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CONSTITUTIONALIST.
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FRIDAY MORNING. SEPT. 27.1867
11. It is the duty of the military authority s
m this District to secure to the people the ut
most freedom of speech and of the press consist
ent with law ; not to restrict either. No salis
tretory execution of the late acts of Congress :s
oracticable unless this freedom is secured an i
vis exercise protected by the usual legal means.
111. No offlct at scMier in this comman i
oid hereafter k sere with newspapers |<r
speakers on any p.-fx rise ’ ate oer.
[Gen. Pope s C-aer, June 3p.
“ Freedom of speech and of the press, educa
tion, equality before the law, and in politic, d
rights and privileges, are the essentials of a>.y
satisfactory reconstruction in the South”.
[Gen. Pope’s Letter to Gen. Grant.
THE PRESIDENT’S AMNESTY.
Judge Rice, of Montgomery, Ala., has
made a personal test of the practical value
of the President’s Amnesty. Not being
able, in consequence of office-holding before
the war, to take the oath o{*registralion, iie
patiently bided his time and, on the strength
and authority of the Executive proclama
tion, took the oath therein prescribed which
is as follows:
“I do solemnly swear in the presence of
Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully
support, protect and defend the Constitution
of the United States and the Union oi the
States thereunder, and that I will in like man
ner abide by and faithfully support all laws and
proclamations which have been made during
the late rebellion with reference to the emanci
pation of slaves ; so help me God.”
Under this oath, Judge Rice offered to
register and will offer, likewise, to vote.
It is the opinion of this distinguished jurist
that every man supposed to be disfranchised
by act of Congress can take the oath of
amnesty and, in virtue of such oath, is en
titled to vote. The only exceptions made
are such as Mr. Johnson has specified in
his proclamation. The eminent Judge
holds that this action, on the part of indi
viduals outlawed by Congress, entitles
them to “ the restoration of all privileges,
immunities, and rights of property, except
as to property with regard to slaves, and
except in cases of legal proceedings under
the laws of the United States.”
He further maintains that this Executive
Amnesty is superior to and independent of
Congress; inasmuch as the Constitution
delegates the power of reprieve and pardon
to the President, and his decision in the
premises can only be invalidated by illegal
and revolutionary means.
One of the privileges, then, of the late
Amnesty is the right of franchise. This
privilege Judge Rice has determined to
avail himself of, if within the limits of a
legal human effort.
He goes even further and avers that
registration itself is unnecessary in this
case; that any person complying with the
President’s terms of amnesty, prior to the
day of election, has the right to vote, and
should offer to do so. He, however, out of
abundant caution, appeared before the Board
of Registration, and his example is worthy
of imitation. The managers may refuse to
allow the vote ; but they are amenable to
courts of law and can be sued for damages.
The Montgomery Mail, to which paper
we are indebted for the information con
tained in this abstract of Judge Rice’s
opinion and line of conduct, commends the
Judge’s position to the earnest attention of
his countrymen at large, and says :
“ Judge Rice, so far as we are informed, is t he
first to put himself in a position to raise before
the Courts the question whether the Presi
dent’s late proclamation does not restore the
right of voting to even supposed disfranchised
citizens who comply with it. It is to be hoped
that all of our disfranchised citizens will follow
his example, and thus put themselves in a posi
tion to obtain their rights by a calm and peace
ful appeal to the judicial tribunals.
“ Why should any citizeu.omit the opportu
nity to seek from the courts what is denied
under the military or reconstruction bills. The
way is marked out. .Vill the disfranchised fail
to put themselves in that way. Every one of
them ongh* n e _ .' - v i h the proclamation
be ore lie »i. i hereupon offer
to vote at tin i "v - what they owe
to themselves ami .in ry.”
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General Breckinridge’s Last Official
ACT.—Major T. P. Ochiltree, Os the Houston
Telegraph, tells the following in a late letter
from Paris:
John C. Breckinridge at a dejeuner , yester
day, told of his last act of authority as Secre
tary of War. It was on the coast of Florida—
the General was pursued by the Federal caval
ry ; they were beating the country in every di
rection ; a “ friend in need ” came to his rescue
—he was one of Brevard’s gallant old re -intent
of the Army of Virginia. He said, “Gineral,
1 have an old boat here that mout carry ns to
Kurby; auyhow we’ll try it oip” So lie work
ed away ail that night raising the boat from
•where ho had sunk it to conceal it from prowling
Yankees; he worked faithfully and energetical
ly in patching it up and bailing It, artificially
finishing it up and putting in a few provisions.
Geu. B. grasped the noble fellow by. the hand
and said to him I will have but few more
hours of authority, but such services as you
have rendered your country deserve reward.—
You shall be a Major. I will make out your
commission now.” lie was exceedingly thank
ful, but remained scratching his head in a
thoughtlul attitude. "Well, my friend,” said
the General. “ Well,.you see, Gineral, tliar’s a
feller in our rigiment what haln’t done no
thin'. and he is a Major and a Quartermaster,
and if it’s all the same to you I would jist like
to rank hint for oust.” It is needless to say
that the “going out” Secretary of War in
stantly wrote the battle scarred but humble
hero a commission as Lieutenant Colonel. A
fact.
For the information of those individuals who
foolishly imagine that the life of a newspaper
man is a paradise on earth, and is fraught with
untold pleasures and privileges, we give the
following sketch of the duties of this unfor
tunate individual, concerning whom such a
•wrong impression exists. It is taken from Mr.
Hunt’s volume on the “ Fourth Estate
The man who once becomes a journalist must
almost bid iarewell to mental rest or menial
leisure. If he fulfills his duties truthfully, his
attention must be ever awake to what is passing
In the world, and his whole mind must be de
voted to the instant examination, and discus
sion, and record of current events. He has lit
tle time for literary idleness, with such literary
layprs oh his shoulders. He has no days to
spend on catalogues or In the dreamy discur
sive researches in public libraries. He has no
mouths to devote to the exhaustion of any one
them. What be has to deal with must be taken
up at a moment’s notice, be examined, tested,
and dismissed at once ; and thus his mind is
ever kept occupied with the mental neecssity
of the world’s passing hour.
Political Changes.—The Albany Argus, <n
Monday, speculating upon the recent political
changes in Maine and Calitornia, says :
Three weeks from to-morrow elections will
be held in the States of Pennsylvania, Ohio In
diana and lowa. Two of these States, Penn
sylvania and Indiana, have been quite closely
contested. Last year the ReDubiican majority
in Pennsylvania was 17,178. Should the Demo
crats gain proportionately iu that State as they
have just gained iu Maine, the majority against
the Radicals would be 50,000! i n Ohio, at the
last election, the Republican majority was
42,686, and a gain equal to that of Maine would
five the Democrats about 12,000 majority. In
ndiana, the Republican majority was last year
14,202, and the Democrats there can have about
35,000 majority next mouth, by doing as well
as their brethren in Maine. Applying the same
rule to New York State, and the result would
be astounding. Fenton’6 majority last year
was 13,789, and at that rate of gain in Maine,
the Democrats would have a majority of about i
a round 100,0001 1
Chemical Report on the Lespidoza Striata.
BY PROF. RAINS.*
This plant bekmgs to the Lequminom
order and is embraced in that port ion
called Papilionaceous, or related to the peas
and beans in its mode of flowering. It. is
perennial and grows into a shrub or small
bush, having several branches arising im
mediately from a tap root, having a firm
woody fibrous structure, with a rough ex
terior. These branches, in the older plants,
constitute a large proportion of the entire
weight or substance, and have at regular in
tervals, or partial joints, small trefoil leaves.
From the junction of these trefoils with the
steins arises a single papilionaceous, very
small, pink flower, whicli is succeeded by a
single seed or pea, enveloped in an outer
husk, supported by a calyx of five rough
brown leaflets, enclosing a smooth black
tough sack; this contains the di-cotyledo
nous single seed.
Accompanying this report there is a pen
cil sketch by the camera lucida and micro
scope of the different parts of the seed, as
above described. It will be seen from this
that whilst; the seed is quite small, it is too
large to be waited away by the winds, and
thus distributed throughout the country;
whilst the very tough, smooth, black sack
which holds each seed would prevent its
being digested by the cattle which should
browse on the plant, and thus would be car
ried and dropped in various and numerous
places. Home of the seeds would probably
also escape whole through the digestive or
gans oi small birds, who probably gather
it as food, and thus might be widely dis
seminated in a comparatively very short
space of time.
The plant has a large proportion of the
peculiar aromatic substance or essential oil,
which imparts the odors of hay and dried
grasses, which even in its growing state
can he readily perceived and becomes very
strong in the process of drying. It is possi
ble that this constituent- may possess cer
tain qualities which may make it, at least
at first, somewhat disagreeable to cattle,
which can only be known by observation,
whilst in the older shrubs the rough and
tough fibres of the stems may, to a certain
extent, irritate their mouths.
From the hasty chemical analysis which
I have made of this plant, appended below,
it will be perceived that it approaches more
nearly to the Held pea vine or pea hay in
composition than to other vegetables,
though it differs from it in having a much
larger proportion of most of the inorganic
constituents, particularly as regards the
phosphoric acid and oxide of iron. The
amount of this acid— l •existing mainly in
combination with lime and magnesia—is
indeed remarkable, and surpasses most
vegetables in this respect. This fact,joined
to the large proportion—over 881 per cent.
—of lime, soluble silica, and other inorganic
constituents of plants, cause it to be very
exhaustive to the soil whilst growing, and
thus will destroy most of the grasses
among which it may chance [to grow. If
not kept under by the plow and hoe it will
prove highly injurious to growing corn
and cotton by abstracting so largely of
their sustenance in the soil ; whilst at the
same time if it can be made palatable and
easy of assimilation to cattle, perhaps by
being finely cut or boiled, it may prove a
nutritious food, yielding a valuable manure.
ANALYSIS OP TIIE LESPIDOZA STRIATA.
(In 1,000 parts of tlie thoroughly dried plant.)
Potash) 9
Lime 30.00
Magnesia 4,00
Alumina 1.00
Oxide of Iron 75
Silica 30.94
Sulphuric Acid 3.00
Chlorine 25
Phosphoric Acid 9.00
Amount of Ashes 81.44
In addition to the constituents contained
in the ashes of the plant as given above,
there exists in the green or dried vegetable
a notable proportion ol Nitrogen, fully
equal to that contained in the held pea hay
and clover and perhaps more. This ele
ment is the important constituent of muscle
or the lean portion of meat, as well as the
basis of the Alkaloids or medicinal virtues
of plants, which exists as the active princi
ples of coifee, tea, tobacco, opium, peruvian
bark, &c. Thus the plant under considera
tion not only possesses a large proportion
of the mineral constituents of manures, but
also a full share of the nutritious or flesh
forming element, and probably a certain
proportion of an active alkaloldal princi
ple ; whether this last component, if it
exists, will prove beneficial, remains to be
proved by experience ; certain it is that the
alkaloids when taken in moderate quanti
ties are valuable stimulants, not restrictut
to mankind as is generally supposed bre
also valuable, in the small portions natued
has supplied in many vegetables, to cattle
and animals of the farm generally.
The young plant is succulent and in rich
soils' has a large proportion of leaf like
clover ; in plants of more than one years
growth, the branches or stems become
tough and woody, and when used as hay
would require fine cutting; such older
plants, however, are much richer in mineral
constituents and hence more valuable as
manures. Their long tap roots extending
deeply into the soil draw up from below a
rich supply of earthy salts which are stored
away in their branches and stems as com
ponents, and thus in the manure pile or
when turned under by the plough, supply
valuable materials to the growing crop.
The very strong hay odor which the dried
plant emits, .might possibly keep away
noxious insects from grain in the barn in
Which it may be stored.
This vegetable appears to have a remark
able capability of adapting itself to all kinds
of soils, and hence its constitution must
vary accordingly within certain limits.
Respectfully submitted,
Geo. W. Rains.
Queer Freak of Nature —A Woman
Recovers Her Youth.— A brief paragraph
has elicited the following from a corres
pondent, who writes from Amite City, uu
der date of September 2:
About the year 1830 I became acquainted
with an aunt ,of my wife, who was then up
wards of ninety years of age, and dined
with her at the house of her son, who was
born when his mother was sixty years old,
and who was fifteen years younger than his
next youngest brother or sister.
This old lady was the wife of a Mr. Adair,
of South Carolina, whose name is honora
bly mentioned more thspi one time in the
history of the revolutionary war, and when
I met her in Alabama she had regained her
eyesight, and did, in my house, make her
self a line muslin cap without the aid of
glasses.
Soon after this period she concluded that
the return of sight was a warning that she
was not long for this world ; consequently,
she returned to Carolina to be buried by
her husband, hut after a stay of four years
she concluded that she was mistaken, and
returned to Alabama, having four new and
full-grow-n teeth in front, two above and
two below. My wife and myself have rais
ed nine children, and have lived to see the
youngest (a daughter) married. We are
both in good health, and I now have seven
years to wait, hoping that she may imitate
her extraordinary aunt by presenting me
With a fine son to repair in part the loss of
our two sons in the Confederate army.
Cause of the “Black Death” in Ire
land—The cause of the mysterious cases of
the “ black death,” which occurred in Ireland
a few weeks ago, is sa|d to have been discover
ed. A good many cattle have been dying re
cently of a blood disease, known as carbnncu
lar lever; and iu two or three instances the
flesh of these cattle has been eaten by other
pniraals. In one case a dog lapped some of the
blood of a deceased bull, and, alter suffering
from a black eruption, died in a few hours. In
another, a pig which bad eaten of a deceased
cow’s offal, died under similar circumstances.
The eruptions and the symptoms are said to
have been precisely like those observable in
the human victim of “ black death,” and it is
therefore supposed that the latter disease may
have been engendered by the eating of meal
from animals in a state of carbuncular fever.
The two white men and negroes that made
an attempt to escape some time since from the
penitentiary, sixteen in number, were tried at
our Superior Court last week, and sentenced
for lour years more, the jury recommending
them to the mercy of the Governor, who alone
can remit the sentence, and pardon them out
at the expiration of time for which they were
originally sent. It was a new idea to the ne
groes that an attempt to escape was a penal of
fense, and that their time conld be prolonged
for four years more. They will hardly attempt
I it again. —Southern Recorder.
Paragraphic.
At the spiritualistic camp meeting, at Har
wich, communication wag received
from a /bang-lady recently drpwned in the
town, stating thaftber friends HrerjSta too much
hurry about -burying her, ajra tHj her soul
was thrCi days digging out <3f the grave, having
left the body after iut£rmen(.
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“ you appear to have a very
bad cold.”' j‘sfes, madam,” said the Captain,
who is fond of.working ia his garden earlv in
the morning iwrfcw -shirt sleeves, “ X suppose I
dcseryo it. I caught it while breaking the
Seventh' Cotomiindmint last Sunday,” The
party, tealc and female, started and looked
blank ; and the lady who had brought oat the
remark as well as a choking fit Os laugh
ter wpOiid let her, “ Well; upon my word,
Captain, consitftfirfng ISfe tfnus□ a! circumstance
of the jadtjtypur pr«eßt surroundings, it
was hardly necessary for you tOCirf er so much
into particulars,” When theWfioceut Captain
got home, hefOdiid; to hie dismay, that the
Seventh Commandmeut does not say, “ Thou
shalt remember the Sabbath day to keep it
holy.”
Petroleum V. Nasby and Brick Pomeroy
were employed together on the Corning (New
York) Journal, the former as loreman and the
latter as devil.
Abe Higgins, a negro, was arrested in Mem
phis the other day for stealing clothing. The
proof was “ dead ” on him ; but byway of ex
cuse be said : “ I b’longs to de League, es I did
steal dem close.”
Mr. Charles T. Howard, a lottery dealer in
New Orleans, has commenced a suit for $5,000
damages against the Olympic Theatre for pro
ducing a play styled “ The Kentucky Lottery,”
in w hich a character named Charles How-hard
appears. An injunction has been obtained for
bidding the play until the case shall be de
cided.
Mr. Ernest Jones, at his recent lecture in
Dublin, gave some interesting statistics. He
said there were 71.000,000 acres in the three
kingdoms. In 1770 there were 550,000 owners
of this land. In 1856 the number had diminish
ed to 32,000, and was still decreasing. Tiie
Duke of Cleveland might ride twenty-three
miles through his estate ; the Duke of Devon
shire had 96,000 acres in the county of Derby
alone; the Dnke of Richmond possessed 340,000
acres; and the Marquis of Breadalbane might
ride 100 mites in a straight line through his
property from liis own house door.
Somebody writes plaintively to the Pail Mall
Gazelle about the “ misery of buttons.” He
says : “ Sartorial ingenuity bas not yet attained
to the manufacture of masculine garments
unencumbered with the dire nuisance of but
tons. It is not too much to say that a man’s
whole comfort during the day is dependent on
the state of his buttons. The sudden defection
of a button, when the sufferer is beyond tiie
reach of remedial* assistance, puts him to
misery, aud perhaps to shame.”
General Grant, who has been once or twice
arrested for fast driving, is reported by the po
lice at. Washington as having run over a small
boy a few days since while riding out and driv
ing very rapidly. He stopped to see the boy,
who was but slightly hurt, aud ordered all bills
sent to him for payment.
In anticipation that the yellow fever may
reach the city of Mobile, and the place be aban
doned by the Government officials, General
Spinner, United States Treasurer, has, from
prudential motives, thought proper to with
draw the Government funds deposited there
and place them in some city further North.
Extras at a Paris Hotel.
At the entrance was a porter carrying a hal
bard, who lowed three times and confided the
tourists to another wearing a gold chain, by
whom they were conducted to" a valet, whose
duty it was to open the door of the saloon. The
waiters then came up. All had priuted upon
their clothes the symbols of their particular
service; one, plates and dishes;another,glasses
and bottles; a third, meats, iislics or fruits.
Not desiring, at the moment, anything to eat,
they contented themselves with odering a glass
of water. The waiter to whom this belonged
went at once to a little library and produced a
bound volume, upon which they read letters of
gold ;
“ List of the waters to be fouud at the Hotel
de6 Deux Mondes:
“ ‘l. Fountain water.
“ ‘3. Well water.
“ ‘3. Rivulet water.
“ ‘4. River water.
“ ‘5. Stream water.
“ *O. Water filtered through charcoal.
“ ‘7. Water filtered through stone.
“ ‘B. Water filtered through gravel.
“ ‘9. Water .’ ”
Maurice stopped, and, turning over the pages,
saw that the carte contained no less than three
hundred aud 6ixty-six different kinds of the se
ductive fluid.
M. Atout, their guide, carefully read the cata
logue, made learned reflections upon the vari
ous species, hesitated, examined again, and then,
alter some further deliberation, ordered a g'ass
of fountain water. The demand was transmit
ted by the valet des requetes. Five minutes
elapsed, when a waiter appeared with a tray; five
minutes more, aud came with a decan
ter ; yet five more, and a third brought a glass.
While Mr. was drinking, the two travel
ers wished to approach a window, but the
waiter told them that it was necessary first to
obtain tickets at the bureau des points de cue.
They declined and went towards to the door,
but were.told by another garcou that if they
went oat without a check they would be unable
to return. Finally, upon tryiug to relieve their
embarrasrueut by sitting upon a sofa, a third
waiter gave them to understand that these
seats were ol a higher price .than the rest.
Thereupon they rejoined theirjfriend, who had
just finished his glass, and asked for the bill.
A special soon appeared hearing a magnificent
sheet of parchment adorned with a border, flour
ishes and tail-pieces beautifuliy tinted. Look
ing over the shoulder of the recipient, Maurice
read:
M. Dr.
For three how- h r the halberdier If 50c
For the porter with tin- gold chain 2f
For the waiter who opened the door 50c
For the carte des eaux loaned you 25c
For the tray 30c
For the decanter 35c
For the glass 25c
For fountaiu water 5f
For table and chairs 41
For service 2f
Kimbllizing.—lt is clearly the duty of the
proper authority to get out an injunction
against Brother Kimball, of Utah. He has just
announced that he “bad seventy children
already.” Now, though this number tails far
short of the fecundity of that German Prince
whom Carlyle immortalizes, yet there is soroe
ihing portentions in the “already,” as telling
what is yet to come. Brother Kimball said, in
the word* of the telegram, that lie had “ seven
ty children already, and calculated that the
Kimball family, iu fifty years, would outnum
ber the preseut aggregate of Saints.” Now, it
will be noticed that there is no guess work
about this alarming statement ot one who
ought to know—it is a “ calculated ” product.
We protest, therefore, that such a result will
be too much P£iraball for comfort. For we
cannot expect that at the end of the fifty years
the Kimballie genius for multiplication will
suddenly cease. If, the,relore, the original
Kimball can be repeated so enormously in a
single half century, a moment’s ciphering,
either by Mallhusians or mathematicians, will
show that iu ten centuries this entire continent
must, at the same ratio, he peopled by Kim
balls ! In this view, Brother Kimball's an
nouncement of his policy becomes of political
and national significance. The negro pales—if
we may use the word—in importance, com
pared with the Kimball; and “Are we to be
Kimballized 7” is the real question ol the fu
ture. Accordingly, we repeat, this is a clear
case lor serving an injunction without delay.
l iVsic York Times.
- weur
There is a small Episcopal clipreh in Phila
delphia called by church-going citizens “The
Church of Bt. James the Less.” Irreverent
street boys, however, style It “ The Little Jim
my.” Another church in the same city, to the
construction of which Jay Cook contributed
largely, is known as “ The Church of the Holy
Five Twenties.” The “ irreverent street boys ”
of Syracuse call, and not without an amount
of appropriate humor either, on account of its
peculiar spire, the church on the corner of
Berkeley and Dovc( streets, “ The Church of
the Roly Cork-Screw.” We remember to have
heard of a church on upper Broadway, in New
York, built of alternate layers of red brick and
white marble, called “ The Church of the Holy
Zebra.”
“ Fifty Cents a Head..”—One ot the most
intelligent and reliable gentlemen in the State,
writing from the county of Halibu, informs us
that during the registration In the town of Hal
ifax, a man, claiming to be a guard, was placed
at the door, who forbade negroes to enter un
less they paid fifty cents to the Union League !
that was paid, they might register at
once j if refused, registration was denied until
all the members of the League were served. —
By this process, it is stated, some five hundred
dollars were levied on the negroes.
\Raleigh Sentinel.
A physician in Gloucester, Mass., who died
several years since, told a friend
that he often administered pills made of brown
bread soaked in paregoric, to that class of his
patients who were always imagining themselves
sick. The pills satisfied such patients and did
them no harm, white it added greatly to the
reputation of the gqod old doctor.
The new Rebel Constitution for Maryland
wasyesterday adopted by a majority of about
So says the New York Tribune.
The Flight of 1
BT T. B. ALDRICH. T
A man should live in a garret, I ihiuk. K
And have few friends, and be poorly
With an old hat stopping the wind in t|^Kink,
To keep the Goddess constant and
Os old, when I walked op a rugged waUM
And gave much work foj-but Uttle brJBH A .
The Goddess dwelt with me night wad d®r. '
Bat at my table, haunted J ’
The narrow, mean attic, I see it now! —**
Its window o’erlooking the city’s tiles, f
The sunset’s fire, and the clouds of inow.i
And the river wandering miles and mll^
Just one picture hung in the room, !
The saddest story that Art can tell— !
Dante and Virgil In lurid gluom
Watching the Lovers that float through Bell-
Wretched enough was I sometimes, T
Pinched an; harrasscd with vain desires';
But thicker than clover sprang the rhymes
As I dwelt like a sparrow among the sph^.
Midnight fitted my slumbers with song; '<■'
Music haunted my dreams by day;
Now I listen and wait and long, »l
But the Delphian airs have died away!
I wonder and wonder how it befell:
Suddenly I had friends in crowds; *•'
I bade the h-use-tops a long farewell;
“ Good by,” X cried, “ to the stars and clouds (
“ But thou, rare soul, that has dwelt with me,
Spirit of Poesy! thou divine
Breath of the morning, thou shalt he, *
Goddess 1 for ever and ever mine.”
And the woman I loved was now my bride,
And the house I wanted was my own:
1 turned to the Goddess satisfied—
But the Goddess had somehow flown I
Flown, and I fear she will never return I •
I’m much too sleek and happy for her.
Whose lovers must hunger, and waste, and burn,
Ere the beautiful heathen heart will stir!
I call—but the does not stoop to my cry;
I wait—but she lingers, and ah! so long!
It was not so in the years gone by,
When she touched my lips w ith chrism of song.
I swear I will get me a garret again,
And let the wee wife see the sunset’s files,
And lure the Goddess, by vigii and pain,
Dp with the sparrows among the spires!
For a man should live in a garret aloof,
And have few friends, and be poorly clad,
With an old hat stopping the chink in the roof,
To keep the Goddess conetant and glad! *
[From the New York II%wM.
Panama-
By the royal mail steamer Tyne, which ar
rived at Aspinwall on the 3d inst., after the
sailing of the New York boat, no later news has
been received on the Isthmus than what was
communicated to the readers of the Herald by
last mail. In the following letter, dated Honda,
August 20, will be found a few items4n addi
tion to what was previously known :
The Government received the first uews of
Lopez’s submission by courier from Faeatativa
on the morning of the 18th. Gen. Posada, who
bad left Bogota before this intelligence lmd
reached there to move down to the coast with
the division from Antioquia, in order to bring
the Mosqueristas to terms, received a dispatch
from the Government in Villeta with the order
to remain there till further advices. Shortly
alterwards he was ordered to proceed down to
Nitre, whence he left for Medellin, the capital
of Antioquia. The State of Santander had a
division under arms, with its right wing in
Ocana, all ready to march to the coast at the
first notice. This division was to be command
ed by General Santodomingo, who would op
erate under orders from Posada. The guerillas
in Cundinamarca, Boyacaand Tolimahad never
been very formidable ; lately tbe Government
troops have routed them in all directions, under
Delgado’s command in Boyaca, and under that
of Diago in Tolima.
Lopez’s troops arrived at Honda very much
demoralized. Some friends of Mosquera tried
to persuade Lopez to declare himself for the ex
dictator, but he was resolved to abide by his
agreement with the new administration.
On the 16th, a meeting ol the friends of Mos
quera and some liberal adherents of the new
administration was held at Bogota. This meet
ing was said to have been brought about by a
common fear of the conservatives, who were
gaining more power ; but, according to last
advices, it led to nothing.
General Gutierrez, on his way to Santa Mar
tha, landed at Carthagena, contrary to the gen
eral belief. The State government, received him
with a good deal of attention, and entertained
him at a public breakfast. Several eminent
members of the conservative party accompanied
him to Santa Martha.
The Spanish mail steamer Montezuma, which
arrived at Aspinwall from that port and Car
thagena on the Bth, brought no later intelligence
of any kind.
The uews of the fall of Rio Hacha is fully
confirmed.
Lieutenants Murdaugh and Dornin, two of
the officers of the Rayo, who took the Colom
bia out of Carthagena and delivered her to the
authorities at Santa Martha, arrived at mo for~
mer place in the English mail steamer. They,
went there for the purpose of endeavoring jto
recover the personal effects of the officers oT,
the Rayo, which were said to have been stolen
by the natives, after tbe officers left the vessel
on their expedition with the Colombia. The
two above named officers were accompanied by
two others, named Borchert and Smith, and
the whole party landed shortly before sunset
and took lodgings at the Bolivar hotel. Dor
mu and Borchert went to see a friend, and on
returning to tbe hotel at night., they found a
large crowd assembled in front of it, who let
them pass in quietly, but befor" they had reach
ed the first landing assaulted them'in the most
brutal manner with pistols, machetes and other
w eapous. Borchert was hacked to pieces and
Dornin severely wounded. In the meantime
Murdaugh was attacked at the club house and
butchered in the same cruel manner. Smith
escaped through a mistake of the ruffians, who
knocked at his ‘oor, but receiving no answer,
supposed lie was not in.
The American Consul, Mr. Hanuaberg, acted
very kindly, a!though he could not protect the
ex-rebels. He bad 'he dead bodies buried and
sent Dornin and Smith on board the Tyne.—
Dorniu and Smith are now at Aspinwall, the
former with a broken shoulder blade, both
awaiting the sailing of the next steamer for
Santa Martha, where they will excite their fel
low officers to v-ngeance, and it is not at all
unlikely that this affair may have serious re
suits. The Colombia has a crew of a£out sixty
men, one half of them being officers (there are
no fewer than fourteen engineers). These
have little to do and will naturally be exasper
ated by the news of the death of their com
panions. Tbe populace at Carthagena were un
doubtedly instigated by feelings of hatred
against those foreigners who had violently
taken possession of the Colombia, on which
occasion several natives lost their lives—and it j
is true that foreigners have no business what '
ever to play at politics in this country. But at 1
the same time such brutes as Mendoza Llanos j
deserve a severe chastisement, and as the Gov- j
ernment of the United States cannot and will
not interfere in behalf of the ex-rebel officers j
of the Cuyler, it is to be hoped that the scouu
drels will be h'eld to account by somebody else.
“Thank TnEE, Jew.”—The following ad
mirable anecdote is from Breslau and is of re
cent date. Not long since an elderly man, with
bare bead, stood in an eating house surrounded
by a crowd of people.. The landlord held the
man’s hat and cane in his hands, and an impu
dent waiter stood between the guest and the
door. The confusion of the old man was in
describable. He seemed to be for the first time
iu such a scrape, said nothing, looked down on
the ground, and with difficulty restrained his
tears,’ while all around mocked aqd jeered him.
Just then a poorly dressed Jew, with a long,
white beard, entered, and inquired what it all
meant, and with an expression of almost femi
nine curiosity. He Was told that the man had
eaten and drank, and uow tiiat he must pay, he
searched his pockets in vain for money.—
“Well," exclaimed the Jew, “I see the old
man for the first time, but I’ll be bound be did
not come here to cheat. And, landlord, if be
had no money to forget, couldn’t vou, for once,
give a poor man something to iat, for God's
sake? flow much does he owe, anyhow?”
The debt was eight silver gro6ehen, and the
Jew, paying this, took the poor old man by the
hand and led him to the door.
Those present did not seem to enjoy the re
proof which their brutality had received, and
one insolent fellow cried out: “ Hey, Jew, what
have you done; this is the Sabbath, and yon
have toqcbed money ?” fThis is forbidden to
the Israelites.j “ You are right," answered the
Jew; “just now I forgot that I was a Jew, just
as you forgot that you were Christians. But .
you may rest easy on my account. I understand
my commandment, which says, ‘Honor the
Sabbath day and keep it holy.’ Just get some
school-master to explain jt to you, and it he is
a reasonable man he will agree with me. Good
deeds have no Sabbath.” And witt these words
the good man left the room.
The Back-Hair.—One “ Giongi, ” writing
of the fashions of different countries of Europe
jnst as he found them, says that the fashionable
men and women of Florence, Naples, Genoa,
Frankfort, Baden-Baden, and the Hague, might
change places with each other, or with the well
dressed people in Broadway and the Fifth
Avon be, Without occasioning any particular re
mark. The slightest possible deviation is all
that would be noticed In a round tour from
London to Amsterdam. The same execrable
chignon , which I had hoped somewhere to es
cape, is at the back of every leminine head in
every capital of Europe; vaiying only in size
and shape—being smallest in Turin and Geneva;
while its American magnitude and ugliness are
barely equalled by ihe gayest dancers of the
Can-Can in the Jar din Mobile.
m ' " ; $
Professor Faraday (belonged to a sect called
Glassites, who profess very high Calvinisjfc.atjd
daring the latter part of his life frequently
preached in a Glassite chapel.
[delected Telegrams.
From Fortress Monroe-
Fortress Monroe, September 21.—The ex
periment of providing white labor for the pro
ductive but now neglected fields of agriculture
in the Southern about being fairly in
augurated in Virginia, with the most gratifying
prospects of meeting with an early and very
successful and commendable result. The irumi-'
gtation which is necessary to provide the ele
ments of the reorganization in the system of
labor in the Old Dominion is, however, not des
tined to be drawn from the Northern States by
inviting remunerative, though hazardous in
vestments of capital, or inducements held out
for adventurers and speculators, but from the
more permanent and solid sources of wealth
and prosperity gleaned from the overcrowded
population of the old world.
General J. E. Tochman, of the Virginia Emi
gration Society, has arrived in Norfolk as the
European agent of the State, with the chief ob
ject of ascertaining the probabilities of making
that port the rendezvous, or headquarters oi
numerous Polish families who are expected
shortly to migrate. Twelve hundred emigrants
are confidently expected the coming season, and
others already arrived in Spottsylvania have
already commenced farming and cultivating the
land in that county. The next session of the
Virgiuia Legislature, with a wise foresight to
the future iutcreets of the State, designs appro
priating such sums in aid of the enterprise as
its vast importance demands. Individual con
tributions nave even reached a considerable
figure, and the reception of the emigrants
already arrived has inspired ifs projectors with
eucrgy and interest for future arrangements.
The character of these hardy emigrant labor
ers promises ample success and remuneration
xo their employers. Many neglected estates,
laid waste by war and continued in their deso
lation by the want of suitable labor, will doubt
less be restored to their former fruitfulness, and
industry and frugality usurp the place of indo
lence and mismanagement. The citizens look
with interest upon this great movement, and
expect »-o reap ot.ier and innumerable benefits
from the influx of these strangers from abroad.
Foreign.
Florence, September 22.—Gen. Garibaldi
has issued a stirring address to his followers
and adherents, announcing that the time has
now come to overthrow the tyranny of the
Pope, restore Rome to Italy, and give the Eter
nal City its ancient position as the capital of the
Italian nation.
A royal proclamation has been promulgated
by King Victor Emmanuel, warning all Italians
against takieg part in, aiding or abettting the
revolutionary movement against Rome, which
is denounced as crime against J,he laws of Italy
and of nations.
The proclamation concludes with a threat
that the Government will not fail to visit with
rigorous punishment all persons found engaged
iu illegal hostilities against the Papal authority.
London, September 22.—A dispatch from
Rome states thal tbe Pope has publicly de
nounced the sale of the Church lauds in Italy,
and has declared that the decree of the Italian
Government to that effect will be made null and
void.
Copenhagen, September 23.—Strong doubts
are entertained here, in official quarters, of the
success of the Danish Cabinet in its negotia
tions with Russia for the retrocession of the
Danish provinces of Schleswig.
Nashville.
BROWNI.OW AND THE CITY AUTHORITIES.
[Special Dispatch to the Louisville Courier.
Nashville, September 22.
THE IMPENDING CONFLICT.
Ail the absorbing hope here is the conflict
between the city authorities and Gov. Brown
low. The former still insist that their appoint
ees shall hold the election, while Brownlow
thunders forth that his militia shall squelch the
little rebellion.
LEGAL OPINION ADVERSE TO BROWNLOW.
Five of the most prominent lawyers in the
State, three of them Unionists, have given a
formal opinion that the franchise law does not
contemplate the appointment of election offi
cers by registration commissioners, and fur
ther that the vested rights of the city as a cor
porate precludes negroes from voting.
FEDERAL AID PRAYED FOR.
This opinion, with Mayor Brown’s proclama
tion and all other papers in the case, have been
forwarded to' President Johnson with an ur
gent demand for troops to aid the municipal
authorities. On the other hand, Gen. Cooper
declared last night, in a speech, that if necessa
ry, all the militia iu the State would be eoneen
truted iu Nashville to enforce tbe Governor’s
programme. One or tbe other of tbe opposing
parties must back down, otherwise there will
be a bloody collision.
THE LOGIC OF BAYONETS.
It is probable that the loffic ot militia bayo
nets will compel the city authorities to suc
cumb. The election takes place next Saturday.
A SIGNIFICANT SPEECH.
At a Scovell meeting last night Secretary
Fletcher made a very violent speech against the
Alden faction, declaring that it was mostly
composed of Northern bummers, and intima
ted very broadly that the negroes were carry
ing things with such a high hand that they
would soon have all the native whites of the
State, rebels and Unionists, against them. Com-
I mg from the Secretary of State, the speech is
i considered significant.
[ From the Atlanta Intelligencer, 25th.
United States District Court.
HIS HONOR JOHN ER9KINE PRESIDING.
There was an argument in this court yester
day morning on a hill in equity—Steedman vs.
Evans. Brown & Pope for complainant, and
Col. John L. Hopkins for deiendant. His
Honor reserves his decision.
An appeal was taken in the case of Lecil W.
Dean vs. Robert D. Harvey, Administrator of
W. H. Yoneil, deceased, to the Supreme Court
"t Washington, to be holden on the first Mon
day of December next. This is a case in equity,
which had been dismissed on demurrer, after
argument at chambers, iu July last. This suit
was brought to recover land sold for Confed
erate Treasury notes. The purchaser had been
put in possession of tbe laud and no fraud had
been charged.
We learn that the District Attorney has filed
libels of information in behalf of the United
States Government against sundry lots of dis
tilled spirits and manufactured tobacco in this
city, for infractions of the revenue laws.
A number ot petitions in bankruptcy was
filed with the clerk on yesterday.
An order was passed directing the marshal to
pay the grand Jurors for their attendance at the
present term of the court.
It is understood that tho Hon. John M.
Clarke will address the court on the important
question ot interest to-day at 10 o’clock.
"Not True.”
Under the above caption, we find the follow
ing extraordinary disclaimer iu the Chronicle
and Sentinel, of Sunday :
We learn that a report is in circulation in the
City to the effect that the writer had been sub
poenaed to attend the United States Circuit
Court at Savannah, in October next, as a wit
ness against the Mayor of this city and Federal
here, on a charge of perjury. The
report, as far as General Wright is concerned,
js not true. After his return from Baldwin Su
perior Court, yesterday morning, a summons
was handed to General Wright, requiring him,
••under penalty of five hundred dollars, to appear
Before the United States Circuit Court at Savan
nah, in October next, to give evidence “ in a
certain cause then and there wherein the United
States of America is a party on the part of the
slid United States.”
We have nothing to do with this matter, and
don’t intend to be made a party to it iu any
wanner, shape or form. We believe it is an
attempt to levy black mail on the part of some
persons, and we can’t aid in such a disreputable
purpose. We oppose Mr. Blodgett, and have
ofposed him mi purely political grounds. The
question of perjury is one which affects him as'
K'man and in his individual capacity. As a con
litictor of a public journal wo cannot afford to
prostitute its columns for the purpose of grati
fying personal spite or spleen, nor for the more
corrupt purpose pf extorting hush money.
The Cotton Crop for 1866-7.—We have re
ceived from tho office of the Commercial and
financial Chronicle, at New York, a statement
of the cotton crop of the United States for the
ywr ending September 1, 1867. It says :
• ’We are uow able to give our figures showing
t|e total crop and movement of cotton in the
Sited States for the year ending September 1,
7. The receipts, as will be seen, very nearly
approximate those of last year, the total reach
ing 3,019,271 bales, against 2,193,987 bales for
the previous twelve months, indicating a de
cree in the receipts this year of only 174,716
bales. It would be impossible to state with
accuracy what proportion of this aggregate was
theproduct of the last year, estimates differing
so videly with regard to the amount of the old
crcp not brought forward at the close of 1865-6.
We.tbink, however, we may safely take this old
6uwlus at 300,000 bales, and shall then have left
abmt 1,T00,000 bales as the total product of the
paA season. They new year begins with an
uArially small stock in the interior, and we
rqm therefore look almost entirely to the new
cHLfor our receipts during the coming twelve
The Devil’s Drama.— The devil is as busy
now as in the days of Sodom and Gomorrah.—
The Black Crook is not content with its centi
pedal attractions and anatomical studies, but it
has even called in tbe aid of new dancers and
shorter dresses to lure votaries to its shrine.—
The result, probably, will be that Gentleman
Wheatley will not only amass an immense for
tune, but will obtain a seat in Congress, on the
same principles that Gentleman Morrissey did.
But there is another Richmond in the field.
Banvard’s Museum, among its curiosities, prom
ises to exhibit handsomer women, with the
smallest possible amount of raiment that the
law will allow. If a third anatomical exhibitor
makes liis appearance he will have to adopt the
South Sea Islands costume, “ cotton in the ears
and a fish bone through the nose,” in order to
beat his predecessors in the development of tbe
naked truth.
These classic and satanic movements are as
tonishing developments of our civilization.—
Nothing like them can be found in any quarter
of the terrestrial globe. Even Sodom and Go
morrah were only paltry provincial villages in
comparison to the American metropolis iu its
investigations of the naked truth. However,
we liave one advice to give to the dancers that
exhibit their pedal attractions to the nightly
audience at these establishments.
They should get their money every night
from the management and enjoy life while it
lasts. Some flue day u shower of fire and brim
stone may interfere with these anatomical
dramas, and New York may be in the same
quaudry as the “ Cities of the Plain.” To be
sure, we are surrounded by water, and the fire
department may attempt to fight the brimstone,
but still it is a dangerous state of things.
f New York Herald.
Church Union in New York.—The Rev. J.
B. Waterbury says that the whole system of
our cosily churches and high pew rents, wall
ing out one class of citizens entirely from
another class, separating the ministry from tbe
masses, necessitates a new economy, and ren
ders imperative a new order of things. The
Gospel must be preached to all. It is Heaven’s
command. If it cannot be done in the churches,
it must be done outside. It is with this view,
adds Mr. W., we have, instituted our tent
services on Fort Greeu. More than a year ago,
early in July the preaching tent was spread. It
is a large canopy open all around, and furnishes
standing room for nearly a thousand persons.
From the first it has been filled with an attem
tivo and interested audience, most of whom
have no home in any of our city sanctuaries.
The Mayor of Brooklyn authorized its erection
in the name of the Young Men’s Association of
Brooklyn. It was to be taken down, and re
moved as soon as the religious services were
terminated. The city clergy of various de
nominations were in turn to officiate, and noth
ing sectarian was to be introduced. Tbo sim
ple Gospel, embracing repentance toward
God, and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, with
the obligations of a holy life, was to be the
theme. These conditions have been scrupu
lously carried out. Every pleasant Sabbath tbe
preaching tent has gone up, and the audienct s,
which have been large, have observed the same
decorous deportment usual in our churches.
| New York Tribune.
A Telegraph to Porto Rico.—The success
ful establishment of the submarine telegraph
between the L T nited States and Cuba has ex
cited much interest in the West indies. The
event will have the effect of eventually connect
ing all the islands by telegraphic lines with
Cuba, the United States and Europe. The peo
ple of Porto Rico have taken up the matter
with considerable enthusiasm, and it is said
that arrangements have already been made to
construct a submarine line of telegraph be
tween San Juan, in that island, and Havana.—
In some of the West India Islands there is con
siderable enterprise. Nothing could be de
vised more certain to enlarge their commerce
and stimulate their interests than the establish
ment of telegraphs, and it is pleasant to ob
serve that there is a disposition to enjoy the
advantage which is uow within reach.
• f Philadelphia Inquirer.
The “ Universal Tie” vs. RorE.—Messrs.
Beall, Spears & Co., of this city, are agents for
this tie, in reference to which the following is
written:
New York, 30th August, 1867.
Mr. Hubert Dillon, Patentee
of the “ Universal Tie," New York :
Dear Silt: We are in receipt of the follow
ing note from you:
“ Messrs. C. C. <Sf If. M. Taber :
“Gentlemen: As a great portion of this
year’s crop of cotton will be bound with iron
instead of rope, will there be any allowance for
cotton bonud with six iron bands which weigh
no more than tbe average weight of rope -say
IJ4 lbs. for 10 feet—the usual length of a baud
for bales weighing foOaoOO lbs. each ?
“Yours respectlally,
“ Robert Dillon.”
Iu reply we would state that for several
years the custom of hooping or banding cotton
with4ron has increased very considerably, and
in eonsoquonoo of tho uf Ltl(* iJOOp
ing and size and weight of the bands, had led,
at times, to objection on tiic part of the con
sumers as well as exporters, as in most cases
tlie weight of hoops has exceeded the weight
of the rones which heretoiore held the bales,
and in consequence nu allowance has been
claimed and allowed.
We have carefully examined (he small sample
bale you sent us, both as regards the weight of
the bands and the lasteuings, and do not hesi
tate to say that it is superior to anything we
have seen to protect the bales and keep them
iu place, and as you state (and we believe) that
the weight of the hoops is no greater than the
weights of the old-fashioned ropes, we should
incline to th-a opinion that the trade would not
require allowances to be made, for while the
cousumer would be a loser in a very slight
degree by the difference of tbe re-sale of ropes
against the re-sale of the iron bands, yet the
condition or order of tne cotton must be, by
the use of your iron hoops, so much superior
to the old process as well as uniform iu size,
besides being so much better protected against
fire, that it is manifestly a great improvement
upon the old system of baling cotton, and in
our opinion must be universally adopted.
Respectfully, yours,
C. C. & H, M. Taber.
New York, 3d September, 1867.
In our opinion, if the bales of cotton have
six iron bands weighing not over lbs. each
(the weight of your “ Universal Tie,”) there
would be no objection to the iron bands on the
part of spinners or shippers, nor any allow
ance required.
Easton «fe Co., Cotton Brokers.
Walter T. Miller, Cotton Broker.
J. T. Adams & Co., Cotton Brokers.
Green Brothers, Cotton Brokers.
Daniel W. Walcott, Cotton Broker.
Jas. P. Thomas & Sons, Cotton Brokers.
S. Munn, Son & Co., Cotton Brokers.
A Split Among the Radicals.—lt is cur
rently reported, says tbe Rome Courier , ol the
24tb, that the Radicals of Georgia had a big
quarrel in Atlanta, last week, over the division
of the spoils. It is said that Markam and Far
row were iu favor of putting about oue-third
negroes on all the tickets, Congressional, State,
and for delegates to the State Convention ; but
ex-Governor Joseph E. Brown strenuously and
fixedly opposed this course, and so they split.
Well, “When rogues fall out,” etc.
The Atlanta Intelligencer, of yesterday, no
tices the presence in that city of tbe“Federa
Postmaster ” of Augusta.
The Early Years of His Royal Highness the
Prince Consort, compiled under the direc
tion ot Her Majesty the* Queen, by Lieutenant
General, the lion. C. Grey. New York : Har
per & Brothers. P. Quinn, Augusta.
Writing of this memoir, otic of Her Majesty’s
most devoted friends, Prof. Sedgwick, the Sec
retary to the Prince as Chancellor of the Uni
versity of Cambridge, says : “ Where every
thing is so pure, so lovely and true, why should
not our honored and beloved Queen lay open
the innermost recess of her heart, and thereby
fix forever the loyal sympathy of all who have
faith in what is good, and hold true Christian
allegiance to their God and to their country ?”
The ladies will read with interest this tribute
of the good Queen to the memory of her hus
band.
Jewish New Year.— Tho ceremonies and
observances of the Jewish New Year will com
mence on the evening of the 30th inst. and con
tinue until the evening of the first of October,
which will be on Monday and Tuesday. These
two days he strictly observed by our
IsraelitisU fellow-citizens, and their numerous
places of business will be closed during those
days. The ceremonies are interesting and im
pressive, and will be lully observed in this city.
The 9th of October will also be observed by
them as the Day of Atonement, when all busi
ness will be suspended by them and a fast ob
served.
The Rev. Thomas Rambaut, D. D., formerly
of Cassville, Bartow county, has been elected
to and accepted the Presidency of William
Jewell College, of Missouri, a State institution.
Death still holds high carnival in our com
munity, Bays the Sandersville Georgian. Mr.
Robert Massey died at his residence in the vil
lage on Sunday lost.
BY TELEGRAPH.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES.
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From
W ashington, September 25.
It is said Stevens has dropsy of the chest.
Dispatches from Nashville to the President
aud Gen. Grant, state the city authorities intend
holding the city elections under the charter, in
defiance of Brownlow. The State authorities
are equally determined to hold the elections
under the new lranchise law. Geu. Thomas has
been ordered to Nashville with instructions to
maintain order, but otherwise not to interfere
Secretary Seward writes the United States
Consul at Toronto, to-day, returning Dr. Luke
Blackburn’s oath of allegiance. The letter
concludes : “ The President’s proclamation of
fers no immunity in this case.
It is understood the State Department is by
no means despondent of a lair settlement of
the Alabama claims, though delayed by the
death of Sir Frederick Bruce.
Revenue receipts to-day, $395,000.
Hancock had an interview with both the Pre
sident and Grant to-day.
Depredations attributed to the “ Crows ”
were perpetrated by the “ Arapahocs.”
Sheridan left to-day for Philadelphia.
Bets are made here sis to four thousand on
Pennsylvania going Democratic.
From Richmond.
Richmond, September 25.
The ex-Offlcers, Sailors and Soldiers’ Con
vention met to-day. One hundred delegates
are preseut, representing all sections of the
State. Gen. H. H. Wells, of Alexandria, is
President.
The convention adopted a set of resolutions
pledging itself to the support of the recon
struction acts and to carry out the other points
telegraphed last night.
A motion to endorse the Radical platform
adopted by the State convention of April, was
seconded by the only colored delegate preseut,
but was laid on the table.
Resolution urging the repeal of the usury
law of the State was adopted.
The convention adjourned sine die.
Three ex-general officers were among the
delegates.
The following letter will be published in the
Whig to-morrow :
Headquarters First Military District, 1
State of Virginia, >
Richmond, Va., September 24th, 1867. )
To Mr. Jos. McDonald, Richmond, Va. :
Sir : I have received your communication of
this date, asking my decision of the question
whether'delegates will be required to lake the
oath prescribed by act of Congress ior officers
of the United States, and by section 9 of the
act of July 19th, for “ all persons hereafter
elected or appointed to office in said military
district, under any so-called State or municipal
authority or by detail or appointment of the
district commander.”
In reply, I have no hesitation in saying that
delegates to the State convention cannot be re
quired to take the oatli referred to. Section 9
of the act of July 19th refers to officers elected
under authority of the so-called or “ provision
al ” State governments. This cannot be con
strued to include delegates to a State conven
tion, elected under authority of the. Congress
of the United States. No oath whatever
has been prescribed by law for delegates
to the State convention, and there is uo author
ity but Congress competent to prescribe such
oath. The only restriction imposed upon the
registered voters in the selection of these dele
gates to the convention, is that contained in the
fifth section of the act of March 2d, viz: “No
person excluded from the privilege of holding
office by said proposed amendment to the Con
stitution of the United States, shall be eligible
to election as a member of a convention lo
frame a constitution for any of said rebel
States.”
_ Yours, very respectfully,
J. M. Scotibld, Bvt. M:ij. Gen., U. S. A.
s
Cable Summary.
Washington, September 25.
It is rumored Kelly and DeEasy escaped
from Liverpool in a steamer.
A special commission tries the Manchester
rioters.
8 In a collision at Limerick between the people
i and soldiers seven of the former were bayonet
r ed ; one is dead. The conduct of the soldiers
i is condemned.
V The Roman Government is concentrating
l troops in Italy and removing troops to the
frontier. There have been many arrests iu
Rome.
Troops have left France for Rome.
I A Florence dispatch says: Garibaldi was ar
i rested by the Italian forces when crossing the
I frontier.
Bismarck declared in the North German Par
, iiament if the German nation would unite there
. is no power strong enough to prevent the
5 union?
t Reviere hag resigned the Presidency of the
, Credit Mobilier.
i A special Floreuee dispatch says Garabaldi is
confined in the Fortress Allessandria. His Ita
> lian companions arc prisoners and his muni
f lions have been seized. There is intense ex
. citemcnt.
| Toulon, September 25.
t Transports and war vessels are ready to as
. sist the Pope if necessary.
I ,r-
From ICey "West.
. Key West, September 25.
; O’Laughlen, one of the conspirators, is dead
of the fever. The conspirators have been very
attentive to the sick.
I ■ 1 ■“ -
\ From New Orleans.
New Okleans, September 25.
The deaths from yellow fever to-day are six
ty-eight.
Marine News.
! Boston, September 25.
The steamer Upton, hence for Charleston,
put into New London with machinery disabled.
She will be detained two days.
New York, September 25.
The steamer Manhattan arrived with the
Georgia in tow.
Savannah, September 25.
Arrived—Steamer San Salvador and schooner
Jane Nicholson, New York.
Sailed—Steamers Leo and Charles W. Lord,
■ New York ; schooner Trade Winds, Dobuy
Island.
Charleston, September 25.
Arrived—Schooner David Faust, New York ;
schooner D. Talbert, Lockport: brig Cyclone,
Boston.
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
London, September 25—Noon.
Consols, 94 7-10. Bonds, 73.
London, September 25—2, P. M.
Market unchanged.
London, September 25—Evening.
Consols, 94 7-16. Fives, 73.
Liverpool, September 25—Noon.
Cotton dull and unchanged; sales, 10,OIK)
bales. Breadstutfs quiet.
Liverpool, September 25—2, P. M.
Market unchanged.
Liverpool, September 25—Evening.
Cotton Is dull; middling uplands, 9% ; fir
leans, 9% ; sales, 10,000 bales.
Frankfort, September 25.
U. S. Bonds closed at 76%.
New York, September 25—Noon.
Stocks active and improving. Money, 7.
Sterhng. 9%@10%. Gold, 143%. ’62 coupons,
New York, September 25— P. M.
Stocks strong and improving. Money, 7.
Gold, 143%. ’O2 coupons, 114@114>g. Vir
ginia State Sixes, 46@48.
New York, September 25—Noon.
Flour—common 10c. lower. Wheat shade
firmer. Corn lc. belter. Rye steady. Oats
firmer. Mess Pork, *24 10. Lard and Whisky
quiet. Cotton dull at 24c. Freights quiet.— '
Turpentine, 58@58%. Kosin quiet.
New York, September 25—P. M.
Cotton has declined lc.; sales of 1,800 bales
at 23. Flour-State, *7 75@10 50 ; Southern,
$9 80@13 75. Wheat quiet. Corn—Western
mixed, 11 30@t 33. Pork heavy at 124 67
Freights firm.
Baltimore, September 25.
Cotton is very flat ; uplands, 23%. Flour
quiet. Wheat heavy ; prime red, $1 45@1 60 :
white, *1 26@1 30; yellow, $1 32. Oats)
65@79. Rye better at 40@45. Provisions firm.
Cincinnati, September 25.
Flour firm and quiet. Corn steady at *1 08.
Whisky dull. Provisions quiet and less firm.
Mess Pork, *23 75. Lard, 13%.
Wilmington, September 25.
Spirits Turpentine quiet at 54. Rosin steady
at 93 25@7.
Mobile, September 25.
Cotton—Sales 200 bales ; middling, ; re
ceipts, 220 bales.
New Orleans, September 25.
Cotton-Sales, 250 bales ; low middling, 21 ;
receipts, 415 bales. Tobacco —stock on band
light; firm and unchanged. Sugar —only retail
Kof' nesß l^° ln S- Cuba Molasses quoted at
s~>x. Flour market bare of superfine and
lower grades ; extra tending upward ; super
line, 99 75 ; treble extra, 911 75. Corn scarce;
advanced sc. and lending upward ; mixed,
£4 40, Oats scarce and firm at
78@80. Pork quiet and firm at 926 75. Lard
firm ; tierces,
Whisky—Louisiana aud Western, 35@40 in
bond. Gold, 144%. Sterling, 56@58>£. New
York sight, % premium.
Charleston, September 25.
Cotton more active but easier ; sales, 150
bales ; middlings, 2l}£ ; receipts, 147 bales.
Savannah, September 25.
Cotton opened quiet and steady, but closed
flat and declining ; middling, nominally 20M@
"1! sales, 56 bales; receipts, 561 bales.
Augusta Market.
Ofkiob Daily Oo»a TlxnT | ONA , jIgT .
Wkdnksday. September 26—1* m t
FINANCIAL- '
GOLD-Brokers buying at 1420144 and selling at
146.
SlLVEß—Buying at 132 and selling at 135.
COTTON.—The market continues dull and un
settled. There was but little demand to day, and
, altogether for fine cotton, grades of middling and be
low being neglected. Moat of the cotton coming in
now is of low grades, being ginned damp, and conse
quently difficult to sell. If planters would take more
care in putting up their cotton it would command bet
ter prices when put on the market. Hales to-day
amounted to 161 bales, as follows: 7at 18, 6at 181 f, 9
at 18X, oat 19, 7at 19V, 25 at 19V, and 101 at 20.
Receiptß, 183 bales.
WHEAT—Red, $2 00@2 20; white, $2 2002 40.
CORN—Prime white, $1 5001 55; yellow and
mixed, $1 35@1 40.
BACON—Shoulders, 16 >£@l7; B. B. sides, 18V;
: C. R. sides, 19V ; O. sidf-s, 20@20V cents.
Riyek News.—No arrivals or departures. River
4 feet at the bridge.
—
Military Arrest.—We are informed that
Captain De la Mesa, with a file ot men, arrest
ed, on Saturday last, Mr. Yancey White, living
1 in the vicinity of Thomas’ Mills, in this eQunty
i charged with the crime of murder. We are
told that the negro woman who disappeared
s from the neighborhood, and who lie is charged
| with having murdered, is alive in Alabama, and
is “ as well as could be expected under the cir
’ cumstances.”
I Mr. White is now under arrest at this place,
J and we presume the ease will undergo legal in
vestigation in a few days.—Rome Courier.
i ,—, g,
) Imported Labor.—Thoplanters of Lowndes
j county have perfected arrangements for the im
portation of five hundred German and Scotch
limners in time for the coming crop.
(Macon Telegraph.
i 1 ' "
r A little boy in Portland told his father he was
; a 1001. On being reprimanded by his mother
- and required to say he was sorry, he ran to the
i insulted parent and exclaimed, “ Papa, I’m
• sorry you’s a fool.”
j What Can Be Done.—General Canby’s or
) tier that no one shall he a juror in his district
; who has not paid his taxes for the current year
- will make the number of negro jurors small
i indeed.
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1 lIsrSTJR^ISrOE.
FlltE, MARINE, INLAND, LIFE
AND
, Accidental Insurance.
r
MANHATTAN INSURANCE CO., New York,
! Incorporated 1821.
‘ HOWARD INSURANCE CO., New York,
Incorporated 1825,
, FIREMAN’S INSURANCE CO., New York,
Incorporated 1825.
, STANDARD INSURANCE CO., New York.
MERCANTILE INSURANCE CO., New York.
COMMERCE INSURANCE CO., New York.
ASTOR INSURANCE CO., New York.
LAMAR INSURANCE CO., New York.
COMMERCIAL INSURANCE CO., New York.
; PHCENIX INSURANCE CO., Hartford, Conn.
U. S. LIFE INSURANCE CO., New York.
NATIONAL TRAVELER’S INSURANCE CO.
New York.
TRAVELER’S ACCIDENTAL INS. CO.,
Hartford, Conn.
The above are all first class Companies, with ample
means to meet losses, and which will be equitably
and promptly paid. The public arc respectfully in
vited to call at my office and examine the Assets of
these Companies. The patronage of the public is re
spectfully solicited.
$75,000
Taken on Cotton in a good steamer or sailing vessel
from Savannah or Charleston to New York, aud other
Northern ports, and SIOO,OOO to Liverpool
, other European ports.
WM. SHEAR, Agent,
seplo-3mif No. 199 Broad st.
A Rare Opportunity
FOR MERCHANTS AND OTHERS.
A. SPLENDID chance to purchase a large and
commodious BUILDING T.QT, situated In the thriv
ing town of Branchviile, and one of the beet markets
in the State for the traffic of Cotton and Produce of
all kinds, and directly adjoining the Branchviile Hotel,
which is located in the junction of the Augusta,
Charleston, Columbia and contemplated Road from
Brnnchvillc to Millen, Ga.
Also, in connection with the above,a good and lucra
tive BUSINESS and STAND, if desired.
This property lias always been sought after but
never offered.
For particulars apply to
POHL & MYERS,
50p2512 Branchviile. S. C.
BEARD’S IRON TIE
AND
BRINLY’S PLOW
-iA.RE UNSURPASSED by any thing of the
kind ever offered to the planter. Use these PLOWS
ireely, plow deep and you will find use for a large
number of the TIES, Apply to
JAS. BTOONER fit CO.,
jmg2B-t( 308 Broad street.
James T. Johnson,
or ELBERT COUNTY, GA.,
COTTON FACTOR
AND
COJIMISSIOX MERCHANT,
JACKSON ST., AUGUSTA, GA.
Having secured STORAGE for COTTON in
a FIRE-PROOF WAREHOUSE, on Jackson street,
I will be pleased to receive Consignments of COT
TON, and will endeavor to give satisfaction in the
disposition of the same. • aug29-d3m
BOARDING.
EINIGE HERRKN KOKNNEN gate dcutshe
board erhalten bei
Mrs. A. BOHNE,
sepl6-12 328 Broad street.
LIME, LIME, LIME I
300 Bbls. fresh Thoraaston LIME for sale
by M. HYAMS & CO.,
178 Broad street,
sep2s-3 Opposite Augusta Hotel.
Shoulders and Breakfast Bacon.
io Hilda. Baltimore Cured SHOULDERS
IO Bbls. New York City Cured BREAKFAST
BACON
5 Tierces New York City Cured HAMS
Just received and for sale at lowest market rates by
IM. HYAMS A CO.,
178 Broad street,
sep2s-3 Opposite Augusta Hotel,