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About Tri-weekly constitutionalist. (Augusta, Ga.) 18??-1877 | View Entire Issue (June 13, 1869)
CONSTITUTIONALIST. AUdUSTA. OrA. SATURDAY MOBNING, JUNE 12, 1869 WILL GEORGIA BE REMANDED ? One question that troubles the hearts of the people of Georgia, is—Will the State be remanded ? Let us consider this matter. That the wretches who have so long and so persistently annoyed the Southern States are exceedingly incensed with Georgia is the first fact we have to face. By her size, her wealth, her historical repute, and that invincible hatred to oppression which so peculiarly distinguishes her people, this State has assumed a prominence which puts what she may do as almost the repre sentative act of the whole South. Now, Georgia, thus taken to represent the South, has given the Radical party a slap in the face. They looked for abasement, bated breath, a bowing of knees and bending of the neck, but in the place thereof, the State raised herself up, let her sentiments be known, and like a flash those estimable colored Solous and Solomons who were to have legislated for her were wrested from the reconstructed General Assembly and sent, after the manner of Autemas Waed’s pea-green ox, back to agricultural pursuits. Whereas they were to have held high de bate on codes and statutes, they are now handling the plow-line and the hoe, pretty much as it was meant from the beginning of time they should do, and who is the worse for it to-day ? There was a terrible out-cry among the loil at this horrid “ out rage,” and nolittle shaking of knees among some of the weaker brethren in our own midst, biri, the out-cry and the shaking, to the contrary notwithstanding, we still live and there is life in the old land yet. In this state of affairs, we find an answer to the current query—Will Georgia be re manded ? To be remanded means to be put under military, scalawag, carnet-bag and negro rule, to have bogus conventions meet in her cities, to have buncombe constitu tions imposed upon her, to be delivered up, in one word, to Satan and his works. All this has been done. The State has gone through it all, and, in spite of it all, has risen superior to every obstacle, and stands as virtually a white man’s State to-day. Now what has been done, am be done, and if Georgia be remanded, why, she will come out from under the remand, and that is all there is about it. She may be “ fixed,” but she won’t stay fixed, and no doubt it has entered the noddles of those creatures who sit in high place in Washington that it is hardly worth while to put the cork under neath the water, when it is just as certain to rise as you put it down. Just now, the Radical party is not in a. very promising condition in the North, and will hesitate before it shoulders a fresh load. Its monetary corruptions and mis management have provoked many who could not, in the beginning, have been moved by any oppression of the South, and yet these very people, when provoked by money grievances, would be apt, after the fashion of human nature, to add any blun der on the Southern question to the weight of their original cause of quarrel. It is one thing to resort to harsh means on a plea to get a State into the Union, and quite another to use violence to put that same State out. In the oue case, the thing could be cloaked up so that the Northern people would not know the real*-nature 6f the transaction, or, if they did know, would ■ not care, holding that, as the end, after all, was to restore the Union, it did not matter what were the means employed. But when it comes to turning a State out, and up setting all that has been done, and begin ning, de novo, the exasperating force of the past two years, we fancy that the Radical leaders will weigh well the probable ill consequences to themselves of such a stu pid step. And then, above all, comes this question —What can these fellows do? Military government ? But military government is too expensive. Scalawag supremacy ? But we have had scalawag supremacy, and where is it now*? What can they do? They have done their worst. Georgia has, by the fortitude, the good sense, the unanimity of her people, brought that work to naught, and if -it be tried over again, will again meet and nullify the schemes of the tyrant and the knave. Grant and Sumner. —lt is said that a bitter rivalry is springing up between Grant and Sumner caused by their aspira tions for the Presidency of ,1873. The Washington correspondent of the Balti more Gazette says: “Both are now seeking with all the power at command to outdo the other in vexations aud oppressions upon the un offending white people of the South. Butler, whatever his real feelings may be in regard to Grant, may safely be trusted as hating with an intensity peculiarly his own the rhetorical Senator from Massachusetts.— Hence he has become the leading spirit of the Administration, and now directs, if he does not actually pen, the politico-judicial * opinions ’of the Attorney General. The future of the South, placed as it will be, between these upper and nether millstones, may be conceived.” Our future, if placed between these mill stones, will be bad of a verity; but what of the future of the North with Butler for boss and infinite portable property to steal ? Significant.—The Herald says: “ One of the most, violent Radicals declared, the other day, that if a Presidential election were to occur to-day the bitterest Copper head would be elected over any man the Republicans might nominate. He was not a disappointed office-seeker. Verily, Radi calism is beginning to take a curious shape all over the country. The North is gouty and growling; the West is grumbling and mumbling; the South is ‘ sassyand a general of ‘ bubble, bubble, toil and trouble’ in the political cauldron seems pending all over the country.” A Nice Place.— The Northern papers are horrified at the condition of Washing ton, now completely in the power of Radi cals and negroes. The New York Express says: “If this negro worshipping madness be not soon cured, more terror and trouble will eventually grow out of it than we have ever yet experienced. The late ‘ unpleas antness ’ will be as nothing in comparison.” Well, you see what is coming from Grand Armies of the Republic and kindred cabals. Why don’t the “ War Democrats ” prepare against them ? Frying Pan and Fire.— -When Judge Cole told Grant that the appointment of Turner to the Macon Post Office would “ drive all decent Republicans from Ma con,” Grant yielded and Turner was sent to pot. Suppose Turner should get up a delegation and assure the President that his rejection will drive all the negroes from the Radical party. Judge Cole’s little squad would be nowhere. • On!—A woman has been found.guilty of murder in the first degree in Massachusetts. The New York Tribune says: “Hang her? certainly not. The moral feeling of the Commonwealth would not bear it.” And yet the “ moral feeling ” of Massa chusetts compelled the hanging of Mrs. Surratt, an innocent and unoll'ending lady. We do not wish to see anv woman hung, even a Massachusetts woman, but no poor wretch need seek for mercy from the “moral feeling” of the Puritan. Then and Now.—Registration in Rich niond, Va-, last year, showed 6,600 male negroes subject to assessment for poll tax. The assessor goes round, this year, and can find but half that number. The Whig sus pects that a great many are dead, and sar castically opines that quite as many never existed at all. Dosing Rebels. —A Major General of Volunteers in the Federal Army has had to leave the Mobile Post .Office, yielding to a miserable scalawag. That’s what Grant calls “dosing rebels.” Well, dose away, Mr. President. Our New York Correspondence. New' York, June 7. Within the past week wc have had in session in this city the Graud Lodge of the Free Masons of the State of New York. This “ ancient and honorable ” body seems to represent a large number of our fellow citizens, and yet it can hardly be said to be in a prosperous condition. Whether this fact arises from Freemasonry being a little behind the times, or whether it is caused by departure from the rigid rules of ancient Masonry, cannot, of course, be accurately determined to the satisfaction of all. Cer tain it is, however, that many novelties' have been introduced into the “ working ” of the order, and the old formulas would be scarcely recognized. Not the least of the innovations is the fact that the proceed ings of the Grand Lodge are officially re ported and published in the daily papers. Then the “Women’s Rights” hobby has found place in the order. A sort of “ side show ” has been gotten up, to which wo men are introduced, and they are some times admitted to the Lodges. The pitiful passion for notoriety seems to have invaded Masonry as well as other principal social organizations, with the usual result of de moralization and degeneration. Some com ment has been occasioned by the choice of Dr. Ewer, a noted Episcopal Ritualist, as one of the Chaplains of the Grand Lodge. His sermon, entitled “ Protestantism a Failure,” will hardly have been forgotten. The sale of the franchise for a street rail way in Twenty-third street, “ turns over a new leaf” in this business. Heretofore, the privilege of constructing street railways lias been awarded to those who paid the most to individual members of the State Legislature. The tax payers have felt only outrage and encroachment. The franchise for the Twenty-third street road sold for $150,000; and, large as this sum is, there.!s no doubt it was obtained as cheaply per mile, by its proportions, as any other road in the city. There is no doubt that the franchise of the Third avenue road would sell for two millions of dollars. If the city enjoyed its just and proper returns from its street railways, they would pay the in terest on its debt and provide a sinking fund for its liquidation. But all has gone to the insatiable maw of the lobby. The change in the case of the Twenty-third street road is due to one of those vigorous veto messages, to which Governor Hoffman was in the habit of treating the late Radi cal Legislature of this State, and let us hope that it marks the beginning of a sounder policy in the disposal of valuable public franchises. We have the commencement of the usual Summer liegira to Europe. It is mainly composed of shoddy Yankee-Doodledom running away from himself, but embraces, of course,, many people of culture, seeking relaxation, and- opportunities for improve ment, which the disgusting mixture of society in New York cannot afford. It lias become the “ fabhion," however, make the tour'of Europe, and a mere flying trip will serve, where purse and time, or both, will not permit the more extended tour. Let us 'hope that in time it will be come the fashion for people to visit and learn something of the different parts of their own country. The European tour ists deserve, however, a word of apology. Who ever has experienced the discomforts and extortion of a Yankee Summer resort, may well be pardoned if he do not care to repeat it. Vulgar and assuming landlords, ill-trained and theiving waiters, uncomfor table hotels, and shabby furniture, and par venue display, have well nigh rendered them intolerable. An extraordinary turn has been given to the markets for cotton and cotton goods, by the singular fact that the consumption of cotton in the United States has outrun all estimates. There is a speculation in cotton goods, because they are not bring ing what they cost, and there is specula tion in the raw material—cotton —because the supply is not equal to the demand. The large purchases by spinners gave prices an upward turn, when Liverpool and Man chester had got things fixed to put them down (and would certainly enjoyed tem porary success but for the advance in gold). Our advance in the face of the cessation of exports, forced Liverpool up, and thus the two markets reacted upon each other un til a marked advance is established. The contest is likely to be, which of the spin ners shall lie compelled to first reduce pro duction. The stock of cotton in the ports is reduced to 140,000 bales, and we have nearly four months to elapse before sup plies can lie materially increased. At cur rent rate of consumption, in this country, our spinners will need 300,000 bales in that time; Europe will take some at any price, and where are supplies to come from? The bulls in gold seem to have retired temporarily from the contest with Mr. Boutwell; they await the time, which is rapidly approaching, when bonds will no longer be available to pay our debts abroad, and when in default of domestic products, gold must be shipped. Mr. Boutwell is doing very well—for his opponents—let him go on. He will soon sec where he is drifting. He will develop a strong and concentrated public opinion in opposition to his schemes, and the effect will be health ful. Black silk suits at this season are exten sively worn by ladies of all ages, married aud single, being always appropriate and convenient, and later, the prevailing par tiality for black will become apparent; also in the black grenadine and Chanberry gatizes, which will be greatly in favor. As to the length of the tunic aud over skirt in suits, this is regulated by the good taste of the wearer, and should be different ly arranged in order to suit different fig ures. Ladies having a tendency to en bon point should wear the over dress quite long, without much puffing or trimming, and only somewhat looped on the lower skirt. Those, on the other hand, of slender figure, wear the upper skirt short and puffed in an intricate manner. An easy costume for warm weather will be a short dress with a round skirt, and a peplum in panier puffs attached to a belt, which may or may not be worn at pleas ure, and this will be suitable for street wear without the addition of a mantle. There are some suits of Spanish linen, pret tily trimmed, with bias band of the same, and having a coral braid upon the edge, which has the appearance of a cord. Some stylish suits are rendered complete by the addition of a short jacket, which does not extend more than an inch or two below the belt, the edge resting on the sash looped beneath. These are made either with or without sleeves, With a broad sail or collar, the front buttoned, and straight at the button, or, in some cases, they are trimmed down the centre of the back, and have a mantilla which is worn beneath a belt. Another style is made with revers at the neck aud waist in front, and fasten ed by a single button ; revers in the back also, which discloses the upper loops of a sash. These are very fashionable, are made of all materials, and are extremely becoming to slender figures. Bonnets of black lace are in great favor, and possess this advantage, that they may be worn with dresses of almost any color, and present a very pretty appearance when chastely trimmed. For evening wear, and for those who do not admire black lace bonnets, white crape and tulle are much worn, and of these some very beautiful ones are seen. An exceed ingly tasteful one is of a delicate shade of rose colored tulle, made with a full, high puff in front, above which is a coronal of beetle’s wings, of emerald green, and a spray of leaves trailing over the chignon at the back. Another lias a ruche of black lace in front, in the form of a diadem, %dth a small tuft of white Marabout feathers in the centre. A cluster of shaded white and* rose colored flowers, with sprays of green leaves is at tiie side, and a trailing vine falls over the chignon. Green crape and tulle is also quite fash ionable, and is very pretty when worn by those whose complexions are sufficiently delicate. In round hats, the most novel is the Leghorn, with a yery wide brim, for seaside wear, and as the real Leghorn costs from SSQ to SBO, an imitation is brought out which is both pretty and serviceable. Anew and elegant shape, also, is the Ver sailles, the crown of which is sloping, roll ing at the sides, and turned up en revere above the chignon. Some very pretty ones are sewed in chip, aud so light that although trimmed with feathers and velvet, its weight is scarce perceptible. Silk beaver riding hats have half high crowns to suit the chig non which is worn so high, the brim is somewhat pointed, a lace rosette is worn in front, and a band and barbe complete the trimming. Inside a quilted band is arranged in order to soften the stiff edges, and in ad dition to the elastic which passes under the chignon, small loops of elastic are fastened by hair pins to the top of the chignon.— Mask veils are worn with these hats. Imi tation jewelry is more worn than ever, and in this the most perfect imitations are brought out of the Chinese enamel, in which birds, dragons and scorpions are portrayed in bright colors, on pale grounds of a dif ferent color. Among the proprietors of the hotels, and the hotel waiters, there has been consider able excitement owing to a strike which took place among the latter some days ago. Those employed at the Astor House, Fifth Avenue, St. Nicholas, Clarendon 1 and the New York Hotel were foremost in the movement, aud having previously entered a demand for an increase of five dollars a month upon the wages paid them, and their demand not having been complied with, they marched off with oue accord, choos ing the hour of dinner, when the guests wore seated at the table, for their stampede. The proprietors, as may be imagined, stood aghast, and the confusion for the time was great. Chambermaids, porters and office clerks, however, being pressed into the service, the dinner was finally served, though in scrambling fashion, nor was or der restored until after the laps of several days, during which it was a question as to which side would gain the victory. The proprietors-have though come oil' the best, and the strikers are, for the „ most part, in dismal plight, as they are unemployed, and likely to remain so. Strikes, in depart ments of skilled labor, have frequently proved successful, but the late attempt on the part of the waiters has proved that they have in this respect a manifest disad vantage, inasmuch as their places can with far more readiness be supplied by the uninitiated, who, with tolerable capacity, can easily learn what is required of them. The rate of wages paid in this city to a waiter is thirty dollars a month and board, this being more than is paid to the same class in Boston and Philadelphia, and it was from among the waiters there that the proprietors here drew a large number of recruits to, fill their ranks diminished by the rebellion .of their forces. One fact, tod, which gave them great advantage and oue which the waiters should duly have con sidered, was the advancement of the season, which renders the city hotels somewhat empty, and becoming more so every day.— Meanwhile the colored waiters have’ re mained inacl ive, and have taken no part in the contest iij which their white brethren have been engaged. The latest improvement introduced by the Commissioners of Central Park is a carriage service, which will give visitors, for the small sum of 25 cents, a ride over all the drivps of that popular resort. Each carrage will seat comfortably twelve pas sengers, and a greater number will not be allowed. The drivers are dressed in uni form and wear badges, so that families and parties can enjoy rides in perfect security, and everything will be done to render this new improvement agreeable and available to all. . Willoughby. Covington--The Masonic Female College. Covington, Ga., June 11th, 1869. Editors Constitutionalist: “ A pretty place for a town,” is a remark often made, and frequently its applicability cannot be reasonably called in question when used in reference to some town we know of. l’liey have the place, but not the houses and the et ceteras that fill out the bill. But the town from which we write, (the word “ town ” is used when probably it should be city) is not only a pretty place for one, but is one in fact. For genuine hospitality and sociableness, for fine educa tional facilities, for accessibility, the moral aud religious influence oi its population, and the salubrity of climate, we could al most, of a truth, write “ Excelsior.” Do not understand me as attempting to convey the impression or to fasten the idea upon the mind of the reader, that this is the only town in the State that has clever people, good schools, good morals, aud a healthy climate; but the impression we would make is that no place surpasses, in the above mentioned particulars, the town from which we are now writing. An individual unacquainted with the people might call its buildings antiquated and uncoolh in appearance, and might un graciously judge the character and habits of its citizens, but a little experience as a tem porary sojourner, or permanent resident and reflection, mingled with association, would certainly remove such false conclusions. The happy and contented faces to be seen in our residences, in which will also be found all that makes home comfortable and life cheerful, and sharing the genuine hos pitality which is such a prominent charac teristic of our people (with some exceptis exeipiendis), and familiarizing themselves with the many conveniences and advan tages incident to a country town afforded a resident here, is sufficient in itself to fas cinate any one, and to convince them that it is good to dwell here. The Masonic Female College, under the protection and patronage of the Grand Lodge of the State, with a strong local sup- and influence, and presided over by that Christian gentleman and accomplish ed scholar, Gustavus J. Orr, is located here. The college building is certainly one of the most magnificent edifices of the kind in the South. Large and commodious, handsome ly aud conveniently arranged for the diffre ent departments of instruction, with a fair supply of instruments and apparatus to facilitate the communication of the knowledge of the .sciences taught in female institutions, and with an able corps of pro fessors to assist the President, it lias no superior; indeed, its equal is seldom found. We rejoice to say that the college is in a highly flourishing condition, with a larger attendance of pupils now than any time since the war, and the next term will open with an increased number. The present term closes on the 23d of this month, which is Commencement Day proper* and on that occasion, fifteen young ladies will read compsitions and receive diplomas as gradu ates. This is said to be one of the best class of graduates ever turned out by the college. While yonr correspondent cannot speak truthfully on that point, as he has not the honor of an acquaintance with all of the class, yet he would remark that for beauty and good behavior, the class has never been excelled. The Commencement exercises, soon to come off, will be of more than ordinary in terest. Besides the interesting exhibition by those immediately connected with the institution, Rev. E. A. Steed, an able di vine, and well known to many of your readers, will preach the Commencement Sermon on the Sabbath before the 23d. Rev. A. G. Haygood will address the two societies (Butler and Orr). Those who have heard him, speak in the most favora ble terms of his ability to make a literary address. Yonr correspondent has seen and heard him in the harness of the Lord, and will bear testimony to the fact that the devil has no enemy more implacable and unremitting, neither has Christ a more de vout follower. Hon. B. H. Hill has been selected, and has consented to make the Annual Address. To speak of his intellect as lieing commen surate for the occasion and the task, would be simply a work of superogation. IBs fame as an orator extends throughout the •length and breadth of the land, and the many little “ Ben Hill ” to jjfi. found in some sections, furnish indubitable evidence of his appreciation by the people.- More anon. Philander. Letter from Warrenton. CIVIL LAW RESTORED. Warrenton, June 10. Editors Constitutionalist: Everything is quiet and calm, as in days .of yore. The military received instruc tions to-day to respect the civil law and the injunction against Norris. H. P. Farrow arrived to-day from At lanta, and examined the records and bond pertaining to the appointment of Mr. Raley as sheriff of Warren county, and is con vinced that Mr. R. is the legal sheriff. This throws Norris in rather a bad tlx, as he is now liable to prosecution for false impris onment, and at the mercy of the men he has so highly wronged, but as there ap pears to be a disposition to let him depart in peace, on. the part of a majority ol' our citizens—thus heaping coals of fire on his villainous head—l do not think there will be any action taken against him by the parties alluded to, provided he “ refugees ” again. Farrow, accompanied by the military, leayes for the Adkins’ neighborhood in the morning to investigate the killing of Jo Adkins. The military is to assist the civil authorities, if necessary, consequently their trip is an unnecessary expense and trouble: Mr. Raley, our sheriff, has tendered his services to those who have the investiga tion in charge, proposing to make any ar rest desired without the military escort. All he asks is-a legal warrant. Norris lias not deHknl the charge made against him in the Clipper this morning, concerning the assassinatiqn of Capt. Charles Wallace, and which I am informed, can be proven in a court of justice, whenever necessary- For the'present favorable condition of affairs (the supremacy of civil lavv), War ren county is indebted to tlic indefatigable energy and perseverance of Cel. E. H. Pottle and Judge R. W. Hubert. Yours, (L P. B.— Friday Morning —Farrow and the squad of soldiers alluded to, went down this morning to the Adkins’ neighborhood. G. [For the Const tutioaalist. PEN AND INK SKETCHES. PERSONAL AND POLITICAL OF THE NEW \ ORK PRESS. PAINTED IN FACE AND FEATURE, WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOR, BY COL. LEON LAFITTE. “ Behold ! in various throngs the scribbling crew, For notice eager, pass in long review.-’ As the great metropolis of the Western world increases in power and prosperity, in the same ratio does the New York Press advance in influence and fasten its hold upon the public mind. Progressive with the commercial and the material interests of the city, it partakes as well of the commercial wants of the coun try, and throughout the land wicSds an'iu fluence that, in a great mcasure.govems the opinions of the American peope. The highest intellectual culture and lit erary ability are, therefore, attributed to the New York Press,.and this mistaken be lief governs two-thirds of the journalistic community of the United States, i Nearly every reader of the Nf w York daily ami weekly papers is in IlicdmMt of associating with them the mist:f<cn idea that they are exalted standards ./ literary attainments, and are thoroughly established upon a cultivated and intellectual toiinda tion that, can withstand the l-u-n-.si shocks, make or mar all asnir.iiiis lOr fame, <frite to the wall all rivals, and in fact * j-uK* the world.” Tiie leading men of the New Y»Vk Press are more the financial, commercial, mid no Utica! representatives of the n.-itiqu’s ideas, than writers of great ability upon/qnestions of diversified interests in the litenq-y, artis tic and scientific world, and hence (the press has become the refuge of a greit many mere adventurers, who have made money in other pursuits, and who are anxious to gain influence and power through this “ palladium of popular liberty.” The press has combined itself -also, in many instances, with political, financial and commercial stock-jobbing adventures —and become, therefore, to some extent, an instrument in the hands of political and financial “ sharpers.” Thus, to start a paper in the interest of some political desperando, who never wrote a line of English, or Irish, or Dutch in his life, and to iiiake it the medium of “ Gov ernment advertisements,” which nobody ever sees, or if seeing, never reads, is one of the numerous “ liberties ” which one por tion of the press “ preserves,” aid which pays for its preservation hundreds of thou sands per annum of the people's money. Whilejthe “ reportorial ” departments of the daily press are very thoroughly filled with accomplished and able reporters, who are employed at a very meagre compensa tion, as a rule, it is an acknowledged fact, that the great majority of the writers on the press are men who were never educated to it, and who would be just as competent to go into Wall street and open a banking house without money, as they are jualifled for the position of first, second, or third rate journalists. They appear competent to fulfil the positions upon the N«w York Press, for the standard of intellectfal quali fications is so very low*, that almost any ordinary ability can fill the editorial chairs on many of our papers. The popular opinion, therefore, that pre vails, of the real literary worth of many ol the New York papers, is erroneous, and where the greatest tact and ability should be required, there is realiy a dearth of them, and a starving gaunt-for:n of literary merit stalks boldly in their place. As there, are however, many who can penetrate the mask ot brass that- hides this skeleton of literature, the public are kept in a constant state of disquietude, for the in digestion of bad ink lies as heavily upon the mind as uucooked and unsavory food upon the corporeal palate. The night mare of a departed guest, hanging bet,ween a gouty landlord and a distempered editor, would be a good “ cartoon” for the Eeening Telegram , or any otliei; enterprising illus trated sheet, to picture the condition, thus produced ot a disgusted public. In “ sketching” the leaders of the New York Press, the first rank belongs by general consent to THE HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT. So much has been written respecting Mr. Bennett, that very little can be added, good or bad, old or new. What Canning said of Mirabeau, might justly be said, with some variation, of'Mr. Bennett id ed, he stands like an isthmus between the sea of contend ing parties, beaten by the billows of the Radical jacobins on the one side, and lashed by the waves of the conservative Democrats on the other. Regarded the foe of religion, he is courted by the clergy and feared by the laity. With no fixed political principles, he is one day the idol of the South, at another the great Mogul of the progressive ideas of the North ; only to be denounced thfe next by the great monster public opinion, which has changed its side too soon for the quick foresight of the farsighted lightning-eyed veteran of the quill through a half century of cam paigns. More unsparing in his cruelties to rivals than victorious, he is the Richelieu, instead of the Napoleon of the press. He spares no one who stands in his way. What the President and constitution were to the Radicals, he has regarded all rivals to the Herald —an obstruction to be remov ed, to be overcome, to be crushed. Private individuals identified with public interests or men, he has opposed, he has sacrificed. Public crimes he has denounced in the mass, while individual criminality he has ex tenuated and spared in several instances; while again, in the vindication of public security, he has pursued a wretched crimi nal with all the grim terror of death, the unscrupulous administration of the law, and a ferocity that has surpassed the necessity •t the executioner. Those who imagine that pecuniary inter est dictated those feelings neither know the man nor the policy upon which his govern ment of the Herald is established. Without indiscriminately mingling in society, he is courted by all classes and all oarties; and thus, this exclusiveness, partially constitu tional and partially habitual, adds much to a charmed influence. At a very advanced age, he still retains vigor of health and intellect, and has lived to survive a torrent of opposition which would have enguiphed inoblivion thousands of men of less extraordinary abilities, and has built up a power in the Herald that places it as a journal foremost in the land, and among the most influential in the world. THE TRIBUNE. „ HORACE GREELEY. There never was a great man who had not a dash of humouggery about him. The unintellectually vulgar, who is a humbug out and out, and who reverts to small and sometimes great tricks, is not of this type; but it is the man who has talent with brass, and a trumpet of brass, whether it be in a newspaper or in the pulpit, or on the stage or in the forum, in which to pro claim his own and the merit of his mental wares. Not applying this picture to Mr. Greeley literally, he has impressed the world with the idea that he is not devoid of the dash of humbug. A rapid, able and effective jour nalist, he has acquired a reputation as an author, in <vhich he is deficient, and a re nown as a lecturer for which he has no qualifications. And yet, as many people flock to hear his “ lectures ” and read his “ books ” as read His newspaper. The master mind of a journal unsurpass ed in its mechanical skill aud appearance, and varied in its intellectual character, he has vagueries that go into social and polit ical sciences of which he is a mere smat terer. In the numerous socail problems of which he has been the advocate, doubtless he has done immeasurable harm—not so much by a misdirection of the public mind as in his conjured and contradictory ideas of wliat is good for the public good. For instance, a car conductor writes to him to defend his class against the egre gious wrong of being subjected to nineteen hours labor during the twenty-four at $2 per day. Mr. Greeley has no sympathy with him, but advises him to go to “ Pro ductive Industry!” This is a good illus tration of his general views. He forgets that a man who conducts a car is as neces sary as horses which draw it; but he is told to go to Productive Industry—capitals —because that is a vague hobby of Mr. Gree ley’s that prevents him from looking directly at an individual greivance as long as there is a general theory to be spun out daily, for the purpose of airing some favorite egotis tical idea. Availing himself of all uses for popularity, he does not overlook his very infirmities. In this, he is not unlike many historical characters greater than himself. Lord Chatham made his crutch and his gout tell, in many of his marvellous speech es in the House of Lords, and Mr. Gree ley’s walk and dress, and singularly indif ferent manner when addressed, doubtless avail him as much as if he were a Lord Chesterfield in manner and a Beau Brum mel in apparel; for this slip-shod style keeps off bores, while repelling others of more re finement. It is said he has recently adopt ed the somnambulic dodge when people now address him, he falls asleep. He has had an example in this; Irving fell asleep when Miss Edgeworth was talking to him, and we have known other people talked to sleep. Perhaps Mr. Greeley has taken a lesson from his audience and readers, and revenging himself upon sleeping individuals, he is de termined to come the somnambulic when ever he is bored! The contradiction in the tastes of people of various periods, which Sir Walter Scott remarks in the singular infatuation that the Parisians had for so ill-favored a man as Robespierre, applies in many respects to this country. In the heroic ages men were admired for their physique, while in this polical and fanatical era, men are admired and made idols of for their grotesque and eccentric appearance. Perhaps this accounts for the prevailing taste upon the stage for burlesque and caricature. The grotesque of our age, however, is something that partakes of the horrible and the tragic. The influence that Macaulay ascribes to the priests in the day of their* transcend ant power applies to a certain class of rulers of the public mind of the present day in the United States, with out a tithe of the priests’ talents or accom plishments, The name of a priest on a book would ensures it sale, and so with the class we speak of, for their name to a book ensures its success, though it contains nothing in it. People rail against it, as they do against the burlesque of the stage, but others read it as they stare, until anew day dawns, and a clear atmosphere with a purer taste is diffused. Iu literature, the Tribune, is 'lribunish. It publishes long notices of books, with the views of which it sympathizes, while it ig nores others of more merit and longer lived. Professing to advocate progress, it is as circumscribed as the movements of a crab. It is exclusive, confining itself to the advo cacy of doctrines outre and, in many in stances, wholly selfish. Its egotism is monstrous, and a part of its stock in trade., and yet, under the eye of Mr. Greeley, it influences a large number of people, and makes converts to its own peculiar ends. THE SUN. CHARLES A. DANA. The astronomical hoax in the Sun news paper that gave it its great celebrity iu the Moon hoax, has never been equalled since the appearance of the great luminary that recently passed its disk in its present editor, Charles A. Dana. From a great favorite photographer he became a great encyclopedist, and without knowing one hundredth part of the subjects, of which he was the ostensible editor, lie became famous for possessing the knowl edge of all. An editor of the “Household Book of Poetry,” he never was a poet, or knew one principle of its sentiments. Some men are frauds, others are hum bugs, but Mr. Dana is a hoax. Professing in a recent letter, resigning a position as appraiser of merchandize, a dis interestedness of office, he arrested his claim for the collectors'nip of the port ol New York, under President Johnson, and after being refused the office, he turned round and became one of his greatest defainers. Appointed under Mr. Stanton as Assist ant Secretary of War, lie served bis chief jn many things that were not conscienti ously correct. Without a particle of knowledge of war, or any military ex perience, he endeavored to destroy some of the first men of the army—for instance, Roseucranz. Gaining influence from his association with the New York Tribune, he left that paper, with its power backing him, after having quarrelled with its chief, and leav ing the War Department, for which he was disqualified, he went to Chicago, and failing iu a press undertaking there, he returned to New York. The Associated Press being a close cor poration, requiring an enormous amount of money for any one entering it, it was found necessary to secure the purchase of the New York Sun. This was accomplished, and by force of habitual perseverance and a great deal of assurance, he placed himself in power with some of the leading men of the Union League, and became the editor of the Sun, which paper he conducts with unquestionable ability. Asa writer, he really possesses merit, though his style is emotional and his disposition impulsive. Vanity he certainly lias, and his nature is oppressive; but in social fife Mr. Dana is a genial, cultivated gentleman, with a smattering of universal information that renders him conversant upon general topics. Another Farce. —-Attorney General Joshua Morse has been admitted to bail in the sum of SI,OOO, and his accomplice, Gil more, in the sum of SSOO. Our readers will remember that these men are accused of the murder of N. E. Thomas, who, at the time of his death, was editor of the Choc taw Ilerald. Morse and Gilmore do not deny the killing, bnt made it appear to the satisfaction of the scalawag Chancellor and State Solicitor that they acted in self-de fense ! Two men, well armed, attack one man, suddenly, and then make it appear that thev killed him in self-defense! [Montgomery Mail. Confederate Dead. —The Chicamauga dead are being rapidly removed to this place for reinterment in the Confederate Cemetery./'Two hundred bodies arrived during the present week. Mr. Tucker, the superintendent, displays good taste in beau tifying the last resting place of our noble dead. —Marietta Journal. There are pear trees in a garden in the town of Elliot, Maine, from which Iruit was taken 140 years ago. [Correspondence of the Cincinnati Commercial. The Former Mrs. Douglas. ONE OF SOCIETY’S QUEENS. Washington, I). C., May 26. A beautiful woman is a beautiful memory. Let her bury herself in a nunnery, and we will gossip about her till she is dead, if we can only catch a glimpse of her cap and veil through the grating. Sitting the other night in the theatre, there was pointed out to me for the first time the once famous and fashionable Adele Douglas, the woman about whose beauties and graces the young ladies of every city in the country heard and talked, around whom, ten years ago, polite society here circled like an eddy. As I looked toward the seat Indicated by a friend, I saw a woman dressed in plain black, with a Roman matron cast of face and head, still fine and graceful-looking, with the lull ten years upon her celebrated beauty, and suggesting it only as a faded ribbon C’dls up a forgotten romance or a by-gone fashion. Not observed more than the ordinary, she sat there quietly, looking not beyond the face of her- husband for the looks and smiles that in the old time made her eyes the centre of every assembly. The contrast of the picture with the one in memory recalled her romance—as real aud vivid a one as the best out of George Sand. Your lady leaders of twenty-five remem ber the name of her family well enough. It was that of Outts, an old Southern stock here, .that by the rule and gracij of chivalry was accounted good, though none of its members ever grew to much wealth or prominence, and Adele’s father held for his life-time nothing more than a respectable positiou in a.Government department here. Her mother’s family was poor and ran back for a generation or two in the District. So the daughter’s fortune, as the Spanish say, was lire dower of beauty, and not much be sides. But this she improved with grace and manners and a tolerable education at the Catholic Seminary in Georgetown, and came out upon society here a commanding, courtly aired, conquering belle—the rarest thing that ever happens to girls bornln Washington. She starred a year or two as she was. Then, when hearts enough had melted and knees had gone down like stub ble before her stateliness, the elegant and powerful Douglas bent too, and she lifted him up with her hand. The “Little Giant ” was the pet and the lion of the Sen ate, a prince in wealth and power, aud she was of blood royal by the gift of beauty. It was a coalition that Washington “High Life” could not resist; so Adele Cutts became the elegant Mrs. Douglas, the Douglas, the queen regnunte of soefety, the glass of fashion into which the polite world looked for its manners. Douglas and Breckinridge, who quarreled during their last days iu the Senate, were Damon and Pythias then, and built side by side for their residences the splendid row of build ings in this city, since more famous for the residence of Grant, and now of Sherman. Mrs. Douglas gave her receptions there.— To be admitted to them was to be in com pany ; to be secluded was not to be known. A wave of her dainty fan in those day's might have condemned you from the ton as effectually as the patrician. Roman ladies turned the gladiator to death by their thumbs. The queen of “Douglas Row ” mada no pretentious to wisdom or brilliancy, but Senators and Foreign Minis ters have scarcely found since in the gay capital a reception room so graceful and attractive as hers. She received everybody there, and never a breath of scandal blew over her fair reputation. She was enviable. When she lay sick in her luxurious home* the town was in commotion as over a stricken empress, and Franklin Row, the capital and hotels, vied with each other in wending condolences and kind inquiries for her health. She was not less the centre of society in her Western home. Everybody gave her receptions when she came to Chicago, Douglas’ bride. Some one has described her to me standing, one of the first nights, among the ladies of the dressing-room, a head taller than any, nonchalantly drawing on her kids, preparatory to the parlors, her magnificence admired by all. Her fine taste modulated everything. From a poor girl she went into enjoyment of the rich Sena tor’s wealth step by step.—nothing sudden or bizarre. All this was a romantic episode of five years. Then she became the widow ol Douglas, in proper mourning, with the episode behind her. But widowhood, De la liailiee letla u«, ia fcUo boat ooa>iuitlc, and she emerged, two or years later, from her weeds, upon the ‘arm of her second choice of husband, a quiet, soldierly gentle man, from a quiet department bureau here in Washington, and stole off with him and her heart—they say—into a quiet, beautiful home, and we catch glimpses of her nowa days faintly and rarely. Her home is an elegant one, petite and cosey, a gift of Douglas to her mother, and not far away from the palatial one she en tered so often, long years ago, with her more lordly, but, perhaps, not more loved companion. Passing it sometimes in the evening, you catch the glimmer of soft lamps through closely drawn curtains. We will not tear them aside, though they say that behind them are beautiful children playing, and more happiness than ever the stately, courted Mrs. Douglas knew. That's Wot 1 Tho’t. —A few days since, says a Michigan paper, one specimen of humanity, chuck full of fashionable drink, took a seat in the express train at Jackson, and quietly awaited the advent of the con ductor, who appeared on time, and relieved the traveler’s hat of his ticket without any remarks. On his return traveler button holed him and inquired. “ Conductor 1 how far is’t to Poleon ?” “ Twenty miles.” “ That’s wot I tho’t.” At the next station the traveler stopped him and again inquired : “ Conductor ! how far to Manch’ter ?” “ Twenty miles.” “ That’s wot I tho’t.” At Manchester the traveler stopped him the third time and said: “ Conductor, how far to Tescumshe V” “ Twenty miles.” “ That’s wot I tho’t.” As the train left Tescumshe, traveler ex hausted the patience of the con luctor and the following dialogue explains the re sult : “ Conductor, how’ far to Adri’n ?” The conductor threw himself upon his dignity, and remarked : “ See here, my friend, do you take me for a fool ?” The traveler “ stuck to his text," and very cooly remarked : “ That’s wot I tho’t.” The conductor joined the passengers in a hearty laugh, and concluded to allow his passenger to “ tho’t” as he pleased. Landing of a Big Elephant in New York. —The elephant Empress, who weighs 15,000 pounds, and stands 13 feet high without stockings, was landed yesterday from the Hamburg steamer Holsatia, and of the twenty inspectors of revenue on the dock, with District Officer Kirk at their head, not one man dared to meddle with her trunk, or go down to see what was in it. She is a foot and a half higher than even old Hannibal, the tallest elephant ever seen in this country, and she eats a bale of hay a day. Old Oapt. Ehlers stood upon the rail as she came slowly and cautiously down the deck aud gave the following “ opinion” alter Bunsby : “I no like such passengers. If that ere elephant makes up her mind to go, she go; If she no go, she no go.” She i>nded in triumph, marched down the gang-plank with dignity, and celebra ted her safe passage by a concert of toots and trumpetings. She comes to join the circus of J. M. France. She will be at the Central Park on Friday, alter she has taken rest and refreshment. She is now safely lodged in Ritchie’s stables, near the dock. To-day she is the biggest thing in Hobo ken — New York Sun, 3d. Sad Affair. —We are informed, says the Montgomery Mail, of a very sad affair, the particulars of which, so lar as our inform ant could learn them, are as follows: About two weeks since a Mr. Strickland, recently from Grantvillo, Georgia, married a lady near Tallasee, or Cowles’ Station, on the Montgomery and West Point Railroad. Returning to Grantville on his bridal tour, he met a man the other day, between whom and himself an old feud existed. An alter cation ensued, in which Strickland was killed. The widowed bride, with the corpse, came to Cowles’ Station on Monday eve ning’s train. Mr. Burlingame spent $20,000 of the Em jieror of China’s money on two balls In Paris. BY TELEGRAPH. [Associated Press Dispatcher WASHINGTON. Washington, June 11—Noon.—Hoar’s opinion in regard to the State of Georgia is not expected under two weeks. Government loses but $83,000 by the Santa Fe depository robbery. It is reported that Turner (negro), Post master for Macon, secured and filed bond. It is stated that Turner’s appointment was determined upon by the Cabinet, and the Prcsideht, under the circumstances, de clined to withhold his commission. Tur ner is here. Washington, June 11—p. M.—The fine of three thousand dollars and disability to re-enter the service, found against Commis sary Captain Marvin A. Park, was remit ted by the President. A delegation of tobacco dealers are here endeavoring to have refunded, moneys for relabliug tobacco manufactured prior to July 20th, 1868. Russel Jones, Minister to Belgium, de parts on the 26th. Secretary of War Rawlins has left for Connecticut. Customs, Ist to sth, inclusive, $2,740,000. Revenue to-day, $737,000. Gen. O. A. Gilmore is ordered to Savan nah to repair Fort Pulaski. Dissensions between Spanish officials and organized volunteers are increasing. The volunteers have almost entire control. The recent countermand of troops from Spain was made at the instance of the volunteers. FOREIGN. London, June 11.—The coal mines of Wales exploded. It is reported that a hundred and twenty men are killed. Fifty-six bodies have been recovered from colliery disaster. Ship Great Northerner was wrecked near Bombay. Fifteen lives lost. Belfast, June 11.—Nineteen members of an Orange Lodge were arrested for dis turbance ; subsequently, a collision occur ed between citizens and police. Several seriously injured. Brest, June 11.—There was a banquet aboard the Great Eastern in honor of the successful landing of the French cable. Madrid, June 11.—In discussing the Budget in Cortes, the Minister of Finance stated that no reduction of estimates of ex penditures w r as possible. Paris, June 11.—The Prefect of Police has had placarded throughout the city a proclamation urging all good citizens to aid the authorities in execution of the law and in preservation of public order and peace. Much agitation still exists, and large crowds linger in the streets. TEXAS. Houston, June 11. —The Republican Convention met on Monday, but did noth ing important. It met Tuesday evening; J. G. Tracy, President; Messrs. Dix, Mills, Carter, Cole, Parker, Vice-Presidents. Mr. Hall presented a resolution approving the course of Reynolds in bringing the Jeffer son prisoners to trial—adopted. E. J. Davis was nominated for Governor and confirmed by acclamation; J. W. Flanagan, nominated for Lieutenant-Governor; Frank Carter, Treasurer; Keuchler, of Bexar county, for Commissioner Land Office.— Mr. Batcheldor made a speech condemning the course of A. J. Hamilton and repudiat ing the nominatione made by gentlemen who met at Hutchins’ house. In the platform, the main principles of the Republican party are endorsed. The adop tion of the constitution is recommended. A resolution recommending enfranchising the whites was objected to by Ruby. Butler moved its reception. The motion to reject was lost and the resolution adopted. Wednesday, the convention nominated Mr. Hovey State Treasurer, who declined, and Price, of Austin, was nominated. State Central Executive Committee was appoint ed; also, a committee of one from each Ju dicial District, to collect funds and carry on the canvas. Adjourned sine die. Davis was serenaded in the evening, when lie addressed the crowd. NEW YORK. Albany, June li.— r ru resolutions cen suring the Associated Press monopoly na. preventing the establishment of newspapers throughout the country, was finally re ferred to a committee. Halleck, of Washington, offered a series of resolutions, that employers should not make religious or political views a test of employment, and denouncing the action of the Congressional Printer for employing the negro Douglass, “a rat.” Adjourned without a vote. VIRGINIA. Richmond, June 11.—A duel, growing’ out of an article in the Petersburg Index, denouncing Robt. W. Hughes, a contribu tor to the Richmond State Journal (Repub lican organ), was arranged for to-day, at Chester, near this city, between Capt. W. E. Cameron, editor of the Index, and Mr. Hughes. The police arrested the secoiids and Mr. Hughes near the fighting ground. The fight, it is thought, will be renewed in another State. FLORIDA. Key West, June 11.—The Penobseott and Saratoga sail Northward. Yellow fever cases are doing well. MARINE NEWS. Charleston, June 11.—Sailed; sclir. Daybreak, for Bucksville, S. C.; sclir. S. C. Morris, for Jacksonville. Savannah, June 11—Arrived; Leo,from New York. Cleared; Adeliza. Wilmington, June 11.—Arrived: Lucille, from Baltimore. MARKETS. London, June 11—Noon.—Consols, 92%. Bonds quiet at 80. London, June 11—Evening.—Consols, 92%. Bonds, 80. Sugar quiet and steady, botn spot and afloat. Tallow, 435. 9d. Liverpool, June 11—Noon.—Cotton — uplands, U%@l2; sales, 10,000; for the week, 78,000; exports, 12,000; speculation, 10,000; stock, 435,000;. American, 248,000 bales. Liverpool, June 11—Afternoon.—Cotton a shade easier; Manchester advices less favorable; Bombay shipments to Bth, ac cording to private advices, 18,000; stock afloat, 586,000; American, 80,000 bales.— Brcadstuffs heavy. Red Wheat, Bs. sd. Com—old, 28s. 6d.; new, 275. fid. Tallow, 41s. 9d. Liverpool, June 11—Evening.—Cotton quiet; uplands, 11%; Orleans, 12; sales, 10,000 bales. Lard, 71s. 6d. Havre, June 11—Noon,—Cotton opens quiet. Madrid, June 10.—Sugar quiet; No. 12, 8%@8%. New York, June 11—Noon.—Stocks feverish. Money active at 7. Sterling, 9%. Gold, 139%. ’62’s, 22%; North Carolinas, 58%; new, 55%; Virginias, old, 55% ; Ten nessees, coupon, 64; new, 02%; Louisianas, old, 69; Levees, 65%. New York, June 11—P. M.—Money easier. Exchange firmer at 9%. Gold buoyant at 139%@139%. Bonds dull; all lower; 62’5,22@22%; Louisianas, old, 71% 72%; new, 65@66%; Tennessos, old, 6G@ 66%; new, 62%@62%; North Carolinas, old, 58%@59%; new, 54@55%; Virginias, old, 56@56% ; new, 61@«2. New York, June 11— Noon.—Flour dull and drooping. Wheat quiet and unchanged. Corn shade firmer. Pork quiet; new mess, s3l 80. Lard quiet; barrels, 19@19%. Cotton quiet; middling, 31%. Spirits Tur pentine firm, 44%@45. Rosin firmer; $2 30 for strained. Freights quiet. New York, June 11—P. M.—Cottou firmer; sales, 2,900 bales at 31%. Flour heavy aud lower; superfine, $4 80@5 15; common to fair extra Southern, $6 25@6 75. Wheat heavy and lc. lower. Corn lc. bet ter and scarce. Pork Ann at s3l 12%@ 31 25. Lard firmer; kettle, 19%@19%. Whisky dull at 96@97. Riee quiet; Caro lina, B@9. Sugar Arm; Muscovado, 11@13; Havana, 13: Coffee steady. Molasses firm and quiet. Turpentine, 44% @45. Rosin, $2 30@8. Freights dull and un changed. Baltimore, June 11.—Cotton firm at 31. Flour active and fhvofs buyers. Wheat dull and weak; prime white, $2 18@2 26. Corn steady. Pork firm at $32 50. Bacon active aud advancing; shoulders, 14%@15; Whisky in fair demand at .99@$l. Vir ginias, old, 48 ;’66’s, 56%; coupons, new, 61; North Carolinas, new, 54.%-—ail bid. Louisville, June 11.—Provisions-activc. Pork. $33." 'Bacon—shoulders, 14%; clear sides, 18%; hams, 19@19%. Lard, 19@ 19%. High Wines, 94@95. oY. Louis, June 11.—Whisky firm at 94. Provisions advancing. Pork held at $33. Bacon—shoulders, 14%; clear sides, 18@ 18% r half million pounds taken by the Government at 18%. Lard quiet at 18%; Cincinnati, June 11.—Whisky unsettled at 92@93—n0 sales. Mess Pork, $32 25 held at $33. Bacon firm with feverish feel ing, little offered; shoulders, 14%; sides, 18. Lard, 19. New Orleans, June 11.—Receipts to day, 437 bales; for the week—gross, 2,251; nett, 1,600; exports to-dav, 2,733; for the week—Great Britain, 7,382; Continent, 3,597; coastwise, 2,793; stock, 40,784 ; sales to-day, 550 bales; for the week, 11,000; market firm and steady; middling, 29%. Gold, 138%. Sterling, 51%. New York Sight, par. Flour firm; superfine, $6 ; double, $0 35 ; treble, 50. Corn easier at $1 05@1 10. Oats, 74@75. Bran, $1 20. Hay, S2B. Pork—asking, $33 75 ;no sales. Bacon easier ; shoulders, 14% ; clear rib, 18 ; clear, 18%. Lard—tierce, 19; keg, 20. Sugar nominal; common, 9%@10%; prime, 13%@18%. Molasses—fermenting, 45@55. Whisky dull ; Western rectified, 87@92 ; Coffee firm; fair, 14%@15%. Mobile, June 11.—Cotton—Receipts of the week, 902 bales; exports—to Great Britain, 4,087 bales; other foreign ports, 450; coastwise, 4,925; stock, 17,747; sales of the week, 6,300 ; to-day, 1,700 bales, in cluding 200 after close yesterday; market firm and active; low middling, 27%@28; receipts, 96 bales. Wilmington, June 11.—Spirits of Tur pentine weak at 40. liosin quiet at $1 70 @5 50. Crude Turpentine unchanged— sl 60@2 70. Tar, $2 25. Savannah, June 11.—Cotton—Market quiet; middling; 28%@29 ; sales, 83 bales; receipts, 302 bales. Charleston, June 11.—Cotton dull; no sales; middling, nominally, 30; receipts, 135 bales; exports coastwise, 309 bales. i‘ The Second Railroad War.” —Read- ers of the Constitutionalist were inform ed yesterday morning, not that it was “ ru mored” or “probable” that Judge An drews would issue a writ of prohibition en joining Justices Ells and Malier from the exercise of jurisdiction in the case brought by Mr. W. J. Vason apd others against the railroads, but positively that he had issued such writ, of which we published an accu rate copy, together witli the grounds upon which the petition was based. This relia ble information went off “ like hot cakes,” at live cents a copy, because the public felt that there was no danger of it being con tradicted this morning, and anew version substituted. The Negro Eligibility Question in TnE Supreme Court. —This most import ant case was before the Supreme Court yesterday, consuming the entire day, and still unfinished. It was ably argued by Col. A. W. Stone and Mr. Ackerman, for the negro, and Col. Thomas E. Lloyd and Col. Julian Hartridge against the negro. Ex- Gov. James Johnson concludes the argu ment for the negro to-day. Win. J. Clem ent, white, and Richard White, colored, ran for clerk of Chatham Superior Court. White was elected, and Clement seeks to displace him on the ground that White was a negro, and, therefore, ineligible to office. Judge Schley ruled that the negro was ineligible to oilice, and tiie case was taken up. Some minor questions were raised in cluding the propriety of a continuance, the admission and exclusion of testimony, and privilege of argument. But the main interest and argument clus tered around the great central question. We quote from the brief of counsel for the benefit of la tvyers: The fact that White is a citizen of the United States does not necessarily confer on him the right to hold oilice. 19 Howard, 422. 4 Dev. and Batt. 26. 4 Wash C. C. R. 381. Nor does the fact that the constitution makes him a citizen confer the right, for * her-,-" 1 * ; <ju makes women and children citizens. Nor does the fact that the Constitution of Georgia makes him an elector confer that right to hold office. Nor does the clause of the Code which declares the rights of all citizens, aud among them mentions the right to hold oilice, for another clause specifies the rights of persons of color, and does not mention the right to hold office. This latter clause circumscribes the first by the rule of inter pretation of the Statutes. Code, 1468,1862. 1 Bishop on Crim. Law 78. D. Warris on Statutes 658, 692, 699, 703, 707, 713. [Atlanta Constitution. Stop That ! —We are informed that one of the Macon and Brunswick Railroad con tractors, in transporting a number of con victs from Atlanta to their place for labor on that road, intentionally or otherwise, dropped two female convicts in this city when passing through on Wednesday night last. They are white women, and had been sentenced to the penitentiary for a short term; hut as they were diseased, and there fore worthless as laborers, it is presumed that they were purposely left behind. They were arrested by our policemen and placed in the guardhouse, to be sent back from whence they came. Contractors in hiring convicts are re quired to take them at a certain price, just as they come, men, women, boys and girls, and it is clear that they not unfrequently get hold of several customers, as in this case, that do not pay. But we submit that it is an outrage to take these worthless vagabonds from their confinement and scat ter them through the country. So far as the two women above alluded to are con cerned, we hope our authorities will send them back to the point from which they started, and if no one can be found to re ceive and confine them, then release them right there and let them scuttle for a living in a community that would palm them off .on this. We hope railroad contractors will not leave any more such characters about Macan. She has as many as she is able or willing to look after.— Maeon Telegraph. The Port Royal Railroad. The Augusta Chronicle, of yesterday, says that contracts have been executed which will ensure the completion within the next twelve months of the railroad between Au gusta and Port Royal. Taylor & Cos., of New York, arc said to have contracted to build the road, one hundred and ten miles, “ for the sum of $700,000, to be paid to them in the stock of the company.” We shall be glad to see the Port Royal Railroad built, if it be done without a State subsidy. It will not be easier to draw away trade from Charleston to Port Royal than it has been to take trade from Wilmington for the benefit of Beaufort, North Carolina; and the Savannah and Charleston road will certainly be a gainer by ther completion of the new line. We may add, that if Taylor & Cos. can build one hundred and ten miles of railroad for $700,000, or a little more than SO,OOO a mile—the stock being worth not more than par—we should like to take a few hundred miles more at the same price. [CJuirleston News, 10f7(. Its Position. —In the Banner of the South, of the 12th, we find the following declara tion of principles, in an editorial entitled “To all Whom it May Concern “ The Banner of the South, sanctioned by the bishop of our diocese, is the only jour nal in the State which professedly defends Catholic principles. It not only defends Catholic principles, it defends also the Catholic people; it watches aud intends to watch over their interests. It is a high and holy duty—and we are proud that it has been allotted us.” Albany News Office Fired. —We had the following Thursday morning, says the Macon I'elegraph: Albany’ Ga., June 10. My office was partially burned this morn ing. ‘Office iu pi. No paper for a week. It is the work of an incendiary. • Cauey W. Styles. A sea turtle, weighing over IKK) pounds, was caught, off the Virginia Capes oh the 30th ult., and yielded a barrel of oil’
