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B'itmdi $ fSnrfhul AUGUSTA, GA~. APRIL 25. AUGUSTA AND HER RAILROAD COMMUNIC A TIONS. Wa desire to call the attention of our cits Z'jnr, an<l more particularly of the business men and capitalists of the city, to the impor tance o? an early completion and full equip ment of the roads leading Into and through our city. The speedy opening of the roads from Augusta to Columbia, and from Augusta to MilledgeviDe, is a noc e-ity which, to us, is apparent, if we would successfully compete with other cities for the great through travel from North to South, and for the trade of South western Georgia and Eastern, Middle and Southeastern Alabama. The growing cotton crop of Southwestern Georgia, and a large portion of Alabama, will seek in the Fail an Atlantic market. This trade will not follow the circuitous route by Atlanta, if facilities are offered at Columbus, Selma and Montgomery for its direct c jmmunicution with Savannah. The Central Railroad will be linished in time to in >vc the growing crop from Macon, and unless a more dii ect an ! shorter route is open to Augusta than either the line by At lanta or MUlon, that road will have a mono poly of the trade, and the interests of Augusta must suffer. With the road open from this city to Macon or even to Milledgeville, our merchants would be able to control a large portion of the trade which will be eeeking an outlet from Macon. Our m irchanls are de seivedly populur with the people of the State, and with the many ad vantages which tho lo« cation and husint s facilities of this city ufford, they wool 1 secure a large and lucrative busi neiH from that portion of the State whose products find a seaport through Macon. Every interest of the city would be benefit - ted bj tho completion of the road to Columbia. Already are the roads through East Tennessee und Southeastern Virginia open, and strong efforts are being made to direct the great Northern travel over this route. The line through Tennessee could not successfully com pete with tho Central route, if the direct line from Columbia through Augusta to Macon was oompletod. The grading on tho Columbia road, we learn, is nearly finished ; and with the cordial co-operation and support of our capitalists, could bo put in running order in a few months. We call attention to these enterprises now. that the long dry months of summer may be devoted to tho advancement of those works. Southern Honor. Wo clip the folowing from the Constitution - al Union of Washington city. Southbhn Honor.— At the commencement of the rebellion, in 1861, Messrs. Kluehley & Sanchez, of Georgia, wore indebted to Mr. Gay nor, of Baltimore, io the amount of sl,- 200. A few days since they wrote to their Baltimore creditor, informing him that they were prepared to p>y the amount of their in debtedness, enclosing a draft tor $1,200 in gold in liquidation of thu same. Mr Ed Kinchly, Senior and surviving partner of the linn is a native, and merchant of this city. The late Colonel Sanchez, was in the Confederate service at the time of his death —an estimable gontl-man—pure and upright and greatly esteemed and beloved by a large circle of friends and connections in our commu nity. lie was, we believe, born upon the seacoast of our Slate and died near the close of the war In the Confederate service. This is the first notice of such integrity that we have mot with In the public prints—but it is withiu our knowled o that a large n unbor of our mer chants have acted in the same manner ; and that the tone aud feeling of the merohiuts of our State is that which governed in the fore going instance. We are happy to acknowledge that the same high tone has generally charac terized the actions of Northern merchants —al- though some cases have occurred where cash balances due in gold by parties at the North have been paid in Greenbacks with after deducting a commission of two per cent for investing and saving from confiscation.' ’ The corner stone of the monument to be erected over the grave of Stephen A. Douglas will be laid some time during the mouth of Mayor Jane, and the trustees, having the matter in charge, have invited Wm. H. Sew ard, Secretary of State, to bo the orator of the occasion. In reply, Secretary Seward writes : “I may inform you that I should cousider it an agreeable duty to accept this invitation, whieh does not exaggerate the regard in which I hold the memory of Stephen A. Douglas.— The last of his days in Washington were ein ployed in consultation with President Lincoln aud myself in organizing the resistance to dis union. Unless two events which are now mentioned, should occur hereafter, I could not expect to be able to assume the proposed duty at a time so early as May or June : First, my returning health must become mote distinctly established Second, official duties must be come less exteting. At present lam prevent ed, therefore, from making a promise which and pends so materially upon the future for its realization.’’ The Education ok Girls.— After much op position, the Cambridge examinations for girls inEagland have become regularly established, apparently with the best results. The last re port .4 the Syndicate of Cambridge University on tho local examinations held throughout the country during the past winter shows that the girls hare not only shown themselves supe rior in the points iu which it was certain that they would do better than the boys, but that in mathem itics also they have gained great credit. The general etyie of their papers was decidedly better than what the boys produced, and their answers were more to the point, with far fewer attempts at fine writing than their male competitors indulge in Ten girls out of twelve passed a creditable examination iu Latin, being especially distinguished for accuracy and good taste in -rauslation. A hundred aud twenty-six girls were examined) aud the examiners gave reports which seem to answer some of the chief objections against the examination for girls, stating that no uu due excitement was noticeable, nor any signs of weariness towards the enel of the week. On the contrary, all were very methodical and orderly, and the girls did their work iu a most businesslike way. without flagging. Rev. W. T. Brantlt. —We regret to learn that this eminent divine, who has resided in our city lor seme time past, has made ar rangements to remove to Atlanta, having purchased the desirable property improved by James Clark Esq., in that city. He has, we understand, accepted pastoral charge of the First Baptist Church of that city. Mayor Monroe and Alderman Nixon, of New Orleans, have gone to Washington for pardon. PlSliiE VIEWS O? POLITICS AT WiSHftfciOX. Elect oi t v « WmUrn Election*—Aiwa; ii the It -i a'O.mp Xnfrrt sJoual I>ic*ati(n t3 th* Prca.deit—Will i t Pre-U and Dt MiDm t t; it ?—Vi .ws oi the I>err ocratc Liad rs— hin th • Houie of Few* .Ini'"*—A Fat J for Forr e> —Bi irgsgute on ifr* Flo ra of C njcrtdi— Mr. Htephcn*’ TANARUS» utirn n/ and Its Kff ct—A. False Charge Ex ;l.d-d—The Case of Hen. Clay, Ac. (FUoM CUE own cob: EsrOKDE.NT.) WisuiNGTOX, li iitDAY, April 17. The recent Democratic successes in a large number of petty elections in the West, indicat ing the eettieg in of a popular reaction ng aiust the mad cour e of the majority in Congress, have alarmed the Radical leaders here. Cut they have gone too far to recede ; and they will not cow hesitate at tho most desperate measures to prolong their own lease of power an 1 to clip the wings of an honest and patri otic Executive. They now boldly declare—a thing unheard of, hitherto, la tho history of parties—that the President cannot, or, at all eveuts, shall not, change his Cabiuet, or, in deed, make any removal from office whatever, on account of tire opposition of an incumbent to his policy of Restoration, They base this new assumption of power upon the fact that usage has sanctioned the retention by a Cabinet officer of hid position, until his successor is appointed by the President . nd (if Congress happens to oe in session) confirmed by Vie Senate. Hitherto, this confirmation of a Cabi net appointee has always been a mere matter of form. But times have changed ; and hum ner and Wilson and Wade, who rule the Senate, vow that they will not allow the confirmation of any new appointment that may not be to their taste. And, as Congress has determined (cholera permitting) to sit the summer through, mis throat to bind tho hands of the President assumes a very serious aspect. II w tar Andrew Johnson will choose to sub mit to this dictation, as to who shall constitute his political family, is a matter much canvassed he.e, just now. His friends generally counsel him to strong measures. The following edi torial paragraphs, from tho able and vigorous New York Freeman’s Journal, express, aa briefly aa may be, tlio views of some of the Democratic leaders here: “By shilly-shallying and half-way mea-ures, the President has let slip a largo part of the ad vantage ho had over tho Congress. It is not yet too lute. Hio recent “Proclamation” de clares tho “war” ended, in all tho States c-x. cept Texas. He bolds the States as having never been out of the Union. Ho has, now, the right, by ruling in the Dorr care in Rhode Island, to recognize the State Governments at present existing all over tho country. When any bill comes up to him from Congress, he has the implied right, anil the whole present Federal power runs on implied right, to ask where tho votes of Virginia, the two Caro iinas, Georgia, &c , &c., are, and to ignore a Congressional vote that excludes the voices ol all these States that are ‘m the Union.’ ‘ President Johnson must stop temporizing. If he throws himself fully upon the ancient principles ot the country, as built tip by Thomas Jefferson, and iallies the masses to the well-known cries ot the grand old Democratic party—he can paralyze this rump Congress— discaid it as not the Congress of the country— and. in all probability, he elected President again in 1868 If he temporizes any farther with his iaipiacatde enemies, they are as cun ning as they are cowardly, aud they will unseat him probably within the coming year. “These are no quiet times. They are times of revolution. It is now a question of physi cal forces. Alt'. Andrew Johnson has the cards ia his hands, aud he has the hardiness to use them —il he has the exceptional knowledge to know what to do. If ho takes the strong hand, the cowardly Congress will succumb. If not, Congress, safely, will upset him !’’ There is, undoubtedly, much force in these suggestions. But it the President’s past course be any indication of his present temper, he will not hearken to them. He will prefer to avoid all uuusuul or revolutionary expedients in bi3 struggle against the ‘•irresponsible Directory” that is striving to paralyze bis administration, and to trust to the good sense aud conserva tism of the masses lor his ultimate vindication, 1 was a witness yesterday to a scene in the House of Representatives, which illustrates the malignant bitterness with which the war on the President is waged. A few days ago the Morning Chronicle, the Radical organ here, edited by the notorious John W. Forney, was notified by the State Department that its issues (every one of which teems with the coarsest abuse of the Administration) would no longer bo required for transmission to our legations abroad. Instantly tho cry of “proscription!'’ was raised, and on yesterday tiie hoary old radical, Iliad. Stevens, rose in the House of Representatives, and moved the adoption of a resolution instructing the Clerk ol the House to send three copies of tho Morning Chrouicle to each of our Foreign Legations, Consulates and Commercial Agencies, aud to pay for the same out of the contingent fund of the House, This nice little measure, innocent as it may appear, would have put nearly $30,000 of tho public money in Forney’s pocket. Ia vain the Democrats protested against so infamous a piece of legislation ; in vain a tew conscien tious Republicans remonstrated against so bare faced a misapplication oi the contingent fund of the House—tho purpose ot Stevens to thwart the President was fixed. Fortunately, how ever, a two-thirds vote was necessary in order to suspend tho rules for tho reception of the resolution at that time, and, as a large number of his followers happened to bo absent from the hall when tho vote was taken, the motion to suspend the rules failed for want of the requisite twoMhirds—the yeas being 50 aud the nays 41. But, us the Radicals can certainly muster mere than two-thirds of the House whenever they choose, I shall not be surprised to bear of the resolution being adopted before the close of the week. To an observer who remembers the palmy days of American oratory and statesmanship, when the legislative chambers echoed to the toues of Clay, Webster aud Caihoun, the ab sence of the leaven of dignity and decorum on the floors of Congress is now painfully appar ent. Only yesterday, two Rep resentatives of the American people were bandying such epithets as “miserable traitor" aud “contemptible copperhead,’’ evidently without the slightest idea of anything like courtesy or personal accountability tor their words ; while the House looked gleefully on evidently enjoying tbe sport hugely, and the galleries resounded with merriment at the antics of the actors in the arena below. Meantime, the Speaker, who had been appealed to by the Democrats to protect them trem be ing denounced on the floor as “followers of Jed Davis,” announced, amidst roars of laugh ter and applause, that he “really could not decide whether that was in order or not!” This is a fair sample of the scenes daily tran spiring in Congress. The testimony of Hon. A. H. Stephens has just been reported, amongst a miss of other evidence, by the Committee on Reconstruction, t I enclose you a copy, which will be read with great interest in Georgia. It is safe to say that no other Southern publi man holds as high a place in the esteem and respect of the Northern people as the late Vico President o; i the Confederacy ; and his statements will have I immense weight in the minds of all who are really open to conviction. But tho Radicals, who bar the threshold of Congress, do not mean to be convinced. Tho charges against Mr. Davi3 and other ■- ul coutberners, of being privy to and in tigators of the assassination of President Lmcoln, have all ended in smoke. Not a par tif !>: of evidence has been adduced to support the seen:-alien; and there i3 good reason to believe that the Hon. C. C. Clay, of Ala., (Mr. Davis’ partner in captivity at Fortress Monroe) v ill, in a ffiw days, be set at liberty, on parole. His expected release is mainly, if not entirely, attributable to the persistent and devoted in tercession of his wife. Butternut. THE NEWS. The price of tobacco in Mantana Territory has recently been as high aa five dollars a pound. It is proposed ?bv the State authorities of Pennsylvania to procure a full history of the services rendered by Pennsylvania regiments in the war. The Judge of the Common Pleas Court ha3 decided in Beaton county, lad , that a man who keeps a billiard table, or who sella or gives away liquors to a minor is not a fit per on to he entrusted with license to sell intox cating liquors. The Indianapolis Journal .editorially an nounces that rinderpest has appeared neighbornood of that city. Mr. Parton, in the North American Review for April, thinks it probable that a method will be invented by which a bundle of news papers can be shot from New York to Chicago in half an hour. *.The great tight-ropo walker, Mi J. Donier, rrudo one of his perilous ascents in New Or leans on the evening of the 30th ultimo from the top of tho Custom house to the opposite building iu the presence of over 5,000 people. The funeral of Gen. J.-Lyman Van Buren took place in Now York, on the 16th. Morehead City. N. C., was thrown into a fever of excitement by the unexpected entrance into the harbor of three of the huge monsters of the deep in the shape of whales. Two were immediately captured, and when last heard from tho people werrin eager pnrsajt of the other. When the corpse of Gen. P.obert Hatton, late of the Confederate army, was being car ried through the streets of Nashville the other day, a group of Uuittd States officers, who happened to bo near the line of procession, raised their hats and stood uncovered until the remains had passed them. Many philosophers connect the visitation of cholera with meteorological influences, and have studied the phenomena recorded in chol era times. One of the most curious results found is tho unusua 1 height of the barometer. In 1832, when the epidemic was at its height the barometer marko and 30,60 ; in 1849 it was 30.91, a height not likely to be reached oftener term onco in thirty years. In 1854 it stood at 30 50: These are tiie maximum heights. Geld quartz has been discovered on the Potomac. The work of dismantling the fortifications around Washington has been completed. Geo. B. Wright of Cincinnati ha3 been con firmed as Indian agent in Montana. The Athens (Ohio) Messenger announces the death, at that place, op the 2d instant,of Mrs. Samantha S., wife of General G. H. Grosvenor. Tho President has approved the bill appro priating SBOO,OOO to’ reimbuse tho State of Pennsylvania for money expended for the payment of militia in the service of the United States. The bodies of 1,609 Federal soldiers buried on the Bull Run, Wilderness and Spottsylvania battle fields, have been removed to the Arling ton cemetary. Charies McCiuchen. supposed accomplice in the Philadelphia murder has beoa arrested in London, C. W. The Provincial force at Toronto are to drill twioe a week. Another batch of Generals of high grades will soon be mustered out of service. The House ou the 16th adopted a resolu tiim, calling upon the President for informa tion relative to the withdrawal of the French troops from Mexico. A resolution was also adopted, instructing the Committee on Ruies to inquire into the expediency of providing, by amendments of the rule, when tho House shall have under consideration a resolution returned by the President with objections, neither a motion to lay on the table or a motion to postpone in definitely, shall be in order. Hon. Daniel S Dickinson was buried at Binghamton,N. Y.,on the 15th. The burial was in accordance with the rules of the Episcopal church. Gen. Hays, late C. S. A. has been nominated by the New Orleans Democrats for Sheritf of that Parish. The election comes off ou the second of May. The last of the white and black troops in Tennessee, will be mustered out of the service by the twelfth of May. In a few years tho sheep interest in Texas will not be second even to cotton. There are 9,217 rum shops in New York, The public libraries of the United States comprise more than JrOOO.OOO volumes. General G . T. Beauregard was elected dent of the New Orleans and Jackson Railroad on the 16th inst. The cattle disease has broken out on the Isthmus. It is not certainly known to be the rinderpest, however. Grass-fed beef sells for two cents a pound in Uruguay, and grass-fed beeves are heavy at nine dollars a head in Texas. It costs the Treasury Department from fifty to a hundred thousand dollars daily for print ing. Os 600 newspapers started in New York on ly five survive. So says Horace Greely. A New German Radical paper has made Its appearanc in Chicago. A school master in Albany N. Y. has deen arrested for breaking a boy’s arm with a rule. Pilots on the Missouri river get from SI6OO to SISOO per month, A series cf rich paintings and engravings were last at the recent fire in New York. Preparations are making j,'_to drain the Eiorida Everglades. The Pilgrim’s Progress has been translated into Chinese. A Miss Adams, cf Danville, Virginia, a ma ture damsel of seventy-eight, is cutting her fourth set of teeth. Beau Hickmaa doubts whether under the civil rights bill whiskey can be banished from the Capitol. - There is no truth in the statements that the cholera, or epidemics, exist at Key West, Fia. Anew evening paper will soon be started in New York, edited by Mr. Charles Sweitzer. [ in whose hands the Round Table has fallen, his eider brother having retired from (he field of journalism. STATE items. A .Panorama of “PuaJ:.; Lett,” is oa ex hibition at Columbus. Cevor is exhibiting iris etercoscoptican in Savannah. The bridge os r the Jestaaaula at Rome, has been completed.. . The ladies of Rome will observe the 26th inst, as a day set apart r the decoration ol the graves of Confederate soldier,-. The Duncan trial was i .’turned last Monday. Dr. B. A. white, one of the oldest and moat at Savannah. esteemed citizens of Miliedgeyille, died in that place on Monday, in the seventy-fourth year cf his age. General J. P. Simms and his brother A. B. Simms, were both admitted to the practice of law in the courts of this State, at tho April term of Henry Superior Court, now in session at McDonough. The Georgia Baptist Convention convened at Macon on yesterday. We learn from the press of that city that preparation was being made by the citizens for she accommodation of distant brethren in attendance ca the Conven tion. Two freedmea who went down the river, near Rome last Tuesday, to get sand, wore drowned. Judge H. H. Howard, aa old and valued citizen of Bibb county, died recently at his residence. Tho Rome Courier says that a meeting cf the planters was called at Centre, Cherokee county, Alabama, a few days since, for the pur pose of ascertaining the actual wants of the people. About a hundred men were present, five sixths of whom, before the war, had been thrifty farmers. Os this number, only seven reported that they had corn enough to do them until the wheat harvest; for a bushel of corn now they offer a bushel of wheat after harvest, or tea pounds of cotton next Christ mas, It is the impression of the Editor that 50,000 bushels of corrpconld bo disposed of in Rome on these teims, in two weeks ; for Cher okee county, Ala., is by no means alone in distress. The whole Cherokee country is greatly in need of corn. The remains of Captain John K. Redd, of the 54ih Georgia regiment, who was killed at Petersburg, July 1864, and Serg’t W. Richard Jones, of tho same regiment, who was killed at Hatcher's Run, in February, 1865, have been removed to Columbus, for inteiment. Mr. James Springer, a young printer of Ma con, well known to the craft as an amiable man and a good printer, died in that city, of consumption, recently. James A. Render E q., Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment in the Legislature, has just been the reclpent of a handsome cane from Messrs. Waddell, Caudles, Estes, Jobe, Sanford, Greene and Robson, of "the Clerical department. Mr. Render is eminently deserv ing this testimonial, having served for years in tho enrolling department, and being wiihal a gentleman of most excellent qualities both of head and heait. Georgia had 105,000 s.oidiers in the field, not including the militia, a portion of whom fought in the trenches at Atlanta. Twenty four thousand of these poor fellows fill sol diers graves. PROCLAMATION. By His Excellency, Charles J. Jfxkins, Governor of Georgia. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, ) Mills dgevi lie April 14, 1866. \ Public attention has doubtless been given to Circular No. 4, issued on the 6th inst., by Brigadier General Tillson, A. A. Com’r. Bu reau Ref. Fr’n. and Abandoned Lauds, and approved by Brevet Maj. Gen. J. M Brannan, Commanding Department of Georgia, and to General Orders No- 17 of Brevet Maj. Gan. Brannan, of the same date. By these orders, a large jurisdiction in civil and criminal case3 whereto Freedmen alone, or Freedmen and white persons, may be par ties, heretofore denied to the State Courts, is yielded to them. As will appear in the sequel, this does not amount to positive and final withdrawal of military authority. It is, un questionably, a highly satisfactory advance ia the process of restoration to our former po litical status, which may be followed by a further advance in tho same direction, or by a retrograde movement, as circumstances may indicate. It has been induced mainly by the delegation of the General Assembly relative to the status of the Freedmen. It wili not be lost and may be speedily pushed lurther, if the Judiciary, jin Courts of inquiry and in Lour Is of record, the Bench and Jury Box, give effect to tho letter and spirit of the laws by them enacted. In the full assurance that my fellow citizens, official aud unofficial, who may be called upon to participate in the ad ministration of Justice, will hold the scales in perfect equilibrium, as between individuals and ciasses, I congratulate the people of Geor gia upon this earnest of coming restoration to interior self-government. In our condition, neither conscious rectitude of intention, nor noisy and unbecoming professions of it, wili avail aught. Practical demonstrations, which incredulity itself cannot gainsay, and nothing less, will work out our redemption. It is of great importance to us that none mistake the effect of the President’s recent- l s ßace Proclamation, and of the orders above referred to. Our condition is certainly aoo malous, and mischievous errors might result from theoretical specu.ation upon those docu ments. I therefore state as the result of offi cial intercourse, and of careful examination of previous orders and circulars, winch are only modified, not withdrawn : Ist. That the Agents, in the several coun ties, of the Free dmen’s Bureau, still have juris diction in all cases “between I reedmen and otheig, when the sum invo ved does cot exceed fifty dollars, exclusive of interest. They may also take cogn zance of and try alt offences committed by Freed peop e or against them, provided the punishment doe3 not _ exceed a fine of fifty dollars or thirty days imprison ment at hard labor.” They are also still charged with the duty of examining and ap proving or disapproving labor contracts, and of assisting and protecting, by legal means, freedmen requiring such aid. rria soy strict ly military commissions, are dispensed with, except where the accused is a soldier,_cr the offence charged, is one agaiLs* the federal Government. 2nd. I have high authority for saying that “the President’s “Proclamation does not remove martial law or operate in any way up on the Freedinen’s Bureau, in tbs exercise of its legitimate jurisdiction though “it is not deemed expedient to restore to military tribu nals in any case where justice can be attained through the medium of civil authority.” My impression is, that in case ot mili’ury arrest by ord rs from Head-Quarters, Department of Geoigia, interference of state Judges, by habeas corpus, v .11 not be permitted, finch orders, 1 believe will bj rarely if ever issued, I trust conflict will be avoided. Whilst, therefore, oy thus communicating reliable information, I t -k to t-uard the w;cie people against errone: u-’ impressions regaru inc* the extent to wit ch the Federal Military authority is relaxed, 1 respectfully call upon the civil authorities to ai.-uma and to exercise in perfect fairnt. sand justice, the jurisdiction clearly restored to them. Calmy aud patien iy pursuing our now astcn-nug course, let our acts illustrate our title to inner conndence and bugler rights. Faithful observance of the Federal Con-ijtuti- m and impartial administra tion r.f tho iaw, will best vindicate intentions honestly entertained, and distinctly expressed, but cautiously accredited. Charles J. Jenkins, Governor. I There are 155 National t banks in Penasyl- I vanls. | TELEGRAPHIC, [Special Dispatch to the Chronicle & Sentinel ] Rcciu-truetlon iommltt* e Testimony Closed. Excitement on the Expected Report. Washington, April 20, 1866. The Reconstruction Cummittee have finished taking testimony, concerning the condition of the South. They meet to-morrow to decide upon their reports. Stirring times are expect ed in Congress oa the reception of the report. ' CONGRESSIONAL Washington, April 19. The proceedings of Congress have been un interesting to day. The array Peace Establiahmqpt bill has been under discussion. Washington, April 20. The Senate has passed the biil granting in demnity to officers of the army for acts' com mitted in aid of the rebellion, and exempting them from liability to civil courts for such acts. Washington, April 18. House —A biil was passed appropriating $6,483,96 for tho services of James G. Clark, -Charge d’Affairs at Brnseelis. Memorials were presented asking land grants for railroads in Wisconsin and Daeotah terri tory. "* The Pension bill, and salary of the Commis sioner of Pensions were discussed. FROM WASHINGTON. Washington, April 19. The colored population, to the number of probabiy fifteen thousand, to-day celebrated emancipation in the District of Columbia by a procession and speeches. They called on the President, who made a brief address, in which he said he was a better friend of the blacks than their pretended friends, who never per illed life or property in behalf of freedom, but who ensconced themselves in places of safety. He spoke of the important duties they have to perform, and counselled them that they must show by their conduct that they are worthy of freedom. ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP VIRGINIA ASIATIC CHOLERA ON BOARD. THIRTY- EIGHT DEATHS ON THE PAS SAGE. New York, April 19. The steamship Virginia arrived at quaran tine with a disease oa board, similar to that with which the steamphip England is affected She has over one thousand passengers. Thir. ty-eighfc persona died on the voyage from Liverpool. DEATHS FROM CHOLERA AT PORTLAND. Pgutland, April 19. A man died hare of cholera ou yesterday, said to be one of five who escaped from the steamship England. THE DISEASE ON THE VIRGINIA. New Yobk, April 19. The disease oa board tho steamship Virgin ia is pronounced by the Health officers to be Asiatic cholera. She has been removed to the lower quarantine, and no communication will be allowed wi'h tho shore.' Tjie disase is oon fined to the steerage passengers. ADDITIONAL BY STEAMER VIRGINIA. New York, April 20. The Reform Bill agitation continues in En gland. Gladstone says the Government will stand or fall on-the issue. Ho bitterly de nounces the Feniaa des’gaa on tho colonies and asserts that the whole power of the Gov erment will assist in their defence. Prussian relations are unchanged. It is reass sorted that France is getting together an army of observation and strengthering her garrison. The minor German Stateß were arming. C. C. CLAY GOING HOME. Fortress Monroe, April 21. C. C. Clay left heie to-day for his home In Alabama. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. New York, April 19. The Liverpool dates ate to the 7th. Cotton had declined one half to thiee quarters penny, for American, and one penny for other quali ties. Sale3 of the week, bales. Bales on Friday, seventeen thousand bales. Sales on Saturday, six thousand bales. Market easier. Consols eighty-six aud three-eighths to e : ghty-six aud a half. & Five-twenties, seventy-three and a half to seventy-four. EXPORTS OF COTTON. New York, April 19, Th 9 shipment of cotton from this port du ring the week ending Tuesday, were thirty-one thousand one hundred bales, including over eighteen thousand bales to Liverpool. NEW YORK MARKET. New York, April 20. Cotton dull. Sales two hundred and thirty seven at thirty-3even cents. Gold 26 J. MOBILE MARKET. Mobile, April 21. Sales of cotton to=d \y eight hundred bales. Middling thirty-three to thirty-four cents. Sales of the week three thousand bales. Receipts of the week five thousand three hundred and nitety. three against five thousand fifty-nine bales last week. Exports ten thousand twenty four bales. Stock fifty eight thousand four and ninety-five. Latin Mads Cheerful. —Though every gar den boy is sensible of tb# benefits derived from a knowledge of the Latin language, they often shrink from the task because they see no “fun iu it.” We extract for them the fol lowing from a London paper, and give the translation for the beafit of those who wish to fine out the “color of a white blackberry when it is green.’’ Wo may add for the benefit of the boys learned in family history that the original name of the Elderberry was Samuel Bucus, or, a3 we used to call him at school for short, Sambucus. Bat this they will see in the Latin text : Morum te mdgrani jnraveris : morum vero album fecisti. Solvi, vixdum rubum ctesium, vaecinium tuum myrtilium : teste virgine berberia circumvolit3Ute, et bacca sam duci pafre tuo. Daderas et c'oeirographum : std atramentum oxycoccus pilustris. Equi dem non peado unius fragarii ribes taxi bac ca simile : permittem tanen omnibus chiococ cum, te rubum Idseum pre-sos exrtitissee „• vac c-inum autem, senior, die, which is translated : You may swear y urself black, Berry, but you have made a mu l ,], Berry. I paid your bill, Berry, as soon as due, Berry ; as the young woman in the bar, Berry, and your fa ther, the elder Berry, know. I don’t care a straw, Berry, for a goose, Berry, like you, : Berry ; but I'll let folks know, Berry, that you’ I 73 made yourself a regular ass, Berry, and j whort’ll B;rry senior say ? COMMERCIAL .WEEKLY liEViEW OF TiiE AUGUSTA MAUKtT FOR THE WEEK EX. INU APRIL 21ST. REMARKS. —Our market has been rather dull during the last week, and we have few changes to report. Cotton goods are a shade easier, and corn has advanced 5 cents. Bacon is rather easy, but we have not altered our quotations. GROWING CROPS.—The spring, though late, has been favorable in this section for the preparation of land and the planting of crops. It is too early to speak of cotton, as our plan ters are not yet done planting iu this section. Our correspondence from Southern Georgia repiesents the crop as generally up,with a good and promising stand. The late rains are bring ing corn forward rapidly while the growth of wneat is almost magical. The breadth grain sown is very large, and the promise flat tering fora heavier yield than has been realized since “the great crop year” of 1857. Those who have saved their mills from the havoc of the war are looking forward to an active sea son, and business circles will derive material relief from the revenue of this staple, which is realized during the summer when other business is stagnant, FINANCIAL. —There has been a steady in quiry for securities, with no material change in rates. We note sales of city of Augusta Bonds at 85 cents, Georgia Railroad Stock at 88 cents Our brokers are buying gold at 1 27 and selling at 1 28. Silver, buying at 1 20, sell ing at 125. The following are the current rates for bank notes : GEORGIA BANKS. Augusta Insurance and Banking Cos Ca 8 Bank of Augusta 39a40 Bank ot Athens. .45a Bank of Columbus.* '.lßa Bank of Commerce * 6a 7 Bank of Fulton 38a40 Bank of the Empire State 20a22 Bank of Middle Georgia '. ~B6aoo Bank of Savannah 35a00 Bank of State Georgia 24a00 Central R. R. and Banking Company.. ,96a00 City Bank of Augusta 25*00 Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Bank 10*00 Georgia R. R, and Banking Company 96a00 Marine Bank -.. .85a00 Mechanic!’ Bank 7a 9 Merchants’ and Planters’ Bank 7a 9 Planters’ Bank. 14a00 Timber Cutters’' Bank saoo Union Bank 7a 8 SOUTH CAROLINA BANKS. Bank of Cainden 33a35 Bank of Charleston 18*00 Bank of Chester 20a00 Bank of Georgetown 18a00 Bank of Hamburg 17a00 Bank of Newberry ,40a00 Bank of South Carolina 15*00 Bank of the State of So Ca., old issue.. ,16al8 Bank of the State of So. Ca., new issue.. saoo Commeicial Bank, Columbia 18a00 Exchange Bank, Columbia 18a00 Farmers’and Exchange saoo Merchants’, Cheraw... a 18a00 People’s Bank ..40s00 Planters’ Bank 16a17 Planters’ & Mechanics’ Bank 18a00 South Western Railroad 40a00 State Bank saoo Union Bank 60a62 OLD BONDS, ETC. Old Georgia State Bonds, in demand 85 Old Geoigia Coupons 80 Georgia Railroad bonds 95 Georgia Railroad stock 88 Central Railroad bonds, iu demand 95 Central Railroad stock 98 City of Augusta bonds, in demand 84a85 City of Augusta notes 95 ARTIFICIAL MANURES—There is no change, and little demand, aud we renew quo tations, as follows; Hoyt’s Phosphate, S6B per ton ; Rhodes’ do., $75 ; Soluble Pacific Guano, SBS ; Baugh’s Raw Bone Phosphate, S7O ; Peruvian Guano is quoted $l3O, but the supply is exhausted. Calcareous Nitre, S3O per ton. BACON.—Stocks are a little in excess of tho demand, and prices are rather easy. We quote B. B. sides 17 a 18, clear sides, 19a20 ; shoul ders, 14i15; hams, 24 cents. BAGGING AND ROPE.—These articles are dull and neglected. We have reduced our quotations, as follows: Kentucky, Power Loom, per yard, 27 ; Gunny, per yard, 28 ; Baling Rope, per pound, 20 to 21 cents. BROOMS.—Per dozen, $4 75. BUTTER.—State, per pound, 55; Goshen, 65 per pound. COTTON -Welsft the market in our last week ly repoit, with a fair inquiry for the better grades, the ruling figures being 32 cents. On Monday there were no sales, and on Tuesday the market assumed a more settled tone and we quoted middling 30, strict middling 31, and good middling 32. Since that time there has been a fair demand, without change in prices, and we give the above as representing the cur rent rates at the close. COTTON GOODS.—There is a tendency to lower rates, but we have not changed quota tions, save in Montour Mills, which are J cent lower. The following are the quotations: Augusta Factory 7-8 Shirtings 18c “ 4 -4 Sheetings 22c “ 7 8 Drills 24c Montour Factory 7-8 Shirtings 17c “ 4-4 Sheetings 21e Otnaburgs. 27»28 Yams $2 50a2 75 CANDLES —Stearine, per pound, 25; Star, per pound, 28; Adamantine, per pound. Sperm, per pound, —. CANDlES.—Stewart’s twenty-five; pound boxes, assorted, per pound, 37£, 5 pound boxes, mixed, 50; 5 pound boxes Gum Drops, 50; 5 pound boxes, Wine Drops, 65. CHEESE.—State per lb 24; Eng.ish dairy 28 to 30. CIGARS—Good American per M; $30a140 00; Havanna, imported, per, M , s74a 250 000. CRACKERS.—Water, 15; eoda, 16; but ter, 16; sugar, 18; fancy, 23. COFFEE. —The supply is equal to the de mand, at 26a30 for Rio, 40 to 47 for Java. DRY GOODS.—Our market is well supplied —indeed we have seldom seen stocks so varied or attractive, and country merchants will find our merchants anxious to sell at fair rates. DRUGS—(Package Quotations.)—Reported by Mr. William H. Tutt, Wholesale Druggist: Copperas, 6c; Spanish Indigo, $1 75a2 00; Mad der, 18c ; Bi Carb Soda, 14c ; Sulpher 10c ; Anato 75c ; Asatoetida 25c to 550 ; Balsam Capavia $1 25 ; Borax 45c ; Brimstone 8c ; Gum Camphor, $1 60 ; Castor Oil, $4 50; Chlo rate Potash, 75c; Cream Tartar. 35aC0c; Epsom Salts, 8c , Gum Arabic, 55a$l 25 ; Morphine, $lO per oz ; Opium, sll ; lodide Potash, $5 50 ; White Load, 15 to 20c ; Spirits Tur pentine, $1 25; Copal Varnish, $4 50; Machin ery oii, $2 00 ; Tanner’s do, $1 to 1 50 ; Damar Varnish, $5 00 ; Japan Varnish, $3 50 ; Coach Varnish, $5 00 ; Asphaltum Varnish, $2 50a 5 00 ; Chrome Green, 30a40c ; Chrome Green, 25a40c ; Vecet. Red, 8c; Spanish Whiting, Bc. EGG'S ln demand at 30 to 55 centg. FLOUR.—The supply is fully equal to the demand, with no change in prices. We quote J 0 to 10 50 for superfine, extra Sllail2s; extra family 13 a 13J , Stovall’s Excelsior mills, ■ Augusta canal sl2, supeifine sl4 ; extra sls ; ; double extra, sl7 ; Granite mills, canal sl2; : superfine Slo ; family sl4 ; extra sl7. j GRAIN —Arrivals of corn have been pretty ! large, but they have b ’Oil readily taken at an ! advance of 5 cents on cur last figures. Wo quote SI 50 to 1 55. Oats are in good demand at 80 to 85 cents. HIDES —All offered are readily taken at 4 cents for green and 10 cents for dry. HAY.—There is a large supply, and only a moderate demand for u e at $2 o(>a2 25 per hundred. IRON.—Refined 9to 10 cents. Swedes iron 10 to 11 cents. Sheet iron 121 cents. Nail rod, 20c. LARD—Stocks arc equal to the demand, and we quote 18J to 20c tor pressed, 21a22 for prime. LEATHER.—Quotations have a wide range, according to. quality, as follows : Sole 30a60; harness, 40a75; kip skins, 60a$l 25 ; calf skins 63a$l 25. LlME.—Rockland, per barrel, $4 CO. MACKEREL.—There is an ample supply in maiket, and we quote : No. 1, in bareells. none ; No. 2, sl9 50; half barrels No i, $lO 75 ; No. 2, $lO ; kits No, 1, $3 50; No. 2, $3 25. KEROSENE LAMPS.—Largo supply in market, at any desired price fiom $6 to S6O per dozen, NAILS.—Per keg, $8 to $9. OlLS.—Kerosene, 90c tosl 00 per gallon. ONIONS.—Per barrel—dull and irregular at $2 50 to $4 00. POTATOES.--Sweet, per bushel, sl6oul 75. Irish, s4as per barrel. POTASH.—Iu cans, per lb, 35c. RAGS.—Per lb 4 to 5 cents. RlCE.—Supply limited, with good demand, at 15 cents. SALT.—The stock is large, and tho article is very duil at $2 to $2 25. SHOT.—Per bag S3a3 50. SUGAR.—We quote common Cuba browns, at 12$ to 15c; C, 16Ja17 ; B, 17$al8 ; A, 18al9, good yellow a shade lower. Crushed 18J, and powdered, 20a21. TEAS.—Hyson, per lb, $1 50; gunpowder, $1 75a2 25; black, $1 50. TOBACCO.—Smoking, per lb, sfta6oc,5 ft a6oc, black 10’s 25c; sweet 10's 50c, common brands 50c; medium bright, 50a75c; fine 75a$l 00. TWlNE—Bagging, per lb, 40; wrapping, (Jute) 375; cotton, 35. WHISKEY. - The market has been almost suspended for some weeks, on account of the State tax of 20 cents per gallon, including the first quarter of the current year ; and wo have not- given quotations. The Governor has just notified a committee of merchants of this city that for the present the tax on the first quar ters’sales are suspended. Tho market is ir regular, and wo quote $2 50 to $4, according to quality. COTTON QUOTATIONS. La Grange, April 19. Prices havo a downward tendency. Tho best grades are quoted at 23£c, Newberry, April 17. Cotton in good demand. Prices range from 18 to 25C. Mobile, April 17. Sales of six hundred bales at 34 cents for middling. Memphis, April 19. Quiet. Ordinary 23c, good middling 33c. * Macon, April 19. Market inactive. Ruling figures 25a28c. Montgomory, April 20. Fair Dem&nd. Few sales at 26a27£c. Nashville, April 20. Market steady. All offered was freely taken at 25a2Gc. Wardsw orth, Hazlitt aud Lamb. From Miss Kate Field’s pleasant paper on ♦ha laei days of Walter Savage Laudor, in the April number of the Atlantic Monthly, we copy these interesting reminiscences of three eminent English authors. I once asked Laudor to describe Words worth’s personal appearance. He laughed and replied : “The best description I can give you of Wordsworth is the one that Hazlitt. gave me. Hazlitt’s voice was very deep and gruff, and be peppered his sentences very bounti - fully with sirs.’’ In speaking to me of Words worth, he said : “Well, sir, did you ever see ahorse, sir?” “Yes.’’ “Then sir you have seen Wordsworth, sir ! lls looks exactly like a horse, sir, and a very lon* faced horse •at that, sir And he did look like a horse, ad ded Landor. Tbosß who have seen good likenesses of Wordsworth will readily remark this resem blance. A greater length of ear would liken the Lake poet to an animal of less dignity. Continuing the conversation thus begun, Landor eaid : “I saw a great deal of Hazlitt when he was in Florence. He called upon me frequently, and a funny feiiow he was. He used to say to me : “Mr. Landor, I iike you, sir,— l like you very much, sir,—you’re an honest man, sir, hut I don’t approve sir, of a great deaf that you have written, sir. You must reform some of your opinions, sir.’’— And again Laudor laughed with great good will. “I regret that I saw Charles Lamb but once;” replied Landor, in answer to many questions asked concerning this delighturi man and writer. “Lamb sent word by Southey,” (I think it was Southey) “that he would be very happy to see me, whereupon we made him a visit. He then retired from the India House, and lived at Enfield. He was most charming in conversation, and bis smile impressed'me as being particularly genial. His sister also was a very agreeable person. DuriDg my visit, Lamb rose, went to a table in the centre of the room, and took up a book, out of which he read sioud. Soon shutting it, he turned to me, saying: “I3 not what 1 have been reading exceedingly good?’’ “Very good,’’l replied. Thereupon Limb burst out laughing and exclaimed : ‘Did one ever know so conceited a man as Mr. Landor ? He has actually praised his own ideas?’’ It was now my turn to laugh, as I had not the slightest remembrance of having written what Lamb had read. Are there many to whom the following lines will not be better than new ? “Once, and only|once, have I seen thy face, Ella ! once only has thy tripping tongue Run o’er my breast, yet never has been left Impression on its stronger or more sweet. Cordial old man ! what youth was in thy years, What wisdom in thy levity ! what truth In every utterance of that purest soul ! Few are the spirits of the glorified I’d spring to earlier at the gate of Heaven.” Judge Underwood’s Decision.— Judge Un derwood, of the United States District Court for Virginia, has published a card to cor rect a perverted report of one of his recent opinions in a habeas corpus case. Judge Un derwood says : In that opinion 1 did not express a doubt of the loyalty of the late Peace Proclamation ; nor was it legally called in question by any one connected with the case, nor did I express the opinion that the writ of habeas corpus could not be executed in one State while it was sup pressed in another; but the very contrary opinion. My opinion simply was that the late Peace Proclamation of President Lincoln, sus nending in certain cases the writ ia the Status lately in insurrection, and stated that the Peace Proclamation did not include Texas, and that it had, and was not intended to have, so broad and general an application as the pe titioner supposed, and therefore refused to ant his prayer. % —— Green, the murderer of me Cishier of the Malden, Mast., Bank was executed on the 13. h. Kx Gov Todd pronounces the use ot his name, as Vice President of the Johnson club, unauthorized. - "•P" < M| vjagj