Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

dhtomclc fe jrminri WKD.YKSIKY MoHMXr tl’l EDITORIAL OIRRESP©M)E'( K New Vos *. Au. •• ; Tin most striking i; q rn.de upon the strum: is the apparent abn tb lavish use whi< i cai l, no doubt of ‘1 _ t,< tm fa it p! tr/. The v l« entirely dixregai : : ir> • 1 n . the wildest Rpoculv> -,s arid : tr ivagant investing tl.e lca.-t idea of c- . v . ' tl ings. The fuA ti isci .-■how is carrk >• t. • ■ lengths, and i- ox] ii li e and in every I was but a i w y : e l ick fronts of the ' a id the other prii % C tt and rephn . ! \ ft'one” front-. Iroi * into the decorative f: i class mar’ « j iat;ia seems to ha ■ the leaders of the f- ■ e t une the l.i-hionab .t r . ]urpo- This ] ‘ ) unning some of its votaries into the most i bsuril and wasteful expenditure-. But very recently the dry good merchant of Broadway, A. T. St' wart," bought a line 1 on Fifth Avenue. li intends shall be the ODc.-i an-. - costly resilience in America. I have just returned from a vi w of the new edifice now in course of instruction, and was greatly disappointed in it outward ap jioarance. To my own taste the residence of Wm. H. Johnson in Macon is much the handsome and must imposing structure of the two, and as far as convenience of arrangement and adaptation to the wants of a family are concerned, is lar superior fe it. barnum’s old museum is being replaced by a splendid inaime building, which is now in processed con struction. It will be one of the handsomest buildings in the city, and will be used by the notorious James (Jordon Bennett for the publication of the daily and weekly lkralil. The old building gave position and influence to one of the greatest and most unscrupulous humbugs of the age, and from its ashes is rising a temple to be devoted to the use and expansion of oven a greater than Barnum in all the arts of vil lainy and liumbuggory. Janies Gordon Bennett is to-day not only the most suc , fol .■„ ipei mm < f thei%e, but he is at the same time the most dishonest and unrelifcle. THE HABITS AND TASTES of the people here are in sad contrast with the more simple and refined manners of the South. Here the gaudiest colors are sought for in making up the wardrobes of both sexes, and the same mania for tinsel and show is carried into their houses and ajuipagCH. There is here, too, ft constant effort to ape the manner and assume the style of what is thought to be foreign good breeding. I low far they fall short of what they attempt can only be fully appreciated by those who are familiar with the habits of good society in the old world. To such, the ridiculous pretensions and gaudy dis play of the codfish and shoddy aristocracy ol* this city, is a source of constant railory and pungent criticism. A EIETII AVENUE LUNCH. It was my good fortune to receive an invi tation to take lunch yesterday with one of I„ . , ,vl,a if Wall street in his pala tal home on Fifth avonie. 1" told in rulvnee that it would be -im, V a one (•!.« k 1 li'iur.ii .V 1 ". - AW'nt Iwilf’, ,'.*#? v<J, in company with ■ o other .. we took the stre. t eais and pro .■•■et«‘d to tin dos'icnated (jusr' r. We were ushered into a magnificent suite of parlors, where we found our host and hostess ready to receive us They were neither of them in full dress, though we had put on our best Sunday suit. A short time after we were stated, a large pair of folding doors, with immense plates of ground glass, which, while they admitted the light, prevented our seeing through them, were thrown back and presented a gorgeous table docked in all the usual para phaimlia for a good dinner. But this was lunch. O'-wf wo sat down at a little after one jwiu'rose at half-past five. In the meantime we had gone through with seven or eight different courses, and had crammed our selves so full that dinner might have been put off almost indefinitely. We only had four sorts of wine for lunch —for dinner there would have been more. Our hostess was a charming lady from lleorgia. Sho was ridsed on the lied 1,1 ills of the middle portion of the Statc,and oven now yearns for the good old times of yore, when seated be hind her beau on the same horse, they trotted merrily to the"old country eliureh each Sabbath morning. She frequently alluded, during the lunch, to the “good old times," and the many happy days of her youth and young womanhood spent in the land of flowers and of warm hearts and true friendship. THE CEXTRAI. PARK is the New Yorker’s pride and chief boast. He tells you it is the largest in the known world. Its beauties have never been equal led since the days of Eden's condemnation to the growth of cabbage and potatoes for the table of good old mother Eve. Then the beautiful swans—real live swans— which float upon the glassy bosom of the charming lake; and the water-falls and grottoes, and skating pond and serpentine walks, and lovely bowers and splendid drives, and secluded nooks and rich lawns, and graceful bridges and deep tunnels cut through the solid rooks, and magnificent views, with a thousand other attractions, are lingered upon in the most enthusiastic manner. They never tire with enumer- ating its beauties and excellence. Satur day evenings the grounds are thrown open in every part to the outside world, and thousands of the stifled denizens of the closely packed city repair thither to catch a little fresh air and enjoy nature in its most beautiful and enchanting aspect. I was one of at least twenty thousand who lingered among its cool shades, and wan dered through its green bowers on Satur- day last. This was ny first vi-ii there, and 1 was agreeably impressed with its vastness and beauty. Dodworth’s fine band discoursed most excellent music and lent a charm to the scene which wil long linger in my memory. I learn that the music is paid for by the different Rail road Companies, whose lines run to and near the Park. They find their recom pense in the increased number of visitors who are attracted thither by the music, and which swells their receipts on Satur days and Wednesdays (music days) to a very large figure. I have before me some statistics m relation to the famous Park, which may not be uninteresting to your readers. The Park lie. tsetw. on Fifth and Eighth avenues and Fifty-mntli and One Hundred and Tenth streets. It is a little over two and a half miles long and avera-es something over half a mile wide, and con tains nearly nine hundred acres. The principle entrants are en Fifty-ninth street; and from the.-* it exu nl- Tilth av round, curving and winding among the groves and by the side of Lakes, sometimes crossing the waters upon beautiful au q airy bridges, and ascending eminences from which fine views of the surrounding coun try is had. This drive with its ramifica tions and branches fc about nine miles long and is from thirty to sixty feet wide. I cannot give you a better description of the entire scene, than the following, which I clip from a city paper : “There are other roads, called transverse roads, which are the connections of certain of the city streets, by which roads the traffic of that portion of the city is allowed to cross from one side to the other. These roads arc bridged over in many places by bridges of curious and beautiful construc tion, adding greatly to the beauty of the Park. In one instance, a road has been cut through the solid rock, forming a tun nel one hundred and forty-two feet long, fortv feet wide and nineteen feet high. The rock over this tunnel forms one of the highest points of observation in the Park, an( J adjoins the lower Western corner of the lesser Croton Ilcservior. There is also five mile and a half of bridle road, wherein cttria.-NW are not allowed to enter, but where charming ladies and their dash ing cavaliers upon beautiful and spinteo horses, enjoy their equestrian exercises on un." .Summer evenings. But the walks in the Park are more extended than the drives and to enjoy to the full j the dainty feast the Park offers to admiring eyes:, one luu.-t walk there- , in. Pedestrians are so much more i independent than those who sport their j fine carriage., and fast horses, they are al- j lowed to go withersoever they please and j wander where their fancy leads—in the . walks, in the drives, or in the bridle paths, I ahv.tv- provided they “keep off the grass.” Os those cool and shady walks there are twenty-eight mils—the actual distance j ;.}L short of this by a few feet and inches, rid thousandth part of an inch, but there - unt that neec .-ity for our being so in nitc—iuniiy accurate in our figures as , ( . re }s for the Commissioners. So we i will -ay there are twenty-eight miles of j walk. If-you follow these walks they will i l,. a d you through grassy lawns and cooling i sh ie, by the banks of sparkling lakes and • to the brink of minature Niagaras, through . - llimr flower gardens, through the • t • ..1 under ;; •4k 'U* i ' ’"1 OM l.Jt . i * '*k, • • ’"•* MT. ‘*r a-Jv, ‘‘ Wnrt *•. t*w • 4 v.jc2.'ii,"‘ iivf i>j tl'e . to among trees and sliruDft, and ov and up the hill and down the dell, till they finally land you safely in the ‘ Casino,” tired but delighted, somewhat exhaust ed, but filled with adminaticn at all you have seen, and glad to* enjoy a cool seat and a plate of delicious ice cream, with a piece of cake, oi perhaps a dierry cobbler with a straw in it. Having somewhat recovered yourself, you can cross the “ Carriage Terrace,” and sitting quietly in the shade of the “Arbor,” can feast your soul upon the ravishing music produced every Saturday afternoon by Harvey Dodworth’s band. Perhaps your visit may be upon one of those days when the amphibious Harvey takes to water with his Teutonic band, and while sailing in his fairy-like gondola, plays pleasing airs, to be heard of all men, and women, too, who chance to be at Central Park. You will find the effect most gratifying to both eye and car, as the canvass-covered boat, with the musical crew glides in and out of the many coves, and bays, and past the headlands and under the bride,:-, the sweet strains of music, now near at hand and now gradually receding from one point to break charmingly upon the cars of tlie multitude at others. Other boats, gaily decorated, containing elegant ly-costumed ladies and fashionably-dressed gentlemen, arc pulled over the twenty acres of water by sturdy watermen in uni form, adding greatly to the pleasing effect of tliebrilliantscene. Os course the musicians cannot play for thirty Saturdays during the season, gratuitously, while their wives and children require the wherewith to sustain life, and make a respectable ap pearance on festive occasions. So the sev eral railroad companies which are benefit ted by reason of the musical attractions at the Park, tempting people to ride over their roads, generously donate a small por tion of their illegally extorted fares toward paying for the music. Last year they gave §2,500, but as they complain that they are no longer allowed to steal seven-eighths of a cent from each passenger, they talk of reducing their contributions. Nor can the I bootnn i pull sci live pai Get und tl I lake for nothing ; so they are lifted u> make a . auasupftbi*. yb*»; * ‘ ■ The Ur e euSeotca V th«“* at-Wv, from the 70,1V 1 persons when arnod lin their L) ii •« .if "ttlo boat.- fr*, l »V- 1 which loft them a profit of after paying all expenses. A contractor, who pays a revenue to the Commissioner, has control of all those water crafts. Dur ing your rambles through the Park, you will encounter many delightful arbors, sum mer-houses. and rustic seat-, where you may sit and watch the playing of beautiful fountains, which throw jets of water to great heights, or sprinkle it in graceful showers adown their sides. Drinking foun tains, whereat either man or beast may quench the consuming thirst which is liable to overtake them in their wanderings, may he found in many a cool and shady place, while at the “Casino,” and also in the arch of the “ Water-Terrace,” a substantial luncheon and a glass of ale may be procured by those who desire. Sitting in the arch, with your mug of ale in hand and lunch in front ot you, an hour may be whiled away most agreeably in watching the boats upon the lake, and the admiring crowds who assemble about its edge to gaze upon the largest fountain in the Park, and to contemplate the exceedingly orna mental “gonfalons'’ at the Terrace. Lest you don’t know what a “gonfalon” is, learn that it is what we would term a swal low-tailed flag, hung points downward from a very handsome iron column. The flags are bright scarlet, trimmed with yellow; the one bearing in its centre the coat-of arms of the State, and the other a similar mystic symbol pertaining to the city. If you are fond of natural history, you can spend an hour profitably in looking upon the beasts and birds and fishes which arc securely encaged at the Museum. There are buffaloes, bear, deer, foxes, squirrels, rabbits, monkeys, eagles, owls, hawks, doves, singing-birds, and screeching-birds, aligators, snakes, fish and mud-turtles, em bracing the carnaria, the rodentia, the ru minantni, the pachydcrmata, the rapacia, and the reptilia, if anybody knows what they mean. The works of art will impress you favorably if you chance to hunt them up. Don’t be afraid to search, for they will repay the trouble. The most prqmi inent one is indeed beautiful, being the "Statue of Commerce,” which is located near the Eighth avenue en- trance. It represents a well-formed lady in her r -V dc unit, with a milk-pail on her head, two snakes in one hand, a butcher's cleaver in the other, her eyes sot and her toes visible. The lady is considera bly "set up” on an elevated pedestal, which may account for the wild look of her eyes and the scarcity of her attire. Asa work of art this statue will pay to study. The “Schiller monument” is up near "the Ramble,” on the banks of the lake. Schil ler ought to be admired. In a room of the old Arsenal or present museum, there are statues of “Mercury and Pysehe,” “Hebe and Ganymede," “School-boy,” “School master." “Apollo and Diana." “Orpheus - ’ and a great many other ancient and modern celebrities, pious and profane. Also, "Bas reliefs." "Sketches,” “Prepared speci mens, ” “ Botanical specimens,” and other beautiful and interesting speci mens of artistic skill. These are not to be 'coked at casually, for they are the works of some of the best living artists, and have been presented to the Commissioners l-y various wealthy individuals who take a natural and becoming pride in our Central Park. Tim more you look about the more you will find to admire.' Don t drive through the wide avenue in a carriage and then go away and say you have seen the Park, for you haven't. Youv’e simply -kitmed over the outside and never glanced at the treasures within. Rather go up thuv some bright morning, and then with ; an intelligent and pretty girl on your arm t-ke all day to stroll about at your leisure we did. It after doing this you come away dissatisfied with the manner iu which thv Commissioners have expended the •rh'-Aulo placed at their disposal since the work was commenced, you will bo the only individual out of the 7,593,139 soti who visited the Park last year who ex l re-- one single word of complaint.” FASIUOXBLE RESORTS. I have visited some of the most notable places here, and have found much which I cannot approve and much which every honest man uniteu: to preserve tin j I purity of life and the saeredness of the ! domestic relations, must unequivocally con j demo and denounce. lam told that these i are but the necessary'and unavoidable eon ! sequences of a high state of civilization, j If this be true, then civilization is a hum ■ bug, and is alike destructive of the physical j and moral attributes of humanity and of religion. I shall, in a day or two, give you an amount of an evening I spent in the cella: -of this vast metropolis, and some of the sights I there witnessed. THE WEATHER is cool and deliglitiui, though there is said to be really no diminition in the number of i cholera cases occurring here daily. Yv e 1 have had a good deal of rain since yester i day. and the old citizens here tell me that ! the extreme warm weather is over for this J season. " • New York, August 21, 1866. This great metropolis it now filled with Southern and Western merchants, who have come here for their fail and winter stocks of goods. All the hotels are full, i a:; 1 the private boarding houses are being : rapidly filled to the full extent of their ac- I commodations. Ihi re are more Southern I merchants here now than there has been at any time since the war, and I learn that the number is increasing daily. They all | seem to have a full supply of money, and j few are willing to make large purchases ex ! cept for cash, yet there is a considerable ! amount of sales here this fall on time. This jis particularly true as to the Western ! trade. The stocks here are reported to be— „„fi tJi C merchants are cxeeed •. r ' <r ; ! g obeF a new ■ : -A' H.v U” ■I Jli -be l ands A■> t-thorr met' | j.,'..' . i., Jihr life rMi and : turned them into cash, with whicn tney have opened business here in the hope of being able, at no distant day to restore the fortunes lost by the conflict of arms just ended. Strange to say, that instead of the Southern merchants giving their entire pat ronage to their fellow Southrons and suffer ers, many of them give their trade entirely to the merchants whose money and influ ence was given freely to impoverish and enslave them. The Southern men in busi ness here complain very much at this course, and feel that their losses and suf ferings from the war entitle them to the support,of those for whose welfare their fortunes were destroyed. Let us hope that in future the Southern man who conies here for goods will, all other things being equal, give his patronage to those who are of his blood, and who shared the trials and misfortunes of the lost cause. MONEY IS ABUNDANT, and upon the surface, at least, everything looks stable and prosperous. The great influx of people here from the South and West since the war, has contributed mate rially to the prosperity of the city. There is no (juestion hut that this huge city is daily—slowly though it may he—absorbing and controlling the monied and commercial interests of the whole country. The course of trade is centering here, and in a few years this will be the great city of the world. Already have the superior advan tages for business here induced the removal from Boston and Philadelphia of many of their leading merchants to this place. These influences will continue even with greater force, as soon as the country is restored to peace and quiet, and the su premacy of the laws acknowledged by the American Congress. The only breakers to be apprehended now in the trade of the city, looked for in the continued depre ciation of the CURRENCY. The most sagacious of the merchants . | and capitalists are apprehensive that the | great inflation of the paper currency of the I country, and its depreciated value as com metoaro ot values recognized by the who! ( civilized world—its e i not flucfni-io. and extreme setu-itivenef.- to tfi balanced' • of trade with the old world—will ♦end to I lncrea-'i the now app.-ienf tendency- l< ~ me Motions and ever iradin. in all the de partments of commerce and trade. Leav ing out of view the wild gambling opera tions of Wall-street Bankers and Brokers, there is a feeling of distrust in the stability and solvency of the National currency which is fast driving the country into a grand vortex of indiscriminate speculations, which, in the end, will produce a collapse which will shake to the very foundations our national and private credit. The most serious apprehensions arc al ready entertained that the great national debt will, in the course of a very few years, be repudiated r, ’om the sheer inability of Bio Government to pay the enoAnous inter ests which is annually’ accruing thereon. Many , ersons here express the opinio ll that in less than twelvemonths agreat par ty here am. ..t the West will be establish*!, having for its leading and only principle he annihilation of the bonded debt of the country. \\ hether this shall prove true or not, there can ho no question of the fact that such fears do exist "and have already mid a powerful influence upon the walue of our currency. CONFEDERATE OFFICERS and soldiers arc here in great numbers. In all the branches of trade and commerce, and in nearly all the pursuits of life here you will find a large number of the Greybacks. In almost every business house which I have entered someone connected with the concern once stood sentry on the Potomac or kindled his watch fire on the Tennessee- They are active, cheerful, persevering and determined to recuperate their fortunes here in the land of the conqueror. Major General Heath is here as chief of the National Express Comp any. lie is the recipient of a good salary and is man aging the affairs of . the company with great tact and success. Gen. Pryor is otic be Law. and, I am glad to learn, is doing well. He has talents of the very highest order and will be able to cope with the very best of the New York Bar. Col. Charlie Jones, of Savannah, is also located here in the practice of law. He is in co partnership with Hon. John E. Ward i formerly of Georgia, and I learn that they have met with the most decided success. Ex-Governor Lowe, formerly of Maryland, but who made Georgia his home during the war, is also here in the practice of the Law. He is one of the ablest Lawyers in the United States, and with' his popular manners and fine address, has already reached almost the top of the profession. There are many others here of less note, who are hopeful of success in their new homes, and are anxiously looking forward to the time when, with replenished purses and restored fortunes, they can return to the old land, and enjoy the remainder of life iu the homes of their youth. • TRICES OF HOODS of every description are much lower than they. were last Fall. This is particularly true in reference to leading articles of Gro ‘ “ 1 stew , crushe . sugars, which were sold last Fall at 23 and 24 cents per pound, are now offered freely at 16 and IT cunts Coffee is also from 10 to 12 per ~nt. cheaper, and so of all the heavier and more common articles in the grocery line. In this branch of business a large trade is done, at prices 10 to 15 per cent, cheaper than the last season. DRY GOODS ate a.- ,owc,, and th. crocks heavier than ever before known in this city. In Foreign goods the decline is greater than those ot domestic manufacture. I learn that there is considerable stagnation among the manu factures. and serious apprehensions are felt lest the continued downward tendency of prices should cause the stoppage oi many of the mills, or a: least force them to man ufacture very sparingly. The jobbers are doing a fine business now. and seem pleased with the prospects ahead. There is still a strong belief here that the crop of cotton will be at least half that of 1660, and many think it will even go beyond that amount. THE POLITICAL ASPECT here is daily improving. The great body ot those with whom I have spoken cordially approve the action of the Philadelphia Con. vention. and express the belief that the I>eoplcofthe North and I Vest will sustain the platform of principles there laid down The lladicals are already’ alarmed at the popularity of the new party, and arc vigor ously exerting themselves to Counteract its influence. Their press, in the incessant attacks which it makes upon the pcrsonel of the Convention, betrays the fears which no doubt, are felt, that the principles laid down are such as commend themselves to the good sense of the Northern masses and cannot be successfully assailed by a direct attack. The Conservatives are in good spirits and arc determin 'd to succeed if vigorous efforts and a plenty of money will avail. The Central Executive Committee of this State will hold a meeting in Albany next Monday- to take steps for the calling of a mass meeting in the State to ratify the proceedings ofthe Philadelphia Convention, and thoroughly organize for the approach ing State elections. The general opinion Is that this State will certainly go by a large majority in favor of the new organ ization. MASS MEETINGS will beheld in an me nortnern and M est ern States to ratify the Philadelphia Plat form, and the friends of the movement are determined to have a thorough and com plete organization in every State and Ter ritory in a few weeks. They are very anx ious that the Southern States shall show, at as early a day as possible, that they ap prove the Platform, and they urge upon the Southern delegates the importance of having ratification meetings, cither by State mass meetings or by County and Dis trict conventions. Already it has been charged by the Radicals that the South has shown no indications of support or appro val of tlie Platform. They charge that ! : ■ .So" in the cow - -Mon re no 1 cP.&*w to dm sci - Hip n, than hat rs i> it ' ; :' r, < r .. CM* f '*• ih * ■- • tom « Os are en.s • * full exp! ion 1 era States upon the action of the Conven tion. It is due to ourselves, and due to our friends here, that our people should show at once in some w-ay their hearty ac ceptance of the principles laid down in the Platform of this Convention, and their earnest desire and intention to sustain and support the new organization. W. New York, August 22, 1860. The political cauldron is boiling and bub- Jling here at a fearful rate. The Radicals are soured and embittered towards their late associates, who have thrown them selves into the party of the Constitution and the Laws, and their Press teems with the most violent and hitter denunciations of men who but lately they were hut too proud to honor and applaud. There can now be no doubt of the fact that they are serious ly alarmed at the progress the new party is making with the people. Every day brings to light some new defection from the Radi cal ranks, and adds hope and buoyancy to the Conservative heart. In this city, the majority for the Conservative party will he larger than has been obtained by any par ty for the last ten years. There is an ear nest and determined feeling for success per vading the entire Conservative organiza tion, which plainly indicates the fall of Radicalism in the approaching elections. THE MEETING „N ALBANY to-day of the Democratic Central Execu tive Committee, and the Executive Committee of the National Union par ty will insure the cordial co-operation of all the conservative elements in the State against the disunionists. It is thought by some that each organization which meets in Albany to-day will recommend the hold ing of a State Syracuse for the purpose of nominating State officers, whose elections take place this fall, and that there will be two setts of delegates—one representing the old Democratic organiza tion, and one the new party just inaugu rated in Philadelphia. From what I can learn, I do not believe that this course will he adopted. I incline to the opinion that *v . Executive Conuntt*«o= now in session at. ti“ ■ p. tal ol the . , , uiiue. ■ ■ I a. " . a e/a for a C .r.on >.i of Delegate [ To**<••• tUbz hi T ‘W' X ■' • j iViUicm 5. inesj 'cCtvt party afT 1 , a - to . <sd< li ” - a j hands that kion. John L ! !ouiiian, the present , n- • j< iM. f this city, wil ' ft he Conservnnuv* \ the other p< ■ ef fected b i : .arty will be fairly itqneseiiuxl.- THE PENNSYLVANIA ELECTIONS an matters of more serious concern to the friends of the country than any other of the State elections. The prospect tlrcrc is said to be brightening very much in the last few days. Ten days since, the Con servatives had little hope of being able to carry the State; and even up to the sitting of the Convention in Philadelphia last week, the contcst'was considered almost a hopeless one. It was even seriously con templated to withdraw Mr. Clymer from the race, and put up someone who might be more likely to divide the soldiers’ vote than it was thought he would. I learn that he and his friends had agreed that unless the prospect materially brightened, he would retire from the race, in which event Maj. Gen. Hancock was to have been put up in his place. Now, however, the impression prevails that Clymer is daily gaining strength, while Geary is as rapidly losing ground with the soldiers. A dis tinguished Pennsylvanian informed me yesterday that the feeling for Clymer was better and stronger than his friends could reasonably have hoped for, and no doubt is now entertained of their being able to carry the State by a large majority. IN MAINE. The canvass has opened cheeringly for the Conservatives. A few weeks since this State ivas considered certain for the Radi cals, but there as in New York and. Penn sylvania, there has been a decided awaking of the Conservative element, and our friends are not without hope that they will carry the State. Senator Doolittle and Ex-Governor Parsons, of Alabama, have been urged to deliver a series of addresses there, and both left here yesterday for that j purpose. The main point to be made is to | satisfy the Northern people that the South is in good faith determined to let the past be forgotten, and that there is no consid erable body of men in any of the Southern States opposed to the United States Gov ernment. The masses here who rely main ly upon the press for information upon the state of the country, have been again and again told by the Tribune and Post of this city and the country organs of the Radicals that there still exists at the South a feel ing of bitter animosity to the Federal Gov ernment, and of malicious hate towards ; the Northern people. To show you how badly informed the people here are on this j subject, I need only state that while on the cars coming from Philadelphia to this j place, I engaged in conversation with a Western New Yorker, who had been a delegate to the Convention and was return ing home. He seriously put the question to me whether a Northern man would be entirely safe in traveling now through Georgia. lie had seen statements in the Northern papers of gross outrages com mitted upon Northern men by Southerners for no other cause than that they were “Yankees.” This gentleman notwithstand ing his impression that there was a fierce spirit of revenge and resentment at the South against Northern men, was in favor ol the admission of Southern Representa tives to their seat.- in Congress. THE PRESIDENT will do all he can to aid the new party in carrying the approaching elections To this end it is now pretty well settled that the patronage of the Government will be used so as to strengthen his friends There is still a strong clamor for the removal of Manton, and I think I may safely say that it is determined to displace him in a few days. He will be sent out of the country as Minister to Spain or Portugal, and Maj. Gen. Steedman will succeed him in the War Department. The latter gentleman I find is very popular with the Conservatives in all sections, and particularly in the West and in this State. His appointment will give increased strength to the new party, and will rally to its support thousands of the personal friends of the General. GENERAL GRANT, despite the frantic denials of the Radical press. is,heartily in favor of the new party. He is at all times a very quiet man, and rarely makes any demonstration ofliis feel ings on any subject. His presence the other day at the Executive Mansion, when tne President received the proceedings of the Philadelphia Convention, was not ac cidental. “Straws show which way the wind blows. There are other signs which aio " f clearly indicate his position. While the General is r. Aleut man, he has a wife, an i tnat wife is a woman. Women vrd talk, and wives of distinguished Generals as well as of Statesmen, in their talk usually echo the sentiments of their husband-- Mrs. < ’rant is known to be a Conservative, and you may well take it for granted tint she dose not materially differ with her litre lord. THE SOUTHERN PEOPLE should not he too exacting in their de mands upon the President. If he has not progressed as rapidly in his reconstitution l policy as they wished, they must not there- j froe condemn and denounce him. We of ! Ihe South have a very imperfect/ concep- ; tion of the difficulties and embarrassments i by which he is surrounded. No I man in the South feels more kindly, personally, to Mr. Davis than President Johison. He is also anxious for tlie return cf General Breckinridge and other distinguished Con federate exiles to their homos, but he knows that any exhibition of kindness or I amnesty to them would hut strengthen the Radicals and destroy his power for their good in the future. Southern men who j are displeased with President Johnson j would do well to imagine themselves in his situation for a few moments and then hon ■ « 11} 1 ,e . I of for- ■ :’• " . , w , ■:!*. South ■ our. \u, if lit, F.r. ronnd ./*;• iy ;-i.t u- :t , , fjeh: *W ,/y.is heaped uptib h •> by uthra ! Convention. We all know that there are | i many things in the platform and address ; which are particularly odious and offensive | to the Southern people. But the question ! is not a choice between this platform and ] a better one, but between it and the polky j of the Radicals. If we had the power to ! prescribe our own terms and to annunciate ' our own views as to the power and conduct j of the general Government, then wo might j well spurn from our presence the policy indicated in the platform and address. But our present situation is a far different one, We can do nothing ourselves to restore our rights in the Union. We must rely upon the dominant power for redress of griev ances and the restoration of our privileges. That power is now in the hands of tlie Northern people. These people are divi ded into two parties; one headed by Thad. Stevens and the other having for its head and guide the President. The latter is hacked and supported by a large number of Northern Conservatives who have cut loose from their old friends in the Radical party, and have joined the President in his efforts to restore the Union. The South must select one or tlie other of these par ties as they now stand arrayed for battle. We cannot afford to he idle spectators of this fearful conflict. We have too much a,t stake to warrant us in a position of neu trality. The Conservatives invite our sym pathies Ihid support. The Radicals en tirely ignore us as a part of the Govern ment and will have no fellowship with us. Now is it the partof prudent, sensible men to higgle about the exact terms upon which they will co-operate with their friends in a war w’aged to conquer a common enemy ? We think not. Our Northern friends-tell us frankly that any further concessions made to us in the platform would totally destroy their hopes of success. They ad mit that the terms imposed upon the South are hard —harder much than they desired— hut the power of the Radicals over the popular mind is so great that any further concession would be fatal to all our hopes. TV np.nnle of Georgia will do well to re- ::*;i upon lbi in i ;ei it’i are i ■ iH.y condemn me lotion of the Conven i la Uivv.ft-; Un e r I •save>su <v-e •riews es . the va.v o. whH.'fb clarets i was prepared nr ! u -.m i Enclosed I sei ' job ■ ■ iq ;>>M - tlie i\i .. York News of this date upon that subject. The statement made in the editorial of the News I know to be strictly correct. A NUMBER OP SOUTHERNERS arc here spending their money as freely and enjoying themselves as fully as before tlie war. Among the number here now are Brig. Gen. Wilcox, of Alabama ; General Battle, of Alabama ; and Brig. Gen. N. H. Harris, of Mississippi, Hon. Thos Har deman, P. W. Alexander, Judge Lyon and Col. Wm. F. Wright, of Georgia. I have j met quite a number of Georgia ladies here also. Among them the widow of the gal lant and accomplished Colonel Harris, of Mcrriwether, who fell a sacrifice to his country’s cause in the late war. Mrs. H. I is still in delicate health, having never re- I covered from the shock produced by her J husband’s untimely death. Sle is aecom- ! panied by her sprightly and accomplished J sister, Miss Chambers, of Muscogee, But | I must close this rambling ie:ter. More ' anon. W. Hard to Please, When the call for the Philadelphia Con vention appeared, it met with severe criti cism at the hands of a few pa-sons whose devotion to abstract issues ’ed them to shut their eyes to all considerations of pol’cy or expediency. It was declared that undo- the call no body save those who could lake the obnox ious test oath would bo admitted into the Convention, and therefore it was idle for the South to attempt any participation in its objects. This error had been removed by the utterances of those who issued the call, before the Convention met, and the perfect harmony and good feeling displayed in its deliberations showed how utterly mistaken w-ere those who predicted confu sion and failure. But as if determined still to be fault-find ing, these carpers sec'little to approve in the work of the Convention, and actually find food for ridicule in the exhibition of har mony which they had declared to be im possible. They disapproved of sending : delegates, and though the temper of the Convention and its policy toward the South were much more liberal than any body expected, they condemn those who went because they got no better overtures, and submitted to the use of certain offen sive term.- in the Resolutions and Address. It is not likely that we shall ever agree | with any considerable number at the North | as to the causes of the war, or our right to make it, and it is certainly unpleasant to have the motives which actuated us mis | understood, and to have the struggle ! which we held to be a sacred right, char : acterized as a rebellion. But having ■ submitted the question to the stern : arbitration of the sword, in which the decision was against us, we are not in condition to exact from the conqueror a free recognition of the purity or propriety of our course. It is enough that we desire in good faith to renew, our old relations to the Government, and that there is a party placing conditions upon our return, which wc cannot accept; and another party anxious in good faith to re ceive us, without further conditions, j While we placed our cause on higher ground than that of a rebellion, our claim for representation m the Government in- i volves the practical admission that wc ! were never out of it. Indeed many of the States have declared their acts of secession null and void, .thus virtually acknowledg ing themselves liable to the disabilities inci dent to unsuccessful rebellion. May we not then afford to forego discussion about j terms— -especially with those who are will- I mg to fm-get the past, and join us in seeur t mg future equality, and justice ? Our ! delegates presented their views upon this ! ■ object placing the South right upon the I record—and we are told that “it was by aj •erica! nvelect that the offensive terms! wore retained in the address Issued by the I Convention. Still we find sopie who seek) to affix odium upon the Southern dele- ! gates, charging them with assenting to j these obnoxoiis declarations. It is not denied that in spite of these offensive terms, j the policy of the Convention, if successful, 1 secures all that the South expects. It re- j stores her the robes of sovereignty and equality in the Gouernmcnt. It trill fr& her people from test oaths, from fredmen’s, bureaus, from military surveillance, and from the iniquitous burden of taxation without representation. How best to at tain these objects challenged the anxious solicitude of the Southern delegates. To accomplish these ends, the Radicals must be defeated in the* approaching elec tions. To defeat them, the conservative Republicans and Democrats of the North and West must act together. To secure their harmonious action was far more im portant to the South than the mere verbiage of the Platform. If the Southern view had been insisted upon—-arid Southern ideas had been thrust before the Convention, the cry of “Copperhead” would have run off Northern support from the movement until it would have been powerless for good re sults. The Delegates from the South surveyed the whole field. They comprehended the delicate duties of the situation, and we honor them for having the prudence and wisdom totassent to a policy that promises to restore to us our Constitutional rights. A few sensitive or captious spirits, who > cling to old names, old issues, and too often to old prejudices, declare that the South ern delegates must be held accountable for the humiliating surrender of principle em braced in the Platform. They are men who have not shrunk from responsibility in the past, and we doubt not their shoulders are broad enough to bear all the odium re sulting from their afets, in the future. What avails it that we stand idle —cher- ishing the memory of our wrongs, or proud ly asserting our rights, when we are utter ' to redress the one or enforce • i while our enemies are tigliten 1s of oppression, and increasing afour humiliation ? Shall we trike hands with those, who, i m liffer from us on the dead issues are ready to meet us as equals u. use government, and defend ns against further aggression ? This is the full extent of the offence of our delegates in the Phila delphia Convention; and they may well regard with indifference the criticism of those, who, in their untimely zeal for the honor and rights of the South, are practi cally strengthening the hands of our ene mies, and leaving us helpless victims of their insatiate malice and revenge. W T e believe the results of the coming elections at the North and West will vindi cate the wisdom and patriotism of our delegates in the Convention. They are at least entitled to honorable consideration for their earnest efforts to make the Conven tion in its results an efficient agent in the work of reconstruction. “ Help—Relief—lmmigration.” The press of matter that s been laying over for several days prevc. .> us from pub lishing a communication entitled as above, from “J. W. J.,” whose letter on the same subject we published several days o. We will|do him thejustice to state his points, but have little room to discuss them now. lie thinks it impolitic to invite to the ballot box those from the North or from Europe who would not recognize the distinctions of the two races. We have no fears that immigrants from tho North or from Europe will fail to re cognize a distinction of the races, or that there will be enough of the agrarian radi cal tribe introduced to make any present impression on our social policy. Our ob servation of Northern people who settle in this country is, that they readily assimilate to our customs and feelings. The lato war lias vindicated their fidelity to the institu tions of their adopted country. If wc were to-day called on to select the most violent haters of radicalism in the South, wc would choose those born at the North, who have become permanent residents here. So, too, the records of our army show the valor of our foreign population, while their quiet and industrious demeanor since the war, attest their value as citizens. He also thinks that subsistence cannot con woi: o t lands ■ g'-vsi; increase of population. lie urges " 1: ■ly- p.i the ponpl,, ; great as in -re iuo:-? than the’ i would or, to liquidate it, and that u is to time ' shr. b. si, -ncv.j.r.ious popula tion. It is because of this very indebtedness that we urge immigration. Very many of the landholders will be obliged, sooner or later, to part with a portion of their estates, either from debt or from inability to work large farms successfully. It is that we may have a market for these lands tint we in vito immigration. Show to the thrifty laborers of Central Europe, or Central Ver mont, if you please, that immigration is invited, and that cheap lands may be had in Georgia, where two crops a year can be made—where railroads afford outlets to market—where everything is at hand to attain the very highest conditions of agri cultural thrift, and in a short time such a tide of people, and of money will bo direct, ed this way, as will lift our farmers out of the Slough of Despond into which the war sunk them. It is not proposed to introduce pauper immigrants. We do not favor the system already pursued, to a limited extent, of bringing out men to work by the month. They are not the best suited to our wants. We need men with families, and some means, to whom wo may lease or sell our surplus lands. Our correspondent looks with horror up on the idea of being forced to live on fifty acres—the amount exempt by law from levy and sale. He would be surprised to see the amount of solid comfort and thrift attained in Europe, and in portions of this country, from less than half that area —and in lands not naturally half as good as the old red hills of middle Georgia. We do not expect, and certainly do not desire to see the planters of this country reduced to the ownership ofonlyfiftyacres' But it would be ch«u..: j see such a system adopted as will secure a different mode of culture, from our old “slip-shod skimming process, by which a 4 miporary gain has been secured at the expense of future generations. The land murderer 1 ought not to go unpunished. The only : punishment we would inflict upon him, is that he shall quit liis outrages on the vir gin soil; shall cease playing dog in the manger; and if he will not till his lands himself, sell them or lease them to some body who will do it. Our correspondent urges that it is not j immigration, but legislation, that is need- I ed to stay the work of desolation and ruin ! that are sweeping over the land. We cer- j tainly need legislation suited to the new j political and social relations which sur round us; and we doubt not that the Leg- j islature, at its coming session, will do all j that is just toprotect the people against; the ruinous exactions of old creditors. At | the tame time, the rights of creditors may not ju.-tly be ignored. Our space forbids further allusion to this subject at present Teacher’s Convention.—-A teachers’ j convention will take place at Jackson, ! Mississippi, on the first Monday in Sep- I tember next. We have Ifoard a number of i teachers express a desire for such a con vention in Georgia. It is very important I that there be a fixed and uniform educa : tional policy adopted, and we know no ! other way to inaugurate it than by a con ference of the teachers of the State. Our | educational interest.- have been sadly neg • lected. and there is a deplorable degree of ; indifference on the subject still prevalent. Parents urge poverty as an excuse for neg* ; lecting the culture of their children, and j the .same argument is urged by Legislators ; as a barrier to the provision by the State ;of a liberal educational fund. Undoubted ! ly it must be some time before a general ( school system will be perfected. Much, however, may be done to elevate the char- j acter of our schools. Normal schools for j teachers might be established —a uniform I system of text books might be fixed upon, ' and the standard of preparation for the \ work of teaching so elevated as to secure ; more thoroughie -s in the schools we have, j There L- 1. ss ability, as well as less inclina- 1 lion than formerly to send pupils abroad j to be educated. It is of the highest im- I portance that everything possible be done I to elevate the standard of' our home insti tutions. It is believed that a teacher’s j convention would Ice highly promotive of that object. hie Mexican Emigrants.—A letter 1 from Mrs. Price, dated last month, savs the country around Cordova and Carlotta is very beautiful. The peak of Orizaba, which is in plain sight of both places, does not at times appear to be more than a mile or two distant, while it is really thirty miles away. She remarks: “There is such a number of fruits that I cannot begin to tell you their names. Among the American varieties I have seen cherries, peaches, pears, apricots, strawberries, blackberries and mulberries. There are apples, but I have not seen any. I have not moved out to Carlotta yet, as our house there will not be finished for a few weeks. We have a beautiful grove of mangoes, two orange trees, a zapota, and anopal. I hope to have a great variety in a few years. Our prospects for pleasant society at Carlotta are good. We have Episcopal services in Carlotta every Sunday, and Methodist preaching in Cordova. I think that if no unforeseen accident occurs the Americans will do well, aud most of them be comfort ably settled in a few years. ’ ’ The Legality of the Acts of Con gress.'—lt is stated that the Hon. Thomas Ewing, of Ohio, has written a letter de signed for publication, in which he takes the bold ground that the Congress which has just adjourned, being composed of representatives from only twenty-five States, could not constitutionally pass any act over the President’s veto; and that, therefore, the Freedmen’s Bureau Bill, Civil Rights Bill, and the constitutional amendment, arc legal utilities. Mr. Ew ing is one of tho very few surviving states men of the Jacksonian era. lie was a member of the United States Senate when Clay, Webster aud their illustrions com peers were there. He was a member of President Harrison's party, and all through the brightest days of the old Whig party he was one of its ablest and most faithful leaders. He is a thorough Con servative, purely honest in his political sentiments, and no doubt he fully belie’ what he says in regard to the aforesaid of Congress. Backing Out.— Napoleon 111. is illus trating the prudent qualities of a prede cessor on the throne of France, wIW, “With forty tliouand men Marched up the hill and then marched down again.” His first advance was on Mexico, when, through Maximilian, ho marched up to the city of the Aztecs, and is now said to have liis baggage cheeked for a return trip. He then made a forward movement in the directoin of Venetia, and soon de termined that Venetia wasn’t much of a prize after all, and abandoned it. He then modestly suggests that he would like to have a chance to replenish his wine cellar from the vineyards along the .Rhine. Prussia objects, and Napoleon is ready to take an affidavit that he never said a word about the Rhine, and is perfectly satisfied to leave things as they arc. This wiring in and wiring out by Na poleon has excited great surprise, and leaves tho impression that he is losing the decisive air 1 which have marked the Napoleonic charm . , Indian Affairs in the Southwest. —Col. J. 11. Leavenworth, United States Indian Agent for the Camanches, Kiowas, and Apaches, arrived in Washington city recently, and brings reliable intelligence from the region lying between the Arkan sas and Platte rivers. The Colonel lias been visiting the tribes mentioned since early in April last, and during his sojourn consulted witli every chief, all of whom he found well-disposed towards the Govern ment. He also had “talks” with many of the Cheyennes and Arapahoes, the former of which tribe lie represents as being scat tered in small bands, and whose hostility to the Government is evinced by frequent predatory excursions on the whites. The Cheyennes desire to encamp permanently in what is designated as the Smoky Hill country. But, owing to tho fact that a branch of the Union Pacific railroad passes 1 : . , ij.j weeded to 1 •,.>j . "fnT"T“ ally Convention, and willing • o-C|>. ::iu 'bit, but opposes the abandonment of; uie ltauuciauc party, l’rie ehiei reason for such opposition is urged by the Editor is that there arc thousands of voters all over the country’, who arc utterly opposed to the radicals, and willing to endorse the President, who never were democrats, and to whom the very name of democrat is odious. He further urges that it is the j Democratic party which is to furnish the j chief element of strength, with which to | beat the radicals ; and that the two mil lions of men, who compose that party, have also their prejudices, and will not abandon their favorite party to effect a temporary purpose. The Editor, tlicre fore, protests against the surrender of the Democratic organization. Cotton Frauds.—-Affidavits have been filed at the Executive Department in Wash ington, charging Cuthbert Bullitt, United States Marshall of Louisiana, with com plicity in cotton operations in that State. The informer is a New Orleans cotton speculator, who alleges that he made an arrangement with Bullitt by which a large lot of cotton should pass the Government authorities unquestioned, in consideration for which Bullitt was to receive one-fifth of the proceeds of sale. The cotton was passed out, sent to market and sold, and Bullitt was paid a number of thousand dollars as his share of the spoils. He sub sequently demanded an unreasonable share of the plunder, and his conduct leaked out. Seizure of the Central Bank Build ing.-—-The Montgomery Mail, of the 21st, says that on yesterday evening, late, a war rant of seizure posted-on the front.cntrance of the magnificent Central Bank building) on Market street, attracted much attention. The warrant was issued by J. Q. Smith, United States District Attorney, com manding the United States Marshal to seize so much of the said building as would satisfy the cause of “The United States vs. JO hales of cotton arid the Central Bank, a corpora*•«" do? i, ss under the name and style oi the Central L ■■ of Alabama, ’ Messrs. Micou & Morgan now occupy the building as a banking house. Important Decision Belativeto Dis loyal Heirs.—The Second Comptroller has decided that arrears of pay and-bounty cannot be paid to disloyal heirs, nor can such heirs be passed over and payment be made to the next loyal persons in the order of inheritance prescribed by tho act of July 11, 1802. The case inducing this decision, the Second Comptroller decides, is not dis similar to that of a non-resident of the United States, inasmuch as the above act provides for payment to the next resident in the order prescribed; but no such pro vision is made in any law for passing over a disloyal heir, and in such cases the money reverts to the United States. Art in South America.— I The Brazilian Exposition will be opened on the 19th of October next, and will close on the 2d of December. The New York Chamber of Commerce lias recommended a participa tion in it by the manufacturers of the city, and all wishing to do so should give notice to the Brazilian Minister. Internal Revenue.—The receipts of the Government from this source during the week ending on the 18th instant amounted to $8,100,291.53. The total re ceipts since the commencement of -the present fiscal year, July Ist, are $49,690,- 167.03, being upwards of one million dol lars per day. Health of Mr. Davis.—Maj. Gon. Miles, in command of Fortress Monroe, re ports that there is no material change in the health of Mr. Davis. He now has liberty to walk at will within the limits of the fort, but exhibits less inclination to do so than when his liberty was more re stricted. Congressional Unionists.—The Na-1 tional Hall on Market street, below Thir- j teenth, has been engaged for a meeting oi : the loyal Southerners' Convention of the 3d of September. The building is one of the largest in Philadelphia, arid not (iirfrom . centre of business. Jefferson Davis ml His Slanderers-In famous J’asehoods Exposed. Meadow Nook,(DeKalb Cos., Ga„ 1 July 31st. 186(1. j To the Editor of ke Metropolitan Record : Dear Sir: — I lave been convinced by the teachings of letory and man, and move particularly by thi events which have come under my own posonal knowledge during the past five years) “that a lie well stuck to answers as well a] the truth’' to serve the purposes of hate and envy, and wo! be unto the individual and people who are forced to permit a systematic and persistent slander unrenteq Vietor Hugo says some where that a Ban’s destiny depends as much upon wh:j is said of him as on what by actually dot|. The fanatics of the North have aefcd on this fact for thirty years, and the) dignified contempt with which we have Warded their misrepresen tation has endei in our ruin and desola tion. These reflecions have been called to mind by readin; the report of the commit tee appointed V Congress to investigate the charges agapst President Davis of com plicity with the assassination of the late President Linean. It appears to/ me that a sense of shame would preventany set of men who had a particle of feeing or honor from the at tempt to link ;lie name of such a character as •) efferson l\vis with murder and crime. After the cost diligent investigation, running thfoith a period of more than twelve month; and suborning witnesses who, for the tenor of humanity bo it said, recanted at tie last moment and confessed their dark crine, what does the whole tes timony amoiut to ? First, that Mr. Davis, during Ithe pro gress of a loig and terrible war. conducted on the part (four enemies with a barbar ous cruelty unknown to modern _ times, received a few letters from a few imlivid ; mils requesting permission to offer them selves as instruments to rid their country of the men vho wore regarded as the wick ed authors if our sufferings. These letters arc paraded before the public—one from C. L. 0. 3elvalb, another from J. S. Paramere, and another from Lieutenant Waldemar Alston, requesting his permis sion. The two first are unknown to me ; \ *■ Lieutenant Alston was an officer under rffiand at one time—an unassuin ,:nd !■ . I’iiront youth, about nineteen v\:-r >1 who had witnessed enough iu< ty (1 tPunundsoi the enemy to tum.his .1 . all. In none of ~ - tl.e permission sought on • rittce v. re _ care t'.,j t those cases where it was not«if. 1. ut rejected with indig nant scor.q a 1 -i always the case when these kind of lo.ters were brought to the I personal knowledge of Mr. Davis. I can testify to one case which happened in my own regiment, where it was not only re fused, but the party who made the request was placed under arrest, and ordered to be tried by court-martial. _ A gallant young lawyer from Memphis, Tennessee, who was Captain of Co.—, Ninth Tennessee regi ment, Morgan’s Brigade, smarting under the sense of Accent injuries, wrote to Mr. Davis to request permission to go to Wash ington and assassinate Mr. Lincoln and his Cabinet, blow up the Capitol, &c. Mr. Davis endorsed on the back of the letter, 11 Atrocious. Respectfully referred to the Secretary of War, who will order tic ar rest and trial by court-martial of the writer. J. I). ’ ’ This letter, with this endorsement, was returned to General Morgan while his brigade was at “Black’s Shop, near Mur freesboro,” by Mr. Randolph, then Secre tary of War. Captain ——was arrested, and was so mortified at his arrest, that lie shouldered a musket, and marching head long into the first battle, was killed at Mil ton, Tennessee. These facts can be established by Gen. Basil Duke, Colonel N. C. IJ.1 J . Breckinridge, j Major William P. Elliott, Commissary of Brigade, Major David 11. Llewellyn, Q. M., Col. R. A. Alston, then Captain and A. A. G. The second charge which depends on the false testimony of one Lewis F. Bates, a rampant secessionist and regenerate Yan kee, is, that Mr. Davis when he received Gen. Breckcnridge’s dispatch announc ing the assassination of President Lincoln, said : “Well, General, Ido not know, if it were to be done at all, it were better that it were well done ; and if the same had been done to Andy Johnson, the Beast, and Secretary Stanton, the job would then be complete. ’ ’ A more shameless lie was never uttered even by a renegade Yankee, and if this man has any conscience left, it must sting him with remorse, until lie is driven, like other witnesses, to repent and take back this damning sin. God forgive him, for we never can. The writer of this was standing within ten feet of Mr. Davis when he received this dispatch, and never will he forget the awful solemnity of the occasion, and the noble grandonv and dignity of Mr. i •». y atn>- ,i oh--’, ft was ■.in tow: j-Cb’tuott' Nerds Carolina ; Gem v.i L • j army Wu wnt n! red, Johnston . ar. y nt.raa. .1,--, aUL . ! siori, -id ; -J\ tnd "loom. Mr Davis loomed up more proum- than h - had ever helot t: a red t. e i\. 1 Mm, of all > u T r. , tain tiic majesty and self-possession oi his character, and to rise with the energies of that dreadful hour. Biding into town at the head of a small cavalry escort, he dis mounted opposite to the?housc of this Lewis F. Bates, who had sent Mr. Davisj a special invitation to be his guest— prompted, no doubt, by the desire to col lect testimony in private conversation, that be might use hereafter to advantage; in stead of soliciting it as an honor, that he might transmit to his posterity. Dismounting from his horse, lie proceed ed to enter the house of Mr. Bates, and was met at the steps by Col. Wm. John son, a prominent citizen of Charlotte, and President of the Charlotte and Columbia Bailroad, who said : “Mr. President, in behalf of the citizens of Charlotte, I give you a cordial welcome to the hospitalities of our town. ’ ’ Mr. Davis, who was dressed in a plain suit of gray, and wore a low crowned felt hat, nearly covered with crape, bowed low and gracefully, saying, as he did so, “I thank you, sir.’’ The large crowd, consisting almost entirely of soldiers, with tearful eyes and overflowing hearts, said, with deep earnestness, “speak to us,” “let us hear from you. ” lie turned with his kind, benignant, dignified loqfc, to the crowd and said : “My friends, I thank you for this evi dence of your affection. If I had come as the bearer of glad tidings, I had come to announce success at the head of a triumph ant army, this is nothing more than 1 would have expected; but coining as I do, to tell you of very great disaster; coining, as I do, to tell you that our national affairs have reached a very low point of depression; coining, I may say, a refugee from the capital of the country, this demonstration of your love fills me with feelings too deep for utterance.” [Ok, my God! he felt it all. ] “This has been a war of the people* for the people, and I have been sim ply their Executive ; and if they desire to continue the struggle, I am still ready and willing to devote myself to their«au.-e. True, General Lee’s army lias surrendered, but the men are still alive, the cause is not yet dead, and only show by your determi nation and fortitude that you are willing to suffer yet longer, and we may still hope for j success. In reviewing my administration ' of the past four years, I am conscious of ! having committed errors, and very grave ones; but in all that I have done, in all that I have tried to do, 1 can lay my hand upon my heart and appeal to God that I have | had but one purpose to serve, but one mis , sion to fulfill, the preservation of the true principles of constitutional freedom, which ; are as dear to me to-day as they were four ! years ago. I have nothing to abate or take i back; if they were right then, they are ! right now, and no misfortune to our arms can change right into wrong. Again I \ thank you.” These were the last words of Jefferson j Davis to his vanquished and scattered pco pla, and few among that vast audience who will not remember them. God knows they | sunk deep into my heart, and I can never j feel again what I then lelt, when 1 heard my noble chieftain bid us what 1 felt was his last adieu. Many of us could no longer retain our sobs. He bowed, and was about to turn to go into the house, when a little boy from the telegraph office handed him a dispatch. He opened it calmly, and read it in silence, and folding it up and returning it to the envelope, handed it to Colonel William Johnson, remarking as he did so, “This contains very astounding intelligence.” The crowd, whose anxiety could no longer be restrained, cried out "Bead it!” "Read it!” and Colonel,Johnson, in hisfdeep, slow and solemn tone, read it aloud. Some thoughtless .persons shouted, and Mr. Davis looked in such earnest reproof, that instantly every voice was hushed as though they were ashamed of having broken the solemnity of the scene by such indiscreet joy. The writer then shook hands with Mr. Davis, who asked him about his fami ly, and other questions of that kind, with which he was in the habit of making all feel at ease who came near him. Captain Edward Lowndes, of South Carolina, was then introduced, and after a short conver sation Mr. Davis retired into the house. This, on my honor, was all that occurred on that solemn oeeasic n, for who could ever lbrget it. Alas that one should be so base as to misrepresent and malign the j noble man who bore himself under such I trying circumstances so as to leave his im- j press forever upon the minds of all who | saw hiia. I i It i- well known to the people of the ! South that Mr. Davis was abused, and al f most threatened, because he refused -o ! firmly to conduct the war on any other than I the most humane principles. Tho press accused him oi' being accesso ry to the murder of our soldiers because lie refused in so many instances to retaliate when they had been barbarously executed, and even the Confederate Congress cen sured his conduct, and many of its promi nent members, who have long since re ceived their pardons, frequently remarked that We were eying of West Point and Days religion. _ Nothing could swerve nhn h .m the rule he had kid down aup the determination which he had formed of building up a government which by moral contrast must finally prevail. 1 am, therefore, amazed that in the face of those acts which are so well known and established, that a Congressional Com mittee would attempt to blacken his name by connecting it with conspiracy and crime AH such attempts will most surely fafl and although he has been imprisoned in a’dun geon and shackled with fetter< there is a halo of glory that surrounds bis brow that no slander can tarnish or persecution de stroy. Yours yen- truly, i * A Ai - st °y Late Confederate Army. * The Conspiracy To Connect Jefferson Davis with the As sassination of Mr. Lincoln--How the Evidence was to be Obtained. The Washington correspondent of the New York World says the following cor respondence shows clearly the desperate means that were resorted to by the Bureau of Military Justice to connect Mr. Davis with the assassination plot. We do not think a more infamous, character exists to day, any where in official position, than the so called Judge-advocate. Nor can the records of English history, foul as it is with debased characters, present a meaner one than that which is being incorporated into our history by Judge liolt. lie is a dis grace to the American name. The characters mentioned in this corres pondence, except Holt, swore before the Congressional Committee that their testi mony before given was all felse; that they went under assumed names; that their object in swearing false was money. The first letter is directed to Sandford Conover, Esc... Washington, D. C.: “Weldon House, St. Albans, 1 “Nov. 19, 1865. j “Mr. Conover— Dear Sir: I have just parted with the party I thought would do to represent Lamar, lie will go into the game and swear all that iswanted ; but he places his price at a pretty high figure. He wants 53,000, and says lie won’t sell his soul for less. Vou told me not to go above if 1,500, but the Judge told me afterwards that, if necessary, I could go SSOO more. But eveu this is far below the mark. What am 1 to do ? I have written the Judge how the matter stands, and I hope you will urge him to come to terms. Dick is a good fellow, and we can depend upon him without fear, and lie lias the faculty liars need most—a mighty good memory. I hope to receive a message from you to-morrow, telling me to strike the bargain. At any rate, let me know how to act as soon as possible. Yours truly, William Campbell.” “ New York, March 5,1806. “Mr. Conover — Dear Sir : I have been trying to see you for several days, but hear that you are out of town. I shall leave this at Station A, that you may get it as Soon as you return. I am in great need of more money; my last investments did not pay, and I am dead broke, and so jis Snovcl. The Judge told me when L last saw him to communicate with hitn only through you, and 1 don’t like to write to him ; but 1 must have money in a few days. Get him to send me SSOO, for nothing less will boos any use to me. 1 wish 1 could i get in bulk all I am to receive, and then I I could get into safer business; but 1 sup | pose you ali are afraid that if you should | give me ail iu my hands at once, I could | not be found when most wanted. I don’t j like to be suspected; but anything is better than being poor, so I will take what I can J get—but of course not less than SSOO. Don’t keep me waiting again, for God’s | sake, for 1 shall hardly be able to raise j cocktails and cigars till I hear from you. Truly yours, Wm. Campbell. “War Department, | “Bureau of Military Justice, y “Washington, I>. C., March 17, iB6O, j “Mr. S. Conover—Dear Sir: Sine®writ ing you and enclosing draft as requested, I have received a letter from Campbell, to which 1 replied this morning, mentioning the funds remitted to you for himself and Mr. Sncvel, and asking him to see you. He does not, however, know precisely where to find you, and Ii resume you have nut his address, which H tho .Whitney House, corner of Twelfth street and Broadway. 1 hope you will place the funds in his hands with the least possible delay; as lie seems to bo greatly in need. Very respectfully, “Your obedient servant, “J. Holt, “Judge Advocate General,” The following letter is directed to “San ford Conover, Esq., Post Office, Station F, New York city:” ■ “Astor House, New York, 1 “April 17, 1800. | “Dear Conover —I came in last evening, and have been all day endeavoring to find you. That villian Campbell has divulged the whole arrangement to Davis’ friends, and will, if possible, be pushed before the Committee. 1 have been sent on to assist you in getting him sweet, again, so that he will stand by his story, or else keep out of the way. It must be done at any cost. I am prepared with the needful. Old 279 and No. 8 were at headquarters the day before yesterday, and arc furious. We shall be well rewarded if we save their bacon. It must be done. Call the mo ment you receive this. I shall wait till you come, for I can do nothing without you. I have also written to your old address. As ever yours, “M.” Congressioal Appropriations. I A Tribune special says the following are | the principal amounts appropriated by the last Congress: For tlie services of the Government, as appear by the acts already published, which it is belived comprise nearly all the appropriation acts, legislative executive and judical Services, $25,412,- 550, civil and miscellaneous services, $5,- 729,043; collecting revenue from customs, $4,200,000: dqJomaticservice, $1,105,400; Indian service $3,971,557; naval service. $18,904 667; military service, $44,237,000; pensions, $15,440,000; reward for capture of assassins, $105,000: various acts for de ficiencies, $205,000 ; total, $122,005,307. this does not include amounts necessary to pay the bounties under tlie recent bounty law, for which no amount is given, and there are numerous other appropria tions made to which no sums arc affixed. r I lie Treasurer already esti mates the amount required under the bounty act at from $60,000,000 to S2OO -and the other objects for which no special amounts are given at from SIOO,OOO to SoOO,UOO. Among the items in the civil appropriation Dill is one directing the payment out of the commissary fund arising from the draft, whiclt now amounts to about $12,000,000, tlie sun of three hundred dollars for each slave who either enlisted or was drafted in the military service, to lie paid to the loyal owners of slaves. The benefits of the bill are confined to the slave States repre sented in Congress since 1864. The amount necessary to make the payment will be about $10,000,000. The Commissioners ap pointed by the Secretary of War to make rules for the payment of bounties have not yet concluded their work, but it is under stood they will make the swindling of.iol diers and those entitled to the money a very uphill business. Tlie Commissioner is now discussing the feasibility of a plan recommended by the Postmaster General, for tlie sending of paymasters in each Con gressional District, and there distribute to each claimant the specified bounty. This proposition meets with warm opposition, as the inability of every soldier to correctly prepare bis record of papers and the neces sary expense of bringing two witnesses from a distance to testify before the pay master, will lay the soldier liable to a class of swindlers so numerous during the days of substitute. State agents are urging that the money be collected here, and that as the State records are necessary to he searched in many eases, special provisions be made in cases where they file papers endorsed by the official seal of their State. Greensboro’, August 25, iB6O Gentlemen:— There has been much said and written about the present crop of cotton, and men have differed widely in their views upon the subject. The early I writers—l mean those gentlemen who wrote ; when the crop was planted and commenced I growing off—run their estimates from j seven hundred and fifty thousand to one and a half millions hales, estimates no doubt hon estly made, and no doubt based upon the quantity of acres planted, and the number of freedmon working upon them, and did not embrace floods, droughts, and the non working of the freedmon—three essential elements that have much to do with the product of the crop. But now we have ! had the drought, flood, and non-workiug of I freedmon, all to contend with, consequent ly aomebody must take down Uieir hat. The | drought has extended all ovar the most en ; tire cotton belt, and the flood has extended : to the Mississippi bottoms, and the freed • men have not worked to usual average, and i the question is, will ihere be made one and j one-half million balesof cotton. Me candidly I affirm, from allthe evidence and information I derived from every source, our opinion is, j that we are more liable to come under than to reach the estimate of one and one-half j million bales, notwithstanding . a very prominent mathamatician, who is unac- I quainted with the übiquitous and changea j ble nature of King Cotton, has created the I impression in New York, and possibly in ! Europe, that the crop will reach from two I to two and one-half’ million bales. To Illustrate: Greene county has usu ally made from ten to twelve thousand bales. The present crop will probably yield from fifteen hundred to two thousand bales and this is a fair average for the cotton counties of the State. Very respectfully, ft j p John IV. Anderson, an old esteemed citi zen of Savannah—a maaoflofty prtriotism, ’W’ersalfy acknowl edged pict>, diedjn Macon on the 22d. The work upon i Ac Cuthbert factory is progressing steadily.