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About Weekly constitutionalist. (Augusta, Ga.) 185?-1877 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 10, 1866)
lUcekiii Constitutionalist. BY STOCKTON k CO, OCR TERMS. The following are the rates of Subscription and Ad vertising in the Cokstitctiokilist : Wiiily—3 Months | 75 6 Months 1 60 TERMS FOR ADVERTISEMENTS: $1 per Square for Ist insertion, and 75 cents for each additional time. Special Notices will be charged 25 per cent, on the above rates. From the Pall Mall Gazette, Sept. 10. The European Drama. M. DE MOUSTIER—MEXICO, <&C.. We hear from Paris that the appointment of M. de Moustier to the French Foreign Office is by no means, as is supposed by some Prussian and English papers, a sign that the Emperor has given up his design of extending the French frontier on the side of the Rhine. M. de Moustier is neither a iriend of Prussia nor an enemy of Austria, but, above all, a zealous Bonaparlist, and would not even hesitate before a war if he thought it necessary for the main tenance of the present dynasty. He is known to be on much better terms with Prince Napo leon than his predecessor, with whose Orleanist leanings the Prince had nothing in common, and his attachment to the Imperial family will make him a ready instrument for carrying out any policy the Emperor may wish to adopt. His appointment, therefore, seems to show that the Emperor is about to enter on a policy for the execution of which he will require a Minis ter who will blindly and unscrupulously carry out his wishes. That Napoleon is about to take some important and decided resolution is further indicated by the calling togetuer of the principal French diplomatic agents at Paris, for the purpose, it is said, of giving the Emperor full information respecting the political situa tion in Europe. The private accounts received in Paris from Mexico give a lamentable picture of the state .of that country. Anarchy prevails everywhere, and the Juarists already have more authority than the Government of the Emperor Maxi milian. Even the Mexican in the regular army refuse to fight. The United States Government is openly supporting the Republicans, and no one doubts that the Imperial Government will be overthrown before many months are ever. The State Treasury is almost empty, in conse quence of which the Government officials have not received any pay for the last twelvemonth. ' The military funds, too, are quite exhausted, and the Emperor is obliged to supply money for the payment of the troops from his private purse. The Emperor Napoleon has lately shown peculiar condescension to the new liospodar of Roumania. M. D. Bratiano arrived in Paris last week on a mission from Prince Charles, and was very graciously received by the Em peror, who assured him of his sympathies for the Prince, adding that he will always look with great interest on Roumania, and will use his best efforts to assist the Rouman Govern ment in obtaining a loan, M. Bratiano ex presses himself nighly satisfied with his recep tion, and has now left Paris on another mission to Berlin, where he is to see Count Bismark. This journey has given rise to much specula tion in Paris, where it is believed that some thing is being concerted between Prussia and France iu regard to the Eastern question. [From the Dublin Freeman’s Journal. 1 THE POSITION OF THE POPE. In accordance with the directions of his Emi nence the Cardinal ‘Archbishop, special devo tions were observed in the principal churches and chapels of the diocese of Dublin on Sun day, to implore the Almighty to arrest the dan gers which threaten the Supreme Pontiff. In. the Cathedral, Marlborough street, the ceremo- ] Dies were conducted with more than nsunl solemnity. At 12 o’clock a grand pontificial high mass, at which the Cardinal Archbishop ; was present, was celebrated. Most Rev. Dr. i Whelan, Lord Bishop of Bombay, celebrant, ] assisted by Rev. Father O’Reilly and Rev. ! Father Donnelly. Rev. Mr. Irwin acted as j master of the ceremonies. A vast congregation ! thronged every part of the church. When the procession, headed by the cross-bearer and abolyte, proceeded up the sanctuary to the altar, the choir sung the “ Ecce Bacerdos.” At the conclusion of the mass his Eminence ascended the pulpit and delivered an appropriate address, taking for his text the gospel of the day. Hav ing expatiated on the text and explained its meaning, his Eminence proceeded to observe that since his return from Rome, the capital and centre of Christianity, he had been desirous of an opportunity of addressing his flock. The faith of Ireland was spoken of with praise throughout the entire world, and the Irish peo ple were looked upon as worthy children of their martyred ancestors. Their virtues, especially their spirit of obedience and of subordination, were brought out into strong relief at this day by the insubordination and revolutionary doctrines that everywhere pre vailed in Europe. Irish Catholics had lost much—they had lost their property and their independence, but they retained what was infi nitely more precious than any earthly blessing, the gift of the Catholic faith. Asa Catholic nation, Ireland still held a high place among the nations of the earth, and the Sovereign Pontiff, to whom all her trials and sufferings were well known, looked with affection on our country, as one of the brightest gems that adorned the universal Church. They were assembled that day to show their love for the Holy Bec by uniting their prayers with those of their breth ren throughout the length and breadth of Ire land to implore the protection of Heaven on behalf of the Sovereign Pontiff in the danger that at present menaced his liberty of action. His Eminence then proceeded to set forth the claims which the Pope has upon the love of all Catholics, the perils which at present encom passed him, and the way in- which the love of his children might be most profitably exhibited toward him, which was by prayers and material aid. — Freeman's Journal. . THE FRENCH TROOPS TO LEAVE ROME BT THE 9th OF DECEMBER—DEPARTURE OF THE FRANCO-PONTIFICAL LEGATION—ILLNESS OF THE KING OF ITALT. The 15th of September was the second anni versary of the Paris Convention for the evac uation of Rome, and the London Times says that it is understood that the evacuation will be completed by December 9. Meanwhile the so called Franco-Pontifical Legion, 1,200 men, was to embark on the 13th at Antebes for Ceveta Viechia on board a French steamer. As the General in command at Rome objects to his French troops coming in contact with those of the Pope, the legion would be sent to Vitorbo, in spite of the strong remonstrances from that place. The King of Italy had been ill. AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. [Correspondence of the London Times. Vienna, September 6. If one were to judge of the position of Aus- AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 10, 1866. tria from the tendency of the press of Vienna, he might really believe she was about to gravi tate towards Pesth, and that her face is turned towards the East and her back to the West. Hungary is now more important than all the rest of the world to her: next comes Candia and its insurrection. The list which has been published of the Hungarian Ministry is not to be relied upon, but if—and there is au immense potency in this if—the Emperor’s mind remain unchanged, there will be a Hungarian Ministry soon announced, of which M. Audassy will be the head, and of which the men named bclorc will, with the exception of M. Lonyay, be mem bers. If Austria did not possess so much vi tality of a negative kind in the external inter ests which keep her alive, one might despair of her lasting much longer if he formed his opin ions from those of the consulting physicians about her bed. The death rattle will be heard in her throat, say the German, the moment the Hungarian eljen is heard over their dualismus ; and that is the cry which will raise her from her couch and restore her to strength say the Mag yars. The demand for a constitution will, no doubt, be made with greater vigor from all the various non-Hungarian Provinces, and the want of any definite statement respecting the views of the government—of the Emperor and his Ministers—encourages the discouted. It may be doubted whether the accession of power to be derived from the contentment of the Magyars would be any adequate compensa tion for the agitation which will arise among the Germans, as well as the Croatians and Slaves for representation and sell-government. But if the Magyars get what they want, or as much as can be given to them with any regard to the maintenance of Imperial power, it is much to be hoped that they will apply Iheir en ergies to the civilization of their people, to the reclamation of their wastes, the making of roads, and to other improvements which would, il effected, remove from Hungary the reproach es that may justly be addressed to her in her present condition. In fact, all the efforts to open communications through Hungary are due to the Austrians during the period of their so-called usurpation, and the last thing a Mag yar Diet seems to think about is any great so cial reform, or any real improvement in the condition of the people. Brave, subtle, inces sant iu politics, strenuous for their rights, they are apt to treat other races with hauteur and ir ritating condescension, and they have made the Slaves feel that they ought to have the same guarantees for their political safety that the Hungarians obtained from the weakness, rather the good will of Germanic Austria. The proro gation of the Hungarian Diet, as soon as the news of the battle of Custozza reached Venice, aroused suspicion aiid anger iu the minds ol the Magyars, which caused them to hear of the mis fortune of Koniggratz with sullen indifference, and have inspired them with a resolution to take now or never the privileges they have de manded Irotn the weak hand of Austria. The report of Prince Moritz Estcrliazy’s retirement from the Ministry is contradicted by the Aus trian Zeitung, but the Presse, which originated it, declares that the news will be found true after all, and as the Prince has got leave of absence lor some weeks, secs in that circumstance a full vindication of the story. For the time Italy is lost sight of, but it is remarked Gen. Menabeea’s mission has not been so speedily accomplished as men expected, and, it is said, questions aris ing out of the disposal of the materials of war in the forts have more to do with the complica tions that have arisen than any real difficulty in the appropriation of the Lombardo-Veuetian debt, or of the principles on which peace is to be based. Death of llon. Henry C. Burnett. —Intel- ligence was received here last evening of the death of Hon. Henry C. Burnett. He died near Hopkinsville, of cholera, on Saturday last. He had been at Hopkinsville attending court.— Feeling a little unwell he rode out to a friend’s, about five miles in the country, on his road home. About seven o'clock he was attacked with the disease aud before twelve o’clock he was a corpse. Mr Burnett was born In Cadiz, Trigg county, and resided there the greater part of his life. lie was the son of Dr. Burnett, who was for so many years opposed to Hon. Linn Boyd lor Congress. Mr. Burnett was, at the time of his death, about fourty-four years of age. He was elected Circuit Court Clerk of Trigg county in August, 1850. In 1853 he be came a candidate for Congress against Hon. Linn Boyd in the First District, but yielded the track to Jeff Brown, who was defeated. In the next election he again became a candidate and was elected over lion. W. G. Hughes. He was re-elected in 1859 and again in 1861. He served with distinction, but upon the breaking out of the war, he linkea his fortuues with the Con federacy and raised a regiment, which he com manded only a short time, when he was elected a Senator in the Confederate Congress from this State, and served in that capacity until the conclusion of the war. His manners were social and friendly, and won for him hosts of friends and secured for him a wide popularity. Asa publje speaker Ills style was flowing and easy, and his quick and sagacious mind had gathered up a large amount of political information. He was much above the average of men in point of naturul talent talent and scholastic acquirements. He exercis ed an influence upon Kentucky politics which was felt in every contest. Before the people he was omnipotent and he was the idol of his friends. He was possessed of wonderful tact and energy and made himself formidable in any enterprise in which he engaged. He was an earnest man, devoted to liis friends, for whom he was ever prepared to make any sacrifice. He was a man of mark, and his death will cause wide-spread regret.—Louisville Courier , ‘ld. Important to Billiard Players.— The last number of the Billiard Cue contains an an nouncement from Mr. Phelan, of on important change in the by-laws of the game of billiards. Heretofore, when the cue-ball was in contact with another, or “froze,” the player must strike another ball before the one with which he was in contact, in order to count. Mr. Phe lan announces that after the first of January next, a player. If his ball be “ frozen,” can count, provided he plays away from the ball with which he is in contact, although on the re turn of the cue-ball from the cushion or massee it touches that to which it was frozen first. The new rule will be favorably received by all players. Mr. Bertali, the well known Parisian artist, was recently made the happy father of three girls at one birth. The Gazette des Etragers an nounces that mother and children are doing well; that the latter weigh nine kilogrammes altogether, each beiDg about the same size; that they” are so alike that it would be impossible to distinguish them but for a silver plate on the arm of each, inscribed with her name. (From the Louisville Courier. For Business Men, Wholesale Dealers and Retail Dealers—Students, Clerks, Ac countants and Book-keepere, Yon are Known. September 23,1866. —Noticing on the second column of the second page in your issue of last Saturday [the 23d) an article headed “ An Evil that requires Checking," and relatiug to the present reckless course of young men, I deem ed a duty to write a few words for the benefit of those and other young men, and ineu of business generally, relative to a surveilance that is kept over them, not by the officers of the law, but by the protectors of mercantile In terest ; and they never suppress a name, or an evil or an honorable deed connected with it. In the United Slates at the present time there are between seveu hundred aud seventy-five thousaud aud eight hundred thousand men and women engaged in the various branches of trade, as manufacturers, wholesale dealers, re tail dealers, commission merchants, newspaper proprietors, contractors and speculators, to say nothing of the innumerable host of lawyers, doctors, authors, teachers, insurance agents and pedlera, that live and thrive in every city, village and township in America. And yet, al most countless ns is tlielr uumher, spread out as they are over a vast territory of country, shrewd, cunning aud retired, and to the world unknown, as many of them confidently believe themselves to be; they are watched, their birth into the business world is recorded. Their every deed of mark, whether it he an exploit of heroism, 6iich as might well and de servedly cast the mantle of well-worn fame upon the hero, or the achivemeut of a noble purpose, in the accomplishing of which, is re ward sufficient for the truly benevolent, or whether it lie a deed of fraud nnd dishonesty. Os deceitfulness and cunning trick, it Is alike en rolled upon the book. Not only, ns one might suppose, it is inscribed upon the great nnd ever open ledger of the heavenly archives, to be seen by man only when he may be called upon at tlie last great day to haluncc his long and fi nal account; but upon a book in the hands of man, where the eyes of the initiated may at any time see, in alphabetical order, written down the name and character of every rann do ing business in the United States; aye, not only are his name and character therciu recorded, but his business history and his business talent, his age, his reputation and his wealth and re sources, his private, social and business hnbits, and, in many instances, the condition of his do mestic relations are put down, and that with such method and care that, to know but a name is to know a history. Now, so complete is this vast net-work of in formation, and so reliable are its resources, that men, on the strength of it, daily and hourly risk thousands and hundreds of thousands. Some, when told of this, will shake their heads with incredulity, and, no doubt, ejaculate, im probable, impossible, nnd hard to believe. But, notwithstanding all of this, it is so ; and, for the information of those whom such informa tion may benefit, I will give the inside working history of this great machine of mercantile in , telligonce. 1 Prior to the year 1841 the wholesale mer -1 chants of Now York City, Boston, Philadelphia • and other prominent points discovered that each year they were losing immense sums of money by the sale of goods and merchandise to ] parties who were Insolvent and dishonest, nnd for a long time it seemed to the business men ns though each successful fraud tended but to increase the number of the plunderers. They were appalled. The system of credit that had extended so rapidly and so generally over all the States was one that eouid not be done away with in n day, if it ever could. And yet a check must be put upon the scoundrels and swindlers that infested every city and State ; who were robbing the pockets of the manufacturers and wholesale merchants, and at the same lime ruining the credit nnd reputation of good men, who, but for their rascality, would be above ! the lightest breath of suspicion. I To accomplish tills check, a number of the | leading merchants of New York city, Boston, and Philadelphia, led on by that prince of the mcrchantile world, A. T. Stewart, resolved to cast such a net-work of Information over America as would completely crush out the systematized swindling o[ierations that had be -1 come so general. An agency was formed under the stylo of B. Douglas & Cos., now R. G. Dun & Cos. Secret agents were then sent out to establish an agent for each principal city In the Union, and a general chief agent for each State. The State agent in turn appointed in every vil lage and township an agent, whose duty it was ! to learn and transmit to headquarters the name, 1 age, reputation, wealth, and pecuniary resource : of every man and woman engaged in trade, who might reside within his prescribed territory, and in six short months the record was corti i plete, and so far as the piojectors of the great work were interested swindling as a business 1 came to a sudden end. But now, anew ques tion of importance presented itself. How should the system be maintained f It had required the expenditure of hundreds of thousands of dol lars to even start it; the advantages It offered were indispensable, and yet the burden, of maintaining it would each day become heavier, and many were In favor of abandoning it. But now came the financiering ability of Mr. Dun. Said he: You may abandon, but I will not.— This may be made a matter, not only of self defense, but It may be made profitable; and Mr. Dun knew very well the ground he took in making this assertion, and in thus assuming the whole responsibility. His first step was to have his work printed and placed in the hand I of every wholesale dealer in the country, both North and South. Instead of one agent In a I city or township, he placed from five to five hundred. He made it obligatory upon every : subscriber to be an agent, and has now reduced 1 the price of his book from one hundred and twenty-five to seventy-five dollars per annum. At Cincinnati he has from one hundred and fifty to two hundred responsible business men who are in constant communion with Mr. , the chief agent at that point. In the city of Louisville alone there are from forty-five to fifty business men of responsibility who are in daily communication with Mr. E. L. Beichrist, at the Hamilton Bank Building, who is tlie. gentleman ly and indefatigable general-in-chief of the Ken tucky, Indiana, and Illinois forces. Now if any man of business in this or any other city should still have any doubts, and at tbe same time should have forgotten the date of any of the marked portions of his business career, he lias but to repair to tbe nearest agency office to Dud the lost dates, and also to learn who he is and what he lias been during tbe last twenty-six years of his mercantile life. Young man, beware. Rememiier that your name is down and will not be erased. Remember that you are writing your own history in block and while, and that as you depart from the paths of rectitude, or follow the true and even course of an honorable man, you are credited or charg ed, as tbe circumstances may call for. And though you be never so cunning, remember that Argus eyes know your every move. And to those who are advanced in life, and are still engaged in mercantile pursuits, remem- ber that you arc not uuobscrved, aud in propor tion to your shrewdness nnd your cunning is the shrewdness nnd cunuing of others exercised, to obtain a knowledge of your movements, to be recorded in the ledger where your name Is registered. Reader, if you be a country merchant or a city merchant, If you be a wholesale dealer or a retail denier, or If you boa clerk just gradu ating into business life for yourself, remember, when yon set out from home to buy your first stock of goods, or for the hundredth time, to make your monthly or quarterly purchases, that in every wholesale establishment of any magnitude that does an extensive or limited credit business in which yon may set your foot, you will there find your uamu nnd staudiug in the book of R. G. Dun & Company. Hoping that the foregoing may boos benefit to the many men nnd women of this vast World of business, ns well as interesting to your many readers, I will luy aside my pen for awhile, anil Remain yours most respectfully, Saddle Chief. Curious—ls True. —A foreign newspaper, which devotes much attention to the motives and movements of tho Empress Carlottn, re lates that when she was ou the eve of leaving Europe for Mexico, where she expected to reign and whence she did not expect to return, she paid a visit to her grandmother, the old ex- Queen Amolle, widow of Louis Phillippe, at Claremont, and dutifulty asked Iter ancient Ma jesty to give her a blessing—which was done, with a great deal of solemnity, many tears and several pious exclamations. Site bade adieu to iter uncles, the Princes of Orleans, but observ ing that the Due d’Atimalc, to whom she was most attached, was very silent, If not sad, gently rallied him on his reticence. He answered, “Well, my fair niece, what shall I say to you ? You wished to occupy a titroue. You have it. I pray God that yon may keep It —but in our family that is not tho custom.” It is not, on cither side of the Orleans ltouso.— Louis Phillippe died in exile. His eldest son was killed by a fall out of a chariot, nnd his heir, now Count do Purls, lias not the slightest chance of ever reigning in France. Queen Marie Ainelle was a Neapolitan princess, and Francis IL, ex-King of Naples, who is cousin to her children, is now so poor that ho can no longer afford to live In Rome, where ho is expected to maintain a sort of royal state. Wheu ho quitted Naples, in 1860, lie bore with him a very large amount of treasure, his prlvato property, but he lavished most of this upon the gallant hut fruitless defense ol Gaeta. With his wife, a member of one of tlie Junior branches of tlie royal house of Bavaria, lie had a dowry of youth, beauty, and—ten thousand dollars! At present the utmost income of those “monnrehs retired from business” U thirty thousand dollars a year. They could live quietly upon It in England, and richly in America, but will probably remain In Europe, waiting for “something to turn up."— The King of Ilanover, who Is virtually deposed, is said to have made ample provision for wlmt Dr. Franklin calls “a rainy day.” Besides hav ing sent the crown jewels over to London, where his father had left $3,000,000 invested in tlie British funds, Ills own savings, also securely invested, are said to amount to $35,000,000, which makes him wealthier than even his care ful cousin, Queen Victoria. [From the Baltimore Bun. Ootton—The Supply from the United States and from India. The report which has Just been made by Dr. Forbes to the English Government upon tlie cotton crop of tlie United States, uftcr an ex tensive tour through all the cotton States, Is probably a vet y accurate estimate of thearoount which will be secured during the preseut year. Dr. Forbes estimates the entire crop at 1.200,• 000 bales. Tills testimony is confirmed by the most intelligent gentlemen from tlie Southern States. Governor Pickens, of South Carolina, himself a large cotton planter, has published a letter on the same subject, In teliicli he estimates the whole crop at between 1,8000,000 mid 1,400- 000 bales. His calculation is made by a com parison witii the crop of 1800, and the quantity of labor engaged iu the cultivation ol cotton prior to the war. About 4,000,(KM) bales were thrown upon the market in 1850, the product of 1,200,000 laborers, black and white. He esti mates the number of laborers to have been re duced, by tbe desolations of war and tbe change of location of tlie negro population, to 400,000, and the same average production now aa before the war would be 1,833,000 bales, but 188,000 more than the amount conjectured by Dr. Fsrbcs. Before we can estimate tlie effect upon the price In England nnd in this country by the short crop, It Is necessary to compare the cot ton supply which is now drawn from India with that of 1860. In that year we sent to Eng land 2,250,000 bales, nnd India sent 400,000 bales. Under the stimulating Influence of our civil war, the India supply rose steadily from 400,000 to 1,000,000 bales In 1864, while that from the United States was only 30,000 bales. According to the London Times of September 6,1865, India now occupies, in regard to the cotton supply, a place scarcely Inferior In pro portion to that which was occupied by the United States. The small export In 1865 of the surplus cotton which had been stored during the war has hardly caused any dlraunitioii in the crop of India, and, as 200,000 bales is pro bably the extreme limit of that which can be spared from tlie domestic consumption of this country for English manufacture, it may bo esti mated that the development of the culture and ' production in India has been constant, and more especially os tbe agricultural production of India has steadily increased in like ratio for several years in the great staples of Jute, wool, tea nnd coffee. It may, then, be fairly assumed that India will always lie able to compensate for the deficient crop of the United States. At the same time the change in the labor and social system of tnc Southern States renders U pro bable that a large part of their agricultural In dustry will be permanently directed to the pro duction of grain aud the raising of cattle and those tilings which make a country self-sustain ing. Tlie plantation system favored the mono poly of tlie producer of cotton. Tbe farming system which will now take its place, will tend to do away with monopoly, and Introduce a greater variety of crops. Hence, even should the negro population be a* sedulously occupied in productive industry as they were before the war, the amount of cotton produced will be per manenilv less than under the old system; and the price in the markets of the world leas de pendent upon the crop of the Uulted States, white it most be constantly higher than it was when we raised the enormous amount of 4,000,- 000 bales annually. It will then be long before, if ever, the price recedes to 8 and 10 cents.— Making up by the Increased price for tbe di minished supply, and entploylnga large amount of their agricultural labor in producing for their own consumption much of what they formerly bought, the cotton States will add to llicir sub stantial wealth, which will hereafter be measur ed by some more general standard than the mere export ol cotton. VOL. 24. NO. 41. Wondrous Autumn Time. O Ruler of the waning year 1 * How calm while summer Ungers here Is thine enchanted sleep— When murmuring woods are full of songs. And all green leaves are whispering tongues, And fields grow rich and deep, Till wakened by the shrilling round Os the sharp scythe along the ground, Through Nature's flowering heart, Or shouts of jocund harvest home, That down the echoing valleys come, From laughing hills npart. How calm a splendor ever lies Within tho royal waking eyes. Os wondrous Autumn tlmul I.tko the glory round a good man's head When angels light about his t>ed, And waken thoughts sublime. And who could dream yon soft, sweet light Were herald of the year's dark night, And north winds stormy breath - That all these tents of rod aud gold, Burning through every starry fold, Were signs of nature's death I Ah, me I thy coming stirs the sense, At every portal calling thenoo Tho troops of awe nml fear, We think per so coos days gone by, And days that all as swiftly lly— Knowing thy errand here. Wo cannot with the swallow flee, And shun the g'oomy days that bo • Ho Dill of winter snow; We pass Into our Orient 'and Across dark sens, where some bright hand Calls from the deeps below. Thou art the gloomy spirit of all Tlie wondroun years that rise and fnll Within the glass of Time. Thou wort in fair creat ion’s bound * When first tlie chltd-llkn earth swung round Kxultlug in hur prime. Born when tho lils-k pine e-ownod the hills, And violets pierced tho soil that Ill's Tho olrn-troe’s nigged spurs; When won* tho thorn nor snow-white crown, And chestnut spires fell softly down Among tho golden furze. Still thy dread pinions, as of old. Thy sylvan hills and vales enfold O’er all, tho spreading land : And earth's sweet luce, once bright nnd mild As the fair forehead of a child, Is seared us with u brand. And still man’s conscious spirit fools, While Car nml wide tho oast wind pouts, ’TIh God’s Almighty hronth | (While as In prayer all ficavon Is I .owed,) O’er hill and valley blowing loud, Tho Autumn blast of death. Hon. A. J. Requier. Tho New York Herald, congratulates tho Nqrtli upon n new emigration of Southern geni us. Among other names specified, we select that ol A. J. ItEqiJIBR. Our community is fortunate in tlie accession oi this giited son oi the South, Distinguished as a jurist, a pout and an orator, he is known throughout the country, lie is a native of Charleston, 8. 0., where he studied law and made his first appearance in public life. At tho ago of fifteen lie wrote and published a blank verso plnv, entitled “ Tho Spanish F.xllc," and shortly after a drama, “ Moreo BoMrrls,” which was played in many of tlie lending: Un-atuM ni the United Status, and a local novel called “The Old Sanctuary.” ills subsequent literary efforts have been numerous. Many of his exqulslto poems have appeared from time to time iu tho newspapers, but have not, we believe, been col lected in book lorm. Ills Ode to Shakespeare was reproduced and warmly commended in England, and great interest was excited by his Crystalline, nn epic argument, maintaining the Divine Personality, on purely rational grounds, against tlie Pbnnthelstlc .theory. Mr. Kequier moved to Mobile In 1850, and was shortly after wards appointed District Attorney of the Uni ted States, which function he exercised up to tlie breaking out of the war, having lit tlie mean while become prominent by his official action nnd arguments Iu suppression of tlie Cuban and Nlearagunn expeditions projected from tho Gulf, lie contlnncd iu the position during tho Confederate regime, but was pardoned by the President at Its close. Ou the occasion of his removal North, the Mobile Tribune described him editorially iu glowing terms. Internal Revenue Decision.— Tbe Com missioner of Internal Revenue having been asked “if curringo makers are allowed, under the present law, to deduct from their returns of sales the value of such articles entering into tho manufacture of carriages as may hare already paid the manufacturers’ tax,” has replied os fol lows : The new law exempts spokes, bubs, bows and felloes, poles, shafts, arms uud wheels not Iron ed or finished ; springs and wire made of steel; axles made of iron or steel, rivets, nuts, washers and bolts used In the manufacture of vehicles or carriages, and also paints. But the iron and steel from which many of these hi tides arc made arc subject to on Impost or excise duty, also Hie leather, cloth and trimmings. And the finished carriage is liable to a duty of five per cent, ad valorem, without any deductions what ever oi articles or materials, taxed or uutaxed, wh'ch enter into the construction of the car riage. Il any assessor lias allowed deductions of any kind from the value of the finished car riage before assessing tlie tax, he has done it on ills own responsibility and without authority ol law, and measures will he taken Immediately to correct the erroneous assessment. Reported Death or Ex-Gov. Ciias. 8. Mokkhhad. —We mentioned yesterday the re port at Lexington of the death of Ex-Gov. Chas. 8. Morebead, of this State, at his planta tion, near Greenville, Miaa., and expressed the hope and belief that It was incorrect. Wc now fear, however, it It but too true, aa parties from the South yesterday brought the tame report. If it la correct, then has Kentucky sustained a grievous loss. Gov. Morebead was one of our ablest, best, and purest public men. He exer cised a large influence, and had the entire re spect and confidence of ail the people, friend aud foe alike. Since bis Imprisonment in Fort Lafayette and his return from Enrope, be baa remained comparatively in seclusion, giving hla entire attention to his private bnalneaa, which suffered so seriously by tlie war. In our State and national affairs be bore a conspicuous part for many years, and his death will be univer sally lamented. — ljouisville Courier. Pius IX the Guest of Enoland.— The Brit ish Government has offered his holiness an asy lum In the Island of Malta, in case be should feel inclined to leave the “ eternal city," but latest accounts lrom Florence state that a much better understanding hetweeu the King ol Italy and the Sovereign Pontiff’now exists, and there Is every possibility of an amicable solu'.loa to the long standing Italian quarrel.
