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About Weekly constitutionalist. (Augusta, Ga.) 185?-1877 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 6, 1865)
gljf cftcfklu <? onstilntionalist Wednesday Morning, Dec.. 6, 1865 TIIK JAMAICA INSURRECTION. The world has very recently been startled by tragic and barbarous scent s, but few so tragic or so barbarous as those perpetrated in the Island of Jamaica. Even yet we stand aghast at contemplation of the massacre, so fiehdbh in design, so cruel in culmination, so sudden in collapse If the incidents were tiercel v dramatic, the moral is no less intense and far more terribly significant in climax and vindication. The seaman is aware of distant tempest by the tremendous wash of waters assailing It'S craft when Ihc immedi ite heaven is all tran quility ; but lar remote, on alien shores, the billow that swept over us has surged in fury. The upheaval in Jamaica s bat a logical sequence ol the late Revolution, ihe fanaticism, which has so signally spoiled and ruined us, reaps its legitimate fruit elsewhere. « Friends of humanity,” honnde lon by Gree ley, Phillips * Cos., ignoring the squalor and crime of their own race and neighborhood,' have gone abroad for sympathy. Not sal is fii and with permitting ponplc to be happy jn their own way, these diabolical wretches experi ment on white ami lilack alike, ihe former they have caused to mourn through nil the gamut of despair; the let or they afb gra dually exterminating. Asking for bread, they send them eofiins; pleading for coffins, they arc promised the ballot. Thus dikmemlrering the normal condition of all ore, a handle has lain given to the servile race by which a su perior order is kept in perpetual jeopardy and the inferior prepared fir mihallowe 1 graves. Every fresh development proves this to Is* fact, Instiga'ed by the raving of crazy Puri tans ; deluded by the fallen civilization of the dominant party in this country ; lashed into a species of frenzy by imaginary despotism what wonder that the beastly mongrels of Jamaica should fall upon the handful of inno cent Europeans, and seek to possess the land through a carnival of rapine, ravishment and a-wa sination ? Had there been any solid grounds for revolt we would not shed a drop of ink to defend tyranny. But not n shadow of justification existed, and Jhis may bo demonstrated with emphasis and brevity. However mistaken the English Govern l ! out may have been in following the dictates of Wil!>erforce and Clarkson, it has lieen singu larly cwnsistent in its mock philanthropy. Ingenuity and legislation have been ransacked to elevate the.freedineii of the Antilles. Kdu 1 * eat'cm hits lss*n vouchsafed with a lavish hand ; equality and protection guaranteed; learned professions thrown open ; ministers of the Uiwp. I sent by the ship-load—everything, in a word, accorded that could exalt livings capa ble of progress. Hut whit was true three t'lousiiml years ago is still the same immuta ble truth concerning the negro capacity. A few of the Jamaicans, generally hybrids, re ceived instruction kindly. One, in the tide of time, became a knight and in the mm m braiiec ol tl e last generation, two nspneta bio journalists were produced. Like lilind Tom, there* were unaccountable exotic s, tho great bulk going incontinently*to weeds. A P-lapse into barbarism and 1110 worth ip of serpent-idols have rapidly prevailed since the so-called emancipation and, in spite of ptibl e schools, in spite of franchise, in spite of every open avenue to art hi and science, in spile of ministering priests, a dmv own'd tendency has been tho inevitable result, and no where on the face of the earth have human beings, with auch stupendous chances for enlightenment, so abused and prostituted foitune. Ins end of being cultured they arc* grossly Illiterate; in stead of health they hare revolting diseases; instead of fields gres'n with ratio and cntTee, the plantations mainly hav*l reverted to bush ; instead of a pure God, they adore an obscene Devil in the similitude of a snake. 'I here, in that terrestrial paradise, with a soil so fertile that " tickle it with a hoe, it laughs with a harvest,” these brute's have lieen permitted to fester in alien* sa and decay in vice. No more melancholy B|x'ota<U) Ims insulted a decent epoch, and vet. so long as there was something akin to pacific life, the fat world concluded to abandon them to their dreary scabs and abom inable pagods. Not so the lean and hungry l'nritan. All at once,» resonant voice cornea from New England pres 1 liming tin- perils ’- tiem of negro character in all its emotional attributes ami embroiling the dark soul with maniacal recitals of ideal wrongs. Antiijro nism to the whites came to pass as a matter of course Politicians with p»k> livers, and parsons with scpule tal consciences and hu nt eulatc kids, pr.it*d gliblyaif iv ribution and carnage. Ktnissaries of these' apostles went forth to light the fires of seilitiou and debauch popular sentiment. Pious p ople lilt up their eyes in horror at the sanguinary consumma tion of such niale arlion but the words had been spoken—the der*ds had lavn done. It behoerves ts to sec to it that such machina tions are not repeuted here. However we may bo divided til other matters, let ns coalesce upon this, p o'usi ng and marching in solid phalanx against the imvndiarv dis turWrs of our dottiestic peace. In Jamaica the iusurgents ontnumWrvHl the white* us fi*rty to one Notwithstanding this fearful drspurity and the seelfierm* s* of assanlt, this compact body ol Auglo-.Sa\oU' proved themselves w. rlhy of their blinsl and lineage, quollingthe outbreak with redoubta ble vigor and the celerity of a thunderbolt. Sullen mattering* of discontent aie breathed amongst us; sinister prrsl.etions of disaster both loud and ihx\». Wicked men are iu our midst. Delusive liO)>es are nourished. The fruedsieu refuse to renew cu tracts. expectant of a jubilee' 'IV times are critic.J tail not desperate Let Ibis Jamaica outrage audits suppress on admonish tlie negroes and fortify ns. Bjr patiime, good eouduet ar and industry the blacks may accotupl'sh benefaction ; by a mulish persislaure in ridiculous and dang* r ous experiment* they eau achieve nothing but annihilation. For our part while we feel it a solemn duty to discuss the topics of the day as they arise, wc strive to abate as little as poarible in fri vmleus alarm. While it is our bouts led duty to keep |M9|>-t\ial gtiaril for our Meant, we should pref.r ti indulge t!s that tl« Oil tttiuiu tails w II never ting us a tocsin, but r»t *r in mellifluous tones well .ait. “ Poaoe and g<ssl will, goon will and jiea.v. good will to all mankind !" A NEW WRINKLE. At the burial of Lord Palmerston a most extraordinary incident transpired. After the I body had been deposited in the tomb, the of ficiating clergyman began the ritual of the dead and, pronouncing the solemn words, with i due clerical decorum, came to that never-to- I la-forgotten phra-e: “ Ashes to ashes, dust | lo dust.” Universally, as all men know, at I this stage of ihe interment a fragment of earth-mold is crumbled upon the coffin. Not so, however, with my Lord Premier. He was no sharer of the common lot; for, insbfid of the base sod, the Chief Mou'ner (hired for English funerals at so much per head) showered upon the old man’s metallic case a number of diamonds ami precious rings ! We do not wonder that the spectators are represented to have been astonished at this unusual proceeding. It almost parallels George the Third's sepulture, in which eighty years of rottenness were shrined in gold.— We think it an undignified departure from a custom sanctified by nearly every Christian creed. Still, we cannot quarrel with defunct great men aid their mausoleums. At the • present time, politicians seem to control reli gion. Qaecri Victoria is a Pope in balmoral skirts. Palmerston created bishops. If they happen to lx; interred a little difier cu ly, is it anyi-oily's busim hs ? As so many outlandish tilings have been eliminated with in such brief intervals, who can tell what phantasmagoria live men may exhibit for the edification of the departed. Is it to reason curiously to reason thus: Into n statesman’s grave jewelry shall he tin own ; into a lar mer's, a bunch of turnips ; into a garrotcr’s, a pair of bross-knucktos; into a carpenter's, a chisel; into a steamboat captain's, a smoke slack ; into an ex-quartermaster's, a Confed erate bond and Abstract L; into Beast But ler’s, a Newgate calendar ; into a Major Gen eral’s, his commission and copy of Sherman's March; into Beecher's and Brownlow's, a barrel of sulphur—and so and so on as the imagination may suggest. It will be seen that we have said noth ing of the ladies. Into your grave, Ophelia, them shall lie cast rosemary, marigold and violet. But iutoyours, mother of oar heroic slain, t|ic tears of good and pure. APPRENTICESHIP. Among the many important measures that will engage the attention of our Legislature in its effort to bring order out of Die pre sent derangement of labor, and of restoring and reinvigorating the industrial prosperity of oar Htate, not the least will bo that in re gard to apprenticeship. We trust that it will give the subject an earnest consideration, and some wise and stringent law bo passed in relation to the subject, fixing a uni form time for indenturing to trades and dig nifying the mechanical professions by requir ing eviry one iu the State to have a certifi cate of having faithfully served a regular ap prenticeship, and beluga competent, workman —making it a heavy penalty for any one to entice away or employ an apprentice who lms left Ills master, and at the same time com pelling the master to well treat and thorough ly touch the nppr* ntlee tlie trade tunned in the indenture. Too if ten boys, as soon they have learned a little, are induced to leave their place in hopes of getting bet to.' pay, and very often the muster docs not endeavor to teach him more tlmn enough to make him useful, mid the hoy has to learu as best lie can. The great number of lmlf-hniidcd botches in the South, professing to be me chanics, has always been a shame, and the uncertainty heretofore ol boys serving out tiny time agreed upon. Inis been so proverbial that but few master mechanics would have any thing to do with them This evil must 'be remedied; the .Smith is entering on anew career, that requires a different system Hum heretofore—she needs good mechanics and should have them learn til homo—and some well digested law iu regard to npprentieeshi|is we think will Ih* of great benefit to the mnn nfacltirittg and mechanical interest of the Stale. AN IMPORTANT PROJECT. lit our Sunday edition will tie found the re cord of a public meeting of the citizens of Ma con, urging tlm necessity of an inrly comple tion of Ihe railroad link between Mayfield and Milh-dgeville, by means of which Augusta could tie reached by a direct route. Though the sum if money proposed by subscription was not munificent, it, at all events, proved an earnt'at of something butter—the nucleus of a larger a noimt. and remains as a credita ble manifestation of enterprise on the part of our sifter city. Here ts a marrowy subject for the cogitation of our business population.— Ui them look at it practically, and go to work with a vim. The old road from this city to Macon via Milieu is a wreck ; it cannot possibly, «s things go, be rehabilitated iu loss than six months. Bv this line we wore enabled to reach the granaries ol Southwestern Georgia, the garden ot the State. Sundered, by the disruption of arcnstonied tics, from that great region, we are driven to stek connect ion by means of u wide circuit via At'auta. By act- ing in accord with the Macon resolutions we eon effectually change all that. Tito gap be tween MilUslreviUe and Mayfield is but thirty. thus- miles iu length. It is nearly all graded, and ready to receive iron. A bridge over the Oconee can is' expeditiously constructed. 1s t the parties who are (raying double or treble rales for transporlat on. give material aid and comfort to this read. The excess they are now sacrificing would furnish funds for its establish til ‘tit, and give to them aisl the pub lic Him slioit au and cheapest air line to the great Southwest. Much of the ftcignt and travel, now sw itch "i i'll train us, would return. This is the road, to the North. By the time Macon is reached the Oirolma road will Is* repaired, and then a vast preponderance or height ami passenger* I must flow in this direction as tlie luicfe.-t and ! least cx|x'usivc channel. We have thought it our duty to bring this ' matter to tbs' not ax* of our people. \V< tiojie i that the manager* of tin' road and the tm r- i chants ami busim* men el Augusta, will earnestly ami heartily eosqn'ral*' with the citi i ns of Ml. Cl SI in pushing forward tins mart, insvksl line of comunniicaliui to an iur!\ coiilpk-tioli. A WORD TO TIIE WISE Os all cities of the late Confederacy, the city of Augusta was most peculiarly favor and. Other place* were occupied, dismantled or destroyed ; thin one alone remained intact. The clang of war hoofs and « growl of sullen drums” occasiopally betokened the vicinity of hostile battul ons, but never, while the South ern Government survived, did the Federal army seek or obtain a lodgment in our midst. Havoc elsewhere drove property and capital to this point as a common centre of security; and in the same ratio that other towns de clined, this one proportionally prospered. At the closure of the conflict, thus wonderfully spared, we were given a tremendous impetus in advance of every rival. Thus delivered, thus circumstanced, it is not to be marveled that lofty purposes were predicted and glo rious hopes entertained. If our citizei s are marie of tlie proprrr stuff, there is no sufficient reason why this should not become the most conspicuous inland city of the South. Nature has been lilieral; art has lieen the auxiliary of Nature; Providence has presided over both. Water power we have in abundance, while our canal sends its muscular current airing; railroads radiate to all par's of tlie compass; the Savannah pours it3 libation to tlie sea; rich cotton lands gir dle us about; tnonkd men are not in tlie vo cative; traffic is busy in our marts. Here, forsooth, there is a splendid basis for progress, anti, if we employ the advantages that lie at our threshold, nothing can impede the onward and upward advance of Augusta to commer cial and inaiiiffacturing renown. Under the old regime, the State of Georgia annually produced over 400,000 bales of cot ton, of which 120,000 found their wny to this city. For many years to come, the crop will hardly exceed 150.000 bags, of which, at least 40,000 must come hither for disposal. Disor ganized labor and scarcity of seed—selling at from live to ten dollars per bushel—militate severely against the prost cct of u larger yield. When, however, the appreciated value of the staple is considered, the diminution of mere numbers will not radically change the sum of money to bo accumulated or disbursed. Very nearly tho same amount of physical force will lie required, nr, in the event of n surplus, it can be usefully and lucratively diverted into other channels. With tho emancipation of the slaves, agri culture ceases to lie tlie all-absorbing pursuit. Manufactures must take their proper position, and, this fact once thoroughly comprehended, let the grand Anvil Chorus of a thousand Hlnrdy hammers awaken the highway and by way witli resounding clamor. Let us not l*c in perpetual vassalage to our neighbors across the border ; there is stiff a glorious indepen dence possible through enterprising and vic torious toil. Asa collateral issue, at lonst one first class hotel and respectable theatre should be erect ed. If men of business and men of elegant leisure are worth attracting, their comfort and recreation must be consulted. Birds of passage are not, so desirable; how shall we have anything t'lso if we do not so cater as to muke this un acceptable abiding place? Tact and enterpri e are sadly lacking. The tact that appreciates the bounties of heaven and earth ; the enterprise tliut seconds the tact by concentrating tho scattered elements of cnpitnl aud talent upon magnificent schemes ol industry and relaxation. If we work with a wiff and with invincible unanimity, nil that wc have anticipated must eventuate. K wo lie supine, peddling our energies and dis persing our means, trifling like hucksters in stead of exploring like merchants, verily the day is not Inr distunt when Augusta must yield tho inside track to more sagacious mid deliberate competitors. Another stride in the right direction will he in tho construction of an embankment or levee ns an insurmountable barrier to the cm crouebmonts of the river. It is graceful j that we should be subjected to possible inun dation year after year. The amount of dam- j ago caused by a single freshet, calculated in j figures, wohM prevent si repetition of tlie ca lamity. Property holders will assuredly sub mit to a discreet tax in consideration of the substantial lieneflt derived. If not, wo may probably attain to the pubfime philosophy of j •nr Hamburg friends, who have boon drowned j ■ sit so frequently that they tire getting need to ! immersion. The city wants vitality—-vitality in all its arterial pulses. A prime requisite for suc cess is to be found in an able municipal admin istration. Ijet none but the very best and worthiest men be presented for Mayor, Conn cilmen, etc.; live men with tlie honor and in terest ot the city thoroughly at stake. Around such men the people will rally ; under such guidance Augusta will move in the path ol empire and progress with the tramp of a gi ant. Thu Catholic Oucacu in tun Umtkd Status.— There two lour millions of Roman ('atholies in the United States'; The annexe ! table shows tho stale of that Church, iu ISOS, and its progress at different periods : Prorincte. Dioceses Vicarates, BUtiops Priests. Churches. Stations and Chapel".. Kccies. Jns'.'ns.* ISOS I 1 I2i OS SO 2 ItttO I tl| 'ltd 230 I y 1840 ! 1 1«: jl7< 452 454 35811;! 1850 i.3 27 1 . 12Vlost 1073 s<>.">'.'.9 1854 I 7 41i 2 .801574 til'd 740' 1555 ; 7 4l! 240 1714 1524 67',1x? 1856 * 7 41 i 2 10 1701 1910 S* « 37 1857 741 42 1872 2053 V, 2: . :i5 1858 I 7 44 J 2 43 ' ! is&'t 7 48| 2 40 2108 232 4 1860 ' 7 13; 5 ! • 2235 2 .(81 Ins (s 1801 j 7 48 0 15 2347 2517 1278 til Besides these, the Catholi CS have one hun dred and two orphan asylums, where they educate some aeven rh*jUSSiut orphans, and have over ouo hundred benevolent and chari table societies, on*V twi'tity-eight hospitals.— They have also ninety seven litirary iaatilutea j for young lacg ; two hundred and twelve fc j male and three hundred and four * tree sobv tor twouty-seveu thousand nine | hundred* and forty males, and three hundred and twenty seven schools for twenty-nine tfioijjaad six hundred and seventy-one sc— i J*». I T omas N Hut,tier, a member of t'horh.r Wliite-s Iron-C ad yjsr i Troupr, was instant -1 ly ki.itsi last Friday sttcriioou, by lahing fr\>*a j the light rope s hits performing at on slt-r --n ion rxhiXution in the theatre at Washington, [From our Correnpondeiit ] New Vork Letter. New York, Nov. 28ib, 1805. The Empire City ir agitated by a canvass for municipal oflicerfl, m which a rare degree of interest is felt, and which pr oatUez to be much more warmly contested than the lato .State election. It attracts attention primarily, be cause the amount of patronage involved is really prodigious. This city now raises by di rect taxation a greater sum than sufficed for the expenses of the national government un der Monroe and tlie second Adams ; and when to this large sum is added the “ assessments ’ upon property, levied on various prct/.xtr, the amount expended by our eiiy government I have no doubt approaches thirty millions an nually. That our people aro most exorbitant taxod of any on the face of the earth, cb baa been recently asserted, will be readily believ ed. The taxation amounts to one-third of the income. The public plunderers are therefore in full cry for their favorites; while the gravi ty of the situation has awakened the better class of citizens to of attention to their municipal ass iWs. Four candidates for Mayor are in tho field— 11 of whom are pro nounced personally unexceptionable* It is generally.believed, however, that the Tutiitoh** ny nomination is , sham, designed to prevent a concentration of tho Democratic vote, and per mit the election of M. O. Huberts, of steamship fame, who has by the Weed- Kepublicans. Jomßtocker, the celebrated miller, has lieen nominated by the Fernando Wood Democrats, by a less important J> nio eratic faction, by tho “ citizens Union,” and is supported by the Tribuno. Tho action ol the Tribune in bolting tho regular Republican nomination is regard! as having significance in national politics.. The problem «>1 our muni cipal government is not yet solved ; for the present extravagance and coruption Kptiugs di rectly from universal suffrage. A PKOVXUU ILLUHTKATBD. One of fSolonion’s proverbs says: “If tho poor oppress the poor, it is like a sweeping rain”—leaving nothing behind. We have its truth dally illustrated before our eyc3. Our “.leading citiz- ns ” arc all, or. nearly all, “rich poor men.” In more popular phraoo, they are “self-made” meu. '1 hey have got rfth i>y lucky speculations, or by piling dollir upon dollar in trade. Most of thtmwiihout edu cation, and iißU'vl]y destitute of the finer feel ings of human nature—(with they would never have achieved wealth) —they are a very unlovely class of beings. They arj as poor in spirit as it is possible to conceive human, crea tures to he. Some of them, living in splendid four-story mansions, will compel a single fe male servant to perform the duty of cook, laundress, chambermaid, footman and scullion. Ono who known how light have beeu ihe re quirements upon a North- rn house servant, will appreciate the maqner in which a South ern colored woman, just “made free,” will roll her eyes on being introduced to* the re quirements ot her now friends and employers. It is these people, miserably poor in all that can make human nature lonely, who rule ull the great concerns of this great city, and make it almost uninhabitable to a modest* decent, educated, person of moderate means. Oppres sing without siint, the poor in purse, their gapping avarice is indeed “like a sweeping rain.” Os all the popular conveyances which are provided for local locomotion, or to connect the city with the suburbs, all bur, the Union Ferry to Brooklyn, are in hands of niggardly catch pennies ; that only is managed with any sense of the obligations ot large corporations to the public, dust whore the Kist river is narrowest, New York city is mo3t crowded. A mile and n half distant, are large farms intact, growing cabbages and potatoes, most eligible for residences which would relieve the over crowded population ; but among nil the vastly wealthy n en who reside in and near Now York, there lias not one yet appeared willing to es tablish the necessary cheap and rapid convey ance, to mnke these farm land available.— Nothing is sought after by thesis men, but gold and a little cheap notoriety, they cannot be in duced to undertake nnytiug for the practical benefit of their less fortunato fellow-beings.— We sadly need an enlightened class, who are not oppressed with dignity, but who will man fully contend, a3 a duty*, with Shoddy, for tho direction of public aibiirs. INSECURITY O K MUIC. The people rosidltig iu the suburbs of this city are just now in an uproar of excitement, with regard to the frequ ent and desperate acts ot violence that arocoiur alited. It has become unsafe to be out alter dark in many p irts of Brooklyn. The police force in New York is so strong and vigilant that the burglars aud cut-throats aro unah'ie to ply their vocation with any degree of a purity. Iu Brooklyn the population is much scattered, tho police few, and the desperadotf have full swing. It is not unlikely that the; • will become so bold as to attack houses afic r nightfall, if not iu the open daylight. The extrarwrfcn ary frequency of these acts of violence in Mttri'outcd to thedUbnndi gos tho army, by the great number of scoundrels who were ’<*>un ty jumpers and camp-followers, are deprived <w& their moans of living, mid they take to th» road as a substitute. Measures have been takon to organize in the more expos ei localities- for mutual protection It is now hut the begi ruling of winter; employment is diminishing, aud there is reason to fear that tl read! ul ih predations will be committed by tie recklcsa and suffering l»eforo spring shall he here. Tue t>obeo force o: the Metropolitan Distil numbers over 2,000 men, but it can havo Uttl# restrictive it fl,.- mv « \r >: in X tv York, and A wi 1 pio*l‘ibly Ka increased by the a idi«- llor. 4\f 500 or 1,000 men. IV >ple begin to los» comhitHjec in Mr. Me I Uulloch’s ‘ < couttaction” His acta do j not correspond with his words. Bat if there is anything now, in recent dtwlopmeuts, it is that he will withdraw legal tenders, ui »l rub stHuto non-k*g» 1-tendors in us place. When this is sufficiently aa\'irplisbe i. ho will resume specie paymeuts, and leave the >htt‘. mil banks in tho lurch, t’otton and r.Mkn Goods have declined materially the past week, and close! very unsettled Middling V<>tU'n aOe. Iheadstufis aro In large supply, bn firm. »‘ork and “hog products” l avo a- e. , i abt-nt tweu ty per Cent, on the wee*. >i mrd trad-' k very dull* nod prices i • g downward. Meuey is working easier, but < s-ks utiv dew j to-day, under tho warb.ke rtun rs from the Uio Grande. Ties' run ; : are known by j many to be absolutely b.vs- h : ; but w t > Ia large foreign population iu our midst it is i;n ] possible to prevent them t..kiug ctfivt. tlteid j advanced frvua the same vur.s . _ _ v " • ' Alts t»i*t Otns-uT—We re:Vr, reader, to | vour teeth. Be oar* ful Next to y ir eyes, ! vour teeth are ttw most pm u*us of your :.u A ( organs. fi#fr. F. .rr.i.tS*.* lent. I: w:i ( j at or.ee arrest «ite iv iod prevent w!«wl o*»w. ■ i*«t mere snecks from being orunvs. I « brit *. fti will save and bmurify year Ittfih. V ! n j the only thing that e*u save them. H .u-vi i a this. Establishment or Commercial Kela- ' tions with Baltimore —We had the pleasure | of being called on yesterday by Rev. Mr. John Pofeal, of Baltimore, a clergyman well known throughout the South. Mr.-Poisal's object is to establish the closest social and business rdatior s between the merchants of Baltimore and the South, and he has visited this city for that purpose. A circular b.fpre us, represent ing every department of trade and manufactu ring and ommorcial*enterprises, and signed by two hundred and fifty of the leading merchants of Baltimore, thus sets forth the object of this gentleman’s visit to the South. “ Understanding that the Rev. John Poisal contemplates spending some time among his friends in the Sout j, the undersigned, mer chants of Baltimore, have engaged his ee vices in behalf of the trade and interest ‘of our ci'y. from the ch .meter of Mr. Poiaal as a clergy nan, favorably known in the South, and his peculiar fi*nes3 for the position, we h«rve with pleasure the opportunity lbu3 presented to fa cilitate an early resumption of the closest buoinessand social, rt lations between 6ur re spective communities. Our Southern people may rely with entire confidence upon hi3 state ments. Hecan iaqurt correct information of the true and kindly sentiments of onr generally toward them. And he is especially authorized to represent onr respective hones to the merchants and business men of the Bouth. Thus, we trust, that by the employment of the great aceocies cf our prosperity, Com merce and Christianity, those portions of our country made desolate by war may speedily bo healed and reorganized to the mutual advan tage of both communities.” Mr. Poisal has visited Charleston and Savan nah, Vhere ho was cordially received by the merchants of those cities, who approved of bin views for the establishment of commercial Mid social relations. During the stay of the reverend gentleman in our city he will call-on oirr business men, and wo bespeak for him a cordial reception at their hands. DkVane. —We aro indebted to the author lion. Henry W. Hilliard, for a copy of this new work, which, in point of mechanical execution, is excellently gotten up. Os its literary merits or demerits wo cannot speak advisedly, not having had time as yet to read it, but from tho eminent ability of the distinguished author, we cordially recommend tho work to our readers. The following notice of tho late Hon. William H. Crawford, of Georgia—one of* the greatest statesmen that ever appeared in tins country— in taken from Mi*. Hilliard’s new book: “Tt is well known that, il Mr. Crawford’s health hnd not suddenly failed he would have been the choice of tho House ; but a shadow passed over his grand intellect, ami unlisted him for tho labors of t.liAt # eminent position. As an eacle rising upon strong wing from bis moun tain eyrie toward c omo loftier and Buhlimor peak, from which lie might with undazzled eye look out upon the boundless plain, sinks sud denly with drooping wing, and socks the hums bier resting place from'which ho had soared, so this really groat man sank in the very moment of anticipated triumph, when he had almost readied the highest flight of his ambition ; and repairing to the State which still loved and hon ored him, passed the remainder of his life in the discharge of humbler duties. ’’ The following sketch efthe personal appear ance of General Andrew Jackson occurs in DeYane: “Ilia appearance impressed me. I was re turnin'* from an evening’s shooting, and as I approached the house, I sstw standing by the side of tnv father, in the gallery of the house which was open to the western sky, a tall’ somewhat slightly built gentleman, dressed in black. lie was without a hat, and the declin ing light of the evening fell upon his person. Hijgfri iir, somewhat grey, stood up from his forehead. He wore a pair of gold framed glasses, and another 'pair, thrown up above tho forehead, rested on his hair. His eyes were piercing, and their fire could be read through his glasses. The face and head were long, mid there was a character of unmistak able firmness seated upon his features. As I approached the house, tuy father called to me, ami advancing, be presented me to General Jackson, who received me with an air of court ly dignity. I was very much impressed by the stately elegance _of his manners, for I had ex pected to meet a rough We tern soldier. Another Message from President Johnson to Gov. Perry —The Columbia correspondent of the Charleston Nows communicates the fol lowing, under dato of tho 30th nit.: The following telegram has been received by tho Provisional Governor from the President,, and it woulrj seem to indicato that he has changed his views with regard to the time at which members elect should present'their cer tificates of election. Tho views given in this dispatch nre, at Jfast, and flerent from those at tributed to him a short time back- Perhaps he is right. It may bo far more dignified to submit our case to the country through Con gress, than to submit it to tt mere clerk by whom it has boon already prejudged. One man may he wrong, and continue to he wrong, but the mass of the people eventually do what ia right, and just and proper. We may suffer for a time Irom the radical, but tho honest masses will eventually rise above the tricks and schemes qf party, and act with wisdom, human ity and generosity. •: Washington, Nov. 27, 1865. ToP. F. Perry. Provisional Governor: 1 do not. think it necessary for tho members elect, sor South Carolina to bo present at the organ!: Uion of Congress. On the contrary, it will be hMter policy to piesent their certifi cates of election after the two Houses are or ganized, which will then be a simple question, under tho Constitution, of the members taking their seats. K«eh House must jodge for itself, tho election returns and qualification of its own members. As to what the two Houses will do iu reference to the oath now required to bo taken, before tho members can take their seats, is unknown to me ; and I do not like o predict. But, upon the whole, lam of opinion that it would bo belter for the question’to come r.pnud be disposed of after the two Houses ’ ive h'- u organized. 1 hope your Legislature will adopt a code in reference to free persons of color that will be acc- ptable to thecountiy, at the s-ur.c time doing justice to tho white and colored population. Andrew Johnson, President. Tu. Mtcn & Aiousta Railroad.—The V v*i>n l\b graph thus speaks of the import acc ’ of completing this road : The importance of th 1 early completion of this road to the future business prosperity of Mi.con is i'videut to every one having her in ti’-o'--' vt heart. The advantage of this road ever tile Olher lines nre many, it shortens the ;d* lA’.-; from h re t-> Augusta by nearly fifty jiui.es, and passing through three of the rich •st <vunties o*' the State, will materially ben* 1 tit t’ em ;n giving them an outlet and market for t elr market, Let this road be built, and i cettou, instead of passing around Macon, as I V. r-‘ ' 'ore, w ill be sent here tor disposal or for rc-shipment to Charleston or Savannah— the ; \ iue r then having the choice oi either •oar’.- \ id in the matter of freights there a:,it. 4 v i:s;h~n*ble. deduction, thecomple* m a of th-;s road making the transportation of • eo’ron to the seaboard t.o longer a monopoly hert .1 o.e. Tuc handling of several hun r ' t . *>an >: additior.nl boles of cotton at this j point w ill hdi much to the prosperity of Macon, a: >1 s • i . crest, it uo other should prompt i »ur V". pie to prod r th» needed assurance ai t A-sgusu has tot'ly responded in this uw» . r -n-r s . . ii :\. indivi lual and or- I aggregating SBOO 000—Macon's quota wid not exceedo,ooo 16 $15,000. Even the . S urA. CsiW.t* railroad company, contrary to • h i poll v. has contributed liberal‘y to *. i A A'di the t-v-asp: ise. The road is entirely j i ’rre ir. uid»bt, aud with assets enough on 1 j luuvi to irou it; and, in onr opinion, is the [ j ixst investment w< know of. From the Baltimore Evening Transcript. The Great Industrial Question of the i Age. OP THE SOUTH —FACTS AND FIGURES. Washington, D C., Nov. 11— Beyond e doubt tho mo-t important question ever pre sented to the civilized world, is, how the in dustrial condition of th* Souths™ States, lately the theatre of a sanguinary war, can be re established upon afi m and prosperous basis. The interest in this question i not coi fined to those States or to the United States. It ex tends to every civilized nation, and to every town, hamlet and individual of those nations. Inasmuch as the supply of cotton, tobacco, rice, sugar and molas.es, depends upon their sue* cessful cultivation in those States, and as tho price of theee productions depends upon the* quantity produced, every individual, as such who wears cotton fabtics or consume.* these pro ductions, has a deep personal interest in this question. Tiie’consumer of cotton fabrics is now com pelled to pay exorbitant prices over what he paid iu iB6O, because cotton is now worth from forty cents to o e dollar and fifty c. ms per pound, while in IBto tbo same article was worth only from six to twenty cents, and the reason of the high prices of cotton is to be lound in the tact that since 1860, when the pro duct of that j ear in those {States amounted to over 5,000,000 bales, the amount produced has been nominal; and-to of all otiicr. productions of those Status. And yet their capacity to res produce the crop of 1860 isDOt diminished, ex - cept in the disorganization of tl air industrial system. The ecolromists of the Nor Ji who havo paid but tittle attention to ihisquestion, will bo' astonished at the immense productions of those States in ISCo, as shown by the eighth census reports. ALABAMA. Alabama had under cultivation 6,385,724 acres of land, aud produced: Cotton, bales 989 955 Corn, bushel? 33,226.202 Sweet potatoes, bushels 5,450,917 Live stock, value $43,411,711 Slaughtered animats, value $10,000,000 Butter, pounds. 6,028,478 GEORGIA. Georgia has 8,062,758 acres of cultivated lands. Cotton, bales r 702,840 Corn, bushel? 30.776,293 Sweet potatoes, bushels 6.508 541 Live stock, value $38,372,734 Os land purchased of the government by in dividuals, not uuder cultivation, it had 18,587,- 732 acres. FLORIDA. Acres, cultivated 654 210 Acres, uncultivated- (purchased) ... 2,266 015 Cottor, hale? 65 753 Corn, bushels 2,834,391 Sweet potatoes, bushels 1,129 759 Live stock, value $5,553,358 SOUTH CAROLINA. Acres, cultivated .* 4,573,060 Cotton, bales 353,412 Corn, bushels 15,065,606 Sweet potatoes, bushels 4,175,688 Live stock, value* $23,934,403 TEXAS. Acres under cultivation 2 650 781 Acres uncultivated 22,693(247 Colton, bales. 431,463 Corn, bushels 16,500,702 Sweet potatoes, bushels 1.129,759 Live stock, value $42,825,447 LOUISIANA. Acres under cultivatiop 2,707,108 Acres uncultivated... .* 6,291,468 Cotton, bales 777 738 Corn, bushels 10,853.788 Sweet potatoes, bushels 2,060,891 Live stock, value $24,546,940 MISSISSIPPI. Acres under cultivation 5 063,755 Acres uncultivated 10,778,929 ‘ (lottoD, bales 1,202 507. Corn, bushels 29,037.082 Sweet potatoes, bushels 4 563,873 Live stock, value $41,891,692 - All KANSAS. Acres under cultivation 1,983,313 Acres uncultivated 7,590.398 Colton, bales 367,380 Corn, bushels 17,823,588 Live stock, valu6. $22,09G,977 While alone produced 221,701 hogsheads of sugir, and 13,439,772 gallons of molasses. The cf.r s /alue of purchased lands Jn Huso States in iSOO was : Alabama,. $175 824,022 Georgia, 157,072,803 Florida. 16.435,727 South Carolina 139,652,508 Texas 88,101.820 Louisiana 204,78906.2 Mississippi 190,700,307 Arkansas 91,649,773 The cash value of negro elavo property in the same States iu 1800 was : Slave?. Value. Alabama 435,080 $215,540,000 Georgia 462,19S 230,099,000 Florida 61,745 30,872,500 South Carolina... . 402 406 201,203,000 Texas 182 5G6 91.283,000 Louisiana 831,726 165.863 000 Mississippi 436,631 418,315 500 Arkansas 111,115 55,657,500 Where ia the hundreds of millions of slave property in these States in 1860 to-day?— Where is the value of the cultivated lands of these States in 1860 ? All swept away by the destruction of that industrial system which has been systematizing and strengthening for two hundred years I The f ccnmulated wealth ot two centuries has, by a destruction Os the industrial system of tin South been annihila ted. The great question new is, to provide for these Slates an efficient industrial system to take the place of the one we have destroyed. To provide an industrial system which shall reproduce the amount of cotton, tobacco, rife, sugar and molas-.es raised in 1860, for the wat t of which a universal cry of distress asetnds from the nations aud all p ople. The cotton crop of tbo South in 1860 was 5.386,897 bales, while the entire crop of this year will be over estimated at 1,000.000 bales. Iq 1860 the tobacco crop was 434,183,561 lbs. Sugar \ 230,982 hhds Cat e molasses 14.963 936 gala. Sorghum me lasses. gala. Rice 187,167,032 los. Not one-fifth of fttis amount will be pro duced this year, and when it is considered that the cultivation of these products has been al most entirely abandoned for the last four years, the importance ot immediate action up on this question cannot be over estimated. This industrial question ol the South is also very intimately connected with the currency and finances o i the country. Os the 5,386,- 897 bales of cotton produced in 1860, not over 1,500,000 bales were consumed in this coun try, leaving for exportation 3.886,897 bales, which, at ten cents per pound, furnished $155,475,880 to supply the place of specie in onr foreign exchange, and which, if produced this year, at the present prices, say forty ce..ts per pound, would supply the place of $621,- 903.520 in specif which now goes to pay for importation. Tho balance of trade must be paid in specie, unless paid in cotton, which is to Europe the same as specie : and if that additional amount of specie could be retained at hem'', it would tend greatly to strerigtheu the paper currency of the government, and probably avoid alto gether the much dreadeu out confidentially ex poet and. financial crisis Os the 22 443 997 acres of cultivated lands iu the aobvo mi-iv ione-1 States, probably net over one-half haa bee*. ; :wed ibis year, and cannot be cultivated 'or y.ars to come without the aid of capita! and labor, to fce drawn from beyond their limits. Valuable Testimony.— Pi 'euro at any Pi iggjgt’e on of Mm. 8 A A ien’a cir< irj of her World's ILur Restorer and Hair Dress- j log, and you will find in i* much valuable j iutVrmiitiou concerning the human hair, also j testimonials from well known and reliable par ties that will satisfy you that her preparations j have t»o equals for'restoring, invigorating and besuti yir g the Hair. If your Hair is grey, if you wish *o retain your hair through life, use tlcse prepmuons. Georgians to be £xe< u e«l. The following proceedings, findings aid sen tences of a court martial in the cases ofJobn M. Br«>wn and Christopher Columbus Reasc aro published; GESBRAL COURT-MARTIAL ORDERS—NO. C2G. V* An Dkp’t, Adi nt Gen’l’s Office ) Washington. Nov. 22 1865. f First—Before a military * ommisri n which convened >.t Washington, Georgia, October 5 1865, pursuant to special orders No. 30 dated September 8. 1565; No 31, dated September 9, 1865; No. 33 dated September 13. 1865. and No. 14. da-ed Si-p embcr 28, 1865. headquar ters, District of Augusta Fourth Division. Dc pa.’tmei-t of Georgia. Augusta, Ga., ard of which Cap'ain Cnarles B. Western, One Hun dred and r ftv-s:x»h New York Volunteers, is fresident, wore arraigned and tried : 1 Christopher Columbus Reasc, or citizen. Charge—Murder. Specification—Tn this, tli3b Christopher C. Eeeso, a citizen of the State of Georgia and of the United States, did wilfully, ut lawfully and maliciously shoot and kill Nellie Wear a colored woman. This on nr about the 13th of July, 1865, in or near Taliaferro county. State of Georgia. To which charge acd specification the accused. Christo pher Columbus Reese, citizen, pleaded guilty. Finding—The Commission having maturely considered the fv deuce adduced, finds the accused, Christopher Cohimbus Re »po, citizen, as follows; Of'he specification, guiity; of the charge, guilty. Sentence—And tho Commis sion does therefore sentence him, Christopher Columbus lter.se, cit zon, to be hanged by tho* r.eck until he be dead, at such time and place as the Commanding General may direct, all the members of the Commissicn concurring therein. 2. John M. 13 own, citizen. Charge—Mur der. Specification—ln this that John M. Brown, a citizen of the State of Georgia ar.d the United States, after threatening the life of Nellie West, a colored woman, by saying he wouldjdash her brains out, or words to that Fame effect, did aid and obot one Christopher C. Reasc to willfully, unlawfully and malicious ly sbootirtg and killing sai l Nellie West. All this on or about, the 13th of July, 1865. in or near Taliafc-rro county, State of Georgia. To which charge and specification the accused, John M. Brown, citizen, pleaded qot guilty.— Finding—The Commission; huvi. g maturely considered the evidence adduced, finds the accused, John M. Brown, citizen, as follows : Os the specification, guilty ; of the charge, guil ty. Sentence—And tho Commission does therefore sentence him, John M. Brown, citi zen, to-be hanged by the neck, until lio bo dead, at such tim and place as the Command ing General may direct, all the members of tho Commission concurring therein. Third—The proceedings, findings- and sen tences of the Commission in tho foregoing cases of Christopher Columbus Rcaso, or lteese, and John M. Brown, citizens, were approved by tho reviewing officer,. Brevet Major-General John H. King, and forwarded for the action of tho Major General commanding the department, Major General James l». Stcedman, by whom they have been forwarded to the President of the United States for his action. T e following are tho orders of the Presi dent : Executive Office, ) Washington, Nov. 21, 1865. J The sou going proceedings, findings and sen tences arc approved, and it is ordered that Major General Steedinan, commanding the De partment of Georgia, or any other officer for the time being commanding said department, carry the said sentence into effect by hanging the said John M. Brown and the said Christo pher Columbus Reuse each by tho neck until he is dead, the place of executing the said sen tence to bo fixed by the commanding officer of the department, and the execution to take place qn the first Friday in January next. Andrew Johnson, President. Fourth—The commanding General of the Department of Georgia will cause tho fore-* going sentences in the easbs Os John M. Brown and Christopbor Columbus ltea?c, or Reese, to bo duly executed in compliance orders of the President. . By command of the President of the United States. E. D. Townsend, Ass’fc Adj’tGen. The Price of Dry Good3. —Northern man ufacturers complain that European importers arc underselling them in sheetings and calicoes, and give as a rcasou why it is so, that there is au abundance of cheap India cotton in tho Britisa market, and that labor is fifty per cent, cheaper than they have to pay. A writer in the Baltimore American after noticing that muslins-arc thirty cedts a yard in Baltimore, says: • Out of a pound of cotton there had been made of this same muslin at least five yards, which, at fifty cents a pound for cotton (and better cotton than that was made from can be had at that price,) wal ten cents a for the cotton ; now thi3 same kind of muslin before the war could have been bought for seven cents a yard—three cents being the price ot the cot ton usrd—lour cents covering all other expen ses. Now take the three cents—the price of tho cotton for a yard before tho war—and add it for increased expenses of production, and ten cents—the present price of cotton for a yard— and you see that s-. venteen cents is the price at which it may be put in the market at tho present time. Now, let the cost of production in Britain boas much as it is here, add fifty per cent, duty and cost of importation, aud the British goods will be put in our market at twenty-five cents, leaving six cents margin for the importer, which is a temptation few ener getic importers will resist. If our maufactur ers will consult their own interest and the in terest of the country, they will be contented wita four or five cents a yard profit, and do it at once, and not have th-i country Hooded with British manufacturers and the nation saddled with a foreign debt.” Robbery. —The store of Bones & Henderson two doors below this office, was broken into eaily Monday' morning, and goods to the amount of about S7OO stolen therefrom. The robbers effected an entrance through tho front door by breaking the loci dfctlic out side, forcing in the transom over the door, and by withdrawing the bolts on the inside. This is a heavy loss to our young friends who but a few days since commenced business. We trust that Jhe robbers will be arrested and punished and the goods returned. Personal —General Grant arrived in Charles ton Friday morning. Iu response to an iuvita tion from some of the prominent citizens *to dineat the Charleston Hotel; General Grant regretted that his stay should not admit of his accepting the courtesy. Govs: Orr apd « Perry wore expected to dine with Genera Grant on Saturday, at the residence of Genera Dan Sickles. A Sensation among Cuurcmmknn. —A New York letter to the Philadelphia Ledger says: ‘ Quite a sensation b«3 been croat and among churchmen by certain extraordinary services held at St. Alban’s (Episcopal) church, in the Fourth avenue, Forty-seventh street, on Sun day. Said services were more Puseyite than ’ Dr. Pusey h fin self would sanction, and a well known high churchman remarked to me this morning that the way of doing thinggot the celebrated M.idi-.m Street Mission Chapel some rears ago was quite evangelical compared with the programme of St. Alban’s. Too ihorister boys are -not only dressed in sur plice-. but also in black cassocks reaching to the fset. Soast lights won* burning hear the - chancel, uo, but that may have been owing to th- dstrkne-3 of the day. Rev. C Merrill is R-.'ftor. :-i his assistant, R*-v. Mr. lhe I >w churchmen are quite scandalized oy th- re novelties, a: 1 talk -.bout invoking iLe intervention of the bishop. 11 Nuw \ ork, N v. 39.-—'The C j mine rein I's Washington special says Mr. McPherson, Clerk * of the House. h»s decided to have off tho of the Virginia aud Tennessee members from the iuiii.il roll. The friends of the Presi- - dtnt. however, insist that Horace Maynard ami Col. Shakes, members elect from Tennessee, must be admitted at ti e organization of tho House. They will probably be admitted. -
