
5. No book packet must exceed two feet in
length, or ono foot in width or depth.
6. Any book packet which is not open at the
sides or ends, or has any letter or communica
tion in the nature of a letter written in or upon
its cover, cannot be received or forwarded in tho
mail, and it is tho dnty of the Postmasters,
whenever they have ground for suspcctjng an
infringement of any of tho above conditions, to
open and examine book packets, patterns, sam
ples or other postal packets posted at or passing
through their offices.
7. Patterns or samples of merchandise must
not be of intrinsic value, which rale excludes
from tho mails all articles of a saleable nature,
or whatever may have a market value of its
own, apart from’its mere uso as a pattern or
sample, or where tho quantity of any material
sent ostensibly as a pattern or sample is so great
that it could be fairly considered as having on
this ground an intrinsic value.
8. No packet of patterns or samples must exceed
24 Inches In length, or 12 inches in breadth or
depth, or*24 ounces In weight.
9. Patterns or samples must not bear any wri
ting other than tho address of the persons for
whom they are intended, except the address oltbe
sender, a titlde mark and numbers, and tho prices
or the articles.
10. Tberc must be no inclosures other than tho
patterns or samples themselves. The particulars
which are allowed to be furnished under the pre
ceding resolution must In all cases be given, not
on lo*sc pieces of paper, but on small labels at
tached when patterns or samples, or the bags con-
alnlng them.
11. Paturca or samples must be sent In covers,
open at the ends, so as to be of easy examination.
Samples, hewerer, of aeeds, etc., which cannot be
»cnt In open covers m&y be enclosed in bogs of
linen or other material. Listened in such a manner
that thev may be readily opened for examination.
12. Patterns, samples or other packets, contain
ing liquids, poisons, explosive chemicals, or other
articles likely to injure the contents of the mail-
bans, or tbe person of any office of tho postofiicc,
ate positively excluded from the mail.
JS. The laws aud regulations of this Depart
ment, which exclude obscene books, pamphlets,
pictures, prints or other publications of a vulgar
and indecent character from the mails ot the Uni
ted States, are also to be enforced with respect to
books, pamphlets, pictures, prints or otherpubil-
catlons ofliko character, addressed to tlio United
Kingdom or otter foreign country.
14. Letters, nowspapers, pamphlets, periodicals
or books, posted in tho United States aud address
ed to the Dulled Kingdom, may bo registered at
the office ot mailing upon payment of a registra
tion tee of eight cents, In addition to the ordinary
postage cnatges, both of which must be prepaid,
lint the reduced registretionfoc of eight cents on
letters will not take effect until the first of Janua
ry, 1867. ... , ,
’ 15. Ncwspoi’CrB or other kinds of printed mat
ter, book packets, patterns and samples of mer
chandise, oriffinatitur in the United Kingdom, and
addressed to the United States, will he received la
tho United States fully prepaid, and must be de
livered free of charge to the party addressed at the
Qfllce of distribution in the United States.
Article 5 of the aforesaid Convention also
prescribes the following specific regulations
to be observed and enforced iff each countiy,
viz!
- Neither offiw shall be bound to deliver
printed papers the importation of which may
be prohibited by the laws and regulations of
the country to which they are transmitted
So long as any customs duty is chargeable
in the United States on the importation from
the United Kingdom of any of the articles
enumerated above, such customs duty shall
be leviable in tbe United States, and the pro
ceeds shall accrue to the United States Treasj
ury.
■ Except as above,no charge whatsoever shall
be levied ia the country in which interna
tional newspaper, book-packets and patterns
or samples of merchandise are delivered.
Postmasters are instructed to levy and col
lect in advance, on and afttr the 1st of Oc
tober, 1S87, tbe rates of postage as fixed by
this order on the different kinds of printed
matter and other postal packets hefem enu
merated, observing strictly the regulations
herein established with respect to each class-
ficarion of tbe-same.
So much of the new Convention as relates
to international letters exchanged with the
United Kingdom will not take effect until tbe
1st of January, 180S, and in tho meantime
the postage charge on letters will continue, as
at present, 2 1-4 cents per single rate of half
an ounce or under. But'on and after the 1st
of January, 1808, the single rate of postage
Customs of the Japanese.
HOW TIIEV TILL TUE LAND—STREETS AND STREET
TKAVULIXC—ARRIVAL Ol’ A DA1AT10. -I
Correspondence San Francisco Alta California.]
__ The principal occupation of the natives around
on international letters will be reduced to 12 Yokohama is agriculture. 1 think that the Ja-
cents. . paneso make even more out of their land than
The offices of exchange on the side of the ,®^ r n ? se ; of / 0 ,“f 3e ' T ic ?, i5 th ? i' rinci .P aI
MM State, !•„*, Bostoa, Phil- j S&tS.SWffiStifS'SZZSJ
rielpma Baltimore, Portland, Detroit, Glnca- sufficient to satisfy tho demaud, and conse-
go and San Francisco. 1 queatly a largo quantity is imported from China
(Signed) Alex. IV. Randall. ; and India. In traveling through the country of
; Japan the traveler will very often see what to
. him appears a waste piece of land—uncultiva-
j ted and unemployed—but in truth there is very
I little land that is not under cultivation,
j The. Japanese seem to have an Idea that to raise
TO , °ne article on one piece of land for any length of
i time tends to exhaust its fruitive powers; conse
quently, after cultivating a piece of land for eoinc
i time with edible crops, the farmer will often plant
Correspondence of the Albany Evening Journal.] I It with trees, in the meantime cultivating another
Noticing a few days since, in the obituary l* ct ' F d tbe . ^ he . wiehes to cultivate his
Postmaster-General.
A Rebel Trick.
INFORMATION WAS TRANSMITTED
TIIE RZSIEC.ED AT YICKSBURU.
column of a Southern paper, the followiu
announcement, relieves me from an obliga
tion I voluntarily entered into before the close
of the laic war:
“Died, at , on the 18th inst., J
M , aged 44 years. The deceased was
long and favorably known as a steamboat
pilot, and throughout the rebellion a firm
friend of the Southern cause, for which he
made many sacrifices and rendered valuable
services.”
The promise I gave M. was that I would
not divulge what he then told me, but, his
death relieving me from that promise, I now
offer it to the public through your columns:
It will be remembered that, among the
many reasons which operated to prevent the
fall of Vicksburg, Miss., when it was first
attacked by General Sherman, and afterwards
so laboriously besieged by Gen. Grant, was
tbe certainty of tbe information tbe enemy
seemed to get. Notwithstanding every pre
caution was taken to prevent spies from ob
taining and transmitting information—not
withstanding tbe river was closely watched
to prevent the least message from being
floated down to Vicksburg—nevertheless in
formation, and that, too, of the most positive
nature, daily reached the enemy to the great
annoyance of the officers and men, who were
slowly wearing their lives away under an
almost tropical snn, and also to the mortifi
cation of the Commanding General
It is my object, briefly to 6how bow that
information was transmitted. H. wasattliat
time an impressed pilot in tbe service of tbe
Union army, having in charge one of the
transports lying below Young’s Point, on the
west side of the Mississippi. His plan for
advising tbe enemy inside tbe garrison of
Vicksburg of what was taking place or con
templated in the Union army was simple and
effective—so simple that it easily evaded all
attempts at detection. During three or four
hours of each day, M., after gathering from
the officers at headquarters what information
he desired—for officers would talk—would
repair to a farm house down on the point,
and with a large mirror which he had previ
ously taken from the cabin of the steamer,
amuse himself by throwing tbe sun’s reflec
tion up and down tbo river, occasionally
darting the concentrated rays of a May or
June sun into the eyes of some gull or loon,
quietly floating on the warter, causing it to
dive down or fly up with a half frightened
shriek, and then turning it full upon the ene
my’s works along the Vicksburg levee. No
one thought of suspicion—no one asked him
what he was doing—for the employment was
so simple and apparently abstracted that
none thought for a moment oi attributing
any other motive than mere idle pastime.
But this was his secret, previously agreed
upon between himself and Gen. Pemberton.
Vicksburg is mainly upon a high bluff; the
lower part of the city during certain hours of
the day being entirely in the shade. Com
mencing at the upper end of the city and
within view, M. had selected thirteen houses
behind aud above these. To each one of
these houses a letter of the alphabet was
given. From the window in tbe farm-house
he threw the reflection first upon one house,
and then upon another, an officer of.Pember-
ton’s staff in the secret, at the same time
standing on the levee with his back to M.,
andyet reading every word easily and rapid
ly. "And he not only gave information of
what was transpiring in the Union camp at
Young’s Point, but also gathered from news
papers important news relative to tho move
ments of armies elsewhere, sending it across
the river in the same manner.
This plan was kept up until a short time be
fore Gen. Grant made arrangements for go
ing below Vicksburg, crossing at Grand Gulf,
and coming up in tbe rear. Just before that
even, M. was ordered to another point, and
consequently the enemy had no light upon
tho subject of that last move which finally
resulted in the capture of that stronghold of
the Confederacy.
These facts I obtained from M. himself
while afterward an officer on board one of
our transports with him, and I have every
rcasoi>to believe, from experiments made at
tho same place, that it was “a plain, un
varnished tale” he related to me.
The Cotton Prospect on the Yazoo.—
A letter to tbe Vicksburg Herald, dated Ya
zoo River, August the 18th, says “the pros
pects are gloomy beyond expression for cot
ton, and those who planted entirely iu corn,
arc thanking their lucky stars, though the sea
son lias been inauspicious even for cereals.
Owing to a backward Spring and constant
first piece again lie has got a good piece ot timber
land. This system certainly enables him to get the
most out ol'his land. Indeed he is oblighod to do
so, not only ior his rents and titles, which are
paid, not in inoncy, but In kind—meetly rice: nt:d
the rent ol a farm is estimated, not at so many
itziboos, (a Japanese coin worth about a third of a
dollar,) hut at so many piculs (133 pounds) of rice.
Besides rice, there are considerable quantities of
peas, beans and. wheat grown, besides cotton and
tobacco. Large quantities of vegetables are eIso
grown, but as a rule they have not the slightest
fiavor to them, except the potato, which is tolera
ble, but this latter is only grown iu small quanti
ties. Almost every kind of fruit is also grown in
Japan, but I never could discover the slightest
taste to any of them, with the exception of a small
orange, which is procurable only in Winter. Their
apples are large, and the sight of them would
make one’s mouth water with desire; but one
might as well endeavor to eat soaked piue shav
ings, ior they arc hard, gritty and tasteless. The
peoplo also are greatgardeners, and are extremely
fonu of flowers, of which almost every variety is
grown in the country, but although fine to look
upon they are almost totally devoid ofsuu.ll.—
Some of the gardens ia the vicinity of Yokohama
are very fine and tastefully laid out. The imple
ments used by the Japanese, both iu their agricul
tural and mechanical pursuits, arc very similar to
those used in China.
In mechanical arts I do not think they are supe
rior to the Chinese, except in their bronze cast
ings. In this latter and the manufacture of lac-
querware they are not to be excelled by any na
tion. In their minutest figures, especially ol birds
or insects, they are exceedingly true to nature,
even to tbo smallest detail. These manufactures
arc mostly carried on at Yedo and Osaka.
The streets o£ a Japanese town present an ap
pearance as novel as it is Interesting. The shops
being all open, one can see right through. You
generally find the shopkeepers resting by Bitting
on their heels—a position which seems perfectly
comfortable to them, but one which I was glad to
quit after giving it a trial of about two seconds.—
They will cordially invite you in, and are not at all
set back If, after inspecting every article in their
shop, you leave without purchasing anything. The
streets have not that crowded appearance which
they have in China, from the fact that they are
much wider. But there is a horrible din kept up
all the time, which is anything but pleasant, by
the coolies transporting merchandise. In China
this Is done by suspending the article to be carried
either on the middle of the pole, when it is carried
bv two coolies, or dividing it and placing a por
tion on cither end, when one man can cany it by
balancing it on his shoulder. But in Japan it S
transported on handcarts. These arc large trucks,
with two massive wooden wheels, that look as
cumbersome and clumsy as yeu please. Four
coolies generally attend on&—two in front and two
behind—and they keep up this meaningless, mo
notonous chant to keep time.
Now and again you see an itinerant hawker, with
a small gong In his hand, which he strikes at reg
ular intervals, in order to attract attention to his
wares. But what is this that i» being carried
through the streets at rather a rapid rate, on the
shoulders of four half-dressed coolies, two In front
aud two in the rear? It looks like a small-sized
dry goods box. But it isn’t. It la anorimon—a
Japanese carriage—and tUCre ia actually cv human.
being cooped up therein. Upon inspecting it I
could scarcely Imagine that a man or worn an could
rest therein more than five minutes. They arc
about four feet in length and three In height, and
are more fit for cages to transport wild animals
than for the meaus ol human locomotion. "When
Sir Rutherford Alicock, H. B. M. Minister, once
went from Yedo to Yokohama in one of these
norimons, he savs that when he got out it took
him some time to find out that he had not been
'baked; aud nothing could induce him ever to trav
el again In a similar vehicle.
To-day there is an unusual commotion in_ the
streets, from the fact that tho Prince of Kinsu,
one of the most powerful Daimios of the Empire,
and one eminently favorable to foreigners, is
expected at Yokohama to inspect the foreign
settlement. At about eleven o’clock, four men,
with long poles, with hells attached, rush
through the Etrects. This is a signal that the
cavalcade is at hand, and common folks must
get out of the road. Then come a couple of offi
cers bearing a sort oi banner, when all nations
have to prostrato themselves and remain in this
position until the whole procession has passed.
After the banner-bearers' come tho immediate
escort of the Prince on horseback; then the great
man himself and more escort. Then follows his
household attendants with his personal baggage
Let Us Consider.
Several parties recently from Atlanta in
form us that Gen. Pope’s letter has produced
remarked impression upon the people of‘iat
city: and that the tide of opposition to Con
vention is being greatly augmented, in conse
quence ot that document.
M r e are iucliucd to think that the conclu
sions arrived at by this sage commander of
conquered subjects—whom he, however, did
not much help to conquer—aro somewhat
calculated to produce an impression on the
minds of us benighted Southrons, notwith
standing the “sluggishness of mind and
body,” which he attributes tons. That re
construction cannot be “satisfactory and per
manent,” without the banishment of our
great Southern leaders.; that our ignorance,
or “sluggishness of mind and body,” is so
great as to render it doubtful, after all,
whether we are competent for self-govern
ment ; and that the negroes, on the other
hand, possess such sprightliness of mind that
“five years will have transferred intelligence
and education, so far as the masses arc con
cerned, to the colored people”—these are
enunciations, from the commander of the
Third Military District, at which we may
well pause and consider in regard to this re
construction which Congress pretends it has
set before us to accept or reject, but which,
in reality, it is determined to force down our
throats, and afterwards say, “you swallowed
it of your own choice.” Yes, wc may well
consider about it. Here are set beioro us
negro enfranchisement, negro supremacy, and
white inferiority, negro domination and'white
subjugation. Congress says accept recon-
constructiou with these, or not, just as you
like. Shall we accept'it ? No. ‘ Then let us
go to the polls, and there, in the shape of a
ballot, “against convention,” record our pro
test against this infamous wrong sought to
he inflicted upon us.
At the same time, let us unite with all good
men, whatever be their opinions on other
subjects, who will help us to elect to the
Convention delegates, who have some char
acter for honesty, stability and intelligence,
and who will do for all classes the best that
the restrictions placed upon their actions by
Congress will allow. Upon this we should
oil be united, for our interests are the same.
However we may differ as to the voting for
or against Convention, there certainly can be
no division among ua as to whether we shall
elect for delegates sound men, who Jiave the
good of the country at heart, or Radical up
starts and renegades from either race and
color, who seek only personal promotions,
and are friends to the negro only for his
vote.—Borne Courier.
JBrial Navigation.
“A CALIFORNIA
BIRD —TEE
SCRIBED.
MACHINE DE-
—if a Japanese gentleman merely goes to visit a
friend his servants follow him with his ward
robe—and another crowd of soldiers brings up
the rear. Tho Prince, who is a middle aged
man, visited most of tho European stores, and
expressed his pleasure with everything he saw.
He ha3 just returned from attendance on the Ty
coon, at Osaka, where the conference between
tho Tycoon and the Ministersof the Treaty Pow
ers has just taken place.
This visit i3 quite an event among tho Japa
nese ; but what puzzled them most was to see
that tho foreigners neither “ bent tho knee nor
did obeisance ” a3 tho groat man passed. They
then asked if we did not havo to prostrate
ourselves at homo when tbe “ American Ty
coon” passed; and on being answered in the
negative, they declared that to be a No. 1 coun
try. I do not think there is much love on
th’o part of tho poorer people towards
their rulers. As I stated in a previous letter,
the government is a perfect counterpart of the
old English feudal system, and tbe Diomios and
Yaconins certainly do not show any very great
consideration for the lower classes. It seems
they rule with a rod of iroh, and the poor people.
are very often pretty heavily taxed.
Education is not eo seneni In j apan as In China.
rams, the cotton crop is at lea^t one month , „ re f eWCl . f clioois, both public and private,
further from matuntion than is the case in , - C( j there are fewer newspapers published. In
ordinarv years at this season, and tlio univer-: fact, there are no regular publications at all. Now
«allv ba'd stand is choked with weeds and | and again at Yedo a sheet is published lor the en-
•„,, tmeiatiou of some importautpronunemmento; and
o ra '- b ” ,,, | there is hut one Imperial College iu Yedo, and
,0TI« i. said that Louis Napoleon, amopg j
of making soup. During his recent visit to < earuest t!iat a patter feeling; prevails at'present to-
the military camp at Chalons,_ he invited the | W2r; i foreigners than iu the neighboring Empire of
general officers to dine with him. As soon as j China.
dinner was announced, the Emperor said:! ' '*"’*"'* , _ .
“Messieurs, wc Jirc now ^ make tlic j RegistbatiokixFlohida. 1 li6 lftst Jflck -
soup.” A servant handed his majesty a bot- j sonville Times publishes a statement obtained
tie, with wliich_ he proceeded to the kitchen, j f rom t be office of Superintendent of Regis-
California papers give the particulars of a
serious attempt in that State at rerial locomo
tion. The inventor of the “Autor,” as the
“bird” is called, is Frederic Marlott, of San
Francisco. Practical engineers and mechan
ics have looked into the principles of its con
struction, and pronounce it feasible. Shrewd
capitalist have furnished the means of testing
it. The constructors are as well assured of
success as were Fulton, Stephenson and
Morse. The moneyed men who invest havo
no doubt as to the profits. At Shell Mound
Park, about nineteen miles from San Fram
cisco, a large building has been put up for
the purpose and contains the unfinished ma
chine. In shape it resembles both a hen and
a bird—a plump, short-necked, short-billed
bird in the act of flying. From stem to stern
—or rather from bill to rump—is 76 feet,
while the tail adds 12 feet more. Its trans
verse diameter in the largest part is 21 feet.
Its wings extend 10 feet on each side, and are
so constructed that one part is always out
spread, while another is movable at tbe will
of the engineer. The tail, which is like that
of a fish, will be under the same control, and
can be so moved and deflected as to give it
all the advantage of a rudder. The skeleton
is formed of bamboo poles and light rods of
red wood, braced and held together by
wires of steel and ropes of iron. On this
frame 13 stretched a covering of flue muslin,
of the strongest fibre, and coated with a var
nish which makes it impervious to water and
to gas. It is to bo filled with pure hydrogen,
ana will hold 14,500 cubic feet.
So far, then, the machine is virtually a bal
loon, and depends for its buoyancy and power
of rising, iu part, at least, on the same prin
ciple as other balloons. But it is much more
than this. Let us look, for a moment, at its
machinery. It is to carry, we are told, a
small steam engine, weighing (without the
shafting) only thirty-seven pounds, and hav
ing a nominal-horse power of two and a half
—but nearer four horse.
The boiler is very peculiar. An arrange
ment of copper plates, looking like a book
rack on an office desk and not much larger,
holds the water and admits tlio heat. Over
this is a steam chest still more diminutive.—
Four and a half gallons of water fill the boil
er, and a small tank holds seven gallons more.
Two or three pecks of charcoal are close at
hand, and these supplies are regarded as suf
ficient for two hours working at full'speed.
To receive to machinery, space is left in the
lower part of the body, reaching from side
to side, and to about half the height. The
power is applied to a shaft placed in the up
per part of th'c cavity, and extending through*
To each end of the shaft an arm is attached,
which terminates iu a two bladed screw.—
These screws are the legs and webbed feet,
with which this gigantic duck is to paddle
and work its way in the upper air. The ma
chinery of these propellers is so adjusted as
to enable the engineer to vary their position
to the extent of "ninety degrees, according os
be may wish to rise, or fall, or move laterally
in any direction. To rise to any height it 's
claimed that he needs but to place her pro
pellers at an angle of 45 degrees or less—de
press her movable wings 10 or 20 degrees—
give her tail a twist, and Ehe will describe
a number ot spiral circles until she attains
the height required. Vfbiie the gas holders
remain iu good order, and her wings remain
in position, she cannot fall so rapidly as to
endanger the lives of her passengers, even
! at... t A *v r •><! Mntlf
Wo^ee.rinreiiarction ofmeat essc^c^was j tratIoD ' embracing the official figures from 20 {thougn the engine were out of repair,
poured bv the Emperor into a huge saucepan j comities in Florida, summing up the follow- j The engineer or inductor is to occupy a
of boiling water, and instantly made soup for ; ing as the result of registration up to tto |j^f5SJJ^SEH^y ,ft The tb flr»aac[
sixty persons. * : 24th ult: Total whites, 4,179; total colored, [ tbe f ucli ‘ tbe engine, boiler and gauges, and
7 -r, -9,641. the strings which move the train, are all close
CS^Tlie celebrated Belgian physician, Dr.; at bund s He cau i 00 k down, but not much
Bulkecs. has been called to Miramar to pro- jgg- During a violent thunder storm, last abead X* there are no breakers, nor icebergs,
nounce an opinion upon the state of the Lm-.- wee j f| tbc dwelling of Col. John W. Davis, in nor lee s iT ore8 j n the renal ocean, a front view
press Charlotte. After careful study ot the j g t .;, na! Ala., was struck by lighting, tbe flash ia ot - ji u ; L . m0 meut.
case, Dr. Bulkeus expressed his hope of a slow yn ss jp 0 lHo King, a niece of Colonel ( Due difficulty seems not to have been fore-
but certain cure if he were allowed to subject, j) av j g * jjjgg King was looking out of an secc The atmospheric air mast be excluded
the illustrious patient to a system of treat-, 0 p en w j udow a t the moment ot her sudden j f rom the bird before the hydrogen can be
ment different to that hitherto adopted, and and unexpected death. j sent In. But tbc stiff ribs prevent collapse.
pf The negroes in Western Texas are te-
into
especially to discontinue the state of com
plete isolation in which the German physi
cians have kept her.. A letter from Dr. d to have quit work aud gone
Bulkens states that since her Majesty’s return ^ . * . ., .. .
to Belgium there has been a progressive im- camp, asserting that they would ta
provement in her health. iuto their own hands. They were all ue
m : armed.
I3T* Secretary Seward, according to ro- ; ~ :~r n Ar ,. rr „ rv o
mor, is to stay in office foe the special pur- Advanced -Age.—-Damei • - - ’ ,
pose of settling the Alabama claims, for resident of WytheviUe, \ a., died on the l«th
which we are to receive British Columbia* inst., at the advanced age ot 17o^years. He
and of completing negotiations for the cc-s- was probablv the oldest
satiou of further territory from"other Powers, at the time of Ins (leatn.
ian in the country
.Some ready relief for this must be found.
fd^The Galveston Bulletin protests
against croakers in the reign of yeliow fever.
It says that one lady was convalescent, pro
nounced out of all danger, and was for two
or three days doing finely, when a croaker
came in with a budget of horrors, and re
hearsed them all in her bpring- In ono
hour the lady was in her coffin, killed by a-
croaker.