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X. S. MOUSE. ft Change of Kates. # Tim Cheapest Weekly Is sued in th.i Country, THE WEEKLY Chronicle & Sentinel Is issued every Wednesday. It will contain all tbo latest markets, both foreign and domes tic, as well ns all the current news of the day Subscriptions will be received at tho annexed rates: • Or. e copy one year, . §» 2 Three copies one year, 5 , Five copies one year, 8 Ten copies one year, 15 Ar>y larger nutnbor addressed to names of subscribers il 50 each. An EXTRA COPY will be sent to any person who will get up a clul» of ten names and forward the same. rsT cs make the AUGUSTA &, SENTINEL the cheapest pul lication inthe country. Tub DIteTRUOTioN Committee and their D«: i) .—The desperation and bitterness of the ‘infamous Congressional Destruction Commit loo of Fifteen,” is well illustrated in their pub lication of poitlons of the testimony of those witnes-niH, who Lave been summoned before them to testify against the loyalty of the South. All this is done to iutnu-nco the coming elec tions at tho North. 'Only such extracts from the whole evidence are given, as will tend to ♦ inflame the ninety ot tho masses in that section against the South. The feeling of this por tion qf the commuiißy is already bitter toward us. But this is not cuough lor tho Dsstiuction Committee; they would arou-'o the feeling of hostility still more, if possible, in order that they may thereby keep up tboir party orgaui ration—thus securing to themselves the places and tho spoils of affile. The opinions of Generals Grierson and Sax ton are, of course, given to the Northern voters sh entirely orthodox; hut not a won! is said about tho convictions of tlenerais Grant and Sherman, honestly forme 1, that the spirit of the people of the South is ono ot loyalty to the National Government. The gtutemerffi) of the two ablest Generals the Noith proauced, are not consiilerod reli able by the Committee of Destiuction ; oh no ! it would not answer even to allow them to be circulated in an official form ; because, by bo doing, much damage would be done to the future pro spects of the radical demagogues. But the incorrect declarations of Grierson, who ran all over the State of Mississippi with Bed ford* Forrest at. his heels, and Saxton, who never was in a skirmish during the war—are amn uuced to be entitled to the fullest credit, and are-loudly heralded throughout the land in order to deceive these who are not acqu tint ed with the real fooling w\)ich exists here. This precious junfo—Tbad. Stevens and his immaculate “Committee of Fifteen,” or “Cen tral Directory,” as President JohttSon terms it —is composed of fifteen members of Congress. It bus been created for the sole purpose of controlling the cutlre question of reconstruc tion. Whenever a resolution looking to resto ration is introduced, it is immediately referred to the Committee on Destruction. A motion to “lay on lire table” or ‘‘indefinitely post pone,” is not to be compared to a reference to this Commitiee. When a bill or resolution goes lo that ‘ Directory," it is dead. The mo tion to refer is the the death warrant, and tha reference is the execTitiou. The people of ihe South have little to hope bar, so long as tueir destinies are controlled by fifteen men bitterly hostile to their interests. When the “Central Directory” dies, the South v. i 1 begin to live. Tui: Fkni ins. —The late 'news of tho F enian movement brings ns further Interesting de tails. It is stated that recruiting offices will be opened in New York, soon, under the guise of procuring emigrants to colonize and settle in tho iu,inhabited districts of New Bruns wick and Canada Hundred of experienced i (Beers are also said to be flocking daily to the Sweeney If adquarters in New York. Many of the officer?, who tenner their swords, have served in the Confederate atmy, and among the applicants for positions, many may be recogn z*d as Laving made brilliant reputa tions lor themselves. Companies and regi ments are with great rapidity, and it is calculated- that General Sweeney will be able, when he feels justified in calling for tlieir service, to procure in New York city • twenty five thousand nblc bodied young men, 4to have had experience in battle. It sjiuown that sixteen thousand cartridge boxes and knapsaoks were bought at auction recently, from a well-knowu house in Park Place, arfd quantities of arms and ammunition are being negotiated for from day today, by officers detailed for that purpose. It is proba ble that Col. Tressha® will command the first Fenian regiment from New York, and a WcH known Southern cavalry officer, the second. Au artillery reziment.is also being organized, aud au independent battalion for special ser vjee under the command of Col. Murphy, a veteran soldier. ju the above is contained a succ’nct account of the Feni me in "New York* city alone. In Philadelphia, Tittsbuig, Detroit aud number less other places of lesser note, tho greatest enthusiasm aud activity in the cause prevails. Hundred of dollars have been subscribed, of invested in bends. The ex< citemeut is intease, and the leaders are doing everything they possibly can to prevent its *■ diminution. By speeches and appeals, it is sought to tire the Irish heart. And right well are the Head Centre's succeeding. It is rumored thai some 40 000 negro troops are soon to be mustered cut "00 ol these are urv aeiv 1 - South Carol!* • ' A Specimen ok Political-Preaching Lotal tt — We are told by a Meriden, Conn,, paper that a minister in that place on a recent Sun day prayed thus. Not my will, but thine, 0 Lord, be done ; but if it be consistent wyh ihy holy pleasure we would that thou speedily tele yrapU fur President Johnson to come up to heaven.’’ When every thing is taken into considera tion—the troublesome times in which we live, and the many threats which have been made against President’! life —a remark, like the above, is a crime in the highest degree ; is noth' *ng moie or less than inciting to assassination. Very many assassins have been pressed to their blcody work by relTgToue enthusiasm, aroused in just this way. It i3 the most common form ia which nu.fi crimes have been incited, The present attitude of many enthusiasts sAd fan atics toward iho President Is so well known that a parson who utters such a prayer should bo puDished teverely. Rut aside from the absolutely c riminal nature of the offence, it certainly becomes the press and pub lie, of all sejtons of the land, to affix upon tha ciergyin m who Jhus debases the holy office, and the congregation which j fins him ia such a prayer, their proper char acter among men and citizens. It is but a short time since the President openly named certain parties as in his -opinion guilty of treasonable conduct. It cannot be forgotten that he ha's frequently, sinco he became our Chief Magistrate, stated and reiterated his views, that treason, as the highest crime, «as worthy the greatest punishment. Having now j lined fanatics from Ml portions of the land as equally enemies of the government, it is hardly to be supposed that he desires to punish ono class more severely than the other. But the people in every quarter without referonce to’paity names, owe it to him find to their l country, to make a distinct division between themselves aud those traitors at the North who remain to this day iu open enmity to the gov ernment. We cannot understand the honesty of men who profess to be patriots, and desire to sup port the President in bis wise policy, but who arc unwilling to break up their political rela tions with Sthcr men who pray for the death of the president, and who would of course thank God heartily if he were to die suddenly. When citizens act with such men for political success, they'must not be surprised if they are ail viewed us men of one class and character. rn nil - Hcpefol Indications.— The recent defeat, in the Senate, of the bill, the practical working of which would have deprived the Southern States of about one-lhird the representation to which they arc entiUed, is a hopeful iadica tion cf the future. This measure was one of the series in tho radical programme'and at the time of its passage by the House there \vas every reason to believe it would be endorsed by the Senate. livthe final vote, however, it fell far short of receiving the required two thirds—only twenty-five Senators voting in the affirmative—which gaye it a bate majority ot three. Whether this action of the Senate is attributable to conviction or to policy, cannot easily bedcjprmined. It may be that they be gin to see the absurdity of tho extreme pro gramme aud that they are now honestly de posed to modify their views ; or it may be that they arc led to adopt a milder course' be cause they see the inexpediency of forcing measures upon the President that are foie doomed to be vetoed. Whatever may be the correct solution of this last action of the Sen ate, however, it is evident that more modera tion may hereafter be expected in that body in respect to reconstruction measures, as they have signally failed id every effort to deprive the South of their just representation‘in the councils of the nation—thanks to the President, whose vetoing power exercises a wholesome restraint over them TIIADIIKUS SThVBNS AND TUB PRESIDENT.—The United States House of Representatives has again been the scene of a most undignified and outrageous attack on the President by Thaddeus Stevens, which was rather intensi fied than mitigated by its satirical aud ridicu lous stylo. The House, as usual, on the last day of the week, devoted itself to discussion of the President’s message, or, more properly speaking, of his policy. Sundr y speeches were made lor and against it, but Mr. Sttvsns took up his time with foading a speech he had some time before prepared in advocacy of his own' position and policy, from which he branched cut fnto a reference aud comment on the President's speech of the 22nd of Feb uary. Thß whole speech was a most disgraceful and malicious attack for the most unworthy purpose of gratifying'his spite, and as such will ouly add to the condemuatian, •ready almost universal among the people, of the course and character of Thaddtrn Stevens. Ic was, of course, intended to widen the breach between the two branches ot the Government, and was a perfect defiance of popular wish for a settle ment of all our unhappy The only hope now for Mr. Stevens and the party he leads by the nose, and whose true wish is to break up the Government aud the Uniou, is to tender irreconcilable these differe'sees, that anarchy may ensue. Nothing can be accom plished against the prosperity of the country so long as Mr. Johnson occupies his "present position, and he must , therefore be gotten out of it. The cowardly threats and insinuations of assassination having bden exposed wouid unquestionably, should they bo carried out, make Mr. Stevens anq his friends the victims of popular revenge and Justice. They, there fore, dare not attempt . it—and in fact must guard against it; but perhaps they think they can gain their end by creating such confusion and throwing such impediments in the way of a proper administration qf the government, as to virtually if not actually dggtroy it. We think not. These men are marked, and the popular judgment will purely descend upon and annihilate them -ehauld their treasonable designs even approach consummation. SuoorsTivs Foists —Tnere are some sugges tive points in the recent statistics of Ireland.— In the past year there has opeurred a decrease in the number of inhabited houses cf Ireiand to the extent of 1(»2T7, and in the population of 34,846 and three million more letters were posted to the island than during the previous year. Augusta, ga„ Wednesday morning, march 28, iB6O. The Tone of the Scuthebn Pres;.— Since the suppression of the Richmond Examiner, and the issuing of Gen. Grant’s order, the radical Northern speakers and papers have been con tlnua fiy aarping upon what they term “the disloyal tone of the {Southern press.” These w'sacres are very free and liberal with their advice, but their course in stirring up strife and discord, and their endeavors to increase the political troubles of the country, proves that their great professions for the welfare of the Union arehnere words—meaning nothing. The Southern papers, a body, are doing all ia their power to have the existing troubles settled. They are earnestly supporting prin ciples for which the President ie so manfully aLd lighieously contending, and are sincerely desirous of the re establishment of the republic upon Retold foundation of the. Constitution p and laws made in pursuance thereof. But it so happens that tS>e President hjmsefif is at open variance with the majority iu Congress upon the great and absorbing question of recon struction, and an issue has been made between the Executive and Legislative departments of the government which deeply involves the present and future welfare of the Southern Stated, as well also as that of the whole Union. The South is more immediately interested in this issue, because it relates directly to her representation iu Congress, and to her enjoy ment of the equal benefits of a common con stitution. Tho Southern press cannot, therefore, be - expected to be silent upon a sub ject so vitally involving Southern interests. Our political status, our agriculture, our in duitrial pursuits of every kßtid, are alt em braced in the issue of wtfich we are speaking It comes home to our “business aud bosoms.” and it is the right, but the duty of our press to participate in the discu33ions which It leads to.- Denied a voice ia Congtessj this i9 the only way in which our people can be heard. We are sure that the President’s couise and views are cordially approved and endorsed all over the South. The magnanim ity and honesty which he has displayed in his efforts to restore the country to peace and unity bare elevated him to «a high and proud position. Our paoplo admire him for the brave stand he has taken in defence of the principles and doctrines which are the life and soul of our institutions. In the struggle now pending botween him and the dominant party in Congress, there is at stake the very exist ence of the republic, for if his adversaries were to triumph, thoro would beau end to the Executive powor. It would be swallowed up by the legislative department, and thus all the checks and balances so wisely and happily adjusted by tho supreme organic law would bo destroyed, and Government and people alike be undone. Tho press at the South, as far as our ex changes enable us to judgß, has nothing more at*h cart than tho succors of the President’s pelity, which, alone, promises such a restora tion as will sec%re upon a solid and durable basis the prosperity, happiness and glory of the country. If all tho Northern journals were as friendly to the President and tho Government, as ad ministered by him, as the Southern press, there would be a speedy end of our intestine troubles and rapid advancement of the nation al prosperity. There would be peace, friend ship and mutual confidence from one end of to the other. Sectional animosi- soon disappear and kind feelings and relations would succeed tha bitterness of strife which have for the last five years shed their disastrious iuflucnce over the land. The Revolutionary Designs of tee Radi cals. —President Johnson has been denounced most bitterly for his aniversary speech by 6ome of his former sujiporters..because be took oc casion to hold up to public condemnation the leading spirits in the Radical faction—charging them with designing to change the govern ment by fraud, usurpation, and amendments to the Constitution. That Mr. hit the nail upon the head, is shown by the fact that notV leading man or press in the radical in terest has undertaken to*controvert bis position in this respect. This was not an invention or discovery on the the Pteiidqut, • It has long been E6en by others, and public attention called to it. Early in the war, Gen. Banks wa3 repotted to have prophesied that the char acter of the government . would be radically changed before the close of the war. During the war, the New York Times, then inside the Republican ring, becoming incensed at the radical attacks on President Lincoln, took oc casion to reveal some of the party secrets. In the course of its article we find the following outspoken-language on the leaders of faction that is now laboring td prevent a consumma' tion of the restoration policy of the President. No measure has been too extreme, no policy too violent, no mode of warfare too savage for their tastes. They have led the van in the blind race of Radicalism and barbarism, into which they have seduced many public men of wiser judgments and calmer passions than themselves. They have scouted the idea whenever it has been presented in any form of closing the war, until not only Ihouid slavery be abandoned, but until the people of the Southern States should have been, reduced to the condition of helpless and hopeless vassals to the General Government. - 6 * They have sought steadily and consistently, them conquest, subjugation and ex'eimination as States, in order that they might found up on them anew empire raised upon their own ideas, and to be raised by their counsel. They have sustained tbe war,'not as a means of re storing the jioion, bat to free tbe slaves, seize the lands, crush the spirit, destroy the rights aud.blot out forever the political freedom of the people inhabiting the Southern States. It is the schemes of this class of men that President Johnson is now engaged in thwart ing It is this class of men who are [now en deavorlbg in Congress to pass more Constitu tional amendments, and who are trying to in jure the South and its people by enacting un constitutional laws. President’Johnson was not far estray in his estimate ot them. From Maine. —Large and enthusiast meet ings have been held in various sections of Maine, supporting the President and his policy Demonstrations of this kind, in lj}at quarter, are certainly good signs. Everything which has emanated from that section, for years, has been Os the “darkest hue/’ May these faint flashes of tWhiiSwa Uw far Easi be sur Wingers of coming better days. The Danger of Ocn Pusssnt Position*— Congress is uncertain of its position, ity duties, its powers. It is full of a factious, t resjdeSß, revolutionary spirit. It seems to have-thrown away the old government—to have cut loose from the Constitution. Great wars necessarily suspen I the operation of law to a certain ex tent, and justify the use cf extreme or doubt ful powers ; but a wise legislature would lose no opportunity Sf relinquish a doubtful posi tion that it had assume ’, forithe public good, and take once more its natural place in the circle of government. Congress, on the con trary, is determined not to relinquish the po sition that the war gav| it., jßs whole strugglo is to hold that positibn, and to prevent, by every means, a return to the harmonious, quiet, naturSl operation of the old system. Its revo lutionary -disposition and purpose i/ .most clearly seen in its propositions to change the Constitution of the country. Some thirty or forty amendments are before it, which, if adopted, wfould completely do away with tha system ufider which the United States have been so prosperous, and would change our government in nearly every feature. Congress assumes.that the Constitution is a nullity. It ignores tha Constitutional distribution of pow ers. It has taken the position of the Supreme Court, to interpret the Constitution by party vote. It has made its Central Directory—its infamous Committee of Fifteen—an f xecutive, to supersede the President. It has threatened to impeach him also. In ail ways it assumes superiority to the law, and is not a Congress under the Constitution, but a fac.ion govern iug in defiance of that instrument. • _ Is Js from this very point in their history that free Governments tumble Into despotism. At 6oroo weak hour when, for one cause or another, ction prevails and law is superse ded, and faction daily- grows \forse till a po litical chaos seems#imminont, then some strong hand se'zos all, and an unscrupulous leader gains tho confidence of the peop eby putting tho factions under ills foot, and a little later, in virtue of that very confidence, puts liberty in the same place. This i3 the histoty of a* thousand republics taken from that very point in their career at whieh wa now stand in ours. Ttr c fall begins when faction supatcedes the Government and pattern passion'takes the place of law. This wa3 the history of liberty in Rome, in Fiance and Eugland. Faction made Rome ready for Caesar, faction in tho long parliament paved the way for Cromwell, aud faction iu Napoleon. inevita ble. It is the Eame sorieß of facts in every case. It is a lawot national life, and we will not be exempt [from it unless there is something in us different to all other cations. Tho people are the only hope. ■ They aro certainly more intelligent and more free, and their influence is more direct than in other countries. Their intelligence, their patriotism and their free dom is what we must couut upon for the hope that the factions will be put fluwn by a power not inimical to freedom, by the voice, of the whole people, and not by an amoitious leader ready to become a despot. TiiajpEroßucAis; Card at ths North. —The Republicans are playing all sorts of dodges in order to carry the elections in many of the States at the North. In Pennsylvania alone, has the radical party met at all the issues made by its Representatives in Congress with tbe President. In New Hampshire they did dodge, and in Connecticut and Indiana they are attempting to dodge that altogether by a sort of ludia rubber platform that stretches over both the President and Congress. In Pennsylvania the party takes a little more de cided position on the side ot Congress, yet faiJs to meet manfully the issue. They strike at the President through insinuations and over the back of Senator Cowan ; but at the back of Mr. Stevens they will probably be brought up to the mark, although the wily and epoils loving polifieians of tho Cameron school will exert their great influence to preserve the peace. The party that makes an issue and then dare not meet it before the people, is. a contemptifcle.party, to say the least. India Cotton. —The accounts from Bombay show a rapid increase of the growth of cotton in Western India. The shipment for five months alone, during last yeav, over the Great Indian Peuinsula rai.way, amounted to 209, 724 bales—three times the amount for the same period in the preceding year. The quali ty of Indian cotton is far inferior to that grown iu this esuntry. Between tbe French aud English there exists great rivalry in steam communication in the East, The French line of steamships set-in io have the advantages of comfort and speedy. The French freshwater canal, at Suez, now empties into the Gulf of Suez ; but the maritime canal,' which is the great commercial work, shows no signs of completion. Now that the war in this country is over, a large number'of American travelers have found their way to Egypt. Tug Result of Abolition Philanthropy.— A Republican tjeaatoi, in a speech a few days since, made a statement wh ch shows tho re sult of the great curse of this country—Aboli tion philanthropy. He said that “ the actual * destruction ot the black population since u 1860 has been at least twenty-five per cent. of the whole,” —“ a million out of four mil “ lions have perished.” He m gut, with truth, nave aijded that not only have a million per ished, but a large proportion of the remainder have been left so debauched and demoralized as to continue their rapjd extermination. Truly, the Abolition philanthropists cf the ountry have much to answer fc-r. A Rich Bjy.—The richest individual in Massachusetts io a boy, the son of the late Joshua Sears, a Boston merchant, who died— leaving his sob as his sole heir; his property was appraised at about $1,830,000. The jrus -tees under his the rncst cf it in real estate in Franklin Street; the -dwelling houses of which they demolished almost en tirely to make room tor the finest block of stores in Boston. The investment proved highly judicious ; the property has more than doubled on their hands, and now reaches an aggregate of over $\,003,000 in value. # The lad who is to own this, is now being brought up in the family of Hon, Aipheus Hardy, ohe 1 otobe trustees, and leading merchant of Bos i ton. The Secret Motive.—lu a letter to a meet ing of conservative citizens of St. Louis, the Hon. Edward Bates subjects the vetoed Freed men’s Bureau bill to a merciless analysis, in which he exposes with unmistakable distinc ness the ulterior revolutionary object of the proposed statute, and 'denounces with appro priate but logical saVevity the dangerous sub terfuge of its contrivers, was counteract ed by the prompt and bold interposition of the President. Mr. Bates aDo denounces the authors of the bill, and says that - ' the secret motive which induced them to lasten such a measure upon the country, was to subvert the constitu tional form of Government. In concluding his letter, Mr. Bates remarks thus : I think it a fortunate thing for the country, that tho Radical faction i. so demented as to pick a quarrel with tho President because he refuses to be Iheir instrument to overturn the Constitution gnd substitute in its place a mili tary despotism, 'and to stake their political fortunes upon tha monstrous vices and follies of the Trumbull bill. For, iu doing,, so, they do but insure their own defeat, find consequent ly, the restoration and peace, and revival of national inspect for legal govern ment ana a national love for liberty by law. Even the emancipated negro, for whose sake it is pretended that this wrong is done, will not long fail to see the hypocrisy and fraud of tha transaction. They will see that while they are cajoiod with the pretence of liberty and equality before the law, this wicked bill sub jects th- m to tiie power of military overseers, excludes them from all legal protection, denies them the right to appeal to the courts of law for redress. of grievances, and requires the agents and officers of the bqreau to “take jurisdiction of all cases” which concorn them and their interests. Francs and Mexico. — The speech of the Emperor of France was accepted iu this coun try as a sincere expression of his desire to withdraw his troops from Mexico. If, how ever, instead of withdrawing at once, itshould appear that Napoleon is actually dispatching new forces to Mexico, it is highly probable that a different interpretation would be placed On his Speech by tha people of this country The pr'esentrftypect of the subject is not at all satisfactory. On the contrary, it is under stood in France that the means nothing but a diplomatic expression, designed to quiet American minds. If this provs to be the case, tho reaction here will he very strong. Our people are not accustomed to diplomocy, aud are very apt to resent any deception practiced on them, especially by foreign powers. There is no light feeling on this jaattor among Americans abroad. They seem impressed with the conviction that Louis Niipoleon has no in tention to remove his troops from this conti nent, and, on the contrary, they believe that numerous troops now in France aro destined to reinforce Maximilian. The Cattle Plague. —The United States Consul at Liverpool, in his despatches of Feb. 16th," says tho cattle plague is now the absorb ing topic among the peoplo ; that it fills all Ihe newspapers, and occupies nearly the. whole attention of Parliament. Vaccination as a remedy seems to be regaided as a total failure, and no preventive will be effectual, in tho opinion of those who are versed in the matter, except to stamp it out, which means to kill all the cattle taken with it on its first appeaiance, and compensate the owners for their loss.— There is a bill,now beforo Parliament on the subject, causes a . good deal of discus sion. The report lor tho week ending Februa ry 10th, shows 11,590 new cases. The number attacked since the commencement of the dis ease is 143,023, of which 111,100 have died or been killed. Official Corruption,— la a debate in the U. S. Seriate, recently, when a proposition was under consideration to Ihvestigate charges against certain officers who had served in New Orleans and in tho Mississippi Depart ment, Senator McDougal, of California, stated that he knew of ajnan who had been rejected by the Senate for Captain and Quartermaster, who was nothing but a common sporting’man in California, not worth SIO,OOO. After his rejection by the Senate he went down to New Orleans, where his brother was in command. He engaged in operations there. In a short time he died, and by his will ; which was now in the Surrogate’s Court, it was clear that he had made $2,000,000. He supposed the Sen ate knew whom he meant. • . --mac, <ss*=— An Important Decision.— Judge Mason, in the Supreme Court of New Yoik has given an important decision. A guest at the Lafarge House was robbed of a watch, his rings and Bcarf pin, together with two hundred dollars in money ; and on sueing, the proprietor set up in defense that tho rule of the house—un der the statute of tbe State—required valua bles to b 8 deposited iu the 6afe of the office. The Judge, however, charged that this did not apply to a watch, or such jewelry as a person usually carried about his person, nor to such amounts of money as were usually carried in of travelers to supply ordinary necessities. The jury brofeght in a verdict giving the plaintiff five hundred and twenty five dollars. ‘•The Directory.’’ —The “Irresponsible Cen tral Directory,” as the President designates the Committee of Fifteen, report adversely to tho admission of Tennessee members, and assume that the State shall be admitted demand that Tennessee shall make with the United States to repudiate u>e Con federate (ftbc, to disfranchise Confederate vo ters, and never to make any claim on the general government lor emancipation. In this way the deshuctives are busily engaged to change the foftn of our government, by dic tating to States as to the regulation of suffrage, and in other matters not warranted by the Constitution. Well may the people thank the President fpr earnestly opposing such schemes, which only tend to deprive tile people of their rights. East Asiatic EiPtDiTiON. —The Austrian Government has accepted the proposal of an East Asiatic expedition, which is to start this month. It is proposed to explore Siam, China and Japan. This expedition will consist of the frigate Schwarzmberg and the corvette Frieder ich, and will be under the command of Admiral Tegetthoff. part of the mis sion has been intrusted by the Austrian Minis try of Foreign Affairs to Chevalier Karl Yon Scherzer. VOL. LXXV.—-NEW SERIES VOL. XXV NO. it. ADI’S AND BEfeOLtiTIOXH API*UOVED BY THE GOVERNOR. i- Com 169. An Act to incorporate the Vulcan Iron and Coal Company, and to confer certain pow-ers and privileges thereon. . UO. An Act amendatory of the law in rela tion to the establishment of lost papers. 171. An Act to relieve securities on bonds for criminal offences committed during the with the United States upon certain con citons. 172. An Act to incorporate the Geosgia Express Company. 173 An Act to incorporate the Georgia Life and Accident Insurance Company of Atlai^D. 174 An Act tb incorporate the Mining Man facturing and Improvement Company of the city of Atlanta. 175. Ah Act to carry inio effect the 9th clause of section I, article 5 of the constitution. 175. An Act to carry to Authorize the sever al Ordinaries of this Stato to administer oaths, and to receive eomperisation thereof. 177. An Act to regulate the distribution of the Common School fund of the county of Echols, and for other purposes. 178. An Act to amend section 3478 of the Code of Georgia. 179. An Act to autboiise the»lnferior Court of Richmond to levy an extra tax for county purposes. 180. Au Act to am -ud an Act to incorpor rate the town of Brunswick, in the county of Glynn, to define its jurisdictional limits, to provide fur the eleetiou of a Mayor and City Council, and such other officers as may be re quired, and confer upon them spec.Uc. powers, and for other purposes. 181. An Act to amend tha 4467 section of the Code of Georgia. 182. An Act to exempt from streot duty, all persons who now are or hereafter may be cime active members of either of the existing Hook and Ladder or Fire Companies of the city of Atlanta,. * 183. An Act to ckango the line between the counties of Murray and Gordon, 184. An Act to authorize certain sales to bo made in other counties in this State than where Buch sales are now required by law, aud where certain kinds of property have been removed out of the State, to authorize the sales of the same in the State where it has been removed. i.85. An Act to repeal paragraph 183 of part Ist, title 4, chapter Ist, of tho Code of Georgia. 186. An Act to incorporate the New Era Mining and Manufactanßg Company. 187. "An Act to amend and aiter the charter of the city of Columbus. 188. An Act io amend part 2, title-3, chap ter 2, article 4, section 3, of the Code of Geor gia. 189. A« Act to incorporate the Dalton Pe troleum Mining Company. 190. An Ant for tb; pardon of John W. Mar tin, now confined in the Penitentiary for the crime of murder. 191. An Act io prevent the illegal seizure, detention, or removai of property in this State, and to prescribe the punishment for the same. RESOLUTIONS. 29. Resolution accepting the benefit of cer tain acts of Congress of the United States do nating public lauds for certain purposes there in mentioned. 30. Resolution requesting the Governor to memorialize the Secretary of the Treasury in regard to the seizure of cotton in certain cases. 31. Resolution ai’thorizing'tho distribution or disposition of surplus books iu the State Library by the State Lilarian, under the direc tion of the Governor, aud for other purposes. 32. Resolution' requesting the Postmaster General to recommend tbe establishment of ceitain mail routes. 35. Resolutions appointing a couftnlttee of sixteen to digest and report a common scbooT system to the next session of tho General As sembly, and for other purposes. 34. Resolution in relerence to the commit tee of five appointed by the Seuat#, and the committee of tivo appointed by the House, to whom was referred tb» Governor’s Message in relation to providing corn for the destitute, to act as a joint committee. 35. Resolution allowing tho Secretary of State to employ a clerk in his office, for the purpose of replacing destroyed maps in the Surveyor General’s office. 36. Resolution requesting his Excellency, the Governor, to pardon and let go free Epsy Woofi, a convict in the Penitentiary from the .county of Franklin. 37. Besolution requesting his Excellency, the Governor, to instruct the Superintendent of the Western aud Atlantic Railroad to give certain aid to farmers and otheg persons upon said Railroads. UNITED BTATES C9K»BBSB, Washington, March 14. In the Senate; the Committee on Finance reported back tbe bill to supply deficiencies in the appropriation tor the current fiscal year. Mr. Trumbull reported back from the Judi ciary Committee, the Civil Rights bill, *aad asked for au immediate consideration of it. In the House, the feature of interest was the debate on the expediency of marking an ap propriation from the Treasury to aid in tbe representation of the products of the United States in tho French Exposition. Considera ble feeling was evinced iu the course of the debate against France. Mr. Waabburne, of Illinois, declared that rather* than see the unK forms of the Un!fed*Sta'.23 sent over to Paris, to be snubbed dy the representatives of Euro pean aristocracy, he would prefer to see them On the backs ot our veterans, marching for the Halls ot the Montezumas. It, was at length voted, in the evening session, to make an ap propriation of SIOO,OOO. Thursday, -March 15. The Senate concurred in the amendments of the civil rights bill, and passed it by a. large majority. The bill has now received the as sent of both Houses of Congress, and will bo transmitted on Saturday to the President for is action. A True Prophecy. —The projfhecy of Daniel Webster, in regard to matters in case a certain class of politicians obtained control of affairs has proved too true. In glancing at the fu ture of the country, ha said : ‘‘lf these fanatics and abolitionists over get power into their hands they will over tide the Constitution, .set the Supreme Court" at de fiance, change and make laws to suit them selves ; finally they will bankrupt tbe country and deluge it with blood.” The Conscience Fund or tub Treasury.— The National Intelligencer, of a late date, says : It will be recollected that the Secretary of the Treasury a short time ago received from an uuknown' source the sum of five thousand dolfars, which the anonymous wrfter stated rightfully belonged to the Government. Since the letter enclosing tho money was received, another communication has been sent to the Secretary from another party, who claims to have lost that amount, and asks if there is any possibility of the amount deposited being iden tical with the rfioney lost by him. It would, dherefoie, be desirable to have the unknown depositor state in what manner he received this money. A Riuc.—A gold cross and chain have been dug up at Clare Castle Suffolk, England, sup posed to be one presented originally to Tewks burry Abby in twelve hundred and thiity-five, sand alleged to contain portions of the hairs o Lertain saint*, a part of the beam to which our LomPb crocs was fastened, and a piece of stone seem Mount Calvary. . : [From the Flintshire (Eng.) Observer, Feb. 9 ] TEE CATTLE FLAHI?« AND GOVERNMENT AID. On Monday next Sir George purposes bring ing forward a bill on the above subject. Gov ernment compensation he holds out no prospect of, it having worked badly % century ago. In a record ot the plague of 1757, written by Dr. Lyon Playfair, ws read “The system of compensation for slaughtered animals would appear to offer a means of rd6~ ord, but it was soon abandoned, and it led to the most serious frauds. Every animal Buffer ing from disease Ot any kind was knocked in head, aud classed as a plague-stricken Imist, in order to ensure Government compen sation. A more serious evil still resulted; for the payment of. losses diminished the motive to exertion, on the part of local authorities, for the extirpation of the murrain. The Treasury records, theroforei afford no clue to the number of cattle which suocumbed to the plaguy but it is probable that it reached to uowards of 500,000.” During the cattle plague of 1714, the orders then issued by the Privy Council wore very similar to those which have recently been issued, thus clearly proving that the plague of that period was of the same character as the one we are now visited with. Tha same pre cautions were observed, the symptom* of the diseased cattle are alike, all remedies failed to relieve, and the “pole-axe,” or what we weald now call the “stamping out” system, was pro nounced then as the only radical cure.' The plague then continued thirteen year!, and from careful inquiries made by Dr. Faust, it is said that'from 1711 to 1796, more than two hundred millions of horned cattle were cut off by the disorder in Western Europe; and no one method of cure--excopt homoeopathy, tried in 18§5—was not tried, and found wanting in the plague of 1745. All the modern appliances were applied then, and to no purpose. During this visitation Ireland, as now, was free from the disorder. It will thus be seen that the ex - perionce cf the plague in 1745 is highly valu able, though most discouraging, both as the use of preventive and curative measures. In 1853 experiments were made at Charkow with reference to inoculation. One thousand beasts were inoculated, with matter of the seventh generation, and not more than sixty died. Russia, beyond all doubt, has been proved to be the nursery of the Rinderpest, as it is, morej or less, ever present amongst the herds ’bred in the Steppes of that county. Tho virus’there used for vaccination has been artificially converted into cow pox, or vaccine virus, by miving therewith warm cow’s milk, and a dilution of strong coffee is recommend ed to be.used also, as it.contains casein like milk. The number of horned cattle in this country is supposed to bo from seven to eight millions, and their estimated value may be taken at $70,000,000. We have already shown that the history of the plague in 1865 is but a close repetition of its history in 1745, when it dwelt among us for twelve years. It ravages then were fear ful. and it behooves all parties, whether own ers of stock or otherwise, to aid in every man ner they pos3ibly can, to prevent the spread ing of this most destructive malady. We question whether any person, be his calling what it may, would deny the right and justice of his being called upon - to put his hand into his ipocket to provide for the national loss, which will inevitably take place should the plague continue much longer in onr country. In a parish of 30,000 acres in .Flintshire, 475 cattle have been swept off by thp muirain, and only 225 remains. One farmer, Mr. Parry, lost sixty head, out of a heard of sixty-seven. Others lost from fifty to thirty-eight, leaving only five or six head remaining. In the parish of Coanalis Quay 800 head were swept off, leaving very few alive. These figures are startling, and all England is excited over the devastation. Ordination of Rev. Joseph Gross. —This distinguished Divine, well known to many of our citizens, has been inducted into the Minis try of the Protestant Episcopal Church. The ordination of a Minister, says the Nash ville Dispatch of the 17th— “ Does not usually attract any special atten tion ; but where the candidate for holy orders* as in the present case, has eccupied a promi nent position in the clerical ranks of another denomination, his change of base (the phrase is hardly sufficiently dignified for the subject) is naturally suggestive of comment and reflec tion. Rev. Dr. Cr iss has, for a number of yearß, been tanked, justly, we suppose, as one of the leading ministers of the Methodist Epis copal Church, South. Whether as an eloquent preacher or a polished and vigorous writer, he has been recognized as occupying no subordi nate position. He was born in England, and received his infantile religious training in the established church of that country ; but com ing early under Methcdistic influences, he was Converted among the Weeleyans, and has since devoted some of the beßt years of his life as an exponent of Methodism ” The Swiss Convict immigrant. —The Sec retary of State, in a letter to Senator Sumner, details the facts in the qpe of the murderer Martin Bader, recently pardoned by the Coun cil of Basleland, Switzerland, on condition of his emigrating to this country. He was under sentence of confinement for twenty four years in chains. Ihe United States Consul, Mr. Wilfe at Basle, intormed the Council ot' Basie* land that the United States was not a colony for convicts and criminals, and that the pernon pardoned would not be permitted to land in this country, but v.ould bo returned to Switzerland jit the expense of those sending him hither. A Boston Opinion. —The Commercial, ths leading’papers in Boston, remarks thus on the situation : It*really looks as if seme of the Radical Congressmen were desirous of goadiDg the South into another rebellion, to perpetuate the rule of their party, which they consider of more importance than any or all things else. Rev J J Williams has beja consecrated the Catholic Bishop of Boston * Gen Evans is in Texas, looking up locations for South Carolina settlers. Rents are “tumbling” in Washfcgton. No actibh in regard to Mexican bonds will be taken by Congress for some time. The New Hampshire vote gas the largest 6igce 1860. The Republican majority was over twenty &ix thousand. The plate od which the hundred dollar counterfeit compound interest *• notes were printed, has been found. The marriage law in Pennsylvania has been made very strict. The Indiana Democratic State Convention has denounced’ CODgregs supported the President. . The white sulphur spring property in v ir« ginia, has been purchased by Col. J. H- ferry, of Louisville. . . Gov. Vance, of North Carolina, has recov ered from his paralytic attack. , . Senator Saulebury was re-enUy so drunk that he had*to be taken out of the bena-e ka john Van Buren is stumping Connecticut for Express Company have paid the Memphis Bank $200,000, recently lost by goldmine, T.mpico, *«*». are attracting much attention. 8 The slaves recently, landed in Cuba from Africa, are to be collected and sent bacn. The distillery frauds in New York are being litigated.