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Htfkty Jnttlligrnrer.
ATLAKTA, GEORGIA,
Wednesday, July >8, I
The Nonlb and the Philadelphia Con
vention.
Commenting upon this subject, the Nashville
Union <t American says:
“There is scarcely a dissenting voice in the
South against sending representatives to the Phil
adelphia Convention on the 14th of August The
Press and the people, from Texas to Virginia,
are almost unanimous in favor of the Conven
tion and its objects, and steps are being taken to
send delegates tom all the Southern States. The
Augusta Constitutionalist is the only influential
pa[»er in the South which reaches us that op
poses the movement At first the Mobile liegis-
tcr and. Advertiser received the proposition with
cold hesitation, but it now enters warmly inio
it In all the “excluded” States there is a gene
ral and hearty sympathy in the success of the
movement, and they will be properly represented.
The objectors, public and private, are lew; and
the Southern opposition may be estimated as
practically nothing.”
“The ‘ call ’ has had general circulation, and
there will be no reason for any portion of the
people to be unrepresented. It embraces the
thirty-six States and nine Territories of the
Union, and it is greatly Ho be desired that all
shou d be represented]; and properly, ably, faitll-
fully and fearlessly represented.”
To our mind this is a great occasion, and if
properly used should be as auspicious as it is
important. The two sections have not had a
fair, peaceful interview since a period anterior to
the war. Since February, 1861, there has been
no occasion offered for a purely patriotic conven
tion of eminent citizens from all parts of llie
country in the interests of peace, harmony and
union. The South has been studiously and per
sistently refused admission into the national coun
cils, and excluded from every opportunity to dis
play their inclinations, feelings and purposes to
the North. On the contrary, they have been
systematically and industriously abused and mis
represented in and out of Congress; loaded with
the basest epithets and continually branded with
hypocrisy and crime. The proposed opportu
nity for the correction of these false and malig
nant auccsations should be hailed with universal
pleasure. It should be the chief public desire of
our people, that an occasion should be presented
to us, by the friends of constitutional government,
to refute the malicious misrepresentations, and to
repel the gross slanders that have blighted us,
and otir name and lame, among the people of the
North. It is the golden opportunity for the
South and for the country. It should be re
ceived everywhere with joy and acclamation, as
the true return of the people from error and pas
sion, the beginning of a renewed Union, a reas
serted Constitution, nud restoration of that unity,
liberty and lratemity that must precede all fu
ture prosperity and national glory.”
“ Meeting as a common brotherhood on the
spot where the Declaration was made, as well as
where the Constitution and Union were formed,
the lately warring people of the country will come
again as patriots, whose desires and objects will
be the restoration of the rights of all the States,
of all the people, and the supremacy of the Con
stitution over all. The men there comingtogctli-
er will assemble as equals, representing free and
equal constituencies—not to persecute and de
grade on the one hand, nor to perpetrate unne
cessary Btrife on the other—but forgetting the past
in the great and absorbing interests of the future,
strike hands in a common cause, and unite in a
common effort to rescue the Constitution and the
Union from the hands laid violently upon both.
To reject such an offer would be to commit po
litical suicide. So far as Tennessee is concerned
this lolly will never be laid at her door, and we
should be as much sup'priscd as mortified to see
any Southern State fail in it is great duty. They
can there vindicate themselves from false accusa
tion—and they can there declare effectively their
attachment to the Union under the Constitut ion,
to liberty and to law. We have no reason to
look for such another opportunity, for it may nev
er again occur.”
We endorse most heartily the foregoing, 6ave
the refcreuco made to “ influential” presses of
the South. Besides the Augusta Constitutionalist
iu the South, we regret to notice one or two oth
er “ influential" journals in the past and up to
the present time, in opposition to the movement
of sending delegates to tlie Convention. We
trust “ a sober second thought” will yet prevail
upon all such to cease their opposition.
Proc«ediniEn ol'the “So-Called” Tennessee
Legislature.
The Nashville Dispatch, of Thursday hist, re
ports the following proceedings of the “so-call
ed" Tennessee Legislature:
In the Senate, yesterday, after a brief discus
sion of the subject, the joiut resolution ratifying
the proposed amendment to the Constitution of
the United States, was adopted by a vote of four
teen to six. Previous to its adoption, Mr. Fra
zier, of Knox, entered a lengthy protest against
the action of the Senate in laying ou the table
the proposition to submit the constitutional
amendment to a popular vote.
In the House, only fifty-two members auswer-
|o their names, lacking four of a quorum. Iu
view of the inability to secure a quorum, Mr.
Mullins introduced a resolution, which was
adopted, authorizing tlie Speaker to issue war
rants of arrest for certain refractory members,
wltose names are given in our Legislative pro
ceedings. A communication from Mr. Williams,
Representative from Carter, uddrersed to the
Speaker and House, was read. He states that
he cannot participate in adopting tlie proposed
Constitutional amendment without first consult
ing his constituents. It is very doubtful if a quo
rum can he obtained this week.
The political iniquity that aboundeth in the
land, has thus been eclipsed by a body so foul
and corrupt that its parallel is to be found no
where iu history. That a despicable minority
of a great and patriotic people should usurp the
power of ruling and disfranchising the majority,
is sot upon the historic pages of any State or
Nation recognizing a republican form of gov
ernment. “ Was” will yet he the cry of the
usurpers ?
General Joseph E. Johnston.
The Rome Courier thus alludes to the above
distinguished gentleman, and his connection w ith
an important line of railway: “ The distinguish
ed general and much-loved soldier, Joseph E.
Johnston, arrived here on the stage from Jack
sonville ou last Wednesday evening. He seems
to be in excellent health and good spirits. He
has accepted the Presidency of the Selma and
Tennessee River Railroad, and was here on busi
ness conuected with the contemplated early com
pletion of the road from Blue Mountain to Dal
ton. He thinks this connection a great public
necessity, and that the stock in the road will he
very valuable. We are told that he lavore the
route through. Rome. General Smith, former
Chief Engineer of the Army of Virginia, was in
company with him. The latter is now Chief
Engineer of the Selma and Tennessee River Rail
road, and probably is in fa vor of the line through
here, if the contemplated consolidation is per
fected. If present plans are carried out, Gen.
Johnston's headquarters are likely to be in Rome
within a few months.
_
The Third Congressional District.
The LaGrange Reporter proposes Wednesday,
the first day of August next, as the day upon
which the delegates from the several counties
composing the Third Congressional District of
the State, shall assemble to nominate delegates |
to the Philadelphia Convention, and La Orange j
m the place.
The National Colon Convention.
The Newnan Herald says that a meeting of
the citizens of Coweta county will beheld at the
court house in that place on Thursday, the 36th
instant, to appoint delegates to the Congressional
District Convention, which it saggests shall meet
in Newnan on the 31st instant,.the object of the
convention being to nominate district delegates
to attend the Philadelphia Convention. Other
calls have been made in the same—the Third
Congrcsiional District—4or a similar purpose.
At Lumpkin, Stewart county, a meeting has
been held, over which the Hon. J. T. Clarke pre
sided, when the following resolutions, among
others were adopted:
Resolved, That we earnestly recommend to the
people of Georgia, and of all the Southern States,
to take prompt measures to send delegates to the
National Union Convention to be held in Phila
delphia on the 14th day of August next.
Resolved, That we propose to the people of the
Second Congressional District to meet in conven
tion at Americus, on Wednesday, the 1st of Au-
S ist, to select suitable delegates to represent said
istrict in said National Convention.
From other sections of Georgia we learn that
the people are moving in this matter, and we
have no doubt that every district in Georgia will
be represented in the Philadelphia Convention
by able and patriotic delegations.
The Columbus Sun, we are gratified to see has
yielded its first impressions, and goes in for the
Convention. In its last issue, we notice the fol
lowing graceful and patriotic sentiments:
Since the writing of our first article upon this
subject, events have occurred which have mate
rially changed our opinions of the spirit in which
that Convention was called, the representation
likely to be gathered by it, and the results which
may possibly follow its deliberations.
It is now unmistakably clear, that it will re
ceive the united and determined opposition of
the radical element North and South ; that the
movement is deemed important and necessary by
the President and his true friends and advisers,
and that it will receive the powerful aid and co
operation of the entire Democratic party of the
North and Northwest.
We have reason to believe that all the men who
may be sent to the Convention no matter what
have been their political antecedents, will repre
sent constituencies unalterably pledged to the
placing of the control of the Government into
the hands of white men, and that organized party
which will be arrayed in opposition to it, will be
as firmly committed to monstrous and ruinous
policy of universal suffrage.
In a contest upon such an issue we cannot
doubt as to where our allegiance belongs.or falter
in the discharge of any duty which the occasion
imposes upon us.
Throwing aside, therefore, any personal ob
jections of our own, we yield to the generally ex
pressed opinion that the South should he repre
sented in the Philadelphia Convention, with an
earnest desire and hope that our own fears may
be groundless, and that great good may result to
the South and the country by a convocation of
patriotic men, desirous of saving all that a civil
war has left of personal liberty and constitution
al rights.
Letter from Secretary Welle*.
While Dennison, Speed, Harlan and Stanton
have shamefully deserted the President in his
patriotic efforts to maintain the Constitution and
restore the Union, Secretary Welles stands
firm by his side, as will bo seen in the following
extract from a letter bearing date the lltli iust.,
which lie addressed to Senator Doolittle :
“ The policy initiated by President Lincoln to
restore national unity was adopted and carried
forward by President Johnson ; the States which
had been in rebellion were, under this benign
policy, resuming tlieir legitimate functions; tlie
people had laid down their arms, and those who
liad been in insurrection were returning to their
allegiance; the Constitution had been vindicated
and the Union was supposed to he restored, when
a check was put upon the progress to national
harmony and prosperity thus dawning upon the
country. On the assembling of Congress all ef
forts toward union and nationality became sud
denly paralyzed ; the measures of reconciliation
which the President had, from the time he enter
ed upon his duties, pursued witli emineut success,
were assailed, and their beneficent purpose, to a
great extent, defeated; attempts were made to
impose conditions precedent upon Suites before
permitting them to exercise their constitutional
rights; loyal Senators and Representatives from
the States whicli had been in rebellion were re
fused admittance into Congress—the people were
denied rightful constitutional representation—and
eleven Slates were and are excluded from all par
ticipation in the Government. These proceed
ings, which conflict with the fundamental prin
ciples on which our whole government system is
founded, are generating and consolidating sec
tional animosity, and. if long persisted in, must
eventuate in permanent alienation. I rejoice,
therefore, in a movement which lias for its ob
ject the union in one bond of love of tlie people
of our common country, and which invites to
council and to political action the citizens of ev
ery State and Territory, from the Atlantic to the
Pacific, and from tlie Lakes to tlie Gulf. The
centralizing theory that the loyal and qualified
Senators and Representatives from eleven States
shall be excluded from Congress, and that those
States and the people of those States shall not
participate iu the government, is scarcely less re
pugnant than that of secession itself.
Propositions to change the Constitution and
unsettle some of the foundation principles of our
organic law—to change our judicial system in
such a maimer as to destroy tlie independence of
the States by insidiously transferring to tlie Fed
eral tribunals all questions relating to the “life,
liberty, and property of tlie citizen”—to change
the basis ot representation, which was one of the
difficult and delicate compromises ot the conven
tion ot 1787, when no States were excluded from
representation—to exchange tlie existing and
wisely adjusted distribution of powers between
the different departments of the government, by
transferring tlie pardoning powers in certain
cases from the Executive, where it properly be
longs, to Congress or tlie legislative branch of
the government, to which it does not legitimately
pertain—to incorporate into our Constitution,
which is to stand through all time, a proscription
of citizens who have erred and who are liable to
penalties under existing enactments, by disqual
ifications, partaking of the nature of ex post facto
laws and bills ot attainder—these propositions
or changes, aggregated as one and called an
amendment to the Constitution, designed to ope
rate on the people and States which are denied
all representation or voice in tlie Congress which
originates them, are of a radical, if not revel u
tionary, character.
These and other proceedings, and the political
crisis which they have tended to produce, justify
and demand a convocation of the people lfy del
egates from all the States and from the whole
country.
The President has labored with devoted assid
uity and fidelity to promote union, harmony, pros
perity, and happiness, among the States and peo
ple, hut has met with resistance, misrepresenta
tion, and calumny where he had a right to ex
pect co-operation, aud friendly support. That
the great body of our countrymen are earnestly
and cordially with him in his efforts to promote
the national welfare, I have never doubted, not
withstanding the hostility of malevolent parti-
sans.stimulated by perverted party organizations;
and I rejoice that a convention which shall rep
resent all true Union men of our whole country
has been called to sustain him.
Dennison and Speed have resigned their port
folios. Harlan and Stanton still hold on. The
latter will soon go, however, aud array them
selves with the radicals where, unrestrained, they
will urge a fiercer war against the South than
ever before. Be it so. Let the South stand firm
by the President, and do all in its power to
sustain him and its Northern friends, however—
Utile is that all. This is no rime for lioldin
back, nursing and muttering discontent The
term “ masterly inactivity," when it was first
brought into American politics, and urged upon
the Southern people as their true line of policy,
meant something worthy of their consideration.
It means something now—the abandonment of
him who bos bravely interposed to save the
South from a Congressional despotism that threat
ens still further to degrade and trample her people
in the dust, aud the abandonment also of those
who inrite the Southern peopie to unite witli
them in their patriotic eflorts to sustain him and
establish good government under the Constitu
tion. This is the practical effect ot the “masterly
inactivity," “hold off" policy of some Southern
men, whatever their motives may be.
Indictment of Judge Thomas, of Virgin
ia.—Judge H. IV. Thomas, of the Seventh
First in* he Field Judicial Circuit of Virginia, some weeks ago
Missouri has been the firat slate’ to nominate j refused to admit the testimony of a negro in a
delegates to the National Convention. She has J case beforc biiu where co,ored men were not
nominated in all fifty-five delegates, ten for the : concerned on the ground that lie must be gov-
. , , : eraed bv the law of tlie State ami not of the
State at large and five from each congressional United States. It has transpired that for this j
district. The delegates embraces a number of act Judge Thomas was indicted by the United!
her most able aud influential citizens. States Grand Jury at tlie recent session of Judge
.* Underwood’s court at Richmond. No steps'
Bisuof Earl vs condition now promises an j whatever have been taken to arrest Judge j
early recovery. I Thomas under the indictment. |
Spirit or the New fork Frees.
The News of Tuesday has an editorial on the
“ Conservative League,” in which the position is
taken that the address of the Democratic mem
bers of Congress has been accepted as a faithful
interpretation of the meaning of the movement.
The paramount object being to rescue the coun
try from the supremacy ot the Radicals, there is
no necessity for dragging inferior issues into
the question.
The Times has an editorial on the " Conserva
tive elements in the Republican Party” in which
it maintains that the Republican party was, in its
origin and utterances, uniformly conservative.
It then argues that.the Radicals have no right
to the control and mastery of the party, and re
ferring to the struggle begun in Iowa, Missouri
and Indiana, predicts that this struggle between
the Conservatives.and the Radicals that has be
gun in the West, will extend to nearly every
State in which the Union party has an organiza
tion.
The Times in an article on “The Pope and his
Prospects,” begins and ends with the proposition
that there is abundant cause for the trepidation
of the Papacy in reference to the maintenance ot
its rule over the States of the Church and the
continued possession of the temporal j tower.—
The reported project of raising six millions of
dollars in this country for the future support of
the Pope is referred to as if true.
The limes has articles on the “Mississippi
Levees” and the “Reported Insurrection in Cuba.”
In the former, it refers to the authority of Mr.
Calhoun, as quoted in opposition to government
aid in repairing them, and urges that the war
and the floods having rendered the Southern peo
ple helpless, Congress should undertake the
work.
The Times Lbs a statement from Washington
that it is generally believed that the President
was on the 9th, preparing a veto of the Freed-
raen’s Bureau bill to be submitted to the Cabmet
and afterwards sent in to Congress.
The Tribune having said that Senator Cowan,
of Pennsylvania, will retire on the 4th of March
next, and that the Union candidates tor his seat,
already suggested, are General Simon Cameron,
John W. Forney, Galusha A. Grow and Ttaad-
deus Stevens, the World thanks that press for
showing what a set of political scapegraces are
in the field against Mr. Cowan. It goes on to
say that Cameron, after being turned out of Lin
coln’s cabinet, attempted to bribe the Pennsylva
nia Legislature into electing him to the Senate;
Forney is a dirtier bird of the same feather;
Grow a passable enough fanatic, and old Thad.
Stevens—everybody knows who he is.
Tlie World, among its political items, says of
Tennessee, that a Radical Nashville paper, edited
by a Massachusetts Southerner, tells the story:
“Under tlie Governor’s proclamation, the Legis
lature is expected to meet to-day for the purpose
of ratifying the new constitutional amendment.”
For the purpose of ratifying—of course.
The News of tlie lOtli has, under the head of
“ Southern Correspondence,”, a letter from P. W.
A., Thomaston, Ga., treating mainly of the freed-
man and the crops. The writer gives estimates
of the cotton crop for this year at as low a figure
as one million of bales.
The Washington correspondent of the News
says the following ten States will not vote upon
the constitutional amendment till December or
January next, as their legislatures will not be
called together, viz: Maryland, Indiana,Illinois,
Ohio, Kentucky, New Jersey, Delaware, Wiscon
sin, Iowa and New York, aud it will be rejected
by six out of the ten.
General Sherman, in a public speech at Phila
delphia on the 9th, said that he found the weath
er pleasanter than the day before in New York,
where it was as hot as blazes.
The number of deaths in New York during
the first week iu the present month was four
hundred and ninety-three, out of a population of
over seven hundred thousand.
Much of their space is still taken up with ac
counts relating to the great fire in Portland:—
Iron safes of nearly all descriptions proved worth
less in most cases when unprotected, and the few
which did not fail, were probably saved by cir
cumstances. But in the vaults of the hanks tlie
contents were found entirely uninjured. In one
a self-registering thermometer showed only one
hundred aud thirty degrees, as the highest tem
perature. The conclusion from these facts, is
that only vaults built from the ground are entire
ly reliable.
Scores of thieves fell to work while the confla
gration was at its height. Other swarms of pro
fessional thieves-hurried on from Boston and New
York. Hundreds of Country people had poured
iuto the city on the 4th in vehicles of all sorts
and sizes. With the dawning ot day, on the 5th,
says the correspondent of the World, numbers of
these visitors, who having come to see, remained
to steal, were hurrying out of town on all the
roads, their vehicles groaning under a weight of
heterogeneous spoil, wearing apparel, cabinet
ware, crockery, provisions, books, musical instru
ments, chandeliers, curtains, &c., &c. Alas!
poor human nature! especially Down East.
The origin of the fire that destroyed ten mil
lions of dollars of -property is given by the same
correspondent. A boat builder, bent on cele
brating the Fourth, had locked up his shop. A
small hoy, similarly engaged, cast a fire-cracker
in at the open window of the shop. The fire
cracker fell upon a pile of shavings, and in a few
moments the frail combustible building was in a
blaze.
Thereupon the News intimates that the matter
of fire-crackers has been, or will be, brought be
fore Congress, and says that it is hardly worth
while, for it the local authorities are unable to
prevent the little boys from setting oft their
crackers at improper .times and in improper
places, a prohibition duty upon them will not be
likely to accomplish much. “An amendment to
the Constitution is the thing, Mr. Sumner.”
Execution of Hontrose. Jjtoun.
James A Carswell, P. D. S., Barks Co., Ga.
The Maniac ’ Lewis.
Henry-C. Ethridge, C. S., Eatouton, Ga.
*UBIC—aiSXDICTIOX—JUrALX.
An Original Poem by Hon. J. H. Barrick-
juniob exhibition.
tttrSIO—PRAYXR—MUSIC.
College Societies. •
Henry A. Wise, C. S Penfield, Ga.
Constitutional Liberty.
CharlesM. Santos, 8... Penfield, Ga.
Jttrsic.
“ Borne waa not Bnilt in a Day.”
Charles V. Sanford, C. S. Penfield, Ga.
One Ideaiem. .*
Thomas J. Beck, C. S ,.. ..Warren Co., Ga.
KESIC.
Literary Characteristics of the Age.
Colin B. Wise, C. S Penfield, Ga.
“Stonewall” Jackson.
Otis S. Jones, C. S : Meriwether Co., Ga.
ttrsic.
The Sorrows Incident to the Pursuit of Learning.
Thomas A. Hamilton, P. D. S Athens, Ga.
“ ’Tis distance lends enchantment to the view.
And robes the mountain in'its azure hue.”
James K. P. Keaton, C. S . . .Albany, Ga.
xusic.
Distribution of Prizes to the Sophomore Declaimers.
MUSIC—BENKDICTION—FINALE.
The Oration before the Literary Societies of the Univer
sity was delivered by "Hon. Henry R. Jackson.
N. B.—C. S. andJPj D. S. are the initials of the Cicero
nian and Phi-Delta Societies.
The declamation of the Sophomores was liigh-
ld creditable, and it was with stgoe difficulty that
the prize committee could decide to whom to
award the prizes. They were awarded to Henry
C. Ethridge, C. S., ofEatontonyGeorgia, and
George W. A. Brantly, P. D. &, of Macon, Geor
gia. Mr. Ethridge receiving the 3 first and Mr.
Brantley the second.-*-
The exhibition ot the. Junior class, was pro
nounced by those competent to judge, to he as
good as any preriofis exhibition, of that class
prior to the war. If^^mijj be invidious to say
that one of the speifllte wrote-or declaimed
“best” when all did so well The speeches were
both well written and well declaimed.
Owing to the failur^of J. R. Barrick, ot At
lanta, to attend the commencement, Col. J. D.
Matthews, Congressman elect, from the 5th Con
gressional District, declared the prizes to the
successful Sophomore declaimer, in a speech
which was very appropriate, well delivered, and
appreciated both by the class and the vast au
ditory.
At the conclusion of the Junior exhibition, the
President elect, olthe College, Dr. H. H. Tucker,
was installed into the office. I am sorry I can
not furnish his speech for publication. His
numerous friends and those of the College are
rejoiced at his acceptance of tlie position and
bespeak for tlie College an increased number of
students, called tliither by his acceptance of the
Presidency.
At 4 o’clock, the address of General Jackson
was delivered to almost a spell-bound audience.
He was at times truly eloquent, and his speech
abounded with much good advice to the students
of the College. A
Thus closed the commencement exercises of
Mercer University, with which the Trustees of
the College, the patrons of the University, and
visitors generally were well pleased. Parents
and guardians having children arid wards to edu
cate would do well to send them to Mercer Uni
versity, if they desire them to have practical
educations. Spectator.
N. B.—I omitted to mention in the proper con
nection that the degree of LL. D„ was confer
red on Geneal Robert E. Lee, of Washington
College, Virginia, and the degree of A. M., on
Col. Allen D. Chandler, Rev. Asa Marshall, Adri
an S. Morgan, and Redman Y. Forrester.
[COMMUNICATED.]
Commencement fixercieea of Mercer Uni*
ve ratty.
Penfield, Ga., July 10,1866.
To-day tlie Commencement exercises of Mer
cer University closed witli an address from Gen.
Henry R. Jackson, of Savannah.
The Commencement Sermon was preached on
Sunday^8th, by W- T. Brantley, LL. D., to a large
congregation. The sermon was probably one of
the finest productions ever delivered on the same
occasion at the University, and was character
ized by the learning and eloquence for which the
reverend gentleman is so distinguished. Its pub
lication would certainly do much good.
I append the programme of the Junior and
Senior Exhibitions, which came off on Monday
and Tuesday.
sophomore prize declamation.
MUSIC—PRATES—MUSIC.
Mark Antony at Cuesar's Funeral Shakspeare.
Charles K. Henderson, C. S., Harris Co., Ga.
Osceola Anonymous,
James Callaway, P. D. S., Macon, Ga.
Horatius at the Bridge Macaulay.
John T. Dupree, C. S., Wilkinson Co., Ga.
jtrstc.
Irish Aliens and English Victories Shiel,
Stephen P. Bowdre, P. D. S., Washington, Ga.
The Lady of Provence Mrs. Hemans.
William H. Foute, C. S., Memphis, Tenn.
Speech on being found guilty of High Treason.. .Emmet.
William T. O’Neal, P. D. S., Thomson, Ga.
MUSIC.
The Soldier from Bingen Mrs. Norton.
George W. Sparks, P. D. S., Washington Co., £}q.
Rienzi to the Romans MissMitford.
Andrew J. Orr, C. S., Mitchell Co., Ga,
P&rrhasins, painting Prometheus, tortues a
Captive to catch his Dying Expression. .N. P. Willis.
James W, Rhodes, C. §.. Crawfordyille, Ga.
RUstC.
The Judgmen t Pollock.
Charles C. Sharp, P. D. S., Forsyth, Ga.
Eloquence of John Adams Webster.
John B. Warthen, C. S., Washington Cp , G4.
Virginia Macaulay
George W. A. Brantly. P. D. S., Macon, Ga.
MUSIC.
Spartacas to the Roman Envoys Kellogg.
Clifford R. Saunders. C. S., Penfield, Ga.
Washington Phillips.
Cabin P. Fitzpatrick, C. S., Morgan Co., Ga.
Spartacyis to the Gladiators Kellogg.
James A Harley, P. D. S.. Burke Co.. Gs.
The Attitude of |r«nee and England.
NO HOPE OF FRANCE REMAINING. NENUTRAL—
M. FOULD TO RESIGN.
[From the Pall Mall Gazette.]
We hear from Paris that great indignation pre
vails in the Liberal camp of the legislative body
at the way in which MM. Tliters and Berryer
were cried down whenthey attempted to speak
about the foreign polip^ of France on Monday.
A meeting of Liberals has since-been held, when
MM. Thiers, Picard, and others spoke of resign
ing their seats, as the chamber had now abdicat
ed its rights. M. Fould, too, seems to think there
is no hop>e of France maintaining her neutrality
much longer, and it is maintained by many well-
informed persons that he will resign before the week
is out. On the other hand, petitions in favor of
peace continue to be numerously signed among
the agriculturists and manfacturers in the pro
vinces, and everyone connected with the govern
ment assert that there is no prospect whatever of
France drawing the sword. - Even the Minister
of War has assured several officers who have
volunteered to serve on the Rhine, that there
will be no occasion for their services, as France
has no intention or expectatian ot entering into
a conflict with any European State. "The Em
peror, on his side, takes eveiy opportunity of de
claring that there is no danger of France being
dragged into a European war, and that tlie ex
hibition will take place next, year according to
the original programme. As a proof of French
neutrality, the French Ambassador at Munich
has been instructed to assume the protection of
Prussian subjects residing in Bavaria, while the
ambassador at Florence is to pay a similar com
pliment to Austria by protecting Austrian* sub
jects in Italy. General Prim left Paris last Sun
day, and on the previous evening he told several
of his friends that he would not cease to make
revolutions in Spain until his ends were attained,
and that, if the second and the third did not suc
ceed, he would begin a fourth and fifth.
ENGLAND’S NEUTRALITY PROCLAMATION.
[From the London Gazette. June 29.]
This Gazette contains t copy of a letter ad
dressed by the Earl of Clarendon to the Lords
Commissioners of the Admiralty, and setting
forth that her Majesty being fully determined to
observe the duties of neutrality during the ex
isting hostilities, has for their guidance issued
rules, which are to be trested and enforced as
her Majesty’s orders and directions. They are
to come into force on the of July, and six
days after the Governor shall have published
them in her Majesty’s territory and possessions
beyond the seas. By these regulations ships of
war of either belligerent are. prohibited from
making use of any port or roadstead in the
United Kingdom, or in the Channel Islands, or
in any of her Majesty’s colonies or foreign pos
sessions or dependencies, or of any waters sub
ject to the territorial jurisdiction of the British
crown, as a station or place of resort for any
warlike purpose, or for the purpose of obtaining
a.iy facilities of warlike equipment; and no ship
of war of either belligerent shall hereafter be
permitted to leave any port or waters from winch
any vessel of the other belligerent shall have pre
viously departed, until after the expiration of
at least twenty-four hours. If any ship of
war of either belligerent shall enter any
port, roadstead, or waters belonging to her
Majesty, either in the United Kingdom or
in the Channel Islands, or in any of her
Majesty’s colonies or foreign possessions or
dependencies, such vessel shqll be required to
depart and be put to sea within twenty-four
hours after her entrance into such port, except in
case of stress of weather, or of her requiring
provisions or things necessary for the subsistence
of the crew, or repairs; in either of which cases
the authorities of the port, or of the nearest port
(as the case may be,) shall require her to put to
sea as soon as possible after the expiration of
such period of twenty-four hours, without per
mitting her to take in supplies beyond what
may be necessary for her immediate use; and
no such vessel which may have been allowed to
remain within British waters for the purpose of
repair shall continue in any such port, roadstead,
or waters for a longer period than twenty-four
hours after ter necessary renaii® stall have been
completed. No ship of” war of either belligerent
shall he permitted to take ift any supplies, ex
cept'provisions and such! other things as rqay he
requisite for the subsistence of her crew, and
except so much coal only as may be suffieent to
carry such vessel to the nearest port of her own
country, or some nearer destination, and no coal
shall again be supplied to any such ship of war
in the the same or any other port, roadstead,
or waters subject tq [Ije territorial jurisdiction,
of her Majesty, without special permission, until
after the expiration of three months from the
time when such coal may have been last sup
plied to her within British waters as aforesaid.
Armed ship of either party are interdicted
from carrying prizes made by them into
the ports, harbors, roadsteads, or waters of the
United Kingdom, or any of her Maiestv’s colo
nies, or possessions abrqad.
Tke Occupation of Dresden—Ail Advance
Ud.a Retreat—The Line of tike Kibe—A
-'Settle Hourly Expected.
[From the New York Tribune.)
Dresden, Jane 20—2. o’clock P. M._
I closed my last with the report of thequiet
waiting of the city of Dresden for the coming of
the Prussians. Monday morning they came and
took possession of the city, without the slightest
attempt at resistance on the part of the Saxons.
When the King departed with the army, aban
doning the city to the enemy, we knew the only
possibility of fighting lay in the event of the
meeting of the Saxons with Austrian or Bavarian
troops, in force sufficient to return and take pos
session of the city before the Prussians should
arrive, and to detend it when the latter should
come. Whatever faint hope of this may have
been entertained gradually grew fainter and
fainter as die houra-of Sunday passed, and Mon
day morning, with flying banners and m:irtial
music, and a great deal of military display, the
Prussians swept through the streets of Dresden.
Crowds of people thronged the streets and
gave them the greeting of a sullen silence. A
Prussian civil Governor, whom they had brought
with them, entered immediately upon his office;
the tired troops were billeted upon the people, so
that each household received an accession of two
or [hree members, who must be cared for, wheth
er welcomed guests or not. The General, Pitr
tenfeld, of Holstein celebrity, and' his staff, took
possession of-the choicest rooms of our hotel, so
we had ample opportunity to observe them at ta
ble, and as they strolled with their cigars under
the lindens on the banks of the Elbe, enjoying
the fair city that had failed without a struggle
into their hands. The exact number of Prussian
troops in the vicinity it is impossible to ascertain
Not more than 25,000 entered the city. One of
the first operations was to cut the telegraph wires
in all directions, thus strangely destroying their
own, as well as the Saxon means of communica
tion. The persons having charge of the post
office, refusing to take the oath of allegiance to
Prussia, wer«Tremoved at once, and their places
supplied by Prussians. The citizens who fre
quented the promenades and gardens during the
long twilights, remained at home, and these plea
sant haunts were tilled with soldiers.
But this quiet state of things lasted but one
day. Tuesday night came rumors of Bavarian
troops on the hills a few miles south of Dresden.
So from ten o’clock to midnight the Prussian ar
tillery rattled over the pavements in one unceas
ing stream, going out to meet the Austrians, and
from midnight until morning came hurrying back
again, and at daybreak we found the exhausted
soldiers scattered all through the town, lying
upon the pavements, leaning against buildings,
dropped down from very weariness after their
night of marching. So tar as could be gathered
from the excited and contradictory rumors, the
Saxon army had lieen reinforced by Austrian
troops, and the Prussians, after going forth to
meet them, had decided to avoid an engagement,
and retreated to the city. Early in the forenoon
they again took up their line of march and re-
crossed the Elbe. It looked very much like run
ning away, and the report of Austrians very
near, confirmed by the removal of the inhab
itants of the suburban villages, who declared the
hills covered with troops, made such a measure
seem not improbable.
Over the river which divides the old town from
the new, filling both the magnificent stone
bridges, the Prussians poured for three hours in
one unceasing stream; and it became evident
that a battle was expected, and that the river was
to be the line of defense. Every little boat is
taken to the Prussian side of the stream; people
unfortunate enough to be on the side of the river
opposite their homes cannot return ; persons in
the city may not pass to tlieir families in the out
skirts, and from all the adjoining country the
panic stricken people rush iu great distress to the
capital. The aged and sick are brought in tlie
arms of their neighbors, and the whole country
presents a scene of great excitement and confu
sion. Among those residing in the suburbs, a
large party of American ladies have just arrived
at the hotel from a house they had taken for the
summer, bringing in their hands whatever valu-
bles they could gather in their hasty departure.
While all tlie people about seem determined
to press toward the scene of action, of course
those of us who had been obliged to remain are
equally anxious to get away; but as no convey
ance can possibly be procured, we wait at the
present writing ou the banks of the Elbe, just be
tween the two bridges over which the last Prus
sian cannons have rumbled, waiting for the ap
plication of powder which, by blowing up tlie
bridges, will prevent the pursuit of the Austrians,
There are reports of a skirmish last night, and
one rumor says it was the purpose of the Aus
trian force to sweep between the Prussian army
and Berlin, thus preventing the retreat that is
apparently taking place. But all beyond what is
visible to an eye witness is conjecture. There
is at present no possible means of obtaining
trust-worthy information with regard to num
bers or intentions of the two opposing forces.—
We can only say that a battle is hourly expected.
From the Richmond Examiner, July 6.
Interesting; Decision—Railroads are Pub
lic Highways.
The suit of B. F. Ficklin, General Superintend
ent of the National Express aud Transportation
Company vs. the Yirgiuia Central Railroad and
Adams Express Company, which has been under
argument in the Hustings Court for the past week
hetore Judge Lyons, of this city, and Judge
Chambers, of Petersburg, was disposed of yes-
Another Dead Duck.—Captain Philip R.
Forney, Fourteenth United States Infantry, (a
son of Colonel John W. Forney,) was recently
tried by court martial at San Francisco, Califor
nia, and dishonorably dismissed from the ser
vice. Tlie charges of which Captain Forney
was found guilty were disobedience to orders and
conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman
terday, by the decision which was rendered by
Judge Chambers. We make the following sy
nopsis :
Railroad companies are common carriers,
bound by tlie laws and subject to all tlie obliga
tions enforced by the law of common carriers.—
They are the creatures of the law, and all their
rights and privileges are derived from their char
ters. Created for the pubile benefit, their rights,
powers and privileges are necessarily great to en
able them to fulfill tlie duties and render the ser
vices which the public requires of them. Yet
they are monopolies. Their rights and privileges
are substracted and taken from the rights and
privileges of the people, and in expounding and
defending these rights, it is the duty of the court
to adhere to the strict construction of their char
ters. Being a perpetual body, taking by succes
sion and not inheritance, there is a constant ten
dency to an accustomed accumulation of wealth
and of power, which, if not restrained, might be
come destructive of individual rights, and even
dangerous to public liberty.
These corporations, then, must stand on tlie
strict construction of their charters, the restric
tion being necessary for the preservation of pub
lic and private rights. If they exceed their priv
ileges to the prejudice of the stockholders or of
private individuals, they are liable to be enjoin
ed without regard to the amount of damage.—
Damage or no damage, they must confine them
selves within the limits of their charter rights.
If they fail to do so, the legislature may declare
their charters forfeited, or they may be deprived
of their charters possibly [by a proceeding against
it at law by the Commonwealth on a writ of
quo warranto. Every stockholder, then, is inter
ested in compelling the company to act within
its chartered limits in the exercise of its power.
Has the company transcended the limits of its
chartered powers by the contract witli the Adams
Express Company ? To their privelegesas com
mon carriers there are corresponding obliga
tions. They have the privilege of carrying pas
sengers and freight; but they must carry them
on terms of perfect equality in the order in which
they are presented, and at the same rate of fare
or freight. Do they do this ? Tlie question is
answered by the contract.
But is said in the same answer that this con
tract only applies to express freights, and that
those are light articles. The law makes no such
distinction, but expressly includes all express
matter and freights, and if the company has a
right to make the contract as to their express
trains, it is not seen why the company could not
extend the same contracts to their freight trains,
aud to exclude from its privileges all but men
who would advance $50,000, as the Adams Ex
press have done in this case.
There is another reason why the contract is
illegal. It requires the Adams Express Compa
ny, and all other persons who may do an ex
press business, to pay the highest prices allowed
by law for the transportation of freight, and also
to make an advance of $50,000, to lie accounted
for in the settlement for freight and express mat
ter transported during the year, hut without in
terest for the time during which this sum of
money may be in the hands of the company.
This is illegal, because it is exacting more than
the law t)llotys fo[ transportation ; it is exacting
the mqxiifium price for transportation, and also
the use or loan of a large amount of money with
out paying interest therefor. It is also a Contract
to refuse to transport express matter or freight
for any company or person, unless such compa
ny or person will advance $50,009 as a Jo.au to
the railroad qqqipqny without interest, or a
prepttympnt of freight to that amount when the
company may not do business to that amount
during the year. It is virtually placing the ex
press business at the control of persons or com
panies who may be able to advance or loan $50,-
000 to the railroad company. Therefore the
railroad company had transcended the powers
conferred on it by the law, and ought to be re
quired to observe the rules prescribed by the
Legislature.
The counsel for tlie defendant then made a
motion to suspend the judgment, which, after
some discussion, was overruled.
Revolution in Louisiana
We have emerged from a gigantic rebellion to
witness the passions of had men breaking out in
acts directly tending to revolution in the Con
gress of the UnitedjStates, aud iu the Conveu-
tipbs, Legislatures and officials of some of the
States. The last of these petty attempts at rev
olution has occurred uffLouisiana. J udge R. II.
Howell, President pro. 'tern, of the old Louisiana
State Convention, has issued a proclamation call
ing for a re-assembling Of that body ou the 30th
of July. The object proposed is to revise and
amend the organic law of flic State, and to pro
vide for the speedy ratification of.the proposed
amendment to the Constitution of jhe United
States. The St. Louis Republican, of the 7tli in
stant, gives the following explanation connected
with this movement:—Nashville Dispatch. _
A knot of agitators in Louisiana are trying to
overthrow the Constitution of that State. They
were members of the Convention ol 1864, aud
claim that the Convention is still iirbeing. Judge
Durell, who was its President, was called upon
to re-convoke it, but declined—for the reason, as
stated by a sympathizer, that it was desirable
first to learn what Congress thought about such
a project. The opponents of the movement rep
resent Judge Durell as opposed to it on every
ground. The intriguers held a caucus on the 26th
ultimo, but made little headway. Since then
they have got together in “hole and corner” meet
ings (according to the New Orleans l\mes,) and
indulged in a tew bombastic resolutions, answer
ing as a valve for the escape of noisome gases.—
Judge Abell, of the District Court, lias seen fit to
treat it seriously, by giving it iu charge to the
grand jury. He instructed the jury that there
was no authority in the present legally adopted
Constitution to justify tlie reassembling of tlie
proposed Convention, and that any etturt on the
part of that defunct body to assemble for the pur
pose of altering or amending the Constitution is
subversive of good order, and dangerous to the
peace ot the State; aud that any overt act, tend
ing to subvert the Constitution of tlie State, on
the part of those who have sworn to support it,
renders them liable to the criminal laws of the
State for misdemeanor iu office aud perjury.
A New Orleans correspondent ot the Cincin
nati Commercial, who favors this movement, in
sists that it will be made, while he naively de
scribes it as the fruit of a “ plot ” he is candid
enough to reveal. That the object is a complete
revolution of the present State Government; all
the work of the last Legislature, as well as the
Legislature itself, to be annulled; State offices,
with the exception of Governor, declared vacant,
to be temporarily filled by appointment; and
particularly the especial object of execration, tlie
hateful administration of New Orleans, is to be
swept awav, preparatory to reconstruction. Next,
universal suffrage, or something sufficiently ap
proximate, to overslaugh the present predomi
nance of rebels and turn the political scale for,
instead of against, the friends of loyal Union ;
the quick application of the remedy, in the shape
of a ratification by tlie people and the election
of a Legislature upon an unconipomised loyal
basis to ratify the Constitutional Amendment
proposed to the States by Congress, and provide
for such a representation to Congress as it is
thought will claim the recognition of that body,
and thus the speedy restoration of the State to
all of its federal relations. Such is tlie pro
gramme.
The complexion of the constituency which is
looked Jo for success, may be judged by the fol
lowing statement of this correspondent:
“ Nineteen thousand black, with five thousand
white Union men, largely outnumber the utmost
force the rebel clique can muster.”
Of course, this call for a dead and gone Con
vention that is completely functus officio, has no
shadow of authority. Nor is there any pretext
for the menaced revolution in any official acts of
the government now lawfully existing under the
established Constitution. It is acting within the
line of its duty, iu obedience to its own State
and the Federal Constitution. Nor is the conduct
of the New Orleans authorities more open to the
charge of disloyalty.
The facts being as we have stated them, this
proposed convention is an act looking to a naked
revolution, to he accomplished by force if neces
sary. The agitators claim that, they have with
them the Governor and a Judge of the Supreme
Court, and this writer thus hints at the eventu
alities which must follow :
Suppose the present rebel-elect officers of the
State, proposed to be removed by tlie convention,
decline to yield to substitutes? The Judge of
the Supreme Court of tlie State, being President
of the convention, will issue his *mandamus,’
upon which, if necessary, will follow the Gov
ernor’s ‘posse coinitatus.' ”
We cannot believe that such a plot, can ripen
into the bitter fruit which these intriguers expect
to gather from it. The same correspondent says:
“ It is understood that General Sheridan has
replied ‘No,’ to the question : Would he furn
ish, at the request of the Convention, a military
guard for its protection V”
We think General Sheridan, in this reply, an
ticipated what would be the ready answer ot the
President. The Federal Constitution looks to
furnishing military forces on sucli an occasion,
but not to fight on the side on which these con
spirators would like to array it. But we imag
ine that, pestileut as arc some of the leading rad
icals in Louisiana, they can hardly force matters
to such a pass as that. We can but believe that
the State authorities are competent to deal with
them, unaided by the strong arm of the United
States government.
Horace Johnson, alias Horace Grcefy (colored',
made the following confession, having been pre
viously told hv the coroner, iu tlie present e of
the jury, that he could not give him any induce
ment or promise, or make any threat to extort a
confession, and if he did make a confession it
must be of his own free will. Horace then said :
On Tuesda} r morning, 3d instant about six
o’clock, a. m.. he borrowed a double barreled
gun from Alfred Johnson, colored, and went out
hunting for birds; went to Guv McBride, on Mr.
Horlbeck’s farm, and got six roasting-ears of
corn; afterwards went up Rutledge street to the
avenue that leads to Mr. Rtiet t’s farm ; met John
Bull alias John Bennett, colored; Bull wanted
to borrow the gun ; said he would give him two
hundred dollars For, the use ot it ; let him have
the gun ; they then met on the causeway; John
told him (Horace) if he would shoot Mr. Rhett
lie would get $200; he and John went ton
branch ; deponent shot a turtle dove and killed
it; loaded the'gun, put in a handful of high blis
ter blue shot ; John and deponent then went to
a little branch, where Mr. Illicit was afterwards
killed ; deponent laid down on his side and said
to John, Let us go; John said. Hold on a minute :
deponent got up and leaned against a small oak
tree; at that moment Mr. Riant came along on
horseback; deponent wanted John to go; as the
old man, Mr. Rhett, was coming, John said fire
and shoot that man; deponent said what tor;
John took hold of the gun, and while they both
had hold, and were struggling for the gun it went
off, discharging both barrels at about the same
time,shooting Mr. Rhett; after he was shot,Mr.
Rhett cried out “oh;” deponent said they had
shot that man who had never done them any
harm, and that they had no right to shoot Mr.
Rhett: went home between five and six o’clock
on same evening; about half an hour after, John
Bull alias Bennett came along, and he and John
came down to King street together; deponent
said, John we have got into a scrape; John said
deponent could make his escape, and it would be
all right; at the time that lie and John left, Mr.
Rhett was holding the bridle of his horse hol
lowing; deponent says he had been drinking
hard all day, and was drunk at the time he shot
Mr. Rhett; never had anything against Mr.
Rhett; never had a quarrel with him.
The jury then rendered the following verdict:
That B. S. Rhett came to his death by gun
shot wounds inflicted by a gun in the hands of
Horace Greeley, alias Johnson, colored, at his
farm, on the afternoon of the 3d of July, 1866,
between the hours of five and six o’clock, and
that John Bull, alias John Bennett, colored, is
accessory to the murder.
The jury also adopted the following resolu
tion :
Resolved, That the thanks of tlie jury are here
by tendered to the officers engaged in bringing to
light the perpetrators of this atrocious deed—to
Lieutenant H. W. Hendricks and officers Farrell,
Caldwell and Davis, and to Sergeant Nelson of
the Upper Ward Police force, is due the credit of
having by their indomitable spirit and untiring
energy brought about this result. Our thanks
are also due to Captain C. B. Sigwald, Chief of
Police, for his prompt action and special detail
of Lieutenant Hendricks to superintend tlie in
vestigation of the murder, and the arrest of the
parties implicated.—Charleston Courier.
Tlie Prison Life ot' tlie Fenian Prisoners
in Toronto.
From the Chicago Journal
Rich Scene—Ttvo Women Claim one
Han—A Legal Investigation.
Last evening an amusing incident occurred at
the crossing of Lake and Clark streets—that is,
amusing to those who witnessed it, but some-
whaton the contrary to the principal actors
therein. It seems that a young man named El
ton, not very long since married a young lady
named Julia, in this city. Last evening the hap
py twain were promenading Lake street and ex
changing love sentiineuts, when suddenly tlieir
cooing was brought abruptly to an end. They
had been watched for a considerable time by a
young lady who understood and believed that she
she was the only wife of Elton. Seeing the
couple enjoying themselves so enraged her, that
she at once determined to lay claim to her hus
band and beat off her rival. In order to do this
she approached the loving couple, and in a vo
ciferous manner asserted her rights before all tlie
b-ystanders. Elton denied that she was his wife.
Thus arguing they proceeded along Lake,
turned up State street, and walked on until they
came between Madison and Monroe streets,
where Elton, not liking such pressing attention
as was being bestowed upon him by the crowd
and Ins claimant; retreated into a saloon, think
ing thus to evade any further molestation.
^ The lady,however, was not to be thus put off.
She procured the services of two policemen,
who arrested Elton. Tlie young man was march
ed to the Armory, followed by the rival wives,
who each preferred her separate claim, appeal
ing to William himself. He, however, persisted
in rejecting the new claimant, asserting that
Julia was his wife and that the other was merely
a sham. A crowd of boys and girls followed the
party to the Armory, where the youth was lock
ed up in a cell to await his examination on the
charge of adultery.
He had not been long in durance vile when a
young girl came into the office at the station and
instituted inquiries as to the cause of the trouble.
When she was informed, and had ascertained
that the name of the male participant was Elton,
she exclaimed:
“Oh, the monster! I know a young lady who
-is going to be married to him on the 2Qth of next
month. The arrangements are all made for the
wedding,”
This morning Elton was placed in the dock at
the Police Court, charged with bigamy. Tlie
name ot the lady who claims him as her husband
was Deborah Hopkins before she was married to
the prisoner. Her brother is a merchant of this
city, and has resided here upwards of fifteen
years.
The prisoner states that he was never married
to Deborah, but acknowledged to have lived with
her for more than five years in this city and New
Orleans.
Deborah, however, swore that they were mar
ried in the latter city, previous to the rebellion ;
that during, the war they were obliged to leave
the city, losing a great deal of baggage, and that
she believes that the certificate of marriage was
lost in the confusion, or that Elton destroyed it
to serve his purposes. Both she and her brother
state that they can produce sufficient evidence to
show that Elton is a bigamist.
In order to give time for this purpose, further
examination was postponed lor ten days, Elton
being required to give bail for his appearance in
the sum of $1,500.
A correspondent of the New York Herald
gives the following account of a visit to the
Fenian prisoners now in confinement in Toronto:
The ninety-six Fenians at present imprisoned
in the old Toronto jail have been handed over to
the civil authorities. Visitors are not allowed to
see the prisoners without a special pass from the
Sheriff, and this is not granted excepting to those
persons who can convince that officer that they
visit tiie prison incited by other motives than
mere impertinent curiosity. On making known
my desire to the Sheriff the other day, and sta
ting to him that I believed many of the friends
of the imprisoned in the United States would
like to know how they are treated, and the way
in which they bear themselves while in durance
vile, lie cheerfully granted me and a hiend the
necessary pass.
The old jail is situated in the eastern end of
the city, on Front street, near the side of tlie bay.
It is a gloomy looking pile of stone, and for some
time had been unoccupied, another and better
appointed prison, more recently erected iu an
other portion of tlie city, liaving'been insufficient
to accommodate all the criminals. Tlie building
consists of central tower, from which branch off
two wings, one west and the other south. Tlie
central portion is four stories high; the wings
are three stories. The jail yard is an irregular
parallelogram, two of its sides formed by tlie
wings, and the west, by a stone wall fifteen feet
high; the southern boundary is a broad fence of
about the same liiglit. The entrance to tlie
bidding is from Front street. The jail sets back
about thirty yards from tlie road. The visitor is
obliged before he reaches tlie massive oak portal,
studded with iron, to pass two soldiers on guard.
In obedience to our summons, the key of the
warder grated in the old lock, and the massive
door slowly grating on its hinges stood partially
open, and we caught a view of the interior.
A very mild, benevolent looking old person is
the turnkey. He quickly sent a boy to the Gov
ernor with our pass, and in the meantime we had
an opportunity of looking at the lobby and its
occupants. A clumsy wooden grating with up
rights separates the lobby from tlie main hall.—
A fierce looking soldier, dressed in red, and arm
ed to the teeth, was walking up and down his
confined beat, while many other red coats em
ployed in various ways could be seen on tlie oth
er side of the grating. Twenty-four men of the
Forty-seventh Regulars keep guard here day and
night, and the officer in command sleeps in the
building. On being admitted through the grating
door we turned to the right, and descending two
or three steps a few paces brought us to tlie door
of the room in which one body of the Fenians
is confined. They are about fifty in number.—
Wliat strikes a person as most remarkable on first
seeing these prisoners, is the extreme youth of
nearly all of them. Many of tRem are certainly
too young to undergo tlie fatigues of a lengthen
ed campaign. They are, however, taken all in
all, a pretty hard looking crowd, and I should
judge compose the very best fighing material.
They are ordered to fall in to the right when
anybody comes in either to identify them or for
mere curiosity; the latter, however, are few, as
strict orders have been given to exclude them.
The majority of this batch were dressed in shirts
and pants, very few sported a coat. It is note
worthy that so far as haDds and faces are concern
ed there is every appearance that they are not
restricted in the supply of soap and water, and
their heads also exhibited traces of the comb and
brush.
On leaving this room, in the hall, immediate
ly on the left, going toward the yard, are the cook
ing utensils, principally consisting of large cop
pers for the manufacture of soups. In tlie yard
and in a room of the south wing we found the
other main body of the Fenians. They present
much the same appearance as the others with
whom they share alternately the pleasures of the
open air.
The libel suit of Sate Senator Strong against
Mr. Bennett, of the Williamsburg Times, which
has excited consaiderble attention in New York
for some time, was terminated on the 22d inst.,
by a verdict of 6 cents damages lor the plaintiff
_ o . w This is substantially a triumph for the defendant.
Tlie sentence of the'conrt has been confirmed by j The charge was one relating fo the conduct of
the commanding general. I the Senator in the discharge of his official duties, manns.—Charleston News
Chivalkic.—A Philadelphia paper, iu order
to furnish good Sunday reading for its patrons
on last Sabbath, contained a characteristic
Yankee assault upon the women of the South.
Having exhausted its vocabulary on the men of
this section, it now turns to abusing the women,
and, we.presume, when it becomes tired of this
subject, it will, Herod-like, attack the babies. In
commenting upon the action of tlie Southern
women during the late war, it asks the follow
ing question . ’
“Was it for this God made woman? How
can any land, how can any people, ever hope to
prosper or to receive from tlie Almighty bless-
ingfe daily prayed for, when His last and best
great gift to man is perverted from its hoty
office of peace-maker and comforter, to he a
creator of strife and begetter of endless woe ?
Race Horses at Saratoga.—The Saratoga
correspondent of the Boston Journal, says:
Beside the regular races that are to come off
this season, a new club has been formed that
brings to the Springs the sporting men of the
land. Those already here race their steeds
every day. About twent-live race horses from
the South, West, and North have arrived, and
more are to come. James Clay, tlie son of
Hon. Henry Clay, is in town. Col. Buford of
Kentucky has two race horses of great speed,
called Delaware and Onward. Capt. Moore of
the same State has four blood horses. Mr. Wat
son of New York has five blood horses. Some
of these animals could not be bought for $25,-
000. They are not allowed to be liarncsatal.
Indeed, the real race horse is unbroke to the
collar. The famed Lexington is here, and
competes for the prize of $2,000. But men in
the secret say that he will he beaten this year by
some steeds which i» the practice have made
unusual time. Each morning, between 3 and
4 o’ clock,, the owners of the fast horses, with
their grooms, leave the stable for tlie track A
walk is first bad ol a few miles. Then the
steeds trot, and after this exercise for about a
half an hour, they are put to their full speed in
the race. These blood horses seem to know as.
much as their riders. They smell the battle:
afar off, like Joh’s war horse, round and round
the course they go, neck and neck, each compe
ting steed doing his utmost. From thirty to
fifty of the leading horsemen, horse breeders
and horse owners of this country can be seen on
the course at that early hour, taking part in the
excitement of the race, if not riding their favor
ite steeds. This class of horses and horsemen
are multiplying in Saratoga. Sporting will be
the great business of the spriugby and by.
TnE Italian Reception of their Defeat.
—The Florence newspapers are unanimous in
proclaiming the unshakable resolution of the
country to make every sacrifice in prosecuting to
the utmost the war against Austria until the com
plete liberation of Yenetia by the arms ot Italy
lias been accomplished. They, assert that tlie
want of success which attended the first attempt
is but a new motive for redoubled energy and
perseverance, and they declare that the country
lias full confidence in the army, nothing doubting
hut that it will achieve a brilliant revenge. Ac
cording to tlie same journals tlie Italian fleet is
impatient for action, and the army is iu good dis
cipline and anxious to be again confronted with
If the editor, who, we need scarcely say, is J the enemy. Tlie fresli troops under General Cial-
Mr. “ Dead Duck Forney, ” really wants an i dini are awaiting further orders, and the volun-
answer, we refer him to the gentle and lamb- j teers are burning to repeat their recent successes
like Aina Dickinson, Airs. Swish elm, or any at Ladrone. Public opiuion is calm and deler-
of our phUanthropic and disinterested ‘‘school; mined.—Florence (June 2.6) 'Telegram London.
j Times.