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About Weekly constitutionalist. (Augusta, Ga.) 185?-1877 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 6, 1865)
Cl)c (ifflfcklj Consliuuionalist. JiY STOCKTON & CO. CONSTTTUTIO N A LIST OUK TERMS. The follow inp are the rare* of Subscription and Advertising in the Constitutionalist : Weekly— 8 Months $1 00 6 ilontbs 2 00 Single Copies—lo cents. Advertisements inserted in the Weekly at $1 50 per Square for each insertion. To accommodate our p.trons we will receive in payment produce; such as Bacons I.ard, Butter. Flour and Meal, at the Market value, and it can be sent to us by Express at our ex pense. BUREAU OF GEOLOGY AND AGRICUITTURE . The present session of the Legislature of Georg a will be the m6st important which has ever been convened. Independent of the po litical issues connected with events which have now become lnrtnrv. they have to give new' life to a deceased State ; and restore the vital powers to a body which , like Lazarus, ! s alrea dy inhumed. Great indeed arc powers de manded—arduous the duties, and almost un numbered he objects which will call for their earnest and careful attention. Amongst these objects, however, <he'e is none which will re quire more concentrated examination than the means to deveiope the rich natural resources of tie S’ate; aud to do this we cannot con ceive a more impnr'aut step than the appoint ment or c‘cation of a Bureau of Geology and Agriculture. Georgia is -econd to no State in the Union in the ric.i and varied ma tcrid within her bosom. Tt abounds n the more precious as well the most, useful ores, and it is for a ptaotioal Geolr cist to furnish the key to the treasury. Her soil, from the sea board *o- the mountains, must be scientifically examined and the proper culture to each va ried surface defined. Its quality analyzed ; its deficiencies note. , the remedy pointed out. and its employment designate!. The tens of thousands of acres now supposed to he worn opt and exhausted, may he 1 rotight into use with new and greater powers than was ever shown by the virgin soil ; and the wasted hill side and depleted valley can be be ma e an adjunct to the grand object of renewing the wealth which we have lost. But this is no holiday tali. We do not require broad cloth professors from the North -or East to come with k and gloves to “ grove! amongst the dry bones of the earth, unmindful of its living beauties,” hut we want working men, men v hose sonl is in their work, and whom to their set nee will add a heartfelt interest in its suc cess. WhU >ilt handle the subject ‘‘without gloves,” and whose ere atpst rewa and will be the knowledge that their labors will result in happiness of millions. Tliev wi'l be the bene factors who will make “ two bl ides of grass grow where #nlv one grew before,” and Geor gia will place their names amongst those whom she delights to honor. But valuable as this science may he t the State, it will re qu're the co-operation of the people who are to be benefitted. *'he fact that such a Bu reau has been created will not be of avail un less the aid of its Professors is called into use. Every planter, as fast as practicable, should have his domain thoroughly examined and analyzed, and keep a record of the report, so that he may as early as possible reap the benefit of the investigation. Many a planta tion now supposed to bo worn out and worth jeks, will be found to require but the aid of some cheap fertiliz'd - to he renewed in all its early strength, and in time the whole State w 11 be in a condition to repay a thousand fold the outlay necessary for t eee developments. This is not a fancy skcch—but a sober pic ture—a picture drawn from tne history of otlur count: es. and we should be ready and wiling to profit by the lesions whicn have been taught to others—and take advantage of thp leadlines of a science which has enriched other Slates. We earnestly hope that our Legislature will take an early start in this matter, and so act as to entitle them to the hearty thanks of a grateful people. Hare We Not Done Enough! We like the spirit and approve the sentiments cnn’aine ia the toi'owine article fr ra the Charleston South Carolinian and therefore re produce i| in our columns as being pertinent alike .o the prgition of Georgia, South Caro lina and every S uthern State : We protest against the disposition manifested by the politicians of the North to grind ns fur ther in the dust In God’s name we ask, are we not low enough? Did we not fight as a brave pe ole untit we could stand no loncer; did we not succumb as a brave people, in pood faith acknowledge ou'srlvesto be overpowered and promise under oath to abide by tbe issue ; have we since lifted a finger in disobedience h the law ; nay, have we not done all within our feeble means, and in an honorable way to ap pease the angry spirit of radieili mby which we have been beset? Has not South Carolina acted fully up to the spirit of the Presidential Proclamation ? Has she not gone further, and popularised the Suite, by breaking down tbe old landmarks and giving elections to tbe people ? Has she not ton the first to endorse the Amendment to the Constitution, and as she did in 1860, assume alone and single handed all the responsibility, and if there be any, all he blame wh/ch attaches to an independent act? Is she not to day as ihoronghly prepared to enter the Union as she ever can 1-e, and tc do her duly tn that Union as well as any other State of tbe .Confederation ? Have we not thus done enough to satisfy any true man w’lo de sires to see the country united and in-peace? Or, So ’he Northern politicians in theii blind rage tor power desire to drive the peopto o 1 tbe South to that point when nature as well as reason rebels ? Yet, in tbe face of all these facts, there is undoubtedly a class of public men" at the North whether backed by a respectable party we know and care net, who stiil urge our further pun ishmenv They demand an impassibility—that we shall send to Congress men wno, during the war, were traitors to their S:ate. - We have no such individuals in Sooth Caro lina ; or, if they exist, their names are un known. Then the alternative is presented “take the test-oath or wait V Let ua wait. If there is not strength, and humanity, and sym pathy. and patriotism, and a desire to bury the dead past as quickly as possible, among the conservative men of the North—and they nov claim to be largely in the majority—sufficient to overrule the querrnlous objections of the turbulent orators and lobby members of Wash ington, let our members of Congress star and bck til they are called for and wanted. Let us preserve, at least, a relic of our ol# inde pendence ' hen we were entitled to a place on the national floor. If necessary, the South can live without representation until the good sense of the Northern peop’e pushes aside the bad B?nse of their legislators. The nfllitary author ities are not oppressive. Their relations to robst of the citizens of the State are net unkind. There is little or no interference with legitimate bu iness, and. if the Government chooses to maintain them here at a great expense, it is not our fault. It is true, that this party or that may de3ire our co-operation in some of the measnres c ntemplnted as future issues, and, uo doubt this is the secret of the opposition, but, by al! that is rr.an’y and dignified, let our mem'ers eleci make no sign aud take no step from which even an inference may be drawn 'b\t we are in naste. CORH ESPON D*C E'WITH REFER -ICNCE TO THE FREEDMFN iif SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEOR GIA. Headq’s Asst. Com Bureau Refugees ) FItttEDMEN AND v BAN’DOnED LaKDS, h . South Carolina and ue r«ia ) ’Charleston S C . Oct »bei 22. 1865 Dear Silt — NotuavmgliHd sufficient lime to jvpiy especially to your questions of practi cal import put me at Columbia, I will now, with great pleasure, answer some of .them First- As to trie restoration of lands. I en close Circular 15, which explains itself. The oath, pardon and proof ot title, together with an applicai on; may be forwarded direct to the Assistant Commis-ionor, at Charlesion S. C , or lodged with the nearest Bureau Agent, who is required to torward thsm to me The proof may be a copy of the title as recorded, or the affidavits of two or three citizens as to own ership Second—As to lauds embraced under General Sherman's Special Field Order No. 15 of 18G5, my orders enclosed concerning Edmto and to Captain Ketchurn are, I believe, quite explicit. All communications on this suoject will be received by Captain A. P. Ketchum, at the office of Assistant Commissioner, at Cniirloaiou, S. C. Ptea-e publish the Circulars enclosed with thi letter, it yen thiax best.— Third—As to contracts, I ei.eloso General Saxton’s Circular No. 5, whieh I spoke toyou- Please give it circulation. An officer will vi-itthe Governor next week, und see to the establishment of ihe boards re ferred to in ti.e circular. The contract extends to leases necessarily, and may not be of the lorm specified—it being a mutual agreement entered into voluntarily by the contracting parti h. Tt;© form ia given to save'trouble. Every possible effort win now bo made to make contracts, whether for wages or by leases, for the coming year. To this end no efforts will be spared ou the part of the Agents or Super visory Boards to secure mmuni confidence and good will between the employers and the em ployed. All panics must endeavor t© work together. Hostility, contention, and bad feel ings are deprecated by me, and I will do what ever I can possibly do to bring about complete reconciliation. 1 think the Supervisory Bjaid*, us organiz-d, will have an inunvdiate tendency jio this cui. Fourth—As to relief e'fcabliah raenls, they are of two kinds : the medical, and those for other rufferers, as commissary and quartermaster. It is sought to reduce them as rapidly as possible. I have been hindered in the pieparation of the communication I prom ised you, and, therefore, not having time now. will send the next from Savannah—particularly the one with regard to to legislation. Vo;y truly, youra, O O Howard, Mi.jor General and (Jorumi-Sioner* Mr. Wm. H. True, scott Headquarters, Assistant Commissioner, ) Bureau Refugees, Frbedmsn and aba and V Lands, S uth Carolina and Georgia, I Charleston. S. C., Oct. 19, 1865. . [Circular No s<] I. The impression prevails, to a great extent, among the tieedmen that, ou the L-t of Jan uary, 4866. Hie United States Government is to give them lands, homesteads of forty and that, lor the coming year, it 1m not neces sary for them to contract with their former masters, or oth-r employers, lor their labor.— lo correct-this error all officers and Agents of thi4 Bureau, in South Carolina and Georgia, are hereby directed ro give nonce to the freed in ii within their jurisdiction that such ex ptctanonsh on iheir part, are erroueoui, and mat the United States Government has no land to divide among them. To provi ue for the cultivation of the soil, give a proper direction and organization to labor and lusurrt the rails ng of sufficient o; the necessaries of lite 10 prevent suffering and starvation, the freadmeri are urged at once t© make contracts', for labor for ISC6; the contracts to comm.-nce on the Ist of January, 1866, and terminate witu the year. To facilitate tbe making of contracts, the Assistant Commissioner directs that the Sub Ass staut Commi-'sioner or Ageut ot tbe Bureau in each District, shall be j.sso dated with two citizens, residents of the Dis tiiCL, each selected i© the .satisfaction of the respective contracting parties, the three to constitute a board wfiose duty }t shall be to arrange equ table contracts between the em players a*.d ernployei-s for the laiy»f of the frecdmsn. In Districts where there sre no agents of this Bureau, tne civil aumoritn s a e requested to cons'.itut# the hoard as above, the two cit z ns choosing a third to replace the agent, io act as agents of the Bureau for the same purpose. All contracts should be in aupl cate, one lor each of the contracting par ie*; aud a correct copy must be Rent to the office of the A ini giant C mmiasioner. 11. The following form of contract is adopted as applicable to the labor question, subject to the necoFsary modifications to meet individual casts qnd peculiar circjtn3tanccs of contracting parties: Know all men by there presents, That —, of the county or , State of , held and firmly bonnd io the Uni ted S ales oi America in tna sum ©1 dollars, f r the payment of which bind • i.eirrf, executors aad administra tors, firmly bv tbfc6o presents in this contract: shat to furoilh t o perse- s whoso namvs are subj »ined (freed laborers), quarters, substantial aad healthy rations, all neces sary medical attendance and supplies in ease of s«ckne-s, and the amount set opposite their re spective names per month, during tbe con tin u -4uuu of th s contract; the laborers to be paid u full before the final disposal of tbe crop vlik'h is to be raised by them on —————— •isolation, in tho county of , rime Tnis contract ia to commence with this date d ad close with the year. Given in duplicate at this day of— . 186—• Superintendent of District. Witness : Registered at > —• * 111. When fair and equitable comtratfc m AUGUSTA, GA. WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 6, 1865 made, they must be kept both by employer and employed. R SAXTON, Bvt. Maj. Gen A9S f t. Commissioner. War Department, *) Bureau Ukpuubks, Fkkkdmkm ' and Abandoned Lands, f lUadquarters in the Field j Chablbbioe, S. C , , 1855. an applicant for ihe restoration of-.- ——— held by the B reau of Refugees, F r eednn*n and Abandoned Lauds, having conformed to the requirements of Circular No.-15, of said Bureau, dated September 12, 1865. tbe af resaid pro petty is hereby restored to possession. The above instrument be oonsid«*red null and void unle?s the obligation herewith attached and subscribed to by said —be faiihtuliy and fully complied w th. All differences arising uuder this instrument arid obligation are to be adjudicat«d by the Board of Supervisors, constituted by Special Field Order- No. 1, Bureau Refuge s, Freed man and Abandoned Lands, dated Char.eston, Pursuaut to the instructions of the President of the United States. 0. O HOWARD. Maj'Gen., Commissioner. Official: Captain and A. D C. [obligation ] The undersign and, , does hereby solemnly promise «nd engxgo ibat he will se cure lo the refugees and (reedmen, now resi dent on his eatate, the crops of the present season, harvested or uifharveettd; also, that tho said refugees and freedmen shall be allowed to remain at their present homes or other houses ou the island, so long as ti e res ponsible refugees and freedineu (em> tracing parents, guardians and other natural protec tors) shall enter into contracts by leases or for wageß on terms satisfactory to the Supervising Board. Also, that the undersigned will take tbo proper siapa to enter into coutracis with the above described responsible refugees aud freedmen, the latter beiug required on their part to enter into said contracts within the period of two months from date, or surrender the right to remain On the said estate. Also, that no obstacle shall be interposed by the undersigned to schools sanctioned by the Supervising Board. But nothing in this instrument shall be so construed as to relieve the above-mentioned persons from the ordinary judicial consequen ces if crime and misdemeanor. Neither the land owners nor the refugees ■»nd freedmen will be obligated by this instru ment bepoud one year from this dute unless the instrument be renewed. War Department, Bureau Refugees, 1 Freedmen and Akandoned Lands, > Charleston, S. C, oct ber 19, 1865 J [Speciad Field Orders, No 1 ] The Agent >f this Bureau on Bdisto Island will immediately take measures to constitute a Board ot Supervisors for the Islands, to con* sijt of himself and two other citizens—one to be selected by the land owner or tbeir agents, the second oy the resident freedmen or their agents. This B ard will aid in making co tracts, and will adjudicate all difficulties that may arise between the whites ind" the FreedmVd, or among the freedmen themselves, extending only to offences committed in which the penalty does not exc-%ed imprisonment at hard labor for a period of one month, or a fine not to ceed one hundred dollars. All ether cases of crime will be referred to competent civil or military authority. " Should a police force be deemed necessary by the Board, the Bureau Agent will, as h«reto fvre, make requisition upon the military au thorities. Appeals from the decision of the B< ard to the Assistant Commissioner or Oom miSsibner of thr Bureau may he made. Pursuant to instructions from the Presi dent. O O Howard, Major-General and Comruissipter. \V a it Depa rthent, ) Bureau Refugees, Freedmen !- and Abandoned Lands in the Field. ) Charleston, 8. C., October 19 1866. [Special Field Orders, No. 2 ] Captaiu A exander I* K ucuutn. 128th U. S C. TANARUS, is hereby appointed Acting Assistant Adjutant Genet al. uud empowered to issue or ders as hereinafter specified, with regard to the restoration to former owners of lands net apart bv General Sherman’s Special Field Or ders. No. 16/January 16, 1865. I. He iscnarged with earcyiug out the in s'ructions contained iu Snecid Field Orders No. 1, of this dat *. Also, wnb tne comple tion of the transfer of the custody of the Edisto estates from tno Bureau to the former Owners, iu accordance with the spirit and let ter contained in th* accompanying document, marked ‘ A ” 11. He is further charged with extending S. F. O No. 1, and the action hh to the Eiisto estates to the otner estates aft' cted by General Sherman's ordtr above reicrred to, with aach modification as a practicable adjustment ot ifficulties may demand His attention is called to General Orders, War Deparihient, No. 145, current series, the spirit of which will be Carefully observed. ▲ll orders issued pursuant to in structions will be *by direction of the Commie eiouer, except those signed by tho Commission er himteOtf. Pursuaut to instructions from the President of the United S*.atea. O. O Howard*, Major G*-n* ml, Commissioner. Official : C. U. Howard. Inspector General South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. The 'lorida Convention.—Tbe Florida Con venfion has adjourned. It passed the annex ed ordinance in regard to slavery : Wheroas, slavery has been destroyed in this Sta e by the Government of ihe United States: Therefore bo it Ordained by the People of the State of Florida, in Convention assembled, That neither slavery nor involuntary servitude’ final 1 , in future, exist in this State, except as a punishment for crime, whereof ihe party Hhal 1 have been convicted by the courts of this State; and all the inhabitants of the State, without distinction of coior, at e free, and shall enjoy the rights of person anti property without dis tinction of color. Tbo following is tbe ordinance annulling the State war debt, which was adopted. This, it is genera ly understood, was done in obedience to the will of the President; Be it Ordained by the People of Florida, in Convention assembled, That all Si ate Treasury notes issued, and all other liabilities con by the State cf Florida, on or after the 10. h day of January, A D. 1861, to tho 25th day of October, A. D 1865, except such liabilities as may be due to the Seminary and School Fund, and sacta other liabilities as provided by this Constitution, be and are declared void, and the General Assembly shall have no power to provide for tbe payment of the same, or any part thereof. Tbe body has ordered that the election for Governor, and other State officers Judges of tbe Supreme Court and Circuit Couit*, Solici tors, Representatives in Congress, aud mem bers of the Legislature, shall take place on Wednesday, t e 29th instant; aud directa that the Legislature shall meet on the tbir& Mot* day of December next. vote of 23 yeas and 19 tay«, Uie fol lowing .ordinance was adopted CilUAch and state. The Baltimore Gazette contains the subjoined ably written article: When Mr. Valiandigham was notnina'ed by the Democrats ot Ohio as a oan lidate for the Goveroorshi >, in opposition to Mr. Brough, he was actively supported among others by a Ur. David Houston, a raemiwr of the Mahonine Congregation of tie United Presbyterian Church. The politics of Mr. Houston being offensive to certain other members of the same congregation, h. was cited to appear be fore the Preabytery of Merger county to angwer to the two-fold charge of fusing his inluence to elect to < ffice a man neO>ri ma for bis dis loyalty and under s n fence of banishment by the government,” and of also sustaining the resolutions adopted by the Democratic Con vootioc which nominated Mr. Vallandighnm. A large majority of the Pre bytery being radi cal abolitionists, Mr Houston was condemned on the charges nrought against him, and was suspended from the privileges of the Church. Prom this decision he appealed, at its recent session, to the Svnnd of Presby terian Church of Ohio, Iti matter was re ferred by that body to the Judicial Committee, and upon their report tbe action of the Pres bytery of Mercer county was emphatically sus tained. Tite proceedings in thi extraordinary case were published in the Wtited Preebyteriar Journal of the 11th mst. The sentence of con demnation thus passed upc .Mr Houston by the Synod does not affect him only It inoludes, necessarily by implication, if not by name, all other Democrats of the same church in Ohio who voted for Tallandighsm on the occasion referred to. There was no question of morals involved. "That Mr. Houston may have acted conscientiously is not denied." says the Report; but “as c.vil government ie an ordi nance of God,” and as he voted for Mr. V«l --fandighem, and ‘‘endorsed s Beries of reso lutions of the Democratic Convention, which condemned tho action of the government and lavored granting to those Who were in rebel lion what they claimed as their rights,” be was guilty-of ‘gross error,” and was therefore amenable to punishment by the Church of which he was a member. The Synod adopted i h>s view of the matter, and punished him ac cordingly. Whether it bo • rue or false that "olvlt gov ernment is an ordinance of God” in any other sense than that ‘‘all things are ordained of Him”- or whether tbe Revolutionists of 1776 overthrew au ordinance of God in successfully asserting their independence of the civil gov ernment of George III; or, to come nearer our own times whether the "civil government of Dahomey is one of those ordinances, and is therefore worthy of all reverence, forbearance and respect—we shall not here pause to in quire But when the Synod proceeded to Bnd a man, who wag probably strongly attached to the government, guilty of “very gross error” for condemning the acts of the government, the "error” was committed not by Mr. Houston, but hy the Synod itself in confounding the ad ministration with tbe government hy adopting the pernicious yet widely disseminated fallacy that to condemn thm*dmtoittralion is to be dis loyal to the government. Bydney Smith onoe characterized in his biting way the cry of “at tack us—you attack the government,” as the official malefactor’s screen," aud added, “If this notion is acceded to, every man-who de sires at present any advantage from tqlarnle has it in fee-simple ; and all abuses, present and future, are withont remedy,” Jeremy Bentbam puts the case in his heavy, lumbering nay still more strongly, and clench es it with a series of illustrations. He says : “So far is it r rom being true, that a man’s aversion or contempt for the bands by which tbe powers of government are administered, or even for the system under whieh tltey are exer cised, is a proof of his aversion for the gov ernment itself, that, even In proportion to the strength of that aversion or contempt, it is a proof of the opposite affection. What he wishes for is net that there be no bands at all to exercise those powers; but that the hands mny he belter regulated—not that those pow era th -uld be better exorcised. * * * All government Is a trust. Every branch of gov ernment is a trust, and immemorfally acknowl edged to be so It is ohly bv the magnitude of tho scale that public d-ff r from prl'aie trusts. I complain of the conduct of a pent n in the character of guardian.-, In so doing do I any that guardianship is a bad institution ? 1 complain of an individual in the oharacter of a commercia a geot. In so doing, do I say that commercial ageocy is a had thing? Does any such conceit ever enter ftito the head of man as that of suspecting me of so doing?” The sum of this is: that there is ail the difference imaginable between the administra tion of a trust and tbe trust itself Govern ment being of tbe nature of a trust, Mr. Houston’s loyalty to the government was best shown by denouncing what e believed to be the errors of ‘hose who administered it The most c mvinciog proof that the best syst m of government can be degraded 'o bad n-ea, where all opposition to its maladministration is silenced, is lo be found in tbe many and shameless violations of the constitutional and private rights of the citizen during the preva lence of our civil war; nnd it is notorious that those arbitrary aud despotic acts grew out of and were fostered and encouraged by the part'san cry that to attack the Adminis tra’ion was to attack ihe government. There is yet one other charge worth noting, upon which the Synod condemned Mr. Hous ton. It wa» alleged that he endorsed the reso lution of the Democratic Convention ‘!jn favor “of granting to those In rebellion what they “claimed es their juet rights, among which “was tbe right ot property lo slaves.” As that right ia recognized in the Constitution of the United Slate 4 In the laws of Congress; in de ci-ions ot tbe Supreme Court, and to the treaty with Great Britain, where iu damages were claimed, which were subsequently paid, for carrying off this species of properly in the war of 1812, the action of the Synod betrayed no less ignorance than injustice, and was entirely of a piece with its refusal to recognize tbe claim of Mr Houston to liberty of conscience and tbe exercise of the right of private judgment- Wc do not knew wbat others may think of proceedings like these, but it appears to us as if certain churches and fragments of Ohnrche in this land have become puffed up, of late years, with thatparticular sort of pride which goes before destruction, and that ia abandon ing spiritual for worldly things, they have sur rendered tbe high vantage ground oa which they formerly B'ood ; trought contempt upon the ministry and the religion they profees, and degtaded both to their own undoing. We care nothing for Mr. Houston, but we care ranch for the principle which he vainly endeavored to defend, and when the Presbyterian Synod . ssnmed to dictate to him what political opin ions he should entertain, and bow he sbonld act in secular matters, its meinberu arrogated to ih'-maelves an authority of th* most despotic kind, and one which is particularly suggestive @f the length to which they would hesitate to go if public opinion had not resolutely set its face against the reintrodaction of those ancient instruments of ecclesiastical torture—the rack, the thumb screw a-d 'be bnrniog faggot.— This action of the Synod of Ohio i J so far in structive, inasmuch as it faith'nlly refl-cts the bigotry and intolerance so common among the Puritans acd other sectariee of the Radical Republican stamp. It would be well for them, nevertheless, that they take heed what they do, or the sword they are now using to cneoff tbe re factory among the n may sptedi ly be turned upon tbemselves. When the chnrches undertake to regulate tbe political opinions ot tbeir members, we warn them that tbe politicians, profiting by the example thus set them, may yet, and at no very distant day, undertake, in return, to legnlate tbe religion of tbe eburcbee. European News. By the arrival of the steamship China at Halifax, on the 21st ina aut, wc have Liverpool dates of the 12 instant. THE SHENXNDOAU ..The liberationut the captain und crew of the Shenandoah Utuid to bare been unconditional, tbe British Government being of opinion that there are no legal grounds upou which they could be detained. From the Liverpool Courier, Nov. 9. We are reformed that tbe order for parole was received by Captain Paynter, of the Done gal, ear.y in the alternoon, aud that immedi ately alter it was communicated to Captain Waddell. Captain Wuddel then came ashore, and had au interview with somo Southern genUemon, alter which be reutrned to bis s .ip and paid off and discharged the crew. At seven o’clock tbe men Ufi the S ienandoah iu the Rock Ferry Company ’§ steamer Bee, and at eight o’clock they were landed upou the George's landing stage. But tew spectator* were present to witness the arrival of the crew so renowned for their exploits, owinp doubtless to the tact that their parole was. not known eveu to themselves until a short time before their landing Etch of hem brought, on shore a large quantity of luggsgo, aod' they appeared to have no lack ot money—facts which appeared to aueet that their long cruise hat not been unrewardeu. Tbo news of tbeir arrival soon spread, and crowds, ol persuns collecting on tbe stage formed tbemselves into groups urunud the sailors aud endeavored to draw them into conversation These attempts, however, rarely succeeded, and when they did, it was evident that the men spoke rather to evade curiosity than to satisfy it. 'The muo, indeed, appeared lo be th niseive- quite re tbe dark as to their position, snd though under the impression that they hso doav with the .■Shenandoah lor good aud all, appeared to labor uuder a tear of commituug themselves or their officers by some rash s atement Nome of them eagerly ques toned the by standers as to wbat the English people thought of the ribeoandoah, and two . r three ot tbi w ex pressed the greatest surprise that the officers of that vessel should eveu hare been suspected ot pursuiug their work of destruction with a knowledge of the termination of the war. Tile men, though exhibiting a murkid ret ccuce on matters connected with the discipline ol the ship, speak freely of the oircumstauces which led the Shenandoah to terminal* her privateer ing career, namely, the meeting witu the ship Uarrauouta, which the crew are unanimous iu alleging as tbe first source through which reli able reformation was received of tbe termina tion of the war. Many of the crew of the Shenandoah aro Liverpool men, and these immediately ou being landed drove off to their homes. Tne men de clare that they are at perfect liberty to do what they choose, and that tneir dischurgu is uncon ditional At all events, they have been paid off m American dollars, and many of them will ho doubt be on their way to oilier parts of tho country. captain waddbll’s lbiter to earl russell. Captain Wadaell, ia t\ letter to Earl Russell, which is published, says: “ In obedience to orders I found myself in the Arctic aud Oouolek Bunn, fur lemovctlHrom the ordtuary channels oi commerce, aud in con sequence of this awkward circumstance I was engaged in aois of war uutd the 28th of June. I was ignorant of the reverses suffered by the Confederates, aud the iota! obliteration oi the government uuder which I acted. I received the drat intelligence of the downfall of tliu Con federate cauae oh the 2d of August, Irom the British bark Barracota, and desisted immedi ately from further acts of war nut 1 I could communicate with a European peri, uud leant if the intelligence was true. 1 could not have beeu sensible that the tales told by Americuu ships were true, but merely upon Hie statement of a British captain I dihgeuily sought for u precedent iu law writers ibr guidance ia the luturo control, management, and final disposal of tbe vessel, but touud none. Finding the authority questionable under wlii ti 1 sored, I immediately cessed cruising and shaped tier course lor the Atlautic. I did not led jus'tlied to destroying me vosstl, but ou me coutraiy thought the ship sliouid rover, to the Amoricau Government. 1 tboreiore sought Liverpool lo learn ill* news, and, it witb ui louuuation, to surrender tbo ship, with the guns, stores uud apparel cqgipleie, to the British Goverumeut, for such diupoaition as it should deem proper.’ THE VESSEL BdBRENDEaEO TO THE UNITED STATES AUTHuRITIKB. The Shenandoah wua surrendered to life American Consul pu the Khti, who took for mal pnßSes-tutr, and placed her uuder Captain Freeman aud a crew of hie own aokcuuu, lo convey tne chip o New York. SPEECH OK EARL RUSSELL. Esrl Russell attended the Lord Mayor's ban quet ou me lilu. Iu a -p-.-eeh he paid a trittuip m the memory of I‘almcratoii. AdVeniug to tne last reconstruction of the Cabinet, lie said he had received the fullest HUppuri Irom his Colleagues, with the remark ou its policy 111 -t he tußled the country would allow tinietu consider the course they ought to pursue, aud be should auiue by the principles of Ids life.— The Uuverurneut. deemed it tlteir dtpy L< con sult tne wishes ot the people, and it would bu fur Parhumenl lo c-mnder bow lur those wishes were based on justice. Uo thanked God the American war wan over; und Ue tril-icd me republic, now freed from me stu o stay- ry, would go on and prosper hr centuries cu come OPINIONS pv THE PRESS. From the Loudon Daily News, November 11. The reception of Russell althu osuqitel was r practical reply to tbe detraction which has lately pursued mo Government Russell's lan guage oouid only bo used by rneu who leel the important measures 11 pteteu of them, and are willing to encourage the hope. From the London -star, November 11. The eff.ct of tne speech was rather au en courage men t to the cause of reform. M iRE CHANGES. It is reported thut Mimer Gibson bad been offered tbe poet of First Lord ol tho Admiralty and that the Duke ol Somerset would be dec retory of War. THE FENIANS. Tho commission for the trial of tbe Fenians opens on the 27th at Dublin. The Fenians had applied to the Court of (Jueen’sßench for criminal information againat the proprietors of tbe Freeman's Journal for publishing Archbishop Cullen's pantoral ; the publication being likely to prejudice the Fenians at tbe approaching trial. John Donogan, son of ths late eminent Irish antiquarian, bad b- eo committed for trial ou a charge of treason. Bail was refu-ed. lie had oeeu giving lectures to tbe Fenians on “I'bo use of the Ride.” ITALY. M. Dupio, procareur generate, died on the 9th. The Emperor and tbe Empress le t Palis os the 11th for Compivgne. The Pans Bourse bn tbo 10th was firm. ®entes closed GBfr. 45c. The Italian Parliament toil been prorogued until the 18tb inst. The K-ug had gone to Naplee, the cholera there having increased. The Paris Presse and Temps state that the Italian government has decided upon Leaking a considerable reduction in the array. Tbe Abeuaposl repeats that the setillmenls of the Italian Finance Minister are hostile to Austria. Bo long as the thoughts of acqsirmg Venetia ia officially proclaimed as tbe real policy of Italy, any understanding ia impcssi ble. The establishment of settLd interna tional relations is doubtless desiraule ; but any concession would involve no ebauge in tke Austrian policy on the Venetian queetion. AUSTRIA. The General Corrt-ttpondeuza announces that bv order of the Emperor all necessity for pass* purl* oh the Austrian frontier will cease. FINANCIAL AND CQMMKKCUL IKTSLLIUSNTE. The Times says the report is current that the conunitttt of the Ljndoo Stock Exchange is about to discontinue tbe practice of granting or rrfusiog setting days of new companies. The com untie will confine themselves to iheir legitimate functions, deciding in regard to euch companies respectively, whether place shall be accorded them on tbe official list. LONDON MONRY MAR&ET. Favorable Bank returns caused funds on the 10th to open firmer, but the improvement wag not sustained, foreign exchanges showiug symptoms of heaviness. The demand for dis count at B ink slightly inorea>ed, but on the (Stuck Exchange advauces were still offered at five to Qix per cent. Consols closed at 89a 89}. Liverpool Nov. 11—a. m —Cotton—Tb* BrokerGiroutsr reports : The Bates of the week have been 57,000 bales, inelutltog 12,000 bales to speculMots aud 15,000 bales lo expor’- eis The market opened very dull, aid all qualities slightly declined, but closeo some what firmer, with un advance ol }> per pound on American descriptions since last week's market, hut is less firm tor Egyptian, while Bursts have declined }d }l fr m last week’s quoiatious. The authorized q relations are : Fair Midtiling. Ol leans 23il 21 I Mobil.' told Texas 2oJ i Up-anils 22} I 20} 1 The Iht and slock in port is 30U.500 ba es, in cluding 64 000 bales of Americaq. The -aies Friday were 15 000 bales; the maiket closing firm nnd upward Trade Report. —The advices from Muu chuHu v anew ill'll ihe market tor g' Ots and yarns opened nominal, but sine grew firmer. Liverpool Bread-stuffs Market —Thu mar ket is geu-raiiy e«.-i, r, aud uuyers ure Ue n.uuding a reduction ot prices. Messrs. Rich ardson, Bpence A Go., v\ uketleld, Nash A Go., and utiiers report: Flour easier, aud quotations are barely maintained Wheat, bales small uud quotations are nominal; Wiuter 10s. Id a 10a 7d. Guru is leas firm ; mixed 345. a 31a. Oil. Liverpool Provision Market. —Toe pro vision rn-rket is generally unsealed and down ward. Messrs. Rig aud, Albaya A Cos., and othera report: Beef dull and irregular. Pork quiet and steady w:‘!i a scarcity of stock.— Rucou dull aud declining, with small sales st a decline. Lard very dull and declining. Choeqe —The market is bare, and prices of Hue quail tics have udvanced. Rutter-—uo quotations fallow eu.-ier, aud all qualities have slightly dealtoed. ■ Liverpool Produce Market— (Brokers’ Cir cular)—A oiesquiei; Pots, SOsaSSsSd: Pearls, 94s Sugar uclivo at a deeduu of Is. C IT'le less Qrm. Rice quiet and steady, with a trifling advance. Saltpeter advanced 2s. Liusetd— Stuck scarce. Linseed Cukes unsettled st £9 2n 6d u£9 10s. Jute—The market is bare, aud there hits been a considerable id slice.— Sperm Oil—Sales small, quoted £lB .(is. Cod Oil, 51s. Liuseed Oil quiet aud steady at 88s u9B , Gtl. Rosin steady at 13s a 16s, Spirits Turpentine aotlvo at 45s a46 lor French.— Petroleum ndvanotog—Refined 81 a 9s Id.— Clover Seed tlrm, with an adv ting ten daucy. London Markets (Burtog)—Flour firm and upward ul 27». a 90. Wheat quiet and steady; Winter Red, 48s a fiOt per uuurter Iron quiet aud steady at £7 a £7 IDs tor rails anti bars. Sugar easier. Coffee—stock scarce; . and quo taiious have advanced la a 2s. Rico dull, but liriuer. Tea quiet nnd are dy. Tallow nominal. Linseed, no sales. Stocks scarco. Spirits Turpautine nominal at 465. Petroleum quiet and steady; R. lined, 3s 2d. Linseed Oil nominal at dls ltd. Sperm Oil active. Ceil Oil, 525. L'uaucd cakes tiuaotlled' United Suites Five-T wen ties, 63J a 64 ; Maryland Fives, 70; Virgiuip. Nixes, 27j|; Maryland ixt-e, 52: lllin lis Central Railroad, 81} a 81J ; Erie Railroad 53} a 53}- London, N v il—A u Consols closed yes erduy ut 80 a 89} for money. The w ekly return for the Rank of England shuns an u crease ol £78,000 re bul lion. Ahiiiioan Stocks —The quotations closed last evening at 81 •} tor Illinois Central Rail road , 54 for Erie Railroad, aud 63} for United Mtates Five-T wen ties. LATEST. Liverpool, Saturday, Nov. 11. Cotton. — T be sales to day were 8 000 balee, including 4,000 bales taken by speculators and exporters. The market closed quiet nod un changed Rheahsterrs — The market is unchanged ; ho quo nliorts Puo t-io.NS—The market, is firmer. Lard very dull. Pu nucE — Petroleum firm, but no sales ; re Aued quoted a' 1. Loud n Muui'dav Evening, Nov 11. Consult, closed at 89 89} lor money. A« '•fiican Stocks -*-l n.imi*Ontrai Railroad 8l£‘82; Brie Rnitr )>td 54ti54j ; Uuiied Buttes five- I'weuiit'd 03ju04. Public Meeting In Memphis, Teu ueßsee. At a meoiin< of itie culz-ns of Memphis. Tulin., recently, then© resolutions wef© read aud adopted : The people 6f M-mphisand of tho country uround have assembled to testify tfieir souii mentfl in regard to the measures and policy of the ad ruin i "trillion ol t"© Goverunteot of th<- TJniU'ci Staten, in I<h relations to ihe HtUteti and people of tho houfch. They then lore resolve : 1. Tuat t‘j« people of this portion, and of the whole country of tJdO South «re, in the true booh- of tho word, loyal to the Government of tho IJfi.t*d Ktaroi—ready and deair »m lor lbs reMioration of the Govei.ument in all ita consii tuti • rial functions, over the States of <ho South, and for the rotttoradorj ol the people of tho South into equal and a<; ive panicipaiiou id tho adminlHtratioa of the Government. 2 That tho people ol the South accept and will maintain the union of the »S-au;s, in accord ance with tho Ooirditution, one and mdivisi hie, aud are ready and willing to pledge thorn Helves to is inainUmanee, aud in good faith and with an earnest will to promote the pros perity, liberty, happiness and equality of tb© whole common country, f, f om ocean to ocean, and from the far borders of the North to th© extreme limits of the 8 >u>h. £3, That tbo po icy and measures of the ad rninistr tion, aw inaugurated by Mr. LiOColn, and pursued by Mr Johnson, f>r the restoration of the Government of the Union over the South, and for the restoration of the South into the Union, rtceivc the cordial approval ot the peo ple of the South; aud they so give their appro val becau e ibo4e measure* aud iliat policy are practically aud happily adapted to yestoro the Government of the Union over tho South, and "to restore the* B*.©tea of tho South with the Union aud under the protection and equality o< the OonHtllutiou ; ar and lo restore with the Coo slituiion and the Union the harmony, fruteini ty and bapplucfi* of the people of the South with the people of the North, and to consolidate and mamtaiu the peace of tl-o people and tbe blesmugs of peace upon the whole country, and to give to the whole people a common destiny, a common prosperity, and a common govern meDt of liberty aud equality, one, indivisible and perpetual. The Court of Appeals met in Columbia, 8. 0.,1 on the 28 h inst. VOL. 2: —NO. 16. The First Warlike Demnnitration of (lit Fierce Fenians. It will be seen by tne correspondence which we pubi'S'i in .another column this morning that the Fenians are now in fighting order. President O K bony is up in arms aud eager lor the Ira,. Ur B. Doran Killian, whoa* very name is suggestive oi slaughter, is also full of 1 maitial ardor. The fi st warlike demonstra tion ia not made against ibe English directly, but is a grand strategical movement against one us England's allies snd advocates—the celebra ted and redoubtable Chevalier Raymond. . It appo trs that the chevalier-had the impudence to assort in bis newspaper, the Tubes, that Fe uiantem is 'an imposture that its nsauagers me a ‘ set of scamps,” and that tho issue of Fenian bouda is a "swindle.”,concocted for the pdfrpoueol supplying a lot oi,idlers with ‘'no toriety aud pa taut leather bools." To disprove these statements of the Times is a very easy task. Toe British government and the G’ana dinu authorities have already recognized Feui anistn as a terrible reality ; the gantl men en irnsted with ilia mauagemeni of the organist 'ion am well known tn be persons of honor and integrity, anu me roceut purchases of arnas aud auituunniou show that Ui« Fenian funds am employed for other put poaeatbau providing “notoriety and patent leather boois’’ lor tho Brotherhood. 'The facta of the case being go very clear and the objects of tbs Feuiana being so publicly proclaimed and frankly avowed, President. OUshony and Ur K liisn, me rt p rest'ntauves of n e organisation in ilia cl y, uaiurally felt aggrieved at tne Chevalier Ray mond's nuarepresiniatintia Ood ihe curretpOud eiioe to which we refer is toe result. If ihe buhl Feuiana, are spoiling for a fight we can coiigramate tnem upon having eel cted the proper pi-rti'iu with w om to commence their quarrel. The Ohevali. r Raymond is a wiivnor o[ no common order, tie naa studied military tactic- upon the gory battle fields of boiteriiio an < Bull Ru* f illustraied the noble art ol strategy by big briel out glorious campaign upon "the elbows o the U ncio, tunned by tba aynips bins of yoinli; dined at the satoc table with the veteran Ueoeral Hcort and repeated all the uoi'vcr-uctun afterwards, and served as a high private newspaper correspondent on the Peninsular under McClellan He was chased by n phantom Austrian hussar during the Italian war, and fled courageously from tho imaginary Black Horse bava.iry at the com mencement of the recent rebellion.' There is no editor in lbs couury who baa wou more victories on paper than the gi.llant Chevalier. He conducted the late war to Ihe per ect sat isfaction of himself and his friends, and he cap tured Richmond and broke the backbone of the rebellion more often than General Grant. Ia liia fracas with the Fenians ho will be hacked by me whule p wer of tho Albany and Washington lobbies, led by the lamous Tbur low Weed—n o man who winds up the sun every day—who served us a drummer boy tn the war of 1 fil'd, and to whosu merits as a rough and-'umble lighter me Hon. Horace Oreoly will chcorluilv certify. Oo tho other hand P.esideut 0 Mahony and Hr. Killian are supported by ini.uiiaerahle Fenian circles, in ihls country, auada, England and Inland, and an unlimited amount ol money in the iorm ol Feiiisu bonds, which will shortly be on tale in every quarter of tue world, including China, Australia and Japan. The colors Os tue com hsian s are already chosen ana displayed ; for t President O Uahony sports the green above lbs red, while the Chevalier Raymond ia in lavor ofthe black-above the whi e. Th* fe uians have their headquarters at Uulou |Square, end the Chevalier Raymond baa ins at the Oily Hall Park On the whole, therefore, we consider this a very pretty quarrel as it stands; aud we have uo doubt that, If it be carried to the bitter end, a couple o.i comments will have to ho drenched in blood and devastated with fire and sword oeforo we ahull be able to de finitely decide iho mimerons wagers laid upon the contest. Unquestionably this llg.il will be more laud than the cholera. Under ordinary circuiusiances it might per haps be suggisled that P. t aidant O Mahony should have thrown his giove lo the Britisj Anib.iasador to this oouniry, rather than to (be Chevalier Raymond. The British Government has uttereii more tmper indices IU regard to tin fierce F u oils than the New Turk Tunes, and ilie flmlsn Amim.sudor reprern ut biagov ei nmuiit just us the Cb< valier Kay inond repre sents his paper. But it hupp,-ns that dir Fred eric Bruce is s diplomatist, snd not a fighting man, while the Chevalier Kapmf.nd Is equally skilled In diplomacy and m war. Besides this, tho Chevalier has been an open ally ol Eng land, snd President OManonys ocmuustta liou upon him Is, therefore, a fl*ug movement upon the enemy’s works The Cheva lier Riyinond is English in his teste*, hit liahits and his sympathies. He wears mut ton chop will knrs aud raiment us the Loos don siyle. His pap l r is named slier the London Turn a; and his m st dlubui’ato speech m our dune iiegi»ia'uru was a datemeof the iufumoua cuiiiiuct us Uruut Britain m hr Tieut affair. Huso cnciiinslsTicas may no alight in them selves, but they show the animus of the Gr.eva her, aud nuvo not be-u overluosed oy Presi dent O Miihony and the ssiiaumsry Killian, l b- 1 careful read, r of the corrmp.indenc- will have observed, also, that wnili- Ur. Killian's lat ter* are ol .he straightlorwgd lie.. a illeisb acnool, tbo Chevalier Ri inond a Hie quite Engs' lish in their tone Too Aral, f them laevideuuy modelled alter Earl Russell’s |dlsp"tches, and pruieueesa tort oi Brume ueuna.iiy ia regard to the Fenians, although they had been abused as imposters or the Timet ol bat very morning. Just as Karl Ru trail first let the Alabama sail, and then ask.d lor such inf irmstion as would enable bnn to a- Uin ber, so ibeCnevalier Ray mond first printed bis article condemning tne Feni tne, slid ihen aake.i for “ ihe submission of such lacts’’ as wou and lead lea change iu bis opinion Nut less thoroughly English .a the second letter ol the Chevalier, m which be c.uli usiy inquires as to Ihe m anihg ol Ur. Kmlau’s vo., frank note, with the obvious in irnt-on et banding President O’ dabony and Mr. Kinian ov.-r to the ponce it they admitted that tuey had suit fami a challeuce. In bis third note the Chevalier simply refuses a retraction, ■u> dues uot s»y whetuer or not e int nds to figbi, thus leaving the aunject in the ver. posi- . lion in which Rarl Rtuarll left the Alabama qusiion when be deciiued compensatien and arbitration, but would not say what he wre going to do about it. Hill, la spite of his British style ol correspuuth nee, we will guar antee that tbs Chevalier Raymond meaas busi ness He is a small man, but he h|s a great mili tary reputation to sustain, aud we can assure the boiq Fenians that tbsy have met with no ordinary adversa-y, and that the world will witness no ordinary conflict. The only doubts in our mind concerning the matter are whether we shall require a H-mer or a lludiftras <o do justice to the combatants, and whether onr re porter will need a horae or a telegraph to keep up with the Chevalier Raymond’s rapid move minis. Gi EOKGIA, W ARBE.I CoUNTT.- * r Wljoi.a., Ar.ha.au M Jack on applies til me tor Letters of Bi.niia orv tram the estate ol B.retro W. Pickling, deceased - , These are there n e to cite and admonish, all and singnlar, the k mired and creditors es said ilrcersed, lobe and appear at my . ffiee within the urn- pri-acri' ed by luW and show cause If ar.y tn.-y nave, why ea and otters ahonid not be K 'ti?ven under mv band at oBW, in Warren tea, November 116th, Ififij. . ■ B. CODT, nnvfiO-dm Ordinary. OTICR —all peraona ladshed to ike estate es Allred Heyofl are reqoe ted te us .he imiardiate par mvn>, and ail theoe having I'amands agalast said estate are > squealed to present them ae oiding 'e law * MARTHA MATER, November Utfe, lffi*. nsrM dd
