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Chronicle fi Sentinel.
WKDKEISIMY MtIKMMi, SKPTEMBF.B,26
The President’s Weleome Home.
The out-spok.cn home-thrusts of 1 resi
dent Johnson, .it those who assail him. and
his off-hand and somewhat novel manner
ol dealing with current Issues, in lm ad
dresses to the people, have called forth the
bitterest denunciation of the Radicals, and
newspaper writers have declared even
through .Southern newspapers that his re
cent tour has been damaging to his popu- J
larity. With the authors of these deelara- i
tions we cannot help believing that “the j
wi“h Is father to the thought. In the j
midst of the excitement and fatigue inci-1
dent to a long and tedious tour —called on j
many times a day to respond to the greet j
ing of the crowds who thronged to pay j
their respects to him —it were impossible j
to avoid a similarity of utterance that ,
must grow monotonous when read in the
Jail’ journals as flashed from point to
point over the wires. Met as he was on
several occasions by cliques of ruffianly and
vulgar characters, wlio sought to annoy
him by insulting interruptions, it is strange
he maintained his self-possession so well,
and said so little that is justly subject to
criticism. Many of his speeches are ad
mirable specimens of iinpromptii oratory—
those especially in which he turned upon
persons who referred to the New Orleans
riot, and gave a withering reyiew of the
origin of that sad affair, and fixed its re
sponsibility where it belongs- on those
who are seeking to subvert the Constitu
tion—are models of terse and vigorous
eloquence. His speeches necessarily lost
much of their force in the imperfect and
often incoherent reports by telegraph; but
their effect, as they fell in burning, earnest
words from his lips, a blaze of
enthusiasm among his hearers which
marks him as a great and successful
tribune of the people.
The estimate in which the President is
held is best indicated in the spirit of the
demonstrations made in the great commu
nities immediately surrounding him—where
he is best known, and where his solid
qualities have made lasting impressions.
The grand ovations extended him as he
approached the end of his tour—among
those who have watched hi- manly stiug
gle with the foes of Constitutional Liberty
—afford a telling refutation to the croak
ing assumptions of those who declare that
bis tour has dimmed the lustre of his fame
or diminiished his popularity.
Referring to the concluding incidents of his
journey, and his return to Washington,
the TntcHigencer says :
“We have had occasion to say, at two
or three different periods since the acces
sion of Andrew Johnson to the Presidency,
and the development by him of a saga
cious, wise, and bcneficient statesmanship,
in consistency with that of his predecessor,
that the people of our three cities and the
immediate surrounding region were almost
as one man in his favor. I his feeling is
so augmenting in Maryland that probably
not one Radical Congressman will be elec
ted from that State, and by January it
may be anticipated that public opinion will
sweep in an almost unbroken current foi
the President at all points South of the
Pennsylvania line. We learn that at Balti
more, on Saturday, the people came out i n
such majesty and strength and with such will
and purpose, that proscriptive Radical
ism, for the first time in many years,
abated its offensive pretentiousness and
ruffianly proclivities,' and shrunk cower
ingly before the general scorn of the dis
reputable discourtesy of a branch ol the
City Council. Governor Swann was him
self in the city, and assumed a position
suited to the power and dignity both of the
State and the municipality. On the
evening of the same day that saw the out
pouring of the people of Baltimore, the
President reached Washington to find our
people moved by a similar accord ol honor
and stromr regard for him. l'ivc o dock
v *., t • Bali.. and i >hi»* arro. i
jHtpciirtn >' ,tv Preside i not rr««.i
the nature of the case the masses could
not know when he would come, if at all,
great numbers repaired to their homes.
The military and civic societies and dele
gations of course remained at their posts,
and when at length they escorted the Pres
ident to tlw City Hall, the whole vast area
between the wings of that structure, and
in its front, sheer across the broad street,
was filled with people. Never before were
seen so many people assembled at that
spot. The President and bis immediate
personal friends could not have been but
exceedingly gratified at the outpouring of
enthusiastic citizens there, along the route
of Pennsylvania avenue, and in front of
the Kxecutive Mansion. Great and gene
ral was the joy, and hearty and sincere the
welcome home."
A Word on Farming;.
From the crop intelligence which reaches
us from every quarter there is no room
to doubt that the prospect is very dis
couraging. There appears to be unusual
irregularity in the character of the crop
some planters reporting fair crops, while
their neighbors arc making but little.
This result, is chiefly, no doubt, from the
uncertainty of labor, and the different de
grees of success in managing the caprices
offreedmen. The singular fact is stated
that in some instances they will not work
as well for Northern planters, as for their
old masters —though the tendency, at first
was to leave the old plantation for their
new friends. It is unquestionably true
that those who have grown up with the
negro, and know his capacity, arc best
prepared to do him justice. Those ac
customed to white “help” are very sure
to exact more from the negro than he is
willing or able to perform.
The most gloomy feature of our future
prospects is the report, reaching us from
all quarters, that our planters are disposed
to abandon farming with free labor, and
are seeking to sell out and leave the eoun
tiy. That farming cannot be carried on
under the old gang system, with general
success, is a foregone conclusion. Hut it
does not follow that it is wise to abandon
agricultural pursuits, or leave the country.
This year has been peculiarly disastrous
—aud would have been so under the old
slave system. The natural as well as
political elements seem to have conspired
to discourage the planting interest this
season. A late spring, a summer drought
and a fall deluge, constitute a very ex
traordinary succession of calamities, which
no system of labor could overcome, and
which in a generation may not occur
again. We therefore would urge our
friends not to form ra>h conclusions to
abandon their fair fields, or to give up the
ennobling pursuits of agriculture, but
rather accept the change which has been
forced upon them and change their system
of culture. l«et them sell or lease a por
tion of fheir lands, and by diversifying
their crops secure at least partial relief j
from the perplexities of unreliable labor.
Much might be said of the profits of fruit
culture, and of stock raising—but our pur- j
pose is merely to throw out an earnest :
protest agaiust the policy of abandoning a
land which, all in all, is unequaled in its
capacity to render rich returns to well
directed industry.
Progress of the Pacific Railway.
—The western end of the Pacific railway
is in operation within 20 miles of the sum
mit of the Sierra Nevada mountains. The
sjarsruusl miles east of Sacramento, an
of 42 miles since July. Js L -,y
Some of this work lies through the most
difficult portions of die mountains, and is
very expensive. Ten thousand men are
kept at steady work, which will be retard
ed only by the heavy snows. By die uext
season Virginia City will nearly be reached.
Then comes Salt Lake City. On our side
the Union Pacific Company arc pushing
up the Platte region, and within the next
t hree weeks the tract will be completed to
Fort Kearney, 200 miles west of the Mis
souri. By the middle of-Tune. 1867. the
road will have about reached llenver wity.
A contract has been made for the exten
sion of the road two hundred and fifty
miles west of Fort Riley, to lie completed
iu January, 1868.— Am. liatlwy I’ime*.
The time o
A correspondent of J . iin,-j, ■
writing from
of September 10th, gri . - vrn.t
script ion of the tomb
whose nan.c and dee i ha,. vei. tic
brightest page to the h .. . )r ■H ].
conflict:
The cemetery where ■ .ti
the edge of the straggi - • ■-
the College and Institute
more than a dozen acn . .
and of the common type . b. i h
yard- the world over. 1 o ex... ■ centre i
is a .-mall lot about tw y feet square
surrounded by one of t . hideous iron
fences that th : purer ta jf the present
is so rapidly driving frou or, . ties. 1
dead. There is of cour* at- in- ti*-,s
palisade of iron; the gat bears . 1
and on it, in simple Roma, ?.< rs, U
single word “Jackson." V. .• ..... -ii
closure, with the great ever:a-ting meat
tains looking down upon trim ’mm th ■
dim distance on every side -!<•< -- hm:
whom this people style the tr at mev .j a
An ascetic taste has beet show:, in !
surroundings of this sepuk iu h. > 1
marble slab, three feet ip hr ?* ; .
curved at the top, and b- - i.g i-«.-_
more than the words “Gk 1.
Jackson',” and an upright fool--'
foot atid a half in height, >. u- ,
more in way of legend than 1 ■). J 1':
are all of words or monum there
about the grave of Jackson But. •
are other visible signs and me . < gn
Yesterday morning was the b h -
I but the green turf was coVet i
I rarest flowers. At the head ot rb. gr
was an elaborate wreath, and alt
i inch, from stone to stone, or
j tribute to the sleeper beneath N
these flowers wire as fresh as it pulled
from the stalk but an hour before, and the
I villagers bear witness that they are re
-1 newed almost every day.
Thus sleeps Jackson, where he lived and
1 was loved so long, and the kindly hearts
j that each day deck Ills grave are mourning
! for the chivalrous gentleman, the kindly
j Christian, and loving neighbor and friend,
| rather than for a dead hero and the cause
j for which he died. This is their own ex
| planation.
Federal Cemetery at Marietta.
Brother Stockton,of the Constitutionalist,
who has been skylarking at the springs
and in the up-country for several weeks,
writes from Marietta, that If. (>. Cole,
who* was one of the callers ol the late
“black and tan’’ Convention in Philadel
phia, has presented the government forty
acres of land, near Marietta, to be Set
apart as a cemetery for the Federal soldiers
who fell between Ilesaea and Jonesboro.
It is thought their number is estimated to
be from twenty live to forty thousand. The
lot lias a conical hill, almost regular in
shape, about seventy feet high, in the cen
ter of it. The Government has a force of
about three hundred laborers, white and
black, at work putting it in a condition fijr
the reception of the dead. The ground is
laid out in walks and drives, which they
are macadamizing— a civil engineer super
intending the work. They are also re
pairing all the roads leading to it. The
amount to be expended—said to be three or
four hundred thousand dollars—will be a
benefit to the people here,
The “Commodore”—that’s what brother
Stockton’s friends call him —visited also
the cemetery where rests the Confederate
dead—some five hundred —and found it
unenclosed, and apparently forgotten, but
lie says the ladies of Marietta are laboring
to raise money enough to enclose the lot,
and mark the graves witli head boards.
For this purpose they have given several
tableaux. The ladies are willing and
anxious to devote themselves to the pleas
ing task of preserving and beautifying the
graves of those who perished in protecting
and defending our State, but they have
not the means.
lie suggests—and we cordially endorse
■V wggestion that the Legislature make
in.pm, ... on forth** purpose, li is a
,J -line . a th<- graves of those who fell
... n-i tic liberty rod harm*, of,the
4f*J * *-f.*#n.
is *nc Soul In or out of the Union?
| The action of the Federal Government
during the continuance of the war, and for
some months after the cessation of hostili
ties, shows very clearly that the Southern
States were uniformly regarded as a part
and parcel of the Federal Union. The
submission to them of the amendment to
the Constitution abolishing slavery, last
year, and the action of the Cougress at its
last session, requiring their ratification
of further amendments of that instru
ment, most eiearly proves that the new
dogma upon which the Radical party has
placed itself, of the abeyance of the rights
of the seceded States to participate in the
general Government, is new and wholly
untenable.
On the 4tli of March, 1802, long after
the commencement of the war, the Repub
lican Congress passed, with the approval
of Mr. Lincoln, the following law:
“Chav. XXXVI.—An .Vet Fixing the
Number of the House of Representatives
from and after the third of March, eigh
teen hundred and sixty-three.
“ lie it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives ‘of the United States of
America,in Congress assembled. That from
and after the third day of March, eighteen
hundred and sixty-three, the number of
members of the House of Representatives of
the < y,nyress of the United States shall be
two hundred and forty-one; and the eight
additional members shall be assigned one
each to*Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky,
Illinois. lowa, Minnesota, Vermont and
Rhode island.
Commenting upon thisact the Ciiicjumiti
Enquirer says;
• As there are but one hundred and
seventy members from the so-called lovul
States, it will be seen that the Southern
States were recognized, and assigned some
seventy members of Congress." This law
is nil repealed. The South acted under it.
chose her members, and is then told that
they ean not come in—that they are not
States! In other woids. Congress refuses
to obey its own laws, and will not admit
its own members!
••Alexander H. Stephens, if his .. to pub
lished letter Ik l genuine, says ho knows not
how things w ill end—we are all in the
hands ot t.od. Jlersehel V. Johnson
thinks that ijuiesonce is our best poliev.
John Forsyth, of Alabama, writes from
the North that “It is our part at the South
l to hrtj. .jpiet and let the Xorth tight it out on
1 this •liner-' 'tenoral hue is silent. Wade
■ Hampton and Raphael Semmes cry obey
the law s but keep om of polities.’’—Consti
tutionalist.
Alexander 11. Stephens advises dje
' Southern people to sustain Andrew John
• son and the great Conservative party of
! the North, even though Raymond and
Seward are among its acknowledged lead
ers. He does not abuse aud traduce these
| men. while they are throwing themselves in
i the brea h to protect his own and the
rights of his native South.
tuck, weak and feeble almost as a child,
he made the Img -and f’atigueing trip to
Philadelphia, to show by his presence there
~that la sympathised- with the movement
and wished it Cod speed.
llerschel V. Johnson has written a
powerful letter, begging the Southern peo
ple to cease their complainings at Mr.
Johnson and the Conservative men of the
North, and urging them to support aud
endorse the great National Conservative
party, as the oniy chance left, whereby we
may regain our rights under the Constitu
tion of the United States.
lion. John Forsyth was a delegate to the
Philadelphia Convention from Alabama,
and cordially endorses its action and sup
ports its policy. He has again and again,
through the columns of his widely circulated
journal, urged upon the people of the
South to cease their quarreling with the
President, and stop their denunciations of
Sevratxl. Raymond and Weed, who are now
doing all they can to hold up the hands of
the President in his war with the Radicals.
General Lee, the great, the good Lee,
has never yet uttered a word that could be
taV—a up by the Radical press and made
an instrukkct of to strike down the Pres
ident and his Northern friends. Forney
has uo special place in his columns for
Lee s utterances, as he has for t hose of
the Constitutionalist.
Not a word or line has been spoken or
written by either Hampton or Semmes. so
tar as we know, against the policy of the
President or in opposition to the Philadel
phia Convention. What does the “ Con
stitutionalist mean when it says that it
adopts the sentiments and follows the line
of policy advocated by those distinguished .
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before the bar of public ojiinion for all that j
appears iu their -olumns of an original
character, and are by law held also further
bound to answer for all damages which
may be sustained, even by the publication
of matter not original. The continuation
of the services of “ WiUouijhhy ” is an en
dorsement of his views. If he failed to
represent the true feelings of the <lonsti
tvtioHiilixt. he would be discharged from
further employment on that paper. That
he does express the true sentiments of that
paper is proven by his continued commu
nion with it as a regular correspondent.
'The Editor seeks to break the force of
these views by saying that it gave notice
on the 12th instant, that., “U/ publication
the Editor docs not guarantee the intelli
gence he receives ' from “Willoughby.
We are not finding fault with the news
items with which lie is furnished by his
correspondent. Our objection is to his
principles. The Editor gives notice chat,
he is not responsible for “ intelligence
he receives” from Willoughby, and by that
very act involves himself in a special en
dorsement of all his correspondent writes
except the items of news. This is a plain
rule of law and of common sense.
We do not know who this “Willoughby”
is, neither do we care. He may be a myth,
lie uiay be a retired Confederate, Quar
termaster, or a Radical Jacobin. It is
not with him we are dealing ; but our
strictures are leveled at the Southern
Journal which gives publicity to his
teachings without a word of dissent, ex
cept that it “does not guarantee the in
telligence’ ’ he conveys.
Even in his weak- attempt to avoid re
sponsibility for the views of “Willloughby”
our neighbor fails entirely to say whether
or not lie endorses these views. All that
he will vouchsafe upon this point is con
tained in the following genteel , veil bred,
elegant and courteous allusion to the
Chronicle & Sentinel :
“The Chronicle cC- Sentinel seeks to create
the impression that this paper denounces
Andrew Johnson and desires his over
throw by the Radicals. Such is not the
case, and tho course of the Chronicle «0
Sentinel in endeavouring to make it so ap
pear is sp enetic, contemptible, and tricky.
If the editor of the “ Constitutionalist”
is not the enemy of Andrew Johnson and
tho Conservative party, we must look else
wl-erc tiu.u i,. t- editorial coin inns for *1
proof of that fact. We know that the re
cent course of that, paper has been the »ub
i # eu. of liiuvh Kaopi'k.jjud *. ,-.jr • oi.£.>sm.
ftur •• few week" ninofe a bvillic meeting
was proposed in a neighboring county, as
we are informed, for the purpose of di.
nonliving the course of the “ Constitution
alistin regard to the President and the
National Conservative party; and was
prevented only by the exertions of a few
persons who do not indorse its course, but
who thought that such a demonstration
would perhaps do as much harm as good.
We are not alone in thinking as we most
sincerely do, that the course of the Consti
tutionalist is calculated to strengthen our
enemies and discourage our friends.
In conclusion, we have only to say that
we are very sorry if any allusion has
been made in our columns editorially or
otherwise to any act of ours while in the
army of tjpe Confederate States, whiehwas
offensive to our neighbor. Our playful al
lusion to a little brush which we once had
with General Custer, made some lime since
iu a letter from Washington, was not in
tended to injure the feelings of that officer
or any of his friends, and we are very sor
ry that so harmless a joke should have so
seriously disgruntled the Editor of the
j Constitutionalist. We will endeavor to
be more cautious in future how we allude
to “Confederate” successes, and hope
that we may thereby secure ourselves from
the infliction of such generous,Jtindly and
courteous remarks from our neighbor as he
has bestowed upon us, in the article under
review. How high our neighbor soars,
and how grandly he splurges, with the
Whole vocabulary of' billingsgate stream
ing from Ins pen, can be only appre
ciated by those most iVyiiliar with his
previous gyrations. For oursevves, we
must confess that while we do not shrink
from a fair, manly, and courteous discus
sion of all matters of public and general
concern, with our neighbor across the way,
we beg to admit in advance that in the
school pf the Five Points and the Fishmar
ket, wo have not yet taken our first lesson,
and must decline any further discussion, if
the language and rhetoric of those classic
precincts is to be the medium through which
our arguments are to be enforced and our
sentiments conveyed.
Gloomy.—What is the matter with
"Leo,” the Washington correspondent of
ike Charleston Courier ? He says the
impression is general in that city that the
Radicals have got everything their own
way. He says the President has been ex
tinguished by his Chicago trip. It is
feared, he avers, that negro suffrage, the
disfranchisement of rebels, with confisca
tion of the large landed proprietors will lie
demanded. lie thinks the President will
be impeached. "Leo” has got the blues
badly. We have great hope that the
election in New York. and one or two
other States, will drive away the clouds
that now lower about our political house.
Queen Victoria’s favorite, John Brown,
the Highlander, about whom there has
been such royal scandal, has experienced
the fate of other and more refined cour
tiers. aud hi* fall has been even more
rapid than his rise. The story goes that
John was from the first partial to his native
usuebaugh, and that as liis favor at Court
increased, he indulged in longer and
stronger libations. This had reached a
height which could r.ot be overlooked :
and the New Master of the Household.
Colonel Biddulph. was reluctantly com
pelled to dismiss him from office.
Riot in Mis-cuiii. —A special dispatch
from Leavenworth to Ik- St. Louis Demo
crat 'Radical, says that alter die uaLtirn
mett of the Radical Convention at Platte
City, oa Saturday a "returned Confed
erate," acting as Marshal attempted to
arrest a man, who was noisy on the streets,
when a scuffle ensued, in which three or
four persons were killed and several
wounded, irevetul delegates who were
just leaving town o> horseback, had their
horses shot under them in the melee, It
is said that bushwhackers hold.the town
having driven out tht radicals.
A tire occurred in Newbern N. (yes
terday morning and destroyed two blocks,
containing about fifty buildings. The loss
is estimated at $500,000 and $2,000,000.
The fire was the work of incendiaries.
treat luiou Rail}' in New York.
The New York linus says that the
meeting at L'nion Square, New Y ork, on
the 17th, to ratify the proceedings of the
Philadelphia Convention was the largest,
most enthusiastic, and best managed meet
ing ever known in that city. The square
itself presented a magnificent picture. The -
glimmerings of the gas lights amid its i
drab and dusky depths, and the great
throngs that swayed around the various
speakers stands, presented a scene full of
the picturesque. The main stand was
erected so as to command a view of Broad
way.
The meeting was called to order by-
Douglas Taylor. Esq., Chairman of the
Committee of Arrangements. Speeches
were made at the central stand by General
Dix, Samuel J. Tihlen, Mayor Hoffman,
Hon. Mr. Pruyn, Mr. Bishop, of Connec
ticut, Judge Embreny, of Kentucky, Mr.
Dnffie, and Judge George Evans. Mr.
Hiram Ketebam read a loDg list of Vice
Presidents and Secretaries, and a series of
resolutions, after which a choir of children
sang an ode, with beautiful effect.
At the west stand, which fronted on
University Place, and Fourteenth street,
Mr. Udolpho Wolf was called to preside,
and a long list of officers was read. Speech
es were made by Mr. Raymond, Judge
Comstock, Mayor Hoffman, Mr. Pruyn,
Hon. J. J. Babcock of Connecticut, Ex-
Mayor Yaux, of Philadelphia, and Mr.
Fowler of New Haven.
At the east stand, Senator McDougal,
Mr. Gallagher of New Haven, were the
chief speakers.
At the Northwest Stand, Mr. Erastus .
C. Benedict, Mr. Call of Florida, Mr.
Rhodes of New Jersey, Mr. Samuel- S.
Cox. Judge Beech, Mayor Hoffman, Mr.
Pruyn, Col. Denning, Jerome Buck, and
others, delivered short addresses.
The University Place stand was presided
over by Hon. Hiram Ketcham. Speeches
were made by Isaac R. Wilson, George M.
Curtis and others.
At the German stand, thousands of
sturdy Germans, many with their wives
and children, were assembled, and were
addressed by Magnus Goss, Esq., of the
Staats Zeitung, Max Goeff, and other fa
vorite German leaders.
The pyrotechnic display was grand, and
processions of the various Johnson Clubs,
with banners, music, and transparencies,
from different wards, enlivened the scene!
All in all, it was the grandest demonstra
tion of the kind ever held in the city.
Alluding to this meeting the Journal of
Commerce says : The magnificence of last
night’s demonstration cannot be exaggerat
ed. The voice of New Y ork was again heard,
as it has been in times past, for the Con
stitution and the Union The character
of the great meeting derived additional
impressiveness from the fact that men
heretofore of different political parties
having seen the end of their differences,
united heart and soul in the work of res
toring the glory of the American Union.
Tho utterance of this great assembly with
one voice was for the immediate restora
tion of the supremacy of constitutional
law over all the States. The proposition
of the radical party—“lf you will make
such anew consitution, as we want, we
will form anew union with you,” is scout
ed as revolutionary and rebellious. “The
Union and the Constitution” is what New
York has desired, what New York has
labored and fought for, and what she now
declares her intent to have.
We trust that the President will be
strengthened in his policy and confirmed
in his statesmanship by the demonstration.
If he had been here last night he would
have witnessed a scene such as ho never
saw before—the evidence of a great city’s
devotion to a great cause.
The meeting was a success in every re
spect. It is useless to estimate numbers
when New l r ork turns out her vast conser
vative population to express their patriot
ic devotion. Thirty, forty, fifty thousand
people—various estimates were given by
’hose who looked over the vast sen of heads
which filled the Square. It i- To ;
that the : west of these cstimah -w,...
oo 'ow Tho peeuliai haiwi , ; vi« qUi
a.- ioir-lty was the d'*U'- otss or eV- »
the quiet, calm, earnest do term in. ;■ n
visible in every fase. and the l '..di
gent appreciation of each utterance from
the platforms. We have seen a great
many grand gatherings of the people in
this c'ty, hut never one more impressive.
If the lovers of the Union in all parts of
the country could have looked on this im
mense assembly, expressing simple, faith
ful devotion to the old flag, with all its
stars restored to perfect brilliancy, it would
have warmed their hearts and wakened
new determination to put an end at once
and forever to strife and bitterness, It will
have its effect. Would that the same
spirit of patriotism which animated New
York last night could be felt in every ham
let of the broad land. Then we should see
the restored glory of American Union.
Confederate Soldier’s Mass Meeting in
Memphis.
One of the largest meetings which has
been held in Memphis for several years,
assembled there recently under the au
spices of the Confederate officers and sol- j
difirs,
More than four thousand persons were
present, many of whom were ladies. The
meeting was organized by calling Colonel
J. C. Fiser, who the citizens of Augusta
hold iu grateful recollection for his services
here during the riot in May, 1865, to the
Chair. Colonel Fiser made a short
address to the meeting and then intro
duced General Forrest. The latter ex
cused himself from making a lengthy ad
dress oh account of physical disability.
He alluded to the great Soldiers’ Meeting
at Cleveland, and stated he had received a
dispatch from that Convention, which he
would read. The dispatch was as follows:
Cleveland, usia, September 18.
To -V. U. Forrest , M. C. Qallaumy, Thos.
Jourden, I. R. Chalmers, Leon Trous
dale, L. Dupree, H. Matthes, IF. F.
Taylor :
The National Union Convention of Sol
diers and# Sailors, assembled here, are
profoundly grateful for the patriotic senti
ments expressed in your dispatch. We
hail, with pleasure, every effort to restore
peace, prosperity and brotherly affection
throughout our entire country. War has
its victories, hut peace and union are
blessings for which we will manfully con
tond until harmony and justice are ro
stered to all under the Constitution.
Cordon,- Granger,
J’res't Convention.
H. A. CrSTAR,
John K. Wool,
Thos. Kwisa, Jr.,
Lewis 1l Campbell.
J. W. Denver,
T. E. Bramlette,
T. i.. Crittenden.
The reading of this dispatch was fol
lowed with three cheers for the Cleveland
Convention, when Gen. Forrest continued
( we clip from a Memphis paper) as fol
lows. He said :
“ He had mot the signers of the dispatch
on many a battlefield, and tiiat lie was now
glad to shake hands v. ith them for the
sake and glory of the whole Fniotj. lie
had heard that people from the Xorth were
not allowed in the South, but he thought
it otherwise. He hail taken nine Federal
officers to Coahoma*county, who were all
Abolitionists, last spring and all these
were now gcod Southern men, and for this
reason lie wanted as many men as possi
ble to come here from the ’North, no mat
ter what their opinion, lie would stand
by Andy Johnson as long as he stood by
the Constitution. He had fought for four
years, and fought all lie met, whether he
bad ten men or ten thousand. His men
laid down their arms when they no longer
had a country, and were willing and
wanted to obey the laws of the Lnited
States. He wanted every man who lived
in the so-called Confederate States to stand
by the Constitution, the Union, and the
laws.”
Geu. Forrest but utters the sentiments
of tie great mass of the Southern people,
both soldiers au4 civilians, when he said
that “we had fought sot d:--;r years and
fonght all we met. M e have laid duwv
om- anus when we no longer had a coun
try, and were billing and wanted to obey
the laws of the United S. Late?.
We believe that the publication just new
of such sentiments, being, as they are, the
true exposition of the Southern feeling,
will do muoa more towards restoring the
supremacy of the laws and the rights cf
all the sections of this country than a
snarling, bitter and vindictive exhibition
of opposition and distrust.
Meetings are beiug held over Mississip
pi and Louisiana in support of the Phila
delphia platform. Avery large one at
luka last week adopted the resolutions of
the Johnson Convention entire.
General Grant—llls Position and Views.
Y\ e see a long account of a pretended
conversation of Gen. Grant with the re
peater of the Chicago Tribune , going the 1
rounds of the Press North and South, in
which it is stated that the General is not
iu harmony with the President in his pol
icy of reconstruction. We have not given
publicity tbrfdgh our columns to this"
roorback, becMse we thought we had un
mistakublcevideuoe that Gen. Grant was on
the line of the President, and that he was
earnestly solicitous for a speedy reconstruc
tion of the Federal Union. The following
which we clip from the National Intelli
gencer, shows very clearly to our own mind
that we are not mistaken as to our views
of General Grant s position.
The newspapers are in the constant
publication of articles or paragraphs con
taining the alleged views of General
Grant. Yet it must not be expected that
the public will receive these versions, es
pecially if they are of a partisan bent,
without many grains of allowance, and of
ten with positive doubt, distrust, or un
belief. Statements of his views by parti
sans may have the semblance of verity—
may. indeed, be strictly true —yet the pub
lic cannot be required to give credence to
them unless they are fortified by declara
tions over Ills own signature, or by con
spicuous acts of established public note.
Thus, a point of a recent statement of the
correspondent of the Chicago Republican ,
as to a conversation with Gen. Grant, calls
for implicit faith and belief, since that
other well authenticated fact sustains it. It
is as fo'loWs:
Southern men he could make allowances
for, and he could ride through the South
and get out on a platform and shake hands
in friendship such men as Lee, John
ston, or Forrest, because, though they had
been almost educated into secession they
were now truly honest and loyal in their
adherence to the Union, and were seeking
to strengt hen it. <
! Now, the above'appears rational and
true, notwithstanding that it conflicts di
rectly with other passages in the same
letter, from the fact that we have before us
this very clay a recommendation of a par
don by Geu. Grant for Gen Lee. lie thus
writes to the latter:
“The action of Judge Underwood, in
Norfolk lias already had an injurious effect,
and I would ask that he be ordered to
quash all indictments found against paroled
prisoners of war, and to desist from the
further prosecution ofthdpi.
U. S. Grant, Lieutenant General.
Headquarters, ' Armies l k States,
June 16, 1865.”
This opinion, I am informed, is substan
tially tlie same as that entertained by the
Government. I have-forwarded your ap
plication for amuesty and pardon to the
President, with the following endorsement
therein :
“Respectfully forwarded through the
Secretary of War to the. President, with
the earnest recommendation that this ap
plication of Gen. li. E. Lee for amnesty
and pardon may be granted him. The
oath of allegiance required by recent order
of the President does not accompany this,
for the reason, lam informed by Gen. Ord,
the order requiring it had not reached
Richmond wdien this was forwarded.
“U. S. Grant, Lieutenant General.
“Headquarters, Annies United States,
June 16, 1865.“
“Herein it will he seen that the Radical
clamor for the trial and execution of Gen.
Loo and his brothers in arms is directly an
tagonized by General Grant. He also, it
will be remembered, recommended tho re
lease of G. C. Clay, who was the victim of
that unaccountable species of blood thirsti
ness which sought his life through the
base.uses of suborned tools, a means as in
famous as any that ever stained the historic
records of bloodiest wretches in royal pur
ple. We leave out of the account consid
erations as to the significance, politically,
of Ills tour with the President, though the
'Radicals have forced him into a quasi en
dorsement of the President by stoutly as
serting that he felt himself insulted by the
suggestions of his accompanying the Presi
dent, and by cheering at their self-consti
tuted National Hump Convention, wdien it
was announced that General Grant had
’•riren himself ■'way from the «uite “6 the
'Tin; lead.': sos the Revolutionary anal
* ; - las winl
■a.vo nP a: ,v te distribution of nsu
t.Uual arms a o-:, L ig the Elates, the North
ern ones to fe favored as to time, will
hardly see much accord on the part of
General Grant in their designs of insurrec
tionary violence and renewed war upon the
South, in the fact that he has recently, we
see it stated, furnished guns, swords, can
non, caissons, &c., for the use of the ca
dets of the “Virginia Military Institute,”
over which General Lee presides, and lie
has also restored to the Institute the old
“Cadet Battery,” which had been taken
from rt. Governor Letcher has publicly
thanked General Grant for these favors,
and the Virginians in general, it is said,
are greatly pleased with such an act of
courtesy.
“But there was a deep political signifi
cance, in consistence with the President’s
entire policy of restoration, in General
Grant’s report, so long ago as last Decem
ber, stigmatized at that time by Senator
S.umner as a whitewashing affair—in which
he certified strongly as to that general good
feeling and conduct of the Southern peo- !
pic, which entitle them to be regarded as
worthy the status of restoration to the
Union.
“So, also, a deep political significance at
tached to the bold and open course of Gen
eral Grant, by his voluntary presence on
the occasion of the visit to the President of
the Southern delegates to the National
Union Convention, when the latter replied
to the speech of Hon. Reverdy Johnson.
The Radical Revolutionists circulated the
report that he was there by a trick of the
President, who sent for him to consult upon
matters pertaining to military affairs. But
the I'act was, that the General took pains,
with the aid of others, to work his way
through a large and dense crowd in the
East Room to the place where the Presi
dent was standing, at whose right hand
he placed himself amid great cheering.
The enthusiasm was all the more hearty,
since that it vvas.noticeable that Mr. Stan
ton absented .himself upon the occasion.
At the conclusion of the ceremony G eneral
Grant exchanged compliments’ with the
Southern delegates, and cordially shook
hands with them, apparently in the same
noble spirit of forgetfulness and forgiveness
which recently prompted him to say, as
before recited, that he could ‘ shake hands
in friendship with Lee, Forrest, and
Johnson, because they were now truly hon
est and loyal in their adherence to the Un
ion, and (OCX* aeliinf/ to strengthen, it.
Valedictory.
With this hate the undersigned ceases to
be the- Editor of this paper. A discrepancy
as to political views between its proprie
tors and himself is the occasion ot a with
drawal he does not hesitate to say is, on
niunv accounts, regretted. He lias been
long connected with it—lias come to look
upon it with a sort of affection —and in de
parture feels as if bidding farewell to a
friend. But as, on the one hand, it would be
unfair to the Proprietors to inculcate senti
ments now antagonistic to their own, and,
as on the other, it is not to be thought of
for a moment that be should surrender Ins
own convictions, it is necessary in justice
to both them and hinisell to retire. In so
doing, it is desired to say that the leading
articles of the Constitutionalist, with two
exceptions, have for many months past,
been exclusively' the writer’s own.
The position of the paper has, therefore,
been his position, and his withdrawal
leave.s it at liberty to adopt any other
course that may meet the views of the pro
prietory firm. "To Mr. John L. Stockton,
of that "firm, the uuavvsigned has been un
der uo Little obligation and cannot become
silent in these columns without bearing
testimony to his good sense and his kind
heart.
With this much the writer—now no
longer Editor—bids his old readers adieu.
It is not without sadness he does so, but
as stars in the night there shine out before
him a thousand words from those readers
' of comfort ami cheer.
Salem Butcher.
Augutta, 22d September, 1866.
We clip the above from the Constitu
tionalist of yesterday. It will be seen
that Mr. Di tcher retires from that paper
on account of “ a discrepancy as to politi
cal view.- between himself and its pro
prietors.” Mr. Ditcher is a forcible,
vigorous writer, and the readers of the
Constitutionalist kill miss the luminous
leaders which he lias been furnishing for
several months for their instruction and
entertainment. Although we have Lad oc
casion to differ w>th Mr. D.. as to the
policy which th : utera ' . should
adopt in relatio- ’ : kJ affairs; wp
have never doubted that he was . .; trolled
in the course whim he s w fit t pursue
by the best ofmc - anu ;■ ”* •:> rposes.
We extend to ou* retiring . our
best wishes fo r bis '•<t‘ :, « -uc . -and
hap oiuesa.
Tin Dethroned Monarch,
Our great Southern staple, cotton, i
seems t<> be the peculiar object of legisla- ]
tive —official and unofficial —oppression, i
The “king ' has bean discrowned, de
throned. disgraced : but. as if it were not j
enough, his enemies, it appears, cannot be
satisfied until he is utterly robbed aud fi
nally decapitated. Not until his snowy
kingdom is utterly darkened aud devas
tated. and his royal hoary head rolls in the
dust —not until the sceptre has passed
away from the South forever, does it ap
pear that these Northern enemies of cotton
will be content to cease their systematic
persecutions.
Here in Memphis, as we suppose else
where throughout the South, the enginery
of oppression has already been put in mo
tion. One day last week a cotton broker
of this city had an “experience” of the
new regime about to begin—already begun,
he says, which he relates in this wise : He
.had a lot of two hundred bales of cotton
ready on Monday for shipment to New Or
leans—which, indeed, he had made arrange
ments to ship on a boat that was to leave
that day.
The fact, it seems, was ascertained by the
Government officers here, whose business
it is to see that no cotton is shipped that
has not paid the Government tax, and who
notified him that his eottou could not
leave until they examined it, found that it
had the brass ;‘tags” all right, and gave
him a certificate accordingly. The broker
stated ( what was the fact) th?t “every
thing” was right ; that he had arranged
to ship his cotton that day : and that it
was of the first importance to his business
that it should be sent off immediately ;
and earnestly requested that the officers
should proceed at once to the examination,
aud the issusance of the necessary certifi
cate, or credentials. But no,—they re
fused ; it whs not convenient; they must
not be hasty, etc. The broker, anxious
to comply with the law and with all legal
formalities, was compblled to detain his
cotton to wait the pleasure, the lordly con
venience, of the officials. The boat was
disappointed, and went oft' without the
cotton, whicli laid upon the bluff three
days. At the expiration of that time the
broker finally got the consent of the offi
cers to go and examine and certify to the
cotton, if found “all right,” And here is
the way th% thing was done : The offi
cers came round upon the sidewalk on
Front ltow, where they stopped opposite
this lot of two hundred bales of cotton,
which laid in a pile far out upon the bluff
some hundred of yards distant. Ad
dressing himself to the brisker, and point
ing toward the cotton, one of the officers
said :
Officer —“You say that is the cotton.”
Broker—-'‘Yes, that is the lot out there,
about two hundred and fifty yards to the
left ofanother pile you sec there.”
Officer—“ All right. You say it lias
paid the" tax and has all the ‘tags' on ?
Broker—“ Yes.”
Officer—“Very well? come along with,
me to the office, and you shall have your
papers fixed up at once.”
And sure enough, without, further
“examination,” the certificate was given :
thus, showing that, so far as any real in
telligent execution of the provisions of the
law is concerned, it might as well have
been done in three day's, or a month be
fore ; or a mile off. as then and there.
But we leave the reader to draw his own
conclusions in regard to this official trans
action.
The preparations lor oppressing cotton
planters, and cotton merchants, too, we
are told, are going forward in New Or
leans on a grand scale. In addition to the
new and wonderful invention, engendered
during the war, and to winch we shall
refer further on, called “slicing.” we are
informed that Gen. Herron, a Government
agent and “Collector,'' has organized a
great Government warehouse, for the more
safe and convenient storing of all cotton
which may reach New Orleans without
having prepaid the tax. All private ware
houses are to be ransacked, all steamers
are to be boarded on arrival, and any
luckless cotton bales found without the in
dispensable “brass tags,” are to be seized
and carried off to Gen. Herron’s warehouse,
where, the unconstitutional tax is to be col
lected. and the expense of double commis
sions, double drayage, double storage,
double weighing, and mayhap double
“slicing,” are to be incurred. When the
cotton of the planter, and particularly of
the small farmer, the froedman included,
lias passed through the whole ofthisgrand,
ong-draw-out process of “scaling,” or
“fleecing,” or call it what you will, the
reader may imagine how much of the pro
ceeds of their year’s labor will be left!
The new process of ‘ ‘ slicing’ ’ to which
wc have referred, may be defined to be an
exaggeration of the old, honest operation
of “sampling.” It is the process of
sampling developed and multiplied by the
“ war power,”—nay, by steam power. In
some quarters it is said that the business
iff “slicin'- lias been carried to such per-
Mi : rable the cotton merchants
;; . t ers to ise very fine crops of cotton
in their ware i uses. The cotton is plant
-1,‘ cultivate gathered, baled, and sent to
i ■ larkr;. b. use of a single labor-saving
implement, invented during the war,
(under the ruio of Butler, perhaps,) and
appropriately named “The Slicing Ma
chine,” or “The Industrious Sampler.”
[Memphis Commercial.
A Southern Exile—Letter from Hon. Ja
cob Thompson, of Mississippi.
We find the following very interesting
letter from Hon. Jacob Thompson, of Mis
sissippi, in the Oxford Falcon , of this
week:
Dublin, Ireland, August If, 1866.
To Captain Willis Delay.
My Dear Sir : Your interesting letter
of the 16th ult., was received by me on
yesterday, and the only way in which I can
manifest the unqualified pleasure it gives
me, is by making you an immediate reply.
I never knew until I was cast out an exile,
without home, or country, and apparently
without friends, how necessary to human
happiness is human sympathy. A
stranger in a strange land, caring
for nobody and nobody caring for
me, I determined, for my pleasure and
improvement, to visit the principal scenes of
historic interest, and thus familiararize my
self with the story of those who had gone
before me. I went to Paris, (which, take
it all in all, is the pleasantest city in the
world,) and remained till I could re-read
her history and learn something of the
| French language. Then I went to Switzer
land and visited the retreats of the differ
ent distinguished exiles who. in the violence
of party, had been driven from their
country to this place of quiet and safety.
I went to Rome, the home of the greatest
men and purest patriots whose history
adorns the annals of the past, and there I
remained two months industriously em
! ployed all the time in examining the ruins
j of former greatness and grandeur, never
feeling the slightest interest for the living,
but absorbed with thoughts, principles and
actions of the mighty dead. Then I went
to the delightful city of Naples, delightful
for its climate and situation, not for its
people ; here was the seat*of Royalty now
in banishment. Then to Egypt the cradle
of letters and learning, then to Palestine
to tread the ground our Savior trod, to see
the places where he performed his glorious
works, to climb the sides of Mount Olivet,
to stand on Mount Cavalry,’drink the wa
ters from the pool of .Siloam and gaze up
on the tomb where they laid his body and
which could only retain it but for its ap
pointed time. From here I think I came ;
away a better man. I returned through
the Creek Isles, of vast interest to the
student, up the Adriatic to V’enice, a most
marvelous history'. Thence through Vi
enna, Munich, Frankfort, Cologne, Brus
sels to Pans again.
Here Mrs. Thompson left—yearning to
see the land we both had loved, and love
still; but 1 could not go with her, and
why? Was it because I feared to meet
there the penalties of offended law ? Was
it because trials might be instituted and
proofs be adduced which would affix a stig
nia upon my name? No! It was because I
felt that there was no Constitution or law
in the South for the protection of my
rights. It was because the arbitary will of
an officer, guided by prejudice and passion,
which have been excited by the grossest
slanders and foulest falsehoods, might ar
rest. incarcerate, and in a thousand ways
annoy me, and I could have no remedy.—
When civil rights are restored; when the
military officer becomes subject to the law,
and for any violation of the rights of the
citizen the courts will have the power to
inflict upon him condign punishment, then
will I be happy to return and take my old
friend? by the hand: for I assure you that
with all her faults I love my country.—
There is no other such country in the
world. I hare visited every kingdom and
people which have any position among the
nations of the earth, and with the inten
tion—if ever I could find an acceptable
place— to settle down apd gather my little
family around me. and there inquietspeud
the remnant of my days, but I find no ,
place in which I am willing to leave my
family. No. for good or evil, the best
country is in the United States, and if
there could only be security of person, pro
perty fund reputation, it would be the
most desirable country on earth. At all
events those dependent on me. I want there
to remain and abide the fate and destiny
of their country. What shall become of
me is of but little consequence, my days of
usofnli.css are past. My sun isfast hasten
ing to its setting, but my will shall be that
when life's fitful fevt-rds'over my body shall
be buried beneath the soil which has been
fattened with the blood of my ancestors in
the struggle for its independence. V ith
these feelings you can easily imagine how
highly I apT taJr.te any evidence of kind
ness and g<y>d wDI from those who are to
keep vigils over my grave. Four petition
is well intended. Jam thankful to each
and every one who signed it. I regard it
as friendship’s offering; hut I fear it will
lie unavailing. Indeed it will be of no use. j
Mr. Johnson is, or may be well disposed. ,
but yielding to the suggestions of a deep
designing malignancy on the part of others, j
lie has inflicted upuu me a gruss injustice;
lie has done me a grievous wrong in de
nouncing me as an esaipalMop. I believe
n -i O ," 3 au 'l feels it. but I fear lie is like
all other men : the more groundless the
reasons tor his injury, the more obstinate
ne will be m refusing to make reparation.
* e°^ ov , cr t “ e President cannot act tor fear
of the denunciations of the Radicals, if he
were ever so well disposed. I would be
unwilling to embarrass him with anything
on my account, for I honestly believe if he
succeeds there is some hope }bv the coun-
V-. ,“ e * al /. s ! the Constitution is buried,
mil rights wil. become bf-words, liberty is
.gone and a deep gloom of inevitable dark
ness hangs over the destiny of the greatest
people m the world. I weigh not my own
fate as a feather in the balahce: T onlv
hope to live until I shall have power tinder
the law to prosecute the periurer and in
tliet punishment upon those who have
wronged me. And although I have knelt
at the tomb of our Savior, yet T fear that
: the punishment that awaits the evil-doer
in the next world will be too long in its
coming. * * * *
Your friend, J. Thompson.
THE SON OF THE OR EAT NAPOLEON.
His Mournful and Romantic History.
[Ccrrespomleut of the New York Times.]
Paris, Tuesday, August 14, ISfifi.
Since the recent mediation of the Eiu
peror of the French, which has perhaps
saved Austria from total annihilation,
there is reason to believe that the desire of
France to possess the ashes of the young
Prince who was for a tew hours Napoleon
IT., has been acceded to by the Emperor
Francis Joseph, and that the mortal re
mains of the King of Rome will soon be
placed beneath the dome of the Ivalides,
side by side with those of his illustrious
father. Thus the great Napoleon and his
son, separated by destiny in life, will at
last be united in death. Both died in the
land of exile, aud neither will have found
repose upon the soil of France until after
many years sleep far from her shores—one
upon a rock-bouml island in a distant
ocean, and the other iu the funeral vault
of an Austrian palace.
Little is generally known in America of
the last years of Napoleon 11., and the
present moment seems opportune to give a
sketch of his brief and melancholy career.
.Joseph Caries Francis.Napqleou, King
of Rome, Duke of Reichstadt, was born in
Paris on the 20th of March, 1822. All
the good fairies seemed to have assembled
around his cradle, and all appeared to pre
dict for him honors, riches, and power, not
one intimated doubt of his future grandeur
and lustre! Yet, despite the happy pre
sages which accompanied his birth, scarce
ly three years after he came into tin 1 world
as the heir of Napoleon, the young Prince
left France on the 2d of May, 1814. never
to return during life. On arriving in the
dominions of his grandfather, the Empe
ror of Austria, his title was suppressed, the
name he bore was prescribed, eyery fact in
history which recalled the glory of his
father and the humiliation of his enemies
was carefully concealed from the child’s
knowledge, and at seven years of age the son
of Napoleon became the Duke of Reich
stadt.
An imperial decree, promulgated July
22, 1818 (the 22d of July was also the date
of his death), conferred upon him the title
of an Austrian Duke, fixed his rank at the
Court of Vienna, the arms lie was to boar,
the honors to which he was to be entitled,
and the position be was to occupy as a
member of the Imperial family of Austria.
No trace of Napoleon was left, and the
name itself was formally suppressed by the
decree.
Afterward, as lie grew up and learned
what a hero had been his'father, lie sud
denly awoke, as from a long slumber.-
When he read in secret the story of Napo
leon’s immortal campaigns, and compre
hended the glory and power to which the
genius of his father had attained, it seemed
to him that he had all at once entered
another world, illuminated by the history
of gigantic exploits.
Then, despite those who surrounded
him, despite the incessant watch kept over
him, he determined to know all. He ob
tained and eagerly devoured every work in
which Napoleon’s name was mentioned,
and finally, when lie realized how great
his father bad been, what humiliations had
been heaped upon him, how he had died a
tortured prisoner, the young Prince was
filled with an immense hatred of those who
had accomplished the banished soldier’s
long martyadoni. His indignation was also
excited against the decree which deprived
him of the name which lie justly regarded
as the most glorious of those lie bore, and
he immediately and resolutely signified bis
intention to be called Napoleon. Like bis
father, he was fond of the profession of
arms, but liis tall, thin body could not
withstand the arduous exercise to which
he attempted to school himself. Appoint
ed Colonel of the Gustavus Vasa regi
ment, he assumed the active command,
took part in every fatiguing ceremony, in
all weather and no matter how ill he
was, or how much liis .physicians remon
strated. His dreams were of glory, lie
studied the art of war in the numberless
descriptions of his father’s battles, either
reading them or inducing others to recount
them to him, with the map of Europe be
fore his eyes.
lie would never consent to lie down, ex
cept when his feebleness absolutely forced
him to do so. Ho well knew that lie must
soon die, but he had only one regret in
leaving the world, and that one was to
have done so little.to prove himself worthy
of the name of Napoleon. L remember to
have often seen in America an engraving
representing him grasping liis lather's
sword and lamenting his powerlcssness to
grasp the weapon which had so long “made
all Europe tremble.” The phrase attrib
uted to him may be apochryphal, as regards
the strict letter of the expression, but that
such were in reality his feelings cannot be
doubted for an instant.
His mother —a woman whose heart
seemed insensible to any enobling emotions,
and who had not the dignity to remain the
widow of Napoleon—wept at his bedside
when the fatal moment drew near.
“Mother! mother!” ho whispered, “I
am dying!’’
It was the 22d of July, 1832, and these
were the last words of Napoleon 11, ex
piring in a murmur upon his lips, with his
last breath. Thus died the son of the
Great Captain, at the age of twenty-one
years. Six days after his death, on the
28th, a post mortem examination of the re
mains was made at Schonbrunn. The fol
lowing is an extract of the medical re
port :
“The body completely emaciated; the
chest in proportion to the body, long and
narrow : the sternum flattened: the neck
wasted. ’ ’
He was interred at Schonbrunn with
princely honors; and visitors to his tomb,
at the present day, will sec upon it a Latin
inscription, of which the following is a
translation:
“To tlie eternal memory of
Joseph Charles Frances, Jlnkeof Reielistailt
Non of Napoleon, Jimperorofthe French
And of Maria Louisa, Arch Duchess of
Austria,
Born at Paris, the 20th day of March, 1811
Died at Sohonbrunn, July “2, lKic.” ’
He had himself written an epitaph,
which he wished placed upon his tomb,
but which was rejected. 11 was brief and
to the purpose:
“Here lies the son of the (treat Napoleon !
He was hol-n King of Itome,
He died an Austrian Colonel.
i The Planting Interest Along the Coast.
A trip to the Sea Island and rice plan
tations on the coast is redundant with in
terest. This section was designed by na
ture to be the garden of the country, and
though it lias suffered greatly by the late
war, 3’et the bow of promise is still visible
in the horizon. Few of the plantations es
caped some damage from the soldiers, hut
the proprietors have to a man ignored the
past and are determined to make a future,
lhe Sea Islands and coast contiguous once
more boast the presence of their kingly
staple. Although only a portion of these
lands are now cultivated, the progress
that has been made is great when the
cliu.o3 of the pust is considered, and with
each successive year new acres will be
planted and others reclaimed, until bur
positive success under the regime will be
no myth. No country in the world has
produced cotton to compare with the
American staple, and with that knowledge j
before us there is “no such word as fail. ” !
Now that the negro is reduced to the posi j
tmn of a hireling, labor saving ‘machines
will be used, the lands and the crops he
improved, and the per centage on the in
vestment be far greater than in the past.
Revolutions accomplish wonders, and in
spite of tlmtax cotton will regain the su
premacy. The comparison between this
and last year s crops is sufficient to prove
the truth of this prophecy.
The rice planting has been conducted
under greater disadvantages, but the re
sult is the same. Wherever energy has
been displayed all obstacles have disap
peared. There is n'mch drudgery re- 1
| quisite to achieve these ends, but it is
time well applied, and the ablest finan
j ciers say that “time is money.” Asa
provision crop, rice has always commanded
considerable attention, and what is more
to the point, a good price. The present
crop, though small, is only a harbinger of
the good things to come. The planters
have their future in their own hands, and
their prestige is already established ; the
I country need fear no evil under such man
agement. Their mottois “Excelsior,” and
the good whic-h they seek is certain suc
cuss.—Charkaton Daily News,
Christian graces are like perfumes—the
more they are pressed the sweeter they
small; like stars that shine brightest in the
dark; like trees —the more they are
shaken the deeper root they take and the
more fruit they bear.
Self-Reliance.—A' writer in the South- \
ern Churchman says: “Far better to j
build log churches for ourselves t ban to
depend on any foreign aid.” A manly,
Christian sentiment,
Agricultural.
New England Fair. —The annual ex
hibit.on of the New England and Vermont
State Agricultural Society, was held re
cently at Brattleboro. The attendance
was very large. The receipts from all
sources amounts to £13,000. Governor
Andrew was present and delivered an
address. At the close of liis address there
were two trotting matches —one for a
purse of §2OO. and one for a purse of SSOO.
The fair was by liur the best and most suc
cessful ever held in New England.
New York State Fair.— The agricul
tural tail- for the State of New York, re
cently in session at Saratoga, was one of
the largest ever held in the State. It was
estimated that fully 15,000 people were in
the town and on the grounds during the
day. The display of horses was superb.
Among the machines on the ground was
anew corn buster, which promises to be a
success. Such a machine is greatly needed.
The following colloquy on the restoration
oi worn out farms may interest and profit
our readers:
Mr. Harris said he was trying to restore
an old farm. Jan id that once was good
seldom is wholly worn out. Continual
cropping has only exhausted the natural
manure deposited for many ages. When
tile roots of the trees decay the ground be
comes hard, and underdraining is required.
One ot the first things is to get rid of the
weeds. To do this he had worked corn 11
times, then sowed barley and got 49
bushels to the acre.
Mr. Curtis, es Saratoga, said there was
a great loss of grass seed sown this Spring,
and much must be plowed up. Some had
sowed Timothy this Fall, that the rain
might beat it in.
Mr. Crocker, of Broome, gave the ex
perience of a good farmer, who this Fall
was sowing Timothy with liis wheat at the
rate of four quarts to the acre. In this
way much less seed is required. I lis plan
to keep a farm good was to have as many
cattle as the place would carry, and keep
them well; lie would have a little wheat
and corn, but liis main crop would be
butter, lie takes only t hree crops without
seeding—first, corn; second, oats; third,
buckwheat and grass-seed, with surface
manure and harrowing. First crops with
out manure. '
Air. Thomas, Herkimer —One good way
is to enclose sheep with a portable fence,
to coveras much ground as they will re
store, then sow turnips. But the. best way
is to sow Fall rye, cut it green, and feed it;
after that. Iced clover, save all the ma
nure, and raise carrots; this will make
poor laud good quickest. He thinks soil
ing a good iilan. He would raise grass by
top dressing, and would sow half .a bushel
of seed to the acre. He would rotate.
When a steamship carries a load of flour to
Europe, it takes off a good farm.
Mr. Cannon, Saratoga.—With his sail
dy, worn-out soil, he commenced with clay
and muck, by applying directly to the
field. To make clover grow, lie would sow
corn or buckwheat, and plow it in.
Mr. Crocker said farmers should save
more manure. There should be cellars
and tanks to save the liquid, lie touched
on fences, and said the native thorn, with
him, did well.
Mr. Cornell, the great friend of the far
mers, said that in England they were offer
ing premiums for the most expeditious way
of exterminating hedges. The unnecessa
ry fences in New York cost a million of
dollars a year.
Mr. Thomas said that while land was
not so dear as in England, there is not the
objection to hedges. Still, a thorn of any
kind is so uncertain, that it will thrive in
only a few places. Cellar barns should
have content bottoms. On liis farm lie had
increased his stock from 11 to 55 head.
A gentleman spoke of salt and lime as
being useful on sandy soils.
Russia Corn — Washington , Wednes
day Sejitemher 12, IXo6.—The Commis
sioner of Agriculture has just gathered a
crop of Russia corn, successfully grown in
the Experimental Garden here. The corn
is a small deep red kernel, upon an ear
averaging 5 inches long and 21 thick.
The stalk does not exceed 6 feet in height;
the ears sot low, two on a stalk. They
ripen in forty days, and in usual seasons
two erops can be grown. The Commis
sioner proposes'to introduce liis variety as
an article for use, when in the curly months
the seed corn planted, from unfavorable
weather, predicts a failure in crops. The
shucks contain 6 per cent more nutriment
than those of the Indian, and the portions
usually gathered for bedding and mattress
es are believed to be more elastic, while as
fine.
New Variety of Sorhijm.—A new
variety of sorghum cane, the seeds from
the, interior of China, and grown in the
Experimental Grounds, is being tested at
the Labatory for its fitness for American
purposes; the results will be given in a
few days. ,
The President and the In ion Party-
President’s Declarations.
Horace Greeley, Esq. , Hair Sir : —ln a
card published a few days since you state
certain facts which lead me to the con
clusion that President Johnson, at the
time referred to, “did not want harmony
with Congress—that he had already made
up his mind to break with the party which
had elected him, and seek further lease of
power through the favor and support of its
implacable enemies.”
Ido not think the facts you mention
warrant the inference you draw from them,
as the President may have had other rea
sons for declining to act upon suggestions
than the one you assign. But of this the
public can judge. My object in this note
is to state certain facts within my personal
knowledge, which led me then and whicli
lead me .still to believe, that, throughout
the, winter, the President did not wish to
break with the Union party, and that he
had no thought or purpose of “seeking a
further lease of power, through the favor
and support of its enemies or otherwise.
L conversed freely, though not frequent
ly, with the President upon the action of
the Union party in Congress during the
winter. \\ bile 1 never presumed to urge
upon him unduly any views of my own, I
never failed to express my sense of the im
portance of relying upon the liberal mem
bers of the party' for such action as the
good of the country might require, and I
repeatedly told him that., while there was
a strong conviction in the party that his
mode of restoring peace and harmony to
the Union, was the onlyone that was prac
ticable, a great obstacle to its adoption
was found in the fear that he was going )
over to the Democratic party, in which as j
a political organization the country had
lost confidence.
He never failed in response to say that alt
such apprehensions were utterly unfound
ed—that he had no such purpose or
thought, and that he relied with confidence
on the judgment and good sense of the par
ty which elected him, to whose principles
and policy, as declared at Baltimore, he
should rigidly adhere, lie said the action
of the Democratic party, as an organiza
tion, during the war, had demoralized it
and deprived it of public confidence. He
believed that a gradual process of disinte
gration was going oh in both parties, which
would bring together all patriotic Demo
crats who iiad stood by the Government
through dm war, and the liberal Republi
cans who had waged the war for the ( nion.
and who were for the Union now that the
war is over. He always disclaimed any
intention of going over to the Democrats, !
or of using the patronage of the Govern- j
ment for their benefit saying always that I
he should I?. !:! iml. of I.R ‘differences with {
Congress 'within tin.- lima of the Union '
party.
It is hut just also to say that he uni
formly disclaimed any wish for re election
—saying lie should deem himself fortunate
to get Hucti’»-ittl!y through his present
term, and that his only anxiety was to
secure the speedy, and effectual restoration
of the Union to peace and prosperity. He
always laid special stress, moreover, on
the importance to the I Inion party of
bringing the Southern States hack by a
liberal and friendly policy. “ Why,” said
he, more than once, “why cannot our
friends in Congress see that the Southern j
States’will be our friends if we show them
that we are theirs ? Now, that slavery is
abolished,” he added, “ there is no longer
any cause for a sectional division of parties; !
we can get rid of that, and under a wise
and judicious policy, half the Southern
States at least will vote and act with the
Union party. Why should we, by hostile
action, drive them back into their old
alliance with the Democratic party of the
North?
This was the uniform tenor of the Pres
ident’s language in conversation wjth me
i throughout the winter, and it satisfied me,
: as I endeavored to satisfy my friends, that
he neither desired nor intended to break
I with the party which elected him, so long
las it should adhere to the Union princi
] pies upon which that election was carried,
i And even after the call of the Philadelphia
! National Convention had been issued, the
President urged that it could not fail to
exert a wholesome moral influence upon
the union Party by showing that men
from both sections could again unite on
common ground, and work' together for
common objects.
tec., 11. J. Raymond.
I A. W. Timex.
Boston Takes Vengeance on a Reb
el Locomotive.—A firm in this city has
been shipping an entire railroad to Gal
veston Texas—sleepers, ties, ears, engines
depots, furniture and all. A few days ago
a locomotive, intended for this road, came
here for shipment, from the manufactory
a U,M anc 'hester N 11. Tt was named the
General Longstreet. the title being
in huge letters on engine, and tender,
home indignation was manifested when
tire locomotive passed through the city on
its way to the wharf, a rid on the morning
before it was to he embarked it was dis
covered that the name of the rebel com- ;
mander had been thickly smeared with j
tar. — Boston Correspondence of (he Chico- !
go Tribune.
Louisiana mines hive produced a 38 ton j
block of pure lead. The State !
rests on a solid foundation.
i Kistori.
As this di'-liin-iiiulioii v, '■ • ■
<-nulled 1 lageuielltK* is just
now attracting the public attention of the
North to a very considerable extent, we
have thought that the following notice' of
her arrival inNew York and brief sketch
|of her Kfe would be fo und acceptable to a
j large portion of our own readers
j , We do not know whether she contera
| l ,latCS a lT earln S in the South during the
I W T r \ but ' SU ,!T S ° '- hat !ls u ‘°ne.v making
is the object oi her visit to the now world
| that shu Wlll P la N a t any point where this
: desideratum can be secured. The South
ern public have been prevented for several
! years from enjoying anything like true
Histrionic merit, and we feel assured that
liistori would “draw well” in nil our large
Southern cities. \Ve hope that our com
munity may have the opportunity of wit
nessing the remarkable performance of
j this distinguished stranger during her
| stay in this country :
I Ristori —Her Arrival in New York
i —Who are with her—Her Warp
robe—Personal Appearance—Her
Hepertoire— ll er Life.
Ristori, the wonderful—Ristori, the
Queen Star which outshone Rachel —Ris-
tori, the magnificent woman and the grand
favorite of the school of advanced culture,
which prefers an inspiration from nature
to spasmodic sensation—Ristori is at
length in New York, the last novelty, the
last fashion and the latest gossip-centre
On Tuesday, the 12th, the French steamer
brought to that city Madame Ristori, her
husband, the Marquis (Lpraniea del Gril
le, her son Giorgio, aged seventeen, her
daughter Bianca, aged fourteen years, and
a suite of forty persons, male and female,
including the entire dramatic company'.who
are to assist Madame Ristori.
The party passed to the Fifth avenue
hotel, where :i suite of apartments, consist
ing ot eight handsomely furnished rooms,
had been prepared for , lie distinguished
lady, in the most coiuniodioussection of the
hotel; and on her arrival, the crowds of
fashionable loungers who continually
throng the corridors a*»d passage ways of
the hotel, made a grand charge to get a
look at Madame Ristori, but by the exer
tions of Detective Ferry, of the hotel, she
succeeded in reaching her apartments. It.
is to be hoped that when the lady visits
this city no such ill-breeding will be mani
fested towards her, even by the most in
quisitive and impertinent, as was shown ia
New York.
Some idea of the magnitude of the cos
tumes and dresses needed for the estab
lishment of Madame Ristori and her
troupe on a dramatic footing, may be reali
zed from the fact that the baggage of the
party amounted to the enormous number
ot one hundred and seventy-three trunks,
forty of which are necessary to contain the
dresses of the great tragedienne.
The reporter of the World gives the fol
lowing sketch of the personal appearance
of Madame Bistosi :
In stature, Adelaide Ristori is above the
medium height, andiiasa magnificent face,
out oi which shines a pair ot glorious
brown eyes, shaded by long, silky
eye-lashes. The outline of the head is
rather of the severe Greek type than the
Italian, and is overhung with masses of
dark-brown hair. The complexion is deep
olive, with a tinge of the golden peach, and
j the mouth and the curve of the lips, to
| gether with an exquisitely wrought chin,
| combined with the elegant and graceful
! outlines of her figure, certainly render
Adelaide Historic perfect specimen of the
fully-developed and maternal Italian wo
, man. Every movement and poise of the
body is emblematic of' grace and classic
| fidelity.
Adelaide Ristori, now Marchioness Ca
pranica del Grille, was born at the little
| town of Civita di Friuli in 1826, where site
was educated by her parents, Signor A.
liistori and his wife, Maddalena Pomatelli.
Under their auspices, the young actress
performed for several years in almost all
the principal theatres of Italy. She be
came a member of the company of the
King of Sardinia. In 1842, when Signora
Marcliioni descended from the tragic
throne to seek retirement from public life,
the ambitious pupil filled the vacant place.
The next year she was found at tlie head
of the ducal company of Parma. From
1844 to 1846 she confined herself chiefly to
comedy. In the year 1846 the young
actress became the wife of the heir of a
noble Roman family, and was soon an
nounced as the Marchioness Capranica del
Grille.
Seven years were passed by Madame
Ristori in adding triumph to triumph,
when the project was entertained ot visit
ing Paris at the great Exhibition in 1855.
On tie 23d of May Madame liistori, hav
ing personated h'ancesca di Rimini , in
which she had failed in early life, became
the cynosure of the Parisian dramatic
world, and has retained that glory ever
since. Poets, painters, authors acknow
ledged her genius, and paid every possible
tribute to her accomplishments. France,
Germany, Russia and Great Britain have
regarded her as theexponent of the highest
tragic art, and now the New World is
called upon to bear testimony to the splen
dor of that talent which, like a brilliant
meteor, will pass before our eyes and soon
be gone forever.
It is said that on the steamer Mine. Ris
tori delighted every one by the graee and
ease of her manners, and was herself de
lighted and astonished with the splendor
of New York and the environs as she ap
proached the city. “On coming up tlie
bay her enthusiams knew no bounds.”
The handsome buildings in Broadway and
the Fifth avenue called from her many ex
clamations of amazement; aud shortly af
ter reaching her lodgings she expressed a
curiosity to see something of the whole
• house, and expressed her wonder at the
beauty and convenience of au American ho
tel.
HER OIIARAI TEHS.
~ T hc subscriptions opened on the 12tli at,
Anchorings for the dramatic engagement
of Madame Ristori at the French Theatre.
Ristori will appear as Mirrrlui, Rhedra,
Medea , Maria Stuarda, Etizabctla , Frau
cssca di Rimini, and other well known
characters of bet 's, while in New Fork.—
PirsH. #
N. B. Forrest.
A writer in the August number of The
Laud we Lore, in an article on the char
acter of Lieutenant Ceneral N. B. Forrest,
gives the following estimate of him:
Ilis character as a whole was a union of
that of Lannes and Suchet. With the im
petuosity of the first he united the cautious
calculation of the second, lie well weighed
the probabilities and counted the cost of
every } lan. When the time for action
came lie was terrible as a thunderbolt.
With the qualities of the marshals in the
! respects named, he united to the fixedness
:of purpose, thc tenacity, ofMassena. His
! doggedness of resolution was proverbial. It
j was like the grasp of death. An ttnder
| taking was never abandoned unless forced
by orders—a battle never over until it was
won. The doubts, even the panic of oth
ers, had no effect to tame his obstinacy of
purposa; hut falling back upon his own
iron self-reliance, ho was every inch a man
in the darkest hour of the storm. It was
then, in the midnight darkness of trial,
that his genius, like stars in the night,
shone most brightly.
He was accustomed to look upon noth
ing as impossible. Bad roads and the
waste of waters could be overcome by
"It shall be so!” Small numbers, with
rapid marches and concentrated efforts,
could destroy indolent superiority, fie
was passionately fond of artillery, and
would stand behind a working battery, en-
joying its exercise with all the glee of a
delighted child. Not unfrapjentiy has he
i been known to direct a section or a battery
iri person, superintending the minutest de
tails. Personal daring in a leader, the
' army never doubting the fortune and game
of its possessor, he felt, was the strongest
j point lie had to gain. With it he appeared
to wear a magic girdle. Not like Atrides—
“Beyond the missilo javelins' soumJintr
Ilisrht
Safe let us stand ; and from the tumult far
Inspire the ranks, and rule the distant
Hence, in this respect, ha is without a
peer in the annals of the revolution. Lead
ing a charge in person was his favorite
pastime. The glory of single combat he
too often courted—oftener than wisdom
justified—riding like a young Bedouin,"an
excellent pistol shot arid skillful swords
man, with a frame of great muscular
power, he has, with his own right hand,
won more success than any officer of thc
war.
V^v Oi L^ EW M exico - —A correspondent
of the »St. Louis Republican writing from
Las Cruces, August 25th, says :
It is reported here, and I believe reliably
so, that 1,000 I rench soldiers left Durango
on the 16th and 18th of July, with the
view of occupying the State of Chihuahua.
I hey were commanded by Marshal Brin
court. Twenty-eight men who were in the
advance were taken prisoners by the Re
publicans, twenty of whom were hung.
The remaining eight were brought to El
Paso, and set at liberty, where they crossed
the Rio Grande into Franklin, Texas, fifty
miles south of this place. One of them,
who is my informant, is here. Among
those executed was Count Montholon, a
staff officer of Brincourt, and descendant
of the Montholon who voluntarily accom
panied tie fi 'f.t Nr.pricoq to Helena,
and remained with him until'his' death.
The Count, to' escape the ignominy of
j hanging, attempted to shoot himself with
Ia pistol, but failed, merely grazing his
i cheek and temple.
A paragraph is going the rounds of news
paperdom, stating that Ben. Wood, for
merlyof the Wdw York News, has become
insane, in consequence of heavy pecuniary
losses.
The greatest commercial city of the
world, London, sends out no mail and has
no postal delivery on Sunday,