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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTIONALISI WEDNESDAY MORNING. MAY 13, 1868 Club Rate, for the Weekly Constitution alist* That every one may be enabled to sub scribe, and receive the benefits ot a live join - nal, we oiler the following liberal terms to Clubs ; 1 Copy per year - - ‘ 3 Copies per year - - * ’ J, ™ 5 Copies per year - - ’ J (R) 10 Copies per year We trust that every subscriber to the paper will aid us in adding to our list. THE LEGISLATURE. The Columbus Enquirer has been making calculations with regard to the Legislature of Georgia, that extraordinary thing which Gen. Meade uses as a shuttlecock and over which his Drum Major labors to bring forth truly loyal results. The Enquirer thinks the Senate will consist of twenty one Democrats and twenty-three Radicals. The Radicals were driven to the necessi ty of nominating, in a number of instances, men who are not in strict accord with them, and who, it is supposed, cannot be used for base purposes. Upon such specu lations and ciphering, our Columbus con temporary deems that all looks well, thus far, for the Senate. Concerning the House, some doubt ex ists as to which way the pendulum of power inclines. As in the case of the Senate, sev eral members elect, classed as Radical on the ticket, are really Conservative, and, it anything, lean to the Democratic side. The Sumter Republican is quoted as classi fying Messrs. Lee and Page as Democrats, though elected on the Radical ticket, lhe Enquirer continues: *• Counting these two gentlemen as Demo crats, and putting also on our side a gentleman ■ elected on the Radical ticket in a county adja cent to this, but who, wc feel satisfied, is no Radical in principle, and claiming also Mr. Hamilton, of Screven, elected as an ‘independ ent,’but who, we are told, is a Democrat, we can now count on 74 Democratic Representa tives, which is fully as many as the Radicals can count.” Reports from Emanuel, Bulloch, Tatnall, Ware, Effingham, Rabuu and Union claim Democratic representatives. So, says the Enquirer,“ we now have 81 Democrats sure, with Berrien and Montgomery, that have given majorities for Gordon; and Telfair and Irwin, in which the election has not been held, but which are considered certain for the Democracts, yet to hear from. Be sides these, there is the Representative from Coffee, designated as ‘ neutral,’ but whose county gave majorities against the consti tution and for Gordon and Fitch; and the county of Elbert, electing a Democrat, which we had omitecl in our table.” Arguing from these premises, the En quirer forecasts a Democratic majority in the House. For our part, we have not troubled the returns, believing that prediction is a poor guest at General Meade’s board of investi gation. If others are more sanguine, wc refer them to the consoling figures of our esteemed Columbus contemporary, and fondly hope they may be gratified in their great expectations. A Northern View.—The Hartford (Conn.) Tinies thus speaks of homestead and relief: “ The Georgia State constitution exempts from lhe claims of creditors all the property of the State, and 13,000 of the property of each individual, ?3,000 in real estate and. SI,OOO in personal estate. This feature of the constitu tion is one at out which there has been great difference of opinion among the Georgia vo ters. It was inserted to gull ‘ laborers,’ and ‘sells’ that class. Few laborers in Georgia are possessed of $3,000; but the speculating aid cheating carpet-baggers will probably get that amount in their hands, hire laborers to work on' their $2,000 farm, and then cheat them out of their wages, under the exemption law. The laborers of the South will, ere long, suffer from the schemes of the lazy and un principled sharks who are locating among them.” “ All the Decency.”—Horace Greeley claims that the Radical party contains all the decency, all the respectability and all the religion of the North. He is not so blatant as to its contents further South. In another column we give the debate between Donnelly and Washburne, in which Pot and Kettle are shown up in their densest sootincss. Here are two leading Radicals photographing each other, and one of these great artists of smut is the keeper of Gen eral Grant. How Our Taxes are Multipled.—The Troy Tinies (Radical) knows that the army has been filled up with politicians and rela tives and friends of Congressmen, and is distributed and run for their benefit. It re lates this: “ At one of the forts upon the Northern frontier—a purely water defense —a fail battery of flying artillery, with the neces sary drove of horses and all theequipments and men usual for service in the field, is maintained for the sole benefit of its com mander, who happens to be a brother-in law of Stanton’s yoke-fellow, Holt. Every cent that the maintenance of this battery costs is wasted; and its cost amounts to many thousands a year.” • No wonder it requires big sums and great taxes to support the army. The Day con Holding the Democratic national Convention.—The resolution adopted by the Congressional Democratic Ex ecutive Committee, requesting the Democratic National Committee to reconsider their action designating the 4th of July as the date for holding their National Convention is not likely to effect the purpose designed. This action having been addressed to .the Chairman of the National Comrnitte, Mr. Belmont, the latter, it )4 stated, has replied that it would now be impossible to get the committee together in order to effect this arrangement, and therefore insists that the day originally designated will have to continue.— Baltimore Sun, May 5. ‘•MONEY.” Unquestionably, there were worshipers of the Golden Calf thousands of years be fore the Israelites, impatient of invisible <ll - inity, fell down aud adored the symbol of visible Cash. However customs may have changed since the innocent days of tig leaves the tires on the altar of Money have never paled ineffectually, ami the ravening spirit of Its devotees never suffered, muta tion Had the Unknown God ot antiquity ami the Revealed Presence of later ages been served with the same intensity, com pleteness and fervor, verily, the world would have been sanctified long years ago, and even the terrestrial paradise restored to man, more ravishingly enchanting than the first elysium, ere yet the Cherub fenced its portal with his flaming brand. Such, how ever, lias not been the case. On the con trary, the auri sacra fames has grown with the growth of centuries and become hard er and harder in the tissues and muscles of mankind, more and more consuming in their liearts and brains and souls. So much so, that this epoch may well be char acterized as a canned-vegetable civilization, whose fierce inspirations proceed from the Prince of the Powers of the Air, whose ma terial image is shrined in the Almighty Dollar or Hypocritical Greenback. How few are there, whether in church or state, who do not acknowledge by lip-sen ice, or tacitly by grasping deeds, that the tremen dous struggle of a most ( hristlan character is in the line of gain ? Row few arc they who scorn the jingle of broad pieces of sil ver or the crisp crackle of bank notes? The force and potency of the golden show er are as old as Jupiter is supposed to have been ; and the inclination to resist it as fee ble to the Danaes of the present as it was to the Danaes of the past, though shielded by triple brass. All the pure and glorious emanations of the spiritual world are contam inated by a stream of yellow dross or a roll of printed parchment. The warrior lias sur rendered his sword, the poet his harp, the orator his eloquence, the lover his lute, the maiden her birthright, parents their chil dren, patriots their country, religionists their Redeemer —all for the base metal or the shining paper which commands the treasury of Midas and dwells in the subtle wand of Prospero. Like all headlong pas sions, its spell is frequently broken by pos session, but the more frequently by burn ing to the socket and scorching to death the unhappy victim of its treacherous, but alluring, wiles. What are liandsiull of gold when honor, native-land, peace of heart, truth, innocence, offspring and heaven are forfeited ? Let the ancient or modern alche mists, who revel in more than Persian or Arabian magnificence, answer. Have they gained what all men and women continual ly seek through the medium of money happiness ? Nay, not so, since Crassus had the gold he coveted poured molten down his throat, to Beast Butler, who, smarter than the Roman, though far less valorous, emptied the silver spoons of New Orleans into his baggy pockets. Neither of these hunters of men and money was happy. Crassus died gorged with gold he failed to secure, and Butler lives with the finger of scorn perpetually tearing his vi tals or branding his villain front. The se cret of happiness is not money; the philoso pher’s stone is not wealth. All that we can hope for here is within reach, and a treas ure beyond price when won. This talis man we name Content. Content with your lot, however lowly, so that it is hon est and the fruit of the best and most faith ful endeavor. That is the philosophy which can trample upon the temptations of coin and make blue skies forever luminous in the blackest day or the most trodden life. He who has obtained this glorious prize can resist the witcheries of Aspasia orthe most cunningly contrived bribe of the Devil’s In quisition, whether holding session in Wash ington, London, Paris, Tehran, Cape Colony or—Augusta. It may be, and doubtless is, an idle task to persuade the youth of either sex into an admiration of so simple a virtue, when the gauds and fripperies of Fashion hold high carnival and dazzle the imaginations of girl and boy, man and woman, maid, wife and widow. But at the expense of weari someness, we con over this old, old story, forever ancient and forever young, which everybody preaches and nobody heeds; which illustrates the daily walk of thou sands on the busy thoroughfares and man ties the tombstones of those who sleep be neath the lilies. Who would have supposed that all this moralizing would spring from a dramatic spectacle, where all was gay and none had cause to feel, for the moment at least, that their destinies were as seriously imperilled as when the angry volcano shot forth its admonitory cloud in the last days of Pompeii? Yet so it is. After a lapse of many years, the interval of which pon toons the impetuous shore of boyhood and the calm margin of maturity, we witnessed the brilliant play of “ Money” which grew under the hand of the great artist who wrought “ Zanonif “ My Novel,', and as a ro mancer, poet, historian, dramatist, states man and orator is, perhaps, .the most won derful intellect of the nineteenth century. When the ladies and gentlemen of the Augusta Benevolent Society selected this play, they evinced a correct apprecia tion of art and a wholesome regard for the spirit of the age, not to speak of the grati fication of their auditors. Criticism, of course, is disarmed in the presence of Charity and Beauty; but wc can declare, witli truth and earnestness, that very little fault could be found with our amateurs, and so much remains to praise that carping is absolutely out of question. There was much to inspire the performers in the presence of so splendid an audience, and, as one of the most delighted of the speet.v tors, we unhesitatingly declare that the most sanguine expectation of partial friend ship was not only reached but far sur- I passed. Long may the city of Augusta possess talent so decided, and long may wc live to witness and applaud. It needed no keenness of observation to detect that the deft fingers of our sweet la dies had transformed the Hall into a bower from which all coarseness was banished by the interdict of pure Taste. Green garlands relieved the rough boards, and pictures of never-to-be-forgotten leaders hallowed the the mutilated phantasmagoria of old theat ric scenes. Everything was sacred to the graces ami refinement and consecrated by the glory of true man and womanhood in the furtherance of that virtue which out rivals faith atid hope. The Clara Douglas of the evening, Miss C. A. L., shone as the bright, particular star, wearing, as she did throughout, the rose of health, genius, and bounteous love liness. In pathos, forced gayety, all-pcr vading modesty, and subdued intensity of emotions, which are peculiar to the charac ter, she fixed the attention of all, and, cold blooded politician as wc are supposed to be, we felt, for the moment, that the spectacle assumed a painful reality, and pardoned Evelyn all the bewildering chaos of his heart. He would have been more or less than human had he acted otherwise before so splendid and yet so shrinking a pres ence. Mrs. C. W. D., as Lady Franklin, was perfect in the well-known strategy of saga cious widowhood. So much so, that Graves seemed less foolish when singing Whd danc ing than when his face reflected obituaries ami his lugubrious accents sang lhe seven penitential psalms to the memory of the “ Sainted Maria.”- Who, under the spell of so lithe and buoyant a lady, could speak or think of ■worms and epitaphs? Mrs. C. E. C., as Georgina Vesey, gave full play to the arts of coquetry. Nothing could be, more charming than her toilet, nothing more exquisite than her face and manner. We had had the impression, from daily intercourse, that Mr. W. S., the Evelyn of the occasion, was rather better suited to humorous comedy or roaring farce; but his strong, salient and profound delineation of the stormy wrath of a poor scholar, his keen and bitter sarcasm as the dependent turned millionaire, his assumed frenzy as a ruined gamester, his impassioned utter ances to lost love, his detail of early strug gles and the sacrifice of ambition for the sake of maternal affection, his adroit trap ping of false and parasitical friends—these, and the quick evolving shades of feeling re quisite in sketching the character of Evelyn, convinced us that the spring of wit lies very near the ■well of grandest pathos; con vinced us, too, that our friend’s fund of versatility was apparently exhaustless. Mr. A. G. 11., as Sir Jchn Vesey, was not a strict constructionist of that scriptural injunction which bids us “ put off the old man.” Nay, so derelict was he in this re spect, that all, who knowhim to be in reali ty a young beau, were, for the nonce, de ceived into a belief that he had grown gray and gouty on a sudden. He had all the relish of an ancient who lived and throve by humbugging a world so bent upon be ing humbugged, whenever the proper appli ances are brought to bear. But the ivorlcl lias its revenge, and Sir John Vesey fpund out that those who persist in duping others generally end by humbugging themselves. The variant phases of Sir John's game were admirably portrayed by Mr. A. G. H. Lord Glossrnore received ample justice from Mr. C. W. D. He entered into his character con amore and made an individu ality of it. Mr. J. D. D. as Sir Frederick Blount was of all fops the most foppish. This was a striking piece of acting without caricature and with perfect appreciation of the points to be made. The young gentleman 44’110 filled this role lias frequently helped us to search out curious matters in the classics, and 4ve were not a little startled at his transformation in Sir Frederick Blount. Mr. W. G. T., as Benjamin 'Stout, M. P. was capital. He looked and acted his part to perfection,-sketching a Gradgrind turn ed political economist with great ability. We arc almost persuaded to abuse Mr. J. S. D., Henry Graves, for his merciless attack upon newspapers and newspaper men. But inasmuch as he could not avoid the denun ciation which the text compelled him to re peat, and inasmuch as tlic most melancholy of the Graves family are not averse to seeing their names in print when praise guides the pen, we forgive Mr. J. S. D. on his solemn word of honor to apologize at the first op portunity and confess that his unseemly levity 4vith Lady Franklin was most un pardonable in a limb of tlic law and a pos sible victim of some “ Sainted Maria.” We need only say further that Graves, in the management of Mr. J. S. D., was one of the very best, as it was one of the most difficult, performances of the evening. Ugh I Here comes Captain Dudley Smooth, your modern Richard 111. developed into King Faro. So sleek, so oily, so piratical —the mildest-mannered man that ever cut a throat or scuttled ship. Mr. 11. C. T. was clever in this part, and 4vhen he un masked his deadly smile and displayed his cruel, glittering teeth, ivc felt positively un comfortable. Mr. K. 8., as Sharp, in the way of avoirdupois, was the reverse of angular, but he had tlic professional incisiveness on his tongue. Grandfather W. had but little to say or do as the Senior Member, but he called for the snuff-box as we have frequently heard him call for beef-steak, and put the Macca boy to his nose with the act ion of Talma. He showed how a comparatively insignifi cant character in a play can be made pro minent, and we venture to say that in tlie club-scene he fairly divided honors ivith tlic conspicuous Evelyn. The Amateur Musical Club discoursed most mellifluous strains, and were in de lightful contrast to the many wheezy or chestral demonstrations we have had to endure from tlic same chairs, filled with tooters and fidlers ivho strained their lungs and shook their elbows under protest and with automatic indifference. The people of Augusta are under lasting obligations to the amateur dramatists and musicians of our fair city. In their name, we thank them tor one of the pleasantest entertainments on record, aud bid them, one and all, God-speed. Our New York Correspondence. New York, May 2. Political affairs are again in a very cha otic state. Not that there is any change in the aspects aud probable result of the im peachment trial ; for the belief in the early accession of Wade to the Presidency has become almost universal among the most intelligent men of both parties. But the conflict of opinion—or rather the antago nism to Mr. Pendleton's financial projects, becomes more bitter as those views become paramount in the Democratic party. The adoption by the Democratic majority in the Assembly of this State, on Monday last, of resolutions substantially endorsing Mr. Pendleton, has done something towards simplifying matters, but has not removed the opposition to him, either in tlie Demo cratic party or out of it. It would appear, hovvever, that the very expedients of the Democratic bondholders to defeat the nomi nation of Mr. Pendleton are likely to do the most to promote that end ; for Mr. Pendle ton’s views are so just, reasonable, and moderate, that each 4veek leads to their more universal adoption, not only in tlie Democratic party, but among the Republi cans themselves. Conversing with a lead ing Republican the other day, he assured me that the public debt would certainly be graded or taxed on some equitable prin ciple, and that it was perfectly idle to sup pose that we will continue to administer the public finances on tlie present basis. Nevertheless, some concern is felt respect ing the final course which may be adopted by leading Democratic influences, and it is not improbable that some peculiar and ap parently outre combinations may be effected. Tlie bitter debate between Donnelly and Washburne, in tlie House, to-day, illus trates the fact that in the Republicans, as well as elsewhere, powerful elements of fac tion are at work. Some of President Johnson’s friends are proposing a grand uprising of the Conser vative elements all over the country, in protest against his removal against the law’ and the evidence. There is a good deal of this sort of feeling abroad, but it is held in check by the opinion among many Demo crats that it is best to leave Mr. Johnson to fight his battles with his friends as best he may ; confident that however badly he may be treated, personally, as a Chief Magistrate, the deliberate violation of justice in his case may afford additional and important evi dence of the reckless and revolutionary purposes of the Radicals. Therefore, his deposition is not likely to be followed by any other proceed’ngs than may be neces sary to attract attention to and fix in the public mind the arbitrary character of the impeachment proceedings. The result of the Southern elections has carried much apparent joy to the Radicals, and is received by the Democrats with in difference. It would be very difficult to ex plain the true spirit in which the matter is regarded, for with all their joy, the Repub licans feel that negro domination at the South will be followed by endless embar rassments to them, which the Democrats feel that they have escaped through the re sults that have been reached. To go to the innermost heart, I think the Democrats would have been best pleased with the adoption of the constitutions that have been prepared by tlie various Congo conventions, but the election of Democratic officials and Legislatures under them. But the more complete success of the Radicals makes it tolerably certain that they will be so strong at Washington, especially in the Senate, that they will fall apart of their own weight. the new Yorker’s may day. Moving, moving, moving—Up town, down town, out of town—nothing but moving. Such in Ne4V York is the first of May. Not ushered in by soft breathing of gentle gales, borne upon opening buds and ten der trembling verdure, and re-echoed by loving carol of wooing birds. Not a bit of it. The breezes blow raw and cold and chilling through bare and naked branches, which look hard and dead and ugly—ex cept in the-parks ; and there, on the tip-top limbs, is the faintest showing of 4vhat wc suppose to be green, because the sun reaches them more readily, or, as a lady friend re marks, “ because being more of them to gether, they take courage.” The grass, too, peeps out; but both trees and grass deserve great credit for perseverance and energy in thinking of coming out at all, under the circumstances. And in place of gentle zephyrs borne upon flowers and songs of birds, tlie cold winds bring to our patient cars the rattling everywhere of carts piled high 4vith chairs, and bureaus, and bed steads, and trunks, and looking-glasses, and pianos and . wash-stands. The only class made happy on the first day of May are the carmen ; they, and all of that fraternity, take advantage of the crisis, and replenish their pockets to the disgust aud dismay of all discomfited movers. THE DOLLAR BAZAAR. Any one having a dollar to" spare, or several dollars, may profitably "occupy a little odd time at a place called the Dollar Bazaar, lately opened in this city. It is a novelty, at any rate, and some things .are very cheap. Each article exposed for sale brings a dollar. There are no counters, such as in ordinary stores, but a succession, on each side, of show cases, filled chiefly with fancy articles—jewelry, fans, pocket books, spoons and forks in naif dozen pack ages, vases, cups, which look like silver, etc., etc. Kid gloves are there, too, but I doubt the authenticity of a glove, which can be purchased for a dollar. Behind each of the aforesaid cases stands a girl ; these girls are evidently selected with a view to irood looks, and some of them are fancifully dressed. In such a place as New York this element will tell. The whole affair is an experiment, novel here at least, and as such it remains to be seen whetlier it will suc ceed. THE ITALIAN OPERA. The Italian Opera, for years a standing institution in New York, has this year died ten thousand deaths, and is, in consequence, entirely defunct. Its destiny seems guided by an evil star —some unpropritious fate leads not opera alone, but both oratorio and concert. Singers aud singing are at a discount. Martsek went under long ago; Grover essayed his hand, but like a 4vise man, quickly left a sinking ship. Harrison came then to the rescue, but he, too, has <4ven it up as a bad job. Despite Parepa, of unapproachable voice, at his command; despite Sunday concerts and oratorio, he proclaims himself a ruined man. Not so ruined, however, but that lie still concludes to hold his festival. Doubtless he is in the situation of the celebrated and unfortunate individual who held “ the tiger by the tail,” and remained in a state of fearful uncer tainty as to the policy of hold on or letting g°; Lack of fresh talent, say some, is the cause of all this ; hard times, say others; a little of both, perhaps, will come nearer to the truth. Doubtless there is talent in New York which languishes for 4vant of oppor tunity. In Europe there are institutions especially for bringing out young artists, where allowance is made for inexperience and where incipient genius is fostered.— Here tlie case is different. Miss Kellogg, unless aided by tlie influence of Henry Steb bins, would, in all probability, never have attained her present high positioh.and Miss Hanch, notwithstanding her lovely voice and native talent, needed to have been up held by Jerome’s capacious purse. An at tempt was made during the winter to estab lish an institution on the European plan, and one of their performances actually did take place; but that, too, came to grief. The times are very hard, to be sure, but not too hard for Dickens and Riston to grow rich. Such a foolish thing as Humpty Dumpty takes, and every one knows the success of The White Fawn, La Grande Duchesse and La Belle Helene. La Grange and Brignoli drew well for a time, but for a time only, and half of their success was due to the novelty of Pike’s splendid edifice. BUSINESS MATTERS. Cotton remains quite firm, but specula tive operators find it very difficult to make a further rally upon it. The termination of the Abyssinian war is expected to promote shipments of cotton from Bombay to Liver pool ; there is a slight reduction of con sumption in the English manufacturing districts ; our own goods are without im provement, and accounts from the South speak of great efforts to plant a wide bread tli of land to cotton. All these things are un favorable to higher prices for the staple. But then, to counterbalance a check to the speculative advance in provisions and breadstuff’s, we have been in receipt of large supplies of grain this week from the canal, under which prices have slightly, but pretty generally declined. But the pressing nature of the wants of Europe may be inferred from the fact that in the past two or three days her shippers have taken about a quir ter of a million bushels of the second quali ty of spring wheat at $2 43a2 45 per bushel. Still, I cannot promise that the first of your Georgia wheat, which we expect next month, will bring much over $3 per bushel, against $4 last year. General trade continues dull. The specu lation in securities is very flat, although the demand for investment is good. Prices of almost all tlie principal articles which the South must buy have a downward ten dency, the business of the Spring having proved, thus far, very unsatisfactory and disappointing, and dealers have no alterna tive in sucli markets but to buy from “hand to mouth.” Willoughby. [communicated.] Thoughts on the State of the Country. I have already said that a great problem is to be worked out by the South—the greatest ever yet committed to any people. The two races—white and black—occupy the same territory. Until the war set the slaves free, everything was provided for. There could be no conflict betiveen capital and labor, as the4vhiteracecontroled both; the planter kneiv exactly what to depend upon ; he could lay out his plans and pur poses at all times 4vith reasonable certain ty ; so, too, with every department of la bor. Noiv everything is changed. We can no longer command labor; 4ve must employ it. There is another still more important view. The great social problem is yet to be disposed of. The people ivho 4vere re cently our slaves are noiv made free ; they enjoy, under the laix’, equal rights 4vith ourselves; they are entitled to political privileges—they vote, they hold office.— This state of things, every one must see, creates difficulties of great magnitude. Let us realize the fact that the colored race are no longer slaves, and must no longer be treated as such. Noiv it is very important to comprehend tlie true situation. Common sense and true statesmanship both require this. We must cheerfully concede to these people all their rights; not talk to them as slaves nor treat them as such. And ivhat has in creased our social troubles ? Certain mere adventurers, attracted to the South by this new order of things, try to persuade tlie colored race that they are their true friends, their guardian angels, ivhen they are ac tuated only from selfish motives. They hold out to these people the idea tiiat they had come from afar to lead them to the promised land; co isequently they have been misled by these saints and great phi lanthropists. Now the truth is—and some of the best colored people know the fact wel] —the best friends of this race are the Southern people; and we must take the proper steps to coun teract the mischievous arts of these adven turers. We must rouse ourselves from our lethargy. Nothing can be done without energy and purpose. Then let us go to work to rescue the colored people from the control of these men ivho are trying to use them, and ivho will do mischief not only to the colored race but to the white. We must let them see that they can trust us. Aud how can we show this onlj’ by our actions ? Deal fairly with them, encourage them to do right, to try and • improve themselves, to respect themselves, to raise their children to honest and industrious habits. It is the worst policy in the world to attempt to degrade the colored man. We must try to raise him up and show that we feel an interest in him. Then let us all go to work and do what we can to cultivate proper relations between the two races, that must live side by side in these Southern States. Let no man say, I can do nothing. Every white man in tlie South can do something; and when tlie colored men see that we are in earnest, they will become co-operators in this good and glorious work. H. F. Russell. Georgia.—A special dispatch from At lanta to the New York Tribune states that over 44,000 whites voted the Republican ticket at the late election in Georgia. In the same dispatch it is conceded that some 15,000 negroes voted with the Democrats. Now, tlie majority for Bullock is between six and eight thousand. The registration list shows that there are more white than colored voters in the State. If, therefore, the Republican ticket received over 44,000 white votes, it follows necessarily that nearly 40,000 negroes cast Democratic votes, This is decidedly a sorry showing for the Radicals, whose programme was laid down upon the assumption that they had a sure thing witli the freedmen. Nearly 40,000 white men in Georgia were disfranchised by the reconstruction act§, and did not vote at the recent election. But henceforth there will be no restriction upon them in this regard, and it may lie reasonably pre sumed that all, or nearly all. of them will vote with the Democrats. This will give the State to the Democratic party by from thirty to forty thousand. Should Georgia be admitted into the Union under this re constructed constitution, we venture the prediction that the Democratic majority in that State at the ensuing Presidential elec tion will be greater than the Republican majority in any State in the Union. [ Montgomery Advertiser. [From the New York Sun, (Rad.) Probable Acquittal of President Johnson. A great deal of light hits been shed with in the last twenty-four hours upon the probable result of the impeachment trial. As tlie case now stands, there is but little reason to doubt that President Johnson will be acquitted. Tlie Washington telegram of the rSw yesterday morning announced the fact that Mr. Fessenden, of Maine, has written an opinion in favor of acquittal. He holds that the President has the right to remove . a Cabinet officer, and that Mr. Stanton is not included in the tenure-of-office act. This is the most essential point of the im peachment ; but it is also Mr. Fessenden’s judgment that the evidence on the other points is insufficient; in short, tlie articles are not proved. Mr. Trumbull has hitherto been relied upon to vote for conviction, but we suppose this reliance to have been without good ground. So far as wc are aware, he has • not in any way indicated the tendency of his mind ; but we think there is now suffi cient reason for the belief that his conclu sions will be substantially the same as Mr. Fessenden’s and that he, too, will vote for acquittal. These eminent lawyers and statesmen are led to this result from no friendship for Mr. Johnson, and from no doubt that his removal would be beneficial to the country. They would doubtless very much prefer to go with the mass of their colleagues and of their party; but their minds are gov erned by their own views of the rules of law and of the evidence presented; and they decide as judges, without fear, favor, or consideration for consequences. The influence of those two Senators must be powerful over a number of others who are less learned in the law and less positive in judgment, and who, in such a case as this, would naturally look to them for counsel and direction. In saying this, we have no reference to Mr. Grimes, of lowa. He decides all questions for himself, and is governed by no man’s determination but his own. Not so influential in the Senate as Mr. Fessenden or Mr. Trumbull, he is much more outspoken than either of them as regards the upshot of the trial. He openly declares that the President must be acquitted. To make acquittal sure, eight Republican Senators must vote with the eleven Demo crats. We have already named three. Then there is Mr. Sherman, who, when the tenure-of-office act was passed, held that it did not apply to Cabinet ministers, and who will be likely to entertain the same view now. There is Mr. Frelinghuysen, of New Jersey, who will hardly be deaf to the legal reasons in favor ot acquittal. Mr. Fowler, of Tennessee, Mr. Henderson, of Missouri, and Mr. Van Winkle, of West Virginia, are understood to be strongly inclined to the same side. Indeed, we believe that Mr. Fowler may be considered as quite as cer tain to go that way as either of the three Senators we first named. Mr. Anthony, of Rhode Island, and Mr. Ross, of Kansas, are also now to be classed among the doubtful; and at this stage of the affair, and in the existing circumstances, such doubt is cer tainly very much in favor of Mr. Johnson. We have, then, three leading Republican Senators who are sure for acquittal ; five who can hardly fail to go with them ; and two more who are doubtful. This is ten in all, while only eight are required for a ver dict of Not Guilty, In addition to these, it is possible that there are others whom the more zealous friends of impeachment have hitherto counted upon to vote on their side, but who will after all disappoint them and give their voices for continuing Mr. John son in office. The probabilities are thus altogether in his favor. [From the N. Y. Express. Butler as a Falsifier- The notorious Butler on Friday last thought proper to defend himself for his agency in the Alta Vela claims by asserting, as we said, on Saturday, a downright false hood against the N. Y. Express and J. & E. Brooks. We have already branded the untruth and its author as the offense de served. But to make it still more palpable, we now place before the Express and other readers the following card from Mr. S. T. Clarke, whose name Butler used not only without any knowledge of the case referred to, but knowing that every word stated by him was pure invention. Mr. Clarke has authorized us to state all that he has ex pressed in his card, and whatever else may be necessary to stamp Butler’s statement as a sheer invention and falsehood. HERE IS THE FALSEHOOD ABOUT THE BROOKSES AND CLARKE, as paraded editorially in Sunday’s Herald after a previous publication in the Herald of Saturday: “ Some time ago there was a case where one Clarke sued a fellow by tlie name of Brooks for part ownership in the New York Express, and there was a difficulty be tween Erastus Brooks and the other part ner about a division of the spoils. They brought him (Butler) the case, and showed him that the two Brookses had robbed this Clarke. He (Butler) said he did not love the firm. He would have nothing to do vvith it. It was a nasty affair, and not so fertile as guano. He saw the case in court and saw the Brookses beaten.” And here is the card of Mr. Clarke, as voluntarily written by him after a verbal ’ assurance to us that Butler’s statement had not one word of truth to rest upon: New York, May 4, 1868. Hon. Erastus Brooks: Dear Sir: In regard to the “Express Suit,” alluded to by Gen. Butler on Friday last, allow me to say that it was never offer ed to him by me, directly or indirectly, and that I never heard his name connected with it until Saturday last, on reading the de bate of the day before. His entire statement has not the shadow of truth to rest upon. Yours, truly, S. T. Clarke. —i | Sa mana AND Alta Vela.— -The bay of Ba maaa, for the sale of which by St. Domingo to the United States there has been some negotia tions, will hardly be brought about this lime, yet the proposition is creating an immense amount of quarrelling iu St. Domingo, one party making capital out of it against the other. One agent, Senor Pujol, came out to negotiate, but he was hardly here before the government that scut him was overthrown, and now it is said that another, Senor Nebos, is coming for the same purpose in behalf of the newer government. The little matter of Alta Vela, however, which is now attracting so much attention in connection with impeach ment, and the withdrawal of Judge Black as one of the President’s counsel, is a St. Domingo affair, and until that is settled we need be both ered with nothing more in the Dominican.line. Mr. Seward holds that the rival claims as to Alta Vela are between two parties of American citizens, one a Baltimore party, claiming the guano deposits thereon under act of Congress, by right of discovery, and the other—-a New- York party—by contract with the Dominican government, which asserts jurisdiction over the island as its territory. With this view, Mr. Seward declined to favor sending a United States war vessel to take possession, as desired by Judge Black, counsel for the Baltimore claimants. The Baltimore party, once in pos- . session of the island, after having brought away several cargoes, were dispossessed by forces ot St. Domingo, lhe workmen taken. . off, &c.— Exchange