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LO! THE POOn XEGRO.
Disturbances and bloody conflicts between
the soldiers and negroes have become so fre
quent of late in the largo towns of this State
as to attract public attention. They should
also attract the public interest. In almost
every case, so far as the facts have been made
known, the soldiers were the aggressors.—
They arc unused to that class of population,
and prejudiced ngainst them as a general
thing, and unwilling to respect their personal
rights. This is very natural, in view of the
teachings on the subject of negro treatment at
the South that have been so current and gen
erally accepted at the North for many years
past. Yankee negro-worshipers and political
demagogues have taught the people there
that the negro was treated here as a brute,
half fed and half clad, lashed to his work,
and for a purpose kept in a state of intellect
ual and moral degradation. Believing this
story, it is not unnatural that Northern men
have no iust idea of the treatment due to the I Grant, i- an unmitigated falsehood. The matter has
J ... - . . . • not been submitted to him. and lit well-known po-
negro. They first assign lmn a false position, — — j * ‘ ' * —~
and then accord him the measure of respect
that is due it.
Southern men, who were born and raised
with this population, associated with them
in childhood and maturcryears, and have dealt
with them in nil the relations incident to
membership of tho same family, ns it were,
have very different views of tho character,
capacity and claims of the negro. We, too,
nrc their natural guardians, and should never
Weather, for five or six days past,
jcletrwd warm, quite a relief, even
it fc during the day, from the forty
,1 nijbta deluge and clouds through
' bJTe passed. It 1ms revived the
• the plautcra and given a glorious
to cotton. Much of tho crop has
proved beyond redemption, but that
L left is opening lincly and, should this
L ffe athcr continue, will be gathered
order. • f*” •
mrER.”—1“ nn article copied clso-
ihb morning, the New York Herald
3 ,Is a most troublesome question to
Stevens, Mr. Bingham, and their
IUdica’-S who maintain that tbrcc-
ofthc represented States nrc compe
ers a constitutional amendment. It forget our obligations toward them. It is
If the amendment fixing the terms llot t lie negro's fault that he has been severed
admission of the Southern States, I f rom ' his master and turned loose lord of
d last year, be* P*rt of the Consti- j himself. He would have remained contented
' v what authority did Congress pass and happy in liis former relations but for
■t ,rv bills, which are clearly in con-! others, and in it, as a general rule, lie always
[li said amendmentf Wc would be acted well his part. His present position of
sec some of the Radicals answer it.
There was but ono death from ycl-
l,r in Pensacola during tho week end-
litli. There seems to bo no nbate-
thc disease in the Navy Yard, liow-
She Real Issue of tbe Day.
THE mtPtttr. OF THE REVO L UTI OX Alt Y RE- !
CONSTRUCTION' LAWS OF CONGRESS.
JVo* l!,c ,v,if York If, raid, 140b] 4 \
In the present confu.-ion of tongues among the
builders of Uabel at Washington, the real issue which
is Operating to turn tho tide of public opinion against
the Kndicals and theft revolutionary schemes is oh- ;
soured. It is not the restoration of the Bourbons nor
Mr. Johnson's police which was tho underlying causo j
of tho Republican losses in tho late California and
-V" ine elections, but it is the departure of the Kcpub- ,
lican party in Congress from its plan of Southern rc-
A Sad ftetter from ZSz-Ctovernor
Johnson.
Washington Specials to Northern
Papers.
Special lo tie JVeip York Timer.]
REGISTRATION AND THE ELECTIONS.
Washington, September 15.—The anticipations
expressed by your correspondent, some days since, that
t he President would order tbe reopening of the regis
tration and the postponement of the elections, arc
about to bo substantially realized, if the statement*
which are usually accepted as being inspired by the
President himself are to be relied upon. lie will
evado the Congressional prohibition ngainst his inter
ference, by couching his order in the shnpe of a sug
gestion or recommendation, which will be put in
official form. This, he hopes, will accomplish with
the district commanders what a positive official order,
Jugg'sHon? vltha little'of the wlor of Cmmnander-in- -™r was the plan embodied in thegreateonstitutional j st ;p l J0 , )e f or the best. There l's such a thin
Clnefabout it, he hopes will induce the district com- ■* 0 * nd . I 5*PtP*^«l b}'» two-thirds voteoi caoh house j l . , , ,
inanders to do what he desires, on their own responsi
bility. _ . ' '
It is altogether likely that it will fail of effect, as the
law requires registration to close by the fi ‘st of Octo
ber. it i,. already completed in Louisiana. Alabamn,
Georgia and Florida. In Louisiana, the revision re
quired to be made by the Boards fonrteen days be
fore the election, is also finished. The pol books nre
being preparol and everything requisite for the elec
tion, now only twelve, days hence, is nearly ready.
Hen. Hancock is not likely to reach New Orleans be
fore October 1st. and. unless peremptorily susp tiled
by an arbitrary and illegal order, Bheriilan’s machine
ry will accomplish the election and assciublethc Con
stitutional Com cut ion without any further assistance.
The statement that the purposes of the President
above indicated, meet with the concurrence of den.
A Just Military Commander.
Wc append the fall text ofthe correspond-
Wc find the following correspondence in ence between Gen. Ord, commanding in Mis-
an exchange, and fear Gov. Johnson’s de- sissippi and Arkansas, and his subordinate,
spairof the future is too well founded. We Major Gilbert, commanding at Camden, in
cannot yet make up our minds that a great the latter State. The subject matter, our
and intelligent people have deliberately de- readers will recollect, is the sacking of the
termined to sacrifice a Constitution that has “ Eagle” newspaper office, at Camden, by
brought so much of true liberty and glory, j a party of soldiers led on by a Major
Pierce, on account of some remarks that
the military:
correspondence.
OTastraetionsubinittcJ ami overwhelmingly ratified ! aud yield themselves up willing victims to j fierce, on accoun
b Vh h e C rd«n t , h hu?i anarchy or military despotism. We shall , were distasteful to
year was the plan embodied in thegreateonstitutional j st jjj ij 0 . )e f or the best. There is such a thing
amendment passed bv a two-tlnnls voteol each house i * . o
of the Thirty-ninth Congress, and upon thi< platform J a s a return of reason to the most deluded,
the present, or Fortieth Congretxs, was elected, lhe . . r .. , ,
distinguishing feature of this amendment was the sec- vicious aud iaojitical, *mu we trust our once
part.
independence, therefore, should neither dc-
sition warrants the statement that such an interfer
ence would not be approved-
Special lo the .Vrir York llcrald.]
SPECULATION AS TO THE IMPEACHMENT OP
TIIE PRESIDENT.
Washington, September 15.1SC7.—Washington is in
whnt may bo aptly termed n speculative mood. The
probable course that will be adopted by tho Executive
in the event of impeachment—hag started political
gossips afresh. The great anxiety which has been l'elt
hitherto that the President should act advisedly in tho
matter of remodeling tho Cabinet and in making judi
cious selections of new ministers has now given place
to the all absorbing theme of what will bo tho result
of imncaehnieut. On nil sides the questions art- asked:
lias Mr. Johnson been really guilty of any crime or
misdemeanor within tho signification of the Constitu
tion? Is it an irapcacbalilo oflcnco to defend nnd
support the Constitution ? Would tho President dare
to disperse Congress or order a new election ? If tho
President should order anything so desperate,'would
not such an order he followed by numerous resigna
tions from the arms? And thus query follows query,
willi few who pretend to sufficient knowledge or fore
sight to vouchsafe a reply. Many thcro nre who think
they descry positive signs of danger to tho peace of
the country in the tnrn that affairs is taking; but by
far the greater number express no unusual alarm, and
say that tho serious hitch in the work of reconstruc
tion will he safely nnd successfully overcome before
the adjournment of the next session of Congress.
stroy onr interest in him, nor can it release ' anxiety as to the Pennsylvania and
us from the moral obligation to see, so far as new tore elections.
lies in our power, that his rights are re- Considerable apprehension is felt nmong the leading
1 ’ . ! politicians here as to tho result ot tno approaching
spcctcd. If WC ubantlon lnm, then IS he deso- j election* in .New Vork and Pennsylvania. The P.adl-
I, , ... -nr , , , 1 cals arc not over sanguine about cither of these States.
, c i,„.» .s | Into ana friendless indee-.. >\0 Ehould rec- J Pennsylvania is regarded as especially doubtful, on-
J a great number ol ueatns navooc- is-weak surrounded bv ing.it is said, to tho blundering of tho Radical .-Tate
Oltecc 100 mat ue is wcah, surrounaeu oy nn(1 count v conventions in making nominations. Tho
manv temptations to do wrong, and there- l>«t posted Radicals concede that as things look now
_ r.n . a— I * . ”, ° . tho Democrats will carry tho city of Philadelphia. The
fomiJOPEOPLE.—1 BO tracics unions , f or! » should .uot be held to too strict an ac- Radicals hope, however, that a reaction may bo pro-
rinnati bare nominated a candidate | coun t. He should.be judged according to p^proyrammeofth^l^dem? I Th P c I Rndrea°li > re-
cwss in opposition to the regular | thc tights before him, and not by that high
iimwe*. The platform these trades mora i standard that is expected to regnlate left to him, and that in order to succeed ho must mako
live adopted favors tno repeal or me , the conduct of tno christianized and cn- prominent Radical said to-day that if General Grant
j,lining the national banks; advo- lightened. S^uf.
* P 3 J ment Of government bonds in , Wc WO uld j mpress these views upon our
pdtrs, »nd not in coin; says the pub- ; people, ns an act of justice to an unlortnnale would only come out and stato this boldly it would
!> should be appropnatCCl to actual pfl CC) and at the same time -express the hope ering. The peculiar delicacy Of llcneml Grant’s posi-
and supports thc eight-hour labor that the Southern people will watch over J ihifprcsid cntxtbibinct.lMt’ff stated^ «b ^oDiynia'
' j their interests and bring to account all who
f Radicals suppose they can beat tba- j would trespass upon their persons and cs-
Bl i tates. As regards the cases already referred
of IIon. Josiica Hill.—Wc to, tho citizens of the communities in which
ad, says tho Augusta Republican, - they occurred should take an active interest
lion. Joshua Hill has been danger- | to ferret out the guilty parties, procure the
; in Washington for some days. A necessary testimony and bring them to pun-
received yesterday gives the gratify- j ishment
licence that he was better, and that j ~ , ..
» f.i .. ...... TnELASTRADiCALTnicK.-Weaskatten-
: tion to tho circular ol Mr. E. Hulbert, Chief
v to be Plentiful.—Should tta ; Register, nnd, it appears, Chief Engineer nnd
: n to pay off thc five-twenty bonds ‘Wire-puller for thc Radical party. It seems
clacks be carried— nnd it surely will j that thc Radicals of Georgia, afraid of a fair
1 require on issue of $1,200,000,000, fight on the Reconstruction bills before the
svrtll the amount of paper curren-; people, have recently resorted to a dodge
0.000,000. There will be no scar- 1 nnd reinforced themselves with tbe “Relief ”
avney then anywhere. : question. In other words, they wish to make
„ •»-- the coming election a fight between thc hon-
v Fiourrs.—Ex-Governor Bradford, I ^ mcn and CSj believing that thc latter
N. in thc course of 1,1s Antictam , ^ ^ numcrous and will prevail. This
sots for his reticence.
Special t+lke Nn» York"Triitnte.]
LOUISIANA REPUBLICAN NOMINATING CON
VENTION.
Washing ton, September 15, 18C7.—Advices from
Louisiana state tliat tbe Republican Nominating Con
vention to select delegates lor the Convention are pro
gressing quietly, nnd excellent mcn are being put in
nomination. No distinction of color is made in select-
ing.
Special to Ike Hallimorc Sun.]
TIIE BUREAU OF CONFEDERATE ARCHIVES
AND MR. JOHNSON.
Washington, September 16.—In his speech last
week, at Boston, Mr. Boutwcll is represented ns charg
ing that Mr. Johnson removed tho archives of tho
Southern Confederacy for the purpose of destroying
evidence of his complicity in tho assassination, etc-—
This paragraph is going the rounds of tho press with
out contradiction. Thc facts aro that tho Bureau of
Archives is still in existence, accessible as heretofore,
and tho President has not made any order of any kind
as to Its management, nnd has not exercised any con
trol whatever over its affairs. Some days ago General
Grant, finding that the then office of superintendent
ofthe Bureau was a mere sinecure, abolished it, or
relieved its incumbent. Dr. Licber, and placed thc
concern in charge of a clerk, who has charge now,
tion relating to suffrage and representation, and which
provides to let each and every Stato decide lor itself
now far, if at nil, tho right of suffrage shall be given
to its black population, and upon what conditions it
shall be extended or restricted ; but which also pro
vides that in proportion lo the exclusion of any class
or race from the suffrage, their enumeration fur rep
resentation in Congress shull bo cut off. In a word,
this popular nmeudment simply provides to l’-ive with
the several states the settlement of the suffrage ques
tion, with thc condition that suffrage and representa
tion shall go together. This proposition, fair and rea-
sonatde to all concerned, North and South, gave thc
Republicans, more than anything else, their tremend
ous majorities in tho Northern Statecleetionslast fall.
The amendment, embodying this and other just and
wholesome propositions, hasslnco been ratified by all
the Northern State Legislatures with an exception or
two where no action has yet been taken upon tho sub
ject. At all events if three-fourths of too States ac
tually represented in thcgcncriil government nrecom-
petent to give a legal ratification, this amendment i*
to-day. wo believe, virtually a part of tho Federal
Constitution—thc supreme law of tho land.
But the Republican Radical leaders in tlie present
Congress instead of adhering to and carrying out this
sound and satisfactory reconstruction platform of thc
last Congress, have east aside and proceeded to ft se
ries of revolutionary measures which, if pushed to tho
extent designed, will change our whole system of gov
ernment, and place it under the triple-headed mon
ster of a negro oligarchy in the South, a moneyed oli
garchy in the North, and a general superintending
military despotism. These monstrous innovations are
all provided in the Reconstruction nets, the Tenure of
Office law. «nd all the concurrent revolutionary meas-
ure< of the present Congress. They propose to give
the poor, ignorant andcredulous negroes, justicleascd
from the dirkness of Southern slavery, tho political
control of all tho Southern States, from Virginia to
Texas, inclusive. Next, under the financial system of
Mr. Chase, it is quite as manifestly tho purpose of the
Radical leaders to fasten upon the North a moneyed
oligarchy, compared with which Nick Biddle, with
his old United States Bank, was a mere bagatelle.
Thcso revolutionary measures and schemes aro ag
gravated in their disorganizing tendencies by that
stupid revolutionary Tenure of Office law, according
to which it is difficult to determino to-day whether
the Executive Department is abolished or continued,
or, ifstill existing, who is legally master of tho posi
tion and what arc his powers. _ It is against all these
revolutionary anil disorganizing doings of Congress,
nnd against tbe abandonment by tho Republicans of poii
their pledges in referenco to this aforesaid conSlitu-4-hos
tional amendment, that this manifest roaction in
noble republic will not prove an exception :
Constantinu, Micu., Juno 18, 1S67.
Sir : Our last interview, as you will recollect, was
in 1860. at the Filth Avenue House, and Jones’ wood,
New Vurk, where yuu and Mr. Douglas spoke. I
need not cull your attention to what has since occur
red, further than to alludo to tho totul overthrow of
constitutional government, according to ybur predic
tions then made; and I may add, in view of the fact
that all administrative powor is in the bands of Puri
tan.-and fanatics, little prospect exists of its restora
tion. Any government outside ofthe Constitution, or
under an.enforccd Constitution, is usurpation and ty
ranny. *«**»*
I nm, etc., John S. Barry.
lion, llcrschcl V. Johnson, Augusta, Ga.
public opinion has set in. Wo may look for more of
it in the coming Pennsylvania October election, nnd
for a still more emphatic rebuke in-our approaching
New York November election. We shall probably
have from these two great States, this fall, a warning
to tho party in power that it must turn away from its
revolutionary schemes or prepare to wind up its un
settled accounts and retire from office.
The duty devolving upon tho Fortieth Congress is a
return to thc pledges embodied in tho platform upon
which it w»s elected—thc pending constitutional
amendment. This duty involves tho repeal ofall tho
disorganizing measures to which wchavercferreU,and
the substitution c f thc plan of Southern reconstruction
submitted to tbe people and endorsed by them in last
year’s Stato elections. This is the road to success and
restoration, while the road to which Congress nnd tho
republican party have diverged is tho downhill road
to ruin, and herein lies the real issue between tho
party in power and tho people.
A IK£iscrable Radical Trick.
pa the Kill, put down the Federal “‘^‘fbusinras simply "mean's the repudiation I /-retf.Ve.eer, l9sA.j
in the f.reat Lntt'c at 87.000, i ‘ , , , 1 * , J, . . Wo have bad pl*c d bc’ore us a printea circular,
-- n etun tne grea. Dau.t. 11. o<, 1 1 0 f a ]j debts between citizens, which is sim- siKaeJ ny "E. Halbert,” General Pope’s Chief
iMfcterte force at 07,000. History , ]e „ alizcd ro bbery. Whnt right have the ! Re.uistxar for G. or-ia. and chief »genl. olI theSouth-
rect that estimate. : pcoplo of Georgia, in Convention or any- fciVowln^ L^oopy. "Wc invirethe^attint'iou
AtUntanewspaper gas-bag brags j where else, to take away from me. niy hard j ^‘“i-ourmt irom'w'bVnecrit emsuates,
that a large body of troops is to be camings, or 6ay that iny neighbor slinll not nud tllo it would accomplish. Doubtless
rctij quartered in that city, nnd says pay what lie justly owes me ? If my note or ] £*}£? Huiuert , s b snlI- I res I i's'trera"in
Atlanta ns tho great interior . bond can be token away from me nnd given i Vj," several equities*of our State, nud nuy, for
to Sooth." This reminds us oft’e to thc maker of it without consideration, why
*ctn two children as to the no?- not my house nnd home, my land, my stock j mU Bt. be held—it is in your power—you know your
p their respective parents, when one j and everything else that belongs to me ; I h^exu-Aoflidsi'duty.' Wc’warn tbe pco-
qlcteiy silenced by tho oilier who! ,Sucli is Southern Radicalism—which is | pie not to be bitnijcd into puv neglect of the sol
inntly exclaimed: “Aha ! my pa lias 1 only another name for thievery and villainy,
engage on his liaise—yours hasn't!” j Will any honest man sustain such a band of
—♦ i conspirators ? . .
UST Arrangements on a Large I But wc w ouId again call thc attention of
-Riuxsxt Scale.—We perceive that : tkc Government, and of thc press and people
tits of th« Government have leased > t jic North, to the fact, that thc Southern
Tr&ck at Atlanta lor five years, at Radicals consider themselves whipped on the
r y«ar, »nd learn from thc Atlanta j ssue 0 j Reconstruction, and have resorted to
an appropriation of $100,000 j anol i, cr an d wholly independent issue, ap
titude for the erection of barracks. ■ lJn „ t0 tkc dishonesty and lowest passions
• e authority sajs “all posts in G eoiv 0 f Hie ignorant and unprincipled mob, in
te be discontinued except Savannah, ' a
‘ire! ibililonega." , N
f** Corsered.—Some rif tho wily
1 lit0H Xurth have got Greeley in n
A few weeks ago ho indited
■1 in the Tribune tho following
>li« proposition io make General
^ Secretary oMVar:
fettfiSdnS:tkqno E tion. Philadelphia has been more
order to carry tbe Convention and work out
reconstruction under the Military bills.—
■\Yhat arc these people not capable of doing!
We Beg to be Excused.—We have re
ceived a circular from a business house in
Philadelphia, begging us to speak up for tlie
manufactures and mercantile business ol that
citv. Not a word have wc for that side ol
Johnson’s policy, wl
’ » tir**** man to tho country f
• a be couM havo found a successo
it.7«!?.jbaexWlU to tile people and 1
„>' - ODnoxlou* to thc people ana loss
. n ■'teedman, he would hnvein-
* l)u . tll !? t *»'impossible. Stced-
uw* ** file United States who ought to
' -'t with this is published the fol-
b’i'tte letter from Greeley to the
'• * more than a year ago:
Orrieit op the Tribvnb, 1
. New York, Jon. ‘23,
"I: * JEOXrrDIXTlAl..]
u :,.'H 0 .'nn»l«»encrally say that Mr. Fi
tWJi^nresitnetion. and expects so i to
q ..ifototmont. Should tlus be tb case,
: Mbitfinoiranr. Genera! James
tho bravest
vindictive and revengeful ngAinst thc South,
to ai) d does more to prostrate our every interest
and enslave our people, than any other North
ern city—fanatical Boston not excepted, for
there has been some decency in her wrath
—aud now to call on the South for help is
the sheerest impudence and tomfoolery. So
far from encouraging the prospects of Phila
delpbia in her present attitude of hostility
toward us, we would rejoice to see the grass
cover her streets. The only quarrel we have
witlt General Lee is that ho did not move
^ 1 forward and raze it to thc earth in return
! I . rtI >inr. , o < S. ,re '"'hoeuo V&ViVsv for Yankee vandalism South, and as a just
1 ' r ' : ■ Mcn, • punishment for her own crimes against lifer
oflk dlf,llHC mUbt lmVe CO “’ e erty and the Constitution. Let Philadelphia
. »•«* bravest and truest” in the Q iAd give practical evidence of her
-- f eighteen months! conversion from Radicalism, and then she
mav not call upon tlie South m vain. It is
unreasonable to ask us to patronize our
both
to Mr. Ju-tice Wayne,
iMnu..' :i a diqimrui.ihed jurist of Al»- ,
I^Wfiyfitted for tlie in.mile. We re- enenilC'
t ' '1 J«> r IIJP uni II lit*. urn-
'■';irm.n lUter. tlie learned Chief Ju--
C >un M Alabainn. JndgeWolk-l
■ht. JH'yluik;., W hi] ’ ' ' ■'
held bv ! 13T” Recently a British naval officer, It is
n UestjorV*"* of the country said, sailed from one of our American ports
fcWblke- lMokiicAdterti.tr. j f or his home, but before leaving be said he
■*8 r. ' ' ,c a very proper man, WO nld return to this country during tbe next
>'#x^ ere be a successor to Justice I year its commander of a steamer without
I ^^Vilccontemporarv overlooks 1 paddles, crew or coals It h -’n
^Coi.or,.., /, . proposes to cross the Atlantic in a snip witn
ihall be >n V ^ 1U S bo \a- | ivdrau i; c jiroiiellers, using petroleum as fuel.
l 0a ^ "util thc number of qq )e proposition is almost startling, it we
, . "Preme Bench shall have beeu could believe there is any limit to the nehievo-
: ments of science, wielded by genius.
cum duty they will scon bo called u;>on to dis
charge aitbc polls, by any tncli electioneering
tricks os this one of Mr. E. Ilulbcrt and Lis radi
cal compeers at these hendqunters. Tbo alarm
tint prevails hi the Rn4ie.u ranks hero basso
added to their demoralization, that they wlil stop
at uotbins to accomplish their purpose. “Taste
uot, touch not thc unclean thing!”
[corv of the circular.]
Atlanta, 191'.
Lot the motto of tho Reconstruction Party in Geor
gia bo "Convention and Relief.”
Thr country is heavily in debt. , , . ,
Multitudes of executions aro ready to be levied.
The stay Law i-- practically dead.
Several Snjierior Court Judgcs.Hon.Hirniu \\ arncr
araoiiT thc number, liavo rulodtho Stay Law uncon-
stitnlional. . _, , , , -
Judge Warner is now Chief Justice of the empremo
* (icVi’.ral. Pope has refused to grant relief in the
^"Executions will now be levied nnd thousands sold
out and rendered bankrupt, unless something be done
1 GooiiVncn will suffer seriously unless soino aid is
sOu'.i granted. . , ,
The Convention is now onr only hope.
Let the platform ol’ all Reconstruction candidates
for the Convention bo "Kcconqruction aud Rcliet,
and h i* will sweep tbe Stato by thous.inds. -
t tin- i..i!l i:i motion. 1- Hfl.r.t l.t.
A Slanderer Rebuked.—The Rtw A ork
Times, we nrc glad to see, reads thc petty
tyrant, fiickh?, a lecture upon military propri
eties and his base insinuations ngainst thc
good faith of paroled Confederate?. It
‘AYortla uttered by n loyh! public ser-
nnd one especially in the position of
trickle?—ought to he scrupulously
weighed. No cun lul student who looks at
the situation dispussiouately can safely com
mit himself to the opinion that the integrity
of the country is in any way imperiled by the
league of military Confederates now under
parole.”
Position of Chief Justice Chase.—U is
Stated, upon apparently reliable information,
that Cnict Justice Chase hies written to the
President sustaining tbe civil authorities in
the judicial cases in North Carolina, out of
which arose the conflict of authority between
Gen. Sickles and Marshal Goodloc.
A Southern Radical on Impeachment.—
The editor of thc Augusta National Repub
lican, a man who is sadly out of place, hav
ing been seduced in an evil hour into the 1
position Of conductor of a Radical negro or
gan, lets tfle honest feelings of his nature
sometimes get the better of the wretched
business to which be has been called. In
Acocsta, G.l, June 24, 1867.
Joint S. Burry. Eaj., Cbns'antine, Jfichigan:
My.Dkar Sir— * » • Your allusion to
ourixiterriewin New York, in I860, calls up many
memories—some pleasant and moro that arc sad. I
remember well liow faithfully, in my feeble way, I
warned my countrymen of their impending calamities.
I had, at that time, well defined conceptions of the
perils that threatened our then happy and prosperous
country. My forebodings have Been realized; tbo
South has been overrun, our prosperity destroyed, our
labor system overturned, our capital swept away, our
social organization fatally remodeled, and our civil
governments substituted uy military despotism. Thc
whole country—North and Sonth. Hast and West-
feels the shock, and Constitutional liberty writhes in
the throes of expiring dissolution. Tho future dark
ness is scarcely relieved by a single ray of hope. And
it seems that we have not reached tbo "lowest deep”
of our woe. Tho ruling powers seem bent upon our
still groater humiliation. Tho tbemo is one on which
it is too painful to dwell. Reason seems to hnvo sur
rendered the sceptre of statesmanship to blind and
vindicative passion. What is to be the result, God
only knows, and Ho only can rescue the country from
the worst fate that ever fell upon a onco free, prosper
ous and happy people.
Perhaps you may be, in some degree, interested in
whnt is personal to myself. As you perhaps know, I
resisted secession ns long as it was an open question.—
But when my State resolved upon it, I cast my lot with
the fortunes of my people, feeling confident that we
should "reap tho whirlwind.’’ I havo not been disap-
nointcd: and, though I never cherished an emotion of
jostility to thc Constitution, or tho Union of our fore
fathers under it—though I havo spent a quarter of a
century in trying to uphold both—yet now I find my
self, at the end of such n career, disfranchised and as
signed to a position, in respect to political and civil
rights, inferior to that of my former slaves. My homo
is in the track of Sherman’s march. Ilis army de
stroyed nearly everything I possessed, including my
private papors and title deeds, and reduced me from
comfort to poverty. If X were young, and could be
let alone, X might rally from my prostration; but at
my time of life, in view of present surroundings, and
thc darkness that curtains tho future, I scarcely hope
to be able to feed and clothe my family. I say these
things in no spirit of unmanly repining. Poverty is a
misfortune; but I would welcome it. if. by the sacrifice,
I could bring back to life the liberties of my country
anil the glories ofthe old Union. But “Hlium/uit.”
X am. very respectfully.
Your obedient servant,
Hkkschkl V. Johnson.
tl
Tbe Duty of tbe Republican Party—
Advance the Whole Dine.
From tic iV. 1*. Tribune, 12/5.]
When Gen. Sheridan rode from Winchester to tho
front on the day of his memorable victory*, he found
liis lino formed. It had sufferedtlefeat. Timid coun
sels urged that it should fall back in good order and
intrench. Its great captain advanced tho whole line,
and won the most brilliant victory of tho war.
This is our advice to tho Republican party. Ad
vance the wholo line. California is regarded as tho
beginning of a new revolution. Tho pMm JIAIMi
la.-t Sunday*? issue i,c ?;:v< oft!,.* al-rntt
impcucllinff the President: j and embarrassed by Mr. Johnson over atom he took
.. .... . . . , ... .. , tho Presidency. It was our prido and duty to rccon-
Notbmw tbnt lie lias done in tbe Blatter of I siruet the Union mid end the war. Wo should havo
• bole this hail tbe President given u- the least sympa
thy—had ho not been a traitor and a hypocrite. His
the recent removals has been beyond the let
ter of the law. We are no friend of Presi
dent Johnson, but this much must be said in
justice to him: be has not infringed the let
ter of the law, however much he may have
violated its spirit and defeated its intention.
Therefore, if no reasons for impeachment ex
isted at thc time when the Congressional
Committee were seeking them, none addi
tional exist now.
says
vant
Gen.
reconstruction meant a surrender into tho bauds of thc
men who had created tho rebellion. Tho country
protested. Ue has met its protests by insiduous and
malignant enmity, by pandering to the worst class of
politicians and adventurers, by driving from office
honest men who differed from him, and appointing
dishonest men who pretended to sustain him. Recon
struction has been weary, tedious, up-hill work. Wc
have had every obstacle—tho Exccutivo against us,
tho Judiciary doubtful, a sullen, vindictive sentiment
in tho South encouraged by tho President’s Coppcr-
I bead dalliance. As it is now, we may consider the
The truth is that Congress descryes as Xr ofth^rwident’sadvised uctr°X
much censure for their inefiectual and weak jectionror unless these bad men in their desperation
legislation a? President Johnson for taking
advantage of the iOOp*JiOles they left for him. I struct the South with tho President's aid would havo
It was onccsnid of the acts Of tho English been a difficult and delicate labor. To reconstruct it
t . .v . ... „„„ ! in tho face of Ins enmity u ono of the mosthazanlous
Parliament, that there was not one through i impossibilities ever imposed upon a people,
which u four-horse coach could not be * » • » *, * *
driven, amPsome of the acts of Congress Tho Republican rartyniade laws of recount rue lion
seem to be of thc same nature. If Congress
cannot succeed in making laws which will
effect what they intend, they had better re
main in session perpetually, and meet every
Mrir emergency, as it arises, with a new law.
Let a part of the blame rest upon the Con
gress for its incompctency to provide for the
situation, and the design to visit Mr. John
son with punishment will more effectually
be laid aside.
How Ben Butler "Would fay the Pub
lic Df.bt.—Beast Butler—who just now is
quite an influential man among the Radicals—
thus speaks of the treatment to be meted out
to the public creditor:
I propose to pay liim when his obligation falls
due iu precisely tho same currency or money
which tbe Government has provided for every
other creditor, public or private, to be paid In,
and that which it Is declared, upon the book ol
every legal tender note lio may be paid In, the best
aud most valuable money which the credit of tbe
country can sustain, bearing relation to day to
gold as 143 to 100—while the money that these
five-twenty creditois leut tne Governmcut, (being
the best which the then credit of the Government
could idlord), stood in relation to gold ns 200 and
205 to 700. If the Government pays them in a
currency Irom fifty to one hundred ] ercenf. bet
ter than they lent the Government, of what have
they to complain, save that tho Government will
not tax the people to nay them a usurious share;
or, in other words, will not tax the people to en
able the cjpiialUt to make a speculation out of the
Var necessities or tbo Government?
lli.-toij tells of no Government which has yet
paid its creditors all they loaned to it, and thus
made tlieiii whole; and I doubt whether good
faith, good conscience or equity require this Gov
ernment to pay its creditors three times what it
receives from them, with interest at six per cent,
on the treble amount. Of course, if any contract
to do that be shown, “the Jew shall have bis bond,
but not one drop of Christian blood.”
and finances. Some of them havo been defied: others
have been executed negligently. Yet the party is as
sailed, and an attempt is made to carry us before tbe
country not only responsible for our -own shortcom
ings, but—Gold help us!—for the infamies of tho Pres
ident. This is the "Revolution” tfiat awaits us. This
is the returning tido that is to sweep us out of exist
ence, and give the country over to the unchecked con
trol of tho worst men who ever aimed at power. Un
ions wo temporizo, and act warily, and cease to bo
"Radical”—unless we abandon our principles—we aro
to bo defeated. Wc do not believe it. If wo did, it
would only make dutyclearer. The Republican party
is tho party of progress, and it must advance. Thc or
ganization must bo perfected. Our principles must bo
asserted with more a clieim nce. Tho linos of demarka-
tion must be drawn, and tho only password for tlio
present must be—thc overthrow of-Johnson's Admin
istration. It darkens the country like an colipse. It
is full of shame, nnd falsehood, and cunning. Here is
a President whoso history men will hesitate to teach
their children, and around whom swarm greedy, un
principled adventurers. He has done nothing but
war; nothing but produce unrest, fever, anxiety. Thc
atmosphere that surrounds him and liis Cabinet is so
dense and foggy with corruption, intrigue, insincerity,
and madness, that men walk in terror.
This being so, wo must prepare for the Fall elec
tions. Tho guns of tho Democracy over tho Califor
nia elections are as harmless as tho blank cartridges
with which they aro loaded. Ifwo only do what is
Aviso and intrepid, avc need not fear. Rut we muA
have a thorough reorganization. Let all niinorissues
fall. All Avho aro timid or time-serving should be
allowed to go to tho rear. Wo want no compromise
coalitions, no '‘People's party movements,” no tem
porary political makeshifts. Better he fairly and
squarely defeated on the principle of universal free
dom and universal suffrage than gain a v ictory that
will leave one man. no matter what color, without
every political right. Honorable defeat is a hundred
fold more precious than dishonorable victory. At o
have to meet tlio cries of ’nigger supremacy,” and
"America for the whit* men," and other degrading
appeals to tho popular prejudice. ” — '
PHPH pH HH Well, we heard
these cries in 1866. under XYciront, and iu 1800 and
1804, under Lincoln Then wo had the sword over us,
and our enemies menaced us with conquest and mas
sacre. Wo triumphed, and they made good their
threats. The sword of resistance has been broken,
nnd our enemies content themselves with vulgar and
passionate clamors. After having tried to carry
Johnson through two elections, they insist that ho
belongs to us, aud that we must carry him. Johnson
is as much a Republican as Arnold was a patriot after
his treason. M o never heard of Washington propos
ing to give no the war because Arnold was in the Brit
ish arm v. The Johnson party—Philadelphia Conven
tion and all—is only so much carrion lying in a ditch.
The Democratic party is our foe. It summons us to a
new struggle, and along its lines wc hear the exultant
cries of preparation. Let us spend the few remaining
weeks iu organization. Let us, abovo all things, sur
render no principle—mako no concession. Then our
triumph will be righteous as well as sublime.
What Northern Ladies (?) Do at the j
Watering Places Now-a-Days.—Tlie Netv I
York Gazette dolefully tells us: !
Sed are the stories that float in upon us ; » -» < 5
from the carnival life at Long Branch, Sara- How many a heart ache would be
t0 ”"‘ “!!?. I saved were all to heed tin* follow ing feasible
advice, so beautiful!.'' expressed: —El'cJiafige,
trip lightly.
Frivolities avc expect. A measurable amount i
of gaiety and dancing is not surprising. But
we do not look for such reports as these
which are left tb appal us by the ebbing sea
son. We do not look to see ladies and gen
tlemen who are prominent in metropolitan ;
social lite engaged in downright caroustus. j
We mean drinking ami drunkenness not ,
one Avbit short or less. This bus been tlie 1
shame and curse ol the season. It has left a
blight which will sadden lives through long i
years. It has, to our certain knowledge, !
taken two persons straight down to death.
tgr Base Bawl—the hue and cry set up by |
a puck of hungry clmps called the “Soldiers’
and Sailors’ League,’’ at thc removal cf Stan
ton from the Cabinet.
jigf” Kossuth lias refused to take his seat j
for Waltzen iu tbe Hungarian Diet, and pro-;
to make his reasons known to the |
Among thc novelties exhibited at the
Paris Exposition, is a praying machine
brought by the Buddhists. Thc simple turn
ing o"t a crank grinds out prayers as readily
sail church organ furnishes music for psalms.
It would net be risking much to predict that
soon some Yankee will have the machine
patented lor this country, and it will be used
in New England churches. If they can only
make it mingle politics with prayer, this will mu,* ^ h \M shortly.'
certainly be H- doom.
Trip lightly over troulbe,
fl ip lightly over ivrouR.
Wo only mako grid ilouble,
By dwelling ou it long.
IVhy ojasp woe’s huno * ( > tightly?
Why sigh o’er blossoms dead ?
Why cling to forms unsightly ?
Why not seek joy instead?
Trip lightly over sorroAv,
Though all the day be dark,
Tho sun may shine to-morrow.
And gaily sing tho lark :
Fair Bopes have uot departed.
Though roses may have fled;
Then nev-er be down-hearted.
But look for joy instead.
Trip lightly over sadness,
Stand noUo rail at doom :
We’ve pearls to string of gladness.
On this side tho tenab : .
Whilst stars are nightly shining.
And tho heaven is overhead,
Encourage not repining.
Rut Iook for joy instead.
Headquarters, Camden, Arkansas, i
August 15, 1867. j
• To the Adjutant-Gen.Fourth Military District, Vicks-
! burg, Miss.:
Sir—I respectfully forward for tbe informat ion ot
tba Major-Gen. commanding the Fourth Military
District, a Utter from the Mayor of Camden, Ar
kansas, with the remark that the immediate esuse
of the proceedings or the part of Major Fierce,
complained of by the Mayor, may be found in a
paragraph of the “Eagle” of the 3d of August,
entitled “a decided nuisance.” On the evening
before the occurrence Major Fierce showed mo the
paragraph in question, and seemed to feel much
aggrieved at it, and asked me to suppress the pi
per. I expressed to him a dii inclination to med
dle with the newspaper, but at the same time did
not conceal from him that I sympathized Avith him
in his feelings of exasperation. The “Eaglo” has,
for a long time, caused much irritation in this
command, by the publication of exceedingly pro-
vokingand inflammatory matter, and I consider it
well out ot the way.
The censures of the press directed against the
servants of the people may be endured; but Gen.
Ord and the military force detailed to enable him
to perform his duties, are not the servants of the
people of Arkansas, but rather their masters, and
it is felt to be a great piece of impertinence for a
newspaper in this State to comment upon the mil
itary under any circumstances whatever. As a
specimen of the style of the paper, in relation to
the military, please see a copy of the 20th of July.
Such paragraphs haA*e been ot frequent occurrence,
aud have been entirely unprovoked by anything in
the conduct ot the troops in this State. ^
Very respectfully, your obedient servant.
Major 2Sth U. S. Infantry, Bvt. Col. U. fi. Army,
Commanding Post.
Official: Hugh G. Brown, 1st Lieut. CGth U. S.
Inf., A. D.C.
ILbadq’rs Fourth Military, District,
• x' (Mississippi and Arkansas,]
Vicksburg, Sept. 4,186’
Ool. C. C. Gilbert, Commanding, Camden, Ark:
Sir—Your letter of tbe X5th ult., in AA’hich you
attempt to justify the act of a party of soldiers,
who, misled by an officer, forcibly entered a citi
zen’s house and destroyed his property, is re
ceived; you will please explain why this act was
not prevented by you as post'commander, and if
the requirements of the 32d Article of War have
been complied with.
Your assertion that the military forces are not
the servants of the people of Arkansas, but rath
er their masters, is unjust, tfoth to tho people
and military, and unfounded in fact. Tho mili
tary forces are tile servants of tho laws, and the
laws aro for the benefit of the people. Sec. 3, of
tho Act of Congress for tho more efficient gov
ernment of tho rebel States, makes it the duty
of the military “to protect all persons in their
rights of person and property, to suppress insur
rection, disorder and violence, and to punish, or
cause to be punished, all disturbers of tho public
peace, etc.” So that instead of presuming to
violate those laws, to gratify private revenge,
troops are placed in Arkansas to insure their
execution, equally upon, and for the benefit ol
all.
The assumption that a party of soldiers could,
at their own option, forcibly destroy a citizen’s
property and commit a gross violation ofthe
public peace, would not bo tolerated under a
“Napoleon.”
In every case where citizens or soldiers ere
Avronged, the laws of Confrcss now provide a
prompt mode of obtaining redress; especialiy
ls this within the reach of the military, who can
be organized into courts for the protection of its
OAvn members, with authority vested in District
Commanders to execute their judgments, and in
no case has the District Commander lailed to pro
tect the officers and soldiers under his command
from outrage, when engaged in their legitimate
duties.
A prompt reply is requested to this.
I am, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
E. O. 0. Ord,
B’vt Maior General Commanding.
Official:—Hugh G, Brown, 1st Lieut, 36th u. S.
Inft’y, A. D. a
Headquarters Fourth Militabt District, }
Mississippi and Arkansas, V
Vicksburg, Miss, August 19,1S67. j
Brevet Brigadier-General C. Jf. Smith, Tittle Bock,
Arkansas :
Order Mi>jor Pierce, 2Sth Infantry in arrest, and
.direct an oflieer of experience and reliability to
investigate the Camden affair, and p’eler charges
if required. O. D. Greene,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
Hugh M. Brown, 1st Lieut. 36th TJ. S InFty
Aid-de-Camp.
Headquarters, Fourth Military Dist.,
(Mississippi and Arkansas,)
Vicksburg, Miss., August 31, 1867.
Special Orders, No. 120.]
A General Court Martial is hereby appointed
to meet at the post of Camden, Arkansas, at 10
o’clock a. si, on tlio 7th proximo, or as soon
thereafter as practicable, for the trial of Brevet
Major George S. Pierce, Captain 2Sth U. S. In
fantry, gnu such other prisoners as may ’ ‘
•properly brought before it.
. detail for the court.
1. Brevet Major-General Adelbert Ames, Lieu
tenant-Colonel 14th U. S. Infantry.
2. Brevet Major-General Richard Arnold, Cap
tain U. S. Artillery.
3. Brevet Colonel Joseph It. Smith, Surgeon
U. S. A.
4. Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel C. C. Byrne, Sur
geon U. S. A.
5. Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Wm. J. Lyster,
Captain 19th U. S. Infantry.
6. Captain J. E. Tourtellotte, 2Stb U. S. In
fantry.
7. First Lieutenant Henry Goodfcllow, Major
and Judgo Advocate U. S. Army, Judge Advo
cate.
Bv command of Brevet Major-General Ord.
'[Official.] O. D. Greene,
Assistant Adjutant-Gneneral.
Consumption.—At a medical Congress in
Paris, very recently, there was a most inter
esting discussion on the subject of consump
tion. Wc find the following paragraph in
regard to it in the Paris letter of the New
York Times:
Tlio first question discussed in thc Medical Congress
was a question which reaches anil interests, more di
rectly perhaps, than any other, every family. It was
the question of tubercle, its contagiousness ami pro
phylactic. The discussion turned mainly on these two
points : Is tubercular consumption contagious, anil
mav it not be prevented by iunoeulation? I should
tell vou that the profession, tired of being baffled by a
disease so slow m its progress, and yet so certainly
fatal, have been experimenting of late years all over
Kuropc, aud that enough new facts have been arrived
at to warrant a certain number of the experimenters
to declare that tubercular phthisis is contagious and
that a healthy and an infected person ought uot to
.-leep in the same bod. Experiments havo been made
upon rabbit* und other animals by innooulating under
tho skin the mutter from tubercles, and these inocula
ted animals die consumptive in three months’ time.—
the discussions of thc Congress established no new
doctrine in a positive way, but they brought out many
valuable facts which Will put the profession a step iu
advance in the light direction.
j Thu Peabody Fund.—The New York Tribune, of
! .September 11th, says: “The Trustees of thc l’eabody
Fund having determined to apply the funds which the
munificence of Mr. Peabody has placed in their hands
in encouraging tho introduction of tho system of free
schools into tho Southern States, by supplementing
the work of the people in thc cause of popular educa
tion. thc Kev. Mr. Amos, the Southern agent of that
luu(l« iw now on ji visit to thc_ North with th© object ot
obtaining contributions in aid oi the available means
at the disposal of the trustees. Those means, though
ample, are far from adequate to thc wants ot the popu
lation which it is sought to benefit. Hence thencccs-
j siiy for further help. -Mr. Amos ts furnished with tes-
timonials of character from Generals Grant, inoinas
I and Howard, and several influential gentlemen in the
j North have already signified their warm approval ot
I his mission. In view of tho immense benefit which
; will accrue to the South, and, indirectly, to the whole
; Union, from the suocess ofthe plan which tho Irustoes
i of the Poabodv Fund have adopted, we cannot doubt
' that the appeals of Mr. Amos will be hbernlly re-
1 sponded to by all who have faith in education as an
ally of free government.
Cotton Supply Association.
The annual meeting of this Association
was held at Manchester, Mr. John Chectham,
31. P., presiding. There was a good atten
dance. Mr. Watts, the Secretary, presented
the annual report, which says:
Two years ago the supply of eotfon, though chiefly
from one source, seemed abundant and secure, and tho
solicitude which some evinced to open up other aud
additional sources appeared to superficial observers to
be only the result of nervous timidity and groundless
fears. The course of events has since, however, shown
the wisdom and foresight in which tho Association
originated. Its labors, though but partially encour
aged by those whose interests were involved in its suc
cess, contributed greatly to alleviate the distress occa
sioned by thc cotton famine, and have done much to
prevent thc recurrence of a similar calamity. Had it
not existed, tho means of stimulating and assisting
the growth of cotton in other countries, when the war
arrested the supplies from America, would have been
wanting. But, happily, thc preparatory work to some
extent had been done when the sudden collapse of tho
American cotton trade made it necessary to look else
where for the raw material required by our manufac
turers. The result of previous investigations then be
came of great value in showing where cotton could be
obtained most speedily, .and where the Association
could prosecute its labors with thc greatest assurance
of success.
* It camo into existence when the largest supplies
ever received from America were readily obtained,
and when there appeared no prospect of interruption.
It owes its origin to the fact that even then those sup
plies were inadequate, and to the firm conviction that
to prevent calamity it was most important that those
supplies should be supplemented from other quarters
of tne globe. To develop as much as possible, and by
every means, the cotton growing capabilities of other
countries than America, was the great purpose con
templated by the association when it began its labors,
and the events which have since intervened have only
tended to demonstrate thc wisdom and importance of
its object. This object has been steadily pursued; dif
ficulties have been surmounted; thc sources of sup-
lv have been multiplied, and arc now so numerous
that, if retained and made still moro prolific, the loss
of any one of them, however valuable, will be of com
paratively little consequence. To retain them, and
to render them more and more productive, is thc spe
cial aim of your association, and to this end thc efforts
of your committee have during the past year been di
rected. Believing that the Southern states of Amori-
ca in their altered condition would not furnish cotton
so abundantly as before thc war, your committee made
it their first business to encourage renewed exertions
to extend and improve thc cultivation in other coun-
tries. . .....
An aodrSSs prepared with this object in view was
translated into the different languages spoken whore
cotton is grown, and widely distributed; and your
committee nave learned with much satisfaction that
fresh exertions have been made in Turkey, India, tho
Brazils and elsewhere, accompanied with the more ex
tensive use of American seed. The result has been
the growth of a better quality, and cotton from Smyrna,
and other districts has realized in Liverpool nearly as
high a price as the produce of the United States. Your
committee arc confident that thc beneficial effect of
their appeals will year by year be manifest in in
creased supplies of cotton, and of a higher class, from
the various countries where the influence of your As
sociation is exerted. The committee arc enoouraged
by the experience of tbe past year to look with in
creased confidence to India, in consequcnco of tho
gratifying results which have attended various efforts
to improve tho indigenous cotton, and to introduce
exotic varieties tnore extensively. The representa
tions which your Association so often and so long
made in vain have at length produced the desired ef
fect, and some of the objects sought have been par
tially attained. .
The committee desire to express their conviction
that the work ofthe Association during the past year,
though unobtrusive, has been in the nighest degreo
useful, and has been the means of removing difficul
ties, reviving confidence, and promoting cultivation.
The returns furnished in answer to the emeries issued
havo appered in tho Cotton Supply Reporter, and
thanks^arc due to the Consular representatives of the
British’Covernment in all cotton growing countries
for their ready co-operation in carrying out the objects
of your association.
The correspondence comprised 1194 letters during
the year, and thc committee had distributed seod to
different countries to thc extent of 3J09 cwt. They
have also encouraged thc use of improved saw-gins,
but regretto find tho increased adoption of the saw-
gin which injures the staple.
The Chairman moved the adoption of the report,
and it was adopted. The other business wus lhc reap
pointment of officers, and a vote of thanks was given
to Mr. Cheethorn for his services as President of the
Association. ^
A. Sad Story--Last Honrs of Ex-
Senator IMtcDcug-all.
We have already noticed the death of an
ex Senator of California, but tlie following/
particulars of his last hours, which are given
in tlie Albany Journal, of Tuesday evening,
will be read with melancholy interest:
In this city, to-day, at No. 11 Park street, died Jas.
A. McDougall, formerly Senator of tho United States
from the State of California, nnd in his timo one ofthe
most brilliant ant] honored of the galaxy of American
politicians who-e talents save brisht promise of future
usefulness. A few days since one of our most respect
ed physicians, while visiting a patient in the vicinity,
was called to enter the dwelling in person and see a
sick man. He did so, anil found a poor, broken wreck
of humanity, tottering upon the vergo of the grave, in
the last stage of a dreadful disease. Despite tho ruin,
physical and mental, which this unfortunate present
ed, there were, at occasional moments, glimmerings of
intelligence which showed that the wretched being
had been something moro than an ordinary man.
When thc physician left he was informed that he
hail seen what was left of Senator McDougnll. To
day thc mournful drama is ended, and the curtain has
dropped. Senator McDougall was born iu this city,
and educated as a lawyer. At an early period iu the
history of California, ho emigrated thither, and soon
attained a high position by virtue of his remarkable
talents and great energy, lie was a member ofthe
Legislature and took a prominent part in the organ
ization of the State. Afterward, he served in the
Federal House of Representatives, with great accep
tance to his party and his constituency. In i860 he
was elected to the United States Senate. In that body
he took a foremost rank. Thc same fervid eloquence
which had made him a lion of the masses in Califor
nia, rendered him powerful in the deliberative body,
nnd some of his speeches will long he remembered ns
master-pieces of oratory. But a passion for strong
drink proved his bane and the cause of his ruin.—
Long before the close of his term he became an ob
ject I'fslmne to those with whom he was associated,
anil his superccssion would have been a matter of
course, even were his party in the ascendant in the
California Legislature. Since his retirement, his only
public appearance was at a Democratic meeting iu
New York, where ho wasshockingly ineapaoitated.—
Hi< subsequent steps have been rapid and certain to
ward the fatal end.
The Tyrant Griffin's Last Order.—
The telegraph announced on Monday that
Gen. Griflin, the temporary successor of Gen.
Sheridan, died at Galveston, Texas, on the
day before, L5th instant, of yellow lever. The
Houston Telegfaph of the 13th brings us the
last “order” issued by Griflin before his
death. It reads;
The following Judges of the .’supreme Court of Texas
are hereby removed from office: George F. Moore,
Chiof Justice; H. Coke, Associate Justice; ts. P. Don-
cly. Associate Justice: A. 11. \ViIlic, Associate Jus-
doc; George W. Smith, Associate Justice.
The following appointments of Judges of thc Su
preme Court of Texas aro made: E. J. Davis, Chief
Justice: E. Caldwell, Associate Justice; Amos Morrill,
Associate Justice; Livingston Lindsey, Associate Jus
tice: A. H. Lattimer, Associate Justice.
Wedding in a Cemetery.—Thursday, af
ternoon tlie delightful grounds of Glenwood
Cemetery, in the the District of Columbia,
were the scene of a most uncommon ceremony
for such a locality. A fair and filial young
lady, Miss McDaniel, residing not far from
the cemetery,, unfortunate in the loss -of an
excellent mother, to' whom she was exceed-
!y attached, but happy in a lover from
the far and sunny South, had selected the
spot where slumber her mother’s spirit, for
the nuptial ceremonies. Tlie throng of
friends and the curious was very large. The
nuptial par tv formed and walked in proces
sion from the gateway to the grave. The
bride, a modest and graceful girl, was at
tired in half mourning for her mother, with
black silk skirt, and bodice white trimmed
Jack. The bridegroom was Mr. Dawson*
of Georgia. It was certainly a very extraor
dinary idea, and yet there is in it something
verv beautiful and touching after all.
A dentist who had an eye to business
counted 270 sets of false teeth within the
circle of the Hartsfield (Mass.) camp-meet
ing, at one time. The returns of glass eyes
and palpitators are not yet in.
lin<? with his wife, and waa so
.... ior l'> hi*’ 4 cam spoxa that madame
and remonstrated against his aiten-
m’arked for public* observation- “Tho
inucc paid Jones; ' we’re married, 1 suppose?”—•
• Yea said the Iftdy, “but judging by your deportment,
oiks* will think we are not 1“ “W ell, what of it?
* w hy. not much to you !“ said thc careful dame, xou
are a’wan, but we women have our characters to ta^o.
care of.”
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