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About Weekly constitutionalist. (Augusta, Ga.) 185?-1877 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 2, 1867)
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTIONALIST WEDNESDAY MORNING. OCT. 2,18*. TO OUR SUBORIBEES. Tub Wbbklt CoxsTirurfu**'- 1 * 1 ' w ‘ il j after be mailed ou Tuesday ine.ead of d.y morning. We make .bis <*«* t It Is out .aitn ana j inodate many subscribe. * wßMld j purpose to make the paper a first clas p , 0..rl we confidently hope that /amity journa , b it>erß will be excited the influence of our subsc.nu to aid us in doing *> by extending its circa alien. ________ ] MONUMENTS.” ‘ The disgraceful scenes attendant upon the dedication of Antietarn Cemetery have brought a blush of confusion to the. most lymphatic oracles of Northern opinion.— Even that canny Scot, James Gordon Bennett, who delights In misery a«? some midnight hag delights in hell-broths, be neath the glimpses of’the yellow moon— even Bennett is seized with consternation and reddens to the very roots of ills hair at this legitimate result of an unholy and diabolical war. He says: “ How long are we to tow our heads in shame whenever a national event like Antietatn calls for the broad minds ol real statesmen to give it a tone’of which wc may be p: oud ? How long are wc to entertain the representatives of foreign Powers with Sights like that which have made Antietarn a disgrace, and which’ have re flected that di/gracc throughout the world as a reproach against the republicanism of which we boa«tf We must have a change. Sueo seen.-s as Antietarn has given us are the. best proof that nothing but change, will save ns.— Out’ march to corruption and all the Vilenes* of representation that Clings around it, has been in keeping with the pace we have travel ed in all that of which we boast. The career is a mad one and threatens r«in. Let it not be forgotten Mint the Roman empire was born when the Roman republic lost all respect for the intelligence and virtne of Us rnlers. Find ing that they have not the capacity to project and carry to a'successful issue great measures of statesmanship, they descend to a war for the -spoils ; they mingle personal and rcvolutionmy animosities in every act; they even In a na tional graveyard quarrel over the corpses of the men who fell Ju defense of the country.” The Federal soldiers who sleep at Antie tam should be honored by their people aud respected by their enemies even, for bra vely ceases to bo partisan when death has net its seal upon the brow and heart. That, they should be gathered together and tern dcrly deposited iu mother earth ; that they should have the decent rights of sepulture, reposing beneath the greenest verdure aud gentlest flowers; that the ground they fought and fell upon should be sacred—no Christian man will deny these things to the l»eoplc of the North and their departed troops. But while conccdi ng thus much, it can never be forgotten by the Southern peo ple that many of these soldiers were hire lings; that they dealt murder without one scintilla of principle or patriotism ; that those who fought for the restoration of the Constitution and the Union were deceived ; that the bones of Southern heroes have been turned up by the ploughshare or permit ted shallow’ graves Only to be marked w ith derisive epitaphs. Remembering such things, we deem it but appropriate justice to hypoc risy and revenge, that the North should be bowed w ith ignominy over the tombs of those who perished vainly and worse than vainly. This mortification would -have been incomplete had it been merely a domes tic quarrel; but the degradation of a false republicanism assumes perfect shape when the representatives of European monarchies stand grimly by, amused and instructed witnesses of a dramatic scandal. Had the North been magnanimous at the close of the war; had she recognized the fratricidal nature of the closed combat as one worthy of all possible oblivion ; had she tendered the hand of mercy to this bleeding and heart-broken people; had she helped gather up the Confederate dead; had she shown common honesty with regard to the objects of invasion ; Imd she manifested even the semi-civilized instincts of a brutal pugilist—grand and glorious would be the destiny of this country, and proud and last ing the triumph of Reconciliation. The hideous satire of Antietnm woukl have been, under such circumstances, impossible; while Justice and Mercy pontooued the yawning chasm of blood and tears. But very differently did the North de termine. She proved remorseless, tricky and vindictive. She moved heaven, earth and hell to perpetuate the memory of wrath. She smote the prostrate body of the South and dragged it contumeliously at her chariot wheels. She branded those who ’died for their homes and altars as dogs hnd reprobates. She committed the unparalleled crime of degrading a superior race. She banished hope ami love tVom the habitations of uiau. She wrote fool on the tombstones of her soldiery who died for Republican liberty. I nder such inspirations, it is nbt wonderfbl that the North should be dishonored even in the eh&rael house, for “ men go back ward in the career of ambition when re venging a past offense upon a foe that is no longer formidable.” And monuments are to be erected at Gettysburg aud Antlctam-to commemo rate what? That on those hill tops the grey line of the Confederacy was thrust back by the defenders of the Constitution I and the Union. Where Is the Constitution ? ! Where is the Union ? If Radicalism have sway, the inscription on these monoliths will be a lie. If it cease to exist, and Con servatism erect itself upon the ruins of anarchy, what need of such memorials which everlastingly engender bitterness and preserve the recollection of a frenzied epoch which should, if the bond of Union is worth a farthing, be kept, like all skeletons, iu a The South is ostracized be 4ark ; but. some day, the North caUSC sh . ,' r and her return will resemble wiHnee When that day shall that of ARi»r |W *" h . IVC dawned, Antietarn monuments will not he illustrated in the picture ; ior “ the triumph of and reparation of wfong must have a common date.” If we an really brethren, much should be mutually conceded'to bring about a permanent fra ternity. If concessions are ail ohc side and treacherous demands on the other; if the presence of unhappy altercations are never to be buried—What folly to talk, of restora tion and affection ? In such an event, the true people t>f the South can afford to wait—wait—\vait. Tiie past two years have; brought us many consolations ; the Future will bring us more arid more, if Wc be only faithful to one another. The rancorous hate displayed at Antietarn is but the be ginning of flip eigl; the end will Witness all marble'mementoes of our agony cither razed to the ground of their stony mimic ries transformed from ima cs of Yjrn?- oeance to the milder lincani Peace. We are forever boasting of a superior civilisation to ancient commonwealths and modern autocracies beyond the seas. But is not our bohftt an empty one; are wc not very far behind even those who dwelt in the age of fable, or those who dwell in the age of rationalism V \ ery different from the. conduct of the North Was the conduct of the dynasties of old days. They had their domestic feuds, but they rarely forgot that they were brethren. When Piso fell in a civil w’ar, the Roman Emperor was urged to build a monument to Nemesis as com memorative of his death. His reply was-that of a truly lieroie spirit: “ Private memories and hatreds should be forgotten i pubuc wionur merits should only commemorate foreign eon quest—never domestic calamities .” When the Thebans overthrew the Lacede monians; a trophy of brass was erected in honor of the triumph. It Was complained to the Amphyctyons that by that trophy the -memory of their discord was made eternal. Back came Uve glorious answer t hat shall live forever: “ Let ft be abolished , for it is not fitting that any record should re main of discord between Greek and Greek. The spirit Qf Heathendom rebukes the false progress of the North; and columns reared to the Furies by our beloved breth ren only demonstrate the intensity of that hatred which perverted Christianity sinks below the standard of Pagan ire. GENERAL BEAUREGARD EXPLAINS. When the telegraph flashy across the .country that General Beauregard had made a speech at the New York Hotel, ad vocating the doctrines of Congress and hinting at “ rebellious” sentiments existing in the South, we were profoundly shocked by the intelligence. Wc waited patiently, however, for the newspaper reports, and still more patiently for a denial. Up to the 20th instant no such denial had reached us, and wc alluded to the reported speech in just and condemnatory language. The criti cism given was timely and to the point, for the Radical journals in the South had eagerly seized him as a bright conieitto their doctrines and an illustrious proof of covert sedition in the ten paehalics ot the South. While discharging what was considered a painful but necessary duty, we dwelt upon the hope that there had been perversion of the General’s remarks and wrote as follows “ Even yet, there Is ti ne lor him to purge himself of the hurtful insinuation agaiust the peaceful nature and intentions of this people. >Ve still cling to the belief that his expressions have been tortnred f rora their original mean ing.” It will gratify thousands, as it gratifies us, to knbw that the surmise, as above in dicated, has proved correct. It will delight all who love and admire our Southern Bayard to feel that he still survives with out fear and without reproach. The Radi cal papers should, in common justice, ac knowiedge that they have reckoned too promptly upon an adherent in Beaure gard; and, inasmuch as they welcomed him with a great flourish to the rule or ruin fold, let them inform their readers that he repudiates such companionship. The following letter speaks for itself: Baltimore, September 19th, 1867. To the Editors of the Baltimore Gazette : Dear Sirs : I notice in your paper of yes terday an article copied from the New York Express of the 17th inst., in which certain po litical opinions are stated to have been express ed by me at a dinner given to me by a friend at the New York Hotel. The dinner whs a pri vate oue, aud the statement of the Express , being but a brief and incomplete abstract ol the remarks which I made whilst conversing with the few friends present, conveys au erro neous impression olihe views expressed by me on that oecasiou. Being still an “ outlaw ” In my own native country, I do not feci called us On to publicly uphold Its Government, especially at this time when the country is divided in opiuion as to whether Congress or the Executive constitute “ the Government-” But lam free to state that unless the Conservative element of the nation soon awakens to the dangers which threaten the liberties of the" country, I confidently believe that its form of government will, ere loug, be changed to a military despotism, after a period of anarchy more or less prolonged. Yours, very truly, G. T. Beauregard. Misplaced Confidence. —When benator Morgan was pressing Callicott’s claims on the President last spring for the colleetorship, he pulled out his pockctbook in his enthusiasm, and laying it ou the President’s- table, With malice aforethought, made this refreshing dec laration : “ Mr. President ” (poiuting to the well-tilled portmouaie,) “ Mr. Callicoti. is one of the lew men I would trust with my poeket book.” This is the simple truth. It carried f conviction, for Calllcott was appointed. [ World- Yes, and he has been discharged for styind- Ihig. Senator Morgan associates with queei company, or his pocket book is as tiashv as his politics and not worth steal . ing. • SODOM APPLES. , . J • We reproduce, from the Baltimore Epis copal Methodist , a most eloquent and consol- i ing editorial. The text can be found in an other column, entitled “ A Carnival of Crime.” Let the reader first peruse the text, in order to appreciate fully the grand sermon that follows. It is a whol&soroe ex position for North and South: a scathing rebuke of an unjust wut> whose results are portrayed “ As appl*-H on the Dead Sea ?h:-re—- All ruddy smiles without, hut ashes at the core. “This, then, is the fruit of a war pronounced holy by the official voice of ail our Northern Churches. A war for which aM. E. Biflmp, in fervid rhetoric, exhibited to gaping multitude*, the Almighty preparing His chosen people of the North, by the wonderful mechanical and scientific improv< mrnts of the ngc ; liberating by substituted machinery the hand of ihc arti san and lah.orcr that they might give themselves to God’s great butcher; ; laying down railroad? and planting telegraphs that apnec should no longec protect the weak from the destructive power of the strong ; and finally, alter allTht 2 reflt preparations for Southern ruin had been made, sending a grent revival to convert the sol diery und prepare the pi for death and glory— God's,holy war, in which * Angels aid it all here is the moral ending of it. Here is the Angola ’ have brought from their holy work. Here is the abiding reward of the army of martyrs —specially prepared and converted, and led in the paths of righteousness through Southern States, by those Caiebs surd Joshuas, Siegel, aud Butler, and Sherman, and other glorious caterpillars ol God, who * did eat up ail the herbs in their, land and devoured the fruit of their ground, and smote vines and their fig-trees.’ Alas, no destroying insect is so terribleasnvm is to his brother. The worm destroyed the field, but the wired armies of the North burned homes, and mills, and plows, aud books. They stripped not only fields ol their produce, but chambers of their inrn.ture, and women ol their clothes, and little children of Iheir cups and spoons and toys. We dare not tell all that they did, with the blessing of God always upon them, as conveyed by the official benediction of a thousand pulpits, and the authoritative absolution of smirking Church ism, Which rented even to ‘ the rare birds of Billy Wilson's regiment .’ Modem Aarons and Hura holding up the hands of their Moses when he was faint, and prajing for unlimited destruction ot the Amakkites; how they threw their sacred character between the horrors of civil war and the natural conscience of honest men, and stifled rising indignation with the sentence — it is of the Lori ! And here is the end of it, or the beginning of the end ol it. This is what has tome and is coming, as always it did come, upon men who dared to assume the livery of heaven to serve the devil in ; who presumptuously mistook the impulses of thrir passions, or 1C direction P re ' jndices, or the surge of the tide about them, for the Inspiration of God. Blind leaders of the blind! behold the ditch! Now what is to be done ? The writer we have quoted, suggests that all the remaining virtne ot the land shall unite to oppose the rising inundation of wick edness. But how ? The homely ndnge was never more obviously true than now. It is easier to raise the Devil than to lay him again The virtue of the country is largely in the Chnrchcs, and knows to act only through the Chnrches. The Chnrches are, and mnßt always be, directed by their clergy, artd for a number of years it has been the business of the clergy to mislead the people upon the fundamental facts that underlie the present terrible moral condition. The sap and vigor of the largest and most active of the Protestant Churches are turned towards ecclesiastical conquest of the South, and in the madness of their selfish business, they refuse to understand the true condition of things around them. All the Northern clergy persist in the position they occupied during the war. Thry will not ac knowledge that they have been wrong in sane . tifying tho war and its conduct and conse quences. They yet persist in holding up the National Eagle as the first God of this country, to which Jehovah and Jesus must do homage. The flag ot the country still floats above the Cross. Domination is still held to be more important thau redemption, aud the consolidn tion of the States to be cheaply pnrehased by the loss of thousands of souls. The moral power of the Church thus destroyed, can only be restored by repentenceaud confession. The wicked public will not be restrained by a worldly and military Church. The rebukes of preachers who have preached blood to the many, will not prevent blood from the few. The clergy, who dine at tables garnished with plundered plate, and drink wine purloined from Southern collars a elerg), who, • when they see a thief in epaulets , consent with fiimf arc not likely to stem the force of temptation iu the mind of a returned soldier, or to confirm the precepts of morality in the heart of the young clerk who sees how respec table a man may be and be a robber. When the public see their preachers, not a whit more just and honest on the questions betwocn Northern and Southern men—not a whit less governed by remorseless aud mendacious par tisanship—just as readily • giving their mouth to evil and their tongue to framing deceit just as readily ‘ sitting and speaking against their brethren and slendering their own moth er’s sou,’ no wonder that the public repeats the indignant rebuke of God, ‘ What have you to do to declare my statutes, or that you should take inv covenant in your mouth V As long as the clergy maintain their present position, the chnrches of North will prove a weak de fense against the rising immorality of the peo ple. Parade ot wealth, building of theological schools, publication of numerical statistics, avail nothing against sin. The early Church got its death when the Empress Helena was glorifying it with the wealth of the Empire and tho enthusiasm of poetic passion. David did not strengthen his kiugdom by numbering his people. It Is the homely eaithwork on which all the people ply the shovel that keeps the ever-pressing sea from the hard-won homes ;of the Dutch. In the Church it is earnest, sini ' pic. Scriptural piety of preachers aud people; j it is the a«tive and illustrative mind that was | in Christ, that only can resist the ever-beating | surge of sin. This won, and this only can i keep the ground. I ** Let the people of the South read the state ment above, and be content with their relative ! condition. If sin, aud despondency ol virtue —if corruption iu State, and Church, and Society—if a ‘carnival of crime" be the i consequences of victory— better, a thousand ' times, cat the bilt*r fruit of defeat. Is there a I Southern man or woman, who would take the wealth and political supremacy of tire North * if with it must be taken its worldly and heart less Churches; its general insensibility to right j and wrong; its cool indiff.rence to outrages., upon property and decency; its almost tola: loss of faith in the professions of men ? V\ ould a Southern woman exchange Iftr beggared homo for a Northern mansion, if the story told by New England Divorce Courts be known to j i u . r y Wonid a Southern jnau pr woman ex- j change all outward coudilious wifi) the North, j vs character, fame and social ■condition, must j be exchanged too ? Wonid they exchange the j historr of the last six years—the raeu ot the j women o 1 the war-the charter of the war? How much gold could buy. from the Sooth the raeraory of Jackson ? • ’ M hat amount ot diamonds aud fast horses, would induce the South tog’uso the name of RoUt. E. Lee to the North, and rob themselves of the possession of |ih»t great soldier, and greater genllcrtviti ? What amount of lace goods would 'equal the | wealth of the memories and future legendary I treasures of the noblest and sweetest women j w ho ever shed mdianee over the ghastly seems i of; civil war? What amemnt of marble. Churches and theological schools aud soi dtsant mis sionaries wonid dompeniatv for the holy disci pline of a people puitfied and strengthened in tlie furnace of.ttre, »nd so stripped of all things as to feel the heart laying bare to *br | touch of God ! And, oh ! what could pay a ! people to have forever fired upon the tablet of their hietory, as- the product of its deepest fermentation, such spirits as represent the | patriotism, wisdom, purity truth and mill* i tary greatness of the North .' omd the j wealth of Boston pay a man to bo obliged to recognize Bn tier, anti Sumner, and Banks, as j ihe great representative characters of this try | ing time, and to have their words and exploits transmitted to his children as the best lessons from the Fathers? Is it hard not to hare a part in the present Cougress? Isita privation or possession, to bg sepayjtgfj from ad share and responsibility in the wealth, and power, and eorrnption, and fearful degradation of the Northern part of our unhappy country, a* these ttrs depicted in its own chronicles ? Af ter ail, where do we find happiness ? Certainly where there is most heart. Where people most lovs and trust one another. IV here poverty is , not degradation. Where social position is not bought or sold for money. Where there i» no curse of » political partnership, which has taken the *«o*’ out of tha Commandments and * pot it into the Creed.’ Let hot the Southern people repine at their share of the awful consequences of the war. Bitter and evil as the lot of the conquered, that of the conqueror is worse. Adversity is yonr trial; .prosperity is theirs. Yon see wljat that is making them. Were you victorious it might have made you the same. Do not covet de ceitful wealth and power, but ‘.whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are, honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoeWM- things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, what soever things are of good report, if there be any virtue, aud if there be any praise, think on these things.’ They are the precious wealth of the poor-a-the uncovered riches of a land strip ped of .all else—God’s compensation for' enrthly losses. Think of these things .” Ik the Dumts.— Lord Brougham and Earl Russell arc disgusted with republi canism as exemplified by the Unite'! States. The former has recently apologized for the Confederates, aud the. latter declined to at tend a Reform Banquet. Whereat, llorce Greeley is horribly cut up and looks for an explanation “in some natural defect of character, developed by circumstances.” “Developed by circumstances” is good. If the Radical development of circum stances is not enough to bend a Brougham or a Russell, nothing could ever hope to accomplish so benevolent a feat. Greet, et, however, has his consolation. Brougham and Russell have deserted; but Longstreet, Jeff Thompson and a good many Judges have gone over to him bag and baggage. richness for yon! Under Fire.—Mr. Wade has spoken of his friend Butler as a “ penitentiary con vict,” because he urged taxation of bonds. Greeley is equally ruclc. Hear him : lie (Butler) means to say to the National creditors—“ Here is anew bond, whereof the interest is payable in greenbacks : take this in exchange for your gold-bearing bond, take its face in greenbacks, or take nothing.” And that is, in our view, repudiation, which is a longer synonym for Rascality. The Saints are washing their dirty linen before strangers. The strangers—the peo ple—are nauseated thereat and repudiate the Saints. Hie on Greeley ! Hie on But ,o lek! A Nice Proposition.—A Democrat pro mises to save the South, if she vote “No Convention.” We promise to save the Democrat, if he can tell us how to kill Convention. Pope, Hurlbbrt & Cos. are as prolific as rabbits, in breeding votes. Their progeny come into this world with secret circulars and Radical ballots. Men used to be subject to natural laws and required time to grow. All that has been changed. Pope & Cos. kitten every day, and their offspring have no need of maternal care. *• I eay, Sambo, docs you know what makes dc corn grow so fust when you put de manure on it ?” “ No, I don’t, hardly.” u Now, I’ll just tell ye. When de corn begins to smell de manure, it don’t like dc Turnery, so it hurries out of de ground.”— Exchange. I On the same principle, the sudden disap pearance of chickens can be accounted for. The burglarious African hovers about the roost. The chickens don’t like the “ fu mery,” and so—hurry out of the t*oop. Not a War Democrat. —Tlhj Governor elect of California was not a War Demo crat, as 'alleged. He was a Republican, but left the party dlring the war and joiu- I ed the Democracy, because of his detesta * tion of the manner in which the war was I condn itetfc Returned. —Our friend and fcliow-cltizcn, Mr. Thomas Nickerson, the genial and enter prising host of the Planters’ Hotel,, has re turned from * flying trip to New Terk. He looks as if he had enjoyed himself hsgely. Orr—Sickles. . | The full correspondence between the Gov ernor of South Carolina and General Sickles, upon the latter being removed from the com* nnud of the second military district, is furnish ed for publication. It is long, interesting and mutually complimentary. Far subtle fratrum. The following is the convapondeuce:. Executive Department, ? Columbia, **. C’., Sept. I s , \ t Vnj. Gen I). E. Sickles, Charleston, S. Sik: I have learned from .the public press, although I have received ho official notice of the fttef, that von have been relieved from the , command of the second military district, era- ; t,dicing this State end North Carolina, and that by order of the President M»J. Gen. Canby | has succeeded to the same: I desire to express to you the great regret I ; feel, personally and officially, at the course ta- | 1 ken by the President ard bis advisers in tins j ; matter. There are many of UU order* which j ; have been issued by you ftnee the passage, of ! * the reconstruction bill lb Way'last, which did j ! not meet my approval, btit ft is drtc to ton and I your official fiction that I should bear volunta ry testimony to the wisdom and success of jour administration, and to express the opln- . ion that almost unlimited powers with w hich you were invested by the acts of Congress have been executed with moderation and lor- , bearance. Yonr General Order No. 10, so far this State le concerned, was, last spring, in ■ my opinion, absolutely ip cessnry, looking to j th" impoverished condition of the country, the i shortness of the provisions and Staple crops ; last rear, to the great pecuniary distress per- i vailing the country, and to the ncces-ity of pro tecting the small means of farmers and ; planters at tint thne' from process of the courts. They were thereby ena bled to subsist (heir families and grow ihe present crop. This crop promises to be : the most important.and largest which has been grown for u»any years, and when harvested you could, without hazard or apprehension, have executed your purpose, as declared to me, o' modifying General .Order N<>. 10, so f at credit- j ors could have enforced their demands m h out prosecuting during the general distress.- , It is also due von that I should say. in my own judgment, if General Order No. )0 had not been issued last spring, a verv considerable in crease in the number of troops in this itate j mould have been necessary, to .here been sta tioned at many of the court houses to preserve the safety of the sheriffs in executing any civil process which had been placed in their hands, or which they had been ordered to levy by tbouyhtlebS'or heartless creditors. In my opin ion General Ord >r No. 10 received the approv al «»f a verv large majority of the citizen* of South Carolina, and yonr general admhuatra tion «* commandant, of this district i* •pproT ed by * majority nearly as great. In *d the official intercourse we have had I beg to tender you my thanks for the uniform kindness and courtesy with which I have been treated, per sonally, and for the disposition yon have a ways manifested to make the burdens of mill taiy government as light upon the people whom I represent as it wa* possible under the circumstances. , . . I haVe notjthe pleasure of a personal acquaint ance with yonr successor, Gen. Canby, but hope mv official relations with him may be marked with the same harmony and kmd Icel ine which has characterized, our intercourse for nearly two years pass. I have the honor to be, General, Very truly and respectfully, : Yonr obedient servant, fSfotred] James L. Our, ra . Governor of South Carolina. Washington, September 21. Sir: Yonr Excellency’s letter or the 2d Inst, was forwarded to me at New York, and receiv ed on the 14th. The cordial terms in which you ate pleased to refer to onr official and personal relations • during my service in the Carolina* are grate fully appreciated. In ray successor, Maj. Gen. C 'nby, yon will meet with *n offl.-cr whom ample experience and distinguished service have jaatly commended him to the confidence of the Government. In view of the advance ment already made by Gen. Canby, adopting and confirming the orders heretofore in force in the 2d Military District, is not probable that any material change in the conduct of officers will result from the ehar.ge in the command.— In my retirement it is a source of mncli satis faction to compare the present condition of Sooth Carolina with that which I found as suming command in the autumn of 1865. The system of free labor has been successfully in augurated. The emancipated blacks have beeu invested with civil rights, by the voluntary act of your Legislature, the tranquility .and order which has been maintained attest to the gen eral desire of all classes of the people to ob serve the obligations of good citizens and nu abundance has rewarded industry. Grain is now exported from Charleston. Registration has proceeded almost to completion without disorder or tumult or auy serious interruption of any of the ordinary avocations of the people. Since October, 1866, the courts of the United States and of the State have ex ercised nearly all their ordinary powers without hindrance. The jurisdiction of the courts, alihough a permitted jurisdiction, has never been restricted except in particular cases im peratively demanded by the .exigencies of the situation, and the civil authorities have been upheld, and eivll law has been administered with exactly only such limitations as actually became necessary in the execution of the sev eral acts of Congress. The particular measure of my administration which you arc pleased to mention with special commendation. General Order No. 10, wa», it is said, the occasion of my dismissal from command. You bavojustly described the order in question as intended to enable the people to make a good crop this year and ihereby obtain the means to support them selves and pay their debts. If my removal bad been provoked by some act of oppression or cruelty it would huTc been ft matter of more re gret to myself: as it is, I find no reason to re proach myself for endeavoring to restore in one degree the material prosperity of an impover ished population, and so avert the serious dis turbances that would have followed thq prose cution of more f ban 30,000 such for debt pend ing in South Carolina, when General Order No. 10 was issued in April last. Although my official relation to the Depart -1 rnent of the Carolina* has ceased, I cannot be ! indifferent to the wellare of communities whose j interests were so long confided to ray charge, ! nor is their prosperity a matter of indifference j to the people of the United States or their Rep i resentatives in Congress. Daniel E. Sickles. Maks Hat While the Son Shinbs.”— I We call the attention of planters to the necessity Os gathering and saving a large supply of hay.; This year has been peculiarly productive of this important crop. Native grass, as well as foreign, makes good dry forage for stock. A few days’ attention uow will give an ample supply for the winter and spring. This is the j golden momeut. Hay is now ripe, and should be gathered; after a few weeks it will be too late. Cotton, corn and potatoes may be gath ered after frost—hay cannot. Planters last season paid as high as three dollars per hun dred pounds for Yankee hay, much of which was unfit for use. The expense of transporta tion and loss of time in getting it to their plan tations made it very expensive. It is certainly very poor economy to neglect to gather this part of the crop when every field abounds in it; and next spring, when money is scarce, and every baud and mule is needed in the field, to be forced to seek in the cities hay much inferior to what is now at hand, at an enormous price. The South should save ler whole crop and retain every do;lar at home, if she would be independent. A Qubrt.— This question was raised last night in “these headquarters:” Did the mes senger of the Merchants’Union Express Com | pauy evince bis craziness in going off or in | coming back with the $70,000 ? See telegraphic. ' The Cause of Reaction. The New York Kxpretm ha? the follow ing : . . If oqr Republican contemporaries w ;.bl but-try to be houe«t, for “ just once, - . y would be obliged to acknowledge tlint.oi > riding all local issues, the general r< -i <> these elections means, First—That the i*oplc tire tired o. R publican rule, and are longing fui ;t cha , of administration. Second —Convinced that Radicalism running into Jacobinism, and jK-rs" i ’•••' tiiatto continue the Government in the hands of the dominant party, is to bring on new ci»vil wars, a.id new rcvoluCou*, «**'■>' are resolved to bring about that change Third—That the people, groaning und« y an almost insupportable load of F«-d*rtil and »State debt—the legacy, in part, o! # pr<» ffigacy and fraud—arc alarm lat the ndi' lions that are making to it by Congo •*>* for the support or military monarec . and* negro bureau* in the Southern Stab Fourth —That the people are beginm. «, to rebel against the High Tarifl Lord- * Mass tchusetis and Pennsylvania, who. m. der the swindling pretense of Protection American Home Industry, have *hu' their shipyards on the scacoast, and com pellet the farmer, the mechanic anl tlv workman to pay tribute to n selfish,-••m less end all-grasping oligarchy, now “gov eri’ing” through the instrumentality o a Rump Congtess. , Fifth—That the during and olt-repeat.s, vio’adons ofthe Constitution by the party in power, together with their attenipi- .• absorb in their own hands the function*. all tlie other departments of the Fcdem Government, have persuaded the p*o| •• that the only* way to save their liberties, and to.preserve the forms even of free gov eminent, is to turn the conspirators a. .» usurpers adrift. Sixth— That the popular heart is big:;: niugto warm once more to the good I Democratic party, that administeml •♦he Government so long and so well, and wh exit from power, under a whirl wind of- r tional fanaticism, opened the door tan eivi ; war, ivhich sent the flower ofourAiner ,au youth to untimely graves, and execute ! .i tiiree thousand millions mortgage upoji labor to capital, t 6 discharge which will keep the wliite laboring man in a condition of positive slavery, for a whole generation to come. These now are but some of the cause.* which were at. work to render inevitable the revolution in public sentiment at the far West and the far East. There are ot hers of a kindred character, which might b - specified—but these will suffice. They will 1 suffice, also, we feel certain, to work a cor responding change of mind in the States which are to pronounce judgment upon ihe revolutionists, the conspirators, and the terrorists, between now and the next ses sion of their appropriate mouthpiece and organ, the Rump Congress at Washington. A Southern Radical’s Oitnion of \ M ASSACIIUSKTTS RADICALS FITNEBt* FOR the Convention.— ln ti.e Radical county nominating convention in Montgomery v» Satnrday last, it seems things were not ,v» harmonious as appeared from the flrft re ported proceedings. * Mr. Bibb, the Post master in that city, and a delegate to the convention, is reported in the Radical or gan in that city, to have protested in the following solemn and emphatic manner to one of the white nominees. He said : “Having participated in the proceedings of the convention, I am pledged to vote for its nominees, but I desire every racml>er of this body to understand, I desire every per son in the county to understand, that, in my estimation the nomination of Mr. Keffer is one not fit to be made.” Mr. Bibb, perhaps, has got to learn •• truism—he that lies down with dogs must expect to rise with fleas. —Columbus &*>;>. Apple Vending vs. Journalism.—A New York Bohemian writes to a Western paper: “Byway of contrast between the non-success or journalism, as a profession, and the prosperity attending any other call ing, let me mention the fact that an old man ! and woman who have for years sold apples and nuts in Spruce street, under the shadow of the Tribune building, are to-day worth $50,000 or $60,000 a piece, while not one of ! the writers for that journal, unless a stock holder, has much more than enough to bury him decently. Tlie truth is. there is no other vocation under the sun so poorly paid, and so Entirely thoughtless, as that to which “ we” of the daily quill-driving brotherhood so forlornly belong.” j Registration in Georgia.— The Era Las ! been creditably informed that the registration of votes in Georgia has been concluded. Tim result is as follows : Whole number of white voters 96,338 Whole number of colored voters... 03,390 Total number of voters registered.. 188,728 Majority white voters 1,948 ■ The details will be made out aud supplied in ! a few days, which will not vary much either way from the above. Henry Timuod, Esq.- The numerous friends of the poet will regret to learn of his recent ill ness ; but will echo the wish of the Columbia Chronicle, that be miy be soon restored to health. The Chronicle says: Our readers will regret to learn that this sweet poet—the laureate of the South—is now prostrate on a bed of sickness. Severe hem orages of a dangerous character have laid him : down, but we hope ere long that gentle nurs ( ing will restore him once more to his accus , tomed health aud haunts. Suspended. —We learn that Judge Augustas Reese, of the Oconee has been sus | pended from the performance of his official 1 functions, by order of John Pope, satrap cora j mauding. The cause of Judge Reese's decapi- I tation was in consequence of a refusal on his j part to obey Order No. 53, relative to amalga i nation of jurors. I Gone. —One of tbs companies (Capt. Cook's) composing the garrison here, left Monday on the steamer Bandy Moo-e, for*Port Pulaski. • The remaining company leaves to-day 4p r At lanta, We learn that the Academy, which has for so long a time been diverted from its ap propriate uses, was ob Monday formally trans • ferred to Dr. L. A. Dugas, as representative ol ! the Board of Trustees. The Savannah and Charleston Rail road. —The work of i econstruction on this road is proceeding rapidly. Pocotallgo, one of the most important points on the line, has been reached ; the work still goes on. Suicide.— Ou Saturday night Michael O’Neil committed suicide, at his residence, on Centra strqet, by taking laudanum. He leaves a wife | and two childreu. No cause was assigued for the act. The New York Tribune says : “ Tbe Presi . dent has triumphed.” With the Constitution and the laws on his side, nothing less was to be expected. “ Thrice is he armed who hath i his quarrel just.”
