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JOB PRINTING.
Particular attention will lie given to tbe
tion of JOB PRINTING of every descrip-
ake up, te SLKKrRr.s !—Have tbe Black
ublican press of Georgia heard tho news
L California and Blaine ? Dumb as an
|i r, is the word!
grTho National Intelligencer says that
cral Grant has not given notice of his un-
iigness to attend Cabinet meetings ex-
tvlicn matters specially appertaining to
ii jiartincut are to bo considered.
r.fTiiucTiON to Cotton.—A planter who
lrs a few miles from the city, brought us
ral specimens of his cotton crop, yester-
[ that were sorry enough. They were
L and opening bolls, which are entirely
In and worthless from tbe wet weather,
|hc informs us that twenty-five per cent.
Is whole crop is in the same condition.
L other planters, if not nil of them, have
lined similar disasters.
amaok to tiib Rice Crop.—The Savan-
llcrald of yesterday says: “There are
unfavorable accounts in regard to the
crop. A planter on the Ogcechee river
iris that his crop is totally destroyed by
heavy rains and freshets, that other plan-
in that section will loose tbe greatest
ion. if not all, of their rice. Reports
I Savannah river plantations nro also un-
Jrable. Some rice is cut, but tho late
I prevent the harvesting of it, and great
K arc entertained in regard to the crops
■tat section.” _
liiATii or as Old Savannah Merchant
I Savannah papers of yesterday chronicle
■death of Noble A. Hardee, which oc-
1,1 at Litchfield Springs, in Western New
a , en Tuesday last He bad been a prom
pt merchant of Savannah for over twenty
I-, and was a brother of the gallant Gen.
I J. Ilardee.
In: Cabinet _w» «pr «*» interesting
laington letter from the Charleston
lier. That Judge Black will go into
■Cabinet, and the President take some
I step for a fair expresaion of the popular
mentat the South in tho coming elcc-
t wc regard as altogether probably; but
I "my" referred to wo look upon as
Sly sensational, because it is unnecessary,
il s a coup be attempted against tbcPres-
It, which is hardly probable with the
li'ar tide setting 6trongly in his favor, wo
Ivc he will confine himself to strictly lc-
■ueasurcs in his efforts to uphold the Con
ti ion and overthrow usurpation. These
I e ample for the purpose.
bmoval of Tnoors.—We perceive that
|rocps now garrisoning Augusta have
I ordered to Atlanta, only a small detach-
| to remain. Wc also learn that similar
|t> have been issued to tho troops at
I fir West is setting us brave examples.
I -wing close upon tbe Democratic tri
ll in California comes the news of nnotb
Ictory in Montana—the election of Kav-
Irii, the Democratic candidate for dele-
I to Congress, by an overwhelming vote.
■Territorial Legislature, elected last year,
Iso overwhelmingly Democratic. Tho
locrats have eleven of the thirteem mem-
I of the Council, and twenty-two of the
I'J •six members of the House—a majori-
| twenty-seven !n both Houses. So that
liana was not likely to go—as, indeed,
lias not gone—astray. Her people are
■lie same class of energetic, patriotic,
llile men—representative, and the flower
lie whole country—who have just re-
ltd the Golden State.—N. T. World.
Iueston.—The mortuary returns show
| here were 071 deaths in Galveston dur-
|!sc month of August, of which 805 were
I I«Ilow fever. At this rate it will not
I : ° n S ,0 depopulate tho little city. The
■ trof deaths during the present month,
l^r, is considerably in excess of that
| e stated.
TIIE PRESS—A HUMILIATIXG COX-
FESSIOX.
From tbe Memphis Bulletin,]
We adopt every word of tbe following ex
tract, from our city cotemporary, the Appeal.
It is high time that the reform it speaks of
should "bo inaugurated. To judge by the
tone of most of onr journals, they would
seem to bo edited by a set of braggarts, and
blackguards ; and, unfortunately, tlio tone of
a portion of onr press in Tennessee, is no ex
ception. Cannot these fellows be kicked out
by tbe proprietors, and gentlemen be put in
their places ?
“For God’s sake, brethren of tlio pres:,, let
us begin a reform, at least in this matter. It
is even demanded by considerations of sell
interest; for the character of the press for
unfairness, unveracity and pettifogging, has
become so completely established, as to have
already, in a great measure destroyed its in
fluence and usefulness; and lies have become
in a great measure, unprofitable, because they
are too common and abundant, and rarely
believed. A reform is indispensable. Who
will begin it ? If a British officer lies, he is
kicked out of his club aud sent to Coventry
in his mess. Is the honor of an editor of a
lower strain or less valuable than that of an
ensign in a shell jacket ? Why should not
tbe editor, claiming to be tho teacher of the
people and tbe adviser of magistrates, and
tho censor of public and private morals, say,
like the noble:
“Honor's a Icujo for lives tocomc,
• And cannot be extended from
Tho local tenaht l”
Wc endorse, with our whole heart, tbe
strictures of our Memphis contemporaries.-
Following after New York fashions in this
as in all other respects, much of tbe South
ern press have become mere sewers of filth
and falsehood, and the cat’s paws of men who
___ Lave ambitious or selfish motives to subserve,
Lmaok to Tire Rice Crop.—The Savan- and are wholly reckless of the menns by
which their objects nre accomplished.
This lamentable state of things results
from several causes. One is the lack of in
dependence on tbe part of tbe proprietors of
newspapers. But few of them start business
on tlieir own capital, but are started by
otlieTs who claim a quasi ownership over their
souls and estates. There is a selling out in
tbe very beginning of operations. Another
is tbe absence of men from tbe editorial pro
fession who were educated and bred to it,
and whose former course of life and associa
tions nre not favorable to a high moral sense
and gentlemanly bearing.
All sorts of people get into the Fourth
Estate, and with them come corruptions and
abuses of every kind. And then, again, there
is a vitiated and prurient state of public
sentiment that delights in blackguardism and
vituperation—just as men rush to see a prize
fight or indecent human exposure. The press
is very apt to partake of the character of tbe
community in which it is conducted, and from
this fact the public can learn tbe true extent
ot their reformatory power in the premises.
Let pettifogging, duplicity and abusive and
it neat at the South in tho coming clec- language in the press bo frowned
* |H|f‘ *'"■ * h " f U pon by its patrons and we shall soon sec a
change for the better. However bad men
are, they are not opt to indulge their vicious
propensities at the expense of their fortunes.
Ono other important fact in connection
with the subject wo should not omit to spe
cify : the indifferent support yielded by tlic
good men of tho country to the worthy and
conscientious conductors of the press. News
paper publishers are. beyond all question, the
worst paid laborers in the whole industrial
hive. At this very time, to be in any just
proportion, a good daily paper should be
worth twenty dollars per annum, and its ad
vertising patrons should be willing to pay a
dollar and a half per square instead of half a
- | dollar. But it cannot well be done bo long
ioTUEuVicTORT os THE Pacific Slope. | ns newgpnpcrs originate and are conducted
on tho prevailing plaD. There is a fascina
tion in the calling that draws men into it,
and there are outside purposes that propel
newspapers independent of a loss In their le
gitimate business. Thus reckless and irre
sponsible men find their way into tbe pro
fession and reduce everything to the lowest
standard.
The only remedy for the evils of the press
lies in tho hands of the people. Let them
discriminate in their patronage between tbe
worthy and the unworthy—between those
that arc honestly devoted to the dissemina
tion of truth and sound moral principles,
and those that pander to corrupt public
taste, and have no real, enlightened regard for
the general welfare and purity of society.
Discard that largo class of adventurers, with
out character or fortune, who attach them
selves to tho press tor* mere purposes of
thrift, and are willing to sell themselves to
anybody who will buy, and advocate any
principle or movement that will pay. Do
this and wc shall soon be rid of a class of
journals that arc blots upon an honorable
profession, and curses to tho country.
Washington Correspondence.
LIVELY TIMES AHEAD—TIIE PRESIDENT'S EX
PECTED COUP—SEWARD TO RETIRE AND
BLACK TO SUCCEED HIM— BUTLER’S VIEWS
AS TO WHAT tflLL FOLLOW—IMPEACHMENT
GATHERING STRENGTH, ETC.
Correspondence of tk© Charleston Courier.]
"Washington, September 7.—The Presi
dent is expected to act upon his new line of
operations in the course of a week. Before
he leaves for the Autictam monument cele
bration, lie is to Issue the amnesty proclama
tion, eject Mr. Seward from the Cabinet, and
invite tlic Postmaster General, Randall, to re
sign. It is also asserted that another procla
mation, following up that ot September 3,
will be issued, applying tbe principles there
in asserted to some very important subjects.
That proclamation asserts the Executive
power in the broadest terms, and next wc are
to know what the President will do with it.
Of course it did not require all this parade of
constitutional prerogative for the mere pur
pose ot censuring General Sickles’ alleged
hindrance ot a process from the United
States Circuit Court of North Carolina.
The President has been often advised and
ur^cd by the peace Democrats, (so-calld,) or
“Copperheadsas called in the Radical slang,
The Tate of Maximilian.
ADDITIONAL CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN
COUNT WYDENBRUCK, SECRETARY SEWARD
AND MINISTER DIX.
Washington, September 0, 1S'>7.—Tn addition
to the correspondence between Couut W y denbruck,
Secretary Seward and Mr. Campbell, iu relation to
the intercession of tbe United States in behalf of
the Archduke, all ol which has been already pub
lished, the subjoined documents have been made
public:
MR. DIX TO MR. SEWARD. t
iron. Jli-.Seward:
By special request of tbe Emperor, I use th»
telegraph to express liis earnest wish that the Gov
ernment of the United States will exert all its In
fluence to have Maximilian spared by his captors.
Dix.
MR. SEWARD TO COUNT WYDENBRUCK.
Department op State, 1
Washington, July 1,1S07. f
I avail myself ot the first convenient hour after
arriving from Boston to inform you that at the
moment of mytienartureTrom this city, on the 21s!
of June last, by direction of the President of the
United States, I communicated to President Juarez,
of Mexico, by telegraph, the proposition of bis Im
perial Majesty '
the Prince Ms _ . .
sion as Archduke of Austria as soou as tho Prince
should be set at liberty, and should l enounce for
ever all his projects in Mexico.
At an early date, namely, on the 15th, I had in
like manner used the telegraph to make known to
The
[From tho Montgomery Mail. Can Wars be Dispensed With? I Oen. Sickles’ and Grant’s Order.
Assassination at Mount Ver-
non Arsenal. About thirty years ago there were in this j Gen. Sickles’ report to Gen. Grant ha3
country peace societies, which had their been given to the public, and his Radical
LETTER FROM MRS. SHEPARD to gen. pope, meetings in New York, about the time ofthe ; friends here claim that it is a clear refutation
anniversaries of the vnrious benevolent socle-: of the charges made by the President that
Mount Vernon, Ala., July 27, 18G7. ties, in the genial month of May. Therewere the general had obstructed the process of
Major- General Pope • some fine orations made before these societies,
General: On the afternoon of July 20, at! and , thcrc ™ onc ° r , ato £ ^ Particular, Mr.
Mount Vernou Arsenal, Mobile county. Ala., Ladd, a member of the Society of Friends,
one of the greatest outrages that ever black- we whos< r pleasing oratory and be-
ened the record of history was perpetrated “»**>«* face made a very favorable impres-
upou a "ray headed citizen and defenceless j s . I ? I \ fo . r lus . cau ^ u P° n tl ' ose wh ° h ^ ard hlm *
prisoner. Hoping that the vast power you ; J* that P enod . 14 reaI1 Y dld . not look 60 vcr Y
wield will be exerted to punish crime in every
svtun liv which President Juarez the request of her Majesty the
to perform soma grand ^i/p d rtat, oy wmea Queen f E land an 3 of the Emperor of the
French, for the good offices of this Government
in behalf of the Prince Maximilian.
This information may perhaps be of some slight
the people would be at once awe-struck and
delighted, and thus save himself from tbe
impeachment
moral, without resistance. It was even sug- value by way or soothing the sadness which the
-’ - - ..... ... -r.—..Yi pamful news concerning the fate of the Prince
Maximilian, just received from Mexico, cannot fail
to produce. I have, etc.,
Wm. H. Seward.
gested that he would disperse this Fortieth
Congress last July. But he was not there up
to the mark. There was no stuff in the whole
Cabinet for any energetic movements. Be
sides. tbe President does not always act upon
the theories which he adopts. Ho may how
ever, if properly supported by those around
him, announce in a proclamation at an early
day, or before the meeting of Congress, that
it is his constitutional right and duty to sec
that the Constitution, as the supreme law of
the land, shall be preserved inviolate, and
that, as the Acts of Congress arc unconstitu
tional, they are null and void, and shall not
be further executed. An issue will thus be
made between the President, who stands on
the Constitution, and the Rump Congress,
which body is “hanging on the vergo of the
Constitution,” and claims, in fact,.to act,
“outside of tho Constitution.”
The President mast, of course, have as an
adviser and advocate a bold, strong man,
before lie can thus set Congress at defiance.
Mr. Seward would oppose his new position.
But Judge Black is quite ready to support
it, with the utmost ardor and ability. The
State Department will be offered to Judge
Black, and he will accept it with tbe utmost
confidence in the justice and also ot the suc
cess of his views. The opinion given by
Gen. Benj. F. Butler of Judge Black is quite
apropos to this movement, to wit:
“Berwick” asks Gen. Butler if he knew Mr.
Black personally, and what lie thought of
him?
uYu,' L liv mM, “I Lnr.Tr Dlnvk. I have
met him at the bar. I knew him somewhat
when be was in Buchanan’s Cabinet. He is
a man of decided genius- -erratic, bold, and
of quick perceptions, and with strong reli
ance upon his own powers.
“He believes thoroughly in the uuconstitu-
tionality ofthe war, anil the consequent ille
gality of every act of legislation growing
out jof it Not doubting on these points, he
would have no hesitancy in following his
plans to their logical sequence, which would
be, of course, that Congress was an illegal
bodv, its acts without binding force or effect,
and tbat it was the duty of the President to
save the Government by an exercise of Exe
cutive power, and that such action would be
conservative, and not revolutionary; and if
he was in the Government I believe he would
Eliapc its course to that end, under tbe full
conviction that he was acting according to
position, and under every phase, I will lay
before you a full statement ofthe facts:
A week since, Morris Slinff, Captain of Ord
nance at Mount Vernon Arsenal, was appa
rently upon polite terms with Colonel Fred
erick B. Shepard, a resident in the neighbor
hood, but he took it upon himself to animad
vert very severely in a public place upon
Colonel Shepard’s conduct, calling him a
“scoundrel” and “cheat,” because he pre
sumed to apply at "Washington for payment
. for his own cotton. Colonel Shepard wrote
ffaSgFfe SGtSffgSt Captain Shall a polite and gentlemanly note
hAnirA nf Anstria ns soon as tho Prince Asking him to make a candid statement ot
his words on the occasion alluded to above,
declaring that surely no officer wearing the
United States uniform w;ould seek to place
the military authority between himself and
in antagonist in a private quarter.
This supposition Capt. Shaft" seems to have
regarded as a gross insult at once to his
colors and his own pcculiarstyle of manhood.
He made no reply to Colonel Shepard’s in
quiries, but became enraged at tho epithet,
“military despotism,” contained in the »iOte
—words he had forgotten to resent the even
ing before, wheu Col. Shepard had used them
in the course of a friendly conversation. He
returned Col. Shepard’s communication
with an abusive endorsement, in his own
hand, using language which no gentleman
could overlook. Col. Shepard then chal
lenged him. lie received the note, said lie-
had expected it, and would attend to it.
Nearly two days past without liis taking
any notice of it, and Col. Shepard then sent
and demanded an answer. Capt. Shaff re
plied he wished to have nothing more to do
with it, and feeling his precious person safe
within the arsenal walls, again abused Col.
Shepard grossly. Col. Shepard then wrote a
placard, denouncing him for his pusilanimity,
and etvling him a “puppy and a poltroon.”
Capt. Shaff afterwards proved that lie richly
deserved both epithets. These placards
were posted about in the neighborhood.
This occurred Friday morning, July 26, and
Capt ShafFs nest step was to prove the fal
sity of the charge, and to vindicate his honor
ani manliness, by arresting Ool. Shepard at
his own residence and carrying him a pris
oner within the walls of the garrison.
The arrest was made in the name of Lieut.
Brown ; but when the prisoner arrived at the
assenal, Captain Morris Shaff, glowing with
courage, and conscious of the protection of a
loaded pistol and
aCOiAtcd Llm Wltll
COUNT WYDENBRUCK TO MR. SEWARD.
Oakland, Md., July 3,1837.
Hoit. IF. H. Seward, Sett-darn of Stale:
The Austrian Court Inquires, telegraphically,
whether tho American Government has tbe sad
news ot the Archduke's execution from any source
ot its own. Wtdenbeuck.
Mr. Seward replies, communicating the fact that
this Government had received news from its naval
officers confirming the execution. > .
[Telegram.]
Oaklind, Md., July 8, 1807.
Hon. Tim. H. Sctcard, Secretary of State:
It would be consolation for the Imperial family
to know Emperor Maximilian’s remains are in his
own grave and coffin—If possible a metallic one.
This is, perhaps, not the case. May we hope that
Mr. Secretary will instruct American ministers in
Mexico to ask in American Government’s name
that this be done? and perhaps be present at
trans-exhumation, as Mr. Otterbourgknew person
of Emperor. Ui course all expenses relunded by
me. Widenbucck.
MR. SEWARD TO COUNT WYDENBRUCK.
Department of State, )
Washington, July 8,1887. j
Sir: Yonr telegram of this date Is received.—
The request it contains is reasonable, and the good
offices of the Government in'that direction would
in every way be proper. Yon will, however, no
tice in the public journals an unanswered applica
tion of a kindred nature which has already been
on jvue.
I -t ,i ...^a ouiaiers,
the bravado, “Get off that
toMearn what answer President Juarez has made to
Capt. Roe’s solicitation.
When I shall have received that information I
will again communicate with you upon the sub
ject.
1 am, sir, with kigli consideration, your obedi
ent servant, Wx. H. Seward.
COUNT WYDENBRUCK TO MR. SEWARD.
Washington, July 11,1867.
Mr. Secretary of State :
I thank yon for your obliging commnnicationof
tbe Oth instant (8.) As soon as the answer to
Capt. Roe’s application shall be known to you,
may I hope that yon may have the goodnest to
have it telegraphed to me in order that my Court
may be informed of its tenor without loss of time?
] have the honor to remain, Mr. Secretary of
State, with the highest consideration, your obedi-
ent servant) Wyeenbrcck.
or two | [ lorse you old scoundrel, or I willshootyou."
mml a trt * t i . n • • . 1? l
COUNT WYNENBRCCK TO MR. SEWARD.
- — ---—- —- , . .. r . - . r e i Oakland, July 8,1867.
the Constitution, anil for the best interests ot j [r Secretary of State :
the country. This, with him, would be true j n of certain advices received fc>-
conservatism. no looks upon any other, and j da yby me, and in order to lose no time, Itock
of course the Concrcssionnl reconstruction, ns j the liberty a lew hours ago of expressing to yot
■ 'Mast Judicial Decision.—In the
States District Court now in 'session
■hata, a decision of general information
rendered. In tho enso of Ann. \ .
citizen of Mississippi, vs. the Bar-
■* r °a Works, it was decided upon de-
l -'tothe several pleas of defendant—
■ That g plea that a note was given for
B lrc of negroes as slaves in 1S64, was not
■-F* 11 ’ t promise on the part of the <lc-
■ , take negroes beyond the Federal
■are* 8 ® ^ ewnr was wicked in " elf.
It i a policy ot tho govemnrer.;, and
l"' 1 too contract of hire
S lr( f point we copy entire fr in the rc-
I ■' contained in the Atlanta papers:
* °'®th and last plea is os follows: tlmt
' : resaid was illeg il and void
'Mt it was tbe express understanding
srecQcit a t »he time said promise was
the payment of liie amount so
’*®“*ooold be made in what was dc-
iJyWOonfederatrTrensu ry notes, which
J defendant says was prohibited by
_ arcnlat*. Verification,
i. ,■ Jjpuieo it is tot necessary to decide
der t« ?, rem ' sc illegal or whether
■ Trensur . v notes were prohibted
for it is alleged that plain-
"J/ci'ivc for the amount promised
tur Treasury notes. This being so,
come >nto this Court and ask
«®cnt for money.
j®m°nd, Mynatt and Wellborn, for
snd p °Pc, for Defendant.
“"We are Coming. Father Abraham." —
We are informed, ppon good authority, that
Joseph Williams, on his rcccut speaking tour
in Alabama, succeeded in converting somo
threo thousand negroes from Radicalism to’
Conservatism. Will the Markbnm-Dunhnm-
Fnrrow-Ashburn party put this in its pipe
anil smoke it.—Columbus Sun.
revolutionary and tending to despotism.
“Upon his accession to the Cabinet,I should
look for great peril to tho country, because
tlicro is no man so dangerous ns he will be—
acting courageously in support of the wrong,
under the conviction that he is in the right."
I remarked here:
“You seem to regard him as likely to be
the American Stafford ?”
. “Yes,” said Butler, in his decisive way, “I
do,”
If Judge Black’s advice be really adopted
and acted upon, it may be that the President,
in seme crisis <sf the consequent straggle.with
Congress, will become impatient or hesitant,
aud that the Judge will have occasion to re
peat the exclamation imputed to Stafford,
when he found that Charles hntl deserted
him.
While such ideas arc floating as to the
President’s course, the Radicals are earnestly
preparing the public mind for the President’s
impeachment and removal. The most emi
nent ofthe Republican members of Congress
have expressed tlieir conviction lately that
impeachment is the o'nly remedy for tho diffi
culties of their present peliticnl situation.
Leo.
A New Religion Called for.—That
great moral reformer, the New York Herald,
is cut tn favor of “a new religion for the na- ______ f I
tions. " The Christian religion, it says, has j tary power, then thcy^would favor General
failed to impress the hearts and regulate tlic
by telegraph, the desire that Mr. Otterbourg, ki
Mexico, might bo instructed to ask, ia the nanc
of the Government of the United States, that tin
remains of the ill-fated Emperor, Maximilian, may
be (in case this should not already have been dontj
deposited in a grave of his own and inclosed in a
snitable coffin—it possible, a metallic one. All ex
penses to bo refunded bv this Legation.
Trusting that it will be possible to procuie
this slight alleviation to the deep affliction of tie
Imperial family, I have the honor to remain, Mr.
Secretary of State, with the highest consideration
yonr obedient servant, Wybenbrcck.
Another Witness Come to Judgment.
The notorious “Colorado Jewett,” who has
long been hobnobbing with the Radicals, has
returned to Washington and threaten to open
his budget of secrets against them. The cor
respondent of the Boston Post writes:
The notorious W. Cornell Jewett is here.
He says he is willing to turn Stato’s evidence
against Charles Sumner and other Radicals,
nnd prove their treasonable designs. He
furnishes the key to the change in the New
York Tribune from General Amnesty and
Free Suffrage to Radicalism and Revolution.
It was through him Mr. Sumner contract
ed with Mr. Grceli-y that if the latter
would stay his advocacy of a Gen
eral Amnesty until the Radical party had
broken down'tbu President and secured com
plete control of tlic South through the mili
a-gr- Mr. Augustus Merritt, nn old and
lhuch esteemed citizeii of Griffiu, died, on
Tuesday last.
tsar it is given out, semi-olliciaUy, tlmt
no*attempt will be made to try Surratt until
Congress shall have passed an net providing
that 0 colored citizens shall be qualified to
serve as jurors, nnd thus enable the Marshal
of the District to summon a lew negro ju
rors for the next trial.
A Financial Crisis in Richmond.—A dis
patch says that insolvency is almost general
among the merchants in Richmond, nnii
Northern creditors, chiefly of New York and
Bn
Court
into .j * — , . .
less than forty applications were received iu
one day by the Register.
A body of policemen from New "k ork
were detailed by the Superintendent, who is
a Methodist, to keep the peace ai a camp
meeting. Manv of them were converted, and
forty of them held a prayer meeting on their
own account.
conduct ot men, and must jyivc way to some
new scheme of grace and take its place with
the mythologies of Greece and Rome.
The Herald, in searching for its tacts, only
looks around upon the sphere of its own in
fluence. It would bo difficult to maintain
any decent religion in its purity where that
journal is circulated. Il it would radically
change its own course, perhaps the aspects of
religion around it would appear far brighter
and purer. The truth is, under the influence
of modern isms and the teachings of cor-
Amnosty, a return of the Southern States,
and a restoration of the Constitution. Mr.
Jfcwett says that they have now broken faith
and are bent ou subverting the Government;
destroying tho Constitution, and disfranchis
ing the whole of the Southern States. Every
body knows what Jewett is in politics, but
lie has certainly been deep in Radical secrets,
lias been int mate with both Sumner an]
Greeley, and has been used by them and
other Radical lights in the prosecution of
their schemes. His evidence will be intei-
esting in this view.
“Pay the Debt with Greenbacks.”—
This is now fast becoming the popular cry in
the West, and bids fair to carry everything
before it. The Cincinnati Enquirer says:
“I am Lieutenat Brown’s prisoner," replied
Colonel Shepard, “not yours, you cowardly,
contemptible puppy 1” “If you speak to me
in that way,” replied Captain Shaft", valiantly,
“I will shoot you!” “Shoot on,” replied
Colonel Shepard; “I am an unarmed man
and a prisoner ; but I am not afraid of you;
shoot, you base coward.” The brutal tyrant
fired, aud the old man with the weight of
more than sixty years on head, fell from his
horse to the ground, bleeding and wounded,
with a bullet in bis neck.
He was placed in an ambulance and car
ried home, attended by his physician and as
sistants. He now lies on his bed, shattered,
suffering and dangerously ill. [Col. Shep
ard lias since died of his wound.] At the
time Lieutenant Brown expressed great re
gret at the dastardly act, and Col. Shepard
testifies that he (Brown) told Shaft" to desist.
Bat he shouid have done more; for as an of
ficer and a soldier lie was bound by every
principle of military honor to protect his
prisoner, both from insult aud injury. Capt.
Shaff was forthwith put under arrest, proba
bly at his own request, for no other reason
than to afford him an excuse for remaining
within the walls, safe from a flogging from
one of Col. Shepard’s sons. He has since
added another leaf to his laurel wreath by
proclaiming that ho only intended having
Col. Shepard arrested, carried within tbe
garrison, cowbided and then released;. or
if he found a suitable, that is, a safe oppor
tunity, he, a young mau of thirty, would
fight it out fisticuff with an old mau of sixty-
three.
I need not pause, sir, to.point out to you
the baseness of such conduct. He first in
sulted a gentlemen, and when called upon to
bear himself like a man and a soldier, in a
lair nnd open encounter, he drew back like a
whipped spaniel; and til®, in revenge for
his disgrace, arrested and shot down with
bis own hand liis aged antagonist—ona who
was guilty of no other, fault than that of sup
posing that there existed in hisdegraded and
blackened soul one spark of justice or manly
decency. Sir, Morris Shaff, in his treachery,
cowardice and brutality, is a shame to the
human race—a blot upon your military rolls,
and a'disgrace to every gallant officer and
soldier who wears tbe Federal uniform, or
stands beneath the Federal flag. He refused
to fight like a man. He then fought like a
murderer and an assassiD. It there is a pal
liation for this, then there is palliation for the
blackest crimes that ever disgraced humani
ty. There is no affinity between courage and
cowardice—no link between the honorable,
and the base ; aud, placing myself between,
them, I appeal to tlie best and highest dic
tates of our common nature, anil ask for
judgment in this matter. You occupy a lofty
position ; the eyes of the civilized world are
upon you, and as an American I demand
punishment upon tho assassin of an unoffend
ing citizen ; and as a wife I claim judgment
against my husband’s murderer.
Though Captain Morris Shaff may believe
that a °nan is justified in trampling upon
every natural and social right, because be
happens to be powerful as well as contempt
ible, yet, let me hope, sir, that lor the glory
of the American name, anil the honor of
vour own manhood, you will cast so base a
rupt philosophers, tlic North lias been much
inclined of late years to ignore God and re
ject every wholesome truth of Revelation.— ! private information from all parts of I thought from your bosom. We lie powerless
Most of its religious society arc to-day tbor- t ] le -\Vestcrn country assure us that the plan ,in your hands, but secure in the judgment
ou"lily infidel, nnd unless some miraculous ; to pay the public debt with greenbacks is of the brave and-honorable, ana firm in my
interposition should occur to save them from [ storming the convictions bftfrtJiwpl^eYerj-
the fate, they will soon become a nation of, » fire on the
Atheists. They have wondiipeil st-.f and the , .1 ° t | , ith a far different effect.—
Almighty Dollar so long, and indulged m the j VvL, 0 re’nothiriU but gloom appeared in the
adf-rightconsness, bigotry and bate of 1 on-; 15 „ ht n f w begin3 to shine. Where no
tr.uism, until they have well nigh come to re-, of escape from financial difficulties op-
pudiato every sacred obligation, Divine anil, 5f£ P mi nd and tbe labor of the land,
human._ Instead of rejecting a true and Di- 1 appears that is easy and just.—
vine religion, let tlie Herald and other public i .... despondency had taken possession of
teachers of the North cry aloud for reform, Whern 8h P ed its blcs^
taitimore. can enter suits in the United States j and srirnp tlie ilry boocs in iheir modern j ]n ’ over households anil communities. Get
,’ourts for the recovery of debts. A rush GpmorratL_ Religion’s Lav- j rid of a mountain of debt and a taxation
a to bankruptcy is the consequence. No| f r,.iled in its mission it is the°concurrent! gri evous to be borne, by paying the bonds in
- •’ rwmml iu ing failed in l s mi.sion it is the concurrent i * _ of tlle Government—the money of
testimony of all Us ministers who have given “ " ule-is becomin- the cry of men ot
special attention to the subject that never ; 1 1 K { ball a rolling is tbe
EX of me u? D The li tt?e d rcteof moral cS ' {ST What is the difference between a bar-
nrmmd the Herald office does not embrace tbe ber nnd n mother? One lias razors to sliave
whole world, or any considerable portion of it and tlic other has shavers to raise.
belief in the infinite justice of Heaven, I
make my appcal,to you, and await your final
decision.
May God help tlie right, and confound the
plots of the base and treacherous.
Very respectfully,
Susan H. Shepard.
I await the decision of the General com
manding, for though I suppose my age and
sex ntay protect me from the warrior at the
arsenal, yet, really there is no telling what
feats the gallant Captain’s fighting qualities
might tempt him to perform. The man who
would assassinate a gentleman to avoid meet
ing him openly, will never fight anything
mors dangerous than an old woman.
jggF"The editors of the Paris journals were
summoned last week to the office of the
Procureur Imperial, and they received an in
timation that they must not “discuss tlie Con
stitution,” under pain of being prosecuted.
improbable that war might become one of
the lost arts, and that the sword might be
turned into the plowshare and the spear into
the pruning hook a long time before the era
usually assigned for the millenium. The
thunders of the great European wars of Na
poleon had long since died out, and the pro
found silence of arms, rendered more impress
ive by the contrast, might have been mis
taken for the result of more amicable dispo
sitions in human nature and a change of its
former appetite for blood.
At a later period Elihu Burritt, the learned
blacksmith, became conspicuous as an ad
vocate of peace, and scattered little tracts,
written by him on the subject, and called
“Olive Leaves,” over the land. Mr. Burritt
maintained, we think, that it was practicable
to put an end to the war by a congress of na
tions, and that the Christian sentiment and
good sense of mankind would ultimately
prevail over the destructive passions of the
race. Afterwards there were important peace
conventions held in Paris and London, at
which some of tho greqt celebrities in litera
ture and theology were present. Victor Hu
go made a flaming oration at tho Paris Con
vention, in the course ot which, he predicted
that the time was coming when a cannon
would be deposited in the British Museum
as a curiosity. Notwithstanding this ora
tion, tho Crimean war took place soon after,
and as if the demon of discord were not sat
isfied with this answer to the peace socie
ties, lie commenced another of the last “ar
guments of Kings” in Italy, making a display
of that kind of logic at Solferino which was
enough to stagger the faith ofthe combined
peace societies of Europe and America. But
not content with this, lie crossed over to
America, as if to beard the original apostles
of peace in their, own den, aud set by the
ears communities which had hitherto looked
upon themselves as the most civilized, hu
mane and pious of nations, as the salt of the
earth, as the elect who had uo share in the
furious passions of those outside barbarians
in Europe who had always been cutting
each other’s throats from tjie settlement of
their continent.
If anything could have thoroughly taken
out of us the conceit of being above the rest
of mankind in the common passions and
irailtics of the race, it would have been that
war iu which a degree of ferocity and bar
barism was sometimes exhibited that bad
not been practiced among Europeans for a
yiuui nmuy years, nuauy, ancl ns if to give
a clincher to these peace societies, Prussia,
Austria and Italy were plunged into the
seething cauldron of battle, and, in a single
contest, eighty thousand Austrians were put
hors du combat, to say nothing of some few
thousands of Prussians who accompanied
them in the long journey. Nevertheless, after
all thosc testimonies, man, in broadcloth and
patent leather, and glorying in steam, gas and
electricity, is tho same original savage at
heart that lie was thousands of years ago—
fiercest of all the wild beasts, whose inborn
destructive instincts, when once aroused,
burst all the silken fetters of custom and civ
ilization as Samson did tho green withes of
the Philistines. The Peace Society, in no
wise discouraged, has held another meeting
in London, and once more discourses sweetly
of the approaching millenium of peace. Elihu
Burritt also appears once more after the
flood, with an olive leaf in his hands, and
carols peaceful songs like a cheerful old bird
on a sunshiny morniDg after a storm.
Every one must sympathize with the ob
jects ot tho peace societies who has any senti
ment of humanity in his bosom. No one can
deny the barbarity, anil even brutality of all
wars, except those of self-defence. They
may, when waged for self-defence, have com
pensating virtues; they beget fortitude, self-
sacrifice and heroism, but in general war is
one of the greatest curses that ever afflicted
humanity; or it may be called a combination
of all the great curses with which men are
visited in this world for tlieir sins. If war.
sometimes advances human progress, some
times, also, it retards it, and absolutely throws
it back for centuries. . If it is said that war
gave birth to the independence of America—
an event, however, that would have occurred
in the end without war—war has also de
prived of their independence ten of the States
which derived their independence from war,
and has endangered the liberties of all. It
is useless to write of the horrors of a con
dition which is known better by experience
to so many of our people, and which those
who have not experienced canuot realize, as
men never have been able to realize war,
without experience, from the beginning of
the world. That is, indeed, one reason why
mankind are so constantly led into wars.—
Ono generation does not profit by the ex
perience of another, and history surrounds
war with such a brilliant halo, romancers and
poets invest it with such chivnlric and at
tractive attributes that its miseries are lost
si"ht of, and men follow madly the beck of
passion and glory, so-called.
Much, therefore, as we may sympathize
with the objects of peace societies, we see no
evidence that the destructive passions and
energies of the human race arc in any way
aba ring, nor any practical mode by which tlic
compeutions and jealousies of nations can be
prevented from leading to an occasional ap
peal to force. If, indeed, a common arbiter
could be agreed upon, a congress of nations,
bavin" only advisory authority, having the
powe°to express the public sentiment.of the
civilized world upon questions at issue be
tween nations, it would be something gained
in the cause of humanity and justice. AVe do
not see why this may not ultimately be found
practicable. In the meantime it is some con
solation to reflect that war in the old world
has been gradually humanized, so that now
the molesting of non-combatants, the de
struction of private property except when
needed for public uses, and the cruel treat
ment of prisoners, arc looked upon as infa-r
i m0 us. This progressive amelioration ot the
savage features of war, it is to be hoped, will,
proceed till tbe time ot that happy consum
mation when war itself shall cea^c.—Balti
more Sun.
the Federal Court. The argument is that he
did not resist the Court, but only the officers
of the Court, and for his authority for this
resistance he quotes Gen. Grant’s dispatch of
August 17th, which said, “follow the course
of action indicated by you as right and re
gard my dispatch of tlio 15th as entirely
withdrawn,” and then added : “No commu
nication from the President on this subject
has been received by me.” This looks weli
, on paper, but a curious public might prefer
seeing the argument complete by an insertion
of the dispatch of the 13th. I beg to sup
ply this important omission:
“Washington, August 13,1867.
“Maj.-Gen.SicHes, Charleston, S. G.:
“Par. 2, Order No. 10, current series, must
not be construed to bar action of aDy Uni
ted States Court. Authority- conferred in
District Commanders does not extend in any
respect over the Courts of the United States.
“U. S. Grant, Gen. Com.”
This order was duly considered and ap
proved in Cabinet meeting, Gen. Grant being
present, nnd urging its propriety. It was
forwarded to Gen. Sickles on the loth, but
he omits it from the published report, and
gives only Gen. Grant’s telegram of the 17th,
four days later, which was sent him without
the knowledge of the President, and then
gravely charges that he had received nothing
from the President on the subject. It is very •
clear that if, in the words of Gen. Grant, the
authority conferred on District Commanders
does not extend in any respect over acts of
the Courts of the United States, somebody
has been guilty of a very grave error.
[ Cor. Boston Post.
The Epidemic.—During this c-pidemic
there have been thirteeu connected with our
.office, including their families, taken sick.—
Of these, one, namely Col. Milliken, who was
assistant foreman, died early yesterday morn
ing. Several are convalescent, but others are
still in a doubtful situation. Two of Rev.
Mr. Carnes’ children nre sick, which accounts
for tho limited extent of our editorial. _
Nearly every house in the city is either a
house ot mourning or of sickness. The ex
penditures of the Howard Association now
reach between two and three thousand dol
lars per week, but we understand cannot be
continued at this rate much longer, unless
large contributions arc speedily made. The
tax has already been very heavy upon many
friends abroad as well as upon our citizens,
and we had occasion to regret, as we have
often done on former similar occasions, that
our city is pot provided with an infirmary or
hospital expressly for the use of Howard As
sociation patients in times of epidemics.
■With a suitable and well arranged build
ing for this purpose, and with one or two
good physicians, and fifteen or twenty ex
perienced nurses, all property paid" for their
services, and constantly in attendance, three-
fourths of tho expenses the Association is now
compelled to incur would probably be saved,
while the amount of mortality among its
patients would be greatly reduced, and the
harassing labors oi the members would
scarcely be a tenth part of wliat they now aro.
1Ye trust another epidemic will not occur in
this city before this very important matter i3
attended to.—Galveston News, 1st.
How He Has Them.—Forney’s Press says
The President has, in his possession, a;
number of letters of a confidential nature
from conservative members of Congress, in
which the writers agree to vote against im
peachment in return for the nomination of
their friends to Federal offices, which it is
understood that he will print as soon as the
impeachment movement is inaugurated in
November. This announcement will be the
occasion of great uneasiness on tho part of
certain conservative Republicans.
The Republicans Splitting os Negro
Suffrage.—The New York Herald of the
5th says:
The views of Senator Trumbull, as pub-"
lished in a Chicago paper, show that he does
not endorse the Sumner negro programme
with Tegarci to the loyal States. Mr. Trum
bull isoue of the most powerful men of his
party, and very Radical in many respects, but
he cannot swallow quite such a.large revo
lutionary dose. We arc inclined to believe,
from tlie views of this leading Senator, which
are ably expressed, that a reaction nnd a split
will take place in the Republican party on
the negro question. The more sensible and
conservative begin to think that nigger
fanaticism has been carried quite, tar enough, -
or too far. The sooner this reaction comes
the better for the peace and welfare of the
country, North ancl South.
Wendell Phillips has heard, or says
he has heard, that President Johnson means
to resist if Congress attempts to impeach and
depose him; also) that open warfare is not
improbable; also, tbiit the recent proclama
tion is only a blind to cover these move
ments. Hence be howls and invites the
“ press, pulpit and popular conventions” to
join in tlie shriek that lie be impeached.
Death by Lightning.—During the storm
yesterday evening the lighting struck a large
two-storv house on Jones street, near 'the
Central Railroad shops, owned ancl occupied
by Mr. John Roaclie. The house was com
pleted only about two weeks since, and Mr.
R. had just moved into it. The lightning
struck the top of the house, on the eastern
side, tearing off the shingles from the roof
and the weather-boarding on that entire
side. It also split several of tho joists, and
shook the entire building from top to bot
tom, besides knocking down a large portion
of the plastering in different rooms.
The saddest effect of this stroke was the
death of Mrs. Roadie. She was in the act ot
closin" a window, when the lightning passed
down that side ofthe house, killing her in
stant! v. The window was shattered to pieces,
' the blinds tern oft", and the hinges melted,
bent and"twisted into all manner of shapes.
Mrs. R. leaves two children, one of them
but ten months old, too young to know its
loss, but st\ll old enough to miss its fond pa
rent.—Sav. Ado., 12IA.
The Governor of California. Henry
H. Haight, said to be eleoted ^Governor^ot
Cotton vs. Politics.—A correspondent of Y}-“'"T' 1 ’ ‘ at f~ e of Rochester, in this
the Vicksburg Herald gives an account of a | J th £ g „„ny side of forty-five
“mixed” meeting at Bolton. He says : ■- > V $on c f Fletcher M. Haight,
The conclusion was a few impromptu re- J" ea •, d iaii n guished lawyer iu Rochester
marks from Dr. Burt Watton, colored, who ' or ’ . • Louis.° and subsequently eminent
said : *T tell you, you are all a set ot d- n an " 0 f San Francisco. He was, during
fool8, you havn’t got much cotton to pick, no vears of his life, District Judge of
how, anil you had better be in the held pick- , rn .^ appointed by Mr. Lincoln. The
ingout what little you have, than here trying n „ e ' r j[ r Haight graduated at Yale
to learn politics.” College in 1844 or ’45; studied law in Roch-
; ; .*** ‘ a -. iipion"- ester, and has practiced most successfully at
iST The old elephat Tippo ? D the Bar both in St. Louis and San Francisco,
to \ an Amburgh, recently remwa ^ & 0 man nf v(>rv decided talents, most
roachable charac-
iug to Van receni y whic j l he He is a man of very decided
cr°^ a bridge at Buri n ton , Good pleasing address, and ineproa.
bad fallen through ten je => F y r< om Advertiser.
recollection has that old fellow. ter.-A. J. tom.