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About Weekly constitutionalist. (Augusta, Ga.) 185?-1877 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 31, 1866)
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTIONALIST Our New York Correspondence. New York, October 18. The canvass in this State, goes forward with an earnestness never surpassed. There is less flaming appeal, bnt more earnest work, to im press voters, than I have ever before seen. The Radicals admit that the State will be close, and will not readily bet on 10,000 majority. TROUBLE AT BALTIMORE. The probability that Gov. Swann will remove the Radical Police Commissioners at Baltimore, in order to facilitate honest voting at the com ing elections, and that President Johnson will sustain the Governor with military force, if ne cessary, have turned Radical ire in that direc tion. There can be no doubt the Governor has ample power in this matter, even under the Radical laws of Maryllnd, and that the President if called on must give the aid of the army in executing the Governor’s mandates ; and if the Radicals are determined to provoke a conflict, an occasion, could not be offered, more favor able to the Conservatives, in which they will hwe the letter and spirit of the law on their side. Forney says the Radicals will fight, but I guess they won’t. Their loud talk is all lor Buncombe. THE MEXICAN MUDDLE. There is no longer any doubt that the forces of Maximilian have achieved a decided victory over Juarez’s followers —in fact, the last army of the Mexican “Republic” is undoubtedly annihilated; and what remaius of that “ Gov ernment ” is torn by factions that with us would be considered disgraceful to a town caucus. The business has its comic side. The public is entertained this morning by a long account of a demonstration of “ Captain Osbon, of the Mexican Navy,” against Matamoras. This Os bon was quite recently a reporter for the press of this city. He got himself into Fort Lafay ette for revealing the “plans” of doughty Butler for the capture of Fort Fisher, after But ler had told them—in “ strict confidence,” of course—to nearly every body he could get to listen to him. The disagreement between Os bon and Butler can only be accounted for by the adage, “ two of a trade.” Perhaps Butler was jealous of the “ rising genius ” displayed by Osbon. Neither ever injured any cause, ex cept that which he for the moment espoused. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION OF THE FREEDMEN. The various religious bodies of the country are agitating the subject of providing means for the religious education of the Freedmen; and it is a little remarkable that the two organiza tions which never gave their countenance to party abolitionism are foremost in the good work. The Protestant Episcopal Church is already in the field with efficient means ; and the Roman Catholic is but little behind its great rival. Both recognize what a calamity, morally and physically, has overtaken the negroes, in their being precipitated unprepared Aon the responsibilities of free men; and they have set to work to continue as far as possible the foster ing care of their spiritual concerns which the planters were wont to maintain. BUSINESS MATTERS. Cotton is down to forty cents for middling uplands, under favorable reports of the weather at the South. The slow sale of goods is an other obstacle to the maintenance of high prices of cotton. In Europe and America the cost of living was never greater, and goods cannot be sold largely under such circumstances. Low prices of breadstuff's and provisions are essential to high prices for cotton. Since Mon day, a strong speculation in flour and grain has set in, at this market. There are parties buy ing the best family flours, expecting to get ISO per barrel in the winter months. English orders have taken unsound flour at nine dollars per barrel. Corn with three million bushels in store, brought over a dollar a bushel to-day ; and the speculation even extends to rye and barley. There is a very large movement of flonr and grain on the western lakes toward tide water, but it is asserted that there is not time to deliver more than five millions bushels grain here before the close of navigation, which, with five millions now in store, it is thought will not be sufficient for our wants. The rail roads will have to supply any deficiency. Hay prod pets are drooping. In the meantime money is gradually tightening. Rampant spec ulation every where is absorbing large sums. Willoughby. New York, October 22. The intelligence conveyed to you in a recent letter from me, that so far from President Johnson bending before the Radical Blast, he intended to create a diversion in his favor, by means of an agitation of our foreign relations, receives partial confirmation through the Tribune and Herald. The Tribune correspon dence says a peremptory demand is to be made upon Great Britain for the prompt settlement off what is known as the “Alabama Claims,” and the Herald's correspondent asserts, that some extraordinary scheme is on foot respect ing Mexico and Maximilian. Each writer has got hold of part of the story that I wrote you. The developments to follow will be watched for with interest. But as a faithful chronicler, lam bound to say, that bellicose demonstra tions, and foreign complications of an extra ordinary character, are not likely to call out much popular sympathy. People are looking too anxiously for a reduction of taxation, and the horrors of the late conflict at arms, are too fresh in their memory, to permit any great eclat to attend demonstrations ol the character I have hinted at. THE RADICALS AGAINST THE LAST AMENDMENT. Wendell Phillips makes a speech to night urging a rejection of the pending “Constitu tional Amendment,” and demonstrating that the only relief for Radical grievances, is to “ depose the President.” It has long been my opinion that if by any accident or extreme ex ercise of power, the Radicals could get possess ion of the Presidency, the “Constitutional Amendment” would not be pressed ; and it is equally my opinion, that it Mr. Johnson had never yielded to Messrs. Seward & Weed, and given his countenance to the effort to organize a third party, at the ridiculous Philadelphia Convention, his “policy” would have been adopted, with only a few Radicals dissenting. Thus the whole South have been made to suffer because Mr. Seward desired to revenge himself upon his old political associates. THE SUCCESSION. There seems scarcely a doubt that Lieut- Gen. Sherman has been agreed upon as the man around whom the Democratic and Conservative vote is to be rallied in the Presidential contest of 1868. As I have written you all along, Gens. Grant, Thomas and Sheridan are in sympathy with the Radicals ; and it is determined to put Bherman over Grant, by making Sherman act ing Secretary of War. This measure will com mend Mr. Johnson more and more to the faithful men of the couutry. The Tribune al ready opens fire upon Sherman, saying he has made a “ surrender to the rebels more dis graceful than his surrender to Joe Johnston.’ I adhere to my conviction, that Chief Justice Chase, and not Gen. Grant, will be the Radical candidate; and I have positive evidence that Mr. Chase is opposed to the impeachment of President Johnson. But he has no such reso lution as to take a stand that will weaken his position in his party. THE BALTIMORE DIFFICULTY. There was some fear this morning that the Government was about to make weak yielding to the Radical mob in Baltimore, and permit the Police Commissioners to go on undisturb ed in their purpose of refusing to permit Democrats to vote. But to-day, I learu from an authentic source, that the President and Gov. Swanu will see the matter through to its legal conclusion ; and if the Radicals are dis posed to use force to resist the execution of one of their own laws, they will feel the strong arm of the Government. I hear also, that the Radicals are likely, in this connection, to in augurate extreme measures, and the seiz ure Df the person of the President Is hint ed at, as a part of their programme. As has been truly said, the public temper is pow der magazine, and a spark may produce a ter rible explosion. BUSINESS MATTERS. The bunk statement to-day is very unfavorable to speculation. There is an increase of nearly two millions in gold on hand, and decrease of over four millions of legal tenders, a large in crease of loans, and a decrease of deposits. The “ bulls” are trying to explain that the financial situation is quite temporary ; but the tendency will undoubtedly be towards greater closeness for several weeks to come. The big “ King” in gold sold out a week ago, and the “ street” finds the load unpleasant to carry. Cotton is more steady. Breadstuff's continue to advance, but there is not much confidence in prices.— Provisions are generally declining. Government securities declined There is again some uneasiness about the political situation. Willoughby. New York, October 25. The varying aspects of the canvass in this State are as eagerly discussed as the fluctuations in gold or the probable result of a horse race. Last week as I wrote you Hoffman was rather the favorite. To-day Fenton is the favorite and bets are made on as high as 20,000 majority.— The Times is again making a show of hostility to the Radicals, and they are thus relieved of the distrust which its support occasioned. By unscrupulous publications Mr. Hoffman has been made to appear as the candidate of the corrupt politicians who have made our city government a scandal; when the truth is, that those influences, even when under Democratic control, will be used against him. THE BALTIMORE IMBROGLIO. The probability of a peaceful solution of this matter has become manifest. The Governor will probably remove the Commissioners, or will order their removal, and some legal pro cess will be interposed to stay action till after election. This is the result of Mr. Seward’s timid counsel, who fears violence will turn New York State against him. . MR. SEWARD’S LATEST BANTLING. The effort of the Secretary of State to create a diversion of political thought in his favor seems likely to be as barren of result as his Philadelphia Convention. The demand on Great Britain for the Alabama claims, and the snubs which he has given Louis Napoleon, with the projected partition of Mexico, cause less discussion than one of the Heralds “ sensa tion” editorials. People have no confidence in Mr. Seward’s earnestness, and they hardly credit his positive official statements. It is a sad spectacle to see an old public servant so completely “ played outbut he may attribute it to his ill-judged assumption of Imperial power at a most inopportune time. If, instead of the ridiculous fulminations that have been put forth, the administration bad an nounced that it would recommend to Congress a reduction of the army, a decrease in naval expenditures, and lower taxation throughout the entire list, it would have called out a gene ral popular response; for the Federal taxation begins to be complained of as oppressive. In many cases, in which goods are selling below cost, it is most galling; and after the election a cry will go forth in this behalf that will compel Congress to listen. Hard times are at hand.— People can always be acted upon through their pockets. A great portion of the opposi tion to President Johnson arises from bis vio lent language, and the fear that he means some thing revolutionary, involving further moneta ry disorders and continued excessive taxation. People don’t care a flg for Mexico, and as for the Alabama claims, they would rather have them unsettled than not, because they are some thing that will do to hector John Bull with for a long time. I believe four out of five are op posed to the acquisition of any more territory, believing we had better learn to govern by peaceable means what we have. All these considerations have stamped Mr. Beward’s late issuance of manifestoes as a ridiculous fiasco. I mention these thiugs to afford additional il lustration, if it be needed, of bow completely Mr. Seward has lost that key to the popular heart of his section, which he once struck so boldly and successfully. Such a man can be no safeguard to a people struggling with desperate odds to re-establish their liberties. THE WEATHER. Interrupted by occasional storms of con siderable violence, we are having one of the most magnificent of Northern autumns. In humorous illustrations of the impossibility of describing the brilliant scenes which the rural districts afford, a newspaper editor uotices that he wauts no poetry on the subject. Neither poetry nor painter can approach the reality, and their efforts must be laid aside till nature shill have ceased for a period to assert her unmeasurable superiority. To aid the contrast of the scene, snow fell in Western New York yesterday, but quickly disappeared. BUSINESS MATTERS. Gold took an upward turn yesterday, there being a few people, who hold Mr. Seward’s manifestoes respecting Mexico and the Ala bama claims: but to-day it is down again.— Nearly everybody says the payment of the November interest has been “discovered” in the gold market. This is a pretty sure sign that it is not discounted. The spccnlntions in breadstuff's continues, and scarcely a passable brand of flour can be had under sl4 per tmrrel, while the choicest being $lB. Provisions seem to be declining, and much lower prices are looked for. Cotton Is more steady; bnt the receipts last week at the ports foot up 37,000 bales. SUFFERING MANUFACTURES. In spite of the very great protection afforded by a high tariff, and the requirement that duties be paid in gold, manufactures in the New Eng land States, and throughout the North, are in a very unsatisfactory condition. Goods are not usually paying cost. The scarcity and high price of labor, the never-ending Federal taxa tion, and the difficulty of making sales, are draw-backs that no tariff can make good. The unsound policy of making any branch of indus try an object of protection is shown iu the market for wool and woolen goods. Wool Is lower than the gold price before the war. Then a pound of wool would buy five pounds of cot ton—now two pounds of wool will not buy three ■ ounds of cotton. Woolen goods will not sell; and it is said, with reference to the failure of the Cohoes Company, already attend ed to, that it has a large accumulation ot goods, for which no outlet could be found. What is true of woolen goods, may be said to apply In some degree to nearly all other manufactures. Spinners are availing themselves of various pretexts to stop their looms on cotton goods. . Willoughby. Our Paris and Continental Correspondence. Paris, October 12, 1860. To the Editor of the Constitutionalist: DERANGEMENT IN THE MENTAL FACULTIES OF EMPRESS CARI.OTTA. Sir— The insanity of the Empress Carlotta, of Mexico, has, since Sunday last, been the subject of much conversation in France and Belgium. Our Roman correspondent writes us that, on the Ist iust., the young Empress Carlotta, who had been several days in the Eternal City, without having previously re quested an audience of the Holy Father, as is the custom, presented herself at the Vatican and insisted upon seeing Pope Pius. She was immediately received, and it is said she pre sented a petition to the Sovereign Pontiff, praying him to sanction everything that her husband bad done, ns Emperor, with respect to religious matters. The story goes that the Pope positively refused, and that the Empress then declared that she would not leave the Vatican if her request were not granted. Jt is certain that the Empress could not be persua ded to leave before six in tiic evening ; she re tired to the private study of his Holiness, and Pius the Ninth continued bis ordinary audi ences. He afterwards dined alone and went out for bis usual drive, leaving the Empress with her lady in waiting. The Empress re turned to the Hotel de Rome, where she dined. The reason of her Majesty lias given way under the shock caused by so many hopes suddenly disappointed. Professor Viale, the Pope’s medical attendant scarcely leaves her. The Count Uc Flanders, second brother of the Empress, is now in Rome, and will accom pany his sister to Mirarraar, whither the cele brated Parisian doctor for mad people, Dr. Blauche, will proceed to-morrow. We hear from Rome that it is hoped that the illness of the young Empress is bnt transitory, and that quiet and careful treatment by Dr. Blanche, who has attained such celebrity for his care of mental diseases, will soon restore her to health. MONSIEUR DE MOUSTIER, THE NEW MINISTER. The new minister Tor Foreign Affairs, M. De Mouslier, who has now arrived in Paris, has already entered upon the exercise ot his new lunctious, and while yet in transitu from Con stantinople to Paris is reported to have written a dispatch to the President of the Council of Ministers at Athens. In this dispatch he very harshly censored the conduct of the Greek Government, which has for time been secretly aiding and abetting the rebels in Candia. Further reinforcements have been sent by the Saltan to the Epirus, and the Turkish Gov ernment displays great activity, and It hopes peace will be established in Ihe island of Can ! dia by the 15th of October. CESSION or VENETIA. I The French General Lebauf will surrender • the fortresses of the quadrilateral to the Italian ; Government as soon as be shall have received : them from the hands of the Austrian autbori i ties. The French flag has not been displayed. | There is general satisfaction in Vienna at the ! conclusion of peace with Italy, j The King of Italy has lately been at bis fa ; voritc residence, La Mandria, not far from | Turin, which estate has been, by his special care, has been from year to year so greatly irn | proved that at present, in point of comfort and I beanty, it is unrivalled among the royal do -1 mains. His Majesty is shortly to leave for Padua. General Garibaldi has left for Caprera. He is again in the sulks, nnd Las sent In his resig nation as commander of the volunteers, aiid it has been accepted by the King. The private property of the deposed Duke of Modena will be restored to him. The peace which has just been concluded will now give Italy lime to set its house iu order. The Minister of war is taking rapidly the ne cessary steps to reduce the army to the peace footing. The only corps remaining on a war footing is that in Venetia, which will also be dissolved after the occupation of the fortresses. GREAT JOY IN VENICE. The Venetian people, now abont to see the last Austrian White Coat disappear, (the rea sonable portion excepted) believe firmly that larks ready roasted are going to fall from the sky on Victor Emanuel's arrival. The working classes hope that the leader of the red shirts will not fail to show himself at San Marks.— The poor families aud beggars, whose number Is leg'on, while eating their pittance of polenta, repeat “ l’azienza.” “ Our saviour, Garibal di, will soon be here and we shall then be all right. Others are leaving their employments with the same hope. Those whose thoughts are more with the King than with the hermit of Caprera, are affected absolutely with the same hope. In short, from one end to the other of the city, there is nothing “ but feverish hope.” In this temper it Is well understood that the Venetians scarcely endorse the temper of the Austrians, who, they think, delay the brilliant realization of their fancies; thus the necessi tous part of the population, suffering from want and from cholera, and continually excited besides by the agents of the party of actlou, are very much inclined to quarrelling, uproar and riot. THE CANBIOTES. The Candiotes have for the last ten days been hoping against hope. Accounts from the island ol Candia state that the insurgents on the 24th of September, having sent a’deputallon to the French Cousul at Correa, and to the command er of the French naval division to solicit their intervention, were informed that the Candiotes must not count on the aid ol Frauce to obtain their separation from the Porte. That the Ottoman Government had promised to redress the just grievances of the Inhabitants nnd was disposed to keep its promise, and that the Cun diotes, in their own interest, should treat with that power on those basis. The fact Is that France is very anxious to put off touching the Eastern question until after the close of the great exhibition of 1867. THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS AT BIARRITZ. The weather, which has been very bad during the first part of the stay of the Imperial Court at Biarritz, has taken a favorable turn, which has decided the Emperor lu prolonging Ills stay in the South of France. THE LOUVRE AND THE HISTORY OF FRANCE. The Court of the Louvre 1s now an object of peculiar interest to the Parisian public, owing to the excavations that are going on there by or der of the municipality for the purpose of the elucidating certain obscure points of Froi cn history. The immediate object of the present excavations in the Court of llic Louvre is to ascertain the site of the Portress built by Philip Augustus, the plan of which had been nearly reconstituted from a minute examination of a considerable number of printed documents. Such was the precision of the orders given to workmen, that at the very first strokes of the pick-axe the trench was discovered, wjilcb cor responded to one of the principal entrances. By continuing the line the workmen soon reached the foundations of the two towers flanking that entrance. A sewer Ims been found which received the waters of the inner courts, and emptied them into the Seine. It lias been further ascertained that the prin cipal staircase was polygonal, nnd that the dun geon keep was situated precisely where lrndl tion lmd supposed It to be placed. The fine house which forms the corner of the Rue I)u La Rempnrt is about to bo pulled down. It is not more than twenty years since the house was built, and it is remarkable from the sculptural caryatides ou the front facing the Rue Basse, The jury of expropriation awarded ns compen sation the sum of three millions of francs. In 1849 it was wortli 300,000 francs. [Occasional Correspondence of the Constitutionalist.] Letter from Baltimore. Barnum’h Hotel, ) Baltimore, Maryland, ", October 25, 1806. ) Mr. Editor » In ordor to comply with a guasi promise made ere we parted, a leisure hour will be occupied In “dropping you a line” in relation to some events which have been observed within the past three weeks. As the several linejj of railway between your fair city by the “ shining river” and Baltimore, together with their accommodations for the comfortable transportation of the traveling public, Uie clas sic grounds through which they pass, etc., have been so well described, it would be regarded as supererogatory in your correspondent to at tempt t«v add anything to them, further per haps, than to suy he could not be prevailed upon at any portion of the route to accept an “ insurance agaiust accidents,” even at as low figures as “ ten cents per day.” Thus you will perceive that bis confidence was strong in the abilities of the several lines to “ put him through” in safety, and in this his faith still re mains unshaken, as he arrived in the City of Monuments in “ due time and in good condi tion.” Nothing of special Interest transpired on the Booth Carolina railroad, ere be reached the pa triotic and classic “ city by the sea,” and he will merely add en passant, that he was delight ed to observe some unmistakable evidences of returning prosperity to glorious old Charleston. May her shadow never grow less, but may she go on prospering and to prosper, until her commerce shall become os widely extended as her fame for gallantry and patriotism rendered her during the late war. Business concluded in Charleston, wc em barked upon a train on the Northeastern rail road, which, in a few hours, conveyed ns so Florence, where we again got on the regular through line of travel to the North. We stopped a day in Richmond, and are more than happy to place upon record the fact that the relies of the devouring element, which laid in ruins so large a portion of that fair city, are being rapidly replaced by substantial, and iu tome instances, elegant buildings. The long bridge across the James is completed, and the cars pass over it and enter the city as in days of yore, and should no interruption to the pro gress of improvement occur within the next twelve months, the gtrangcr visiting Richmond will have to cuquire where the “ burnt district” was located. Ere we left Richmond, the great rain storm bad fatly set in, and before wc reached the con fines of Fredericksburg—around which there collections of days and nights of camp life, with their discomforts and exposures were throng ing our memory—we found that the “ babbling brooks" bad been transformed to mimic rivers, aud in leaping, rushing cataracts their swolleu waters were making their way to the sen. On the Washington and Baltimore rail road great caution In running the train became necessary, iu several places, in consequence of washes in the embankments, and the covering of the truck by landslides and sand. Two or three times we experienced the novel sensation of riding through water iu a railroad coach.— At those points the track was completely sub merged, and the surrounding lands were bover ed by a sheet of water—rendering the whole scene entirely new to your correspondent. The newspapers have doubtless Informed you of the melancholy casualties and other inci dents produced by and connected with the flood. It would be akin to painting tho lily or the rose, to attempt a verbal description of the magnificent and beautiful city of Baltimore, its highways and byways, Its ninrts and bazaars, Its monumonts, and Its cathedrals nnd domes. Each spire that lids its head towards Heaven above the altars where thousands bow In rever ence to the name of the living God, Is doubt less vividly deguerreotyped upon the tablets of your memory, and the chimes which call tho worshippers to assemble in tho holy temples, still vibrato upon yonr tlmpanum, and per chance thrill your memory, ou each succeeding sabbath morning. It Is thought that tho present political status of things here, may not boos indefinite dura tion. The Governor lins tho case of the Police Commieeionere tinder consideration at this time, and has notified them to be present at the capi tal to-morrow, (Friday) with all witnesses they may wish to Introduce In their behalf, to show cause why the petition made for their removal by a large number of citizens, may not be granted. Hon. Reverdy Johnson has given a legal opinion which has been published, In which he has no doubt of the Governor’s possessing the power, during the recess of the Legislature, to remove them for official misconduct. There seemed a few days ago to be somo apprehension that an organization known as the “ Boys in Blue” nnd some others, In conjunction with parties that were expected perhaps from Penn sylvania, would resist a decision of tho Gov ernor’s adverse to the Commissioners. Happi ly, however, no fears of such misconduct are now entertained In any event. Mr. George Peabody, the groat London bank er and millionaire, is here a guest of the city, and will be present fit noon to day at the dedi cation of the Peabody Institute, an Institution founded by him n few years ago, and whleh he endowed with a capital ot five hundred thou sand dollars. To this large amount he has re cently added another princely sum of half a million. The Institute Is designed for educational purposes, and will os such, I trust, ever reflect tho highest honors the name and the head which conceived It., and “ the head which had the heart ” to carry this magnificent and glorious project into practical operation. llow refreshing the contemplation of snch an act of true manliness as this of Mr. Peabody’s be comes when contrasted with the littleness and selfishness which we see around us on almost every side, and wc are led to thank God that lingering traces of our divine origin may still occasionally be felt nnd realized amid the ruin and desolation produced among us by the lagos and Shyloeks of tho land. Mr. Peabody Is an American, and began his career ns a rncr chant In this city. Long may he live to enjoy the happiness ol doing good. The Plenary Council of the Catholic Church In the United States hits adjourned, alter a.har monious and pleasant session, and the bishops and priests lmvc loft, or are leaving, for their rcspective homes. jj. L.*B. Lotter from California. Watsonville, Santa Cruz Cos., Cal., j September, 1866, £ Editors Constitutionalist ! i Thinking a few lines from these distant shores may not come amiss to your numerous readers, I will give you a few Items. As politics Is the engrossing topic of the day throughout the country, I may state that the people of this Stale, os far ns I enn learu, endorse the reconstruction plan of President Johnson and the Philadelphia Convention—that the Southern States should be represented In Con gress. Our election for Congressmen and State offi cers takes place next full, when “ wnrm times ” may be expected. Grand preparations nrc being made to re ceive Queen Emma, of tho Hawaiian islands, who Is expected In San Francisco to-morrow, on her way home. News from Montana and Idaho Territories represent them os being very rich In mineral wealth, but that the country Is Infested with murderers and thieves. It Is no uncommon sight to see from six to eight men swinging to a tree every morning. The citizens claim this is the only method of ridding the couutry of this class of outlaws and cut throats. Our crops are very good this season, and our farmers all feel jubilant at the abundant har vest, and are keeping their grain for an advance In prices. The great trouble is, wc have no market for our produce, which is the principal drawback to our fanners. * Labor Is very high here during harvest sea son. The price generally paid for farm hands is from $2 to $2 50 per day in gold coin. All business is carried on upon the gold basis. The health of the country is generally very good ;as an evidence of It, the physicians are emigrating to more genial climes. Business of all kinds seetns to lie good. More anon. Yours, &c., Hancock. Commendaalk. —An enterprising freedman by the name of Stepney Garrett, of Cherokee eouuty, Ala., Instead of fooling away his time, as many of his fellows have done, in running over the country, bos this year made two bales of cotton, one of which weighing 589 pounds, he took to Rome and sold to Berry, Elliott dc Cos., at 34 cents.
