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OLD SERIES, VOL. LXXV.- Clpnirlf ('c.leutinel, HEERT MOORE, A. R. WRIOHT, THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL. Ia onr is-ae of yesterday we gave place to the “Civil Rights Bill,” which haring been peaeed by both Houses of Congress, lacks noth' lav but the approval of the President to give ft the force and validity of Law, Conjecture Is bn-y, in speculating upon the probabilities of its being vetoed. We shall not participate in the Bpeculatlon.fl|We hop* the President will withhold his sanction. He may not; but whether he shall or not, it wili not obango the character of the Bill, or diminish Us significance of coming troubles. The first section of the Bill declare* negroes f* becitizens of tho United on ttftm equality of c ? v!l rights and remedies and puuiahments for crimo with white citizens. The balance of the Bid prescribes, In detail, the node of conferring the provisions of this Orst section. Caedor requires us to say, that the fact of fie colored population being clothed with tha rights specified in Ihe hist section, is not the feature which should make It distasteful to the Hoqih-rn people. This fact we ha7e accepted fr» good faith. Being free, we are willing for th; m to bo admitted to every civil right of per BOU and property, wnlch they are capable of exercising andenj >yiwg, und which Is compat ible wilii the safety and welfare ct society.— W« are not disposed to say, that the specifica tion of rights, contained in tho first section of the Bill, goes much beyond tha limit we indi cate. Wo are prepared to be liberal, magnan imous, and Just to the colored population. We would not bo niggardly, iu conferring blessings qp;tn tbvm. W« look to tho social weal first. That is (■arainuunt; we woul i tbon extend to them every thing which would not endanger it. Wo here dismiss this branch of the subject, and '-Utp'OM'h grand questions. Uh> Bill, by a single dash of the pen, do dan-H negroes to be citizens of the United plates. Ali persons born hero, withoutdlatino tion of raoe or oolor, who ere not subject to anv foreign power, excepting Indians, not tax ed, are suddenly elevated to the dignity of Ollizenabip Iho white man, however, though born here and a resident twenty-one years, if he is subject to any foreign power, is not de clared to boa citizen. His length of residence, Ids intelligence, however exalted; his virtues, however bright ; his character, however pure and uusulliod, count nothing We do not com plain of Oils, bee »use we have b: eu educated fn the conviction, that the distinction of cHiiviushlp ought uot to be made too cheap »«*c,n lor white people. But It exposes, in a eirpug light. the monstrous perversity of heart and mind which must have swayed the radical majority in (Jongress, when they could get their consent to confer the robe of cttizenshlp Upon four millions of ignorant, and semi-civll tfcd Africans. Wo have been reared aud nurtured In tho conviction that this great government was intended for white people. If it bo an error, It Is one wfclch s.-etns to have possessed the minds of the fathers of the Uepublio, and to haw been transmitted to tholr decendants, until the luiid and baleful blazo ot abolition fanaticism dawned upon our darkness. It Is refreshing to turn our thoughts back to the better days of our history. It is instructing te contemplate the acts of our predecessors, as eviuolve of their interpretation of the Federal Constitution and their nuderstandlng of the spirit and genius of our goverumeut. It is clear, from the legislation of Congress and Judicial decisions, that they never dreamed that negroes were to be citizens of the United States. The Constitution authorizes Congress "to r-labllsh a uniform rule of naturaliz ation s’’ that is, a uniform mode, by which persons eligible shall become oitizens of the lluitcd States. Now, this bill of rights is in the teeth of this plaits provision. For persons of African descent they establish one rule of naturalization; hut for the white man, who becomes eligible to, and di shes it, they establish another rule. Wh*t becomes of the “uniformity" which the Constitution requires i It will not do to say that negroes were born hare ; for they are the dependents of aliens, imported from Africa as slam. But let us glance at the legislation of Con. grew under this clause of the Constitution, to see if it he 9 not always been understood as we consigns it. In carrying this provision into effect, Ooo«Te*a has never opened the door to cit usauebtp for negroes. The act of the 14th of Ap'h. 1802, declares that "auy alien, being a free toki to person, may be admitted to become aOl a u,” &o The act of the 24th March, 1894 d«>a arcs, that "any alien, being a Jree is*i'ts person, residing, Sc., may be admitted," the act of the 22d of March, 1810, de dares that nothing herein contained shall ba Con-trQ and to exolude from citizenship any fret tefc to pennon, who was residing," Ac. The act ot ititb ot May. 1824, declares, that "any alien, being a /res tchite per ton. and a minor,” Ac. The same act provides, that "a declaration made by any alien, being a /ret white person, of his intended application," Ac. The act of 24th May, 1828, (which is the last on this subject,) declares that "any alien, being a free white jxrSon, who was residing." Ac. Now why this particular designation, by all the acts of Con gress on the subject of naturalization, of free *c- } ate persona, as alone entitled to be admitted U> ei’ioeosMp ? And why is it, that never. Modi the rear of our Lord, 1566, did Congress atyjmpt to confer citizenship upon negroes ? it is because Congress, from the beginning of the Government down to the present time, considered that it was never intended for Afri cans to he citizens of the United States. And an it was decided In the case of Dred Scott against Sanford, by the Supreme Court of the United States, that “A negro, whose ancestors were imported into thte country and sold as slams, Is not a cit'zen (though free) within tho manning of the Constitution of the United fhatse.’ ’ We might enlarge by presenting the argu r*e*t against the right of free persons of color it be admitted to citizenship. But we are content with the simple statement of the oe«- temporaneons interpretation of the Constitu tion, as deduced from the action of the Legis lative and Judicial departments of the Govern ment. The acts and construction of the Fathers of the republic ought,at least, to arrest attention and command reaped. They are “Moses and the Prophets if the radicals “will not hear them, they will not believe,.though oue should rise from the dead.’’ This bill proceeds, however, upon an assnmp tion, that Is not only monstrous, but subver sive of the character of our Government. It invades tho States, aud usurps the rights of municipal legislation. For ail the purposes contempiatcd by the bill, fc it obliterates State lines, and inaugurates consolidation—the con centration of all the reserved powers of the States lo the Federal Government. When be' fore did Congress ever attempt to define and enforce the rights of citizenship in the States f What statesman ever dreamed, in the better days of our history, that it was not the pro vince of each State, for itself, to regulate the duties, rights, and liabilities of its own people ? When was it ever contended, that Congress could deprive tho State Courts of their appro priate jurisdiction over the people ot the States f We cannot dwell upon these grave questions now. Thflr mention awakens alarm, aud we are admonished, that the future is preg nant with ruin, if the policy, of which this Is the beginning, is to be carried out to its logical consequences. If Congress can confer civil rights, it can also enforce political. Why not f What Is to prevent thorn from conferring the ballot, and eligibility to office upon the negro race? Wo know that the Sumner and Wiison Sohool are actually contending for tho exercise of this very power by Congress. If tha bill under review shall become a law, we have no expectation but that a “Political Righta HUP will soon bo carried to tho President for ap proval. But Congress is not content merely thus to usurp the power of the States over their own Internal affairs, but they add insult to injury, by so doing, In the absence of representation from eleven States, most deeply interested in tho subject. Legislation founded on tho most erronoons principles, and in violation of the rights of tho States, is forced upon the country without those State* having even a voice or rote; what can be more monstrous ! What could more effectually and justly awaken gloomy forebodings ? But we must dismiss the subject at least for the preient. We have given this review to our readers without hope of its effecting anv good result upon public opinion at the North. We are not prepared to be stripped of all our rights, however, without, at least, raising an earnest protest. If we must submit to aggression it is well that our oopressors be advised, that we are conscious of tho wrong. It Is weil also, that we do not forgot our rights in the midst ol our grievances. Wo should study and cherish a bright appreciation of thorn. It will, at least nerve us to that heroism, which, will enable us to endue our wrongs with the spirit of unsubdued but overpowered manhood. THE CURRENCY. The currency is an absorbing topic of the day. It is very natural that it should be; for it enters as a measure of value into ail the transactions which arise in the economy of living, and affects alike the Banker with his millions aud the widow with her mite. In that which Is so all-pervading, fluctuations are to be deprecated. They p'oduoe aDxiety and distrust, and Bubjeot a community to the do ml nation of a class called ‘‘shrewd operators," Nevertheless, In emerging from a state of war— a war sustained, as all great wars have been in modern times, by paper issues— they are ex peoted Beyond such, we see little in the fu ture to create distrust. Ponce, with its blessings, has returned to us ; and, with Its return, brings confidence in the solidity of the Government. The obligations of Governmeat are fortified by a system of taxation which yields a revenuo ample for ex penses—indeed largely in excess of require ments. Foreign oredit has been re established and Government securities rise in value.— Goid, hoarded and secreted from the grip of war, is unearthed—made aotive, and steadily declines in price. European potentates are said to be investing in Real Estate Mortgage Bonds, in New York ani Baltimore, Cincinnati and St. Louis, and elsewhere. European mag nates—the Sir Morton Petos of the Old World buy largely of Railway securities, and project hundreds of miles of new roads. But, more than ail this : The political complexion of Eu rope is fast converting the United States Trea sury info a vast Cosmopolitan Savings Bank for the misses of Europe. Into this, all who be come alarmed by Fenian movements, and Prym movements, and Schleswig Holstein difficulties, and Hungarian difficulties, and Italian imbrog lios and Mexican Imbroglios, are rapidly pour Ing their pennies, sou*, crowns and ducats, and tbc Bonds of the United Btates are the certificates of deposit. Hence, Foreign Ex change, with a balance of trade of more than seventy-five millions in gold against the coun try last year—and a continued excess of imports over exports this year—rules from one to three per cent, discount. It does appear that the march of events, at present, indicates clearly a speedy and perma nent assimilation in the value of the Treasury notes of the United States to gold, the recog nized standard of the civilized world. It Is true a little distrust is occasioned by the letter of Mr. Comptroller Ciarke, which Insinuates that the Hon. Secretary of the Trea sury Is lamentably deficient In a proper knowl edge ot the transactions ot his Department, and that he makes blunders in hie statement of March Ist. which are "inexcusably errone ous." These charges. If true, would prove quite serious ; because a defect in an executive head Is almost as fatal to confidence as a defect in a system. We do not. however, attach any importance to them. A committee from the House of Representative?, alter investigation, have affirmed that the Honorable Secretary was correct, and that the Comptroller is wrong. Besides, the letter of the Comptroller discloses the errors alleged. These consist ohiefly In not estimating amounts on deposit with the National Banks, and in not computing the ourrent premium upon the gold balance. The House Committee declares that such deposits AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 4, 1866. were included. The remaining error alleged seems to be sufficiently confuted by the Comp treller’s own statement. 11m treasury notes are the measure of value. They constitute the standard prescribed by law. Gold is a commodity. If this gold Is received from customs in New York, it appears at par. If the gold is leceived at San Francisco In exchange for certificates payable in New York, the oost of transmission mast be deduct* ed. Gold is at a premium which fluctuates dally. A currant and unstable premium Is an unrealised profit. Such a profit could not enter into a cash balance, beoause it is not as certained, and would vary with the amount of gold thrown upon the market. The Comptrol ler appears to us to reason in the style of rea soning which Goldsmith puts into the month of the wife of the the Vicar of Wakefield ; and, we feel very mach inclined to apply to him tho sententious commentary ot the simple-hearted Vicar : Fudge. We d'gcern but a single cause for distrust in the future : this is that want of harmony at Wash ington which preveuls or delays the restoration of the Southern States to their constitutional rights. Even this does not alarm us. We havean abiding faith in the Integrity and good sense of tho American people. We have an abiding faith in the integrity and good sense of their chief—the President of the United States. That faith leads us to the belief that even this cause will be speedily removed. But, as yet, it does exist ; and is moulded and wielded by a few, whose mad ambition would lead them to “ Wade through slaughter to a throne. And shut thß gates ot mercy on mankind,” THE WAR CLOUDS GATHERING IN EUROPE. Late accounts from Europe furnish us with daily developing symptoms of general discon tent which threaten to involve the whole country In war. Not, it is true, In one grand end mighty conflict of arms In whioh the na tions of the Old Woi id will align themselves in two great armies with a common causs of quarrel, as was the case wheu under the magic a! iaflaeace of the younger Pitt the Rallied Powers threw their mighty armaments against the serried hosts of the elder Napoleon ; but tho no less bloody conflicts growing out cf the numerous local causes which are now agitating tbe public mind in different sections of the country. It would seem that a special Providence was working up the disjointed and disconnected elements of discord in the diffeieat Govern ments, and driving them all, though by separ ate and distinct paths, into one great and common result—the resort to a conflict ot arms —an appeal to the power of the sword. Btates, like individuals, when disposed to quarrel, always fiud sufficient causes to justify them in their own opinion for breaking the peace, and, like the difficulties between indivi duals, the main causes of quarrei are often kept in the back ground, while unimportant or subordinate issues are paraded to the world as (be prime and moving oauses of trouble. Like individuals also, States feel that the public sentiment of the age demands that whoever appeals to force for the settlement of disputes, should, in advance, shew to the world that it Is a dernier resort—that ali the recog nized mease and resources of diplomacy have been tried lu vain, and that the preservation of National honor and National Interests im peratively require the appeal to aims. Austria and Prussia are still unable to agree in relation to the Schleswig-HoLtein imbrog lio ; and fears are entertained that before these vexed questions are ultimately settled, these two powerful nations may become involved iu war. In the meantime, serious difficulties are brewing botween ths King of Prus-ia and the Diet. The main cause of trouble is ostensibly the alleged insultiug course of the King’s Min ister, Hkeh Von Bksisark, in returning to the D'et their action, in relation to some important affaire, with the message that the Diet had no bustness meddling in such matters. The Diet demanded tho removal of the Minister, and the King dissolved the Diet. Here, for the pres ent, the matter ends ; but with the elements of strife warring around them, It will require but a slight spark to ignite a flame that may, in a few months, consume the present Govern ment, end add to tho already dangerous con dition of Europe. Austria, too, is involved in serious differen ces with Hungary The Maygnrs are clamor ing for a restoration of their boundaries, as settled by the Pragmatic Hanctim, and the recognition of all the rights of nationality which that treaty seemed to them. The Em peror seems disposed to yield somewhat of their demands, and tho lessons of the past will fall In their teachings if these concessions do □ot lead to farther and inadmissable demand.-. In Spain we hear the distant mmterings of a coming storm. Although the Government has bat recently succeeded in repressing a Berioas attempt to subvert the throne, we see by the accounts of the last steamer that another mu tiny has oocurred in the army, and that a whole garrison have raised the standard of defiance and have taken position on the frontiers of Portugal While the Government is engaged to its utmost capacity in a distant wa<*, these disturbances at home are well calculated to excite In the public mtnd the belief that tbe last crown of the House of Bourbons is In dan ger of being banished from tbe Palaces of Europe. Even poor, unfortunate classic Italy is be coming a bone of contention for the hungry curs, who have, for loug years past, kept her peeple ground under the curse of a vile and absolute despotism. Austria and Spain have united in making a demaud for an amendment of the Convention of September, and the last news from Paris shows that the French Minister, M. Drocth Dc L’Hurs, has given assurance that h:s government would unite in the de mand. Italy has performed, in good faith, the obligation imposed upon her by the Con vention of September; and now, when she is entitled to call upon the other parties tor a like compliance with their obligations, she is met by the insulting demand tor au amendment, by which she Is to be further robbed by her pow erful neighbors. The health of the Pope is stiil delicate, and fears ore entertained of his near demise. Such an event wonld odd greatly to tke Italian complications. It is thought that L«nis Napoleon would attest to confer the keys of Bt. Peter up-on some member of his own family, which wonid, doubtless, lead to a collision of arms. While Louie Napoleon is playing with onr government in relation to Mexican affairs, it is evident that there is a strong and increasing party in France, that are restive under his con trol, aud who are seeking to precipitate that country into another revolution. We do not believe that this revolutionary party has, as yet, much strength; but the report in the New York Herald’s Paris ietter, of the 2d Inst., of the debate in the Cnamber on the day previous ehows a remarkable degree of boldness and defiance in the Corps Legitlalif, which may lead to an outbreak sooner than we might an ticipate. The following words uttered by M. Jules Faon, show not only that at least the liberty of speech has been greatly enlarged, Tmt that there must be a strong under-current of popular feeling against the Emperor ‘What ia the s&ddestln aU tiris ifjikat, though the entire Chamber and the whole country should blame this act {the denunciation by the government of the Extradition Treaty;) the will of forty millions of men would avail nothing against that of a single man, who has bis band upon the Constitution. The word of the Cham ber is nothing; the will of a single man every thing. In his presence, toe are hut obedient dust.” These be bold words—worthy of the times and t he man. Grand, gloomy and Irrepressible Old England Is heaving with the throe# of a threatened revolution in Ireland, which, If not nipped in the bud, will shake her power from centre to circumference Her Ministry are fully alive to the importance of her situation and are using the power of the government in restor ing peace and quiet to the country. The Green Isle is covered, as with locusts, with swarms of detectives, policemen and spies, while a large force of military is being established in every important town. The people a’e de prived of arms—the writ of Habeas Corpus sus pended—public meetings forbidden, and all the usual appliances of despotic power are put in requisition to quiet the excited tenantry. If we turn our eyes to the East we shall find the horizon overspread with dark war clouds; from whioh deep nsutierings of coming strife are wafted upon every breeze. Greece Is aroused, and w« should not be surprised to learn by our next advices that her King had been deposed. Then new and difficult compli cations will spring up which may soriousiy dis turb the present alliances of the neighboring powers. Russia is said to be establishing a strong force on the GaHioian frontier*-eighty thousand men of all arms hare already been ordered thither. This preparation is being made in view of the continued disturbances In the Dannbian Principalities. Prince Kusa and his Ministry cannot agree—the people are excited, and are open in their denunciations of the Prince ; and. to be ready for the probable contingency of a war, Russia is putting herself in a position to command the situation. Tarkey 1b also Involved In a conflict with Syria, which ha3 already produced several bloody battles. What the power of the insur gents is, and their ability to sustain themselves we are not advised -but that a great deal of blood will be shed, we are assured, from the character of former eonflict3 in that quarter. Turn in what direction we may, the evidences of the coming storm, are many and unmista - kable. The o’-d world seems ready to be thrown at any moment Into the seething vor - tex of a general war, alike regardless of the lessons taught them by the experience of the past on their own continent, and the more re cent and terrible effects of the mighty struggle fiorn which we have just emerged. ANOTHER VETO PROM THE PRESIDENT. The telegraph conveys to us the joytul in telligence that Asdkew Johnson, true to his past hist- ry, and the principles which he has again and agatn announced as the policy of his administration, h*n returned to Congress the ‘‘Civil Rights Bili,” with his objections to its passage. We anxioasly await a copy of this important document, and will endeavor to Jay it before our readers at tho earliest prac ticable moment. In the meantime we ere not without fear that this unfortunate aad inflammatory measure may Reoure a sufficient strength in both Houses to pass by a two-thirds majority. The vote in the Senate upon Hs original passage was very deolsive— if we mistake not, oniy seven Sena tors voting in tbe negative. The recent action of the Senate in unseating tbe Hon. John P. SiacxTON, a strong friend of the President af ter the unanimous report of the committee in his favor, tends to confirm us in the fear, that the radicals wiii, upon this measure, at least, accomplish a victory over the President, the constitution, and thoughts of the States. In the meantime let our people, await with cairn and quiet dignity the approaching crisis, re membering that we are not without precedent to encourage ns to hope that much can yet be accomplished by a vigorous and active non resistance. ON THE RIGHT TRACK Hon. Eli Thayer, formerly a Republican member of Congress from the Worcester, Mas sachusetts, Di»trlot, is stamping Connecticut In behalf of the Democratic S'ate Ticket On Wednesday evening last, he addressed the peo pie of New Haven, la Music Hail, in a speech of great power and eloquence. He maintained, says the Washington Union, that ail tbe mem bers elect from the South ought to be admit ted to Congress and said the object of the Government is to let the people alone. He said the Republicans were entitled to no credit for subduing the rebeliios, for It might and ought to have beea finished in 1862, He de nounced the freedmen’s bsreaa Dill, advocated free trade and urged that paper money ought not to be issued by the Treasury at Washing ton. He closed by challenging Mr. Sumner or any other mas to debate with him before the people o! Connecticut. Two Indiana hoc a quarrel iu Mobile, re eantiy, when oh etabbsd the other to death. The Buffalo, New York, Fenians are drilling every night. Information has beee received of the arrest E. E Palmer, of Hamiitaß, Ohio, for swindling the Pension Office with fraudulent bounty land claims. HOW THE NEGROES ARE DYING OFF. Senator Doolittle made a speech the other day in New Haven, Conn , in which he makes the following statement# : “ What are the facts ? Do you not know that the oolored population has perished by thou sands and hundreds of thousands during the war f We have no accurate data upon which to state the precise number that have perished, but the highest officers in our army state un qualifiedly that in their opinion at least one million have perished. Governor Aiken, of South Carolina, who has been a Union man, and was one of the largest slaveholders of the Kouth, owning at one time over eight hundred slaves, himself stated to me in Washington the other day, unqualifiedly, that at least a million had perished, and, in bis opinion, a great many more; also, the Hon. Randall Hunt, of the city of New Orleans, states the same opinion, and Captain Haines, of the Union army of Louisi ana, who has lived always at the South, states his opinion that at least a million have per ished, and these gentlemen teii you the reasons on which they found their opinion. Some, ot course, have pembe.l in battle; perhaps fifty Hhoosmad Jjave perished ta-battie or of theif, wounds; but that has not been the principal source of their destruction. Small pox and other terrible diseases that follow the march of armies, have prevailed among them to a ter rible extent, all tbe way from the Rappahan nock to the Rio Grande The small pox has swept them away in cutup and on plantations, and everywhere, by thousands upon thousands. It is also a fact that when these diseases spread among those not accustomed to attend to dis eases among themselves, they have, to a great extent, been neglected by the people. The masters aDd those connected with them lost interest in them. They perished by hundreds of thousands. These are the appalling facts, and yet they are true. I have no doubt that when we come to take tbe census of 1870, two fifths of the whole colored population wili be found to have perished.” There are two important facts contained in the above extract, to which* we desire to call the attention of onr readers. The first, is the alarming mortality disclosed among the oolored population of the South, since the abolition of siavory. Aud is this, then, the price of the great boon conferred upon these poor, ignorant «nd heretofore contented and happy negroes ? In less than one short year have one million of human beings been destroyed by tha devout Christians (!) ot tbe North, in order to accom plish their insane purpose of blasting the inter ests and crushing the power of the white peo ple of the South I Ode million of souls sacri ficed to the Moloch ot Puritan fanaticism ! One million cf contented and happy laborers with drawn from the rich fields of the South, and made the food of worms ia their lonely graves! One million ot God’a creasutes swept from the Earth at the behests of a swarm of misguided, though doubtless honest, psalm-singing, Pharl saieal saints of New England! Cui Bono? Does it improve the negro to kill him ? Does it make the poor slave happier to give him the freedom to sicken and die without the assist ance and sympathy of his former master and friend ? Does It elevate the race to send one million to the grave annually f Does it christiauiz j the African to withdraw him from the protecting care of the white race with whom he was raised and reared, and throw him upon his own resources, without homes, without food and without clothing ? Is this the highest good of which the negro is susceptible? We think not. The declaration of Senator Doolittle but too terribly confirms what we of the South have always maintained — that the African race in this country, would, if withdrawn from the protecting and supporting care of the whites, rapidly relapse into starva tion and perish and waste away. This we have always foreseen would be the result of eman cipatiou ; aad for the promulgation of such views we Dave received the contumely, slander, and hate of a large portion of the Northern peo pie, and have been finally, by the force of arms compelled to abandon and consign these poor black people to the ready graves prepared for them by their Northern friends. The other statement of Senator Doolittle to which we wish briefly to ailude, is the charge that these bl-aok people "have been neglected by the white people”—"the master and those connected with them having lost interest in them.” Now what ate the facta in relation to this matter ? In May last the poor blacks were happy, contented and healthy laborers—slaves to their masters, whose every 4 want, physicial and spiritual, the master supplied, while in health, clothing, lodging, food, suitable and proper to their wants ; In sickness, medical at tention, careful nursing, suitable nourishment aud Christian consolation. The Confederacy failed, and this relation was instantly destroyed. The negro was taught by emissaries sent for the purpose, that we were their enemies- that contrary to the laws of God and the rights of man, we had held them In bondage—that “all men were born free and equal,’’ and that they were the equals in every respect of their former master# and mistresses. Indeed it is stated that a human creature with a white face and having the garb and claiming the character of a Christian minister, in a speech delivered to these ignorant blackß in this city last summer, actually told them that “they (the negroes) were the equals in every respect of their former owners, and had as much right In the parlor as their mistresses.” Is it surprising that, under the influence of such teachings, the negro became embittered against the whites, and that they abandoned their service by tens of thousands, leading, for the most part, a roving, unquiet and exposed life, and that sickness and death should follow a# the penalty for such a course of living ? We think not. Was It the duty of the Southern people, when tfnir slaves had been forcibly emanc’paled and then decoyed from their em ployment, to hunt them up in the dans to which they had fled and minister to their wants—to expose themselves and tbeir families to the ravages o! a loathsome contageous dis ease (small-pox), which the negroes had con tracted, and furnish food, lodging and narses -to those vho we are told are our equals In every respect ? We know of no law, human or divine, which required this of the Southern people. The Senate has reconsidered and rejected the nomination of F W. Byk«, District Tax Commissioner for Alabama, cn acoount of his participation in voting men and money, while a Confederate Legislator, in furtherance of the war. Another Indian Chief died at Washington on the 22d, of black measles. Two died of the •ame diseaae a few days previously. NEW SERIES, VOL. XXV NO. 15. WHEN WILL THE SOUTHERN DELEGATES BE ADMITTED TO SEATS IN CONGRESS. This question is on the lips of thousands, North and South, an! shows how deeply con cerned are thinking, disoreet men for the fate of tho Republic. We profess not to be able to answer it. But this much we will say, we be lieve it is only a question of time. Our dele gates will ultimately be admitted on some terms. The present disorganization cannot be perpetual. Tbe Union will be restored; all the States will, must, oome together. All in terests demand it: iireslstable outward pres sure demands it. But looking to the temper of the dominant party at the North, we do not expect that the Southern delegation will be admitted by and during the term of the present members of Congress. They seem determined to keep the Union practically dissolved ; they adhere to the test oath; whioh, of itself, is a perpetual barrier against perfect restoration. The ques tion ttttffitand will tbe next general elections. They must try the issue. We believe the policy of the President will be sustained at the ballot box, and that the next Congress will embrace Representatives and Senators from all the States, upon the principles of the Constitution. This is our hope. We rest on it and caluaiy await the fu ture, THE LEGISLATURE. The number of aots passed by the Legisla ture at Its late amounts to two hundred and ninety-three. Among them are thirty two charters for Manufacturing or Mining Com panies, two Steamboat Companies, the Savan nah and Oostanaula, both with powers of in surance, four Fire Insurance Companies, one Life and Accident Insurance Company, two Savings Banks, at Savannah and LaGrange, and one Bank, the Southern Bank of America. Among the public works Incorporated, are the Macon Canal and Water Works. Atlanta Canal and Water Works, Atlanta Street Railroad Company, Columbus Railroad Company, Geor gia Express Company, Brunswick and Ai tamaha Canal, and Romo Light Company. Acts were also passed for the relief of Building and Loan Associations in Savannah, Columbus aud Atlanta. The townß of Cuthbert and Madison have been incorporated as oities, while Americus surrenders her dignified position as a city, and falls back to its former status as a town. The towns of Smithville, Steadman, Wrightsville, Vernonburg, and Springfield have been incor porated. Eight acts were passed changing county lines, and thirty-seven amendatory of the code in fifty six sections Besides there were dozens of acts amending the laws in various particulars. The amendments to charters of Insurance, Bank and Railroad Companies were almost numberless, so says the Savannah Advertiser. WHAT GEORGIA NEEDS, The people of Georgia, says the Macon Tele graph of a late Issue, are sadly in need of an AaaNT in Washington to look after everything o' a political or business nature that concerns them or her. Other btates have members elect to Congress permanently there and watching over their interests, and why should not ours f True, we cannot expect these gentlemen whom we havo chosen to Congress to undertake the expense of a residence in Washington, but the State has aconiingent fund that may be applied lawfully to that purpose, and we hope the Governor will see to it that we ore no longer unrepresented in the departments and the lob by. Such a man as Judge Cabincss, if located in Washington permanently, wonld be of im mense service to the State and people. He has energy, sagacity, prudence, and would be faithful to his trust. Mr. Rtepbens is there, but temporarily, and were he to remain, his physi cal strength is not sufficient for the active labors that would devolve upon him. By all means let us have an Agent In Washington. THE MEXICAN REPUBLIC, The friends of the Mexioan Republic have printed and are circulating a statement of the aspect of the question, based on the compara tive financial condition of the country under republican and monarchlal rules. It shows the total foreign debt, as recognized in 1862, to be near $82,000,000, less than $3,000,000 of which is due to French, nearly $9,500,000 to Spanish, and the remainder to English sub jects. While the annual expenditures of the Republic, as established by Congress in 1861, is Btated at $11,000,000, those of the so called Empire are said to be nearly $50,000,000. It is further asserted, that in addition to the $150,000,000, as the amount of the public loans put out for Maxlmillian in France, and taken by French subjects, and for which Louis Napoleon is morally responsible, there have been expended from the public revenues of France, up to the year 1865, in this attempt to propagate monarchical institutions on the American continent, $150,000,000 more. WITHDRAWAL OF MEXIOAN TROOPS. The New York Tribune’s Paris correspon dent says that very intimate personal friends of the Emperor state that there is no present intention of withdrawing from Mexico ; that all the speech from the throne meant was, that when the French interests were fully secured, and the purposes of the expedition accomplish ed by the consolidation of Maximilian’s gov eminent, then, and not before, the army will be definitely recalled, and this will certainly require considerable time. The American public will perceive that their satisfaction over the Imperial speech has been the result rasher of their own wishes than of a consider ate scrutiny of the words and motives of Na-. poleon. My own opinion is, that the Imperial declarations are good just so far as they are confirmed by acts, and no farther. That it will be a very bad policy for our people or our Government to forget that Napoleon 111 will bear watching. INTERNAL REVENUE ORDER. The Deputy Commissioner of Internal Revenue has instructed collectors to enforce compliance with the law requiring savings banks to pay a tax of one-twenty-fourth of one per cent, each month upon the average amount of deposits of moneyheld by them The question having been determined by the decision of the United States Supreme Court ia the case of the New York Savings Bank vs. M. B. Field. A FEW WORDS FITLY SPOKEN. The following article, irom tbe New York Journal of Commerce, contains views which should be carefully considered by the people of the North, before they consent to the po icy of the Radicals, which Congress is endeavoring to engraft upon our laws. We give the article to our readers, that they may beeneouraced in this their hour of darkest trl 1, by the evidence of fairness and justice on the part of some of the leading minds of the North. We are not yet without hope that when the Radicals get a fair financial view of the situation, they will forego their heart’s warmest desire—the utter overthiow of the social and industrial interests of the South : The Cost or Wab.— The cost of war is not lo be summed up in a statement oi national debt. Many very loosely-talking politicians are found in these days who seem to thiuk that the whole cost of our late war is included iu the aggregate of public indebtedness, State and national, growing out of it; aud they go on the theory that we have nothing to do but to jtay thatamoOatv ie-notthe easiest thing in the world, but they do nos see one half of the difficulties attending it. Other items in the cost of war are visible at a glance in the dtsolations which it has caused. But these are not the most important, vast and mounrlui as they appear The large amounts raised and paid during the war do not appear anywhere in statements of the cost. These oame from the wealth ot the nation. Tiny were so much drawn from the blood of the system. But besides this there is a resulting expense in the steady drain on the powers and resources ot a nation which follows after war, and is visible not in statistical amounts charged as debt, but in the weights imposed on industry, in the check given to agriculture and commerce, in the depression which heavy taxation produces inevitably. The condition of the country to day is not that of a strong man who has con quered a disease and recovered all his energies and health. It is on the contrary that of tho man who, having resisted the threat oi ampu tation, had saved his limb, but at the ext euse of a great loss of blood, a reduction of physical force, and an enfeebled constitution, and who must now take every precaution, use every judicious remedy, avoid excesses ot ail kinds, and who by nuislng aud care may hope in course of time to recover his former strength. The remedies which some men propose to apply to the (Southern part of the country. iu its broken condition, are devised w thout reference.to such a state of the wboie system as rea ly exists. They are suicidal iu cbarac’ ter. Tho need of the whole country now is the health of every part of it If the Aiueri osn Union is to be prosperous, it must be by nnrsing carefully every mttnb -~ e he Union. We talk of punishing trait' ea on as if the only requirement was the war power, and as if the ■ was to be promoted best by ask v . uid c ashing the Southern communities. >ucn pi jects as the Freedmen’s Bureau bid w>,u;d, it made law, be first injuries to the S.rnth, and then injurious to the whole people. The oust ol the war would be increased indefinitely, and the drain ot war on the energies of the people would never cease so long as such a system was in operation. The necessity now is to restore prosperity to the South. It is the necessity of the North os well of the South. There is no village In New Eugiaud or lowa that would not be benefited by res toring the healthy, active producing and trad ing character of the South. That restoration can never be effected by governing the South ern States as conquered teriltory, or by administering in them a too arbitrary power of a central government, to the exclusion of local self government. This is too plain to need argument The people of the South are anxious for the resumption of old peaceful pursuits They an ready for it, and secession is forever dead. If it raises its head again, it will be in New England or the far West. The course of President Johnson seems to be based on the correct view. We shall never have national health, we shall never cease to be paying the cost of war over and above the stated debt, so long as we continue to keep any poriion of the country under any other Government than the Con stitution, and the laws which the people make for themselves according to it. Nor is it aione in reference to the South that some men are working to heap up new costs of war. If the result of this contest shali be, adjust now we see an effort to make it, the enactment of hiatber protective tariffs, and the consequent increase in cost of every article of home or foreign produce, we may add hundreds of millions of dollars paid out of the pockets of the people, for years to come, as a part of the cost which men teli U 6 is al ready added up and may be read in the Treas ury statement. There is no greater fallacy than this idea that the account has been s.ated and the whole cost is known. Every eff .it of the radical politicians is directed towar 1 in creasing the bill, toward compelling a!; be people in ali parts ot the country to pay more and, more from year to year, as the exc use of the last conflict. NEWS SUMMARY. A destructive fire occurred at Darlington, 3. C., on Sunday last. There is a beautiful bridal present in the shape of a set of jewels, now on exhibition in New York, which is said to be worth seventy five thousand dollars in gold. A Spanish lady is to be the recipient of it The jewels are foimed into a neck-lace and t pair of ear lings. The grave of Judge J J. Daniel, in the Ra leigh cemetery, has no mark to designate its lamented occupant, and au enclosure has been run across it. Fannie Temple, the famous trotting mare, has been withdrawn from the race courses. Boston sells its hou-e offai under a contract for $5,500 per annum ; the ashes collected by the city at $3,000 and the street dirt and sweepings for $2,000. It is rumored at Washington that Mr Speed is about to retire from the Cabinet, and that Mr Stansbury, of Ohio, will succeed him as Attorney General. So many Federal appointees at the South are swallowing the iron-clad oath, wi h such easy avidity, that a bill will be prep ired and prob'- ab'y passed by Congress, requi.-mg District Attorneys and Grand Juries in the Southern States to return all case.! of known peijnry (or indictment before their respective D strict Courts Ihe demand for fractional currency from the South keeps the presses in the Treasury Department at work day aud -' Major tjenerai Howard ' at 'e “has kindly volunteered” t i party journal called the “Rig -gh the agency of the Freedmeo scainau. BREACH OF PROM [Sr. SCI 1 AGAIN A SAN FRANCISCO MILLIONAIRE The gossips of San Francisco was thrown into a delightful flutter, the other day, by the announcement that a pretty widow on Pine street, named Carrie F. Claik had commenced a suit against Michael Reese, probably the richest man in San Francisco, for SIOO,OOO carnages for breach of promise. For the past several years he has been quite attentive to Mrs. Clark, and she says that in the year 1864 he promised to marry her. She watted for two years for him to fulfill her promise ; and the ia-dy says she has been ii jur#d to the ex tent of SIOO,OOO. Eminent counsel have been engaged ou either side. Alexandria Campbell, jr., and H. 8 Loyeappear for the injured te male, while Hall McAllister and John B I’el ton (the latter once pulied Secretary Stanton’s nose) are detained to defend Mr. Reese.