About Weekly Georgia telegraph. (Macon [Ga.]) 1858-1869 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 4, 1868)
J 1 *'. V * The Greorgia "Weekly Telegraph. the telegraph. MaOON, FRIDAY DECEMBER 4, 1868. Hon. W. M. Butt, member of the Legisla ture from Monroe county, died suddenly, of apoplexy, a few days ago. Bowdon Collegiate Institution.—We have from the Intelligencer Office at Atlanta a copy of the catalogue of this Institution, which is located in Carroll .county, Georgia, under the charge of John M. Richardson, Esqr. as President. It appears to be in a very flourishing condition and numbers 140 under graduates. Supreme Court Decisions.—The reports of decisions of the Supreme Court of Georgia for the December Term, 1867, part first, are oat, and have been furnished us in pamphlet form from the press of J. W. Burke & Co. who have printed them very neatly. A. J. Hammond, Esqr. of A. W. Hammond & Son, Atlanta, Ga., is the Reporter. Sixty-two cases are reported. A Terrible Vovagb.—Upon our fourth page will be found the conclusion of a narra tive from Lippincott of a voyage through the Grand Canon of the Colerado. We recom mend the reader who did not peruse the commencement to refer to yesterday’s Tele graph and begin at the beginning. The Land We Love.—Contents—The Land We Love for December is up to the usual high standard. The leading article by Dabney, “The Duty of the Hour,” is a manly protest against sac rificing principle to expediency. The “De fence of Beast Butler,” is novel and entertain ing. The “Letters from Mount Vernon,” will be read with interest by all who revere the name of Washington. “Pen-feather,” is a spicy burlesque of would-be poets and authors. “St. Louis, Missouri,” is a valuable article full of important statistics. The fiction poetry, and humor in this number compare favorably with the preceding numbers. The Galaxy for December is a splendid number of a very lively illustrated periodical. ' It may be had at Havens & Brown’s. Burke’s Weekly por November, in a bound volume is ou our table. This admi rable juvenile illustrated newspaper will make a very acceptable Christmas present for the children. Price $‘3 00. More Quick Freights.—Two hundred and seventy bales of compressed cotton left Selma, Alabama, on Friday and Saturday, November 20th and 21st, and will reach New York on Thursday, November 26th! That is quick traveling; and with the merchant and planter especially “ time is money.” The Tortugas Prisoners.—The Boston Advertiser, speaking of the men now confined in the Dry Tortugas on the charge of com complicity in the assassination of President Lincoln, says: “Nobody ever conceived that Arnold was guilty of anything beyond the plot to aoduct; there are grave donbts whether O’Laugblin, now dead, was implica ted further than that, and the commission which tried them understood this fully or they would have been sentenced to the gal lows, instead of for life'at the Tortugas. Spangler, whose six years’ term is now more than half expired, isundoubtedly an innocent man knowing nothing of either plot; but everybody who ever examined the matter, except President Johnson, became convinced of this long ago.” The Alexandria Gazette adds to the above: “We believe Dr. Mudd to be entirely inno cent. It is time that this outrage upon just ice and humanity should cease.” Universal Suffrage, since the election, has, in the North, taken a new impetus in favor of an extension of the suffrage to wo men. Conventions upon this subject have been held in New York and Boston, and Congress will be.early assailed with a memor ial demanding that the Constitntional Amendment, providing for “universal man hood suffrage in all the States,” shalljalso ex tend it to women. Among the latest acces sions to the Female Suffrage party, we see, is the distinguished English liberal leader, Gladstone, who says he is in favor of female suffrage wherever there is female taxation. In America they have already made such ducks and drakes of the suffrage that the whole institution may well be said to be be yond further iDjcry. The only question re maining would he its practical effect upon the legal, social and moral attitude of the The first point which the advocates of this so called reform should settle is whether the women, themselves, desire it—whether they prefer the “defences” of the ballot-box to those which the institutions of law and religion and the usages of society novy accord to them. This point should be settled by a preliminary ballot among the women of America, and when it shall be shown that they demand the change, the next thing in order will be whether it should bp adopted and how? Work for Congress,—Among the Bills and resolutions prepared and to be pressed at an early day of tbo next Congress, says the Charleston Courier, is the measure for a Postal Telegraph System, the proposition for an amendment to the Constitution providing for uniform suffrage in all the States; appropria tion for building a new Erecntive Mansion; Bill for increasing the salary of the President, and Bill for repealing the TenuVe of-Office Act. t Tim Macon and Thomabton Road.—The con dition of this road is represented to ns as being most wretched, If not impassable by wagons.— The bridge about a half mile this side of Dr. Searcy’s Rock Mills is gone, and the trouble and danger of driving aroand over a terribly bad road to where the stream can be forded, is altogether greater than teamsters are willing to incur. The consequence is that much of the cotton of that, section, which has heretofore come to Macon, now goes to Barnesville and other pointa for sale or trade. The matter has been time and again before the grand Juries of the counties through which the road passes, but it seems that nobody can be found upon whom the work of repairing the read de volves, or who is responsible for its present im passible and wretched condition. The matter re quires immediate attention. It is claimed that the late Confederate General, H.F. Reed, who recently committed suicide at Louisville, planted the first flagon the walls -of Chepultepec. In Gen. Scott’s official report he s&ya the final assault was led by the Voltigeor Regiment, commanded by Joseph E. Johnston, and that Captain Barnard, of Philadelphia, commanding the color company, “was the first to plants regimental color.” Homicide.—The Griffin Herald says: We regret to learn that Mr. Robert Pilkin tori, a citt*Mi of Pike county, was killed by his-step son, on Friday last. The particulars having been reported in conflicting versions, we withhold their pubKdAtion at present. bakokr of a cow ton mania The Chronicle & Sentinel raises a timely note of warning on the danger of too exclu sive a devotion to cotton-growing the ap proaching season. That paper says : With the staple at twenty-five cents or even twenty cents a pound, money can be made By planting provided the planter makes his own provisions. We incline to doubt, how ever, if money can bo made when all the corn, long forage and provisions for. the planter’s .family, and. his laborers have to be bonghtat the present high prices. Neither do we be lieve that much clear money" can be made upon rented lands. When the rent is paid, the laborer paid, the provisions paid for, the loss of work animals, and the wear and tear of farming implements are paid for, there will be but little left to the profit side of the ac count. Our eye has jnst fallen upon a state ment made in one of our State exchanges that a tract of land of two hundred and eighty-five acres, in Polk county, rented for twenty-seven hundred dollars, of within a fraction of ten dollars per acre. The reason why it brought so much is stated to be, be cause “ it is among the best cotton places in the State.” Now; when the renter of that place pays for his labor and provisions and then deducts from - his crop twenty-seven hundred dollars for rent, we shall be greatly surprised.if he has a single dollar left in the way of profits. j We trust we do not under-estimate either the importance or the profits under proper and judicious management of cotton plant ing, neither would We discourage our plant ers from using liberal supplies of the best and most reliable fertilizers. We know that much money has been made through the intelligent use of commercial manures as. applied to the cultivation of our great staple. Our object is simply to warn our planting friends of the great danger they are in of being led away under the present high prices of cotton by the Aladdin-like stories of three and five bales of cotton. Festina lente is a good maxim for planters as well as politicians.— Children crawl before they learn to walk ? Let us first try to make profitably one bale per acre before we attempt to reach five. When we perfect a system which will insure a bale for each acre planted it will be time enough to take thought for more. There is no danger of overdoing tho heavy cropping business—that is to say, the pro duction of large crops from small areas. That is the well-directed ambition of every good farmer the world over, and we believe it will be shown in the future that three bales of cotton can be far more economically produced on one acre than on three acres, or six acres, or twelve acres, as the manner now is. There is no necessity of warning on this subject. The first part of the extract from the Chron icle discloses the real danger—which lies in turning the labor of the plantation too much to the production of the market crop of cot ton and slighting the plantation supply crops —the com, wheat, oats, and all the forage and provision crops, with the delusive idea that it will be better economy to supply de ficits by purchase with the surplus money from the cotton crop. Let every planter shun this hazardous pol icy, and lay the lessons of the past to heart. No matter how tile business of cotton pro ducing may now figure upon the slate, the result will be a poor, delusive guide for the future. Recollect how it stood one year ago —or even three months ago—and as it stood then, so it may very possibly stand next year. If we were a planter, we should make our arrangements with the expectation of real izing twelve or fifteen cents next year for cot ton. As strange as it may appear to planters who are now holding ont for twenty-five cents, such were the common anticipations last spring, when the crop of this year was pitched. It is, therefore, only common pru dence to bace your plans upon very moderate prices, so that if there is any disappointment, it shall be a safe and a pleasant one. With good seasons, we may reasonably look next year for a very considerable increase in the cotton production throughout the South, and we should not close our eyes to thcpo3sibility of a renewal of the cotton tax by Congress. These considerations make it nothing more than common prudence to shape your plant ation economy so as to call for the least pos sible outloy of money and the very largest independence for family and plantation sup plies. * In the arrangement for the next crop, therefore, shut your eyes to twenty-odd cents a pound for cotton and come down to twelve or fifteen. Whatever you had bettor produce at home rather than buy with money realized on cotton at twelve cents a pound, prepare to raise in such abundance as will do away with the necessity of purchasing. Important Circular. Comptroller General’s Office, ) Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 24,1808. f To the Ordinaries of this State : Gentlemen:—1 beg leave to call your special attention to section 858 of Irwin’s Code, which read as follows: Section 858. When the Collector sholl have bis insolvent list credited, it shall be the duty of the Inferior Court or Grand Jury to retain a copy of auch list, and direct the Collector to issue executions for the same, and place them in the bands of some Constable of the county for collection, who shall be enti tled to the same fees as he is entitled for other executions, and two and one-half per centum, and the balance shall be paid by the Constable to the Clerk of the Inferior Court, whose duty it shall be to transmit the same to the Treasury. The duties formerly imposed upon the In ferior Court and its Clerk, as contemplated by tbe above section, now devolve on the Or dinary of the county, by reason of the abol ishment of said Court, and it now becomes tbe duty of such Ordinary to see that the pro visions of said section are faithfully and honestly carried out. It is not only the duty of the Ordinary to receive and transmit to the Treasury all tax moneys collected on fi fas in the hands of a Constable, as provided by said section, but all insolvent Btate taxes, no matter by whom or how collected. Information has been received at this office that during the recent election, the taxes of many persons, returned as insolvent, were demanded and collected before the de faulter was allowed to vote. This money justly belongs to the State and it is the duty of the Ordinary in each county diligently to inquire into the matter, and to require all such money to be paid over to him, and he should immediately upon its receipt, trans mit it to the State Treasury, returning at the same time a statement to this office of the amount so sent. All persons, therefore, who have collected insolvent taxes, after the in solvent list of the Collector of the county has been allowed, will be required, forthwith to pay the same over to the Ordinary of the county where collected. Respectfully, Madison Bell, Comptroller General. Gen. Grant’s Administration.—A New York dispatch says: . , r J “ Gen. Grant has written a letter to Gen. Slo cum, congratulating him on.his election to Congress, and intimating that there will not probably be anything in the next administra tion which a moderate Democrat may not support. At the same time 1 the impression gains strength here that Grant will select his Cabinet from moderate Radicals, hoping by this means to make- a conservative policy acceptable to the Republican party. The report that coolness exists between Gen. Grant and Mr. Wash borne is denied on excellent authority. Agriculture fa Politics. Editors Telegraph: I am glad to see that at least one paper, heretofore too much en grossed about matters of a political nature, has come to matters of more interest and turned slightly to agriculture and rural im provement. Now, if you will' devote one- tourth of your paper entirely to the interests of the farmer, I have no doubt but what your subscribers will increase in a year to a pro portional ratio—that is, you will have four to where you now have only three. And your cblumris wili receive contributions from" some of the best agricultural writers in the South Now, as to politics, what should, farmers care about matters of so little interest to them, and over which they have so little control? We would to-day have been in a much more, prosperous condition, politically, financially] and socially, if, instead of croaking, mouth ing, and haranguing about Northern tyranny] we had let the tyrants run their-career, and said nothing. u Tbe loudest • bark ers are not always the hardest biters, A true saying, and I fear will prove applies ble to tbe South as well as the North if we do not hush barkiDg. We should be mindful of th e fact that every expression of dissatisfaction or disaffection on our part is construed by Northern politicians into threats of renewing the rebellion—into treasonable language and we are again legislated on and re-recon structed. Let ns be quiet on this subject, and in a short time they will forget we have been rebels, and ascribe our silence to a feel ing of complete submission. We need not bark while we whet our teeth to bite them again. This I think the better course to pur sue in the matter of politics. Now, let us turn our attention to home in terest and individual prosperity, and we will sooner gain the end for which we once fought —Southern independence. Perhaps not a national independent government but some thing better, and which will be gained not by fighting but by work—not by blood bnt sweat. I differ with you, Messrs. Editors, on some points, yet I think the aim wo have in the same direction. We desire agricultural pros perity for the South, and we wish to obtain it in the easiest and quickest way. I don’t think large immigration the easiest, quickest or most practicable way to build np the South. In fact, I don’t think it at all practicable or advisable at this time. First, let us do what we can for ourselves, and put in motion the car of prosperity by arousing the sleeping energies of our people. What have thousands done, since the war, who were before busily engaged in some pursuit calling forth the sum total of their mental and physical capacities? Why they have quit everything like manual labor and gone to doing nothing—absolutely nothing but complaining and mourning over spilt milk; lost property, freed negroes, etc. Does this make them any better off, or enhance the value of what property they have left? Does it revive their credit North, South, East or West, or does it do them or their families any good ? I think not. By croaking they will embitter their own lives, and finally de stroy their confidence in themselves, and manly energy being lost—or dead for want of action—they are running the risk of destroying both soul and body by recourse to strong drink. Men, yon who have lands idle which once brought you thousands of dollars income, what do yon intend to do with your lands? Do you want to sell it at one dollar per acre to immigrants ? Do you want it to lay idle, and you raise up your children to be idle or teach them a useless profession which does not bring them enough income to support them or give enough exercise to stamp the bloom of health upon the cheek? Young men, do you fear manual labor 3 Don’t fear it—you will not bo hurt by working with your own hands. In fact, if you will lay aside your profession, which is not lucrative, and come out into tho country and go to work, I, even!, will guarantee you better health, more robust forms, longer life, more earthly pleasures, more mental feasts, and, abovo all, a clear conscience. Don’t stay cooped up in towns and villages, lounging about wayside groce ries and cross-road doggeries, wasting the short and precious years of young manhood. Don’t let other men from other lands come and bny your lands for a song and yon depend on a profession which may become totally unprof itable. Come out into the country, where you have lands and where you can get pure air. The atmosphere is healthy out in the country. If you will try it you will be pleased. Don’t ask when you will get money to start, but go and borrow what yon can and make a beginning. In a year or two you will be out of debt, and have some of your fath er’s vast tract of land under good repair— worth more to you if you should wish to sell to future immigrants. Thus you will be add ing to tbe general prosperity of the South, and infinitely to your own health and com fort. Don’t hire negroes and expect them to do the work and yon go to town two or three times a week, but stay in the field and nurse them just like we use to do when they were slaves. Messrs. Editors, do all yon can to put the inhabitants we have to work—both white and black—let tbe whites set the example where it is necessary—and when we get more to cat and can designate our surplus lands, then we can invite a certain amount of immigrants. Proprietary farming will not make a cotton crop. The more families, the greater the number of non-producers—all non-producers are consumers. We don’t want white hired labor, either, to make cotton—wa have the negro, let ns make the most of him, and he will be sufficient to do all our work. Bun those who are about towns stealing into the country, and let their for mer owners follow them and pat them to work on the lands lying idle. Let'us count tho cost before we try to supplant-the ne gro with white labor, or the cotton and corn fields with vegetable gardens. The South is -a cotton growing country; and no cotton grow ing country con support a town throughout. We want large fields for corn and cotton, and we want negroes to work them, because they are here and can work cheaper than a white population. We have plenty of material for laborers, if we only arouse the dead energies and sleeping senses of oar people and go to work. What say you, farmers, don’t yon think so? You will increase with negro labor —with white labor and large immigration you will steadily decrease, because the death- knell will be sounded to cotton. You who need money to start those fauns which have been idle three years, borrow of Northern capitalists, and give, .as full and ample secu rity, the back-hone of Southern prosperity— the cotton crop. Have po politics to make you enemies, and you may not have to pay from thirty to thirty-six per cent, for money. The man who borrows money in New York pays from 6 to 7, we from 80 to 86 per cent, with lien on crop, warehouse acceptance, etc, etc. What better security does the New York man give than this; there is no better than the cotton crop, which is not only the basis of American pros perity, bnt a living bank. We are imposed upon because they think the rebel spirit still in us, and may at any time blaze out again. Then let ns make no political enemies nor bring men down South who will sub vert our institutions. We fought against yankees and I hope we don’t want to insti tute all their customs among us now, while daily denouncing them politically. The ne gro caused .the war, and though he has.been freed, the farmer, who owned the majority of them and. lost more than any other class from the war, has got a better chance to make their, labor, profitable than they ever had. So, herewith, let ns be content and work agriculture against politics. I have much more to Bay but will desht for this time. These broken sentences have run into a long er article than I intended. Messrs. Editors, if you will, devote the fourth of your paper (weekly) to agricultural interests your subscribers and contribitors will increase. More anon. J. S. Wimbish. Macon, November 25,1868. The Plant Called Confidence; Or Rafhcr tlie Want of It. It is to the lust degree unfortunate for the South, as the weaker section, that there is a great deal of mutual distrust and suspicion between her and the North. When tbe first Convention met in Milledgeville, after the surrender, Georgia was ready to do almost anything required of her. She did submit to shameful dictation at the hands of Andy JohnsoD, when she repudiated the debt con tracted for the ordinary and necessary admin istration of the State Government—a debt that had nothing to do with the “rebellion,” not being incurred for sustaining it, but for simply carrying on tbe usual machinery by which the rights of person and property are secured to tbe members of a community. It was expected that the Federal Government would insist on the repudiation of debts created for carrying on the war; but with the others, the Northern people had no more con cern than tbe Irnaum of Muscat. However, we bowed to all tbeir behests and expected to. be admitted to the hails of Congress, and to resume our old position. Vain thought! Delusive hope 1 We were suspected. Our sin cerity was doubted. It was insisted that we only wished for the withdrawal of troops, and all agents of the General Government in or der, by some system of apprenticeship, by laws with regard to the regulation of labor, vagrant acts, etc., that we might reassert an cient dominion over the negroe, and do other things inconsistent with the “results of the war.” Now it may be that imprudent individuals not expressing the s&ntimcnts of the intelli gent, conservative, right-thinking men of the South, but guided by their prejudices and passions, did make use of expressions calcu lated to arouse the suspicion of the North. Indeed it is certain that we did have, that we now have, and, to our great misfortune we al ways will have, impractical, unwise, uneasy, mischief-making spirits, that do incalculable, and it would seem,- if God is just, unpardon able harm to tho community in which they live. The great mistake, the grievous wrong, the unheard-of outrage committed by the Northern people, consisted in holding the entire Southern people responsible for the wild ravings and empty threats of a few men. It must be recollected tbe period spoken of was about the time the first Convention met. During the last Presidential election, we had a great many of these mad-mcnj and they to gether with Blair’s Radically revolutionary letter, defeated the Democratic candidates, and secured Republican, if not Radical rule for at least four years to come. If it should prove only moderately Repub lican, and not Radical, we will indeed have reason to congratulate ourselves. Let us hope that the great blunder of the hot-beads may yet be converted into good for our be loved land. Who knows? L'hommepropose et JDieu dispose. From that day to this, it has seemed im possible to establish anything like confidence between the two sections. We think that Northern folks will not do us justice, under any circumstances. They believe, or affect to believe, that we are not to be trusted with the welfare of the negro, or with self-govern ment. Well, it is all natural. Those who thought that the ill blood, the enmity excited by four years of such gigantic warfare as we waged, could be allayed in a few months; that the throes of so mighty a convulsion could be followed by an immediate calm, showed themselves singularly, pitifully igno rant of the laws of nature and the teachings of history. After a mighty storm at sea, the subsiding winds still leave the rolling swell and the restless heave, that are kept up longer, perhaps, than the storm itself lasted. Yet the waves do at last cease their unnatural motion, and the water becomes calm once more. An English statesman declared confi dence to be a plant of slow growth—still it does grow, and surely the soil and climate furnished for it by the people of the greatest republic the world ever saw are as favorable for its growth as any on earth. It will, it must grow and flourish here, even in the next decade—perhaps in the next four years. The bickerings and jealousies that weaken the power and mar the prosperity of the country will not always exist. American statesmen will grow ashamed of the fact that two great sections are arrayed against each other in feeling—ashamed for the world to regard them as such blunderers that they cannot cure a wound apparently so simple that it seemed at one time about to heal “by the first inten tion.” Leaders will see that it is no longer their interest to mislead.* They will inform the people of facts that they (the said leaders) already know—dispel the ignorance that is always the source of prejudice, and thus re establish confidence. Then .we shall have peace. Then we shall enjoy prosperity. Horatio. BY TELEGRAPH. *•*"*«■ *T ed '.T“ •w’ 01 ?** ** Reed - ter bi* Impeach meat, and that if the Court hat mrisdtation '..j _ *;»' Sustain Your Home Institutions.—If there Is one thing more than another, which has retarded the progress of the South, and which will continue to keep her people “under the weather” and for ever dependent upon others, it is the suicidal policy of patronizing Northern institutions of learning. Parents of the South have ever thought that it added something to tho eclat with which their children left school, If they could only grad uate in a Northern school, and then enter the walks of life with tho sham honors of such insti tutions upon their brows. This is all wrong. The Southern peoplo must build up and. sustain their own schools; must manuiacture,their own goods and Implements of agriculture; and must produce from their own soil the necessaries of life, or they never will oe a great, independent and progressive people. We have here in Macon several splendid institu tions of learning, and one, particularly, we should all sustain, as it is now in its infancy. We allude to our Commercial College, in charge of.Prof. B. Boston, a gentleman of long experience as a teacher, and possessing the highest attainments in the art of penmanship. All our sons should re ceive a thorough business education, and should learn to write well and with ease. If they were born the Inheritors of millions, still they should learn tbe laws of trade, the art of making ready and accurate business calculations, and especially the art of writing a legible and good hand. Prof. X. Is here to impart such instruction. He can do so as well as any man in America, and his charges are very moderate. Rooms over E. J. Johnston’s Jeweliy Store. First Negro in Congress. — It will be seen from tbe dispatches outside, that Me nard, negro, has got a certificate to Congress fiftm Louisiana. From W ashington. Washington,November 25.—McCulloeh has ordered the sale of $25,000 in cold per week in St. Loulf, to re lieve importers. He has also issued an order direct ing the deposit of internal revenue taxes with the United States Assistant Treasurers or designated de positories in elties, where they exist after December L Bat few revenue supervisors remain to be appointed. H. C. Niles succeeds Cresy, as Chief of the Appoint ment Bureau. Grant visits Boston, this .week,, and returning, spends Monday an'd Tuesday in New York. Publie offices were closed to-day at noon, to remain closed until Friday: Cresy. leaves for Louisiana on Friday. Farragut had a prolonged interview with the Presi. dent and Seward to-day. ' Col. Powell, of Tennessee, has been appointed Con sul to Port Stanly, Faulkland Islands. The State Department is officially advised that Washington has been fixed upon by Johhson and Stanley as the place for the meeting of the Alabama claims commissioners. Details are not fully settled. Notwithstanding contrary reports, it-is known‘that our Government is satisfied with the progress of nego tiations, and has no reason to doubt the arrangements for a settlement of these claims will be satisfactory to Loth nations. - Gen, Grant will visit Gov. Bnmside, at Providence, during his Northern trip. The continued discharge of females from the Treasury Department, occasions great distress, and some apprehension Is entertained of suffering during the win’er. Unofficial letters from naval officers contradict the stories which have .been 'circulated, charging Lopex with various crimes against humanity—particularly with the assassination of certain Foreign Consuls. Washington, November 26.—All the departments are closed. Gerrard and Randall visit Johnson to day. • ' "-o-.'i.' The .impression increases that Grant will he sub jected to all the restrictions which have cramped Johnson. The admission of the LouisianaCommission, chosen at tho recent election, is highly unfavorable. Oppo sition toltheir admission is strengthened by theunoffi- cial statements of Col. Kell, to the effect that General Rousseau concurred with the Radical leaders in the opinion that negroes could not safely vote. This morning’s Tribune says Gen. Rousseau’s staff officer tolls tho associated press, and tho associated press tells ns, that Gen. Rousseau has behaved: admi rably well in New Orleans. This authority may or may not be considered good for this statement, but for another, made in the same connection, it cannot be questioned. The staff officer informs us that the Lou isiana Republicans did not vote at the late election, because' they believed that the"rebels would make it unsafe for them to do "so, and that Gen. Rousseau con curred in this. view. . - ,. , "Washington, November 27.—The State Depart ment is notified that Americans entering Russia will avoid delay, at the frontier, by having passports vised by the Russian Minister or Consul, at the State De partment. It has official details of the recent floods in Switzerland. The Canton’s of Grison, Tessin Valois and St. Gall, are flooded. Fifty lives have been lost. The means of communication have been swept away. The valleys are covered with stones washed from the mountains. There was a full Cabinet meeting to-day. Rollins goes North to-day and returns on Monday. A dispatch from St. Johns reports that a storm in the north-west delays cable dispatches. Washington, November 28.—It is stated that the debt statement will show a heavy increase—probably 811,000,000—while the currency in the Treasury con tinues low. The Metropolitan Police Board has reported un favorably in over one hundred applications to retail liquor. The organizations of Sons of Temperance, by resolutions, urge the Board to Etand firm, while those disappointed in securing licenses threaten to join in opposition in. securing a prohibitory law by Congress. Sir John Young, the new Governor of the Domin ion, has arrived from Ottawa. Hon. F. McMullen presented a petition from citi zens oi Virginia to Grant, against the extension of the stay laws beyond January 1st, 1869. Grant ex- pressed himself favorably; hut desired to consult Schofield before acting, Stoncman, it is understood, opposes a further ex tension and advises those who can’t pay their debts to take the bankrupt act and start afresh. Grant’s petitioners represent further, that the extension of the stay law involves the credit of the State, arid will prevent the payment of interest on the State debt. The State Department urges travelers, in view of the disturbed condition of foreign countries, to carry passports. They cost five dollars and are only given to citizens. Import duties from the 16to,to the 21st, inclusive, arc two and a quarter millions. General Grant will attend the wedding of Major Benjamin and the daughter of Gov. Fish, on Decern ber 8th, and, on tho samo evening, the reception by Mrs. Marshall 0. Roberts, given in honor "of the Pres ident elect. It is stated that at thesotwo reunions the President elect will see the creme de la creme of Gotham City. The following paragraph in tho Herald’s version, of Gen: Rousseau’s report, does net appear on tbe copy at Gen. Grant’s headquarters : “Of this stripe" were some of the members of tho Republican Campaign Committee. In a consultation at my headquarters, at which Dr. Bonthurorth, a controlling member of that Committee took part, at whioh consultation, !, myself, was not present, bat one of my staff officers was, it was contended bv some. of the Republicans present, that the negroes should be advised not to go ; to the polls; the idea being, that if they did go, they would he slaughtered. South worth replied, ‘that his Committee would advise the negroes to vote,’ adding, ‘let them be slaughtered, the more there is killed tbe bettor it will bo for qur party.’ This, spirit, I am sorry to say, but too often controls the action and conduct of many who assumo to aot in the name and in tho interest of the Government of the- United States, and who nse the cloak of loyalty as a cover for their misdeeds. I have found that men of this discription, though willing to see the blood of others shed, at a distance, conceal themselves with marvelous alacrity and skill at the approaoh of any real or fanciod danger. Southworth, who wanted the negroes slaughtered at the polls, is a shining example of this kind, and was actually biding at my head quarters at the time ho m&do tho remark I have quoted." . t'aMSil VlWi The Herald publishes the following special: In conversation, a few days ago, General Grant expressed his impression that tho result of the late election had quieted down. The state of feeling throughout the country had produced a oondition of sober and con tented acquiesence in the deolared will of the major ity, and that an improved tone in the political as well as in other relations of life, will soon be made manifest. When he made use of the expression, “let us have peace,” ho sincerely meant it, and he appre hended no trouble in any section off the country un der his administration, while at toe same ’ time the rights of all olasses and of all communities shall be protected and preserved.. Referring to the Fourteenth Amendment he said Kentucky and Maryland would suffer a loss of representation after tho next census, if they refused to allow negro suffrage, in accordance with the provisions of that Amendment. It will be a bitter pill to them, observed the General, laughing, but they will have to stand it. . 't...." ; .Vti.fl.-4Ti From Florida. Tallahassee. November 25.—The Supreme Court was in session this morning. 'Lieutenant Gov ernor Gleason was granted further timo, until 4 p. m., to show cause why writ should not be issued, immediately after which the Court ad journed till 10 o’clook a, m. to-morrow, out of re spect to Gen. Waddy Thompson, and to allow tbe members of the bench and bar to attend his funeral. Advisory opinions were delivered this morning on questions submitted by.Gov. Reed some days since.— Opinions are unanimous,.lengthy; and well"fortified by precedents and authority, and sustains Gov. Reed’s position—decides that no'Legislature assembled under Gov. Reed’s proclamation for a special session; and that if there had been a legal Assembly, tbat the form of impeachment. was irregular and - not in accor dance with law or; precedent, and 1 declares that the mere passage of resolutions of impeachment does not impeach. A colored Senator who was present states that when articles oi impeachment were pre sented to the Senate so-called, not a querujn of mem bers in attendanoe of the session were in the Senate Chamber. Little doubt exists bnt a writ of quo war ranto will he issued, but nisi will begin to-morre w and may continue several days. Tallahassee, November 28.—The Supreme. Court assembled this morning and without transacting any business, adjourned, on account of its being the day appointed for thanksgiving by the President of the United States and the Governor of "the State. Gleason’s answers to the rule nisi say* he ought not to be made to show by what authority be holds the offioe of Lieut. Governor, by reason of any thing contained in the information on file In this case, because the Court ban no power or jurisdiction to or der the rule nisi, and because tbe Courtha* no orig inal jurisdiction to grant leave to file an information in the nature of a quo warranto; because th* Court, has no original jurisdiction, under ike Constitution and laws, to issue writs of quo warranto, or try pro ceedings. thereon;, because the power "given said Court if given at all, by the Constitution "to issue'wrks of quo warranto, can only his used as" auxiliary to exer cise appellate jurisdiction; nnd because A. R. Meek, represented as Attorney General of the State, in jurisdiction’ oihr-information‘and . quo warran to, it *hould_ not, ,in this case, fraiat a writ, as pnblio policy and interest do not require er del it, on the contrary, they require it jffiould be at ia that Harrison Reed had eaused the- fcae of writ from meHoious and vtodietivemotives, and- to , u » gratify a spirit of revenge am) recrimination against said Gleason; because Reed knew at the time of the election how long Gleason had been a citixen of the State and advocated his election, and had at that time full knowledge of all tke foots set forth in said infor mation; because the Constitution has given power to the Assembly to impeach the Lieut. Governor, and the Senate power to try him and remove him from office, and that said bodies will soon be in session and exercise the power if deemed necessary. He says that for the above and divers other reasons, tho rule against him should not issue and the proceedings in the case should be quashed. Nothing in the answer that claims competency to qualify for the office held. Tallahassee, November 27.—In the Supreme Court to-day, the argument in answer to the role of nisi began. After leave, a motion was made by Attorney General Meek to strike out from the answer four points, on the ground* of inelevaney and im pertinence. This motion was discussed till adjourn ment this afternoon. Tallahassee, November 28.—In the Supreme Court to-day, a motion to strike out four points, as irregular and unimportant, was granted. The motion by Glea son’s counsel to quash proceedings was then taken up and argued till dark. From Virginia, Richmond, November 25.—Chtof Justice Chase, in his order to-day, dispensing with the Test Oath for grand jurors, explained that it was the additional oath prescribed by Congress, which is to be taken unless the Court, in its discretion, decides otherwise. He added, that the scruples at takingit, expressed by some of the grand jurors known to be among those best qualified for. the responsible , duties of their position, have induced us to inquire whether the public interests now. demand that the taking of it be required; and we are satisfied that while the matters affirmed in if are proper cause of challenge, in par ticular causes, the ends of justice will be hindred aid defeated rather than promoted and secured by direct ing it to be administered, unless some special occas ion shall demand it: No suoh special occasion now exists, and inasmuch a* the required number of grand jurors have not yet been sworn, we will order that those who have been sworn be discharged,’ and that the marshal summons other grand jurors in the usual manner. Richmond,November 25.—A telegram to the Whig from Lynchburg announces the arrival to-day of a large party of Maryland and Pennsylvania land buy ers. They leave to-morrow and go as far South as Atlanta, Ga. Richmond, November 26.—Ed. A. Pollard, brother of H; R. Pollard, who was killed on Tuesday, arrived here this afternoon. He publishes a card in the Evening State Journal, alluding to the cheering of James Grant by the crowd, and the verdict of the Cor oner’s jury, saying the death was caused by an un known person, cto. He says: “Let these things stand to the shame of their perpetrators, :and write their own commentary, on tbe chivalry of Richmond. They shame not me; they shame not the dead. My heart is sufficient to hold him; no man can insult my tears. I come to claim but one thing—that justice be done. Let ail true people reconsider. I am far from defend ing the article which has been referred to in my broth er’s paper—I deeply regret it; but my brother did not write it. The murderer never inquired for the real author; he never asked any word of explanation; he never applied to have the article corrected; he took not one single measure which the brave man—ho matter how wronged—always takes before he comes to the last resource of blood. He went without one alternative to that resource; and he went where no one hut the coward treads—on the path of the assassin. [Signed] j Edward A. Pollard.’ Mr. Pollard says that the .Southern Opinion shall not be published again. A meeting of thelstockholders of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad commenced this morning in the capitol. A lively"skirmish occurred between tbe re spective friends of Wyckham and FoDtaine, candi dates for the Presidency. Each party chose a tempo rary chairman anil refused to recognise the chairman of the opposite party. A compromise was made on JohnB. Baldwin for chairman, and business com mittees were appointed. Richmond, November 28.—Dr. Arthur E. Petticolas, Superintendent of the. Kaston Lunatio Asylum at Williamsburg, committed suicide at three o’olock this morning by leaping from a window of the Asylum and dashing his brains out on the pavement below. The deceased wits a distinguished physician and a for* mer professor in the medical college here. His mind has been unsettled for some time past. The Richmond Circuit Court to-day gave judgment against the city for $15,000 worth of whisky, destroyed by order of the Gity Council on the night of the evac uation in 1865. About three thousand barrels were de stroyed that night, for all of which the city will have to pay. :» ' r i tuj.'il M " J , -srfU'i The Daily New .Nation, a Republican paper here, announces that owing to its unexampled proscription, it will not be published again. Gen. W. C. Wickham has been elected President of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. the entire vof V P^fc % Feliciana, Franklia-~J./i.^ g,i> * »? Bernard. a*. Barnard. Sabine. St" Terrebone and Washington .■***. L manuor of making returns • retains have been reeeiredfr^S making the entire vote ‘ u, “ ll IS them, 27,911, and pninA#SAn nf . ^*308, ss kisa the rejection of the vote of •-« eretie Congressmen are decWs the Second District. In theuJt?*** 4* parishes of Lafourche, 8t. Cb^T* *** counted, giving a certificate U and Menard (negro) f or Hunt’s majority, in the Seecng terra*, is nearly ten thousand r 8t Marti*, maforityov.rt^« rejection, from nine thouj&nH r rf, W thousand lix hundred and The Republican, of this eves^" some ambiguity in the law ei tT/i ?h officers for the Pariah of OrW. the proceedings of the GoykT/ 1 " W some diversity of opinion aa to law. i General Sewi MEMi*HiaJlovember25.-R. T r,L , thief, was hung wound me? a Diun wKa . ^ *fcer * wound ing a man who Cleveland, Ohio, November sT *" lost night, killing two person, *,7 There is digging for others. N*w York, November 25.—p win Bocker. were killed to^diW,?^ 3111 CfiLmnh»11*a Owa»A» c.i * Propjjy Campbell’s Oyiter Saloon. New Orleans, November 25,-ah , 6tate firat stake, of Saturday fl Malloy broke down yesterday hiy be substituted to repre«entlU, J ,t, ’ ;l i il Cheatham will represent Alabama Woodford, for Louisiana, la* not yet Jackson, November 25— tl, t> 1411 Convention met here to-d*y j ^ u** elected temporary President. ‘ pointed to prepare on address from Congress. A resolution va, adopted^'- gress to secure the right of tnff^, ixen of every State in the Union, B9t ? crime. New Orleans, November 25.-Tkew „ „ from New York for flxlveston tifegg* went ashore on Bird Island off Bolin, pfv die b eavy gale yesterday afternoon, and ihVii!' wreck. No lives lost. 8 eil ‘ New Orleans, November s _i iw, „ , steamer Sarah, from Mobile'for robbed of nine thousand doIUn IutniJ v to toe thief. Notice has been gi vea Government offices to-morrow. I New Yore, Novemberttrfn the fight re. fatal)y to Felix Larkin, foor pe^svVrJ jured. Pistols, knives tnd dob, wen m<ii , Ba , LT “? S1 26—Admire) g CEEe tured at the Maryland Institute lulni^t I] dience was large, and warmly rwtedhin. The Lecture season has folly commetetd. Dr. J. Gibson, of North Ctrolha, W; Maryland Institute last night The day was universally observed, is dead ^ C0 ‘ 1111 °k<k • citizen and member of th Four, fashionable weddings have ocoBnih more within the week. 5 From Alabamai Montgomery, November 25.—Tho Legislature is difcusBing a bill to stay" the collection of debts. Two judges havo already decided tho stay laws now-in force to be unconstitutional. A bill fixing toe time of the election for. members o( the Foriy-first Congress is also under consideration. Some favor the election to be in February, and others not until next September. The bill,for suppressing alleged Ku-Klux disorders is made the special order for Saturday. Both houses adjourned over until Friday to observe to-morrow as thanksgiving day. The United States Court was convened bore last Monday. Judge Busteed has not arrived from New York. A large number of lawyers and other persons, interested in the" Court, from different parts of. toe State, have; been here since Monday, awaiting Bus- teed’a arrival and tho opening of the Court. It is now thought that he will not hold this term of toe Court,. as the charges against him will likely require his presence at Washington during the session ot Con gress. Montgomery, November 27.—The Legislature to day was engaged in discussing the Ku-Klux bills. The bills make it indictable for any persons to appear in mask, and if any person shoots one who is masked after dark, it is to be considered no crime. The time of imprisonmentTor being disguised,'is from one to two years. Several sections of the hill have been adopted. Cincinnati. November 26.—ThsnkqiThjjj; erally observed. ThedrawinginMumj.IUjj lottery has been resumed, injunctions b,; 5 -j a5 St. Lodis, November 26.—Dupatchts f- s D( City say the city is infested with ronjb,iara the Pacific and other towns by vigilittttJtimi One of two highwaymen was killed, tWine The alleged horse thief was taken feac fi. ] jail by twenty men and hnng. Grant’s official majority in NebreshiitlSO. Savannah, November 27.—YestercUjithri eral holiday, races, etc. The weather was cild everything passed off quietly. Portland, Maine, November 27.—Adispoteh Batesville, Arkansas, states tbst Cirnh Ed Thompson, acting District Attorney, vis dut mortally wounded for his politics. Henus Hon. A. B. Thompson, of Brunswick Memphis, November 27.—Forresthukm i on the charge ofsbootinga palicenusiaanr* race course. Nashville, November 27.—0. llngbwji Cotton Commission estabiuhoeil re immelw hundred and sixty bales of cotton. The cotton New Orleans, November :S.-Isthtl T r.ittd S District Court, yesterday, the District Altar formed the Court that Chief Justice Okie kd pensed with the test oath fur jurors, nd acred the some rule be-sdopted for the United Slates ( of Louisiana. Judge Darill ordered the oath t administered as required before the vat. Augusta, November 28.—Gcn.T. W.Srttty, two companies 16th Infantry, arrived til-aw and will remain until after the mnnicipi! lie: which takes place next Wednesday. Foreign News. London, N ovember 25.—The Globe, in 5*1 the Queen’s reception of the Ceineee fink*! “America favors the protective arwo,*^' land desires uninterrupted interccurs. Us® of England and Chinese welfare ue identic there is the smallest chance of advanos* '* from the proposed treaty, ratify it imiM®*™ Tho Lonvere, from Quebec for hiverpoolv 11 dotted at sea. The crew have arrived at Gladstone was defeated in southwest Lin® Maxinn’s death is contradicted. Paris, November 25.—Ihe LeTanp* r Journal de Paris. RevidIeindLavinicn,LNn promoting aubecriptions for bandoa nan«s<* e Havana, November 25.-Valmauda W «■ the Revolutionists three days to disperse «■ mencing active op erations. , London, November 25.—The Tin^ 5 *^ ' majority in the new House will be 6". Gladstone’s defeat in Southwest tributed to tbe local dislike to the Iriih peopi Pesth, November 25.—Tbe Crostiau mea seated in the Hungarian Diet 1 1 eafierl HarANa, November 26.-The ■Of-W! The Indian War. A Heavy Fere* in Pursuit ot tbe Hostile Tribes, St. Louis, November 25.—A letter dated Fort Hay*, the 15th inst., says that the entire force in tbe field against the Indians is Gov, Crawford’* (of Kansas) cavalry, 1500 strong! seven companies of the Fifth cav alry,eleven companies of the Seventh cavalry, four companies of the Tenth cavalry, one company of,the Thirteenth infantry (colored), one company ■ of, the Third, infantry (Forsyth's Scouts), amounting in all to about S000 men. There is part of a regiment at Fort Wallace—probably "a reserve—and quite a force com ing from the Southwest to join General Sulley’$ com mand bow moving towards the Arkansas and Cana dian riveTS. It is reported that quite a large number of the Indians will also join the expedition. The principal, hostile tribes are the Arepahoes, Manzanillo and were troops, assisted by |lwgawf»o harbor. AU aocounts from the ^ , tricts continue favorabledo the government. Infanta Isabella has arrived. Berlin, November 27-M r ' Thanksgiving dinner, atwhicu w V*' ..^J Ministers, Literary gentlemen atd° persons. Madrid, November 2T.-The C^ ct | elections occur on the 18th jAsqi It is positively denied that the ^ ^ the Paoific has refused to give eminent of the Revolution. London, November stopping at Leamington, deliver ,fr e | importance of exploring fitness of Englishmen for the hono ^ I The military have queli^ , aIi d ccanty) Lingtown and Brampton. Cambeii" into Peter Head. Scotland, tered a heavy gale; _ , d hM decre*^ Bullion in the Bank of EngiM . hundred thousand. __ «u»h ir; Dublin. Novembers".—Im®', BM . a 'es| in Cork and Queenstown, atk w ^ d for the repose of the *eui» ^es. “ ehester. No interference from »«“ der was maintained. Copenhagen, November 27. ■ T^tiel ter of War. formerly Danish »‘“£Xdth- j States, toes to America to recr f- New York. November patohes report the insurreeti ^ id t. de Cuba and demanding j® f° r: not entertain claims based on earns Apaobes, Kiowas, Comanches and a mixed outlawed ^”’® rie *P Adm; t0 ^ for band called Dog Soldiers. Among the latter are many white desperadoes. The Dog Soldiers are now scattered about the headwaters of the streams north of Smoky Hill, and will probably remain north of the railroad ail.winter. The other four tribes are south of toe Arkansas river, where they will build tbeir lodges for toe win ter. They can muster from 30C0 to 5000 warriors, all armed with carbines and revolvers, in addition to their arrows and knives, and are well supplied with ammunition. General Sherridan will command the expedition in person. The plan-is to attack tho Indians in their winter quarters, destroying their lodges and every thing they have, take away their arms, and force all those that escape slaughter to live on reservation* be low the Arkansas, The destination of toe expedition will probably be Sand Plains, south of the Arkansas, making that point a base of supplies. General Sheri dan has a large supply of extra horses and the best outfit that has ever taken the field on the Plains.. If he can prevent the Indiana from breaking up into small by-'’- and coining north, he can give them a very severe punishment; but it" they elude JMm after the first attack and reach the railroad In raiding par ties, they can' do immense danagOi as there will he but a small force along the route to. protect it General Sheridan left Fort Hays on the 15to. and Will overtake bis force near Walnut Creek. He will then move to the Indian country, but will not com mence active operations for three or four weeks. From Mississippi. Jackson, November2B.-^Thb Republican Conren-, Con adjourned last sight The. Committee are pre paring an address, to he submitted toCoearass, her- ginrtoat bodyto •d^elsrej^o. Aeftote* OmriMntion ratified and toe State officer* elected. A numbpr of prominent RemnHiMUM Opposed tofiteotionJUasafnch as the oo Sana bedim Goa eraibad, fife mentfa •*>.’**- warJsdhis official raAr* tb Oongress, showttetht* rtkp 09*W<*lou iafeeted fc? a majority#* the vote* east at that election*. latleiy- eminent district authorities «>**‘g^o. report is current in , opposing partite had compw ^ ^ ink Paris. Number 27.-Mom torial believes that Gr “t* JEUof** wounds of the late war. »•<*>’ The teteerpapersayc te* ^,,.!.' trenched »t ViHett*. " 1U toe fell *f Assuneioa. l*s \ Havana, November l witba portioaof towcarao^^ .Star of toe Union. Other v«*»“ J *§§&!****££&■; . d(cto _ wjfo hs* tote j itdhtfl vessj WidiSSktes*-
