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They were two Princes doomed to death;
Ka#h kveg his beauty and his breath;
, ns our lif< l brim?
Fatrfciff* urtt our lord, the King."
They went together. In the dew
▲ charmed bird before them flow,
Through sun aud thorn on toilowcd is;
I'pon the other's arm it lit, % fcj \.p X
A rose whose faintest flush was worth
All buds that over blew on earth,
One climbed the rock to reach; ah. well.
luto the other’s breast it fell,
Weird jewels,'such as fairies wear.
When moons go out, to light their hair.
One tsied to touch the ghos+ly ground;
Gems of quick fire the other found.
Orifc with the dragon fought to gain
The enchanted fruit, aud fought in vain;
The other breathed the garden’* air
Aua gathered precious apples there.
Backward to the imperial gate
One took his fortune, one his fate;
One showed sweet gifts from sweetest lands,
The other torn aud empty hands.
At bird, aud rose, and gem, and fruit,
The King was sad, the King was mute;
At last be siowiy said : “My son,
Trse treasure is npt lightly wqn.
"Your brother's hands, wherein you-see
Only these scars, show more to ri’is
Than if a kingdom's price X found
Iu place of each forgotten wound."
WASHINITOJS LETTER.
run OFFSC K-IIOI.ikER* VS, THE PEO-
N.K.
Reticence of H ml-ran- KcfmWlrain
Will They Oppose the Election af llayea
by Frond'
MR. STEPHEN'S’ OPINION, &C.
From our regular Correrpuudout.]
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2.').
In Washington there are but two
classes of opinionisfs on the election
question; the Government clerks
who insist that Hayes is elected by a
majority of one electoral vote, and
another class, whom Carlyle might
call the ‘‘non-Governineut clerks,”
who say that TilUon has a majority
equal to the combined electoral vote
of Louisiana, Florida, and perhaps
of South Carolina. There is no com
promise between them, and the lines
are so sharply drawn between those
who are in government employ, and
those who try to mike a living hon
estly, that it Is hrd for those of us
who look at the situation from a
Washington standpoint, to under
stand how any but an office-holder
ean, in the face of figures and devel
opments, say that Hayes is elected.
As to the intentions of the Presi
dent'ftifid tne influential wing of his
cabinet, there can, since his actiou
in.the South Carolina .case, be no
dbutft. By iho Influential portion
of tits cabinet, I Mean thoSe polit
ical parvenus and adventurers whose
fortune is identified with the fortune
of Grant,—specifically Chandler, Rob
eson, Cameron, and Taft. As for Mr.
Tyner, hejis a plus quantity only so
far as he represents his great patron
Senator Morton, liut the others
have no political future except in the
chances of revolution, and in this
respect.-.they represent the desperate,
and, in fact, only portion or the Re
publicanjparty that.is heard at pres
ent. It is,possible that when Con
gress assembles the calmer voice of
wisdom may be heard from men in
the party who have a political future
independent of Grant or Grantifm,
from sueh men. for Instance, as Ed
monds,! Christiancy, Cameron of
Wisconsin, and, perhaps from Sena
tor Conkling. These distinguished
men have so far preserved a silence
that extreme Republicans cannot re
gard as otherwise than ominous, and
it is asserted by many, that when
Congress assembles, they will come
to the frontmnd condemn the uncon
stitutional arid unrepublican methods
that have been pursued in the South
ern States by the Executives, and the
State authorities. One of them at
least, Mr. Christiancy, the Senatorial
stiedessor of Mr. Chandler, to be con
cons'sent with his record, cannot do
otherwise than condemn the recent
Federal usurpations in Louisiana and
South Carolina. At any rate, it may
be taken for grunted thug their
utterances and actions will ie
flect in a degree, the change in
public sentiment of their respective
States, and this i3 believed to be
very pronounced. But, at pres
ent, it is quite apparent from judicial
usurpations in South Carolina, and
from the timid dispatch of Chief
Justice Waite, that the Administra
tion and Judiciary are,, to an alarm
ing extent, in the hoods' of the reck
less freebooters who are behind the
throne. Gen. Grant is the most effi
cient tool with which fortune could
have favored them. They-will flatter
and, control him in the future us they
have done in the past; and those
who solace themselves with the re
flection that the destinies of the na
tion, in this centennial crisis, are in
the hands of an obtuse but well
mnininp President, make tho fatal
mistake of ignoring tho many sollish
: and desperate political adventurers
who lead him, Influenced by them,
he will not hesitate to attempt, in
Washington, the rolo he played two
years ago iu Louisiana, and yesterday
in South Carolina; indeed, ho is mak
ing elaborate preparations for it;
more troops arrived last night; aud
the country has by frequent enervate
acquiescence been educated to sub
mission. There is that in our psyoho
j political condition worthy the serious
(study of the philosophical historian,
: something that sets at naught the
supposed laws of heredity; for we
I are the physical, if not tho moral,
| progeny of those who thought life
dear and peuoe execrable whea pur
chased by submission to far less fla
graut abuses, Oau it be that the
evolution of one or two hundred
years has produced such a deteriora
tion in the political deseendents of
Cromwell, aud Wushiugtou, that
we hear the powerful press and
enervate millionaire piping, “better
endure the ills we have, than fly to
others that we kDow not of?”
Tho situation is becoming quite in
teresting here and there is much
smothered feeling. A number of
members of Congress have arrived,
among them the distinguished phy
sical and political phoenix, Hon.
Alexander H. Stephens of Georgia.
Though weighing ten pouuds more
than during his recent illness, ho is |
still a mere shadow, and his presence
aud eonver.-ation suggest forcibly
tho idea of disembodied intellect.;
He told your correspondent that he !
regarded the situation as very criti
cal ; he left home with the impres
sion that Florida, at least, of the so !
called doubtful States, would finally j
be conceded to Tilden, but that he is j
now of the opinion that it is the pro j
gramme of tho Radical wing of the ■
Republican party, to couut in the
Hayes Electors, cost what it may. j
He hopes however for a more peace
able solution of the Presidential !
question than is apprehended by ;
many, basing his hopes on the mod
eration aud patriotism of the people.
As he said emphatically, “the
Vice President has no more right to
count the Electoral vote than I have,
his duty is to simply declare the
count after it has been made by tel
lers appointed by the House and
Senate.” • C. A. S.
—_———♦ .
IS f'.4R4AK AT THE ltm If OX V
ANOTHER HERALD.EDITORIAL.
New York, Dec. I.—The Herald has
a column and a half double-leaded
editorial enquiring into the motives
of President Grant in interfering
with the Bouth Carolina Legislature
in violation of the Co nstitution. It
revives the question of coercion and
insinuates that he is using the
military to keep himself in power.
It is said Culeb Cushing has ex
pressed the opinion that a crisis may
arise which will make it the duty of
Gen. Grant to hold over until there
can bo another Presidential elec Hen.
Hh suggested a possibility calcula
ted to revive the long cherished am
bitious hopes which seemed to have
been extinguished . when affairs
took such a turn last winter a8 pre
cluded the re-nomination of Presi
dent Grant by the Republican Na
tional Convention. Tho President
has an; obvious motive for getting
things into such a muddle as to re
quire his intervention if Hayes
should be declared elected. Iu spite
of a general belief that Tilden is en
titled to the seat, Grant would have
every advantage for perpetuating his
own power. If he can, get Hayes
counted in by fraud it is by no means
a wild expectation that the Demo
cratic House of Representatives will
resist, and Grant can then give such
shape to the controversy as will af
ford him a pretext for keeping pos
session of the Government until an
other Presidential election.
The Wct l’oint Cadetship
Last Tuesday was the day appointed by
Hn. Henry R. Harris, for the competi
tive examination, in LaGrange, of the ap
plicant for the appointment of cadet to
the United Slates Military Academy at
West Point. The examination was held
in the LaGrange Female College by in
vitation of President May son.
The following members of the exnnin
ing hoard were present: From Muscogee,
Dr. E. J. Kirksrey; from Harris, Dr. W.
W. Bruce, J. 11. Lovelace, from Merri
wether. Dr. C. A. Stites, W T. Revil,
from Troup, I)r. J. A. Long, J. T. John
son, from Coweta, Dr. C. D. Smith, from
Heard. Dr. W. C. Wisdom, J. E. Pender
grast.
The followitlgiS a lisfbr ’be competit
ors for the appointment:
From Harris. R. Pitt 3 . If. M. Darden.
From Troup, C'lias. O. Tyner.
From Meriwether, W. F. Williams, C
E. Nail.
Front Coweta, M, O, Hollis, E. .’if.
North, C. J. Read.
From Campbell, W J. Greene.
From Carroll, Geo. II Me Daniel.
Messrs. Darden, Nall, Read. Greene
and McDaniel we're rejected by the .medi
cal board. The others went before the
literary board, and after a long, arduous
andseareliing examination, 31 r. M. O. Hol
lis was declared the victor. We congratu
late him on thighonore won in so hard a
contest, and hope lie may wear litem
worthily, and be an honor to his country.
—LaGrange Exporter.
—The Southern Railroad and Steamship
Association after a session of two days in
Atlanta, adjourned to the 14th ot Decem
ber. A committee was appointed to re
port at that time. The Omstitution says
that there was a disagreement among the
committee, and there are rumors of dis
satisfaction among the members.
COLUMBUS, GA„ SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 3, 187<>.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Generals Gordon and Hampton to
the President.
IXsavowal of Order* t> Kx
olutlo Deniooratlo
ytembers.
I
No Interference Hereafter Except to
Preserve the Peace.
Moderate Republicans Influenced a
Change of Policy.
Washington, Dee. 2.—Tho Demo
crats this morning consider the situa
tion more encouraging. It seems
certain that South Carolina will be
allowed to solve her domestic prob
lem without further interference
from the military than may be nec
essary to preserve the pence. This
state of affairs has been brought
übout. by the action of Mr. Fish and
other more moderate leaders.
The .following are published this
morning:
Columbia, S. C.. November :V\
His Excellency U. 8. Oran/, Washing
ton:
The Democratic members of the
lower House, sixty-five in number,
met quietly in the Hall with their
Speaker in the chair. Tho Republi
cans, fifty-nine, also assembled there
and placed their Speaker on the
desk. Gen. Ruger proposes to takeout
eight members duly elected, holding
certificates from tho Supreme Court.
The House is the solo judge of the
qualifications of its members. We
propose to leave the question to the
House. These members will remain
until expelled by force, but wo earn
estly desire a peaceful solution.
The Legislature will not interfere
with the Presidential Electoral vote.
We ask only aconstitutional Legisla
ture, peaceably assembled for the
good of the State.
Very respectfully, your obedient
servant. Wade Hampton.
Columbia, S. C., Deo. 2, 1876.
Hon. L. (J. C. Lamar, Washington:
Have the President, Secretary and
Cabinet Waited on immediately b>
our friends. Let them state t hat ab
solute peace prevails here, aud in the
House where both bodies are in ses
sion. If Ruger interferes, it will bt
without the shadow of an excuse.
The Republicans are expressing on
the floor of the House their disgust
with the revolutionary proceedings
of their party and joining us.
Press these poiuts, or let the coun
try know the real situation.
[Signed] J. R. Gordon,
Wade Hampton^
In publishing these dispatches, the
Republican says, in double leads:
“Tho President, in conversation yes
terday evening with a representative
of tho Republican, referring to the
statement mado by Gens. Gordon
and Wade Hampton, wherein they
charge that Gen. Huger had made
pledges to them in regard to the non
intervention of the military with the
meeting of the South Carolina Leg
lature, which he had failed to keep,
said he was satisfied Gen. Ruger bad
done no such thing. lie know the
General well. He was a gallant sol
dier, a hightoned, honorable man,
and would scorn to do a mean act
under any circumstances. In rcs ar( f
to the.oft-repeated charges that the
Administration had used the military
to interfere in the affairs of Southern
States to an extent not warranted,
the President said the charge was
not sustained by the facts. The
commanding officers at all military
posts at the South were at
all times simply instructed
to sustain the legally con
stituted authorities and preserve the
peace. Where the military had gone
further, it has been clearly shown to
be a misconception of orders, and
the act had been promptly disavowed
by superior authority. In regard to
interference iu elections, there is not
a single instance on record where the
presence of the military had intimi
dated a single voter. On the con
trary it had been clearly shown that
both in South Carolina and Louis
iana the presence of the military en
abled all the colored people who
wished to do so to vote the Demo
cratic ticket.
The President has no doubt but
what all the questions growing out
of the Presidential contest will be
peacefully adjusted ; that the coun
sels of the good and patriotic men in
both p>artie3 will prevail.
Washington, Dec. 2.—Upon receipt
of the dispatch from Senator Gordon
and General Hampton, Mr. Lamar
showed it to Secretary Fish, who in
formed him that orders to that effect
had already been sent.
two republicans go over to the dem
ocrats—more EXPECTED —DIVISION IN
THE CABINET—FISH AND OTHERS OPPO
SING INTERFERENCE.
Columbia, Dec. 2.— The situation is
perceptibly-unchanged. The Demo
cratic and Republican Legislatures
have occupied the House of Repre
sentatives since November 30th.
Both are working to secure the ad
vantage. The Democrats are cheer
ful, but it is easy to discover their
anxiety. The Republicans uro all
colored except four, noarly all.stran
gers, and appreciate the honor. They
will bo likely to hold out several
days.
Columbia, Deo. 3-3 p. m.—Two of
the most prominent Republican
members, colored, Myers and Ham
ilton, of Beaufort, have just deserted
Mackey’s side of tho House and been
sworn in by the Democratic Speaker
Wallace. Others are expected this
evening. Roth Houses are still in
session, tho Republicans straining
every nerve to save themselves; the
Democrats more cheerful. No inter
ference yet.
Washington, Dee. 2.—The Times’
■Washington dispatch say3, speaking
of t lie Cabinet meeting .yesterday ;
"It is known sufficiently well that
some of*the Cabinet were in favor of
the ejection of the Democratic mass
meeting from the Legislative Hall
in Columbia by the use of tho mili
tary power. The (views of Secretary
Fish became public two yeurs ago,
when the, military, interfered iu the
organization of the Louisiana Leg fi
lature. He has not changed his
views since then, and necessarily op
poses active Federal interference
now. Mr. Fish is not alone in the
Cabinet .in tho position which he oc
cupies. It was agreed on alt hands
that Gen. Ruger should do nothing
but see that no violence is used, and
permit no rioting. Thoro is a feeling
among both Democrats aud Repub
licans that the solution of tho diffi
culty will bo found among the imme
diate parties to tho dispute.”
DEMOCRATS AFTER THE STATE AND
ELECTORAL VOTES—RADICALS THREAT
ON EXPULSION BY CONSTABLES—THE
CRISIS NEARLY REACHED.
Columbia, Dec. 2.—A motion mado
to-day in the Supremo Court in be
half of Wallace, Speaker of the Dem
ocratic House, for a mandamus on
Mackey, Speaker of Republican
House, to compel him to deliver the
returns for Governor in Mackey’s
possession to Wallace as the legal
Speaker of the legal House; also a
motion for a quo warranto on tho
Hayes Electors—both cases to be
heard Monday,
Mackey iu the House this evening,
told Wallace lie intended to remove
the Edgefield men with the State
Constables. Wallace said the House
wus the only conservator of its own
order, and could not legally he in
terfered with by C instabies or any
outside force. lie would resist with
the power at his command and not
yield except to U. S. trodp tinder
Gen. linger.
Matters are approaching a crisis.
If Ruger sustains Maekey the Dem
ocrats will be expelle I. If he de
fines to do so, they will remain.
Spocial Dispatch to tbo Constitution.]
Tallahassee, Dec. I.— The Repub
licans utterly failed to break the
force of the terrible exposure made
yesterday in relation to their bribery
Torgery and perjury, and are still
very much downcast. They intro
duced four negroes as witnesses who
didn’t swear to anything worth re
futing although they seemed to bo
pretty good swearers too.
The session of to day was dull and
dry.
It transpired to-day that Pearce,
one of the Republican Electors, has
been a oonvicted felon, and was par
doned by the Governor about two
years ago; and now isn’t this another
ineligible rooster?
H. W. G.
French .Politic*.
Versailles, Dec. 2.— Tho Govern
ment to-day formally gave notice in
the Chamber of Deputies of tho with
drawal of the bill on burials of mem
bers of the Legion of Honor. The
House by 37 to 25, passed an order of
the day, which was accepted by the
Government,, expressing confidence
that in tho future the Government
will in regard to this matter respect
liberty of conscience and equality of
all citizens.
Senator Morton on tlie Situation.
In conversation to-nigh, Senatbr Mor
ton said he thought he should make an
effort immediately an the assembling of
Congress to get the Senate to take upand
pass the bill which lie introduced at the
last session, to provide for and regulate the
counting of the Electoral vote. He pre
dicts that Congress at thissession will en
tirely revise the Electoral College system,
and that the task wifi be accomplished,
and a President elected before the sth of
March without any conffctor bloodshed.
He has evidently been studying up the
South Carolina situation, and has worked
out the cue for his less able brethren.
He says the Republicans in the Legisla
ture there have good precedent to prove
they have a quorum. There are lr6
members sleeted. They have sixty.
That is a quorum of tlio actural member
ship, and he says Congress in 1802 and
1883, and the Indiana Legislature, under
his seal, in 1869, established the precedent
tiiat a quorum was a certain part of the
actual and not of the possible number
ship. Morton has shaved off his mous
tache, is much better in health and looks
ten years younger than at'the close of last
session.— Wash. Corr.- Cin, Enq.
The Wi-ather To-day.
Washington. Dee. 30.—ForSouth Atlan
tic States, nortkeily to westerly winds,
clear or fair weather, slight ehangee in
temperature and slowly rising barometer.
Kstntiall for .Speaker.
Washington, Dec. 2.— ln the Dem
oratic Congressional caucus to-night,
Randall beat Cox ten votes foi Speak
er. They were the only candidates.
Tho best ten eonts Bleached Cotton
in the city, at the New York Store; such
as other houses are blowing over at a
higher price.
IN < 01.011 A I*o A sTATfe
, from tiro NaHvlH(> American, OOtli]
Among tlio other questions to bo
! presented in' tho' cbtntog session of
j Congress is tho settlement of tho
; status of Colorado'. ” If Colorado is
constitutionally and lawfully a .State
1 sho has a ,rig|it, to cast her electoral
! vote if site has appointed electors iti
the manner prescribed by tho Consti
tution.
Thero was something about tho
manner of arranging for tho admis
sion of Colorado, and tho haste with
which it was hurried through. Indic
ative of a desire to prevent the next
Congress from having the duty of
deciding upon its admission or rejec
tion. An act was passed by the
Forty-third Congress in its closing
session, passing the House and sign
ed by tho President on the 3rd day
of March, 1875, providing fora State
convention, tne formation of a Con
stitution, and its submission to the
people. Conditions were prescribed
in ttie act which were to be observed
in tho formation of the Constitution.
It was required to be republican in
form, it was to contain a provision
againt any discrimination on account
of race or color, and to
provide for freedom of consci
ence and religious liberty, by irre
vocable ordinance. These were con
ditions precedent, to its becoming n
Statejin the Union. The act provided
that the Constitution should be sub
mitted to the people in July, 1876, and
a certified copy of tho Constitu
tion with the result of the vote sub
mitted to tho President, who wus
then required to issue a proclamation
declaring the Stute a member of the
Union of States, on equal terms with
all other State? in the Union, with
out further action.on the part of Con
gress. The objdcbwf tlio act was clear
ly to provide the-State of Colorado in
the Presidential emergency of 1876.
It has not been the custom to hurry
States through theprocess of creation
in that way. nor by the act of Con
gress to carefully provide for the ex
clusion of a subsequent Congress
from all consideration in the ques
tion.
In the preceding eases ofadmission
of States, the course of Congress has
been quite different. The Constitu
tion, article 4, section 3, provides that,
“New States may bo admitted by the
Congress into this Union,” and sec
tion 4. "The United Statesshall guar
antee toevery State in this Union a
Republican form of government.” It
has been the universal customof Con
gress in admitting new States into
the Union to have before them
a copy of tho Constitution that,
they might determine whether it was
republican in form and a compliance
with all the requirements of theCon
stimtion of the United States. Con
gress has never sought to delegate
any part, of its power to the Presi
dent, nor Imposed upon him any duty
except a purely ministerial duty, nor
that except in the eases of Wisconsin
and Missouri.
In the case of Kentucky an act was
passed for the reception of that State,
June 1, 1792. In November the Pres
ident of the United States laid before
Congress the Constitution formed for
tho State of Kentucky for their ap
proval.
Iu the case of Missouri a memorial
was presented to Congress in 1819,
praying for admission into the Union,
and on March 6, 1820, an act wns
passed authorizing the people to
form a constitution. In pursuance
thereof tho people formed and regu
larly submitted toCongress, a consti
tution. A resolution of admission
was passed by the Senate and reject
ed by the House on the ground that
the Constitution was unrepublican
and a violation of the rights of citi
zens of the United States in that it
contained a clause requiring the Leg
islature to exclude free negroes from
tho State. In the succeeding Presi
dential election the vote of the State
was only conditionally counted, and
the question us to whether it was a
State entitled to vote purposely omit
ted, because it made no difference in
the result. After a discussion of more
than two years tbo questioii was de
cided by a joint, resolution which as
sumed to pass directly upon the en
tire Constitution, and to point out
how much of It, was unrepublican,
and to provide for that part; that the
Stute Legislature, as a fundamental
condition, should declare the objec
tionable clause void, and that the
President should, by proclamation,
declare the State in the Union, upon
such action by the Legislature.
In 3822 Congress passed an act ex
tending the laws of the United States
to, and providing for, their execu
tion in the State of Missouri. Iu the
case of Wisconsin the Congress sol
emnly passed upon the Constitution
submitted to them by the State Con
vention, and provided for its admis
sion, authorising the President to
make proclamation after its submis
sion to the people. In both eases
Congress exercised tho legislative
funtions and ascertained for itself
the republican form and validity of
the Constitution, prescribing for the
President a purely ministerial duty,
withuiit discretion-simply the
transmission to him of a vote of the
Legislature upon a proposition pre
scribed by Congress in the case of
Missouri and the vote of the people
in tho case of Michigan.
In the Often of Colorado, Congress as
sumed to dothst which, according to well
settled principles of law. no legislative
body can do—to delegato its legislative au
thorty to the Executive. Wherever legis
lative bod lap huv'e delegated their power in
any respect to the Judiciary, the Execu
tive or to # edrportCSion, tho courts have
held the grant < <1 power utterly void. In h is
proclamation,PresidentCrant has assum
ed functions of Congress to sit in judg
ment upon tho constitution of Colorado,
and to declare that its constitution is re
publican in form, that it contains proper
and effective guaranties in favor of relig
ious ffborty and against discrimination on
account of r ice and color. This is a clear
departure from precedent, and clearly a
method of admitting a State by the Execu
tive, riot contemplated try the Constitu
tion, which provides that Congress may
udmit States in the Union, while it is plain
ly usurping the functions of the throe
branches of tile government by exercis
ing a power conferred on the United
States, to guarantee a Republican form of
government to the States. Hence we con
oludethat Colorado is not a State until Its
Constitution shall have been submitted
to Congress and passed upon regularly,
and its admission completed by an act of
Congress or by j jiDt resolution approved
by the President.
This Is the plan olearlv inferable from
the Constitution, and settled by precedent
an unvarying practice.
Jieiv fork llank statement.
New York, Dec. 2.—The bank
shows—loan decrease g million;
specie increase | million ; legal ten
ders decrease 2| millions; deposits
decrease i% millions; reserve de
crease 1? millions.
OAUI.EO'I PERSECUTION.
I THE ASTRONOMER BEFORE THE DREADED
INQUISITION—PUBLICATION OF THE
ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS.
Pil UorrcApnuilunt Edinburg Scotsman.|
By the treaty of Gamplo Formio,
or iu fact boforo tbs treaty was sign
ed, Napoleon Bonaparte forced the
Pope to accord him *1,000,000, 100
pictures, and about suo manuscripts.
Among tho inauuscrlpts carried off
was tho Prosocutlou of Galileo, which,
after tho removal from tho Vatican
to Paris, was prononncod by the his
torian Denina as without importance.
Notwithstanding this Napoleon or
dered its translation, but, strange to
say, the translation was never com
pleted.
During tho first years of tho resto
ration active negotiations were car
ried on with tho view of getting the
French King to restore the manu
script iu question, but his Most
Christian Majesty refused. The Court
of Rome could persuade neither
Louis XVIII., the skeptic, nor
Charles X., the despot, to part with
the spoil which had beeu seized by
Bonaparte, notwithstanding the ulte
rior paius and penalties attaching to
the crime of keeping back church
i property. But what was refused by
the Bourbons was accorded by Louis
Philippe, aud the manuscript, after
retuainiug in France about half a
century, was sent back to Rome, and
was handed by the unfortunate Rossi
to Pius IX. It was at once restored
to the secret archives of tho Vatican.
A short time ago, to the astonish
ment of the world, Dominio Berti
was permitted to take copies of the
original ducuraents, aad these he has
just published. And interesting is
the nccouut which the Italian writer
gives of "starry Galileo and his
woes,” of his talent, his graeo, and
wit, aud how ho was feted aud ca
ressed at Rome and Florence until
he began to speak of the system of
Copernicus, aud to demonstrate the
movementof the earth. His discov
ery of ihe satelites of Jupiter had
been hailed with delight, but the in
terference their movements suggest
ed caused his perditiou. The astron
omer was flrat attacked by a Domin
ican preacher at Florence, who ac
cused him of throwing doubt on the
authenticity of the miracle performed
by Joshua. Galileo replied that the
Holy Scriptures could not err, but
that they should not be literally
interpreted.
Another Dominican, called Nicho
las Lorini, then denounced Ualileo
to the Holy Office, and the closest
watch was kept on his words and acts
by the Inquisition. He went to
Romo in the hope of being able to
continue his pursuit without interfer
ence. Tho Holy Office, however,
unanimously declared it to bo an ab
surd heresy to pretend that the sun
is motionless and that the earth
turns, and the Pope directed Cardinal
Bcilarraioi to inform Galileo that he
must no more teach the doctrine con
demned or ho won Id be thrown into
prison. Galileo promised to obey.
He was received by the Pope, and
wus treated with kindness. He was
neither punished nor molested. Not
long after this anew Pontiff was
elected-Urban VIII., of the house
of Barbarini. He was a Florentine
as well as Galileo, and a lover of let
ters. Galileo had six long audiences
with the Pope, but what passed be
tween them is not known.
The astronomer now thought him
self at liberty to write his dialogues,
in which the system of Copernicus,
without being defended, was expoun
ded. The Pontiff had no sooner re
ceived a copy of this work than he
showed himself violently irritated,
and but for the supplications of the
Tuscan Ambassador he would have
at once sent him betore the Holy
Office. As it was a commission was
charged to examine the Dialogues,
and shortly after the Inquisitor of
Florence delivered Galileo a formal
order to appear before the dreadful
tribunal alluded to above. Galileo,
who was then 70 years of age, and ill,
implored pity. The Grand Duke of
Tuscany interceded in his behalf.
The Pope would hear of no delay.
He gave orders that the culprit
should be seized and brought to
Rome in chains if he was able to
support the journey. Galileo, half
dead, reached Rome in January, 1633,
and in April he was interrogated by
the Holy Office. For ten months
be supported, in anguish
of miucf, the threats and
111-treatment to which he was sub
jected, aud then he confessed that he
had gone too far in advocating the
system of Copernicus. He was called
upon to give a more explicit denial
of the truth of what he had advanc
ed. or the Judges were to proceed to
a rigorous exapiinatiaD, which in the
language of the Holy Office, means
“torture.”
It is urged, but nst by Signor Ber
ti, that Galileo was actually tortured,
and that the document giving a de
scription of this scene was suppressed
at the suggestion of M. Guizot, a
Protestant, and Rossi. On the other
hand, it is asserted that when the
Pope directed a rigorous examina
tion, if it could bo supported, he
knew very well that Galileo could
not support torture, and that torture
would not be inflicted. It is clear,
however, from what Signor Berti
says, that the Pontiff showed neith
er compassion nor indulgence toward
his old friend. Even after his abju
ration, Galileo was kept in a state of
semi-confinement, and wns only per
mitted to see a few friends. He went
blind—then died.
THE EUROPEAN SITUATION.
NO CHANOE REPORTED,
London, Deo. 2.—A special dispatch
to the Nem from Vienna says the
commanders of four Russian mobil
ized army corps have arrived at Ivich
ineff. ,
The Opinione newspaper of Rome
says the Marquis of Salisbury’s de
clarations excluded the idea of Eng
land's going to war wfth Russia, but
it regards war between Turkey and
Russia inevitable.
The Times to-day, in its finan
cial article, remarks that a similar
impression was almost universal on
the Loudon Stock Exokange yester
day.
A special dispatch from Festh to
the Standard announces the arrival
there of Gen, Tcbernayeff.
'FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
BY TELEGRAPH TO IHE DAILY TIMES.
MONEY A.\l> STOCK*.
LONDON. D*c. S.-Noon— Krio 9>.\
PARIS* l)co. 2.—Noon-Rente* 103f. ajQ.fi Ojftc.
NEW YORK, Dm', a, Noon-Gold opened
at.Bft.
NEW YOKE, Dec. 2.—Nouu—Stocks dull and
steady; mouey 4; gold B,*; ; exchange, lung, 4.82;
short 4 84; Government* active and steady.
State builds—Louisiana's bettor; reat steady.
NEW YORK, Dec. 2.—Evening—!Sterling dull at
j 2; gold weak Bft® ft; Governments dull and
j steady; new 6's lift; States quiet and nominal.
COTTON.
LIVERPOOL, Dec. 2 Noon.—Cotton flat and
| irregular; middling uplands 6 7-16d, Orleans
6>,d, salos 6.000, speculation and export 1,000, re
ceipts 11,900, Amerloau 2,400.
Futures 1-lCd cheaper uplands low middling
clause, December delivery, 6 6-ld; January and
Feoruary 6 5-16d; February aud March flftrt,
March aud April 6 7-16d. new crop, shipped No
vember, per sail, 6ftd, December aud January
Gftd, February and .March flftd.
1;80 i. M.~Upland*, low middling clause,
February aud March delivery 6 11-32d, new crop,
shipped January and February, per sail, 6 7-ifld,
April and May delivery 6j7-10d. Sales of Ameri
! can 2,900.
2:30 p. M.—Futures quiet; uplands,low middling
clause, December and Jauuars delivery 0 9-82d;
March aud April 6 13-32d.
NEW YORK, Dec. 2.—Noon—Cotton quiet; up
lands. 12 1-16; Orleans 12> 4 ; sales 973.
Futures opeued steady, at a decline as follows:
December 12@12 1-32; January 12 Feb
ruary 12 Hi (£9-32; March 13 13-32^18-32.
NEW YORK, Dec. 2. —Evening—Gotten quiet,
sales 536 at 12 1-16@12*J; consolidated net re
ceipts 20,609; exports Great Britain 35,624; France
3.425; Continent 6.208; channel 8,9*20.
Net receipts 619, grots 2.608 Future! closed
firm; Hales 17,000; December 12}*; January 12
February 12 11-32@*{, March 12 17-32
@9*l6; April 12 23-32, May 12($-20-32, Juno 18
July 13 3-16, August 13 8-32. j
GALVESTON Dec. 2.—Cotton du]l; middling
11 Vi net receipts 3,029; gross 8,086; sales 1.056.
NORFOLK, Dec. 2.—Evening Cotton dull;
middling 11L®#: net receipts 3,446; gross 3,727;
exports Great Britain 2,172, coastwise 2,489.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 2.—Evening—Cotton dull
and caster; middling 12. gross receipts G 65, sales
416; spinners 180, exports coastwise 140.
BOSTON, Dec. 2. Evening Cotton quiet;
middling 12?,; net receipts 741, gross receipts
1,686, sales 6*25, Great Britain 18.
WILMINGTON, Dec. 2.—Evening—Cetton dull
and n; minal; middling 11 >(<s,*•; net receipts 890;
exports coastwise 433.
• PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 6.—Evening Cotton
dull: middling 12} 4 '; net. receipts 92, gross re
ceipts 154.
SAVANNAH, Dec. 2.—Evening—Cotton quiet;
middling 11 net receipts 2,753, gross 2,819;
Hales 1,500; exports to Great Britain 4,348;
France 2,712.
NKW ORLEANS. Dec. 2.—Evening Cotton
easier, nominally, lower; middling 11};; low
middling 11 y %% good ordinary Jo*{, net receipts
4.408, galea 6,000, exports to Great Britain 14,*
000; France 5,710, Continent 1,052, channel 3,920
MOBILE, Dec. 2. Evening —Cotton weak and
irrkgular, middling 11>£; net receipt* 2,789,
aleg 2,000, exports Great Britain 6,199; Conti
nent 4.656. coagtwige 1,660.
MEMPHIS, Dec. 2.—Cotton dull and easy;
middling 11?*; receipts 324; shipments 1,845;
gales 2,700.
AUGUSTA, Dec. 2.—Cotton dull aud lower;
tniddlingll: receipts 1,219, dales 1,116.
CHARLESTON, Dec. 2. Evening Cotton
dull; middling \l\, net receipts 2,391 sales 1,000;
exports Great Britain 6,689, coastwise 73.
PROVISIONS. &C.
NEW YORK, Dec. 2.- Noon—-Flour quiet and
Bterdv. Wheat quiet and steady. Corn quiet
aud uuebauged Fork quiet at $17.0u. Lard
heavy, steam * 0.8 Turpentine firm at 39@>;.
Rosin quiet at. 2.2 @3O for strained. Freights
firm.
Evening, 2—Flour less active, partiuclarJy for
medium and low grades; fair export and home
trade demand; superfine Western aud Htate (6 OO
@3O, Buutheru flour firm; common to fair extra
#5.40(a)56.60, good to choice do $6.66@8.76.
Wheat cent better: moderate export and spec
ulative inquiry; also some little milling demand;
$1.34 for winter red Western, $1.34 for No. 2
amber Western. Corn leas doing; active export
and homo trade demand, some speculative in
quiry, <Jott@6l for high mixed, nearly yellow
Western, sb(®s9>; for ungraded Western, mixed,
60 for yellow Southern, 56>; for new do. ou ’dock
64(0,60 for new white Southern. Oats dull and
drooping. Coffee, Rio, more demand, firmer,
cargoes quoted 1 634® 19 gold; job lots 16(a,’20.v;
gold. Sugar quiet and firm, 9?i01O)4 for nur to
good refining; refined quiet; 11 % for standard A.
Molasses—loreign quiet; New Orleans in fair
demand, 61@5610r fair to prime. Rye unchanged.
Pork firmer, qniet, mess $16.60(3)17.00. Lard
opened firm, closed fceavy, prime steam. $10.9014
$10.32.
CINCINNATI, Deo, 2.—Evening—Floor higher,
larmly $6.70@6.00 Wheat strrong, red $1 22($
20. Corn in good demand, ear 41@42, shelled
48(0(46. Oats quiet, but firm at 3U®3B. Rye
in lair demand aud higher at 72, Barley, fair de
mand and firm. Pork steady, sl6. Lard active;
steam 9 86@87>4, kettle 10 Bulk meats
higher, ebouldera 6, dear rib aides 8, clear sides
8X- Bacon dull and nominal, shoulders, none
here, dear rib sides 9%, clear sides 10ft; green
meats steady, shoulders 66ft@(0. Whiskey
steady and in fair demand at 5. Butter dull,
Western reserve choice 20@22, Ohio
18020.
BT. LOUIS Dec. 2.—Flour, low and medium
grades scarce and wanted at from $4 to $6.
Wheat firm, demand fair; No. 2 red fail, sl.2Bft
bid, No. 3do. sl.22ft(g)sl 22ft. Corn inactive;
No. 2 mixed 43ft<£44. Oats, No. 2 82. Rye 75.
Barley quiet, choice to strictly choice Minnesota
90@$1.<)0. Whiskey quiet at 6. Pork steady at
$16.76@516. Lard firm, 9ft asked, 9ft b<d. Bulk
meats nominally 6ft<g)7, 7ft<sß and Bft@ft for
shoulders, clear rib aides and clear sides. Bacon
easier, 7ft@ft, 9ft and 9ft@ ft for shoulders,
clear rib sides and clear aides. Hogs steady,
choice heavy $6 60090. Cattle in fslr demand
for flit shipping and butchers' grades; others
dull; good to choice Texas $3 12ft@3 62ft.
LOUISVILLE, Dec. 2.—Evening—Flour quiet,
fail prices asked, but no demand, extra $4.25@76,
larmly $6.00@6,60, Wheat in steady demand and
higher, red $1 26, amber $1 30@32, white $1.3%e
33. Corn dull; white 44, mixed 42, new 88. Rye
in good demand. Oats firm; white 86, mixed 34.
Pork in good demand, sl6 60. Bulk meats in fair
demand and firm, all offerings taken at yeater*
day's prices, 10 to 15 days salt, shoulders Oft,
dear rib sides Bft, clear sides Bft. Bacon nom
inal, shoulders 7ft, dear rib sides 9ft, clear sides
10. Sugar cured hams 16. Lard in good de
mand at full prices, tierce 10ft, kegs lift. Whis
key firmer at 6. Bagging quiet at lift.
BALTIMORE, Dee. 2.—Evening-Oats dull and
lower; Southern prime 38 Rye quiet at 72@76.
Provisions quiet a*id unchanged. Mess pork
sl7 26 Bulk meats nominal, shoulders 7ft.
dear ribs 9ft: hams 14ft<$16ft. Lard, refined,
lift. Coffee steady and firmer, job lotf lt@2o.
Whiskey heavy at 10. Sugar iull and unchanged.
11. F. lIARIIJvLI ,
Attorney at Law and Solicitor in Equity,
LUMPKIN, GA.
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