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•CO y STITUTIO N A LIST
WHERE 18 THE BLAHEI
We have not unfit quently mentioned in '
this column that had white men weie the in- *
stigators of grand and petty larcenies. Nu- !
merous developments proved the truth of tb s 1
assumption. Negroes are chiefly the misera
ble tools usod by depraved whites for the sake i
of plunder; the whites meanwhile receiving
the stolen property, absorbing the I on’s share,
and encouraging by partition of spoils further
depredation. We advised the community to
keep watch upon the small fry, but incident
ally strike terror to the whole shool, by a do- )
termined assault upon the big fish that pre
pared the mischief and kept "it alive. About
one week since, a man named Gibson, an over
seer on Beech Island, was apprehended By a
patrol of planters and found with the datnnii g
evidences of crime al! about and around him.
He had for a long time poisoned the negroes
bodies with detestable liquor, and, latter’v,
debauched their moral instinct by betraying
them into wholesale theft. Thousands of
pounds of meat were traced to his possessing,
all of which had been robbed. Members of
the patrol recognised their individual marks
upon some of the stolen property discover'd
in his dwelling. Upon the wall tallies of
tremendous quantities of pork were scored.
Finding that he was cornered, he, at first, dis
sembled, but, finally, made a clean breast of
his atrocity. A more consummate scamp was
never so mesht in his own toils. Having
secured the malefactor and fastened the de
linquency upon him beyond a peradventure,
he was brought before a magistrate and fully
committed to jail, bail having been refused in
the premises. It may as well be stated bore
that this man had a considerable sum of go'd,
probably accumulat'd by nefarious practices,
and gave out that bad he been allowed another
day of security, he intended to have abscond
ed. Hitherto, the man had borne a respecta
ble character, but as a black snake’s dimen
sion is best ascertained after death, the prom
inence of some men’s dereliction is best reveal
ed after they have been found out.
But to the sequel:—Herejvps a splendid
chance to establish a firm precedent aga ust
villany, nod the people of Beech Island con
gratulated themselves accordingly. They
reckoned withont their host, however, for
Gibson never saw the inside of a jail or, if he
did, it did not trouble him grievously. He is
at large; and by some negligence or culpa
bility a dangerous and depraved character lias
still swing and justico is made a lnugl ing
stock. If this is the way affairs are managed,
let us surrender forthwith to burglars and
assassins. In this case there most be some
blamable person. Whois he ?
STRAINING AT GNATS
The Philadelphia parsons, of the Blood
hound of Zion stripe, are waging a rabid e >n
troversy with John W. Forney of (he Pi< hr.
because said Fori ey has thought proper to
publ iph his paper on Sunday. We never lii ed
the savor of John W., and as for the saintly
Bloodhounds, they are as a stench in the nos
trils of heaven and earth. Arcades umbo—
rapscallions all. Wherefoie, though we think
the editor of the Press has the right qjd of
the question, we do not care how he acquits
himself. We sincerely desire .a wholesome
damage to either side, lor political hypocrisy
is ranged with the Press and ecclosiasih al
hypocrisy with the satsnie pulpit. Forney
has pandered to popular tastes and cannot be
expected to swerve at this late day. At pres
ent, it is fashionable to have perpetual jour
nalism and so. John, mindful of his po|i)lur
divinity and the spoils of the Egyptians, does
as the world and the pocket admonish ].:•«.
Tberaneut, the Pharisees, probably at, a loss
for anything e ! se to stick their noses in, snuff
a treasonable taint in the virtuous John. For
our part, we believe that the clerical anathema
originates in downright jealousy. The Mon
toriap priests have no idea of rivalry and
g jtfMjHMtiMl They prefer to howl, blafttphcme
and denounce in their own way and on their
own day. The doctrines of the meek .and
lowly Jesus have nothing to <l< with their
belligerent, polemical monopolies. Tn eff ct
tliey cry out to Forney : “ six days ehjilt if on
curse and do all manner of mischief, but on
the seventh thou shalt abandon thy voice to
LOST TITLES TO PROPERTY.
We are pleased to know that the General
Land < Office at Washington has ordered its
Agents throughout (lie Mouth '• to collect all
vestiges and remnan's of records and fora ard
them to the Commissioner, in order that new
plots and evidences of title may be supplied,
ns far as possible.” Those of our people who
.have thus suffered by theft, mutilation, or
abandondonment of their titles should do all
in their power to recover their documents or,
if destroyed, make such exhibit of evidence as
will prove conclusive of tbe claim. To Presi
dent Johnson we owe this clement and saga
cious policy, and t.ie gratitude of thousands
of homeless, landless individuals will lie ;tc"
corded him without stint.
Irregularity in the Southern Maii, Ser -
vice. —The Washington correspondent of the
New York Herald, writing on the sth, com
plains of the irregularity of the Southern mails,
and says that there seems to be a careless or
intentional want of regularity about th 6 delivery
of mails going South. Complaints are constant
ly being forwarded to the Postmaster General
that mail matter fails to reach Us destination
regularly or undamaged. Newspapers espe
cially are not looked after with proper atten
tion in their transmission. Several of tho news
paper establishments of Washington have re
ferred the complaints of their subscribers in the
above regard to the Post Office Department,
and especially, which to-day lost one hun
dred names from its subscription book of par
ties living in Petersburg, Va., has preferred
charges of gross neglect upon many of the
Southern mnil carriers. The Postmaster Gen
oval has become so impressed with the belief
that the carrier system is not working properly
and reliably, that he has ordered a thorough
Investigation to be made, and will prorop ly
discharge all officers or agents who may be
found to slight or neglect the business of their
respective routes.
Thb Winning Nag. —The Nashville Repub
lican Banner expre ses the opinion that the
new party, which must arise out of the pe<u
liar situat.ou of the country and group i : §elf
around the standard of the Administration,
will be composed for the most part of men w ho
did the fighting on both sides of the line-of
battle, to the exclusion of the mere theorists
and talkers, who marred the plola respectively
of the government and the Confederacy.
Barkpm All Ovbb— The Decatur (11'.)
Magnet says: “The original Lincoln log cabin
is now on storage in Philadelphia. About the
Ist of April next it will (ak&its departure from
the United States for England. John Hanks,
Esq , Mr. Lincoln's early companion i it,
and who helped to build the cabin, will ac
company it to the old
Governor Hamilton, of has made a
proclamation, restoring, so far as he hue the
power, all persons recommended by him for
special pardon to their full civil rights in the
State.
General Lbs.—lt has been generally sup
posed that an application for pardon by Gen
eral Lee was made some months ago, but an
mutation of the records of the Attorney
General’s office proves that no snch application
feM yes been filed. General Lee signed lbe
mnesty oath piier to entering upon the dn i s
of President of the Washington College.
A drunken man tried the other day to get a
policeman to arrest his own shadow, on the
plea that the ill-looking fellow kept follow>ug
him everywhere be went.
From tho Republican Banner. 1 ]
Bill Arp to His Old Friend.
Me. John Happy—Sub. I want to write to
you personally about some things thats weigh
in on me, I look upon you- as a friend, and I
.feel like droppin a few lines byway of unbur
iheniu my sorrowful rofiuxtions For the last
few years you have travelled round right smart
and must have made a heap of luminus obser
vations. I hear you are now livin in Nash
ville, where you can see all sides oi every thine:
and read all the papers— where you can study
Paradise lost without a book, and see the devil
and his angels, without rtrawin on the imagi
nation, and I tho’t may be you might assist me
in my troubled feelings. I have always, Mr.
Happy, endeavored to see the bright side of
every pikter if it had any, but there is one or
two subjects about which I had mity uigb gin
it up.
I want you to tell me if you can, about whnt
time are the black republicans are goiu to quit
persecutin cur people ? • What are they so ev
etlastin mad with us about ? Old Skuball says
its for treeson that we’ve gone and done, ai d
that I am the slowest perseeviu nqgpi be evi r
seen not to have found it out.
Now Treeson is amity bad thing, and any
man fouud guilty of treeson ought to be talked
to by a preacher right under a gallus, and then
be allowed to stand on nothin fora (ew hours
by the clock. Shore enuf treeson I mean. Tree
son where a man slips around on the sly in time
of war and takes sides agin his country. Je-t
as though for instance, I should havo worked
agin my suvrin State after she had seconded,
and had stole her powder or deserted her in
time of peril, while she was detending herself
against the combined assaults oi the world, the
flesh and tho devil. I wouldnt have blamed no
body for hangin mo for the like, would you ?
But Skew ball says we aint got no suvrecu
States —that tbe war have settled the question
agin us ou that pint 1 dont think so my friend.
I admit that we aint nothin it partikler now,
but we did hnv suvreen States before tho war,
and the sword aint settled nor unsettled no
great principles. There aint no trial of right or
wrong by wager of battle no_w a days, l'or
m ty nigh a hundred years this country have
been a big debating society on these questions.
From the time of Ham lion and Jt Corson down
! to 1861, the rightof a State todissolve her own
partnership hnv beeu argued by powerful mind-’
ed men, and there has been more for it than
agin it. More Presidents, more Senators, more
■ Statesmen, more judges, more people. Mast-v
--chusetts and Connecticut were for H al one time,
and bellered round and pawed dirt amszlri to
git out, but they found out Barcus waß wibin
and they didnt go I believe, however, that old
Nutmeg did stay out gbout two hours ami a
half. . .
Well, the South went out mity unwimncly,
Mr Happy, aa you know. She had been mity
nigh kicked out for a long time, and there was
a big party that wanted us to go out and stay
out. Every body knows we didnt git along in
. peace, so we concluded to do like Abraham and
, his brother-in-law; t.o separate our households.
What they wanted to keep us for I never could
' see, and cant see yit. I wouldnt have a nigger ■
. or a dog to stay round me that didnt want to. |
Some say they wanted us to strengthen era agin
' their enemies in case of a fufrin war. Does any
■ man in his sences expect us to help the black
i republicans whip any body? Have yo got any
worse enemies than they are ? they cant make
> us fight I reckon if we dopt w»ut to, Wo vo
, shin ennf and made nothin by it but glory, and
| i we aint, a goin to gine in another war to gratify
,! other people. Dodds says before he’d puli a
! trigger for Thad Stevens, he’d have his soul
transmigrated to a bench leg’d Up?, aud bark at
■ his daddys mules 2000 yerrs. I wonder if the
experience of the last 4 years aint satislled
these fellows that our boys are a dangerous et
- to be turned loose in time of war. Wouldest
yon think that aa a matter of policy they would
soft sodder us a little, and quit their slandetin.
■ It we do fight for em, thero will be one poinli
> tion certain —they rnout be put where David
1 put Uriah, and our boys mout consent to make
a charge or two behind em at tne pint of the
7 bagnei.
■ But I want you to tell me, John, if 1 ana
. right about the history of this business. It pint
1 a lone story and I’ll, tell it tho way T see it,—
I ! Old Pewrytan went off one day with some
f ships, and took n few beads and juce-harps and
R bought up a lot of captured niggers from the
Hottentots or some other tots, arid st.ole a few
II more on the coast of Afriky and brought .tn
f over and •donated em to work in the field, and
1 cut wood, and sheer bars aud so forth, hut not
includin votin nor muetcrin nor the jury bism s=
* nor so forth.
c Well, after while they found that the cold
. winds, and codfish airs of New England du.i-ot
agree with the nigger, and so they begun to
slide em down South as fasi »s possible. At.or
r they had sold em and got the money, they
s j tried the church and became, sanctified about
slavery, sorter like the woman that got con—
[ VCfteif fflKI Cftmi —«* linvwolu uu/kv Id
3 I her unconverted sister. Weil, the Old Domin
f ion and sich of her sous as Washington, and
Jefferson, and Madison, and Randolf, brought
em end worked em to satisfaktion whereupon
1 old Pew got jelous and began to preach agin
- it lolireak it down. Tbe/akt is they wouldont
i work gals in their faktorios if it wareni so
profitable, for they are coneientiqiisly opposed
- to everything that Jont put ronney in their
r pockets. AI tor while they went i»lo the slip
j ed almanak bisiness, nankin bloody piktera of
poor laseraled nigg' rs gettin a hundred lashes
r for nothin, and mournin for their first born In*
t j caus they were not. Then they started the
, j stealin program, and white wo were tryfh a:l
I the big courts and little courts to git back one
) j slkly ipellater by the name of Dred Skotf, obey
) | were stealing ijom five to fifty a day, aud env
erin their carcasses all over with nigger l.r
ceny, and smuglin the Constitution into an
abolishpn mush. They built a fence around
the institution as high as Haman’s gallus, and
1 hemmed it in, and laid seige to it jest like an
army would beselge a city to starye out the in
-3 habitants. They kept peggin at us nntel! 'ye
1 got nind allow onus mad——and we resoited
1 to cut losae from era and paddle our own cauoo.
Now all this time we had some good friends
among ’em—s me who swore we were iin
. posed upon, and said we bad good cause to
3 dissolve the partnership. They said that if we l
did seseed aDd the abolishunest made war up
r on us, they would stand by u=, and throw
1 their lives and fortunes and their sacred hon
or right in the breach, and the first fight
’ would be over their dead bodies and so forth
3 and so on My memory is bad, but I remora
- ber some of em were named James Buchanan.
. and Dau Dickinson, and John Cokran, and
Logan, and Cushing, “and Bulkr, surnamed
3 the beast, aDd McLernacd’ and Steven A.
* Douglass, who got his comnrssion about the
time he died, and carried it with him to parts
unknown, and lastly a man by the name of
Andv Johnson who I suppose are some dis aDt
relation to the President of the United Slates
5 of Ameriky. But a man aint responsible for
- the bad conduct of his relations, and don’t,
throw it up to nobody. I suppose that our
' President are doing the best he . an, and Mr.
Etheridge oughtent to be rakin up his record.
' Well ihe war come on, end show enuf Logan
, and Cu-hin and McLernard and Butler gnd
I Company buzzed around a while iike bumble
bees till they were brought up and then they
1 lit over on the other side. They got their re
■ ward and thty were welcome to it so far as I
- am concerned.
How is it now, Mr. Happy? They conquered
ns by the sword but they havent convinced us
of nothin much that I know of. All is l< St
> save honor, and that they can’t steal from us
, nor tarnish.
. If they had held out the hand of fellowship,
we would have made friends and bnrried the
hatchet. But the very minit they whipped us.
they began to holler treason Horn one end of
! the country to the other, just like they lmd
made a bran new discovery. It seemed to
r strike em all a sadden like an Xpost facto law,
and they wanted to go into a general harm in
• business, and keep it up n« long as they could
1 find rope and timber.
Now the idea of several millions of AmorD
, kan freeman being guilty of treason at once I
The idea of applyin such a crime to eleven
suvreeu States, which met in solemn convention
and in tho light of day dissolved a Union (hey
had created, and which had been a disunion for
twenty years ! The idea of applyin treason to
the Old Dominion the souther of States and of
Washington and Jefferson and Madison and
• Marshal! and Patrick Henry and all the Let's,
and who give away all the territory in the
northwest for nothin I la she to be pcandid
ized by theso new light ebristians who are
compounded Irom ali tbe skum of all creation,
and think that Paul and Peter and Revelations
bav been for 200 years makin special arraDge
ments for receivin their sanctified souls iD
Paradise. Treason the dickens 1 Wberes
vour dictionary ? Wheres Dan’l Webster ?
Wlterps the history of the Amerikin revolu
tions.
! No it aint trees.m nor season—but it« devil
ish infernal inhuman hate. What do they keep
Mr. Davis in jait lor ? I bear sum say that it
aint Mr. Johnson’s voluntary doings ; but the
tremengious pressure of surrounding circum
stances. Durn the circumstances. Aint Mr.
Davis a great aud good man ? If Andy John
son aint an infidel, wouldn’t he swap chances
i tor heaven with him and give ail bjs earthly
, estate to boot. If Mr. Davis’s honor and
integrity, and patriotism, and true courage
were weighed ih a balance against Sumner’-
1 and Stevens’, and all bis enemies wouldent he
outweigh em all ? Wont bis conduct in Mex
ico, and in the late war, and bis nobility of
chaiacter live long and grow bright in his his
tory, while t}»e memory of the bowns tnat, are
baying him in his dungeon will sink into oh
. levion ? I think bo—tbars what I say, and I’ll
bet on it, and Charles O’Conner and all the
women in the country will go my halves.
But there aint no particular point in all this,
Mr. Happy. It’s only ray opinion, that’s all.
I may be a tarnal fool, and I sometimes feel
like I am a fool about everything and don’t
know nothin., I’m tryin my best, howevi, io
take things jest as I find ’em, and my princi
ple bianess for the last two mouths' bav teen j
weanin niggers *to make em feel free. I
put cm all out to take care of «henis> Ives, hit"'
tl,f:y keep com in tuck to me, and it kttps me
day and night to provide lor etn. Ive been
willin along time for cm to he fee if they
could take care of the uselvea, and I don't know
what Thud Stevens is a fueeia about, unit es be ,
is just mad because our boys burnt bis iron
works. If that’s all, we can plead the ruins
of various similar establishments in these re*
gions, and get a judgment agin him.
But I’m about through, Mr. Happy, with
what I had to say. Only this—if there ever
was an afflikted people that needed friends its
us. If we’ve got any friends anywhere. I
want em to show their hands and stand by ns
in our trouble. I feel like reaching out to
the five points of the compass in search of sym
pathy, and if there is an honest stateman or a
brave soldier north of the line who loves his
fellow men, let him open his heart and meet us
on half-ground. We aint afeerd of beast or
vermints—of devils or demons—of Stevens or
Sumner- —but we are a warm-harted and for
given people, and love our friends. Aint we
and dont we?
Yours, everlastingly,
Bill Arp.
P. St—ls Brownlow dead yit? I’m writia
his obituary, and thought I would like for
the sad event to come off as soon as possible -
I wish you would send me a list of jour mem
bers who voted for that resolution declarin
Gen. Lee and Mr. Davis infamous. We are
getting up a bill in the Leorgy de
clarin them infamous who voted for the reso
lution. Fight the devil with fire is my motto.
B A.
From the Nashville lluiou and American.
Honor the “Furled Banner.”
“Christmas I" says the merry chimes, ai d
the streets are filled with tho shouts ai d re
joicings of the revelers. But I sit in the glov
of the firelight and muse, and the sounds of
mirth fall all sadly on my ears as I think of the
“ tunes of war.” ’Tis not meet that wo should
cast shadows over the remaining joy of the
present, but somehow I have no Christmas
heart to night, for shadowy phantoms of buri d
hopes are risiug, and I cannot see the light of
living sunshine.
O, the past, tbe past, with its never dying
memories ! How it rises in rebuking mournful
ness, coming oft ’midst our hours of gaiety in
the regretful heart-throb, while pale, marred
farms arise and chase away our smiles to pite
ous sighs. We may for a giddy hour forget
them, but the silent night will bring back their
brave dying faces and the “ furled banner ’’
drooping o’er them.
Aspirations for the future we must crush ;
resignation we must learn ; loyalty to our gov
ernment is a duty ; but oh ! not to forget t':e
i lead— not to tear from their martyr graces
the guerdon of grateful memory, and coldly
turn aside and with pharisaical voice exclaim:
'•They were wrong; our ruin be upon their
heads 1”
Ah ! 1 see wasted forms in the comfortless,
cheerless gloom of prison walls, numbering
the dreary hours from day to day, ’till months,
ah I years creep on, and as the moments drag
their weary weight along, gaunt famine stalks
through those horrible homes of misery ; and
yet I see the proud indignant blood rising to
the wasted cheek when the offer is made of lib
erty at the price of dishonor Look at the pic
ture and say if there he aught in this deserving
the scorn of countrymen ?
Look again on the narrow cots in the priso
ner's hospital: :orms covered with terrible
wounds, burned, scorched with hungry fever,
denied all that makes sickness endurable, yet
here we find the patient strength of enduranee,
the determined ueswerving faith of purpose,
never by vor«i or deed to forsake the cause for
which they suffer. E’en when grappling with
the king of terrors in the last, hoursof physical
suffering, hear the faint voice cry, ‘‘God save
my country I” Ah !by the memory of such
scenes, by all that is godlike in the creature
made “little lower than the angels," crnsli the
dastardly words that would cast oblivion,
(could tbe immortal die) on the great in the
history of their martyrdom; the murmurings
because of lhe failure of a cause- for which,
I God knows they gave all they had, a life.
Can the honorable, of our conquerors, es-
I teem in ns sucf) craven lies ?
And ye who fought side by side with
those tha.have fallen, who have shared the
piercing cold, the famishing hunger, the mor*
| tal fatigue of the fainiing fpo'sore marches,
aid who have stood by them when the frame
was shattered by t)je pruel ball, how can you
feel that there 13 no void made by trio it- absence
in the heart of a nation.
The last Snrginga of the tide of mighty war
have scarce died away, Andean ye whose blood
leaped so wildly, proudly, when victories w re
won, so soon forget tlio~e who gave their lives
so willingly to gain them ? Even foeman have
admiration and reverence for the brave who
nobly fought for their principle of right; and
although jo theory this is granted by all, yet
■ the hurried eagerness ovjnced by many, to
I p-. (... 1 ....1,, i u 1 t,.c waut. of svmnuihy
wi h their coun'rymen, their abuse of too
“wrong measures” of their Southern brethren,
simply signifies the wish to blot out all that
remains'of holy truth and beauty in the hist
cause; truth because of the honest eandor and
belief of its justice. Can we not suffer the
South to crumble intoa “dignified ruin” with
out striving to tear from her the clinging re
mains of the laurels her heroes died to be
queath her? Let not the world point, in de
risjon at our bason 83 ; let us be loyal to our
remaining mt rgkjs, Jijjt obi nover seek to
j sully the brightes' images of the past.
“ Kentucky.”
File Priests Indicted in Missouri.
We have been i-urpris d to re»<l in the St.
1 ]> >uis Kepublican, of a recent date, 'hat live
piiests Fathers linowd, McUerjry, Kyan, O’Rea
! gnu and O'llonoughoe, seutlemen who coDgti'n
ted ihe ficnltv of St. Vincent’s College in that
Slate, distinguished for their learning and refine
ment—have been indicted by a grand jury, and
called to appear before a criminal court to an
swer lo the indictment which has some reference
to the “test oath,”so-called, the constitutionality
<f «h cb is now before the Supreme Court of 'he
country. When ihe cases were palled, the rever
end fathers petitioned for a postponement until
next term, in older that they might continue
tea hing the Seminaries until next .June. They
were accordingly lielu to bail in SI,OOO each.
The arresp was jnade on a Situs day night, hut
hty all gave bail'to appear on JJonday, and the
arresting officer ;eft. The people on Sunday
were in the highest degree excited, and it might
have required but a word to arouse them to armed
resistance. But the good priests used their irflu
! eti.ee in another direction. I is a (ise and a be.iu
ti ul commentary on the spirit of the Catholic re
ligion wh oh counsels obtldi-'pcp to law and au
thority. The Fathers in-tead of oomptaining and
exciting feeling already too much arouse f, sat
them an example in tte other direction. The
chuicb, at she 10 o’clock mass, was densely
crowded. After the Gospel (which was about
John in prisou) ti>e officiating priest preached a
beautilul semtdn on patiepsy. He showed to his
congregation that they should not be angry
1 against the people who had caused the trouble,
I a d in the end commanded the Catholic portion
I of the ii.b bitapts, by ail the authority he had
over them, not to rpy or do anything that could
I get, up an excitement.
| Fatlier MeGerry, one of the parties arrested, is
described as a venerable old n an, over seventy
! tears of age. the friend of B’shop Dubois, the
j second sppe.ior pf Mount St. Mary’s College.
Kmmetshurg, ami for mmy years pas or o! a
cfiutofe at Washington, flis memory is full oi
recollections «.i tfee nastxiine, stories of the revo
lution, in which ids {'aihera foug'i t. He is a man
whom all love and revere for his goodne sa id
kit di-ess. I' was aft range thing to seif that tttio
old man stand st the bar of a erint na! court
charged with ;!• crime unknown to the laws. It
is t) be hoped that before tjia case is cal ed for
trial in June, better counsels will prevail, and
lhat these unoffending and loyal pri Sts wifi be
permitted to depart umnoles'ed to pursue tlieii
mission of lave, chant;, an l good will to men.
%. _ O’.
Wit.— The habit of niind however, which
wit cherish.es, i 9 obviously not desirable. Wit
turns ou secondary and trifling relations, not
O' fundamental agreements. The more phiios
sophical our habits of observation, the mure
carefully and consiantly we note important re
semb ances the les3 shall we mark or treasure
the trivial connections of wit. The movement
of mind from which wit springs is opposed
both to thorough and serious reflection, and
ought not therefore to become habitual.
Nor is wit desirable as a constant accompa
niment of composition or of conversation. The
train of thought is too much interrupted and
divirtrd by it. Take, for instance, the habit
of ptiDning. The puu demands aseparate con
sideration of mere verbal relations. The
thread of discourse is for the instant broken,
and the mind requires time to rally and re
unite it. Let diversions of this sort recur sev
eral times, and the interest and attention due
to the cardinal point are lost, and the main
topic is abandoned amid the percussion of
small wit. Undoubtedly even the most se
rious discourse can, in the hands of a master,
suffer occasional hunrr without detriment ;
but more frequently laughter is secured at the
cost of conviction.
Another undesirable result, of wit, when
constantly employed, is the insatiable demand
to which it gives rise. ‘ Men love to laugh
better than to thjnk : and the moment they
can find one who them in this re
sped they require a ffoustant exhibition of his
power, and transform him, as far as possible,
into a public buffoon. Great earnestness and
strength of purpose are required to resist this
tendency. The power is rare and exceedingly
attractive, and flatter.ng in the immediate
populatity it con'ers. One who possesses it is
strongly tempted on all occasions to indulge
it, more and more to rely upon it, and thus
ultimately become a cracker of Jokes.
[Philosophy of Rbetorick.
Mrs. ClementC. Clay has relumed fr.qra For
tress Monroe to Washington, and had another
interview with the President. She is indefati
gable in her efforts to relieve her husband from
imprisonment.
What a Li*. — The Commercial's Washing
ton special says : It is expected the cotton tax
paid at Macon alone, for January, will exceed
*
F om the N< w York World. Pic. 21
The Great Southern I’iano Manufac
tory
Uutil about forty years ago Americans were
content to purchase at largo prices very indif
ferent piano-fortes from England, France, aDd
Germany. These instruments,,never very good
in themselves, were utterly unable to stand tbe
excessive variation of our climate, ami the super
heatiDgofour parlors generally, so that after
two or threhears they liecame mere rattle-traps
fit only for kindling wood. One of the first
houses to assert that America eould manufacture
for herself, and whose efforts were suocensful in .
diminishing the importation of pianos, was that
of Knabe A Co., who commenced business over
thirty year? ago in the Monumental City of Balti
more. Their beginnings were humble, for large
investments in an untried branch of trade,
which must at once come into competition with
the best m anufactures of Europe, was then a
thing unheard of, since, besides the competi
tion to be overcome, there was a wide-spread
deeply-rooted prejudice in favor of the foreign
art'cle to be encountered The excellence of
tbe Knabe piano, however, gradually attracted
attention, and it began to command a market
elsewhere than in Baltimore. Pianos made in
the Extern Stales also began to claim atten
tion, and the fact came to be realized that in
struments worthy of that namo could be made
in America,-and that it was worse than folly to
import an article at a high price, which could
be furnished at home better in quality, and at
about two-thirds the cost.
Under these favorable circumstances, the
house of Knabe gathered strength and made
headway, until to-day their manufactory is one
of the largest in the world, and their busines
ex'.ends all over the United States, S >uth
America, the West Indies, and even to Eu.
rope.
This house in the only rival of the few great
piano establishments of the Eastern and North
ern -Htaefi, aud the Knabe instruments are
running a race in popularity, and successfully
competing, in the North aud East, with the
best pianos made there. The enterprise of the
firm is noteworthy.
The present capacity of their manufactory
enables them to turn out thirty-five pianos per
week, but the success of their agency in New
York, carried on by J. Bailer & Co , has si
greatly iuemsed the demand for their instru
ments that they have been compelled to erect a
new wing to their building on Eutaw and
West streets, Baltimore, wh : eh, with the lum
ber yarn attached, occupies two entire blocks.
This extensive manufactory is rve stories high,
and with the new wing attached, will present j
a frontage of four hundred and thirty-six fe?t,
with a depth on all the floors of the building
of forty feet. We doubt if there ig a piano
factory in the world of much larger dimensions
All the modern mechanical aids to labor are
contained therein ; their beautiful engine turns
a hundred wheels, and moves a score of saws ;
the motive power, steam, warms the entite
building, and a number of rare and costlv
machines, of extraordinary power and unique
invention, are in constant operation to produce
the beautiful specimens of workmanship which
the Knabe-piaj.cs. ■ xhibit.
| The pianos tof Knabe A Co. arc sterling ;n
--j slruments, thoroughly made of first-class anil
long seasoned materials, so that their powers
of endurance may be entirely relied upon
They are not turned out rapidly with a view
only to their sale, but the makers expect that
each pian > shall be an advertisement, of many
years 1 standing, of the sterling excellence of
their work
There are but, few makers of grand pianos in
! the country, and in this class of instruments
the Knabe acknowledges no superior. Their
. j new scale hag produced an instrument of no' le
| qualities The tone is large and srnorons,
briiliaut antlsvnjpathelic, round and bell-like,
and its power of singing or sustaining the
sound is not exceeded in any instrument now
made. The touch is firm, yet elastic; light,
vet powerful, meeting every want of the play
er. It is an instrument of surpassing beauty,
grandeur and richness —one that could not
tail to inspire a good player with exquisite
thoughts.
Ttie new squares are equally marked in their
general excellence. The popular weakn- ss
seems now to be in favor of a great body of
tone. This is übt in accordance with correct
taste. The Knabe square piano has plenty of
tone, but is of a refined and beautiful character,
sympathetic and brilliant, clear and equal in all
its registers, and its singing quality is but lit le
less than thatof their grand. In point of touch
: it is alj that couhl bo desired, while in fitc-li
and exterior appearance the workmanship is
perfect. The purchaser of a Knabe square
piano may re* 1 assured that lie possesses i ue
1 of the finest instruments in the world,
i The uprights sFo the best of their class now
1 made ill the United States, The tone is swt et
1 and silvery, riclfand send mental, and pos'Se-a-es
I far more (lower than could bo expected from
instruments of that class. They stand well in
1 time, their small, compact form is very eonvo
, nitni. the cases elegant, and the%s“»- -»u ev. vv
way an admTruoie instrument. **•««.*
The Pollarn-Tyier Shooting Scrape.
The Richmond Times of the (>th contains an ac
count of the shooiing scrape in which Mr. Pol.
lard, of the Examiner, and Messrs. Tyler and
! Coleman, of the Faiquirer, were the actors on
I the previous dav at the Capitol. Wo make the
j following extracts:
| AF/RAV TN THE TtOTUXPA —THE DELIBERATIONS
SUMMARILY INTERRUPTEP.
Mr. Baldwin resumed the Speaker’s chair,
when almost immediately pistol shots, in rapid
succession, were beard in tbe vestibule. These
sounds, though nnuouhi to the pte.ee, wa« far
from taking a majority of the nu mbers by sur
prise. fur it was preitv generally known that
Mr 11. R. Pollard, of the Examiner, had been
wait-ng in the rotunda for an hour or more to
attack Mr. N. P. Tyler, of the Enquirer, when
the latter'should leave tho hall of the House.—
Mr. Tyler had left the hall about five seconds
before the firing was heard, in company wi ll
Mr. Coleman, of the Enquirer, and another gen
tleman.
At the crack of the first pistol, the members,
with few exceptions, rose to their ieet, aud
there was a general and confused rush to the'
door, where a desperate struggle ensued be
tween those who were anxious to get out, aud
others who, being in the rotunda, and suppos
ing themselves in the line of fire, to get in. The
door-keeper, also, took an active part in this
contest, his object being to close the doors lest
some one in the hall should he Shot The noise
consequent upon these various exertions, to
gether with the ince; rant tattoo of the Speaker’s
gavel, and his calls to order, were deafening.
The Speaker’s efforts to restore order being
partially successful, several members could be
heard calling through the almost closed doors
to those without, “Don’t shoot! don’t shoot! !
At length the door keeper got these gentlemen
out of the way and closed the door with a
bang.
Order being restored, the Speaker command
ed the sergeant-at-arms to arrest and brin g
b fore the House the aujqors of the disturb
ance, an order which was immeolately e,\c.
cute !, and Messrs. Pollard and Tylyr appear, d
before the bar of the House.
The Speaker announced to the parties that
they had been crdeied into custody for having
committed a breach of the privilege of 1V
House of Delegates, and asked if they had an v
bing to say why they should not be retain'd
in custody and tried for the offence.
Mr. Po-lard approached the Sn -aker’s chair
and said that he confessed the charge of having
disturbed the session of the body; hut wou d
make a statement in explana
tion of his act. Mr, Tyter h»d on the previous
day, in an editorial in the Enquirer, accuud
him of a falsehood. He had been seeking Mr.
Tvler on the streets, but the la-lpr had con
cealed himself in a cowardly manner.
The Speaker interrupted Mr. Pollard, re
minding him tha he must confine his remarks
to a justification of. his own conduct.
Mr. Pollard resumed, saying, that as lie
could not find Mr Tyler oo the street, he had
come up to the Capitol in search of him. Ap
Mr. Tyler came out. of the hall, he (Pollard)
approached him. He (Tyler) drew liis pistol,
and he (Pollard) drew Ids. He was sorry for
what, he had done It. had been done in a lit
of passion.
Mr. Tvler come forward and sa : d he had been
guilty of no breach of tbe privilege of the
House. He bad said no word to iny man. He
had done nothing. When Mr. Pellard had ap
proached him in the rotunda, he (Tvler) bad
drawn a pistol, and would have tired, but that
be saw he was in do danger Mr. pollard’s pis
tol was pointed up, and was fired tip in the air.
There never was a man in less dunger than 1 e
(Tyler) was. He had not fired a shot, as might
bo ascertained by an examination of his pistol,
which would be found with all its barn Is
loaded.
Tho Speaker remanded both gentlemen to the
custody of tho sergeant at arms until the
House should act upon the matter, and the
sergeant-at arms thereupon ' wlthdrow with
them from the hnll.
Mr. Watkins said that evidently, from the
number of shots, there was some other person
engaged in tho tiring, and that person should
bo arrested and brought before the House
A >ng discussion, partie patod in by n num
ber of members, then followed as to what course
the House should pur. uo in the promises.
At this point Mr. Coleman appeared, and was
heard. He had only to say that, as he passed
out of the hall, and had proceeded about ten
feet beyond the door, a gentleman whom he
did not then know raised his cane and made to
wards Co|onel Tyler. He (Coleman) walked
towards the front door, and as he nearod it, Mr.
Pollard fired at him. Re,.fired at Mr. Pollrad
with a single-barrel pistol ’which was the only
weapon he had, and then stood whose he was.
Mr. Pollard fired at him Sgam, and then re
treated. A member of tlie House had then ad
vanced and thrown h-a protecting arn»B around
him (Coleman.) Nothing was further from his
intention than to commit a breach of the privi
leges of the House, and ho did he bad
done only to protect himself.
* r . Jjvrnes wanted to know who fired tAo
firs} p. ioJ ?
Mi Coleman stated the first shot had been
firpd by the gentleman whom he knew now,
frotu having seen him at the bar of the House,
to be Mr. Pollard.
After adjournment the members assembb d
in tbe rotunda to examine the result of the
firing; none of the parties to the affray having
been struck, it was matter of interest to know
what had become of the bullets. Three bullet
marks were to be seen ou the west wall, near
the north corner of the rotunda, about twelve
feet from the floor, while another shot had
-struck the cane in the right hand of Houdon’.-i
statue of Washington, carrying away one of the
marble tassels. Five shots are said to have
been fired, but only four could at that time be
accounted for. It is deeply to be regretted that
tbe Dobie statue of Washington, which with
stood unscathed four years of war and the cap’
lure anil overrunning of the city, should at last
be thus unintentionally mutilated.
Noth —Owing to the excitement and not yet
subsided tumult ot the moment, our reporter
lest a few words of the statement of Mr. Pol
lard, and also of that of Mr. Tyler. All the
parlies to this affair remain in the custody of
the sergeant-at arms.
We may add that Captain John Freeman has
in his safe keeping the fragment of marble shot
from the statue of Washington.
LATEST MEWSBY THE MAILS.
New York, Jan. 7.—At his late interview
with the Fenian Congress, General Sweeney
stated that months ago he advised and urged
Col. O’Mahony to open a correspondence witii
General Phil. Sheridan for tbe purpose of
placing him at the head of the Fenian army,
offering himself to take any subordinate posi
tion under Sheridan, provided the latter wouid
accept the leadership. General Sweeney ba t
isuted a card to the.brotherhood to the effect
that ho declined the first invitation to attend
the Fenian Congress, not recognizing its legal
ity, aud fearing insult and misrepresentation ;
on a second invitation, with the assurance that
his presence might do much to restore peace
and harmony, he waived his object-tens. Ho
says his apprehensions were not Hnfounded,
though his arrival was greeted with apparent
warmth, and 'his efforts at conciliation were
met by certain parties with insult aud outrage,
and he was denounced as nut being a Fenian,
because the circle of which lie was a member
dec’ded as a compliment that tib pledge should
be required of him, though bo signified his
willingness to take it. He says the element of
I discord is composed of members from Manhat
tan district, who did aud will do everything to
stifle truth and prevent union, even at the cost
of Ireland’s ruin.
Neav York, Jan. B.—Reports of (he weather
this morning state that the mercury was 31 do
gre. s below zero at Utica; 8 balmv at Halifax;
10 below at Boston; 5 below at Washington, :u
S, a. m ;-in New York it was 10 below, and
has varied from 1 above to 2 belo w.
Nkw York, Jan. B. — There is eonsiderab’e
j ice floating in the North and East rivers, caus
| tng vessels to drag their anchors.
Belfast, Me., Jan. B.— Since the unprece
dented cold term of January, 1857, the weather
has not been so severe in this section of Maine
as during the last few days. Yesterday the
thermometer was twenty degrees below aero in
this city. At Bangor thirty degrees. This
evening the weather is not so intense.
New York, Jan. B.—The Times’ Washing
ton dispatch says : Gen. J. Wavne, commander
of freedinen for Alabama, writes that lie has
succeeded in limiting the issue of subsistence
to destitute peraous of all classes in his district
to about ttftoen thousand rations per day. T'o
committee appointed for that purpose report
destitute 13,000 white persons alone.
The World’s Washington dispatch says the
names mentioned in connection with the vaca t
supreme judgeship are those of Nowell, Hous
ton and Judge Trigg, of Tcnuessee, and Judge
Sharkey, of Mississippi, with thochaucea in fa
vor of the first.
When Jeff Davis, and Regan, the Confederate
Post Master Ge ieral, were captured, there was
found upon the latter person some S6OO 000
of bills of exchange on the Rothschilds, drawn
by Trenholm, Secretary of the Treasury.
These, together with some others, in amount
to upwards of $100,000 : were sent to our cor
. respondent agent at London for collection.—
i. They have recently been returned by him to
j the Secretary of the Treasury, with an endor-e
--; ment, on the back by the house of Rothschild
; that, there was no funds to meet them. It is
alleged by persons who knew that there w is
j plenty of funds when the bills were draw i,
; yet by some means or other they have been
spirited away.
A number of medical officers were muster 'd
out Saturday-. The volunteer medical staff has
been reduced since May last from 240 to about
SO.
New Orleans, Jan. 5. The Times’ Bfowns
j villa correspondent says that on the 30 th (ten.
I R. Clay Crawford arrived at Brownsville with
i the appointment of G -nera! in the MexVun
republican army, nnrt authority to reciMii ~u
i American division for republican service under
j ins command.
Crawford established a recruiting oftic- 1 at
Browpsville and other places in Texas, and on
’ listment is already progressing rapidly.
, It is reported that Generals Lew Wallace
an<l Logan are connected with the movement,
and are soon expected Caravajal, the famous
j Mexican flllibuster, is alao expected with a
large suns of money to assist in defraying ex
penses.
The Imperialists in Mataraoras are having
considerable trouble.
General Mejia commenced barricading the
streets, fearing an attack from Crawford’s
American division at, any time.
It is thought Crawford will join Escobedo nod
move on Monterey, establishing their base at
that point.
A schooner loaded with arms and ammuni
tion, consigned to a purveyor at the headquar
ters 25th army corps, went, ashore at Bftgdad,
and w-as seized by the Imperialists.
Mejia hag levied a loan of SIOO,OOO on the
merchants of Matamoras.
The military railroad from Brazos is comple
ted to White Ranche. Travel from Brownsville
to Brazos is now only four hours.
Later news says that American families are
leaving Matamoras and coming to the American
side, fearing an attack Irom the Liberal forces,
numbering about 2,200, scattered along the
river.
New Haven, .Tan. 7—The sa r es of the
Adams’ Express Company, en route from New
York to Boston on the night of the 6th test.,
were rifled of all their contents with the excep
tion of two parcels, which the thieves in their
hurry overlooked. The extent of the loss has
not yet been ascertained, but it is supposed to
he not less than half a milliondollars in money
and bonds. H. Sanford,
Sup’t Adams’ Express Company.
New Haven, Jan. 7.—The value of the
amount stolen from the iron car of Adams’
Express Company on the Boston mail train, on
Saturday night, was, as near as can beascir
tained at present, about $500,000. The cur
was probably entered while at the depot in
New York. The thieves pried off the lock i n
one door of the oar, and also the locks to two
of the safes. SBO 000 in greenbacks and SOO -
000 in government notes were le f t by the
thieves on the floor of the car. They got out
with their plunder atCoscob bridge. The offi
cials of the company are hern investigating
matters, she robbery was not discovered un
til tbe arrival of the train at this city.
Ttae“Bonney Blue Flag”
ax rloqoenf apostrophe.
The following beautiful extract is from a
speech delivered by the Hon. Alexander White,
in the Alabama State Convention :
* * e The Bonnie Blue Flag no longer
reflects the light, ot the tnorni-ig sunbeam, or
kisses with its silken folds the gonial breeze of
our Southern clime. The bands that waved it
along the fiery crest of a hundred battlefields,
and the hearts that, for the love they bore it!
so often defied danger and death, no longer
rally around it. Another banner waves in
triumph over its closed and prostrate (olds, hus
proud memories and glorious r< collections cl us-,
ter around it. Sir, I will refrain. The South
needs no eulogy. The faithful record of her
achievements will encircle her brow with glory
bright aud enduring as the di dems that crowns
the night of her cloudless skies. The scenes nr
Marathon and I’latai have been re-enact. ,i ; u
the New World without the beneficent results
which flow from those battle-fields of freedom,
end our coudl y lies prostrate at the feet of the
aonqueror.
Bit dearer to me is she 'in this hour of h r
humiliation than was she in the day and hour
of her pride and her power. Each blood
stained field, each track of devastation, each
new made grave of her sons fft'len in the de
fence, each mutilated form of the Confedem e
soldier —her widow’s tear, her orphan’s cry—
are but sp many chords that bind me to her
in the midst of her desolation, and draw tnv
affections closer around my stricken country.
W ea I raise my voice or lift my hand against
her, may the thunders rive me where I stand.
Though [ be false in all else, I will b- true to
her. Though all others may proye faithless,
I will be faithful still. And when, in obe
dience to the great command, “Dust to dust,”
ray heart shall return to that earth from
whence it sprung, it shall sink into her bosom
with the proud consciousness that it never
knew one bent no* in unison with the honor,
the interests, tbo glory of my country.
Government Camels to be Mold. —Sixty six
of the camels that wore purchased by the gov
ernment during Buchanan's administration, for
the purpose of transporting gooda and supplies
over tho great Western plains, are now at Capo
Verde, near San Antonio, Toxas, and are of
fered for sale by the Quartermaster of the De
partment of the Gulf. Bids for one or more
of the animals will be received until the first
of March, 1866, vflten the proposals will bo
opened at New Orleans, La.
r •' •*' •
Comuiercial.and Financial.
LflnsviLLK, J»n 8, lfsfiti The N-w Y< rk dis
patches hi tlie Merchants’ Exchange quote that
ma.-krt d-pressed for cotton, breadstuff's, provi
sion-*, amfwlii-ky, white groceries wc ctu-taiaed
Liverpool dates to the 22d ult., per Canada, were
received, noting a decline of J 4 pence o > cotton;
breadstuffs dull and nomiua, and provisions
quiet.
The dispatch from the exchange to Cincinnati
quoted provisions dull and unsettled, and prices
declteing. The receipts of hogs during the pre
vious 24 hours were 8,543, with sales at 9s9J£c
per gross.
The Hog Market —The market has been
drooping all the week, and buyers to-dav weie
not offering over 9 • gross for good condition* I
hogs, with sales of Jiglit averages at Bj£aß%c.
Drovers ure not w lling to submit to any further
decline and are packing on their own account,.
We h>ar of no uiateriul transactions, and subjoin
the fu l returns of the packing and receipts ti
date.
Previous report of number killed 73T11
Kii’ed to-day 2 897
Number ; n pens 4,970
Tot*' 81.128
LIVERPOOL MARKET.
By Telegraph to Londonderry,
Liverpool, Oe *. 22.—The cotton broker-’ ci • -
eular reports the Eale of Orleans at 23d. middling
Orleans at 2l}< i, fair Mobile at 22%d, middling
Mobile 21d, lair npiar.d 22>£d. middling-uplant
2!d, the market dosing with an upward ten
dency.
Satterlhwaite’s circular of the evening of 20th
December says, since our last a very large amount
of business has been transacted in 5-20 s at con
siderably enhanced quotations, as the message “f
President, Johnson gives renewed confidence.
•The Daily News says: American securities con
tinue to he imnorted in largo amounts by each
steamer, and but for those re nitta. ces of specie
from America would be much larger.-although '<>
some extent this is a negative result. So tar as
our money market is cneorned it is certain that
a direct prejudicial influence is exercised,
rnuch as we send to America goods for the ra t
material of which we have to pay cash. She di--
ebarges her debt to a considerable extent in pa -
per.
Advices from Frankfort state that since tho re
ception oi the President’s message an immense
business had tak u plsce in American stocks—an
advance of 3}-£ in two days.
New York Markets.
New York, Jan.- 5,6, P. M - —The gold
market was a sha 'e firmer, anet coin could only
he borrowed by paying 3a5 per cent interest
upon the currency value. Tbo opening price
was 142 J, followed hy a decline of J and it
subsequent advance to 1431.
Foreign exchange was dull, and bankers’
hills at sixty days on England were quoted at
1094. most of the transactions being at }O9
Short date bills were sol at HOallOj. Com
mercial bills were in lim ted supply at lOSi
108}.
Bread-stuffs —Receipts, 4,267 barrels Flour,
48 do, arid 575 bags Corn Meal, 1000 bushels
Wheat, 1000 do Corn, 5,400 do, Oates and
250 do. Rve T e market for State and Wes
tern Flour was quiet, and prices declined salo
cents per barrel, tbe market closing without
animation and with continued downward ten
dency. Tbs sale 3 were about 6,500 barrels at
our revis d quotations annexed. Southern
Flour wu3 dull and lower; the sales were 400
barrels. Canada Flour was salo cents lower
on all brands, but mainly on the inferior to
medium grades; the sale- were about 250 bar
rels. Rye Flour was quiet and unchanged
Corn Meal was dull arid drooping. We quote :
Superfine and Western Flour $ 7 40a 7 0i
Extra State 8 20n 8 35
Choice State 8 10a 8 60
Common to medium oxlra Wesi’o, 8 15a 8 0-3
Extra round hoop Ohio.. 8 75a 0 00
Western trade brands !> 05al0 25
Odmrnon Southern 8 95'i10 00
Fancy and extra ditto -. 10 OOalO 15
Common, Canadian 8 25a 8 00
Good to choice and extra 8 70all 20
Rye Flour (superfine) 5 25a 6 10
Corn Meal, Jersey 4 25a
“ Brandywine 4 50a 4 00
“ “ (mneheons.. 24 00a24 50
The demand for wheat was very limited, ai d
prices continued entirely nominal, ruling la2c
lower, at which decline tho offerings were vi ry
liberal. No noticeable sales, however, w re
made. Corn was more active and steady, wi'h
sales of about 55 000 bushels at 00a92} cems
for unsound, and 94-95 cents for sound mixed
Western ; some damaged sold at 88} cents
Oats were also more steady. Tho sales were
at 46n03 cents for unsound Western, 54a55 for
Pennsylvania, and L 0 02 cents for State. It re
was steady, with sales of 2 000 bushels Slate at
$1 <)7. Barley and malt continued dull and ex
tremely nominal.
Coffee—The market was fairly active and
prices were item. We note further sales of
1000 bags Rio, px Ebiora, and 3.979 bags do ,
ex Sphinx, on private terms. The annexed
quotations are nominal : Rio—Prime, 20} cen's;
g>od. 19Aa20 cents, fair 18}al9 cents; ordinal'*,
17}al8 cent.!-; fair to good cargoes, 18} l9f
cents; 1 Java, mats and bags. 28a29 cents; native
Ceylon, 24a25 cents; Maracaibo, 21}h24 cents;
I Lagnayra, 2la?3} cente; St. Domingo, 17-Jalß4r
| et-PIH ,»*1 Roia. n.t dK-b, .tuljr pdil)
Cotton. - Tho market was buoyant and fii in,
j with a continued good inquiry from ad clas es
|of buyers. The sales, however, were in go id
! part to speculators, and comprised about 5000
j hales, the market closing steadily at our quota
tions :
Uptan.b Fto-ida. Mobt'e. N. O& T
Ordinary 44 • 45 45 41
j Mt Idlin'?. 51 52 52 , ?.!
i Good Middling. .53 54 54‘ 15
Gunny Cloth.—The market, was firm, under
: a fair demand. 600 bales were taken at 29}a
30 cents on tho spot and to arrive in Boston
The market closed 30 cents .and upwards.
Gunny Bags —We note sides of 200 bales at
31} cents in Boston. The market was firm,
with a moderate inquiry.
Hat—The market was unchanged in every
respect. The sales were at 65a70 ets for ship
ping parcel ', and 85a95 cts for city bale.
Ikon —Trade has been rather bettor; hut
prices, though very steady, were without per
ceptible ehatige. The sales include COO tons
No. 1 extra American, in lots, at from $52 a
52 60, some holding at 52; 100 tons American
wrought scrap, and 100 tons Summer Lee on
private terms; 200 tons No 1 Glengarnock,
from ship, brought ssl, and 50a75 tons Gnrts
herric sold, from yard, at $52. A moderate
business was continued in manufactured iron
a! our last quotations.
Molasses was in demand, and the market
ruled quite buoyant. Prices were very steady.
The sales werg 115 barrels new crop New Or
leans, at. from $1 05a 1 25, and 75 hogsheads
Barb-, does, os private terms. Some few lots
Porto Rico were taken at previous prices.
“Nails —The market was rather quiet, hut
prices were Rominallv un dtered . Oat were
selling at from 7}c aßc, as to brand, the in
side price for inferior qualities. Clinch were
firm at from 9caloc ; forged horge 36 cents lor
8d ; copper 60 cents ; yellow metal 41 cents,
and zinc 20 cents cash.
Naval Stores—The market has been dull,
but nA special variation in prices was noticea
hie in any department. A few lots common
rosin 3 were taken at $6 37}a$6 50. We note
sales of 500 barrels, strained No. 2, at from
$5 75.510 We quote No. 1 sllal7, and
prime tiale to virgin, sl9 >S22 Snirits of Tur
pentine was steadv at 08}e$l 02} for latge
lots without particular sates. Crude do. was
I held at $7 50a$8 We heard of no sates
j whatever. Tar was selling at s3us4 50, in
| chiding North County and Wilmington.
| Pitch was steady, with a few small sales at
| $7 for No 1 city.
Provisions —Receipts 191 bids pork, 701 do
beef. 186 packages cut meat. 266 do arid 12
kegs lard. The pork market, though fairly ac
tive, was heavy and prices ruled to a consider
able extent ir. buyers’ favor, old mess closi g
at $27 35 regular. 'Hie sales for present de
livery comprised about 7 000 hbls, a,t 28 75u29
25 for new mess ; $27 75a28 25 for old do :
$22 50 for prime, and $22 50a23 50 for prime
mess The sales for future delivery wri"‘
jiearly 7.000 hbls new mess, mos'ly for F< b
riiarv, March, April and May, sellers'option at
$28i28 75. The demand for beef was fairaid
prices were firm. The sdes were 600 hbls, -• t
sllal4 for old plain mess; $14a17 for old ex!'a
mess ; $17a20 for new plain mess, and $22n24
for new extra mess. Beef hams were qu- t
with a few small sales at previous prices Buc n
was in demand; we note sales of 300 packages,
mostly short ribbed, at 15} cents, but, pa t
Cumber':'- 1 , ,| -> 1 prtpe. Both lots
1 i l ehmary del " i , : f ilers’ option.
i' i meals were firm hut ralliet quiet Wo nrle
sales of 200 packages at ll« 13 cents for shot K
d rs, and 13a.16 cents for hams Lard was in
fair demand, hut prices were drooping. Ti-e
sales reached 1.500 packages for immediate de
livery as 15}G8J cents, and about-} 000 pack
ages,for February and March delivery at 121 1
18 cents. Butter was unchanged. Slate was
selling in email quantities at 26 i4O cents, at d
Western at, 20n35 cents. Cheese was heavy
under a limited demand.
Rice.—Rangoon sold in a small way at Ola
10- ots, and Carolina was selling sparingly at
124a Ift cents. Prices wore steady.
Sugar.—The market retained a steady tone,
and full prices were obtained. The sales were
140 bhds Cuba Muscovado at. 10Ja]3 cents,
and 1170 boxes Havana at 11 }GS cents; also
by aHOinn 1(J72 boxes Havana slighlly damag
ed, at. 3|aojj cents. Refined was slightly im
proved in price by a more active inquiry. The
following is taken from Stuart’s Circular: Best,
crushed Sugar 18} cents, granulated Sugar 18
cents, ground Sugar 17} cents, white Sugar A,
17} cents, yellow Sugar C, 16} cents, cash.
Tea has been : n limited demand only, hut
prices generally were without change. T» e
principal inquiry was for greens and Oolongs
of which there were sold 1200 packages of the
firmer, and 1500 packages of the latter. A fair
line business was transacted in the other kinds,
at steady rates
Tobacco was quiet and unchanged. 100
cases Connecticut seed leaf sold at 9 cents, and
50 do State seed 1 as ,at 13; cents. Also 140
hhds. Kentucky at from 6 to 23} cents.
Whtsky.—Receipts 458 bbls." The market
continued dull and heavy, and none but trifling
sales were made, amounting in the aggregate
to 160 bbla. at from $2.25&52.28. ' 1
Presentation op a Stick to His Honor
Mayor May.-—Our efficient, worthy and popu
lar Mayor was the recipient on yesterday, at
the City Hall, of a very handsome s ick, a pres
ent- from the officers of tho City Council, in
token of the zeal, fidelity and official and pri
vate courtesy which has characterized his
administration from his induction into office
up to the present time. The stick, which ip
made of hickory grown in Richmond county,
is highly polished, and on the gold head is en
graved ■* Presented to Mayor May by his offi
cers—lß66 ” The engraving was neatly exe
cuted by Mr. Thomas Russell. The following
is the correspondence ou the occasion of pre
sentation :
Augusta, January 12, 1866.
Hon. R. H. may, Mayor Oily of Augusta:
1 have been deputed on the part of the offi
cers of the City Council of Augusta to present,
you with this gold headed cane as a slight
testimonial of the inspect and affection which
they entertain for you personally, and as a to
ken of their appreciation of the ability with
which you have administered the affairs of the
city for the past five years. Many of them
have been connected with your administration
during the whole of that period; others of them
for less time,; but all join m this expression
that your course as Mayor has conferred honor
upon yourself aud has redounded to the credit
of the city*
It is not for mo here to recapitulate the acts
which have so nobly marked your official « -
reer. These acts are familiar to the people who
have delighted to honor you and they will he
remembered with feelings of tho most fervent
, gratitude in the better days which, I trust, ate
dawning upon us.
Those whom I represent desire rne to request
your acceptance of this cane, as a trifling evi
dence of their recolloction of the uniform
kindness and courtesy exhibited towards them
by you. Asa weak declaration on their part of
the esteem in which they hold you, permit
me, sir, for myself and for them, to hope that
the remainder of your days may be blessed
with peace and happiness, and that the attach
ments cemented by official intercourse may
never be sundered.
Tours, truly,
Isiia m Thompson.
* Mayor’s Office, |
Augusta, Ga., Jan. 12tb, iB6O, j
Ma.i. Isham Thompson —
Dear Sir: I heartily and thankfully accept
the handsome testimonial which you tend r
me, and sincerely reciprocate the kind expres
sions with which it is accompanied. In tho
discharge of my duties as Chiof Magistrate of
the city of Augusta, I have endeavored to re
member the obligations resting upon mo i<>
hold all with whom I have been connected as
gentlemen, and to so conduct myself-towards
them as to make our intercourse harmonious
and pleasant. As truly stated by you, sir, tho
association between many of us has continued
for years, and I can cheerfully say that,"in most
instances, nothing lirs occurred to mar the con
nection.
I shall cherish this evidence of your kindness
for me with feelings of pride. It is a reflection
of tho highest pleasure to me that my motives
and acts are approved by my fellow citizen",
who have so often come forward to my encour
agement, and I twist that the future will prove
to all of us a time of rejoicing. Let us all so
act that we may always have the gratifying
i consciousness of duty done in whatever condi
tion we may ho plac'd.
Kespectfjlly, yours.
Rout 11. May.
The New Steamer Charles S, ITardkk. -
The new and splendid steamer Charles H.
Hardee, Capt. Richard Johnson, arrived yes
terday from Savannah. The Hardee has made
her first trip to Augusta, but will, wo believe,
on her return in Savannah, be placed on the
Doetortown and Altaraaha line. She was built
by Pusey, Jones & Co, of Wilmington, Del.,
who also built tlie W r m.G. Gibbons and Two
| Boys, and made the trip from Wilmington so
| Savannah in fifteen days, having encountered
j strong’easterly winds, which delayed her arr -
! val. Tho Savannah Herald contains a descrip
tion of tho Charles S. Hardee, from which wo
extract her dimensions, capacity, and superior
passenger.and freight accommodations :
Length of keel, 330 feet; over nil, 146 fee ;
baeadt.il of beam. 22 feet 6 inches; over all. 46
feet ; depth of hold. 6 fgpt 1 inch. She has 1 ,»o
high pressure engines, oach 16 inch cylin.let
and 72 inch stroke; one tubular boiler, 16 (Vet
;in length and 7 feet in diameter with a he,t
--1 j ing surface of 1,300 feet. The’wheels are 33
feet in diameter and 7 bet face. The hull is
j constructed of iron, carefully selected. There
jis a centre bulkhofd running t' ! e entire length
of the boat, fore and aft, which isjv Slur-tight. ’
' The Hardee will carry 800 hales of cotton,
1 drawieg 4 feet of water, and will make 12
• miles per hour. She has 16 state-rooms, con
taining 32 berths, and, with cots, can accomo
date 100 cabin passengers. The saloon is di
vided by folding doors, the after part being
designed for Indies. ’Life-beds, life-presp'v
ers, puThps, fire-hose, fire buckets, axes, S c ,
&e., are provided, and her fittings generally
are-the 'same as on Northern steamers of llie
latest aud most appproved plan. Every con
venience for passengers in wash rooms, water
closets, comfortable bed clothing cabin and
state room furniture, crock ry a id glassware
are provided.
Cap ain Richard Johnson'the commander,
is an oi l and experienced sleamhoater. Th
Purser is our clever and obliging yc ung friend,
Willie Cranston, son of Major H. Cranston.
We commend this boat to the favorable con
sideration of the (ravelling and shipping pub
lic. Captain W. B. Davison is the Agent.
Death of a Confederate Soldier —Mr. A.
J L.-.MeCall, son of James McCall, of Loui '.
ville, Ky., died in this city on the morning of
tbe.lOTh instant. The deceased had been a
Confederate soldier, and was, we learn, makiDg
is way home from the North, where he had
been in prison, and afterwards sick in hospit
al. Having lost his parole and transportation
papers, he walked to this city, and was nu t
by Mr. E. Robertson, who took him to his
residence, where lie expired, as above stated.
Peace to the so the Confederate soldier,
who, let ns hope, has gone to a better and
purer world, where neither wars nor the ru
mors of wars will never disturb him more.
Liuisvijlp papers are requested to copy this
notice, or its substance, in order that the
friends of the deceased may know that his re
mains repose in our cemetery.
What Gen. Joe Johnston is Reported to
have Said. —it is stated that in a recent trip
up the Mississippi, Generals Joe Johnston and
Sherman were passengers on the same steamer.
One remarkfrom General Johnston was worthy
of note, which was to the effect,that under the
President’s liberal, hum i-> and tiuly demo
cratic policy ofreconstruction, the South would
j soon get over the visible effects of the war, and
| that in four years’ time the United States would
be the most prroperous and powerful of t l
nations and of all governments.
Hung. —For the first tiino in many years an
execution took place in this vicinity yesterday.
The negro man Isaac, found guilty of tho mur
der of Mr. Henry Amos, in Hancock county
last July, was hnng yesterday, near the Powder
Works, at 19 minutes past 12 o’clock. We
are informed that on being led forth to meet
his death, ho asserted his innocence, but it is
stßtcd that on previous occasions he admitted
his guilt.
Found Dead.— Early yesterday morning a
poor, unfortunate fraud twin was found deed
near the Hamburg bridge, supposed from cold
and starvation. Where is the Freedmeu’s Bn*
reau, whose duty it is to provide for the warns
of the suffering, needy poor of the colored rac ?
This*s a sad commentary, and we make it in a
spirit of commisseration, not of malice or un«
kindness.
A Snow Storm in a Ball Room. — A writer
in Once-a Week gives a description of a Ru -
sian hall at Moscow, during which the scene
in the ball-room was enlivened by the strange
phenomenon of a snow-storm, produced by the
sudden lowering of the temperature of the
room. The writer tints describes it :
Theevening passed pleasantly enough, but
towards the close, the heat began to get inti l
eruble, and although the gentlemen did their
duty well, it is only fair to say, in fanning
the fair ones and bringing them ice, it became
more and more oppressive. At last a pentle
man—braver than the rest —(probably his arm
actud) —threw open the top part of the win
dow, and now happened the phenomenon. A
cold gnst of wind blew suddenly in through
the open window, and the heated air whielt i
was congregated in the upper part of the
room became suddenly condensed, ntid de
scended upon the assembled party in the form
of snow-flakes Probably there never was
sem so curious a sight in a ball room—ladies 1
and gentlemen in ball toilet, in the midst of a i
dance, and snow-flakes descending upon them; t
and were it not for the incongruity of the J
attire, more like a skating party. The snow- j
storm was, as may be imagined, the couver- *
sat ion of the guest, for the rest of the even- j
ing, aud the inhabitants of .the town for the
ensuing week.
By Telegraph.
ASSOCI A.TED P RESS DISPATCHES
Later from Europe.
• mm
, ARRIVAL OF THE SCOTIA.
FURTHER DECLINE IN COTTON.
PEACE BETWEEN SPAIN AND CIIILT;
New York, Jan. 12.
The steamship Scotia has arrived, bringing
Liverpool dates to the 31st December.
Tim sales of cot ton for the week were 29,000
. bates, at a decline of jd , the matket closing
. firmer. Orleans middlings 21 Jd.
U S 5-20 s 6*»'i6r>.V. Bank rate 7.
Decrease of'Bullion in the Bank of England
, £470 000
> It is rumored that a peace has been arrattg
ed between and Chili by mediation.
1 TRTAL OF COM. SEMMI3S.
r Washington, Jan. 11 .—The trial of Semnics
I is delayed by the absence of Commodore Wiuß
low, and one of the most important witnesses,
* who sailed a short time ago to the Gulf. The
‘ Commodore’s arrival is looked for at an early
? day.
CONGRESSIONAL.
, WAsniNGT on.an. 11.
Senate.—Johnson made a speech, in which
a he denied that Congress Ims ihe power to de«
' r (:lar(1 war against tho States. It could, he said,
t suppress insurrection, hut not hold the South-
I ern States as conquered territory.
] House.—Rogers delivered a speech against
- negro suffrage in the District of Columbia.
Farnsworth favored the hill, saying that im
partial suffrage was the only guarantee of
a proper state of affairs South.
NEW YORK MARKET.
New A oek, Jan. 11.—The cotton market
( was steady to-day Gold 38].
r Commercial and Financial.
n (Reported for the Constitutionalist.)
f Friday, Jan. 12, 1866.
COTTON.—The market was quiet, with some
.. little inquiry—prices ranging from 42a43e. for
h strict middling.
s GOLD.—Market dull. Brokers buying at 142
and selling at 144.
t SlLVEß.—Brokers buying at 165, and sell-,
ing at 140a142.
SECURITIES.—Georgia eld State Bonds, to
'* day, sold at 75 cts , Georgia Railroad Stock at
ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE-
T)Y virtue 'of an order from the Ordinary of
> JO Morgan county, witi beso’d, before the Court
House door nt Madison, in said county, on the
. first Tuesday in February next, the Lands belong
ing to the estate of Charles P. Shoemaker, de
ceas'd. containing fourteen hundred and twenty
six (1426) acres, more or les>. adj anine lands of
Simeon N. Brown. John P. Pears. A. Reese, and
Others. WILLIAM H. SHEWM AKER,
deo7— 40 Administrator.
NOTICE.
A LL poisons indebted to Wir. and John
t r\ Scott, late of Colnmbri coun'y, deceased,
are .hereby notified to make imm u diat - payment,
' and those having demands against said deceased
! to present them, du'v authenticated, within the
I, time prescribed tty law.
W. 11. GERALD, Adm’r.
| d;c2—4o
! NOTICE
ALL persons indebted to the estate of T. M.
Watson, late, of Colombia county, deceased,
are requested to make immediate payment, and
. those having claims against said estate are re
, quested to presen' them duly authenticated within
the time prescribed by law.
• This Ist dav or January IRCg
JOHV.H. WATSON. 'I
TOM PETER WATSON, V Ex’rs.
V. M. BOOROUM, j
I j an 8-4 ltd
’ OTlCE.—Sixty days aftei date application
IN will he.made to the Court of Ordinary of
Wilkes county tor leave to sell tiie real estate be
longing to tbe Estate of Aaron A. Ob vetand, late
; o< Wilkes county, deceased
WM. L. CLEVELAND, 1 ~ ,
R W. QUARLES, fLx in.
1 IlftV'&i
“7 EXECUTOR’S SALE.'
('1 EORGIA, BURKE COUNTY.—By virtue ol
JT an order from tic' honoiable the Court of
- Ordinary of said count,e, will be sold, on the first
- Tuesday In FEBRUARY nex‘, lief re the Court
- House door ia the town of Waynesboro, said
r county between the legal hours of sate, nil that
tract or parcel ot Land, lying In said county of
Burke, containing twenty five hundred acres,
• more or lets, being the.,,date r> sideace of Xetmiel
Dowse, known ns Waterloo; adjoining lands ol
* .T. Randolph Whitehead, Moses Walker. Gideon
- Dowse, and Abraham L. Boyd; lying on the w»-
t rs of Brmr Greek. So das part of the estate ot
I Elisha A. Aden. !a>e of said county, deceased, and
. for the berefit of tho hairs and creditors. Terms
made known on day of sa'e.
ROB’T H ALLEN,
JKNNETT J ALLEN, Kx’trix.
de-C—td*
WARREN SHERIFF S SALES
TITILL he positively sold, at the Comt Honsc
VV door, in Warren'on, Wa-ren county, on
the firstTne-day In FEBRUARY next, between
'he usual hours of -a ! e, at out three thousand
bushels of cotton seed, from cotton lately ginned.
Levied on as the property of, Thomas F. Persons
to satisfy sundry fi fas issuing from the Supe
rior and Inferior O-urts of Warren county, in fa
vor of E. A. Brinkley and other", against Thom
as E. Person '. Levy made and property to be
f sold by consent of the defendant.
JOHN RALEY, Sheriff.
January fith. 1866. jan7-dl.tctd
I ALE.
PURSUANT to the last will and testament of
Tarlton B. Butler, late of Burke county,
deceased, wili lie so'd, befo e the Court-House
, door, in the village of S))v inia, in Scriven coun
ty, between the u«nat hours of sale, on the first
Tuesday jn FEBRUARY next, the following pro
perty, to-wit: One tract of Land, lying in tho
said county of Scriven,- containing 850 acres,
more or less, adjoining lari s of estate of Wm.
W. Oliver, lands of Win. A. Roberts and Samuel
H Littlefield. Also, one tract containing 204
acres more or less, lying in said county of Scriv
en, butting and adjoining lands of estate of Eli
jah Oglesby, lands of 11. M. Lovett, Sampson
Griffen and others. Also, one tract containing
' 168 acres, more or less, lying in said county of
• Scriven and Burke, adjoining lands of Thomas
W. Oliver, Wm. D. Campbell, and estate lands of
Tarlton B. Butler, dec’d. Also, one-halt of tbe
tar ding on Savannah River, near Stony Bluff,
known as Sweet Water Landing, containing sev
i en acres, more or less. Also, one Landing on
said river, at said bluff, containing three fourths
of an ace.
Terms on ihe day of sale.
bkitton k. Mims,
Adm’r willi will annexed of Tarlton B. Butler:
deefi-td
NOTICE. —Sxiy dnvs alter date appiicn
oatmn will be made to the Court ot Ordi
ciinaiy of Warren Co’nn'y for leave to sell a
portion «f tho Lands belonging to the Estate of
Alfred Mayes,deceased.
MARTHA MAYES, Adm’x.
Novemt er 27th, 1865. nov3o-60
NOTICE —All persons indebted to ihe es
tate ol Henry H. Hoops, late of Riihrnoml
county, deceased, are hereby required to make
immediate payment to th" undersigned; and those
having r'aims against, said e-tatc are notified to
present them, duly attested, within the time pre
sent ed by law.
' KRNFST R SCHNEIDER.) r .
GEORGE ETEBS, ( J ‘ xrr *
dec6—4#
NOTICE.
ALL persons Indebted to the estate of Hamp
ton A. Hudson, late ot Richmond county,
deceased, are hereby required to make immediate
payment to the undersigned; nno those having
claims against said estate are notified to present
them, duly attested, within ih- time prescribed
bv law. a-< Ihe law will be c rmplied with in every
case. Dr. IULLARY I) HUDSON,
Executor.
December 18th, 1865. doclb— <6*
EORIiI A, W AURKN COUN'I% ’
JT Whereas, James F. Montgomery applies to
me ‘hr Le'ters of Dismission from the estate of
S. W Story, deceased—
Those a e therefore to cite and admonish, all
and singular, the kindled and cieditors ol said
deceased, to be and appear at my office within
tho time prescribed by law, aDd show cause, if
any they have, why said letters should not be
granted.
Given nnder mv hand at office, in Warrenton,
November 27th. 1865.
B. R. CODY,
novSft—6m Ordinary.
(‘ 'T EORGIA, W ILKES COUNTY.—
'T Whereas E ixahetb Holliday applies to me
for Loir era of Administration upon the estste of
A. T. Holliday, late of said county, deceased
These are therefore to cite and admonish, all
and singrlar the kindred and creditors, and all
other persons interested, to be and appear at my
offl'F' within the time prescribed by law, to show
c..uae, if any thev have, why letters should not
issue to said applh'anL
Given under my hand at office, in Washington
this Deoember sth, 1566, *
G. G. NORMAN,
deelO—o4 Ordinary W. C
ADMINISTRATOR’S BALE7~ —'
WILL be sold before the Court House door
in Warrenton, Warren county, on the first
Toes lay in FEBRUARY, between the legal hours
of sa’e, pursuant to an order of the Ordinary of
said erfunty. a tract, of Land in said county ad
io Ding lards of Moses Daniel, William Hnir’li.h
I*l» hi Norris, Jonathan Darden, and others’
Containing one hundred and forty'-flve acres mora
or lew, known as the Abbot place. Sold for ihe
benefit of the heirs and creditors of said estate ***
Terms on the day. j. McCASON ■
i * n4 - td Adm’r,