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About Weekly constitutionalist. (Augusta, Ga.) 185?-1877 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 19, 1870)
IFLE WEEKLY 0058 TITUTIONAL IST W Eli N BSD AT MOKWIWO.OCr '» t9W Clmk ■*!<• for tko Wt*Uf •Hat. one kuv be entblcd to ■orlbe, and receive the beoefltsof • live jour ■at, we offer the following liberal term* to Globe : 1 Copy per year - B 3 °° 3 Copies per year * - - 700 • Copies per year . - 1* =OO 10 Copies per year - - - 80 00 Tfe trust that every subscriber to the paper will aid us in adding to our list. OIOPB ASD OUXKHir HEWS. Oar subscribers aad Meads la the coun try will confer a favor oa aa and our nu merous readers by sending ns Items as to crop prospects aad general news in their different sections. We trust that each subscriber will consider himself a special correspondent for the Constitu tionalist, and thereby add to the interest of the paper. AT HOME AND ABROAD. Wc have rarely read a more thrilling de tail than the New York Tier aids corres pondence describing the sack and burning of the French village of B&zellle. This vil lage was not flred by the shells of the Ba varians, but deliberately burned, alter the surrender of Sedan, on the pretence (subse quently disproved) that the peasantry had flred from the windows upon German troops. Hear the Heralds correspondent: “I hope that thousands of tourists will come and see this burned down town. I hope that the chnrch, of which only the fonr walls stand, wilt rouse throughout the Ohristian world a cry by which It will be showu that not even the great nutted Ger man nation can violate with Impunity the laws of God and man. I do not believe that In the wars of the moat barbarous people on earth a more deliberate and devilish act of cruelty was ever perpe trated. I trust many Americans will visit this spot, and will write full accounts of what they see; and lam quite sure that If they do—if they could only go over the scene, hear the tales of the unfortunate people who will have to pass the coming Winter. God only knows where and how— they will say with me that tho blackened rntns of Bazeille call for the vengeance of heaven upon the cowardly hounds who perpetrated this diabolical barbarity.— Ample as sre the columns of the Herald. I could fill every one of them with thoroughly well authenticated tales of the misery en dured by the people of this place, and of the hellish cruelty of the savages who thus wreaked their vengeance upon them. And mark, 1 beg of you, that this was not done in the heat of action by an inftirlated soldiery, but deliberately and by order of tho superior officers, after tho French army had capltulatsd. From house to house fa-I tigue parties, under officers, went in regular order, and after each house was thoroughly pillaged it was then set Are to. If the Are went oat the work was resumed again. And while this devilish labor was going on —while the few inhabitants who had re mained In the place were shot In cold blood —the Bavarian bands of military mnstc played In mockery the French national air, the ‘ Marseillaise.’ After this let those who think they will be listened to preach that Alsaoe and Lorraine ought to be given to the Invaders of France; or let those who havo read of these horrors wonder If the French people have resolved rather- to perish than to allow Paris to be taken by the Prussians." It was a dreadful deed, a dee i calling to heaven for vengeance; but how strange that a Herald correspondent should display such amazing tenferness and Indignation j at the burning of a little French village of 2,800 Inhabitants, when the same scrib bler, or someone of his breed, made so merry over Sherman's conAagratlon of the large towns of Atlanta and Columbia, peo pled by Southern “ brethren,” so-called, and not by an alien foe. There was not even the pretense that the citizens of Atlanta or Oalumbia A red a single hosttle shot at the Yankee Invader, and the “ columns of the JXeraM wonld hardly suffice to narrate the thoroughly well-authenticated tales of tbe misery endured by the people of these places and of the hellish cruelty of the savages who thus wreaked their vengeance upon them." And, “ mark, we beg you, that this was not done In the heat of action by an Infuriated soldiery, bat deliberately and by order* of superior officers." And If the civilized world Is called upon to denounce the Germaus; and If the French people are jnstiAed in harboring an everlasting hatred of the barbarous enemy—and all by a Her ald correspondent—how should universal mankind execrate the name of W. T. Sher man, and how should the Southern people transmit a legacy of wrath to be visited at last upon their incendiary spoilers! We do not say that this should be so; we only make deductions from the Inexorable logic of a Herald correspondent. The correspondent concludes thus mildly: “ I was glad to see yesterday that even the Prussian officers seem ashamed of the BaaeUie business, and say what Is perfectly j true that It was the act of the Bavarian Oorpe and its leaders. Aud lam quite car-j tain tmt uo mau would condemn such wicked cruelty more than the Prince Royal, 1 the heir to the Prussian crown " Honor to the Crown Prince and the I Prussian officers for shame at least. Hat what shall be said of Trchimbu Sherman, j John A. Loo an and their subalterns who,! far from foeling either mortlAcatioa or re morse, deliberately gloated over their deed, •tIU retain,the plunder of private resi dence*, and basely attempted to fix the re •possibility for their crime upon the peo ple of tbe South and their defenders! We do not wish to rake up old animosities i but if the Herald is anxious for Heaven to ex mtrlbEtlon tor the small hamlet of Ua '*• 1* » *bare of omnipotent satlsfer JJ* * ***** tor Atlanta and Col am I -TRUE REPUBLICAN F0 M OF GOV ERNMENT.’' Never w.«- Alabama more orderly than | at present, red not a H*ste In tbe Union is |so free from lawlessness. But an election j is soon to occur, aod, as matters do not look very lovely for Radicalism, the Presl | -Icnt-Gcneral and his Cabinet have taken Alabama lu hand. False reports of Ku Klux outrages have been manufactured in advance and, on tbe strength of these des perate lies, the Cabinet has acted. We quote from a Washington dispatch to tbe New York Herald : “ The President lum issued orders direct ing that the State be constituted a separate military district in the Department of the South, under command of General 8. W. Crawford. Ten additional companies of troops have also been ordered into tbe Btate. General Crawford left for Mont gome-y to-night, accompanied by Senator Warner, who goes to resume the coevoas in the State. Senator Warner has been successful In ratsing considerable money fbr campaign purposes, and reports tbe political prospects in the State to be cheer- What g beautiful Republican Adminis tration ! A peaceful State is basely accused of disorderly proceedings on the eve of an election, and the paternal Executive sends his satrap and soldiers Into the victimized province, accompanied by a carpet-baa Sena tor, who, Judas-like, carries the bag. The Governor of the State, a Republican, has made uo call for Federal bayonets and is not now aware of any violent proceedings requiring their presence in Alabama. But Grant & Cos. run the machine in defiance of popular liberty and the reserved rights of States. General Grant interfered with North Carolina and was handsomely re buked for his pains. He Is interfering with Missouri, Alabama and Georgia. It is to be hoped that the rebuke will be con tinued. More Fiubino.— During the North Ca rolina canvass, a letter appeared in the New York Tribune from Judge Totjrgee, certifying, among other fabrications, that there had been 5,000 Ku Klux outrages in the Old North State. Being cornered In thlslie, Judge Touroee declared he had written 500 Instead of 5,000. Old Greeley got mad at this and swore he had followed copy. Senator Abbott, who had some thing to do with the letter, was fixed upon, along with llolden, as the chief garbler. Holden promptly denied complicity; and now, after nearly two months of silence, Abbott comes out in the subjoined “ card “ It Is evident that the mistake was made by Mr. James Fitzpatrick, a copying clerk of the Senate. He made both copies—that sent to Governor Holden and that sent to Mr. Cobb. I did not believe when I sent you the first ‘card’ that Fitzpatrick had made a mist ike of that kind, but the copy Itself is conclusive.” The poor underling, Fitzpatrick, may be willing to be made a scape-goat; but Abbott will hardly escape contempt by so miserable a subterfuge. A Funny Split.—The Radicals in Mis souri have split np In the most extraordi nary manner. Carl Hchuez’s paper, the Westliche Post, explains the matter thss: “ The German names on the ticket of the new party are a great ornament to It.— Major Weigel and General Salomon are gentlemen of well known honesty, and as good civil officers as they were soldiers. The Germans shine by their absence from tbe McClurg ticket. Os course McClurg and company rely upon the negro, and they de not ecepsct a single German vote. The German vote, more unanimous than ever, will sup port B. Oratz Brown and the principles of progress which he and his colleagues on the ticket represent. We predict 20,000 majority for the new party In the county of St. Loals. Its majority in the State will not be less than 50,000.” President-General Grant sides with Mc- Clurg and thus allies himself with the ne groes and those who favor the perpetual disfranchisement of 65,000 white men “ to the manuer born.” But Grant will prob ably have his fingers mashed, all the same. Non-Sequitcr.—A convict in the Con necticut Btate Prison has written some doggerel, mourning the death of the War den, who was killed by one of the jail birds. Here la the concluding stanza: 11 And for tost Send in hnman shape, We ask— di mancl—we claim. That justice toon be meted ou% Or It lives but in the name. Just leave him to our mercy now. We’ll aeud him down torsooth To where he is fated soon to be. By the side of 3. Wilkes Booth." The poetical convict seems to forget that, according to the latest intelligence from the spirit-world, Wilkes Booth and Abe Lin coln are In the same place and the best of boon companions. More Cheating.—Radical swindling of the poor negro continues. In the first Con gressional district of Virginia, Dr. Norton (colored) received the nomination; but the white Rads withdrew before the nomina tion was made and nominated Dr. Doc glass (white) iu a convention of their own. In the Second District, Dr. Bayne (colored), dissatisfied with the white nominee, has j chlled another convention. All these efforts I on the part of tiie negroes are pronounced, jby the Radical whites, ‘‘revolutionary." j “ pernicious," “subversive of harmony" etc., | etc. Sambo Is expected to do the voting, I but not to run for Congress, for the long ' term. Napoleon's Wealth.—The London Tim** asserts that Louis Napoleon is comparatively poor, ami did not devote his reign to the accumulation of a private for tune. U* owns a small cottage left him by his mother. The Empress has her jewels and some hereditary property in Spain, Ths Prince Imperial owus a bouse near 1 rlsste. go, for " mouarchs retired from business,” tbs Ookapamtes are l»> uo waits wealthy people. , UHzi'.im tre uo<*oiuiu<>uly toaiuiou mar i leis Angelos, Cal, this Fell. j Airfi Cox —Secretary of the Interior I Cox. having refused to black mail the ; clerks of hfs Department for party pur i poses, and being too honest withal to countenance land-grabbing schemes has been grossly Insulted by the Administra tion and will probably resign. We hope be will “ stick." General Le*.— Mr. Garrett, of Balti more. in his speech accepting the Presi dency of the Southern Commercial Convec tion. now in session at Cincinnati, spoke of General Lee as 11 that Illustrious mao, that '! great and good man, General Robert £- Lee.” The words were received with cheers. A Model —Judge Smith, of Maryland, la a candidate for Congress. In his district there arc 3,200 negro votes. Judge Smith swears lu la tbe heat friend of tha black man, bat it has been discovered that, as a member of the State Senate, In 1860, he voted for a law selling free negroes into slavery who ran sway from agpreotlceship. ▲ Hesitating Demagogue Senator Morton will not accept the English Mis sion If Indiana should go Democratic Mobton is reported as saying that he will not leave the country to have his seat In the Senate warmed by Mr. Hendricks ; he “ would as soon see the devil there, etc.” Bosu —A lot of busy-body military Yan kees are making fools of themselves in France. The latest nincompoop is poor Burnside, and a special to the Herald ex pects the world to believe that “ Tours is greatly excited over his visit.” Mixed.— The Radicals of the First Con gressional District of Georgia are run ning one white man and three mulattoes, viz: Virgil Hillyer, R. W. White, Aaron Alpeoria Bradley and Ulysses Grant Houston. -■*•- • mm A Noble Rebuke of Government Black Mail. Here is a letter written by Daniel Web ster in 1841, when Secretary of State. Its sentiments are considered “old abstrac tions ” by the Radicals of the present day: Department op State, ) March 20,1841. ) To the Hon. Thomas Ewing, Secretary of the Treasury: Sir: The President is of the opinion that it is a great abuse to bring the patron age of the General Government Into con flict with the freedom of elections; and that this abuse ought to be corrected where ever it may have been permitted to exist, and to be prevented for the future. He therefore directs that information be given to all officers and agents in your de partment of the public service that parti san interference in popular elections, whether of State officers or officers of this Government, and for whomsoever, or against whomsoever it may be exercised, or the payment of any contribution or as sessment on salaries, or official compensa tion for party or election purposes, will be regarded by him as a cause of removal. It is not intended that any officer Shall be restrained in the free and proper expres sion and maintenance of his opinions re specting public men or public measures, or in the exercise, to the fullest degree, of the constitutional rights of suffrage. But per sons employed under the Government, and paid for their services out of the public treasury, are not expected to take an ac tive or officious part in attempts to Influ ence the minds or votes of others—such conduct being deemed Inconsistent with the spirit of the Constitution and the duties of public agents acting under it; and the President is resolved, so far as depends upon him, that while the exercise of the elective franchise bv the people shall be free from undue influences of official sta tion and authority, opinion shall also be free among the officers and agents of tne Government. I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant, Daniel Webster. “The Greeks at Our Doors.”—The Sun has the following : A distinguished prelate of the Orthodox Eastern Church has just arrived in this city from St. Petersburg. He is still a young man, not over thirty-five years of age, and was formerly Bishop of Kasan. Henceforth he will be known as John, Archbishop of North America. The faith ful of his charge are in Alaska, San Fran cisco, New Orleans and this city. He will remain in New York for some time, to make preparations for building a cathedral in Lexington avenue, near Fifty-third street, the site for which was purchased some time since. The funds with which this purchase was made were mainly con tributed by the Emperor of Russia. For the present, the Archbishop will celebrate the rites of Christian worship in a pro visional chapel improvised for the purpose in the house of the Rev. Mr. Bjerring, in this city. This Is the gentleman whose conversion from the Roman Catholic to the Orthodox Eastern Chnrch in Baltimore, about a year since, caused so great a sensa tion In ecclesiastical circles. Since that event the clergy of Russia have conceived the hope of seeing their communion firmly established in the United States, and gain ing as vast a number of adherents as the Roman Catholic Church itself. The ar rival of Archbishop John is probably but the precursor of an extensive system of missionary effort in this country. Usury.—From the proceedings of the Southern Commercial Convention, ou last Thursday, at Cincinnati, it will be seen that the convention took a strong stand in favor of repealing the usury laws. We give the extract from the proceedings: The report of the Committee on Free Trade in Money, which was pending at the noon recess, was taken up, and the first resolution, recommending a repeal of the usury laws and of all statutes bv which contracts In money are treated exception ally, was adopted. The second resolution, recommending an amendment to the bank er*’ law, *o as to take from them all monop oly iu the supply of currency or other forms of credit for tho wauts of business, and to allow every person a free use of uts credit; and the third, declaring the free I use of mean* and credtt a natural right of | all human beings, aud no goverumeiu has a right to Interfere with tins freedom, ex •apt when It U found that • crime eaters into the transaction, was lost. A Teuussstw l'i>iigr*»tuiau* motlierdU' law It iu used for the eccentricity at j«ii*. I ou'.ug Ur uushsud end throwing hi* bely 1 into an old tank ! Our New Y*rk Cflrrwpondence. New Yoke, October 6,1870. Cotton appears to have paused In Its de cline at a figure a little short of that Imll j cated in my last, namely, lS.cents for low 1 middling lu December. It did touch on Saturday last the low figure of but this was followed on Monday by an im provement of half cent, which has since been maintained, with a largely Increased movement for export, and our own spinners enabled to bny freely, owing to the fact that mill streams have been swollen by late rains. Tbe statistical position of the staple abroad is not so averse aa many have supposed. It is estimated from the move raent now in progress that on the 23d o September next the stock in Liverpool will be only 268,000 bales, against 370,000 boles last December, a felling off of 102,000 bales. The visible supply now in Europe was,at the latest mail dates, 143,000 bales greater than at tbe corresponding dotes in 18», but 52,000 bales less than la 18fl8, with prices much per pound lower, and con sumption largely increased. The quantity of cotton afloat for Europe oa the 23d of September whs only 387,786 bales, against 496,137 bales at tbe same date in 1869, and 683,947 bales In 1868.- The shipments of cotton from Bombay, January Ist to August 23d, 1870, were 953.847 bales; cor responding Deriod in 1869, 1,025,915 —a felling off of ‘over 72,000 bales; so you see, the cloud which overhangs the cotton has after all a silver lining. “ Expect to hear good news ” (as Bull Run Russell expressed it), from Ohio and Pennsylvania next week- You will get from the result In those States the first clear idea of the contempt into which Grant and his administration have fallen, among thinking people. The antipathy to ex- President Johnson and all who supported him, will contribute to Grant’s overthrow; for although Grant vas bitterly hostile to Johnson, personally, he seems to be unable to place confidence in any but those who actually supported Johnson, and the Radi cals have at last become restive under this partiality. There is some apprehension of trouble under the new law of Congress to check illegal voting. It is stated that Grant believes he was cheated out of the vote of this State, and declares that he will not be cheated again, if he ha3 to place a gunboat at the foot of every street. But Ido not think any excuse will be af forded for extreme measures, nor any pre text for Congressional interference in the result. The presence of yellow fever in our midst does not thus far occasion any ex citement, but Us ravages are not very se vere ; and it is hoped that tho vigorous equi noctial rains which we have enjoyed will 9tay the progress of its development. There is, of course, the usual quarrel regarding the responsibility for the presence of the dreaded disease; and it is a great wonder some people do. not accusi other people of having been the cause of the late drought. It would be quite- as reasonable, for the fever is as clearly the result of the drought as is the setting sun the cause of darkness. Visitors need have no apprehension of visit ing the city, because the victims have been only the dissolute or ill-conditioned. Bishop Potter, at the recent annual con- vention of the Episcopal Church of this diocese, came out strongly against the free school system, but desired that all learning should be imparted by parochial schools, under the control of the Church. This has stirred up the bile of a large number of Episcopalians, and he is warmly denounced by them. It is stated that very many Episcopalians are joining the Methodists, who are now becoming a very wealthy community, with no loss, of course, to their popularity, and are measurably free from the Calvinism against which a true church man revolts. The Farragut obsequies on Friday last were very creditable in the military por tion of the display, notwithstanding a severe rain-storm ; but some remark is oc casioned by the apparent inconsistencey of our municipal government, controlled, as it is, by Democrats, who have adopted the policy of the ancient Romans, in decreeing that no triumphs should be celebrated for victories won in a civil war. Farragut would have gone down to the grave “Unwept, unhonored and unsung,” bnt for the opportunities which were afford ed him by the enormous fleets of the North during the late wa- ancl the display which, at second thought, was made over his re mains, was ill-timed, to saytheieast; and it is made worse by the sacrifice of a principle, with no better motive than to reflect upon President Grant, with whom the late Admiral docs not seem to have been popular. THE FASHIONS. The colors most in favor for the street will, this Fall and Winter, be the various shades of brown, bronze, olive green, plain, garnet, violet, scabiosa, purple and very dark red. In lighter tints are buff, mouse, felt-gray, pearl-gray, orange, nasturtium, salmon and sand color, lilac, Chinese pink, sky-blue and lavender. For trimmings, bright cerise is much used. The new materials are mostly llama or goats’ hair tissues, and also cashmeres of various kinds. There is also the grot grain da laine , a handsome fabric, of a beautiful texture; grot grain Marquise, composed of wool and silk, shot of two colors, and satin des fndes, a woolen twilled material, of good quality, soft and silky to the touch, and which makes up very handsomely. There are also other varieties of satin de laine, more or less fine in texture, all much used for costumes. Some of the most dressy costumes of the Winter will be made of faille silk and vel vet. Plain silks are still the most desira ble, being by far the best adapted to the present styles; stripes will be somewhat worn, but checks or plaids will be more suited to children’s wear. More than ever, the costume is all of one color; all the trimmings, whether silk, satin, velvet, fringe, or even guipure lace, are exactly matched In color to the ma terial of the dress, though in some cases black is quite admisslble for the trimmings of a colored dres=>, and some elegant suits of black silk are elaborately trimmed with white, as, for instance, scallops and points bound with white, black lace falling over white satin, &c. Bands, with long bows at the back, are still worn with the jacket bodices, but long sashes are going out of vogue. Casaques, or tight fitting paletots, of black velvet, are again trimmed with passemeutcrie, with fringe, black silk gui pure or Chantilly lace. The passementerie trimmings are very elaborate and hand some, being mostly In thick crochet work patterns. Home elegant paletots of brown, gray, purp'e, or blue cloth, are trimmed with a wide itripe of velvet, edged on either side with two or three rouleaux of satlu, all of the * tme color and a lassie fringe round the bottom; these being worn with a dre*s of the nine materia'., thus forming.** we said above, * costume exactly harmonizing I tu color. j Piittjr jacket* an made of black cash ' ifcure, aud entbroidind alt aver Iu braid { work, or, what tl later, iu raised aatfn i sUu.lt kuiiictjittM tit* two are combined' I Again, Mi* mhooMsry la in the cawafen I atyle, that la, in wiay ikadea o' ah* aam* color, and of this style, those worked in ■ silk and braid, shaded from bright go*dcn yeliow to dark browD, are the prettiest; but In other models the pattern la a variety of bright shades. When the pattern Is flowered the natural colors must be kept. Dresses are also worked m the same manner, not always In silk, which would render them too expensive, but often In fine wool. The effect is very good. Point lace, and all its imitations, is likely to be more fashionable than ever this Win ter. Wide borders of point lace are used for trimming light colored dresses for eve ning wear, and with low necked silk dresses whole tunics of point lsce are very fashionable. Evening dresses are made with low, square cut bodices, and very much trimmed with lore, trains being worn for dressy evening toilets, over skirts trimmed with lace flounces, and probably the Winter toilets will be com posed of the dress and train shaped open tunic. Looped np sktrts Ere not seen now very often. For dinner toilet the bodice is open in front en ektde, and with a lace trimming so that only a small portion of tbe throat Is SMB- It is now established that larger bonnets will be worn. The latest shapes resemble the old capotes ot twenty years ago, bat the passe or front border, Is generally raised. The curtain is also frequently turned up, but not always; sometimes it is plain and curved out, sometimes waved, and some times plaited. Again, it Is often quite dis pensed with. The high crowned hats, Tyrolese, or Franc-tireurs, are made for the Winter of colored felt, plush, or velvet. Bird’s heads and wings are the favorite trimming for hats just now, and also long ostrich feath ers of all colors. These are placed on both hats and bonnets, not drooping, but curved so as to cover all the upper part of the hat. Jet aigrettes and ornaments are also very fashionable, aud fastenings of jet. Willoughby. War Topics. [Special to the World. London, October 6.—A courier who left Versailles on the evening of the 4th ar rived here this evening with the dispatches, of the World. The details, though not' full, are important. The Prussians have mounted already In all twenty-four large siege guns, at St. Cloud, Meudon and Cre teil. One of their siege trains was attack ed at Jalons-les-Vignes, near Chalons, where the Somme-Soude flows into the Marne, and after a sharp contest Us escort was driven off and forced to abandon the gun, which was spiked and rolled into the river. bismabck’s moral machinery. It is understood that Count von Bis marck counts upon seeing the spirit of the Parisians give way under the pressure of a protracted siege. He may I e right, but meanwhile it is cerlain that home sickness is breaking out in very trying forms among the German troops before the French capi tal. This is particularly noticeable among the soldiers from Swabia and Franconia, and the Bavarians of the Tyrol. The ex citement of the march and of the great battles Is giving place to disgust and weariness. The vast majority of these troops are men who have home ties and duties, and who are chafing bitterly under the prospect of an indefinite Winter cam paign. It is not to be denied, too, that this feeling is shared even by the officers of the regular Prussian and Saxon armies. The Saxons are especially irritated by the im mlnence of a long and fatiguing war. Dis eases, such as nostalgia and bad water always develop, are making serious ravages at Versailles and Clamart. THE SOLDIERS MORE HUMANE THAN MOLTKE. The German troops are, to their credit be it said, greatly shocked by General von Moltke’s order that all Francs-tirenrs cap tured shall be shot. The Tyrolese murmor against it openly, as an outrage upon all their own traditions, and the army in gen eral are reluctant to accept so barbarous a contest. . The dissatisfaction among the soldiers Is so great from all these causes that King William and the Crown Prince take every occasion of going personally among them, and the most wouderfal sto ries are daily published through the camps of the demoralization and inevitable speedy surrender of the garrison of Paris, of the helplessness of the French provinces, and the revolutionary anarchy reigning through out France. At Clamart, Meudon, and other places, the German troops are putting up wooden huts for the Winter, and in some cases real ly large and commodious wooden barracks. THE PERILS IN THE REAR. Ostend, October 6. —The accounts from Alsace and Lorraine are heartrending.— The distress of the people is fearful, and It is developing the worst form of partisan warfare. So bitter and untameable is the popular feeling against the Prussians that the people rise on their detachments every where at the slightest opportunity. At Forbach, where few speak French and which is on the very frontier, the small garrison was ordered over the line last week to Saarbrncken, where some work was to be done on the bridges. When the people saw the German troops leave in the train, a story went about that a gnat vic tory had been won at Paris, and that the Invaders were in full retreat. In less than a quarter of an hour the town was in open revolt. The squad of Bavarian troops left in charge of the hospital was attacked, and most of them were killed and wounded be fore telegrams could bring help from St. Avoid. The town was tremendously pun ished, heavy finest were exacted, and nearly thirty persons were shot in cold blood. The Black Flag. —The Journal of Com merce, noticing the fact that a free military organization in Southern France are said to have raised the black flag, declaring that they will neither give nor expect quar ter, says: Men who talk in that bloodthirsty fash ion are usually braggarts, not fighters, and, on the first battlefield, we shall not be astonished to hear that the black flag men took to their heels, and were caught on their marrow bones by the pursuing Prussian cavalry, begging for mercy. In our war there were some reported Southern threats of black flags, but tbe Confederates were too brave and sensible to Indulge In such Bobadll exhibitions, and we believe the death-colored standard was never shown In any engagement. It Is due to the chlv alrlc reputation of Frauce that the order, If ever issued, should be rescinded at once. Hard It may seem for l'arla to have to teed German prisoners; but It would be some thing of an advautuge to take them ami parade Uiein through the street as evidence* ot French prowess, * * * Pari* has 1 not yet iieeu so lucky iu bagging Prussians 1 as to make the Issuing of such a mandate u I thing of supreme necessity, ,Ou« of Grant's Covington appointees. the new Minister to Denmark, h*» beeu chib leuged to light iiy ntt irate T*uaeaaaiu,au<l re#| sanded To the cartel by getting Ids antagonist locked up for a fear ■ l From the Chtrteatoa Hampton's Letter. HIS ACCOUNT OF HIS INTERVIEW WITH GOV ERNOR SCOTT IN 1868. Columbia, October 9. An enthusiastic Reform meeting was held here on Saturday night. Col? J. P. Thomas presided. Judge Bacon, of Edge field, spoke for about an hoar, and show ed up Elliott’s sudden wealth, bribery and rascality in a very able speech. Gen. Butler spoke for aa hoar and a half. His was the grandest speech of the atssrx'ss created great excitement, and elicited rap turous and repeated rounds of applause. The crowd could not all get ia the court house. In proof of the tenth charge against Scott, Gen. Butler read the follow ing latter from Gen. Hampton- "V ; Columbia, October 8. To Gen. M. C. Butler : Mr Dear Ghnebal : Your communica tion, asking me te give you an account of what teansplsaA at the interview I had with Gov. Scott, In 1868, reached me ©n my return home day before yesterday, and. In accordance with your request,! beg to make the following statement: A. few days after the murder of Randolph, X was re quested by Gov. Scott, through a friend, to call on him, which I did on the following day. As no one but Gov. Scott aud myself were present at this interview, I shall not repeat what was then said, and will refer only to what passed at a subsequent meet ing. By request I called again on Governor Scott at his house on the night of Tuesday, October 27th, accompanied by two friends. In the conversation that ensued I told Governor Scott that as Grant’s election vas now rendered nearly certain, the vote of this State would not affect the general re sult, but that our people would settle down much more quietly if the vote of the State should be cast in favor of tbe Democratic candidate, and that I regarded it of great consequence in the interest of peace that such should be the case. To this Governor Scott agreed, aud after further conversation he made the following pledges: First. That he would use his influence to make the State go Democratic. Second. That he would endeavor to induce a suffleeat num ber of the colored members of the Legisla ture to resign, so that the whites might secure a strong representation in both houses. Third. That he would appoint to office, whenever he could do so, such men as were recommended by the Democratic party. And fourth. That he would issue a proclamation commending the action of the executive committee, and calling on his party to exercise the same spirit of concili ation and forbearance as the Democratic party had been urged to do in the address of their executive committee. This procla mation was written, (as I was subsequently informed), by one of the gentlemen who was present at the interview; was signed by Governor Scott and published on the 27th of October. As Governor Scott has broken faith with me, I no longer regard the communication he made confidential. You are, therefore, at liberty to use this letter as you may please. I am, very truly, yours, Wade Hampton. Prophecy Become History.— The Due de Persigny wrote as follows to the Empe ror Napoleon in 1866: As you are about to communicate several broad truths to the illustrious personages surrounding you, I think that you may add the following: While we are pompously and tediously deliberating what should be done to obtain a large and effective army, Prussia proposes simply, with great activ ity, to invade our territory. She will be in position to place in line of battle 600,000 men and 1,200 pieces of artillery before we can arrange the frame-work indispensable to placing in the field an army of 300,000 men and 600 pieces of artillery. Blindness alone can permit ns to doubt that war will break out at an early day. With our stupid vanity and mad presumption we might be lieve that we could choose our own day and hour when the organization of our armament is complete; but if that is your opinion, I shall begin to believe that the Government has gone mad and that Jupi ter has decided to destroy the country. * * * * I draw your attention to the following facts, because nature has made you with open eyes and yon are, at least, clear-sighted. For some time past Prussian agents have been running over the frontier departments—particularly those portions comprised between the Moselle river and the Vosges Mountains—sounding the opinions of the population. They bring influences to bear upon the Protest ants, who are numerous in those parts, and much less French in their sentiment than is generally believed. These people are the grandsons of the men who, in 1815, sent a deputation to the headquarters of the ene my to ask that Alsace be taken from France and handed over to Germany. It will be well to note these facts, for it may be rea sonably considered as throwing light upon the enemy’s plan. Paul de Casbaonac.—M. Paul de Cas sagnac, a well known French journalist, has just died at Cassel. He was renowned at all times for his personal bravery, and thrust himself into action with enthu siasm at the outbreak of the war. In his rencontres with political opponents he was celebrated as a swordsman. He was the son of Granier de Cassagnac, and in 1866 he joined the Ptips, of which he soon be came editor-in-chief. The Pays was con ducted with extreme personal ability, and its virulence against contemporary jour nalistic and political adversaries was re markable, even among the excesses of po lemical journalism. His most noted duel was with M. Gustave Flourens, also an editor, whom he attacked with every pro vocation while that gentleman was in pris on, under Government protection. Paul de Cassagnac, notwithstanding his charac ter as duelist and his press predilections, received the favors of the Imperial Court, but he was a savage assailant of Prince Pierre Bonaparte at the time of Victor Nolr's murder. Cotton Movement.—The Financial Chronicle , In making up a report of the cot ton movement for the week ending the 7th Inst., gives the total receipts for the seven days at 08,940 bales, against 55,072 the last week, making the total receipts since Sep tember Ist, 103,260, against 218,020 bales for tbe same period of 1909, showing a de crease slnco September Ist, this rear, of 21,600 bales. The exports of the weelc reach a total of 15.M03 bales; stock at ail the porta on the 7th lust., 144,487 bales ; total exports sines September, 45,499 bales, against 47,881 balet to same period in 1900. The Advanck op Catuolukm.—Ca tbollelam appears to lie making rapid ad vances upon Protestantism in Chicago, If statistics b« correct, it claims 40,000c0m munieanla, against M1,9000f Ml plotMlaui bodies i 41,4 w average attendauev against 07,940, with cltNreb property awbuilutg by SB,OO<VMW against $1,009,400-
