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(fhvouidc (i frntincl. WEBSESDAY JIHK’.IMG. BKPTKM»IiJ>. Her. Henry Ward Bectlicr’.s Second Letter. The letter of Dr. Beecher to General ITalpine, which we published a few days ago, caused ,-ueh a sen-m tion among the brethren of his flock, that he has deemed it < xpel sent to write a second epistle, in .explanation rat. To gratify the curiosity our readers will feel to sea the let:- r. we publish it. Dr. Beecher is very anxious lest hi- fidelity to the Republican party 1.-e doubted, and to show that ha continues ‘’sound ’on that s-ore, he,tak<-.* occasion to censure the ]’resident, and to di- ot from some of Ills ... Hi ■ : iiis form.-: desire for the -paedy restoration ; of the Union. and breathes a magnani ni'c;- . tVe Im, therefore, afford to ].-t hurt think what he pleases of the Pres i J-. ist. if- is oppo-cd to the destructive, disuniot t ilicy ot the Radicals, and thus ■ fir v • jv<- i-mize him as an ally, and bid , bilU God speed. The Tribune repudiates Dr. Beecher s explanation--, and says that, “ when one ~... ov r the cm my, the great party of which Mr. B. claims to he a member un derstands him to be no longer of it - house- I" him to write one more i..) short one —to say which of the lev.) Pliila!eiphiu conventions commands ]f, .-•••!apathy. Ho Dr. Beecher maybe con-i'iered as excommunicated from the ; Jj, hip of the faithful of the Tribune This. perhaps, should give him r and lim to o a sympathy. Another Projected Rallrstd. At. the recent meeting of stockholders of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad, it wet.: i---o!vi 1 to connect Decatur with Al iania by mi air line railroad, thereby avoid in-r tiif great circuit by way of Huntsville, V',, ,;l |.i(l‘li| ■>'.if U. Tllft COnVO- j fMem ti ope (-lid. and til- cjtnof the At - I !,uit.ic Hi aboard a.’ the other end of the , r ,niu! lin-. acre the Southern pur- 1 tion of the 3lb-l -ipjii valley cannot be; overestimated. The Memphis Avalanche I pay. of it: ** O'li-'-re i- vet ane-tiic-r road, in Alabama i, ml rria, v.iiich lim Memphis and i ( Piir!'--' .115111-1 tin-(.corgia Central Kernels ! j. 1 u .| buiM • vet it wltl in no sense militate ; ~es| our city. IL is that i-.l'ling 'ilii- ': 1 y from In-ntnr to Atlanta. VVhc-ii laiilt, it will is- tho shortest and direct line tliat will ever connect M.-in I >li i -and Charleston, or Memphis and Savannah.” The projected line of the road is from Decatur to Gunter’s Landing, about fifty mile , thence fifty miles southeast to -Jack sonville, and thence about ninety miles due cast to Atlanta. About twenty-four miles of this line, between Jacksonville and Gunter’s Landing, is already graded, being Iho bed of one of the projected branches of the Alabama and Tennessee I livers Railroad. With tho immense resources of the Memphis and Charlo.-tnn Railroad, there chi be no doubt of this desirable link in tho eastern and western connection at an early day. Straight TaiK. In Missouri they have a disfranchising law, diffc iring in its details from that of Tennes.-ce, but identical with the latter in its spirit, and object. The general election in that State will occur on the Gth of No vember next. The struggle between the Conservatives and Radicals in the pending canvass is a tierce one, and the prospects of success such as to encourage each party to tho utmost exertion. In tiii.- state of things It is believed, and that upon grounds of high probability, that, the Radical governor, Fletcher, is prepar ing to carry the election by force of arms. Tiu- Conservatives have appealed to the President to protect them against the meditated violence ; arguing that, by tho Civil Rights Act, he is empowered to em ploy the National troo| 'V that purpu-. What instructions Gen. ’.lupe-.-ck, who command! the doj pent, h, 1 ceix-d upon 4n snicijct, i- ot csju* - u .s.i. ivn !■< thn p.ftiiic, The IHL'.stu. ■ rfep etilhxi /. ex i-.'c-'C,- the in" - eonh-’i Oeffi” teat th ... li. - ~i flii-cito-.cn- wif pc ,Tij\ pr»ii ;,-f :i, if necessary, by tho military arm of the Federal government. In the meantime, ' and in the following most unmistakable j lauaiiggo, it exhort- the Consorvatiies to he!)) thcmselrr.:. Rut whilo Conservatives may rose patient j and hopeful on this score, encorragcd by | tlie .absolute certainty that tlie President ; of the I' .lied States will gr.nt to them j the fullest extent needed, mo irresistible i aid ol' th-' General Government in main- j taiuiiig their vi -lit.-, let meiu hear in mind I our words of waruiiu given yesterday, 'i'ltere is a grand eon.- liyary on the part of ! ili Radical faction. '>aeked up by force', to i deprive the majority of the citizens of Mis- j snuriof the mo*-sacrocl rights a freeman j can enjoy. JVepare instantly to meet | force with for- ’• LoMherc bo no bullying I imr braggim. I lie emergency is too se- ; rlous for i> re chaffing and gasconade, Lei ; a calm, "solute. I nave purpose animate the ; Consort a tivo I uiou party to meet the; Radied armed ruffians of Missouri in just sue!’style as they themselves shall choose. Ifvith amis, eitlieriiidividually or in com }>• iiies,then meet them liy anus. Fletcher’s rrinedAnobs must be nus. by companies of armed citizens, who will rid tlie community of their presence. They have no right to exist an hour in Missouri, and may as lawfully be pursued and hunted down as gangs of bushwhackers. Be ready to meet such banditti, whenever they appear, n: Conservative assemblies, or at tho polls, with weapons fit for Service and in num bers sufficient to defend till the rights thai helonu io us. Since Governor Fletcher, and Blow and Drake, menace its with “organi-Mtiimit," let. us have our organizations without any delay. Get arms, get powder, got percussion caps, choose your officers, drill aud he ready. Au l then if the Radicals want war, they can have it. Tiiis is what we call "straight talk,’ and exactly of the right sort. Front all the in dications we incline to think there is real danger of a \'• lent collision of parties in Missouri, ami however such an occurrence may be deprecated, honest men everywhere must desire that, it' a fight must come, tho friends of equal rights and free government may he prepared for the conflict. Ratification Meeting In Macon. The Telegraph says that the meeting held on Friday night to ratify the action of the late Conservative Convention at Phil adelphia. and pledge the support of our people to l’resi hut Johnson in his strug : le lor the Constitution r.ud the rights of , the State*, was a most gratifying success, 1 the large hall being well filled, and by an audioneethat embraced nearly all the old and influent ial citizens of Macon. The speeches were all pertinent to the occasion, and rtveiv 1 with approval and enthusiasm by the audience. The intro ductory remarks of Judge Nisbot were ad mirably toned and i; ipvos-ive. whilst Col. Hardeman reviewed the condition of the country with great earnestness and pathos, and gave a most satisfactory account of his stewardship as a delegate to the (inven tion. Mr. Anderson closed the discussion with a few can lid, tnanlyand patriotic remarks, showing that he appreciated the demands of the 1 willing to do le* whole dutv as a citizen of both Georgia and the Cnion. It is hoped that many other eommuni ti-'-nit ' -tth wl-.l hold similar meetings, and show to the President that we are not umnmdiui of the .rival struggle which he is engaged m to save them from the hands \\ omen * Rights and Negro Si f- IT.ai E. —Mr. Theodore Tilton has under taken the task of over, ruing the white mans insimctivo j.hvjuu; o against negro uii nation; and Mi-* Anna Dickinson pier.as for negro suffrage with a distinct understanding that she ap pears '• in behalf of tiie groat unrepresent ed class of white women. What is this but an emphatic hint that after negro suffrage is to come women's suffrage ? The universal lights doctrine knows no limit. If black men may vote simply because they walk on two legs, shall not the same priv ilege he conferred upon white women? and if on white women, why not ou black ones also? The general opinion, perhaps, would place the women lir*t. Miss Dick inson reveals the magnanimity and mod estjt of her nature when she gives prece dence to the negro. LETTER FROM THE NORTH. The Temper of the Northern People—-Po litical Malignity in the “( itv of Broth erly J.ove"’—-southern Securities—ticor gt» I tools— New Vork Pcli ic*. . (From o«ro»aC«revo-.*ot.| SI’itiXGFIELI), Mass.. S-pt. 4, l 'OO. Di-iar Chronicle:— It is the fashion : adopted from the courts of Europe to speak ; of’ th. march of events. It is very proper so to -jicnk when under governments of red tape and circumlocution offices. Such a phrase aptlv characterizes political move ment.- In monarchal countries, at lea.-t up te the time of the Au-tro-Prusuan war. But in this great republic, actions are not constrained to move in the measured tread of the march, hut leap forward each day and each moment with the rapidity of lighting. It is difficult, therefore, to mark tie ir dii tion or met; ure their volume from the stand point of citizenship, and it is -till more difficult to predict the effect of these great movements, immediate and ulti mas . The reflect ion has often occurred to me that it is only the eye of some intelli gent, well read, philosophical, unbiased foreigner, ilk" Do Tocqueville, that reading aright the general principles at work, will be able to indicate the current, and predict the grand result. It is under these and like misgivings that your corres pondent has watched with intense interest the social and political movements I of tic: past month. Having wit nested th action of the Philadelphia Convention and mingled freely with those justly esteemed friendly to the South, having heard them frankly confess their motives and express their views, avowing their private opinions, and candidly announcing how far a policy which would ensure success, demanded suppre.- ion, or modification —your cor respondent Ims endeavored also to form ; with the best judgment possible for him, an estimate of the temper and tone and vi ws, which prevailed among the Radi ] cals by mingling with them, making ac ; quairitances among th en, and hearing their 1 leaders enunciate their policy and calculate their chances for success. This is a more difficult ta-k than your readers will imag ine, I ’arty lim have been during the late war, and are now, more strictly defined than ever before. The extreme of bitter nes.- mid hatred exists between many of the citizens of the North belonging to the different parties, eacli against the other, to an extent hardly possible for Southern ers to understand. Much of this is life long and hereditary growing out of social and political affinities before the war, but the fiercest and bitterest antagonisms have : been engendered by the war. These po i lit'eal animosities influence social in tercourse and control trade. Each party patronises or eschews stores, hotels, water ing places, even liar rooms, and I know not what else, just as political interest, ; opinions and revenge justify- Nor is this rule of conduct confined to secular matters, j It has become part and parcel of ecclcsias- | tical polity. Orthodoxy is determined by ] the political standard of the individual, | who passes judgment, and tho rule Is the same for priest, minister, elder and lay-j man. The sinner, is perhaps, more fierce ! in his denunciations, and utters his anathe- j mas with a more coarse and ribald tongue. | These saint, however, is none the less I unsparing in hatred and revenge, while he j cries “it is the sword of the Lord and of! Gideon.” Os all the States through which j your correspondent has passed from liii- j nois to Connecticut, this political cojidi- ; tion of affairs, obtains to a greater degree ! in Pennsylvania than in any other State, j and the city of Philadelphia —the city of • brotherly love—in distinguished above all 1 other cities, towns, and villages for rancour and venomous bitterness of party spirit, which is indulged to such a length as to disrupt social ties and long standing friendships. Tho following will illus trate in some degree what' 1 have out lined. During the session of the conven tion, large assemblages of people gathered in front of different hotels and club-houses, ■ 1 f disti {Kia xers. To interrupt, annoy, and eoun - ’--i the influence of tho-e political t : . mg.-, baisioi I- Raflliali—so-palled — vritf if IT i"lii v tfiruily*, 1 ashing aid sh ”ing their way 'a a “hm g Jeff Davis to a sour apple tree,” “ glory hallalujah”— ’ groaning, screeching, hallowing—crying | out “Dry up you damned old copper head,” with all manner of like utterances. A respectable gentleman—a Democrat— told your correspondent that lie had his harness, and the spokes of tho wheels of his buggie cut so as to be valueless, which lie could only account lor as a matter of re venge by some of his political opponents. In another locality a Republican—and as “mild a mannered man as everjeut a throat or scuttled a ship—but I guess, from bis own statements, one of the strictest of the sect —had twenty-five line shade trees, standing in his grounds, girdled in one night, and irretrievably destroyed—an* act of vandalism which can only fiud a parallel in a true “ history of the march to the sea. ” But enough of these. Your corres- pondent feels quite assured that life, I liberty and property is far more secure, with far less police protection, in Georgia than in the Keystone State. The con- 1 servativos, drawn from both the Demo cratic and Republican ranks, feel sure of gaining a majority of representatives of Congress at the ensuing election. Throughout New Jersey the respectable Republicans, everywhere condemn in no , measured terms the summary rejeetment of Stockton from the Senate last witter. Your correspondent did not meet a single Republican • (and hornet many at Gape May ar.,l elsewhere,) who did not express the opinion that Stockton would and ought to be returned at tlie next election upon the assembling of the Legislature. There is barfly a doubt but that he will be so returned. • In New York every one is alive and astir. It was conceded that Dean Rich mond and Thurlow Weed would manipu late the wires—that there would be a balance of power in their hands which would issure the defeat of an obnoxious candidate, no matter to which party he might belong. The death of Richmond will not, it is said, interfere with the plan matured. Looking impatiently at proba ble results of the ensuing fall elections, it seems fair to calculate upon an increase in the number of Conservative Represen tatives m Congress. There is among ali parties, both Radical, Conservative and Democrat, a growing confidence in the futuv >of the South. Many, very many tradesmen and artisans are enquiring as to the cost of land, prospects for trade, cost of manufacturing sites. Ac., &<v The decided rise in Southern securities is an other marked indication—occurring too, among capitalists, proverbial, for tiaiidity. i> too significant to be overlooked, ine new loan effected by Gov ernor Jenkins, lias Ivon freely dis cussed. It was asserted freely in Wall st root that Governor Jenkins made no public offer of this loan: but. having lived the minimum price of the first half a million at vO. it was taken before the public knew much about it. Subsequently various offers were made from 91(-< I'M for the second half million, which the Governor promptly rejected, fixing the minimum at 95. One of the largest capitalists of New York remarked in my hearing, a day or two since, that, witlun the next five years, the whole debt of the State of Georgia would be taken up by its own citizens, it the policy which exists now, and has here tofore existed, continues to be enforced. There has been some large sales of lands in Southwestern Georgia, to English and Boston capitalists, within the past few Jays. Again, there has been quite an ex citement about gold and iron mines. As to iron, two Northern companies arc running extensive rolling mills near Chat tanooga. and it is said that twenty-seven furnaces for making pig iron have been erected, chiefly by Northern capital, in Northewestern Georgia, during the past six months. Several gold mines on the Chestatee have changed hands, at prices not made public. A mine near Dahlonega. known in Georgia as the Stephenson mine, it is -aid, was bought by a New York com pany for s2s< i.U'A I in currency; and sub sequently resold for $400,000 to a Boston company, the explorations made under the direction of a Boston engineer having dis dosed a much richer vein than was antiei i>f fed. Large quantities of machinery are L ing manufa turod and slapped S ,-:*th daily to work these mines. LbTTlIi: FROM ROSTOV. The Wealth ot tile North—Her Pocket Patriotism—The Hadical—Their Plans and their t sars—Speech of Governor Andrew, cic. Boston. September 5. Dear Chronicle : The President s tour has certainly called forth the sympathies of the masses. To the eye of an impartial observer the bulk of the people desire quiet, freedom from political excitement. 1 hire ha.- been a good deal of distrust felt towards the South, lest coming into Con ere.-.s they would unite with the disaffected of the North and disturb the currency. But this has worn off very much since the Philadelphia Convention. The great op poaition to the admission of the Southern Representatives in the i nited States Con gress grows out of a desire to prevent political power from passing, by means of Southern votes, into the bands of those at j the North who are obnoxious to the pres ent leaders oi the extreme Hadical-. All of the fanfarronade which is kept up by political tricksters, is more to gain, at any sacrifice of principle, or at any cost, in public welfare Southern men who will sup port and sustain the precarious fortunes : of these men. Nearly every intelligent man you meet with, be he Republican or ; Democrat, admits tha: so far as the present political is.-.ucs are concerned they are en tirely ephemeral—that with the restoration of the right of representation and the com pletion of “Reconstruction,” new issues will arise. Some thinking men who take no p!lrt in politics beyond depositing their ballots, uio nervous lest the manoeuvres 1 and (Jpbatcs on the budgets of each suc eeding year will not be conducted with the dignity ot English parliamentarians or the critical i'Uiy froul which adjusts taxation in the II ouse of Debuts. Nearly all of these nervous gentlemen, so far as the ob ,-ervation of your correspondent goes, are now deriving princely revenues by the profits on manufactures ; and the trepida tion is caused by the fear that these will bo greatly diminished. All the manufac turing districts of the North and East have grown pethoric by tho profits of war. : In the outset of the war, this class of citi zens subscribed to the National debt with the same unanimity and ardor that South rons subscribed to the Confederate loan, Tlie invention of the National Bank sys tem, enabled them to capitalize these Gov- I eminent debts and to convert, to within ten percent, of the amount of bonds held, into anew currency, the greatest part of which | was immediately put into circulation for investments in new factories, palatial stores, banking houses and mansions, I elaborate in dimensions and ornamentation. ; From the confluence of the Monengahcla | and the Alleghany, the seat of Pennsyl vania’s greatest iron and coal regions, I Pittsburg, to the forests of the Aroostook | in real down East Maine, the eye becomes i surfeited with elegant granite and brown I stone fronts and custard colored mansions. Multiplying and increasing with every | mile Eastward traveled, newly finished or |in process of erection. The great climax, | however, is in Baltimore, Philadelphia,. ! New York and Boston, or the large ecn -1 tres of weal tli and population. The ac ; com payments of these magnificent piles of | architecture and splendid parks are superb, I diamonds and exquisite silks and laces, and j beautiful English horses and Phaetons, and all else suitable. And these are supported i by factory dividends and interest on Gov | eminent bonds. Ilenco the striking dif ference which meets the ear on all sides ! here, from that which one heard at the South. At the South before the war, the I people only knew the Government as a mail carrier. Halls of justice, ship-yards, arsenals, forts, and tlie other visible i avenues which reach the nublie eye, were bi,significant nlfieimt to be pe>-.able—and since ti- war little i :sib" '.ii\ nd, Urn tax gatherer’s .. .Hi B«< kav*»h ,4 .id (.ho ■ manifestations an- gv ’.' L nd ; thing to be pars and i.arcd :>f the rent government, and it pays well—beyond esti mator ller.ee, hardly a conversation without reference being made to the ! government. Tilden, the editor of the buhpendant) said, at the Press banquet at Philadelphia, “That truth is mighty and will prevail,” if paid for in advance. Is it not so with patriotism ? New r York, liowever, is restless. The main stay of the war was California gold. It supplied the basis for foreign credit. With the loss of exports, foreign exchange and duties to be be paid in gold, become costly; and as there is not sufficient gold to do the business of the country, the im porter frequently lias to pay large interest —as high as one per cent, per diem for the loan, and always a large premium for pur chasing gold. His goods constantly chang ing i’i value—arrivals from AspinWall, tlie movements of Mr. McCulloch are, there fore, more frequently the staple of the New Yorkers’ conversation; and, collaterally, the great Pacific Railroad—which is to dc vclp the far West, and which is to make secure tlie silver mines of Nevada and the gold placers of Calfornia for National use. Cotton and other Southern products are subjects of earnest enquiry. Tho paltry sum of the annual products of Louisiana, j in sugar and molasses, occasions some mis- ! givings as to cotton. But usually th a finale ' of the conversation is that tlie South will make from one and a half to two millions of j bales—that there arc no Southern banks to influence prices, and the Southern planter I will be obliged to sell to pay his debts and ! purchase subsistence, ergo , the capitalists ! can fix the prices. If you chance to meet; an Englishman, ho at once broadly t-lls j you that England will have to furnish the j gold, and the Bank of Eng.and will fix its ■ own rates. Politics seems to be guided by drift —not I principle—and every so-called politician seems to have his head turned in that par ticular direction towards which his section is drifting. The leading political speeches of the week outside of the Presid< ntial party, are those of Ex-Gov. Andrews to ; the farmers of Vermont, and Thud. Ste- i phens’ at Bedford, at a political pow-wow. ! Thad's speech does, not bear a hopeful! tone. It sounds more like a mouthful farewell address to his constituency, and a : bill of indictment against the President, than a political stump speech, in which tlie speaker is confident of success —assured of victory. Thai, reviews Congress, censures Congress, tolls what ought to have been ; done; that he proposed that it should be done, but that Congress was cowardly, or timid, or trait, -rous. He i# particularly bitter towards what he cal’s Republican traitors — brands them as with the brand ret upon Cain. ThaJ. avers that the Confederate State> were a recognized nation, and, con quered by force of arms. occupy the same ; position as Austria does to Prussia. Thad would hardly have dared, daring the war, to have made such a declaration. Foreign politics and domestic policy would have prohibited it, and sealed his lips, whatever he might have thought. There is an honesty and candor about Thad. wliieh is rob eshing and commendable. He says il the Lads succeed, confiscation will go on. .-mi teat the restorations of' property made - And - V Johnson U recaptured; that some political offenders shall be sent to the penitentiary, and a ffw shall be hung. Thu, ihe 1 resident shall be impeached as a traitor, and universal suffrage shall pre vail from aud after the passage ot the a-t of his policy. It looked very much like : Thad. was playing Marquis do Carraba* Your correspondent doubts very much, if the Marquis succeeded to power, whether he would enact his blood and thunder ! programme —and least of ail, be supported by Gen. Geary, the present Radical candi date for Governor, of whom a lively Dem ocratsaidto your correspondent—" Apart from hi* politics, he is a gentleman, sir:' but damn his politics. Governor Andrews' speech to the New England farmers is replete with statistical information; but if the suggestion is ad visable respecting one coming from the " Hub of the Universe"—and therefore he knowetn all thine*—hi. political economy i “ I is badly digested, so far as relates to the j kingdom of New England. The text which : lie sought to cofon e before the New Eng land farmers was: “diversity of labor! essential to national success"—a text which could be enforced with more propriety in Georgia-—in a State rich in agricultural and mineral resources —than among the granite hills of New England. Os course he reviews the prosperous career of the New England States : and if the speech is 1 read without reflection—as the Governor ! omits the history of Government bounties, and Government contracts, and Govern- , meat .appropriations —one would suppose that New England, hardly growing one month’ • supply of cereals for her popula tion, and dependent entirely on other States and countries for the raw material which she converts into manufacture, has 1 created ail things out of nothing. As usual, the Governor thinks that New Englanders are especially ordained to inaugurate the millcnium throughout the world, and, last of all, Africa, with her fifty-five millions of barbarians. Nevertlie liss, it is a good speech, and your corres pondent thinks, if you see St to republish it. that Georgia might gain some valuable hints from it. There is at least this moral to draw from it: “Never run down your own State, but blow your own trumpet with all possible might.” There is a squinting at one of the probable contingen c-es of the future of New England, which meets my eye in a public speech for the first time, though 1 have heard it dis cussed in private circles. The Governor says that the great Lakes form tlie Medi terranean sea of the American continent— that they are to be the seat of power, and tells something about turning the channel !of the Ottawa River through Lake i Champlain, and cutting away mountains to make it debouch at Boston, But does the Governor intend to symbolise by this physical connection the future political con nection of the six Eastern States. The j subject of a confederation is already agi : tated -in tlie Canadas and the other Bri -1 tish provinces. Qucin sale. 1 C. G. Baylor, Governor Brown’s finance i man and ambassador, lias re-appeared— ! as a delegate at the Southern Loyal Con vention at Philadelphia. M. LETTER FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE. A Casual Glance at tlie Situation. Concord, Sep. 3, 1860. I promised you occasional letters from i this lladieal-ridden region; but it is a ; delicate task to give your readers a true ; account of tho state of popular feeling here, i where the spirit of intolleranee pervades ! every circle, and one’s own fireside is not j secure against the heresies and hitter prejudices of this destructive party. Two thirds of tlie newspapers of New England are poisoning the public mind with the senseless theories of negro equality, and the sacred desk is too often converted into a rostrum for the fuiuiination of political phillipics. The doctrines and precepts of our fathers are scouted as the vagaries of an antiquated age, and the principles which have made our country great, hon ored, and prosperous, are no longer re spected, while those who do not bow the knee to the modern Moloch of fanaticism, are spurned as traitors, secessionists and copperheads. To write you the truth, . therefore, as it impresses itself upon one, who, from long residence at the South, re specks the high dualities of her people, and would receive in good faith their pledges of fidelity to the Union, will only bring down upon my head new epithets from those who control public opinion here. It is perhaps questionable whether tlie interest any facts I may present, possess to your readers, justifies the risk of in - creasing the prevailing social discords here. Puritanism which, ever since that bleak December clay when the Mayflower anchor ed at Plymouth Hock —-has been infrollerant and fanatical—seems to have run stark mad—and the sacred desk, the school house, and the family altar, are all desc ; <■. ■i to up; -nsc its insatiate bitterness li* i . . tli at adds to it povoi. ....id power >(- Du: " n? >i'Ks borporseoTr on. Actuated tins fill spirit, • .■ b .id'ag en.-J and aim just now is to per petuate its . capacity to rule and ruin the despised South. To this end large delega tions have been sent to tlie “loyal Con-’ vention” now about to meet in Philadel- and to which I observe that the loy alist, of tlie South are invited. I predict that the only representatives the South will have in that piebald body will be a few cotton stealers and Bureau agents who have been quartered on you since the war, with possibly a few broken down hacks of native growth, who, having failed to at ! tain to any reputation, are courting the still more empty bubble of notoriety. ; This Convention is expected to strength !on the radicals here. To heal old wounds, 1 to restore old friendships, and perpetuate i constitutional liberty constitute no part of ; their purposes. The Southern people will be ! held up as demons, unfit for the privileges |of freemen. Tlie battles of Chancollors ville and Gettysburg will sink into insignifi cance compared to the importance that will be given to the riots of Memphis and New Orleans. The dear negro will be the chief object of pretended sympathy and affection, while the “mean whites” will receive the full measure of their mingled piety and execration. The late Philadelphia Convention, which was called for the purpose of healing tlie wounds of tho nation in stead of inflicting new ones, has thus far accomplished all its friends anticipated. Its labors have given general satifaction to all but those who will bo -satisfied with nothing but ruin. The friends of peace and good feeling have now a banner un furled, around which they can rally, and against which Fanaticism and Radicalism will make little progress. President John son has been strengthened in his noble pur pose, and the sword of justice is rapidly cleaving for itself a path, through which the great Union and Constitutional Party will .march to victory. The month of August hasbecnasunusu- ! ally cold as July was warm: We barely escaped a fro-t a good many nights, and vege tation was consequently retarded. Business is generally good. The manu facturers of cotton and wool are all doing a thriving business, and probably making more money than ever before. AH of the mechanical interests of this part of the ! country, except, perhaps, tlie shoe trade, ure flourishing. I believe the manufacture of leather, in all its ■'•■mous forms, exceeds that of either cotton or wool in Now Eng land. and of ail it is the most fluctuating. Growth of France. —The eleventh census of France is in progress. The results are looked for with much interest, owing to the fact that since 1 Sul, the date of the last census, the country has been in an eminent ly prosperous condition. Os all the Eu ropean nations France shows the largest rate of increase in population. The 27,- 000,000 of 1 Sol had only increased by 9,- 000.00- iin Isijl. During the same period Great Britain increased from 11.000.00' ’ to 23,000,000. The total earning* of the South West ern Railroad for the year ending July 31st were $856,845,00. Expenses, $531,044,- 13, leaving §343, $06,47 a* net earnings. To this add $55.000 new construction bond*. Making $401,801,47. Amount paid for dividend, taxes, interest on bonds, construction, &c., 8-70,096,39, leaving a surplus of §31.705,08. The Quitman Banner states that a negro man named Ben attempted to murder the innocent family of Mr. Jonathan Knight on Saturday night, Ist inst.. near Mill Town in Berrien county. A rev arJ of SSO is offered for Ben’s arrest. lie is over six feet high, and about 20 years old. Ou sale day last, two hundred and eighty acres of land lying in Goshen District, Elbert County, was sold at public outcry for twenty-five dollar*. A horse was also put up and brought—nothing. Com ment is unnecessary. Thor: is to be a meeting of the Army of the Tennessee at Cincinnati ou the 14th of November. General Grant has signed an intention to be present. Georgia items. Two bales of new cotton sold in Madison this week at 24 cents. The frceduien of Atlanta are organizing a building and loan association. The Macon papers refer to tlie active operations ofburg'ars in that city. A diamond found recently in Georgia sold for- $1,500. The Wilkes county Agricultural Cluo is to hold a nieetin - on Tuesday next, in M ashington. Jesse IV. Jackson, Esq., delivered an address on repudiation at Greenesboro, on Tuesday last. The Grand Jury of tlie Superior Court of Tailiaferro county recommend the repeal of the law organizing the County Court. The Athens Banner says N.B. Durham was shot by a man named Harper at Skull Shoals Factory on Sunday. Ihe quarantine regulations between Sa vannah and the ports of the Department of the Carolina- have been removed. Tiie Quitman Banner reports that the negroes in the upper part of Brooks couu, tv are becoming very insolent to thewhites and boldly threaten an assault upon them. Cotton shipped over the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad is not required to be weighed, assessed, marked and branded, be ore reaching Savannah. The merchants of Macon talk of organiz ing a force of private watchmen, to act. as auxiliiaries to the city police in breaking up the system of burglary that prevails in that city. Tlie Savannah Republican says that the bark Sagadahoc, which arrived below on , Tuesday evening last, has on board 450 | tons railroad iron for the Florida branch Road. The Citizen says a great many buildings are in process of erection in Macon, and laborers are in demand. House rents aie complained* of as very oppressive on the laboring classes. A call lias been issued, signed by a large number of the leading citizens of Mac-on for a meeting which was to have been held last night to ratify the proceedings of the Philadelphia Convention. The Madison Neivs says that Win. Smith of New York and Charles Miller of Ohio, were convicted of highway robbery on the testimony of negroes at the recent Morgan Superior Court. A correspondent of the Milledgeville Recorder speaks of a genius in Atlanta who lias propped up an old locomotive so. that its driving wheels do not touch the ground, and is running a grist mil], planer, and other machinery. A gentleman, who has just returned from Carrol county,, in this State, stated in the presence of the Editor of the La- . Grange Reporter the other day, that a good lot of land exposed to sale was sold for eighteen dollars ! Just think of that ! The Cartersville Express says the Com missioners appointed to inquire into the disposition to be made of Penitentiary con victs, are going to Stone Mountain to look into the propriety of its removal to that place, or the establishment of a branch of the institution there. Mr. Charles H. Eiyea, of Atlanta, has been appointed by Marshal Dickson United States Deputy Marshal for tlie Northern District of Georgia. W. B. Smith, of Grantville, has been appointed temporary Clerk. The U. S. District Court, Judge Er f-kino. at Atlanta, has granted an injunc tion restraining tho U. S. Collector from further proceeding in tho collection of six thousand dollars and upwards, claimed to be due the Government as tax from the Western and Atlantic Railroad, the prop erty of the State. A number of farmers in Waiter’s Dis trict, met at Pinson’s store, Floyd county, on the Bth inst., to consult upon the agri cultural prospects and interests of the country. One object ot the meeting was to induce the citizens of the District to | agree not to employ freedmen who violate | their contracts by quitting their employees I wit 1 ’ —: good and efficient cause. Cotton. )'■ ryean British journals and works in ’ .•forest of Bi ipeh Got O' 1 Swpni -W.. in i: or -n pr.,i:ia!mihg .!'•• m ■■Ur'it of the *: ic when they would K- in dej dent . ! cotton, by an ability to draw an abundant supply from other fields. We have an elaborate work, published at least eighteen months before the war, in which, with great show of figures admirably tabulated, all this is fully shown as very close at hand, doubtless to the great satisfaction of the owners of British cotton mills. Seven years have elapsed, in the course of which there have been among us great convul sions, the portents of which, when that work was printed, were barely to be seen as specks upon the horizon, recognizable indeed, in their dread meaning, scarcely by any mortal. Those convulsions almost shut off access to our cotton and suspended its cultivation, making it a matter of necessity to European manufacturers to seek every other possible source of supply, and to use every possible stimulant to increase the culture of cotton elsewhere. Tlie result lias been, we are told by those who gather such sta tistics, tliat India, which furnished to the British market an average annual supply of but 214,000 bales from 1843 to 1802 in clusively, in 18(55 supplied as many as 1,287,000 bales, Egypt at the same time furnishing 334,009 bales against 70,000 bales, and Brazil 340,000 bales, against 120,000 hales for t’iie former period. And yet, with India, producing nearly as much cotton as the Southern States did in 1860, Egypt supplying more than four times as much, and Brazil nearly three times as much as they did in that year, we find the same class of writers, lint speaking of the matter involved as a fact accomplished, but as one nearly so—not nearer, however, than was represented actually in 1858, or eight years ago. And what else do we find? that with a supply on the market of 1 nited States, India, Brazilian and Egyptian raw cottons, (and no increase but rather a diminished amount of yarns and fabrics,) iully equal in pounds, to tlie : amount that the United States and other j fields supplied before 1861, yet American upland cotton brought more than three times as mucin per pound as it did in 1860. How is this to be explained ? India cotton years before tho war was j in excess of the demand, and hence was [ very cheap. It could, only be used by be- j ing mixed with our staple in about tlie proportion of one pound of India to two of our upland. For more than thirty years the statesmen, capitalists and sentimen talists of England had persistently worked together to build up cotton culture in India to rival ours as to quality : and as much »os twenty-five millions of sterling had been expended in the endeavor without produc- ; ing a pound of such a staple in India, as 1 our fields produce. Nevertheless, in cot ton supply association reports just be- j fore tlie •war, as now, there was a good time represented to be coming I when the staple was to be as good*as ours. Moreover, we have been told that tlie necessities of the war led to material changes of machinery, by means of which the porportion of India cotton that could be used in admixture with that of tlie South, was reversed, at last. That is ; two pounds of Sun at.* to one of Americans, and we have seen the proportions placed as high even as four-fifths of India to one | fifth of our staple. That there has, how fever, been any material alterations of machinery, or of improvement of the quali ty of India cotton, we are altogether skepti cal. For were it not so, and India cotton could be used with anything like an ap proximation in value to the American staple, assuredly, the price that ruled through 1865 would not have obtained. Nor would American cotton command even 13d. to-day in Liverpool. This we look upon as uncontrovertible. But there are some other facts which go to support ! our views in this relation. It is estimatedin the last Liverpool cotton : statement that the total amount of cotton to be received in all iB6O, would reach 2,437.050 bales, o*’ which the United State* supplied 078,730 bales, and India 1.348,- 460 bale*. By the same paper the week ly consumption of our cotton is set down at Is 230 bales, at which rate there would onlv be 4.480, bales remaining on hand ou December 3L 1366. while it is estimated their would be 744,796 bales of the India staple in stock. This seems to us to show, clearly, that India cotton is supplied large ly bevond any available use or demand lor it! In the examination of these tables we detect other facts that make us du bious about the alleged, increase of cotton, during the war, from Egypt and Brazil, un accepted and stated in the first part of this article ; for we observe in the estimate of cotton supplied in all 1866, from Egypt, but 74.880 or about 5000 bales only, more than was supplied from the same (quarter, annually, up to 1862, and but 225,740 bales from Brazil- or nearly 115.000 bales short of the quantity reported for 1865. We have thought it necessary to write of these things at this time to turn the thoughts of our cotton plauters and factors to the subject as one that calls for exhaust ive investigation, which we would excite in view of the great commercial stake our people have, in it! — Memphis Avalanche. United States District Court—Northern District of Georgia. Pursuant to adjournment. this Coart, ; die Hon. John Erskine presiding, met a t the Court House in this city yesterday morning at 10 o’clock. The Marshal for the District of Georgia, MV G. Dickson, Esq., proclaimed the opening of the Court! We noticed a large number of the old 1 practitioners of the United .States Court in j attendance. The occasion was an interesting one, i made especially so by two circumstance—- I one of which was. that it was the first Uni- i ted States District Court that was ever held in this city, and the other, that it was the first National Court held in the North ern District of Georgia, since the close of' the war. Heretofore the Court has been, held in Marietta, but by an act of the late i Congress, its sittings have been changed to Atlanta. The Court, we were gratified to perceive, was received with every demonstration of respect by the professional gentlemen in attendance. In the case of the State of Georgia rs. James Atkins, Collector of United States Internal Revenue, the Court delivered an opinion which we shall lay before our readers to morrow. The follow ing proceedings of the members of the Bar ! in attendance upon the Court explain the ! relations existing betweeuit and the legal 1 profession upon the resumption of its juris diction in the State. We invite the read er’s attention to them : MEETING OF THE BAR. Atlanta, Ga., Sep. 10, 1866. After the adjournment of the morning session of the United States District Court to-day, a meeting of the members of the bar was organized by calling lion. Win. Ezzard, of Atlanta, to the eliair, and Archibald N. Simpson, Esq., of Marietta, was requested to act as Secretary. The chairman, in a few brief appro priate and feeling remarks, explained the object of the meeting. It was to him a somce of great, congratulation to witness this evidence of the restoration of peace, at the opening of this court, and at the privilege of meeting again so many dis tinguished members of the legal fra ternity. Ex-Governor Joseph E. Brown then moved that a committee of live be. ap pointed to report matter for the considera tion of the meeting, upon which the fol lowing gentlemen were appointed by the chair: Ex-Governor Joseph E. Brown, Hon. Henry R. Jackson, Colonel Win. Dougherty, Hon. Andrew J. Hansel!, and Hon. Jared Irvin Whitaker. The cotpmittee then retired, and, after a : few moment’s deliberation, returned and reported, through their chairman, the fol lowing preamble and resolutions: Whereas, The National Courts have been closed in Georgia during the late unfortu nate war; and whereas, the people of this State have in good faith acquiesced in the results of the war, and sincerely desire the full and complete restoration of civil au thority. Be it therefore Revolved, By the members of this Bar, now in attendance upon the Court from both the Northern and Southern districts of Georgia, (who believe that they repre sent the sentiments and feelings of the le gal profession of the whole .State, ' that we are gratified to see the United States District Court re-opened in this State, and we pledge our hearty and cordial co-operation in sustaining said Court, in the exercise of all its judicial functions; in vindicating the majesty of the laws, in the suppression of crime, and in the legal adjustment of civil rights. Revolved, That we are gratified to learn that the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District will be re-opened at Savanuah, at its regular term in Novem ber next; and we anticipate wish much pleasure the presence of our distinguished fellow-citizen, the Hon. James M. Wayne, the senior associate Justice oftiie Supreme Court of the United States, and presiding Judge of the sth circuit, who together with the able Judge of the United States Diserict Court, Hon. John Erskine, are expected to hold said Court. We tender our thanks to Mr. Juctice Wayne for his kindness to many of us, and to large numbers of the citizens of Georgia, who have visited Washington City since the termination of hostilities, and assure him that lie shall meet a hearty welcome from us when he visits his native State ; and shall receive our united and cordial support, while engaged in the discharge of the high and responsible ollice which, as an eminent jurist, lie lias so long and faithfully filled, with honor to himself and advantage to his country. Revolved, That our Secretary he instruct ed to forward a copy of the proceedings of this meeting with these resolutions to Mr. Justice Wayne, and a copy to Judge Erskine, ancl that he furnish copies to the newspapers of tiiis city for publication, that the papers of “this State he re quested to copy. After reading tlia preamble and resolu tions, they were, upo i motion, unanimous ly adopted. On motion, the meeting then adjourned. Wir. Ezzard, Chairman, Archibald N. Simpson, Secretary. I Atlanta. Intelligencer.. What’s (lie Matter With the Yankees? Upon tlv publication of the vital statis •ji ’] m Im.-ctt , lust year. V vv Ta-;'dis . .' "I 'cl rr " !’ ■ U ihsoftl . receding year were the off snr! ‘ reign born -.rents. This iact < g 1 deal oi l tn&jU ni at the time, as it showed that either the virility of the Yankees proper was running out, or else that the Massachusetts women had voluntarily given up the business of bearing children to their foreign born'ncighbors. It seems that this surrender of the ma ternal functions by native New England women still continues. In the official re turns of the births in Boston during the ; past year, published in the Advertiser of ! that city, we find the following paragraph: The table of births shows that the num ber of children born, whose parents were both natives of the United States, was 1,306, making 24.75 percent, of all the births. This ratio of children of native parentage is lesb than it was in 1864, when it was 25.28 per cent, of the whole increase of that year. The births of children of Irisl; parents in 1864 made 40 per cent, of the whole number, while in 1865 this class had increased to 43.35 per cent. The number ol births, where both parents were foreign born, was 3,255, or 61.70 per cent. I of the whole number. That is to say, of the 4,561 born, 3,255 were parented by foreigners, and this in the capital of Yankccdom —the Hub of the Universe. Os the foreigners, the Irish are by far the most prolific. The consequences : of this st". to of things in a generation or two arc apj 'ling to contemplate, By the year 1966 the old Bay State will seethe Everetts, Adamses, Sumners, Winthrops, and Lawrences supplanted by the Hoola | ghans, OhShanglinessys, McGurks, Molo- j neys, McFadds, Brannigans, and O’Calla- ; ghans, while the Blarney Stone will be j reverenced instead of Plymouth Rock. A short time since the Commercial Ad- j i■ertiser, of this city, called attention to the ! change which the war had produced in j New England. I t pointed out the signifi- \ cant fact that the farms in the rural dis- i triets, throughout that section, were pass ing into the hands of foreigners, generally Germans; while the native population, such a did not emigrate West, were crowding into the towns, and becoming traders and manufacturers. _ This is cer tainly the fact; and as city' life is wasteful ; of population, there is reason to believe that, given time enough, the old Yankee stock will die out in New England, a consummation which the native women are helping along by their unwillingness or j inability to bear children. —New York j World. Important to Planters. — The atten- j tion of the planters of this State and others I who have entered into contracts with freed- : men is invited to the following order ; Bureau of Freed. & Aban’d Lands) Office Asm.. Com. State of Geo., <- Augusta. Ga.. July 17, 18GG. J •CJircidar No. 8. ]. Numerous well authenticated re- i ports from officers and agents of the Bu p au in different parts of the State have been received at this office, setting forth that; now the crops arc nearly ready to lay by, i and the immediate demand for labor has, : to some extent ceased, planters in some | instances are driving off freed people em-j ployed by - them, and refusing to pay for ; their labor. Sometimes this is done openly, ; but generally by purposely quarreling with the freed people—threatening them with violence if they remain, and then be cause of their leaving the plantation, claim ing that they have violated their contracts and forfeited their wages. If this unjust and dishonest conduct is persisted in. tne State will he filled with unemployed freed people, without mean-; of subsistence, who must live by theft or be supported by the G overnment. Therefore, persons employ ing freed people are forbidden to discharge them without payment, unless they shall first show sufficient cause, and ootam the consent of an officer or oi this Bu reau. . ~ _ 2. Military commanders in this otatc will a.-sist the officers and agents of the Bu reau to enforce the provisions or tms Cir cular. Davis 1 1 i.r.-ox. Brevet Maj. ( jen. V ols. Commanding, and Assistant Commissioner. Served tier Rigiit. —An amusing in cident is told of a woman in Rngland, whose husband, .a rich.man. uied suddenly, without leaving any will. Ihe widow, de lirious to get all the property, concealed lier husbands death, and persuaded a poor shoemaker to take his place while a will could be made. Accordingly he was closely muffled in bed. a.-, if very sick, and a lawyer was called to write a will. The shoemaker, in a feeble voice, bequeathed half of the property to the widow. -‘What shall be done with the remainder ?’* asked the lawyer, "the remainder, said lie " I give and bequeath to the poor little 1 shoemaker across the street, who has always been a good neighbor and a deserv- i ing man thus securing a rich bequst for himself. The widow was thunderstruck at the mans audacious cunning, but did j not dare expose the fraud, and so two j rogues shared the estate. A concert in Houston Texas, for A. S Johnson s family yielded SSOO, Political. The Springfield Republican, in comment- 1 ing oi; Henry Ward Beecher’s letter, says [hat the Republican party cannot afford to ignore or expel the class of men he repre sents. The Conservatives of Illinois claim that tney will elect nine members to Congress i at the next election. • ■ ,! nc ! c^n ,~ of the Irishmen of Nashville ! °‘ ll .to indorse the action of the Union : convention at Piiiladblphia, and the resto- I latum policy of the President. . Purely the radical have eaten of the insane root. Their deportment since the opening of the fall canvass sho»s them to fie under the influence of the most malig nant passions known to the human race. ! Here is a specimen of the way their late j ldo <- t'tJßev. Tlcn.yM ard Beecher is now attacked. AN e clip from the Newark Courier : "This reverend traitor's abandonment of the negro to the mercies of the white op pressor is said here .to be induced by the interest he feels in Vac promotion of his son as an officer of the regular army.” Is not this infamous ? What can be thoughtnf a party that hurrahs for Brown low, and tolerates, nav encourages, such party warfare as the above? The New York Times says: In the Texas legislature, August. 14th. Mr. Jackson of sered a resolution instructing the Commit tee on Public Lands to enquire into the ex pediency of donating 300 acres toeach con federate soldier, who by reason of wounds receivcdjin the late war is incapacitated for labor, and to report bv bill or otherwise. It was adopted. » Ihe Buffalo Christian Advocate, edited 1 Reverend, thus writes : li any man wants office bad enough to go in for the blood-stained, God disobey ing, traitor-loving, treason-rewarding, loy- I alty-hatiug policy of Andrew Johnson, iie :is welcome to it. He pays for it at a dear ; rate. : ~ The same paper closes an article on i resident Johnson’s address to the Com j mittce of the Philadelphia Convention, by j remarking : 1 T hat speech shows very clearly what he has the disposition to attempt, if he had the courage. It is that which cost King Charles his head and may yet make one tailor less. ’ ’ i Ihe victory of the Radicals in Vermont ~ a [ beat on a par with the famous capture ol Holland by the Dutch—makes the Now i ork /nbunc fairly delirious with delight, from the joy it manifests it would really seem as it it feared defeat even there. ihe Ellsworth, Maine, Journal (Repub lican ) , states that quite a number of promi nent Republicans in Hancock county have gone over to the support of the President, lion C. S. Abbott of Castline is one. Mr. A., was Senator in the Legislature last winter. The Democrats and conservative Re publicans in Indiana have joined hands, and are working with a will to defeat their radical opponents. Having no bogus sol diers’ votes to contend against, as they had I in 1864, they entertain strong hopes of | ousting several radical Congressmen, if not | of electing their candidates for State ntli | cers. The Springfield Republican, a consist ent but moderate supporter of the Repub lican party, admits that the claim of the Southern States t,o representation is a very strong one —constitutionally it is im pregnable.” On the correctness of this conclusion there can be no doubt the mo ment the Southern States are admitted to be in the Union, and that their revolt led to no loss of right on their part. Closing Scenes of the Mixed Conven tion. Philadelphia, September 7.—Quite an exciting debate took place at the Con vention to-day on the address reported by the Committee on Reconstructed States, and the John Minor Botts’ resolutions, which were published in the Tribune on Monday morning, were lost. The calling of yeas and nays having been ordered on the report, a scene of the wildest excitement, ensued, showing that these reconstructed gentlemen were more bitter and antagonistic than before the bor der States retired. John Minor Botts demanded a division of the question requiring a separate vote on the first portion of the report and an other on the latter portion in respect to manhood suffrage. Twenty or thirty gentlemen jumped to their feet and strongly opposed the divis ion, and a half dozen were also shouting at the same time for the speaker’s chair, and jointly performing the duty of chair man. The motion of Botts was finally ruled out of order, and the calling of the roll commenced. During the contest every man shouted at i the tap of his voice, and beat the air with his hands and arms. The roll was called, audit was evident negro suffrage from the reconstructed States had gone home with the members from the border States, leaving the extre mists in full possession. The whole number of members from these States on the roll was 148, and tlio vote stood 66 ayes to 8 noes, showing that not one-half of the members of these States wore present, and that if they had been ; present, they would have defeated the re port. On announcing the result of the ; vote, the enthusiasm was wild ami un ! bounded. [ A large number of the negro suffrage advocates admitted that they did not intend i to return to their homes, whilst those who | opposed it, with the exception of the dele gates from Alexandria and vicinity, com posed of those who have been long resi \ dents in the several States, are going j home, the most of them having started i this morning, leaving the Convention al- I most entirely in the hands of the friends of | negro suffrage. The committee on address was almost ! unanimous against negro suffrage, while that on resolutions stood ten in opposition to five in favor. Among those who voted in favor of the report should he added a number of dele gates from the District of Columbia, from which place there were twenty-eight dele gates on the ro 1. ( The delegates, from the reconstructed States who were in favor of negro suffrage were invited to step to the secretary’s desk and sign what was called the charter of universal freedom. Resolutions were offered and adopted in favor of subscriptions for the publication of the proceedings; of sympathy for Mr. Dostie, one of the victims of the" Neiv Or leans massacre; of thanks to the loyal citi zens of .Philadelphia and to the representa tives of the press, and for the presentation of expensively . bound volumes of tho printed proceedings of the convention to Miss Anna Dickinson, Fred Douglas, and Theo. Tilton, and for the appointment of . a committee to presen Jongress the ad dress of the delegates from the reconstruct ed .States. After prayer by the Rev. Mr. Mattison, at 3 p. in., the convention adjourned sine die. • fromTubv. Seizure oi the Harriet I.anc and Pelican Ordered—Deported Seizure of Hidden 1 Arms—Money Crisis. A correspondent of the New Orleans Times, writing from Havanna, August 26, says: lam assured upon reliable authority that the united States Consulate has re ceived orders from Washington to claim the steamers Harriet [mne and /1 licnv. whatever flag they may be under or in whosever name they mav be. In regard or , lner ! ] f is possible there may he no difficulty ;. but with respect to the lat tcr, the case Is very different. She is an Lnglisu built vessel and owned, apparently or in reality, by British subjects. Mohs verrons. At all events, the American Government seems to have taken time enough to consider the matter, and its present determination is chiefly owing to the constancy of Mr. Minor, the I riited States Consul General, at present in Wash ington. The order quarantining American ves sels is not revoked—and consequently corti i munieation with the United States is very irregular. It is leported that the police have seized li large number of muskets, etc., outside of the walls, found bidden hi suspicious quarters. -Many of the malefactors who were to be transported to Fernando Po, have been pardoned or had their punishment dimin- ; ished, and as several arrests* bare been made since, it is supposed that they have given state’s evidence, particularly as some of the parties arrested were ‘Avcd-to do in the world.” A great many seditious papers have been seized of late. Some, purporting to be an appeal to the Cubans to free themselves from Spanish rule, have even been seen in the hands 'of our colored population. If tiie instigators could feel the injury they inflict on their own countrymen, without benefit to any one, they would most certain ly desist from these abortive practices. * The foregoing incidents, added to the precarious situation abroad, tend to par alvze trade in every respect. The general distrust is increasing, and if it is not a panic that seems to pervade all class**, it is certainly a crisis which will prostrate all business pursuits. 'lhe money market j cannot be much more stringent than it is— it is difficult to discount the best gilt-edge at twelve per cent per annum. Tne banks refuse to renew matured paper, even with j the best of signatures, and everything de notes a doubtful future. The chief of the pirates in the China seas has been caught. The R. M. Steamship Java sailed on the , •Ith lor New York with £290,000 in gold. A quantity of Fenian munitions of war. has been seized in Liverpool. • RESTORATION OF THE UNION; An .'Liar Letter frum Rev. Henry Ward Heedlier—Vindication of the ’Princi ples of Restoration—Disapproval of the Vcliou # i.nd Language of President Johnson. , Sunday morning, at the conclusion of the services in I’lymouth Church, the following letter from Rev. Mr. Beecher was read to the congregation by Oapt. Duncan, to whom it was addressed. It was written in reply to representations of the differences of opinion that prevailed among the members of his church concern ing the sentiments and views expressed in his reply to the invitatian to officiate as Chaplain of the Soldiers’ and Sailors' Con vention to be held at Cleveland on the 17tli instant: Peekskill. Saturday, Aug. 0, 1866. My Dear Friend: 1 am obliged to you for your letter. lam sorry that my friends and my congregation are grieved by my Cleveland letter. This feeling, however, lias no just grounds, whatever may be the seeming. I have not left, and do not propose to leave, or to be put out of the Republican party. lam in sympathy with its aims, its great principles and its army of noble men. But I took the liberty of criticising its policy, in a single respect, and to do what I could to secure what I believed and 1 still believe to be a better one. L am. and from the first have been, fully | of opinion that the Amendment, of the ! Constitution, proposed by Congress, equal j izmg representation in Northern and Southern States, was intrinsically just and reasonable, and that it sliou.d be sought ; by a wholesome and persistent moral agi l tation. But, from the present condition of the public mind, and from the President’s at j titude. 1 deemed such a change to bo prac ! tieally impossible in any near period by 1 political action. 'And a plan of reconstrnc . tion, based upon that, seems to me far more like a plan ol adjourning reconstruc | tion for years, at least, with all the liabili i ties of mischief w hich are always to he ex pected in the fluctuations of politics in a ! tree nation. Tt is not the North that chiefly needs the restoration of Government to its normal | sphere and regular action. Either the ad vantages of Union are fallacious, ov the ! continuous exclusion of the South from it i will breed disorder, make the future re union more difficult, and, especially, sub ject the freedman to the very worst condi tions of society which can well exist. No army, no Government and no earthly pow or can compel the South to treat four j million men justly, if the inhabitants ! (whetherlightly or wrongly) regard these I men as the cause, or even the occasion, of | their unhappiness and disfranchisement, ! But no army, or Government or power will | be required, when Southern society is re- I stored, occupied and prospering in tiie re newed Union. Then the negro will be felt to he necessary to Southern industry, and interest, will join with conscience, and kind ness in securing for him favorable treat ment from bis follow-citizens. We that live at a distance may think that the social reconstruction involved in the email ipation of four million slaves, is as 1 simple and easy as it is to disc,nurse about it. But such a change is itself oue of the most tremendous tests to which industry and society can be subjected; and to its fa vorable issue is required every advantage j possible. The longer, therefore, the South j is left in turmoil, the worse it will be for ! the negro, li there were in other reason; if the white population werp not our fe low citizens; if we had lost all kindness and regard for them, and all pride for the Union, as in part represented by Southern States, and confined our attention exclu sively to the negro, the ease would he j strong, beyond my power of expression, lor an early resumption of Federal relations with all the States. 1 f this is to disregard the negro, then all social and natural laws have been studied in vain. Neither am L a “Johnson man ” in any received meaning of that term. I accept that of the policy which ho favors ; but with modification. 1 have never thought that it would he wise to bring hack all the States in a body, and at once; any more than it would he to keep them all out to gether. One by one, in due succession, under a practical judgment, rather than by a wholesale theoretic rule, I would have them readmitted. 1 still think a middle course between (ho President’s and that of Congress would be wiser than either. But with this my agreement with the Presi dent ends. 1 have long regretted his ignorance of Northern ideas and .senti ments, and I have been astonished and pained at. his increasing indiscretions. Un- 1 j consciously, the President is the chief ob- i ■stacle to the re-admission of Southern 1 : States. Tt-1- 1 enough that lie is known to 1 , against it. This is i-> be deplored. But i 1 it; ia largely owing tt. iu* tiicreat-ing itnpvu j : Jtjpt conduct. 1 believe him to be honest, i ! sincere in Jeering what lie regards as the 1 public : >d, but slow and unapt in re-civ 1 ing help from other minus. Proud and , sensitive, firm to obstinacy, resolute to fierceness, intelligent in his own sphere, (which is narrow,) lie holds his opinions inflexibly. He often mistakes the intensity of his own convictions for strength of evi dence. Such a man has a true sphere in periods of peril, when audacious firmness and rude j vigor are needed. But in this delicate task of adjustment which follow civil war, such a nature lacks that tact and delicacy and moral intuition which constitute the true statesman. Mr. Johnson’s haste to take the wrong side at the atrocious massacre of New Or leans was shocking. The perversion and mutilation of Sheridan’s dispatches need no characterization. I do not attribute this act to him. Yet it was of such a criminal and disgraceful nature that not to clear himself of it by the exposure and ! rebuke of the offending party, amounted to collusion with crime after the fact. \ What shall T say of the speeches made in j the wide recent circuit of the Executive ? I Arc these the ways of reconciliation ? Yet Mr. John* on is Lo be our President i for nearly three years to come ; clothed | with a power which belongs to few thrones, j Besides the honor which a people owe to him as the Chief Magistrate, we must, as Christian citizens, credit him with his real excellencies—his original horror of seces sions, his bold resistances to treachery, his persistent and self-denying heroism in the long dark days of Tennessee. M r e must not forget, that lie has jealously resisted a | centralization of power in the Federal Gov | eminent, that he has sought to dignify i and secure a true State Rights, that he has xnain.ained simplicity of manners and j a true love of the common people. It is i our duty, likewise, to forestall and prevent, as much as possible, by kind but faithful criticism of hi.- errors on the one hand, and ! by sympathy and kindness on the other, those dangers to which he is liable under i attacks which he his peculiarly unable to ! , bear with calmness, and those dangers of j 1 evil counselors, which more ;uid_ more ; gravitate toward him. So long as it was : ; possible, S have been silent upon Mr. Johnson’s faults, and now speak so plain- 1 )y, only lest I seem to approve or cloak them. And now allow me to express some sur prise at the turn which the public mind lias taken on my letter. U I had never before spoken m.v sentiments I can see how j friends mi _i,: n .'v -a; ,1 .! my posi- , j tion. 1 -lit !•»:- ay.-w mi--; !. hay-- been ad i vocating. the v<-:-y ‘e'tli ; Cleve \ land letter in all the -ityi 1 cities — • in Boston, Pm band, Sprmgfn-M. Albany, j Utica, Rtvh- -for. Buffalo, Philadelphia, IfarrisbiiTgli, I’lii.d.iiraharri Brooklyn, bit the Academy of Mu-ic, last Winter.) These ’ views were reported, discussed, agreed to ■ or differed from, praised and blamed abun dantly. But no one thought, or at least said, that I remember, that I had forsaken the Republican party, or bad turned my ' back upon the freedman. !Wy recent letter i but condenses those views which for twelve months I have been earnestly engaged in urging upon the attention of the commu nity. lam not surprised that nwm dis sent, Rut tliis sudden consternation, and this late discovery of the nature r. " mv opinions, seem sufficiently surprising, t ; could not ask a better service than the re print nig of that sermon of last October, which first brought upon ine the criticisms the Tribune and the lad re undent. 1 foresaw that, in the propane condition of parties and the country, we could not i carry suffrage for the freedman by imme diate political action. When the ablest ; and most radical Congress of ...our history came together they refused to give suffrage to negroes even in the District of Colum bia ; and only in an indirect way—not as a political right, but as the hoped-for re sult of political selfishness, did they pro-, vide for it by an amendment of the Consti tution. Whut was prophesy with me, Congress has made history, llelinquishiug political instruments for gaining the full enfranchisement of men, I instantly turn ed to moral means ; and enunciating the broadest doctrine of manhood suffrage, I gave the widest latitude to that, advoca ting the rights of black and white, of men and women, to the vote. If any man has labored more openly on a bro der principle, and with more assiduity. Ido not know him. More ability may have been shown, but not more directness of purpose, nor undeviating consistency. T attribute the recent misunderstanding, in part, to the greater excitement which now exists, to the narrowing of the issues, and to the extreme exacerbation which .Mr. Johnson's extraordinary and injudi cious speeches have produced. To this may be added my known indisposition to join in criticism upon the President and the fact that I urged a modified form of that policy which he, unfortunately for its success, holds. Upon Mr. John=on's accession I was supremely impressed with the conviction that the whole problem of reconstruction would practically pivot on the harmony of we’f.n o tjp S i 0n an(l Congress. With that , n,icl have secured every erarsntee ' o! > pent n. tie a’ •:. titution. g,’ ,ij u,,lte d Government said to the U,v . t ' backed up, as it would Y. by the united North, “With • ll ’''•> " L ‘ must take out. of tho Constitu *‘v ll V cr slavery put in, and put in whatever slavery, for its own support, left out biota can scarcely be a doubt that long before t!,,s, the question would have fiecn sc tied, the basis of representation in the .AHitli conformed to that in .the North, and he principle the most fundamental and immjrtant °f a h might have been es tabiirlied in the Constitution, viz: that and full citizenship are identi touch great changes required two things, viz: Promptness and unity of councils. Lo secure these I lent my whole strength. I urged the purgation of the Constitution. 1 reasoned against mutual distrust, and pleaci i' i units of (j overrun cut Action. I 'bJ '1 j I know how to do to confirm the_ Ii evident in his war-lie gotten zeal against cry; to prevent such suspicions and_ criminations as would tend to revive in liis mind old prejudices, and bring on a relapse into iiis former hatred of Northern fanatics. I thought I understood his nature, and the extreme dangers, at such a critical time, of irritating a proud, sensi tive and pugnacious man. of Southern sympathies, little in sympathy with North ern feelings or ideas, and brought into the very leadership of these men, and that train ofprinciples which he had all his life hated and denounced. That he was sin cere and tenacious would make the case all the more difficult. T thought I foresaw that a division between him and Congress would be the worst disaster that could befall us ; that the practical test of true states manship just then was not to be found in theories or philosophies, however sound, but in securing and confirming Mr. John son in his then dispositions. Upon the a-sembiing of Congress I went to Washington. 1 found Southern men lying prostrate before Mr. Johnson, and appealing fii bis tender-heartedness, (for he is a man of kind and tender heart,) dis arming his war rage by utter submission. 1 found N irtlieni men already uttering suspicions of his fidelity, and, conscious of power, threatening impeachment. The men who seemed alive to this danger, were unfortunately, not those who had the man agement of affairs. Bad counsels prevail ed. The North denounced and the South sued ; we see tho consequences. Long after l despaired of seeing the Pres ident and Congress harmonious, 1. felt it to be the duty of all good men to leave no influences untried to lessen the danger, and to diminish the evils which are sure to come, should the President, rebounding ironi the Republicans, be caught by those men who were in sympathy and counsel with the South throughout the war. 1 shall not attempt to apportion blame where both sides erred. It is enough to say that unity secured at the seat of Government would have bclcn a noble achievement of leadership. Deeming the speedy admission of the Southern States necessary to their own health, as indirectly the best policy for the freednien, as peculiarly needful to the safety of our Government, which, for the sake of accomplishing a good end, ineau lions men are in danger of perverting, 1 favored, and do still favor the election to Congress of Republicans who will seek the early admission of the recusant States. Having urged it for a year past, I was more than ready to urge it again upon tho various Conventions which proceeded the nomination of Representatives to Con gress this Fall. In this spirit and for this end, l drew up iny Cleveland letter. I deem its views sound ; lam not sorn/ that / wrote it. I regret the misapprehension which it lias caused, and yet more, any sorrow which it may have needlessly im posed upon friends. As l look hack upon my course, I see no deviation from that straight line which 1 have made, without wavering, for now thirty years of public file, in favor of justice, liberty, and the j elevation of the poor and ignorant. 1 The attempt to class me with men whose ; course I have opposed all my life long will ! utterly fail. 1 shall choose my own place, and shall not he moved from it. I have | been, from my youth, a firm, unwavering, j avowed and active friend of all that were opppressed. I have done nothing to for- I feit that good name which I have earned, j I am not going weakly to turn away from i my settled convictions of the public weal, | for fear that bad men may praise me, or I good blame. There is a serious difference ! of judgment between men as to the best policy. M e must all remit to the future ! the decision of ‘the question. Facts will 1 soon judge us. I feel now profoundly how imperfect my services have been to my country cornnar- 4 ed with its desert of noble services. But 1 am conscious that I have given *’iat Ihad"to give, without Above all.earthly thing' ’ aq lOuniry , ; .- tome. The lips that might me to' *•,- Our Father,'/.taught iue&say “F»U - • ‘and.” 1 have aimed t,., onecivc of land in the light of Christianity. Go. my witness that with sing .• ccm of he. i have given all u' v .oue, • ■ ngth service to that which shall make our wl nation truly prosperous and glorious, by the lustre of arms, even in a just ca would I seek her glor", but by a civiliza tion that should carry its blessings down to the lowest classes, and nourish the very roots of society by her moral power and purity, by her public conscience, her politi cal justice and by her intelligent homes, I filling up a continent, and rearing a virtu ! ous and nobler citizenship. ; By night and by day this is the vision j and dream of my life, and inspires me as no personal ambition ever could. Tam not discouraged at the failure to do the good I meant, at the misapprehension of my church, nor the severity of former friends. Just now those angry voices come to me as rude winds roar through tho trees. The winds will die, the trees will live. As soon as my health is again rc.jfored. I shall go right on in the course T Lave hitherto pursued. M’lio will fol low or accompany it is for others to decide. I shall labor for the education of the whole people; for the enfranchisement of men without regard to class, caste, or color; for full development among all nations of ! the liberty wherewith Christ makes men ! free. In doing this 1 will cheerfully work | with others, with parties, any and all men ' that seek the same glorious ends. But I i will not become a partizan. 1 will reserve | my right to differ and dissc t, and respect | the saitic l ight in others. Seeking others’ j full manhood and true personal liberty, I : do not mean to forfeit my own. Better days are coming. These throes of our day are labor-pains." God will bring : forth ere long great, blessings. In some moments which it pleases God to give me, I think I discern arising beyond the pre ' sent troubles, and over the other side of this abyss in which the nation wallows, that fair form ol liberty—God’s dear child —whose whole beauty was never yet dis closed. I know her solemn face. That she is Divine, l know by her girdle of purity, by her sceptre of justice, and by that atmosphere of love, that, issuing from her, as lighHrom a star, moves with her, more royal than a king's apparel In this, too, I know her divinity, that she shall bless both friends and enemies, and yield the fullest fruition of liberty to those who would have slain her ; as, once, her Mas ter gave his life for the salvation of those who slew him. 1 am your true friend and pastor, ITknrv Ward Beecher. Visit of Governor Patton and Others to Chicago. Gov. Patton returned yesterday after an absence often days to participate in the monumental services in lymor of Stephen A. Douglas, at Chicago. The party origi nally accompanying him. consisted of Judges A. J. Walker and T. J. Judge, of the Supreme Court, and Judge <;. Yf. i Stone. They were joined at Mobile by G. N. Stewart and Janies jI. Bond, Esqi>T at Chicago, Hoh. Alex. White was added to the list. They called on the President, who warm!” received them ; were invited to the stand among other gueste, and received with the Utmost courtesy bv the citizens of Chicago and others whom they met on the route. They went and returned by way of the Alabama and Florida. Mobile and Ohio and Great Central Railroads, and over the entire lino .were complimented with free tickets At Mobile, going and corning, the Governor received attentions from the citizens for which he fee].- under obliga tions. t Neither Judges Walker nor Judge returned with the party, the latter extend ing his trib on to New York, and the for mer stopping to see bis friends in tlie Western District of Tennessee. Altogether the trip was a pleasant one, and all feel repaid for the visit to Chicago. j_ A card was read from the President’s ’"stand for the Alabama delegation, express ing sympathy with the people of Illinois in the loss of their distinguished orator and statesman, which was deposited with : other mementoes of a similar character, in the corner-stone of the monument ’to Step.u-n A. Douglas. Ihe remarks of'the I resident on the occasion were few and impressive; the crowd immense; but even tiling passed off in as good order as comd have been expected under such cir cumstances. «n^^ 3ld a nt ~,1' rocee ded thence to Til. ’ T! and T 1 ® return byway ofLou ,nd Cincinnati to Washington, w.mre he expects to arrive on Saturday next— Mont. Adver. The South and the Freedmex.— The Richmond II hig truly says : If the views of the Southern people prevail, a conflict between the whites and macks will never occur. It is their desire to live ou pleasant terms with the colored pe°l>je._ to employ them as laborers, to pay them liberally, and to contribute to their advancement and happiness. If it occur, it will be forced, by those who are realiy the worst enemies of the negroes. The Radicals.'