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WEDNESDAY, Al’ttl'ST 8.
The New Orleans Blot—What ted to It.
An election was held on the 28th of
March, 1804, for delegates to a Convention
for i he revision and amendment oftheCon- j
atitution of Ijouisiana. This election was ;
ordered by Gen. Hanks, then commanding
the Federal forces in New Orleans, and in
ootnpliat,oe with the terms of Mr. Lincoln’s ,
Proclamation authorizing the formation of :
.State Governments in those States then in ,
arms against the Federal authority, when
one-tenth of the people were in favor of re
turning to the Federal Union. Louisiana, i
at that time, had, by a formal act of a duly
elected State Convention, seceded from the ,
Federal Union, and had established a State
Government under the Southern Confed
eracy. Not more than onto fifth of the ter
ritory of the State, and less than one-fourth
of the legal voters, were, at the date of the i
election in March, 1864, under the juris- I
diction or control of the Federal forces.
The order of Gen. Hanks, calling a Con- j
vention, prescribed the number of delegates I
to be elected and the qualifications of voters j
in both these particulars very different !
from the requirements of the Constitution |
and laws of the State. This action of Gen. '
Hanks was based upon his military author- I
ity under the proclamation of Mr. Lincoln,
and at a time when the only power of the
• U nited States Government, over the State .
of Louisiana, was that claimed from the
military occupation of the country. The ;
Convention assembled on the 6th of April, j
1864, and proceeded at once to revise and
amend tho State Constitution, and organ- .
uo a State Government, in opposition to ;
the regularly constituted State Government ;
then in existence, whose capital was at !
Baton Rouge. This Military Convention j
closed its labors and adjourned on the 25th i
of July, 1864. The State was then under j
military law, and the military authorities j
of the Federal Government assumed and ,
directed the conduct of affairs in all por- i
tions of the State over which they had suc
ceeded in planting their arms. The Con- j
stitution adopted by the’Convention wa* j
submitted to the class of voters alone wLo
were declared by tho military to be quali
-sed electors, and by them so ratified. By
the aid of tho military authorities tho Con
stitution was put in operation, and the
State Government, formed under it, duly
installed in power and authority.
The Government thus inaugurated, and
the Constitution thus framed and ratified,
have boon rooognired since that time as the
true and only Government of the State.
After the cessation of hostilities, this State
Government continual to bo regarded as
the only legally constituted State organiza
tion in the State ofLouisiana, and has used
and enjoyed all the functions of a perfect
State Government. Under this Oonstitu- |
tion a Governor and Legislative were elect- j
ed, and a Judiciary appointed.
The only class of persons in Louisiana
who oould claim any right to question the
legality of this State Government, are the
meu who were excluded from any partici
pation in its organization—those who, at
ttartsme it was inaugurated, were opposed
Urofl purpose#, and denied its legitimacy
—the men who acknowledged the suprema
cy of the Baton Rouge State Government,
and were identified with the State’s strug
gle for independence.
When the war ended, with the loss of
the Confederate cause, the.so men—consti
tuting a large majority of the legal Voters
of the State—quietly aoquiesccd in the
change made in their organic laws, and
peacefully submitted to the authority of
this new Government. They abaudoued
all hopes of reviving their old State organi
sation, and, yielding to the pressure of the
times, determined to accept the new order
of affairs in good faith, and try to make
the best they could out of it.
In attempting to carry out his reconstruc
tion policy, President Johnson has recog
nized the existing State Government as the
true representative and agent of the pimple
of Louisiana, and has, in all his official
communications with it, regarded it as the
legally constituted Government. The laws,
which have been passed by it, have been
duly observed and enforced. No doubt of
their legality has been raised, and no at
tempt to evade them been contemplated.
All worked harmoniously, until the Radi
cals began to develop their hostility to the 1
restoration of the Union. When they
commenced to wage their war upon the
President, they supposed that the Louisi
ana State Government would support them
in their revolutionary and destructive
achemes. In this they were mistaken.
Although the officers of the State Govern
ment were elected at a time and under cir
cumstances which might well induce them
to believe that they would be subservient
to their will, yet, fortunately for the State
and for the peace of the country, the geu- j
tlemen in office there are of sterner and
better material than the Brownlows. and
Uamiltous, and Stokes of other States.
Finding that they could uot control the ;
State Government, the Radicals determined
to overthrow it. How to accomplish this
nefarious design, was the first question to
be met. After consultation with a few of
their satraps in New Orleans, it was deter
mined to re-assemble the State Convention ■
of 1864. This was a most astounding pro
position, and at once met the indignant re
buke of all the true men of the State.
The President of that Convention —lion.
K. H. Durell—-recognizing that body as |
functus officia, refused to call it together, j
A few of the traitors then issued the fol
lowing Circular, which was addressed to j
those members of the defunct Convention j
who, they thought, could be iuduced to
join in their revolutionary scheme:
Orleans, June 23, 1866.
otr Several members of the Conven
tion, as well as the Lxecutive, request you
to attend a meeting of the members of'the
Constitutional Convention of the State of
Louisiana, at the Mechanics' Institute, !
New Orleans, on Tuesdav. 26th inst. at 2 i
o'clock f. m. John E. Neelis, Sec’y. j
In obedience to this call a few of the
revolutionists assembled in New Orleans
on the day indicated, and proceeded to elect
anew President. Many declared that the
former President had forfeited his position, j
One R. R. Howell was declared duly elect- j
ed President of a Convention which had ;
been dissolved in July, 1864, and he and j
the Governor of the State directed to as- '
semble the Convention at such time as they
might think best. The reasons for the as
sembling of this dead body are thus given
in the preamble to the resolution adopted
by the revolutionists at their meeting on
the 26th of June :
Whereas, the Civil Rights Bill has be
come a law, and certain amendment# to
he Constitution of the United State# have
passed both Houses of Congress, and now
await the ratification of the loyal Legisla
ture# of the several States;
Whereas, in the opinion of all the pow
ers of the General Government, of the Exe
cutive of the State of Louisiana, of all the
members of said Convention, and of all the
loyal citizens of the State of Louisiana,
there is sufficient cause, and the emergency
does exist for the re-convocation and action
of said Constitutional Convention.
These revolutionists, numbering twenty
pr members of the so-called Convention of
1864, met in New Orleans on Monday last,
when a riot ensued which compelled them
to forego for the present, at least, their un
lawful purpose#.
We are glad to see that President John-
; son has promptly placed the military power
i of the Government at the disposal of the 1
| civil authorities to prevent this “unlawfu
j assembly" from carrying out their pro-:
: gramme. We believe that his prompt
' and manly action in this matter has saved
! the people of New Orleans from scenes
which would make the terrible outbreaks
• at St. Domingo and Jamaica soc-m light
and trivial. The true men of Louisiana
! owe him a debt of lasting gratitude for pre
serving their State from the horrible con
j sequences which would certainly have fol
: lowed if the revolutionary party had not
! been promptly defeated. All honor to An
: drew Johnson, the friend of the Consti
' tution and the Union !
Tunnel Under the English Channel, j
The grandest conception of the age is 1
the proposed tunnel under the English j
Channel. The width of the channel, where 1
it is proposed to begin the work, is about
twenty miles. Explorations and examina- :
tions oa the line of the contemplated work
are now being made, and, so far, the indi- I
cations are altogether favorable to the j
project.
The probable cost of the tunnel is as yet j
hardly conjecturable. That it will be im
mense, it is conceded. The advantages to '■
! he derived from it, and the profits which
I may he safely calculated to accrue from its
| completion, it is said, will pay a handsome
j per eentage upon the investment. While
! the scheme at present may seem to some
| but the wild speculation and idle vagary
| of a heated and too confident imagination,
! it must be remembered that the tunnel un
i der the Thames, now in successful o|>era
tion, was viewed in the same skeptical
light when it was first proposed, a little
more than a dozen years since. Now, tho
Thames tunnel is a perfect success, and has
done more for the amelioration and ad
vancement of the physical wants of the city
of London than all the other improvements
of the last half century combined.
Po, too, when the illustrious and inde
fatigable American, G’yrus W. Field,
brought to the notioe of the English and
American public his mighty conception of
an Ocean Telegraph between the old and
new world, his project was received with
all the incredulity and misgivings which
ignorance usually assumes, when opposing !
ideas in advance ot the great body of the
people. To-day the success of the Atlantic
cableattcsts the wisdom, foresight, and un
conquerable energy .ifits projector, and adds
another to the countless proofs which tho
world furnishes, that great ideas and great
conceptions are the birthright of the few,
while ignorance, bigotry and skepticism are !
the birthrights of the many.
The following letter, which appeared in
the London Timet of a late date, will prove
interesting at this particular time, now that i
the Telegraph wonder is about to become j
one of the realities of the times:
July 3, 1866. j
Sir— During many years the scheme of
connecting Franoe and England hv moans
of a highway under the channel has from
time to time been proposed, but it has
hitherto been generally regarded as too
extravagant for serious consideration.—
Projects, however, which formerly would
have been pronounced absurd, have in
these days been carried into effect, and we
now wonder at the ignorance and tardiness
of our predecessors respecting inventions
which to us seem excessively simple and
obvious.
A few years will probably suffico to do
termiue the practicability of solving the
great problem of a sub-marine road to the
continent It is a problem which may
well inspire the boldest living eugineer
with apprehensions, for failure will cause
enormous pecuniary loss, and jeopard even
the most solid reputation. Neverthless,
one of the most experienced and successful
engineers of our time, Mr. Ilawkshaw, has :
resolved to grapple with this problem, and !
he is indeed actually engaged in the pre
liminary explorations. Although war is
the order of the day, and the British pub
lie is eager for warlike intelligence, yet the
following condensed account of this peace
ful project may not be unacceptable to
your readers:
Mr. Hawlsshaw has long contemplated
the practicability of this enterprise, and
has for about two years been engaged in a
geological investigation of the localities.
Borings are now being made at a consid
erable expense in the neighborhood of
Dover, and by permission of the French
Government, between Cabas and Boulogne;
and in the course of the summer, explora- I
tions will be madein mid-channel. Such trials
are essential, in order to obtain positive
knowledge concerning the nature, extent
and thickness of the strata.
It is proposed to carry on the excava
tion for the tunnel from both ends, as well
as from shafts in the channel. At the top
of the shafts powerful steam engines will
be erected for pumping, for drawing up the
excavated material, and for supplying
[lower to the machinery by which excava
tion will be effected.
The tunnel will communicate on the
French side with the Northern of France
Railway, and on the English side with the
Southeastern and London, Chatham and
Dover Railways, so that there will be an un
broken line of railway communication be
tween London and Paris.
Hawkshaw will not be able finally to
decide upon the details of this great work
until the completion of the borings now in
progress.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,^
PHILADELPHIA CONVENTION.
Letter From Hon. Alexander H. Stephens.
We take pleasure in laying before our
readers the following correspondence,
which we clip from the National Intelli
gencer of the 30th ult. In refering to the
letter of our distinguished Georgian, that
paper says :
“The letter of Hou. A. 11. Stephens, of
Georgia, published in another column,
breathes the right spirit. We have little
fear but the delegates to the Philadelphia
Convention from the South will act with
that judiciousness which has characterized
the course of most of the Southern states
men since the close of the war. The gen
erous sentiments and conduct of Generals
Grant and Sherman to the rebel armies
have been repaid for the most part in [>o
iitical and social acts consistent in honor
and gratitude with the liberal policy of
those great soldiers. Added to this has
been the adoption of uotable changes in
State policy suited Cos the present condi
tion of things, and made iu large part at
the request of the President. It is not.
we fee! assured, from the meu of the
South that any troubles will arise at the
Philadelphia Convention. They accept
the situation, and will act upon present
vital issues. If we were to borrow trouble
touching desired Union and harmony, it
would undoubtedly be referred to the class
of hackneyed party politicians whose crim
inal blunders have cast their party into
helpless minorities in Northern States,
have placed them outside of hope of popu
lar favor in their own localities, and whose
only vitality is that which mere caucuses
inspire.
To the Editors of CJw XaCionnl Intelligen
cer :
Gkntlemf.n : T *sk a place iu vour col
umns for the eneU»e<l letter to me from
the Hon. Ales under H. Stephens, in com
mitting it to the pri*« I am taking a ques
tionable liberty with him, for the" letter is
marked private. But in the present cir
cumstances of the country, I think it so
desirable thal the people should know the
real temper of the South, that I feel justi
fied iu publishing this letter from one who,
it the outbreak of the war, was the repre
sentative man of the Union party of the
South, and is the recognized exponent of
,he Southern ventimeut at this moment.
President Li ucoln had *reat confidence
in Mr. Btephei(s. He tola me repeatedly
that he had off ired him * aeat in tho Cab-
inet, and he retained great regard for him
j to tiie last. Yours, respeetfullv.
M. Di-aif.
Montgomery Cos., Md., July 29, 1866.
Crawfordvili.e, Ga., July 23, 1866.
Hon. Mont {joinery Blair, Washington,
1).C. :
Dear Sir ; Your letter of the 17th
is before me. 1 thank you heartily for it.
No man in the United States did, dr could,
more cordially approve and endorse the
! objects of the proposed Union Convention
at Philadelphia (us I understood them)
than I did ; and yet, from considerations
of expediency, I doubted the propriety of
my taking active part in it. I was also in
doubt, to some extent, whether, with other
views on the part of those who made the
call, the words were not so phrased in the
call as to exclude ail who occupied a simi
lar position to my own, and from other
considerations as those which had occurred
to me.
Your letter relieves me from the last
class of doubts, but those of the other class
still exist, notwithstanding your strong
views to the contrary. Individually my
whole soul is enlisted in the cause of a
speedy, full, and perfect restoration of the
Government under the Constitution and
its permanency under that Constitution as
it now stands'. There is nothing within
my power that I am not willing cheerfully
to clo to effect and accomplish that end. j
Indeed, (you will exense me in saying it,
but It is the truth,) I would be willing to ;
offer up my life itself if by so doing this i
groat result could la? obtained, and peace,
union, harmony, prosperity, happiness,
and constitutional liberty be thereby se
cured to the millions now living, and the
uutold mill ions hereafter to live on this
continent. .
There are many personal embarrass
ments or difficulties in the way of my
going to the Convention—these 1 ailudell
to before—-but I am resolved to be there JJ
I rttw.' Tn bo WWW SHBrTlWte eWW inltli
fully said of me that I failed to do every
thing in my power to bave the country and
its institutions.
I did in 1860 exert my efforts to the ut
most extent to avoid the* late most lament
, able war, and to save the Union on con
stitutional principles without a conflict of
arms. T his I did, too, while many of those
now so clamorous for what they call “the
Union cause’’ were giving encouragement,
at least, to the extreme men at the South
by clearly and decidedly intimating, if not
fully expressing a perfect willingness, on
their part, that “the Union might slide” if
tho people of tho South so willed it. I was
even taunted with endeavoring to hold our
people on to a Union that was no longer
cared for by leading men of the dominant
party at tho North. I withstood these taunts
j even whouj knew (or was informed truly,
1 as I believed,) that there was an organized
j body of men in Savannah to seize the
; Custom House, Fort Pulaski, Ac., incase
i the State did not secede. All this X stated
j to you, and to which you allude in your
I letter beforo me ; nor should I have any
| hesitancy in stating it to the public if any
! public good could thereby lie effected,
i The public good is my only object. How
best to subserve that, consistently with
truth, honor, and uprightness, is the only
question with me. Personal interests have
no influence with mo whatever—at least I
think so, and may be excused for saying
so. Had I been governed by personal feel- ;
ings, I should have had nothing to do with
the late troubles, further than entering my ;
earnest protest against them. And had I
been governed by personal fooling I should j
not now bo in the situation I am.
If the Union shall be restored under tho
Constitution, as I earnestly desire to see it j
done, (and I anr willing to clo all I can to- j
wards that end,) it is my fixed purpose to j
retire forever from all connection with i
public affairs. So that while it would seem \
that my present efforts are tending to a re- !
suit in'which I have more or less personal i
interest—this is, my admissionas aSenator I
in Congress—yet I assure you I never ex- j
peot or intend to hold that' position long, j
even if the seat should bo awarded to me. :
Yours, truly,
Alexander IL Stephens. I
The fin al Rattle of Sadova.
Tho Cincinnati Enquirer , says that in ;
the niunlier of tho combatants upon
each side, if not in the list of the killed !
tind wounded, the late battle of Sadowa, j
between the Austrians and the Prussians, j
! is the greatest of modern times. It is !
sup [wised that nearly, if not quite, a half
million of men were engaged in it. The
great conflict at Leipsic, ■ between Napo
leon I, and the allies—Russians, Austrians,
Prussia s, and Germans and Swedes—is
the n< rest approach to it. That battle j
has been hitherto known as the conflict of j
the nations. Napoleon’s forco was 175,- j
000 men. The allies had 200,000. Total I
460,000 men. It was fought on the 16th, j
17th and 18th of October, 1813. Tho |
other great battles of Napoleon were fought
with much smaller numbers. At Auster
litz ho had 80,000 French against 100,000
Russians and Austrians. At Jena and 1
Auerstadt Napoleon had 123,000 against
220,000 Prussians. At Wagram there
I were 180,000 French against the same
: number of Austrians. At Borodino, 120, -
! 000 French against 120,000 Russians.
! At Waterloo the forces on both sides did |
j not exceed 120,000 men.
There was an immense force at Solferino, j
; in 1859, between the French and Italians, j
j on one side, under Napoleon 111, and the i
! Austrians on the other. There were, j
j probably, 350,000 men on both sides.
In our late war we know of no single en- j
gagement where there were over 250,000 1
; men engaged. Chancellorsville and Gettys
i burg were, probably, the heaviest engage
i uients, and that number, we think, would ,
cover either of them. We know it would
Antietam, or any of the great conflicts
around Richmond.
The Austrian loss at Sadowa, in killed
and wounded and prisoners, is one of the
heaviest, if not the heaviest, of which our
European chroniclers make mention. It is j
supposed to be 60,000 or 70,000 men, at;
least.
The Chronicle & Sentinel.
We find the following kind, and—we i
were about to say extravagant—endorse
ment of the Chronicle if- Sentinel, in the
last number of the Greensboro Herald.
In this connection we take occasion to ten- j
der our acknowledgements to the press for
the kind and complimentary expressions
which have greeted us from even- quarter.
We can only repeat what we said in our
salutatory. We shall endeavor to make
the paper worthy its old place as favorite
and friend, both in the counting room and
in the quiet of the home circle.
Thf. Chronicle A Sentinel.—One of
the best papers in every particular, now
published in Georgia is the old time hon- i
; oreil Chronicle J- Sentinel of Augusta. For i
eighty odd years it has been making its
i regular visits to the firesides of citizens of
this State, laden with all the latest news of
the land. Since its first dehut, thousands
of Journals have made their appearance
and flourished for a brief season, out soon
disappeared and were forgotten among
the things that were; but this old revolu- j
tionary scion has kept steadily on in
j its career of usefulnes front its in
fancy till now, covering a period of
more than eight decades of years, and now
: in its hoary old age it is as sprightly as
j over it was in its teens, if not more so.
; Having had its origin almost simultane
ous with American Independence, it stood
; by and defended the young Republic in its
; infancy, grew up with it to bright man
, hood, and is to day nobly battling for it
still. That same Constitutional liberty !
which itsaw and perhaps assisted inwring
j iny from the hands of King George, it is
striving to wrest from the polluting hands
1 of traitorous whelps at home, who have
combined for its destruction.
If the files of this pa per have been pre
served it must be a treat to run over the
; issues of its first days.
Its present mechanical appearance does
honor to the profession, and its Editorial
management is unsurpassed in the State.
Mooru and Wright have been defrauding
\ jhe public bv uot connecting themselves
with the public prints before now. They
are fast overcoming the odium which their
illustrious Yankee predecessor cast upon
this journal, and it is destined to be as in
days' past, one among the leading papers of
the South.
>ew Books.
Homes Without Hands —Being a de
scription of the habitations ot animals,
classed according to their principle ot
construction. By the Rev. J G. \\ ood,
M A F.L.S.. etc. H tth new designs
hv F. W. Key! and C. Smith. Now
York - Harper k Brothers.
We have received a copy of the above
valuable and very interesting work from
New York, through Geo. A. Oates ol this
city. We regard this as one of the most
valuable contributions to popular science
which has been made in many years. The
style of the author is easy, flowing and per
! spicuous. and he has managed his material
so as to enlist the attention, while it can
but be instructive and interesting to the
general reader. We have seen no work,
in several years, which wc could so warmly
| recommend to tte reading public,
i The book is for sale by Geo. A. Oates,
j in this city.
A planter of the Parish of St. Martin,
Ea,, is said to have twenty bales ot new cot
l ton ready for shipment to New Orleans.
ALGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 8, 1860.
How the Tennessee legislature Ratified
. the C onstitutional Amendment.
The following account of the proceedings
of the Tennessee Legislature on the pro
, posed amendments to the Federal Consti
tution. which we clip from the organ of the
Radical party in the West, the Cincinnati
Gazette, contains matter which challenges
the attention of all true friends of Consti
tutional Government. The shameless vio
lation of even the forms of law. which is
here presented, shows to what extent the
Disunionists are prepared to go in their
efforts to perpetuate power. The times
demand of the true men of the country a
uni led, vigorous and determined effort to
dethrone this party, and eject from office
all of 'its satraps and satolites. The per
petuity of Republican Government on this
! continent depends, in no small degree,
upon the speedy overthrow of the reckless
and revolutionary party which now Iris
control of the legislative departments of
the Government. If the action of this
“minority mob ” of the Tennessee Legis
lature docs not receive the indignant rebuke
.of conservative men in all sections of the
country, we confess that we shall have lost
much of the confidence which we have
heretofore entertained in the good sense
and virtue of the American people: j
-vahhvjlle, icnn., July 19, ipe. -
The Union men belonging to tbeiifegisla
to which
sition manifested on the part of any one to
backdown. All seemed to feel the solemn
responsibilities of the hour. Evidently the
! persistently devilish opposition of the'ene
i mies of the Government here had but cou-
I firmed their resolution to act as became
men who had once before periled their all
1 for then- country ; the corrupt practices of
the co-conspirators at Washington had but
strengthened their high resolve. Each
spoke as a patriot speake who loves his
country—each prepared to act as in the fear
; of God.
j Mr Arnell’s resolutions declaring that
j two-thirds of the members chosen consti
l tute a quorum, was still pending before
; the House. To pass this resolution, and
; then at once proceed to tiie consideration I
of the Constitutional Amendment, was one i
j °f the resolves of the Union caucus.
But the unexpected arrival this morning
" Io members (Messrs. Nunn and
Sinclair) threw anew light upon the sub
ject. After the roll of the House was call- .
ed, it was discovered that, counting the
two members who had been brought in!
undor arrest, there were lifty-six present, ■
! which was a quorum, even according to !
the most extreme and unreasonable re
quirement.
A messenger from the Senate announced,
the passage of the Senate joint resolution
ratifying tho Constitutional amendment,
and asked the House to concur iii the I
same.
Mr. Smith, of Hardeman, moved that !
the doors be closed, and Oapt. Hevdt in- ;
sfc rocted to bring in the absentees. *
The Speaker said lie would much prefer
no harsh measures should be used, and
that he would have the Doorkeeper placed j
at the door to endeavor to restrain mem
bers from going out.
■ Mr. Smith said he was not in favor of
arbitrary measures until all others were
exhausted, but he believed the House ;
•should bo firm in tho discharge of its dutv, :
anil if mild moans fail, should then resort
to others.
Mr. Arnell said he made the point of !
order that a quorum is now present, and !
hoped that the door would at once be i
closed.
The Speaker directed the Boorkeejier to ‘
sec that members remained in tho hall. !
Upon a call of tho House 54 members
answered to their names.
Mr. Arnell suggested that Messrs. Mar- ’
tin and Williams were sopiewhere in the I
Committee rooms, and if they were >
brought in, a quorum (56) would lie made 1
up.
Mr. Garner, of Lawrence, said these two
gentlemen could not bo brought before the
House in absence of the quorum.
Mr. Smith said that this position was ah
suril; and would, if acted upon, defeat the
very object for which Martin and Williams
were arrested.
Mr. Arnell said the two gentlemen were
in the Committee rooms, and were there- !
fore present, boing upon the fioor of tho j
House.
The speaker said it had always been the
custom to consider members in the Com- j
mittee Booms as absent from the fioor of
the House ; but he would send the door
keeper to invito Martin and Williams ■
within the hall.
Tiie invitation was made, hut thegentle- :
men declined to leave their den and come 1
in.
After some further debate, the Speaker
directed tho doorkeeper to invite the two
gentlemen in, at the request of the House.
Mr. Moss, of Williamson, said the House !
had not so expressed itself.
Mr. Mullins, of Bedford, moved that the
doorkeeper be sent to request the gentle
men to come in.
Carried-—Yeas 50 ; nays 3—Overstreet, i
Stegakl und Warren.
Mr. Moss, true to his nondescript char- ;
acter, said if Martin and Williams were to
come ill as active members he would vote
aye ; if they were to come in under arrest 1
he would vote no.
A long and ridiculous discussion sprang
up as to whether Mr. Moss’ vote should he
recorded or not, and how.
Mr. Mulloy, of Robinson, said tho gen
tleman’s vote reminded him of tiie man
who When hunting saw an animal, and
being uncertain as to the character, shot so
as to hit it if it were a deer, and miss it if
it were a calf.
Moss’ vote was not recorded.
The Speaker directed the doorkeeper to
invite Martin and Williams in at the request I
of the House.
The doorkeeper reported lie had done so.
and the gentlemen would not come, unless
for the investigation of the cause of their j
arrest.
Mr. Raulston, of Marion, moved that the
two gentlemen he brought in, nolens vo
lens.
The motion was not pressed to a vote.
Mr. Mullins moved that tiie Senate joint i
resolution ratifying the Constitutional
Amendment tie now- adopted, and stated
that according to the rules of tho House
this would take precedence of all other
business, and upon Ins motion, he called
the previous question.
Mr. Jarvis, of Hancock, said a great
wrong was about to be consummated, and ,
ho wished to ho heard. He said he had j
obtained the fioor previous to Mr. Mullins’
call for the previous question, and had
been recognized by tho Speaker.
The Speaker decided adverse to Mr.
Jarvis' claims.
Mr. Jarvis appealed from the decision of
the Chair.
Chair sustained ; yeas 37, nays 16.
The Speaker said there was ho quorum.
Mr. Arnell requested that- the clerk
show upon the record that Martin and
Williams aie present but refuse to vote.
Tho Speaker tokl the clerk to do so, and
directed the Seargent-at-arms to bring the
two gentlemen in. The Seargeant-at-
Arms reported that they refused to come.
Some discussion again arose as to wheth
er they should be compelled to come.
Mr.'Arnell raised the point of order that .
a quorum is present ; and that members
in the Committee rooms are, to all legal
intents and purposes, present.
The Chair decided the point of order not
well taken, and that there was no quorum
in the House.
Mr. Mullins appealed from the decision.
The yeas and nays were called, and as
this was a tost vote, the utmost interest
was manifested.
The House refused to sustain the decis- ,
ion of the Chair—yeas 11 ; nays 42.
The call for the' previous question, on
Mr. Mullins’ motion to adopt the Consti
tutional Amendment was sustained. Yeas
39 ; nays 15.
The "joint resolution from the Senate
ratifying the amendment was then read,
and the ayes and nays called upon its
passage.
There were not many spectators present.
The conspirators supposed their writ of
habeas corpus had thoroughly tied the
hands of the House. No ono anticipated
the prompt action of this morning. Rebels
and rebel sympathizers believed that they
had placed the loyal Representatives hors
du combat. Only the members of the
Upper House, and such Union men as
knew the determination of last night’s ■
caucus, wore looking on. Before this
audience the vote proceeded, with the fol
lowing result:
Yeas 43; nays 11.
The Chair decided there was no quorum
present.
Mr. Arnell appealed from the C’hair to
the House, which refused to sustain tiie
decision:
Yeas 11; nays 42.
Mr. Smith 'asked that the names r>r
Messrs. Martin and Williams be
as present, but refusing to vote.
The Speaker directed the Clerk to make
the record.
The Chair tiien announced that the joint
resolution from the Senate ratifying the
Constitutional Amendment was adopted.
The announcement was greeted with
loud applause, and the noble Union men
who had marched steadily through the
storm oflrebel and Presidential hostility,
until they reached this triumphant con
summation, almost rushed into each oth
er's arms in the fervor and enthusiasm of
their mutual congratulations.
The following is the vote in detail by
which the great Amendment was ratified.
Yeas.—Messrs. Anderson. Arnell. Ba
ker, Blackman, Donaldson, Doughty, El
liott, Fuson, Garner, Gilmer, Grimmett,
Hudson, Hale, Inman. Jones of Claiborne,
Kerchival, Mason, McNair. Morris, Mul
lins, Mulloy, Murphy, Norman, Nunn,
Patton. Porter of Wayne. Puckett. Raul
ston. Richards. Rogers. Shepherd, Sinclair.
Smith, of Hardman, Smith of Obion. Snod
derlv, Thornburgh, Underwood. Waters,
Walker, Welsh, Wines, Woodcock, Woods
—43.
Xays—Messrs. Clingan. Coward. Grove.
Jarvis, Melton, Overstreet, Shultz, Stegaid,
Warren, Speaker Heiskell—ll.
Present and Refusing to Vote.—
Messrs. Martin, Williams—2.
Quorum— 56.
Os those voting ki the negative, only
four—Messrs. Clingan. Coward, Melton
and Shultz—can we lay any claim to
being Union men. The rest are Copper
heads, pure and simple.
There were in the United in Sep
tember, 1865, 593 railroad cAfeftnies. run
ning oi.e or more routes. Af the date of
the last official returns, there] Were nearly
35.000 miles of railway in the United
States, supported at an annual expense of
$1,264,336,000. The Illinois Central, 70S
miles long, cost $28,610,8ftT; the New
1 ork Central, 555 miles. $32,740,000: the
Erie, 528 miles, $39,328,009; the Mem
phis and Charleston, 290 mises, $67,450,-
000 ; the Chicago, Peoria ami Quincy, 400
miles, $39,280,000, Pennsylvania has
more miles of railway than a try other State,
reporting 3,350 miles of the iron track;
Ohio, the second in order. 1ia53.310 miles:
Illinois, third. 3,156 miles. --Massachu
setts has 1,285 miles, costing $59,051,000.
Besides which there are hundtfeds of horse
railway-, many thousands of] miles long',
which cost millions upon milHEms of doi
lars. ■! q;
Crvel in'the Express.—i. Massachu
setts paper published on the ilOth an ac
count of a snake which was Bund curled
up in the stove, and came i)ut when the
servant girl opened the stove-fiohr, greatly
to her alarm.
paragraph, published the snake story,
locating it in the suburbs of Richmond.—
The Express man, at Petersburg, seeing
the two stories, gravely copies both, which
are word for word, save in the localities,
and declares it to be a most striking coin
i cidence!
It was cruel in the Express thus to ex
pose the Times man, in this Lot weather.
Let tiie fellow pick up something to fill up
his column. He might get sun-struck if
lie wont out hunting items with the ther
mometer at 95 and 98 and rising.
Texas. —Major General Wright, com
manding the Department of Texas, issued
an order on the 14th instant, itaring that
“it having been represented tc the Major
General commanding that soinj of tiie per
sons chosen at the late election claim to
enter, without further authority, upon the
duties of their office, it is hereby ordered
that commanding-officers of districts, posts
and detachments shall in no way recognize
them as officials, but continue to support
the Provisional Government, rnd the offi
cers appointed tinder it, until stela time as
that Government shall be discontinued by
order of the President, of the Uuitcd
States.” An official copy of tie order has
been received here.
Delegates from the 7th District.—
The Convention for the 7th district, which
met in Atlanta on Saturday the 28th
selected lion. R. P. Lyon ot Fulton, and
Hon. James Milner, of Bartow as dele
gates to the Philadelphia Convention. The
following gentlemen were selected at alter
nates : T. T. Smith, W r . M. Lowr£, H.
C. Barrow, D. S. Printup, A. J. Hansell,
Lewis Tutnlin, J. R. Parrot. The Con
vention adopted a resolution that the dele
gates from all the districts meet in Macon
ou the 3rd to select the delegates from the
State at large. The Intelligencer and
Columbus Sim favor tho suggestion.
From Mexico.—Late advices from
Mexico refer to the magnificent prepara
tions made by M iximillian to celebrate the
second anniversary of his entry into tho
Halls of the Montezunuts. A covered arbor
was built, costing over $200,000 -through
which the procession was to march. The
occasion ouly called .out twu.ior throeAbou- ;
sand people, though a correspondent of
tho New York News says that such fete |
days usually bring out 30,000 to 50,000 j
people. *
Another Remedy for Sunstroke.—
A nurse says: Apply warm water and,
vinegar to the head immediately, and
pending the arrival of medical aid give a;
dose of castor oil; carry the patient to the :
nearest hotel and immerse the body up to
the neck in a warm bath. This is the i
simplest and most effective remedy known. !
Never by any means use cold applications.
1 u ‘all cases of congestion of the brain
WL.m applications arc the best.
— -tosaSSr 4BB—■ -
Singular Poisoning Case.—A singu
lar case of wholesale poisoning recently oc
curred at the Pyle House, Indianapolis. ;
Sixty of the boarders were similarly at- |
tacked, in an hour or two after tea, and
were very sick. It was supposed to have 1
been occasioned by milk, as other parties, '
who took milk from the same person, were ;
similarly attacked. None have died, and
it is thought all will recover.
The Foreign Trade of Chicago.—
Vessels now run direct from Europe to i
Chicago. The brig Vida, from Bergan, I
Norway, which port she left April 13, ar
rived at Chicago, on Thursday, having a
cargo of 1,500 barrels of Norwegan fish, j
She was detained at Montreal three weeks
to get a permit to pass through the St-
Lawrenee canal.
A Terrible Gale.—A terrible storm I
recently passed over the vicinity of Havre i
de Grace and Perryville, Pennsylvania, I
blowing down many houses and killing a
number of persons. The splendid new
bridge of the Philadelphia, Wilmington
and Baltimore railroad, over the Susque
hanna, which was nearly completed, was
destroyed. ,
M hat Does it Mean ?—The Richmond
papers allude to the formation of several
military companies among the colored peo
ple of that city, which meet nightly for
drill, under the authority of Gen. Terry.
As the whites are not permitted to bear
arms, it looks a little strange that a negro
military organization should be encouraged.
Another Plague.—lt is said that the
grass-hoppers have appeared in the vicini
ty of Nashville, and are invading the corn
fields in fearful numbers. One gentleman
says that he does uot think there will be a
blade left on the corn in a thirty acre field
by Monday, so great arc the ravages the
hungry insects are making.
The Southern Pacific Railroad is open to
Marshall. Texas, and arrangements are
making to continue it.
All the Berwick's Bay route to Galves
ton will open on August 1 -t, with three
steamers per week- Time of travel will be
lessened six to ten hours.
A special dispatch from Savannah to the
Ciiicago Republican says : An influen
tial citizen was thi- morning arrested by
military authority, for beating and abusing
a negro servant. This is the first instaucc
oeeuring in this State enforcing Gen.
Grant’s recent order.”
Information of a character which cannot
be doubte-1 has been received at \\ ashing
ton to the effect that Napoleon has agreed
to disband 29,000 French troops in Mexico,
and allow them to enlist in Maximilian s
foreign legion.
R tports received from various parts of
Illinois. Wisconsin. lowa and Indiana, are
to the effect that the wheat crop will be
more than an average one in resnect to both
quantity and quality. The barley, oat and
rye crops also promise well.
Disastrou s freshets have recently occur
red in Kentucky. In Owen county, on
Monday of last week, Brush Creek was sev
eral feet higher than ever before known.
Many houses were washed away, in one of
which a family of eight persons were
, drowned.
A man named C. C. Trutnbo, employed
on anew building on Hayne street,
Charleston, fell from the top of the edifice
to the ground, a distance of sixty Get, on
, Monday, causing his death.
Dam out the Floods.
We surrender very cheerfully a large
portion of our columns to-day to the follow-,
j ing correspondence on the subject of a
levee for the protection of the city from
overflow. We shall take occasion to refer
again to this subject, and hope iu the mean
time, that our city fathers will take the
matter into consideration. Something
must lee done to secure the city from the
devastating floods which rush over and
through our streets upon the recurrence of
every considerable freshet in the river.—
The plan proposed by Col. Rains appears
to us entirely feasible, and the estimated
cost is uot so much as to cause any appre
hension as to the ability of tig? city to bear
it: '
Augusta, July 23, ’66.
Col. Rains —Dear Sir: Deeming it a
matter of the first importance that our
city be protected from the overflowing of
the river, and believing that if its practi
cability were demonstrated to our people,
they would delay no longer in having the
work done, we respectfully beg that you
will lend us the aid of your valuable knowl
edge by giving us your views on the sub
ject. As any suggestion emanating from
one of such acknowledged ability, must i
have great weight with our fellow citizens, j
we will take great pleasure in laying them
before the public.
Yours, very respectfully,
L. A. Dugas,
R. M. May, j
Sand Hills, July 25, 1860, j
Messrs. L. A. Dugas, Henry Moore , R.
11. May and J. IP Davies:
Gentlemen : I have the honor to ac- j
knowledge the receipt of your communica-
I tion requesting my views on the practica
bility and expediency of protecting the city
i of Augusta from the periodical inundations
| arising from the overflowing of the Savan
nah river.
I Augusta was early selected as an eligible
location for a settlement, being at the head
of navigation, and occupying a central point
| on the boundary line between Georgia and
; South Carolina, and through which the
; main interior lines of communication must
necessarily pass. The navigation of the
| river is interrupted just above the city by
i the out-cropping of the primary rocks,
which cross the bed of the stream, and
! form a natural dam or barrier separating
the waters of the upper and lower river.
At this point the Augusta canal commences,
i which receives a portion of the water
1 flowing over the barrier or rapids, and con
ducts it by a more or less direct route to
the city some seven miles distant. This
valuable public work, although conducting
but perhaps a fourth part of the water of the
river at its lowest stage, supplies ail excel
lent and convenient water power in its
! course through the rear portions of the
; city, which has as yet been only made par
tially available, but at no distant period
; will be considered of inestimable value to :
the manufacturing interests of Augusta.
As the river debouched from its rocky ;
gorge, it spread out originally in a broad ;
stream over the low grounds at the foot of!
the sand ridges, and extended many miles ;
to the south and east on the Georgia side,
depositing its sediment from the compara
tively quiet waters of this expanded lake.
In process of time this deposit became too j
thick to be covered by the river at its low j
stages, which hence retreated to the bed of:
the principal stream which followed the ;
foot of the hills of the South Carolina j
shore. Each succeeding rise by depositing I
new sediment tedded to the general cleva- !
tion of the land thus formed, until event
ually it was only at periods at which the ;
river, became swollen by uncommon rains;
that it attained sufficient, height to sweep
over the extended alluvial plane.
Such was tho origin of the site of the j
city of Augusta, which at periods when |
uncommon rains have occurred throughout \
the country, or simultaneously along the j
lines of affluents of the river, cause its
swollen waters to rise above its banks and
sweep over the city in one wide-spread
stream of desolation—inundating streets;
filling cellars and excavations ; undermin
ing houses; washing out deep gullies ; car
rying off bridges and foot-walks; drowning !
wniSSm;' floating away fences and out- j
bouses ; destroying and filling up drains .
and ditches ; injuring pavements and trees,
and damaging tho canal embankments.
But, above all, the almost ,total cessation
of business ; the damage done to the lower
stories of stores and dwellings, with their j
contents; the distress of many of the in
habitants, who are compelled to remove to
the upper floors, and in some eases even to
the roofs of their small houses—without I
means of obtaining proper supplies of food j
and fuel—presents a scene of loss and hu
man suffering which no one can regard j
with indifference.
Why is this condition of matters allowed <
to continue? Is there no remedy? Such;
questions may well be asked.
It is idle to say that such inundations
occur only at distant intervals —experience,
in the pa-st three years, demonstrates that
such consolation, however poor it may be, :
is, in truth, destitute of foundation. It is j
now recognized that Augusta is liable, at
any time, to be overflowed by the waters i
of the river, and the resulting loss and j
damage, if estimated in money, probably
of a single inundation, would go far to
wards preventing forever the recurrence of
like disasters.
The elevated bank of the canal, which
extends from the upper end of Broad street
around to the vicinity of the Cotton Fac
tory, had it not given way at the head of
Greene street, would have prevented the
water reaching the elevation it did in the ;
streets of tho city during the last overflow,
to some extent, notwithstanding there was
no embankment along the river’s bank to ;
retain its waters within its channel. This j
alone would have saved probably a consid
erable loss of property stored in the base
ments and cellars of many buildings, and j
would have prevented, in a great measure, ;
the damage caused by the rapid rush ol j
the flood down Greene and other streets,_
into the low grounds of the third level of j
the canal. _ •'
The problem of protecting Augusta from j
inundation is a simple one, and its solution
consists in the erection of sufficient earth
works or levees encompassing the city, ;
having the necessary water-gates at the '
drain’s and crossings of the canal and rad
roads. The overflowings of the river last j
for too short a space of time to render nec- I
essat-y, probably, any pumping arrange- :
ments to get rid" of the water of infiltration
and drainage.
There are two plans of embanking the city:
First, Commencing a levee above the
Bridge, along Reynolds street, and extend
ing the same to the upper end of this !
street, thence across Broad street to the !
elevated bank of the third canal level,
which should he raised one foot at least,
throughout. This would be nothing more
than extending, and rendering more availa
ble, by a small additional amount of work,
—the levee along Reynolds street being
but a small elevation of its center-line, de
creasing to nothing at Jackson street —the
existing plan of saving the principal streets
from strong currents during our overflow,
. and diminishing the height of the flood in
the city probably one foot or more. The
overflowing waters would, after arriving at
the elevation of the second levee of the
canal, freely pass around the rear of the
city, and alter backing up into its lower
streets, would, as heretofore, find their
way through the low grounds and swamps
to the South, to the main stream of the
river some miles below.
This, necessarily, is only a partial remedy,
and does not save the city from being over
flowed to a considerable 'extent; neverthe
less. it is far better than no protection
at all, and could be employed at a moder
ate expense.
S>cond. The complete protection of
Augusta from inundations at all future
flood.-, can be secured l>v entirely encom
passing the city by a continuous levee.
Thus, starting at the railroad bridge, and
continuing along Bay street, oa the bank
! of the river to west-boundary, near Hawk s
Gully— f his portion of the embankment ;
to be of sufficient width to be used as a
causeway or street —thence along “ cst
Boundary to the first level of the canafc
near High Bridge; thence along the bank
j of the canal to McKinnv street, at tae ;
! corner of Carmichael’s Mill; thence aown j
this street to the Georgia railroad, « j
directly across to South Boundary Btr ®p ’ j
thence along this street to it-s , intersoc * ii
with East Boundary, and following the j
latter to the bank of the river.
. returning along Bay street to the Bndge.
Thus Augusta would be entirelv enclosed
hv the levee —sav eight feet broad on top, .
and two' feet above the. highest Roods;
S that portion along the river banx being
i excludes the direct passage of the waters
above and around toe city; or, m other
words, prevents the river from overflowing
its banks until it passes Augusta Ihe
backwater will then pass over the low
grounds and swamps, as heretofore, be
yond and south of the city, but at a lower
level. At a future period, by adding to
i the width of the levee, and p.anttng trees
on both sides along its course, a beautuul
i road, or drive, would be made available on
its top, around the entire limits of the
city, of about six miles in extent.
All the low grouuds within the city limits
would thus be made available for buildings
and manufactures, equally so, generally,
as the higher portions, and hence a large
increase of value would accrue to all such
property; indeed, the entire real estate of
Augusta would advance in value, as build
iugsand property would no longer be liable
to injury and destruction. To complete
the value of city property, a more perfect
system of drainage and sewerage should be
hud, which could readily be effected by
closing up the third level of the canal at
Hawk's Gully, and making anew outlet
for the waste water of the canal, and drain
age of the city, along the old course of the
beaver dam, by continuing the third canal
level, with its bed deepened, until it should
meet the excavation from which the earth
for the levee would be taken along the
lower portion of South Boundary street, it
being premised that all suclt excavations
will be on the interior side, to contain the
drainage and water of infiltration during
the short periods of floods. The waters of j
the third level would thence continue in ;
and along such excavation, passing under
the angle of tho levee at the juuetion of
South and East Boundary streets, and
thence by a direct course to Moore s La
goon, about two miles distant. This outlet
would necessarily be provided with a water
gate, to be closed in time of highest floods,
and would be enclosed between the levee
and a parallel band of equal altitude. Thus
the water front the third level would con
tinue to flow out at all times as heretofore,
except the one or two days during an inun
dation or extraordinary rise of the river,
apable of stfbiiie'fging the dtf, if suffered
to back up through such canal. In this
case, the water gate of the third level
would be closed at the levee, and also the
water of the main canal should be arrested :
by a water gate just below the waste at
Rae’s creek, to prevent any more water
being thrown into the third level, beyond
the amount of the city drainage, which, as
before stated, could be provided for by
using the excavations for the levee, as re- !
ceiving reservoirs along East Boundary !
street.
I have thus touched upon the subject of
drainage of the city, to show in what con
nection it stood with the matter of leveeing
from inundations; the two subjects are not
necessarily connected, as the present system
of allowing the waste waters of the canal
and city to flow out into the river through
Hawk's Gully, need not be interfered with,
but would only require water gates at the
crossing of the levee with the same, to bo
closed on proper occasions.
As regards the estimated cost of sur
rounding Augusta with a continuous levee,
I would state that more than one-third of
the entire cost would be incurred by the
construction of that portion along the hank
of the river, which, if revetted with stone
—as should be done to make it a perma
nent work—-would’ add probably one-third
more to the amount; or the levee in front
of the city would cost nearly two-thirds of
the entire amount estimated for the com
plete work. This expense might be mainly
avoided for the present period, by elevat
ing the centre of Reynolds street about
three feet, or perhaps less, throughout its
length, which would greatly improve the
roadway of said street, by a perfect
drainage, leaving the broad levee on the
bank of the river to be constructed at more
leisure, or to be completed at a more dis
tant day—particularly its revetment of
stone facing, which would be added at
some future period.
I estimate the cost of the broad levee,
along the river bank—without the stone
revetment —at forty thousand dollars, pre
sent currency, regarded as equivalent to
eighteen thousand before the war. The
remaining portions of the levee, namely on
the east, south and west boundaries, at
seventy thousand dollars, present currency.
If the plan of raising Reynold street bo
adopted, then I estimate the entire cost of
enclosing the city at eighty thousaud dol
lors, regarded as equivalent to thirty-five
thousand before the war.
A material part of the expense of tho
leveo might be saved, probably, by employ
ing on its construction, such of tho jail oc
cupants, as might be deemed available for
such work.
llTlie above are of course rough estimates,
mt probably sufficiently approximative to
truth for the present purposes of forming
some idea of the extent of the proposed
work. .
I have thus, in a general manner replied,
gentlemen, to your communication on the
subject of protecting Augusta from the
overflows ot the Savannah river, which
twice duriug the war, devastated tho city,
as if swept by an enemy, and it is to he j
hoped, that such may never be permitted :
to occur again. ,
Before closing this paper you will allow
me to speak a few words on the subject of
the Augusta Canal. Iha ve already alluded
to the great value of this public work and !
its prospective importance to the manu- !
faeturing interests of the city. At no great 1
cost this canal could he widened to four j
times its present: capacity, and it would
then supply a water-power of more than
two thousand horse-power immediately
within the limits of the city, and available
for all descriptions of motive machinery for
manufacturing purposes. Such advanta- :
ges in such a favorable situation as Lite city i
of Augusta, it would be difficult to find hi
the South; and in the undoubted large in- 1
crease of manufactures in the Southern j
States at probably no distant period, this
canal will come to be regarded as the right 1
arm of this community. By an extension
of the second level to the south, along the |
higher grounds of DeLaigle, Pbinizy, &e., !
bordering on the swamps and heavily tint- ■
bered land, to Rock Creek, a large and
lucrative timber t: ade would be opened
and additional water power supplied to ,
eligible sites for mills along its course.
Should the canal ever pass from under the ;
control of the city authorities, the increased i
water power _ supplied by its enlargement:
might be entirely diverted from the limits :
of Augusta, and located along Ilae’s Creek, ;
or other available points, for its employ
ment along its course where manufacturing
settlements might be located. The worthy
engineer who has long had this work in j
charge, is well supplied with all the
requisite data for a thorough investigation j
of the subject.
Very Respectfully,
Your ob’t serv’t,
Geo. W. Rains.
Atmospheric Resistance to Railway
Trains. —At a meeting of the Massachu
setts Institute of Technology, the atmos-J
pheric resistance to railroad trains was
shown. A set of cars made of paste-board
with the engine of the usual form and
shape, was placed upon a horizontally re
volving cam, attached to a vertical shaft,
driven round by the force of a given weight;
the time of the revolutions was measured
by an instrument beating seconds. Then
the proposed improvement form of car and
engine (which improvement consisted in
the conical shape given to the front part of
the engine, same shape abo to the rear end
! of the last ear, spaces between the ears
covered with canvas, with some other lesser
changes from the common form,) was
placed upon the same rotating cam. The
result showed, with the same power ap
plied and same weight of cars and engine,
a saving of twenty-five per cent, in speed.
> which is, of course, equal to a gain of
twenty-five per cent, of running expense—
I certainly a most important item for railroad
: directors and stockholders to inquire into.
The same has also been tried by the same
parties with hand cars upon some ot the
railroads in Massachusetts with equally la- ;
vorabie results.
Rebels in Paris.— The Pans corres
. pondent of the New York Tones says .
; P “We have here notv quite a group or
i the former great men of tho rebellion at
home. Generals Toombs arid Beauregard, j
! George Sanders. Jacob Thompson and
| others Mr. Toombs now lives in Cuba,
where ho*has a large plantation and plenty
of negroes ; he is now a rich man, and is
traveling for his pleasure. He, as well as
General Beauregard, abuse Jeff. Davis
without stint. In a personal point of view
thev certainly had cause to complain of t
Davis' treatment. General Beauregard is
abroad in the interest of the Jackson Rail
road, and two days ago he was seat for by
the Emperor, who received him very cor
dially, and talked with him an honr. prin
cipally about the new tactics brought out
in the American war. On parting the
Emperor requested him to call again, with
out ceremony, and he would receive him at
once, for he wished further conversation
with him. The General had some notion
of going to Austria, hut who knows but
that the Emperor may induce him to en
ter the French army.' 1
.‘South Carolina*
The up country papers -record frequent
burnings of gin-houses, stables, and out-_
houses by the freedmen. A good deal ol
I disorder prevails. At no period in the
history of the State have we had to record
so many outrages on person and property.
A lady recently of Anderson, S. C., died
at the age of seventy years. I* or thirty
six days prior to her death she had _ not
eaten one mouthful of food, and subsisted
solely on water.
The ex-Confederate soldiers of Cnar
leston have organized a society known as
the Survivor’s Association for the relief of
; indigent widows and orphans of soldiers.
NEW SERIES, YOL. XXV. NO. 33.
Crop Intelligence.
Our readers arc reminded that the coun
l try is now full of- Northern cotton buyers,
who are interested in making an impres
sion that the crop is to he larger than was
; expected, in order that they may buy at
low figures. This will explain some of the
: letters giving glowing accounts of the
coming crop, which have recently been
: widely published:
Texas Cotton Crop.—The worm has
! made its appearance in Colorado County,
but at last accounts had done no material
j injury.
j The Segum Texian says:
There w ill not be more than half a crop
of eorn realized in this county. Cotton
looks promising, and unless cut short by
the army worm or some other contraband
I evil, will yield a bale to the acre. The
j only danger to be apprehended is, whether
I the freedmen can be persuaded to pick it
j out.
The Goliad Intelligencer says:
For three weeks no rain has fallen Imre,
and vegetation is rapidly parching. We
learn that cotton is being injured down on
I the river by tho caterpillar. Corn crops
i are stiid to be good on the Rio San Anto
nio, but cut short on the creeks.
Ouachita Crops.—The Ouachita In
telligencer says the planters have succeeded,
the late fine weather, in getting cut of the
grass. Cotton has improved both on the
hills and in the swamp. Over half a crop
will be made if not visited hy the worm.
The corn crop will be short.
The crops throughout the Northwestern
States are all looting well. In IHinois. ■
the grasshoppers are destroying some of I
the meadow s, but the barley, oats and corn
are all healthy. In lowa, wheat and oats |
are said to have never promised so well. 1
In Wisconsin, the fruit, generally, is re- j
ported a failure—cereals _ could not be bet
ter, with the exception of eorn. which is a
little backward m some sections. In
Michigan, the winter wheat is said to be
badly killed—the midge attacking it i
severely. Oats, however, never looked j
better. Minnesota promises a heavy crop j
of wheat. The oats, rye, barley anil eorn !
also look promising. In Missouri, it is i
estimated that the yield of wheat will be !
equal to twenty-five bushels to the acre.
Crops IN Louisiana.—Despite the ad
versities which seemed to threaten almost
the existence of Louisiana as a producing
State, accounts now received afford some
encouragement. A Plaquemine paper
says that parish will certainly yield fair
crops of sugar, cotton and rice. The Iber
ville Pioneer says the crops are hopeful,
and tho planters’ countenances in the non
inundated sections are bright and jubilant.
The Terrebonne Guard, of the 30th ult.,
says the season has been very favorable
for crops and for cultivation, and the
Planters’ Banner remarks of St. Mary’s
parish, that the crop prospects are much
better over there than was supposed. Os
the crops in East Feliciana, the Clinton
Patriot learns from all parts of the parish
that there is more encouragement as to
the crops. Those tidings are cheering,
not only as relate to the welfare of the
planter but as promising u huger tribute
of the great staples of commerce than there
was any reason to expect.— Exchange.
Florida.
Governor Walker, in compliance with
the wishes of the people of this State, has
issued the following announcement of dele
gates :
Tallahassee, Florida, 1
July 23, 1866. j
Having received satisfactory evidence
that the Constitutional Union people otthc
State of Florida, who favor the reconstruc
tion policy of President Johnson, compris
ing almost the entire voting populatiou of
the State, desire to lie represented in the
National Constitutional Union Convention
that will convene iu Philadelphia on the
14th of August next, and that, on account
of the want of time and to save the expense
and inconvenience of meeting in State Con
vention, they advise that their delegates to
said Convention be appointed by myself;
Now, therefore, Ido hereby appoint the
following persons to be delegated to said
Convention, to wit :
From West Florida—B. D. Wright, (>.
M. Avery, Geo. Walker, Geo. S. Hawkins,
F. F. Pitman, J. I. Dunham
From Middle Florida —J. B. Love, Robt.
Davidson, W. Call, J. L. MeKibbin, Geo.
W. Scott, R. H. Gamble, M. D. Papy,
Tho-. Randall, Arva Hopkins.
From East Florida—F. McLeod, T. O.
Homes, J. B. Dawkins, M. Solana, John
Stephens Maxwell.
From South Florida—W. Marvin. W.
C. Maloney, James Gettes.
In testimony whereof, I have hereto set
my hand, on this the day and year first
above written.
Tiie Philadelphia ton vention.
Tiie Action ol tlic Mississippi Convention.
Jackson, Miss, July 25. —The Conven
tion met and adjourned. Thirty-two coun
ties were very numerously represented.
The officers were: J uuge J ames Watts,
President; S. W. Hyllyer, Amos R. John
son and J. A. Buford, Vice Presidents;
and J. L. Powers and M. S. Ward, Sec
retaries.
The following resolutions was passed :
Resolved, That this Convention approve
the restoration policy of President John
son as opposed to the Radical policy of
Congress, and having been invited by a
large number of distinguished fellow citi
zens from the Northern and Western
States of the Union to unite in a National
Convention, to be held at Philadelphia,
August 14th, we accept that invitation and
will proceed to elect four senatorial dele
fates, and two from each Congressional
•istrict, to represent the State of Missis
sippi in said proposed Philadelphia Con
vention.
No other resolution were passed, nor
was there any speaking.
Delegates at large were selected as fol
lows : G. M. Hyllyer, Win. Yangar, Win.
S. Featherton. Geo. L. Potters, First
District, H. Dockeray, G. 11. Deques;
Second District, J. S. Bailey, I)r. J. 11.
Sykes; Third District, A. Murdock, J. A.
Buford; Fourth District, Gen. IJ. H.
Harris, A. G. Myers; Fifth District, H.
F. Syrall, Hiram Cassklay.
A Racy Correspondence.
The Land Be Love, edited by General
D. H. Hill, at Charlotte, North Carolina,
tells an anecdote of Stonewall Jackson and
General Early, in the last number, that_ is
pretty good. Going_ up the Valley of Vir
ginia on one occasion, Early’s men got
hold of too much applejack, and straggled
a great deal. At the end of the day’s
march the following correspondence ensued
between Jackson and Early :
Headquarters Left Wing.
“General: General Jackson desires to
, know why he saw so many of your strag
glers in the rear of your division to-da.v.
“A. S. Pendleton, A. A. G.
‘ To M a jor General Early. ’
'‘Headquarters Early’s Division.
“Captain : In answer to your note, I
would state that I think it probable that
the reason why General Jackson saw so
many of my stragglers on the road to-day
is that he rode in rear of my division.
Respectfully,
“J. A. Early, Major General.
“Captain A. S. Pendleton, A. A. G. ;
.Ninety Years Growth.
Avery few facts, out of many similar
ones which might he given, show the won
derful progress of the United States in the
ninety year.-, of their existence. The
thirteen feeble colonies of 1776 have in
creased to thirty-six powerful States with
numerous and extensive Territories. In
1783 the whole territory covered but 820, -
869 square miles : in 1852 it contained 2,-
963,666 square miles ; and has since been
vastly enlarged. In 1790 the total popu
lation was 3,929,827 in 1860 it was 31,-
445,080, and is now probably 40.000,000.
It is estimated that in 19<J0 it will amount
to 100.355,802. Cotton manufacture com
menced in 1790, and in 1860 the value of
the product was $115,237,926. Woolen
manufacture began iu 1810, and in 1860
the capital invested was $35,520,527, con
suming $96,000,000 worth of wool. In
1832 there were 131 miles of railroad ; in
1862, 51,114. There are about 70,000
miles oftelegraphic communication ; about
; 20,000 schools, exclusive of public institu
| tions. accommodating more thait 800,000
i pupils; and upwards of 4,000 newspapers.
— [Mo. Republican.
FROM CANADA.
Proceedings in the Canadian* Parliament
—New Governor for the Island of
Trinidad.
New York, July 27.
The Heralds Toronto special says that
in the Canadian Parliament the new militia
law .was discussed yesterday, and the
clause enabling the Government to raise an
iudifinite number of troops was passed.
A stormy discussion .ensued on the pro
priety of taking pattern after the militia
laws of the United States.
A Montreal special says :
j Hon. Arthur Gordeq, for sometime
past Lieutenant Governor of the province
. of New Brunswick, has been made Gov
ernor and Commander-in-Chief of the Is
land of Trinidad and its so-called depeu
. dencies.
Summary.
Maurv is in Paris trying to sell his tor
pedo to Louis Napolon.
! Tennessee Legislature adjourned
until the first in November.
The t ommissioner of Patents will issue
one hundred and eightv-seven new patents
for the week ending July 31, 1866.
The New York Xtws advertises fourteen
unknown bodies of persons found dead in
that city.
Corn is coming down from Nebraska in
a perfect avalanche. We are glad to ac
knowledge it.
An English physician says two children
to each married couple is now the average
m all large cities.
1 he population of St. Louis, according to
a census just published, is 204,327. This
i ls a n, increase since 1855 of 79,126.
General Sherman was enthusiastically
j receiv eu at Montreal oil Tuesday, and be
i c ‘V", e the guest of Colonel Bell, the hero
| ot the Alma.
e never knew what terrible liars the
; tending Republicans were until the party
I split, and the hostile ‘‘wings” commenced
j to tell on one another.
It is said that the grass-hoppers have
i appeared in the vicinity of Nashville, and
, are invading the corn-fields in fearful num-‘
j bers.
Another terrible steam boiler explosion
recently occurred in New York city, bv
j w bich qjeven persons were dreadfully
; scalded, and all narrowly escaped death.
There were 716 deaths in Philadelphia
last week, oi which eight were from chol
era, and 54 from sun stroke. It was the
hottest week since 1778.
A recent tea-party near London was
composed of sixty-six blind persons, thirty
one deaf and dumb persons, and twenty
one orphans. They had a very cheerful
time.
The female^ clerks in the Treasury De
partment, Washington, and, perhaps, in
the other departments, have had their pay
increased from 1720 to S9OO per annum,
and an extra hundred paid for last year.
The amount of the naval pension fund is
now $11,750,000. According to a recent
act of Congress the whole sum is to be in
vested in United States securities ; the in
terest to be applied as usual.
A number of bodies have been found in
the marsh and woods below Savannah, of
soldiers who died in attempting to get
away from the pestilence which rages on
Tybea.
General Grant has selected General Slo
cum to succeed General Babcock in com
mand at Baltimore. Mr. Stanton don’t
approve this selection, aud the difference is
not yet settled.
The Army a- Navy Gazette says the
Snider Enfield rifle can be fired 15 times in
a minute, while the extreme rate of the
Prussian needle gun is not more than six
to eight shots.
The Northern papers have published
sensational rumors that secret rebel socie
ties were being organized among the old
Confederate brigades and regiments of
Louisiana. This is denied by the best au
thority.
Dr. P. W. Randolph, who had a long
private interview with the President in
connection with the education of the colored
people ot Louisiana, has already received
promises of aid to his schools to the extent
of five thousand dollars.
Ninety of the wholesale business houses
of Portland have issued a statement in
which they say their losses during the late
fire have been so far repaired that they are
notv able to receive and fill orders as be
fore.
A correspondent in Washington alhides
to the licentiousness of the female clerks.
He says t hat if David had lived there, in
the time of Uriah, he would not have need
ed t« take the trouble to put the fellow in
tho front of battle!
The following is the yield of sugar in
Plarjuemine’s Parish, La., for five years:
111 1860 13,554 I In 1855 18,495
In 1859 12,053 In 1853 16,149
111 1858 16,266 1
Present prospects indicate that about
half the yield ot 1855 may be expected this
year.
Gen. Sheridan reports officially that de
tachments es French norms • still continue
to be lauded at Vera Cruz. He states
that from his own observations he has lost
all faith in the sincerity of Napoleon in
his statements concerning the withdrawal
of French troops.
The Pajaro Verde of this date says a
schooner loaded with emigrants from the
State of Texas was wrecked off Tampico
during a strong Norther one day last week.
There were sixty-one persons on hoard. A
few had readied the shore. 1 low many
were lost is not knowm. The dispatch is
from Tampico by the English packet
The committee appointed to investigate
the Memphis swindle will not report until
the next session of Congress. Their in
vestigations so. far have disclosed a vast
amount of official corruption in high places;
but, as the record cannot be completed* be
fore the adjournment, it has been deemed
best to postpone the report in order that
all the facts can be obtained.
Secretary Stanton has ordered that the
Abend Post, of Philadelphia, be added to
the list of papers authorized to publish tho
advertisements of the War Department,
and that the Press , of Philadelphia, (For
ney’s) the Press, of Nashville, Tenn.. and
the Times, of the same city, be stricken
from the list.
Herr Louis Staab, formerly teacher of
music in St. Louis, took out protection pa
, pers during the war to escape the service.
A little while ago he went to Europe.
; There he applied to the American Consul
for protection papers as an American citi
zen. but the latter was posted. Staab
could not get the protection of the Stars
and Stripes, so he had to enter the Prus
sian army and fight for Fatherland.
Among the Garibaldi troops, you come
here and there upon sprightly, good-look
ing Vivandiers, whose costume consists of
a hat, with a feather in it, red jacket, short
green petticoat, with a red border, and a
kind of Turkish trowsers. One of these
Amazons is described as having an eye pe
culiarly flashing, uid from whose girdle
protruded conspicuously a long dagger,
1 which the wearer looked singularly capable
of using.
The Portland Press says: “Our estimate
of yesterday, that the number of buildings
destroyed was 1,500, we are satisfied Is too
j low. We think it will come nearer 1,800,
and 3,000 families, embracing 10,000 or
12,000 persons were rendered homeless.
The amount of the losses will aggregate
upwards of *10,000,000. Some persons
I set it as high as $15,000,000. We learn
i of insurance to the amount of upwards of
$5,000,000.
A Scrap ok Personal History.—
Two daughters of John \ an Buren were
recently presented to the Princess of Wales,
which is considered as equivalent to being
introduced to Queen Victoria, the Princess
receiving all company in the name of her
mother-m-law. It is a pity that the Van
Buren girls did not see the widow, as that
would have afforded them an opportunity
to behold their father’s first flame. It
will lx; remembered that when Martin Van
Buren was President his son visited Eng
land, where he upset aristocratic English
propriety bv a dashing flirtation with Miss
Guelph. Victoria remembered John Van
Buren until her memory was clouded by
the burly German Albert, inspiring her
with anew love. Victoria is now a widow
and a recluse in a Court visited by the
blooming daughters of her old flame.
Remarkable Recovery ok Speech.
—A gentleman who left Chattanooga on
Friday, informs us of a singular accident
that occurred in that place on Thursday.
A little boy by the name ot Nathan Bach,
son of Jacob Bach, of that city, who had
been dumb for the past four months, was.
returning from a visit to Dr. Lock, where
he had been to procure medicine tor the
recovery of his speech, when a hack came
dashing down the street and wasjust in the
act of running over him, when he cried out
at the top of his voice, “stop ! ” —his voice
returning to him. His parents had been
making prepaiatons to start, in a few
days, tor Cincinnati, to have him treated
by an eminent physician, with the hope of
having him relieved of his dumbness.
The joy of his parents may lie conceived. —
Nashville Union and American.
Hon. S. R. Mallory.— This gentle
man, who was Secretary of the navy un
der the Confederate regime, has just been
released from prison and returned from the
North to his home in Florida. His opin
ion in reference to the Philadelphia Con
vention is thus stated by the Pensacola
Observer: . .. „
In conversing with Mr- we
learn the object of the I uiladelphia Con
vention is for the purpose of bringing the
national men of the whole country togeth
er for consultation. It lß d eslc T e d to con
vince Southern men that if a Kadical mi
nority can keep them from participation m
legislation, there are men in the North who
will assemble with them, and who will con
sult with them upon the best means of
forwarding the interests of the nation. MM»