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CONSTITUTIONALIST.
ATJGKJSTA. QA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 30, 1866.
Letter from Washington.
Radical Reconstruction versus Administration
Restoration Stevens Condescending How
Green Clay Smith Endorses the President—
Mr. Grinnell Castigated—The Senate Finance
Committee and the Tax Bill—The Speech of
Mr. Harris, of Maryland — Ex-President
Davis, hie., hfc.
Washington, June 15tli.
Reconstructing according to the Radical pro
gramme is progressing favorably, whilst —so
for as Congress is concerned, the President’s
policy oi restoration is at a decided stand still.
The Saturnine Thad. Stevens has lost none of
his power, and reigns with as high hand as ever.
His political confrees are rejoiced at his conde
scension in yielding his determined opinions
with relation to the reconstruction report from
his Committee and accepting the Senate substi
tute. This magnanimity on his part gave him a
new lease of power, and he has gained the sot
distant Conservative Republicans without
losing the confidence of any of the simon pure.
Green Clay Smith, of Kentucky, was endowed
with a certain kind of wisdom when he voted
for the substitute RecousHuction report on
'Tuesday last. He had be* fishing for some
tifttc for Lite office of Governor of Montana Ter
ritory, and on that day his nomination went to
the Senate, ol course the Kentucky member
was well aware that on his vote upon the
measure before the House depended his chances
lor confirmation, and accordingly he went over
and sounded out as hearty an aye when his
name was called as the most vindictive Radical
in the House.
The caning Grinnell of lowa received yester
day evening at the hands of Rousseau of Ken
tucky, was a mere farce, and the only result of
it will be to endow the quondam minister of
the Gospel who received the thrashing with ad
ditional political capital and thus insure his re
election to Congress. He was not hurt in the
least, and notwithstanding his assertion that
had not Rousseau been surrounded by his friends
he would have knocked him down and tllrashed
him, no one believes but that the lowa Radical
trembled in his very boots at the demand for au
apology presented by Rousseau. It is a curious
idea that the gentlemen who was caned secured
a portion of the instrument with which he was
castigated as a family relic.
There w ill have to be a committee of Con
ference on the tax bill before it becomes a law.
The Senate Finance Committee have made
several important changes in the sections of the
House bill, The tax on cotton is hound to be
reduced, the animus of the House is too plain
to admit of approval by the Senate. It is thought
that the tax on that staple will be reduced to
cither two and a half or three cents. The Radi
cals of the House insist that the tax of two
cents proposed by the Finance Committee of
the Senate is too low but will compromise on a
very alight addition.
The speech of Harris of Maryland is a topic of
great comment. It was the. first time he has
declared his principles during the present ses
sion, and is unmistakcably a bold and manly
assertion of the political creed which is upper
most in his opinion. The following paragraph
in his speech created great sensation the mem
bers of all parties gathering around him listen
ing attentively to each sound that came from
his lips ; the reference at the time being to the
assassination of the late President.
“Mary Surratt was convicted. Os course she
was tried by a court-martial. Her immediate
execution was ordered. She entreated for four
days to enable her to overcome the shock and
the better to prepare her soul to meet her God.
Not an hour, thundered forth the voice of the
War Department! On witli her to the gallows,
the coffin and the grave. Tbe angels of heaven
shall not rejoice over this repentant sinner.
Angels of mercy sought the car of higher
authority, and probably a more merciful heart.
But Preston King was janitor that day, and
they were excluded. Where is Preston King ?
Echo answers ‘where ?’ She was thus executed
speedily, and notwithstanding the application
lias been made in behalf of her heart-broken
daughter lor her remains, these remains are
still in the keeping of the War Department.—
Pontius Pilate delivered the body of Jesus to
Joseph pf Ariinatbea; but a worse than Pon
tius Pilate is here. Let us look now at a South
ern picture. John Brown was arrested for
crime kindred to that of Booth. He was in the
most formal manner tried, being allowed every
facility for defense, no special test oath being
urged to prevent the services of any advocate.
He was legally and justly convicted to be hung.
Between his conviction and execution ample
time was given him lor the settlement of his
worldly affairs, and for the preparation of hik
• soul for eternity. After execution, his remains
were placed in a decent coffin and handed over
to his friends.”
The case of cx-President Davis rests in abey
ance at present. Judge Underwood is very
well satisfied with the part ho has played, and
tbe radicals are very well satisfied with Judge
Underwood. It is not that brains are needed,
or they would probably call for some one else
to preside over the Circuit Court,, but the bitter
partisan spirit which will not admit to trial the
prisoner of a twelve month is certainly calcula
ted to inspire feelings of radical gratitude for the
Judge, who so consistently approves of their
legislative opinions. The counsel of Mr. Davis
have been assidiously engaged with the Presi
dent every day since the adjournment of the
Richmond Court. They by no means have
given up the idea of having their client released
iby parole, though it seems lrom recent indica
tions as if the President will not interfere in
the case. It is impossible to state, however,
what will be the result of a week or ten days
.further developments.
The summer weather is now in its glory, and
the sun as, midday shines vigorously down upon
the dusty streets of the capitol. The warm sea
son Is putting notions of adjournment into the
beads of New England members of Congress,
who sigh and pine for the cool breezes of their
native heaths. It is very certain that before the
first of August the. last advocate of universal
suffrage, negro equality and legitimate misce
genation will have turned his back upon the
metropolis. Potomac.
Tub Crops, Ac. —A friend, -writing from
Madison, Ga., says :
Tlie wheat crops will average in this county
about halt a crop, as the farmers term it. But
few planters have made a good or full crop of
wheat. The rust affected it but little, having
only attacked the blades. The cause of difi
ciency, is a thin stand, the freezes of last winter
having killed it out very considerably. The
corn crop will be larger than was at first
thought. The result of our cause especially—
1. e., lands that had been planted in cot
ton were ploughed over (the cotton failing to
come up well, or being drowned by the
rains in April) and planted in corn. The un
faithfulness of the lreedmen, with the lack of
sufficient hot weather to kill grass, has caused
the corn to snffer some, for proper cultivation.
The cotton crop is poor and unpromising. It is
small and backward ; is a thin, poor stand from
faulty anil the cool, wet spring. And for
the mentioned in connection with the
corn crop, the grass is difficult to subdue. All
are apprehensive, that as it requires regular,
constant and faithful labor to make cotton, as
long sultry days come, the negroes will so
slight their work, probably refuse to work at
all, that little may be realized from the great
cotton crop that is so unpromising even now.
I do not hear of much complaint respecting
the freedmen. of them begin to realize
the fact that they stand just where other poor
people do, with no money in pocket, and of
course no friends. And you know that jit had
almost become a proverb among our slaves—
“ I would rather be a rich man’s negro than a
poor white man.” They are indolent, unfaith
ful, thievish. Some are insolent when they
think they cap afford to be so—or try to be so.
Whed let alone, they, like the rest of mankind,
seek and find their level. There is a general
stagnation in trade. No money in the pockets
of the farmer, therefore, no trade with the mer
chant. We do not trouble ourselves about
politics—lack of faith in-the Government—a
knowledge of the ungenerous character of our
conquerors—a belief that the fanaticism of the
Radicals will end in anarchy, and a disruption
of the entire country. We have nothing to
hope for, no Beacon light to be guided by.
Bad Bargain. —Mercer’s exportation of
females to Washington Territory proves a poor
speculation. The women don’t get married,
and they talk of sueing Mercer for damages.
Looks as if the gold and silver searchers object
ed to adding to the number of “minors” in that
region.
The Cotton drop. I
Wc are permitted by an eminent firm of this
city to publish the following extract of a letter
from Columbus, Ga., under date of June 13th, 1
1866: !
“ I returned a few days since from a short. ■
visit to my plantation, during which I carefully i
studied the crops of this section. The main
facts of the “situation” I would state thus:
Labor, 60 per cent, of old supply; laud id cot
ton, about 75 per cent, of acres before the war;
cotton full two weeks behind time , or late,
from Ordinary seasons; the “stand” injured
by defective seed used in planting; but mostly
aud chiefly, the grass seems at present the
greatest to be contended with. In many
fields it is so strongly matted in the rows that
the grass cannot be destroyed without destroy
ing at the same time.half the cotton. I think
the greatest injury to the growing crop will be
found to be from the grass ; and on the present
prospect, half of the former average crop would
be a liberal estimate'for this section, and we
are probably .much the most favored region
East of Texas. But while just now I could not
put the crop of this section at over half old re
ceipts, and while now 1,500,000 bales would
seem a liberal estimate for the whole crop, yet
cotton has great powers of recuperation, and
spring estimates of crops are not worth much.
The backwardness of the season may be com
pensated by a fall correspondingly late, and
very favorable growing seasons may cause the
cotton so to spread that it will fruit all the bet
ter in consequence of the room and air afforded
by a defective stand. Dry weather now would
enable most planters to get a start on the grass.
“ Whilst, thcrelore, I admit the prospect now
to be worse than I have ever known it, and the
chances to be decidedly against a half crop lor
the country, yet I wish to say as decidedly that
a fair crop for the land planted is by no means
impossible. Before the war, I kept a farm
journal, which I find very instructing as a ref
erence. For your benefit, I condense the ac
counts for 1859 and 1860:
1859—May 27.—■“ Cool for cottou.” June 6
—“ Rainy—too cool for cotton.” June 7.
“Great deal of rain—cotton averaging only
about half knee high." From this time the sea
sons were very favorable—rains just when and
as wauted. Killing frost November 29. Crop
on 230 acres 106 bales of 500 pounds each.
IB6o’ June 5.—“ Cotton very fine, average
knee high. July 18.—“ Suffering for want oi
rain.” A heated term then followed, thermom
eter ranging up to 100 degrees, drought dis
tressing, almost ruining crop. Frost October
14. Crop 78 bales on 215 acres.
You will note that the crop ofISCO was in
the spring fully three weeks ahead of that of
1859, but the favorable seasons and late frost of
’59 gave a crop 30 per cent, over 1860. Hence
I say Spring estimates are worth little. In 1861
on June 10, overseer writes “ cotton small and
stand injured by lice—just started to grow.”—
Alter this the seasons were favorable and I sold
98 bales from a less area than the year before.
A.
Health of Bumner and Stevens.—Sena
tor Sumner continues quite ill. His physician
counsels rest and cessation of his studies and
Congressional labors. The health of the coun
try, says the Richmond Times, if not his own,
would certainly be improved by a strict com
pliance on the part of the Massachusetts Sena
tor with this advice. As far as the world can
discover, his studicß and labors are all directed
to producing discord in the republic. Thad.
Stevens’ labors in the same direction have im
paired his health, it is said, generally. His phy
syclan says that “ quiet will soon restore his
otherwise not impaired constitution.” The end
of his efforts will seriously impair the coun
try’s constitution, whatever may he the fate of
his own.
Chief Justice Chase and Garrison.— lt is
; proposed by the admirers of William Lloyd
Garrison lo present him fifty thousand dollars.
Chief Justice Chase heads the list with a hand
> some subscription. Garrison is chiefly memo
-1 ruble as the author of the sentiment, “ The
Constitution of the United States is a covenant
• with death and an agreement with hell.” Mr.
■ Chase’s subscription may therefore be regarded
i as betokening his appreciation of the sacred-
I ness and value of the supreme law. He talks
■ of trying Jefferson Davis for treason. We
‘ suspect the jury will be bewildered to decide
whether there is most of it on the bench or in
1 the dock.— Philadelphia Age, June Hth.
A Tribune Correspondent in a Tight
| Place. —Among the prisoners captured along
, with the Fenians in Canada is one Joseph Kel
; ly, a war correspondent of the Tribune. A
• Montreal paper says that no excuse will save
1 him from a brigand’s punishment, and that it
j would be practical justice that exemplary pun
i ishment should fall “on one of the represeuta
• tivc scoundrels” of the New York press for the
encouragement the latter gave to the Fenian
movement. Tlio Tribune says that, in conse
r quencc of the Canadian interference with their
I correspondent, it has had little use of him, and
, calls on the United States consul at Montreal
to see justice done him.
! Baltimore Again—Bail for Mr. Davis.—
The people of the South, , says the Examiner,
‘ are poor, very poor, but they have found a
staunch friend in the city of Baltimore. Her
1 noble women have relieved suffering and desti
tution everywhere, and now a wealthy Balti
-1 morean, writing to a friend, says that bail to the
amount of two million dollars can be pro
: cured for Mr. Davis in that city on five hours’
: notice; already twenty-five thousand dollars
have been quietly subscribed there towards de
fraying the expenses of his trial, and that a hun
dred thousand more can be raised, if necessary.
All honor to noble Baltimore.
Security Wanted.— Under “the plan of
Congress,” says the Richmond Whig, Thad.
Stevens, Fessenden, and their set, offer to guar
antee the Southern States representation in
; Congress, provided they will comply with cer
tain conditions precedent. But who will guar
antee Thad. Stevens and Fessenden ? By the
‘ Constitution, a law higher than any a Radical
Congress can pass, the Southern people are en
titled to representation now. If Stevens & Co.
' will not, though sworn to do so, obey the higher
law of the Constitution, what assurance have
we that they would keep their unsworn pro
mise ?
To Drßtroy Cut Worms.— The Bolling
Green (Kentucky) Gazette says if the farmers
will use petroleum oil in small quantities on
their farms they will not be troubled with the
many insects that destroy their crops. The
Gazette says it is an effectual remedy against
cut worms and potato bugs. The oil will cost
but a trifle. To apply it dip small pieces of
brown paper in the oil and scatter it over the
ground ; the odor will destroy all kinds of in
sects.
Unbubdubd and Constant.— The New Or
leans Picayune says: The Galveston News, the
other day, received for a year’s subscription a
lot of Confederate postage stamps (Reagan’s
issue). That subscriber is probably a descend
ant of the Georgian who votes to this day for
Andrew Jackson. He Is the most faithful Con
federate we have heard of.
Yankbb Philanthrophy.— New England
Yankees were the first to introduce negro sla
very into the United States. It was in Massa
chusetts that the Indians were enslaved. And
now the details of fraud, ernelty, and system
atic scoundrelism, exposed by Gen. Bteedman,
practiced upon the freed negroes, is done by
the canting hypocrites of New England- So
much for abolitionism.
Danger of Wearing Papbr Collars.—
Several young men in Boston have been poison
ed by wearing paper collars. The arsenic used
in enamelling the collars, according to the
opinion of the physicians, Was absorbed into
the system and produced painful local inflam
mations, resembling boils or carbuncles.
A Christian Damn.— General Scott died in
the full acknowledgment and hope of the Chris
tian faith. He was particularly noticeable in
defending the use of the word damn. “ Damn,”
he used to say very often, “is not an oath ; it
is an expression of vulgarity, simply.”
They Say.— The Radicals say they can pass
the Constitutional Amendment aud get it ap
proved by enough Legislatures, at regular and
special sessions, to make it a part of the funda
mental law in season to admit Southern Repre- '
sentatives and Senators at the next session of
the present Congress.
Ex-Governor Pickens is said to be danger
ously ill.
Mayor Wallaeh, of Washington, was inau
gurated on Monday. _ 1
Speech of Mr. Harris, of Maryland—He An
swers Radical Slanders of the South.
Iu the House of Representatives, on Thurs, >
day, after the expiration of the morning liour- 1
the speaker announced that the special order <
was thelconsideration of the bill heretofore re- f
ported from the Joint Committee on Recon- ‘
str.uctiou, entitled, “A bill to restore to the i
States lately iu insurrection their full political i
rights.” Feeling assured that nothing we can ]
lay before our readers will excite more interest 1
we give a large portion of our space to tbe
bold and eloquent speech of Mr. Harris, of
Maryland. His remarks were listened to
throughout with unbroken attention, the mem
bers of the House gathering around him as he
proceeded. Many points of the speech pro
duced a marked sensation among the large au
dience present. We copy from the report of
the House proceedings, published in the Wash
ington papers of yesterday :
The Speaker announced that the special or
der for to-day was the consideration of the bill
heretofore reported from the Joint Committee
on Reconstruction, entitled “ A bill to restore
to the States lately in insurrection their full po
litical rights.” •
Mr. Windorn, of Minnesota, addressed the
House for an hour in a written speech in sup
port of the bill. The rebels, he said, defeated
and overpowered in their wicked efforts to de
stroy.the Government by open force, were now
seeking to regain their former influence and
power in the councils of the country, in order
to accomplish by political treachery what they
had failed to effect by armed rebellion. The
pending bill was a measure absolutely neces
sary to thwart their treasonable schemes. Un
less it became a law, in less than two years we
might expect to find all the disloyal districts
represented here by shameless traitors. Mr. W.
dwelt at great length upon the propriety aud
necessity of enforcing the obligation of the test
oath': but, at the same time, expressed his con
viction that the rebels would unhesitatingly
violate all oaths, as they had done before, when
ever they thought that by doing so they could
overturn the Government.
Mr. Harris, of Maryland. Mr. Speaker, hav
ing been up to this period of the session a silent
member from choice, I deem it my duty now to
declare my views upon some of 'the political
questions which are presented for the consider
ation of' this House aud this country. I should
consider it a most ignoble act to win the sup
port or endorsement of any man by the least
concealment or deception.
I then, sir, declare that in principle I now
stand as I stood before the war; as I stood after
war was declared; as 1 stood in the last Con
gress, when I received its crown of censure ; as
I stood in prison aud before that, infernal in
strument ot tyranny, a court-martial. And as
I stand in principle so will I stand in practice
whenever occasion may require.
When I indicate that there lias been no
change in my principles, this House and this
country, possibly—for the avowal of them has
been attended by an unexpected notoriety—
may infer what my position now is. f am an
old line Democrat, and believe in the doctrine
of secession. I believe that the several States
of this Union have the right to separate from it,
each acting for itself. I believe that abuses
and usurpations had been practiced aud
threatened to so great an extent by their asso
ciates and partners in this governmental com
pact, that the Southern States were justified in
' going out ; and, sir, 1 further believe by tlieir
ordinance of secession that they did go out,
aud thereby became to this Union, foreign
States. These cohvicttous I cannot change,
and I do not expect will ever be removed ; I
will most assuredly proclaim them arid stand
by them its long as a single citizen of the Con
federate States is in chains or subject to penalty
lor asserting them. There is no political or
personal consideration which would prompt
nte to sui h n desertion. As the right of seces
sion is the only thing that secures them from
the charge of treason, my voice shall ever accord
with my convictions and never join in that ver
dict against them. I should consider myself as
assuming a most infamous position if it did.
What, sir, I that believe them right, 1 that
would have joined them if the sovereign State
of Marylantt had said so, to desert them now
in their utmost need, when I can legitimately
give them such protection as iu ray power
honestly to give—never !
From what I have said, Mr. Speaker, this
House will readily infer that I am adverse to the
reconstruction policy of the President. 1 con
fess that Andrew Johnson has been, iu adopting
his mode of reconstruction, consistent with the
views of the late President, with those of the
Republican party that elected him; and with
his own declaration from the time he abandoned
• the Democratic party and joined the Republi
cans. These facts t)o not commend him to me;
but surely it is not his fault that he is now at
issue with many of the people who raised him
1 to his present station. In my view the Soutii
l era seceded States have no right to representa
tives on this floor or in the Senate, and by nty
vote I have heretofore invariably rejected every
application which lias been made by any person
claiming such ft right; and, sir, not only do I
believe that they have no right in their present
t position to send Senators and Representatives
here, but I do not think they have the right to
• furnish us with a President or Vice President.
I Being a citizen of seceded and unreconstructed
. Tcnnesseee, Andrew Johnson is, in my opinion,
only President de facto, forced upon the country
• by their votes, attended by that very effective
‘ implements, their bayonets. When I cannot
; avoid it, I, like every one clgc, ytequiesce in de
, facto governments and de facto TYesidents; uZ*
if it could be expected by any one that l can
cast pay voic pt thv nuxt Presidential election
for Andrew Jobnsop, of Tennessee, for that
high office, then, at least, the status of Tenucs
' see herself must be completely changed.
Mr. Harris proceeded to define his own views
in regard to reconstruction, expressing his eon
-1 fident belief that the Southern States are will
! itig to enter again into tbe compact, and be snb
t ject to the old Constitution of the United States.
It was not the Constitution they fell out with,
but the perversion of it by their Northern asso
ciates, and their perietent designs to violate and
> destroy important rights Which were secured
, by that instrument. Those rights have been
destroyed, and can never be a source of discord
between the North and the South. Slavery has
■ been abolished, and the seceded States have ac-
I quiesced in it; and the negro is placed in the
, position which you desired him to have when
you provoked the war. You know your pro
posed amendment of the Constitution cannot
be adopted if the Southern States shall vote
against it, and I think you must believe that it
will never receive their assent. You can never
hope for such a result, and they would be slaves
should they aid in bringing it about. They will
reject with scorn the terms of your proposed
amnesty, and will await awhile the calm and
considerate action of the people of this country
to aid them in again honorably becoming mem
-1 bers of this Union. What is to be gained, under
the circumstances, by keeping those’out whom
- yon are unwilling shall stay out, and who are
willing to come in ? You will certainly not try
1 to humbug your constituents by pretending to
any fear of the physical strength of the South.
. The Confederacy has not under its control a
single cannon, a single musket, or a single
round of ammunition.
You are bent on schemes which seem to con
tain nothing but the elements of mischief and
f revenge, leading to a continued and indefinite
separation of the Union, and aiming at the de
gradation of the white people of the South.—
This last you will not, and I say it in the name
i of the Americon people, you shall not accom
. plish.
But there is something in the spirit of the
Southern people which will thwart your de
‘ signs. If they have lowered the standard of
l their Confederacy, they have not lowered the
standard of their pride—a tiecoming pride iu
the estimation of an honorable enemy. The
■ Southerner has all around him, without speak
■ ing of the merits of the late contest, tokens of
, the endurance, courage aud prowess of his
people. Sad spectacle though it be, it will not
diminish ltis tone that he can ojt his own soil
walk over the graves of nearly three hundred
thousand of his courageous enemies, aud—
“ Standing on the Yankee grave,
He will not doom himself a slave.”
Mr. Speaker, all the efforts made here or else
, where to elevate the negro to an equality with
the white man in the Southern States, either
1 civilly, socially or politically, are perfectly idle.
; The negro must be kept in subordination to the
; white man, uo matter how eloquently you may
f deck off the theory of equality. Iu my opinion
there is, as it wore, a dSclaratiou of war between
1 the races. It is true actual hostilities are stts
- pended and the negro is under parole to keep
the peace, but when and where they approxi
mate to anything like equality in numbers the
sword of power must be held over them. There
are too many dear and cherished feelings and
■ interests of the white race involved to relax
i that power for a single day. The negro must
i know it exists, and if necessary he must feel it.
Ilsay this with the kindest feelings and sympa
thy lbr the negro race. Full equality of rights
will never exist between races so dissimilar
that cannot socially amalgamate, especially
when they live together in large numbers.
When amalgamation takes place, when mar
riage can be consummated between them, when
• the white woman shall bring forth negro off
spring without a blush, and the white grand
sire shall affectionately pat his nappy-headed
grandson, then equality may be said to exist
between tbe races. You may then with safety
grant equal rights of all kinds, and possibly
prepare for tbe millennium. Why, then, inter
pose such obstacles to a reunion ?
But these are not all the difficulties inter
posed ; some favor an almost indefinite post
ponement, urging with zeal that the South is
too ignorant, too uncivilized so be trusted with
any share in this Republican Government.—
Northern education and civilization must and
should be more extensively spread among them
before their admission to representation will
tease to be dangerous. The honorable mem
ber from Minnesota. (Mr. Donnelly) takes the
lead in that position. In a speech delivered
some time since he declared, “ The great bulk
of the people of the South are rude, illiterate,
semi-civilized. Their condition in this respect
would be shameful to any semi-civilffled people,
and is such as to render a Republican Govern
ment, resting on the intelligent judgment of
the people, an impossibility.” But let us criti
cise somewhat further thi6 Phariseeism, this
claimed and boasted superiority of the North
over the South in “ enlightenment and Chris
tianity.” Education is certainly widely dif
fused over the North. Her people are greatly
enlightened, but they set a great many false
lights. Whence sprung all these isms, even in
this nineteenth century, and within the age of
the great reformer from Minnesota? I think
'the enlightened and Christian North is entitled
to credit for them all—Mormonism, Millerism,
Spiritualism, Freeloveism, and worst of all (if
it should spread beyohd Massachusetts) Strong
minded-womanism, have all sprupg and spread
over that highly-civilized and Christian region.
The poof, ignorant, uneducated South was in
capable of producing such evidences of advance
ment and progress. But let us continue the '
contrast a little further. i
Booth, the assassin, was notMsujht, but
b\ ' vtl y shot by a comp# , ny bf golf He was
hro Hgbt to this city c.ead, in or! *Vf a'.t the re
wari t for his arrest it) ight be proving
his ii Entity. After that his entrails were torn
out aL'd thrown to the hogs; hu,head adorns
some i ’hrchologicf ,1 museum; his heart is pre
served . n spirits, ; his spinal coUun can be
seen, whic h will display to the learned how
much he must have suffered by if* near ap
proach of the b ollet to the spinal n arrow; the
balance of his re anains are deposited, God and
our No'rthern .Secretary of War only know
where. We kno w they were not handed over
to hir, poor, heai ‘t broken mother, so that she
might exclaim oyer his grave in a burst of
agony, “Would God I had died for thee! Oh,
Absalom, my son. my son.”
Mary Surrat was convicted, of course. She
was tried by a court-martial- Her immediate
execution was ordered. She entreated for four
days to enable her to overcome the shock and
the better to prepare her soul to meet her God.
Not an hour, thundered fortli the voiee from
the War Department; on with the gallows, the
coffin and the grave; the angels of Heaven shall
not rejoice over this repentant sinner. Agents
of mercy sought the ear of higher authority,
and probably a more mcreifnl heart, but Pres
ton King was janitor that day and they were
excluded. Where U Preston King? Echo an
swers—when; ? She was thus executed speedi
ly ; and notwithstanding application had been
made in behalf of her heart broken daughter
for her remains, so that she might pour forth
her sorrows, mingled with a gratitude and love
which a dauglitcWeels for a beloved mother,
over her grave, these remains are still in the
keeping of the War Department. Pontius Pi
late delivered the body of Jesus to Joseph of
Arimathen, but a worse than Pontius Pilate is
here.
Is this a specimen of Northern civilisation
and Christianity ? These things were done by
Northern men without any denunciation by the
great Northern, euliglitened, civilized and
Christian Republican party. Not one word
have I read or heard from your Phillips, your
Beechers, your Cheevers, your Greeleys, or
your strong-minded Massachusetts women, in
rebuke of these most demoralizing acts ; and as
they touch upon everything which they think
vicious, they probably do not disapprove of
these transactions as coming in the way of
Christian advancement and progress.
Let us now look at a Southern picture. John
Brown was arrested for a crime kindred to that
of Booth. He was in the most formal manner
tried, being allowed every facility for defence,
no special test oath lieiug urged to prevent the
services of any advocate. He was legally and
justly convicted to be hung. Between his
conviction and execution ample time was given
him for the settlement of his worldly affairs,
and for the preparation of his soul for eternity.
Alter execution his remains were placed in a
decent coffin, and then handed over to his
friends, that they might observe such obsequies
as they might think becoming. This took
. place among that “ rude, illiterate, semi-civi
lized” people called Virginians, who had for
: their Governor at the time even Henry A. Wise.
, Look upon this picture aud then on that. The
North is very learned, but I do not think she
! has any Christianity or civilization to spire.
What she lias she had better ’retain for home
, consumption, and, as 1 hope, for improvement.
She is more learned thau the South, but winch
is the best educated ? But, sir, denunciation
■ and revenge must, as was expected, have their
fling against an honorable re-union. The rc
! sentment of the civilized and Christian North it
is attempted to rouse against the unfortunate
men of the South bj- epithets unbecoming the
[ learned man or the patriot. They are denomi
nated “ murderers,” “ red-handed rebels,”
■ “ conscious traitors,” Those who u*-. these
• epithets must see, if they will reflect, that they
; arc not true. They must know ‘.hat Jefferson
Davis, Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jacksou, and
t the thousand others who engaged in the late
[ contest, never could be answerable for
for the charge of murder aud c-ousoious trea
i son. Stonewall Jackson rests in Iris grave, and
your own eloquent Beecher has iilustjated his
character and rescued it from such an impnta
; tion. Time will defend the character of Davis
- and Lee. That their acts imposed upon them
r no consciousness of crime 1 have no doubt.
• The parting words of Jefferson Davis, iu the
presence of the Senate, breathe the strongest
i conviction of rectitude and a desire for peace
■ and to avoid bloodshed.
Away, then, with these charges, that these
r people are murderers, red-handed rebels and
• conscious traitors. They spring only from un
> reflecting excitement or from a depraved spirit
i of revenge, and with wise and considerate
1 statesmen and patriots should never be aHovy
. ed to interpose obstacles to the re-uniun which
; all such must now desire. Away, too, with the
t expectation that the Southern people will ever
i degrade themselves by freely accepting condi
. lions from the benefit of which you exclude
. tlieir own chosen leaders. This shall and will
- never be. Let the people sweep these obsta
cles aside, aud as we were enemies war, in
i peace let ns he friends,
I ! In reply tu questions by Mr. Leblond, Mr.
I Harris having stated that the South had the
i right, by virtue of the Federal compact, to go
i out of the Union iu spite of the Constitution,
. Mr. Leblopd charged that he ( Mr. Harris) and
I Mr. Stevens occupied the same position on the
, question of secession. Mr. Moulton denied
that Mr. Stevens held tills doctrine; and Mr.
j Raymond obtaining the floor, the further con
t federation of the subject was postponed till the
; following day.
(From the Richmond Times.
Two Eggs and Pour Onions.
If the people ol' the North wish to establish a
decent reputation for humanity, they must
make to Christendom a more impressive ex
hibition than “a mutton chop, four onions,
and two boiled eggs a day.” This, we respect
fully submit, is a very small stock in trade for
a great nation to open a humanitarian shop
with. And yet it is very evident that the
Radicals are as proud of President Dayis’ “ bill
of fare” as if they had practiced towards him
the splendid hospitality which the Black Prince
did towards the captured King of France.
Whenever the slightest reference is made to
Dr. Cooper’s report and the slow torture ot the
Head Turnkey at Fortress Monroe, the “ two
eggs” and the “ four small onions” are thrust
under the nose of the public. With these some
what stale and fragrant arguments they trium
phantly refute all accusations of cruelty. “ You
manacled a distinguished State prisoner!”
shouts, iudignant Christendom. “We give
him two eggs,” replies the complacent Radical.
“ You imprison him in a damp casemate,”
hisses the charitable public. “ But we give
him onions,” speaks the Head Turnkey. “Your
surgeon reports that by disturbing Mr. Davis’
sleep every two hours you have reduced him to
the condition of a man flayed alive,” growls
the London Times. “ That may be true,” re
sponds Northern mercy, “ bnt he gets his
mutton chop regularly.” t
And as the apologists of the Inquisition at
Fortress Monroe have nothing but their
wretched, meagre “ bill of fare ” to plead in
extenuation, they keep that before the public
in at least five hundred journals. A nation that
is proud ot not starving State prisoners to
death must have precious little reason for na
tional pride. Cannibals fatten their prisoners
of war, hecause they eat much better fat than
lean. The Holy Inquisition fed its victims
generously and gave them all sorts of stimulat
ing drinks. Polyphemus, from selfish motives,
was equally thoughtful of his prisoners before
he devoured theni.
The effrontery with which the merciless ad
vocates of the punishment of Mr. Davis at
tempt to offset Dr. Cooper’s report, by Mr.
Davis’ bill of fare, simply proves that they have
no excuse for their treatment of' their illustri
ous prisoner.
The treatment of Napoleon at St. Helena was
most atrocious, bnt it was incomparably
better than that which Mr. Davis has received.
After a most careful examination of the sub
ject, we feel no hesitation in saying that until
the condition of Mr. Davis was ameliorated by
President Johnson, no great State prisoner of
modern times had been treated as the late Presi
dent of the Confederate Stales was treated by
his captors. And if they have no better defense
than “eggs, onion, mutton chops and oysters”
to make, they had better plead guilty aud throw
themselves upon the mercy ol public senti
ment.
The inhuman and persistent persecution of
Air. Davis by a portion of the Northern people
is something of which any respectable Fejee
would be heartily ashamed.
Judge Underwood’s Decision in Full.—
The following is Judge Underwood’s decision
in full, as laid before the President, on the ap
plication of counsel for the release of Jefferson
Davis on Bail. It contains some points not
published. Judge Underwood said :
“I have considered the application made by
Mr. Shea, counsel, to admit Jefferson Davis to
bail. Under the circumstances, the application
might have been more properly made to me
when recently holding the Circnit Court at
Richmond. But under the law, it may doubt
less be made, also, in vacation, and I will hriefly
state my view's of it, and my conclusions, in
the States which were lately in active rebellion,
military jurisdiction is still exercised and mar
tial law enforced. The civil authorities, State
and Federal, have been required or permitted
to resume, partially, their respective functions,
but the President, as commandcr-in-chicf, still
controls their action so far ns he thinks such
control necessary to paoßication and restora
tion. In holding the District and Circuit
Courts of Virgiuia, I have uniformly recognized
this condition.
“Jefferson Davis was arrested under a procla
mation ot the President, charging him with
complicity in the assassihation pf the late Presi
dent Lincoln. He has been held ever since
and is now held, as a military prisoner. He is
not, and never has beep, in the custody of the
Marshal for the District of Virgiuia, and is not
therefore, within the power of the Court
While this condition remains, no proposition
for bail can be properly entertained, and I do
not wish to indicate any probable action under
the circumstances.”
Keeping the Balance.— The Tigrara, a
humorous paper published at Vienna, has an
article on the attitude of the leading Gcrnug
Pow ers, from which we translate an extract :
Austria and Prussia stand face to face
They cannot attack, because they abhor ag
gression. “
They cannot cannot defend themselves be
cause they are not attacked. ’ 7
j They cannot commence the war, for there s
no causus belli.
They cannot make peace, because there is qp
They cannot conclude an armistice, beetujii
hostilities have not yet commenced. ifci
They can neither attack nor defend, nai*vjl
make war nor peace, nor conclude an nrHfetiiE
nor commence hostilities, nor disarm, tor jM
gotiate. I
[Correspondence of the N. T. Times.
South America.
Buenos Ayres, S. A., April 37,1866.
The war of the Allies has assumed such im
portance that it is the theme of conversation
everywhere, anrf news from the army is waited
for with great impatienee. In the last month
several steps in advance have been taken by the
Allies.
PASO PE LA PATRIA.
The Allied army has gathered men, stores,
horses, transports and every article needed for
the invasion of a desert. At the Bass, guard
ing it, is the Fort of Itapirn, strongly manned,
and commanding the whole range of the river
for two miles above and below. It became
certain that Paraguay could not be entered at
any other point by an army. Near the Paso
was the whole army of the Allies, some 55,000,
and* ail their fleet, including four iron clads.—
The expense of keeping up that force, six days
by steam from the centre of supply, is enor
mous. It was recently stated to be $160,000,
silver, per month, for provisions alone.
PARAGUAYAN CUATAS.
A chata is a flat boat, and on these the Para
guayans very greatly depend for both aggres
sion aud defense. They are made of very hard
wood, in length from .80 to 60 feet, in width
about 30 feet, fitted with a rudder at each end.
They are very strong, so as to resist the con
cussion of a 08-pounder placed on a pivot amid
ships. One is usually manned with 35 men,
who also carry as many muskets.
These flatboats have served like iron-dads Ha
daring aud resistance. On March 37th two of
them challenged and gave battle to two Brazil
ian iron-clads, and besides making memorable
marks, one of them fired.a shot in at a porthole,
which killed or disabled twenty-seven men,
among them every officer on board.
On the 38th a chata and a canoe were taken,
having first been deserted. The event had no
significance, except that in the chata was found
a copy of an inventory of resources by the Bra
zilian General Osorio, allowing that the Para
guayans are kept well informed as t<> affairs in
the allied camp.
The skill iu gunnery displayed by tlic marks
men of the ehatas is remarkable. Besides the
one above narrated, there was a trial of strength
and skill on April 1. A chata came out from a
little inlet above Fort Itapirn, and anchored near
the fort. At this, one mortar and three batter
ies of rifled cannon from the shore opened on
the tort and the chata ; and two iron-clads, Bar
roso and Bahia, steamed up and joined against
the little fort and flatboat. Slowly and with
careful aim the Paragdayans kept up their tire
till nightfall. That swiveled 68-pouuder worked
away, and when the iron-clads retired to rest
aud counted tlieir bruises, the Bdiroso’s turret
had many marks ; one porthole had five marks
around it, all within a square yard, the funnel
was knocked away and well riddled, a 130-
pound gun had its muzzle shattered by a ball,
and a heavy sheet of iron coating was started.
The Bahia’s sores were not reported. It \\ as
such marksmanship as is seldom equaled. The
next morning the chata was still at anchor, but,
as no men were in it, the unequal contest was
not renewed.
TUB ISLAND TAKEN AND KEPT.
At the Paso de la l’atria there is a low gaudy,
weedy island of about 200,000 square yards. It
is about 1,500 yards from the Argentine shore,
and about 800 from the Fort Itapirn. Any bat
tery on this island would cover the landing and
powerfully tell on the fort. Preparatory to the
invasion the Allies determined to take that
island aud on April 5, 2,000 Brazilians proceed
ed to occupy it. They carried guns, tables to
place them on, bundles of brush wood, over
which to build up earthworks, and covered by
the iron-clads they dug rifle pits.
The Allies lost but little by landing, although
the fort tired on them, for the sandbank of the
island protected, One Brazilian vessel was hit
below water, and filled, but was with difficulty
saved. The moral effect of the Allies ou the
island was bad, and Lopez resolved to drive
them off. As Col. Carballo carefully kept most
of his men out of sight, Lopez supposed he only
bad about 500, and sent 1,200 picked men to
dislodge them. One of his trustiest officers,
Capt. Romero, was given commun'd, aided by
the tried and brave Col. Diaz. At 2 a. m., oil
April 10, the 1,200 men embarked in 50 canoes,
and at 8:80 a. m. they met on the island the
Brazilians, of whom 2,000 had gone to the island
live days before, hut they claim only to have
had 900 in combat. The Paraguayans were me*
and repelled, and at daybreak the Iron-clad,
some gunboats opened on the defer'- o i,. rtS fn
uooa, and there was a deadly dispersion ot
them. The victory for the Allies was certain
and complete, but the fruits of it are variously
stated. All accounts agree that the Allies lost
about 15b men, and that the Paraguayans lost
about 800 men, as many muskets ami some
canoes.
In this attack on the island the Paraguayans
lost Col. Diaz, and Captain Romero, who com
manded the expedition, was taken prisoner. Ho
was poorly clad in calico clothes, and without
boots, and reports the Paraguay ans as very des
titute of clothing. This may well be, as an
army in camp for a year, in a country where, in
time ot peace, hnt little cloth is made, and in
time of war none imported, would soon ex
haust the supply.
CROSSING THE RIVER PARANA INTO PARAGUAY.
The great event has at length occurred, and
thirty thousand allied troops are in Paraguay.
Gen. Osorio felt tiie way first on April 16, with
fifteen thousand Brazilian troops, and finding
little or no opposition, hu wnt followed on that
day and the next by a similar number. Wliat
may tie the policy of the Paraguay ans does not,
yet appear, but they had to retire from the
coast uuder the fire of the fleet. Unsupported
from the land by reinforcements, and attacked
at once by river and land, Fort Itapirn fell in
less thau an hour. This wild flg-treohad guard
ed El Paso de la Patria for the last year, but
proved, after ajl, a weak place, and on next day,
after crossing the Parana, the Allies planted
their triple banner over its ashes.
A" skirmisli occurred next day, 17th April,
between a division of the Allies and 4,000 Para
guayans, who hoped to reach, and aid, the
garrison in the fort, but they met with a defeat
on the way.
Although 1 have seen till the bulletins issued
from headquarters and the newspapers from
the locality, yet the details of those two days
are yet unknown in this city, and no mail is
due from that quarter for four days.
The amount of the latest news is that the
Allies are In Paraguay, to the number of 30,000
or more, aud have a good base of supply on the
Parana river, have thus far, two days, carried
everything before them, and are preparing to
march on the great stronghold, Fort Hmunlta.
They expect first to meet the "Paraguayans in
the open field.
VARIOUS PARAGUAYAN ITEMS.
We have had the report so many times as to
warrant belief that Chili, Peru and Bolivia
have solieted President Lopez, of Paraguay, to
join them against Spain, offensively and de
fensively, according to his ability, promi- iug to
join him against the* Allies.
.Peru lias obtained two powerful iron-clads in
England, new and finely armed, capable of sink
ing any Spanish vessel afloat. En route for the
River Plate, they took a Spanish brig loaded
with jerked beef, bound for the West Indies,
and brought her into Rio de Janeiro. Brazil
refused to allow them to condemn her as a
prize, or to detain her in port, and they took
her out and fired into her, alter taking out her
crew, and sunk her. They are said to tie in
search of the Spanish mon-of-war aud merchant
vessels in these waters,
The reported bombardment of Valparaiso
lias greatly exasperated the people here, and
the call on the Government to with
draw its objections to .allowing vessels under
letters of marque to issue from this port. They
assert, also, that in retaliation their iron-clads
.will take out any Spanish vessels in port and
destroy them.
In the Parage*,an attack on the island, on the
10th inst., the Allies lost two of the chief offi
cers iu command, Lieut. Col. Cabritannd Major
Sampaio, both Brazilians. They were both
killed by balls from the fort after the repulse of
the canoes, and while the former was writing
the dispatch of the victory.
[Prom the Cincinnati Commercial.
Fenian Funeral in Cincinnati—Position of
the Catholic Church,
The funeral of Richard Scully, an ill-fated
Cincinnati Fenian, who was mortally wounded
at the skirmish at Limestone Ridge, took place
yesterday afternoon, and was very largely at
tended. The body was conveyed from tiie resi
dence of the parents of tiie deceased, on Cutter
street, near Court, to Father Bender’s new
church, on Clark street, just below Mound,
after an understanding had been had between
the priest and those managing the funeral.—
The difficulty was as to making the funeral that
of a “Fenian” Instead of that of a “private
citizen,” aiul Father Bender sternly refused to
admit to his church, on the occasion, any in
signia of the Fenian Rrotherhood.
As the discussion an this.eubject lasted a con
siderable length of time, the rumor that the
body would not be allowed within the church
became quite generally circulated among tiie
thousands assembled around, and there were
hints and wild rumors, altogether groundless,
of course, to the effect that there was likely to
he a serious difficulty in the matter. After
considerable delay, however, a committee ob
tained from Father Bender the assurance that
his only objection was to any display of flags
or other insignia of tiie order within the
church, on which point he was inflexible; as he
stated it, “it would be a shante and a scandal
to allow the badges within the oburch.”
This bging the understanding, the body was
convoyed, encased in a handsome coffin, to its
proper place in the church, and Fathfer Bender
proceeded to administer the services for the
dead, after which it was conveyed to the grave
■in consecrated ground.
Following the funeral procession, unarmed
Fenians, bearing their flags and headed by a
band, madq a display through the streets.
End op the Ship-Carpenters Strike.—
Perhaps the most Interesting item in New York
on Tuesday, was the termination of the great
strike of the ship-carpenters and caulkers, for
the “ eight hours” principle. At a large meet
ing of the journeymen and their friends, at 68
East Broadway, Tuesday forenoon, a Mr. Fla
herty in the chair, it was announced that many
shipwrights who had been at tbe first strenuous
advocates of the movement had proved recre
ant to the cause, and gone back to work on tbe
old plan.
The Fenian Difficulty.—ln reply to an
inquiry of District Attorney Dart, at Pottsdam,
New York, as to whether any of the subordinate
officers and men of the Fenian prisoners should
be indicted, the Attorney General telegraphed
instructions to indict the lenders only, and to
prosecute them for breach of the United States
neutrality laws, with such diligence as would
be consistent with the dignity of the United
States.
A Letter to Bill Arp.
Pomeroy, of the La Crosse (Wisconsin,)
Democrat, has addressed the following letter to
Bill Arp down in Georgia:
Bill, there never was so ungrateful a people
as you Southern gentlemen arc, and now aftor
all has been done far you tp Bee letters written
by you so full of insinuations, is too much.
The fault of all this lies with you. Wern’t
you folks most dogoned wicked before the
war ? .Honest Indian, now Bill! Didn’t you
get proud, aild is not pride a sin ? And didn’t
you own niggers down there, and larrup them
continually to raise cotton for New England
nabobs to spin—Riigar to put in Our coffee, rice
to eat in our puddings, and tobacco to chew
and squirt Dver meetin house floors ? And
didn’t you have better houses, better clothes
and better horses, finer grounds, better furni
ture and more land than we had ?
We arc all Christians in the North. We felt
that all these fine things was dragging your
souls down to Hell. We didn’t want you to
rest in brimstone, being in torment, so we tried
to correl you in Abraham’s bosom. Abraham
was a great and good man who died some time
since, as we read of somewhere.
And then Bill, Jon kept your niggers too flit*
our factory operative grew jealous. And our
girls went down there to teach your girls some
thing, aud fell in love with your boys, aud for
got to come home. We felt that, ‘you were
wicked. We did’t want you to go to hell! All
the fine things you liad were leading you away
from salvation, so we went and sent Butler, and
Curtis and Banks, and Washburn, and Steele,
and Ilovey, and Prentice, and Hurlbut and
seyeral of the elect of our Christian churches
down there to win you out of the jaws of bell
by withdrawing your tine furniture, such as
pianos, books, pictures, rosewood bedsteads,
marble tallies, silver ware, horses, cotton and
all such plunder to a place of safety!
You were wrong to engage in war—very
wrong to do that thing. New England alone
could conquer you. Why Bill, if you had a bil
lion of million of dollars, and enough nice fur
niture to furnish all of the houses in the coun
try, New Englaud could steal it in four years;
and if New England abolitionists could not,
the Kansas saints and western children of Chris
tian abolitionists could. Havn’t we prayed for
you iu nearly all our churches ? And havn’t
we told you better ? You wanted to get out of
the Union! Ah,Bill, States once in eau never
get out! This is what we always told you.—
All these friends of the great martyr told you
so. We wanted to keep you in. We fought
you at Antietani, Pea Ridge, Gettysburg, Shiloh,
Mobile, Fort Donelsou, and the devil only
knows where, to keep you in the Union.. And
then we sent Christian missionaries dov:u there
"Bill, to rescue your valuables and remove them
North lor safety, you know! And we burnt
down your houses, and we took what food your
'fives and children had, and wo sent your cot
ton to market for you, you know, Bill! And
we sent three millions of men to war to keep
you durned fellers in this happy Union.
God only knows how many of you folks we
killed, for one Northern man was always good
for five Southern men, to say nothing of mules,
niggers aud keepsakes. And, Bill, we have
stepped into some little debt on your account.
You see, Bill, cotton was too cheap. Tobacco
was too cheap. Rice was too cheap. Sugar
was too cheap. Gold and silver were too
clicap. Happiness was too cheap. Our na
tional debt was too small. It was costing you
too much to keep that negro boarding home of
yours, so we remedied that by killing your ne
groes or giving them the benefit of liberty,
rags, old bones and abolitionism. And we
made your cotton more valuable. Aud, Bill,
wc enhanced the price of everything lor you,
and made a demand for carpenters and houcse
builders down there.
Didn’t Curtis save your cotton ? Didn’t But
ler save your gold and protect your women ?
And didn’t Batiks save the Red river property V
Aud didn’t two hundred and eighteen of our
generals get as rich as mud lrorn finding things
your folks aad lost? And is not there house
ful after houseful of keepsak.es up north, picked
up in the woods and woe d piles by our army
chaplains, and our mo-.. a i boys while, you were
trying to kill those of our folks who wanted to
visit you and ltc' p your souls from hell ?
Bill, you a-. e ungrateful. And then didn’t
we keep th' lS war up, till the States were all
back in. (] ie Union ? And didn’t we go to war
and Keep your dogoned States from going out
of the Union ? Aud didn’t you want to get out
of the Union? And didn’t we act magnani
mous and soon as the war was over, unite in
saying you were out of the Union '! Really,
Bill, it seems as if you had it all your own way!
This war had proved a success. A brilliant suc
cess. We were bound to push it through in
ninety days, and we should but for your stub
bornness. All we (wanted was your niggers,
your cotton, mules, furniture, silver ware and
such old tricks which yon folks could buy bet
ter than we could, for you had more tnonev!
It was .jvrong to kticp slaves, Bill, but it was not
wrong to steal. This war was to preserve the
Union. Everybody said so. The Union has
been preserved—so much for us. Now, brethren
let ns pray !
Your Slates are kept out of the Union which
is still preserved! You wanted reconstruc
tion. We’ll reconstruct you ! Your folks are
very wicked, Bill. God punishes wickedness.
God’s agents live iu the North, exclusively,
Bill! And we’ll let you back iu-the Union,
which lias been preserved, when wc get ready.
First, you must hunt up the balance of your
property and give it to some of our great and
good agont-e or generals. Then you must move
out of your houses, that is, wliat are left, and
let the niggers in. And you must give the nig
gers your plantations. And, Bill, you must
give them all your property, and then support
the innocent cause ol the late war by manual
labor. And you luust let the niggers vote, for
they are wanted for Republican Congressmen,
Senators and sicli. And you must ignore all
your personal or war debts aud not pay them
even upon the basis of honor. And you must
help us pay for licking you. And ere you do
this, you must have all your property taken
from you, so it will be easy. We arc a just and
magnanimous people in the North ! Wo are
liberal and brotherly. We want peace and har
mony !
Slightly Sharp—The following appears in
the Selma Messenger of the 26th, as a “special
notice.” We are not advised that it applies in
any way to either sex in this city, farther than
as a matter of information, and, perhaps, amuse
ment :
Head’qrs Selma Sunday Guards, )
May 23, 1866. $
General Orders, )
No. 1. \
The speedy object of this corps being to seek
“ The bubble reputation
At the church’s mouth,”
the members thereof will report for duty at the
Methodist and Presbyterian Churches, punctu
ally at 11 o’clock, on every Sunday morning.
At tiie close of the services the members of
the corps will push forward to the church door,
and form a dress parade' immediately in front
of the steps. Tiie denser the line, and the near
er to the foot of the steps, the more agreeable,
of course, to the ladies coming down them.
The command will be armed defensively with
a large amount of brass, and offensively with a
quizzing glass. Each man will be provided
with a reserve supply of side-remarks and
pointed observations, also with several rounds
of applause, in case auybody should say a good
thing.
The men are enjoined to shoot low. “ Always
aim at the feet of the enemy.” •
The object of this parade being to evince in a
delicate way the loyal respect and reverence
which we bear to women, the General com
manding is happy to inform liis soldiers that
lie lias oral testimony to. the effect that his
chivalric observance is duty appreciated by those
whom we thus “ delight to honor.”
lie takes this occasion also to congratulate
the command upon the regularity with which
they have heretofore been found at their posts
complete; but a few select recruits will still be
received. The books will be kept open for that
purpose until Sunday, the 27tli inst.
By order of
General Gazer.
Imp-U-Dencc, Ast. Adjt. Gen.
The Labor Question.— The following, taken
from a German paper, owes its origin to the
Radical newspapers of this country, whose ob
ject is to prevent foreign immigration to the
South. We must be compelled to sell our lands
to Northern men, or leave them uncultivated.
The programme is manifest. We must either
sell out 1 to those who hate us, or give employ
ment to negroes, however inefficiently they may
become:
Everywhere in America and in Germany the
press endeavors to stop the infamous trading in
poor Germans that is now going ou in all the
Southern States. Whoever is no longer satislled
with our own beautiful and happy fatherland,
where proportionally labor is as well remuner
ated as in America, may go to the free North,
but never into a Southern Slate, and conse
quently not to Missouri, where the planters,
embittered on account of the negro emancipa
tion laws, arc waiting, with their brandished
whips, for the white laborer who is to cultivate
their Holds, and who, in living in the cabins
abandoned by former slaves, will virtually be
come'slaves themselves, without any hope of
redemption, except by the redemption of death,
for there is no protection by the tribunals
where, iu civil cases, the jurors are selected
among slaveholders.
Black-mailing, —“ The Lucifer” is the name
of a disreputable Lisbon periodical, whose chief
editor has just been sentenced by the Supreme
Tribunal of Portugal to fifteen years’ transpor
tation for levying black-mail. This man would
invent scandalous stories about people in high
position and then extort money to- prevent
their publication. He finally invented a tale
about the King, which led to his arrest and
punishment. He was served right, hut should
have b«pi punished q* readily tor black-mail
ing n us tor slandering the King.
The Higher Law for Bigamists.— ln a
conference of negro preachers iu South Caro
lina, one of the preachers was charged with
having two living wives, besides the one at
present with him. The colored bishop ruled
that he must not “ preach until lid shall be re
lieved by Providence of his difficulties.”
Passing Awat. —Head-Centre Stephens'says
that Ireland has lost 3,000,000 of its inhabitants,
and will, if help is not given, lose 3,000,000
mors, when there would he left only Scotch
and English inhabitants, with a few recreant
Irish, worse than either.
BY TELEGRAPH.
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIBPATCHES.
LATER FROM LIVERPOOL.
DATES TO THE EVENING OF THE Bth.
COTTON DECLINED X TO J* PENNY.
New Yobk, June 18.
The steamer from/ Liverpool' has arrived at
Quebec, bringing dates to the evening of the
Bth. .' . y
Sales of Cotton for the week, 71,000 bales.
All qualities dccliued X to X penny. Mid
dling Orleauß, 14d.
Sales on Friday, 15,000 bales; closing with a
bouyant market. U. S. 5-20’s, 64 jf. Consols,
FROM EUROPE.
New York, June 17.
The steamer* Hansa, from Southampton,
oth, and Palmyra, from Liverpool, sth, hare
arrived.
News generally anticipated.
It is confirmed that France officially notifies
England and Prussia of negotiations for peace.
Napoleon said: “ Well, Austria takes upon
herself a grave responsibility.”
Farther Point, June 18.
The Peruvian has arrived with Liverpool
dates to the 7tli and Londonderry of the Bth<
Cotton.—The sales Were 71,000 bales for the
week, the market declining a quarter and a half
on the week.
The sales of Friday were 15,000 bales, the
market closing buoyant, with an advance of a
quarter a hall, caused by advices per Java.
Breadstuff's firm. Provisions quiet and steady.
FINANCIAL.
London, June 8.
Consols dosed at 86@8(3j£ for money. Five-
Twenties 04@64%. Illinois Central
Eric 40@41. Bullion in the Bank of England
increased .£1,400,000.
THE SITUATION.
The Prussian troops entered Holstein on the
7tli. The Austrians were concentrating- at Al
tona, where a collision is expected. These
movements are regarded as a virtual commence
ment of war.
Londonderv, June 8.
Arrived from Mobile, American Eagle at
Havre, George V, and Jaue Bishop at Liverpool.
From Savannah, Rivallen and Squando at Liver
pool. From New Orleans, Elartc Dc La Mer.
At Havre, Garibaldi and Mosby.
Galena at Liverpool from Galveston, Leeusita
and St. Marie at Liverpool from Apalachicola,
Helen P. Cooper at Liverpool.
LATER FROM EUROPE.
Halifax, June 18.
Steamer China arrived from Liverpool witli
dates to the 9th.
VERY LATEST.
Liverpool, Saturday Evening.—Cotton —Sales
of to-day 10,000 bales. Market closing firm
with advance of yesterday fully maintained. —
Breadstuff's steady.
Londc.n, Saturday Evening June 9th.—Con
sols closed at BH%@SC>% formoney. Five-Twen
ties 65’>£@t56.
Continental news continues warlike.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Washington, June 18.
Senate. —Harris presented a petition of seveu
N-aw York Banks asking an extension of time
an the tax circulation. Referred* to Financial
Committee.
The President, in response to a resolution of
the Senate, transmitted a communication from
the acting Secretary of the Interior to that body
•respecting transactions for colonization, trans
portation, &c., of negroes. A report was made
March 7th, 18(14, showing that upwards of 33,-
000 dollars had been expended, which was aug
mented by a supplemental report to 37,391 dol
lars. The report farther says, the act of 18G2,
under which this was done, was subsequently
repealed, and no other measure of a-similar
character has since been passed by Congrcs3.
House. —Stevens offered a joint resolution
pre posing an amendment to the Constitution,
giving Congress power to lay an export duty on
cotton. lie refused to allow debate and pressed
tlie measure to a vote, hoping to get it passed
by a two-thirds vot® 1 The resolution was re
jected—yeas 59, nays 01, Bingham offered a
resolution, which was passed, requesting the
President to transmit the Reconstruction Com
mittee constitutional amendments lately adopt
ed by Congress to the several States for ratifi
cation. Raymond, of New York, delivered- a
long speech on reconstruction, declaring him
self a faithful, consistent member of the Re
publican party, yet defending the President.
The State Department is officially advised by
the Consul at Havana that Losnndi, the new
Captain General of Cuba expresses himself de
termined to suppress the. traffic in slaves. lie
notifies liis subordinate Lieutenant Governors
that he will hold them to strict accountability
for any violation of his orders in this respect,
which arc from the Queen.
The Senate Finance Committee reported the
tax bill reducing the tax oil cotton to two cents
per pound.
FROM HARRISBURG.
Harrisburo, June 17.
The Petroleum Bank of Titusville and the
Venango Bank at Franklin, have instituted ne
! tion against ex-Auditor General Isaac Henker,
■ and througli him against the State of Pennsyl
j. vania, for recovery of a million and'a quarter
of United States securities, deposited with the
l Auditor General as security for a circulating
' medium of those banks. The facts as stated
1 are these: The firm of Culver, Penn & Co.
i were in the habit of takiDg notes of the Venan
-1 go and Petroleum Banks for cancellation at the
I Auditor General’s office, where they received a
like amount of bonds for that, which they pre
l sented in notes. It is alleged that the parties
thus receiving these bonds were neither agents
nor officers of the banks,
i, These bonds instead of being sent to officers
; of said bank were taken to New York and
hypothecated by Culver Penn & Co. It is al
i leged that it was without the authority of the
s banks and that it was embezzlement for which
the auditor is responsible.
Warrants have been issued and officers are
i now in Venango couuty to arrest the parties
1 implicated in the transaction. The condition of
these banks arc now in course official investi
gation.
FROM NF.W YORK.
i New York, June 17.
Imports for the past week exceed seven mil
lions, of which there were four millions of
s sugar, tea and coffee.
i The excitement in the gold room has been
intense for several days past. Four or five of
’ the heaviest stock speculators have lost for
tunes in that time by throwing their money and
influence against the rise.
A London letter to a banking firm here gays :
“ The specie arrivals are an immense thing for
American credit. The amount sent from
America is every where admitted to have saved
general bankruptcy in England.
The letters to other banking houses in this
city are very much to the same effect.
ARRIVAL OF STEAMERS AT NEW YORK.
Naw York, June 17.
The steamers Geo. Cromwell, from New Or
leans ; Virgo, Palmyra and H. Livingston, from
Savannah; Moneka, from Charleston, and Vix
en, from Richmond, have arrived.
MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS.
New York, June 18.
Arrived, steamers Ladona from Galveston,
Albermarle, Valley City and Saratoga from
Richmond, Telfair from Wilmington. Steamer
North Point, Savannah to Baltimore, was dis
abled near Ilattcres, aud towed to Fortress
Monroe.
LEWIS CASSES DEAD.
Detroit, Mich., June 18.
General Cass died yesterday morning at 4
o’clock, aged 83 years.
THE CHOLERA.
New York, June 18.
Three deaths from cholera were reported
yesterdy. There is much alarm.
NEW ORLEANS MARKET.
New Orleans, June 18. <
.Cotton firmer; sales to-day 1,800 bales; low 1
middling 37>£. Bank sterling 75@82X, closing ,
nominal. New York Exchange par to Gold '
53. Good cotton knee high aud boiling hand- i
somcly. Gold speculation rampant to-day; rose 1
to 70 but fell to 53, closing rate.
i'"-r-=L="i ——"i l '
NEW YORK MARKETS.
Nrw York, Noon, June 18,
Gold Exchange nominal and quiet.—
Cotton dull, middling 40@43c.
LATER.
New York, June 18.
Cotton’firm—sales of 1,000 hales at 40«542
Pork firm a£ 82 75@33. Sugar dull. -Gold
closed at
FROM BALTIMORE. ,
Baltimore, Juue 18.
A man died of cholera yesterday afternoon,
who arrived, Saturday afternoon frpm New
' York.
<mm i •«- .<■».—.
Augusta Market.
• June 18th, 1880.
COTTON.—Holders seem reluctant to offer
at stipulated prices to-day, and arc waiting for
bids. On the other hand, purchasers are hold
ing off for a further decline. In the absence of
sales, we omit quotations.
GOLD.—The heavy advance in New York
has caused ouT prices to bo very unsettled.—
Sales were made to-day at figures ranging
from 150(3)1(12.
SILVER sold at 140.
i ■ ■
How Stefuens Broke Jail.—Stephens, the
Fcuiau leader, has given an interesting account
of the manner in Which he escaped from the
Richmond (Ireland) prison. The day alter he
was locked up he was informed by a friend
that his escape had been planned by parties
outside, lie was told a lew days later that the
24th of November was the day selected. His
. friends had procured keys for the six or seven
doors between his cell and the prison wall,
which was twenty-five feet high. On the eve
ning of the 23d ho went to bed at the usual
hour, eight o’clock. He was very drowsy, and
it required all tiis efforts to keep awake. About
two o’clock lie heard a slight noise at. a con
siderable distance, which he at onco knew to
he a sound produced by .opening the first gate.
Soon afterward e bboard a similar noise, and »o
on until the key turned in his cell door. This
grated so noisily that it had to be drawn open
with the utmost caution. Stephens had risen
and dressed himself about midnight. The high
wind, heavy rain, and intense darkness of the
night, were all favorable . for his escape. His
friend pressed himself [against the door to pre
vent its creaking, [and a revolver was instantly
placed in his hand. They then passed, in the
same manner, through all (lie doors of the
prison, until they reached (lie open air, when
the outer wall obstructed their further pro
gress.
It must remain a mystery bow lie ascended
that wall, hut the manner in which lie descen
ded it was as follows : He had been given to
understand that he must leap from the top of
the wall into a garden at the other side. Be
fore doing so, however, .he felt the top
of the wall and his hand came in contact witli
a metal funnel or stove pipe, at which lie pull
ed to sec if it were firm enough to descend by.
Finding it quite firm lie let himself down by it
. for some eight or ten feet, when he found him
self on the root 6f a shed, down which, lie slid
to a path which ran by its side. In that way
no trace of liis descent was left, and hence the
mystification of the detectives.
No sooner was he. down than he told his
friends to disperse immediately and go home,
i Two only remained with him. They proceed
ed about three hundred yards, when one of the
two remaining friends also left, and lie then
proceeded to the house at which lie had detcr
i mined to take refuge. Six different houses
( were ready to receive him that night and every •
one of tlie six owners remained up all night
anticipating liis arrival. No one saw him en
ter the house in which lie took refuge, and
. from its windows could he Been the prison in
which he had been confined.
An Eye Opener.—A Boston editor having
had liis eyes opened by Moore’s history of slave
ry in Massachusetts mildly suggests the’ pro
priety of a little modesty in the future on the
i part of those who have so long held forth in
. the holier-than-thou vein. He says :
1 It certainly is not pleasant to admit that in
Massachusetts, in its earliest s&tlcment, slave
ry was recognized by law, and strengthened
* and made permanent by various enactments,
i Mr. Moore shows that tlie old Puritans not
r only bought and sold cargoes of Africans, but
dealt in tlie same way with their Indian eap
" tives, and even, in a limited degree, with white,
1 who were numbered among the dissenters and
. heretics of the times or who could not pay
their debts. It is mortifying, again, to remem
ber that Peter Fam-uil, the. generous giver ol'
- the old Crfidle of Liberty (o tlie city, was a slave
, dealer.
7 m 1 *■' '
A New Eldorado.—We had the pleasure of
an interview yesterday with Mr. W. J. O’Ban
r.on and Mr. F. W. Baker, Alabama gentlemen
i who have lately been prospecting in Texas, for
, petrolum, gold, silver,good cotton lands-in fact
l anything in the way of undeveloped wealth
still lying beneath Texan soil. They bring in
1 their saddle bags a|liottleJofpelroleum (hat they
I found exuding from a rock. In the neighbor
hood of this inflammable spring they found, in
lumps of fifty pounds, tlie pure naphtha—the
1 wax |lcft by the evaporation of (lie oil. This
■ generous gift Os nature has been bestowed up
on that portion of Texas embraced in tlie coun
ties of San Augustine and Nacogdoches. This
petroleum countries iies about fifty miles from
water navigation ; and from the steamboat land
ing there is a mail coach line tojjits immediate
vicinity. —Mobile Tribune, (i th inst.
Bridge Repaired.—The bridge over Builer’b
creek, on the Savannah road, has been repaired
at last, to the delight of all those who have to
use it. A good bridge has been sadly needed
there for. a long time.
BALTIMORE AND CHARLESTON
STEMS 111 P COMPANY,
COMPOSED OF THE STEAMSHIPS
CUMBERLAND,
KALORAMA,
GENERAL CUSTER,
STAROF THE SOUTH.
THE
i GtE‘NT. t.l U ST K R.
CAPTAIN HARRIS,
WI I. 1. LEAVE NORTH ATLANTIC
WHARF for Baltimore, TO-MORROW, the 18th
Instant, at o’clock.
These Steamships offer every facility for Passen
gers and Freight, witli handsome accommodalfcins.
For Freight or Passage, -apply at the office of the
Agents.
WILLIS A- CIITSOI.M,
may2o-eodtf North Atlantic Wharf.
STILLS, STILLS, STILLS.
T HE undersigned is now prepared to manufacture
STILLS of any desired size, and warranted of the
, very bent qualify. Also, every description of Copper
work done at sijprt notice and in tlie host manner.
Stills of my manufacture can lie seen at Messrs. Joxks,
' Smtthr * Co.’S Store, on Broad Street,
Orders tor anything In my line lelt at Jonhs, Smyths
a Co.’s, or at my Shop in Rollcrsville, will ho prompt
ly and faithfully attended to. Cliaiges moderate.
JOHN ROLLER.
N. B.—A number of Stills of various sizes on hand
ready for use, and for sale low.
Acocsta, Qa., May 23d, 18(16.
r my2B-eodlm
Executors’ Sale.
f "W"ILL bo sold, at the Lower Market House, in
the city of Augusta, on the first Tuesday in AUGUST
next, between the usual hours of public sale, tlie fol
[ lowing property, belonging to the estate of William
Camming, deceased, tb-wlt:
Eighteen (181 Georgia Railroad Bonds, SI,OOO each.
Eight (8) City of Augusta 7 per cent. Bonds, over
due, SSOO each.
Three (3) State of Geoagia fi per cent. Bonds, pay
able Sept 1, 1860, SI,OOO each.
Due Coupons of foregoing Bonds.
Terms Cash.,
CHARLES J. .TENKINS, Executor,
JULIA A. CUMMING, Executrix,
jc3-ltd of William Cumming,dec’d.
FOR SALE,
My FARM, in Habersham cotuity, four miles
from ClarkosvlUe, containing seven, hundred
and thirty acres. In beauty of scenery and frt-oduc-
I ivenesa of soil, it is not surpassed in tin- county. Tlie
Dwelling is commodious and well constructed, contain
ing eight rooms in the body of the building. A piazza
i* on the front and rear. The outbuilding* are sub
stantial, and well adapted, to farming purposes. J em
brace the FURNITIIRE.of the House With the Farm,
which is abundant to subserve the comfort of any fami
ly. The CROCKERY and Kitchen UTENSILS, and
ell of the stock, consisting of MULES, SHEEP, CAT
TLE and HOGS, will bo included In the sale. The
health of tho county iscqual to any oil the globe. The
Karra is trader contract.
J. WALDBURG, Savannah.
dccl7-lawtlvl -
A Splendid Blooded .Stallion
. TO BE
RAFFLED,
I N Columbia, 8. C., as soon as the chances are
mado up, the Splendid Blooded Stallion, ‘‘JOHN
MORGAN,” eight years old, 16. V irnnds high, of
-Sir Arcby” stock, seven-eights thorough-bred, and
onc-cighth Morgan. A'good trotter, and kind in
harness.
The Augusta list may be sew at M. A. Delioney’a
Pallcc Stables.
jel6-2w3aw
AdpHiuistratorVi .salt*.
B* Y ordcr'of Court of Ordinary of Cobb county,
will be sold, on the First Tuesday In AUGUST,
1886, at the lower Market House, in the city of Augus
ta, Richmond county, between the usual hours of sale,
l lie half interest In the residence known as tho “Sykes
Mouse,’’ with lot and improvements, situate on the
corner of Greene and Lincoln streets, extending
l lirough to Telfair street; being the property of tho
estate of the late Barrington King, deceased, and sold
tor the purpose of making titles, and for the benefit
of the heirs and creditors of said estate.
C. B. KING, Administrator,
Augusta, June 11,18 W. jcll-td.