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About Weekly constitutionalist. (Augusta, Ga.) 185?-1877 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 15, 1865)
BY STOCKTON & CO. OUR TERMS. The following aro the rate3 of Subscription and Advertising in the Constitutionalist : Weekly— 3 Months $1 00 6 Months 2 t>o Single Copies—lo cents. Advertisements inserted in the Weekly at $1 50 per Square for each insertion. To accommodate our patrons we will receive in payment produce; such a3 Bacon, Lard, Butter, Flour and Meal, at the Market value, and it can be seut to us by Express at our ex pense. Letter from 3lilledgevilie. % From our special Correspondent. Milledgeville, Nov. 4tb, 1865., Death of a Delegate—A Cherokee Chief — A Congressional Candidate in the Fifth District — Theology in the Convention-*-Bejmdiation of the Mails — The Test Oath not an Insuperable Obstacle. Judge Hiueff Holt, of Columbns, delegate fiocu Muscogoe county, died at 2 A. M. at the Milledgeville Hotel. For some time past the health of Mr. Holt, who has Ailed no unimportant place in State and Congressional politic*, has been feeble and a few days sinoe the illness terminating in his death occasioned his being borne faintmtr from the Convemion. His remain?, it is understood, will be taken to Oolu inbus. Rev George Busheyhead, head Chief of the North Carolina Cherokee nation and a preacher of tbo Baptist persuasion is nowhere, soliciting aid for his impoverished and war stricken peo ple. In conversation with the writer Mr. B. eaid that his ration now consisted of about 1600 souls, al! told. During the war a force of six hundred war riors—or, as Mr. B. quaintly expressed it, itrong mens" —known as Thomas’ Legion fought with great gallantry for the bonney Blue Flag. Many of the lighting men having been slain or riteabltJcl, the usual Federal annuities —afterwards supplied by the Confederate gov ernment— having been now entirely cut eff, and the general impoverishment of the coun try falling with peculiar force upon the Charo kees, they aro now in circumstances of very urgent need. So far it is not known that much relief had been afforded Mr. B. but it is sen 'cerclytobe trusted that tometiling at least may be given a people who east in their all for our cause. Some days*s-inco it was written that thqro was so little unanimity among the thirty-seven delegates from the Fifth Congressional District as to a Federal Representative, that it was deemed useless to mentiou any of the names brought forward in connection with that office. Since that time opinion seems to have become more settled, and I learn that at a species of in foraaal meeting held not long since Col. J. D. Matthews, of Oglethorpe, met a very strong approval, bineo then it is understood that Mr. M. is a candidate and in view of his name coming before the district in that way ,|Wnmy be ofln terest.to give porno account of an experienced legi.-lat r aud gallant, straightforward speaker. During the Into war, Mr. Matthews, originally captain of n volunteer eoqjpatfy, served with Stonewall Juckson in his famous Talley cam paign, went through tiro seven day’s bat ’ ties in the closing combat oflihich. at Cold Harbor, he was very sAve^fi^Hhnoded, and was at length raised of his regiment. To politic said to^iave been the originator ofjßy of the moat im portant measures adojßM during the war by tbo Legislature, in which body he had a seat while convalescing from his hurts. As? a speaker, on which point alono the writer caD speak from personal knowledge. Col. Matthews is one of the most fluent, impassioned, and yet logical men in the Convention. But, perhaps, enough has been said, and even thus much is due to the interest it is supposed may bo felt in knowing soinethfng of that candidate in the Augusta district, who is supposed here to have things all his own way. In speaking of the death *of Judge Holt, it should have been said that resolutions of ro uped to his memory were adopted this morn ing by the Convenfion, which thereupon ad journed till Monday morning next, at A. M. Mr. Chapel!, of Muscogee, the colleague of Judge Holt, paid avert beautiful tribute to *his many virtues and public services, and was followed by Hon. C. J. JenkiDß, who, sraid the ,profoundest silence, in a very affecting manner of the reflections suggested by the death of ono who. in years gone by, had been the companion of his echoelboy days. To complete the who’o eurrieulnm of science upon which, at one time or another, the Con vention has been engaged, it lately came very ‘ near adding a debate npon theology—the ex act point being'no less than Unitarianism vr Trinitarianisns, In the caption to the new cons l tuition, it was declared that the people of Georgia did establish the same in a firm reli ance on Almighty Gcd. “Through Jesus Christ, His Son,” it was moved to amend by adding, and on this Ihe Convention bade fair at one time*to resolve itself Into a rort of synod. The propoyfd amendment was tot adopted, however; it being thought, perhaps, too great an innovation on the time-honored old for mula. The adjournment over, as above slated, pre vented that griwdy scarecrow, Repudiation, from coming up to day ; but on Monday next, provided the pievious question be not called, there will be such a smiting hip and thigh, sueh n stabbing mrJ r the fifth* rib. such an outburst of oratory and expenditure of eloquence, as will mak the Convention Hal! a sort cf wordy Ar mageddon. Ere this letter sees print, the re sult will l>e telegrpphed you, but if in favor of xepuilialtan, .it should once for all be distinctly unde-'■food that it ia not the free voice of the Convention that thus speaks Statements and vo*ts to verify this assertion can and will be given by the writer, in some such form as may show the Slaty denied her prorn'ue only under that exact rondition of circumstances knoevn among lawyers as duress per minus. Coi.Jas L. Harris, Post Master at Savannah, and nqpr.here establishing post routes through oat the .Mate, me that, his arrant e ments are so far as to justify him in f vying it need Dot be a momh hr'fore tbo mails •are ocoe more op*-n to at least ev*ry oouhty seat in the State—as well, of course, to all prominent plaoea and r\iiroad points. Tbo service is to be—except on the great routes — fifty per cent, of that previous to the late war, a six day mail being cut down to a tri-week ly ; a tri-weekly to twice a week; and a bi weekly to a single mail. Informrtiou to im portant and so official in its nature will donbt l**s be received with great satisfaction. It should be staled that this system above spoken of, though of only a temporary nature, will be kept up until the times of the regular mail letting- - next July. Post masters, it miy also be said, will not be absolutely aud indispen sably required to take tbe test oath, if other wise competent and willing to rely for appo va! of salary, etc j on a presumed modifica tion of that enactment at tbe next session of Con gress. * To-day, for tbe first time in nearly forty eigUt hours, tbe suu burst forth, dispelling the rai . aud drying up the mud that are uuder slo id here to be inevitable eoneomitauts of legislation. Shining out full aud fair, this ble- nett sun, as old Falstaff hath it. beams brightly on the twinkling, leafless trees end the blackened craggy.re mains of the old rnnga anne that in its explosion made such a havoc with the State House window glasses and roof ing --over. The glasses hava boon replaced, but the roofing is as tbe blast of gunpowder left it, full of holes and rents whereby the rain drops thr mgh in pluvious weather, striking the leg isla ive head with a startling “tplaih,’’ or surreptitiously stealing with icy oo'dness down some honorable back. New York T.etter. From our Special Correspondent. New York, Oct. 30th, 1865. As the period for the annual meeting of Con. grc-'S approaches, public attention is I>eing at trar-ted, more and more to the probable relation of the public finances to the business interests of the country. The bight of speculation, to which the redundant currency has revised the wli >le country; the fictitious wealth and almost unbounded extravagance which are seen in all these parts of the country which Imve escaped the ravages and adversities of war; tho exces sive importations; the (till now) diminished ex po; fu—have awakened much apprehension res pecting the effect of any systematic effort to res ore the currency to a sounder basis and bri; g the business of the country within legi timate channels. Two different policies are advocated, and will probably have their champions in Congress. Ono favors a continuation of the present inflat ed currenev, and even advocates its increase by the issue of two hundred millions more to the “Wateial Banks," on the ground that the country will soon “grow to it.” Tbe head of this party js Hoa. Thadeus Stevens, an intense “K idical” from Pennsylvania. It is understood that, be declares that any effort to contraot the cuirency, will precipitate a panic that will over throw both public and private credit, and bring up- u the country a period of business depres sion, under which the public revenues ’would be insufficient to meet tho expenditures of the government, and the present rate of taxation become bo onerous as to provoke organized opposition, if not open resistance. While these considerations are not wholly lost sight of at Washington, I can state to you by authority lhat is unquostiuable, that the President ard Secretary of the Treasury favor a 1 -sumption of specie payment at the earliest possible moment The latter declares to all comers his intention to withdraw and cancel two hundred millions of legal tenders; and yet it is unquestionably his earnest desire to ac complish this work in a manner to disturb as little as possible the stale of the money mar ket and the regular transactions of buslnesa. In my judgment, the contracting process was nofinaugurated too soon. Bat for the with dmwal of legartendors that has taken place, I a-a quite satisfied the premium on gold would hav> risen the part month to 10, and I am equally well convinced that when the process of withdrawing another fi s ty millions is com menced, tfio premium will fall to 30. Mr. McCulloch says he shall not roEtime the work of contraction t ill after Congress meets, but those who are constantly in the markets, as I am, can see that the speculative spirit of the times has received a heavy, if not a Crushing blow. In tbe meantime, to ease the effect of this contraction of tho currency, the balance in.tho treasury is being reduced—temporary loans are being paid off—“gold certificates" are heiug issued—these laty-r being merely treasury notes redeemable in gold at pleasure,' and receivable for duties on imports 4 With all these measures, the Treasury Department has in effect said to business and speculators “you had better take in sail; for the policy pf the government is an early return to specie pay met ‘s; and if you do not act accordingly you mav get hurt." If thfey do not be lie 7- this, let them look at the decline in gold tag*. Thursday.-, in the face of a decline in •five-twenties abroad : .and on Saturday gold sgni-i relapsed, In the face of an export of abont $650 000. Most of onr business men are pay ing heed to these sign* of the times ; buying merchandize for a rise hag nearly ceased, and on till sides we find holders willing to meet the market, and even concede something to the buyer. Still no market change need be looked for in the negt fwo or three months. As I on derriand it, there is a desire to keep matters steady, till the crops of 1865 shall have passed into consumption ; after that, unless Congress shall overrule the policy of the President and bis chief financial adviser (in whom be places the greatest confidence) a vigorous prosecution of ti e constructing policy may be expected. Stax ICO AND MAXIMILLUN. How deficient we are, both individiml'y and as a Government, in what the French call “the courage of our opinions.” is well illustrated by onr attitude towards Mexico ami MaxtnrUllen. There is not an intelligent man of my acquain tance, fcnt vho expresses the opinion that tbe go-r tiled ‘ Republican” government of Mexico, is a bold liumbnz, and that all the material and moral,interes:s of that unhappy country j depend upon tbe perpetuation ar.d consolidation jof M"Xunilltah's government. This is evident j iy t : e opinion of Mr. Seward, and President j Job: son is not Ci-posed to controvert it; and yet. we stand before the wprld, both as a peo~ ! pie and a government, as uncompromisingly i hostile to lb* Empire, and almost ready to t«k« AUGUSTA, GA, WEDNESDAY,\MORNING, NOVEMBER 15, 1565 up arms in perpetuation of the Republic. Why. we should not talk, write and act as we feel on this subject, as upon all others, I am at a loss to conceive. Our present position is certainly a moral phenomenon. Perhaps the reticence of tbe government is due to previous committals, which at the same time, it is satisfied to let events develop themselves. IfARINB DISASTERS. The epidemic 11 railroad disasters" having been checked, we aR suffering from a series of marine disasters. First, we had the Circassian, an <dd blockade runner, sprung a leak on the passage from Europe, and was run ashore on the Nova Scotia coast. She is a total wreck, but fortunately no lives were lost. The next was the old Vanderbilt steamer North Star on the passage from New Orleans. She sprung a leak off flattera , and was with the greatest difficulty prevented irom sinking. A large pot lion of the cargb was thrown overboard, and tbe steamship got into Norfolk with tho wa.er up to her furnace bars ; in a very Bhort time, it would have breo impossible to bavo saved her. The passengers have had a meet ing and adopted resolutions of fierce denurttia ti in against those who sent the steamship in an ttrseaworthy condition. We l.avo two more serious disasters reported in this morning's papers. The steamship Re public, from New Orleans for New York, foun dered off tho coaßt of Georgia on the" l*th inst. The passengers and erew took to the boats; one boat arrived at Charleston. Res pecting the remainder the most Berious ap prehensions are felt. The dispatch saya: “The other three boats and the raft have been heard from." But from the context, there in reason to fear that the word “not’’ has a place in the aentence. I# so, we shall probably have soon to record an appalling loss of life. The coast trade has been so active, since (lie first off July, that almost everything to which the name “ocean steamship” could be applied, has been pressed into service; without being suitably strengthened, thoy have been enormously overloaded, and it need surprise no one' if loss of life is sgain the attendant upon avarice. Tho last accident in the chapter is the explo sion cf ono of the boilers of the Hudson River steamer St. Johns, by which 14 passengers have already lost their lives, and some 30 more were more or less scolded. Tho St. John is one of tbe new boats of the People’s Line, and' wss built regardless of expense; that cue of her boilers should explode causes the greatest surprise. I do not think a life has been lost before on one of the boats of this company in twenty five years It is said the explosion was caus ed by a defective platffof iron, called “sand iron,” In the main part of tbe boiler. indicted. I may remark, en passant, that in many in stances the parties who have appeared most responsible for tbe late railway accidents, have been Indicted, aud will have to 'stand their trials. POLITICA L, The canvass in this State is becoming more animated, and the prospects of the Democrats are improving. I notice some peculiar changes. The Dickinson Hunkers are, gravitating to wards the Republicans, while the old Silas Wright Democrats, who went off on the sla very issue to the Uepubli arts, are returning to their first love. A number have published letters indicating this action. Tho Evening Po9t, the old Barnburner organ, remains with the Republicans, but gives its old ftiends now acting with the Democrats the fullest bearing; for which liberality it has brougat upon itself a savage attack by Thnrlow Weed. By the wav, it is said that Mr. Weed and Mr. Fernan do Wood have established amicable political relations. The Republicans are not sparing in their efforts to carry New Jersey ; vast sums are expended, and every other influence celled into play. THE MARKETS. General trade is very dull. Cotton is quiet at 57a58c for middlings. Colton goods are irreaular and have generally declined. Stand ard Brown Sheetings are firm at 35}c , but the demand is not active. Medford and other three yard goods are quiet at about 34c. Fair yard aud other light makes, with fine wide goods are 10.a2c. lower, and unsettled. They are bringing so much above the cost of pro duction, that their sale is pnshed at a wide and irregular discount, and agent’s quotations are no criterion of actual prices. The same re mark is true of lew and medium grades of bleached goods ; tbe heavier bleached goods -are better supported and firm. There was rather more steadiness to-day In Prints. The competitive selling by two lead ing jobbers seems to have been checked by the want of goods. Merrimac D’s, upon which the run, was mainly moth, are now scarce, aud agents are firm at 32c., and W’s at 345. Coch oco, 31c ; Spragues, 31c; American, 29c ; Richmond, 28c ; Wamsutta, 26c. Jaconets—The last sales of Blaters were at, 31c. aud for high colors of the same. 32c. De Laioes have been steady at 3Gc for regu lar goods, 31 Jca42Jc for extras. Drills.—Standard, 37Jc; Glolie, 31c,—quiet. Ginghams—Leading makers are selling at 35e. Piled**— easier;- Social, 46c; Indian Orchard, 35ca40e. . Cotton Flannels.—Heavy Brown active at 46e560 ; Cocheco R.. 37c. Stripes—Are 2t cents lower on the week ; Whitentons, 350a55c. Ti-ks—Firm and in good demand. Amos keag 45caG5c for I) to A. D-nims and Cottoftades—TVntinue to move freely at full prices. Wilpocoiiby. The Wirz Case—Father Boyle, of the Ro man Catholic Church, visits the prisoner Wirz frequently, sihee the -adjournment .of the Com mission, as he did before. Wirz nave con siderable attention to his spiritual affairs, out of respect to the teachings of the reverend gentleman. Mrs.'Wirz went baek to Georgia more than two week i ago. In conversation Wirz says he eftects to be punished with death, but does' r»t acknowledge the justice of hanging him whits no steps are being taken to biing bis superiors, from whom he received his orders, to the halter. Wirz is in fair health and spirits, talks freely to those who are per mitted to visit him, and spends bis leisure boors la tbe perusal of Genian novels and re ligious works. e Items (Os NcW$ * General Joseph K. Johnston is sfbppiug at the Spotssrood Hotel in Richmond. Bets, Yungling & Beyer, Northern capitalists are about to erect a building in Richmond two hundred and fifty feet deep by one hundred feet front and seven stories high, for brewing lager beer, ale and porter. Dr. Coleman delivered the opening lecture before the Medical College of Bichmtjhd on the Ist inst. There is a revival going on at the Leigh street Baptist Church in Richmond attended with many couversio s. Thirty-four lieensea for marriage were issued last month by the Clerk of the Hustings Court Richmond, Va., including seven for negroes. John Brougham is playing at the Winter Garden, Now York. The reported appearance cf the ('holera in Brooklyn is unfounded. " • The authoiines of various cities c coun - try are adopting measures to preserve the pub lic health, in view of the westward movement of the cholera in Europe. A woolen faolory on a magnificent scale is to be erected in Chicago, with a working capital of a million o r dollars. The Uuiversnlists of tho United Stiitos have recently held their national convention at Mid dletown, Conn. They passed a resolution to raise SIOO,OOO for missionary purposes in the Southern States. The Richmond Enquirer has been Thrived by Messrs. Tyler A Coleman. The merchants of Mobile aro preparing to organize a Chamber of Commerce in that city. Gen. Wheeler, of the late C. 8. was in New Orleans on the 2!Hh ult. A Oincinnatf dispatch reports tat Chief Justice Chase is soon to be utnrricu to Miss Wiggans, of that city. The Baltimore Gazette says it costs only $8 70 per bale to bring cotton from Dalton Ga., to that city, via the TennesseeVnd Vir ginia Railroad. | - Gen. Beauregard, has made the tAfr of his New Orleans and Jackson Railroad, pcoompa nted by “his stuff and troops" of friends. So says the Jackson News. Tho Times’ special says since the dose of the war thirty-fivo new National Banks hove been organized in the Southern States, with an ag gregate capital of four million four hundred ami seventy-four thousand dollars Francis B. Shoup, late Brigadier in the Con federate Army, has been recently elected by the Board of Trustees of the University of Mississippi to fill the chair of Physics, Astron omy and Civil Engineering in lhat Institution. There aro over two hundred students at the University of Virginia. ■ There are about 580 prisoners now" confined on the Dry Tortugas. A large fire occurred at Apalachicola recent ly, consuming 4000 bales of cotton. Gov Btownlow, whilst walking In the streets of Nashville, lately, was unceremonious shoved of the sidewalk by a couple of negro soldiers. Who cares if t icy broke his nock? Members of Congrces are already beginning to arrive at Washington in view of the ap proaching session, Fabulous prices are asked for rent tui'l board. The Cincinnati Enquirer publishes r. petition for the release of Jefferson Davis, signed by several hundred ladies of Mercer and Boyle counties, Kentucky. The Savannah and Chaw,*cton Cotton —A late Northern paper siys “ihe sum obtained by the tale of Savannah and Sea Island cotton, sold in New York op Tuesday by Mr. Draper, the cotton agent, was more than $1,200 600 in gold. Tbe whole amount realized dur ng the past year on-account cf cotton sales Is be tween six and seven million dollars. Nei-rly $6,000,000 of the sum were the proceeds of the cotton captured in Lavannnh and Charleston, 42,500 bales of which 38,500 came from Sa vannah. The advance which has Oiken place in the price of cotton has add'd tolerably to tile sum, for which at least, 10,006 b des of it were sold. By postponing the sale the Government gained about twenty cents a pound. The whole of tbe Savannah, Charleston and Mobile cotton taken by tbe Government lias been dis posed of, and the sales made hereafter will be of eotton collected by tbe special agents of the Treasury in the various States of the South. - —. An Important Decision—Coneederate Money Recognized. -Tho Lebanon Toon. Regis ter says: “At the October Term of tho Circuit Court for Canoon couuly, 1865, a suit was tiied which was predicated upon a promissory noto payable in Confederate money, due iu Novem ber, 1863. “Judge Cooper held, that In as much as the Doited States bad acknowledged tbe Confede rate States a beligerent power, that a contract payable in Confederate money, made in a locali ty that was in the military occupation of the Confederates, would be valid and binding upon the parties, and that tho plaintiff would lie entitled to recover whatever U,e proof showed tbe Confederate money to be worth at the time the note fell duo.” Ernst, thb Viooinist —The great violinist Ernst died at Nice, October 14, after a painful illness of many yea s. H-urieb Wilbeim Ernst was born in tbe year 1814, in the town ‘of Bruno, in Moravio. Hi tallied the art, of which be became so famous a master, In Vien ne, where he wits u special favorite with Paganini. He made tiis great name and re pute’ion, for the most part, in Paris. He was an elegant composer for the violir, his * Elegy” being a standard piece with all accomplished proficients on that iusirument. Avery neat thing was said by John Brough am, when returning i hanks for a toast in bis honor, at a dinner given by tbe Kaffir Club, In London, just before his embarkation fit I this country. After confessing himself to be more American than.ike Americans, he added: j “Do not imagine by that, however, I have lost jail feeling for th-Old Country. No, no I In :'my heart of hearts there is room enough for all. If a man marry, let him love his wife as ardently as he may. he has etill a sacred and eodnriog affection for ike mother that gave him birth,” ATopchino Appeal. —TYe find in. the Lynch burg Virginian of the 19th an appeal hum a number of slaves to their forme," masters for aid to enable them to emigrate to Liberia iu Africa. The Virginian vouches for them us respectable men, and worthy of any help that may be extended to them : Lynchburg, Got, 17, 1865. 7b our Fortier ilasttrs: We, a portion dt your firmer slaves, have formed ourselves imo a society, known ns the African Emigration Society, for the sole pur pose of migrating to Liberii, on the west coast of Africa, to convoy tho light aud civilization that we have received here, even in a slnie of slavery, to our heathen brethren on that be nighted and long-neglected eouuncnt. Wc expect to leave this city on tho Ist of Novem ber next for our fatherland; and leave you all for no reason but tho one above meniioned: none of us will carry with us the prejudices and ill will that might arise from our being! e'd in bondage by you, us your slaves We know that you have been our b «• iriouds, mid wc feel it now the more, though we tiro he v You all know- the peculiar sitnntion tho fcrminiUion of the late war lias loft us in, so thereiore, we call upon you to aid pa in our enlorpi iso. Wo know your generous and sympathetic heaits will not let yon stand aloof ire rn us in our en deavors to do go >d for our«olvea and people Some of us arc capable of conveying ideas of tho mechanic avta; some can unfold to them, ill our poor way, the mnrvclqyp light of the gospel, and point the way to (■ id. Wo are not going to try to elevate tho people of Liberia, because, from what we can learn, .they are for our superiors in intelligence, wealth and loam iug, but Africa generally Home of us .have n good common education which wo think will bo offvulue to those who have no arl. You know wo are very poor; tho efnallest sums you afford to contribute to our scheme will be very acceptable to us. Wo cull upon you hec.iusc we know Ilia kind aud generous impulses of your hearts, and yon, on the other baud, know our situation and wants. Give us. of tbe abun dance of your wealth, a snisll sum, hud wo be lievo that you will bo rewarded by Him whq says, "He that giveth to the poor Imideth to the Lord-” Wo think tliia will be our last re quest frpm your hands, so join aud help us in our efforts to do good to our race. We are ever your friends aud ob’t s'erv’ts. The Kktoiium Cask —On Saturday Edward B. Ketehmn, attended by his litilier mid coun sel, appeared at tho Court .of Sessions, New York, and.formally withdrew his pics of “not guilty,” and substituted thero’or a special pU-a of “guilty.” This was bis intention from tte first, but bis evidenoe was wanted in Rome thii teeu civil suila now p Hiding. Ketchum’fl counsel asked as a favor that wliou the time for pronouncing the sentence should have arrived, he (fho counsel) should have the (frivilege of examiniog a few witnews in open court, touching tbo cause which led to the commission of tho offence of which the prisenor Blands charged. .Counsel to show that the prisoner wne not inately vicious ly disposed, but that when he did the act that had brought him so this bar, he was laboring under a delusion : that he wss not under tin full sway of the Instincta of his better nature He desired 11 Iso to show whnt were tho usual business habits of the prisoner, that ho Imd noi those vicious Jialiits that had caused others to commit crime, and that II n commission of the offense charged in the Indictment was not the result of any pernicious habits. The prisoner was sn inniale of a select, social circle, and not naturally ale craved. Ha mitiit be made a useful citizen nrnt honorable member of Iho community. Taking into consideration all Ihe suggestions fi- (oqpfisel) had made, he asked that fho learned Diklrict Aitonry would not move for sentence at this term of the court. Tho law would be fully vindicated, if, for the reasons ho had slated, the pri oner were allowed to remain a while longer in tho city prison, until lie could ho examined touching the mailers involved in Ihe civil suits now before tho courts. Willi theso leniurks, be would now, in accordance with Ills promise made to the District Attorney, withdraw the plea of “not guilty,” and enter a plea ol ‘ guilty of tho of feiisocharged in the indictment.” Tho clerk thereupon asked Mr. Ketchiim if he desired to withdraw his firmer plea, to which he responded affirmatively. On being then asked the usual question, “are you guilty, or not guihy ?" the prisoner answered in n firm voice, “guilty," A Ml’rdbrer Commith Suicide.— The New York Herald gives tbo following particulars of the suicide of the man Furwell: For ae.vernl days past detectives Elder and McCord have been in seatoh of Levi L. Far well, a fugitive from tho ed.y cf Washington, where he stood charged with inking the life of Harriet Wells, a’ias Houghton, by drugging her with chlorofoam and then strangling her This occurred on the night of the o?,\ Inst., and-Fnrwell being snspentrd of Iho murder search was made, for hull, hut wil limit avail The watch and money of drc-ored were also missing. It subsequently appeared that Fare well find to this city and took refngo in a house in West Broadway, near Rode s reel His hiding place being discovered by the detec tives, they entered the premises and secured him. Farcied was taken to the police bead quartern and locked up. During the evening his supper was passed into him on a tin plate, minus a knife and fork, which were refused him. Late at night, when all was still, the prisoner broke his plate in two niece*, with the sharp point - of one of which he i pened the main artery in his left arm, laydown on his bunk and soon bled so death. The deed was not discovered till six o’clock ye=tflrrfay morning, when the doorman went to his cell. Tho floor of the room whs covered with blood, ns also were his clothes, bed. bedding, A/:. On raising bis head a pnner collar and a memorandum, of which Ihe f>l • lowing Is a copy, were found under It: “Give my effects to Charlie, my brother j n Washing ton : I nm going to moot Hattie.” Coroner Wildey was notified and held mi inquest. The jury found "'that, deceased came to his death by suicide by cutting a vein in bis right arm with a tin plain.” Deceased was thirty-six years of age and a native of Massa chusetts.” The “Dkad.llead" Ststhm in France —The French “dead-head” sys tem has reached per fection. At, it recent exhibition by the Daven 'portk in Paris, eighty free tickets were distrib uted. A row broke up the exhibition, and tho money was retnrned at the dooj. The receipts not holding out to pay all the audience, it was found at ihe entertainment that seventy out of the eighty ‘ (lead-head*” had taker, monev at tbo door. The American ‘'dead head” system is bad, but it does not reach French audacity. Rather Personal —An amusing debate took place between Mr. W. n skeptic on religious matters and a German Lutheran. The skep’- ic, ridiculing the truth of certain pas-ape* in the Bible, and supposing hfs antagonist about cornered in argument, asked him If be be lieved Balaam’s ass ever spoke like a man. The Lutheran was silent for a moment, and then said: “Mo read mit the Bible dat yon Balaam beat his s*haekast, and she snekl chust like a man Me believes dat. Mo never hear a eebickas* spoke like • man myself, but me ben? a good many man apes* ebun Lite a •cbMkait." BY TELEGRAPH. New York, Not. 4 —The steamer Europa from Havre is still detained at the lower quarantine Surgeon Buridt states that all arc well on heard. No esses of cholera were known at Havre prior to the sailing of the E irepa. The steamer stopped at Brest but three hours, which port is represented perfectly healthy. Most of her pa-sengers a e from Paris, A special to the Herald from Wastiingtoh 3d says the esse of Lt. Bnhrer, charged with gigantic frauds iu the Navy Department in the enlistment cf sailors reud marine!, will come up belore a military commission to-mor row. Orders from the War Department and Esolyed tho Green Millitaiy Commission Justus it was ah.nit to take up the trial of Captain Pettit, the Alexandria jailor. It is rot probable that Peat will be brought to trial, inaamnch -a some of the evidence u- essary to convict him would implicate prominent paitloa now out ol nervine, who can: ot afford to stand ill • vill lire public occupant of ue White House in Wnsliinglon, Wh»n President Lincoln -d, elii'mia wore uni In for damages done the room and furniture on ttau ni-ht of the ae«u«Mu*rion. IV'lic hun ters would buy iho furniture at high prices. Large numbers visit Ford's theatre daily. Ninety six volunteer medic u officers breve'- led ivi Thursday by special older. The Monumental Ajsoeivt'ou commie-urns Dr. McGowan to solicit con’- b Jt-iIH of Lapi dafiutn stones from Asia to I>is friltlMry. The Arsocinlioti is determined toemiph.-ts iho mnnu nii nt ns soon as practicable, t-Jitw York, Nov. 4—The W.irld gives the mi über of votors registered io New Y.i-rk up to l ist evening 73,085. Tbe figures are not entirely correct but will be c.urented to day. The trotting on tho Fashion 1 course yo-ter da,v : Lucy to a 250 pnuud wagon against Hon (-n Johu in harness; $1,900 n licit, mile heats, brst 3 in 5. The niaresvon all tbe neats easily. Time, 2 47, 2 45, 2 45 Sweepstakes, for SIOO, five mile dash in Inn nets, was won by Ynng Woeful. Geo. Wilkes ami Commodore Valideihilt are announced to run, postponed (he 'match this afternoon nt tho Union eonrso. Cincinnati, Nov. 4 —Governor Anderson of Ohio, has appointed Tbmsdny, Nov. 30th, as a day of Thanksgiving. UDUISVILI.E, Nov. 4 —By order of the Presi dent thereof, the Western Asrocmted Prose will meet In this oily on tlie 22d inst, The W-ißtorn Association extends :i cordial invita tion to the press of the Boiith uid enu lint hope they will ntlcqd this meeting. A Washington (pedal to the Time* of Ilia 3d, says application to the Comptroller of Cur rency for the establishment ol a national bank nt Now Orloarns, with a Cnpit.it of SIOO 000 Inn been granted. Tbo War Department lits promulgated sen tence against Oapt. Jnmen Monnoy of the 19th U. S Infantry, charged with enlisting, attesting and inspecting iu January anti February last, while on recruiting Atevvico In Now York City, Peter Ryan, Micheel Kearney, and eleven oth er persons, and severally crediting them falsely to men in towns in the State of New York, at tho same time and receiving corruptly for each recruit a credit of 015 dollars from bounty brokers. The sentence of iho court, is that Oapt. Mooney bn dishonorably dlsmlssod from the service, nod pay a line of $3 000, The oscrt tsry apprnvee the etm’encS but" remits the fine. The Globe's Paris enrrerpundent say* Mr. Bigelow called ut the Foreign Office to contra dict. asonsatioo telegram. Most of the European Governments have given their assent to an International Confer ence at Constantinople, to prevent the spread ing of cholera. The Paris Bourse was firm. Austria had addressed a note to the Senate of Fraiikioyt, in reference to a late meeting of delegates from the German Diet, threatening forcc if the remonstrance should prove insuffi cient.. Lunijon, Oct 22.—The Glob - says it is net in a position to state the preeiso character of tbe ministerial arrangements, bill no obstacles prevail in regard to them, and that ssaltsfan to v formation us the ministr y u expected. The Observer says nothing definite will transpire until after Lord Palmerston’s fune ral. As little change as pusslb e twill ue made —at least before the meeting of Parliament. It statei that M. McOad", the Papel Minister of War, has not resigned, but has obtained H-revn of absence. It is reported that the Pa pa! arniv is much disorganized. Tho Timos thinks t at ehonld Earl Resell fall in forming a ministry, a coalition batweeo tip. different sections of the Liberals will be come necessary, anil Lord Or. nvlile will pro. hut iv he the perron nudes whom tliu greutfst. number of men will serve. - The political news is unimportant. Amur* ra t advices received by tho steamei* (lad lit tle or no effect upon our m .rltets. A Paris paper atntes that Hie cholera re un.ins stationary. The Empiror visited tbj lb'el Dien to satisfy himself that propr r croe wm tastowedon theeholera patient*.' Garibaldi hail declined the uomiuali :n to tin Italian Parliament, offered by the Queen. New York. Get. 3 —Max Mnrotxeit recently preferred charges uguinst Wm Caldwell end I (.race I) Whitney, editors of tho New York Bmday Mercury, for putdlshhut malicious lib-Yesterday these gen'leiften were ar rested, aud gave bail in $5,060 each to appear before the jiourt of sesslonu ami war* dis charged. General Longstraot arrived in this city yes - Imday, end is stopping ut tho Metropolitan. Major Oencral Hooker bus reduced his sisff, in compliance with recant order* from the War Department. There -s a continued bustle snd activity *t the Fenian headquarters in tbia city. Th* rooms are conttantly crowded, and report »ay» the Brotherhood has reached a state ol pm feet organization. Tho dt liberations of the Henata are veret. Armed aontioels n.v riationcd at the entrance to tho room occupied a* lh*tr heedduarters. Nk-jv York, Nov. 3d.—A special meeting of the health commissioner* was held at noon to day in consequence es the reported presence of tho cholera, to draft a memorial and petition the General Government for tbe use of the, lands of Handy Hook for qoarintln*. and rep resenting the necessity of rigid quarantine in I several partsof tbe'omintry to gourd against the introduction of the cholera. Too authorities of New York aro without a prnp'r place to estab ' Halt a quarantine to meet tho auricipaied emer gerey in ibis dilemma. They earnestly request : the General Governmentto grant, ns temporary quuran'lne grounds, so much of tbe land os j shaii be necessary, now owned by the Uovoru rrn nt, on Sandy Hook, in the Io ver buy. The I memorial was adopted, and Dr Bayers and Ma jor Cleveland were appointed a commiiftie to proceed to Washington and lay ho mailer be fore the Government. Tne ship Rhine, from London, had r.o ease* I of cholera en board. Sew York, Nov J. —Later zcooudU from the cholera On the Mearoskip Atlanta, aisle that the piiMengera ot the Atlanta numbering 52, were principally German*, except the cnbiil liaseerigers, of whom there were 48. The ves sel had taken nearly ull tho latter ut London, and part of the steerage paw-, gers, nut she emptied nt Havre, where more passenger* were- received. Tho person who brought chol era op board came from Havre on the first day after the Atlanta went to sea. One of them, a otiild w»" attacked and died. The following day other* became sick, but the dis ease was confined entirely to tbe steerage, none of the cabin passenger* ’woe in the Jc**t degree affected by it. The case* of *icluieH numbered, a* it ie reported elsewhere, frirffif- - VOL. 23—NO. 24. ty to sixty, sad there were fifteen deaths. The steerage passengers did not Enow till they arrived at this port that the disease waa that which it is. They did not know that it was cholera. Some of the moat intelligent amongst them suspected, but the doctor carefallly with held positive information from them, fearing the effect of the excitement It is thought this accounts for the fact "that only fifteen of the fifty persona who were exposed to the dis ense died of it. The passengers manifested little anxiety, and they did not eeem to be much alarmed after they learned the nature of the epidemic of which they were Buffering.— ' The dead were buried soon after they breathed •their last, and were not in any case kept more than one hour. The assistant health officers were conduct ed to the steerage between i and 10 o’clock lust eve.dug. There was no light except that which came from a lantern, and only one of the paoscupcs seer, at a time. They were not tu-parnicd, but in berths as they had been placed when takina passage. Nine or tan were sick, two If not more were in a state of con vaieseence and others In the tint stage. This stVonOon the assistant health officer ordered the Atlanta to the lower bay, wi re she now in. The hospital ship, kuowu as the Florence Nightingale tins been ordered to her station, and patients will b« removed to her, and treat ed on bo.uft hater iitteliigence is from Dr. Wnlser, wtto has charge ot the patients on tba the Atlanta. The number of deaths up to 3 o’eh.ck this afternoon is nineteen. The num ber of cues on board at that tins wit morq llinri twenty. Items ot News! Tiie Kentucky Legislature convones on tba first Monday Tu December. Major Qcueml Swell has made Teonesaee his adopted State. Frank T. Blair, of Missouri, Is nh longer a Major General, having resigned his commission. Nashville, Tennessee, has acquired a popu-” lotion of 80,00^. Gen Hood was In Paris, Kentucky, on lb* 30tli ult., en route to Mr, Sterling,- where hts^ mother residua The Metropolitan Fire Company of Savannah is soliciting subscriptions for the purpose of procuring a Steam Fire Engine. Him. Solomon Cohen Is annouuoed as a can didate from tlvo flrat Congressional District. Geo. W. Wjlly and J. P W. Ward are ean idaws for tho Mayoralty of Savannah. Forty German emiganta arrived In Nichmond recently, to work for parties in Virginia, who contracted for their services. Donnelly, Marshall ft Cos, have established a factory at Madison, Ga„ for the manufheture o( artificial limbs. The steamer Creole bound from New Orleans to Mohile was hoved to a few days afnoe by a round shot from Fort Powell, by one or two should strapped gsotlemeii*who Wished to visit Mobile. The Times eslls it an outrage end next expeets of a shell being pitched into-a steamer, Wowing her op and killing the puif-ongers and crew. Th-v. P. A. Feetian was consecrated Bishop of Nashville, in tha Cathedral at St. Lon!e r oo the Feast of All Saints. Cnrefnl statisticians of the Treasury bast their calculations on an nltlmats debt of $3,000,000,000, yet at present It shows so signs of getting beyond $2,800,000,000. Gen. Joseph E Johnson has been elected President of the National Express Company. A cavalry company (militia) has been re cently formed in Adamacnunty, Miss. An In ftintry company Is also to be formed, and than the United States guards are to be withdrawn. The fifty dollar counterfeit greenback is sneh n successful photos workmanship that about t dosenißbpies of It have bean paid over tha coun ter at the Treasury. The Treasurer, General Spinner, acknowledges himself pnuled to dis tinguish good from bad In this case. "The Nat,'.he* Courier thinks that If Governor Brownlow were to die and go to tho denre, be would assert his right to the crown, and tba devil would be mertly lieutenant governor of the concern. The correspondent of the New York Timas Undo a good *ta‘e of feeling in Georgia. The most noted eiceptlon was a Sonthernteed Yan kee, who declared tha negroes would not work, and he meant to sett his property and go and settle on the Hudson. Fre: idvnt Johnson, In a dispatch dated on tha 30th ult., instructs Governor Morphy, of Ar kansas, to proceed In hfs work of restoring the former relations between that Stale and tba National Government, and informs him that there will he no tnterferanee on tho part of tbs authorities at Washington with bis present proceedings, bnt that, on the aontrary, be will riceive aid In his labors, which the President aaya he ie Informed are progreeelng well. Railroad comm nnicatipn 1* now perfect be tween Jackson, Meridian end Vicksburg. The Southern Railroad here advertised far proposal* for building tha bridge oyer the Big Black river. A gentleman while wa'klng <Mth a lady to church, in Huntsville, Ala.; Sunday week, wet knocked down with a slung shot by a negro soldier. Hon. John A. tiampbeil baa arrived home in Mobile. Col. Calvin Fillmore, uncle of ex-Praaidant Fillmore, died in Erie county, N. TANARUS., on the 22d rust., aged ninly years. Gan. Grunt says three important questions have lieen settled io Arkansas : Firit, tbs in sertion of the clause in the State Constitution forever prohibiting slavery. Second, the repu diation of the Confederate debt. Third, the promrA ratification by the Legislature of the Constitutional Admendment abolishing slavery. The S'ate Government liar, been in operation since March, 1884.” B \V. Green, late President of the Connecti cut Fire Insurance Company, la a fit of insanity, last Sunday night at Hartlbrd, Conn, cut bia wife's throat with a razor, causing bar death in a few momeola. Ho then cut hie own throat in two places anil then gashed his arm. He Is still alive, with, very little proepeet of recov ering. - General Grant’s report has bran In the hands Ofthe Secretary of War for » few day*. Governor Holden has sent tha aoa of tx -B«naLor Badger, of North Carolina, as a «pe<o»|
