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EHIIOHH lO UK COHRB'.TUD.
We are induced to believe that a portion o
the people of the Northern Staten—we will
not dignify such a collection by terming It a
party—in their igrorance, or malace, or both,
have taken, and are still taking measures to
increase the discontent ot that unfortunate
race in the Southern States bo recently endow
ed with freedom ; to inflame their passions,
and thereby prevent any speedy solution of
the social and political question now pending
This body of men, by their speeches and acts
aie busily engaged in fomenting discords
among the liberated negro race and inocula
ting the simple minds of the blacks with
vague and unfashioned desires for Dew,
moro srtOciJ, and* greater privileges than
their mere freedom confers. Unless this
thing is stopped, ,and measures takeu to conn*
teract the mischief already done, the gift of
freedom to the African race of the Southern
States will prove to be the shirt of Nessus; and
before the problem is worked out, many, very
Tnany, of this unfortunate race will have suf
fered the consequence of the fatal gift.
The first and most important step to bo ta
ken by the true friends of the nsgro race, North
as well as South, by the official of tho General
as well as tho State Government, is to disabuso
the minds of the freedmen of the dulusivo
ideas which seem to have gained possession
and absolute control of a majority of them
that “they can live without work; that the
lands ol the South are theirH by right and will
bej divided up among them after a certain
timo arrives.” These glowing visions of laziness
and of getting property without working for it,
seem to be predominant ideas in tho minds
of tons of thousands of negroes in our midst,
i hey havo been engendered by men who aro
unprincipled, and who are now trying to injure
tho South in coming times as they have in
times past.
Ono of the great works of the day is to
make tho negro forget these falsehoods that
havo been told them, and look the future
honestly In the face. They must know that
thoso who have thus beguiled them are not
their friends, and that for aid, counsel and
practical friendship, they must look to those
among whom they were bora, and In the com -
“unity with whom they wish to live. They
must bo shown that there is no middlo ground
for them to assume. They must learn that
they must bo friends with the white popula
tion of tho South, or thoy are their enemies,
and us such will and miißt be treated. It is a
great pity that these unfortunate creatures
cannot realize such a palpable fact; und at
once make contracts with the owners of soil
to till the Hama for a fair oompeusation, and
to faithfully carry out such contracts when
made.
Tho conservative and sonsible portion of th e
Northern people owe it to themselves to pre
vent any further mischief emanating from the
opposite view. Humanity requires that there
shall bo no further deception practised upou
these simple minded beings. If those who
have heretofore deceived tho freedmon have
(lone It through ignorance, they should inform
themselves of facts ; if through malice and
vindictive motives, they should' be stopped.
There can be uo disguising the fact that
there is idleness, carelessness and a disregard
lor the future among tho recently liberated
slaves of the South. These characteristics are
Integrated with their nature—they are dofeets
of the race. That in addition thereto there is
discontent, insubordination, insolence and in
Beveral instances, violence, is clearly attributa
ble to the exaltation, and tho infatuation, pro
duced in tbe minds of the freedtnen by bad
and designing men for occult purposes.
The South desires, nay, needs the labor of
these people, if they can have it assured to
them under proper legislation. Association
has made them familiar with this kind of labor*
and for certuiu purposes they would prefer it
if tho fteedinen could be made to compreheud
their own inter:sts. But, if the continued ag
itation of social and political questions Is to at
tend the existence cf this race among us—if we
ore to live in a state of chronio disorder, of
chaotic disorganization, and see constantly
around and amongst us the elements of de
struction ready for tho use of fanaticism in
stead of tha peace aud quiet we demand—if we
are to endure a constaut threat of violence uu
less new aud extraordinary privileges are acf
corded, we risk but little in predicting the end
Wo cau only bid these white breeders of mis
chief to beware ! or the recoil will be danger
ous to both th<sp, as well as .those who they
are trying to mislead and deceive.
The Freedmen in Texas,—A member of
General Howard's staff is now in Texas, ad
dressing the Freedmon of that State, and ad
vising them to return to their former owners,
as he truly says, ‘'they will tin J them their best
friends.” He also tells the froedmen “that the
Government will not support them.”
It affords [us pleasure to note facts of this
kind. |IUs sound, sensible advice that is given
We trust the] freedtnen ofTexas, as well as the.
freedmen of every State will, give heoi to it,
and follow it also. Asa general thing, freed
meu cau make better advantageous
terms with their former masters than with new
ones. Till * ast course for freedmen now
to pursue, is to make a good fair contract with
those they have formerly liver!, and keep it.
One thing is certain. The Government has
announced that they have got to work or
starve. And they may rest assured that this
will be the programe that will be carried out.
From Bad to Worse.— lt does seem as If wo
from bad to worse—as far as mat
ters alter dark are concerned Some of our
citizens who reside in the thinly settled sections
cf Augusta, informs ns that they are ac
tually afraid to leave their residences at night.
This state of things ought not to be. It can be
remedied. It will have to be remedied at some
time. Why not commence the work now.
The great step towards reformation is to
clear the to,wn of vagrants. As long as we
havo a class in our midst who are obliged
either to work or steal for a living, and who
will not work, just so long will we have rob
beries aud crimes of all kind. Will those who
have the authority move in this matter. It
would be a great relief to our well disposed
find law abiding dtiaeus If they would.
MBXICO AMI MAXIMILIAN.
The sympathies of our people and our gov
ernment havo continually been with the Liber
al paity in Mexico; and, though sympathy is
not the most material assistance to a nation
struggling for life, the moral force of our fa
vor will prove in the end to have been of th«?
greatest importance. Now, when the fortunes
of the Mexican Republic are seem t the
worst, our government has given a proof of its
rteadfast adherence to its determination to
withhold its countenance from the foreign
usurper.
The app ilntment of General Logan as min
ister to tho Republic, instead of to the Empire,
has this signification, and much more. It tells
tho Liberals that we still havo confidence in
their cause, and that, so long as they refuse
to yield to tho imperial power, they shall have
all the support a friendly but neutral nation
can give. It shows to Maximilian and his
creator, Napoleon, that we are unchanged in
our views, and that Mexico will never be ac
knowledged as an empire. General Logan
is a good exponent of the American sentiment
upon this question, having spoken boldly and
decidedly his opinion regarding tho course to
hr pursued toward Mexico ; and this opinion
was in favor of tho Republic.
There is no probability of more active meas
ures of assistance from our government ; there
is no expectation of nor necessity for them.
Maximilian’s government is not self-suppor
ting, and cannot become so while ho is con
tinually waging war, depressing industry by
convulsing the country by military movements
and draining.his treasury by the expense inci
dent to the malDt-mance of so large a number
of non-producers. Without capital from
France he could never have started in Ite
Mexican business, and he will surely fail
without heavy indorsements from his patron.
It is improbable that Napoleon will continue
tojumisli meu and money for the continuance
of his experiment on American soil, especially
f, as is now reported, his protege asks SIOO,
000,000 and 40,000 troops to enable him to
maintain his position.
Had our government given Maximilian its
recognition and countenance, the credit of the
empire would have been good, and this sum
might possibly have been raised by loans.—
Without it, and with our evident disapproval
hanging over his head, not one dollar could
be raised ior the Imperial cause. The money
can never be obtained from the country it
self. The only thing which could have given
Maximiliun a lift—the recognition of our gov
ernment-lias been witheid, and ft is improba
ble that Napoleon will interfere to keep his
head above water much longer. Indeed, it is
said that he is preparing for such a contingen
cy as a sudden retreat from the country.
But this moral influence which bus been de
nied the Empire has been extended to the Re
public. Thus we have secured for it a position
aifiong the nat'cle which have refused tbe
creation of Napoleon, and have given it the
prestige of our name and our indorsement. It
is now but a matter of time as to the result,
unless the probable policy of Napoleon under
goes a change. The late reiteratiou of our
sentiments by the appointment of General Lo
gan as minister to the Republic, places our gov
ernment decidedly upon tbo record as against
tho Empire, and will cause France to hesitate
before utterly ignoring our views.
When tbe Republic is again firmly establish
ed in Mexico, as we trust it will be before long,
there will be found much to approve and little
1 1 condemn in the moderate but consistent
oourse which we, as a nation, have held during
the struggle, even by the moßt eager suppor
ters of the Monroe doctrine-
Ax Important Decision for Tobacco Manu
facturers. —E. J. Whitlock United States
Inspector of tobacco at Brooklyn, New York
has written to the Commissioner of Internal
Hoveuuo, representing that there are in the
market large quantities of tobacco manufactur
ed at the South during the war, which tobacco
having been put up without the ingredients
oommonly usod in the manufacture of this
commodity is unlit lorj.use, but that many
parties engaged in manufacturing have found
that this tobacco can be worked up to advan
tage aud profit, and desire to know on what
conditions such vuworkiog cau be allowed
The decision of the Commissioner is that it
may bo reworked under the supervision of an
inspector who will carefully take the weight
of tho tobacco before and after reworking,
aud in all cases where there is an increase of
weight from the addition of new stock, the
amount ot this increase must be returned- to
the assistanct assessor of the district, and the
current rate of duties paid thereon ; and any
party reworking sack tobacco without the
knowledge of the inspector, and without
hariDg the same carefully and accurately
weighed, as above stated, will be held liable
for the full tax on the entire amount reworked
as on tobacco newly manufactured.
Proposkd Protictionist Association.— A
very large mn* of geatlejiia interested in
the protection of the interests of the working
men of the United States; the development of
interests of the country; its growth and wealth
nnd the maintenance of the national credit,
was held in Philadelphia, Nov 29. It was resolv
ed to organize an American Industrial Lmguc
to counteract the designs of the British Free
Trade League recently formed in New York.
It is intended that all American industries in
all of the States representing the Interests of
the labor of the whole country, shall be em
braced in this organizitiou so as to give an
opportunity to all these interests to represent
themselves in the league, as it shal, be finally
constituted. The meeting was adjoiirue'd to
meet again in Philadelphia on the 14th of De
cember. it is expected that at that time there
will be a full attendance of the cotton, woolen,
iron, steel, machiro making and mining inter
est of the country.
Coiton from this West Large quantities of
cotton are being sent to New York and New
England from the Valley of the Mississippi
by the western routes. The ship
ping points are Cincinnati and St. Louis.
Citizens Permitted to Carry Fire Arms in
Atlanta. --In view of the disordered state of
society, and the lawlessness prevalent in At
lanta, General Sterenson has issued an order
allowing citizens to protect themselves by the
me of fire-arms.
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 13, 1865,
TMJTUB TO BE ACTED I'PON.
Occasionally we lind a Southern correspon
dent of a Northern Republican Journal, who
does tell some truths in regard to matters and
things down in this section of the world. A
correspondent of tho New York Times, who
has been on a trip through the Southern
States, in a letter to that paper, takes the right
ground in regard to many things.
Iu speaking of the iree Imeu, he says : “the
emancipation of nearly half a million of
slaves was too sudden.” In this position he is
eminently correct. Time has already proved the
assertion to be a true one. The emancipation
of tho slaves “was too sudden not only for
their own benefit and the benefit of the
community in which they reside, but for the
benefit of the world also. But a3 the deed is
now numl»ered among the things of the past,
and as It is no use to lament or regret over that
which has already been done and cannot be
recalled, we should, as a people, make the best
of it.
The letter writer further says on the same
suijact—“the task of successfully placing the
“emancipated slave precisely were be should
“be, is, in my opinion, more herculean than the
“reconstruction and restoration trial itself.”
In this position he is correct also.—as matter
now stand, and as eveutt) foreshadow tho
future. If the head of the freedmen had not
been filled with tho foolish idea that freedom
consists in a life of laziness, and that he would
obtain the right and title to landed proper
ty without working and accumulating t» e
means to purchase it, the present position and
prospect of affairs in the South would be dif
ferent. Again, if the indolent and shiftless
portion of the negroes in our midst were made
to woik instead of being told they must work,
then we should have a better and for more
favorable state of things in the South, and a
greater encouragement for time to come.
This is a matter which has got to be done.
This is the position those who have tho man
agement of this class have got to take. There
is no use of trying to dodge the question. The
course to be pursued bereatter is perfectly
plain and unmistakeable. Oa this point tho
writer further and truly adds :
In relation to tho freedmen, many of them
seem to think that with freedom there are no
responsibilities ; that they are to be relieved
from all the cares and turmoils and obligations
of life, and that emancipation from labor and
a life of pleasure and indolence is to be their
lot henceforth on this terrestrial sphere. This
unhappy eiror must be corrected
Again, iu making contracts, the freedmen
are not to be trusted as a class, even by those
who are willing to treat them humanely, and
compensate them for their services fairly.—
They work until they aro discontented, and
then quit. Such performances would engen
der the less of an entire crop of cotton or of
corn, and must not be tolerated. If a colored
man makes a contract with any person, in
which he agrees to work for a certain length
of time, there must be laws which should
compel him to do so faithfully, as long as the
other party sticks to his part of the contract
fairly.
It is gratifying In more than one respect to
notice the outspoken frankness of the Times’
letter writer. It shows that there are
some influential men—for a letter writer
has influence for good or evil, no matter how
obscure his position—it shows that there are
some men of Republican ideas employed on
eading Republican Journals who are not only
willing but ready to state facts as they find
them ; and not base enough to lend themselves
as tools to designing and tricky politicians,
who are endeavoring to misrepresent things as
they really exist in the South for mere party
purposes.
Wo trust the conservative men of the North
will give heed to the facts as presented in their
true light, and do all they can to assist the
South to solve the great labor problem now
being worked out.
Tub Paris Exposition.— Quito a number of
citizens in various parts of tho United States
are preparing to send articles to the approach
ing “universal exposition” at Paris. The in
torest manifested is indicated by the frequent
inqiries for information. Asa matter of pri
mary consequence it should be known that J.
C. Derby, Esq , No. 5 Spruce street, New York,
has been appointed agent for the exposition in
the United States, and he alone is authorized
to consider applications for the admission of
articles.
Ia regard to tha time before which applica
tions must be filed, it is presumed the impe
rial commission will accede to 4. request made
through our minister at Paris, and that any
can be accepted which are made before Janu-.
ary 31st. With regard to the question of trans
portation, the programe gives until the 6th of
March, 1867, for the admission of foreign pro
ducts at French seaports, and Congress will,
therefore, have amplo time to decide whether
they will, as heretofore on the occasions of ex
hibitions of such magnitude, provide free trans
portation for articles going from the United
States. ✓
Italian Cotton.— The advices from Europe
state that the cotton culture is fprogressing so
favorably in Italy that the home manufactures
are no longer obliged to send monthly four
million franca to Liverpool to buy. Prepara
tions are making to extend next year cotton
plantations all over Naples and Italy.
It matters not, however, bow much cotton
is raised in Italy, or elsewhere. One thing Is
certain. There will ever be a ready market
for all the cotton the South can raise—at pay
ing prices too. When you hear a man prophe
sying otherwise, put him down at once as a
man who has some object to gain in talking
that way, or as a disappointed soured croaker,
and let h ; s remarks have ja*t as rnnch weight
with you as they are worth—and that is just
nothing at all. Oar advice to all is—raise all
the cotton yon can, if you cannot get colored
labor with which to raise it. get white ; if 700
cannot get labor from one section of the wotld,
get from another ; but by all means iaise a
big crop of cotton in some way.
Captain Frank B. Gurley, Resitted. — Itis
said that Captain Gurley, who was to have
been hung on the Ist, inst., was granted a
respite at the request of the Union men of
Huntsville, Ala.
The Cgjton Question in Boston. —The ques
tion of cotton raising in the Southern States is
being discussed in the Boston Board of Trade,
with a view to the encouragement cf cotton
.culture In the coming year. .
Crop Statistics for 1865.— The Agricultural
Department at Washington famishes the fol
lowing summary of the crops of the North
ern Stateß for 1865, compared with 1864
1865. 1864.
Wheat, bu-bels. 148,522,829 160 G 95 823
Hye “ 19 543.906 19 872,975
Barley, “ 11,391,286 10.632 178
Oats “ 225.252.292 176,590 064
Corn, “ 704 427 852 53(1581.403
Buckwheat, “ 18.331,019 18,700.510
Potatoes 1 101,032,005 96,256,888
T tal bushels, 1,228,501,282 1,013 229,871
Hay tons, 23 538.740 18,116,751
Tobacco, pounds, 185,316,953 197,468,229
The wheat crop of 1865 is very deficient in
quality. The August report estimated the de
ficiency in quantity and quality at 2G,241,698
bushels. The above table places the decrease
in quantity alone at 12,172,944 bushels. The
quality of the corn crop never surpassed.
That of the other crops is believed to be an
average. The number of bushels io 1865 ex
seeds those of 1564 by 215,071,411.
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The Cqfpkr TRAUB.--Gopper has risen in
England ten pounds sterling a fun within a,
month, makiDg it worth about thirty-seven
cents per pound in currency, or one hundred
dollars a tun more than it brings on this side.
The cause of this rise in Europe is a fear that
the complications iu the South American States
will cut eff the usual supply from that source
The lake mines are yielding handsome pro
ducts already, and no doubt the favorable turn
in the English market will stimulate increased
production, which can easily be accomplished
by adding to the number of miners, as all the
prine : pal mines are well supplied with the re
qnisite machinery. If the price keeps up in
Europe, there will be large exports from this
side.
The Russo- Ameuic in T leghath Line. — P,
McD. Collins, Eeq., originator and prosecutor
of the Collins Overland Russo-American Tele
graph Line, has received intelligence from St.
Petersburg that the Emperor has granted the
use of a Russian war steamer tp assist the
American company in the Northern Pacific,
and to facilitate the laying of the thirty miles
cable across the Straits. Tho company already
have eight vessels employed with 'the expedi
tion in that ocean, and tho Secretary of tho
Navy, now that tha Shenandoah has ceased her
work of destruction in the Pacific, has ordered
one of our naval vessels to join the telegraph
ic expedition.
Damages to be Paid. —The Milledgeville
Union states that it has good authority for say
ing that all men over the age of sixty-five,
who took no part in the war, and all widows,
at the timo General Sherman’s army injured
their property—will be re-imbursed by the U,
S. Government, for damages. The, assessor Is
already at work in the neighboring county of
Hancock, ascertaining damages so far as re
spects the two classes of our people above
named. This will be gratifying intelligence
to many of our afflicted and suffering people.
Sinking of the Steamer Comet. —The steam
er Comet, while on her passage to Hawkinsville
to Savannah, with a cargo of cotton, struck a
snag about eight miles from Darien, aud sunk.
As the cargo of the Comet is composed of cot
ton, and mostly above deck, it is supposed
that the major part will be saved. The boat
is not seriously damaged, and will be raised in
a short time. There is no iusurance on the
steamer, but nearly all the cargo is covered by
insurance in offices in Savannah.
South Carolina Members or Congress.— The
returns so far received indicate the election of
Samuel McGowan member of Congress for the
Third, and Hon James Farrow for the Fourth
District. The result of the election in the
First and Second Districts is still doubtful.
The general belief, however, is that General
Kennedy has » majority in the First, and Hon.
ffm. Aiken in the Second District.
Coin in the Treasury. —lt appears from the
United States Treasurer’s monthly statement
for October, that the amount on deposit for
coin was $34,954,000, and the total amount on
deposit was nearly sloo,ooo,ooo—and all the
coin was available. The amount on deposit
in the National Batiks was nearly $30,000,000,
and (he available funds in the Southern States
$716,000.
Good News.— Postmaster Harri:, of Savan
nah, has been notified that the mail service
has been ordered to be opened on all the rail
roads in the State. It is said that mail service
will also be speedily opened to every county
site and important point in the Stato ; and
postmasters will be appointed, who are already
recommended. This will be a great aid in re
storing the old order of things, and can truly
be said to be good news indeed.
Arrests of Messrs. Lamar. —The Savannah
Herald states that G. B. Lamar, Sr. and G. B.
Lamar Jr, were arrested in that city on city
on Saturday evening in obedience to orders
from Department Headquarters.
The charge upon which these gentlemen were
arrested is, it said, an attempt to bribe the U.
S. Treasury Agents who have charge of the
captured cotton.
The Coast Fortifications. —A party of U
S officers and Engineers have arrived at Savan
nah to make surveys of Fort Jackson and Bat
tery Lee, Fort Pulaski and the easterly end of
Tybee Island. These will complete the sur
veys for proposed permanent fortifications for
the defence of the coast of South Carolina and
Georgia.
Cotton in Uppk-’. Louisiana. —The Shreveport
Gazette oi November 17, states that the cotton
traie in Upper Louisaua will soon close. The
prospects for raising cotton in that section the
coming year are said not to be very promis
ing.
CoTroN from Noriu Carolina. —Eight thou
sand six hundred and fifty bales of cotton have
been shipped from Charlotte, North Carolina,
to Raleigh, from the beginning of May to the
end of September.
The Greensboro Post Office: —The Poet
Office at Greensboro has been opened and J
W Grodkin, Esq., appointed Postmaster.
The Ohio Union Delegates are a unit against
admitting Southern members of Congress.
VOL. LXXIY.-—NEW SERIES VOL.’XXIV NO. M.
Cotton Statistics. - The New York Evening
Post gives the annexed statistics in regard to
cotton : -
The consumption of the factories north of
the Potomac from May Ist, to November Is*,
1865, was 10,000 bales per week for twenty six
weeks; 200,000 bales
The export of cotton flora May Ist, to Sep
tember Ist, was not less than 70,000 bales;
from September Ist to November 7th it was
166,000 bales.
The requirements of the mills north of the
Potomac from November Ist, 1865, to Novem
ber Ist, 1866, when the crop of 1866 can reach
them, will be not less than three quarters of
their spinning capacity, or 12,000 bales per
week for fifty-two weeks; 624,00 u bales.
The requirements ot the South for eighteen
months from May 1, 1865, to November 1,
1866, will be not’less than their requirement
for twelve months iu 1860, 150,000 bales ;
making a total of 1,270.000 bales.
The consumption of cotton in England from
April 13 to October 26, 1865, has been 47,000
bales per week, or for twenty-eight weeks,
1,317,249 bales
The export from Eagland from 13th April
to 26th October, has been 22,600 bales per
week, or, for twenty eight weeks 632,722
bales ; total ior twenty-eight weeks ■ 69,600
bales per week—1,949.971 bales. These bales
average about 370 pounds each,
The lowest estimate of oottou to be received
from all countries, except the United States, in
1865, made in January last, was 2,750,000
bales.
The amount of cotton at sea from ludia, and
the possible receipts from all other ports, being
now well knowo, it has become evident that
England will not receive from other countries
than the United States in the yoar 1865, over
2,100,000 bales.
England’s position on the 26tli October was
as follows :
Stock in Liverpool, 303,000
Stock in London, 41,000
Possible arrivals before December 31 :
From India, if all arr’s wh’h was at sea, 217,000
From United States, 200.000
From Brazil, 40.000
From Egypt, 50,000
From West Indies, &c., 20,000
Total s’ply, Oct. 26, to Dec. 31, ’65, 871,000
After December 31, but little India cotton
can arrive until April.
Duties and Excise Tax on Tobacco. —For
the benefit cf tobacconists, as well as our
readers generally, we give the annexed state
ment of the duties and excise tax on “the
weed
Import Duty.— Loaf, 35 cents per pound ;
manufactured, 50 cents per pound. Cigars
valued at sls or less per M, 75 cents per pound;
and 20 cents per ad valorem ; over sls and
not over S3O, $1,25 per pound, and 30 per
cent, ad valorem ; over S3O and not over $45,
$2 per pound, and 50 per cent, ad valorem ;
over $45, $3 per pound, and 50 per cent, ad
valorem is levied on all imports under flags
that have no reciprocal treaties with the Uni
ted States.
Excise Tax —Leaf, free ; manufactured,
cavendish, plug, twist, 40 mats per pound.
Tobacoo twisted or prepare, or use by hand,
30 cents per pound. All kinds of fine cut, 40
cents per pound. Smoking, 25 cents per
pound ; smoking, made wholly per pound-
Cigars, $lO per pound.; Cigarettes, 5 per cent
ad valorem. Snuff, 40 cents per pound.
A Greav Horse. —A Boston correspondent
or the Chicago Times gives the annexed ac
count of a “trot against time,” which occurred
near the lormer city recently :
A. Kentucky gelding named ‘Captain Mc-
Gowan,’ owned by Mr. Emerson, who is the
proprietor of Riverside Park, in this immediate
vicinity, has trotted on a wager of $4,000 to
$4,500, against time, the condition being that
he could do his twenty miles inside an hour.
The feat has never been performed by a horse
but twice in this couutry. ‘Captain McGowan’
went the distance, never breaking up from a
square trot all the way but once, in 58
minutes and 25 seconds. No horse has yet
come up to that time, living or dead. There
were at least fifteen persons present
to witness this trot, ’as the horse had never
been produced in public but once on the track,
and there was a universal curiosity to see an
animal do that kind of work as he ought to do
it. Whev. it was all over, he was examined by
veterinary surgeons, and his pulse was found
to be two beats higher than when he came out
of the stable to do his work. He is ten years
old, and came of genuine aad direct Eclipse
stock.
—a Min
Subterranean Lake. The editor of the Read
ing Daily Times, in a recent visit to the East
Pennsylvania Railroad shops at that city, thus
notices a subterranean lake or cistern that was
discovered on the premises of the company :
“While going over the works, we were par
ticularly struck with u description of the well
which supplies the water for the different
shops, engines* &c. It appears in digging this
well a very hard bed of rock had beeu perfora
ted. This was succeeded by softer stone, until
the bottom of the well fell out! This revealed
to the workmen a subterranean cistern or lake,
the water of which was as pure as crystal and
the supply inexhaustible. No bounds could
be found to it3 Southern termination, and the
conclusion arrived at is, that there exists a
lake of some dimensions, over which the
workshops are erected.”
Investigation into Another Alleged Fraud.
—lnvestigations are being made concerning
another class of fraudulent enlistment papers
that threaten to implicate one or more New
York mustering officers. The dodge resorted
to was this :
A person wishing a substitute would con
tract with a mustering officer to furnish one.—
The first volunteer that presented himself that
officer would be entered a3 a substitute on the
mustering papers, and never discover the mis
take until he applied for bounty, or State aid,
or something of the sort. He was then away
from home, friendless, moneyless and ignorant
of the forms and methods of redress. If ho
died, detection was impossible and quite im
probable, owing to the difficulty of establish
ing the necessary facts. It is believed large
sums have been thus realized by dishonest offi
cials.
Dispatch from President Johnson to Gov.
Perry.— The Columbia correspondent? of the
Charleston! News furnishes the {annexed dis
patch sent by President Johnson to Governor
Perry, ofS. C :
Washington, November, 27, 1865.
To B F. Perry, Provisional Governor :
I do not think it neceiEary '.or the members
elect for South Carolina to be present at the
organization e>f Congress. On the contra*y, it
will be better policy to present their certifw
cates of election after the two Houses are or-*
ganized, which wili then be a simple question,
under the constitution of the members taking
their seats. Each House must judge for itself,
the election returns and quallfications.of its
own members, As to what the two Houses
will do in reference to the oath now required
to be taken, before the members can take their
seats, is unknown to me ; and I do not like to
predict. But upon the whole, lam of opinion
that it would he better fftr the question to
come up and be disposed of after the two
Houses have been organized. I hope your
Legislature will adopt a code in reference to
free persons of color that will be acceptable to
the country, at the same tinftj doing justice to
the white and colored population.
Andrew Johnson,
President.
FOUEIU.N ITEM-.
It is stated that Rebel t Heller, the magi
cian, whose real name is Palmer, has recently
fallen heii to a large fortune in England.
The English are arresting Irishmen for sing
ing what they call “seditious songs” in Dub
liu. These authorities seem disposed to have
a rebellion v hether tbe Irish wish it or not.
The strong minded women of Germany,
numbering one hundred and thirty, recently
held a convention at Leipseic, to consider the
evils under which the sex labor in that country,
ard to devise remedies. A few got excited*
but the majority entered into the discussion
with coolness and ability. A pretty frantein
suggested that the best remedy would be a
wholesale female emigration to America
Madrid papers predict a financial crisis in
Spain.
The passport system in Austria is to be
abolished.
The Austria A.bendpost says no negotiations
had taken place between Prussia and Austria
fer a definite settlement ot the Schleswig
Holstein question, since tho conclusion of the
Gastien treaty. Prussian assent to the altera
tion proposed by Austria, in a declaration to
be presented to the Federal Diet, has been
received at Vienna. This declaration opposes
the proposition of nine German States that
Schleswig should be incorporated with the
Germatio Confederation, end that the cost of
the Danish war should be borne by all the
German States.
The large reductions of the French army
and the musters-out of United States troops
are thought to be, in England, strong indica
ionsof tbe continuance of peace.
The King of Denmark has granted to Messrs.
Jas Wyld, Chapman & Cos., a concession for
laying a telegraph between Eugland, Norway
and North America by way of Greenland.
Advices from Madagascar state that the In
surrectionists insisted upon the French giving
up their treaty and that France should resigu
all it3 rights in the Island. The Representa
tive of France refused and left the country.
It is reported that Austria is about to re**
duce itß army in Venetia It is asserted that
the Austrian constitution has been suspended
by tho Emperor only to modify it and make It
more conducive to the welfare of the entire
people.
Important documents, revealing all the so
Crete of Fenianism, are said to have been found
on Stephens, the Head Center, who was recent
ly arrested in Ireland.
There is considerable excitement in Eng
land over the Spanish aggressions on Chili,
and there are hopes that the British Govern
ment will interfere to protect British interests
in Chili, and check the black mailing opera
tions of the Spaniards. Many vessels aro pre
paring to run the paper blockade of Spain on
the Chilian coast.
The last news from China announces the
death of Dr, Wm Irvin, the United States Con
sul at Amoy.
BTATE ITEMS
The Georgia Oil Manufacturing Company is
the name of a company now operating at
Powersville, No. 2 on tho South Western Rail
road, in the manufacture of all kinds of oils.
Jack Mize, Bill Scott and a man named Sor
dau, occupying -respectively the positions of
runners, watchman and switchman on the
Southwestern Railroad, were arrested in Macon
last Friday night, under such circumstances as
to lead to the belief that they have been en
gaged for some time in a systematic plan of
plundering valuable freights from the cars.
The evidence is quite strong against them.
The City Council of Atlanta: have purchased
the right of some of the raj'road companies
interested in tire Bite of the de’Sot destroyed by
Sherman’3 army, and is endeavoring to pur
chase the right of the others, the object of
which is to add the ground to the oity park,
and erect the new depot on the outskirts of
the city.
The City Council of Macon have granted
land to the Macon & Augusta and Macon &
Brunswick railroad companies for the site of a
new depot which is to be erected on a portion
of the city reservoir lying southeast of the old
cemetery, the present passenger depot not
being large enongh to accommodate all the
roada converging into Macon.
Three negroes have been arrested in Atlan
ta, charged with the assassination of Mr.
James R. Crew of that city.
Crime of all kinds is on the increase in
Atlanta.
Since the first appearance of small pox in
Athens there have been about seventy cases
and but three deaths. Many are convaKsing
and several are quite well.
The Southwestern Railroad, of Georgia, will
get about thirty thousand dollarß out of the
Government for transportation.
Judge Reese, of Washington, says the re
port that he sent for the Federal garrison now
in Washington ia incdrrect.
Muscogee Railroad stock, is selling at Co
lumbus at $35 per share—par valuesloo.
The Superior Court opened at Columbus
on Monday, November 27, Judge Worrill pre
siding. The Judge charged the Grand Jury
that it was an indictable offence, uader the
laws of Georgia, for a white man to play cards
with a negro, whether for a sport or for a
wager ; to sell or give him firearms or deadly
weapons, and to sell or give him liquor, unless
given under pressing necessity. Against
white persons guilty off such offences he spe
cially charged tho grariti jury to present true
bills. The laws he claimed in this respect h»d
not been altered by the present state of affairs.
Judge Swann, a member of the late i.Con
federate Congress, and Major V. W. W’ynne,
of Tennessee, were admitted as practicing at
torneys in the Court at Columbus.
’ The water in the Altamaha is falling rapid
ly-
There is considerable cotton on the wharves
at Darien, and flats arc arriving daily from the
interior.
There are about twelve hundred bales of
cotton at Doctortown waiting transportation
to Savannah.
The Atlanta papers say business in that
place is brisk.
Mr John Calhoun’s house of Colnrabus,
was entered and robbed of $375 in greenbacks
seme few dollars in silver and two pistols a
few nights 6ince.
There is considerable excitement in Macon
in regard to the small pox
They are talking about having water works
in Macon. Estimated Coßt $225,000.
Railroad car plunderers have been carrying
on quite a successful business in Macon.
E B. Walker, Esq., of the Macon & West
ern Road, has been notified by the Master of
Transportation on the W. &A. R. R. f that no
more cotton will be received by that road un
less insured by owners against loss by fire. : The
reason given is that connecting roads wost
will not receive it from that road, without In
surance.
A “cotton box” with a cargo valued at
sixty thousand dollars was wrecked on the
Ocaulgee a few days since. The cargo was
insured.
The LaGraoge Female College is now for
sale or leese. It will be remembered that the
buildings were burned down in 1858. New
edifices were iu progress of constructien when
the war began, and have not been completed.
FHC.YI FLORID V.
The damages done to the Florida Railroad
will soon be repaired.
Gov. Marvin has issued a proclamation
restoring civil law in Florida.
Governor Marvin has iesued his proclama
tion authorizing the organization cf the militia
under the law of 1849. The law provides that
the Colonels elected in pursuance thereof, are
presumed to be in command ot their regiments
and are directed to fill all vacancies that may
exists.
NKWS BUMMAHY.
The grant of lands to the Northern and Cen
tral Pacific raiiroads will exceed, 6j careful
estimates, 125,000 000 acres of land.
The freed men’s bureau is in receipt of a
letter from its commander in Texas which says
the planters are feeling very much enepuraged
by the prospects before them —heavy cropß;
and that the negroes are working well.
The work of rebuilding the levees in Louis
iana is to be commenced immediately.
The Louisiana Legislature is engaged In
RCtissing the constitution of 1864.
The crowd of visitors to the Presidential
mansion is increasing.
Official returns received at the Freedmen’s
Bureau, show that ot the 10,000 free negroes
brought down Cape Fear river in March last
to Wilmington by Gen. Sherman, 2,000 died
from the 17th of March to the 31st ot May, fox
want of the medical attention which it was
impossible to afford them at that,time.
Street robberies and house breakings are
the order of the day in St Louis.
The water in the Westeru rivers is quite
low.
Several darftrg and desperate robberies have
been committed in the vicinity of Chicago.
A fire at 6tumwa, lowa, November 25, {de
stroyed $150,000 worth of property.
The internal revenue report is complete.
It is said Mr. Davis civil trial is close at band.
The abandonment of deposits for Govern
ment supplies in the Southern States, conse
quent upon the gradual withdrawal of the
troops, baß caused General Howard to issue a
circular, authorizing 'Assistant Commissioners
of States to make requisitions upon the deposits
still remaining for such lations as will be re
quired for thirty days, in their respective de
partments, for the benefit of refugees and
freedmen.
The Spanish government has ordered a strict
watch to be kept on the seaboard of Cuba and
Portor Rico, Spuin fearing the insurrection in
Jamaca may have ramifications in the Spanish
Antilles.
A Richmond paper states that robbery and
spoliation, of the most deliberate and system
atic character, are nightly practiced by gangs
of white men and negroes in Henrico county.
Recently in bioad day light, some fifteen or
twenty negroeß went to a small farm some
three miles from the city, and deliberately
carried off the corn, poultry and pigs before
the faces of the owner and his family.
A citizen of Birmingham Ct., has been kill
ed by a singular accident. He had a long pipe
in his mouth, and he was opening the garden
gate, it came in contact with the bowl of his
Kwith such forco that the end of it which
ad in his mouth went through his tongue.
Au abscess rapidly formed under his tongue
and caused his death.
A large and valuable part of the old state
library bf Louisiana has been saved from tbo
general destruction and wreck at Baton Rouge.
The number of books thus saved is 23,000,
The amount of indebtedness contracted by
Texas during the war is $9,000,000.
The comptroller of the currency, in his re
port in creating the question of National
Banks and Currency, he refers to taxeß and
revenue, which has a bearing on the subject’,
and in this way will present an array of valua
ble fasts to our lav/ makers which if sustained
by proper legislation will go a great way to
words solving the present difficult financial
problem. It Is understood that he will urge
the removal of the Bureau to New York.
A prominent question before the next Con
gress will be the increase of the regular army.
Gen. Grant iB understood to favor the muster
ing out of all volunteers and such additions
to all arms of the service as would make the
nominal strength, with the regulars, about
T 5.000.
lowa has eight hundred and ten miles of
railroads, which earn two million five hun
dred and fifty-three thousand seven hundred
and ten dollars per annum.
Hon. W. A. Graham has been 'elected U. S.
Senator for the long term from North Caro
lina—receiving 138 out of 154 votes. Mr
Graham has not yet been pardoned.
The Springfield News says a young man
named Rhodes, a resident of Clifton, Ohio, was
murdered in cold blood in that place on the
eleventh instant, by a man who had been dis
carded as a lover of his sister. The murderer,
name not given, bad first a difficulty with the
young lady’s father, which was amicably ar
ranged by young Rhodes. Afterward the two
young men met in a saloon, and without pro
vocation, the murder was committed.
A one hundred dollar counterfeit compound
interest note was offered for exchange at a
Chicago banking house last week. The only
differenoe between the counterfeit and genuine
Is that the die on the left hand corner touches
the letteiiU in the “United States” and the
engraving of the word “ States” is done in
a bungling manner.
Henry Rover, of Toledo, had a difficulty
with his wife, and put a pistol in his mouth
and fired it off. He never knew what happen
ed after he pulled the trigger.
A few nights ago a middled aged man was
dragged while on the cars between New York
and Bridgeport, Conn., and robbed of twelve
hundred dollars in gold. He had recently ar
rived from England, and was en route to Bos
ton to meet his wife. The money he had with
him was all he possessed.
Some three hundred and sixty odd hogs
heads of tobacco, belonging to the house of
Rothschilds, have been seized in Richmond by
the U. S. treasury agent.
A letter from Salt Lake City gives anything
but a favorable account of political affairs in
that part of the country. The writer says
“the so-called States of Deseret, as a commu
nity, is In open rebellion against the United
States, and the people, under the command of
their leaders, are in open rebellion against the
laws of the United States.’’
Mr. Batchelor shot and instantly killed the
surgeon of the United States troops, stationed
at Glinton, La , a few days ago.
Nashville has applied to the commanding
general for arms. Patrols are organized in
every district of the city.
Seven hundred and three divorces were
granted in San Francisco during the year eigh
teen hundred and sixty-four.
Sanderson, the Republican candidate for
Judge of Superior Court in California was
elected by about 10,000 majority.
An adroit rogue got a package containing
threethousand dollars, at a St.;Louis hotel recent
ly by presenting a forged check to the desk. -
in the office. The package had been deposited
in the desk for safe keeping.
An effort is on foot to consolidate Washtngs
ton Georgetown and other independent portion,
of the District of Columbia, in one municipality
A merchant who started in business in New
York a few years ago with a capital of one
hundred and sixty thousand dollars, was
mltted to the Albany almshouse last week as a
pauper’ . ,
Sheboyan, Wis., has shipped one hundred
and eighty-five thousand bushels of wheat
within a month past.
Navigation for the season has beeu virtually
suspended at Chicago;
Gen. Scott proposes spending the winter in
New Orleans.
By an order issued recently from Gen.
Canby’a haadquarters, seven colored regiments
were ordered to be mustered out of service ;
since that time, telegraphic instructions have
been received from the War Department, for
bidding the discharge of any more colored
troops for the present, until further orders.
No marching orders [are given, but the black
troops are to be concentrated at some given
place, ready for any emergency.
GeD. Terry has issued an order in Richmond #
prohibiting, in future, the Freedmen’s Court
in that city from taking cognizance of criminal
cases. In civil matters, however, the Court is
still authorized to act.
The release of ex-Governor Lubbock, of
Texas, who has recently been in Fort Delaware
is announced..