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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 . I---' «idstatesmenaa3■- ‘ N T r* : .•> • ,n tAcirpr. it m.* I ■{ .1 . ,-} y : « si liiStfraul <HI, The f.. 'ut. ■ .... , aU-ied *ly t.> our eritH M upon aj - .item. ■ of iu c»*n-.spoil nt. ' U >lh- its vesterdi. -v, -.. . .i j* >re of tempo and iii-lee!i; -• •' i 4 » ew .n 1 - he th uodei - «8 the .jit ir 1 the t '<- • ' re ‘ - . * per for the utterances of its reg alar tid \ correspnndentt If ' - Bd ] r>. *re r enr th • vkw- of 'h* V«- v .f, : teres] with leai ■ v ble man t>. . soviet** >• -'.at uld f i 1 1 -tc tp*- nci 1, pr-m.-nfi-.it.-il •ced »n - 'V. g. r that - ~ • .on tr i.i < i-, t- nos M -cut, JitV-r. 1 j" ; ,-i • ili T Os •»... !i> - !;.!! the i. nr for e. of t: ■ the )U‘ "ii the 1 | r • ,sru em i - ...• < -rr - -in-l-nt bn .nds i. , i- put-iic is •.> actly the it: • >ny otimr ;>aid tniployee " -a j-. I’lc pr rie ... .ji ...o are responsible 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,