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“ERROR CEASES TO BE DANGEROUS ^HEN REASON IS LEFT FREE TO COMBAT IT.”—Jefferson.
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VOLUME XXII
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2. 1870.
NUMBER 9.
IDreklp ^ntflligfnfrr
PUHLIfeHBD DAILY AMj WKP.XLY BY
JARED IRWIN WHITAKER,
l'roprletor.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA,
Wednesday, March 2, 1870.
February 23d.
What holy reminiscense* are called up to the
patriot’s nvnd on the recurrence of this blessed
day—the birthday of Gen. George Washington,
> uiphatically (he father of his country. He was
the great rebel of 1776, against the oppression
. ot the British Crown. His rebellion was suc-
' ceaslul, and made him one of the greatest men
! ol the age in which he lived. Others have en-
l gaged in similar adventures and been unsuccess-
i till, and have died upon the gibbet, or gone
i down to oblivion’s political grave. In this con-
; nection we forbear to elaborate. Our country
| since lua time has gone through so many vicisi-
| tudes, that we would not, if we could,
J call up the spirit ot this good man trom his
I quiet grave, to still the tumult, and say peace to
; the irouoled waters. We ask pardon, while
penning this article, to allude to an incident
which happened at some odo of the European
Court*. On a festival occasion, when toasts
were going the rounds, the British minister gave,
as a sentiment, “George the III., who, by his
brilliant intellect, like the sun, illumines the
world.’’ The French minister, when called on,
gave “ Marta Antoinette, Queen ot France, who,
like the peerless moon, dazzles the universe with
her beauty." Honest, plain Ben. Franklin, then
minister to France Irom the United States, when
culled on, rose and gave “the modest George
Washington, who, like Joshua oi old, command-
prebend the baneful results ot following the j e( j th e iun an d moon, and they both stood still."
advice oi the impracticable*, to be longer de-
We publish an article to day trom the Mem
phis Avalanche. The view- are sound, practical
and good. Negro suffrage, bowmuebsoever w o
were opposed to it trom the beginning, has been
fixed upon us, and we murt make the best ot it
we. can. We have but little to tear from it, in
our opinion. The colored people are as likely
to be divided in sentiment upon great political
issues as the white people. The result ot the
President’s eh ction proves this, and when tbs
present issues, which now divide the people
shall have been settled, the colored people will
coalesce with the wnite, and be as much divided
In their politics as the latter.
The policy oi practical common-sense in
politics tsgiadually forcing the impolicy o! the
wild, visionary, reckless impracticable* to the j
wall. The number of those who prefer turbu- j
leuce to peace, and d< she to keep the passious ,
ot the people at blood beat, is constantly be- !
coming smaller, and iu time they will nut be j
able to add a zephyr to the breeze. The people !
have sudered loo severely, and too fully com- j
ceived by them. Recognizing that what was
This was a damper, and the American minister
nettled by the war cannot be reversed, and that j stood at tne head ot the list as among the toasters.
it. is no less Interest than duty to deal with tacts
arjihey exist, Instead of close our eyes to them,and
go on from bad to worse, the masses have re-
solved to allow the madcaps to go their way.
They have wisely resolved that they cannot
best build lor the future by mourning over the
past, and that as wise men it is tbeir policy to
cut adriit from dead issues and look ahead. As
an evidence ot the progress ot the practical we
auhjoin an article from the Decatur, (Alabama)
IK, «1. It is a stiong Conservative paper,
wno*e editor served during tbe war in the Con
federate army. His words are those of sober
ness and truth, and we commend them to the
serious consideration of the tew wtio stili oe-
iieve that lb70 16 1801:
Tne lime has come iu the political history of
our State to meet squarely in the tace of tbe
question Wbat shall we do with negro suf
frage, and how shall we ireat It t Ot one tact
we are well assured : that tbe negro has, by ihc
organic lsw of the State, tne right to vote. Tbe
question is not now one ol " Shall the negro
vote f"—for that question is settled beyond our
control—but, shull we use the negro,
or shall we always antagonize him f We
think we but advocate ihs dictates ot
common sense when we regard n-vro suffrage
as res adjudicata, and make the best ot it. It
haa been torced upon us against our will, and
with our strenuous opposition, and that this is
so we cannot help.
The laws prescribe who shall vote, and we
say, give us a party that opens its doors to auv
who can vote under the law ; we do not care by
what name you call it—Democratic, Conserva
tive, or what not.
Negro Suffrage Is a dead issue. It has been
buried in the grave of the past, and with it we
say let rest peace the glory or the shnine of tbe
contest that mode it a victory. We must deal
with the times as we find them. We And negro
suffrage, and what shall we do with it f We
any make it a part of our strength to banish
demagogues and political tricksters from our
halla ot legislation, and fill their places with tbe
good and noble of the land. The negro will
help us to do this, and we say it is our duty to
ask them to fight on our side to drive away
those mean narasites that are sucking the life
blood ot oui,State.
Sentiment throws around the grave of the
first love, a oe&utilul wreath of happy 1 run glu
ing*, ot Joys and hopes that are gone. But the
bnde Is dead, and all tbe iond chngtngs cannot
place her in beauty alive before us. The old
Constitution is dead, without a day of resurrec
tion. Our clinging to it, as we did with our
muskets and cannon in the bloody days, will
only clog us with its dead weight, and pull us
into the grave with it. Do not staud on the
grave aud weep aLy more, there has been
enough of that already. But seek another
bride. She will not be like the first, tor your
vain longing will not bring her back. The Gov
ernment is betore us as it is, and we must make
the best ot it.
Demociais, organize on New ideas; do not
wail any longer over the past.
And the leading Conservative Journal of East
ern Arkansas, tho Helena Monitor, in announc
ing the dual settb inent, through tho Fifteenth
Amendment, of the suffrage question, thus coun
sels ;
With the ratification of the Fifteenth Amend
ment, all old issue* pass trom view, and it Is our
duty to look to ttie trout. No one is obtuse
enough to think tor a moment that a rumination
on dead issues will aid ns in figluing the bailie
ot the future. We have little or nolhiug to hope
trom the decision of the Supreme Court—
cramped as it is; and can only accept this
amendment as law. It is not ours to profit by
grumbling, or iu attempting to resist a current
which is too strong.
Cleaily.it is our duty to cease opposition to
that which is beyond our control, adapt oursi Ives
to tbe situation, and make the most ot ih The
moment the South attains a position to assert
bersclt, to cause her influence to be lelt iu the
legi.-lalion of the countiy, she will be courted
instead ot oppressed. The Southern imprseti-
cablus, by their follies,are unwittingly playing
into the hands of tho Northern ultras. By re
fusing to learu anything, by relusing to be prac
tical, they have miutsned the fuel with which
our euemtes have fired the Northern heart, »nu
been able, thus tar, to prevent the enforcement
ot any ottier than their own policy. But the
people are now luruiug a deat < ar to the mad
caps. They are beginning to think and act tor
themselves, and great good will corns ol Hall.
A Dog Saves thf. Life of Hrs Master and
Now, on this day let us remember Washington,
our political lather, “first in war, first in peace,
und first in the hearts of bis countrymen.” Let
us this day lorget all political strifes aud ani
mosities, and rally around that old flag which
he eonsecrated, and resolve for tho future to be
ot one heart and one mind, in support of our
government and onr constitution.
Deaf and Dumb Asylum
It Is a tact not generally known to the people
ot Georgia, but it is one which they ought to
know, mat the Institution for tbe Deaf and
Dumb is now suffering under great embarrass
ments for the want of the necessary funds to
carry it on. It is also a fact not generally
known that tbe Institution was never in a more
prosperous condition, and uever dispensed its
benefaction* to a larger number of this unfor
tunate class since its foundation than at the pres
ent time. The last session closed with 50 pupils;
the present numbers 50, with flattering prospects
for an increase. Betore the war when bacon,
flour, meal, sugar, coflee, syrup, chickens, eggs,
<fcc., were cheap, the Institution, numbering 25
or 30 pupils required $8,000 for its annual sup
port. Now, when these articles of living are
doubled iu price, &Dd the inmates doubled in
numbers, the appropriation ought to have been
at least $16,000. At tbe last Legislature betore
this, the iriends of tbe deat and dumb, by
urgent appeals, succeeded In getting the appro
priation raised to $12,000, the Board of Trus
tees thinking they could possibly get through
with this amount; but at tbe last session of the
present Legislature, with this law upon the
statute, and all these facts before them, they cut
down the appropriation to $3,000, and left the
Board in the dilemma of feeding, clothing in
pari, shoeing, and educating, over 50 pupils.
A New Work by a Georgia Lady.
Some errors having been committed in the
publication ot this article, we republish it with
the proDer correction:
We see it Fated that tbe Lippincott’s are about
to publish a new volume of poems, from the pea
of Mrs. Eppik B. Castlen, of Macon, who,
under the now de plume ol ‘Chiquita,” has pub
lished several poems that rank high among the
purest and sweetest ot modern date. Of the
gifted laity, who is one the beet families in our
State, a cotemporary says, “she is quite a young
authoress, and for several years her poetic gems
have adorned the pages of our popular literature,
and have won golden opinions from the lover*
o! the true, the beautiful and good. That she has
been endowed with shining talents, and fine po
etic sensibil t : es, none can doubt; and it is
equally evident that time and application must
place her among the brightest stars in the Ameri
can constellation ot female poets. We believe,
if her life is spared, that she is destined to be
crowned with tbe splendid honors ot the poet
laureate of tbe Empire State, and perhaps of the
w hole Souih. The following poem from her
vigorous and polished pen abounds in the beau-
titul inspiration ot poetic genius and pious senti
ment, and is the sure presage of still more bril
liant laurels to be plucked trom the peerless
heights of Parnassus."
We shall look to the appearance of tbe book
with much interest, and with the full confidence
that it will add to 'he reputation of its gifted au
thoress
Draw tlie Line.
The Democrats who voted tor Blodgett were:
Fain, McArthur, and Wellborn in the Senate,
and Gober, Hall, ot Bullock, Parks, of Gwin
nett, Perkins, ot Cherokee, and Wincheli, ot the
House. We put these names on record, and
hold them up to public reprobation. Some ot
them, it is said, excuse themselves on the ground
that they bad friends in office whom they wish
ed to protect This is tar worse than no excuse
at all. The man who betrays his State to keep
I860, and 32,509 gallons molasses made, besides
quantities ot pea*, beans, flax seed and grass
seed. Iu 1800 Utah had $237,000 worth of flour,
$100,000 worth ot leather, and $40,000 worth of
shoes, and made steam engines, guns, pistols,
aud could cast small canuon. Their aitizans
embraced every known occupation.**
‘ As the Federal Government is rapidly getting
into the proper temper tor a military raid upon
Brigham Young and his religion, it will not be
amiss to note well the above statistics, and also
himself in office is unworthy of public confi- ! to recall so much of the past history ot Mor-
dence, much less wbeu be does it to keep his ' mondom as bears noon the possibilities of the
irienda. He proves that he would vote any way : tuture. The New York Express furnishes the
that you make it to his interest to vote, anil ^subjoined information:
then, with similar appliances trom the enemy, he ! “Just 12 years ago Young enrolled 7,500 men
could be brought over to sustain their entire ) against the Government, and tbe military expe-
policy. j diton sent out under General Albert Sidney
Tuts is no party journal, but it teels an inter- j Johnston, ‘conquered a peace,’ but did not con-
est in truth, in adherence to principle, aud in ‘ quer the Mormons. It was expected at the time
the glory and prosperity of the State, and hence | that the Federal troops would advance through
its sympathy with the men who seek in good-*Echo Canyon, a narrow passage thirty miles
faith to promote those interests. Radical votes • long with high rocky walls, and with a stream
must be expected of Radicals, but no Demo-; through the canyon, and dams there constructed
crat should be allowed to give one and main- so that the water in the canyon could be raised
tain his position in the party. If tolerated, the-* to thirteen feet, and it was Yoang*B intention to
party will have abandoned principle and all; close the dams when the Federal troops had ed-
Maim to public respect and confidence. It is ; vanced ten miles up the passage and dam back
our advice, therefore, that every member of the- tbe water. Gen. Johnston learned of the Mor-
Legislature who voted to disgrace his State in j mon plans, and determined to -Sank Echo Can-
tile election ot so unworthy a man as Blodg-- yon. Young, ascertaining this, caused all the
ett to the United States Senate, and everv Dem- bouses in Salt Lake City to be filled with straw,
ocratic place-hunter who went to Atlanta at the^T^a retired into the hills with his forces, at the
beginning oi the session, and sought, under falser ’ : me sending word to tbe Federal commander
pretext, io thwart the policy ol his party, amj^ that if he attempted to occupy the city, it should
ioist mto tbe Speakership a supple tool ot Bullock,'” be burned. A company of Mormons wss left in
BY TELEGRAPH.
new touK associated pass? dispatqbms
Cleaning*
New York hasten thousand saloons.
Pittsburgh is to have a new Opera House.
The whole number oi Indians In California is
estimated at 40.000
St. Louis is agitating the propriety of Sunday
evening theatrical penormauces.
The shoe manufacturing towns in New Eng
land are going ahead faster than any others.
Eight hundred aud sixty of the graduates of
Princeton, have turned out as clergymen.
Dr. Chapin says that every young lady onght
to jump at the chance ot marrying a mechanic.
Somebody wants to know how many early birds
participated in the Diet of Worms.
It is contemplated in Russia to build barracks
for the army, which numbers 820,000 men.
One hundred and nine new journals were
started in Paris during 1869, ot which twenty-
eight died of lack ot readers.
A mounted police is recommended for the
outskirts ot New York city, and a vigilance
committee is threatened.
They have given up calling the graveyard the
“last home” in Ohio. The li veiy purveyors for
medical colleges are pretty sure to dig up any
well constructed citizen.
The quantity of gold produced in Nova Sco
tia from the date of the first discovery of the
precious metal to the end ot 1868, a period of
eight years, amounts to 160,000 ounces. The
best year was 1867, when the yield amounted to
Dearly 80,000 ounces.
During the year 1869* 400 canon of improved
construction have been distributed to the Rus
sian fortresses, and by April next the army will
have been all supplied with new rifles.
There are 1,500,000 public documents and
pamphlets lying in the vaults ot the Capitol,
wailing the irank, and more are being printed
every day. Congressmen are exerting them
selves to get all these through the mails before
the privilege is abolished.
The Dublin Nation recalls the following pas
sage between John Bright and Frederick Lucas
with provisions at greatly enhanced prices. I . W heo Lucas became a Cathode, Bright said to
upon one-third less than their lowest es*i- ! him, ‘ Well, Frederick, how dost thou like thy
■-*— Out ot this eight thousand dollars, new superstitions?’ ‘Better, John,* replied
Lucas * than I liked our old hypocrisy. ’ ’’ ’Tis
clear that John i9 unconverted still.
Russia is the place tor queer societies. One
recently broken up was composed ot students
who proposed to repeal matrimony, property and
government, distribute the property of rich men,
kill all officers of law, and cut out the tongues
of literary men who may oppose the movement.
Their scene of operations has been transferred to
Siberia.
mates.
$4,600 had to be paid to tbe officers and em
ployees, leaving $3,400 to support between fifty
and sixty-five pupils, and fifteen officers and em
ployees, bearing the entire expenses (except
some clothing) of educating the pupils, and
hoarding the officers, &c. Now don’t any head of
a family iu Georgia know, that this cannot be
done? After the board had expended, this piti
ful and meagre amount which the Legislature
ought to he ashamed ot (and doubtless many
were) voting to a charitable institution under
the fostering care of the State, and having such
claims as that of the deat and dumb, they laid
the matter betore his Excellency the Governor
who, with a generous liberality, made provision
for us to get through the year 1869, by advanc
ing about half of what we needed, and leaving
us to manage as bow we could. As the Trea
sury waa unavailable, except by warrants
fouuded on law, the Governor did not feel at
liberty to advance to the board only Just what
they actually needed, and could not do without.
This act ol his, the board consider altogether
praiseworthy, and endorse, as doubtless the peo
ple will, everywhere.
Fi filing a deep interest in the prosperity ot
this institution, and the wetbGeing ot its inmates,
we close this article bv expressing the sincere
hope and desire, that the present Legislature,
when it becomes thoioughly re-organized and
ready for husints«, may regard, with sympathy
and respond promptly to the claims of this no
ble charity.
A. J King,
Secretary aud Tre&surei D & D. 1.
Our Troubles.
Twiggs County, Ga.
1 live in the iuterior ot the State, in an old, i
well-settled county, once very wc-a'thv—1 have j
lived In this region for a third of a century—1
Perish as in the Attempt.—A gentleman liv- j kuow great many people, and they all have
tug at Wanwatosa.relaieu tousto-u&y the follow- I , ■ „ , .
tug incident,.for the truth ol which he vouchee : | ,rouble ' U 19 P ro P ,,sed ’ ,n lhls sh ° rt lelter ’ to
Ou6 day last week u man went to a salixm, as ' ,el ' >' ou some ot these troubles. They are so
was his daily custom, to drink, and, meeting great, the world ought to know them. They all
boon companions, remained with them until late ; come upon us in consequence of our attemDt to
at night, wben he started to go home. Over ... , , ,
come by the l.quor he had drank, the man laid 1 whl P n,leen meu w,tfa one - h - v adv,ce ° f 90me -
dovtn ou the railroad aud went to *,eep. A body, no diflerence who, Bullock is to blame lor
laithtul dog who had followed the man, stood | it. We lost a great deal of our property, aod
aud watched over him until the whistle ot tin ■ B a jioc k j s to blame ior that. “ All men are,and
locomotive in the distance showed that a lrieght 1
tram was approaching. The dog. tally aware j
of the danger imminent to his master, tried to }
arouse the drunken mao, and lore h.s c.othes j
badly iu the attempt.
Unable to awake tLe sleeper, the dogtotk the j
man bv the shoulder, and fairly dragged him 1
A Murderer Hunit toy a Rkob In Illlnola.
Chicago, February 21.—On Thursday last, at
Beardstown, Illinois, a man named Wilcox en
tered the saloon ot Yreck & Broker, during
their temporary absence, and assaulted adruken
man who was in the saloon, and beat him badly,
la a tew minutes Yreck and Broker came iD,
when the ruffian drew a revolver and shot Yreck
dead, and then turned and fired at Broker, the
ball inflicting an ugly, and supposed dangerous
wound. The murderer was arrested and put in
jail.
On Friday Yreck was buried, and there was
a large gathering at Beardstown just after dusk,
and a largo crowd,numbering full five hundred,
gathered around the jail, and without employ
ing force, they took the keys from the
sheriff and put him under guard, the
mob then enured tbe jail and seized
a prisoner whom they supposed to be the mur
derer, and got a rope around bis neck and then
they di-covered that they had got the wrong
man. In the meantime the murderer, who was
in anotIter cell, and chained to the floor, was
made aware ot the designs of the mob. He got
possession of an iron bar, and as the leaders of
the mob ptoposed to open the cell door, he
warned them that he would sell his life dearly.
This resolute demeanor produced a change of
action, but did not defeat the purpose of the
leaders. A pistol shot through the head sent
the soul ot the murderer to account for bis
crimes, and his body was then taken out doors
and hung by the neck to a tree. The man who
thus suddenly expiated his crime was from Ala
bama, aud was, j udging from his conduct and
demeanor, a desperate ruffian.
trom the track, just as the train came on. The
man wus saved, out the p<x>r dog who had so
taiUitullv protected the master he lovtd. was
struck ov the cow-catcher, and smashed to
pieces. When the man recovered his senses, it
was found mat his flesh was mtten in several
pi&ces by the oog, in the stiong iff t-s made hy
the animal to save h'S lite. Tne : an, the next
day, gathered up the pieces ot the taitbtui aui-
mal, and buried them. He wa* so fully mi
pressed by tUe remarkable narrow esca,* mini
death, that he has resolved not to get drunk
again, and he certainly ough' to keep hu pledge,
wiiile dropping a tear in uiemorv ol the m thud
autmai who sacrificed his own lilt to sue mat
of Lis master.—Mdicjuixe paper.
wr.n?e
Til tv f-nv m»* P*«itnr rvrva*rk o* Berlin
pro tt-i oguiu-t an astron unic&l theories ol K. p
ler and Newton, a year or two ago, exciitd so
much amusement, seems to have lound imitators
at the petty German principality ot Lippe.
> me time ago there was introduced in the pub
lic schools of that place a reader, which on page
160, contains an article headed as follows:
" About space, the large celestial orb, aud the
daity revolution of the stars, tht sun, and the
moon aro ,nd the earth.’'
The Colored Lunatic Asylum at Howard s
Grove, Richmond, \ a., is rapidly filling up.
There are already one kuudred patients under
treairaeot, and ti.e arrivals since it became es
tablished average about ten per week
A Cincinnati man says, that wbat, between
the jea.ousy ol his wife, and the bad temper ol
his tnofhcr-in-law, he lives “’tw.xt the devil and
the deep sea.”
ought to be, born tree and equal,” and one-halt ot
the people can’t make the laws for all, therefore
Bullock is a bad man—many of our citizens,
some ot them of African descent, are rather idle
and thrittiess; therefore Bullock is a carpet-
b igger; the k Capitol was moved to the great
railroad centre of the State, and the Legislature
mu«t have some place to meet in, therefore Bul-
l<ick is a robber. Some three or lour men, and
they are very loud in their troubles, would have
owned all iht land in this country, but for the
relief aud homes'ead measures of Bullock and
his trieud>. therefore, Bullock is a rascal. Men
who wei-p willing to foreswear themselves were
uot allowd to help make laws for the State;
theretore Bollock has “decapitated” the State
Government and ought to “peri3h by the way."
Our own beloved South is the only place where
Gcd
therefore Bu
wc;e Oowtd
brows were clouded with great sorrow for the
lossut their young me;\ were going cheerless
aud heavy-hearted to the grave—their children
to be lelt ignorant, poor, and homeless, on their
native soil. R.-liet and homestead cast mys of
light aod hope upon tneir short niurtal pathway,
aiid their little ones could smile on the future,
therefore Bullock is an alien and hates this people. ,
But the time would toil me to speak ot all our
troubles—the halt is not to.d—still our corn
and cottou grows as usual. Oar young men |
and maidens a r e nobie and comely as ever.
And. as in the good old days of Noah, they
marry, and "are given in marriage." Our gen
erous and well-tilled soil, pays as well,and even
Letter, than ever before. But, also, we have so
many great troubles. If you, Mr. Editor, who
are presumed to know everything, will give us
a cure, you will much oblige T wiggs.
The Sale of Cxjda.—The question of the
sale ol Cuba to tne United btatea is again
slightly aaitated. Thursday, an unofficial letter
was received in Washington from Madrid, dated
February last, giving information, which it
claimed to have on the best ot authority, that
the Spanish officials are wilting to enter into ne
gotiations tor the sale ot Cuba to the United
States, lor $60,000,000 in gold, tree from all
cla ms of indemnity, ot whatever character, but
stating that the public sentiment ia Spain is so
strong eg tinst this, that it would be unsafe for
the Kegeucy to enter upon any such negotiation.
In confirmation of this statement, it is under
stood that similar information is in possession of
a member of the Senate Committee on Foreign
Relations.—Chattanooga Times.
A Negro Child Found Dead in the Depot.
Yesterday morniDg a negro child, about lour
years old, was found dead in the passenger
room, in the Union depot, ot this city. A coro
ner’s inquest was held by Squire Siegfried, with
the tollowing jury : Capt. Jas. R. Slayton, N.
F. Towne, N. A. Wilbur, J. M. Armstrong.—
Policeman Dabbs testified that the child was
brought into the room, dead, and left there by
the direction of a man named Huff, from Wood-
ville Mines, who had hired ita parents to work
for him, and was taking them irom South Caro
lina to his home in Mississippi Dr. J. H. Van-
Deman testified that, in his opinion, the child
died from disease of the bowels. A verdict was
rendered in accordance with the tacts elicited.
Chattanooga Times.
PaorEssoR Von Geakfe, the celebrated Ber-
iiieii—GutiocK was not made here, Kn oculist, was recently invited to visit Vienna
Hock is a dwil. Our old men who tor fte purpose of pEriorating an operation on
do an wur. u.anv .ears, and whose ' lbe eye* of a wealthy banker of that city. He
remained five days on the banks of the Danube
and received from the banker 5.000 florins, and
irom other patients who consulted him daring
his sojourn in Vienna a3 much more. Graefe
is in very poor health, and it is feared he will be
obliged to abandon his practice entirely.
Naomi, the daughter ot Enoch, was five huu-
I fired and ninety years old when she was mar-
’ ’ Courage, ladies I
There was never a goesa so vrsj
Bat some dmj soon or late,
An honast gander came that ws?
And took her for hie Bate.
The entire alphabet is found in these four
fines. They form a pleasant stanza tor a child
to learn:
God gives the gns’ng ox Ms kbaI,
Hs quickly heart tee eoeep’a low cry i
box air. who tastes his Snest wheat,
bhoaid Joy to Oft his praises high.
and lastly, every Democrat who went to Wash
ington and secretly aided the Bullock-Blodg*
ett delegation and then affiliated and brok^
bread with them, should be given to understand
that they are no longer to be trusted as member!
ol the Democratic party. They should be
thrown overboard at once and driven into th *
ranks of those whom they have served against
their friends, or else the Democratic party wlTi
become utterly unsafe and demoralized, astenc.1
in the nostrils oi patriots who honestly desire
tbe deliverance and welfare ot the State. So ut
terly corrupt and abandoned and dangerous
have Radicals become, that the Democrat who
tails to keep himself above suspicion of sympathy
with such a crew should be driven body and seal
into their ranks by an indignant public opiDicn.
Georgia is in too much peril tor the slightest dis
affection to be countenanced among those wrio
claim to be her iriends.
The above article is from the Savannah Repub
lican, and we are surprised at our friend when
he says that the Republican is no party journal.
If onr readers will read the article, they will
see more of the party ring in the article than
they have seen in some time—yes, more than
party, they will see the old proscriptive Know
Nothing spirit in full blaze. W# do not wish
to be misunderstood. Personally, we have
always bad, and still have, a kind and good feel
ing for our friend who controls the Republizan.
But, when he and others undertake to advise tbe
Democratic party of Georgia to read out of their
party old line Democrats, we will meet them at
Phillippt, and will require him and them to pro
duce some satisfactory evidence of their faith and
authority to read out men who are above suspi
cion with the simon pure Democracy.
The simon pure Democracy always supported
the Government and taught that the remedy
for all evil legislation was at the ballot box, and
we have hope still, that these wholesotn - and
cardinal principles will still triumph in full
colors over all opposition, and that the American
people will be prosperous aud happy.
Utah—Brigham Yunng.
The condition ot affairs in Utah is assuming
an attitude which is now engaging much oi
public attention. We find many of our North
ern exchanges crowded with j «**, among the natives ot New England
articles on this subject. The article we puoush , descendants of the Celts would trample ov<
to-day is from the Augusta Constitutionalist. 1
From it our readers may form some idea of the
status of that unfortunate Territory. For many
years past, we have anticipated that Brigham
Young would, sooner or later, give trouble to
the United States Government The Mormons
have always, from their origin, been a peculiar
people. Driven out from Nauvoo by the force
of public opinion, they sought refuge in the far-
off region of Salt Lake. There they have been
comparatively safe, from the popular prejudices
to which they were exposed while residing in
the States. This is the secret of the security
which they have so long enjoyed. Buried far
away in tbe wilderness, they have been free to
establish their own government and social
and religious institutions without moles
tation. The time has now come when it
has become necessary for our Government to
look alter and regulate their affairs. We do net
propose to write an essay upon Mormon ism oi
polygamy. Looking upon the former as a heresy,
and the latter as a blot upon the social sys
tem of any civilized and Christian people, we
believe they have both been too long tolerated
by our Government Brigham Young has al
ways been a tyrant and a dictator, and ruled his
deluded people with the rod of despotism. We
hope his reign is aoott-iqto be brought to an end,
and his government and religion go down to the
grave of oblivion, where the hand ot the re
surrection will never reach them. We have al
ways been an advocate lor the right of self gov
ernment, and that every people should be allow
ed to regulate their own social and ^religious
institutions, in their own way, provided they
kept within the pale of reason and justice, and
the general acknowledged principles of the Bi
ble. The Southern States will, we hope, for a
while, have a little respite from the war that has
been so long waged against them by the Radi
cals, their fire being drawn off by the Mormon
troubles:
ON A HIGH HORSE.
Brigham Young and his followers are not dis
posed to submit lamely to Congressional Recon
struction. Indeed the Prophet defies it in lan
guage the reverse ot classical, but certainly very
terse and very acrimonious. Here is a sample:
“ I am the real Governor of this people, and
by the powers of the Most High, I will be Gov
ernor of this Territory forever and ever. If the
Gentiles don’t like this, they can leave and go to
hell. The Governor of tbe Territory is useless,
and can do nothing. If they undertake to try
me in a Gentile court, I will see the Government
in hell first. I am ready to fight the Govern
ment and the mob. I have soldiers, rifles, pis
tols, ammunition, and plenty of it, and caimon,
too, and I will nse them. 1 am on It.”
His Prime Minister and right hand Apostle,
George Smith, is equally rampageous. He thus
spoke at a recent convocation ot the Saints:
“ A Northern army is a curse. They burned
and destroyed everything in the South, and
abased, by force, their women; but let them
come here to abuse the fair women of Utah in
like manner, and all, botu old and young, will
have plenty ot arms, and, when they approach,
God will fight the battles and the Saints will be
victorious. He said that tbe United States Gov
ernment was not at peace; and he damned it
and hoped to see it sink into hell; that nothing
in the shape of a free government could staud
on North American soil that was opposed to
Mormonism and polygamy.”
After allowing for the usual amount of blus
ter and bravado, there is still left a prodigious
smell ot villainous saltpetre in these outpourings
of the head men of Mormondom, and we be
lieve that, if attacked, they will show fight
the city with orders to fire it whenever the city
was in danger of falling into the Gentiles* bands.
It was then Young’s intention to retire into the
mountains, where game was plenty, and wage
a guerilla warfare on the Government troops.
Such is the man who defies the Government,
and who said to V ice President Colfax in Utah,
wben reminded that the Pacific Railroad would
settle the Mormon Church, that 1 Jwas a d -d
poor church that could not stand one railroad l
We would not have Congress be indifferent to,
or in fear ot, such a bully; but it is wise tomeas
ure the monster before attempting to cut ofi his
claws. Wben we say that the Mormons are defi
ant, we mean, oi course, Brigham Young, who
is at all times the master-spirit oi his people.**
We do not like tbe system of Polygamy, but
it is a poor way to suppress it by the atrocities
of the sword, especially when that weapon is
wielded by a set oi men who are more criminal
than Brigham, and many of whose female con
stituents, it halt tbe tales be true, might learn
some wholesome practices from the Mormon
women, It Mormonism is a false religion, and
we are among those who believe it to be so, it
will much sooner perish than by a merciless
persecution. Nothing short of utter extermi
nation ot it3 sectaries will compel its cessation,
and utter extermination ot many innocents
wcuid be a crime ot the hugest proportions. If
Mormonism i9 false, the approach oi civiliza
tion, as well as the influx of strangers
from various quarters ot the globe, will
presently put an end to its increase. And
it these appliances should prove insufficient,
natural laws would vindicate themselves in the
long run, asserting the prerogatives of that irre
sistible fiat ot our system which decrees the an
nihilation of every people persisting In abases
ot God’s order. It has been shown over and
over again that polygamy resulted in the pro
duction of many more male than female chil
dren and that the mortality among infants was
very much greater in Utah than anywhere else.
Be this, however, as it may, the Mormons should
not be punished with the sword by men who,
In the sacred name of morality, smite Brigham
Young for having a pleuiality of wives, and yet
permit Massachusetts to go scot free, though she
is the proverbial and incomparable murderer of
innocents—the Madame Restell of tbe blessed
Union of so-called sovereign States. Dr. Storer,
one ot tbe most famous ot Northern phy
sicians, proclaims this fact, and the women
who write lor the Revolution news
paper publish it to the world with an awfhl
iteration of statistics. Not long ago, Mrs. Cady
Stanton declared that, it child murder did not
the
over the
graveyards of the Puritan.” Now, as we would
not advise that Congress should levy war upon
Massachusetts tor fosticide so we are equally
averse that the destroyers of the Constitution
should proclaim the slaughter of the Mormons
and their women. Indeed, if they are deter
mined upon a new senaatfon, let them endeavor
to fasten Mormonism upon the Bay State and
loyalty upon Utah. In Massachusetts there are
70,000 more women than men, and so a peace
ful grafting of polygamy might improve the mor
als as well as the politics of Beast Butler’s infidel
domain.—Augusta Constitutionalist.
Emile Olltvter.—The following extract
from the Philadelphia Bay sketches the charac
ter oi the man npon whom the hopes ot liberal
government in France repose, with critical accu
racy and truth :
Louis Napoleon Is fortunate in the appoint
ment ot M. Olliiver as Minister oi Justice.—
France has had a no more imperturbable mana
ger ot public affairs iu many years. He is equal
to any emergency. He possesses the rare ac
complishment ot rising to the level ot any oc
casion. As a debater ne evinces tact as rare &9
it is signal. He is''cool amid excitements, mod
erate in language, and to passion be opposes the
incontrovertible logic ot common sense. Himself
a Radical, he takes the helm in a period of storm
to wield it as a master. Among the French
Democrats he appears to be the only one who
can distinguish liberty irom license and the ebul
litions of demagogism from popular complaint
under oppressive laws.
M. Ollivier is a man of few and expressive
words. He is master of the art of making his
thoughts attractive and striking without elabora
tion. He never finds it necessary to explain
bimselt. One reads his short, incisive sentences
without resort to the dictionary. Like the first
Napoleon, he meets disorder with ball cartridge
in the beginning, aDd leaves compromise to be
prayed for. His regard for France i3 above and
beyond his devotion to abstract ideas, domina
ting even personal ambition. To-day he stands
the representative of the Empire, because the
Empire represents order and progress. If to
morrow the Empire shall represent repression,
simply, he will hand in his resignation and pass
to the* opposition. In that case the Rochelorts
and Gambettas would pass to the outskirts of
the mob behind them by the force ot gravita
tion.
The Decline of American Commerce.—
The report on the decline of American com
merce, submitted to Coneress tbe other day,
shows that trom 1861 to 1866 our tonnage en
gaged iu the foreign trade decreased trom 2 642,-
628 tons to 1,492,926 tons, a loss of over 43 per
cent., while Great Britain, in the same time,
gained 986.715 tons, or more than 30 per cent.
The estimated value ot the ton&ge of the United
States engaged in the foreign carrying trade in
1861 was $108,347,748; in 1809 the estimated
value ot the same tonnage was $70,488,945, with
a net loss in yearly earnings ot $12,619,601 —
Since 1853 our exports have doubled, while the
per centage carried in American vessels has fall
en from 67 per cent to 34 per cent. To reme
dy this it is proposed to readmit vessels which
sought the protection of a foreign flag during
the war to American registry ; to admit foreign
built vessels to American registry free of duty,
or on payment of a moderate tonnage duty j to
allow a drawback on shipbnilding materials; to
allow withdrawal of stores intended for con
sumption from bond; to exempt tonnage from
all except Federal taxes, and to subsidize Ameri
can steamship lines.—Richmond Enquirer and
Examiner.
Washington, Feb. 22J.—Committee on For
eign Affairs discussed Cuba with no result.
Farragut here sick.
Dispatches to politicians from Texas an
nounce nomination in caucus which is equiva
lent to election of Morgan C. Hamilton tor
short and long term. Governor Flanagan elect
ed for the five year term.
Indications in Executive Session were that
Judge Pearce will not be confirmed.
The newly elected Senators from Georgia
visited the President to-day,’who again disavow
ed any interference between them and Hill aud
Miller.
SENATE.
The credentials of Messrs. Farrow and
WMtely, Senators from Georgia, were presented.
Mr. Drake said both credentials were in utter
disregard of law. The credentials were finally
withdrawn.
Without further business the Senate ad
journed.
HOUSE.
Mr. Voorhees made a personal explanation,
denying that he ever belonged to a secret politi
cal society, or aided in resisting the draft during
the war.
The efiori to adjourn In honor of anniversary
day, was defeated.
Appropriations were resumed,
The House then adjoutned.
Augusta, February 22.—The grand fireman’s
tournament procession was one mile long.—
There are companies present from many neigh
boring cities.
AueTiN, Texas, February 22.—Morgan 0.
Hamilton and Governor Flanigan were elected
to the Senate.
Mobile, February 22. —Has been raining all
day.
Cole was installed, and ex-Mayor Price re
leased from prison.
New Orleans, February 22.—Blackburn
publishes Carr, saying in effect that he
procured appointments tor two youths in hi)
District, who declined. Then urged by the De
partment to turoish other names, and having
none at command in his District recommended
others, who paid $1,400 tor the benefit ot those
who had declined.
Sanfbancisco, February 22—Heavy rains
throughout the State.
London, February 22.—Semi-monthly line of
steamers is now established between Liverpool
and Panama.
Bishop Chichester dead aged 84.
Cairo, February 22.—Missing from Emma
No. 2. Wm. Foster, 2d Engineer, -Tames Scoley
of Lexington, Ky. ; besides an unknown white
man and several hands.
Louisville, February 22.—The detectives
are after a band ot counterfeiters, in Pulaski,
Wayne county Kentucky.
Paris, February 22.—Preliminary examina
tions over—150 persons arraigned for trial.
Rome, February 22.—Discussions on infali-
bility will be opened this week.
Washington. February 23.—Revenue tc-day
$219,009.
Before signing the Mississippi bill, Ames’
resignation trom the army was accepted.
Treasury balauce $i02,000,GOO in gold, $1,500,
000 currency.
A thousand barrels oi whisky has been seized
at Buffalo, illegally stamped.
The Senate will concur in the House amend
ments to the disability bill.
An immense crowd was at the House to-day.
The expulsion ot Mr. Whittemore to-morrow
is confidently expected. Great excitement exists.
Mr. Whittemore’s triends threaten that many
others shall follow him. It takes two-thirds to
expel
SENATl.
The Committee on Militsry and Naval affaire
has been instructed to inquire into the expedi
ency ot abolishing West Point and naval school)
and assignment ot schools and persons to col
leges throughout the country to teach the art ot
war.
The admission of Mississippi Senators pro
voked a long debite.
The color, d Senator. Revels, was on the floor.
Tbe question turned upon the legltimacr of
credential^, but uo objection, so far, bu been
made on account of color. The credentials
were finally received and the question, at the
adjournment was upon their reference to the
Judiciary.
Tbe Republicans manifest no disposition to
refer them, and Revel’s admission is a question
ot a few hours.
No Executive session.
HOUSE.
Mr. Burlingame’s death was announced
Utah wes discussed.
Appropriations were considered.
An amendment was adopted allowing females
to act as assistant examiners of patents.
Mr. Whittemore’s case was resumed. He
made a strong appeal under oath for farther
time. Mr. Butler, disavowing any intention to
vote on the question, spoke as attorney for
Mr. Whittemore.
A motion to grant iim twenty days was de
feated—155 to 39.
Previous question on expulsion wa3 ordered.
This gave Mr. Logan an hour, which he gave
to Mr. Whittemore tor further delense.
The vote on the direct question will be taken
to-morrow.
Adjourned.
Balt Lake City, February 23.—Opposition
to the reeular church ticket received 800 out of
over 2,000 votes Several women voted.
Montgomery, February 23.—Judge of the
Supreme Court refused a writ of supersedeas to
Mr. Price, Mayor ot Mobile. Thi9 action con
firms Mr. Harrington as Mayor of Mobile.
Richmond, February 23.—Tbe bill allowing
twelve per cent, interest on special contracts i9
a law.
The Governor recommends a law that per
sons elected or appointed to office swear that
they are not disqualified by the Constitution ot
the United States.
Norfolk, Feb. 23.—A three-masted steamer
is ashore ten miles below Cape Henry—name
unknown.
Richmond, February 23.—Mr. Franklin B.
Hovey, of New York, was killed by a drunken
soldier, who, after firing seyeral shots at the
police, was arrested.
Paris, February 23.—A disnatch from Vienna
says the Austrian government, if it secures the
co-operation of Napoleon, will convoke the
Catholic powers to oppose papal pretences.
Is ew Orleans, February 24.—A Convention
of members of the Conservative Press of Louis
iana, w ill assemble here on Monday next.
The Senate passed a joint resolution requiring
Wickliff, late State Auditor, to deliver to his
successor over five hundred thousand dollars,
uncancelled coupons, which he abstracted from
the State.
A joint resolution, authorizing the issue of
bonds by the Governor and Treasurer, giving
them power to effect loans, etc. Passed.
A bill incorporating the Mississippi Valley
Navigation County. Passed
The Woman of Fashion.'’
sy aco. w. o’a.
Shs Is dead, aod no more will her splendor tega’is
The fond hearts that loved to the lest.
she ll never again deceive with her smile,
Tho’ her beauty may linger atUl on for awhlis
fa memory's book of the Fast.
Sha Is dead—how solemn the word peals forth.
And wbat meaning i herein contained—
No longer will her qaeenty grace ezclto admiration.
Daad, yes, ne’er again in Ilia to meet her
Frond, haughty. Imperious woman,
Did'st thou think. In thy last momenta, oi
The many souls that went before thee.
And, through thy instigation, not prepare ! f
Gently would we speak or thee, if in the pa3t
Thou had’st taken our advice. But uo,
Bather would'st thou revet in the wild, mass os
Vice and debauchery, »Ui checked by omnipotent pow&r,
And to-day thy cold and inanimate form lies in the tomb
To become food for the worms. A year to-day thou
Beveled tn life as the woman of fashion—one year hence
Vou will have returned to what yon sprung from, tea
dust of mother land.
Removal ot Disabilities
On Monday last quite an interesting, discus
sion took place in Congress, the occasion being
the report of a bill in the House, irom th®
Reconstruction Committee, through Mr. Butler,
the Chairman, removing political disabilities
frqm between four and five hundred persons in
' various Stale?,'some eight of them having beca
elected to office in Mississippi who ccitld no?
enter npon the discharge of the duties thereof,
it was alleged, if the bill was not passed.
Mr. Whittemore offered as an amendment
House bill embracing about 200 aarnes-
Mr. Cox inquired whether there was any
principle stated in the bill ou. which these
names were reported. l.-i
Mr. Whittemore replied that there was not
Mr. Cox—Is It proposed to attach to the
original bill, or to tho amendment, any system
of amnesty, through the courts or otherwise f
Mr. Whittemore—Not at ail; that ia in a sep
arate bill
Mr. Cox—I will ns vet vote for a measure
picking out men by name. I want general am
nesty.
Mr. Butler, ol Massachusetts, said no man wss
more anxious than himself to get np a general
bill to remove disabilities. Such bill had beep
reported, and he would press it at the earliest
possible moment • but that would lake consid
erable time in the House and Senate, and be
was anxious that in tbe meantime this bill
should be passed. After this he would not re
port any farther personal disabilty bill until the
House had passed tho general amnesty bilk He
was only sorry to feel himself obliged, from tbs
position of business to report this bill first. Hs
did not feel so obliged.
Mr, Brooks, of New York, declared himaeir
opposed to the whole system of peddling Gov
ernment pardons in detail. Spoke feelingly ol
the condition of the South and Southern “reb«
els ,” felt proud of their heroism, and he had felt
proud of the-generous terms accorded to them
at Appomattox Court House by the General ot
the army, and he only wished that distinguished
officer was as generous now as then j that he
were less of a politician, and more a Generals
He wished such generosity could be exhibited
to the people of the South that the Government
could safely calculate on aid oi their half mil
lion rifles in any war it might be engaged in
against England, France or Spain. Ha appeal
ed to the House to rise to the uwsaitude oi the
occasion, and throw wide open the doors oi par
don.
Mr. Beck, while agreeing with bis friend from
New York, as to propriety of passing General
Amnesty bill, expressing surprise ae hearing hjrg
say he would vote against this bill; for his part
he would vote for every bill removing disabili
ties of any person.
Mr. Voorhees concurred with his friend from
New York, and hoped that the day of the pro
mulgation of a general amnesty bill wa3 cot far
distant.
Mr. Farnsworth expressed like sentiments-
Mr. Maynard moved to 3trike out tho names
of Brown, McKennon, Wight, Thomas and
Dunningtoo, of Tennessee.
Mr. Maynard's amendment was rejected, and
Whittemore’s adopted. The biii then passed by
tbe necessary two-thirds majority.
Retention of Currency in the Sendi-.
According to the New York Commercial and
Financial Chronicle, the reports of tho hoarding
of currency in the Southern States to a large
amount, appear to have a good claim upon
belief. These reports, that paper says, “ are
confirmed by the testimony of citizens from that
section best qualified for judging upon the
matter; they are rendered probable from the
fact that, while the profits of late cotton crop3
have been very large, yet there are few banks
in those States for receiving the surplus; while
it is a well ascertained fact that of the many
millions sent from this city for moving tho last
two cotton crops, the amounts returned here
have been quite nominal, and, thus far, the same
is true of the present crop. It is the opinion of
those well informed on Southern affairs, as well
as of prominent bankers in that section, that the
amount of currency—including united States
notes, bank notes and specie—retained there,
within the last four years,closely approximates
one hundred million dollars. While hesitating
to accept fully this estimate, we arc well a wan.
there are reasons for believing ihit it does not
very greatly exceed the truth.”
We are not prepared to endorse, to its fullest
extent, the reports which have reached th&
Chronicle concerning the hoarding oi currency
in the South. That a large amount has been
hoarded we are prepared to admit, but that it
approximates one hundred millions of dollar*,
we do not believe A large share of tho cur
rency which has passed into the hands of
Southern producers, we have good reason to be
lieve went into the hands oi their creditors,
many Northern debts befog discharged with it.
and not a small portion of the surplus has been
converted into gold. If however, it be true that so
large an amount oi currency has been hoar.ed in
the South, we can account, to some extent, at
leaat tor its scarcity, at least in Georgia; lor,
that it is scarce, every man doing business
seems willing to testify, and that too, with an
earnestness that admits no doubt of his sinceri-
Newi,
Washington, February 23.—In the House to
day four Mississippi members were seated.
The Utah qaeauon is up.
The Senate proceedings of to-day are unim
portant.
The Reconstruction Committee agreed to re
port a bill, for the re admission ol Georgia, pre-
Brigham presides over folly 100,000 persons of j cisely like that lor Mississippi.
The President accepted Gen. Ames’ resigna
tion.
V. Currency hoarded keep, i. on. ot drain
mercial Convention, passed the Hou3e y and to * LMhs the miser s buried gold* it does good
, o , to no one. Let this hoarded currency seek th&
light I Let it circulate, we pray those who hava
it, and there will be better times; belter for
those who have it, and for those who have it
not. It will be makfog something for somebody,
whereas, it now makes nothing for tho hoarder,
aor for anybody else.
both sexes, and, in an emergency, he can bring
into the field 20,000 soldiers not to be despised.
The capacity ot the country is summed up tn
this comprehensive paragraph:
“ In 1860, twenty counties organized in Utah
had 141,168 acres of land, valued at $1,637,854,
divided into farms; 82,000 acres being under
cultivation and well improved. In 1800 there
were raised in Utah 382 697 bushels of wheat,
93,681 bushels of corn, 183,030 bushels oats, 12,-
000 bushels of barley, besides a considerable
quantity of rye and buckwheat. In I860 the
Mormons bad 6,175 horses, 1,080 mules, 10,000
working oxen, 13,052 milch cows, 41,000 head
of sheep. 10,780 hogs, and vast herds of beef
cattle, numbering over 20,000 head, There
were 140,870 bushels of Irish potatoes raised in
The Mississippi bill is signed.
Secretary Fish has advices that Mr. Barlin-
game died at St. Petersburg at 11 o’clock to-day.
Indianapolis, February 23.—The Republi
can State Convention met here this afternoon
the ih : rd reading in ihe Senate, under suspen
sion ot rales.
Chicago, February 24.—A desperate figbt oo-
curred between three hundred 8iox and Crow
Indians. The chief, Spotted Eagle, was killed.
All of the Crows were killed. The Sioux lost
seventeen killed and many wounded.
London, February 24.—A commercial treaty
between Austria and Great Britain has been rat
ified. A contract for a new line of steamers be
tween Sidney and California via Honolola has
been signed.
A new cable to connect the West India Islands
is ready to be laid.
Havana, February 22.—A report was lately
set afloat here by an American that captain
Frank Leh, off Fishing Smack, Faiton, bad
helped the assassins of Castanan, to escape from
Key West, and had landed Col. Tinker in Cuba.
On tbe arrival of his vessel, this morning, a
party of men pot off in a boat and rowing to
the smack, called for the captain and threatened
Gen. Thomas M. Brown, of Randolph county, ! his lite, the latter becoming alarmed, took refuge
was elected permanent chairman, with one i on board the British man-of-war, Eclipse. Men
Vice President from each Congressional Dis- in the boat finding that the captain had disap-
trict, and Rev. W. T. Malone, colored, of New I peared, all returned to the shore without moiest-
Albany, as Vice President tor the State at large, rng the crew of the schooner. Through the
T hP Vino Proci/i<m» tLn r nirr f'nnenl flprtoi
The colored Vice President was conducted to
the platform amid the most deafening cheers of
the delegates. There are two colorea delegates
present from Wayne and thrso from Floyd
counties.
efforts of the new Consul General, Biddle, they
have since been arrested and the Government
has sent a guard to protect the Fulton.
General Ferre has arrived from Puerto Prin
cipe.
Gen. j. G. Walker, who procured from Cal
ifornia two hundred and fl ty Chinese laborers
to work on tbe Texas Central Rabroad, iu &
letter to the gentleman in Baltimore, expresses
himself highly satisfied with thfir disposition to
labor and be contented. So we 1 plea -ed is ho
with the experiment, that he express' s a deter
mination to return to California this spring and
endeaver to duplicate the cumber.—Coluiuius
Sun.
We clip the above from the Columbus Sun.-*’
Chinese labor is a subject which now claims
much of public attention. This class of people
wherever they have been tried, bavo proven
themselves to be industrious, iaitbful and effi
cient laborers. While some are hunting in vain
ior laUborers In Europe with but little success,
Gen. Walker goes to California and precuree 4
luge Dumber ol Chinese to do the labor be
seeds. We hope others will follow his example.