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About Weekly constitutionalist. (Augusta, Ga.) 185?-1877 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 3, 1866)
L ~- W * * g ~ ©K lUceliln Constitutionalist BY STOCKTON k CO. OUR TERMS. The following are the rate# of Subecription end Advertising in the Coottitctiokauht : W’hkit —8 Months . .$1 00 6 Months ... 200 • Single Copies—lo cents. Advertisements inserted in the Weekly at *1 oo per Square for each insertion. To accommodate our patrons we will receive in payment produce: such as Bacon, Lard, Butter, Flour and Meal, at the Market value, and it out be eent to us by Express at our ex pen w. General Awtuiiriy es the Presbyterian Church. FIFTH and last DAT’s prockedings. The pressure of other matter has prevented an early appearance of the fifth and last days proceedings of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church South, lately convened at Xlacon, Gi., and the unusual length of the last lavs p:oceeding« renders its publication im possible in our paper. We make ns the fal lowing extracts from the report of the Macon Telegraph: • The following resolutions from the Commit tee on Education were adopted. Resolved, 1. That our present condition a3 a church demands special attention to the sub ject of ministerial education, both from our Presbyteries and our people, that worthy young men desiring to enter the ministry may un, lack the necessary means of prosecuting their studies. I That our churches be urged to contribute to this cause, as God shall pr< spec them, re cognising the fact that It is a duty they owe to the great head of the church, to assist those whom He has chosen to the holy work of the ministry, to secure tba* intellectual preparation Sfcessary to efficiency in their work. 3. That while the pted of ministers is great and pressing, Presbyteries should relax none of their vigilance in selectinu those upon whom ♦be charities of the church are to be bestowed. Let them be very careful on this particular point. The experience of the past shows he necessity for double diligence here. One un worthy subject- receiving aid from the friends of trie church, may do an injury to the cans •.hat scores of worthy recipients will not be able to repair. 4 That Presbyteries be urged to carefulness in observing the requirements of our stand ards, in regard to education, tinder present circumstances there is a strong temptatio#to depart from th se requirements. But let them be fully maintained. 5. Tba ministers and people be urged ro remember In all the r approaches to the Throne of tha Heavenly Grace, that injunction of th * Blessed Saviour, " Pray y» the Lord of the harvest that he would send forth laborers into Ilis harvest." The Committee on Systematic Benevolence presented tbeir report, which was received and adopted. Dr. Kirkpatrick, froai the Standing Commit tee oa Domestic Missions, presented a report, which was received and adopted. Dat or Prater —The Assembly adopted the following : Resolved, That the General Assembly ap point th<* last Thursday of February as a day *.o be observed in special prayer on behalf of the youth of our country, with a view to the ioctease of the ministry ; and that the Sabbath proceeding be nppoir:Jed as a day ofs;ecial instruction from the pulpit on that subject. Dr. V’m. Brown presented the Pastoral Let ter which was received and adopted. The letter is to l>e read in all the ehurol os'on the second Babbath in February next, and pub lished us a tract by tho Committoo of Publiea- tiOD. . n Tie Committee on Bills and Overtures, through Rev. J. I). Mitchell, D TANARUS).. reported on overture No. concerning the evaugelizat'on Ot the colored people as follows ; Oonyniltee recommend the following action : W'ereas, The colored people never stood in try mler relation to the church, than that of bun an hf-iDga. lost with us in the full of Adam; redeemed with us through tbe infinitely meri torious dsath and sacifice of Christ, and par ticipant* with us in ail the benefits and hless ogs of the Gospel; and, whereas, ourchur. lies, pastors and people hare always recognized this claim to Christian equality, fraternity and brotherhood, and have rejoiced to have them •soeiiited in Christian tluion and eommttnion in ‘the public services and artcioua sacraments of the eanotttary. . Unsolved 1, That the abolition of (davosy hy the civil and military powers, has not altered t e ri&Utions at almve defined-in which our - r in any degree, lessened tho debt us love and service which wc owe them—ror the Interest with which we would s ill desire to sc% associated tv th t! etu in all the pr.vilages of our common Christianity. _ Ft solved 2, That whertw, experience has invariably proved the ad vantage* of tbucolored .tieople and the white being united together io the worship of Ged, we see no reason why it tbouid be otherwise now, that they are Treed men and not aluvea. * ' _ K« solved 3, That should our colored friends tbloit it beat to separate from us and organize .. selves into distinct congregation* under i.i'c p»«un* and elders, for tbs present, or ;i let colored elder* nod pastors hj soon as God in b's providence sba'l raise up m»n mutably qualified for those offices, this church *d! do ell In its power to encourage, f.st -r and assist them. Uesoivtd, 4. That tho Rev. J. b. Girardeau, of Chari- aton, Rev D. Wills, of Hopewell Presbytery, H. C. Alexander, Alexander Mar. tin. or Roanoke Presbytery, and I)r. J. L Wil son U appointed a committee to report oa this whole subject and to recon mend action to the -j sit General Assembly. T 1 e thanks of the Assembly wore terdmd t> 'he citizens of Mtcon fortbelr generous and ] 11dsnt hospitality; to thecnurcl-< n lered v, ti e Assembly, snd to tho railroads ifTirditig' trataportatlon tor meml>orj to return free, atd to 'he public preaa of tho city. T- e Comudltee on Foreign Correspondence I and the Judicial Committee reported that no I Uisinou bad come before them, aAd as'ttd to • e disebarg- and. Granted. The committee appointed at the last Assem bly, In regard to Voluntary Social**, iu:o ilaued. i AUGUSTA, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 3, 1866. On moti<p, the Assembly was dissolved, and another ordered to be called, to meet on the third Thursday of November, 1866, at 11, a m , iu the First Presbyterian Church of Memphis. Closed with singing hymn 3#2—‘ Blest be the tie that binds"—aud prayer by the Moderator, followed by the Apostolic benediction. The Virginia legislature and the Par don of Hon. Jeff. Davis. The followiug are the joint resolutions intro duced in the House of Delegates, by Mr. Robinson, of Alexandria, concerning the par don of Hon. Jeff. Davis and others, which contain a full exposition of the question of State sovereignty: Whereas, In the convention, celled for adopt ing the Constitution of the United States, the proposition was made that Congress should have the power to call for the force of the Union against a refractory St»to. and it was indefinitely postponed ; and whereas, we have the highest authority for the admission that the State governments, by their original constitu tion, were invested with oomplete sovereignty, and that they would in all contingencies afford complete security against invasion of the pub' lie lioerty by the national authority within the meaning cf the Constitution; and whereas, it is further urged, that power being always the rival of power, that the. general and State gov ernments would reciprocally check the usurpa tions, the one of the other, meaning thereby that there was authority in the sovereignty of the States to rerUt encroachments by the gen eral government, as well as powers of the lat ter to resist aggressions of the States; and whereas, in 1824, in a preamble to certain rev solutions offered in the Legislature of New Yoik with regard to the right ot Congress to license and to demand tonnage on boats that navigated canals of that State, the interference of the State was invoked far thl defense of her citizens, and that, subsequently, Mr. Nan Buren, in the Senate of the Unite l States, gave notice that his State "ought and would resist to the last extremity and whereas, the State of Ohio, n the proceedings of her L gislature, in 1820, again-4 th- batik of the United States to pre vent the establishment of tue same ia that State, did recognize and, apply the doctrines asserted by the Legislatures of Virginia am Kentucky it their resolutions of 1798and IBgo, asserting an equal right by the States to i n teR- Sihe Constitution for themselves wh-run tern fights were involved; and wherjas, ttteV Maine did, in its Housffof Repre sentatives, in January, 1832, s when upon the subject of the northeastern boundary, resolve that the Constitution of t e Uiited States dw confer only a special and modified sovereignty to the general government, without authority to cede anv portion of territory belonging to a State without its consent., and that they would not consent to render, any portion of their ter ritory ; and whereas, the Slate of Massachu setts, in February. 1830, did, by the Legisla ture, declare the treaty by the general govern ; medt with Great Britain, relative to the north eastern boundary null and void, and-in no way obligatory ; and whereas, the State of Mississippi, by her Legislature, did, in Febru ary, 1861, concur with the States of Georgia, South Corolina and Virginia in their resolu tinns restrictive of the United States when act ing beyond the limits of the Constitut on—and that a State might, of right, refuse obedience to any measure of the general government mani festly against and in violation of the Constitu tion: and tlfe State of South Caroikia did, in several ways, by her Governor and Legisla ture, declare the right to resist the exercise by tho gcueral government of powers not delega ted:'atid the State of Virginia, in February, 1829. and in rep'y to the reso'uiiods of Geojgia and South Carolina, whilst expressing anxious care for the harmony of ihe&tate and*§arne*t solicitude for the tranquility of the Union, yet assert the right to construe the compact of the Constitution for itself; and whereas, the State of Pennsylvania, by resolution, adopted by her Legislature in 1844, did tfrwrt, among other things, that the act of Un on was, to ail in tents and purposes, a treaty between sovereign States: and whereas, the public ndnd had beep, in a large dfgree, sustained in ttffe belieflHhat resistance to the general government was not only a right but a duty, and believing, §s we solemnly do, that for certain ends, impolitic and unpatriotic, there are many persons en gaged in lha unholy and inhuman efforts to ir ritate and embitter the rebittOLS of the States, uow so much "requiring peace and harmony, by creatilflr unfounded suspicions hi the motives of our people iu their renewal of allegiance to the United State*. be it RestMred by the general assembly of Vir ginia, That tbeGcneral Government, unlike the absolute systems of the earth, that recognize obedience only, having heretofore given al lowance to conflicting theories of sovereignty and allegiance thntrbave exited from its for mation, involving opposing duties by the peo ple. as shownin some degree by the preamble above, will; we earnestly bon", induce bis Ex cellency the Frtrittenifof tbe United States to cxt>nd a general pardon to those persons now confined byßuhoriiy of the government. 2 Reso'ved, That it i3 not the desire of the people of Virginia to obtjruct or retard tbe restoration of the State to their constitutional position and ninetiom in tbe general govern ment, but that iu common with ail good men. North and ffotilHfit is their sincere and earnest wish by all honorable means, to provi e the samel that a firm renripn, with peace, prosperi ty ard happinrs*. may everywhere prevail. 3 Resolved,iffhat they pledge themselves, as far as they may have ability, to upbo and and maintain the efforts of the Executive of the United State* In his arduous labor to restore order, stability and justice among the States, and peace and good will among the people. Sedition became hurtful U> Rome when it gain ed power above the laws. On motion'of Mr Booker, of Henry, the re solutions were laid on the table and ordered to le printed. A prominent bachelor poiithian on the Ken- Rebeck remarked to p ludy that soapstone was excellent to keep the feet tyartn in bed. "Yea,” ■aid tbe young*ktdy, who had been en alien* tlv* listener, ‘‘butS'ine gentlemen have an im provement po that which you know nothing about." The bachelor turned pole, afld main tained a wiltful silence. A lice of *t**rrships be* been established bo ltvv(u Charleston and Havant From tbe Richmond Times. Well Said. We ere very much obliged to those gentle men who have come South to aet the morals of our negro population right, and teach them the advantage of matrimony and chastity— They have an up hill, arduous work before them —but doubtless it ia a labor of love, and they ask not either gold or silver for their re ward. We. in our bumble way, aud accord ing to our light, for many years past, have en deavored to Christianize andjcivilize them, and vainly imagined, until we were taught better, that we were doing our duty to this legacy that had been forced upon us in spile cf all re sistance, and. had somewhat improved them in contrast with their forefathers on the Guinea coast or their cotemporaneous relatives at the court of the King of Dahomey. But it seems we were mistaken, aud a host of strong minded women and weak minded meu have, at the risk of their health, and leaving luxurious homes, emigrated to this missionary, impover ished land to set things straight. But while we are duly thankful and “ very humble," it is not very pleasant-for us to read in the North ern journals, of the Radical p> rsuasion, letters from these amiable mis-ionarifs, describing our fellow-citizens as unmitigated heathens and painting the handsome residences which, in our gratitude, we bavo furnished them, as little better than hog pbtts. The very love feasts at our African churches they make fuu of and call them barbarous. Now this is ifot agree able—not pleasant. It may be sport to them, but it is death to our feelings And we fee very much like the sinner who paid his quar ter to see "Death on the Pile Hor e,” and a'terwards remarked that it might be a very delightful picture for Christians but he did not like it. We wonder that our friends do not recollect tbe old saying that "charity begins at home,’’ and with that, tho fact of the hundreds of homeless wanderers in tho NortherfLcitios— the thousands of unfortunates who, in wretch edness of soul am} body, roam their streets at night and show their painted, haggard faces etieh morning to the police magistrate—the sin and shame that blaze forth in their own land 4>lacken the palaces on Fifth Avenue and Mad ison Square, or desolate some quiet New Eng land hom p among the hilts nf the Housatonie or by the banks of the Merrimackr— crime that would paralyze the |>en of a Parisian Feuille tonist, and Which carries us back to the Dark Ages. We might tell these missionaries of a case of incest among good, pious, respectable and wcglthy peoplo in the city of New Yo*k— where one of the parties had built, a Sunday Scboo' and the other taught in it—where a husband is charged with procuring an abortion on his wife and then forming a luision with the abortionist—and where tbe wif* of a Bishop is an important witness for the plaintiff, and the Rev Dr. Tyng’s chief fugleman, appears on the side of the defense, as confessor for the adul terer. But we shut our eyes in horror from the scene .of poor humanity’s frailties and abominations, with sad and not exultant feel ing. There are other -similar cases now filling the columns of some of our Northern exchanged, which though not fit "to adorn a moral,” yet might ‘‘point a tale;’’ but we forbear, lest we tehock our readers. We have no inclination to draw invidioys and boastful -comparisons, for virtue, like beauty and bravery, is uot peculiar to any people or any clime. Tbe following quotation, from that able, conservative paper, the Cincinnati Enquirer, may remind the miss siouaries of some things thpy seem to have fir gotten—that while they are, after their own fashion, elevating the African to a level with the Caucasian of the South, they may be ne glecting their own whites at home. The En quirer remarks : "While we have been fixing the domestic re lations of the South our own have fallen into disorder. TF any of our subscribers are inclined to the perilous amusement of reading the re ports of the great Eastern divorce cases, we bog them to read, also, in the same connection, the reports of our philanthropic missionaries touch ing the success they have bad in inducing the freedmen and women to enter into the hoi v f.tfce of matrimony. Here it is that our noble charities appear in their*rng?t florid aspect. There is nothing like the marriage ceremony to elevate aDd refine the colored persons.” Gen. Sickles Nonplussed. —We learn from Charleston, S. C., that, on a recent occasion, Gen. Sickles, of the Federal army, accompanied ex-Governor Aiken, of South Carolina, on a visit to his Sea Island plantation, en Jehosse island, to assist in persuading his former slaves to enter into labor contracts for tho ensuing year. They found the negroes totally unwill ing, however, to enter into such an arrange ment, as, indeed, they are throughout the South generally. The prominent difficulty in their minds was the hope and the expectation that tho government won id divide out lands among them. Our informant reports the fol lowing colloquy as taking place between Gen. Sickle- and one of the "head men’’ on the plantation. It speaks very well for Atrican logic: ‘‘Gen’ I can’t you send to the goberment and a«k ’urn to 1 t us by de lan’, and we will pay for de ian’ in two years; and if we no pay for ’um, let de goberment take de lan’ back V The General r plied, that such an arrange ment was impossible ; that th* land djd not belong to the government, but to Governor Aiken, their former master, who, es everybody knew, was a very kind master and wfip would pay them good wages.” The reply was : ‘ Well mass Gen’l—dip we use to b’long to Mosser ? and din de goberment take us from Mosses, and gib us free 7 Den can’fcde gober ment do de same wid de lan 7” Gen. Sickles was. of course, unable to deny the consistency of the reasoning, which also showed that the negro had a clear üb'n of th(t enormous spoMstion of property which the South ties suffered, nia mistekp was m ex pecting to find no limit to it. short of our en tire destitution. —Nashville Di- patch. Tbe Paris Charivari's 'atest crilcAtnre* that we have been seen represent Mods Prudhntony >the type of the Paris simpleton, f having h'4 ■ teoot* eleated pu tbe boulevard far the t*en tielh time In one day, b can-e that friction is good for the cholera. Again, Mon*. Prudbomme surprises bis hotter-half by donning tbe Zouave pnlform which goes to , show that tbe chok-ra attaritf these only who are afraid. • Internal Revenue. Tbe Commissioner of Internal Revenue, in response to many inquiries on tbe subject, has rendered the following decision relative to re pairs: Treasury Department, ) Omen or Tntxrkal Revrnur, Washington D. C., December 15.1865 J* It is provided by section 94, as amended by tbe set of March 3. that on ail repairs of car riages, cars, or other articles, when ouch re pairs increase the 'value of tbe articles so re paired ten per cent,, or over, a duty of tbrw and three-fifths of one per cent on such in creased value shall be levied, collected and paid. The term "other articles,'’ used in the clause which I haye quoted above, was clearly in tended to include all manufactured artioies, subject to an excise duty when manufactured and made, or sold, or cooßuraed. or used, and are liable to be assessed for a tax or incretyed value, when the same are so repaired as to in crease their value ten per cent, and upwards- To determine when u tax accrues in case of a repair, three distinct points arc to be con sidered : Ist The precise article or tbi g repaired. 2d. The amount of value added. 3d. Toe ratio or per cent, cf such added value to the entire value of the artiole. after having been repaired. • % It is clear th.-it the law contemplates levy iny a tax on the engino, boiler, the car, the car riage, or other article, whatever it msy be, as a unit upon its entire value, though many of the parts which enter into their structure are manufactured in themselves, and a tax may have been paid upon them before they were incorporated into the engine, boiler, car, Ac, such as axles, tires, springs, wheels, castings, Ac. If any of these parts, which the law regards and treats as manufactures in themselves, be come broken or worn out, and entirely new parts are made and substituted in the place of the old, the broken or worn out parts, such pariß are to be taxed as new work, the same when used in repairs as when mode for anew car, carriage, boiler, engine, or other article, machine or instrument. I( a railroad company puts a car, or an engine, or a boiler, into a re pair shop for general or special repair, such repairs including new parts supplied, if any, are to be regarded os pertaining to thq entiro car, engine, or boiler,' rather than to tho single part or to the particular ports, which may bo the subject of repairs; and no tax accrues un less the cost of making such repairs equals or exceeds one-eleventh of the value of the car, or engine, or boiler,-after the repairs have been made. But if such repairs increase the value of the whole ten per centum or upwards, or if the oost of making repairs, including labor and materials employed, tqnals one-eleventb of the value of the thing required, a tax accrues and is to be paid on the cost of repairing, though materials and parts may have previous ly been assessed and a tax paid theron. The general rule which I would give in re lation to repairs is this : When tbe article repaired is a unit, though made .of taxable parts, repairs are to be regarded as pertaining to tbe unit. If the repairs are upon a ship, the hull, as finished, including inner and np per works constitutes the unit ‘lf an engine, everything pertaining to theengine, excepting the boiler, which the law regards and pro vides tor tßxing especially. If a car is repaired, the-repair pertains to such car as an entirety, including all its parts —the body, by the wheels, the axles, the springs, etc. Thisiu'e will in all cases be observed, unless the owner chooses to divorce the union exist ing between the parts, and sends the disjoint ed, divoroed nnd separate parts to tho ma chinist or artisan to be restored or made good from wear or injury, and refitted to take its accustomed place. In the Utter case the ma chinist must report the article repaired, and the question of liability to tax will depend upon the ratio of increased value to the entire value of the article Yppaired. The law having prescribed no mode of es timating the increased value of an article re p ired for use without the sale of the same, either before or aftpr the repairs are made, the cost of repairing has been assumed by tnis of fice, as the measure of value 'on which the tax shall be assessed. E. A. Rollins, Commissioner. Tub Trial of* Com. Cravr*. —The trial of Commodore Craven for not attacking the Stone wall with tbe Niagara and Sacramento at Co runna,, hws had a curious ’ termination. The cou¥t—of President, and which included threo Rear Ad mirala. Corrmtod-ire Winslow and Captain Me j larictlAn Kmith— adjudged bjtn guilty, ‘‘in a j degree of the charges’ and sentenced him to ! lie suspended fjynn duty «;i leave-pay for two i year*. The Secretary of the Navy sent back i liis finding t,o tlisi court far revigtoi, whereupon I they found * ini guilty, and re-nwardod the'' ! saync punishment, Mr. Wcffcn reviews tho findings st,. considerable length a» inconsistent with tho facts} Contradictory snd unaccountable, and winds up by setting all tho proceedings aside and releasing^,Commodore Craven from arrest. On the question of the actual culpa bility cf the accused, the Secretary says it is irtposribie, from the action of the court, to ar rive at an opinion. Passi nrsvN£ Deadly Weapons— A sad but practical* lesson is taught hy the suicide io Philadelphia of Dr. John S. Meyer- Passionate m#n should never carry deadly ...weapons. In this case- & boafdmg-hoHJSte dispute, trifl-mg at the start, Vdnt op until Dr. Meyer, i%jk fit of passion, attempted to kill one of his fellow hoarders, and thought that he had killed him. He fled away from the consequences of his rash act, and was,almost instantly seized with such remorse that he killed himself. His in tended victim, however, was unhurt. In ninety nineca«es in every hundred where mur der is committed, the murderer regrets the act ttlrcoAt as peon as it is don«| and would undo it if in-his power. Yet tn*o .will not learn that ! priceless lesson, enforced as it is by the after i history of nearly every murderer. Instead of j adding before their minds the teachings of ex - , perience, they give way to the fit of me men* j tary passion, and do deeds which no subsequant ! regret or repentance can recall. I Colonel John O'Fallon, one of tbe oldeet and wealth test citizen* of St. Louis, is dead. VOL. 24. NO. 1 The Lamar Cotton Caae. From the Savannah Herald of tbe 27ih we oopy tbe following, being a portion of tbe tlitt deye proceedings: The Military Commission engaged upon tbe triel of Mr. G. B- Lamar. wa« organiz -d yester day under tbe orders of Maj Gen. Brennan, being the seme as that employed in the late trials of Bradley end Geu. Mercer. Capt. Wat roue, 103 Regt. U. 8. C. T. is the lodge Advocate, and is assisted by Capt. Tuompson, 12th Maine Regt., as legal adviser. Mr. Lamar appeared with Messrs. Lloyd end Hartridge, ot this city, as counsel: Upon the opening of the court the prisoner was formally arraigned pnd the charges ant specifications were read to him. CHARGES. Tito charges are iu substance as follows: Ist. Charging G. B. Lamar with conspiracy with James L. Seward, Arthur P. Wrigbt and G. B Lamaj, Jr, to emtazzle government cotton. 2d. Charging him with unlawfully appro priating to himself government cotton, with intent to defraud the United States. 3d. Charging him with attempting to bribe various military and civil U. S. officials, among whom are named Col. W. K. Kimball, 12th Maine Vo’s., Major G. A. Hastings, 12th Maine Y.ls., A. G. Brownj, Jr., Treasury Ageut, and W. A. Beard, government con tractor. . The specifications which enumerate instances sustaining the above general charges, chief amoDg which is the unlawful appropriation of a lot of cotton—67 bales marked S—we find it impossible to make room for in full. After the reading of the charges and specifi cations, the accused, through his counsel, en tered a plea to the jurisdiction of the c»nrt, denying hat it had authority to try the case. The room was cleared and the court deliber ated with closed doors upon the piea. After deliberation, the court announced that the plea was ovarruled and that the trial would proceed. . The defendant then pleaded "Not guilty." The case was at once opened by the governs ment - Capt. L. Bunnell, U. S. detective, was call ed as the first witness. He testified that he was at. Thomasyjlio, Georgia, during the latter part of Noviftiritar, tinder military orders ; that there, on PFovSn ber 29th, he was present at the office of A. G. Browne, Jr., United States Tnasnry Agent, when a conversation occurred between Mr. Brown and Mr. G. B. Ladtar,’Jr. In conse quent eof certain statements made by M•. La - w ich conversation he (Mr. Bunnell) » later in the forenoon arrested Mr. Lamar, Jr., * and seized his papers. Certain papers seized at.this time were here identified by Captain Bunnell, and pul into thtf case for the government. Capt. Bunnell further testified that ho then, came to Savannah, .and on December 2d, under orders from Msj Gen. Brannan, arrested Mr. G. B. Lamar, Sr., and seixed-certain of bia pa per*. These papers also were then put into tlfe - case by the government, and the reading of part of them consumed the remainder of tbe *, session. j. Here follows the publication or a series of letters from Mr. G. B. Lamar, Jr., from Thom asville, On., to his uncle, Mr. G 11. L-imar, Sr,,*" * at Savannah, which were seized hy the govern ment at the time of the arrest of the latter, and are now produced in the prosecution to prove tbe accused guilty of the 6barge| and specifications ; but their extreme lejjgth pre-® vents a re-publication in our paper,—Kn. Cqjta, John W. Forney on Hon. Jefferson Davis. John W. Forney the editor of the Chronicle, in September, 1861, when H wai reported that Mr. J» tie-eon Davis was d->ad—expressed bis viewi ot hii character. He said : m '' "TlieirUeirigence of the death of Mr. Jefferson l)svis teem* to be confirmed. When Stephen A.| Donfilas was called nwny. fjendbh exultaMpn - was exhibited in many of the sccessio-t ps)ffls. The malignity with which they punished hisin dep'-ndence twrvtv’ed' bis death ami rioted '-veil his grave. us set a better example, now thfK the great leader ot secession 'vranev h-is been (•H-nmoned before the eterrsP b'r. Me was as inipertens nnd positive public mar. He rarely s-irrendered an opinim once formed until he degrad'-d himself by throwing belli id him his voluntary professions in favor • f ih« Uoio-t. He Whs a rfa-e student, a chivel-ou* opponen*, a sterdfa-t friend, a gentleman in ab his relations, apd in hid own family singu'arlv kind ho ».genial. Although undoubtedly the head ar.d heart of the rebellion, he went, into it relm fahttv, a* all who he* and hi# last speech in the nata *il! remem ber, when with broken accent* an I t arbi! eyes he bade farewell to ihat body and to all Ms great n-»». Jrff.-rson Davis was ble-scA will) ru*.r,y ac-" complisbmeuts: He was fliik- a soldier and statesman.. No public mat) of my acquaintance wa« more devoted to scientific purs.nitj, and more familiar #ith the obitrete teaching of political plii'osophjL No branch of hitman knowledge sfemndjoto.: unworthy of his investigation. IDF* was <q-ialiy atten'ive to classical lite.raturto' the detai sos military life, ts tbe doctrines of po litical parties, to the tthdy of men; anil if Pro-- fepsor Baobe, of the Coast -Survey, cotsld sp*ak, hi would say of the fine work, of which he is tbe «cojiiplu.hed head, and which has latterly proreff Its unconquerable use fitness .that Jffferson Davis was as conversant with the smallest minutiae of that nebie institution as anv other man not di rejtlv connected with it. He was passionately d-voted to the Smi'hsqnian Institute, of which he was a Regent in firmer times. He was devo ted to th* decoration of this cipita', and .stood by Capta'n (row General) Meigs in all his efforts to construct the water works, to finish the capital building on the grandest scale, and to push for ward the extension of the Interior and Treasury Departments. Ho was u-d mbtedlv a great Sec retary of War. and in this high office nothing so much delighted him as to take young men by the' hand, and if worth!", advance thefn. Jf he edu cated Beatiregard to destroy the Republic, be conferred many advantages upon McClellan to save it. If he agisted Lee and Jihuton, aud thu« strengthened their hand* for injury against the flag, he greatlyCivored Meigs and Franklin.” A California editor some time ago received a long document, which he was re<.n ist .l to ‘‘put uudJf his editorial Lfful, giat u” He complied by placing it udßer his piU'W, aa.l expressed bis determination to stiYi similar cornneunicatioo* in the ssnie way Dr. Bath, the celebrated African explorer, is dead. He died in Africa. •
