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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTIONALIST
Our New York Oorresuoadence.
New York, May 30.
TJie spirited reply of Horace Greeley to the
Loyal Leagues wbo sought to arraign him for
signing the hall bond ot .Jefferson Davit, has
' disconcerted the malignant#. It has compelled
their silence, and converted many who were
less hitter to more or less distinct approval ol
Hr. Greeley’s act. Herein we find an illustra
tion of what the South has Deeded most since
the surrender ol Lee. She has needed some
prominent Northern or “loyal” man who
would not only fearlessly assert the rights of
the South under the Federal compact, but as
fearlessly maintain them. The so-called “ehara-
Slons” of the South, in ite new condition,
ave merely worked to ose her, and her possi
ble political strength in the future, to promote
paHty or personal ends; and when such pur
poses threatened to be endangered by -the bit
terness of Radical hate, the South and Its cause
were pitched overboard with as little ceremony
as Ben. Butlcf bolted bis States Rights declara
tions and accepted command in the Federal
army. How quickly Yankee fanaticism would
have “turned tan,” (to quote from A. Lincoln,
Esq.,) is illustrated In the quailing of the Loy
al Leagues before Greeley’s defiant phillippic.
In this matter, singly, be has fought a battle for
the South, most Important in Its results, imme
diate and prospective. He has not, like John
son, Seward & Cos., put himself in position to
be knocked out of tune, and left the. South
naked to bis enemies. Horace Greeley has
done more to silence the howling dervishes of
the Tbad. Stevens school than all the Philadel-
phia Conventions that have spoken.
In dta of my letters, la*t fall, I took occa
sion to illustrate the complete demoralization
of political opiniou, and the contradictory at
titude of pnblic men, both as regards their
past record aud each other, by the inquiry, why
Horaca Grfcufy shoiiM not be the next Demo
cratlc' candidate for President. This iruijges
tion, made by way of illustration, as I have
said, (nits been used against Mr. Greeley most
unjustly. Such misuse lus, however, recoiled
upou those who practiced it. During the late
canvass for United States Senator from this
State, Mr. Conklimr, the successful candidate, ■
professed fear that the Democrats would noth
.lrate, Greeley, and that his friends in tire Re
publican party would vote lor hiin, and, 1
the aid of the Democrats, elect him. But the
discussion of the matter bits seoified to im
press upon the Democrats that hew part}
laud marks are about to be established, and that
old antagonisms cannot be wisely entertained.
The great question ot the hour is, lIOW shall
the military douiiuaurfn thatlfaV been set up
under Mr. Stautou be overturned, and the
rule -of law and justice bC-restored V Evert the
affairs of pnblic arc before this;
and, therefore, any man who accomplished
most in obtaining the great epd sought, should
be reeoguised as the leader 61 all just men.
“ The tools to him who can and will use them.”
The front rank to the veterans who can with
stand the shock of battle.
THE NEXT PRESIDENCY.
To continue the subject, I may observe that
the Democratic party is all at sea respecting
the coming Presidential canvass. From pres
ent appearances there is little prospect that a
straight party contest ’will be mudc by the
Democrats. They are waiting and watching,
hoping that something will turn up. The
splendid return made by General McClellan,
in 1804, counts nolbiug iu his favor at this
time. The position and prospects of General
Grant are regarded with some solicitude. My
latest information on the subject is, that satis
fied that he would not be acceptable to a large
number of Republicans, that, in tact, bis nomi
nation by the republicans would cause a split
—Geuoral Grant has intimated his unwilling
ness to he considered a candidate before that
body ; but whether he would necept a Democra
tic nomination, is more than I cau say. ( I think
it doubtful. Iu the meantime, Chief Justice
Chase is distancing all his competitors for the
Republican nomination. The nomination of
Stautou by the Radical organ meets with no
other response than a slight expression of con
tempt. None of the old Northern Breckin
ridge loaders have any decided prorpect for
the*'Republican nomination. Whether it bc-
Stantou, Butler, Dix or Logan, tbev Are voted
down. They crawled on their bellies to Ttadi
cals— violated all the laws of God and man in
their service—and liaVc received much fat
driupiugs, but when they aspire td -sit lit the
head of the table, at the feast of good things,
they are summarily suppressed.
mr. sew am* and ms schemes..
The success of Mr. Seward, iu overcoming
nil opposition to his acquisition of Russian-
North Anieriefl, contemplates fai more extended
operations iu the same liue. it bo* been already
stated that he is taking steps to acquire that
portion of British-North America which lies
West of the Rocky Mountains. Perhaps he in
tends to “work it in ” as a part of the settle
ment of bis claims upou Great Britain for the
“ depredations ” of the Alabama and other Con
federate cruisers. But this is not Mr. Seward’s
trump card. But, as 1 loam privately, lie is
about to take steps to disposaca* Spain Cuba,
and annex that island to the upi vorsal Yankee
nation, fortifying himself against auy objection
that may be raised on account of the enormous
expense involved, by declaring that the measure
is absolutely necessary to “complete the glo
rious work in behalf ol liberty, so auspiciously
begun,” &e., ite. Gne would 'think we had
douo enough in abofitiou buslnes%to serve.fpr
at least a generation ; but nothing h? mere com
mon with servile old men like Mr. Seward than
the desire to live over again the triumphs they
have enjoyed. The Cairn scheme is one with
which Sir. Seward hopes to restore himself so
the good graces of old adherents; but.how will
it be received by the public creditors, in view
of the homely truths that have just been told
them by Mr. McCulloch ?
MR. PEABODY AND HIB WOSKS.
The example of Mr, Peabody, iu the use of
his great wealth to ameliorate the eondiribn o!
the needy, is having an Influence upon our rich
men. They aspire to share in honor* which Mr.
Peabody has received. It Is announced that
two of our most wealthy citizens are about to
devote a portioa ot their riches to 6ttch pur
poses as will entitle them to be called public
benefactors and friends of their rave. Not only
two but a dozen wealthy men, ean find abmid
aut employment for their surplus means, iu
this city and vicinity. We have grown 60 rap
idly that those of moderate means find them
selves shut out of »U decent ueighborh oods and
compelled to llva in quarters ovur-rnu With the
vile trash that remain here, and bring up
their children surrounded by the vilest asso
ciations. It is to the rebel of these people, wbo
will be decent if they can be, that tbeenterprise
* of publie-apirited capitalists is invited. No one
expect* that our rich men will do any thing
more than make an investment of their means
to eopply comfortable dwellings to those who
need them. But In the chaotic state ot matters
with us, such, investments require a disposition
to run some risk to accomplish certain aud
positive good.
BUSINESS MATTERS.
Mr. McCulloch’s letter excites suspicion. It
is a little remarkable that the Treasury clique
are vigorous bears on that letter, aud that they
were as vigorous bulfa on his specie payment
Fort Wayne speech, which frightened all but
the initiated. Money has become very tight;
and I look fora decided effort to get things down
to a sate basis doriug the next two months, in
ord£r that duriug the next year business
may proceed on a safer basis, and bring more
satisfactory returns than have been made in the
past two years. Cotton closes dull at 27e.
breadstuff* have experienced a great decline
aud close heavy. Provisions are all lower. All
the speculative strength of the times is absorbed
in the gold market, but 1 would warn those
who are looking for a rise, o| the dancer thev
are in from a growing demand for currency to
make the crops, and to. supply Uie niaee of the
compound interest note* that are now beiug
redeemed. W illodqhbvT*
Eating while the body is fatigued, is a v &y
injurious habit ; but severe labor soon after a
hearty meal, is none the less so. A large share
ot vital force is required to properly perform
the process of digestion, and if this js called
away to the muscles br brain to accomplish
severe pbysioal or mental labor, the stomach is
left insufficiently supplied, and the food remains
for a long time undigested.
Letter from Greenesboro.
Greenesboro, June 6,1567.
j Gentlemen: Presuming the hours to belong,
i tedious and hot to you and your readers, and
i that you all fed a little dull in mind and busi*
; ness, and tint you would like for tome friend
i to take up his pen or his pitcher to amuse and
i cool you oil, we have conclude# to undertake
the job, and will chr.rge you nothing for the ef
fort. Consequently, we will not play Chester
field, and tax your patience by making a thous
and and one apologies, usually made when a
fellow can’t scratch up an idea to take him
from one to the next station without getting
out ot wood and water, but will take yon by
the hand, and lead you out from the city ot
bricks and mortar, where the wind and water
.will Mow and refresh the institution ; and if,
in the performance of your journey, yon should
become a little tired or fatigued, don’t com
plain, as we have much to say and show yon,
for we wi»h to take you in and around the
home of our childhood, and through the old
fields and ravines, and meadow scenes of oar
early youth. Don’t blow, don’t give out and
ask to be excused ; bnt, however, this would be
too much for you to bear all at once. Tike a seat;
city folks ain’t much at walking, unless they
have along some ot the inspiring element and
ice, to relieve and accelerate their motion, and
to travel eighty-three miles without taking en
gar, lee and mint In them, would certainly
weaken the propelling machine. So we will,
for your convenience and-pleasure, dispense
with the long Journey, and not take yon through
fields, ravines and meadows, but will take you
along and talk to, eool and refresh you the best
we can, and then ask yon how many miles
abright, and if you can get there by ten.
Perhaps you have never seen or heard much
of Greenesboro and Greene county, the land
and place within a quarter or half quarter where
Jim Rowland burnt the woods, aud where the
Dawsons, Longstreet, Fosters, Kings, Cone and
Pierces stocks laid out the energies and pleas
ures ol their best days, and where the Georgia
Scenes aud the Billy Mittens originated their
creative Sports. If yon bare not, yon have lost
at least one-half of the pleasures of your life
and the other is not worth living for or an Oco
nee Coon. But we will not delay you, as We
wish to introduce you to our eity and county
without passing around the equator. Then,
without further delay and formality, permit us
to introduce to your acquaintance our old, ven
erable and much esteemed Greenesboro, which
was once an. humble and unpretending village,
but now a city, with cathedrals projecting to
the skies, containing a large, intelligent and
thrifty population,* located on a beautiful
eminence, overlooking surrounding country,
five miles from til# beautiful Oeohceand seVen
from the Apalachee, whose combined waters
kiss the Oeinulgee and roll majestically on, re
joicing, uuawed by the Mtnnderand lightning
of Heaven, to the Atlantic. Greenesboro,
Greene county, was so called in honor of Gen.
Nathaniel Greene, of revolutionary memory,
was laid out and located in 1786, aud once burn
ed by the Indians ; and in 1791 it contained
about a dozen cabins, built on the ruins of the
old town. The -first framed building erected
in the place was erected by Col. Jonas Fauch,
and stood where the Presbyterian Church now
stands. Willihm Airuor, au old respectable
citizen, was one of the first settlers. The fort
to defend the town from Indian depredations,
stood, in 1794, where Wakefield aud Col. Joe
M aury’s 6tore now stands, on the cornewopposite
C. C. Norton. The county was surveyed in
1784, and part of if lies in the fork of the Oco
nee and Apalachee, and the northern bound
ary of this part of the county is a line from the
mouth of Rose Creek, at Poullain Bridge, to
Walker Ford on the Apalachee. For a num
ber of years the people were compelled to live
in • forts. General Thomas Dawson was the
first person born in the couuty, and in this
county Peter Early began and ended his politi
cal career, and his bones new rest one mile be
low Poullaiu Bridge. Sq says Adriel in brief
history. But we will return to the city, which
can rejoice more with airy streets, shades,
gardens, mineral water, business houses and
more pretty women and iutelligeut girls and
better educated, socially, religiously, politically
aud domestically, than Athens or Rome, in pal
miest days, “ even dreamed of or contained.”
The population is not quite two thousand souls,
and notwithstanding the wreck of matter and
crush of worlds and the sad incidents of war,
she still gives evidence of vitality in her im
provements# Sinoethe war she has built one
carriage 6hop (large brick), with carriage, har
ness and blacksmith apartments, which turn
out fine specimens of work, equal to any iu the
State, and three huge soda fountains, which
consume iec, from the Nofth Pole, which is
much used In our climate to freeze out the heat,
notwithstanding the rain-bow (whisky) is fre
quently thrown in to impart its beautiful colors,
to wake up the wits and make pleasant com
pany, and has one male academy and one large
brick female college with beautiful flower
grounds, one Baptist, one Episcopalian, one
African, one brick. Presbyterian and Methodist
Church of surpassing beauty and finish, and
their parsouages’ one elegant hotel and the Saint
Charles (kept by Judge Dorberty), seven
brick stores with cellars complete, aud three
drug stores. The Doctors have no use for
shops, as the eity and surrounding country are
• distressingly healthy, aud the people here live
(upless they are killed by rye and corn juice)
until they dry up and blow away. There are
three mineral springs within convenient dis
tance, which have extraordinary Curative
powers aud qualities Tor curing many diseases,
which were once resorted to by the peo
ple of the State, as ilieir celebrities were pro
verbial throughout Georgia, ami many came to
Silvarn to be dipped, refreshed aud healed by
, these waters. li\ reference to the future of
these springs we »uuM say that if iherewere a
line of stages to. AhGreenesboro’ we
knqw of np investment that would pay better.
There is one well containing nine aud one half
grains 61 iron to .the pint of water, in the city.
Gi t ecc-sbpro’ is accessible by rail to all points,
and is most convenient to the seaboard, and the
people of Charleston aud Savannah and Augusta,
and all the low eouutry, iu one grand caravan,
would seek this Mecca, and retreat, to be bene
fited by our salubrious climate and water.
The Rads, it is true v (fave made us poor, and
taken away from us the substance of our youth
and left upon ns the foot-prints of decay ; but
euergy is not dead or persevwauce and economy'
laid in the grave. With these three elements
andtbe blessing of health, energised by fruitiul
minds, the springs aqd eouutry again can be
made to germ, bud, bloom and fiower.
If we cannot create, we must make and vita
lize the agencies around us,.whether we live iu
the Union or in a territory. Then hope ou,
God Almighty is omnipotent, merciful and re
constructive. Rook up about and around you,
pass over the Bermuda fields, the best lands in
the country, and see the mercy of God a»d how
He reconstructs those Reiiis by seudyag the
Shamrock and clover to jeciaim from the Ber
muda our best lauds. Be wise and diligent in
yqur business, aud through Hi* inscrutable
powers and wisdom He will eventually overrule
the fanatical despoiismof the North, and bring
the persecuted children of the South across the
the sea of trouble and place them in the Happy
Land Os Canaan, to again cultivate and rejoice in
it* fruit* and flowers. R. J. D.
Letter from Hancock County.
Spakta, Ga., June 6, 1867.
Messbs. Stockton & Cos.: The prospect in
old Hancock for a good crop is rather flattering
at this time. Wheat and oats are good. The
lormer is better than it has been for A number
of ycar6; bnt unfortunately there was a small
crop planted in comparison to lormer years.
Corn and cotton, as far as I have heard from,
is doing well. Some farmers were troubled to
get a stand of cotton in consequence of the
cold weather, and had to plow up and plant*
over in some instances, but the late rains,
warm days and nights, and “Ober’s manipu
lated ” and other fertilizers, (large quantities of
which are now used in this county) are having
the happiest effect upon the growing crops.
Onr esteemed fellow-citizen, James H.
MidJlebrooks, died suddenly at his place near
Culverton on Tuesday evening last. He was
" a £°°3 uaan.” He had many warm
mends and but few enemies—in fact none—and
was universally respected by all who knew him.
Hancock.
« °* THE St ate Road.— R. C. Rob
,arl*a' has been appointed, by GOv.
S' n *’ A *2 Uo <; of tbe Western and Atlantic
A s - r ' Robson 58 well qualified to per
form the duties of the office.
Death of Judge Lumpkin.
Athens, June 5, 1867.
This community consigned to earth to-day,
with sorrowing hearts, and the deepest sympa
thy for those who mourti and refuse to be com
forted, the remains of Joseph Henrv Lumpkin,
for nearly quarter of a century Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court of the State, who died here
yesterday morning, at 10 o’clock, of paralysis.
Born ia the expiring day* of tfaw eventful
eighteenth century, in the county of Oglethorpe,
he would have counted sixty-eight years, full
of honor, had the Master whom he loved and
served "with no variableness nor shadow of
turning, spared bis life till the twenty-third of
the coming December. More facile pens, point
ed with au eloquence and pathos that mine dare
not hope to reach, will hereafter do fall jus
tice to bis life and eminent public service.
This brief paragraph is my humble offering
upon a bier that enclose* much, very much, that
honored human nature, and nobly and endur
ingly illustrated Georgia. Henceforth his name
takes its rightful place high up on the shining
roll of those Georgians whose liyes and works
arc “ famiifar in our mouths as household
words.”
The Rev. Dr. Lipscomb preached the funeral
sermon, to the largest assemblage ever gathered
within the walls of the Presbyterian Church,
taking as his text part of the 23d verse of the
first chapter of 2d Samuel: “I am distressed
for thee, my brother Jonathan; very pleasant
bast thou been unto me.” It was an eloquent,
impressive and eminently just tribute—worthy
both subject and orator. Peace be to these hon
ored manes, and may the God of the widow and
the fatherless, in the plenteousness of His most
beneficent love and tenderness, bind up their
bleeding hearts. R
Our. Paris Correspondence.,
Paris, May 14,1867.
Editor of the ConslitutionnUst:
THE CONFERENCE.
Sik ; It is now decided that we ar6 to have a
little quiet until after the Exhibition is over, at
least. '
The treaty to regulate. the questions relative
to the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, was signed
on Saturday evening in London.
, Before separating, the members of the Con
ference, Spontaneously iu .their own name and
in that ot their respective Governments,,ad
dressed so Lord Stanley for himself and for the
Queen’s Government, the expression ot their
gratitude. Independently of' the Active part
taken by England in the preliminary negotia
tions, Lord Stanley gave, during the Confer
ence, the. strongest proof* of his devoteduess to
She interests of peace.
, * , THE CHAMP BE MARS.
It is to be hoped that diplomatists will now
allow ua tt» turn our attention to the wonders
now exhibited in the Champ de Mars ; and that
the names ot Von Bismarck, Hohenzollern and
Tutti Ruanti wiji soon become dead letters, for
we are all heartily tired of hearing them named.
THE FIRST BANQUET OF THE EXHIBITION.
A grand banquet was given last week at- the
Universal Exhibition. On the. 10th, groups
containing objects specially exhibited for the
purpose of improving the moral and social con
dition of the population, by the French mem
bers of the jtiry to their loreigu colleagues—
the table being laid at the Circle International
or International Clnb ot the Champ de Mars.
The room was most splendidly decorated
with French, English, Amerieau, Prussian,
Italian and other flags; amongst which was the
white banner with the red cross, belonging to
the International Societies of aid to wounded
soldiers. The chair was occupied by Mone.
Jean Dollfus, Vice-President of the group. At
his right was seated the celebrated Baron Leibig
(thegreat chemist who resides at Munich), re
presentative of foreign juries, and at his left
Sir S. Sbuttlewortb. Near them were Mons.
Devinet, President of the committee for encour
aging the sudies of workmen. Hon. Altzett,
ot Gusseldorf, Count Treciiy, the Rev. Messrs.
Rogers and Norris, etc.
The band of the gendarmerie ol the guard,
conducted by Mr. Biedel, executed a pieee com
posed of the national airs of all the counties
represented at the exhibition, without even
excepting Japan and China. At the close of
the banquet the chairman rose and proposed a
toast to the various foreign sovereigns and
governments.
Baron Liebig then replied by another, “To
the Emperor Napoleon, the Empress aud the
Prince Imperial.” A great number of toasts
were afterwards given by M. M. Devinet,
Juiguemyns, Dapmin, Atzette, which were all
greatly applauded, especially the one proposed
by the last named gentleman, “To the peace
which makes the joy ot mothers.”
Amongst the persons who spoke during the
eveuing was the great political turu-coat, Mr.
Emile Ollivier. A true international cordiality
prevailed duriug the whole .proceedings, and
the company did not separate, until midnight.
During the dessert, the horses from Russia,
atthegreat Exhibition,were brought out,one by
one, and were walked up and down before the
company. After that, the dromedaries were
exercised iu front of the International Club. A
few hours previous to the banquet, many of the
guests invited inspected M. Minton’* “ Ex
hibits.” M. Mintou has long held the chief
place among English potters for his produc
tions in enaißelled earthenware. The chemists
he employs have, provided him with cojors
which vie with . the production of Sevres or
Meisson. His artists have invented a style,
with reminiscences of Italian and French japo
uee,. but which is emphatically qui generis.
Minton ware is as distinct from all other enam
elled pottery as it is from porcelain. In this
peculiar style there are exhibited in the buHd
iug of the Champ de Mars, two mouumental
eahdalabva, for gas lights, and vases of all sorts,
comparatively plain cachepots, or highly orna
mented, decorative ones, to the productions of
whieh both the painter and the sculptor have
been called to lend their talent.
Wedgwood has a great display of jargonee
and thechameleristic jasper ware, which found
ed the celebrity of the name a hundred years
ago. Os the specimens ol cameo ware whieh it
now contributes, owe cannot 6peak in high
terms. It is strangely inferior to the delicate
productions of seventy or eighty years ago.
Whether 6ome improvement introduced fiato
the manipulation of ••'the paste has made it less
•ductile, or increased .production forbid* the
care in finishing, which the old Wedgwood
ware certainly had the tienefit of, it is impossi
ble to say; but assuredly the raised whites
have a pasty look, whieh takes from their
effect. In one or two pieces this delect is less
striking, but, in general, heaviness and want of
finish are the characteristics of the modern
Cameo' Ware.
For domestic use, the English stone ware is
still the best in the world, but its weight limits
its exportation to foreign countries, where the
duty is generally charged according to weight.
French earthen ware is tfretxy, but wanting in
solidity. Holteud has nothing bnt poor imita
tions of English patterns to contribute tq this
class. Belgium sends some. not quite so suc
cessful, and even Spain has at Seville a manu
factory of stone ware, Whnded by an English
man, Mr. Williams. It j* unnecessary to de
vote space to the examination of these very
familiar objects, of which Visitors will be able
to judge for themselves.
PRINCE OSCAR, OF LONDON.
Princq Oscar, now staying in the French cap
ital, has won a place of some distinction in the
list of royal and noWe authors. His more im
portant works are a translation of “ The Cid
into Spanish, a volume ot charming poetry and
contributions to the war history of Sweden
during the years 171$-’I3-T4. He has always
manifested a deep sympathy with everything
tlpit concerns the intellectual, political and so
cial progress of his. country. The King of
Sweden also paints fairly and writes poetry. —
He ha* published a volume called “ Swane De
Klu ” (minor poems).
An Unkind Cdt.—The notorious Governor
Hahn, who was woundqd in the great riot in
New Orleans, and was the leading member of
tlie Radical Convention dispersed by that mob,
has been refused permission to register in
Louisiana, on account of participation in the
rebellion, or giving aid and comfort to Con
federates. It was alleged that he made presen
tation speeches, when flags were given to rebel
companies, and that he signed a circular letter,
advocating resistance to the Federal Govern
ment.
[Corresoonderce of the Chariest
Bepndiation.
New York,
The release of Jefferson Davis has
the New York press rather prematu.
haps, into a discussion of the great >u
the repudiation of the national debt,
have been those who have predicted uii
that the time was surely eominv wht
politics of the North would turn upo
question of repudiation.. They have poin
the startling fact that of the voters in the U
not more than two hundred thousand are a.
bond holders, while the other four or five .. ..
lion are concerned in submitting to no more
taxe* to pay the interest ou those bonds.. They
asserted that some demagogue would arise who
would purchase his way to power bv annealing
to the interests of the bondlc-s millions. It
seems as if that most daciogogical ol all news
papers, the Herald , has snufled the coming
storm, and has taken to trimmiug its sails to
profit by the trouble. During the past week it
has been btisUy engaged in furnishing excuses
for the advocates of repudiation. It argues
that the release of Mr, Davis is a virtual con
fession that notreasou against the United States
has been committed, that therefore, the South
was jubtifiod in resistance, and, of course, the
war to subdue her was uujustand unauthorized.
It follows that a debt Contracted in such a way
was without legal warrant, and ought not to be
paid. To use the Herald's own words: “Un
derstanding the action of the Government and
the judiciary, as virtually declaring there is no
such crime as treason, toe should not he surprised
to see , within five years , the debt treated by the
war , repudiated as an imposition and a fraud."
The Tribune , without designing, to do so,
lurnishes additional arguments for the repudi
atiouists. It takes ground, in an elaborate
editorial, .that the Southern States were, by ac
knowledgment of the Supreme Court, belliger
ents in the late war, and were conquered bv the
North. It follows that as the debt was levied
expressly to put down rebellion , its levying was
a fraud. It these he the views of the two
leading journal* of the North, and are ex
pressed so openly at this time, it does not re
quire the wisdom of a soothsayer to predict
that this land will will be convulsed with the
question of repudiation by the next fall,elec
tions. Candidates will be run on a Republican
ticket, aud as the vote 6f the shirtlees laborer
is equal to that of a,Vanderbilt or Astor, the
result cannot be doubtful. The Herald , which
always strives to be on the popular side, knows
this, and hence thesb iv,<#ftiTYns hints furuishiug
excuses for the great popular movement.
Brazilian Emancipation.— The Diario ,
published at Rio Junerio, gives the following as
the basis of the emancipation scheme said to
have been unanimously agreed to in the Council
of State :
First—Slavery shall cease totally in the year
1900; that is, in thirty-three years hence.
Second—The State shall indemnily those citi
zens who may still own slaves at that period.
Third—From the date Ql the promulgation of
this decree, all children born to slaves shall be
free.
Fourth—Those children who may be edu
cated in the houses of their parents, masters,
shall serve them until they reach their twentieth
year, and will then be restored to freedom.
Fisth —There will be established "courts of
emancipation in all the towns to enforce the
law and see to its proper execution.
Sixth—A fixed amount will be set aside for
the emancipation of the slaves of the nation,
and the same terms will be agreed upon to effect
the liberation of the slaves owned by religious
orders as may be made to purchase the freedom
of those held, by the Government.
Seventh—There will be appropriated a fund
fori the annual purchase ot a certain number ol
slaves, so that uut a few may be in bondage
when the hour of general emancipation is at
hand.
The opinion of the Brazilian people on the
subject of slavery is well-known. All detest the
institution in its principle. Demonstrations
prove that ail are iu favor pi the spirit of the
plan developed in the foregoing summary. It
is looked upon as a skilltul and patriotic solu
tion of the great problem that has long weighed
upon the mind of the country.
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Boston Gratitude. o
The National Intelligences' says :
The Boston Transcript has called upon its
renders to contribute to the needs of our breth
ren in the South. But in its issue of the 6th it
poisons the kindness by taunting the South
with its “ humiliation,” in having to “ be fed
from the hands of those whose. children she
starved in her prisons.”
Surely Massachusetts forgets what she owes
to the South. We speak not now, of course,
of what she has made off of the South in trade.
We refer only to the eeuerous aid the South
gave her, when British tyranny was persecuting
the province of Massachusetts as the Stat-e of
Massachusetts is now persecuting the people
who helped to achieve her independence.
A letter from Alexandria, Yu., of July 6, 1774,
said : “ All Virginia and Maryland are con
tributing for the relict of Boston —of those
who, by the late cruel act ot parliament,' are
deprived ot their daily labor and bread.” The
Boston* Gazette, which published the letter,
said : w Every part of this extensive continent,
so far as we have yet heard, appeal s to be deep
ly interested in the fate of this nuhappy town.
Many and great are the donation* already re
ceived, aud ninny more we have good reason to
expect.”
The same paper contains “ resolutions Unani
mously entered into by the inhabitants of South
Carolina, at a general meeting held at Charles
ton, in July, 1774,” which declare that “the
dictates of humanity made it necessary to as
sist and support the people ol Boston.” The
South not only helped all New Ehgl&’nd with
supplies of provisions at*tke period referred to,
but the blood of ber sons was freely in
her defense against British oppression.
Bancroft, referring to the year 1775, says:
“■The heroie courage of the Carolinians, who,
from a generous sympathy with Massachusetts,
went forward to meet greater danger than any
other province, was scoffed at by the king as
an infatuation.” And what return does the
world now-behold New England making ? She
flings bread to starving Southern women and
children, buttered with vulgar Yankee abuse,
and elects delegates to Congress instructed to
take every panicle of liberty from a people
whose in the war of the Revolution
helped to win civil freedom nationality for
all America t * . -
{From the Advertteer and. Register.
General Pops and the “Mobile &iot.”
Gcueral Pope is evidently laboring under a
hallucination about the “ Mobile Riot,” 60-
ealled. We very much wish that he Would
visit this Mobile part of his vice-royalty and
see for himself how mistaken he is about the
temper of the population. Before God, we
are in tho situation of the lamb who drank
water from the current below the wolf and yet
who was accused by tbe wolf, as an excuse for
a quarrel, of muddying the stream. If he will
come beie and Inspect the old Court House
ru'mod wall, In front of whlcb Kelley spoke,
and which the liar who telegraphs to the New
York Herald says was attacked, and can find a
single shot mark on uH Its expansive front, we
will agree that the Radicals are patriots and
Christians, and the 8. 8. 8. bill is a “ finality ”
and a monument of wisdom, statesmanship and
justice.
Aod again, if he can show from aH the care
fully sifted evidence that one white man in that
crowd fired a gun or pistol, or was even armed,
or that one negro was hurt so far as the abra
sion of hi 6 skin, we will give it up that this
people have not been disgracefully and dam
nably slandered and belied by the reports that
have gone forth and been gobbled up in regard
to their conduct on that occasion. We saw
with our own eyes, brav© young fellows who
bad looked death and battle in the eye fifty
times trader Lee and Johnson and Bragg re
treating frem that scene of confusion from con
siderations of sheer prodence and in order that
Radical liars might have no occasion to mis
represent and slander their people to their
political prejudice. And this is the reward of
their good sense and moderation! God will
not aliow justice to be always outraged.
The Austrians are going to fortify the city of
Vienna.
published in the
Advertiser, ot Friday morning, Judge Busteed
promptly addressed the following letter to
Governor Watts:
Montgomery, Al*s, May 81,1867.
My Dear Mr. Watts: 1 certainly did not
bear you announce your determination to with
draw yourself from practicing in the District
Court, and if 1 had, it is certain 1 would (as
this morning’s Advertiser says I did,)-have de
cided the announcement * out of order.”
To avoid all misapprehension on the sub
ject, I issue this mandate, requiring you to re
voke any such intention, ii it exist. I cannot
spare you. Your usually genial manners and
your professional learning make your com
panionship very desirable ; and although you
and I differ as to how lawyers and judges shall
respectively conduct themselves in court, this
need not provoke personal unkindness, and,
on my part, shall not.
Respectfully and truly, yours,
Richard Bitsteed.
Thomas H. Watts. x
Governor Watts made the following reply:
\ Montgomery, Ala., May 21,1867;
Hon. Richard Busteed—Judge Sec.:
Dear Sir : I have just received your letter of
this date.
1 did not retire from the District Court yes
i terday on account of any difference of opinion
“as to how lawyers and judges shall respec
tively conduct themselves in Court ; I retired
because I considered your manner and , lau-.
guage to me, on the trial of the case of John
W. Harper vs. Graves, and others, as rude and
insulting. Audi feared that! might, under
such provocation, neglect ,to m mifest the ac
customed respect, which I have always deemed
due and have awarded to d’ourts of Justice.
Your note to me this morning assures me
that no personal insuit or uukindness to me
was intended, and I, therefore, shall revoke the
intention 1 had formed and shall resume hay
duties in Cdtirt. - '
The right of my clients ought not to be sacri
ficed by any considerations personal to myself.
It would ill comport with the candor and sin
cerity of nature, were Ito otpit to say, In
this communication, that your manner in Ct trrt,
towards not ouiy myself but to tbe members
of the Bar of your Court is not such as wgljave
been accustomed to, in any Court, State or
Federal, and to say the least, it is unpleasant.*
Kespectlully your ob’t ser’t,
T. H. Watts.
Letter from D. H. Johnson.
The Postmaster of Griffin thus writes to the
Star:
Griffin, Ga., June 3,1867.
Mr. Editor: lam far from being inclined to
write anything for the public,* but feel con
strained to ask a small space in your paper, as
1 believe it to be tbe duty of every one who has
any regard for the principles of republican
liberty, td do his duty in the present crisis, for
I am compelled to confess that I am more ap
prehensive of the loss of our. republican insti
tutions now, than at any lime during the re
bellion. Then my trust'was in the justice of
the Union cause and the patriotism of the
Union army. They did their duty and did it
well; but now the Government seems to be in
the those who have ha regard for the
Constitution, but seem to legislate alone for the
perpetuation of their par.y, regardless of the
expressed constitutional rights of the States. It
is well, if not widely known, that I not only
opposed secession in Us incipiency, but that 1
staked all of life, liberty and property for the
Union and the Constitution, and I claim and 1
believe it will be conceded by those who know
me best, that I am entitled to as much credit as
any man North or South for my devotion to the
Union, who did not take up arm3 in the de
fense of the Government. Aud lor what did 1
stake all ? Not for any party. No, but for the
Union and the Constitution. The rebels
have been whipped— not Overpowered —and no
one wa#, mpre rejoiced at it than myself.—
Why? Simply because I considered it a Con
stitutional Union triumph. I thought that it
settled a great national question. It freed my
slaves, and l thought that lavas well paid for
them by having my own freedom secured, and
being freed from daily dread of mobs and vigi
lance committees. But lam sorry to be com
pelled to confess, but candor compells it, that
to-day we are as far from the Union harbor of
safety as w.e ever were. It seems that during
this rebeiliOu, as it has been in all others, most
ot the honest, liberty-lovingmen of the loyal
(States went into the army, an J that the halls of
our national capital to-Uay is filled with a class
ot men who are as far Jrom being constitutional
Union men as were the- rebels. For instance,
the Sherman bill, one of their acts, in my hum
ble opinion, is as palpable a.violation, of the
Constitution 'as can be conceived 01, and yet
we are threatened with* the -“ raw head and
bloody bones ” of confiscation if we do not
violate our amnesty oaths by qdupting it. Self
respect, in my opiuiou, requires all mep,-and
especially Constitutional Union men, to spurn
it, and tftke the'oohsequenees. 1 am counsel
ing with Union men, for I know that I- have
lit tie influence with secessionists, for I
have no political sympathy for rebels nor
Radicals. 1 know that there are a few
of those with whom I have acted for years past,
and whom 1 used to meet m secret and pray
for the success of the Union cause, who enter
tain, or profess to entertain, different views
from mine; and while I have due respect for
them as men, I must confess that I look upon
them as policy men, and paudering to the Rad
icals for place and power, who, if permitted,
will lead us to inevitable ruin. I think there is
hope in the land yet, and I believe that if we
will maintain our self-respeec py rejecting the
Sherman disunion bill, which is left to our
choice, and stave off the poison enp, that jus
tice will yet be done us by the rising of the great
conservative heart of the people North. But if
we invite aggression by its acceptance, then all
hope of republican liberty ft good forever from
this once proud «nd happy land. lam for the
written Constitution, and lor myself, my course
is plainly marked out, and I think that is tbe
only one that any man, and especially Constitu
tional Union men, can pursue, and maintain his
consistency aud self-respeet, and that is to re
gister and vote, all whp can, and vote lor no
man who will not pledge himself to oppose re
construction under the Sherman disnnidn bill,
and also vote ’‘No Convention," and ir tbe
worst comes, then “ thou cau’st not say that I
did it.” . . Day* H. Johnson.
The Nationalist.—The following is an offi
cial copy of the order .suppressing the Radical
paper at Mobile :
Headquarters Post or Mobile, )
Mobile* Ala, May 30, WOT. $
[General Orders, No. 46 j
The newspaper Nationalist, issued this morn
ing in Mobile, having by its first article, first
page, headed the “The Use of Fire Arms,”
made itself amenable to the last paragraph of
General Order, No. 35, dated Headquarters Post
of Mobile, May 19tb, 186,7* issued agreeably to
the written instructions of Gen. Bwayne, com
manding District of Alabama, the Provost Mar
shal of Mobile, Major Curtis, will post imme
diately a suitable gu .rd over the office and
printing rooms of said newspaper, 4TBt. Mi
chael street, with orders to permit no further
issue of this morning’s edition of this paper.
The guard will be continued until further
orders, and will permit no further editions to
be issued till a proof sheet be submitted to thess
headquarters.
By order of Col. O. L. Shepherd. •
[Signed]' * F. W. Coleman,
tst Lieut. 15th Infantry, Post Adjutant.
Views or a Radical Canadian.— D’Arcy
McGee, the leading radical politician of Banada,
has delivered a Inrious speech, in which he
“ pitches into” the United States for buying the
Russian icebergs, and calls for an arming of the
whole people.
ment Vljß“t“ leHT YfceTW «•*■«**.
prisoner in their hands, and, nevttffffressr
spared it .. .
* * * Mr. Davis, however unsuccessful the
attempt which he organized to establish the in
dependence of the Southern States, wUI in fu
ture times take the highest rank among Ameri
can statesmen. The ability which he manifested
in husbanding the resources of the infant re
public, at whose hesd be was placed, while at
the same time he utilized them to nu extent that
seemed incredible, must establish his claim to
be considered one of the most skilful adminis
trators of modern times. He bad the rare good
fortnne to be served in the field by men who,
though lor ihe most part devoid of military ed
ucation, proved themselves to be consummate
generals; but, independently of this, be was
to ° sagacity to interfere
Wlt * !'? eir Pl ana » even when they did not meet
hlnniW ! C ?« CU vT e v? C *« HOt Commit the
blunder into which Mr. Lincoln so frequently*
w,,h * nc0 “>Potency.
ThYo i > An, * c Council at Richmond.—
The President and the people believed in their
generals, and the latter had confidence in them
selves and in the armies which they command
Cd ' the Federal Govern-
H^ ( Mr - Dav ® waa always dignified, and, not
withstanding the many provocations offered bv
the conduct* of several of the Northern gene
rals, he never countenanced or tolerated” any
departure from the strictest rules of civilized
warfare. Towards the European-States, whose
intervention he not unnaturally sought, the
Confederate President invariably maintained
an attitude of Independence and' self-reliance,
even when through his representatives pressing
onJbern the expediency of interposing in be
half of his fellow-citizens. In a word during
the entire period'in which he guided the des
tinies of the Confederacy he did not commit a
single act of which he had reason to be asham
ed, or which bis opponents could justly make
the subject matter of reproach. Long confine
ment, it ft said, has told upon his health ; but.
that is to a man like him a matter of minor ctm
sequenee He.failed in one of the noblest tasks
ma.i ever set to himself, and the disappoint
ment of failure must far exceed the greatest
punishment in the power or his foes to inflict.
He has the consolation, -however, of reflecting
that she confidence reposed in him by the
Southern people when they' elected him as
President on the 18th of February, 1861, he has
iiever lost, and will—although it'rnav be in ex
ile-carry it with him to the gtave.
» [From the New York Herald.
Mr. Davis.
Montreal, May 30, 1567.
Jeff Davis, accompanied by Mr. Mason, left for
Canada West by 6teamer on Tuesday. His stay
in Canada West will be, I am informed, only
temporary, and he has not yet settled on his
future and permanent abiding place. 'His pres
ence in Montreal has not been marked by any
public demonstration. None but his personal
friends aud a few Canadians, intimate aud
favored acquaintances of his family, have been
presented to him. Mr. Davis attended divine
service at St. George’s fEpiscopalian) Church
last Sunday evening. The Rev. Mr. Dumouliu
preqehed, and, by a curious coincidence, his ser
mon was applicable to many of the incidents in
Davis’ life and captivity. After service quite a
crowd e llccted round the door to catch a
glimpse of him; many pressed forward to ex
press their pleasure on seeing their illustrious
hero, and one enthusiastic lady pressed through
the throng, touched him on the shoulder, and
said, triumphantly, “There, I’ve touched him?”
She called qext day at Mrs. Howell’s to say that
she was the party in question.
A Canadian gentleman who called on Mr.
Davisf says that, although weak and nervous- in
appearance, he still retains his old vigor of
mind, and chatted affably witli Jhis visitor on a
n‘ variety of subjects.
Hiave heard such a variety of stories about
A|r. Davis’ future residence that I begin to think
he is like the Irishman’s bird—capable pf being
in two places at once. The reporters have made
him invest in real estate promiscuously, and
have also caused an enthusiastic aud wealthy
Southern lady to purchase him a country scat
at St. Catharine’s. I am however, able to state,
oh good authority, that his' mind is not as yet
made up, and that he will return to Montreal
ere he finally settles on his plans lor the future.
Ilis son and namesake, coming in from Leu
noxville the other day to meet his father at
Montreal, was considerably bored by an inquisi
tive Yankee from Boston.
The-boy promptly appealed to the conductor
to protect him from the insults of a vandal foe,
and the scene was, I understand, remarkably
amusiuar. *• » , •
More About the Jeff. Davis Disguise.
The Portland Argus publishes the following:
I urn no admirpr of Jeff. Davis ; I am a Yan
kee, born between Paccarappa and Gorham
Corner, am.full of Yankee prejudices, but I
think it w icked to lie even abont nim, or for
that matter, about the devil.
I was with the party that captured Jcft.
Davis—saw the who transaction from its begin
ning. 1 now say. and hope that you will pub
lish it, that Jeff. Davis did not have on at the
time he was taken any garment such as is,worn
by women. He did have over his shoulder a
water-proof article of clothing. Something
like a 1 Hayelojk.” it was not in the least
concealed. He wore a hat, and did not carry
a pail of water on his head, nor carry pail,
bucket tlor kettle in any way.-
To the best of my recollection, he carried
nothing whatever, in his hand*. His wile did
not tell any person that hqr husband might hurt
somebody it he got exasperated. She behaved
like a lady, and he as a gentleman, though
manifestly he was chagrined at being taken into
custody. Our soldiers behaved like gentlemen
as they were, and our officers like honorable,
brave men ; and the foolish stories that weut
the newspaper rounds of tbe day telling how
wolfishly he deported himself, were ail false.
I know what lam writing about. I saw Jeffer
son Davis many times while he was staying in
Portland several years ago, and think that I was
tbe first one who recognized him at the time of
his i.rrest.
When it was known that he wjs certainly
taken, seme newspaper eorrespondent—l knew
bis name at the time—fabricated tbe story
a boat the disguise in an old woman’s dress. I
heard tbe whole matter talked over as a good
joke, and ihe officers, who knew better, never
took the trouble to deny it. Perhaps they
thought the Confederate President deserved all
tbe contempt that could be put upon him. I
think so too, only I would never perpetrate a
falsehood that by any means would become his
tory.
Aud farther, I would never slander a woman
who has shown so much devotion as Mrs. Davis
has to her husband, no matter how wicked be
is or may have been.
I defy any person to find a single officer or
soldier who was present at the capture of Jeff.
Davis, who will say, upon honor, that he was
disguised in woman’s clothes, or that hft wife
acted in any way unlady-like or undignified on
that occasion. I go for trying hhn lor his
crimes, and if he,Js found guilty punishing
him. Bat I would not lie about him when the
truth wiil certainly make it bad enough.
' , Jambs H. Parker.
Eilburnyille, Pa., May 9,1867.
A Baby Show.—The baby show comes off
on Saturday next,- at the grove opposite pie
Methodist parsonage, at four o’clock, p. m.,
provided the weather is favorable. If, however,
the weather proves unfavorable, the following
Saturday is appointed. Let those who are
charged with the arrangements make ample
preparations ; for we hear that all the babies
will be there, and many other persons. It will
be interesting to see. The mothers must go to
look after their babies, and the fathers must go
to look after their wives. The young ladies
must go to kiss the babies and see the fun, anti
the young men— ah—what must the young men
go for ? Why, to see the young ladies, or
course. — Thomasville Enterprise.
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