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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST
NEW JERSEY IN A BLAZE.
Latest advices represent tlie excitement in
New Jersey over the late unlawful exclusion of
Selector Stockton as unprecedented. All the
leading New York dailies have sent special cor
respondents to Trenton and, from tile accounts
* of these persons, and from other sources,
enough appears to make it evident that the.
whole State is in a ferment of indignation, fury
and shame. From all quarters comes up the
roar ol an outraged .people who declare that
the expulsion of one oi their federal Senators,
after a year’s peaceful possession of his seat, is
an ael of tyranny they hare no intention ol
submitting to without the most earnest remon
strance and vigorous retaliatory measures.
Meetings, it is said, arc to be held at prominent j
points to give formal expression to these senti
ments, and the blood of the old True Blue I
State seems fiercely ou lire. Bravo, New Jek
sey ! In the old Revolution it was a byeword,
“ good the Jerseys for from Jersey
i, „..,s (hat, in the darkest hour of our fore,
fathers’ manful battle, there came the cheering
notes ofj’rineelou and ol'Trenton, the crossing
of the Delaware and the rout, of the Hessians.
Hon grant that now the same watchword may |
give fresh hope to the fainting hearts of those
■■T.andslres’ children. Behold, says Holy Writ, 1
bow gredt'ttflre dhth a Rtuall thing kindle, and |
it rtiajnh that the cry of the first Northern j
.Stale to feci individually the pinch of despotism I
may wake into actioif the whole of her now i
sleeping sisters. We of the South can do noth
ing. Like the slaves of the East it is ours onlr
to hear and to obey ; but the North—the
North - lias tlie power, at one blow, to sever
the shackle that now fetters us and, ns sure as
death, is hastening to enchain them. Despotism
is never satisfied, i Its cry is the cry of the
daughter of the horse leech— give, give. And
despotism t hreatens every one .of these United
States, in the panting South or the North
rt.i. lmd with triumph, ti wheedles,‘it bribes,
it threatens, it strikes, and there is mortal
danger in every blandishment, every proffer,
every menace, every blow.
But New Jeusey is aroused and we heartily
thapk Heaven we are spared to hear the defcp
toned accents of. her righteous indignation. A
factitious majority, it is true, the foes of Liberty,
can obtain on joint ballot in her General As
sembly—a majority of but seven, though, in a
vote ol eighty, one, and a majority that no more
represents the State than the voice of the Fed
eral Congress is the voice of the Great Republic
Those seven may yet carry the day, we know,
and return in John Stockton’s place, some sap
less minion of their own. But. the people, thank
Heaven, the People are not with them, and the
choice of a Radical Senator may bring New
Jersey back onee more en masse where she
stood so gallantly and so long, as the intrepid
vindicator of the Federal Constitution. The
ldood of the sturdy Swede, who fought under
Gustavus Adolphus, the Lion of the North;
of the stubborn Hollander, w'ho stood like rock
against the pikes of Moody Alva; of the daunt
less Finn; of the fair haired, manful German; ol
the Bohemian and the stout Walloon is the blood
of New Jersey’s people, and a blood that, after
three generations of freedom, can but illsuluni,
to the will of front less oligarchs.
Success to tlie old True Blue. May her voici
sound like Belshazzar’S warning and her stroke
lie like the sling of David. If she hold lici
own, that inevitable reaction that must yet take
place iii this country may be by some year
or months, may be, accelerated. The yoke of law
less men is heavy on other people as well a.-, on
ourselves. The great Northwest in moanin
ami the history of, nations is that the sob.oi
pain is often followed by the stroke of hajh
Connecticut, they tell us, goes for Hawiev
ilie Radical. So be it. His majority is aluio- 1
nominal and there were other than political
questions that won liipi votes. The Fenhin
Issue, and the fishery imbroglio, and the tariff
interest were mighty agents in getting that mini
votes —temporary matters, too, every one id
them and not to be at till regarded in future
contests. And Wisconsin, too, is the story
has, by her Senate, gone for negro suffrage—but
only by her Senate, mark, for her people, at
their last, election, by thousands, voted that
tiling down. Ohio, too, is writhing in in v
chains, and from yet farther to the Westward
we hear that the non-taxation of rich bond
holders is setting the peoples hearts aflame.
Courage, men of the South. Shoulder to
shoulder, and steady till the day comes. The
Long Parliament ruled England, but at the last
its leaders w'ere hanged, like Hainan, till the
birds picked the flesh from the bone. The Ns
tioiuil Assembly robbed and murdered in
France for a season, but a day came when (lie
guillotine came by its own. Be of good cheer,
brethren. Barter away no right. Yield no
principle Do no injustice yourselves and pin
test against all injustice from others. Treat
the black man kindly and give the North ft:;
ow n, and take our word for it, ere the broh a
h.dr turns to gray, the Freedom of our yofith
may gild the fair horizon ot our dosing day..
EE AD AID FONDEE.
On tin- ' th of January lust the seni-t'enttiuniM
anniversary of ilie lurjtlc Os New Orleans, there
nas iteitl at Columbus, Ohio, a great patriotie
jubilee by the Democracy of the Buckeye State.
At tlint time some little note was made of the
event, and it is. not proposed now further to
speak upon the subject than to direct attention
to some remarks of Hon. Geo. H. Pendleton,
then made in response to the liftli toa6t— The
Constitution of the United States. Mr. Pen
dleton’, who is regarded as one of the most
prominent Democrats in the Northwest, if not,
indeed, iirknowledged leader of the Unterritjed
in that section of the country, was, it will lie
remembered, V tee-Presidential candidate on the
McClellan ticket in 1804,.and has a very great
and well merited reputntidu as a staunch advo
cate for the principles of Constitutional Liberty.
In the future polities of these United States it
is far from improbable lie will assume even
greater prominence than in the past, and in
this view, as well as tor the intrinsic merit of
his remarks, they are reproduced to our read
ers. Ir will be seen that, delivered, as they
were, some three mknthiv since, they are in
•some portions out of date, but in all main
points are as true now, and worthy of all ac
ceptance ns that beneficent Federal Const it u
. tion they illustrate, champion, and maintain.
Such passages as seem particularly notewor
thy we have put in italic letter, and beg our
readers ter consider that these views are eutcr
tained by mam, many thousands of yoters in
the Great North-West. The presses of that
region being chiefly in the hands of rabid and
venal New Englanders, and many of the repre
sentatives from that section being of the like
stripe, it would seem at lirst blush as though it
wert hardly less hostile to the South than New
England itself. Such we have seme cogent
reasons for believing is far from being the case.
There is much, we know, to dishearten out
people in the present aspect of political affairs,
but there is also something that may reasonably
inspire more hopeful thoughts aiulnot the least
of these signs is it, as we take it, that there
should he men of Mr. Pendleton’s energy,
eloquence,anil influence to battle against fanati
cism ami seek to inculcate that cardinal lesson
of politics, that it Is only in an exact rnaintc
r.Tmee of the Federal Constitution the blessings
ol Liberty can he preserved to the people of
these United States:
5. the Constitution of the &niteil States— Ordained and
established to form a more perfect Union, establish jus
tice, instiry domestic tranquility, provide for the com-
W-tSiapfcM* general welfare, and secure
to those who ordained it and
their posterity. , .So long as it shall be observed, its
objects will be* accomplished. When it ceases to be
regarded,' anarchy or despotism will take its place.
Responded to as follows by lion. George 11.
Pendleton: ...
Mr. President: Yon ask me to speak to a
sentiment ip honor of the Constitution, i
: c;ircely know in what sense to respond. 1
know the views and hopes and aspirations and
efforts of those gentlemen, hut if I should look
out into tile country—lieyond the limits of this
hall, beyond the circle of opinions which we
have heard to-night, 1 should scarcely know
whether I ought to speak of it, in admiring
phrase, as an existing, active, efficient bem-li
cenee, or use the terms of sad eulogy, litted for
the side of a new made grave, wherein lies pros
trate a lifeless form slain by the hands of pre
tended friends. But , thank Gael, the principles
of the Constitution can never die! It may
lie neglected and violated ; its application may
he snspended ; Presidents and Congressmen
may prove faithless tP it; the people may be
come degenerate and unable or unwilling to
maintain it as their-organic law; yet its princi
ples, embodied in written forma, shall remain
tor the use of all good men hereafter, illus
trated by the history of seventy years, during
which these States enjoyed “domestic tran
quility,” and their people enjoyed “ the bless
ings of liberty.” Like the words of the Al
mighty, they shall not return void. Like the
faintest sound, Whose utterance cause tbg os
cillation of the atmosphere to the utmost lim
its of spate mid affects its action apd position
in all tlnue. so these principle*, once having
nqen in action, shall, with their influences,
rp&h the ualious- throughout -the age*.
Whnt, gave novelty and value to the Federal
Constitution ? It was not the guarantees of
pergonal liberty—nor yet the prohibitions of
invasion of individual rights. These had been
declared with equal clearness and vigor five cen
turies before In the Great Charter at Runny
mede, and transmitted from “ sire to son” they
had been engrafted upon the Colonial aGovern
ments, and were the recognized muniments of
Aroencan^iberty.
It was the nice adjustment of the relations of*
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— l Ji-n »■ ' * ' ■ '.ill- . " -
the Btate and Federal Governments by
they , both bepume co-ordinate and essential parts
of one harmonious system. It wi» the nioc’ud
justment of the pokers of the State and Fed
eral Governments, by which was left —(do not
say given—to the States the exclusive guardian
ship of their domestic affairs, and of the inter
ests of their citizens; and was granted'to the
Federal Government tlie exclusive control Ml
their international mid inter state relations.
It was the parsimonious economy of the
pivwers of tlie States with which the Federal
Government was endowed. It, was the paucity
of subjects amt of powers, withdrawn from the
States, and committed to the Federal Govern
ment. It was the fewness of ends to be attain
ed and of menus wherewith to attain them, en
trusted to the Federal Government. It ivas the
recognition of the idea of Confederation —the
appreciation of the value of local self-govern
ment. It was the recognition that the States
were the creators and their powers were in
herent. and that the Federal Hovernvient was
the creature and its powers were delegated. It,
was the definition of Federal authority and of
State rights contained in those clauses of the
Constitution which declare that the Constitut ion
and the laws passed in pursuance thereof are
supreme, and that all j lowers not delegated to
Congress, nor prohibited to tlie States, by the
Constitution—mark the words—are reserved.
It was this which made Union possible bv
reconciling Union with Liberty—which endued
the Government with all needful vigor, and in
vested it with all the powers necessary for eith
er peace or war, without committing to it either
the interests of communities or the rights of
individuals.
This spirit animates those who held authority
for a quarter of a century after the second Aii-
I ministration, and with rare exceptions, until
lately, have held it ever since. And just in pro
! portion as the Federal Government has been
| held strictly to this idea of its original foruia-
I tion,' has it secured “domestic tranquility and
! the blessings of liberty.”
! It must be so. Reason and history alike—
not only the history of our own brief life, Mil
also the history of dead and living Empires teach
|as that consolidation is despotism—that con fed
eration is the only hope of liberty.
The tendency of your day is towards consol i ft
tion—and there is from this tendency more dan
ger to the Constitution —to the cause of Repiib
liean government —to the territorial nnjty bl
of the States, than from all the ordinances of
secession or from all the armed hosts oft ho
Confederates. 1 believe there is more danger
in tlie single proposition, broached not long
! since in Washington, and more lately here in
this city, that the Southern. .State • hall lie do
iiieil representation, nay, that their very State
hood shall Be dented them until they ,- liall a
! sent to changes in the Constitution, than fioin
j all other causes together. . '
Congress has been in session scarcely ten
i days, and we have already propositions t o to
! amend the Constitution as to deprive the
I States of the power to define the qualification
I of electors —to regulate representation by the
number of voters,' and not of population—to
| declare what obligations assumed by the St.i'Jv
j shall be binding on them, and what shall be
| the purposes of their taxation. And as if tliege
changes in the organic law w'ere not sufficient,
| we have laws proposed to define and protect
i the status of the inhabitants of the several
j States—to define and punish crimes, Which n o
j exclusively of State cognizance—to give to
! railroads, built wholly within State limit ,
I powers which their charters have expressly tie
I nied to them, and to deprive insurance eoinpa
j nles of the rights which the States have as
| sured to them.
As if legislative action were too slow or too
regular, we have Federal officers—tlie subordi
nates of tlie President—some impeding the ac
tion of the State courts, not only by refusing to
obey writs which they pretended were suspend -
ed, but by rescuing criminals from their custo
dy and liberating prisoners under their indict
ment; others —Freedmen’s-Bureau men—estab
i fishing and enforcing—entirely without author
j sty—rules for the business intercourse of white
j men and negroes—making, breaking or estab-
J fishing contracts for them —and even assumin'.-'
I to declare what persons the owner., shall be
j compelled to entertain on their farms, under
j the penalties of confiscation. Surely if our fei
j low-citizens of New- England must convert tiii
( Government into a eleemosynary Institution-
I if they must deprive four millions ol people of
| tlieir honors to satisfy their craving lo make
these people the “ward ! of the nation.”-j-tli. y
ought to be ashamed of the niggardliness
which seeks to support them at other people’s
| expense, and to quarter them upon tlio.-.e who
i have been deprived of their services.
And tar above all these agencies, enterin
every State and county and township and family
—touching every inlin et, eonmiei eial, mechan
ical and agricultural—seeking every avenue of
trade, every branch of industry, every profes
sion and occupation—holding in their grasp
every man and wofnan and child, whether they
labor ,for bread in the factory or at the plough,
or for amusement at counting their income;
permeating every artery and vein, tracing every
nerve and sinew and fibre ol the body politic,
and subjugating every influence to their dour
ination, are the systems of Federal finance and
taxation.
I do not speak of these Measures as a parti
j san ; T do not at present discuss tlieir wisdom ;
| 1 do not at present question the motives which
prompted them; 1 speak ol them as evidence
of the direction and the strength of the tide of
i opinion and of action.
This new programme is not the system of
| the Government. It is not the system of the
I Constitution. ft is the centralization of ail
I Governmental forces, of the supervision of nil
j social interests at one point. These thus eon
j -centrated cannot be efficiently exercised unless
by the inspiration of one heart under t,he di
rection of one head, with the vigor of one
will, backed by the power of many men, accus
tomed by the rigors of discipline or by the
hopes of reward to obey Mindly one master. —
These conditions are incompatible with repub
lican government —nay, they are the very es
Bcnee and definition of despotism.
Gentlemen, we have a giave duty to perform.
This is tlie tinie for the assertion of true prin
| eiples. Physical force has accomplished its
j work. Legislative and Administrative action
I are at their task. Both have paused beyond
! their proper limits. Botli have usurped powers
1 under the pretense of necessity atjd now claim
* them as of right. Both are directed with vigor
j tint often without authoiit\ or'reason. Both
should be made to renounce tlieir pretensions
| before we yield them commendation. Tbceon
dition of war, and the results of our war, both
conduce to aid the progress ofTJiis ’consolida
tion. They have accustomed the mind to the
exhibition of, and obedience to the assumptions
ol Federal power.
Let us see to it that we be, at least, blameless,
j Let us by voice and vote—by precept and h.v
practice, each one in his sphere, resist this jx-r
--version of this system of government. Let ns
i hold fast to the Constitution; let us hold fust to
the doctrine of State Rights. It is the essential
| life of file Constitution. It is derided and des
! piscilnow. It has been the glory of our polity
j—it will be its salvation. Let us guard it as of
old the vestal fires were,guarded. Let us guard
1 it as'of old the ark of the covenant was guarded,
| against whose pollution by profane touch tlie
; dread penalties of the Almighty were thundered.
SOUTHERN OIiAIMS.
Subjoined we publish a circular from a minor
t departmental official at Washington, and desire
j to say something in reference thereto, that the
j position therein taken may create no utmeccs
| sary anxiety among those of our people in any
j manner affected by the same.
To begin, then, this position is—that persons
! having a domicile. in the late confederated States
| prior to the war, and residing therein during
i that period, are not now entitled to the pftv
| ment to them by the Federal Government of
j any balances due and payable prior to the out
| break of hostilities. Coming, as stated, front a
i minor official, this circular is subject, first—on
i appeal by any party deeming himself thereby
| aggrieved—to revision by the Secretary of tire
Treasury, and, in the second place, to judicial
| enquiry and decision in the Federal courts.
Bearing this much in minrl, no very great ?o
--! licitudc need he felt at a document so porten
tously alluded to by a.portion of the Southern
press. Those having lawful claims against the
United States Government will, in time, receive
a liquidation thereof, though for the present
every possible obstacle seems to he thrown in
the way of their presentation, consideration,
or final settlement, “Loyal” men, doubt Ices,
would not disdain the purchase of a “ rebel ”
claim; even as some of the Saints are not un
willing to procure quit claim deeds from coast
land owners, but, in the one ease as the other,
we would urge upon our people never to yield
their tit/e; on any consideration, for other than
I a fair compensation paid. Half* the doubt
i thrown over property title—he it real estate or
chose en action —in the South, js the work of
scheming crerttnres who seek to create an ap
prehension, under cover of which, for a mere
song, they may ol tain very valuable posses
sions. Don’t yield your titles, friends, to any
thing short of actual force, and then enter, at
thC-ti rst opportunity, such a protest as may,
when the courts are organized, ns they will lie
some day, show you never, by acquiescence,
made valid an originally unlawful ouster. But
the circular, and here it is, with the premise
that if lias been decided by Attorney General
■Speed, that Southern pensioners, on proof of
continued “ loyalty ” during tlie war, shall he
entitled t o receive the settlement of such claims
as they may severally have against the Govern
ment :
Treasury Department, i
Second Comptroller’s Office, }
-March 23, 1 Stiff. S
| Sin : It appears from your statement that
certain persons nesiding-iil the so-called Con
federate States during the rebellion, and who
had a domicil In said States before the civil war
and during its continuance, now eotne and de
mand of the Government balances which they
allege, were due and payable to them before
said civil war was begun.
Arc they lawfully entitled to the payment of
these balances ?
I am of opinion that the claimants arc not so
entitled. The laws of nations, the"laws of Con
gress and the decisions of the Supreme Court
jnsftfy that opinion.
While the war continued, claimants, in tin;
eye of the law, were regarded as hostile char
acters, and their property, as enemy’s property,
liable to seizure and confiscation, and the hos
tile quality attaches so both persons and things
until, by the action of Congress or of the Ex
ecutive, it is wholly removed.
The rule of litw to he observed in the present
ease is that applicable alike to eivij and inter
national wars ; for the general -usage of nations
regards such a war (civil war) as entitling both
the contending parties to all the rights of war
as against each other, and even as respects neu
tral nations. (Bee Wheaton On International
Law, p. §35 Vattel, book Ilf, chap, xviii, p.
42ff ; Rose vs. Huneiy, 4 Cramp R., p. 272 ; The
Venice, 2 Wallace R., 258.)
“We 1 must he governed,” sfcys the Chief Jus
tice, “by the principle of public law so often
announced from this bench as applicable alike
to civil and international wars; that all the peo- j
pie of a State or district in insurrection against !
tlie United States must be regarded as euemics J
until, by the action of the Legislature and the '
Executive, or otherwise, that relation is tlio- |
roughly and permanently changed.” (Case of I
Mrs. Alexander’s cotton, 2 Wallace R., 419.) !
’ And “from the moment one State is at, war i
with another, it has, on general principles, a ;
•right to seize ou all tlie enemy’s property, of i
whatsoever kind and wheresoever found, and I
to appropriate the property thus taken to its
own use or t o that of the captors.” (Wheaton,
supra, p. 596; also, Vattel, supra, see, 101, p.
:.04.)
Debts stand U]von the same ground in this lyg
gard as other proportv. (See Phillimore on In
ternational Law, vol. 8, p. 192, see. 87. Brown
es. United States, 8 Crunch R., 140.)
The authorities above cited establish the
right of the United Stales to the debts due a
rebel enemy at the time the war commenced.—
They also prove that, in a legal point of view,
claimants were enemies of the Government of
the Unitetf States.
These debts, therefore, never having been re
duced to possession, hut always having remain
ed as balances in the. Treasury, cannot now be
withdrawn by claimants except in violation of
law-.
For the Wile to these balances, jure belli, must
lie regarded as divested from original owners,
and transferred to the. United States. (See
Wheaton, supra, p. f>29.)
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. M. Brodhead, Comptroller.
General A. B. Seaton, Commissary General.
“ HATRED TO"THE FREEDMAN.”
In a late number of the Charleston Courier
we find the annexed, which is respectfully com
mended to the best consideration of our
Northern brethren. It is, as wifi be seen, a
tribute ol respect lo a colored man, who, after
a fife well spent in that condition wherein it
pleased God to place him, has gone, let ns
trust, to meet his reward in that Hereafter
where all, of every race, are on tlie one equality
before the Common Father of us all. Read it,
oh ! men of the North, whom, for all that is past
and gone, we would treat in the bonds of equal
justice, as of the one Mood of ourselves— read,
and then ask it that people in whose midst even
an humble negro man could not. die without
just tribute to his. worth, are indeed that cruel
i generation the common foes of them, and of
j you, and of Liberty would have you believe:
Death of a Highly Respected Colored
Man. —One by one, as years roll on, the color
j ed men, who, in time past, by their upright
course of fife and fidelity, bad won the respect
and esteem of, our community, are passing
away. John Lee, who, for the past half centu
ry, has been known in Charleston ns one of her
highly respected colored residents, departed
this life on last Friday, in the seventy-third
year of bis age. Many regrets will escape the
lips of the elder of our citizens as they read this
paragraph, and call to mind the good old days
that have vanished, never to return. The sub
ject of this notice was intimately associated
with those times, and contributed in no small
degree to render them ineffaceable in the mem
ories of many. But death at last has put his
hand upon him, and, after long suffering, he has
gone down to the grave respected by the whole
community, leaving behind him many bright
examples worthy of imitation by others of his
class.
SOME SIGNsToF DAY.
Read to-day’s talegrains for some cheerful
signs. In New Jersey —may her hands be up
held in tlie day of battle—checkmate to the
Radicals still continues. Their man, in the end,
may be elected, but the price of that triumph
is the certain loss of one State and a very pro
bable defection of others. And, in the case of
Bradley Johnson, the President has again
upheld justice and declared that Federal faith
must be kept inviolate. .Practically, this last
deeisiop quashes all indictments against lawful
Ij; paroled Confederates, and is the sweet first
fruits of the late Peace Proclamation—a fail
and honorable prelude to yet better things.
Tlie Historical Episode.
; Mr. Lincoln's Interview with Hon. John 11. Bald
win—Mr. Baldwin's Version of the Affair —
Statement of the Hon. John Minor Bolts, etc.
A correspondent of the New York Times
gives tlio following account of tlie “ Historical
Episode” which was referred to at consider;!
hie length in the telegraphic department of
Wednesday’s Express. It possesses considera
ble interest, and will repay perusal:
Outside of these matters of general inquiry,
there is one historical episode connected with
the secession of Virginia and the outbreak of
tin' rebellion, on which the testimony of three
witnesses was taken. This was a conference
sought for and held by Mr. Lincoln with a
member of the Virginia Secession Convention,
delegated by the Union members of that body,
Mr. John F. Baldwin, prioi» to the opening of
the rebel batteries on Fort Sumter. The first
statement on the subject came from Mr. John
F. Lewis, an uncomproinisine: Union man
all through the war, and who had been himself a
member of the Virginia Convention. He testi
fied that on the evening of the 16th of April,
1861, he visited John Minor Bolts in Richmond,
and learned from him that Mr. Lincoln had
informed him that he had had an interview with
John P. Baldwin.
Judge Summers, for whom a special messen
ger had been sent, not having been able to go
to Washington, the Union members having
delegated Mr. Baldwin, and had made a propo
sition that if the Virginia Convention would
adjourn sine die, without passing an ordinance
of secession, lie, Mr. Lincoln, would take the
responsibility of withdrawing F • troops from
Fort. Sumter. Colonel Baldwin refused to a.-
cede to the and did not f-oinunmi
eate it to the convention. Next morning, aftei
hearing lids statement, Mr. Lewis prevailed on
Mr. Baldwin to accompany him to the house of
Mr. Botte, who repeated the statement made to
him by Mr. Lincoln, and asked him how in Un
name of God he eould take the responsibility of
withdrawing the knowledge of such an inter
view from the convention. Mr. Baldwin look
ed at his watch and replied that it was then
near the hour for the meeting of the conven
tion;'that he had to be there, and that he would
see him (Bolts) again.
The narrative ol the same transaction given
, by Mr. Baldwin is thus :
After relating the circumstances of a special
messenger being sent to Richmond by Mr.
Seward, with a request that Judge Summers or
some other leading member should come to
Washington td have a conference with Mr.
Lincoln ; of his (Mr. Baldwin’s) being sent and
accompanying the member to Washington the
same night; of his being introduced next morn
ing by Mr. Seward to Mr. Lincoln; of .Mr.
Lincoln taking him into a private bed-room that
they might be the more free from interruption.
He gave a narration of the conversation which
was opened by Mr. Lincoln remarking : “Mr.
Baldwin, I am afraid you have come too late.”
“ Too late! for what ?”
“ I am afraid you have come too late,” said
lie; “ I wish you could have been here three or
four days ago.”
“Why?” replied Mr. Baldwin. “Allow me
to say, Air. President, that I tlo not understand
your remarks. You sent a special messenger
to Richmond, who arrived there yesterday. I
returned with him the shortest and moat ex
peditious mode of travel known."
“Why do you not adjourn the Virginia Con
vention,” said Mr. Lincoln.
V Adjpurn it! How? Do you mean sine died'
“ Yes ; sine die. It is a standing menace
to me, whicli embarrasses me very much.”
“I am very muiT) surprised,” said Mr. Bald
win, “to hear you express that opinion. The
Virginia Convention is in the hands of Union
men. We have in it a clear and controlling
majority; we arc controlling it tor conserva
tive results. We can do it with perfect certain
ty if you will uphold our hands by conservative
policy here. If were to adjourn sine die, leav
ing these questions unsettled, it would place
the Union men of Virginia in the attitude of
confessing an inability to meet the occasion.—
The result would be that another convention
would be called which would be under the ex
clusive control of secessionists, and an ordi
nance of secession would be passed in less than
six weeks. Our true policy is to hold the po
sition that we have, and for you to uphold our
hands by a conservative, conciliatory national
course. The L nion men of Virginia would
not be willing to adjourn that convention
till we either effect some settlement of this
matter, or ascertain that it cannot be done.”
Air. Baldwin then went on to sketch out a
plan of policy whicli he thought the President
would pursue, embracing-a conciliatory and
assuring proclamation, a call for a great nation
al convention, and the withdrawal of the forces
from Torts Sumter and Pickens. This was
about the substance of the interview; Air. Lin
coln giving to Air. Baldwin no pledge and no
promise, and making no offer of any sort.
Mr. Baldwin visited Air. Seward the same
afternoon and found him extremely earnest in
the desire to settle the matter, and, apparcntlv,
shrinking from the idea of a clash of arms!
Air. Baldwin went on to Richmond, and report
ed to the gentlemen who had sent him.
Further ou in his testimony lie added that ho
understood Mr. Lincoln had given a somewhat
different version of the interview, representing
that he had offered, if the convention Mould
adjourn sine die, to withdraw the troops from
Sumter and Pickens. lam as clear, said Mr.
Baldwin, m nay recollection, as it is possible to
be, that he made no such suggestion, sis I un
derstood it, and said nothing from which I
could infer it. .
Mr. John Minor Butts gave his version of
the interview, as it was related to him by Mr.
Lincoln, lie says that on Sunday afternoon,
April 7, 1861, being then iu Washington, he re
ceived a note from Mr. Lincoln, saying that lie
would be glad to sec him during the evening,
and that lie went the same evening to the White
House und remained in conversation with Mr.
Lincoln from 7 o’clock until 11 o’clock, during
which time Mr. Lincoln related the particulars
of the visit of Mr. Baldwin, substantially, ag
follows:
“Oh! Mr. Baldwin.,” said Air. Lincoln, “why
did you not come sooner ? 1 have been -wait
ing and oxpeeJjjjg some of the gentlemen of the
convention to come to me for more than a
1 had a most important proposi
tion to innfte to you, and lam afraid you have
come too late. However, I will make the pro
position now. We have in Fort Sumter, M'ith
Major Anderson, about eighty' men, and 1
learn from Major Anderson that his provisions
are nearly exhausted. I have not only written
to Gov. Pickens but I have sent a special mes
senger to him to say that if he will allow Major
Andersou to obtain his marketing at the
Charleston market, or will have it sent to him,
I will make no effort to provision the fort; hut
that if he does not do that I will not permit
these people to starve, and shall send a vessel
laden with bread, and that if he fires upon that
vessel, lie will fire upon an unarmed vessel.
But 1 shall at the same timd send a fleet along
M’ith her, M'ith instructions nbt to enter the
harbor of Charleston unless that vessel is fired
—'"JUI
into; and if she is, then the ileet is to enter the i
harbor and protect her. Now, Mr. Baldwin,
that fleet is lying; in the harbor of New York,
and will sail this afternoon at 5 o’clock; and al
though I fear it is almost too late, yet l will
submit the proposition which I intended when
I sent for Mr. Summers. Your convention iH
Richmond has been sitting nearly two months;
aud all that they have done hits been to shake
the rod over my head. You have recently
taken a vote in the Virginia Convention on the
right of secession, which was rejected by ninety
to forty-five—a majority of two-thirds—show
ing the strength Dt' the Union party in that
convention. If you will go back to Richmond
aud get that Union majority to adjourn and go
home without passing the ordinance of seces
sion—so anxious am I for the preservation of
the peace <|f this country, and to save. .Virginia
and tlie other Border States from going out —
that I will take the responsibility of evacuating
Fort Sumter, and take the chance of negotia
ting with the Cottou Suites which have already
gone out.”
“ Well, Mr. Lincoln,” inquired Mr. Bolts,
“ how did Mr. Baldwin receive that proposi
tion ?” t
“ Sir,” said Mr. Lincoln, raising up his hands,
“ lie would not listen to it for a moment; he
hardly treated me with civility. He asked me
what I meant by an adjournment. Did 1 mean
an adjournment einr diet Why, of course, Mr.
Baldwin, aaid 1,1 mean an adjournment sine die.
I do not megn to- assume such a responsibility
as that of surrendering that fort to the people
of Charleston upon your adjournment, and then
for you to return in a week or ten days and
pass your ordinance of secession after I had
given up the fort.”
Mr. Botts was very much incensed, as he
says, that Mr. Baldwin should have rejected the
proposition, and asked Mr. Lincoln to authorize
him to make it to the Union men of the con
vention, assuring him that they would adopt it
willingly and cheerfully. To which Mr Lin
coln replie : “Oh ! it is too late; tlie fleet has
sailed and I have no means of communication
with it.”
Mr. Botts then asked permission to mention j
the circumstance for Mr. Lincoln’s own benefit; ;
!, ut Mr. Lincoln said: “Well, not just now. ;
Botts ; after a while you may.”
Mr. Botts’ inference was that Mr. Lineoln !
u is assuming a responsibility which would at j
nat day have been extremely distasteful to*
:hose who hud elevated him to the Presidency;
•■lithe thought it due now to history and to
Uic character of Mr. Lincoln to make it known.
.Mr. Botts was here nqked :
Q- Are y°u perfectly sure, according to your
best, recollection, that. Mr. Lincoln told you
that lie had made that proposition to Mr. Baltl
win to evacuate Fort Blunter ?
A. 1 know it as well as I know you arc
standing before me, and that 1 am answering
your question.
Mr. Botts relates that some weeks afterward
he returned to Richmond and mentioned, one
evening, to Mr. Jas. F. Lewis, a Union member
of the convention, a conversation he had had
with Mr. Lincoln, and that next morning Air.
Lewis and Mr. Baldwin drove to his. house and
had an interview with him, which lie narrate
as follows:
Mr. Botts said: “Mr. Baldwin, is it true that
Mr. Lincoln did propose to you that if the con
veutson would adjourn and go home without
passing the ordinance of secession, lie would
evacuate Fort Suinter?”
“ Yes,” said Mr. Baldwin, “ he did.”
“My God! Mr. Baldwin,” raid Mr. Botts,
“ who did von reject such a proposition as
that?”
The only answer that Mr. Baldwin made was
by talcing out his watch and saying : “It only
wanted twenty minutes of the hour of meeting
of the convention, when a most important vote
is to he taken, (meaning the vote on the Ordi
nance of Secession.) I ain.obliged to be there
punctually at the hour, and’l have no time to
make the explanation I desire; but I will avail
myself of the earliest opportunity to make a
full explanation of the whole of it.”
Front that day to this Mr. Botts says he never
laid his eyes on Mr. Baldwin, nor heard any
explanation from him, nor had directly any
cominiiiiicattou with him ; but lie had been iii
formed that Mr. Baldwin gets very much ex
cited whenever tlie subject ismentioned i.n his
presence.
Further on in his testimony, Mr. Botts avar.
asked if this whole proposition had been com
municated to tlie Unionists of the Virginia Con
vention, together with a call for a national con
vention, would that have prevented the break
ing out. of civil war.
Answer. I think it would; fur the reason
that, although the Democracy, which never
meant to he satisfied with anything hut war,
despairing of being able to carry the. ordinance,
would have voted for tlie adjournment, while
the Union men, who wanted peace, would also
have voted for the adjournment.
The testimony in relation to this interesting
historical episode is confined to the three wit
nesses —Messrs. Lewis, Baldwin and Botts. It
is quite voluminous, hut the foregoing extracts
contain liic pifhliud marrow of it.
j The Views of Mr. Lincoln on the Scheme
of the Diaunionists.
The following import nut letter on the views
of Mr. Lincoln on the Radicals and the ques
tion of restoration has been addressed to Presi
dent Johnson by cx-Unitcd States Marshal
I.amon’s intimate friend and former law part
ner :
Mr. President : Among tiie numerous alle
gations made against you by the ultra Abolition
its, I hear none often as this—that
you have deserted tiie principles upon which
j you were elected, and turned aside from the
path in which your lamented predecessor would
have walked if he lmd lived. It seems to be
j believed by some that Mr. Lincoln could have
been used by the Radicals for nil their purposes,
including the destruction of the Government,
the overthrow of the Constitution, and the in
i definite postponement of union and harmony
among the States. I need not say to you or to
; any well-informed man that the masses of that
powerful party which supported Mr. Lincoln
and you in the canvass of 18C4 were sincerely
attached to the Union and devoted believers in
the Constitution. They every where asserted
that the object of the war was to re-esfablisli
the Union with the least possible delay, and
one of the resolutions of "the Baltimore Con
vention pledged you both to restore the para
mount authority of the Constitution iu all the
States. #
It is true that the party included some nia
lignnnts who hated the Union and tried to de
stroy it before tiie war began, and their pre
| tended love of the Union during the war was
more than expected to be insincere and hypo
critical; but they kept prudently silent. Mr.
j Thnddeus Stevens was, to the best of my know
ledge, the only leading man in the party shame
less and impudent enough to show his hostility
. to the Union. lie was not the. exponent of our
views, and he represented not even a fractional
part of the honest millions who east their votes,
spent their money and shed their blood to
bring back the Government of their fathers.—
All this you know. I write now to tell you
i what I know concerning the personal senti
j ments of Mr. Lincoln himself, and I claim now
| to be the same kind of a Republican that 1 was
when 1 voted for him at his first and second
; election. I was his partner in the practice of
, law for a number of years. I came here with
him as his special friend, and was marshal ol
this District during tiie whole of his Adminis
'[ tration. Down to the day of his death, 1 was
in the most confidential and. intimate relations
with him. I knew him as well as one man can
be known to another. I had many and free
conversations witli him on this very subject of
reconstruction. I was made entirely certain
by his own repeated declarations to me, that he
would exert all his authority, power and influ
enee, to bring about reconciliation between the
two sections Os tiie country. A far as depend
ed upon him, he would have lml the Southern
States reprepresented in both lie jses of Con
gress within tiie shortest possi do time. Ali
the energies of his nature were given to a vig
orous prosecution of the war while the rebel
| lion lasted, but he was equally determined upon
i a vigorous prosecution of peace, "as s oon as arm
: ed hostility should be ended. He knew the
! base designs of the Radicals to keep up the
I strife lor their own advantage, and lit;
J was determined to thwart them. As he himself
! told me very often, if any corroboration of this
I statement is needed, it may be found in the fact
J that the ultra Abolitionists had actually begun
I the outcry against him before his death, and the
! moderate men everywhere, North and South,
sincerely mourned his fall as a calamity which
deprived them of their best friend. If that in
scrutable Providence, whose ways are past find
ing out,had permitted his life to continue until
this time, there can be no doubt that the North- '
err. disunionists would now ho as loud in their
denunciation of his policy as they are of yours.
Mr. Stevens’ demand for the head of “ that man
i at the other end of the avenue ” would not have
j been one whit less ferocious. Os course he
I could not and did not anticipate the precise
shape of the measures which the Radicals
might adopt to prevent reconstruction. The
Frcedmcn’s Bureau bill, which recently met its
death at your hands, was not. horn in his life
; time; but I pronounce it afoul slander upon
' his memory to assert that he would have signed
j a bill so palpably in conflict with the Constitu
j tionand so plainly intended to promote the one
[ bad purpose of perpetual disunion.
; I did love Mr. Lincoln with a sincere and
faithful affection, and my reverence for his
memory is intensified by the horrible eircum
I stances under which his high career was closed
Now that death has disarmed him of the po'-er
to defend himself, his true friends should stand
forth to vindicate his good name. If there be
any insult upon his reputation which they
should resent more indignantly than another
it is the assertion that lie would have been the
tool and instrument in the hands of such men
as those who now lead the heartless and un
principled contest against you.
I have the honor to be, your ob’t serv’t
* Ward 11. Lamon.
Free Scho&s iji Atlanta.—The “Ameri
can Union Commission” of New Jersey and
Pennsylvania are inaugurating a noble system
oftree schools in Atlanta. The school is in
tended for the sole benefit of the poor white
dnildren, Whope parents are unable to pay
taitiou. Mr. Adams, the agent, has already
commenced operations. He has named Rev
Mr. Haygood, F. M. Richardson, N. K. Gard
ner, J. G. W. Mills and Doctor Massey all
citizens of Atlanta, as trustees. Mr Adam
comeg empowered to have erected, at the ex
pense of the Christian Commission which sends
him, neat buildings for school purposes, and
will furnish all necessary books for children It
is his purpose and the wish of the Commission
to employ Southern teachers in these schools
as well as Northern, where they can be found
ready and willing to undertake such charges
It is purely Christian benevolence that actuates
the Commission to this step.
The Atlanta papers speak as they ought,
warmly in praise of this act oi Christian bene?
volenee and philanthropy, the truest attempt to
restore kind and friendly relations between the
sections we. have heard of.
r ■ ■ ——
A negro and a (white man, the latter named
Montelle, hailing* from, Richmond, stole some
horses from Thomas P. Peyton, of Albemarle,
ft few days ago, were pursued to Rappahannock
county, fired upon, one horse was killed, and
the negro and one horse were captured. Mon
telle escaped.
- ' . ,
The Civil Right*- Bill.— The Washington
correspondent of tbo New York Times says:
“Among the various misrepresentations of
the President in regard to his consideration of
and action upon the Civil Rights Bill, is one
emanating from a Boston paper and copied ex
tensively, which, in justice to Mr. Johnson,
should be corrected. The statement is, that
there was a time within the nine days that the
President held the bill, when lie was well nigli
Yesolvcd either to give tlie bill his signature or
to permit it to a law by the expiration
of tlie time for applying his negative, and it is
intimated by the authors of this statement, that
other counsels availed so change his determina
tion, Ac. We have, high ' au| hority ..for saying
that there is not one word of truth in the state
ment quoted; at no time during tlie period Mr.
Johnson held tlie-bill under consideration did
he entertain it thought of approving the mea
sure, or of permitting it to become a law by
any act of commission or omission on his part;
nop did he ever give utterance to anything on
tlm subject that could have been construed into
sueli a determination. The President had nu
merous voluntary advisers, eminent legal meu
in the nature Os amicus curiae, whom he was
glad to meet, and to whom he gave attentive
audience; but he did not intimate to any of
these gentlemen what he proposed to do with
the Civil Rights Bill.
The Colored Celebration op the Cap
ture op Richmond Forbidden.—A Wash
ington dispatch to the New York World says
that Secretary Stanton tried very hard to get
permission to allow tin* negroes to celebrate,
on the 3d of April, tlie capture of Richmond,
which is tlie anniversary of its fall. General
Terry stated in a communication that if the
celeration was permitted he should need more
troops. In the meantime a committee came
from Richmond to remonstrate against allowing
the celebration, on tlie ground that it might lead
| to an outbreak. Tlie matter was laid before
I the President. He referred it to General Grant
i and General Howard. The former thonght that
pit would he bad policy under the circumstances
; to permit it, inasmuch as it would require ad
j ditioual troops to he sent there to prevent any
1 disturbance. Tlie President thereupon directed
j General Terry to issue an order forbidding the
! celebration to take place, and thus ended Stan
! ton’s attempt to get up a negro celebration in
Richmond.
[From the Eiaßsville find.) Courier, 29th.
Terrible Tornado in* Johnson Co., Illinois.
Many remarkable and most strange effects of
the grim Storm King in Illinois have from
time to time been recorded. Accounts have
been given of the tearing up of the very turf on
the prairies of that State; but the facts we are
about to record have no parrellel in the history
of destruction .by the elements that we are
aware of.
We were yesterday visited by Mr. William
Brill, an old and respected-farmer of Johnson
county, Illinois, and one of the most extensive
in that county, who furnished us with a suc
cinct and detailed description ot a tornado that
passed over that neighborhood on the 20th,
which caused a terrible loss of life, and the
total destruction of every thing in the line of
its inarch, entirely uprooting whole farms, car
rying away houses, trees, wagons and every
tiling above the ground, and bringing misery
and mourning into tiie happy homes of many.
Mr. Brill’s farm-house »rests upon an emi
nence sufficiently high to give him a view of
the section through which the destruction pass
ed, and on the day of the 20th, lie and his faint
ly had a perfect view' of the sublime scene
which the angry elements were enacting in a
valley only half a mile south of his house.
He describes the appearance of the storm as
the most terrific ever witnessed, or that the
mind can conceive. A dense blackness envel
oped the valley beloV, while it was quite light
on the lulls around, and tlii- added to Hie dis
tinctness of the whole. The most terrific roar,
rumbling and moaning tilled the air, and tiie
siiie.il of sulphur was very strong. The un
earthly noise seemed to drown the voice of
speakers close to each other.
As it advanced, apparently with the moderate
speed of a locomotive, Mr. Brill observed high
in the air the most extraordinary spectacle ot
trees, crushed houses, wood, rails, and objects
that seemed to Dim to be horses and cattle,
borne on by the storm in denso volumes of dirt
and dust, all in the most inextricable confu.-don.
Tie* very heavens were filled with the contents
of farms! Every object seemed torn front the
earth and folded upward ! Splintered timbers
were torn tip and heaved upward! Ilotnfee
were taken up bodily and dashed overhead, and
perfect desolation spread over the valley.
The portion of tiie valley where this tornado
pissed was in the neighborhood of Tobacco
Post-ofliee, and within a tew miles, if we under
stand him rightly, of Goleoiula. The tornado
moved from west east, and appeared to keep in
a chosen path. The country is very broken,
but those living in the small valleys seemed to
suffer most.
As the tornado advanced the indications of
its course were very deceptive, appearing to
point in all directions. This effect probably
came from the revolution going on in the
volumes of dust and sulphuric smoke that
envelope d everything in the valley, and which,
at times, seemed to roll and spread in all direc
tions.
The whole pountry was inundated, and the
soil in many places washed down to the sub
stratum of ciay, as though the clouds had burst
and flooded the earth with water al once.
The following is the list of lives lost and total
destruction as far as named :
Joseph Harper was mortally injured, three
of his daughters were killed outright, and five
other of his family of nine mortally wounded,
fflis home and every object of his place was en
tirely carried away, and nothing Ims since been
found o! anything. A wagon load of flour and
meal in sacks was taken up by the.tornado, ami
no trace of it afterwards found. Thirteen thous
and dollars in money was also blown away with
the house.
M. B. Bayne’s house was also taken up and
blown to atoms. His stock of boots, shoes and
dry. goods were carried for miles and scattered
over the country. Every thing totally lost.
Esquire Worley had nine in family; one in
jured. House and every thing on the place
swept away.
John Jones lost a child. Every thing totally
lost.
Jonathan Water’s farm was literally torn
up and carried off. There is not an object
left.
Louis McGowan’s farm was entirely destroy
ed, and every thing on it swept off.
Orchards were pulled up by the roots and
carried five miles.
Every one who escaped destruction in tlfe
line of the tornado, as well as those whp
were killed, were blackened as though by
soot.
Mr. Brill was one of the fortunate lew who
lived off from the route of the tornado, and thus
escaped with a slight loss.
He tells us that the scene, after the tornado
passed over, was one of the most heart-rending
it had ever been his misfortune to witness.
Every farmer who lived in tlio path of the angry
elements is homeless and totally broken up.
Destruction is to be seen everywhere. He is of
opinion that the hurricane at Natchez many
years ago was no worse in its effects.
The three daughters of Mr. Joseph Harper,
.afterwards found dead, were locked iu each
other’s arms.
Cows, hogs and farming implements, in sonic
eases, were found at a great distance. Os course,
nearly all live stock in the line of the storm was
destroyed.
Trails with Charleston.
We take pleasure in transferring to our eol-
I nmns the following article from tlie Charleston
■ yews, showing the inducements held out to
merchants and traders of Georgia, by the mer
chants of that city :
We are informed that the Augusta brack of
the South Carolina railroad is now complete
from this end to White Pond, and that the Au
gusta end is in running order to the 110 miles
Turnout, leaving a gap of only 7 miles incom
plete, and that the entire road will be ready for
ears to go the whole line by the 10th. Our
merchants will be delighted at this information
and we, in behalf of them, beg again to remind
the interior dealers that in no market in the
country can they buy to better advantage than
here in Charleston.
Our Importers direct, as well ns those who
lay in their stocks from the home markets and
manufactories, have calculated a large business
with enlightened care, and are well prepared to
meet it. In all departments of wholesale trade,
stocks are of the largest and best, judiciously
selected and economically laid in, so that deal
ers from the interior of the Southern at cl South
western States need only visit Charleston to ob
tain, at the cheapest rates and ol the best quali
ties, all articles that enter into their retail trade,
how diversified soever it may be. Nay, even
those who, at important points in our neighbor
ing States, do something of a wholesale busi
ness, may economize materially in the matter
of travel, hotel expenses and absence from
home, byjdismissing all thoughts of further pro
gress eastward, until they shall have made
themselves folly acquainted with the character
and extent of the goqds that have been iiociunii
foted at this ceiitor for distribution throughout,
the region of country under view.
If the leading houses of Charleston, in the
various departments of trade, cun duplicate
Boston, Philadelphia, and New York bills, with
the addition simply of freight and charges,
which they not obty can do, hfit in many eases
can sell cheaper, it ip Very easy for ifi,. whole
sale or retail dealer from the interior to under
stand how lie can make it to his interest to deal
here. Railroad travel is high, hotel expenses
are enormous, and every day’s absence from
home of a man whose business is Worth the bc
istowmcnt of his own personal attention, eon
sumes the profit of many a day’s sales. Fur
'her: if a retailer buys at a distant market, lie
buys euoiigh to last him for half a year, in or
der to save the expenses of frequent travel, and
the inconvenience and loss of being often ab
sent from his home and business. Rut if his
supplying market is near, he not only saves
long travel and prevents frequent absence, but
economizes in the matter of interest by pur
chasing frequently and but little at a time. It
is a filet in politieid economy, which has been
too well demonstrated to require fresh argu
ments in its defense at our hands, that the capi
tal which is turned often, is the capital that
soonest doubles ; and the business that is taxed
witli the least outlay for interest and the fewest
“changes,” is that which soonest becomes
prosperous.
8o much, therefore, for the advenfages of this
market; and to oor Georgia friends who will
now have an opportunity of testing the truth of
what we lfltve said, we wish most- sincrely to
offer a*purting word of advice : Try Charleston
before going elsewhere. Onr merchants wish
to see yon, as they are greatly desirons of re
newing the relations of “ Auld lang syne.”
[From the New Book, MjSxh 31st.
FINANCIAL AND dOMMEBCIAL,
We have no change to make a note of in the
commercial affairs of the country. Since out
last, gold has been gradually settling,' and on
Saturday of the past week it touched 1:35, sit
which figure it closed. The fall in gold in the
lust thirty days has been equal to 9per*cent.., or
in other words, the quotation thirty days ago
was 137, and the last sales of the past week
were at 12 below that figure, equal to a decline
of 9 per cent, on the price ot four weeks since.
The great public know but little of the terrible
struggles of the merchant^.against the calamity,
but it it? unavoidable, and must be met. Gold
will not probably lie permitted to “go up”
again; the policy of the Government financial
bureau is to gradually briug paper as near a
specie basis as possible, in order to restore a
sound commercial policy at the earliest mo
ment practicable. Speculation in gold may be
said to be killed. SUoiild that metal be seen
to rise 2 per cent, in Wall street, tlie Govern
ment would at ouce throw a million of coin on
the market, and the unfortunate holder at the
advanced figure would he certain to get his
pockets burned. We hear of several large fail
ures in this city aud Boston, and there are
tuauy firms now endeavoring to “weather the
storm,” which will be obliged to “cut away the
masts to save the ship.” Still, thus far no panic
ie has occurred, though the losses have been
.tremendous, and it secins to be well understood
by the commercial world that the return to a
specie basis is tlie only salvation for the trade
of the country ; and the losses which must be
entailed are tlie inevitable penalties ol' a depar
ture from those correct financial principles
which alone are the basis of permanent pros
perity. ’ We mnst get back to those principles,
cost what it will. The smaller class will be
bankrupted, but the great body will be beneflt
ted.
The passage of the Loan Bill by the House
of Representatives will amount to nothing as
an aid to borrow money abroad, if it. should be
passed by the Senate. The bill permits the
Secretary ot the Treasury to dispose of any de
scription of bonds authorized by the act of
March 3d, 1865, either in the United States or
elsewhere; but inasmuch as the bill does not
provide for the payment of principal and inter
est in foreign countries, the chance of a foreign
loan is mighty small, aud therefore the Secreta
ry of the Treasury has no more power to sell
bonds iu Europe, under the final passage of the
bill by the Senate, than he had before. The
passage,however, by that body is very doubtful.
The fall in certain lilies of goods, under the
decline in gold, has been serious. Dry goods,
particularly, have’ been affected to a considera
ble degree; prints, both foreign and dome.,-
tic, have recoded in prices heavily, hut white
sheetings, and products of that class, do not
seem to have been particularly touched by the
gold movemeut. We uotc, however, that, labor
is scarce, and building materials generallv
have not been highev during tlie war than :ii
this time. Mechanics’ wages are still at an un
healthy valuation lor the consumer, aud the
outlays by men of means for building purposes
ar« as restricted as possible. Tlie wants of tlie
great masses, in* the line of moderate-priced do
| micilcs, arc very urgent, yet it is not possible
I to erect dwellings to-day at a cost which will
, warrant moneyed men in embarking. The in
j crease, in cost of buildings at this moment,
; ovPr the rates of 1860, are estimated at 75 per
j cent., and some builders assert that it will
' reach 100 per cent. In the face of this fact, the
| mechanics generally are memorializing the Leg
islature for the passage of tlie eight-hour labor
bill, which will add in itself 35 per cent, to the
cost of all kinds of productions which enter
into buildings, or the material, in shape of fur
niture, etc., which till them after they are finish
ed. The country is certainly passing through
an extraordinary crisis. Property is molting
away like snow in August, and general chaos
threatening on all sides, commercially, aud labor
clamoring tor higher pay and less hours of ser
vice. In some parts of the country, hundreds
of men are now out of employment in conse
quence of the stoppage of works which cannot
go on under restricted sales on the one hand,
aud enormous demands on the part of their
workingmen rfn the other. Scarcely a nianu
j factory in the whole land is to-day in a state ot
j pecuniary health, unless it is the cotton monop
| olios of New England. The iron interest of
: Pennsylvania, the freight interest of the west
| era lakes, the produce interest, pork, grain,
Hour, the boot and shoe interests, including
hides, leather, etc., and a score or two of other
productive lines, which hitherto have rolled up
large yearly profits, are now languishing; vet
the general expense of living, tlie cost of rents,
clothing, miscellaneous household wants, hate
never been greater than they are now.
It is hardly possible that the commercial
world can resume its old condition of iB6O till
| we get the currency of the country back to a
; specie basis, and also restore the productive
j resources of the South, as far as a so-called free
i labor system can effect that lest oral ion. The
j miserable fanatics at Washington, who are now
I endeavoring to prevent the return of the South
ern Bkites into tho Union, are crushing oqf the
productive resources of that section. Political
and social chaos reigns there now. Depression
weighs like a horrid nightmare upon every
man, woman and child in these once happy
States, and the “ Sunny South ” has been Iran
formed into a dreary, ieaden-hued, humiliate d
conquered province, and the political condition
these States have been kept in lias blighted
their social and commercial prospects, and they
are hut little better off to-day than before the
close of tlie strife, now about one year ago.—
The “restoration of business” in the South,
and the reported “demand for goods is all a
farce. A few cities have ordered merchandise
to a limited degree, and the attempt to raise a
million bales of cotton has lent a little Impetus
to agriculture, but the vast territory is in a de
plorable condition as a whole, enrsert with foul
millions of lazy blacks, and hordes of thieving
white vagabonds, who, in the character of
Government officials, are robbing the poor in
habitants of what little tlie war has spared.
The speculation for a general advance on the
Stock Exchange held on well through the past
i week, securities rising and gold falling. On
: Monday quotations of gold were in the neigh
borhood of 129, and tlm closing sales of Satur
day were at 1211-2, a lower point than had been
reached since August, 1863, at which date it
j touched 122 1-2.
The daily range of gold during the week was
i as follows:
ITirjhest• Lowest.
Monday, 1291-2 127 3-4
Tursday, 128 3-8 127 5-6
Wednesday, * 128 5-8 128 1-4
Thursday, 128 3-8 127 7-8
Friday, 128 1-4 126 7-8
Saturday, 126 5-8 ' 124 7 5
The export of gold by Saturday’s steamers
aggregated $139,335; of which (lie New York
tool; $103,500 and the City of Boston $35,885,
making for the week 6170,297. The demand
foi custom duties at this port amounted to
12,509,418.
There is little prospect that there will be any
advance in gold, certainly not, unless it is need
ed for shipment, and as long as we can send
cotton over the water, the precious metal will
not be called for.
The shipments of specie from New York last
week and during the year compare as follows,
with the specie movements of 1864, 1865 and
1866 :
1864. 1865. 1868.
Twelfth week - $528,050 $164,440 $170,297
Prev. reported - 8,672,152 4,325,219 5,364,166
year - 19,200,203 $1,489,0.79 $5,584,40:1
The aggregate value of the imports other
than dry goods or specie at this port during
tlie week ending March 28 was $3,082,748. The
total imports of the week compare as follows:
Week ending March 8. March 15. March 22.
Dry Goods - $3,898,201 $1,183,80!) $3,283,381
Gen. mer. - - 4,585,644 2,020,509 3,032,743
Total - - - - $8,438,905 $5,809,878 $0,310,074
No additional national banks have been au
thorized during the-past week. Total number
now organized 1043; currency issued $202,810-
370.
Cotton exports are no averaging weekly a
respectable figure. The New Orleans journals
give the number of vessels in that port on the
20th, loading with that staple for Europe, one
j hundred and thirty-eight. Exports of cotton
for the previous week, 15,800 bales. There is a
vast deal of wild and crazy speculation now
going on all over the country concerning tlie
number of bales of cotton the coming crop will
foot up. A correspondent of the Cincinnati
Commercial, who lias been traveling in the
South, makes out a statement that exceeds any
thing we have yet seen. He places the crop ol
1800 at $4,344,100 bales, and claims for 1860 no
less than 3,916,000 bales. To show how opin
ions conflict, we have had the pleasure of con
versing with a gentleman who has made a four
months’ tour all over the South, and inasmuch
as lie has heavy claims upon that section, which
a good cotton crop will enable him to realize
something from, as the abundance of that staple
will draw large amounts of money there, lie
has every reason to look with hope, and desires
to believe in a consummation so devoutly
wished, but we find no belief in a crop of
3,000,000 of bales, nor even half that number.
He gives his opinion that 1,000,000, or at tlie
most 1,2.50,000 bales of cotton will be tlie ex
tent of the production of 1800. Government
securities have not advanced in the past four
weeks, but arc firm ; 12 months’ certificates are
99 1-4, up 1 ; 7-30’s 100, up 1-2; 5-20’s firm at
103; 10-40’s firm at 90 3-4; U. 8. 6’s of 1881
104 7-8 ; 6’s of 1807, 122 ; 6’s of 1808, 177-1-4—:!
fall of 3 1-2 since March 3.
As the week advanced, we note little change
in money rates, which rale at sao per cent, on
rail, though little is doing in commercial pa
per ; rates in this line are anywhere from 8 per
cent, to 10, according to character of names.—
Gold on Tuesday went up to 128 1-2; on Wed
nesday sales were made at . Our country
readers will notice tlie silly phrase, “cash gold
still scarce,” occurring in Wall street reports.
The cause for thq rise iu gold may be found in
the circulating of hits of paper representing
gold upon which speculation has been centered,
but the real stuff is not over plenty; “cashgold
is scarce,” though “credit gold,” or the paper
representation of it, is found at any time. It is
this humbugging that stirs up the gold market, I
and keeps up tlie fluctuations.
Real estate sales tills week have been of a i
more satisfactory character to interested par
ties. Prices were better.
The banking house of Culver, Penn A Co., ol
this city, have suspended ; liabilities large; re
sources not known. Ben. 1* hanki.in.
Liverpool Market.
Messrs. Maude A Wright have favored us
with a copy of Robert Lockhart A Dempstei s
weekly circular of the Liverpool market, from
which we extract the following:
Liverpool, March 16,1800.
Cotton. —There has been a large demand for
Cotton during the past week from all classes ot
buyers, which has resulted in a large business
at an advance upon most descriptions ol l w -»d.
told, per lb. At the close of last,week the
market was very strong, owing to the Impres
sion that tlie steamer due from New York, on
Monday, would bring ifoeounts ofa material
falling off in the receipt# the piMt>. The ar
rival of the Eurortl disappointed thb expecta
tion, the receipts tbr the wfck ondtei February
28 being **,ooo bales, and ilie maM|
dull, witiHixtfe disposition on the pdrt of hdld».
era to mrWst Ac demand. This ddlbifcss, A*w-,
ever, was of short diitatioft; the*'Manchester :
market remained comparatively unaffected by i
the American accounts, spinnershaving large
ton* wore obliged to come into the market to
supply their wants ; at the same time the con
tinuance of easterly winds kept out sup
plies, Aid the selection of all descriptions
was ihuVv becoming more limited. These
iufluenees combined produced considerable stir
in the market, which, as the week advanced,
was augmented by the purchases of speculators,
who, seeing the rapid reduction of stock and
the increasing requirements of the trade,,etpite
in to buy in considerable numbers. We quote
an advance fbr tlid week upon American Cot
ton of about Hffd. per lb. Sea- Islands have
been in very lafge demand, owing to the scar
city and dearness of llie better qualities (if
Egyptian Col ton, and an unusually* 1 large quan
tity lias changed hands, especially of the com
mon qualities, at advancing prices. Egyptians
and Brazils have been largely dealt in at 1 -rid.
to Id. per lb. advance. East India descriptions
have been only in moderate request, the selec
tion being very limited, and prices are quoted
about l-4d. per lb. dearer. The transactiods
“to arrive” have been very extensive at the fol
lowing rates for American Middling Orleaps,
ship named, lb 1-Sd., and Low Middling, 19 1-4
d. per Hi.; OhifrlcHlon, on tile basis of Middling,
ship named, 19 l-4d.a19 1-3 d. per lb,; Savannah
Middling, February or March sailing, 19 l-3d.,
aim Mobile Middling, lit 3-4 d. per 11). Tlie total
sales for the week are, 91,990 bales, including
44,;;:!0 bales American, of which 58,“00 bales'
are to the trade. 141,310 on speculation, and
10,720 for export. Imports for the week, 43,-
003 bales, including 33,420 bales Apierican.
Decrease of stock, 20,500 bales.
Manchester Market.— e have again to report
a very strong market in Manchester, with an.
extensive demand for both Yarns and floods at
steadily advancing prices. The extent of busi
ness is limited only by the heavy commitments
of producers for future delivery, which prevent
the acceptance of further orders, except to a
very limited extent. To-day's market is re
ported by' telegraph to be very strong, especially
for Yarns, at higher rates.
Money Market.- Yesterday the Bank Kate of
Discount was reduced to 0 per cent.,* and this
morning the Weekly Retnrn of the Bank of
England shows an increase in the bullion held
by, the Bank of 41377,114, and an improvement
in all the other departments. A good deal of
uneasiness continues to exist about the position
of some of the “limited” joint-stock companies
which has an unfavorable influence upon the
market, otherwise the tendency appears to be
towards continued case.
drain Market. —This market continues in a
very stagnant, unsatisfactory condition. The
arrivals of Wheat and (.'orn from the Continent
of-Europe, and of Indian Corn from America,
are again large, hut the demand is very feeble,
and only retail sales can be effected, Wheat is
in very poor demand, at rather lower prices.
Flour has been very little inquired for, and
prices must, be quoted rather easier. Indian
Corn was in moderate request, at last week’s
rates. ,
General Produce.— There has been a fair
amount of basilicas in the General Produce
Market during the past week.
Lard has been in steady demand, and the
quantity on sale being small, prices have re
mained very linn.
Tallow lias been largely inquired for, and
with very limited stocks, full prices* have been
Obtained.
Rosin lias met a very good inquiry for
the common qualities; 4,000 barrels common
American having changed hands at Os, to 7s. per
cwt. Medium qualities have been quiet at late
rates, and fine must be quoted rather lower.
Petroleum has been in good consumptive de
mand, and to-day the market has been excited ;
prices fully 2d. per gallon dearer than last
week.
Cloverseed, with increasing stocks, is still in
I very poor demand, buyers holding off in expec :
tation of lower prices. About 500 hags hlive
I been sold at 425. to 495. per cwt.; fair quality
| offering at 40s. per ewt.
P. S. —March 17. —The telegraph advices per
I “ Cuba,” a New York on the 7th inst., received
| this morning, reporting a considerable falling
| off in the receipts at the American ports, have
| made the cotton market very strong to-day.
Sales., 20,000 bales, including 7,000 on speeula
! tion and for export, at an advance of l-4d. to
' l-2d. per lb. on American descriptions.
Georgia Items.
The Atlanta Intelliyrncer announces the np-
I pointmeiit, by Superintendent. Wallace, of John
' I>. Peek, Esq., as Master of Transportation for
the Western «fc Atlantic Railroad. Mr. Peek is
a gentleman of large railroad experience, and a
most efficient officer.
The State Railroad.— We have been tul
i vised that on Saturday last, Mr. Robert. Baugh,
i tlie late Superintendent of the State, or “ West
ern A Allantic Railroad"—who had spine
! months ago expressed to Governor (TWkins
his desire to be relieved from that position—
! turned over the management of the road,to his
successor, Mr. Campbell Wallace, under whose
Bapcrintendendy the road is now being con
ducted.—lntelligencer.'
Fulton Superior Coutty.—The April term
; of the Fulton Superior Court was commenced
j in Atlanta Tuesday morning, Judge Hiram
Warner presiding.
ii i The Bainlii idge (.'hurt Cqmpasa mentions
d | the - death of a "prominent nncl highly cstewned
y | lady,” of that place, Mir .Tim. M. Potter; also,
e the death of Dr. David P. Dines; the latter died
- while in New York city.
National Hotel. —'This new hotel, situated
at the corner of Whitehall street.and the West
ern & Atlantic railroad, will soon he opened
lt . for the entertainment of the public. It is cn-
J j tlrely new, and the rooms—-forty in number—
|r > are all well lighted and well ventilated, and all
„. I spacious, and excellently well arranged.—
Jj- J Pratt, Pond & Carey are the. proprietors.
| Atlanta Commercial Bulletin.
The schooner Arctic, Gatewood, arrived at
ic j Savannah, from Philadelphia, on the 27th, hav
! j ins' on hoard another locomotive and appurte
•> ! nances for the Atlantic & Gulf railroad.
.. j Benefit of Widows and SoldleHS.— John
i, I Williamson, Esq., one of the Justices of the
if j Inferior Court of Chatham county calls Upon
| all widows of deceased soldiers, and guardians
6 of orphan children of deceased soldiers, and
| each soldier who is a cripple for life,/ind each
«, | aged and infirm person, to cail on that officer
4 j and make oath ,of their destitution, in order to
, j receive tliMr share of trlie benefits of the aft of
4 | the last General A-senility of Georgia, appro
's | printing S~i'(o,opofor the aid of such persons.
There are 45,-I')7 negroes fed at the expense
J of Die Government in Georgia. In all the
s- Southern States the number exceeds 434,000.
The Annual Conference of the M. E. Church,
j for the State of Georgia, lias sot apart Friday
u next as a day of Fasting and Prayer, to lie ob
served throughout the State by the member
v ship of that Church.
A Sensible Man.—Dennis Hill, of the coun
-1 tv ol Floyd, says a contemporary, announced
1 himself as a. candidate for county judge before
he had read the law organising tlint, court. But
t as soon as he ascertained the provisions of the
i, law, and the responsibilities of such a position,
I like a sensible man, lie declined to be a candi
date.
.'Crops, &c., in S. W. Georgia.— The editor
f. of (lie Columbus Sun, in Friday’s issue, remarks:
“ On our visit to Chattahoochee Court, this
j week, where we spent two days, we met. plant
’ ers from all parts of the county, and sonic
r from other counties, and conversed with them
i on their prospects for making a crop, and as to
e the disposition for planting a mixed crop of
: corn and cotton. In almost every instance we
found planters short of labor—some one-fourth,
1 some one-third, while some arc short more
:{ than half their former force. While few
thought they could see no difference in the dis
.• position of their freodmen to work faithfully,
the great majority made an unfavorable report.
’ All are putting in heavy crops to the force, and
most of the planters seem disposed to plant
sufficient corn to meet the wants of the planta
tion.
! Change of Schedule.—A change of schcd-
ule took effect on the Macon & Western rail
road on Suuday last. The change is as follows:
Day passenger train leaves Atlanta at 6:55, a.
m., and arrives at Macon at 1:35, p. m. Will
f leave Macon at 7:30 p. in., and arrive at Atlanta
at 1:57, p. m.
1 Corn in Southwestern Georgia is growing
1 finely, and promises a large crop. There is not
2 as much planted, however, as last year. The
- planters are willing to risk the chances of a
f cotton crop. Many of them are making prepa
i rations to plant largely, hoping the negroes
- may he induced to remain and help secure the
- crops.
1 North Carolina Items.
i
Chowan county is said to be a perfect Kliine
land for wine. One gentleman makes $5,000 a
. year from one hundred acres under grape cul
s tn re.
Wm. Brown and Charles Wilson, two of the
' oldest citizens of Hillsboro’, died there on Tues
day last.
On Monday night lost burglars went at
t rounds in Raleigh robbed Bell, the blacksmith,
r and made attempts to get into sundry other
■ establishments, succeeded in. despoiling the
t jewelry store of Jno. C. Palmer, but were bas
, fled in their other efforts.
1 Governor Fenton, of New York, has declined
to make a requisition on Governor 11 orth, ol
' North Carolina, for the return ol a fugitive
from justice, on the ground that lie cannot re
cognize North Carolina as a Suite in the Union.
Two negroes threw missiles into the Weldon
and Petersburg train, near the former place.—
One u is caught by some Federal soldiers, and
severely whipped for the offense.
Near Wadesboro’, under the trunk of an old
tree, a skeleton, in Confederate gray, trimmed
with red artillery braid, was found a few days
ago.
Win. If. "Weatherly, of Elizabeth City, got
into a difficulty, last week, with Mr. Trafton, of
Camden county, resulting in the latter being
stabbed tiitally.
Majou Gen eh ai, Hoke.— We were glad to
see thy* distinguished gentleman on our streets
yesterday. The General was looking
seemed to be in his usual good spirits.
We also saw Gen. T. L. Clingiuan here on
Monday-.— Salisbury Banner.
General Mat. Hansom had a vofy serious dif
ficulty a few days ago, which cuttle near being
fatal, with one of the freedmen ih his emphiy.
He lent occasion to reprimand him for the
slothful manner in which he did liis work ; hut,
the fioediuan threw himself on his diguity, and
doubled the capacity of the General to judge of
ids Work, and, with oaths and insolence, his
conduct was such that the General called upon
Ids lather, who is quite an aged man, to go to
the bogse for his pistol. The General tired one
barrel.'thinking to frighten him, hut. the negro
■advaheed With an uplifted hoe; the second bar
rel did not explode. The negro struck the
General, which disabled his left arm. He then ‘
fired file second lime without effect. The ne
gro ggvo.him another blow Which disabled the
other arm- A baiul-to hand encounter then en
sued, find but lor the Interference of a negro
m:«,l dttttbtless the negro would have killed
bin, us .he swore lie wowld dd. The General’s
father went to the housuior a gqn, and in bis"
absence the negro niado liis escape. The other '
freedmen were loud in their execrations of the
villain. —Halifax Cov, Norfolk Virginian.
Syj-KLEQKsIPH.
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES.
T — . ■ § I ' J -■
COLONEL BRADLEY T. JOHNSON.
Baltimore/April 4.
7 lie 1 resident inis interposed in the case ot ,
Bradley Johnson, late of tlie. Confederate Army
who was recently held, to ball iin this city to
answer an indictment for treason, ami ordered
the abandonment of tlie case.
FROM WASHINGTON. ~ ♦
Washington, April 4.
Tlie. President to-day krfnt, to the House a
communication from the Governor of Alabama,
asking that that State may he allowed to assume
ami pay in State bonds'the direct tax'-now due.
trout her, or that delay of payment may lie au
thorized until tlie State, by tire sale of bonds or '
by taxation, may make provision for liquida
tion.
FIRE IN'MOBIiTk
Mobile, April 4.
A lire occurred tills morning, destroying
(has. Hurley’s hat store; loss, 165,000, insured
for #10,900. Putnam & Malone} book dealers,
lost a large portion of jfleir stock ; fuLy in
sured. !\l. Marx Co., siipe dealers, had stock
to amount of $25,000 damaged and destroyed;
fully insured.
All the insurances were in Mobile agencies of
Northern companies.
NOMINATION'!'OR SEN Alt IK.
Trenton, N. J., April 4.
The Republicans have nominated A. S. Cal
tell tor Senator! ‘Senator Scovell was not in
,1 f m • t*' ■ I ,* I ’ *
the caucus.
NEW..JERSEY- SENATORIAL QUESTION.
TfefcNTON, N. J. April 4.
The Senate again to-day refused to go into
joint session for choice of a Senator.
FROM ALBANY.
Albany, N. Y., A|iril 4.
The Senate to-day adopted a resolution ex
pressing, regret at the veto.
NEW YORK COTTON AND GOLD MARKET.
New Yoke, April 4.
Cotton heavy, sales to-day 1,000 bale- at 39
cents. . ‘
Gold 27 3-4.
A Fearful Thaoedy in Kentucky—Ma
jor Waters, of Georgia, Kili id.—On last
Monday a fearful tragedy nas enacted in Mil
lersburg, of this county. lienry M. Bouldon,
of tlii county, about nineteen years (tS age, son
of Jesse 11. liditldfn, was 'being tried before
the trustees of Millersburg for a biAaeh of the
peace, eommitted the night, before, and. during
the progress of the trial voting Bouulen jumped
tip, drew his pistol,’flourishing ii and : wearing,
said, “Any person who said lie tired bis pistol
the night before told a lie,” and that he would
kill the person who touched him. The marshal
attempted to arrest him, and called upon the.
bystanders to assist, and in the attempt to do
so lie tired his pistol twice, the first sh»t kill
ing F. E. Waters, son of 11. IT. Waters, of
Columbus, Gu., and formerly Auditor of that
State. Waters wit about 21 years of age, and
had lost a-leg before Atlanta, during the war,
having been a major in the Mb Georgia 'regi
ment. He was, a student in the college a* Mil
ler.-Jum;, and was looked upon ns the most
brilliant young man in the institution, lie was
universally respected and loved, and i deeply
regretted by all who knew him. Though “a
st ranger in a strange land," by his geaitlemanl v
deportment he had won ti host of friends. He
was preparing to leave fur his 1 to,me, with tlie
intention of studying la\< r tinder Gov. Brown.
When Bouiden found lnt had killed Waters he
was deeply ass ected, and, kneeling over his pros
trate body, made (treat lamentation;
[Pari* ( hi/.) True Kentuckian, March 29.
1 . The Commissioners on the part of Danville.
and Pittsylvania lgiving failed to meet ihose on
1 the part of Lynchburg and Campbell, on Tues
day lad, to consider matters in connection with
_ the l.ylielibur"' and Danville railroad, the latter
adjourned to the tilth of April, at which time
the former are expected to be piv cut.
Hoyt’s iSuperplitosplnite,
s
r ami3 PI Mt TON,
DELIVERED IN ATTGtTf'-TA.
* -lr—
* ;■ -V V- E offer the above- well known and thoroughly
favorite
M A.NITRE
*
1 At SO3 per Ton, in lota of live Tons. Jn uni tiller par
1, cels SOB per Ton.
1 This Manuro lias been and tented in the most
through manner in Georgia, and lias univeraaJly
j proved equal to any Manuro offered in the culture of
Cotton. Every haitol is guaranteed to he ol standard
1 purity. Below are the names of some who have used
and can best speak of its excellence; *
Jonathan M. Miller. K>j., fhvi it Island, S O.
j
Owen I*. Fitzsimmons, Esq., Jeff'crnon c -unity.
David Dixon, Esq., Oxford, Ga.
J. A. Bell, Esq., Oglethoq#; count;,, (4.:.
James P. Flemimr, Esq., Augusta, Ga.
1 Isaac T. Heard, Esq., Augusta, Ga.
Dr. E. M. Pendleton, Spart.i, Ga.
JtohcitF. (Connelly, Esq., Burl:'* .- an;;};, ;
R. J. Henderson, Esq., Covington, Ga.
1 Thomas J. Davis, Esq., Be cell island; & C\
GeoiKre A. Oates, Esq., 1 Augusta, Ga.
‘ Dr. H. R. Cook, B6cch Island, 9. C.
j Tho*. W. Whatley, Esq., Bench ( hind, 9. C.
, Win, Summer, Esq., Pomona, S. C.
Col. C. M. Ipiinmon l, Athens, Ga
* Wm. I>. Grant, Esq.. Waiton county, (ia.
James A. Shivers, Esq., Warn nt.ai, Ga.
J. t. Awtrey, Esq., LaG range, Ga.
Wilson Bird, Esq , Hancock county, Ga.
* J. R. Mort’ison, Burke eoumy, Ga.
* W. A. Safibld, Esq., Madison, Ga.
W. W. Anderson, Esq. M Warron county, G.t
Judge M. IT. Wolbprn, Esq., Wan n ert-niy, Ga.
’ M. W. Hubert, £sq., W'arron county, Go.
W. 11. BranUey, K>q., Warren county, Ga.
Isaqc Poweil, Esq., High Shoals, Ga. /
L. C. Dennis, Esq., Eatonton, Ga.
A. G. Hester, Esq., Walton comity, Ga.
I Joel Mathews, Esq., Osriethorpe county, Ga.
Colonel John Billups, Athens, Ga.
t Dr. G. W. Watkins, Sparta, Ga.
A. J. Pane, Esq., 9p;frta, Ga.
’ W. W. Simpson, Esq., Sparta, Ga.
J. T. Hothwell, Esq., Augusta, Ga.
J. V. Jones, Esq., Burke county, Ga.
A. Phnrr, Esq., Social Circle, Ga.
J. C. Bower, Esq., Jrwinton, Ga.
R. H. P. Lazonhv, Esq., Warrenton, Ga.
0 James liainsford, Esq., Edgefield, 8. (A
l Hon. J. J. Jones, Burke county, Ga.
> 8. M. Manning, Hawkinsville, Ga.
1 E. A. Smith, Esq., Walton county, Ga
1 T. J. Lester, Esq.,.Walton county, Ga.
’ John I\ O. Whitehead, Esq., Burke county, Ga
.. Dr. M. 3. Durham, Esq., Clarke county, (4a.
A. P. Dealing, Athens, Ga.
For prompt attention, orders should he sent in ear! v,
to
] ,1. O. MAT HEWS ON, Agknt,
1 2S;» Broad sUeet, Align-ta, Ga
fel>B—dlmt3m *
MULES! MULES!!
w E have for -ale shout i\\ onty head of superior
1 WORKING MULES,
* Sititalile for Wagon or Plow—will “work anywhere.”
Also, a large and valuable lot of WAGONS,
J CARRY-LOGS, nARNESS, &c.,&c.,for Plantation
1 or Saw Mill use.
Said property ean be examined and bargained for
until loth April, at ottr Steam Mill, near 12-Mile Post,
. Georgia Railroad.
, RED.MONI) A CO.
mh3o-3tawtf
Steak Dishes, C hating Pishes,
Soii]i Tureens, Tea l rns, Coffee
Pots, Tea Puts and otlrer J’Janislied
or Block Tin Goods. t’or. sale at re
duced rates, bv
Wm. 8 HEPITER TSfe 00..
255 Broad at.
Augurta, G>n., March. ISdii. mlig.—ll m
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Cooking Stove•»;.«>f the tuost
approved kimk, varying in price
from twenty to one hundred dol
lars, sold under guarantees to
operate perfectly, l>y
Wm. SHEPHERD & C 0»
. 236 Broad st.
Augusta, Ga., March,lß6o. n4i‘2—Uu *
Cedar Bucket's, Wash Tubs, E,ee.
ers, Measures, Wash BoaiTls, Clethoi
Baskets, Plonglr Lines, Trays, and
other Wooden Wares, for Sale tit. re
ducjud rates, by
Wm. SHEPHERD ct CO.
255 Broad st.
Augusta, Ga., March, 1566. mh2—tfui
House Furnishing Goods, of
every description, at rates much
reduced, for sale by
Wm. SHEPHERD it €O.,
255 Broad st.
Augusta, Ga., March, 1866. tnh2—tlm
Tin Ware, of all kinds, at
Wholesale and Retail, for sale
Wm. SHEPHERD & CO.,
. , ' 255 Broad st.
Augusta, Ga., March, 1866. mli2—tlm
Raise Vour Own Mules.
rprfK toe Spanish Jack, DON JUAN, wfil mak
’ J- tus rbind at the Mutual Accommodation Hta
mes, cofnQi Kills and ilackson streets, for tlie *ensuintr
fy|*ing Wesson, Commencing March 12th and ending
Juno Ist, 180*. *
jfci JUAN is full 15 hands high, welf portioned
and nan proven himself successful.
Terms $lO the season, with cplt insured: $5 for thtx
season, no insurance.