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About Weekly constitutionalist. (Augusta, Ga.) 185?-1877 | View Entire Issue (March 14, 1866)
BY STOCKTON k CO. OUR TERMS, The following are the rates of Subscription and Ad vertising in the CoKSriTDTIOS.tI.IST : W«ekly—3 Months |1 00 6 Months.... 2 00 Single copies—lo cents. Advertisements inserted in the IVhkki.y at $1 50 per Square for each insertion. To accommodate our patrons we will receive in pay ment Produce; such as Bacon, Lard, • Butter, Flour and Meal, at the Market value, and it can be 6ent to us by Express at our expense. General Intelligence. The New York Tribune says that Hon. Alex ander H. Stephens will soon visit Washington, his parole having been amended by the Presi dent to allow him to do so. General J. B. Hood was in Memphis on the 2d and in good health and spirits. The Irish citizens of Memphis are preparing to have a grand celebration St. Patrick’s Day. Gen. Wood is lecturing in favor of “expa triation,” at Jackson, Miss. Avery bad subject. The Mexican Times, of the 27th of January, says that fresh foreign troops are daily arriving in Mexico. A committee of the Louisiana Legislature left New Orleans for Washington on Thursday, to lay before the President the condition of affairs in Louisiana. At the recent election at Cairo, 111., a very light vote was cast, and hut little interest was manifested. Wilson, Democrat, was re-elected Mayor by a majority of 295. The entire Demo cratic ticket was elected by majorities ranging from 250 to 500. The Norfolk and Petersburg railroad is now in working operation. Anew line of steamers on the bay is to run in connection with these trains for two years. In Adams, Mass., on Thursday, Mrs. Elizabeth Powers attempted to rescue her young child from the railroad track while a train was ad vatocing and both mother and child were in stantly killed. She was a widow, and leaves eight orphans. The Mexican Consul at San Francisco has El Paso dates to the 27th of January, which say the French arc still confined to Chihuahua and the rest of that State is under Constitutional gov ernment, the invaders not having force , enough to garrison any other place. The Liberals at El Paso are preparing an expedition to the In terior. “I’m on the trail of a dear,” as the fellow said when he stepped on the dress of a beauty in the street. A blushing bride of 60, married to a gay young fellow of 64, committed suicide from jealousy, in Stanford, England. The Dublin Freeman's Journal announces that, owing to the recent attacks made upon the police, while in the discharge of their duty, and owing to the recent riot in Cuffe street, the police commissioners have issued orders for the swords recently distributed to the force to be sharpened. A man named Clarke, who is supposed to have given information to the police, was en trapped by five supposed Fenians into a lonely place in Dublin, where he was ruthlessly attack ed and shot in the shoulder. He died of his injuries on the following day. Asa Hartz (Geo. McKnight) is lecturing on “ Babies,” at Newbern, North Carolina. Miss Lathrop and Mrs. J. G. Swishelm have been dismissed by the Quartermaster General for disrespectful language toward the President. The President’s policy is sustained by the en tire Cabinet. The $22,000 appropriated by Congress have been invested by Mrs. Lincoln in 5-20 gold bear ing bonds. The cholera is feared at Havana. The Canadians are excited in reference to the anticipated Fenian invasion. M. F. Conway, ex-representative from Thom as to Congress, delivered a speech in Richmond, Va., last week, sustaining the President and censuring the Radicals. The eight hour system of labor is being agi tated and approved by the working men of New York. Senators and Representatives of the Texas General Assembly must hereafter be residents of the State for five years to be eligible in either branch. Aman in New York committed suicide re cently because his cousin became a mule driver. At the Briggs House, Chicago, a young man blew out, instead of turning off his gas on re tiring, and was buried the next day. It is stated that Queen Victoria has sent an autograph letter to the Pope, thanking him for his action against the Fenians, and offering him an asylum in her domains should he be com pelled, through political convulsions, to leave his own. Rev. W. F. Robins, a Methodist minister at Culpeper Court House, Va., writes that all the churches in that place were nearly ruined during the war, and that the Methodist congregation is compelled to worship in the open air. A negro woman shot a white woman at Chat tanooga last week. Cause, jealousy. The jail at Tuscumbia, Ala., has been destroy ed by lire. The prisoners were removed through a breach in the outer wall, the fire spreading so rapidly as to cut off the inner com munication. Col. Thompson Tyler, who, during the last days of the siege of Richmond, got up a Christ mas dinner for Gen. Lee’s army, has leased Bla den Springs, Ala., for five years. AUGUSTA, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 15, 1866. It is reported that the President will shortly issue a proclamation that peace has been estab lished and the Union restored. William A. Browning, Secretary of Legation to the Mexican Republic, died at Washington on the 2d instant. The Italian Opera has been a great success at Savannah. The people of Maryland are holding meetings sustaining the President. The Republicans of New Haven held a mass meeting on the 28th, and passed resolutions in favor of President Johnson’s plan of restoration. Os about four hundred banks used as deposi taries for United States funds, there are only four with more money on deposit than is cover ed by securities in the hands of Gen. Spiundr, Treasurer. Europe. SUSPENSION OF THE HABEAS CORPUS ACT IN IRELAND—INTENSE EXCITEMENT—NEWSPA PER COMMENTS. The following is the news brought by the Asia: THE SUSPENSION OF THE HABEAS CORPUS ACT. In the House of Commons, ou the 16th of February, Sir George Grey gave notice, that on the following day (Saturday) the House having agreed to specially meet on that day, he would ask for leave to bring in a bill to suspend for a limited time the habeas corpus act in Ireland. Loud and general cheers followed this an nouncement. In the House of Lords on the same day Earl Russell announced the proposed suspension of the habeas corpus act in Ireland, and asked the House to sit on Saturday, the 17th ult., that no time might be lost in passing the measure. Earl Derby said it would be for the Govern ment to justify the course it was about to take. II the House of Commons agreed to the propo sal he w'ould not interpose a moment’s delay ; but he hoped that at the earliest possible mo ment the Government would state the grounds on which they relied for the justification of their proceedings. On the 17th ult. a special session of Parlia ment was accordingly held. Sir George Grey, Secretary of State for the Home Department, in asking leave to bring in a bill suspending the habeas corpus act in Ire land, said that the Fenian conspiracy had only recently assumed its present proportions. It Was necessary to strike an effective blow at the Fenian scheme, which were wholly discounte nanced by the American Government. The loyalty of the British army was beyond a doubt. The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland earnestly re quested the suspension of the act, saying that lie could not hold himself responsible for the safety of the country if power were withheld from him. Mr. D’lsraeli, leader of the opposition, con curred in the remarks of Sir George Grey. Mr. Bright protested against the suspension of the act, but said he would not oppose the Government. Leave was then given to suspend the habeas corpus act in Ireland by a vote of 364 to 6. The bill was then passed through all the stages and sent to the House of Lords, who likewise passed it without opposition. Tlie royal assent was given to the measure at eleven o’clock the same night. COMMENTS OF THE LONDON PRESS. The London Times says that the Irish Gov ernment is, of course, better informed than any private persons can be, as to the state of the country and the imminence of the danger; but iu the increased activity of the movement du ring the past month, and the presence of num bers of persons in various districts, with the scarcely concealed purpose of promoting in surrections, there is ample reasons for the strictest precautions. The object of the Irish Government is doubtless to secure some of the emmjssaries of American Fenianism, who are now numerous in Ireland, and working with disastrous effect on the people. The measures of 1848 brought the revolutionary movement to a crisis, and the Times thinks that like pro ceedings now will effect a similar object. The London Morning Herald (the conserva tive organ,) says that the Government will be supported in the measure. I The Army and Navy Gazette says that tlie troops in Ireland are being distributed more and more among the small towns, thereby giv ing a greater feeling of security. DREAD OF A FENIAN PRIVATEER. The Liverpool Journal contains an assertion that tlie Government has private information of a privateer being at sea on a Fenian errand. — This is given as one of the probable reasons for the suspension of the habeas corpus act. The Journal du Havre mentions as a report requiring confirmation that a steamer, fitted out as a privateer by the American Fenians, sailed from New York on the 20th of January, under the name of the Cuba. She is said to be the Fort Morgan, formerly a Federal gunboat, which was sold by the Navy Department and bought by the Fenians. The Journal doubts the success of the Irish privateer, if there be one, as she would be regarded as a pirate by every naval power, and when captured her crew would be hanged. [The story is known here as a hoax. The Cuba is now running between Baltimore and New Orleans. — Ed. Herald.] Acting upon this rumor, Mr. Labouchere, one of the prominent supporters of Lord Der by, gave notice in the House of Commons on the 16th of February, that on the 23d he would call attention to the inadequacy of the neutral laws, to enable England to fulfill her interna tional obligations toward foreign countries. WHOLESALE ARRESTS OP FENIANS. Upwards of one hundred arrests were made in Dublin, on the 17th ult., principally stran gers; among others Colonel John William Byron, of the Federal army. Many other arrests were expected to take place* PREVIOUS PROCEEDINGS OF THE AUTHORITIES. [Dublin (Feb. 10) Correspondence of London Post.) The doings of the Fenians in the provinces, and the efforts of the police to frustrate their evil designs, are naturally the subject of many communications to the Dublin press. “ Our own Correspondent ” has, in fact, a busy time of it, chronicling the seizure of arms, captures of supposed Head Centres, and the like; and this morning one of them goes so far as to de clare that, a few nights since, Fenian beacon fires blazed on the hill tops visible from Molly longliran, in the county of Armagh. The peo ple of that district at once concluded that a “rising” was contemplated, and they sat up until next morning. Persons at a distance may laugh at such fears; but they should recollect that in this city, where there is a strongmilitary force, a well organized body of police, the con spirators are daring enough to establish manu factories of pikes and rifle cartridges. Opening of the British Parliament. THE QUERN’S SPHECH. Queen Victoria opened Parliament in person on the 6th. The 6pecch was read by the Lord Chancellor. My Lords and Gentlemen It is w ith great satisfaction that 1 have recourse to your assist ance and advice. I have reeeutly declared my consent to a mar riage between my daughter Princess Helena and Prince Christian, of Schleswig-Holstein Sunder bourg-Augustenburg. I trust that this union may be prosperous and happy. The death of my beloved uncle, the King of the Belgians, has afleeted me with profound grief. I feci great confidence, however, that the wisdom which he evinced during his reign will animate his successor, and preserve for Belgium her independence and prosperity. My relations with foreign powers are friendly and satisfactoy, and I see no cause to fear any disturbance of the general peace. The meeting of the fleets of France and Eng land in the ports of the respective countries has tended to cement the amity of the two nations, and to prove to the world their friendly concert in the promotion of peace. I have observed with satisfaction that the United States, after terminating successfully the severe struggle in which they were so long en gaged, are wisely repairing the ravages of civil war. The abolit ion of slavery is an event call ing forth the cordial sympathies and congratu lations of this country, which has always been foremost in showing its abhorrence of an insti tution repugnant to every feeling of justice and humanity. I have, at the same time, the satisfaction to inform you that the exertions and perseverance of my naval squadron have reduced the slave trade on the west coast of Africa within very narrow limits. A correspondence has taken place between my Government and that of the United States with respect to injuries inflicted on American commerce by cruisers under the Confederate flag. Copies of this correspondence will be laid before you. The renewal of diplomatic relations with Brazil has given me much satisfaction, and I will acknowledge with pleasure that the good offices of my ally, the King of Portugal, have contributed essentially to this happy result. 1 have to regret the interruption of peace be tween Spain and Chili. The good offices of my Government, in conjunction with those of the Emperor of the French, have been accepted by Spain, and it is my earnest hope that the causes of disagreement may be removed in a manner honorable and satisfactory to both countries. The negotiations which have been long {lend ing in Japan, and which have been conducted with great ability by my Minister in this coun try, in conjunction with my allies in Japan, have been brought to a conclusion which mer its my entire approbation. The existing trea ties have been ratified by the Mikado; it lias been stipulated that the tariff shall be revised iu a manner favorable to commerce, and that the indemnity due under the terms of the con vention of October, 1864, shall be punctually discharged. I have concluded a treaty of commerce with the Emperor of Austria, which I trust will open to that empire the blessings of extended com merce, and be productive of important benefits to both .countries. The deplorable events which have occurred in the Island of Jamaica have induced me to provide at once for an impartial inquiry, and for the due maintenance of authority during that inquiry, by appointing a distinguished mili tary officer as governor and Commander of the forces. I have given him the assistance of two able and learned commissions, who will aid him in examining into the origin, nature and circum stance of the recent outbreak, and the measures adopted in the support of its suppression. The Legislature of Jamaica has proposed that the present political constitution of the Island should be replaced by anew form of government. A bill upon this subject will be submitted to your consideration. Papers on these occurrences will be laid be fore you. Papers on the present state of New Zealand will be laid before you. I willhavegiven directions for the return to this country of the greater portion of our regu lar forces employed in that country. I watch with interest the proceedings which are still in progress in British North America, with a view to a closer union among the Pro vinces, and continue to attach great importance to that object. I have observed with great concern the exten sive prevalence, during the last few months of a virulent distemper among the cattle in Great Britain, and it is with deep regret, and with sin cere sympathy for the sufferers that I have learn ed the severe losses which it has caused in many counties and districts. It is satisfactory to know that Ireland, and a considerable portion of Scot land, are as yet free from this calamity, and I trust that by the precautions suggested by ex perience and by the Divine blessing on the means which are now being employed, its further ex tension may be arrested. The orders which have been made by the Lords of iffy Privy Council by virtue of the powers vested in them by law, with a view to prevent the spreading of this disease will belaid before you, and your attention will be called to this expediency of an amendment of the law re lating to a subject so deeply affecting the interest of my people. Gentlemen of the House of Commons: I have directed that the estimates of the ensuing year shall be laid before you. They have been prepared with a due regard to economy, and are at the same time consistent with the maintenance of efficiency in the public service. The condition of the trade is satisfactory. Mr Lords and Gentlemen: A conspiracy, averse like to authority, property and religion, and disapproved and condemned alike by all who are interested in their maintenance, without distinction of creed or class, has unhappily ap peared in Ireland. The constitutional power of the ordinary tribunals has been exerted for its repression, and the authority ofthe laW has been firmly and impartially vindicated. A bill will be submitted to you, founded on the report of the Royal Commission on the sub ject of capital punishment, which I have directed to be laid before you. Bills will be laid before you for amending and consolidating the laws relating to bankruptcy, and for other improvements in the law. Measures will also be submitted to you for ex tending the system of public audit to branches of receipts and expenditure which it has not hither-, to reached, and for amending the provisions of the law with respect to certain classes of legal pensions. Your attention will be called to the subject of the oaths taken by members of Parliament, with a view to avoid unnecessary declarations, and to remove invidious distinctions between members of different religious communities iu matters of legislation. I have directed that information should be procured in reference to the right of voting in the election of members to serve in Parliament for counties, cities and boroughs. When that information is complete, the atten tion of Parliament will be called to the result thus obtained, with a view to such improvements in the laws which regulate the rights of voting lu the election of members of the House of Com mons as may tend to strengthen our free institu tions aud conduce to the public welfare. In these and in all other deliberations, I fer vently pray that the blessing of Almighty God may guide your counsels to the promotion of the happiness of my people. Winans’ Oigar Ship - Present Condition of the Vessel—Across the Atlantic in Four Days. The present condition of the Winans’ “cigar ship,” now building in London, and of which j accounts were published a long time ago, Is thus described by the London Morning Herald: j “The general form of the cigar ship,has been, j as her name shows, compared with that of a ' cigar, pointed off at both ends instead of one. I Ajjmore homely, but perhaps, more effective il- i lustration, is that ofthe unpleasant, but fhvorite ! plaything of street boys, the ‘tipcat.’ Most of our landsmen readers will be more or less fa miliar with this simple but ingenious instru- j ment of annoyance, and if they Will fancy a ! Broddiguag ‘eat,’ of slender make, and tapering to an absolute needlepoint at either end, th<‘y | will have before their eyes the exact represen- j tat ion of the hull of the cigar ship. This hull, 1 which is, of course, Tiollow, and is formed of iron, presenting n perfectly smooth and even surface, supports npon the upper side a small deck, oceupiug about half, or something less of the extreme length, the tapering extremities projecting beyond it at either end. Unlike the hull itself, this deck is not exactly the same at each end, presenting a wedge-shape front to wards the bow, while at the stern it is rounded off American clipper fashion. Above the decks are seen tho funnels, companion-houses, &c., but neither mast nor rigging of any kind what ever, the only means of locomotion possessed by the cigar ship being her engines, lor which ; she can, according to estimate, carry coal enough for five days consumption. Her ex treme length is about two hundred and fifty feet, and greatest diameter about sixteen feet, tapering gradually, as we have said, to a point almost as fine as t hat of a needle. The amount of accommodation is, therefore, extremely lim ited ; and wo believe it is not proposed to make any attempt at carrying cargo of any descrip tion, but to confine the vessel strictly to the pas senger trade. Even then it is difficult to imagine, after due allowance for saloon and sleeping apartments, stores, berths for crew, &c., wliat, space can be left for engines estimat ed to work up to two thousand horse-power. “ The means of propulsion employed are two large screws, one at either cliff of the vessel, and placed within a very short distance of the extreme points, or at a distance of about one hundred and twenty feet from the machinery. The propellers are to be of great diameter and sharp pitch—-tho one pushing, the other pull ing the vessel, and each showing half of its sur face above the water. The estimated extreme speed is about twenty-seven miles per hour. A short distance from the propeller, and nearer to the centre of the vessel, is tho rudder—one at each end—a broad Iron plate likethq rudder, or rather steering paddle, of the ancient galleys. These are also rather more than ojje hundred feet from the steering apparatus. “Such is the general external external ap pearance of this remarkable vessel, now almost ready for launching. In the water her line of flotation, according to the model of which we have before spoken, is exactly parallel with her longitudinal axis, the sharp point at either end being just level with the surface. Allowing sixteen feet as her extreme diameter, she will thus be raised iu the centre above the water’s edge; or, with two feet more of bulwark, ten feet in all. We are free to confess that, with every possible desire to liclieve in the good qualities of a vessel which promises to bring us our American news in some three or four days, and to limit that dreadful channel busi ness to which the hour, we are at a loss to un derstand how, under these conditions, the cigar ship proposes to keep afloat. “In perfectly smooth water we can imagine that she might, if successfully ballasted against the chance of rolling over and over, os would be of course her natural tendency, make something very like the estimated speed, though with what degree of comfort to tho passengers, deprived by the construction of the vessel of all light or ventilation except such as can be obtained from the deck by means of skylights and windsails, and with two enormous propellers of severe pitch lashing the water at either end, is another question. The advantages, too, of being eoop en up in such extremely close quarters, with an engine of this enormous power, may also be opened to question, even under the most favor able circumstances. “ But the real difficulties of the cigar ship, as of most others, must commence with the first sympt oms of a breeze. Imagine a vessel of this construction travelling at the rate of flve-and twenty miles an hour—the minimum rate, be it remembered, for the New York passage, on ac count of the consumption of coal—meeting iu mid-ocean one of the westerly gales now ea rc\rjng across the Atlantic. In front of her is a wall of water twenty feet high, travelling at the rate of a dozen miles an hour. Between them they meet at a speed of forty miles.— There is no bow to lift her over the obstacle.— into it she plunges, like a harpoon' into a whale’s back, the whole force of the blow being met by the propeller, which, however severe may be its pitch, cannot present anything very much better than an almost flat surface to the shock. What chance the blades would have of surviving any very long succession of such shocks is a matter of simple calculation, and one into which the engineers have no doubt fully entered.” A Louisiana Mexican General.-A corres pondent writes: About twenty years ago a learned Association Justice of the Supreme Court of Louisiana fell in with what the writer ofthe Probverbs calls a “ strange woman,” and she led him a last life, and finally Into debt. — To retrieve his fortunes he bethought himself of sending a present of fruits and cakes to John McDonough, who, in those polite days, of course, acknowledged It In an autographic and olographic note. Thatautograph was used to give validity to a promissory note or draft for"$8,000, but the forgery was detected very quickly by tho forger's associates, and one morning he found himself alone on the beach, and no one to bear him company or keep coun sel. He, therefore, hastened down to the river, and threw himself in, but was rescued by some kind-hearted flat-boatman. He subsequently, however, mounted a fast horse, and made his way down the coast, and safely got off to the then Republic of Texas, whene he found his way to Mexico. And, if any one will take the trouble to look at the pictures of Mexican gen erals, lately published by the Harpers, they will discover among them one which is neither Iberian nor Aztec, but genuine American. — That is old John McDonough’s friend, a very learned and able man, once judge of Louisiana, who, first victim of a “strange woman,” has. since ruu the noble career ofa Mexican general. | VOL. 24. NO. 11. Early and Sheridan. LETTER FROM GENERAL EARLY. City of Mexico, Feb. 1,1866. To the Editor ofthe New York News: I have just seen the letter of Major General Sheridan, of the United States Army, to the New Orleans Creiccnt, dated the Bth of January, 1866, which was forwarded by a friend, froiu Havana. I shall not handy epithets with General Sher idan, and nothing but the lhet that he Is an of ficer of the United States Army, of high com mand, induces me to notice his letter. His sta tus as a gentleman can be easily determined by a glance at that letter, when it is recollected that I am an exile In a foreign land, and that if I were to set my foot within the limits over which his command extends, 1 would, In all probability, be immediately arrested and con signed to a military prison. My experience with him in the Valley campaign had already satisfied me that, as a military commander, he was a mere pretendor. llis statements of my losses in the Valley are simply preposterous.— The man who reported that lie defeated Hamp ton’s cavalry, at Trevillian’s depot, on the 11th of June, 1864, and that his farther progress was arrested by an infantry force near Gordotisvillo, “ too strongly entrenched to assault,” when there was not" an infantry soldier In arms near er that place than with General Lee’s army, at Cold Harbor—who subsequently reported that he drove my command through the gaps of the Blue Ridge, after the battles of Winchester and Fisher’s Hill—that he captured torty-elght pieces of artillery from me at Cedar Creek, and that pursuit was made to Mount Jackson, is very capable of making, or having made any statements to suit his purpose, lie has a ficti tious reputation to sustain, and his letter uffords a criterion of the means by which It was gained. My officers know the correctness of niy state ments of our strength In tho Valley, and it will be news, indeed, to them to hear that 18,000 prisoners were captured from my command, and that I lost, In killed and wounded, over 18,831 men, between the 4th of August, 1804, and the Ist of March, 1865. It will equally astonish all my artillery and. ordnance officers to learn that 101 pieces of artillery were captured from me between the 29th of August, 1864, aud the Ist of January, 1865, especially when it is recollected that General Sheridan’s telegraphic reports, made after each capture, claimed only 77 pieces captured during the time specified, to wit: At Winchester, the 19th of September, 1864. 5 At Fisher’s Hill, the 23d of September; 1864. 11 At the cavalry light below Edinburg; the 9th of October, 1864. 11 At Cedar Creek, the 10th of October, 1864. 48 At Cedarville, in the cavalry fight between Powell aud McClausland, Nov. 12, 1864. 2 Aggregate. 77 Os those claimed ns captured at Cedar Creek, the greater part consisted of guns, which hud been abandoned on the field by his own troops, while my real loss was twenty-three pieces, making silty-two guns captured In the time specified, if all the other claims were corlect.— The impartial reader will not fail to notitse the number of guns marked “U.S.” in the list given by General Sheridan, and the very lew marked “C. S.” His command may hava captured 1,400 priso ners at the time of the affair at Waynesboro, us, at that time, there were at Stanton and else where iu the Valley, a large number of recently exchanged prisoners, on leave of absence from General Lee’s army, who could not get trans portation back, as the few railroad truins we had were engaged in removing stores. If my estimate of General Sheridan’s strength was Incorrect, he had the means of giving it with accuracy from his returns, and, as tlie offi cial returns of my command were captured at Waynesboro by his troops, lie ought to have the means of ascertaining my Strength at each one of these battles, without resorting to a dubious certificate from memory by ids Provost Marshal General, or a certificate of Ids killed ami wound, ed by the Chief Signal Officer of the Middle Di vision of the Gulf, ortho statement of an ord nance officer made in such form “os to preclude its publication” iu the columns of a newspaper. Sheridan’s letter has furnished another evi dence of the propriety of my caution to all fair minded men of other nations, to withhold their judgments upon the reports of our enemies, un til the truth can he placed before them. Alas! how sad must he the fate of my poor country when such a man cun have military sway over any part of It. Respectfully, J. A. Early. Ducking a Teacher Evidences op Dis loyalty.—About a week ago, as we leant from a source deemed reliable, a man by (he nume of Miles, who had been for some time teaching a school of young Africans near White House, in Page county, was dismissed in a summary and cool manner. At a time when least prepared for such an event, iu the stillness of the night, he Wits waited upon hy a committee of negroes, so-called, invited to accompany them to the hank of the Shenandoah river, and then and there immersed in its transparent waters, re gardless of the rites and ceremonies of the church. He was then told that he must leave at once, or he would he more harshly dealt with. We must be permitted to protest ugninst such proceedings, first, because it is an unsuita ble time to be duckiug people in cold water, and secondly, because such acts have a tenden cy to prolong our difficulties, as they will be seized as evidences of “disloyalty” to the Gov ernment : and our Page friends will be fortu nate if “ Muster Brook ” does not return “ with half of Windsor at his heels, ” to protect him in the future. —Shenandoah Herald , IWA. A Fenian Denibd Burial fhom a Catholic Church.—Bartholemew Iliggins, a promising young lawyer of Waterford, was buried yester day. He died of consumption after a short ill ness. The deceased had a large circle of friends, who sincerely mourn his early demise. He was a prominent Fenian—a circumstance which ex cluded his remains from being received iD the Catholic church of the village. Arrangements had been made for the funeral service In the church, when a telegraphic dispatch was re ceived from the bishop, the tenor of which is not known; but as the reverend father in charge, who was ft warm friend of the deceased, declined to open the building for the ceremony, it is supposed tlie bishop refused his sanction to the occupation of tlie church for the purpose stated. From this it would seem that the heads of the Romish church are determined in their opposition to Fenumism in this country. [Troy Times : Run him for President.— The Chicago ln bune (Radical) has made the discovery that Fred. Douglass is the superior of President Johnson in about everything except in the offi cial position he occupies. Why not, then, run him ns the Republican candidate for President in 1868 ?— Ohio Statesman.
