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• TAXATION.
From all quarters of our beloved State
there coixies to us a cry for relief. From all
quarters it is the same wad—Bubdued, but
earnest. Whether it come from Missionary
Ridge or the St. Mary’s river, from 'Mount
Tonah to the Chattahoochee, it is still the
same. It pervades the State to its uttermost
confines, bearing the same adeent in dread of
the future, half muttering of presei t despair.
Did it come alone from the bloody field of
Cbickamauga, or from Cherokee, along the
track of hostile columns, “ravaged alike by
friend and foeor from around the blackened
walls of Atlanta and Marietta; or from the
Chattahoochee Valley and Columbus, scourged
by the hoof of the raider; or from the State’s
great heart, swept by fire and sword from the
Gate City to the Sea; or from amid savan
nahs and the ocean isles where sunny homes
once stood ' 1 which Shenstnne mig ; t have en
vied”— homes of royal hospitality, gentle
courtesy and tender sentiment; it would be
the cry of suffering, the plaint of distress
wrung from the depths by remorseless, insati
able war. But no such cry is heard, however
mighty the suffering, however poignant the
distress; the resonaet cry throughout the land
manifests the strong man made paralytic,
with energies unstrung or smothered.
Emerging from a war of exhaustion; shut
out from the, res'- of th« world for four years ;
after terrible privation; after immense losses
in all that is near and dear, in all that main
tains life and engenders comfort and civiliza
tion. our people fin 1 ibemselves suddenly
subjected to new theories of government, new
laws, new rulers, new systems. They have
become bewildered by the overthrow o f much
that they esteemed in social life, and more be
wildered by harangues of ultra politicians
■who apo the Delphic oracle. Let them not
forget, however, that, such haranguei have
been artfully concocted, like an Albany brew
er’s 9'gn, to vary the reading with the position
©f the reader. Oftentimes, t.iry have been
startled, and still are startled, by the authori
tative voice of officials, noting, for the first
time, an objection to be fulfilled or law vio
lated. It is not strange, then, that distrust
should prevail, and fear, not of personal se
curity, but the judicious apprehension lest
want and suffering fall upon friends and kin
dred, homes and children. Nay, rather the
wonder would be if such feelings did not ex
ist and control the minds of all—even the
strongest of the strong-minded, the bravest of
the brave.
Prominent among the causes inducing and
producing Chis condition of the public mind, j
stand Taxation and Confiscation. The \
prevailing opinion is that the Government '
debt amounts to billions—untold and un
ascertained ; that, to the utmost extent of
our endurance, we are to pay unequally and
onerously; that the little left is not worth pre- i
sening, because it entails u serfdom to the ;
tax-gatherer. If one argues that the whole
debt does not exceed one-filth the value of the
Notional property, heads are ominously sha
ken, “ and they would if they could,’’ “ bul
none that we know sny so.” If yon point to ■
seventy million s gold in the Treasury, the In- ,
come Tax overshadows llie gold and we are
pomted to the discredited obligation of the
State arid the deficit in current expenses.
Let ns examine if this querulous argumen
tation is without reason.
At the beginning of the war. the taxable
property ot the State was 5044,049,048
Os this sum there has hem lost
by confiscation:
Value of 51ave5..5272,015,491)
Bank espi al ... 17,162,072
•Wy-fortunes of 4 '
war:
Money at Int... 112,361,877
Best, of Prop’ty 75,000,000
Tjcuving a balance ~167,609,609
Or about one-fourth of the property taxed
by the State as enumerated in the digests.
it is true there remained, also, 200.000
bales of cotton, besides rice, sugar, tobacco,
etc., and that these would not appear in a
Comptroller s Report.
But, of the cotton so remaining, fully one
lialf was held on Northern and Foreign ac
count. Some—a small part—for French arid
Germans; a moiety on British—and a large
part, on account of our fellow-citizens of the
North and East—who, having faith in Cotton
as King of C mmerce, took the chances of
war. Now, of the remainder, much, very
much has gone to liquidate Northern indebt
edness, And here, we are proud to say (and
say it upon Northern testimony), that Geor
gians ba w e manfully endeavored to discharge
their honest obligations, and have done so to
the extent of their ability, in many, very
many instances, principal with interest.
But whatever bo the amount it is now too
late to reach it by taxation. Moreover, even
if within reach, it is unequally distributed.
Owned by a few, it could not be he’d so sub
ject as to relieve those who need relief.
This, then, is the picture. What though it
give delight to the Chiefs of Exeter Hall and
their Northern coadjutors—
“ 'Tie true, and pity ’tis, ’tie true.”
Sucb, then, being the condition of the
State, and such the condition of the publ ; c
mind, the duty of the Legislature, we think
is plain. The conclusion seems to us irresist
able ti.at relief must come from the Legisla
ture. Let the Members of Assembly promptly
pledgtt the public faith and public property to
raise the means for public expenditure. Ii
possible, we would hesitate at such a point,
but, for the State at large, this course seem=
inevitable. Let the taxes of the past be re
mitted and the imposition of taxes for the
present year avoided. The State has full
credit and ample means. Her debt is only
$3,645,260. A mortgage upon the State
Bond, with the appropriation of its revenue
as u sinking fund, will alone suffice. Such
action will, in some measure, remove distrust
and restore confidence. It may do more. 1 1
nmy invite capital. And, in such an event
our farmers will be able to resist temporary
pressure.
In Boston, New York and Baltimore, as
sociations have been formed to further the
culture of cotton. Their aggregate capital
is $65,000,000. They propose to advance the
requis te funds to carry on cotton plantations,
upon three conditions, viz:
Ist. That the estate shall be free from in
cumbrance, i. e., mortgages, taxes, arrears,
fete.
21. That the owner shall have received
executive pardon. ,
3d. That the crops shall be forwarded to
secure the loan ; the highest market price be
ing pledged.
Let the Legislature aid in tbe fulfillm ent ol
the first clause by prompt uciion.
For the fulfillment of the second condition,
let us trust to His Excellency the President
asking a general amnesty. Our people gen
erally accept tbe situation, tally, frankly,
finally.
For compliance with the third specification
xve offer the integrity of our people and the
guarantee ot law.
Should tbe Kadicals be defeated, our Gen
• al Assembly can act decisively, and, even
before suck overthrow, a determined effort to
better our condition will at least deserve sue
■CO'S.
The cotton crop of Georgia, before the.
war, was, in round numbers, 785,060 bales
Give us but time to njake one-!ourtb of th's
pt current prices—saying nothing of rice ai d
other agricultural products—of gold, iron and
other minerals—or
V Aught that’s deftly woven, 8
Or forged by sturdy strokes.” , (
Give us but time to found a sound system t
of finance, upon sound systems of agricultufe t
and manufactures, aud once more we shall
march forward prosperous and renowned. 1
■ |
New York Letter.
New Yoek, Jan. 17, 1866. (
The current gossip is respecting the alleged ]
rnalversa ions of Mrs. Lincoln during her oc
cupancy and on leaving the White House
The newspapers have been brow-beaten into
denying all responsibility for the report that .
Mrs. Lincoln carried off the furniture of the
Wnite House. It is matter of record. I believe,
that Mrs. Lincoln’s millinery bills were paid ont
of the public funds, and the mnoun’ charged to
the account for mature for the White House
grounds I I will u dertake to buy for fifty
cents on the dollar bills of tradesmen in this
city to the amount of several thousand dollars
for silks, velvetp, diamrudr, and the like. I
know this fact, because a lawyer w ; th whom j
I am intimate was applied to to collect these
bids; but as bis clients would not authorize
'lira to go into the courts, he could do noth
ing. Letters were not answered. A number
of these bills were subsequently paid off by
subscriptions among the shoddy patriots ; but
large amounts remain unpaid.
The knowledge of these t.hing3 has doubtless
influenced Ihe action of the Rump Congress
towards Mrs. Lincoln. Public opinion would
I , tre justified, if not called for, an appro
priation of one hundred thousand dollars to
Mrs. Lincoln. But she got hes than twen
ty-three ihousand.
« DULLNESS OF TRADE
We are having the dullest time in trade that
1 have ever witnessed, except, in tl e summer es
1861, when I renumber having stood ten
minutes in the busiest part of Pearl street,
■vithout seeing a vehicle in motion A leading
manufacturer of clothing informs me that he is
quite idle for the first time in eight years. The
retail dealers sere suffering most, and they are
endeavoring to stimulate business by .mashing
iown prices, which are now in some articles
belcw “pold times.” These retailers have
nearly killed the goose thfit laid tor them the
golden egg. Their extortion during the past
six raontes has been monstrffbs For aladies’
bonnet that cost twenty dollars, they have
charged fifty, for a cloak that cost forty dollars,
they have charged a hundred, and so op. With
men's apparel, it has been much the same;
a hundred per cent, has been the minimum
profit doroanded by the Broadway tailors: But
all this is now changed. You may buy without
limit at half the prices of October and Novem-,
her. The wholesale dry goods trade is not
much better. The early Southern trade is not
at band, ami speculators and importers are
much disappointed. Tn d >mest c cottons and
woolens 'great dullness has prevailed since the
New Year set in. •
THE FENIANS.
Ridicule has always been an important K’ea
pon in political contests ; and it would really
seem that where reason and patriotism have
failed, ridicu'e has done thoir work. Tne Fe
nian movement has been the butt pf endless
jests on both sides of the Atlantic, and the
merciless excoriations to which the Fenian
leaders have been subjected have compelled
them to cease the wild Irish hullaballoo, and
act something like toes who mean as they talk
The Roberts malcontents have been quite over
come, although they had powerful outside aid ,
and unless the British atrenta cart got tip an
other conflict immediately, there is trouble
abroad, for both Gieat Britain and the United
! States. Heretofore, Irish rebellions have been
: treated with the greatest gravity, and have
' come to nolhiog. The’ present movement has
been the snhjent of various witticisms; and
who knows but the ending may be as different
;as the treatment? It. is difficult to conceive
! that so large and powerful a body of men will
j always be content to endure calumny and sa
j tire, and refuse to be kicked into action.
~ ttuonv* jodi or ary
There is a bill before the Legislature Os this
. State which inaugurates the abandonment of
an elective judiciary. The police justices, in
deed all judical officers in tbie State, are chosen
b f the direct vote of the people. There is
much complaint as to the manner in which
criminals are dealt with by the police justices
of New York and Brooklyn, and it, is proposed
to make n Metropolitan judicial district, with
the police justices appointed by the Governor
and Senate. The object of tbe present bilf'ia
to give the radical Governor more patronsge;
but the principal argument is—au elective ju
diciary is a failure. It is probable that! tbi
idea will be embodied iu tbe State Constitution
by tbe Convention about to be called to amend
it. •
WA’HINSTOIf HCMORS.
We are having a surfeit of Washingtoru
rnors, touching a reorganization of the Cabi
net. Mr. Harlan, an intense Radical, has
Ueen elected to the Senate, commencing with
the next Congr-ss, and gives out that he
expee's to retire from ti e Cabinet within a year
at most. Comforting assurance. Charles
Francis Adams is generally named (or Secreta
ry of Slate iu Mr. Seward retires, which I
do not believe. There is great desire that
Stanton shall retire to private life. He dots
not do so, however. He dare not leave the
War Department except fpr a foreign mission,
which will protect him hom arrest. Within
the past two years the prediction has been
made that Star ton would, flee his country ere
long ;o escape his outraged fellow»citizens
And strange as it may seem, while any lead
ing Confederate official may- visit Bos
ton without receiving injury of insult*
Stanton dare not remain there as
a private citizen. This city has beeu for some
time too hot to hoid Butler. But to return to
the Cabinet, there is a great convocation of
official and non-official Republican magnates
at WashiDgtotf; but a change in the Cabinet
seems no nearer that at any time the past
six months. If I read the sigus of the times
correctly, there is lees prospect of a rnplure-be
twain the President and Mr. Chase; but,, at the
same time, leas danger of extreme Radical 1
measures of a positive character, and yet I am
afraid the sins of omission on the part of the
Radicals will not be speedily reduced.
Thr Eight Hour Question —The German
ride ass' ciaiions in New Yorlr citv are to ho'rf
a convention on tbe first Thursday in February,
to deliberate noon the eight hour labor questior.
At a meeting of tbe piano maker.’ association,
in New York, last week, resilulififs in favor of
the eight hour ti stem were adopted, awl
u.es were take i to agitate thin matter in an ef
fectual manner. There are a!,out sixteen bun
dred journeymen piano makers employed in New
Yoik, the majority of whom are Germans.
Secretary Stanton Dismisses Secretary
Sweenkt. —Perhaps the most interesting event
of the dav is the dismissal of General Sweeney
from tbe United States Army, by order of feec
retary gltanton. General Sweeney, the reader
need not be informed, is the Secretary of War
so-called —of thel.ish Republic in New York.
Here is the official order of dismissal:
War Department. \
Washington, Dec. 19, 1865. /
Special Orders, No. 659.
[Extract;]
10. By direction of the President, Major
Thomas W. Sweeney, 16th United States In
fantry, Brevet Colonel United States Army, is
hereby dismissed the service gs the United
Stab s, for absence without leave.
By order of tbe Secretary of War.
E. D. Townsend,
Assistant Adjutant General.
This blast from the Waj Department al
Washington against the Waj: Department of
Ireland has taken the Fenians alb aback, who
look upon it only as a concession to the de
mands of the British government. It is no
secret, we believe, that the English Minister al
Washington, not long since, called upon Mr
Seward for some explanation of this United
States army officer figuring as one of the chief
tains of an Irish rebel ion. The world hes
never seen Mr. Seward’s reply, hut this sum
mary dismissal of Gen. Sweeney, beyond doubt
is in deference to the remonstrance of the
British Minister.—Exchange.
A Minister Shot— Rev. Win. C. Blount,
I aator of the Dinwiddie s r et Methodist Church’
Norfolk, 'Va., was shot and killed in that city
last week, through the (yitninal negligence of
negroes in using fire-arms, one of whom, ac
cidentally, it is thought, fired tbe shot which
deprived that community of a most estimub e
and benevolent citizen.
News Items.
The Lpuiaville Democrat says that as long
as tlje seceded States are not represented in
Congress - theyshphld r at lout, be exempt ■
taxation. No taxattou without representa- 1
t\oc . - i . •
On Tueaday night, 16th instant, un
known persons went to the store of Mr. James
M. Pruett, at Rnou, Ala., aroused the clerk, Mr.
John M. Brantley, a young man who slept in
the stope, and shot him through the bead,
killing him instantly. The murderers escaped.
Arteraus Ward declares that Brigham Young
has more silver ware than any other man in
America except Bottled Beast Butler. Query
Where did the aforesaid mighty warrior,
surnamed the Beast, alias Bottled F., get his
enormous collection of silver plate ? Eh 1 Arte
mus. Perhaps the people of New Orleans and
other Southern cities can satisfactorily solve the
query.
It is reported from Washington that the
House Committee ou the Judiciary will report
against the amendment to the Constitution levy-
I ing an export dutj on cotton.
—2 \
The Hosford and Chase mill,at Lowell,Mass.,
wn3 burned, Wednesday, the 17th instant.—
L‘ as, slso,ooo—supposed to be covered by in
surance. hundred bands are thrown out
of employmenty
A telegraphic dispatch from Washington
dated the 18th, says that nearly 1200 appli
cations, 700 of which fall under the $20,000
clause, have been on the President’s tab’e fo r
several month*, without much prorpect of be
ing acted on. Some of t.,em are thus classi
fied : Members of tbe Confederate Congress,
68; ex-United Slates army officers, 132: Con
federate generals, 127 ; prominent Confederate
civil officers, 52; ex-officers of the United
States navy, 116.
The custom introduced in Richmond,, by Mr
P.illard, of the Examiner, of cowhiding Yankee
correspondents for vilifying Southern people,
las been adopted in Mobile. A fellow named
Knapp, the Mobile correspondent of the St.
Louis Press, was caught by the nape of the
neck, in front of the Battle House, by a Mr
Dumford, and horse-wbipped severely for in
putting statements.
In New Haven there are thirty-five carriage
factories, employing (directly and indirectly)
twenty-one hundred hgnjis, and turning- out
6 r ty one thousand four hundred and fifteen
carriages, all classes, per year, of an aggregate
value of $1,814,769. Average value before the
war, $163; now, $242. The unfilled orders
for light wagons for the South are now very
large.
One of the most, prosperous railways in the
country is the “ Western," running from Al
bany to Worcester and Boston Its net
profits for 1865 are over $1,200,000. It pays
interest on State loan, contributes $50,000 to
a sinking fund, divides fen p3r cent, on the
capital, and has slio,ooo left.
Formerly we sent 50,000 tuos of riee to
Uurope; but since the war, Europe sends
licavi.lv to us. The crop was every where
lighter than usual last year. North Carolina,
whose annual product used to exceed 200.000
casks, raised but 7,000.
Tbe Columbus Enquirer, of tbe 21st, saya
Thursday, about dusk, Patrick Welch, a pri
vate in the 151st Illinois regiment, new gar
risoning Columbus, was stabbed with a Span
ish dirk by Joseph Hand, of tbe same regi
ment, from the effects of which he died early
Wednesday morning.
Two little boys, named Glenn and
Jop Ledbetter, shot an eagle on Wednesday
wvenintr lest, near Glennville, Ala. The "im
perial bird ’* measured three feet from head to
tail, ard six feet one inch frojn tip to tip of
his wings.
A Nor)hern paper contains the following
paragraph, but we don’t believe a word of it:
“ A series ’of editorials, said to have been
written by the late Governor Magrath p.t the
instance of General Sickles, and urging that
the success of the Confederacy would have
been a misfortune to the South, have been
published iu one of the papers,
and created considerable comment.”
An “affair of honor” came off Saturday, at
1 Hutchinson’s Island, near Savannah, between
wo colored Knights of the Cleaver. One ne
; gro butcher insulted anothei, when a chal
! lense.'otlo <cd. The principals, wjth seconds,
! repair?.! to Hatchinson’s .Island, when they
. b’azed a vay at each other, and succeeded in
1 wounding one of th* seconds, but escaped
: without any bodily injury to themselves.—
This occurrence satisfied the wounded honor
of the colored gemrnan, and the whale party
made friends. After drinking two bottles of
whisky and playing several games of seven np,
they returned to the city, and were arrpsted
at the market. Saturday evening, by a file of
soldiers, and confined at the barracks. Yerily,
•bese are queer times we live in.
Dr. Robert h Buck, an esteemed citizen
and eminent physician of Jackson, Miss., died
there, Monday, the 16th inst,, in the 4#tb
year of his age.
In the United States there are 1,800
pers ; in Australia 18 ; Africa 14 ; Spain 24 ;
Portugal 26; Asia 30; Rusria and Poland 60;
Belgium 65 ; D nmark 85; Germanic States
320 ; Great Britain and Ireland 500. There
are nearly twice as many in this country as in
all the other nations together.
It is said that Senator Jim Lane has gone
out to Kansas to manipulate the Legislature
and attempt to secure a Kansas indorsement
of tbe President’s policy. It is reported that
he has boasted that he would have the Execu
tive patronage wherewith to defeat his enemies
and control the nextsenab rial election.
Hon. John Beil advances the “ reasonable
conjecture ” that at an end of the next twenty
years the negro population of the South will
have diminished from four millions to half a
million, on account of their depravity «Dd in
dolence. ■*
The Internal Revenue Bureau has informa
tion which leads to the belief that counterfeit
revenue stamps are being extensively manufac
tured somewhere in the West.
The Tennessee and Cumberland Oil and
Mining Company have struck a splendid vein
of petro'eum in Overton county, Tennessee,
one rnilo from the junction of Obed and Roar
iDg rivers There are now ifty-one flowing
wells in that vicinity.
The New York Tribune, in its review of Mr.
Buchanan’s publication, says : “ If Mr. Doug
las hod been’elected President in 1866, he pro
bably would have postponed the irrepressible
conflict twenty years.”
The Sayarmah Herald contradicts an erro
neoua report which has been circulated in re
gard to the sentence ip the case of the United
States vs. G. B. Lamar, Sr., and G. B. Lamar,
Jr. The Herald states by authority that the
findings and sentence have not yet been made
public. 'q
Gentlemen arriving at New York from New
Orleans and Mobile overland report ttyat mrm
bers of Northern men, engaged in planting in
Mississippi. Louisiana atid Alabama; are
rapidly settling up their. affairs, for the pur
pose of moving themselves and tfceir families
from Southern soil and out of harm's way.-—*
The conditions of things there is described as
tnost unoomfortable and threatening to North
ern settlers. » ,
An affray occurred at Richmond, Ry., in
which the families of Palish and Kavanaugb
were the principals, and sixty partisans were
engaged, resulting in one killed, nine wound
ed, three suppled mortally. •
The garroters are again at wojfk in Mobile.
One of its merchants, while on his way home,
Tuesday night, about 10 o’clock, was suddenly
pounced upon by four Federal soldiers, and a
sock was thrown over his beat)* Three of the
villains held him, while the fourth emptied
his pcokets of bis money aqd valuables.
Some ladies in Harrisburg,.?® , recency toW
a friend, as a joke, that her hasband; who was
absent, bad been killed. Upon bearing the
statement, the wife was. so» shocked that she
fainted, and her system wfef H& pfrfStrated that
she died two days after. Bo much for a
thoughtless joke.
From the Round Table.
TMeMrs. Sumner and Stevens.
Charles Sumner, the protagonist of the ex
tr *tne wing of the Republican party in the Sen
ate. and Thaddeus Stevens, who marshals its
forces in the House, resemble each other in
position, principles, and the peculiar ferocity
of their party Bpirit more than in thq, general
lineaments of their mental and personal charac
ters. The partisan rancor w hich is commm
to both strikes its root into different moral
soils. Both are egotists; but Sumner’s is the
egotism of vanity, Stevens’ of contemptuous
pride, which is a stronger and more
sistent quality. Sumner is a scholar, seeking
in literary research materials for personal dis
play, having more of a showy charlatanism
than of scholar-like exactness; Stevens has
none of the foibles of a pedant, and is so little
of a reader tb|£he last winter drew upon him
self volleys of derision by a motion which be
trayed total ignorance of the present state of
financial science, although he was at the head
of a c mmittee hkvtng that class of subjects
Specially in charge. As parliamentary daba
tars these men are as great a contrast to each
other as jn all other minor respects. Sumnei’s
speeches smell of the lamp; he cannot speak
with affect without elaborate preparation.—
Stevens trusts to bis natural readiness; be
deals his most effective thrusts at points which
his adversary leaves at that moment exposed.
Sumner’s speaking is ornate and pretentious;
Stevens’ pertinent and caustic. Sumner has
nn capacity as a tactician ; bis mind has too
little alertness, and his habit of looking at
thipgs through the medium, of books unfits
Ijirn for seeing wbat is close to bis nose with
out his spectacles. Steveos has a qaick eye
for all the circumstances which attend the
progress of a measure through the Hou e; by
an adroit motion, an ant retor*, a skillful eva
Mod, an adroit amendment, or a division of
the question, he will often aid or obstruct a
bill more in three minutes than Sumner coaid
in a three hours’ speech which had cost him
three weeks’ preparation. If we follow them
to their homes and inquite into their ordinary
habits, we find the one a delvet* in libraries,
, without capacity to acquire property or even
to support a family ; the other a shrewd and
s <tm wha. imperious man of Lq iness, succeed
ing in the management of lage private under
takings. When we look at the men, the first
glance shows that Sutnner studies his toiiet
1 t>i'h the solicitude of a petit nyiitre, while
, Stevens dresses wiih the careless decency which
I befits a man occupied with more important
business than self-contemplation.
How does it happen that men so different in
their moral and’intelleciual physiognomy are the
exponents, in the two Houses of Congress, of
the same set .of ideas? Party passions aside,
there are no two men in public life who would
ho less disposed to seek each other’s society,
or to sympathize in each other’s mental habits
There ought to exist between them the mutual
repulsion of haughtiness aud vanity, of mother
wit and pedantry, of business habits and book
ishuess. Bplh have suffered private injuries
from the South ; but a common sentiment of
vengeance does not explain the phenomenon.
It was because Mr. Sumner had shown great
extravagance in vituperating the South that
he was assaulted in the Senate chamber ; and
; Mr. Stevens’ iron mills were burnt by the Con
federate troops on account of the reputation he
had previously acquired. Magnanimous and
chivalrous men would be inclined to act with
moderation in a public course liable to the im
pu'ation of private motives; but as neither of
them have ever been admired for magnanimity
or chivalry, it is probable that their acrimony
may be rendered more persistent by tbeir in
dividual grievances 4 generous character
appears to advantage in avenging the injuries
of others; but not in covertly avenging their
own under the guise of philanthropy or pub
lie spirit.
These gentlemen have a point of resemblance
in their want of mental galnnce. Sound judg
ment results from a patient survey of all sides i
of a question, and the careful weighing of con
flicting considerations. A pedant who reads,
not to weigh and cons'dcr, but to gather ma
terials for display, is quite as likely.to go wrong
as a contemner of learning who does not read
at all. Both Mr. Sumner and Mr. Stevens hold
the narrowest views of the narrowest men in
their party. Any man inspired with intense
malignity towards the South would easily reach
tbeir opinions, no matter how feeble or eon
fused bis intellect. Mr. Sumner lends his
learning, and Mr. SteveDS his shrewd: ess. to
the advocacy of views which it required neither
learning nor shrewdness, but only haired aud
! bigotry, to fqrm. To humiliate the Southern
'I people, eonfiscalo tbeir property, strip them of
i political privFeges, aud make tbeir late s'fives
j tlieir equate, is* a policy which the meanest in
tellect was competent to devise, provided that
j intellect was inspired by intense malignity.—
I Nothing is easier than to drift forward on a
) strong current of pasaioD. Aud when men csd
! gratify the worst feelings of human nature
j under the mnsk of public virtue, pleasing them
selves with the idea that halted of their coun
trymen is compassion for an impressed race,
they satisfy their craving for reputation at a
much smaller cost than if they were, at every
step, to consult their reason or conscience, iu
a laborious Inquiry after truth and right.
Whenever the negro question js taken out of
politics, Mr. Sumner will sink into insignifi
cance. As a scholar, he has produced no orlgi
nal work; as a statesman, he has broached no
important measure; as a political leader, he has
no gift for acquiring ascendency over other
minds. His natural employment is literary re
search, and the repetition, in an ooth or stilted
phrases, of the thoughts of abler minds. He
has judgment enough to see that the abolition
of slavery is one of the great achievements of
i recent times, and he has the ambition to figure
• in bistorv as the leading apostle of this worthy
cause. He hopes to be remembered as a Clark
son or a Wilberfcrce But, conscious that he
has no solid claim to such a distinction, he’
seeks to make up in extravagance what he
lackß in merit; just as in bis other character of
a literary man he tries to conceal poverty of
original thought by tricks of siyje and a parade
of erudition.
Mr. Sleven6 i 3 a haughty, disappointed spirit,
self-sufficient and impracticable, who feels that
his success in public life has pot been equal to
his abilities ; and. with a toneh of eccentricity
and scorn, and the peevishness of old age, he
wishes to wreak upon -somebody the pent-up
passions of a lifetime.
The prominence of these gentlemen in the
public eye is no measure of their political im
portance. Since tbe close of the war the pas
sions it kindled are gradually subsiding; and
with the settlement, on the basis of justice and
moderation, of the questions that remain, these
men of irregular passions aDd ill-balanced judg,
ments will sink into merited obscurity.
[From Artemus Wnrd’s New Yolume]
Horace Greeley’s Ride to Flacerville.
"When Horace Greply w°s in CalifOrnir,
ovation awaited him at every town. He had
written powerful leaders in the Tribune in fa
vowof the Pacific railroad, which had greatly
endeared him to the "citizens of the Golden
Stafa, and therefore thpy made much of him
when he went to see them.
At one town the enthusiastic nopulace tore
his celebrated white coat to pieces, and oarried
the pieces home to remember him by.
The citizens of Placerville prepared to fete
the great journalist, and on extra coach, with
extra relays qf horses, was chartered of the
California Stage Co , to carry him from Folsom
to PI cerville—distance forty miles. The extra
was-in some way delayed, and did not leav’
Folsom until in the afternoon. Mr. Greely was
to be feted at seven o'clock that, evening by
the citizens of Placerville, and it was altogether
necessary that he should be there by that hour
Po the stage company said to Henry Monk
the driver of the extra, "Henry, this great man
must be there by seven to-night.” And Henry
answered, "The great man shall be there.”
The roads were in an awful state, and during
the first few miles out of Folsom, slow progress
was made
“Sir," said Mr. Greely, “are you aware that
I must be at Ptacerville at seven o’clock to
night ?’’
“I've got ray orders,” laconically replied
Henry Monk.
Still the coach dragged slowly forward.
“Sir," said Mr Greely, ‘ this is not a trifling
matter. I must be there at seven I”
A train came tjio auswer, ‘l*ye got ray or*
dera!"
But the speed was not increased* and Mr
Greely chafed away another half hour, when
as he was again about to remonstrate with the
driver, the horses started into a furious run,
and all sorts of encouraging yells filled the air
from the throat of Henry Monk.
“that is right, my good fellow !” cried Mr.
Greely. “I'll gif* vou tan dollars when we
get tr Piacerville. Mow we are going 1’
Thq^wereindeed, and at a terrible speed.
Crack, crack 1 went the whip, and again
(that voipe split the air. ‘‘Git up I Hi 1 yi 1
€t’loog 1 Yip—yip
on they tore over stones and igts, up
hilTtqftd down, at a rate of speed never before
achieved by stage htrses.
Mr. Greely, who had been honoring from
one end of the <joaph to the other like and India
rubber ball, managed to get his head out of the
window, when he said :
“Do-n’t-ott’t yqu-u-a think we-e e shall get
there by seven if we do-on’t-od’t go se fast?"
‘ T’ve gpt my orders I” That was all Henry
Monk said. And on tore the coach.
It was beWfoing serious. Already the jour
no list was extremely sore from the terrible iolt
-tng, and "gain his head “might have been
seen 1 at the window.
“Bir," he said, “I‘ don’t care—if we don’t
get there at seven I”
“I’ve got ray orders I’’
* Fresh homes'. Forward again, faster than
before Over rocks and stumps, on pne of
which the coach narrowly escaped turning a
so met-Soul t.
“See here 1“ shrieked Mr. Greely, “J don’t
ware if we don’t get there at all I” ’
“I’ve got my orders 1 I work for the Cali
forny Stage Company, I do. That’s what I
work for. They said, get this man through
by seving, l an’ this man’s goin’ through. You
bet J Gerlong ! Whooep I’’
Another frightful jerk, aud Mr. Greely’s
bald head suddenly found its way thiough the
roof of the coach, amidst the crash of small
timbers and the ripping of strong
'Stop, you maniac!” Ve roared
Again answered Henry Monk. "I’ve got my
orders 1 Keep your seat, Horace!” s» r -
At Mud Springs, a village a few miles from
Placerville. they met a large delegation of the
citizens of Placerville, who had come out- to
meet the celebrated editor,, and escort him to
town. There was a military company, a brass
band,, and a six horse wagon load of beautiful
girls in milk white jjresses, representing all tho
States in the Union. Jt was nearly dark now,
but the delegation was amply provided with
torches, and bonfires blazed ail along the road
to Placerville. ~~
The citizens met the cohch in the outskirts
of Mud Springs, and Mr. Mouk reined in his
foam-covered steeds.
“Is Mr Greely on board ?” asked the chair
man of the committee.
“He was a fe v miles back,” said Mr.
Monk. “ Yes,” he added, after looking down
through the hole which the fearful jolting and
the head of Mr. G. had made in the coach
roof, “ yes, I can see him He i.s there.”
“Mr. GrAly,” said the chairman of the
committee, presenting himself at the window
ot the coach, “Mr. Greely, we have come most
cordially to welcome yon, sir—why, God
bless me, sir, you are bleeding at the nose ”
“I've got my ordeis,” cried Mr. Monk.
“My orders is as follers : ‘Git him there by
seving.’ It was a quarter of seving. Stand
out of the way.”
“But, sir,” exclaimed the committeeman,
prizing the off leader by the reins, “ Mr. Monk,
we are come to escort him into town. Look
at the procession, sir, and the brass hand, and
ihn people and the young women, sir.”
“I've got my orders !” screamed Mr. Monk.
Mr orders don’t say nothin’ about *tio brass
hands and young women. My ordprs says git
him there by seving ! Let go the lines ! Clear
the way there. Whoo-ep I tour seat
Horace ! And the coach dashed wildly through
the procession, upsetting a portion of the brass
bind and violently grazing the wagon which
contained the beauti'iil young woman in white.
Years hence grey haired men, who were little
boys in this procession, will tell their grand
children bow this stage tore through Mud
Springs, and how Horace Greely’s bald head
ever and suon showed itself like a wild oppara
ti <O, above the coach roof.
Mr. Monk was on time. There is a tradition
that Mr. Greely was very indigaDt for a while;
then be laughed, and finally presented Mr.
Monk with a bran Dew suit of cloU.es.
Mr. Monk himsplf is still in the employ of the
California Stage Company, and is rather fond
of relating a story that has made him famous
all over the Pacific coast, but ho snys he yields
to no man in his admiration for Horace Greely.
Generals Early and Sheridan.
Tbe following communication from a member
of the bar of New Orleans will be read with
nterest :
New Orleans, Jan. 13, 1866.
To the Editors of the Picayune:
Gentlemen : In the Crescent, of the 12th
i rigtant, there appeared a communication from
Major General p. H. Sheridan evoked by a
l?tler addressed by Lieut.. Gen. Early to the
pditor of the New York Daily News, respect
ing the numbers of the Confederate troops en
caged in the Valley campaigns in Virginia.—
Gen. Sheridan, I am persuaded, would do in
justice to no one; more especially not to an
• ippouent has defeated And yet
he strictures upon Uen. Early’s letter, in tho
article just mentioned, by Gen . Sheridan, place
the former officer in the unenviable altitude of
a williug falsifier of history.
In justice to. Gen. Early allow mo to say a
word.
General Sheridan’s statement of facts D, of
course, correct. Prom August 4, 18u4, to
Mmch Ist. 1865, 1 have dq doubt that about
13,006 Confederate prisoners were taken in the
Valley of Yirginiq.
Notwithstanding this fact, I know, of my
own personal knowledge, that General Early’s
statement is also correct w"en he states that
he had about 8,500 muskets in the second en
gagement with General Sheridan. I was a
staff officer for four years in the Army of
Northern Virginia. I was a division staff offi
cer, 2d Army Corps, under General Early's
command, from the time the Second Corps was
detached from tbe Army of Northern Virginia,
June, 1864. to the time it was ordered to Pe
tersburg, December, 1864 I was present at
the battlej of Winchester, Fisher’s Hill and
Cedar Creek. I know from the official reports
that 1 myself made, and fiom apt uat observa
tion at reviews, d ills, inspections in camp and
on the march, the effective stre gth of every
brigade and division of In’antry under General
Early’s command Os tbe cavalry and artil
lery I canfiot speak so authoritatively. And I
can therefore assert, with confidence, thatlfci
no one of tin actions above mentioned <fid
General Early carry nine tpou’aua (9,000)
men (infantry) into the field.
The prisoners, (13,008) taken by General
Sheridan were taken from the department over
which General Early was supposed to have .the
nominal command. In these are (o be seen
included, of course, all the straggling cavalry
that infested the Valley of Virginia, a greater
terror to their friends than to their foes; the
guerillas, mado up of deserters and_skulkers
from the Army of Northern Virginia ; the for
aging details sent out to supply shqt army
with forage teamsters, laborers, detailed men
of the quartermaster and eomrobsary depart
ments, all of whom were legitimate prisoners,
as they were enlisted men ; the hangers on o;
the medical department; privates absent on
furlough, 'Captured in their homes; and the
disabled men that followed tbe army (adding
nothing to its effective strength) rather than
remain in the hospitals to which they had been
ordered.
Os the casualties of Gen. Early’s armv. in the
engagements of Winchester, Fisher’s Hill and
Cedar Creek, the aggregate was not 4,' 60 (four
thousand). The casualties of the ec'ion of
Waynesboro, which occurred after the 3d Corps
had arrived at Petersburg, and when Gen.
Early had command of Wharton’s division
alone of the Confederate troops, and some Horae
Guards, I cannot speak. But from tho descrip
tion of the action given me by officers in Gen
Early’s staff who were present, there was not
enough fighting on the Confederate side to
justify many being killed or wounded.. So that
Gen. Sheridan’s .supposition or inference, not
his statement, that Gen. Early’s losses iu killed
and wounded equaled, if they did not surpass
bis own, is not sustained by ray knowledge of
the facts.
Gen. Sheridan and Gen. Early are both
capable and brave officers and honorable men.
Neither would make a statement which he did
not believe to be correct. And tlint which at
first may appear an irreconcilable difference in
their re.-pectiye reports, on a comparison of
official papers, and ihe evidence of parties in a
situation to furnish the facts of the campaigns,
which are now immortal, will show to be con
sistent and united, will supply the most valuable
of all materials for the future historian.
Washington Correspondence of the New York
Herald.
The Radicals Assailing the President
Washington, January 13.—The action of
the House of Representatives lo day has teen
I the most radical of any period since Congress
convened, except it may be on its first day
! when Stevens’ reso utiou was put through
• The practical effect is, however, many steps in
! advance’of the first day's session in the Radical
[ programme. On that occasion the House at
| tacked a theory of the President. To-day hey
{ assailed the Chief Magistrate, and directly ar
\ raigDed him before the country. The animus
| was unconcealed, and the very wording of the
resolution ip reference to the withdrawal of the
troops from the Southern States was a direct
impugnment of the President’s motives. It
was still more than that; it was a declaration
on the part of the Honso that the Presiden*
should no louger be Commander in-Chief ol
the armies of the United Stales, and that
henceforth the House of Representatives and
not the President, would direct what orders
should be issued to the armies.
This is the o»'y logical co c'u ion that can b.
arrived at, the only interpretation that the word
ipg of the resolution will bear. They have
declared ihat no more troops shall be remover"
from the South until Congress slip'l declare M
expedient. This is certainly traveling outside
of their jmiadiction, and taking into their hands
the prerogatives of the Executive. There is no
precedent, power or law which invests in Con
gress that duty, and thus makes the Executive
simply a lieutenant to Congress—a subordinate
military oftjeef tq that body The most import
ant feature, however, is the animus of the
resolution, the spirit that prompted it and the
motives with which the originators pushed it
forward.
UP person could have looked upon the scene
in the House when it was brought forward and
say that it was not preconcerted. Every mo
tion of the leading Radicals, the very mnsclrs
in heir face., revealed tbo rue state of the
case and left no doubt of their anxiety and de
formination to press it through They saw that
President John-on was pushing forward the
work of rrstoration, and placing State alter
Stale under the control of its own people,
having them to regulate their local .affairs in
their own way, in ell things not inconsistent
with the Constitution of the United States, in.
eluding the recent amendment. This, in the
eyes of the ftadioal dborgapia-rs, was an un
pardonable sin, and they at. 6hce set to work
to curtail his power, and take upon themselves
the duty of deciding upon the question. Forth
with a resolution appears directly attacking the
action of the President, and declaring that he
ebajl not pursue that policy any longer.
B. P. Waring, Esq, editor of the Daily Caro
lina Times, published at Charlotte, N. 0., who
was arrested some time ago by the military %u
thorities, for the publication of an exceptionable
editorial in that paper, has been sentenced to
pay a fine of SBOO, or be imprisooed la Fort
Macon for six months
Prayer for Jefferson Davis.
Whv i3.it that opr ministry;throughout the
county* have almost ceased to pray in public
for thi# great aud good man 7 He is a patriot
—ve should therefore pray for him. What he
did. v-as what we did. He discharged his work
ps t conscientious man. Governor Brown has
been pardoned, aid yet he was more of an
original Secessionist than President Davis.—
Mi. Davis was never vindictive—never de
sired never sought retaliation. Nothing ig
noble, nothing unmanly, nothing ungenerous
ever came from him as the premeditated teach
ing of his soul. ftis is a truly great soul.—
G'eat he is in all the elements of manhood—
giea. in mind, in heart, in life. If pardoned,
he would obey the laws as faithfully as Gov
ern©.* Brown or any one else.
H ) is a Christian—we should therefore pray
for him. Witness his refusal to creep out of
the I’ountry in away which he thought dis
honorable. Hear his remark when delivered
to h s pursuers, “I am not afraid to yield mys
so fupto a Christian people." Have you not
heard of his devotion to his Savior since he has
been in prison ? This we might expect from
the man who was ever urging the great people
ovi r whom he presided to prayer and fuSting
for iheir country.
Patriot! pray for Jefferson Davis I
V ither ! pray for Jefferson Davis t
Cnristian I pray for Jefferson Davis !
Pray in public 1 pray in private! pray by
night and by day 1 Remember how he is—
where he is.
“The cell is lonely and the night
Flas filled with it a darker gloom,
Alone, with darkness and with woe,
Aronnd Mm freedom’s temple lies,
Its arches crushed, its columns low,
The night wind through its ruins sigh.
Rash, crnel hands the temple razed,
Then stood the world amazed,
And now those hands, ah 1 ruthless deed,
Tbeir captive pierce, his brave heart bleeds.
And yet no groan
Is heard, no groan ;
He suffers silently, alone
Nor duDgeon bolts, nor dunjMpn bars,
Nor floating ‘Stripes and Stars,’
Nor glittering gun or bayonet,
Can cause ns to forget
Our faith to thee,
Our love to thee,
Thou glorious soul, thou strong, thou free.”
Yes, O great man, we will pray tor thee 1—
and pray that, like Daniel, thou may at be de
livered from the den and from the Ivods.
[Southern Herald, Griffin, Ga.
New York Markets.
New York, January 17— p m.—The follow
ing were the principal quotations for gold this
forenoon: 10:30. 139 f; 11, 140; 12, 140$; 12:30,
140$; 1. 140$; 1:30, 140; 2,139 f
Foreign exchange is S'eady. Bills at sixty
dnys on London are quoted at 108al08J for
commercial; 108fal09 for bankers; do. at short
sight, lG9fallos; Paris, at sixty days, 5 20a
5 16$ , do. at short sight, 5 13}a5.U$ ;
Antwerp, 5.215a5.17$ ; Swiss, 5.185i5.17$ ;
Hamburg, 365a365; Amsterdam, 40fa4Of;
Frankfort, 40Jt41; Bremen, 78fa79J ; Prussian
thalers, 71$a71$. .
No export of specie is reported to-day.
Flour, &u.—The market for Western and
Ftate Flour is very dull and heavy, but prices
are without essential change. The sales are
6 820 barrels at $7 10a$7 35 for superfine
State; $7 95a$8 for extra State; $8 25a$8. 5.0
for fancy State; $8 10>$8 45 fop the low grades
of Western extra; $8 50a$8 90 for shipping
Ohio; B>9asll 20 for trade and family brands ;
and sll 40a515 26 for St. Louis extras.
Buckwheat Flour is dull at $3 75a54 12|
Canadian Flour is dull and easier Sale of 400
barrels at $8 10a$8 40 for the low grades of
extra, and $8 50a$ll for trade and fqnaily ex
tras. Southern Flour is duir and unchanged
Sales of 600 barrels at $9 20a$10 50 for mixed
to good superfine country Baltimore, Ac, and
$lO 60:516 50 for tr#de and family brands.
Bye Flour is dull and heavy. Sales of 85 bar.
relsat S 5 25.<55 90. Corn Meal is firm and in
moderate demand. Sales of 2,000 barrels at
$4 25 for Jersey, and medium qualities are
heavy; choice qualities are less freely offered
and firm, while the torrner are pressed.
Grain. —Tie Wheat market is dull, and
prices are without material pfcqqgs. TPbere is
pot enough doing to test the market. The re
ceipts are light. Millers are incliued to hold
iff. The sales are 6 000 bushels—sl 10 for
Damaged Spring; Amber Western ou private
terms ; $2 55 for Amber State. Barley is
quiet, prices are unsettled. Sales of 9,000
bushels Canada West cn private terms- Barley
Malt is quiet, ip Ales of il'pb bushels State at
$1 40- CUtes are easier and in moderate de
mand. Tho sales ar 21,000 bushels Canadian
on private terms; Western at 45a48 cents;
State at 59a60 cents, inside price for car loads;
Jersey and South rn at 64a55 cents. Rye is
inactive and nominal. Old Co.n is steady,
while new is unsettled. Tho sales are 42,000
bushels Dnsohnd at 82u83 cents; Western
Mixed at 87«87J cents In store, and 89 cents
afloat; Jersey Yellow at 84a86 cents, and
Choice Southern White at $1 02.
Provisions.— The Pork market has been fgir
' | !y active and higher, closing, however, rather
j weak. F or future delivery we hear of 4.260
! this, new Mess ai s3l 50, seller January; 3,000
' bbls., seller February, 3 000 bbls., seller Marco;
I 3,100 bbls, buyer February, and 500 bbls'
| Prime, seller ten days, at $22 25. The sales.
; cash and regular, aye 5 SQQ bbls. at $30a30 43
| lor did Mess; s3l 2 had I 62£ tor new Mess;
1 ' $22 25 for new Prim«, $24 lor Western Prime
Mess. Beef is steady and moderately active
1 Sale of 875'bbls. at sllal4 for old Plain Mesq
$16«19 for new do.; sl3alfi for old Extra do.,
| I and $20i24 for new do. Tierce Beef is dull
I and nominal at s3fta3B for prime Mess, aud
$40a43 tor India Mess. Beet Hams are in de*
1 mnnd and higher, closing buoyant. Bales of
1 j 200 bbls. at $38*40 for Western, now held at
I s4l. Cut Meats are quiet but firm. Sales O'
’ green Hams from block at 15lalf>4 cents, and
1 f Pickled Hams at cents Bacon is held
firmly, blit no sales are reported. Dressed bogs
* are without material change, closing rather
* heavy. We quote at 12| for Western, and 13
aI3J cents for city, with choice lots at higher
1 figures. Lard is nqt very active ou the spot
* owing to the high rates demanded. Sales of
400 bbls. and tierces at 17a17f cents for No.
1, and 18 centß for city. Western is held at
18| cents. For future delivery we hear of 1 800
’ packages at 18Jal8| cents, seller, February,
which is slightly easier.
Cotton —The market is quiet. We quote as
follows r
Upland. Florida. Mobile. N. Q #T.
Ordinary..... .44 44 46 40
Middling ...,51 51 62 52
Good Middling.s3 54 64 55
Hay —The ranrket is dull and heavy at 80a
85 cents for shipping, and 90a95 cents for re
tail lots.
Molasses is steady with a moderate busi
ness. Salps of J 35 hhds. Cuba Muscovado at
P. N. T., and 65 bbls New Orleans at $1 10a
$1 25
Rice— We hear of no sales, and prices are
nominal.
Sutua.— Raw SugaTi are only in moderate
demand, but prices are without material alte
ration. Sales of 100"hhds Cuba at 13 cents
and 214 boxes Havana atl2falscts. Refined
are dull’ and nominal.
Whi-ky—The market is heavy and lower
Sales of 5 bbls at $2 27 for Western.
BALTIMORE MARKETS.
Baltimore, January 11.—Coffee-Contin
ued quiet; the only sales reported are 125 bags
Rio at cents currency. Bark Agnea is
in the bay, from Rio, with a cargo of 4,050
bags Coffee.
Flour —Was exceedingly quiet to-day ; we
. beard of no transactions, but quote prices
steady gs before, ‘ vis: Howard street
Super and cut extra $8 50a8 75; ditto extra
$9 37a9 62; ditto Family $12a13 ; Ohio Saper
and cut extra $8 25*8 50; ditto- extra s9*
9 26; ditto Family $12*13; Northwestern Su
per $8 25*8 50 ; Chicago Extra, choice $9 25a
9 50; City Mills, good to fancy brands Spper,
$8 .50*9 ; ditto shipping hrapds Extra sll 76-
standard extra $9 25a9 60; Baltimore,
Welch’s & Greenfield Family sls; ditto high
grade Extra sl3 per bbl. Ry e flour, new
ssas 25. Corn Meal—City Mills and Brandy
wine $4 per bbl. Buckwheat ssa6 26 per
100 'h-_; ~,l • - • - ■ ♦
G— U heat— tj,250 bushels red were offer
ed on ’Change this morning ;no white. We
report sa’es of 850 bushels Pennsylvania red
at $2 40, and 400 bushels Pennsylvania strict
ly prime at $2 43 per bushel. Corn— No
white received >r sold except 600 bushels damp
>t 85 cent* ; prime is quoted at 90 cents 10 -
300 bushels yellow were offered, aud the sales
reported embraced 7,500 bushels at 80 cents,
and 660 bushels at 81 cents per bushel, pats
5,500 bushels received ; market quiet; small
sales only at 51a52 cents weight.
Molassbs—No s tle9; prices unchanged.
Naval Stores —The market is dull; we re
port small sales of No. 2 Rosin, broken, at
$8 75 1 comaron is quoted at s6ao 25 per bar
rel. Spirits Turpentine 95 cenw to $1 per
gallon.
Provisions —There is a good feeling on the
part of the trade with more disposition to op
erate. Live Hogs were in light supply at the
pi ns to-day, and sold at 13}a14 cents net.—
There w«8 some inquiry for Mess P irk, with
sales of 100 barrels at S3O; 50 barrels at S3O 60
per barrel, closing firm at the latter. Lard is
also inquired lor ; 18} cents was offered to-day
for Western—held at 18} cents ; Qity we quote
18 cents. We notice sales of 500 Green Hams
at cents, and 700 do at 18 oents. Balk
Shoulders are quoted at 13 cents, and Sides 16
cents. Baron, 15ja16 cents for Shoulders, 18}
alB j cents for Sides, nnd 23aJ5 cents per pound
for Haigs—the latter are in good demand. At
Cincinnati to-day the quotations were for Hogs
12 cents net; Green Shoulders 9f cents, and
Sides 12} cents.
StJuXa—ls dull; we hare only to notice
e:«i ‘s of- 30 hbds. Porto Rioo at 12}al3£ cents
•og good good grocery.
Wmsxy—ls scarce and held firmer ; early In
the day 60 barrels Western * era sold at $2 27,
but at the close was quoted at $3 28- per g»l- i
ion. ■ (
" Eidolon.
BY JAMES B RANDALI,.
Ah, sweat-«vcd Christ 1 thiue image smiles
In its Cathedral ceil,
Shrined in the a ms
Os her who never fell;
And if my phantom eyes implore
A more benignant t eam,
'Tie a nepenthe I would crave
For a memorial dream..
Dear Leonie 1 here did’st thou kneel
That musky summer noon,
As the zephyrs sun? their Angelus
’Mid the dlmp'ed cheeks of June—
As the sunlight drifted o’er Ihy brow,
Its golden wave of grace,
Bright blending with the miracles
Os that angelic lace. 4
Adorably Madonna-like
By this c >mmunion rail,
Thy raptured face, though rich with you*b,
was spirit-li' and pale—
And obi those luminous black eyes,
Those Meccas of dean dr 1
They—they were glorious Eden isles]
Lost in a lake of prayer 1
Saint Leonie 1 I saw then flit,
Gszelle-like, to the street,
And pure, t»elodio .x angels led
Thy dainty tinkling feet;
My rebel thoughts were petrel-winged,
Attendant upon thee,
CbasiDg thy loved and lissom shape,
V As Arabs of the sea!
Long did I love thee, belle Creole,!
As Gtebirs love the Sun,
And in the temple of mv sent,
Thou was the Eidolon;
Long did I love thee, belle Creole,
Where corsair billows rise,
And where the silver planets soar
In uniamiliar skies I
Dark Ooreovadn, did I not,
Withfieart and soul aflame,
Ca've on thy broad, monarchal brow,
Her wildi v worshipped name ?
Watching the homeware ships scud by
Before the nimble brei z ■,
Til memory with them wept away
B. yond the tropic seas 1
Years—years had died, a'd once again
l saw the snircs of borne,
And armed with au undying hope
I stood beneath this dome;
Bnt not within the pillared aisle,
Nor by the sacred sign,
Could my bewildered eyes beho'd
The loveliness of thine 1
The sad November days had coma,
And csgeriv I fled.
To find thee where the maidens deck
The kingdoms of the deadf*
I found thee—yes, I fouad thee, love—
Reneath the willow tree,
With marble coss and immortelle,
And one word— Leonie !
* In New Orleans the old Catholic custom of
ornamenting the tombs is still prevalent upon the
first and second days of November, the t-econd
especially, wh : ch is “La Fete des Moris."
A Gangese Dream.
[The annexed poem, originally appearing in
the New York Watchman and thence copied
into the Rational Intelligencer , whence we re
publish, is from the pen ol Theo. H. Hill, Esq.
of Raleigh, N. C., a gentleman whose efifitsions
partake, to a very great extent, of Keats’ deli
cacy, and are not lacking in many touches that
remind one of Poe.]
Freighted with fruits, a flush with fl .wers —
Oblations to offended power-
What fairy-like flotillas gh am
At night on Brami*s sacred s'l-earn;
The while, adiore, on bended knees,
Benighted Hindoo devotees
Sue for their silvery, silken sails
The advent of anspioious gales I
Such gorgeous pageant I have seen
Drift down the Hinges, while I food
Within the banian’s bosky'screen.
And gazed on hi* transfigured fl ood;
Avonnd each const crated b irlf
That sailed into the outer dark,
What lambent i ghts those lauterus gave I
What opalescent maa'-s played,
Beditplioaled on the wave,
While to and fro, like censers swayel,
They mode it luminous to glass
Their fleeting splendors ere they pass 1
O’er each, as shimmering it styling,
A haze of crimson l\alo hung?—
Hornrt by (olds of billowy mist,
Suffused with purpling amethyst.
Prom these, still fainter halos flung,
Lent each to some refracted z me
Hues of a lustre riot its own,
Till satellite of satellite,
E’uding the bewildered sight
In gloomier eddies of tty- stream.
Retained no wars a borrowed beam.
Thus, one by one, their sparkling tails
Distended by Sabi an gales,
I saw these votive vessels glide,
Resplendent o’er toe swelling tide,
While each, with its attendant shade,
Or dusk or radiant ripples made;
These Hashing into her» bloom,
Those smouldering into garnct-glo; m !
All this I saw, or. Pise, at night,
Pursumg Fsncv in her flight,
I pansed beneath what seemed to be
The umbrage of a banian tree,
And down the Ganges of a dream
Behold that gay flotilla gleam.
It seems to me but. yesterday
Since < ff the beach of Promise lav
The brilliant bargps Hopt had wrought,
And V'ung Desire had riehly fraught.
Alas I bow soon suoh tis-ueg fade 1
With fragile staffs whence dreams are made! •
Proud owner of that fl«et, I ‘food
Gazing on the transfigured flood,
And saw its constellated sails
Expanded by propitious pales.
Till shallop after shallop fl*w.
( As fresher yet the breez s blew,)
In j lyous quest of full fruition
To swift and terrible perdition I
Some in life’s vernal equinox,
O’er desperate seas to wreck were diiven;
And other; st’uok on sunken rooks.
Or, in the night, by lightning riven,
Burned to the water’s edge; while they
That, not unscathed but still unshattered.
Survived the storm, were widely scattered;
One only kept its destined way,
To sink—no friendly consort near-r
In sight of port, at dose of dav,
When «yeve calm and skies were clear 1
Important to Dealers In Port Wine.
Washington, Jannary 9, 1866.—The follow
ing letter has been received at the Department,
of State :
Legation of the United States, 1
Lisbon, December 8, 1865 f
Sir—The enclosed copy, a translation of a
law just passed by the Cortes, has considerable
importance in a commercial point of view, and
might not be understood at a distance without
explanation.
For a number of years past commerce in the
article of port wine has been limited to a cer
tain geographical district north of Portugal, and
regulated by various restrictions, which render
ed it a monopoly in the hands of growers and
speculators. The original law was, doubtless
intended to protect the purity of the wine ; but
after some experience it was found that the offi
cial certificates which were necessary for the
exportation of the wine, and which were appli
cable only to a particular area of territory, were
used to cover growth outside those limits, and
in fact, were sold freely as a met cm tile com
raodity; consequently the aim of the restrictive
policy was virtually destroyed. Repeated and
persistent efforts have beeD made of late yean
to remove all restrictions to ftee commerce in
this description of wine, as in others, and to al
low the whole production of the Winho region,
which is exceedingly fertile, to enter the mar
kets.of the world, each description dependent
upon its own merits for success.
After a long contest the liberating law has
triumphed, and under Ihp auspieesof a minister
who wqa among its most formidable opponents.
I have reason to believe that one of the im
mediate effectß of the new policy will be to en
large the commerce with the United States, and-|
for that reasou I have deemed it proper to state
these facta for information.
I have tfce honor to be, sir, yonr obedient
servantj
James E Harvey.
To Hon. Wiu. H. Seward, Secretary of State.
the paw.
Art. 1 The exportation, through tho bar of
Oporto, of all wines produced on the Portuguese
soil, ia hereby permitted. All wiues exported
through the Oporto bar shall pay the duties es
tablished on the export of all other wines of
the kingdom.
Art. 2 Government will publish the neces
sary regulations for carrying into effect the pre
sent law.
Art. 3. The decreea of the 11th of October,
1852, and all other legislation ip opposition to
the dispositions of the present law, are hereby
revoked.
Artemas Wan, in describ'ng his jourrev
from California, says: “The Qriver, with whom
I Sat outside, informed me as we slowly rolled
down the fearful mountain road which looks
down on either side into an appalling ravine,
that he has met accidents in his time, and vost
the California Stage Company a great deal of
money; “because,"said he, “ juries is agin as
on principle, and every man who sues us is
sure to recover. But it will never be so agin
not with me, yon bet” «How Is that?’l
said. It was frightfully dark. It was snow
ing withal, and, notwithstanding the brakes
were kept bard down, the coach slewed wild
ly, often fairly touching the hrink of the
P r#c, P ice ‘ How is that ?’ I said
Why, you see, 1 he replied, ‘that corpses
never sue for damages, but maimed people do.
Ana the next time I have an overturn, I shall
go round and keerfully examine the passe a- 1
gers. Them as is dead I shall let ali ne, bnt !
them as la mutilated I shall finish with (be
king-bolt. Dead folks don’t sue* They ain’t
on it.’ Thus, with anecdote, did this driver
cheer mejup.”
By Telegraph.
ASSOCIATED press dispatches
CONGRESSIONAL. ~
Washington, Jan. 24.
In the Senate. Wilson offered a joint resolu
tion for an amendment to the Constitution
providing for the payment for slaves or for
any debt contracted in behalf of the rebellion.
Referred to the Judiciary Committee.
Tho discussion or the hill Tor the enlarge,
went of the Freedman’s Bureau was resumed
sr d continued until adjournment.
The House resumed the consideration of the
Constitutional amendment fixing the basis of
representation.
A new amendment wag offered to apportion
representatives according to the number of the
voting population. No question,
MR. STEPHENS.
Milledgevili.e, Jan. 23.
M-. Stephens declines to mak* any public
address upon the stjte of the country, under
present circumstances. He adheres to his de
termination not to allow the use of his name
in connection with the U. S. Senate.
from Nashville.
Nashviile, Jan. 24.
The leading conservative members of the
Legislators, and prominent Union men of the
Slulr, have Issued a call to the’citizens of
Tennessee, favotahle to the restoration of a
pr nor position of equality and influence, to
holl amass meeting oa the 22d of F.-btu’ary.
A hearty endorsement of the President’s resto'-
ration po'icy is pledged.
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE,
Mir,i,EnGßvit,Lß, Jan. 24.
Ti e Senate discussed the abolition of the
penitentiary. No vote.
Both Houses egree to elect Judges Friday.
The Senate proposes to elect Senators on the
16 h of February.
NEW YORK MARKET.
New York, .Tan. 24._Cottou unchanged,
with sales of 2,909 bales
Gold 39J.
TI til —|
Commercial and Financial.
(R-ported for the Consii'utionalisr )
Wednesday, Jan. 24, 186 G.
COTTON.-There was some little enquiry,
and a few sates were effected at lower prices!
VVe quote middlings 40a41, and good roid
dlit gs 42. The market is, however, generally
dull, and holders are not willing to sell at
above prices, while buyers do not show a dis
position to offer more, owing to the decline in
Northern and European markets. The present
stagnation cannot continue for any lengih of
time. The markets abroad have received only
a temporary check. Cotton is bound to ad
vince. The demands of European and North
rrn manufacturers must be supplied, and the
‘ (forts now beiug made to forestall tho South
' ft) markets cauyot by of long duration,
GOLD Market easier to day. Brokers buy.
ng at. 1380140, and selling at 14f1ta142.
SI LVER—Unchanged.
SECURITIES.— Securities of every descrip
tion dull,
Living English Wiuters From a list of
ihe nges of living English writers, given in
1 •"toh’s Literary and Scientific Register for
18G6, weselec no respecting whom most tn
terest is felt, in this country, ns Matthew Ar
nold, 41; Wilkie Collins, 42; John ltu«ki»,
•17 ; Rev. Charlos Kingsley, 47 ; Onptaip Ma-yna
Reid, 48 ; George Henry Lewes, 49; Tom Tay
lor, 49; William Howard Russell, 50; Antho
ny Trolloppe, ftl ; Charles
Browning, 54; Charles Dickens, 54 ; Alfred
Tennyson, 57 ; Sir Archibald Allison, 56 ; Wil
liam F, Gladstone, 50; Charles Lever, 59;
Rev. F. D. Maurice, 61 ; Sir E. Rolwer Lvtton.
<sl ; Benjamin Disraeli, 61; Barrv Cornwall
67 ; Samuel Lover. 68; Thomas Carlyle, 70 ;
William- Hewitt, 71, Lean Milman, 75;
Charies Knight, 74; John Payne Collier, 77.;
and the Nestor of the tribe, Lord Brougham,
86 There is no similar enumeration of the*
ages of literary ladies, as statistics oa the sub
ject arc very difficult of altninmeuf.
Glneral Forrrst’s Black Brigads. —lt will
doubtless Bomewhat astonish *hose in the
North who hrve been led tn believe that the
freed men here are “agin ” Forest to the death,
to learn that, on yesterday, he left for his
Mississippi plantation, per steamer Bart Able,
with two hundred and twentv-four male labor
ers, together with their children. With them
he has made satisfactory , contracts, and de
signs reiide"#ig a good account in the way of
the Staple next fall —Memphis Appeal.
Severe Storm at Nashville. —The Union of
the 17th, says:
During the passage of the hurricane over the
city, day before yetverday, about fifty feet of
the wall enclosing ihd yard of the penitentiary
was blown down nearly level with the ground.
1 he, wall had W'n very insecure, not only
at the. point -where the fall occurred, but ail
t 1 e prison ; so insecure, (hat it is strange that
a wholesale escape-ot prisoner* W(IS avoided.
m a Ivl*tyals7
AT
SETZE’S OLD STAND.
M. Hyams & Co,,
Corner Broad and McTntosh streets,
Ju.AT received instore, and constantly arriv
ing, large stock Groceries, Hats, Boots, Shoes
and Yankee Notions, all of which we efier at
Wholesale atd Retail, at Reduced Prices.
OUR FAMILY GROCERIES oomist of
Goshen and English Dairy Cheese
Sugar, R&isimt. mrd, Maccaroni
Crackers and Biscuits, of all kinds
Can’ Fruit, of all des’ription
Cans Fish, Lobsters, Oystwe-and Sa'mon
Pepper, Ginger aßd Sniper, of all kinSs
HATS. .
Fine French Felt to Ordinary Word Rata
Boys’ Hats and Caps, of eve y quality
BOOTS and SHOES.
A ehoica selection, from common Brogans to
Gentlemen’s finest Sewed Boots
For the Ladies’ Department,we have from the
ordinary to ’.he finest Glove Kid Balmoral,
(French)
Children and Negro Shoes, of all klnJs and
prices
FANCY GOODS and NOTIONS.
Too numerous to men ion, bat all of the most
Desirable Goods, as to style, quality end price.
We big leave t > call the attention of al 1 to our
large stock of
GENUINE and CHOICE TEAS.
Including all kinds Black and Green, which wa
receive direct from the Canton Tea Comnanv, and
which we will sell at Wholesale and Retail, at
very low prices.
F irmers’ and Planters’ Tricks, of all kinds
Dings and Dye Stuffs, including Salts, Alum,
Borax, Hlnn Store, Copperas, Indigo and .Con
centrated Lye.
j*nl7—3a vim
STATE OP GEOR«f A, OGLETHORPE
COUVlY—Whereas. James D. H*:i and
France* 0. Ha’l apply to tne for Letters of Ad
ministration on the estate of Daniel Hal), late or
said county, deceased—
These arc therefore to cite and admonish all and
singular the kit drrd end creditors of said de
ceased, to be and appear at my office within the
time pre-crihed hv law, to show cause if any
they have, why said letters shou’d not be granted.
Given under my hand a- d official signature,
this 23d day of January, 1863.
E. 0. SHACKELFORD,
jan2s—c-i Ordinary,
STATE OP GEORGIA, OGLETHORPE
COUNTY—W liereas, James T. Wilkina ap
plies ti> n e for L -itersof Adndu’s’ration.de bonis
non with th« wilt annexed, on the estate of
Mitche I D. Til’er, lattrof said county, deceased—
These are therefore to cite and admonish, all
and singular, the kindred and creditors of said
deceased, to ho and appear at my office within
the tinac prescribed bv law, to show cause, if
anv they huve, why said letters ehruld not be
granted.
Given under my hand and official signature,
this 23d day of January. 1866.
E. O. SHACKELFORD,
,jan2;We4 Ordinary.
jpIEORGIA, WARREN OOUNTY.I
VT Whereas, O. W. Darden applies to me for
Letters of Administration, with tie will annexed,
upon the estate of Sarah Stone, deceased—
These are therefore to cite and admon-sh, all
and singuitr, the kindred and creditors ot said
deceased, to be and appear at my office within the
tihne prescribed bv law, and show cause, if any
they have, why said letters should not be granted.
Given under mv hand at office in Warn nton,
January 22d, 1866.
H. Ri CODY,
jan2s-c< ’ • Ordinary,