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. PUBLISHED BY CO. ATJGHJSTA, GA. ' FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 9, 1806. INTERESTING READING MATTER ON 4TH PAG X. IA REFORM NEEDED. of our Southern exchanges should deal in such lavish assailance of the North and everything in it. We are no apologist for the many and indubitable wrongs inflicted by that section upon us and have, perhaps, done as much in the field ns seven iu ten of those who write thus bitterly, hut, desiring still to consult the good of the land we love, enter our protest against a course of action equally inexpedient and impru dent. The South is now without any Congres sional representation, "and has none to cither defend or explain her but the Proas. Shackled as that Press is, it seems eminently unwise to still further abridge its mcasuro of usefulness by devoting to sarcasm, satire, dr vituperation those powers that have a much more legitimate and pressing call upon them. The Radical par ty, it must be remembered, has not only full sway in cither house of Congress but is also powerfully baeked up by an able and determin ed press. In the game of recrimination those who control that press eau give ns ton to one and yet be winner, every taunt and sneer, every seoff and haughty fling from us being j ust so m ueh to their advantage and our injury. With the natural feelings of one who, to the best of a poor ability, constantly supported that government existing up to some year past in the.se Southern States, who* was proud of its glory and sorrowed in its fall, we ure ourselves not infrequently disposed to heap harsh lan guage upon the whole of that section whence oame the armies that overthrew us, and whence „ now issue so many sounds of insult and so many threats of wrong. But words,[words,words we know, are futile. Deeds that made the whole world stare did not give the South indepen dence, and shrewish debate will assuredly not secure her justice. In view of much that we daily see and hear and feel it is very hard to re frain from the language of detestation, defiance, and a just indignation, but it has pleased Prov idence to impose a very trying role upon us, aud it is the dictate of dignity as well as inter est to play that part out in peace, as in war, with patience, with courage, witli ardour, and determination. What the South wants now is not the opportunity of inimitably abusing those with whom she lately battled, but the restora tion to her children of those sacred birthrights, so dear to every one of the old Anglo-Saxon lineage. That Sherman at Columbia was Tii.lv at Magdebourg, or wasted Georgia the wrecked Palatinate, are matters not now to the question. History will settle thoso points, giving tho blame wliero it belongs, and holding up to the ages a more infallible balance than this genera tion will spe. But it is to the point that now, with unflinching purpose, we shall, every man of us, give ourselves utterly and thoroughly up to the work of regaining that which Ve have lost. We are taxed enormously and arc entirely bereft of representation ; wc are held amenable to civil rules, and are yet triable by abnormal and tyrannic procedures ; wc get the cold «nd of every right, and bear the full burden of every duty. In this list of grievances is enough food for thought, enough cause for words, and enough field for action. The past can give nothing but experience, but tho future can yield us success, and it would seem surely aufllcieut to dy-ectour thoughts, words, and deeds to this one end only. » Bm nnother reason why this persistent assail ance of the North is unwise. Already wc have said it occupies, to no good purpose, powers already too much cramped, and not tho less cer tain is it. that this waste of abilities is not only foolish prodigality but suicidal iusanity. The wc speak of, those sharp and cutting things, these fierce and slashing leaders are, nine eSfcw iu every tew, made universal in their application, and wholly undiscriminating In their hostile animus. Now once more we have to say that it is from no Christian spirit of forgiveness that we write. Unfortunately for us there are sore places iu our heart wo cannot heal, but we lovo the South better than wc love revenge, and are willing to give up the heathen sweetness of the ouo for tho yet still dearer sake of the other. During the war this Southern people, (his fervid, impas sioaod, fiery people, of whom it was thought they would be as quick iu quarrel as gunpow der, but no more lasting, evinced in the field the steady composure of the British grenadier "-a o. i.ojuo tho stubborn‘patience of ihoJiuich I Kepuoifc. TTlusy «ur>in!ff4d to Q«urf>otiori3 of power, to rescission of contracts, to enormous taxes, to bogus representation ‘from border States, to much imbecility aud no little oppres sion—submitted, aud submitted w ith a noble pationeo that must have made the ungels, who knew futurity, to weep. What man has done man, says tho proverb, may do and as Alexan der Stephens well put it in his late address, the first duty we owe to ourselves to day, is Pa tience. For the Radicals we have no terms—from Jeffries Chase to Barrerhßumner the vials of wrath may one and all ha poured upon their heads —they seek the enslavement of the white men of America, they stand with Abaddon and let them have Appollyons portion, but in assail ing them let such a dear distinction bo made in terms that the whole people of the North will not feel themselves reviled. They had bravo men in their army and they have true men, and no few of them, now in their midst. Seventeen hundred thousand Northern voters, be it remembered, opposed the war, and, were it only half that number ready now to stand by Constitutional liberty, they are too many to make it either just or politic in us to overwhelm them in one general condemnation. Let epi thets give place. They are, beyond doubt, ser viceable at times, hut now is not the season of their use. Facts and not words are wanted. The present sentiments and not tho past regrets of the South need exposition. Tho Issue needs to be clearly laid before our people—a people that must be instructed, aroused, organized, en thused, made to see the work before them and lezl on in solid column where Freedom points the way. To do thiß will tax the Press suffi ciently, to bring our people to a coalition with every other voting population that will stand shoulder to shoulder for Constitutional Liberty will in itself be no easy task ; and, after expo sition, instruction, entreaty, and guidance, there will be but scanty room for any bandying of names. MR. STEPHENS’ SPEECH. The recent address of the Hos. Alexander H. Stephens before the General Assembly of Georgia is being published broadcast through the North and West, winning golden opinions from friend and foe. A few jaundiced Radical journals, chronically blind to any good that may come out of Nazareth, assail it mildly on the score of sincerity, asserting that, however it may be a fair reliex of Mb. Stephens’ individ ual sentiments, It is not a key-note of Southern temper and opinion. From the many criticisms we have been industriously collating, that of the New York Titties is selected as most judi cious and forcible; mainly, too, because this jour nal is a bow-shot, beyond any Republican organ in conservatism and a correct exponent of the popular will. It can be prevented as the most enlightened precursor of a now party which will shake the Jacobin pagoda to its foundation. Mr. Stephens’ speech is intended, of course, to sink deep into the hearts of his countrymen, but it is likewise vocal for posterity and aimed at the intelligence of the North. Wo, who im mediately surround him, may fail to appreciate it thoroughly from itsVvery nearness; but the remote North has already eaught tho magic of its utterance and those who live after U 6 will cherish it as the wholesome counsel of a great man who compromlts no principle but advises for the best when evil seems insurmountable. We say that our people cannot properly regard this speech, because of their proximity to the artist. How shall this bo better illustrated than * by the achievement of the old Greek sculptor. His massive statue, when placed upon the ground, looked rough and uncouth; but, reared upon the Parthenon, its rugged outlines were mellowed by altitude and all its thorough sym metry came out in the relief of perfect majesty. So with this memorable speech. The far North recognizes the divine art, of the master in his work and, niched in the Parthenon of Time, our ehildron shall bail It as most worthy among the grand efforts of our intellectual Phidias. Don’t. —The Atlanta Intelligencer of the Bth inaL, in speaking of a recent newspaper change In Richmond, terms Mr. Nat Tyler's with drawal from the Enquirer, “ his retiracy.” <)ome, brother 8., this sort of thing will hardly <lo; the shade of Addison forbids it however strong your“ deslraoy” that way may he. Don’t •do it any more, please. ‘Don. Thomas, commanding the department of Tennessee, has Issued an order removing >all 'restrictions upon the sale of arms and ammuni tion. . SENATOR WADE’S OPINION. The Baltimore Gazette quoting from an Olio journal demonstrated that the venerable Mr. IV ade was not always ol’ the same opinion. Whereat,the Nestor of the Senate waxed exceed iug wroth, aud taking the Gazette in his topgs- Hke digits, held it up to execration in the bil lowing tomahawk style: Mr. Wade.—l do not associate with people who ptter such sentiments. I am not at all back ward in arraigning disloyal people, and I do not stop to talk about the Constitution cither. The party witj; v '\ I act has been successful. Mr. Sumner -« will be again. Mr. Wade. - Yr>, r. ■' will be again, only the l war upon the radicals is no war at all; it is a tempest in a teapot. The great party with which 1 act chained its principles to the throne of the Almighty, and is as indestructible as He is. What folly, then, for such miserable copperhead sheets as this (holding up the Gazette) to assail us. lam an abolitionist, and I glory iii it, and you arc all abolitionists because you'ean’t help it. We have grown from an insignificant mi nority to have two-thirds of both Houses of Congress. It will not be one mouth from to day before every man here, who is not a radical, will wish to God he was. The gates of hell cannot prevail against ns. I had not intended to say a word on this subject, we arc strong enough, but when such miserable things as this (shaking the paper violently) issue the base for geries,l! refute them. Ido not care who assails me, President or anybody else. They may call me traitor; I do not care; lamas the eternal rocks of granite. Here is a compendium of the Radical creed and fatality. He “ will not stop to talk of the. Constitution”—the only thing he was sent to Congress to talk about and observe. If his great party is chained to the Almightv’s throne, it is in the manner of Lucifer. The Gazette's , folly must have been of a nettlcsome quality when it made Senaior Wade kick up such a “ deuce of a row.” Granite rocks are not eter nal but very tough. A drill bole and a handful of powder can accomplish a great deal, even with the composure of a granite rock. Is any thing about to transpire to make the Senate ” wish to God it was Radical ?” What do you mean, Mr. Wade? -■» ■ «i— » — THE NIGHT SIDE OF NATURE. Mr. Lyman Trumbull, Senator from Illinois, aud an especial champion of the defunct Freed man’s Bureau Bill, has fulminated before a mass meeting of his Baltimore friends, very few of whom were natives of the State, they have out raged. Like Friar Bacon's brazen head has he spoken, and the ehymie treasure of articula ted thought takes the form of a dark hypothe sis. Mr. Trumbull said : Had Gerritt Smith been nominated for Vice- President on the ticket with Mr. Lincoln, he would now have filled the place of Mr. Johnson. Now, suppose for an instant, such had been the case, would not Gerritt Smith have authorized the negroes of South Carolina to have formed a State Government—then we should have had coming up to tho Senate of the United States claiming scats a couple of negroes—how he asked, would his democratic friends have felt And yet, such might have been the ease, and they would have about the same right there as would those invited by the President Johnson. tiuppose the dusky gentlemen had been per mitted by Providence and— Smith, to make such application. Would they liavo been denied? Sfhpposc they had been admitted (always sup posing Smith and Providence) would Mr. Trum bull’s scat have been of down or thorns ? A few more black draughts of this sort and the condition of Mr. Trumbull’s party will not be even in the realm of supposition. EXIT CJUPFEE. 1 In the Columbia Enquirer, of the 7th hist., ive find it stated that Mayor Wilkins of that city has received the following letter from Hon. James Johnson, late Provisional Governor of this State, the intelligence conveyed being we fancy, hardly leas grateful to this community than to the be-ridden people of Odlumbus: Washington, D. March 2d, 186:5. Hon. F. G. Wilkins : Dear Sir : I have had a short Interview with the President, the Secretary of War and Gen. Grant, in relation to the removal of the colored troops. I war, assured by General Grant that so soou as he could substitute other troops, thoy should be removed from the interior of the 3tato; that in sact 1 such an order had already been issued. Yours truly, J. Johnson. The Texas Convention.—'Dio Reorgani zation Convention of the State of Texas met in Austin City on the 7tli of February last. J. W. Thockmorton was elected President and W. L. Chalmers, Secretary, eighty delegates being present. Provisional Governor Hamilton scut in a long message, tlje greater half being de voted to an exposition of his reasons for, not sooner calling together the Convention, quali fications of delegates, etc. It also recommends 'an ordinance to repudiate the war debt ,Btatoand tlv> glviujtai>r Bquai'yliivitß i.tc"" ~I W tj.rn" ’ln » vary guarded W3V it also recommends a partial extension of the right of suffrage to the blacks. At latest dates the Convention had so amended the State Constitu tion as to give equality of legal rights to (he freedmen. The feeling is represented as very bitter, the delegates being either straiglitout Union men or original secessionists, and i* is thought the session will be longer than that of any similar body in the South. In advocating his ideas of negro suffrage the Provisional Gov ernor lias much to say about “ the great law of mind/’“traditional prejudices,” “eternal prin ciples” and the like drawing as his conclusion from these premises that “if would be wise to regulate the qualifications of those who are to become voters hereafter, by rules of universal application." m Reconstruction.— The March of Mind tip North has lately developed a new adaptation of an old idea, no other than what, in the ease of the sterner sex, would ho termed “false calves,” though, as of vogue now among the fair skater esses of ye North, we presume should be allud ed to as artistic distentationa of the lower limb. “Nice young men," we ilearu from an elaborate newspaper essay on these distentationa, sell ’em; equally nice “young ladies”—so it is writ ten—buy ’em and wear them in skatipg cos tume, with a grace that ravishes all beholders. Blind to the beauty of the thing, a crusty Nash ville paper, of Southern and therefore okl fogy principles, sniffs at the iuvention, and declares that in consequence, the entire forco of New York female baudyshanks turned out on the ponds this winter. Aorrible, inn's it ? Cotton Seep.— As a matter of great, interest to our planters we republitdi the following com munication, addressed to the Montgomery Mail : New Orleans, Jan. 5, 1806. Editors Mail : The time is rapidly approach ing when formers will be preparing'to plant cot ton, and there is one fact which may not gen erally be known to them to which I wish to draw their attention, and it is this: cotton seed which have lain in the lint, unginued, for twelve months, will not do to depend upon for plant ing purposes. The majority of planters know that old seed, which have been ginned the foil the cotton was picked, are as good, if not better, than new. This is not the case where the seed have lain unginned for a year. The lint extracts or absorbs all the oil (which serves as uutrition to the young plant) train the seed. It does not destroy the germinating property of the seed ; the seed will com 6 up, but the plant will die in ten days. The writer knows one planter who lost two entire stands of cotton last year, and thereby totally foiled in a crop. He planted seed which had lain unginned for twelve months. The seed came up and he had a fine stand, hut in about ten days, off died. 110 planted a second time with the snxne%sult,<. As this Is a matter of vital importance to the planting community, will not the planters let it be known, if such has been tneir experience? ' Flatter. A Louisiana Mexican General.—-A corres pondent writes: About twenty years a learned Association Justice of the Supreme Court of Louisiana fell in with what the writer of tho Probverhs calls a “ strange woman,” and she led him a fast, life, and finally Into debt.— To retrieve his he i•<.,»— he bethought himself of sending a present of twits and cakes to John McDonough, who, in those polite days, of course, acknowledged it in an autographic and olographic note. That autograph was used to give validity to a promissory not* or draft l'or §B,OOO, but jho forgery was detected very quickly, by the forger’s associates, and one morning lie found liiruseh slone ou the beach, and no one to hear him company or keep coun sel. He, therefore, hastened down, to the river, and throw' himself in, but was rescued by some kind-hearted /Jat-boatman. He subsequently, however, mounjt-il A list, horse, and made bis way down the Coast, ssjd safely got off to the then Republic of Texsvs ? h<f‘ic he found his way to Mexico. And, if any one «ijj take the } trouble to look at the pic tures of Mexican gen erals, lai cay published by the Harpers, they will discover among them one which is neither Iberian nor Aztec, but genuine American.— That is old John McDonough's friend, a very learned and able man, once judge of Louisiana, who, first victim of a “strange woman,*’ iyas since run the noble career, ofa Mexican general. I A I knian Denied Burial from a Catholic Church.- Bartholomew Higgins, a promising young lawyer of Waterford, was buried yester day. He died of consumption after a short ill ness. The deceased had ft large circle Os friends who sincerely mourn his early demise. He was a prominent Fenian—a circumstance which ex cluded his remains from being received in the Catholic church of the village. Arrangements had been made for the funeral service in the church, when a telegraphic dispatch was re ceived fivna the bishop, the tenor of which is not known; bpt as tire reverend father in charge, who was n ptum friend of the deceased, declined to open the builfiipg for the ceremony, j it is supposed the bishop Jilt sanction I to.the occupation of the church for the purpose i stated. From this it would seem that the ] beads of the Romish church are determined in j their opposition to Feniauism in this country. I [ Tray Times. j [From the New York Times. Mr. Stephens’ Speech. The effort to magnify trifling incidents for an evil purpose implies a corresponding effort to hide or to depreciate everything likely to con vey favorable ideas of Southern feeling and opinion. Exceptional cases are held up as sam ! pics of the whole ; the real doings of the whole j arc either misrepresented or kept altogether Cut of sight. This is the course pursued in re gard to the recent remarkable speech of Mr. Alex. H. Stephens at Milledgeville. Newspapers which boast of their “convictions” with the whine of the Pharisee, and set themselves up on all occasions as the special exponents of the Northern conscience, have carefully ignored the 4 views propounded by Mr. Stephens, and have passed over in silence the fact that these views have received the formal indorsation of the Le gislature of Georgia. If any man in the South has a right to ask a fair hearing touching the lessons of the war or the duties which the results of the war have made urgent, it is Mr. Stephens. Ilis election as Senator we deemed an unwise proceeding, because likely to form an obstacle to the rep resentation of the State in Congress. But the fitness of Stephens to be the exponent, not alone of the great body of the people of Georgia, but of the great body of the South generally, is un deniable. A representative man before' the re bellion, he was eminently such during the re bellion, and is such still, now the rebellion is ended. What he says, therefore, is entitled to careful consideration, as well because of his own ability and character as because of the relation he has sustained and yet sustains to that great majority of the .Southern people who joined the rebellion by reason of State pride and the heresy of State rights, rather than of any per sonal dissatisfaction with the Union or its Gov ernment. The. circumstances in which Mr. Stephens de livered his speech add to its significance. It was not a gratuitous display of oratory, indulg ed in for the gratification of an obscure village crowd. Addressed to the members of the Geor gia Legislature, it was delivered at their requtst, with the evident intention of conveying to the country the conclusions arrived at by the State of Georgia—the. “Empire State” of the South— whose citizens exercise a controlling influence upon Southern commerce and opinion. And what are the views expounded by Mr. Stephens ? What is their aim ? whatitheir scope ? what their relation tothegreat question whieli agitates the North and is the ground of controversy at Washington ? Os the historical parallels by which he seeks to exemplify the disastrous influence of civil war upon popular | liberty, and the superiority of peaceful and con stitutional effort for the' redress of popular grievances, we will not speak. Their practical value would have been greater if delivered at Montgomery in 1861, instead of at Milledgeville in 1866. Aside from these digressions, how ever, Mr. Stephens talks with a degree of moder ation and wisdom which wo should be glad to see imitated in another capital than that of Georgia. He deprecates sectional prejudice, and dwells upon the necessity of sectional for bearance as a preliminary to the restoration of peace, prosperity and harmony in the land. He urges the cheerful and unqualified acceptance of the issues of the war, and the abiding by them in good faith; adding his conviction that those whom he addressed, and their constitu ents, are resolved to discharge the duty thus devolving upon them. Tho State-rights doc trine ho discards as unworthy of further no tice. “The Constitution of the United States, | a id the treaties and Laws made in pursuance thereof, are now acknowledged to be the para mount law jn'tbis whole country.” The prac tical lessons deducible from this position he sets foi*li plainly and pointedly. Foremost among these ho places the duty of dealing just ly and kindly with the race emancipated during tlie war. In their ignorance lie secs a reason for much charity and good will; in their form er fidelity a reason for present consideration aud kindness ; in their newly-acquired lights a reason for adapting the laws of the State to the altered circumstances of tho time, i The new system, he tell 3 his hearers, must have la fair and just trial, and to insure this-“wise j and humane provisions ” should be made for ! the freedmen. “Ample and full protection should lie secured to them, so that they may start equal before the law in the possession and | enjoyment of all rights of personal liberty and i property." Upon this point Mr. Stephens quotes with entire approval language used on a 1 late occasion by Henry Ward Beecher, whose i statement of the relations of the two races, and | the duties incumbent upon the whites, he ac j cepts with a candor which strikingly shows the i depth of the change in the Southern heart. Os ! the future of the South, Mr. Stephens speaks ' 1 with caution, and even doubt. “It is dark and impenetrable; thick gloom curtains and closes | iu the horizon al! around us.” His only hope rests upon the peaceful re-establishment and j maintenance of the National Government, with i the Union restored, and paternal feeling culti -1 rated alike l>y North and South. To this end j,hc counsels a hearty support of President . Johnson as the standard-bearer of Constitutiou | al principles, and as the statesman whose resto [ ration policy reveals a just appreciation of the ! wants of the country, and the means by which ' its unity and prosperity may bo effectually sc | cured. We submit that, utterances like these would j merit attention were tlieir author known to be in an insignificant minority ; for they would in i dicate the oxisteuoo of a healthy nnclone, which j the Unionists of the North would be bound to I sustain and cultivate. But. Mr. Stephens’ pori-' tiou is widely different. His voice is the voice i of the majority, at least of his own State, as the ■ action of tho Milledgeville legislators sufiieient \ ly attest. And it is in harmony with iuformn ; tion received from other Southern States, in i reference to the feeling prevalent there, and the j good faith with which they, are for the most | part prepared to accept the issues forced upon them by the war. In this regard,as Mr. Becr-her f tn<- aoutnem people are ail we I «?£?» j pect them of hypocrisy. Tlieir reticence is ! evidence of self-respect; aud we are disposed to attach infinitely greater weight to the pro fessed adhesion of such a people than wc should be were they more obsequious. There arc bla tant loyalists in the North whose attachment to tho Constitution and the Union is of a more questionable kind than that of (lie converted ex ! official of the rebel Confederacy. Upon one point, at least, we of tlie Nor*!: may profitably ponder and digest the words of Mr. ! Stephens. Differ as we may about particular | measures proposed for the South, the one great I duty which rests upon all is the duty of forbear ance toward the Southern people. If they fail 1 just now to meet our expectations in every thing, let us make allowance for the peculiari j ties of their position, and invite their further ‘ action by a generous acknowledgment of jvbat I they are already prepared to do. The Republic : cannot endure except upon the basis of a com munity of interest and feeling, and we shall best promote both l)y interpreting in a liberal spirit I overtures like these from Georgia. _ * < ! Tobacco-Important Manufacturers and Shippers, The’following is important to manufacturers : of tobacco: Treasury Department, ) Office Internal Revenue, [- Washington, Feb. 26, 1866. \ By the order of the Secretary of the Treasu ry, dated February 2, 1866, (Special No. 31,) it : is provided that, on and after March 1, 1866, all j Southern manufactures in the possession of the manufacturer shall be held subject to the pres j cut rates of duty—no exception being made in I any ease on account of the date of manufae j ture. The reasons assigned for this order are, that ] abundant time has been given manufacturers to i dispose of the goods on hand nt the time of the establishment of collection districts, aud that I lie privileges granted under the circular of September 14, 186.5 intended for the relief of manufacturers from duties which, under the | circumstances, might bear hardly upon them— j were nevertheless inconsistent with the general provisions of the law, adverse to the interests of manufacturers who are paying the current rates of duty, and susceptible of . very great abuse. The effect of this order is to place all j manufactures and productions which were in i the possession of the manufacturer or producer ; on the Ist of March. 1866, on which no duty, or . the duty to which they were held liable under the circulars of June 21 and September 14, i 1865, on the same footing as like manufactures | and products were placed by the act of June J 30,1864, arul to make them liable to the current rates of duty when sold, or consumed, or used, i or removed from the place of manufacture. 1. Tobacco owned by the manufocturer on the [ first day of March, 1866, aud not in bond, al | though inspect ed, branded and a tax having been : paid thereon before the first day of March, 1866, i will not be. exempt from additional tax under ■ the order of February 2d. j 2. Tobacco which has been shipped by the : manufacturer in the States lately in insurrection, | in bond, will not be held liable to any additional | duty to that conditioned in the transportation | bond. 3. Tobacco in the hands of a purchaser, (the ! tex to which iSuras liable cither within or with | out the “insurrectionary States” having been 1 paid,) and bearing the proper inspection marks, j will not be held liable to any additional tax after | the first of March. j 4. Tobacco in the hands ofa purchaser within I the “insurrectionary stales,” and made prior i to the establishment ofa collection dis;tic-, and 1 purchased prior to March Ist, I§(i6, will not' be 1 held liable to tax unless transported beyond the I limits of such State. 5. Tobacco owned by a purchaser and shintx-d , , in houd will nor, after the first of March, lie held I I liable to any additional tax to that conditioned ; i" the transportation bond. In this respect tho i manufocinrcr and the purchaser, having shipped i i tobacco in bond, will he regarded alike, and sub- i I ject to pay only the duty named in the bond 6. Part ies who hold tobacco which (Icy man ufactured themselves are to be regarded as the : manufacturers, though they may not now be engaged in thq business of manufacturing. 7. Jobaceo in the hands of a manufacturer made prior lq 11, e p§tablishmcnt of u collection district, or subsequent (huUg.Ypiwt, before the same 4s used or removed foi ctnisu/iquton be i inspected and marked with the date of the j n ppeetion and the name of the Inspector. When such tobacco is sold, consumed or removed for consumption or sale, or removed from the place of manufacture, (unless removed to a bonded warehouse or snipped in bond), the tax accrues thereon, and on apd after the first day of March 1866, tho tax on all such tobacco vvlit lie assess ed and collected according to the rates of dldy imposed by the excise law now in force or which may hereafter be iu force, at the time of sale, remov.'tl, ifcc. 8. The same rules substantially apply to a)l other manufacturers and products, except cm. ton and spirits of turpentine, as arc herein given concerning the Tixarton of tobacco ** E. A. RoLLiNS v Comm issioner. A Goon Wife —A good wife is one who puts her husband in at the side of the bed next to the wall, and tucks him in to k,oep him w arm in the winter ; splits the wood, makes the fire in the morning, washes her husband’s face anti draws on his boots for him, never suffers a rent to remain in her husband’s small clothes, keeps her shoes np at the heel and her stockings darned, never wonders what her husband sees interesting in the young woman who lives across the way, never slams the door when her husband is spiking, and* alw'avs reproves the children when they eat up tjieir fuller’s sup per, . *.‘ ■ . . '■ Interesting Letter froi Brazil*'American Immigratioijto Bra#. THE WHOLE HISTORIC ONBjtdkPTKH. [Rio Janeiro Coispomonce.] Rio J*LRoJ« an - 2di 1866. The third, as yet arri\ of-’tli United States and Brazil Mail Steam p TJjj' of steamers, the South America, sail r’Njs York to4lay. As the party whose adi chiefly my theme returns to the St i in .ihe prosecution mission by this imer, wd as I have been with him during t whole course of his travels, and “ know tht IntS” winch he pro poses to publish in ext t in a »eries of letters and his forth-coming t i, I hive concluded, without infringing up his programme, to give you, in one chapte i terse compendium of notes I have kept of uerican immigration to Brazil, its rise and p rets. The Anglo-Saxon rac like certain birds we wot of, are migratory i: leir character. They are restless, never coi ited, and never keep still. “ Push aliead, ke moving,” seems to be their motto, and they p ticaUv exemplify it. Previous to the late il W* in the States large numbers of well do Southern planters and efficient yet advc rous artisans in the Southern States premctited a pioneer visit if not positive emigratiojto and settlement in Brazil. The collapse |the “so-called" Con federacy intensified thijeeling, elicited much correspondence, and £ hundreds swelled to thousands, and assocunns of immigrants to Brazil were formed, wifcxed rules'olguidance, as if by magic, in eachind svery State of the South. And the ball \ i set rolling, and it has continued to roll and f l rolfci significantly and determinedly. It was in June last 165) that General Wm. ; Wallace W. Wood, 6f but long time | resident of New Orlc s, das appointed the j chief agent ofassociati sos Immigrants of four counties in Mississip) It] New Orleans he became the agent of ; nhttassoeiation ; of a third from the CarolinTeouiy district of Vir ginia; of a fourth in Nr* T<W of northern and central Mississippians, Afl, ■ reason of an nc. cident to and the retunpf ilf vessel (the Mon tana) on which he find staled out in August last, of nineteen other {isolations, the agents of wiiom all, without »icejl>n, confided their business to his charge. feaJtVood is a middle %ed man, a lawyer' a fluent writer, forcible speaker, manners and prompt in the dispatoapqßfcinesF. HU arri val in Rio had been artfcijßl, and his recep tion was most enthusigsticwlo passport was asked of him—he had .noiS-nnd his baggage was permitted to be tak«u (Sis hotel without the surveillance of theJus Jb. The morning after the arrival the nSrfl®tan papers were flaming with kindest nojic|Bd full of cordial welcomes. That day decided sensa tion. A victory had jumHichicved over the Paraguayans, and a of a large American a party of ex plorers had arrived. bells rang merrily aIL over the citsMHrccts were filled with processions, bauds otmsic were playing everywhere, and sky-roCkS were . ascending and bursting every secoiujJn broad daylight, daring the entire day, tiiutXdght the city was. illuminated. An hour befll sunset Rua da De reita, the main street in ‘lf city, ou which the Exchange Hotel, where wChad taken rooms, was located, began fillingFor the distance of three blocks or square;«4[roct of the hotel with a dense mass of l.mxalty and a band of music, while the win don't ,Jr conies aurl house tops of the buildings i fit he vicinity were thronged with women tfl children, waving handkerchiefs and minwtunSags of Brazil and the States. In response tMoml and repented “ vivas for General Woods hat gentleman ap- t peared in one of the ba|c lie-, of the hotel, ' where, in his representaftte character, he was i welcomed with deafening ,* itts, the hand play- 1 ing “ Dixie.” An address!! ’ortnguese, signed 1 hy numerous merchants,ill ;ers, etc., was then • rend by one of the citizcnm rnmense applause, at the conclusion of whicffdie band played the ' National Hymn of every head was uncovered and proftMHjdctcc ensued during ; the performance. Thtn-lßßVcnt then respond ed in English, his remat® understood by some, ! being received by all villWspeeios of wild dc- i liuht. Tile next day o|l papers contained he address, signatures aaSYpcceb. Within three days friuk Sis demonstration ! General \\ pod and puny tad visited the various ministers oi State, and bqm rolled on in return by them, the foreign tajiistcru, etc., and had perfected all liis arrangements fob an extensive j tour into the interior. Hr demanded that emi grants should be ramie **ot)s imjnediately on j their arrival on simply the oath of allc- j ; dance, freedom of religious worship, j with privilege to erect temples lot the latter as- I ter the custom of our people in i lie States ; re- i cognition of thejntles ai« regulations adopted ; by the emigrants for theirjintermdgovernment, privilege to create academies and col teg. ■■ midi r their own rntta ; chart m, with all privileges, for their villages, fowls and cities ; tree imports for nil needed by the emigrants for "j 'ive years, etc. All thlp was agreefl to, though much requires legislative en ictticnt, as not being in conformity whit existiuglaws. Ri° Janeiro is a scctpj Lisbon in appearance. I There are no brick hinacs, no chimneys, no I fire places. Tiic hou.-ettre built mostly of mud or adotte, or of stun!! pjeees of stoic ; are prin cipally of a yellow oelidf color, ant all have rod tHe roofs. There are a few four-story, houses, hut the mats of the lntildings_a:'e' onet or two stories li igh ; the narrow, aging three few in m ■6 : , ih'uudFeie With .If**; j, at,» hells ore rlTTEjtng a™ the time. Beggars are countless, anti Saturday is a-licensed day with them -, one or two cents is the usual mite given them. Rio is ever lively aud seemingly full of business ; located in valleys, surrounded by mountains, tlie valley encircling some and wind ing in and around Other mountains'; the days are hot aud the nights cool, with a pulmonary vapor hath ascending daily. Light flannels should always be worn here, ami are preven tives of eoldsj etc. ; black cloth dress coats and pants, black vests, black or white cravats, black tiles or stove-pi p*.. hats and light-elorored kid gloves, constitute the dress suit, and dress is a feature of the city. The people are remarkably friendly and sociable, and have a warm affection for Americans, whom they regard e.e models of enterprise, science, skill and progressive uess. With letters of introduction to the dignitaries and prominent men of the provinces of San Paulo, Parana, Rio grande du Sud and San C’atharina ; furnished with an engineer, who was also guide and interpreter, and as the guests of the empire, the general’s party, consisting of himself as chief, a surgeon," physician and chemist, a planter, an ardiiteet and builder aud a machinist, left Rio on steamer on tlie .lltli of October and landed next morning at Santos, the seaport of Sin Paulo. There are two methods of reaching the interior from this point, one by railroad the other by diligences. The former is an Enelish enterprise, and passes over a serra or mountain on which there are four lifts (a stationed engine at each) of one mile and a quarter distance each, or live miles up the niountaiu, at a grade of one foot in nine feet. The foot of this mountain is fifteen miles from Santos, and the whole distance to the city of San Paulo, tlie present terminus of the rail road, is forty-two miles. The company, how ever, have a charter through the /entire province and into Parana. It is a stupendous enterprise, but tlie Brazilian Government is liberal, and the company, after years of lalor and the support of thousands, will pocket its clear millions.— What are our Yankee friends doing ? What are the Americans doing while John Bull is thus reaping harvests in this new world ? e took tbc railroad—guests of the company I —and in due time reached San Panlo city, where there was another ovation, more addresses, speeches and-distinguished "visits, and after a delay of three days we were.off again, .with ser vants and muleteers, iVamsted us gratuitously 1 by the provincial goycrnnvmt, our cavalcade consisting of eleven njeu and seventeen mules. From this point out our exjeuses, were paid by i the provincial governmeut, and we found our ; arrival at each point heralded in advance, and | processions and cavalcades of tiie most proml ! nent citizens, including the cfflciale, with bands of music, met ns a league or so before reaching each village, town or city, atd on our arrival ! the entire population turned out to sets ns.— Everything was'free,'arid tables groaning with , edibles and potables, substantiate and delicacies, ; met us at every turn and pebse. In America friends shake bauds ; in Br«.zi{ they embrace, till i heart beats against heart. Balls and parties and ! serenades were our nightly accompaniment, and j whether in town or country,’ it was the one : great, grand, unvarying scene of life, love and ! seductive friendship. Thus, with frequent re lays of animals forced upon w by zealous and ' i>tost hospitable Brazilians, »’e passed lVopj San Paulo westward, inclining north, through •Tundiahy, Campinas, Lameiro, IlAcaba, Rio Clarp, Arraraqua;.!, Rrptps, Jahn »hd Sape, to and beyond the Sip -unite, the Rios i Jacquere Gmnde and Jucqucro Pequena, over campos (rolling prairies,') valleys, mountains j and table lands" through a country teeming with oranges, pine apples and bananas, that seemed indigenous growths, unattended to, and that filled the air for miles around with their rich aroma, and whuse delicious fruit melted iuyour , mouth. The country is abundantly irrigated i -with mountain springs that, unftipg, forth creeks j i apd small rivers, and permenlc everywhere, ; i are coot and refreshing. The fazendas, or plantations, are told oft in i leagues. A man goes on the jop off'a mouii- j 1 tain, stretches his lnnd out, wlitels around, and ; i rays, tliis is my estate, or faasnrla. He rsti- j i mates it at so many leagues, audit is registered, I lie,ref sui veye". The owner oftliis property is ! • called fazendeiro. On many of these plauui- • i lions we. find coffee, sugar, cotton, tobacco, | i corn, rice, beans, manioc#, and all growing to- ! ! aether in one field. The codec trees, from the ’ I number on one plant ition of tin thousand to j ; one million, are planted from twelve to sixteen , i feet apart, and between these miy be seen cot- j I ton, it- recent introduction bud otiite primitive, | J roru, Venus, -a 4a lumuoca,' alt trowing luxe- j riantlv, while near by is tlip sujftr plantation, j mid lii Ibn "bottoms the rice, Nb ploughs are used in planting. Our party s«w but three j ploughs in all the route throughtlie province. : With sharp pointed sticks or stakes, the size of a man’s arm, holes are made., in tlie ground, : the seed thrown in, the holes illtyd up with the earth rlioyod in by the foot, gcwiinatioii cn- | sure, and, with a little hoeing, wlifn tbg grass 1 interferes —and that but ouco a season—the ■ harvest, is reaped. Codec yields a Harvest three years after planting - , and the sanu trees yield from eighteen to twenty . years. The sugar cane, with replanting, produces'crops for three ycaps, the cane simply being cqt tff. Cotton grows to an enormous height, an), like the eane, needs no jeplajiting for seveijil years. -r- j The (test lands are of a dark r<sd color, und are j mountain of tafrle lands. The valla's are sec ond rate, and arc mostly Tiljvok <frth. The campos are chiefly sandy, but are the grazing grounds, and, with the aid of a plonrli, Avould yield good potion pud thp best of f>cm But the campos <\ye pot cultivated py tlujßraziliau, though their eit est are nearly alt builtin them;* and the gardens In these, umuanureYl produce vegetables and fruit, with scarcely ans cultiva tion, that are not to be surpassed anfwhere.— ' The clime of Lan Paulo Is the'liealtitst Jn the ■ empire, and its soil is capable of producing, in grea excellence, all articles hereinbefore men- j tioned, and—wheat. It is the peculiarity of the Government or | Empire that the front yards or lots of houses, j dwellings,' etc., are used for horse, mule and j cow lots, the gardens, shrubbery, etc., being in I the rear, and the entrances at the sides. Even the Emperor’6 palace, at San Cristovao, Rio Ja neiro, with its three story pannelled front and its two story side, has its entrance on the sides♦ The horses of Brazil are small and scraggy, the mules small, sleek and lively ; the cattle ele phantine, with huge, wide-spreading horns, and the ffehides six ages behind the times, copied from the era of the Bucolics of Virgil. Trans portation from the interior, of produce, freight, etc.,, is on pack mules ; in loads of two hundred pounds or less. The provinces below San Paulo arc chiefly pastoral, for graziers. and stock breeders. Those .further north, on the sea board, produce cotton, corn, tobacco and fruits. In the interior—four-fifths of whicli is unex plored—mining, stock raising, etc., seem to be the-fcpeeial employment of the people. “Pali encia'' is par excellence the Brazilian motto, and much time is required injwhieh to do a very little. The sides of their intent need pricking, and the Anglo-Saxon is destined to do it. The scenery of Brazil is both beautiful and grand, being alternate mountains, valleys and rolling prairies, with water courses innumera ble, a vast expanse of coffee fields! huge herds of cattle, eternal verdure, a warm but even cli mate, and fruit meeting the eye at every turn. — l Bue this is scenery, climate country and all. So let it be. On our return to Rio we found the Emperor, Don Pedro 11, who was absent when we landed in the empire, and hud just returned from the wars. He is immensely popular, and deserved ly so. We had an interview with him of near ly an hour’s duration, and he plied Geu. Wood | with question after question, seemed loth to pan with him, and invited us to be sure and ■ call again. Ho shows age, though but forty, , and is profoundly a statesman. The sights iu ! the metropolis incident to the Emperor’s rc- I turn, were confined principally to the churches ; and theatres, where crowds followed His Ma ! josty. The Brazilian Government has promised Gen. Wood, in his representative character, Govern ment iands in the. localities he lias selected at the mininrnm Government rate of twenty-two rents an acre, payable in live years; good dirt roads of twenty feet width to the points of lo cation from the nearest ports or railroads; pro visions and other assistance towards sustenance 1 and progress Os emigrants until they can he | established; transportation to their settlements; i citizenship on taking the oath of allegiance; ■ one vpssscl for every two fitmislied them, and other privileges enumerated in the early part of ! this chapter. The liberality and progressiveness of the Im ; perial Government [are exemplified by the eu i couragcment givqu to railroad projectors and to | other enterprises and in the rapid strides being | made in emulation of the United States. Tho I constitution of Brazil is its fundamental law I sacredly observed, and republicanism in its de i tail is its pervading element. There is more freedom, probably, in Brazil than iu any other government in the world. It is essentially a monarehial government with republican insti tutions. Slavery will probably last twenty years longer in Brazil. It is gradually and surely disappear ing. No slaves, none of the African race, can he admitted into the empire, and every year i hundreds are manumitted. Slaves do not wear shoes. The armies of the empire are a hetero | geneous mass of all colors and classes. Mar ried men are exempt from military duty; so are i lawyers. Win axis’ Cigar Ship-Present Condition of the Vessel—Across the Atlantic in Fonr Days. Tlie present condition of the Winans’ “Cigar ship,” now building in London, and of which accounts were published a long time ago, is thus described by the London Morning ticrald: “The general form of the cigar ship, hie- been, as her name shows, compered \vitli that of a cigar, pointed oil at botli ends instead of one. A*morc homely, but perhaps, more effective il lustration,' is that of the'unpleasant, hut favorite plaything of street boys, the ‘lipeat.’ Most of our landsmen readers will tie more or less fa miliar with this simple hut ingenious instru ment of annoyance, and if they wilt fancy a Brotldiguag ‘eat,’ of slender make, and tapering to an absolute needle-point at either end, they will have beforo their eyes the exact represen tation of the hull of the cigar .-hip. This hull, which is, of course, hollow, and is formed of iron, presenting a perfectly smooth and even surface, supports upon tlie upper side a small deck, oceuping about half, or something less of the extreme lrnaWi, the tapering extremities projecting beyond it at either end. Unlike the hull itself, this deck is not exactly the same at each end, presenting a wedge-shape front to wards the bow, while at the stern it is rounded offtAmeriean clipper fashion. Above the decks are seen the funnels, companion-houses, ax., hut neither mast nor rigging of any kind what ever, the only means of locomotion possessed by the cigar ship being her engines, for which she can, according to estimate, carry coal enough for five days consumption. Ifcr ex treme length is about two hundred and tilty feet, and greatest diameter about sixteen feet, tapering gradually, as we have said, to a point, almost as flue as that ofa needle. The amount of accommodation is, therefore, extremely 'lim ited ; and we believe it is not proposed to make any attempt at carrying cargo of any descrip tion, but to confine the vessel strictly tostho pas senger trade. Even then it is difficult to imagine, after duo allowance for saloon and sleeping apartments, stores, berths for crew, what space can be left for engines estimat ed to work up to two thousand horse-power. •“ The means of propulsion employed are two “yge_gcrcyg,/>i,L3 at..either end of the vesael, ***" ver y *nort awtaucc or tnJ extreinc points, or at a distance or j ~,.. r’mpdred and twenty feet from the machinery, 'flit, propellers are to be of great din meter and sharp pitch—tlie one pushing, the other pull ing the vessel, aud each allowing half oi its sur face above the water. The estimated extreme i spent is about twenty seven ipile3 per hour. A ! short distance from the propeller, and nearer to th* ccntro of the vessel, is the rudder- -one at each end—a broad iron plate like the rudder, or rather steering paddle, of the ancient galleys. These are also rather more than one hundred tent from the steering apparatus. “Such is the general external external ap pearance of this remarkable vessel, now almost ready for launching. In the water her line of j flotation, according to the model of which wc ‘ have before spoken, is exactly parallel with her longitudinal axis, tljo sharp point at either end I being just "level with the surface. Allowing sixteen feet as her extreme diametert she will thus be raised in the centre above the water’s edge; or, with two feet more of bulwark, ten feet in all. We are free to confess that, with every-possible desire to believe in the good qualities of a vessel which promises to bring us our American news in some three or lout days, and to limit that dreadful channel busi ness to which the hour, we are as a loss to un derstand how, under these, conditions, the cigar shin proposes to keep afloat. “In perfectly smooth water we can imagine that she might, if successfully ballasted against the ; elianee of rolling over and over, ns would be of ' course her natural tendency, make something very like the estimated speed, though with what degreo of comfort to ilic passengers, deprived by the construction of the vessel of all light or ventilation except such ns can he obtained from the deck by means of skylights and windsails, and with two enormous propellers of severe pitch lashing the water at either end, is another question. The advantages, fop, of being coop en up in such extremely close quarters, with au engine of this enotanous power, may also be opened to question, even under the most favor able circumstances. “But the real difficulties of the cigar ship, as of most others, must commence with the first symptoms of a breeze. Imagine a vessel of this construction travelling nt the rate of five-and twfcnty miles an hour—the minimum rate, be it remembered, for the New York passage, on ac count of the consumption of coal—meetkr -in mid-ocean ope of the westerly gales "now ’ca reering across" the Atlantic. In front of her is a wall of water twenty feet high, travelling at tlie tale of a dozen miles an hour. Between them they meet at a speed of forty miles.— There is no bow to lift her over the obstacle.— Right into it she plunges, like a harpoon into a whale’s back, the whole force of the blow being met by the propeller, which, however severe may be its pitch, cannot present anything very flinch better than au almost fiat surface to the shock- What chance tlifc blades would have of surviving any very long success ion of such shocks is a matter of simple calculation, and one into wlfinh thy engineers have no doubt fully entered,” Ducking a Teacher—Evidences of Dis loyalty.—Abont a week ago, as we learn from 1 .1 source deemed reliable, a man by the name of | Miles, who had been for some time teaching a j school of young Africans near White House, in Page county, was dismissed in a summary and ! cool manner. At a time when least prenared ! for such an event, in the stillness of the night, : he was waited upon by a committee of negroes, - so-called, invited to accompany them to the ' bank of "the Shenandoah river, and then and ■ there immersed in its transparent waters, rc : gardless of the rites and ceremonies of the i church. He was then told that lie must leave | at once, or he would be more harshly .dealt j with. We must be permitted to protest against such nroeeedings. first, becaujc ;; an nncuita j Me tlfhc to he ducking people in cold water, ! and secondly, because «nch nets have a tenden -1 cy to prolong our difficulties, as they will be I seized as evidences of “disloyalty” to.the Gov • ernniem ; and imp Page’ hieml.-'wili be fortu j nate if “ Master Brook ” does not return “ with I half of Windsor at his heels, "’ to protect him j iu the future. — Shenandoah Herald, 1 Gth. Enormous Fragds.—The H'inm' omespund j ejit asserts that if a fearless committee were ap pointed to investigate swindles on th.e part of! I Government officers at tlie Souflt, astounding i I discoveries would be ni/ide. tie says a well I known Kentuckian, now in the employ of the j 1 Treasury Department in a Southern State, open | ly stated in his hearing that he had been forced ! t<l PAJ" ??O,OOQ tfi jt proiwsl mavsuai before he | copld get a steamboat load of. cotton released '' from liis clutches, although he had permits ' from the late Secretary of the Treasury and President Lincoln. Tfc not. only ortefid to ap pear aud make oath to the fact, but to eontri lmte several thousand dollars towards the ex penses of a commission, if the President would send one there to investigate.— Newark (.V. J.) Journal, Congressional Anecdote.— lt is related of a Congressman who made a speech in the House a few days ago, that he was so mad on finding it cut down to about a dozen lines in the telegraphic dispatches, that he wrote to the edi tor of a New York paper, iuclftsttog a pony qf ; his speech in the Globe, and inquiring whether 1 he wouldn’t do him tjto justice find his readers ' the fnvor of publishing iiis “argument" entire, j In reply, he received a note from tUeadvcrtis. ! big eiprlf, Informing him that his speech would ! make so many squares, which, at so much a j square, woujd come to so much, actually one | thousand five lmudred dollars- The At. O. ; thinks tlie editor Is a wretch, and the press of j the country awfully demoralized. Brig. Gen. W. T. Bennett has been succeeded j by Major General Devens In command of the i Plstrict of Charleston, B. C, Letter from Mr. Louis Schade to Mr. John W. Pomey. | ' v Washington, Feb. 28, 1866. | John W. Forney, Esq., Editor of the Chronicle s ! Sir '. Your paper of to-day reports a speech of yours, made last night at a serenade by a ne fro band who came to honor you for your stead ust and bitter Opposition’against President Johnson and the Constitution and the Union. ■' In it you use the following langu age: .v “Andrew Johnson, of Tennessee, receiving and being introduced to the ragged battalions of the returned traitors by the counsel and apolo gists of the assassins of Abraham Lincoln and the miserable wretch, Wirz, who was executed a few months ago.” As I have been the counsel of Captain Wirz, and as no counsel can ever be held responsible for the alleged or real crimes of his clients, and as (even in Russia and other despotic countries) every accused has the right of defense, you have iu those words not only attacked one of the car dinal principles of our institutions, but unmanly and unworthily tried to poison and incite the public opinion against one who, never having done you any harm, has, on the contrary, for the last twelve years been on friendly terms with you. And In the same speech, immediately af terwards, you proclaim yourself a gentleman, talk of elegance of manners, decency of lan guage, and eminent sobriety of deportment! But you did not always think so. When, at the beginning of the Wirz case, your paper pub lishcdan abusive article against me for my par ticipation in that trial, you had still feelings of honor left: enough to address the following let ter to me, and for which, at the time, I was very thankful; “ Washington, August 31,180.5. “MyDearßir: Yours of the 30th Instant reached me yesterday. I would state, iu reply, that I was intensely mortified when I saw tho I translation from the German paper copied in ! the Chronicle, and while I was writing you a i note, my cousin, Mr. D. C. Forney, called upon | me to express his own regrets. I have since ; conferred with him on the matter, and will he ! greatly obliged if yon will call upon him, when, j I have no doubt, a satisfactory explanation will take place. “Reciprocating your kind feelings, I remaiu yours, truly, “J. W. Fobnet. “Lot i* Schade, Esq.” Then you were “intensely mortified” that your paper published something which you now proclaim in your public speeches! Then you did not believe it to boa contaminating crime for an attorney to defend an unfortunate mao, an unfriended foreigner, charged with the most, terrible crimes. But, alas ! since you have received your re cent degree of D. D. everything seems to be up side down with you. What you considered, a few months ago, to be improper and unworthy of yourself, is now eagerly sought by you. A kind of mania to get rid as quick as you can of your friends seems to have taken hold of you. Therefore, you daily insult the citizens of this District, many of whom were associates in your better days, applying all kinds of choice epithets from your “Gentlemen’s” voeabularv. Really, a sorrowful spectacle ! After enjoying in turn for a long time the confidence and patronage of Franklin Bierce and James Buchanan, you turned against them in the most abusive and ungrateful manner possible. The worst net of Buchanan’s Admin istration was the letter he sent to the Pennsyl syivnnia Legislature, urging your election to the United (states Senate. You did not succeed, and therefqre abused him. Now you have tried the same game with Andrew Johnson, but, un like his predecessors, he has not submitted to it,, and by the mere pronouncing of two letters, winged yoYi forever. Hinc i!l<r laehrinue ! You now whine and cry, and as nobody else will listou to you, you have to seek among the ue groes your associates and friends. But 1 warn the latter to take good care lest you should treat and betray them as you have done your white friends. Fickle as you are, 1 fear'that love and friendship will not last verv long. You assert that I “introduced the President to the ragged battalions, ” (meaning our most respectable citizens.) As you were probably not present on that, for you, ever memorable and interesting occasion, I will merely, and with all politeness, inform yoo that I have not the honor of “ introducing the President to the ragged battalions, ” and though present, was not within-two hundred yards of liim, when lie gate you a life membership in the great order oi 1). D., something which I could not help ou account of the immense number of the “ rag ged battalions. ” But even it I had had the great honor, lam sure that Andrew Johnson would not have been ashamed of it, not only because he has known me tor years an a faithful friend, but also because lie docs not think it beneath his dignity to he kind to every one who, no matter how humble in life, approaches him with respect and sincere friendship. Yon call (.'apiain \\ ir/. a miserable wren !i Whatever may have been his faults—and he is dead now lie had one virtue which certain per sons do not seem to value—he was true and faithiul to his friends. Two' hours before bis execution life was offered to him if he would implicate others, tint lie spurned the idea of be coming a liar and a traitor, and died. Would you have done the same ? As I know you to bepvell versed in the Penn rylvaniu Dutch jargon, 1 conclude with the fol lowing old and quaint saving of “ AuuscKlag Ist rerhoten aher If' ictlerschlaq niche," and remain, most respectfully, your obedient servant, LOUIS SCHADE. The Ursuune Convent at Colombia.—We clip the following from that very excellent literary paper, the Field and Fireside, uow pub lished at Raleigh, N. C.: , It really commends itself to the good wishes - emt. oOwmni „iL (eiuutlb oi stitution of learning, the “TTrsuline Convent null ! Academy at “Valle Crucis,” near Columbia, S. C. The following letter, though not written i for publication, will so well explain the lament able condition to which this institution has been i reduced by the war and its present, urgent wants, that we cannot refrain from giving ‘it a ; place in these columns—trusting that some good may be accomplished thereby. Here is what the excellent Mother snvs: t A. M. D. G. l RstxiNE Convent and Academy ) at “Vallf. Crucis,” \ Near Columbia, S. C., Feb. 9th, 180 b. S Messrs. W.m. B. Smith & Company : Gentle- I men : Since the burning of our Institution by tho army under General Sherman, and the eon ! sequent dispersion of our pupils, wc have been j reduced to abject poverty. The consequences have been fearful to us, and until we can re- I build a house sufficiently large for our pur- ! poses, we shall be obliged to deny ourselves j j many intellectual enjoymeuts. I At present wo are living in a country iiouse ; three miles from town and endeavoring' to col lect around us the nucleus of our Academy, and will strain every nerve to rebuild our Institu tion as soou ns wc can collect the means. To aid us in tliis we solicit the interest of nil ! friends of education aud religion—to th&eultiva tion of which we are devoted. Very respectfully, gentlemen, Tqi; Mother Superior. Georgia’s Dead at Elmira.—A list of the I Confederate dead now quietly resting in their : graves at the Elmira, (N. Y.,) prison has been j sent to the Macon Telegraph. The following ; Georgians are among them : Fourth Regiment, CompnnyD—Horace WhH i ton. ! Seventh Regiment, Company D—John ; Walker aud Daniel E. Douglass, i Twenty-First Regiment, ‘ Company I—Lein | Sapp. { % i Twenty-Seventh Regiment, Company K ; Th 03. Hardy. Thirty-Fifst Regiment, Company G—Wto. L. . Ship. Thirty Fifth Regiment, Company I—John Rutherford. Forty-Fourth Regiment—Company D-Wm. All and Win. B. Stewart. Fifty-Third Regiment, Company E-James ■A. Stephen#. . j Cobb’s Legion, Company C— J. M. Anderson; j Company E—i Noah Royne, J. L. Madrav. | Wc learn from Washington that on the ques tion of extending the time for withdrawing bonded goods from stores and warehouses, — j “ Mr. Sprague spoke against the bill, ns oal culr.ted to injuriously affect home manufactures, ; by enabling importers to sell goods cheaper 1 than they could be manufactured in this eoun j try.” Comment, is unnecessary, save to say that | Sprague had made g fortune of from live to ten millions exclusively from manufacturing. m 1 , Tlie Cleveland Herald has the latest news ! from Chicago. It says pieces of human beings ; are pumped up there tmtil the matter has be come so common that the Chicagoan manifests I no surprise when he finds a strange pair of fin - i gers, without a hand, stirring his coffee, or is , kicked in the shin by a legless foot when de ! seonding his front door steps. A straneq head, i without body and titnlis to match, grinning j frr,m hi 3 desk, would occasion nothing further than a request to the porter to “tumble that piece of man out of doors,” after extracting his teeth for the rent of desk-room. ! • , A man named Aaron Bedbug, of Louis county, Kentucky, has petitioned the Legislature to j change his name. He says his sweetheart, whose | name is Olivia, is unwilling that he should be : called A. Bedbug, she Q. Bedbug, and the little ones little Bedbugs. Mrs. Jefferson Davis passed through Hunts j villc on Friday, cn route for New Orleans and I other points. Nile was accompanied by a Utile 1 son, (p-e or six of age. Her latest infor- I matio.u about Mr. Dayis is that his health is much improved and his treatment hniunne. The House of the Ohio Legislature, after a w arm discussion, has just referred a resolution favoring the admission of loyaL, Southern Rep resentatives to Congress to the Committee on Federal Relations. At Jackson, Mississippi, a largo and enthusi astic. inci ting was.held 011 the lid, ratifying the President’s course. Resolutions were ofleroil and supported by speeches by Hon. Wra. Yer ger, Hon. Amos R. Johnson, Col. E. M. Yerger, editor of the JVcmm and Mississippi an, and F. T. Cooper, Esq., of the Standard. Preparations are beiug made In New York eit vto bridge Broadway at different points for , tho convenience of foot-passengers. An-Eastern drug firm paid the New Vork Tribune over ten thonsand dollars last year for advertising. / Mrs. "Gen. Bam Cooper has opened a young 1 Indies’ boarding school near the Theological ( Seminary, about throe miles (lorn Alexandria, Virginia. s CONSIGNEES PER CENTRAL RAILROAD, March 8,18«8.— L G Fillctte, J fteyew A Co, J Kahn A Co, J O Mathewson, W A Ramaey A Co, Steven son 4. S, J D Butt * Bro, Gray, Mullarky A Co, » R Wright A Co, J W Bacon A Bro, G Kahre, Mrs AW* Ludkins, A Bleakley, Ramey A Timberlake, E O’Don nell, H Levy, E R Selin elder, Gen Brandon, Roht Miller, Geo Jankaon. , ’ O TICK B. "“KaraOCIAL'LODGE, No. 1, F.\ A Av M.-. 'The Regular Monthly Communication of Social Lodge, No. 1, will be held at Masonic Hall, THIS (Friday) EVENING; at 7 o’clock. By order of 8. D. Hkaiid, W.\ M.’. mh9 ., - WM. H. CRANE, JR-, Sec’y. INDEPENDENT ticket. The following named gentlemen will be supported lor Ma> or and Members of Council at the ensuing election in April next: KOft MAYOR, JOHN FOSTER. FOR CITY uocxou. First Warn. J .TAMES T. BOTH WELL, A. V. ROBERTSON, JOHN U. MEYER. Second War if. YV. J. OWENS. D. H. DENNING. ~ JOSHUA K. EVANS. Third Ward. JACOB B. PLATT, ALEXANDER PHILIP, VY. A. RAMSEY. Fourth Ward. JERRY REED. Dr. M. E. BWINNEY. JAMES OARGAN. Uih3-td ~VS~ INDEPENDENT TICKET.-The following uames will be supported for Members of Council, in Ward No. 1, at the ensuing election iu April next: JAMES T. BOTHWELL. A. P. ROBERTSON. JOHN F. MEYER. rahi-td *TTHE CJTIERNB OF THE FIRST WARD having expresscWtbetr prefereuce for the following gen .tlemen to represent them the ensuing year as Members of Council, they are. therefore, announced as Candidate*: HENRY T. PEAY JAMES T. BOTHWHLL, JOHN F. MEYER. tuhd-td j6mTFOSTER~VILLBiTsCPPORT ed for Mayor at the approaching election in April next, bv frbj-td Mur Voters. Or.yTHE MEMBERS OF THE SEVERAL Masonic Bodies of this city are notified to meet at the Lodge Room, oo FRIDAY, 9th of March next, at 7 o’clock, p. m., to elect four Trustees of the Masonic Hall, in room of I rish L. Leonard, Lemuel Dwells, Thoms* Snowden and Lambeth Hopkius, deceased. WM. T. UOCLD, Chairman ol the Board of Trustees. febiM-td ~NEW ADVRRTrSEMENfs.~ THEATRE. Lessee and Managers, RAYMOND A HAMILTON | Also of Savannah.) FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1800 Joint Benefit of U«. A Mas. WM. BOSWELL. SATA™ InTaRLS. The Mysterious Stronger > Clariseo DelUvllc, S Mvfl ’ Roaw * LL ’ Casconade Mr. Boswki.u. To concludo with SLASHER AND CRASHER. Blaslu-r Mm. A. Boswbli, Crasher Ed. llouak. Seats may he secured at Schreiner's Music Store. A great Bill In preparation for Saturday night. mh9-l MULES STOLEN. FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD. STOLEN from my ptablc, on the night of Tueadsy, 6th mat., two black mare MULES one largo the other rather email. The *inn)l Mnle had her mane and tai! trim mini, the large one had her mane t.iimmed, and la connlderably marked bv hameaa. I will pay the above reward for the delivery of the imilea, or for In formation which leads to tlielr recovery. They may he left at the residence of Mr It. K. Thoman/on the Murray Mill road, four mile* from Augusta, or at mv Tdaeo, on tho rn.uL j rahO-u* Mbs. C. 8. THOUGH. TO RENT, r p J. HE TIOpHE, 355 Broad street, with all nenessa !~y Giithuilding*. For further particular* apply to I>. L. CURTIS, m hW-3 4.34 Broad street. New Line of Steamers, FOR CHARLESTON, S. C., TOUCHING AT SAVANNAH, GA. The elegant, new and lust stM KH i ZEBTJLON B. VANCE, Capr. 3. J. GUTHRIE-, | \ \7"IT.L have quick dispatch for the above city. V v This Steamer is new and of superior equip : ns opt, having ample aud comfoiteablO accommodation 1 /M>rt noutmmoro A l«n amnlp cniinpitu fnv i iltg public for caho and comfort, and enables the tder. | chant to forward hid cotton and other supplies direct | to a seaport without tho cost and Double of tranship l moot. Foi Freight and Passage apply at the office of the [ Agents, E. EDMONSTON A 00., j No. 8 VanWinklo Block, Jackson street, Augusta, Ga., And WILLIS A CHISOLM, North Atlantic Wharf, Chasleaton, 3. C. uih9-tf Plantation for Sale. BEING desirous of Embarking in other business. I offer for sale ray PLANTATION in Greene [ county, Ga., ononud o half miles from Union Point, i ou the Georgia Railroad, contains 1,500 acres. The , improvements aro of the very best kind ; consisting of j a targe, new two storied Dwelling, containing ten rooms, Gin House, Granary, lino Barn and Stables, I and all other neeessary outbuildings. There are on I the place several line Orchards, embracing a variety of | fruits; also, a small flourishing Vineyard. The water ; cannot bo excelled. The facilities of'schools, churches, | Ac., unsurpassed. The Plantation is in good repair, and well adnpted to the raising of Corn, Cotton, Wheat, Oats, Ac. There are seventy-live acres now in Wheat, ninety in Oats, also a sufficiency of Rvo and Bar'ey Also, three hundred acres prepared for planting Com i and Cotton. Stock of all kinds, and a supply of pro i visions con be had on the place. A sufficient number [ of freedmen have been employed to cultivate the land, i Possession given imraedidltely. Those wishing to I purchase will do well to apply soon. For further particulars apply to I „ . L. I). CARLTON, on the place. I Twin., Lnion and Amoricnn ple«9ocopv ! 10 times and send bill to advertiser at Union Point Ga j nib 9-10 ! Barnett & Bleckley, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, WASHINGTON, GA., ■\T7"fUL practise in Taliaferro, Columbia, Elbert, ▼ V Wilkes, Warren, Hancock, Oglethorpe and Lincoln counties; in Atlanta and in the Supreme. Court BAM’L BARNETT. | L. E. BLECKLEY inb9-lm Richmond Sheriff’s Sale. IN obedience to an order issued ftnm the Hon. Justices of the Inferior Court of Richmond coun ty, will be sold, at the lower Market House, in the city of Augusta, between the legal horns of saie, on MON LAY, 12th of March, 1868, the following property to wit: twenty-four bales of Cotton, marked E. J. M.; levied an a* property of Edward J. Mima, under at tachment returnable to the April term of the Superior Court, 1860, for Richmond county, in favor of Isaac A. Reed against Edward J. Mims. This Btli day of March, 1866. WILLIAM DOYLE, mli9 td Dcp'y Sheriff, K. C. LOOK! LOOKTT A SPLENDID RESIDENCE FOR BALE. A VERY desirable HOUSE AND LOT, on i Greene street, in the best part of the city, ia offered for aalg at a low price, if applied for soon. For lurther particulars call on C. V. WALKER A CO., 271 Broad street. mb 0-3 MILK. T-P -A' EW eases of “ Boorenrr.’s celebrated CON- j DENSED MILK” For sale by G.’ B. CRUMP A CO., mb9-3 209 Broad street. | POTATOES.' 50 BBLS IRISH POTATOES. For Bale by G. R. CRUMP A- CO, j mli9-3 209 Broad street. WANTED, A. ( ooi) COOK, WASHER and IRONER. Mubl corn# w“U recommended. Apply to JOHN KELSON A- HON. iui9 a No. 304 Broad street. 1 CORN AND GUANO. jt^ OUR HUNDRED sai ls choice Yellow CORN ■ HOG ions Pbttnix GUANO. * For wile low by D. U. WILCOX «fc CO., uibfl 3 No. 3 Warren Block. OW R WANTED • I HAVE in my Htorehouso three BARRELS and two BOXES marked, !• Josluh Hherman, Auitum tu, Oa." Received from Savannah, by steamer Gibbons i March Stb. The owner will please call and get them’ i . W. B, DAVISON, Agent. ' | . mn9-i Situation Wanted by a Teacher. - A_ GENTLEMAN ol long experience in I Teaching at the South, wishes a school or SITUA TION In an Academy or as a private TutorC Good reeommendutioin given. For further information »d --.. THIS OFFICE. . EASTERN HAY. _ Two HUNDRED bales, In prime order, Just re- I » coined and for sale by CLARKE di BOWK, n»bß-o syii» sU;eet. I % " n ' %(, ’ ,Jl ‘ ' HAVING called the attentions# the XZTT frequently, we now- take plostu*. attention of the fairer portion of crciiy mott” Silver Boquet Or Holders at very reasonable rate*. We a..,,, bargains urc you WILL BE GIVEN Now that the Opera Season is about to commence it, gentlemen of Augusta should gi\-e their patronage' TO THE BEST Clothing Establishment in the State. We have f.ei DRESS SUITS, suitable for this aud every other ,i, ,l aion.. Most of you visit tho voting ladies, and wn to hear Strakosh, the inimitable 8 * PIANIST And will want your appearance improved. We can satisfy won of tasto a* well as anybody A* IN AUGUSTA Or in the State of Georgia. Bargain* guaranteed. Call and see for yourselves. I SIMON A Gy., Fasbionabi b Clothixo EitpoorijM, dci-2'2 f;m --■i Broad street. COTTON SEED. 4,000 BUSHELS Boyd’s Prolific COT TON EKED for sa!c. Apply at feb2B-9 THIS OFFICE. K REMINGTON & SONS MUSKETS AND CAB BINES, For the United States Service. Also POCKET AND BELT REVOLVERS, • REPEATING PISTOLS, RIFLE CANES,' REVOLVING RIFLES, Rifle and Shot Gnu RARRELB, and Gun MATE RIALS generally. Sold by Gttg Dealers and the Trade throughout the country.' . „ ~ In these days of House Breaking and Robbery every House, Store, Bank, and Office should have one of REMINGTON’S REVOLVERS. Circulars containing cuts and description ol our Aim* will be furnished upon application. F REMINGTON & SONS, liion, N. V. MOORE & NICHOLS, Agents. No. 40 Couitland at., New York. mhtt-3m Groceries! Groceries !! GROfERIFU ! S ! GROCERIES Mil OX CONSIGNMENT FOR SALE, 600 *«icks Liverpool SALT 5 hbds New MOLASSES 10 Mila Granulated SUGAR 20 bbla Brown SUGAR 36 bbla Bourbon and Rye WHIMK Y 10 bbln Scotch ALE, 7do en each 10 hhl« Whole RICE 16 ea«Crt Otard BRANDY 15 caeca Schiedam Schnapps GIN 15,000 aborted HEGARS 30 caddie* Black and Green TEA 2) boxes Opal CANDLES, 20 !be -i. 20 box.-rt Ground GINGER 30 boxes Ground PEPPER 10 boxc j Dried U ADDOUK 60 kegs Scotch HERRING 20 case? freeh SALMON, 4 do?en .*r.ch 20 boxes INDIGO, li> lba each 30 boxes assorted Family SOAP' ALSO, DRY GOODS, CHINA WARE, G! ASS WARE CUTLERY, STATIONERY, ami n !.*d of Colt’s REPEATERS, b\ DAY, RUSSELL <S BENJAMIN Uil'i* ti . Whirlwind for Sale. A NY Person desiring to buy a* tine a 3TAL /w LION an any In the State, at a reasonable i mice, can have the opportunity ot doing so, by SJ. ***? “>«ble of GBtUK&MiarsßaoN, Macon, Bth o: Marcn, „ r ~.l v a1 ., ; uuii^B Is sold. WHIUT.WINib Jr t », v ~b i wbj|^| <..ut ot a puro blooded M<;rgan m«.. : v .bay horse, wit), blacklegs, inane ■•'// ;.|Bo l.ulfiiltcH al II: 1. i i:. 1., . . !A ; , horse. ’ JESSE OSMONIY^II CAIK FACTORY, AND LPMBF.R YAktD, CORNER OF MARBURY AND HSNWICK STS. NB4R AUGUSTA COTTON FA^TOitT SI A3H, BLINDS, and DOORS uia#e to order. Has constantly on hand Plastering MATHS, LL'M HER, of all deecriptions. MOULDINGS of the latest pattern*. Railroad WHEEL-BARROWS. LUMBER of all kinds, dressed to order, at rh • shortest notice. mhß-3m BILLIARDS. i HAVING fitted Up the BILLIARD ROOM of the Augusta Hotel with two of Phelan's bcai . 1 ables, I respectfully solicit a share of jiatronage. > Nothing shall be wanting to render the LOOM an agreeable resort for those who are fond of thii popular game. JAMES HANHAM fob2l-3awlin HUGER & HASELL, COMMISSION MERCHANTN. AND A3ENTS AND DEALERS IN RAILWAY EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES* • STEAM ENGINES. SAW MILLS, GRIST MILLS, COTTON GINS, IRON, STEEL and METALS, Machine BELTING and PACKING, MILL BANDS, GIN BANDS, WOOD WORKING MACHINERY, And all article* required by Railroad Companies Machinist#, Contractors and Manufacturers. C. K. HUGER, BENTLEY D. HASELL, 137 Meeting street, Charleston, S. C. BENTLEY D. HASELL, Civil, Mining and Consulting Engineer, Ofirco 137 Meeting street. Charleston, South Carolina. mh7—wtslm Manufacturers’ Supplies. MILLWARD & WINEBRENKR, 118 MARKET STREET, PHILADELPHIA, I ~I \BALERS in MACHINERY and SUPPLIES l--' of every description for COTTON and WOOL- Aly<1 ' Oak Tanned .LEATHER I'ELIING, Card, Clotiring, Cotton , and Wooleu 5 am#, Warp#, Starch, Oils, Dye Stuff#, dte. j ADVANCES MADE ON CONSIGNMENTS OF | COTTON AND WOOLEN YARNS. Order# solicited, wliich shall receive prompt atten j tion. WM. MILIAVARD, | D. S. WINEBRENKR. j mhß-3m oats” j C HR EE HUNDRED bushels OATS, for sale at ! ( *ne Dollar per bushel. FLEMING A ROWLAND. I mUB-3 DR. PETTIGREW has removed hi* office from lire Augusta Hotel to bis residence. No 91 Broad Ktreot. f*b34-U ALE, ALE, ALE. T - ' I ST received aud for sale 50 bbl# Massey, Collins A. Co.’# Philadelphia ALE 50 halUbbU Massey, Collins A- Co.’# Philadelphia u ■ JOHN O. GALVAN, njh3-2 No. 293 Broad streel. MEW UOI'MTRV BACON. -F'VK THOUSAND lbs Now BACON, Ham# and Shoulders. For sale by mhß-2 H. T. PEAY A 00. FOR SALE OR RENT, NICE HOUSE and LOT, in Wood Lawn, well arranged for comfort and convenience. JOHN H. MEADE <fc SON, Campbell street, between Broad and Ellis, 2 doors below Fleming 4. Rowland’s corner. mbS-tl ( Apples that are Apples. !F IFTY barrels “ “ Baldwins,? “ Jllllflowors,” Ac., jfcc. * Just \ ka „ . . WV H. POTTE*, ' , 181 Broad street. V J* M ..Si'. tfl- Ot) i