Weekly chronicle & sentinel. (Augusta, Ga.) 1866-1877, July 25, 1866, Image 1

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old SERIES, VOL. L V. (Chronicle & Sentinel. AUfit HTA, GA: HKDNESDAY, MORNING, JILY 25, 1866. Old Tamilian) and the Administration. Never. perhaps, wax the old adage, that polities sometimes makes strange bed fellows, better illustrated than in the letters from President Johnson. Secretary Seward and Secretary Wells to the sachems ot'( old Tammany, in reply to the invitation to join in their celebration of the fourth of •J uly. Each of tlic distinguished gentlemen named, availed himself of the opportunity to endorse the honesty, patriotism, and purity of the tiuio-lxonpml piiijciplcs, their sympathy with the avowed plat form of that party on the overshadow ing questing of the day. Says the President: “ I thank you for the cor dial invitation of the time-honored Socief// of Tammany. The national tone and pa triotic spirit of the invitation meet my hearty approval. * * * There can be for the patriot no higher duty, no nobler work than tin obliteration of the jnissions and prejudice* which, resulting, from our late sanguinary conflict, have retarded re conciliation, and prevented that complete restoration of' oil the Slot/*, which w (ascii toil to the pears, unit//, strength and pro.v --pcrit/i of the notion. Nothing could mom distinctly proclaim the importance, in the President’s opinion, of the present issues than these lew words, lie deems a com plete restoration of all the States amentia! to the security of the nation, and eulogises Old Tammany for its views on this sulyoct. It will, pi course, 1m; said by the radical organs (lint this is siin|)ly :i mere violent lit of “Copperheadisrn” which has-broken •out, and that it yonfirnis their charge tliat the I'resident has sold out to the Dcmoera ey. Hut what will they say of Howard, whose antecedents are not Democratic, and yet who “rejoices'with the Society.” and “mourns with th<± Society,” in#a man ner to show him*dfin with it, at least, on the question of restoration, and who, to make the point plainer, defines his position. Or what can they chafge against Welles, their honored Secretary of the Na vy, who dmartis lliiit the society of Old Taninittiiy “has, at. all linns, and under till eircuifsninees, in war and in peace, been faithful to t he Onion of the States and the rights of the States, who assures them that at no tiiye during the history of the coun try have its teachinys been more required than at present. It is tfuly cheering to see the leading of ficers of a great government endorsing the conciliatory l*oliey of a great party, with out reference to the differences of the past. It will he still more cheering to see the leading spirits of Old Tammany, and Mo zart, and the supporters of the adminis-' t rat ion, going up to the Philadelphia Con vention, act uated by a common purpose,* to defend the principles of Constitutional lib erty against the assaults of sectionalism and centralization. Whether or not this great tender of con ciliation shall gather sufficient strength to prevail against the fearful assaults that are being made against true national principles, those who thus forego their life-time as-, sociations for the public good, command the approval and admiration of those who arc now at the mercy of radical rapacity. Woj therefore, commend the utterances of old Tammany and Mozart, and of the Presi dent and the heroic cabinet advisers who. adhere to him, to the consideration of our readers. Importance of Manufactures. McQueen's statistics of the wealth and annual income of England, illustrates most forcibly the importance of manufacturing as a source of and private wealth, and as an auxiliary of agricultural in dustry. It appears from the statistics that the value of the soil devoted to ag riculture comprehended, at that time, twenty six forty-thirds of the total wealth of the whole Kingdom ; that the value of England's agricultural soil was nearly twelve times greater than her whole capital invested in manufactures and commerce, that the money employed in her farming interest comprised more than three fourths of the capital of England; that the manufacturing and commercial capital of England, including her ships, constituted but about one eighteenth of her national wealth ; that the agricultural capital of England, which was then £3,311,000 pro duced a gross income of Id per cent, while the manufacturing and trading capital, which w;ts hut £215.000.000 yielded nearly a gross income of one hundred and twenty per wnt. Commenting upon these facta, the New York Trilinm says it is that magic capital of £218,000,000 invested in machinery, mills, furnaces, factories and mines which has swollen the firming capital of little England into the gigantic sum of £3.311,- 000.000. and made a British farm worth ten times as much as one in wheat-growing Poland -which only grows wheat, and buys goods instead of making them. The bulk of agricultural capital consists of land ! and cattle. The manufactures of Great Britain have doubled and trebled her population, sus mined her immense commerce, built. j equipped and manned her countless ships, and thus directly and indirectly increased the demand for, and raised thv price of, food and raw materials. There is food, in these statistical facts, for the reflection of the people of the South. While we pay large taxation on our raw products, and help to nerve the arms ot Northern artizans by a protective tariff. our timber rots iu its native forests, and our rivers—affording the finest water power on earth—go unchained to the sea. It we but bad, in addition to our peer less dime and soil, the industry and capi tal requisite to build up a fair share of manufacturing enterprise, the South would • speedily become the most prosperous por tion of the continent, or of the world. i WEEK IX MIDDLE GEORGIA. Condition of the Country—Energy of the l.adies of Greensboro’—Tableaux Vi vaut. fE<iit#)rint Correapondence of the Chronicle Jt Sentinel.) The effects and results of the late war are plainly visible everywhere—differing hut in degree. The rude, ruthless vio lence of destruction marks one extreme — neglect and decay, the result of impover ishment and exhaustion, mark the other. The town of Greensboro’ —-just without the desohlting track of Sherman’s angels—suf fers in common with her sisters from the latter causes; and prominent among the evidences presented, is the condition of the Cis Cemetery. This (the women ofGreens boro’, with one accord, decreed should no longer suffer. To obtain the funds requi takiuji advantage of the mencernent at Mercer University, and claiming the assistance of homeward bound stuilents—the ladies of Greensboro’ pro jected a public entertainment for the even ing of the 11th inst. At the appointed hour a large audienge assembled in the Hall of the Lucy Cunningham Institute, kindly proffered by the accomplished Prin cipal, Prof. Lane, for the occasion. Mr. John 11. Seals, in behalf of the la dies, having pertinently explained the ob ject and claimed indulgent criticism for their efforts as neophytes, announced that the entertainment would consist of TABLEAUX AND CHARADES. An excellent Brass Band, under the leadership of Mr. Thomas West, having played a brilliant overture, a choir of soft voices is heard in the distance singing “Come with me to Fairy Land.” Gradu ally the sweet sounds approach, and, while flic last soft note still lingers upon the *ear, the curtain rises disclosing THE FAIRY SCENE. A group of beautiful c liildren dressed in pure white —tastefully adorned with rose buds, and violets, and star jessamines— each with gossamer wings and crowned with choice flowers, kneel at the foot of a flower-decked throne; upon this stands the tiny Fairy Queen, who, holding in her hand a delicate wand, points forward as if directing her tiny subjects. After a short interval, the band strikes up a lively prelude, which, as if by magic, becomes Dixißand the curtain rises display ing TIIE CAMP SCENE amid deafening applause—a squad of Con federate soldiers in bivouac. In the fore T ground are two soldiers, one pours from a blackened tin cup, water upon a heap of corn meal —which the other, kneeling upon the ground with bared arms, works into the dough. On the right a soldier is cleaning his gun by the light of the fire. On the left, a grpup seated cross-legged on the ground, play cards with a greasy pack, well worn by soldier hands. All are absorbed in the game, while one grasping closely his own cards in his left hand, leans gently forward upon his right and peeps slyly upon his neighbor’s cards. In the centre of the scene hangs the camp kettle, suspended from three forked stakes, yoked together at the top by projecting prongs. By the side and resting upon the glowing coals is the fry pan with its scanty rations of bacon, the handle of which is held in the left hand by a soldier on his knees and in his shirt sleeves, who turns the meat with liis long jack knife. A stack of inusket# with a hatchet lying by, scattered knap sacks, and a sentinel at his post, make up the back ground, and completes the picture. The next tableaux, taken from Scott’s Lady of the Lake, is ELLEN DOUGLASS, extending her hand to receive the ring from James Fitz James: ‘'Ellen, thv hand—the ring is thine: Each guard and usher knows the sign. Seek thou tlie King without delay: This signet shall secure the way. He placed the golden circlet on, Paused—kissed her hand and then was gone. The aged minstrel stood aghast.” To this exquisite picture succeeded, in striking contrast, the capital satire, in two parts, of WOMAN S RIGHTS. The lively music from the band ceases ; at the same instant the curtain is with drawn, slowly and deliberately, exhibiting about a baker's dozen of Masculinities busi ly engaged in household- employments. One sifting flour; another working dough in a tray; another darning the many holes of a long stocking; another sewing up a rent in a petticoat; one scrubbing; one scouring; one churning; three soaping, washing and ynsing clothes ; wiiile promi nent in the centre of the busy group is seated a huge specimen, with Atlantian shoulders, adown whose broad chest flows a coarse, earrotty beard of tremendous pro portions. He holds in his huge arms a delicate, waxen-faced, curlv-head baby, which now-and again gives eollicky signs of distress, and utters a cry with the ear-pierc ing sounds of a cracked elarionette. While the fond masculinity is vainly consoling, in harsh notes, the suffering infant, the scene shifts suddenly and reveals a group of din'ii it its. Prominent stands the petticoat sentinel, trammelled with soldier's harness—belt, cartridge-box, bayonet, haversack; and/ weighted down by the loaded knap sack, she labors awkwardly to adjust her musket in such military style as will avoid injury to her vac straw bou rn t. In one corner two old codger-dames pore absorbingly over a game of chess: behind them, several young brisk demoi selles are seated at a game of poker. One deals dexterously the sliding cards; the other looking with intense eagerness upon the pile of bright gold which glitters in the centre of the table. On the right is seen the dandy, lounging in lazy elegance, twirl i ing a gold-head cane with her right hand, \ the left raised to receive between the fore and middle finger a huge cigar, and permits | the rich volume of smoke to curl upward ; from the distended mouth. Hard by the . daqdy. two sober, sedate, middle-aged con ; noisseurs are seated at a table—one lifting a bottle of eliquot champagne, examines the brand critically; the other, having just taken a masculine sip, with the mouth puckered to hold the nectar; poises the glass, while, with half-closed eyes, and views again, with satisfaction the golden colored liquid ere the glasses reach the table. This piece was admirably portrayed. But while these divinities satirized with emphasis some of the pretensions of their own sex, the idea was unequivocably sug gested that they pronounced with equal emphasis against some of the pleasures of the opposite sex. “Open your mouth and shut your eyes,” was followed by REBECCA A?ft) ROWENA. The beautiful Jewess dressed in pure white adorned by a single crimson moss rose, and a red scarf, approaches timidly—bearing in her hand the present of beautiful pearls and raising gently the veil, gazes tenderly upon tjie beauty of the fair Saxon in bridal may 1 Knight; of Ivanhoc. But the leadiug feature of the evermig’s entertainment was the charade admSably dramatised by a gifted lady, and entitled— MRS. WASHINGTON POTTS. The length of the piece and its numerous and various characters, prohibitan attempt at description. It must suffice to say that all the characters were well sustained, and the principle ones, Aunt Quimby, Drusa, Mrs. Marsden, Mrs. Washington Pojtts, and the Lieutenant were acted in perfec tion. The denoument- left the audience in no doubt as to the meaning, to-wit: Al ways prefer the virtues of a pure heart and the gifts of intellectual culture, to shoddy and petroleum. This piece was repeatedly encored amid shouts of laughter; hut it gives place to THE LIGHT OF THE HARAM. In which Nourmahal, gorgeously dressed, is disconsolate and “Sits in her own sequestred bower, Willi no one near to soothe or aid But that inspired and wondrous maid “Nourma, the enchantres:” from , whom she learns the “Spell that should recall, Her Selim’s smile to Nourmahal.” , In the second scene, Normahal showers upon the lap of the Enchantress, flowers ,T “For the enchanted wreath of Dreams,” and the final scene exhibits Nourmahal at the Feasts of the Roses, at the close of her song, in the act of tearing from her face the mask of the Arabian maid, conscious “that the charm Is wrought, ’ ’ attempting to kneel at the feet of Selim', who stands holding the cup, “Which all the time of that sweet air . His hand held untasted up. As if ’twere fixed by magic there.” BYRON’S DREAM was the impersonation of Byron at that moment when rejected in his suit, he exhibits the bitterness of the thought “which cur dles a long life into- one hour” —while the mood.of Mary Chaworth, serene, decisive, but halt repentant, amid smiles, is aptly caught and happily portrayed in the ex tended hand which beckons him back. THE SECRET DISCOVERED, restores mirth to the young people, by ex hibiting a lover seated by his fair one, each enraptured with the other, represented with life-like fidelity, by no “’prenticed hands.” The grey-haired papa, full of surprise and trouble, with his eye-glass upon his nose, ponders a newly discovered love letter; and curious mama, full of in dignation, yet cautiously alert to know all, stealthily approaches, and strains the list ening car to catch the whispered vows. LAI.LA ROOKII was an elaborately gorgeous Oriental scene. The Princess is seen reposing upon a rioh divan, half encircled in rose-colored gossamer curtains—her long black tresses streaming like lines of lustrous jet, wave gently as disturbed by the fan of a pheas ant’s wing in the hands of a fair young female slave. A troop of Cashmerian maids stand around, while seated at a be coming distance is Fadladeen, the Grand Chamberlain—the accomplished courtier and profound politician, whose political creed is a line of the Sadi: “Should the prince at noonday say, ‘lt is night!’ de clare that you behold the moon and stars.” Feramorz, the minstrel, with his lute in hand, kneeling, describes That delightful Province of the Sun Tho first of Persian lands he shines upon. The last of the Tableaux is THE GIPSEY SCENE. A beautiful Gipsey Mother flits to and fro within her tent—looking after her charming little brood of children. An aged Crone Ims seated herself apart freftn others, and consults fate and fortune by the cards. The king of the Gipsevs, in a royal costume of white knee breeches, bright red kilt, embossed with golden lace, and wearing a long red cap with a golden tassel, stands in lurid light before a boiling cauldron. His right hand elevates his wand, the left clasps his breast whilst he murmurs an in vocation to the spirits of darkness. During the interludes some beautiful duetts were sung to the piano accompani ment with great taste and feeling by Mr. and Mrs. Weller, of New York. " The last of which “Sleep. Gentle Mother,” from Verdi's opera “II Trovatore,” was ex quisitely rendered. A handsome supper closed the enter tainment and marked it as a decided suc cess. History of a Georgia Radical.— A writer in the Savannah Herald, says, George W. Ashborne, who is on the list of names appended to the call of a Loyal Lnion Convention, has been for twenty years a citizen of the State, and may be a native. He started to study for the Min istry. but was expelled from school and excluded from the church. He once kept a hotel at Thomaston, and afterwards at Lookout Mountain. He was in Macon early in the war, where he was in some trouble, and left for the West, where he turned up on the staff of some Federal General. He now returns to do up the politics of the State so honored by the radiance of his careen Tennessee. —A meeting of citizens from various parts of the State, was held in Nashville, July 4, to consider the call for a National Convention at Philadelphia, August 14, and resolutions were adopted to send delegates from every congressional district. AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 25, ISO 6. The Weather, Crops, Ac, During a recent short visit into some of the neighboring counties, we had opportu nities of inspecting the condition of the crops, and of arriving at an estimate of the probable yield, based upon personal obser vation. We give our opinion to our read ers for what it is worth. An experience of several years of our life as a practical planter enables us to speak with some con fidence of what we saw. We are no alarm ist ; neither are we in the interest of those who usually cry “short crops” to influence the market in their behalf, but our best judgment is that not one-fourth of a corn crpp can be realized in middle Georgia. Never, since the disilstrous season of 1853, have we seen the prospect half so had as note. There has been no rain since the first week in June. This long drouth— coming on! asm 'Hid, immediately after’ a most unprecedented season of continuous rains—has literally dried up the blades, and, in many instances which we witnessed, even the stalks of the corn. Owing to the long rainy season, the crop had not been worked as well as it ought to have been, and was consequently infested with grass and weeds to a considerable extent. These have taken from the plant a portion of the moisture left r m the earth, and in that way ■ have very seriously injured the crop. Really the prospect for bread another year is alarming. If we should have rain within a few days, peas might still bo planted in time to mature a crop. Some relief can also be obtained by the putting in of a very large wheat and oat crop in the fall. Turnips, also if put in good land well prepared, will furnish excellent winter food for catttle, sheep, and hogs. All these crops should engage the earnest and diligent attention of planters. The COTTON CROP is also suffering for want of rain. In many places the plant has begun to east the fiery fr<*ut, and the season now is too short for it to re-cuperato in time to ma ture anything like a fair crop. The grass has been conquered on most of the planta tions which we saw, but the stand of cot ton, very poor in the beginning, has been seriously injured in getting out the grass. One of the best planters in Jefferson coun ty —one, too, whoso crop has not been in ■ juredby want of cultivation—told us that he had 550 acres of cotton in cul tivation, and that he could, not possibly make more than 100 hales. This land has made 300 bales in-four years. We saw thousands of acres where the cotton was so small as not yet to cover the land, Hundreds and hundreds of acres in Burke, Jefferson, Washington, and Johnson coun ties will not make a bale of cotton to ten acres. Indeed, the cotton does not look as well now (17tli July) as it formerly did on the first of June. In addition to its great backwardness, it has now to contend with a parching and exhausting drouth, which, if it continues many days longer will cut the crop off almost entirely. We found the planters in the various sections very gloomy and foreboding for the future. If, they said, we could have made a fair crop of corn, we could have man. aged to get along another year; but with corn to buy at a high price, and the cot ton prospect so bad, m|ny are preparing to sell out the lands in the fall, and turn their attention to some other mode of making a living. The trouble of managing free ne groes, and the bad seasons combined, have wrought wonderful changes in the feelings and hopes of our people. The Political Explosion at Washington. No friend of constitutional government can regret the withdrawal of the jacobin elements from the Cabinet of President Johnson. Therefore the, dispatches an nouncing the resignation of one after another cause no regret in this section. The resignations it is said will embrace Messrs. Dennison, Speed, Harlan and Stanton. They have been dead weights upon the President for months, keeping up an unnatifral semblance of harmony with the Radicals, which greatly weakened his power for good, and embarrassed many who were disposed to support him. The sloughing off of this element of rottenness will leave the administration in a healthy condition, and inspire a degree of confi dence in its strength and moral power which will be irresistible. Radical reports say'that the President has thrown himself’ into'the arms of the opposition, and that he will shortly call all the Senators and Representatives elected together, and reorganize them as the con stitutional Congress. While we have no reason to believe that such will he the pol icy of the President, we may look for such straight forward and vigorous action as . will make the issue with the Radicals di rect and pointed. We have no doubt of his capacity to fathom the difficulties which beset him, and so shape and direct his pol icy as that the present blow-up will result .to the good of the nation. It has been a source of general regret and surprise that the President retained in his Cabinet so long those who were known to be opposed to his policy. The lukewarm support which has been accorded him by a majority of hi.s Cabinet, has greatly weak ened his power to cope with the powerful and unscrupulous combination against his plan of reconstruction. The country feels that a burden has been removed from the shoulders of the Executive, and it may be well that-lie has waited for the act to be voluntary on the part of the refractoey spirits. There can now be no obstacle in the way of such a construction of his Cabinet as will make it a unit. Let there be no Achans in the camp, but ! a body of bold, just and prudent men, who have the nerve to stand the storm which awaits them. Convention at Blacksliear. The Savannah Herald , at the suggestion of numerous gentlemen in the different Counties, calls a Convention of the Ist Congressional District, at Blaekshear, on Friday the 27th inst., to elect delegates to the National Union Convention, to be hold at Philadelphia. • Major Emerson, a Paymaster in the TL S. army was recently robbed of $7,000. the national convention. Getter from Hon. TV. H. Seward. The following letter from Hon. W. H. Seward in favor of the National Conven tion, we clip from the National Intelli gencer of the ] 6th inst. In introducing it that paper says ; We publish to-day the important letter of Hon. William H. Seward in support of the objects of the Philadelphia Conven tion. His reasoning upon the subject is calm, candid, and just, and cannot fail to exert that vast influence upon the Ameri can people that has ever attended any de cided demonstration by him in political affairs. It will be seen that Mr. Seward does not regard any existing party organi •xatien as able to effect the great want of the country in respect to the - restoration of representation in Congress .of the States which were late the seats of insurrection. He looks with faith, confidence, and cour age to the Philadelphia Convention. It is to be hoped that no step in initiating the Convention —none in it and none follow ing it —will operate otherwise than to con duce to the fruition of the high hopes ot so patriotic and so experienced a states man. Department of State, 1 Washington, July 11, 1866. j Sir: Excuse me for expressing surprise that you ask me whether I approve of the call of a proposed National Union Conven tion at Philadelphia. After more than five years of dislocation by civil war, I regard a restoration of the unity of the country as its most immediate, as well as its most vital interests. That restoration will be complete when loyal men are admitted as representatives of the loyal people of the eleven States so long un represented inCongress. Nothing but this can complete it. Nothing more remains to be done, and nothing more is necessary. Every day’s_delay is attended by multiplying and increasing incon venience, embarrassments, and dangers, at home and abroad. Congress pos sesses the power exclusively; Congress, after a session of seven months, still omits to exercise that power. “What can be done to induce Congress to act?” This is the question of the day. Whatever is done must i>e in accordance with the Con stitution and laws. It is in perfect accord ance with the Constitution and laws that the people of the United States shall as semble, by delegates, in convention, and that when so assembled they shall address Congress by respectful petition and remon-. stance, and that the people in their sev eral States, districts, and Territories shall approve, sanction, and unite in shell re spectful representations to Congress. No one party could do this effectually, or even seems willing to do it, alone ; no local or f opular organization could do it effectually: tis the interest of all parties alike; of all the States, and of all sections —a national interest; the interest of the whole people. The Convention, indeed, may not sue; ceed in inducing Congress to act; hut if they fail, the attempt can make matters no worse. It will be a lawful and patriot ic attempt made in the right direction, an effort to be remembered with pride and satisfaction, whether it succeed or fail. The original union of the States was brought about by movements of the same character. The citizens who objects to the Convention is bound to propose a bet ter plan of proceeding to effect the desir.ed end. No other plan is offered or even thought of. Those who should oppose it would seem to me to manifest at best un concern, if not oppression to all reconstruc tion, reorganization, restoration, and re conciliation between the alienated masses of the American people. To admit that the Convention will fail would be to ad mit that the _ people of the United' States are deficient in either the wisdom or the virtue necessary to continue the exist ence of the Republic. I believe no such thing. A great political writer says that government is a Secular religion, and that the people of every country are divided into two classes, each maintains; a distinct political faith. The one class always fears the very worst that can possibly happen, and the other hope under every circum stances the very best that can in any event happen. \V ithout accepting this theory ag abso lutely true, I think that all men do gener ally act from a motive to guard against public danger or else from a positive de sire to do good. Both classes may, there fore, favor the present attempt to restore the unity of the nation. I am, sir, your obedient servant, William H. Seward. . Hon. J. R. Doolittle, Chairman Executive- Committee, &c, Destitution in South Carolina.— Owing to conflicting testimony as to suffer ing for want of food in South Carolina, and as Gen. Sickles, upon his understanding Gov. Orr to say that the want was much exaggerated, had disapproved of the issu ance of rations. Gen. Howard applied to Gov. Orr for a clear statement of the case. Gov. Orr hastens to reply, with a view to correct Gen. Sickles’ misapprehension of the statement. He says there is great need of distributing rations through the Freedmen’s Bureau in e.very district of the State. He had, however, urged discrimi nation, as there were many unfit subjects. After detailing the districts suffering most, he says: “I regret extremely that any opi nion of mine should have been so under stood as to justify or require the suspen sion of the issue of rations which it was proposed to distribute in this State.” He therefore earnestly requests that the ra tions should he continued, as estimated by agents of the Bureau. Rather Heavy. The Constitutionalist, which has oppos ed the movement for Southern representa tion in the Philadelphia Convention, is not content with its position of antagon ism, but gees further and attempts to direct the action of those who favor the movement. He opposes the proposition to give the Governor the appointment of delegates for the State at large, and threatens the Governor with his protest if he should consent to make these. appoint ments. If the Constitutionalist would have nothing to do with the whole .mat ter, as he avers in his present position, ought he. to assume to dictate to those who differ with him ? Very good and great men in Georgia happen to differ with the Constitutionalist, as to the propriety and policy of representation at Philadelphia. We think he ought to be satisfied with a prpt. gainst the whole movement, with out -ssaying to direct the counsels of those who approve it. — Federal Lnion. Not True.— The Augusta Constitution alist publishes the platform of the "Na tional Union Convention at IV ashington, and says it contains the conditions pre scribed foY Southern representation in the Philadelphia Convention. We are not a little surprised that the sagacious and reopectable gentlemen who edit the Constitutionalist, are willing to risk their reputation for fairness on such a statement. If the Convention cannot be put down by fair argument, better yield opposition and go in for it. — Macon. Tele > graph. The Philadelphia National Convention. In many of the active steps have been taken to have full and able delegations to the proposed National Union Conven tion at Philadelphia, August 14th. In others there seems to be some misunder standing as to the ‘manner in which dele gates are to be chosen. 1 With a view to give the proper information, the following Circular, emanating from the Union Committee, has just been issued and sent into all the States aniTerrito *. The indications are that This Con tion will be one of the most imposing and important assemblages ever held in this country: circular. Washington, D. C. July 10, 1866. Your immediate and earnest attention is invited to the annexed call for a National Convention, issued by the National Union Executive Committee, and the accom panying indorsement thereof by p'rntTrtnfmt gentlemen who. are well known to the country. The undersigned has been duly appoint ed a committee to facilitate and expedite, by correspondence and otherwise, such ac tion as may seem necessary to bring to gether at Philadelphia a convention of the ablest men of the nation, without regard to their party antecedents, who favor gen erally the restoration policy President Johnson has advocated as against the dan gerous course pursued by the majority of Congress. We deem it proper to suggest that it is desirable that there be sent from each State four delegates at large and two from each Congressional district who favor the principles set forth in the call, to be taken from the supporters of Lincoln and John son in 1864, and a like number from their opponents. Also, four delegates from each Territory, and four from ’ the District of Columbia. In those States whereof a por tion of the people were lately in rebellion, a corresponding number of delegates may be chosen by the people generally, who ac cept the principles stated in the cull. It is not intended, however, that these sugges tions shall interfere with any arrangements already made for the selection of delegates. It is left entirely to the political organiza tions in the different States and districts that concur in the principles of the call to decide whether they will choose their dele gates by joint oi" separate meetings, or by their executive committees. We have been authorized to appoint temporary executive committees in the States where the same arc presumed to be necessary. You are 3 therefore, requested to act as such committee, and to adofOt im mediate measures to secure a full delega tion to the proposed convention, not inter fering, however, with the action which ex isting organizations may have taken for the same object. Your action will be such as to aid such movements—the purpose of. your appointment being to provide for the selection of delegates if no adequate pre liminary arrangements have yet been made. The day fixed for the National Convention is near,’ and _we desire to impress on you and on all friends of this cause, that it is of the first importance that district or State conventions, or State executive committees, immediately appoint delegates. And it is particularly requested that a list of dele gates and committees appointed be_ speed ily forwarded to the chairman of this com mittee. In conclusion we have to add that the paramount object of this movement is to bring into a great National Conference from all parts of our distracted country, wise and patriotic men, who may devise a plan of political action calculated to restore national unity, fraternity, and harmony, and secure to an afflicted people that which is so sincerely desired by all good men, the practical blessings of an enduring peace. Alex. W. Randall, Lewis D. Campbell, Montgomerry Blair. Tennessee Moving. We are pleased to see that the good men and true of the volunteer State are determined not to yield supinely to the devices of Congress, and their infamous governor, to fasten radicalism upon their State policy, but are seconding tl*e efforts of the President to maintain constitutional principles. A call appears in several of the Tennessee papers, signed by David T. Patterson, Edmond Cooper, Wm. Camp, hell, J. XV. Leftwick, N. G. Taylor, and I). B. Thomas, urging the people of the State to send delegates to the’Philadelphia Con vention. We make the following extracts from their address: Since the first Monday of December last we have watched with intense solicitude the progress of political events in Wash ington, and have witnessed with profound regret the opposition made by the major ity in Congress to the wise and beneficent policy of the President of the United States. Believing, as we most sincerely do, that under that policy the union of the States would be preserved, the integrity of the Constitution maintained, and the inestima ble right of the people of each State to representation in Congress distinctly recog nized, we feejpthat the occasion demands such Convention, having in view the con solidation of till who are opposed to extre mists, as well at the North as at the South, and who, ignoring all past political differences, are willing to unite in opposi tion to the sectional action of Congress, and in favor of the speedy restoration of all the States to their practical relations with the National Government. Deeply impressed with the importance of this common object, and cordially ap proving the political truths embodied in the call, we earnestly appeal to you to take such measures as will insure your repre sentation in the Convention. In making your appointments we cannot too earnestly impress upon you the neces sity of selecting your best representative men —such as will reflect credit on your choice, and who do in good faith loyally accept the national situation ; cordially endorse the patriotic principles set forth in the call, and are attached in true al legiance to the Constitution of the United States, the union of the States under it, and the Government established by it. The people of the State of Tennessee have a peculiar interest in the objects for which the convention is called. Seven months have now elapsed since the assembling of the Thirty-Ninth Congress, and they are yet denied the constitutional right of rep resentation. The admission of your Senators and Representatives with no other conditions than those prescribed by the Constitution and the laws Ims been repeatedly, but vainly, urged by the President, and a pro tracted session is about to terminate with out even the privilege of being heard hav ing been' accorded to your represen tatives duly elected and acknowledged to possess the requisite legal qualifications. In addition, you are now gravely called upon by the majority in Congress, and his Lxcellency the Governor, to sanction an amendment to the Federal Constitution which, if ratified by thp States, will de prive you of your recognized political pow er, and lessen the number of yourrepre sen tatives in the National Legislature, unless NEW SERIES, VOL. XXV. NO. 31. you shall at their bidding clothe the negro wit h the right of suffrage. This we are unwilling to do under any circumstances. We are well assured that you will not sustain a party which would thus attempt further to humiliate our noble State, and to throw a cloud over the patriotism of Andrew Johnson : and that you will frown upon men who would subvert the Constitu tion of our fathers for mere partisan pur poses ; and that you will cheerfully co-op erate in a movement whose only object is the preservation of the rights, the dignity, the equality, and the union of the States. FROM MEXICO. Favorable Reports of the Condition of the Empire—Tlie Imperial Draft for 50,000 Troops- -Santa Anna, &c. A correspondent of the New York World, writes a long letter from the City of Mexico, under date of June 30th, from which we make the following extracts: a (toal 'TfiTTrffflTffn:: * If one were to judge by the accounts published in the United States newspapers, the empire would seem to be on its last legs ; but happening to be on the spot, I can assure you that Maximilian was never in a firmer and more assured possession of Mexico than at the present time. It is really amusing to read the accounts of battles and sieges, which the ready pijns of correspondents, under Juarist inspiration, paint to the gaze of the American people. Excepting the Hermo sillo massacre, where harmless unprotected citizeiis—men, women, and children —were slaughtered in cold blood in the temporary absence of the Imperial forces, the “Lib erals ’ ’ have not gained a single victory, or even got the best in any important skir mish. The rumors of the capture of a large train, near Monterey, a few days ago, and subsequently of Matamoras, may be true. It is not unlikely. Most of the Eu ropean troops were being withdrawn from that sickly region, and the Liberals will not be permitted to long enjoy their advantage. But with these exceptions it is not too much to assert that the Liberals have been beaten at every point. In fact, it is a reg ular scamper among them whenever the French or Austrians make their appear ance. The Europeans always have orders to charge if the disparity of numbers is not more than ten to one ; and a Mexican, was never yet known to face cold steel, bayonets being their extreme abhorrence even when pitted against each other. THE IMPERIAL DRAFT FOR FIFTY THOUSAND MEN. The determination of the Emperor to maintain himself after the departure of the Freiich, with every means in his power, is fully illustrated by the decree ordering a military draft. At first it will be carried into effect only in the three cities of Mexi co, Puebla, and Queretero, which will furnish, combined, 2,000 men for imme diate purposes. These cities will then be exempted from the general conscription throughout the empire which will be made somewhere about the month of November. The present one takes place in July. I am not informed as to the number to be raised by the general draft, but, as tlie wax footing of the army of Mexico is to be a little under 50,000 men, the draft will probably call for about that amount. In a former letter I gave the proposed division of this army among cavalry, infantry and artillery. ORGANIZATION OF THE NATIONAL ARMY. The army will be organized and model ed after the French rule. It ought to make an efficient force. It will be well uniformed and fed, and the object will be to inspire the different corps with that sol dierly ambition which has hitherto been sadly wanting among the Mexicans. The draft will call for men of the finest physical condition; who will do credit to the service. Hitherto a Mexican army has been com posed of an indiscriminate mixture of size and color, many of the companies exhibit ing every imaginable hue, from jet black to cream color, while anything like drill and discipline was unknown. The present army will be under European officers prin cipally. The pay of these is already stipu lated, a General receiving about $7,000 in gold. This military organization is a twin movement with the new revenue regula tion, by which a sum sufficient lor all the purposes of the Government will be raised by a uniform system of taxation. INSIGNIFICANCE OF SANTA ANNA’S MOVE EENT. The Santa Anna phase in the Mexican question excites some interest here, but neither his friends nor his enemies attach any importance to his sojourn in the United States. You may be certain that the ex- Dietator lias no association whatever with the empire. In 1862, Marshal Bazine permitted him to land in Mexico, out of pity for a harmless old man, who professed himself desirous of returning to die in his native land ; but as soon as he reached Cordova, he commenced his old game of pronwiciamentos and yritos, and it was found necessary to send the old fellow away, as he would not promise any better behavior. He afterwards wrote an absurd letter from Havana, excusing his bad faith, and urging that he did not know what he was doing at the time ; but only excited the ridicule of his enemies and the disgust of his friends. Whatever may be the fate of Mexico, your readers need not include Santa Anna in the programme as an ele ment of the slightest importance. He has no party and few friends in Mexico, where his selfishness and perfidy are remembered as something monstrous even in this land of excesses. PROBABLE MOVEMENTS OF THE FRENCH TROOPS. Until the army is organized, the French troops will not be removed; and as the draft and subsequent drilling will occupy spine readers may calculate upon the withdrawal of Napoleon’s army about a year from the coming fall. They may, however, be well assured, that Napo leon will not abandon Maximilian, and that he never intended to be understood as meaning to do so when he publicly an nounced his policy of withdrawal last win ter. The French soldiers will not quit Mexico until the empire is placed on a basis of security and self-support. Nor can this lie construed into any con tinuance of a foreign military establish ment over Mexico. Maximilian, as well as all other rulers in this turbulent, volcanic country, must have power to preserve or der and maintain his government from the attacks of the disorderly element here, al ways ready to overthrow where weakness invites, and to foment revolutions for the sake of the spoils which political commo tions usually throw to the surface. Dr. Craven’s Book. —The Washing ton correspondent of the Boston Post savs that “the sale of Dr. Craven’s book in the District of Columbia is greater than the sale of any other book ever before offered. Notwithstanding its extortionately high price, the scarcity of money and the fear to spend it, this book is bought by the very poorest classes of the community with an avidity that proves how universal is . the interest felt in Jefferson Davis. Radical, Conservative, Democrat - and Secessionist all run after it, cornmqnt on ip all but fight over it. Pecuniarily, if it sell everywhere else as it does here, it will be the greatest literary success of the age. Strange Affinity of a Spiritualist—He Is Enchanted by a Clairvoyant Siren- Takes Several Wives and I.eaves for South America. The St. Louis papers contain a long ac count of the conduct of Col. J. H. Blood, City Auditor, and President of the St. Louis Railroad Company, which illustrates the power of the new doctrine 6f affinity in rather an unfavorable light. Col. Blood was an officer in the sixth Missouri Infantry, and retired from three years service with honor, and was taken warmly by the hand, by numerous friends and admirers. He had acquired some $30,000 in the service, and was regarded an excellent business man. ' But the spell of the enchantress was laid upon him, and he fell from the path of rectitude, as falls a bright star in the even ing and disappears behind the horizon. X\ hen the spiritualists began to inculcate their strange and fascinating doctrines in the city, Col. Blood early became a convert and at this time is President of the Society of Spiritualists in the city*. Some two years ago, Colonel Blood, in his intercourse with the spiritualists, be came accquainted with a certain Madam Holland, who had an office on Washington avenue, and advertised that she could effect wonderful cures of female com plaints by means of clairvoyance, Ac., Colonel Blood’s wife, an estimable lady, whom he married in Massachusetts,' was an invalid, and he took her to this Madam Holland for medical treatment. Some time after this visit to the Witch of Washington avenue, Colonel Blood’s friends became uneasy on account' of his frequent visits to the siren, and remonstrated with him about his extravagant gifts of money to her. They represented that the woman was of bad character, whose only object was to draw money from him; hut he insisted that she was a good woman, and promised to retrench his lavish expenditures* He readily admitted that his conduct as a hus band was very wrong, and frequently prom ised to reform, but the moment he came into the presence of the enchantress lie seemed to have no will of his own, and yielded to her command like a slave or a child. His wife returned from a visit to the Bast last summer, and hearing of the conduct of her husband, called on Madam Holland to persuade her to break off her, connection with her husband. The shame less woman informed the virtuous wife that she had a claim upon her husband as his wife, and satisfied her that she was actu ally married to him. Upon making this discovery, Mrs. Blood refused to live with her husband, and pre pared to take the necessary' steps for ob taining a divorce. Her friends dissuaded her, honing that matters might be recon ciled. They succeeded in inducing the Madam to leave the city, but not until she had bankrupted iicr victim and blasted the happiness of a virtuous wile forever. She was a very cormorant, and continually de manded money. She sometimes received as much as five thousand dollars at a time, and was still unsatisfied. During these two eventful years, Colonel Blood became fascinated with another blood-sucker, a frail woman from Brook lyn, N. Y. On account of these irregularities Col. Blood lost his position as President of the Railroad Company, and his confidential friends felt it to be their duty to advise those who were doing business with hint to be on their guard. The clairvoyant held the marriage certificate 'in terrorem over his head, and the fate of a bigamist stared him in the face. There was .no hope for him to redeem his squandered fortune, for if lie escaped the Scylla of Brooklyn he would be sure to be wrecked upon the Charybdis of Washington avenue, lie therefore concluded that the only course left for him was to leave the country, and start life anew in South America. . Accord ingly he procured from the Mayor a leave of absence for twenty days, and on Monday last left the city, lie left his resignation in the hands of a friend, to be handed in after a certain time. We are assured that he took no woman with him, and if Madame Holland is with him now, she met him at some other place. Wheeling into Line. The indications now are that the South will be almost unanimous in support of the Philadelphia Convention movement. In this State, we are glad to see that the opposition to the Convention, is daily be coming less active and decided. Many of the newspapers which at first looked with distrust upon the project, or thought that no good could be accomplished by it, arc yielding their first convictions and are now disposed to favor it. Among the latter we are pleased to find that sterling old State Rights paper, the Columbus Sun and Times. In its issue of the 14th inst., that paper presents the following cogent and seasonable views in favor of Southern representation in the contemplated Con vention, which we commend to the con sideration of our contemporary across the street: Since the writing of our first article up on this subject, events have occuiTed which have materially changed our opin ions of the spirit in which that Convention was called, the representation likely to be gathered by it, and the results which may possibly follow its deliberations. It is now unmistakably clear, that it will receive the united and determined opposi tion of the radical element North and South ; that the movement is deemed im portant and* necessary by the President and his true friends and advisers, and that it will receive the powerful aid and co operation of the entire Democratic party of the North and Northwest. We have reason to believe that all the men who may be sent to the Convention, no matter what mav have been the politi cal antecedents, will represent constituen cies unalterably plgeded to the placing of the control of the Government into the hands of white' men, and that organized party which will be arrayed in opposition to it, will be as firmly committed to the monstrous and ruinous policy of universal suffrage. In a contest upon such an issue we can not doubt, as to where our allegiance be longs, or falter in the discharge of any duty which the occasion imposes upon us. Throwing aside, therefore, any personal objections of our own, we yield to the gen erally expressed opinion that the Sfiuth should be represented in the Philadelphia Convention, with an earnest desire and hope that our own fears may be groundless, anu that great good may result to the South and the country by a convocation of patriotic men, desirous of saving all tliat a civil war has left of personal liberty and constitutional rights. Champagne Statistics.— Statistics re cently published show tliat 30,000,000 of bottles of champagne are annually pro duced in France, and are thus apportioned: Africa. 100,000; Spain arid Portugal, 200,- 000; Italy, 400,000; Belgium, 500,000; Holland, 500,000; Germany, 1,500,000; Russia, 2.<)00,000; France, 2,500,000; England, 5,000,000; India, 5,000,000; North America,* 10,000,000. This calcula tion leaves 1,200,000 bottles unaccounted for, and takes jio note of the billions of in ferior wines which are foisted on the un wary as veritable champagne.