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About Weekly constitutionalist. (Augusta, Ga.) 185?-1877 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 14, 1870)
THE WEETLY OOHSTITUTCOH ALIBT WEDNESDAY MORNING. DEC. 14. 1870 Clafc Mates far Ike Weekly Constitution* allot. That every one may be enabled to sub scribe, and receive the benefits of a live jour nal, we offer the following liberal terms to Clubs ; 1 Copy per year - - - - $3 00 3 Copies per year - - - 750 f Copies per year - - - - 12 =OO 10 Copies per year - - - - 20 00 We trust that every subscriber to the paper will aid us in adding to our list. OROPS AHD CURRENT NEWS. Our subscribers and friends in the coun try will confer a favor on us and our nu merous readers by sending us items as to crop prospects and 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. “WAY UP ‘NORTH’ IN DIXIE.” A correspondent of the Baltimore Gaulle, writing from Washington, under date of December Ist, has the following: “ It is hard to imagine the extreme to which the Radical leaders will go In their desperation. They excite negroes to mur der unoffending white citizens; they con trol the judiciary by placing It under mili tary surveillance ; to protect the dupes of their Union Teagues and other secret or ganizations, the military power Is Invoked to control elections, and here, In Washing ton, they would exercise a censorship over places of amusement, and allow only snch pieces, or snch tones, to be played as meet the approbation of the powers that be. The organ this morning, no donbt by au thority, publishes the following pronuncli mento, which I give to show the audacity of Raclcal recklessness. It reads thns: “ ‘ One of the troupe, who performs upon what Is called a ‘ tumblerenlcon,’ and from which he gives real sweet music, has for the lost three nights pampered to the tastes of the rebel spirit existing In Washington, and played ‘ Dixie.’ This air, which be came the national hymn of the C. B. A., is received with uproarious applause Id the capital of the nation. Where more than two-thirds of the people receive their sup port from the Government, ‘ Dixie ’ Is an insult. If, during the war, any performer had dared to sing or play * Dixie ’ in a thea tre of this city, he would have been hurled from tho stage by the loyal soldiers present. We publicly request Outt this rebel air be here after omitted from the programme at our the atre “ Os course, the managers will obey the order thus issned, for, should they refuse, the Government, with the military, might compel obedience. The allusion to the time when no one • dared to sing or play Dixie’ Is very happy, and it is also sugges tive. A time may come when no paper or party will dare knsnlt the people of this Republic with such menaces. HOW TO DISCRIMINATE. The Portsmouth (Ohio) lime * has the following sarcastic account of the first prosecutions on record under the Enforce ment Law of Congress: “ Lewis and Henry Canter, of Lawrence connty, Ohio, father and son, were tried In the United States Court «t Cincinnati last week, before Judge L"avett, on a ohirgc or preventing a colored man from voting This Is the first trial had under tin: odious law ot Congress. It appears that Lewis spoke rudely to a couple of colored men who were approaching the polls on election day. lie should not ha vu talked so harshly to the 'nation’s wants.’ If lie wauted to swear at anybody, ne should have directed his remarks to some poor white man, and the ‘nation’ would have overlooked the matter, and not dealt so cruelly with him. As it w»«, the son wns acquitted, and Lewis Center, for hurting the feelings of Jupiter Wilkinson and his sable compan ion, is to be confined one mouth In the Lawrence connty jail. Bern : a poor man, the flue of SSOO was mercifully remitted. Let this be a warning. Henceforth, re member the 13th amendment, and speak In gentle tones tg the African on election day. If yon should, from anv cause, become an gry, address your remarks to a white mao, and yon will not be punished.” Grant. —The New York Express thinks Grant has done one good thing for Ameri ca, viz: disgusted every decent man with a military Executive. Oar contemporary says: " Gen. Grant has run out, for thU geue “ ration, the making of uieie soldiers Presl “ dents. If there be any amb’tlons boy " rising up, West Point is not the place to “ go Into for the Presidency, for thirty “ years to come. Better grind sn organ “ In the streets, or' make ’em shine, sir, “only a Up.’ The people, some time here “ after, will prefer boot-blacks for Presl " dents to mem soldiers.” Pamino AND Parting.— The Atlanta Norn Mrm trie* to be severe, thus: " Brown, the newly elected Governor of MlMnari, writes his name B. Grate Brown — not Grata B. Brown. We are not ad vised as to whether he parts his hair In the middle.” Precisely. He does not write it J. E. Bbown, for instance. He split Radicalism in twain In Missouri, leaving no hair on Its head to part either in the middle or on the side. Satirical. —Somebody writing for the Savannah New*, with delicate Irony, wel-1 comes Messrs. Bard, of the True Georgian. and Sneed, of the Republican, Into the Democratic fold. Is not that a queer con junction? Foolish.— Nominating Presidential can-; dldates at this time, it looks like editors i were oat of Jobs. i PORTER AND GRANT. By referring to our telegraphic columns, | It will be seen that Admiral Porter and President-General Grant have had a grand unmasking. The following letter, which shows what the actual Secretary of the Navy thought of Gen. Grant In 1865, will explain how Grant, In 1870, declares that he has •• lost faith in human nature [COPT 1 North Atlantic Squadron, 1 U. 8. Flagship Malvern. > Cape Fear River, January 21,1805.) Mr Dear Sir: I received your kind let ter of the 17th Inst., and thank you warm ly for the confidence you reposed in my good opinion that this place could be ta ken. To the Navy Department alone Is the country indebted for the capture of this rebel stronghold ; for had It not been for your perseverance in keeping the fleet here, and your constant propositions made to the army, nothing would have been done. As It was, after the proposition had been received, and Gen. Grant promised that troops should be sent. It was not, done until Gen. Bntler consented to let the mat ter go on, and when he hoped to reap some little credit for the explosion of the powder boat. Now. the country gives Gen. Grant the credit of Inaugurating the expedition, when, on both occasions, he permitted it to go Improperly provided. In the first place It had neither head nor tail as far as the army was concerned. In the second place he (Grant) sent too few men, when he onght, to have calculated that the rebels would have more strongly defended the works, after seeing what a narrow escape they had. Nothing but the most desperate fighting and a determination to win on the part of the army gave ns the victory. The gallant band of sailors who fearlessly went into the works amidst a shower of canister and bullets, drew the enemy's attention away from the assault on the land on the land side, and enabled the troops to obtain a snre footing. I don’t sav this to detract from the gallantry of the soldiers, for never did men fight harder or more hand somely than did our troops that day. Now that the most Important fort on the coast has been gained, ns usual you will hear hut little of what the navy did, and no donbt efforts will be made again to show that the work was “ not substantially Injured as a defensive wotk." To Gen. Grant, who i* always ready to take the credit when anything i» done, and equally ready to lay the blame of the failure on the navy when a failure takes place, I feel under no obligations for receiving and allowing a re port to be spread from his headquarters that there Were three days when the navy might have operated and did not. He knows as much about It as he did when he wrote to me, saying, “ the only way In which the place could be taken was by run ning the ships pastjthe batteries,” showing evidently that he had not studied the hy drography of Cape Fear river, and did not know the virtue there was In our wooded walls when they went in for a fair stand up-fight. Any fort In rebeldom can be taken if we can only get in reach of It. I have served with the Lieutenant General before, where I never worked so hard In my llle to make a man succeed as I did for him. You will scarcely notice in his re ports that the navy did h‘m any service, when, without the help it has given him all the way through, he never would have been Lieutenant General. lie want* magnanimity, like most officers of tho army, and ie *o avariciou* as regards fame that he will never, If he can help It, do justice, to our department. When the rebels write the history of this war, then, nnd only then, will the conn’ry be made to feel what the navy has done. 1 do not feel at all kindly towards General Grant for the indl(Terence he displayed In this matter untl he found his own reputa tion at stake; then he was glad to throw the elephant overboard that had weighed him down so heavily. He could not help but know that Gen. Butler was going In command of this expedition. The matter was constantly discussed with him; he knew that he had placed himself and all of numerous staff on board the flagship Ben de Ford, and everybody spoke of him as commander of the troops. Tn a converm'inn with (ten. Grant, I expresstold him that 1 wanted nothing to do with Gen. Butler, and he promised me faith fully that he should not have any conneetion with the expedition. Two months I waited, the fleet ready to sail at au hour’s notice, and I acquiesced in the General’s decision that he could not spare troops for fear of endangering the defenses In his front. I said, “ Then the expedition will never go until Butler has a Anger in the pie;” and sure enough, when Butler said go, we went. The fear of weakening the defenses disap peared on Butler’s presenting his plan for blowing the forts down, ami an army was shipped so quick (unprepared) on the trans ports, that they almost sailed In the mid dle of a heavy gale. Gen. Grant knew that I did not care a fig for the powder boat, though I was very willing to try It as an experiment, but not disposed to trust It al together. I think it most unhandsome in him to listen tor a moment to the Idle talk of Batter’s staff, and bis timid, calculating engineer, Comstock, who wanted some ex cuse for not doing their duty. The Lien tenant General and I were together eigh teen months before Vicksburg—never had to wait for me, nor did any of his generals (hut I have had to wait for them), and he should have supposed from the past and my anxiety to go to work, that I had not become any slower in my movements than J was on tiie Mississippi. Hie cowee proves to me that he would rather sacrifice hu best friend rather than let any odium fall on Lieutenant General Grant. He teiU take to himself all the credit of this more note that it is successful, when he deserves all the blame for the first failure to take place. All this Is now saddled on Gen. Bntler, and history will tell nothlugof Gen. Grant’s share In it. I tell it to yon for vour own personal sat isfaction that yon may know and feel that yon are entitled to the entire credit for getting this expedition off and for Its suc cess. lam merely the agent and only nsed to advantage the ample means placed at my diepoeal, which any one else coaid have done as well as I. I expect yon sometlraen . think I am a little too impolitic in what I say, bat that is my nature. I am always ready to fight right away, If any one re flects upon the navy. I know that no country under the sun ever raised a navy as yon have done in the same space of time, and that no navy ever did more.— Could the navy operate in James river, Richmond would now be oars. Vicksburg, a stronger place, fell when the navy was brought to bear on It. Every place has fallen where naval cannon have been brought into play. * * * * TVs Is not a pet place with the Lieutenant General, and he leaves It with about seven | thousand men and 1 don’t think knows much of the situation. An army man' j thinks If he has a gunboat at his back lie , l* all safe, but this Is one case where at times the gnuboats are driven off by bad weather, and those Inside cannot co-operate effectively. I have given you a long letter, I I but find au apology tor myself in the fact j that 1 know your whole heart Is In the i uavy, and that everything concerning It In * Wrests yon. Again permit ms to thank yoa l for the confidence yon have always placed in me,and the opportunities you have given me for distinction, and assuring you that It has been my warmest wish to merit on:y ; your approbation, I remain, Respectfully and sincerely, Your obd’t serv’t, (Signed) David D. Porter, j To Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy, Washington, D. C. THE ENFORCEMENT LAW. The Richmond Dirpatch quotes as fol- j lows from the Constitution of the United j States to show how the requirements of that instrument are negatived by the En forcement Act: “Art. I, section 10. No State shall enter j into any treaty, alliance, or confederation, * * or pass any law impairing the obli gation of contracts, or grant any title of nobility. “2. No State shall * * lay any im ports or duties on imports or exports,” &c. There are many others of these prohibi tions, The 15th Amendment is one. It is in substance: “ No State sha'l deDy the right of suffrage to a uegro because he is a negro.” Our contemporary then proceeds to show how Congress falsifies by its legislation the very charter it has sworn to uphold. Thu*: “ We suppose it will require no argument to enable any one to perceive that if C in gress can legislate so as to make one of these provisions operate UDOn individuals, it has the same right to legislate to r inse the others to operate upon Individuals. Thus, inasmuch as It has passed a law to punish John Smith for endeavoring to in duce a negro to vote the Conservative ticket, or, if you please, for doing what the State Is forbidden bv the fifteenth amend ment to do, It must have the right to pun ish the same John Smith for doing any of the other acts which the State Is forbidden to do. It follows that if Congress will only pass an unconstitutional law to afford him a pretext for so doing, Commissioner Jenkins will one day bind John Smith to appear before a Federal grand jury to answer the charge of having granted a title of nobility to somebody else. Would tilts be a burlesque upon the Consti tution ? Not one whit more than is the act of hailing John Hagan, jr., to appear be fore a Federal grand jury to answer the charge of having done what the State, nor Individuals, Is forbidden to do; though we. by no means, admit that even the State is forbidden to separate white and black voters. Mr. Hagan is held to answer an Indictment because somebody put up a lence or partition between the lines of white and black voters. And when wo are asked for the constitutional provlsldn which such an act violates, we are gravely referred to the Fifteenth Amendment, which simply pro hibits a State from so altering Its Constitu tion as to deny the right of suffrage to a negro because he is a negro. Congress has usurped a power which the Constitution docs not confer upon it. It has, blinded by Radical venom, undertaken to m'ake a con stitutional provision which operates upon States only, justify a law which prescribes punishments for acts not prohibited b/ that constitutional provision. It is Impossible, therefore, that any other thau a corrupt or an ignorant judge can hold such a law to be constitutional. TOLERATION. The Richmond Dirpatch thus notices a speech recently delivered at Raleigh by Gov. Vance. “It is gratifying to see that Governor Vance, in his speech at Raleigh on the occa sion of a serenade after his election to the United States Senate (In place of the mean carpet-bagger Abbott), adv.sed the policy of forbearance and opposed retaliation. He declared that ‘ the best antidote for tyran ny the strongest weapon against It, is the enactment of just and wholesome laws;’ and he further declared that those who had triumphed should not undertake to avege themselves for the overriding of civil liber ty In North Carolina; but 9hou!d endeavor by wise measures to prevent It from hap pening again. Good advice. If we pursue the doctrine of retaliation, where is strife to end?” Nothing makes a man so merciful an 1 magnanimous as success. Honors change manners, they say; and so Gov. Vance, with the Senate in view, can afford to preach toleration in all of Its length nnd breadth. The doctrine he teaches is com mendable ; but justice should be tempered with mercy. For cur part, while counsel ing the greatest charity, we are constrained to believe that the leading conspirators in the Southern States against good govern ment and social order are not only unworthy of delicate treatment, but are really en couraged In their villainy hy the knowledge that they have nothing to fear In case of the triumph of Democratic principles and men. Still, It may be best to practice tol eration to the last, the more especially as the only way to touch a Radical on the raw Is to deprive him of office and the hope of ever getting It. THE STATE ELECTION. The Richmond Whij, alluding to onr approaching State election, says: “Unlike the election in all other States, this is to lie held dining three days—for the purpose of enabling the free and enlighten ed citizens of African descent to ‘vote early and often.’ The United States mili tary are to be called In to supervise the operation, and then the commissioners ap pointed by Bollock will connt the resalt. Unless the Conservatives of Georads follow the example we set them jn Virginia—give three times as great a majority as their enemies expect—they will be counted out.” The conntlng ont business may not prove so easy a job as many anticipate. Bat our friends should take the hint and rally to the polls «n masse so as to give, If possi ble, six times as great a majority as our enemies expect. First and Second.— The New York Tribune, a few days since, contained this truly Republican morsel: “ The new Go er-ior of Alabama took the oath, and would have taken possession of the Executive office had not United States troops prevented. These have since been withdrawn, and the Republican Governor ; and Treasurer hold office now by the ma teriel aid of a sheriffs posse, compose l of , negroes." J Well, If the “boya In blue” cau stand that sort of thing, the people of Alabama will be able to endure It for a while longer. Our New York Correspondence. New York. December 1, 1870. The final canvass sires the Democrats j two mahrita in the lower branch of the j New York Leg slature, but we had yes'er dav the intelligence of the death of Sena tor Blood, from the Saratoga District, by which the Democrat c majority in the State * Senate is lost. ' The outlook in Euroi>e is much more fa vorable to cotton —what the South has to sell—aud adverse to breadstuff’s ar.d pro visions—which the South must buy—and the Spring may open upon peace ar.d com mercial activity. • In jewelry, one of the newest styles is French enamel and onyx, called Belgian marble, set in gold with pearls, which give a relief to the deep black,: nd accord with the strata of white which runs through the stone. For morning wear, these make very appropriate ornamen's, cut into crosses, ovals and medallions. Plain dead gold | buttons and studs have lost some degree of favor, on account of the many imitations which have been brought out; the moss agate, however, continues to be worn, making a very neat cuff button. Ame thysts, inlaid with diamond Initials, arc very fashionable. These, however, are very ex ensive Something new for gentleman’s wear is a long, flat button of burnished gold, a corded rope of etruscan gold round the edge, and upon the top an arabesque design in intaglio. Spiral gold studs, with en graved designs, are much worn; and for! j scarf pins," Roman mosaics, lava cameos ! and coral, mounted in ant'qne gold settings I j of diverse patterns, are quite in vogue. An entire novelty in watches has recent ly b cu introduced. This is the bouquet j watch, being one of the most ingenious works of mechanism ever seen, and is nothing less than a miniature time piece enclosed in au artificial rose. The alleged utility of this is that the lady may be able to consult her watch without a reflection upon the powers of entertainment of the gentleman with whom she may be convers ing. It is expos and to view or concealed at pleasure by opening and closing the flower, the calyx and stem of which are made of gold, and the petals of silk. The leaves are so connected with a slide in the stem, that by moving the slide they are made to move in a spiral manner, spreading or closing themselves up according to the direction of the movement, drawing the netals with them, and changing the flower from a bud to a full blown rose, or from a full blown flower to a bud. The stem is of a length sufficient to reach through the stock of a bouquet, so that the slide can be worked with facility. The “ bouquet watch,” therefore, being arranged in the centre of a bouquet, the petals closed, ap pears like an ordinary rose bud ; but at the option of the lady the petals may be opened, and in the centre ol' the flower is the tiny watch, about the size of a silver dime. These watches are made in Geneva from a design furnished by one of the largest firms of this city. S ime very beautiful patterns in brace lets are this year exhibited. The spiral bracelet, which matches the neck chains, is very much in vogue of 'ate, and heavy bands of dead gold, some three inches In width, ornamented with an antlqu de sign and enriched with precious stones, are very handsome. These latter, how ever, are very expensive. Some beant'ful designs of enamelled leaves are upon a frosted ground, aud beside these are aiso the Arabesque lines and Grecian chain, which may be looked upon as standard. For morning wear or for mourning, a plain band of black enamels, with a bur nished gold edge, the catch In the form of a tongue and buckle, Is desirable. Jet goods are In great demand, and their cost being comparatively moderate, they are brought within the reach of all. The variety in these Is very great. In lockets, nothing very new is on exhi bition. Some pretty designs In French lewalry have been introduced, and varied styles of colored fancy jewelry are seen, blue, violet, pearl, green and crlm-on. Within .the last few weeks there has been a flecrease lu the price of diamonds, this being accounted for by the war in Europe, in forcing many wealthy people to sell. A novelty imported by one of our largest Arms from Englmd is a small watch Inserted iu the handle of a walking cane. The dial is protected by a gold lid, which entirely conceals the face, and avhich is opened at pleasure by a pressure on a small knob. An ingenious contri vance culled the “watch protector” Is likely to become popular, the design being to protect the dug of a watch from being broken off by pickpockets. The green gold which, iu days of yore, was fashionable, is being again introduced In some peculiar styles. The French Fair will, on Friday, be closed. The great Catholic Fair has just been brought to a very successful termina tion, and to-night will be inaugurated an other great Fair, which is on a scale quite equal to those which have just taken place. The display will be brilliant. There will be flfty-flve stalls, attended by about one hundred and fifty ladies. A peculiarity will be “ a well of lemonade,” which will be presided over by a lady who will assume the character of Rebecca, assisted by two negro boys. A striking feature also, will be the tea stand. In the background Is an oil painting of a Chinese marriage cere mony, and the whole fitted up as an elegant tea store. A special feature will be the art exhibition, which will Include a number of Constant Mayer’s pictures, besides many others of value. Nilsson, at the French Fair, proved as great a success as in a musical way. For one night she presided over the floral de partment, and in her hande, a bouquet worth five cents, b.-ought readily five dol lars, aud flowers worn in her hair were sold for fifty dollars apiece. On Friday, and also on last night, the Oratorio of the Mes siah was given, drawing, as might be sup «osed, on both occasions, crowded houses. he tickets were placed at high prices also —two dollars for general admission, and three and four dollars for seats. Willoughby. Gov. Bullock Throwing A wax More Monet.— On the first day of December, the Treasurer paid, upon the Governor’s war rant, live hundred dollars, to Robert H. Brown, for drawing the title from John H. James to the State, of the House lately bought by the Legislature as an Executive mansion. He also paid another warrant for twenty-live dollars, to C. K. Maddox, a clerk or stndent In Brown’s office, for tak ing an inventory of the property In the James house. Where was the Attorney General, whose' duty it was to have done this dutv, if it de volved upon the State? Mr. Brown is. we believe, a relative of the Governor. It Is a vendor’s duty to furnish a good title, and the expense the Governor put the State to, iu this matter, was a simple gift of the people’s money to his relatives and friends. Let the people remember dt at the polls We have a Governor that squanders the conteuts of the State Treasury upon hie aependeuta and followers, without regard to law or economy —Atlanta Constitution. Northwestern Mutual Lite Insurance ■ Company. We copy from the Rome Courier the fol lowing history and statement of the growth <»f one of the strongest Life Insurance Com panies in the country. It will be read with interest: We are glad to learn that Col. J. C. Ytiser, of this city, has received and accept ed tta * agency of Northwestern Georgia for the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company. The company Is substantial and undoubtedly one of the best managed in the country. The standard of reserve heretofore adopted of 4 l j and 5 per cent, being of questionable safety, this company determined to make assurance doubly sure, and instead of declaring this year, M it could have done, an unusually large divi dend, took about one million of its surplus and added to the reserve of each of its poli cies so as to make them good even if the interest of the laud should fifty years hence come down tp 4 per cent. This company keeps one-tenth more money loaned out at the high rate of 10 per cent, interest, se cured on real estate than most companies, and one flth more thau is required by the New York standard. Elizur Wright, the highest Americau au thority on life insurance, say's, “this makes it as impregnagable as Gibraltar.” We can not give anv better notice of this success ful company than by using part of tli6 re port of the Board of TnHe for the city o. Milwaukee, for 1870, Us (headquarters )- They say: “The most conspicuousfinan ctaUustitution of the West Is the North western Mutual Life Insurance Company. In the short space of eleven years it his be come one of the largest and strongest com panies in the nation, and is ail institution of which the Northwest may feel proud. Two hundred and seventy-seven policies, with an income of 820,340 63 covered its business for 1859 ; while in 1869, only ten years later, It issued 9.891 policies, covering an insurance of $22,367,862 23, and its in come was $3,338,588 61. It paid in death claims for the same vear $433,443 89, and iu dividends $321,229 99, while its mortal ity was less than tliree-fourths of the esti mated average of American insurance. Its assets July Ist, 1870, were $8;000,000; at this time over $9,000,000." This company is purely mutual; every policy holder gets all Ills money earns, there are no stockholders to eat up the lion’s share of its yearly profits. Its rapid growth Is accounted for from the safety of its risks and the small aver age of Its mortality, and because It can and does loan most of Its usually large re serve for 10 per cent, luterest—that being the legal Interest of the Northwest; 6 and 7 per cent, only is the legal interest of the Eastern and Northern States. This company has in force in Atlanta and many other portions of the State many large policies on some of our most in fluential and shrewd business meu, and has returned the compliment by a loan of S6OOOO. The geueral agent for the State is Dr. W. H. White, of Atlanta, late of Memphis, Term , whom the Avalanche and Ledger, of t hat city, noticed, on leaving, as being a gentleman worthy of confidence, and who carried with him the respect and good wishes of tts best aud most respected citi zens. Tlios. 0. Kyte, from Kentucky, late of Atlanta, Is the District Agent for this District. He has letters of strong endorse ment to many of our best citizens, and we commend him and the company to our people. [ AUbaoia Corre*pon tence Cincinnati Commercial How Sambo Votes. AN INTERVIEW WITH A NATIVE ALABAMIAN. I know a district in one of the northern tier of counties where the returns show that of the eighty odd vo'es polled all were for Lindsey, although there are several gentle Africans living In that favored local ty. Thinking an Interview might shed light ou the gloomy affair. I said to a sov ereign of that district, “ llow happened.it tlint Smith did not get any votes at your polling place?” “ Because,” said he, as he pared a toe-nail that protruded through a hole in his boot, “ because nobody voted for him." This answer would have terminated nu ordinary interview, but as I was after in formation bearing upon the future welfare of the party that saved the Government in the hour of its trial, I continued : “ Any negroes in your beat ?’’ “ Yes, about a dozen on ’em." “ Did they vote ?” “ They did in the cool.’’ “ Who for ?’’ “ Lindsey, of course.” “ That seems funny, considering the unanimity with which they supported Smith in the southern part of the State." “ Yes, 'tls a little funny that the niggers should have sense enough to vote the Dem ocratic ticket. The Radical school teach ers are learning them something. The more the niggers are educated the more they will see that It U to their interest to vote with the people among whom they live, who like them, who care for them, who give them part of their cotton crops, instead of running after a set of d—n dead beats and carpet-baggers.” “ And scalawaggers,” I added, not want ing my friends from the North to bear the entire brunt of Democratic wrath. “ Yes, and every other kind of wagger and wiggler. Why, on election day the niggers came up to the polls and said they wanted to vote, and to give them some tickets. Some of the men says: • Boys, how do you want to vote?’ And they an swered that they wanted to vote like all the balance was voting. A Democratic ticket was read to them, and they said that was the very thing—just what they want ed, and so they voted it." More Arrests in Newberry.—Colum bia, 8. C., December 4.—The following gen tlemen were arrested In Newberry yester day, and brought to Columbia at 1 o’clock last night; John Montgomery, J. J. Hou seale, Wm. Wright, James Packer, J. G. McFall and H. P. Tarrant. They were ar rested by the United Btates authorities, un der the charge of intimidating voters at the election on the 19th of October. The prisoners were lodged in jail here, and were brought before the United States Commissioner to-day on a writ of habeas corpus, and ball was refused on the ground of this being Sunday, but arrangements were made so that the parties may be re leased In trtne to morrow morning to re turn to their homes in Newberry. A num ber of negroes were brought down as wit nesses agaiust the accused A bill iu the cases of the Laurens prison ers will be handed to the grand jury to morrow. The evidence is said to be very meagre, and appearances Indicate that the eutireVheme is merely a disgraceful at tempt on the part of Joe Crewa and the State authorities to create buncombe po litical capital.-— Special Telegram to the Charleston Courier. The Leg act or the Bktublican P« tv OF Net adi —Hon. Tom Fitch passed through Elko last Sunday, on his way East, to serve ont the balance of bis lease of political life at Washington. He ad mitted his defeat and the election of Ken dall, and publicly added that the Republi cans have one consolation, that, though defeated, they “ leave tho Democracy a bank rupt treasury end a ruined credit /" Here is the whole truth told at last In the felicitous langnage of the chosen and eloquent representative of the Republican party of Nevada—” a bankrupt treasury and a ruined credit”—the history of the ruling partv of the State from Its organl z >tlon to 1870 told in a few words. Befoie the election Fitch sung & different song. The State resounded with lauda tions of the wonders performed and glo ries achieved by the srreat organization which he represented. Fitch has Illustrat ed the fbet that “the troth Is not always to be spoken”—not until after an electio'n. Those four words—“ bankrupt treasury.’’ “ ruined credit’’—confound and refute all the glowing periods, the painted dcclama tions and unsustamed assertions made by the speaker during a two months’ constant travel through the State. All those elo quent speeches dissolve away like the base less fabric of a dream before this full, hon est confession—while all that the Democra cy have charged respecting the foul ad ministration of public affairs in the State is now an admitted fact. The Democracy was on firm ground ; no wonder it won the fight. nere, then, is the epitaph which the liis ' torian of Radicalism In Nevada has en graved on the tombstone of the party: “It crave the Democracy a bankrupt treasury and a ruined creditand it might truth fullv be added, it left most of the people of the'State In the same condition. [ B-ko Independent. Estimate of Expenditures of the United States Govetunmest.—The Chief Clerk of the Treasury has completed the task of making up the annual estimate of expenditures of the United States Govern ment, and reports to the Secretary of the Treasury that the total for the fiscal year ending June 80,1872, xv:ll be $380,273,380, exclusive of estimated balance. The estimates for the current fiscal year were $298,516,733, Including balances, to meet which the sum of $272,308,337 was appropriated by Congress. The War Department estimates, as origi nally prepared by the chlefe of bureau, amounted to $87,775,435 73. Secretary Belknap reduced the bureau estimates to $29,888,998. The appropriations of this Department for the current year were $39,821,36722,inc1udl n g the Military Acade my, for which $814,869 was appropriated. For the support of the Bureau of Freedmen and Refugees, refunding to States the amounts expended In raising troops, &c., the amount asked is $7,543,051. For forti fications and works of military defense, and for geographical surveys, the amount asked is $5,699,200; for rivers and harbors, $8,843,450; for public buiUliugsand grounds in the District of Columbia, $618,156. The Navy Department asks for an appro priation of $20,683,817 77. The amount appropriate 1 for tho current year is $19,250,- 290 29. An appropriation of $1,844,494 is also asked for to meet a deflocncy. The Pension Office asks for $20,000,000, provided unexpended balances can be used. Otherwise, the Bureau will require an ap propriation of $30,000,000. For the Executive, Legislative and Judi cial Departments, the amount asked for Is $28,848,951’,84. Included In this Is $575,520 for the Patent Office, and $229,240 for the Department of Agriculture. All these estimates are exclusive of un expended balances, and are made iu con formity with the law of July 12,1870. Prices of Cotton- Seed Oil.—The Liv erpool Circular of Alex. 8. Macrae, under date of the 17th ult., reports; Cotton Seed Oil of the Southern States has a great future before It, second only in Importance to the gigantic petroleum trade of the Northern States. Its sweetness, utility and price is now commending It everywhere, and though in England we are manufacturing some 20,000 tons annually (chiefly from Egyptian seed), the quality is not to be compared with the American, as the following values will testify; The price of English to-day is £34, at which it is slow; the value of American £36 to £4B per ton, at which it is In strong demand. The range of quotations for American oil be gins from the worst of it (which eclipses any of ours) to the best of it, that Is, from ordinary yellow to flue bleached. The bleaching of this oil Is of the veriest im portance, and whether effected by the sun or chemically, will have a marked advant age from Southern climes. Our consump tion for It Is practically Inexhaustible—we use It for soap, for salads, for lubricating and for burning—and the whole Continent of Europe consumes It largely. It Is sold by the ton of 3,240 lbs , and If £3 to £5 per ton be taken off the above quotations, pro ducers may see at a glance the “net profit ’’ on consignment* to Liverpool from the Southern and Western States of America. Terrible Kerosene Accident.—Yes terday afternoon -another of those terrible kerosene explosions occurred at the resi dence of Mr. Hanley, at the corner of Farm and Joachim streets, the bare remembrance of which is enough to make a person shiver with horror. It seems that about 1:30 o’clock, in the afternoon, the fire in the kitchen stove failed to burn properly, when a little girl, named Mary Jane Hanley, sought to kindle it by pouring out some kerosene from a half gallon can, which at the time was nearly full. The kerosene caught on fire aild exploded, producing the most horrible results. The poor girl’s eyes were burned from their sockets, the face was torn off in patches in several places, the hair was burnt from her forehead, and from her throat to her waist her flesh was lacerated most fearfally. Os course, medi cal aid was out of the question, and a phy sician who was summoned said at once she was beyond his aid. The poor girl lin gered in agony till 4:45, p. m., when she ex pired. When will the people learn the dan gerous character of kerosene ? f Savannah News, sth. Gov. Bullock Still Reintorcbs His Party.— We are informed that among the election managers nominated by Governor Bnllock for Decatnr, is one James Allen Fitz Sisson, a Northern Methodist preacher who teaches a negro school. This Indivi dual was examined during the last week, by Dr. Miller and Dr. Johnson, examining physicians of the Southern Life Insurance Company, on his application for an in surance policy, and pronounced insane. The Governor is hard put to It, when he appoints crazy men to manage the elections. What Is the Governor up to? He has re cruited his faction from the penitentiary, and now makes a dead set at the lunatics. We trust that lie won’t make a raid on the State Lunatic Asylum for voters. Though this looks like he was paving the way for It. Hold up, Governor. But If you will do It, why* we hope you will take personal charge of the crazy *quad. I Atlanta Constitution.
