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ERROR CEASES TO BE DANGEROUS WHES REASON IS LEFT FREE TO COMBAT IT.”—Jefferson. VOLUME XVIII. ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 2,1866. NUMBER 18. PUBLISHED DAILY AND WEEKLY BY JARED I. WHITAKER, Proprietor. iMin H. NTERLK, MJtor. ATLANTA, GEORGIA, Wednesday, May 2, 1800. The Heleaae of the H«n. C. C. Clajr—fiei erml tUrmnt. Our readers have already been apprised of the release liy the President from prison, on parole, of the distinguished Alabamian, the Hon. C. C. Clay. This gentleman, we see it stated in a telegraphic dispatch, is now en route for bis home in that State, where he will doubtless be heartily greeted by a host of friends who have deeply sympathized with him in his misfortunes confident as they all were and are of his entire innocence of the odious charge preferred against him. For his release from confinement, Mr. Clay is doubtless mainly indebted to Lieutenant Gen eral Grant, who interceded with the President to that end, as he has done in many other in stances with the like success. While it is true that to him the South owes her defeat in her late attempt to establish an independent government, i t is also true that at the surrender of General Lee, and ever sinee up to the present time, his conduct towards the South has been most gen erous, nod iu individual cases, most magnani mous and just. But for this distinguished mili tary 1..TO—for, however much the South suffered at l;i» hands, Ire is and will be recognized as such in all time—wbat would have been the fate of General Lce.and of all the other Generals in tire Confederate service who are now at lilierty to pursue civil pursuits—restored to their families and homes? Perhaps within .some prison w’alls they would uow be languishing, if no other pen alty of a more distressing nature had not been executed upon them—the penalty ol death.— The youth, iu these respects, owe much to Gen eral Grant, and it should not be niggard in its acknowledgments of w hat is due to him. The Southern press too has been cliary and tardy in its acknowledgment of the favors bestowed by this General upon the leaders of our armies in the late terrible conflict. We feel that we have been so, and would now make the amende. History does not make record of magnanimity displayed by military hero greater than that displayed by General Grant to General Lee, and the forces under bis command. The faith too plighted by him on the day of Lee’s surrender, he has kept in violate. BuL if we are not misinformed, and we feel confident that we are not, the South will owe more to General Grant than she does on account of what we have referred to in the foregoing, lie is now, and will continue to be, a firm sup porter of the President's reconstruction policy, and will bring to it, as against the radicals, all the influence and prestige of his name with the masses, and with those whom he led in the late war with the South. The reader is assured that we do uot make this statement idly; we do so with assurance of its truth, and augur from it a happy, it uot an early, termination of the great work in which the President is engaged. For a time, the radicals in and out of Congress may triumph ; they may delay the great work ; they may embarrass the President in his earnest and patriotic lal>ors to promote early restoration; but when he goes betore the masses, aud is sus tained by General Grant and tbc hosts that will follow their great leader in peace, as they did in war, who can doubt the complete overthrow of the radicals who now “ lord it over all ’’ in w T hat should be, but is not, the National Legislature? For oue, we leel confident of the result. Th« Fint Operation of the Civil Right* Bill. The Yew York Herald states during the pro ceedings in the Senate Chamber, when the eulo- giums on the late Senator Foote were being pro nounced, a pompous negro entered the diplo matic gallery aud took a seat iu the midst of the foreign representatives, ne hail evidently, says the Herald, “ studied the Civil Rights bill care fully, and thought that a uegro was as good as an ambassador trom any ot the foreign courts. He was in presence ot the radical Senators who voted tor the passage of the bill over the Presi dent’s veto, and very naturally concluded that his rights were equal to those of any man on the floor of the Senate or iu the gallery set apart for the foreign representatives. Now, although this colored person was prevailed upon to retire, after some effort on tlie part of the doorkeeper, be cause he happened to get into the wrong place, it is questionable whether, under the provisions ot the Civil Rights bill, ho was not justified in- concluding that he had the same privilege to sit in the gallery as any body else. If he fell into a mistake in this matter, he only shared in the error committed by the radical Congress when they voted for an equality which is obnoxious to the great mass of the people, and never can be recognized, though a thousand laws were passed to make it legal. The poor negro who took his own rude interpretation of the law, might be pardoned for the breach of etiquette; but what shall be said of the intelligent white men who made the law ? How must the diplomatic corps have fell at this untoward incident arising from our new legislation ? The first practical opera tion of the Civil Rights bill must have proved rather disagreeable in their estimation.” Sinee the foregoing occurrence, we have no ticed that, in many places North and West, the privileges extended by the Civil Rights bill to persons of color have been claimed, in a practi cal way, much to the discomfiture and disgust of ladies and gentlemen of the white race, attending places of amusement, by colored folks. In the cases referred to, the latter fairly drove the for mer from their seats, not by violence, or by in tent even, but by the odorilerousness of the at mosphere created by their presence. All we have to say to our Northern friends, by way of sympathy, in trials such as they must undergo, and which we of the South must also endure, by reason of the effects ot this Civil Rights bill, is. it is no work of the South, or of Southern repre sentatives. In the lauguage of one of Shake speare’s creation—."thou onuf not sag I did it.' Lulled State* Supreme Court for Georgia. The Baltimore Sun states that Justice Wayne of the the United States Supreme Court, is about to proceed to Georgia for the purpose of holding a court. It also says there is nothing to prevent Chief Justice Chase from holding a court at Norfolk or Richmond, if he pleases. But ho will not do it, it seems, until the /<.//« .!> corpus shall be reston'd ; and ttiat he is in favor of that restomtion is to l*e doubted. General Robert Toombs.—The Montgom ery Ledger relates that General Toombs is in Havana, negotiating for a sugar estate. The General says that he intends to make Mexico Ids future home, but first he would proceed to France, procure an interview with the Emperor, and leam from him his line of policy. If the Emperor promised to sustain Maximilian, he would tell the Emperor that he had still a little money left with which to make a home in Mexico for liia family, while the balance of his fortune he was willing to invest in powder and lead. How True. For the sake, says a Northern exchange, “of three millions of negroes forty millions of white people have been involved in civil war; half of a great nation has l*een crip pled and desolated; a lleavy debt has been placed upon the shoulders of our citizens; blood has been poured out like water; precious lives have been ruthlessly sacrificed; but all this is not enough. Now, for the sake of three millions of negroes, the white people of this country are asked to submit to the abrogation of the Consti tution; to the exclusion of eleven States from the Union; to the supcrcedure of the State judi ciary ; to the j*etty tyranny of irresponsible spies, ]*aid to prefer complaints, whether justly or un justly. More than this: we are asked to give the scmi-civilized negro a preference over the in telligent immigrant who lands upon our shores; to punish a parent who refuses to allow a negro to many his child ; to cast into prison any judge who decides the dicta of Congress unconsti tutional ; to submit to a social association per fectly revolting to all sensible persons, and to a national future like that of Mexico or of the mon grel South American republics.” And all this is done, the South, or the-eleven States of the South, being denied a voice in the matter; the President declaring it to la* uncon stitutional ; and we doubt not a majority of the people of the North sustaining him in that de claration. We have indeed fallen upon evil times, or rather live in evil times, when such a decree emanates frrm what is claimed to be the national legislature. It uproots the very founda tions ot the Government; it destroys all the forms of society; it disregards the order of nature; it promotes discord and is -sit variance with divine teachings aud command. But the South is not alone the sufferer from this, the Civil Rights bill, enactment, and we build hopes thereon. It af fects, though to a much less extent, the people and States of the North and West—social life there as well sis here, and the administration of State laws as well in every section of the Union. Thus far, we have noticed in what have hereto fore been termed the “Free States”—there are now no “Slave States”—that the practical opera tors of the so-called Civil Rights bill have crea ted more discontent than they have in the South. Here the negro does not assume upon the privi leges bestowed upon him by the bill. As far as our observation and knowledge extend, thefreed- man is content with having secured to him liis legal, his civil rights. He will not presume to punish the white parent who refuses to allow him to contract marriage with his child. He will not aspire to social association with the whites, nor intrude into seats appropriated forwhites in their churehes, or places of worship. This, the ne gro has done, and will do in the “Free States.” It lias been done in Boston, and is of daily oc currence in the National Capital. We, of the South, therefore, must be patient under the pen alty inflicted upon us by our late inheritance ol' an institution entailed upon the South by New England, and especially the Boston slave traders of hardly u eeutuary ago, and until the early earn ol the present century. As time progresses we shall be rid of the evil now imposed. We feel confident of this, and therefore do uot de spair. To the people of the North, an appeal will shortly be made, which we doubt uot will result in the South’s deliverance from the yoke of a po litical bondage, which the radical forces of Con gress impose upon us. The question will soon be submitted to them,whether the President’s re construction policy shall prevail or not; and when this is done, we have the most unbounded confidence that the ballot box will declare in his favor. Till then, let thq. South be patient and hopeful! Characteristic. We referred on yesterday to the magnanimity displayed by General Grant in the cases of Gen. Lee, and the Hon. C. C. Clay—in preventing the arrest of the first, and in recommending and urg ing the release of the latter from his confinement. How different his course has been from that of Thftd. Stevens, the leading aud ruling radical of the rump Congress ; and how characteristic has been the course of this radical in the case of Mr. Clay. If the telegraphic report of the part lie took in the release of Mr. C. be true, it will be seen that he is, true to his instincts, after property in any event—confiscation is the main principle of his creed. The report states that the “Hon. Thad. Stevens says he would try Mr. Clay its a belligerent, unless he was in the conspiracy to as sassinate Mr. Lincoln, which he does not believe; he would confiscate his property and let him go.” And so it is with Mr. Stevens and those of his political school. Confiscate, confiscate!— Take from the people of the South their proper ty ! This will satisfy their rapacity, nothing less. Try them as belligerents and then confiscate!— Is it not well that all men are not like this radi cal leader ? Is it not well that all in the North are not influenced by the ruling principle that governs the action of this Pennsylvania Con gressman ? Verily it is so! The Ladle* Relief Society of Baltimore— Circular of Governor Jenkins. We have already referred to the extraordinary exertions and benevolent munificence of the la dies of Baltimorer and the success attendant upon their efforts to relieve the deserving poor and suf fering women and children of the South. This morning we lay before our readers a circular issued by Governor Jenkins, to which we invite the special attention of those designated therein, who are charged with the trust of distributing the flour, meal and bacon so generously contri buted for the relief of the said deserving poor and suffering women and children in our State; while we also call the attention of our people generally to the same, that they may invoke Heaven’s blessings upon the noble women of Bal timore, “ the dispensers ot this munificent boon.” The circular of the Governor will be found,in another column. The Asiatic Cholera. The New York Neves of the 23d instant says that a letter from Dr. Bissell, on board the hospi tal ship Falcon, lying near the Virginia, at Lower Quarantine, reports the arrival of the England with oue thousand two hundred and two steer age and sixteen cabin passengers, and a crew of one hundred and twenty-two men. Fitty passen gers died of cholera on the passage, and at Hali fax one liunred and fifty died. Four more deaths on the Virginia were reported, and ten bodies were buried from the steamer. The number of sick bow in hospital is sixty-seven. The Gov ernment hospital steamship Illinois went down to the cholera ship on Saturday, to take off the well passengers. Qcekx Victoria lias presented to the British Museum one ot the Roman tombs recently dis covered upon the Crown property at Old Wind sor. The other tomb is presented to the town of Windsor, and is to be deposited in the contem plated local museum. It is stated that Queen Victoria has sent an au tograph letter to tlie Pope, thanking him for his action against tlie Fenians, and offering him an asylum within her domains, sho'dd he be com pelled, through political convulsions, to leave his own. Col. David R Scott died at his residence near Athens, Alabama, bn the 5th, at the ad vanced age of 70 years. From the Southern Recorder. Tribute of Respect. Milledgevtlle, April 18,1866. At a meeting of the physicians of Milledge- ville and the vicinity, and other friends of Dr. Benjamin A White, deceased, on motion, Dr. Thomas F. Green was called to the Chair, and Fleming G. Grieve requested to act as Secre tarv. It was then moved by Dr. George D. Case that a committee of five be appointed by the chair, (thechairman of the meeting being chairman of said committee) to prepare a suitable preamble and resolutions, properly expressive of our re spect and regard for our deceased friend and brother. Committee Appointed.—Dr. George D. Case, Dr. Wm H. Hall, Dr. E. F. DeGraffenried, and Col Miller Grieve, Sr. It was then moved by Dr. E. F. DeGraffenried, that the preamble and resolutions adopted by the committee be published in the city papers, and a copy thereof furnished the family of the deceased On motiou of Col. Barnett, the meeting ad journed. Thomas F. Green, Chairman.* Fleming G. Grieve, Secretary. The committee above named, respectfully sub mit the following tribute to the memory of our deceased friend and fellow-citizen : Whereas, Almighty God, in His Providence, has been pleased to remove from our midst, by death, Dr. Benjamin A. White, one of our most useful, and universally esteemed fellow-citizens. While in all sincerity, we would most submissive ly bow to the decree of that Beiug “ who dogth all tilings well and wisely,” we regard it not only a duty, but a privilege, to give expression to our feelings and couvictions+n reference to the worth of the individual, and the great loss sustained by the community in his death. Dr. White became a citizen of Milledgeville iu the year 1821, and lor forty-five years has been identified with this city as his home; and during almost the entire period, laboriously devoted himself to the active duties of his profession, in which he acquired an eminence equal to that of any physician in the State, but peculiarly^ modest in advancing his claim to such position. This fact was fully un derstood, and appreciated only by gentlemen of the profession, who were well acquainted with him and familiar with his practice. For twenty- five consecutive years, the position of President of our State Medical Board, was unanimously assigned to him. He graduated with distinction at Harvard Uni versity, in the class with some of tlie most dis tinguished men in the United States, and received his medical diploma from the old Pennsylvania University in tlie palmiest days of its existence. But notwithstanding lie had enjoyed rare literary aud professional educational advantages, under a high sense of duty, he was a student, in the full est sense of that term, up to the hour of his last illness. So long as he was physically capable of performing the labor, lie was conspicuous for his devotion to the poor in their sickness, never shrinking from prompt attention to their calls, under anj’ circumstances; and not content with giving them liis services and his medicines, lie very frequently supplied, in a quiet and unosten tatious manner, the mean* evidently necessary to secure for them proper diet and other comforts. The blessings of many a widow and orphan fol lowed him along his pathway through life, to his grave. In his professional career, it was always a peculiar pleasure to him to give aid and coun sel to tlie medical student, or any member of the profession, while he was careful that their suc cess should in no way be attributed to him. Feelings of rivalry, jealousy or suspicion, nev er found a lodgment in tlie breast of that noble man. As a friend and companion, lie was a most re markable man. His friendships, in the highest sense of that term, were comparatively few; but ■tliey wore saorod, Ami unseHlSll, 10 tills utmost degree. As a social companion, liis va ried and extensive attainments, his exceedingly gentle and urbane deportment, and his vivacious disposition, rendered him at all times one of the most agreeable and desirable. As a citizen, lie was ever useful, not only coming up to tlie full measure of his duty os one of the body politic, but always prominent, in advancing anything de vised for the moral or mental culture of his fel low citizens, or the welfare of the community in any respect; entering with the utmost activity and energyjinto everything, having in view the public good; seeking nothing, but assuming cheerfully any position, no matter how onerous that might be' assigned him. In all his dealings with liis fellow men, he was always conscicncious, upright and just, to an extent never surpassed by any man. And in the fulfillment of that which liis conscience and judgment, deliberately consulted, convinced him was right, and involving principle, he was as in flexible as the mountain rock. But by no means dogmatical or obstinate, or even unduly tena cious in adherence to his own opinions on gen eral subjects. As a patriot none were more de voted or self-sacrificing than Dr. Wbite; some of the finest traits of his character were conspicu ously exhibited during tlie late unhappy' war.— Of an ardent temperament, identified in all his feelings and interests with the South from liis birth, and firmly convinced of the justness of our cause, though about seventy’ years cf age, he voluntarily entered at tlie outset, heartily’, into the struggle, laying everything upon the altar of his country’, and not only devoting liis means, but subjecting himself to the hardships and privations of camp-life with tlie alacrity and cheerfulness of youth. Never have we seen a more noble example of patriotism. “Hoping all things, be lieving all things,” he did liis whole duty with out regard to tlie dereliction of others. For a considerable period lie discharged with the ut most satisfaction the duties of Surgeon General of the State, remaining in camp with the troops, and on several occasions was with much difficulty restrained from arming himself for the contest.— His practical benevolence, conspicuous through life, and his kindly recollections of his fellow sol diers, was illustrated in his will, written during his hist illness,'wherein he solemnly enjoined that not one cent of expenditure should be incur red in connection with his burial beyond the most absolute necessity’, and that the amount which would be ordinarily expended in .the inter ment of an individual in his circumstances should be carefully’ ascertained and paid over to the Inferior Court of Baldwin county, for the benefit of orphans of Confederate soldiers, and lie deeply regretted liis inability’ to do more for them. His moral character, was a most beautiful and imposing illustration of all that is pure and love ly ; without spot or blemish; he was never known in word or deed to say’, or do anything that did not comport with such a standard. And in this regard, he was worthy of the imitation of all who had the privilege to know his work and conversation. But after a long life of usefulness (.having exceeded by some four years, the allotted period of man’s existence on earth) he has passed away. As we humbly’ trust-, and confidently be lieve to the rest and reward that remains to the good, in that brighter and better world, beyond Tlie skies. Leaving us, to mourn his loss aud to hope and pray, that his bright example of integ rity aud virtue, may not be lost, to those who yet remain, to struggle with the afflictions, trials and temptations of this file. Iu further discharge of our duly, It is resolved, That while we would approach- wit h becoming delicacy; we tendering our most sincere and heartfelt sympa thy to the bereaved family of the deceased and in expressing our earnest hope that He, who alone can give consolation and support under circum stances of so deep affliction, may abundantly sus tain, comfort and bless them. Thomas F. Green, j George D. Case, Willlam H. Hall, J- Committee. E. F. DeGraffenreid, | Miller Grieve, Sr. J Are Greenbacks a Legal Tender?—In the Superior Court yesterday, Judge Hook de livered his decision in the case of Trustees of Janet S. Montgomery, vs. Gray, Mnllarkey is Co., submitted to him'at the adjourned term in January last. The defendants tendered to plain tiff the"amount in greenbacks claimed to be due on a lease for rent made in 1860. The plaintiff refused to accept the tender, claiming that he was entitled to receive payment in gold, or its equivalent in currency. Judge Hook delivered a very able and elabo rate opinion on the point raised, in which be sustained the position of the plaintiff, and deci ded that in all cases of contracts made before the 25th of February 1862, (the date of the act making greenbacks a legal tender) coin, alone, or its equivalent in currency was a legal tender. Business men would do well to bear this in mind when settling their claims or contract or purchases made anterior to the date mentioned above.—Chronicle <£ Sentinel. Lin Leave*. The day, with it* sandals dipped in dew. Has passed through Hie evening's golden gates, And a single star, ia the cloudless bine. For the rising moon in silence waits: While the wind* that sigh to the languid hoars A lullaby breathe o'er the folded flowers. The lillies nod to the sound of the stream That winds along with lulling flow, And either awake or half a-dream, I pass through the realms of long ago; While faces peer, with many a smile, From the bowers of memory's magical isle. There are joys and sunshine, sorrows and tears, That check the path of life's April honrs, And a longing wish for the coming years v That hope ever wreathes with the fairest flowers. There are friendship* guileless: love as bright And pare as the stars lu the halts of night. There are ashen memories, bitter pain, And buried hopes and a broken vow, And an aching heart hr the reckless main, And the sew-breearauming a palid brow; And a wanderer on the shell-lined shore Listening for voices that speak no more. There are passions strong and ambitions wild, And the fierce desire to stand in the van Of the battle of life—and the heart of the child Ia crushed in the tsast of the struggling man; Bat short are the re-Jfets, and few are the tears, That All at the tomb of the banished years. There is a quiet amt-fence, and domestic love. And joys, arising from Faith and Truth, And a truth unquestioning, far above The passionate dreamings of ardent youth; And kisses of children on Tips and cheek, And parent's bliss, which no tongue can speak. There are loved ones lost; there are little graves In the distant dell, ’Beath protecting trees. Where the streamlet winds and violet waves, And the grasses sway to the sighing breeze; And we mourn for pressure of tender lips, And the light of eyes darkened in death eclipse. And thus, as the glow of the daylight dies, And the night's first look to the earth is cast, I gaze 'neath those beautiful summer skies. At the pictures that hang in the hall of the past; O, sorrow and joy! chant a mingled lay When to memory’s wildwood we wander away. cimnlar. Executive Department, ) Milledgeville, Ga., April 23,1866. ) Information has readied this Department that the Managers of the Ladies Southern Relief So ciety, of Baltimore, in the exercise of an abound ing and elevated charity, had caused to be shipped to Savannah, subject to my order, five hundred barrels, containing flour, meal and bacon, “for distribution among our truly poor suffering white people ” and that they “desire that the appropri ation should be so distributed as to afford the reatest relief to the greatest number of the really eserving poor and suffering women and children;” to effect which distribution, they have also appropriated the sum of two thousand dol lars. Apd the consignees, ’as well as the Presi dents of the Central and Atlantic and Gulf Rail roads, having generously offered to aid the en terprise by personal service, and by transporta tion free of charge, (as other persons and Presi dents of Railroads doubtless will do;) for the purpose, therefore, of distributing in Congres sional Districts, as the most eligible primary di visions of the State, they being organized with a view to the nearest attainable equality in popula tion, I make and publish the following order and requests: 1. In the name and behalf of the whole peo ple of Georgia, and especially of the destitute and suffering, I tender mpst hearty thanks to the dis pensers of this munificent boon, whom I would designate, by a borrowed appellation, which blends in touching association the ideas of a ten der womanly relation and of a divine attribute, Sisters of Mercy.” Such, indeed, are these noble women of Baltimore. Heaven’s blessings wait upon them. 2. Messrs. Crane & Gpybill, of Savannah, the consignees, are requested to divide the consign ment into seven parts, as nearly equal as possi ble, reference being had to the kinds and quanti ties of the articles composing it. And delivering one portion in Savannah as hereinafter provided, will Snip mic of the sis v^m.aninK to. each oftbo . following points, viz: To Oglethorpe, consigned to Hon. Philip Cook; to Newnan, consigned to the Hon. Hugh Buchanan; to Macon, consigned to the Hon. Thomas Hardeman, Jr.; to Augusta, consigned to Porter Fleming, Esq.; to Athens, consigned to the Hon. J. H. Christy; to Atlanta, consigned to A. K. Seago, Esq. 3. The following gentlemen (the first named in each case acting as chairman) are requested to take charge of the several consignments for their respective Congressional Districts, and act as committees of distribution therein, viz : For the 1st District, Messrs. Solomon Cohen, John Scre ven and Jas. L. Seward; for the 2d, Messrs. Philip Cook, A. S.^Butts and David A. Vason; tor the 3d, Messrs. Hugh Buchanan, R. A. T. Ridley and J. F. Johnson; for the 4th, Messrs. E. G. Cabaniss, Thos. Hardeman, Jr., and Jere miah Beall; for the 5th, Messrs. J. D. Matthews, Samuel Barnett and Porter Fleming; for the 6th, Messrs. J. H. Christy, J. S. Gholston and Thom as Morris; for the 7th, Messrs. Wm. T. Wofford, J. A. W. Johnson and A. K. Seago. The con signee in each District will notify the other mem bers of bis committe, so soon as he may receive the consignment, and appoint a day for their meet ing at the place of delivery. Each committee is authorized to appoint necessary assistants, and sub-agents, and will act with special reference to the declared wishes of the donors. Bills of ex penses unavoidably incurred, will be presented at this office for payment 4. Editors, throughout the State, willing to connect themselves with this laudable charity, are requested to give this order a few insertions. - 5. Let a copy of this order be forwarded to Wm. Crichton, Esq., Baltimore, who is request ed to present it to the Managers of the Ladies Southern Relief Fair, as a truthful, though im perfect, expression of Georgia’s gratitude. Let copies be forwarded also to Messrs. Crane & Graybill, Savannah, to each member of the seve ral committees appointed, and to each President of a railroad in Georgia. Charles J. Jenkins, Governor. Trichinosis. John Mitchel, in a letter from Paris to the New York News, thus discourses on trichinosis—the disease that has spread so much concern and alarm in Europe, and not a little in New York and other cities of the United States, among pork and sausage dealers and consumers: I hope you are not troubling yourselves over there about the trichinosis. It is a matter of little or no consequence. The French Government lately sent two learned commissioners to Ger many to examine into the affair and make a re port. They were Monsieurs Diepech, Professor of the Faculty of Medicine at Paris, and Regnal, Professor in the great Veterinary establishment at Alfort. They have returned and published their report. It appears by this report that the cases of disease produced by trichina in the hog population itself are a very small percentage.— For example, in Hanover, during twenty-one months, of 25,000 hogs there were but eleven af fected. In Brunswick the proportion was greater —16 out of 14,000. The cases of human beings attacked by the trichine are also, it seems, veiy few on the whole. The causes of these latter, say the commissioners, may be traced to the dirty habit common in Germany of devouring raw bacon, or sausages imperfectly cooked. They report against any particular governmental meas ure being taken in France on the subject; be cause here, they say, people are in the habit of cooking their bacon welL And apropos of bacon, the great ham fair of the Faubourg St. Antonie Heverdy Johnaon, Trumbull and Cowan. The Washington correspondent of the Boston Post draws the following pen-pictures of Sena tors Johnson, Trumbull and Cowan : REVEUDY JOHNSON. During the delivery of Johnson’s reply to the smart sophistries of Trumbull, Mr. Bingham never left the Senate, sitting most of the time in ’the seat of Senator Doolittle, and occasionally conversing with Wilson, of . Massachusetts. Johnson is now accepted as the leading constitu tional lawyer of the country; and it was pleas ant to see Bingbam enjoy the argument of his political opponent, though, in this case, agreeing fellow-legislator. As Johnson would pause after one of his quickly uttered gleams of legal light, Bingham’s eye would brighten, and he would nod his head in enforcement. Johnson’s deliv- ety is peculiar, and the very antipodes of Bingham’s. He is not over five feet seven, white haired, with one defective eye, and a person rather inclining to obesity. To a reporter in tlie gallery he is the most tantalizing of speakers. He commences in a voice so low that not a word can be caught; gradually increasing its volume, but also the swiftness of liis enunciation, till in a very passion of logic, shaking his right hand and keeping his left in his pocket, he strains the power of phonography to its utmost; then his voice, suddenly dropping, renders it almost as difficult to catch his last clause as it was to secure liis opening. This is the more tantalizing, thift his oratory, like DeQuiucy’s writing, is so built up that not one reporter in a thousand can sup ply the unheard word, and no other will do. Intellectually, lie needs no description. What was said of Daniel Webster as a lawyer is ex actly applicable to Johnson in senatorial debate. “ He never can win in a bad cause, and can never lose a good one.” His logic is a despot to himself. His mind won’t work illogically, try what he may; and in this he is sometimes a most amusing contrast to TRUMBULL, OF ILLINOIS. This gentleman, younger than Johnson, lack ing also his senatorial experience, possesses a mind that debates against truth just a smartly as for it. He can argue just as well that black is white as that white is not black, and as readily convinces himself of the one as ot other. Em phatically a casuist, whose style of argument would be best described by one of Pascal’s para graphs on Escobar or any other ot the Jesuit school of casuisits. He is what, in the British House of Commons, they would call “a clever speaker,” and what we generally mean by a “a smart talker.” His hair and beard are brindled, not exactly gray, but a mixture of white and black which does not fuse into one positive shade. _ He wears spectacles always. In speak ing he is clear and loud, and therefore much liked by reporters in the gallery. He stoops much, and when warmed into quick speaking, screeches to avoid a huskiness to which his voice tends from over exertion of the larnyx. It is not a pleasant voice at all, reminding one of the fal setto by which a failing tenor strives to supply the place ot tlie natural tones in which he could once reacl>a coveted C. As Trumbull and John son occupied the leading position in the exciting debate on the Civil Rights bill, I find I have left myself too little space in which to strive to con vey some fair idea of COWAN, OF PENNSYLVANIA, measuring some six feet three inches, possessed of a voice like the diapason of a small church organ and a habit of using it in two distinct octaves.— Senator Cowan is certainly a most peculiar and impressive speaker; and posseses one great merit, that of never speakiDg unless he has something to say. When he rises in the central aisle, and with his tall figure dwarfing everything about him, sends his rolling voice sailing on the waves ol foetid air that form the atmosphere of the ill- ventilated chamber, he reminds one of the de scriptions Carlyle gives of Mirabeau in the French convention of ’89. He is to the conserva tive republicans what Johnson is to tlie demo crats and Trumbull to the radicals, the oratori cal exponent of policy. If he is less philosophic than Johnson, and if he be as casuistic as Trum bull, he possesses more of that peculiar quality, clear common sense, and a practical way of stat ing it than either. IMPEACHMENT. Such are the three leaders of the present Sen ate ; such are they who, if ever the threatened im peachment of tlie President is attempted, will tight for and against. History, after all, does re peat itself—for now, when we hear talk of plac ing an American President in the position of the French Louis, we find in the conservative repub licans a counterpart of the Girondists, with Cowan for a Verquiand, a perfect picture of the Jacobin or Mountain, with Trumbull for a leader, and a party striving to preserve intact the Con stitution of the nation, with Johnson for an Is- nard. the sacred precincts of private grief, such as this,j J us t taken place here, and there were plenty teel warranted th» ol buyers and sellers—nobody thought of the little trichines—so pyramids of hams from Bay onne, and mountains of them from Mayence, went off as briskly as usual. Important Dceliio n. Anderson, Adair & Co. 1 vs. V Trover. J. A. Ansley. ) This case finally resolved itself into one point only. The defendants, in April, 1863, tendered to the plaintiffs the amount due them in Confederate notes. The currency was not objected to, but ’.he tender was refused on the ground that more was due. The defendants kept tlie money and deposited it in bank on their general account. The plaintiffs now’ claimed a verdict for the value of Confederate money, at the time of the tender, which was admitted to l*e at the rate of five for one. The defendants insisted that the money re mained in defendants’ hands at plaintiffs' risk: and, having become valueless, the defendants were entitled to a verdict. The court charged the jmy, that if the identi cal money tendered had been kept separate from all other, and marked as the plaintiffs’, it would have been at their risk; bnt, having been used by the defendants, as their own, they must abideT>y the depreciation, and be held liable for the value of the Confederate notes at the time of the tender. Verdict for the plaintiffs accordingly. Gould for plaintiffs; Miller for defendants.— Augusta Chronicle. Tlie Minnesota Gold Mines—Great Rush Thither. The Superior Gazette, of March 31st has the following: During the whole week there has been a con tinuous stream of gold seekers leaving here for the Vermillion mines. Quite a number of these gold hunters are citizens of Superior, but the majority are strangers, who come with their horse or ox teams, aud after loading up with provisions, tools and house keeping articles, push on for the. Eldorado of the North. Thus they come and go, and so quietly is it all done, that] but few of our readers have any conception of the number of persons who have passed through here en route since the opening of the roail. ROCK TAKEN. From Mr. Sweet, of the Chicago Gold Mining Company, who was in town earl}’ in the week, replenishing their stock of supplies, we learn that shafts were being sunk on the locations of the different organizations, and work generally being pushed forward as vigorously as the sea son will permit. Up to the time of his leaving the lake, considerable gold and silver bearing rock had been taken out, which was pronounced rich enough to pay for crushing and amalgamat ing Mr. S. brought clown some two hundred pounds which went forward by express on Monday, and will be thoroughly tested. We have also seen some others who have reached here during the week, and all unite in giving glowing accounts of “the show.” From what we^lean from these sources, silver bearing rock seems to predominate. This tallies with the stories told by the Indians inhabiting that section, and which, until lately have been regarded as fables. RICH SPECIMENS. Some essays have been made at the lake by Mr. Rj’ersou, ot quartz from the different loca tions, which have turned out an amount of bul lion beyond our expectations, and up to the mark of the most sanguine—going as far as six hundred dollars per ton. Our informant presented us with one piece that came from a vein that assayed five hundred dollars to the ton. • Correspondence of the New York Express. From Washington. "Washington, April 12. An American gentleman, now in Europe, in forms his correspondent in this city that Mr. Fill- mere lias recently written to President Johnson in tlie strongest terms of commendation of his policy. The fine portrait ot Stonewall Jackson, drawn by Mr. Corcoran, of this city, at the Baltimore fair, will tie placed by that gentlemen in the pub lic gallery which he Intends to open in the great edifice now occupied by the Quartermaster Gen eral, whenever he shall regain possession of it.— It is said that Mr. Corcoran lias expended $45,- 000 in private and public charities since his re turn from Europe, a few months since. The comparatively insignificant position occu pied by Chief Justice Chase on the Bench of the Supreme Court, is the subject of general remark. Marshall almost invariably carried the court with him. Taney generally did so. But Chase never, in any case where the court is divided. Thus is this partisan Judge almost daily humiliated and rebuked by his own associates! So the “whirli- <r\t» of time has its revenge^,” and the fanatical sower of dissension and promoter of discord l*e- tween the different members of the American family, though raised to the loftiest pinnacle of the Federal Judiciary, finds himself without in fluence and without obedience. Like Lear—that “poor, discrowned King”—lie already begins to learn that the hornors which “should accompany old age" are not for him, and that his future ca reer is to be as barren and as profitless as though he were consigned for life to the remotest corner of New Mexico. Blind .Tom.—This musical prodigy was in New York on the 13tli, but we infer from a re mark of the News that he was to embark for Europe soon. Tom was performing every night to crowds at the Irving Hall, who regarded him as an incomprehensible miracle. Correspondence Cincinnati Commercial. Tlie Freedmen In Georgia. THEIR PROTECTION BY T11E STATE'AUTHORITIES —THE CHARGE OF JUDGE WARNER. Atlanta, Ga., April 13. The freedmen, I am told, by leading and the most intelligent men of the State, both rebel and old Union men, are, everywhere, as a general rule, working well, and especially in this the case when the employers are able to pay them for their services. Our boss carpenter tells me that he now carries on work with blacks with far less trouble than when they were slaves, and that the same kind of hands do twice as much work. Iu this city there are over twenty colored men who were slaves before the war, who own and live in their own houses. I have talked with several whom I knew as slaves in 1860, who say they own property clear of debt, to be tween three and tour thousand dollars, and are still making money. As to the protection from the State of Georgia extended to the blacks, it is, in the first place, embraced iu the law passed by tile Legislature on the 17tli of March last, the second section of which reads as follows: “That persons of color shall have tlie right to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be sued, to be parties, to give evidence, to inherit, to pur chase, and to hare full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of persons and estate, and shall not be subject to any other or different punishment, pains or penalty /or the commission of any act or offense than such as are prescribed for white persons committing like acts or offenses.” This enactment, I am inform ed, was brought into existence !>)’ the influence of ex-Governor Brown and Hon. A. H. Stephens In the next place, tlie Superior Court of the State is now in session in this city, Hon. Hiram Warner, of Supreme Court fame, on the bench. The following is a part of his charge to tlie Grand Juiy : “Gentlemen : The status of the black man, under tlie present circumstances, lias been fixed by the Legislature of the State. His civil rights are the same before the courts as the Whiteman’s —the right to sue and be sued, hold, possess and own prorerty, and give evidence in all cases, either when a white man or a black man is be fore the court, on the civil or criminal side of the court. And I charge you that, if a black man’s testimony becomes necessary to elucidate any matter before you to-day, you shall have the pro cess of the court to compel his attendance as a witness. And I further say, that this court will exercise all its powers to enforce all the civil rights of the black man in all and every partic ular. In fact, every sympathy of our nature is aroused to protect the black man from the fraud of those who would take advantage of his ig norance. This court will see to it that this class of our citizens have all their rights protected.” If this be the practice, as it is the theory, which, from my knowledge of the people, I have no doubt wiH be tlie practice throughout the Stat<?, what more has the most radical of Radi cals to ask of Georgia ? It has even been a com plaint that Georgia juries decided for the poor against the rich, and for one I am more than willing to trust them with the interests of the black man, with all their prejudices against the race. From the Chicago Tribune. Austria and Prussia—Count Biimark and his Master. London, March 31,1866. AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA. It seems almost impossible that war can be avoided between the two great German Powers. Each day’s telegrams from the Continent are more bellicose than those of the preceding, and it would now appear that nothing but an accident can prevent hostilities breaking out on a colossal scale. The sympathies of this country are unan imously on the side of Austria—not merely be cause that Empire is considered to be the weaker ot the two, and that Prussia has long disgusted Europe with her perpetual gasconading and mil itary rowdyism, hut because right is apparently with lie- opponent and rival. Prussia, under the leadership of Bismark, has been perpetually “breaking the peace” for years past. The war in Schleswig-Holstein was her doing solely, Austria having been led into it unwillingly and with great difficulty ; and her present policy is known to be based upon the idea of self-aggrandizement •at the expense of tlie smaller German Powers and tlie disruption of the Austrian Empire. The English press, thus far, has not dived far beneath the surface ot this question; but Her Majesty’s Government and tlie better informed portion of oifr public men have an uneasy feeling that France is silently backing Prussia, and that Na poleon III and Count Bismark aie a political partnership. If we apply the sound old legal query Cuibono to this partnership idea, good rea sons will be discovered for such an undertaking between the Gallic and Prussian eagles. The two countries may be said to have the same pol icy or policies which a mutual understanding may assist in carrying out. One country stands in the way of the other’s ambition, and, there fore a good understanding between them will naturally advantage both. “Rectification of the frontier, “Natural boundary lines,” are the of- tenest used diplomatic terms for French and Prussian projects. Tlie two Governments stand alone in Europe threatening the general peace.— True, Russia lias been devoured since the time of Peter the Great with the ambition of planting her flag on tlie shores of the Bosphorus ; and al though her “manifest destiny” seems for the mo ment to be in abeyance, yet she is everlastingly pushing her cohorts further and further from her original confines, and absorbing the territories of petty chiefs and kings. But these Muscovite in vasions and annexations do not endanger the peace of Europe; and may', to a certain extent, be palliated and excused on the ground of any change in such regions as Bokhara and Turkistan being for the better. Italy, again, has her “des tiny” in the direction of Rome and Venice; but she has not the status, capital or credit among her tellow-sovereignties to act as more than a subordinate. France and Prussia are the only two Governments which have anything to gain by the arbitrament of war; the former looking to the Rhine frontier, the latter to the absorption of tlie smaller German principalities and the eventful empire of Germany. There is another and very strong reason why Napoleon III and Count Bismark should desire and determine upon Hostilities. The discussion of domestic reforms by the French and Prussian people is giving much cause for anxiety to their respective rulers; and it has always been a win ning game with European governments to post pone such debates by exciting the military ardor of their subjects; The democratic tendencies of the French opposition, the accession to its ranks from the Government adherents themselves, and the “shying the traces” by the Emperor’s oldest supporters, are very likely to convince him that an appeal to the nation’s ambition and love of conquest are the only means by which these ten dencies can be stopped. Such a policy is still more likely to be adopted in Prussia, where the Legislature has been sent about its business in. the most unconstitutional manner, and the peo ple are all but unanimous against a minister who has all the attributes of a Strafford,'and is equally hated by the nation at large. TnE Civil Rights Bill—Its Effects in Baltimore.—The Baltimore American, a rabid negro organ, in its issue of Monday, says : There have been several occurrences within the past three or four days which, it is expected, will bring before the courts of this city the ques tion as to what are the rights of colored persons. The first was that of a colored man, on Friday, taking a seat among other passengers in one of the York road railway cars. The conductor in vited him to go to the front platform, where col ored persons had always the privilege of riding. He insisted on his right to remain in the car, but the conductor, as also tlie passengers, required him to leave. He noted down the number of the car and then departed. On the same night, James Williams, colored, appeared at the ticket office of Holliday Street Theatre and asked for a ticket The agent, on learning from him that it was lor himself, refused to sell a ticket. He went oat on tlie sidewalk and acted in such a disorderly manner as to comj*el policeman itay to conduct biut to tlie Middle District Station, whence Justice Spicer, after an examination the next morning, committed Him to jail. On Satur day niglit a colored man, name not learned, ap peared at the Eastern District Station, claiming, protection. He stated that he had gone into a public house on Eastern or Canton avenue and asked for a drink, but the proprietor refused him the liquor. He claimed that as a citizen he was entitled to the same privileges as white men.— Neither the officer in charge nor the magistrate would afford him the protection asked for, and consequently he retired. The latest style of gentlemen’s dress is to appear without a waistcoat, and the coat very open, with an exposure of elegant embroidered linen cambric, lined with rose colored silk. Mexico. Passengers who left San Francisco March 30, state that on their arrival at Acapulco, April 0, they learned that a collision had occurred be tween the Liberal forces, under Corona, and the French troops occupying Mazatlan. It appears that Corona had for some time closely invested the place, but finally withdrew, when the French marched out, with the intention, it is presumed, of giving Corona battle, if he could be overtaken. Corona let them get well out of the city, when he fell upon their rear and commenced a vigor- , ous attack. When tlie steamer which brought the news to Acapulco left Mazatlan the fighting was still going on, the officer in command of the French troops having been killed while endeav oring to rally his men, who were being severely worsted by the rebels. It was thought thnentlre French force would be killed, as prisoners are not taken on either side. Yet, as the last ac counts from that quarter stated that the Imperial General Lobasas was marching a force of from .three to four thousand to tlie relief of Mazatlan, he may have come up in time to turn the tide ot battle. The military situation at Acapulco re mains the same as it has bee® for the past year. The French troops have a garrison in the fort and a man-of-war in the harbor; white tlie Lib eral General Alvarez commands a force which occupies all the surrounding hills, and prevents communication with the interior. His encamp ment is in plain sight from the harbor, but the French manifest no desire to dislodge hijm. In deed, the French are obliged to keep close within their lines during the day, and at night to lock themselves up in the fort The town, which never numbered more than a few hundred souls, has but about one hundred in it now, and those are of a class too poor and miserable to get away. The United States gunboat Saranac was lying in the harbor on the 6th—officers and men all well. The officers appear to be much amused at the situation at Acapulco, and commiserate the French, who, despite their inability to dispense with their customary airs, are nevertheless not a little humiliated at their position.—New York Tiinis. Frightful Disaster. San Francisco, April 16,1866. A terrible explosion of what was supposed to be nitro-glycerine occurred at a quarter past one o’clock to-day, near Wells, Fargo & Co.’s build ing. The explosion shook tlie earth like an earthquake for a circle of a quarter of a mile. Samuel Knight, Superintendent of Wells, Fargo & Co.’s Express, died in half an hour of injuries received. G. W. Bell, Supervisor and Assayer, was in stantly killed. Mr. Wallub, Wells, Fargo & Co.’s Assayer, Joseph Elliott, John Gallagher, Frank Webster, and William Justin, were also killed. Eight dead bodies were so mutilated that they could not be identified. Louis McLane, Captain Eldridgre, of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, and Judge Hoffman, were bruised and cut. Felix Lamax, D. Stacy, Jefferson Taylor, H. Blane. clothing dealer; Captain J. E. Ayres, Fred Leiz. Frank Morris, and others, were injured, but not fatally. Some will never be identified, as fragments of human flesh, bones, and brains were found near ly two blocks distant Montgomery, Sacramento, and California streets were lined with broken glass, scarcely a window for several hundred feet remaining whole. Wells, Fargo & Co.’s horses, and eveiything in the vicinity, animate or inanimate, were blown into fragments. The damage is estimated, at least, at $200,000. William Havens, a book-keeper of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, is ascertained to be among the killed. The cause of the explosion is a mystery. The freight agent of the Pacific Mail Company says that two boxes, each measuring about tour cubic feet, were taken from the steamer’s dock to the place where the explosion occurred. One box was consigned to Idaho City, and the other to Los ADgelos. Both were stained with oil. The contents were not known. Forty men are now engaged in removing the ruins. A Leaf from the History of Loyal Massa chusetts.—During the war of 1812, Massachu setts was busily engaged in deciying the war, villifying its supporters, disheartening its troops, encouraging and comforting the enemy, threaten ing their fellow citizens, bullying Congress, and attempting to depose the President of the United States. Their Governor took tire front in this crusade, the Legislature supported tlie Governor, and the people by a majority cheered and ani mated both. But the opposition was to receive a more imposing and solemn character. If was moved in the Legislature by a Mr. Low: “That a commute be appointed to confer with all the New England States, and see if they will agree to appoint a committee to join them and repair to the city of Washington immediately, there and then personally to make known to the President tlie general opinion of the New Eng land States in regard to the present war, and the manner in which it lias been conducted, and in form him that he must either resign his office as President, or remove those ministers and other officers of the general government who have by their nefarious plans ruined the nation.” The nefarious plans of these New England disorganizers were not carried out, because higher destinies for the time awaited the country. Peace was restored, and the Union preserved. It was reserved for a later day, to give Massachusetts and the rest of the New England States the op portunity for which their souls have so long panted, to undermine and finally overthrow the Union and the Constitution, through the agencies of a sectional fanaticism. And now, after a long and bloody war provoked by the fanatical plott ings of her own meddling, officious and uncon stitutional policy, she stands to-day, through her Representatives and Senators in Congress, in fierce opposition to the restoration of the Union, and the advocate of all the abnormal acts by which the Constitution of this country has been made a dead letter. As she was in the past, so is she in the present. She prayed and labored for disunion in 1812, she was praying and labor ing for it in 1861, and succeeded ; and now, in I860, through her Sumners, "Wilsons, Fosters, Polands ana Spragues, she is endeavor' ug to es tablish, as the policy of this country, the reduc tion of the Southern States to the condition of conquered provinces, and the substitution of a vast centralized despotism at Washington, for the Constitution that our Fathers gave us.—New York News. From the Philadelphia Bulletin. Vhait the Murderer Probet Did with the Money. Our theory is that, leaving the house ot the Deerings during the day of the murder, he struck for the westward and crossed oyer into the Twen ty-fourth ward, either by Gray’s Ferry bridge or the Penrose Ferry bridge, and setting apart the ten dollars of Mr. Deering, and the supposed gold watch for a debauch of a few days, he se creted the one hundred and twenty dollars to pay his expenses to Europe, and then came to the city for “a spree.” Every soul of the Deering family was dead, and the convenient hay would ■ cover up the dread secret for a time—there would not even be the cry of a little infant to create suspicion, for all were dead, and he would have time for a sate debauch. On Thursday he learn ed that the crime had been discovered, for he heard the officers of the law inquiring ior him, and it was then time for him to lookout for his own safety, and telling his old crony that he was going to Germany the day following, lie left him at tea-time, and at eight o’clock he was stopped, as he was about to cross the Market-street bridge. Take this view of the case, and his strangely careless and aimless wanderings were not with out plan and purpose. We believe the one hun dred and twenty dollars taken from the murder ed girl are now secreted in West Philadelphia, and that this sum was set apart for the final es cape to Europe. Tlie story of an accomplice we do not consider worthy of a moment’s consider ation. A Vert Old Vessel.—A late English paper has this paragraph: “Last week there sailed from Hull, amid the cheers of a great multitude, the bark Truelove, the only vessel dispatched this year from Hull to the Davis Straits whale fisher ies. The Truelove is under the command of Captain Wells, a name associated with the most successful period of the whale fisheries. The Truelove is one of the oldest vessels afloat. She was built at Philadelphia, United States, in tire year 1764, and is consequently one hundred and two years old. At that time the spot on which she was built was one of the plantations from which much wood was taken for the building of British vessels. About half the long life of the Truelove has been spent in the whale fishery trade, but she was formerly in the Oporto me trade.” — They talk of General Sherman as Secretary of War. It would be a great change for the bet ter. . >.