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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^^
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