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W MINIS IHY MORNING, 0< TOIiKK ‘2l.
fM Future.
The Loui?vill<-' Journal, in urging the im
portant of n conciliatory policy toward
the South, justly observes that il wc wish
our country ever to become again, what it
one- indisputably was, a mighty, a first
(lass Power, we must make it what it was
before the war, a united country.—
There must be no distinction between
Northern people and Southern people—
Ictween those who fought against “ the re
bellion” and those who fought for it.
General cordiality and harmony must
established. All American citizens,
willing to perform faithfully, here
after. the gTeat duties of allegiance,
must, no matter in what portion of the
United States they are dwellers, or what
their past political deeds have been, con
sent to strike hands warmly, forgetting or
ignoring the painful issues of the past and
intent only upon knitting their hearts and
souls together in the great interests of the
lb public and of a common humanity.
The North must recognize the great truth
that the rna-.-es of the South were con
scientious and honest in going into the
war, and the South must recognize the
equally great truth tliat the masses of the
North were conscientious and honest in
what they did to “quell the rebellion.” The
North and the South, differed in opinion,
and war, staining with blood and flame
and smoke, what might otherwise be one
of the brighest pages of mankind’s history,
was the consequence. But the war of
arms has ceased, while the North and the
South remain—destined, as they them
selves may will, to he each other’s glory
and pride and strength or each other's fear
and dread and tormeutand horror.
Certainty no patriot, who isn’t hopeless
ly crazed on the subject of patriotism, can
honestly doubt as to what the people of the
North ought now to do. Their duty to
the South is exactly their duty to them
selves. They should seek to have a
thoroughly united nation for the good of
the whole alike. They should neither de
mand, nor desire, nor consent to, any con
cessions not involved in the taking of the
oath of allegiance to the Union arid the
(1 (institution. The Northern Radicals, by
requiring the South to humiliate and de
grade herself to a condition of ignonmin
ous inequality by proclaimingthatshemust
stay out of the Union and boar the heaviest
of its burdens without sharing even theligli
testof its benefits until she bow submissive
ly and blandly to the disfranchisement of
her whites and the enfranchisement of her
late slaves, by insisting that she must ac.
cept insolent, oppressive, and disgraceful
conditions never required of any other
conquered people on earth that were ex
pected or desired to he thereafter of the
same nation as their conquerors —wc say
that the radicals of the North, the domi
nant party of that section, by making all
these tyranical, outrageous, and even in
famous exactions, have been steadily creat
ing, in the heart of the grossly injured and
vilely insulted South, a spirit of hate,
resentment, exasperation, and almost iufu
riation. And these things are getting worse
and worse every day. Northern fanati
cism and rage are continually making ad
vances in their oppressive requirements,
and the injured South is becoming all the
while more and more hotly impatient of
the condition which is her present doom.
Lot matters go on for two or three years
more as they are now going, and the res
toration of our partially lost nationality
will ho among the earthly impossibilities.
Every Southern father will swear his son
at the altar of God, as Hannibal's father
swore him, never to ho at peace with his
people’s lbes and oppressors. It is a sad
thing that the radicals know so little, al
most nothing, of the nature of the South
ern people about whom they write and
talk so flippantly. One would think that
even the dullest radical must have learned
from the late dreadful war that the men of
South n x n not '\ tbe to be .»r.^
gentled to frenzy with impunity,
T’le ; o'limgtj < m ~ nowk'eto K’.-
;< initiation itefui* Judge ttel-aws.
After a patient and protracted examina
tion of more than two days, in which a
iargctmmbur oi witnesses weio called ana
sworn, both by the State and the de
fendants, this ease was closed yesterday at
11 o'clock and Judge McLaws pronounced
his decision.
It, will bo remembered that upon the
affidavit ofTenah Thomas, a warrant was
issued by Judge McLaws against John
Perrin, Isaac Smith and Edward Perrin,
for the murder of Harry Thomas on the
night of the 15th inst., in Columbia coun
ty. These parties were at the time of the
issuing of the warrants by .fudge McLaws
in the custody of the military authorities,
having been by them arrested on the night
of the 17th inst., and lodged in the city
jail. They were promptly turned over to
J udge McLaws by the order of General
Tillson, and the prosecution was conducted
before Judge McLaws by Capt. Dean the
A. A. General of General Tillson.
The evidence showed that a most atrocious
murder was committed upon the person
of Harry Thomas at the time stated in the
affidavit of Tenah Thomas, wife of the
decedent, but the prosecution failed to
show that either Edward Perrin or Isaac
Smith, wero in any way concerned in or
cognisant of the outrage. Both of these
gentlemen showed by witnesses white and
colored, that neither of them could have
been at Harry’s house when he was killed.
One of them—Smith—was proven to have
been critically and seriously ill in lied for
several days before the occurrence, and af
ter up to the night when he was arrested—
’ru then still confined to his chamber
of the State's witnesses pre
i either Smith or Edward Perrin,
i me- a when the homicide was com
uittjL ' 't was Tenah, the wife of
IdWftp. • 'hoebe Thomas, the moth
**l;'‘ ' ton, the uncle of Harry
■ - 1 V 1 ’ ’ opportunities of see
in.- '• !i"! pres. and neither of them
com I.r” >i. the p<: nos Edward Per
rin Oi Nu t> All ti.-e, >f these witnesses
however i hi atement of the
presence ot an.ly -utvi in the outra
ges by John 1 Vrrin
The Counsel f>r th ’-'tits offered
no testimony ,o r . . ,u.- the pres
ence of John 1 ■ it the time of the
homicide, and , • J that under the
proof, the latter should be committed.
Ihe defendants were represented by
Wright and Gibson, and F. 11. Miller, Esq.
Mr. .Miller and Gen. Wright, both argued
the case for defendants. Capt. Dean,
declined to make any address.
Judge McLaws, in a very able and con
clusive summing up of the evidence de
cided to discharge Edward Perrin and
Isaac Smith, and committed John
Perrin to jail to await his trial before the
Superior Court of Columbia county on a
charge of murder.
It is but proper to state that the friends
of John Perrin, are confident he will be
able to establish his innocence at the trial
in Columbia. The witnesses upon whom
he relies could not be brought here to tes
tify in his behalf, but he expects to have
them at the trial before the Superior
Court.
Tin: Cholera is Massachusetts.—
The Boston Herald says the fact of the
existence of Asiatic cholera at Holyoke,
Mass., is verified by statements of reliable
gentlemen. Several deaths have already
oceurred. the parties being sick only six or
seven hours. Thefirst symptoms are violent
cramps, followed by collapse, and the phy
sicians pronounce the disease cholera. The
deaths have mostly, if not entirely, occur
red in the boarding house blocks of the
Lyman Mills.
A Cheap Weather Glide. —The Turf
dr Field says two draelims camphor, half
drachm of pure saltpetre, half drachm of
muriate of ammonia and two ounces of
proof of spirits, in a glass tube or narrow
vial, will make a very good weather guide.
In dry weather the solution wiil remain
clear. On the approach of change minute
stars will rise up in the liquid, while stormy
weather will be indicated by a very disturb
ed condition of the chemical combination.
The Henry County Difficulties.
We are glad to learn that the conflict in
Henry county, between the civil and mili
tary authorities has been adjusted, and
that Gen. Tillson has ordered the parties
confined in Fort Pulaski, charged with of
fences committed in Henry county against
persons of color, to be delivered up to the
civil courts for trial.
The people of Henry are under deep
obligations to Col. Geo. M. Nolan, for bis
efforts in laying before Gen. Tillson the
true history of the condition of affairs in
his county, and inducing the General to
yield the vindication of the law to the
courts. Col. Nolan had a long and very
satisfactory interview with Gen. Tillson a
day or two since, and we learn that he
pledged himself to see that the laws should
be fully enforced in Henry, in all cases of
outrage or crime upon colored persons. We
know that CoL N. will fulfill to the letter
all the pledges he has made. The people of
Henry county should step forward promptly
and use all their powers, in securing to the
black people of the county, all the Tights
which under the law, they are entitled to.
We believe that Gen. Tillson is not only
willing, but anxious that the civil authori
ties should take cognizance of all matters
connected with the violations of the public
law, and the proper administration of
public justice. He however, demands,
and in that demand he is right—that in
such administration of the law by the civil
courts, the black people shall be secured
in all their legal rights.
Our people will find it to their interest in
every ease of outrage or wrong committed
upon the persons or property of these poor
defenceless blacks to have the offender
promptly brought to justice. In addition
to the score of interest, every dictate of
humanity and civilization demands that
we should not permit the class of people
who were once our attached and faithful
slaves, to be oppressed or maltreated.
We trust, and believe that there will be
no further troubles in Henry, especially if
the people there will be influenced and
guided by the action of such men as Col.
Nolan.
An Amiable Sovereign.
Louis Napoleon i3 fast earning the title
of ‘ ‘the amiable man. ’ ’ There is no record
of any personage of high or low degree who
bore disappointment with more equanimi
ty. His expressions of disgust at the
treaty of 1815, followed closely by the mod
erate hint, after the Prussian successes,
that he would like to extend his boundary
to the Rhine, were scarcely cold on his lips
when he complacently acquiesces in the re
fusal of Prussia to yield to his wishes, and
expresses positive delight at the reorgani
zation of Germany. He sees no danger iD
the growing prowess of Prussia—or if he
sees it, he has a happy way of appearing
oblivious to it—and seems perfectly com
placent at the strides of that power to a
leading position in central Europe.
Ilis visions of conquest in Mexico are
melting away like a school-boy’s dream,
and wc are looking for an authorized de
claration that the brief occupation of the
land of the Aztecs, having accomplished
the object for which the enterprise was un
dertaken —the troops are to be withdrawn.
He is just now a little disturbed at
the flirtation going on between the'Russian
bear and the American Eagle, and we
imagine he grins a ghastly smile as he
surveys the future danger for the alliance
of these gigantic powers.
No one who has read his recent circular
can doubt the ability of the Emperor to
console himself under rebukes and disap
pointments that are dimning the lustre of
his brilliant career.
Blockade Running. The London
Mercantile Gazette publishes some re
markable statistics relating to the blockade
running trade, which was carried on dur
ing the American war. Nassau, in the
Bahamas, was the chief port whence this
trade was carried on, and in consequence
the imports at that place rose from £234,-
020 in 1860 to £5,340,112 in 1864, and the
exports from £157,350 to £5,673,398:
ii. ',•« thai i.'' •. he witLou* parallel
n the history of commerce. Cotton was
the chief staple of this trade, and figure !
for nearly four millin'. - in both the im
ports and ax port- during the war. One
hundred and sixty four .ships connected
with the blockade running trade, watered
Nassau; one hundred and twoof these made
successful voyages ; but by far the greater
number, seventy-four, made not more
than two voyages. As the blockade con-
tinned, and the distress of the South in
creased, the value of the cargoes became
enhanced, and owing to the greater vigi
lance of the Federal cruisers the expense of
these expeditions was much increased ; so
that toward the end of the war the Captain
of a blockade runner would be paid one
thousand pounds for one voyage, with the
right to carry ten hales of cotton on his
own account.
Prices op Commissions in the British
Army. —The official English Army List
parades the prices for which commissions
in the British army may be obtained. A
Lieutenant-Colonelcy in the Life Guards of
Blues costs £7,240 ; a Majority in the
same corps, £5,350 ; a Captaincy, or troop,
£3,500; a Lieutenantcy, £1,785; a Cor
netcy, £1,260. . In the Line the prices are
low'er. In an ordinary cavalry or infantry
corps, a Lieutenant-Colonelcy oosts £4,500;
a Majority, £3,200; Captaiuey, £1,800;
Lieutenantcy, £700 ; and Cornetcy, or En
signey, £450. The commissions in the
Foot Guards are higher than in the Line,
hut they carry with them extra rank.
Thus, an Ensign in these favored corps has |
the rank of Lieutenant in the army, and
has to pay £1,200 for his commission; the
Lieutenantcy, with rank of Captain, costs
£2,050 ; the Captaincy, with rank ofLieut.-
Colonel, £4,800. In the cavalry, the com
mand of a regiment is never obtained for
less than £8,500 or £9,000; and a Captain
cy in the same arm of the service is never
sold for less than £5,000. The Earl of Car
digan's promotion from first to last is said
to have cost him £20,000.
Mexico and the French Emperor.—
The Paris correspondent of the New York
Times states that the French policy in
M exieo is changed, and contemplates the
prompt return of all the French troops,
and non interference with Maximilian if the
Imperial agent, Gen. De Castlenau, finds
him able to maintain himself and protect
French citizens, hut if not then the Gene
ral is to look for guarantees to those citi
zens among those representatives of the
Mexican nation who gives the best promise
of fulfilling them. This, it is claimed, will
lead to the abdication of Maximilian and
the organisation of a provisional govern
ment ot republican elements. The corres
pondent confidently predicts the evacuation
in six months.
Ratio of Representation.— The fol
lowing figures are taken from Greeley's
Tribune Almanac, whose authority no
Radical will dispute, and they show that
in Massachusetts two votes are equal to
three in Illinois, and that one vote in Ver
mont is equal to two in Illinois. The same
inequality exists in favor of all the other
New England States. The figures are
indisputable, as any one may see By con
sulting Greeley’s Tribune Almanac for the
years 1864 and 1565 :
No. of Voters to
Representatives.
Representatives.
Votes
Maine, 97,54S 5 19,569
New Hampshire, 65,953 5 21.964
A ermont, 42,844 3 13,281
Massachusetts, 168.175 10 16.917
Khode Island, 19,951 2 9'975
Connecticut, 77' -, 46 4 IQ ill
Michigan, 154.747 6 725.791
Indiana, 272,143 11 27,740
Bhnois, 339,693 14 24,263
Wisconsin, 152.173 6 25,362
falitorma, 115.590 3 39 630
Kansas (1864), 32,880 1 32,880
. Atlanta Intelligencer has been ad
vised that individuals representing them
selves as agents, are traversing the coun
ties ot L pper Georgia, taking testimony in
regard to claims of so-called Union men
who represent themselves as having been
loyal to the united States during tile war
in order to prosecute them before the
C ourt ol Claims or aDeprtments in Wash
ington.
Can the Excluded States Vote for Presi
dent ?
A correspondent of the New York Sun
desires to know how the continued exclu
sion of the Southern States would affect
the next Presidential election.* He says
that those States will probably be repre
sented in the Democratic Convchtion, that
they will choose electors, and that they j
will probably vote solidly against the
Radicals. The question suggested is, will'
the votes of the States excluded from
representation be counted in the electoral
college ? The Sun takes a rational, just
view of the matter, and asserts very em-
phatically that their votes cannot be ex
cluded. The Constitution says that “each
State shall appoint, in such manner as the
Legislature thereof shall direct, a number
of (Presidential jelectors, equal to the num
ber of Senators and Representatives to
which the State may be entitled in Con
gress.” The electors shall “make distinct
list* of all persons voted for as President,
and for all persons voted for as Vice Presi
dent, and of the number of votes for each,
which lists they shall sign and certi
fy, and transmit sealed to the seat of the
government of the United States, directed
to the President of the Senate." This hav
ing been done, “the President of the Sen
ate shall, in presence of the Senate and
House of Representatives, open all the
certificates, and the votes shall then be
counted, and the person having the greatest
number of votes for President shall then
be President,” etc. The foregoing lan
guage is certainly strong enough to give
the Southern States an equal voice in the
electoral college, for it leaves nothing
i whatever to the discretion of Congress.
It declares that the Senate shall open and
count all the votes sent to them from the
several States, and gives that body no
power of exclusion. The Senate is likely
to continue to be Radical, however, and as
the Radicals think the Constitution is not
of much amount, they may conclude to
“let it slide” in 1868.
Georgia.
Col. L. P. Grant has been appointed
Superintendent of the Atlanta and West
Point Railroad, in place of Geo. G. Hull
Esq., who goes to one of the New York
lines of railroad.
A vote was taken two days ago in At
lanta, on the question whether or not the
corporate limits of the city should be ex
tended. The vote stood for 152 ; against
30—a very small vote for a city said to
have 2,000 voters.
A revival has been in progress in the
First Baptist church, Atlanta.
There were 72 deaths of white persons in
Columbus, from July 2, to September 30
A detachment of the 16th U. S. R.
have reached Macon.
The trial of James C. Wright, for the
murder of Johnson W. Bridwell, was con
cluded Thursday, in Fulton Supreme Court,
the jury returning a verdict of voluntary
manslaughter. He goes to the peniten
tiary for ten years. The negro who was
implicated in the same case is up for
trial.
The Rome Courier oi the 18th nomi
nates Colonel D. S. Printup, of that place,
as a suitable candidate to fill the vacancy
occasioned by the resignation of General
Wofford.
The Federal Union learns that the negro
Bill, taken from the jail of that city to
Wilkinson county for trial, and guilty of
the murder of Mrs. Rollins, and sent to the
Penitentiary for confinement before execu
tion, confesses that he killed Mr. Crews, of
Atlanta, some time ago, and about which
murder there was a great mystery. Bill
says he has been killing and robbing ever
since ho was sixteen years of age. Ilis
full confessions (says the Union ) would
make a rare sensational sale book for the
news boys.
Lord Stanley’s Speech at the At
lantic Cable Banquet.—The London
Times compliments Lord Stanley on his
speech at the Cable Banquet in Liverpool,
which was, it says, designed to satisfy the
United States that our relations with that
<a.-ni‘ry are safe n his hards Th" Times
suggests that his Lordship should t ike in
hand the diferen eg *&? xti.ng to the Ala
humii' chrnx, which. ihtfadtohle \ii ituy
way seem. it. is persuaded can he set at rest
if the necessary temper and judgment he
hough: to hear upon them. The Times
further suggests that England should offer
to submit her neutrality laws, together
with those of the United States, to revision
by a mixed commission; also, that the
time has come when concession, respecting
the- Alabama claims is no longer open to
misconstruction, and would be accepted by
the United States as a spontaneous action
of good will.
Important Decision. —A decision was
recently made by the J udge of the Superi
or Court of Sumter county, in this State,
which will niugfit attention. A negro was
arraigned on an indictment for rape, when
his council moved to dismiss u;e proceed
ings on the ground that the party chained
Usd already been arraigned, tried and
punished by a military or provost court,
the crime having b§en committed upon
the person of a white woman, and
the punishment inflicted, ball and .ejiaifi
for three months. The Judge decided
that the plea could not avail the prisoner
unless it should be shown that he belonged
either to the army .or navy of the United
States.
The Court proceeded with the trial,
which resulted in the conviction of the
accused party, >vho was sentenced to twelve
years imprisonment in the penitentiary.
The Ledger Canard.— The Ledger
üblishes a lengthy statement in regard to
■be late stock jobbing canard, the purport
of which is, that their Washington corres
pondent received the manuscript from one
11. 31. Flint, who 5a torn says that his in
formant received the information from a
gentleman who learned it from a person
receiving it from one in an official position,
whose name he refuses to give, who saw a
paper in the Attorney General's office,
containing queries similar to thos« pub
lished in the Ledger.
The Post's Washingtim special says:
Flint, the forgur, has made explanations
relative to the Ledger, and asks a suspen
sion of public opinion until he c*n give an
explanation concerning the sources of Uis
information.
The Rothschilds and the Cotton
Crop. —The Rothschilds recently wrote to
this country for ascorreet a statement as
could possibly be procured of the probable
yield of cotton in the Southern States dur
ing the year 1566, and received in reply,
from a distinguished planter, that it would
not exceed, “under the most favorable
circumstances, over 1,200,000ba1e5.” The
gentleman who wrote this has since, in view
of the depredations of worms, havoc from
rust, and scarcity of labor to pick out the
staple, reduced his estimate to 1,000,000
bales, of which amount he does not believe
there will be 200,000 bak-s available for
export
Dried Fruit in Tennessee.—The
Jonesboro’ Tenn., Flag , of the 2Sth ult,
says of dried fruit:
“The greatest abundance of this staple
has been disposed of to our merchants by
the farmers during the past week, the
price? ranging at $6 per bushel for peaches
and $2 for apples. Thousands of bushels
yet remain unsold, many holding their
fruit back in the hope that prices will take
a rise. The fruit crop has been unusually
good this year, while the season bag not
been surpassed for drying purposes.”
A Florida Railroad for Sale.—We
have noticed in one of our Florida ex
changes the announcement that the Florida
Railroad, and all its appurtenances of
every kind, connecting Fernandina with
Cedar Keys, will be sold under the ham
mer, in a short time. This is the result,
we believe, of the failure of the company
to meet one or more requirements of the
charter made in consideration of certain
privileges granted by the State.
-3. cultivator was espied by a party of
Nashville negroes, when one said: “A
man can jist sit on dat ting and ride while
“a S y OW * “Golly,' said another,
■ j d W m ™*ala w *s too sharp to think
o dat fore the niggars was sot free. ”
LOSS OF THE EVENING STAR.
Statement of Passengers.
On leaving New York everything was
ascertained to have been in good order and
condition, and continued so for the first
fh-ee days, during which time our voyage
looked most promising and brilliant. 4he
weather was mild and delightfully agreeable,
now and again only varied by light breezes,
which added but additional vigor to the
livelv and cheerful spirits of all on board.
Scarcely ever did a journey commence
with such auspicious promises, everything
combining to render it pleasing and enter
taining. and promising a happy termina
tion. We ail trod tae deck without a sin
gle care or dread to cloud our brows ;
stories were told of travels in other scenes,
some on their return from Europe spoke of
their adventures in the Old W orld. Songs
were sung, music lent its charm to the
scene, <the convivial glass was drank, and
naught could equal the festivity and gayety
in which our first few days were passed on
board the Evening Star ; but, oh ! how
soon and how sudden was all to be changed
into disaster and hardships of the most
fearful kind, and to results the most fatal
on record for many years.
On the 29th, easterly winds set in. but
not of such strength as to cause a shadow
of fear or apprehension. On the contrary,
we regarded them with favor, as being the
means of stiffening our sails and speeding
quicker our good ship on her wav. During
the prevalence of these easterly winds t hey
were accompainedby heavy swells, which
caused the steamship to roll very heavily.
No anticipation of danger entered the
minds of either the crew or passengers, al
most all of whom had before passed t hrough
the dangers of the Western coast and the
much more perilous and treacherous rlat
teras. We only regarded the winds and
swells as matter of the most ordinary oc
currence ; nor during the remainder of the
day did we receive cause to excite our
alarmsthe contrary, though, was the
fact, for the wind continued to blow with
the same force all day without ever increas
ing in strength, and did not change a sin
gle poiut until late in the evening, when it
became milder and the weather exceedingly
pleasant—pleasant so far that up to a late
hour the deck presented the full appearance
of a gay and fashionable promenade. Many
were the lively voices to be heard in con
verse together on that evening; many and
loud and full hearted and genuine a laugh
was to be heard on the aistant waters from
our light hearted party. The morning of
the 3uth broke upon us with everything to
bid us good cheer and make us sanguine of
our trip; the sea was even smoother and
pleasanter than on the day before. Noth
ing occurred during the day worthy of note
further than our constantly congratulating
each other on the beauty of the weather,
which was ready charming, and again an
other day spent in pleasure and in expecta
tion of a continued pleasant journey to be
repeated the next day, October 1, when
one of the most delightful mornings that
could be spent at sea broke upon us, dis
covering to us Cape Hatteras light abeam;
the sea still smooth, the sun shining bright
ly, and the weather calm and clearing off.
No change during the course of this day,
and none during the night, until the morn
ing of the 2d, which commenced with a
fresh breeze from east to southeast, with a
heavy swell, increasing about evening to a
gale, with heavy swells. Things now began
to look threatening, and a change was easily
perceptible in the countenances of the pas
sengers, especially the women, many of
whom looked anxious, and commenced
questioning the Captain and officers, who
did all in their power to allay their fears.
The breeze still freshened; the clouds
looted gloomy. Sails were taken in, and
all those preparations made which easily
told to the now frightened passengers that
tlieir experienced Captain was preparing
for a serious emergency, for at this moment
the most inexperienced eye might easily
have foreseen in the lowering clouds which
hung all round the heavens, and the wild
spray which began to dash in deluging
torrents over the ship, the storm that was
coming, and which was so fearfully to affect
the temporal and the eternal existence of
every soul on board. About midnight it
began to blow a hurricane, with a very ugly
cross sea ; ship lying in the trough of the
sea. The night was dark, fearfully dark—
nothing but theniost solid and gloomy dark
ness all round ; no view to cheer, nothing to
remind the terrified passengers of the deep
, sea over which they rode but the foam of the
spray which came in showers on our decks.
At this time the hurricane was so furious
and the steamship thrown so completely at
its mercy, that for the general safety, the
captain was obliged to send the women all
below and look them in the cabin. We
were now about 240 miles northeast of
Matanilla reef and 180 miles from the
land, and from this time until she went
down she never changed her position. At
three A. M. October 3d, we commenced
bailing the ship from engine room and af
ter cabin, at which the women helped with
all their might and with all the :t; ngth
of frenzy and despair. About four A. M.
• hc’ntc rt oanl rrlder. rtiahr gar on' of '
shieve, and the wheemouaes we.ro washed
overboard. At five A. M, tl engine was
thoroughly disabled, in spite W the ;;er
liunian efforts of the chief niginoer ...>J ins !
assistants. The increase of water in the j
ship’s hold soon drove the men from their
duty by the cargo’s shitting aft. The hur
ricane was all this time blowing with a
fury which was fearful, terrific and appall
ing in the extreme. So much so, that it
might be reasonably expected that the
wild force of the storm would exhaust it
self’, out no spell fortune was in store for
the ill-fated ship cr its doomed living
freight. It continued with the same vio
lence, and at last the dreaded and fearful
hour arrived, when, about five A. M., the
Captain went into the cabin and notified
the passengers that, he had done all in his
power, and that the ship would certainly
go down. Some of the seamen were at this
moment assisting in getting the boats free
from the fastenings to the ship, the Cap
tain was exhorting the passengers to act
.coolly, the storm continued to howl in the
most fearful and depressing manner, and
now came ffi.e most thrilling moment
of our trying tinm, fho women shriek
ing frightfully—rushed on ti>* deck in the
most frantic manner, tearing their hair and
ift many ways acting more like lunatics than
peiifgs Avowed with reason. Reason at
this moment had certainly abdicated its
throne, and'nothing but the wildest stage
of madness had the poor beings) tqifl e to.
The men were equally as violent, and
1 for such a scene it may have been worse.
The women commenced divesting them
selves of their clothing, and madly and
wildly plunged into the foaming surf, never
to rise to its surface more. The captain
and crew tried their L.st tP prevent this,
but to no avail; despair eoriitoded their
actions, and, rather than face a itegclipg
death, many of them voluntarily sought
that grave which opened with such fearful
jaws to receive their mortal all. 3k hile
these fearful scenes were being enacted,
which was about six A, Si., the ship took a
heavy lurch, settling fast, A he&yy seg
boarded her, and with one fearful, con
tinued lurch, down she went, and ah was
over with the Evening Star. One of the
l;;st persons to leave the wreck was a young
lady belonging to the Italian opera troupe
which yvas on board ; she behaved very
heroically, waiting until tl>e last and only
hope was gone, and then jumped when
ev«ry hope had failed her. From what L
saw and nays sieve learned, all the boats
were capsized wh«u th* ship went down.
After being in the water it-ffiniig the drift
j wood. &c., for nearly three hours, ma of
the ship’s lifeboats coming near me I got
lon board, but was capsized out several
! times. During this afternoon the sea ran
: very high, and until forenoon was sur
rounded with immense quantities of drift
wood, the wind still blowing a hurieaue.
| At night the wind moderated very much.
In this fearful sea I spent some of' the most
wretched hours of my existence, until for
i tunately rescued from what appeared to
me a certain watery grave; and then, when
safe again could I recall to mind the hor
rors of that dreadful night on board the
unfortunate Evening Star.
The following account of the . sufferings
of those who were saved, by 3lr. W. H.
Harris, is of touching interest:
At daylight the Captain told the women
that nothing more could bp done, and that
if any of them wanted to get into the boats
they could do so. He then went away,
and I did not see him again. 3lr. Allan,
the purser, then came with the ladies out
of the cabin. All those who could get
life-preservers had them, and they were
very liar He placed them in a boat, but
she no sooner touched the water than she
capsized, and all were grashed away. The
ship all this time was filling fast: I stood
by some hatches, intending to hold on to
them along with several women, when we
shipped a Leary sea forward of the wheel
house on the starboard side and went down.
In an instant the sea sgrept me clear of the
deck, and carried me down dome twenty- ;
five feet I thought. W hen I came to the
surface I found myself in the midst of the
wreck oi' tlis vessel, surrounded by float
ing spars and drift wood. 3len and wo
men were floating all about, clinging to
they 7 could lay held of. All
shouts for aid were drowned by. the fu.y
of the hurricane. I secured a piece of the
wreck with which to support myself, but I
had to abandon this owing to the danger
I was in of being struek by pieces gs the
fivintr wreck, wlncn were bcinu hurled
in all directions by the wind and the waves.
I then got hold of a piece of the fragments
of the saloon, upon which I puLed myself,
but was thrown off ag*m by the violence of
the waves, in each new effiirt to regain
mv position, lacerating my hanue and
limbs on the nails and splmu*-
in the pieces of wreck. In this
way I clung to life A* two or three
hours. 33’hile drifting about in this way I
could see the whole oi the week as l. lay
before me. I saw the hurneane deck, two
hundred feet long, crowded with human
beings, herded together, . Some or these
were standing, an l some sitting, all help
less and despairing. I now drifted near a
life boat, keel up, for wnich I abandoned
mv piece of wreck and swam. Others were
clinging to it, whom I assisted to right it.
When I succeeded in getting in with the
others Irecogmsed the Purser, Mr. Alien.
Tt ere were now ten of us, but after this
we were frequently upset, each time losing
one or more of our number, again adding
to them, by picking up others. Helpless
to manage the boat, which was filled with
water and drifting at the mercy of the'sea,
we passed and repassed the wreck during
the day. Towards evening we lost sight of
it. had been sitting in the water all
day loDg, and when night came on we be
ean to Joel the want oi’ food and water,
but we had neither. Just after dark I
, picked up a turnip, of which we each took
bite, and this was all we ate during the
day. We were now so dry that some drank
seawater, which made them very flighty,
while others drank their own urine, which
answered better. The morning of the
fourth was very fine, so we determined to
get the water out of our boat At daylight
we came up to one of the,wrecked, who
was floating on a piece of the cabin, and
had an oar with which to guide his craft.
W e got alongside and put some of the men
on it, after which we upset our boat, thus
getting the water out of it. We then got
in again, and felt comparatively comforta
ble, hut still suffering tor the want of food
and water. We then rigged two masts out
of pieces of the wreck, and made sails out
of the covering of the life-preservers. We
then headed east-north-east. At eight
o clock we fell in with the third mate, with
nine men in another life-boat, who gave
each one of us a handful of crackers ; but,
unfortunately, our throats were so parched
with the long thirst, and by drinking sea
water, we were unable to swallow this
food. The two boats then parted com
pany, we taking a more northerly direction
than the other. At 5 o’clock on the sth,
we fell in with the Norwegian hark Meet
wing, from Balize, Honduras, for Liver
pool, who took us on board. Here we re
mained thirty-three hours. On the 6th
spoke schooner-,/. Waring, Captain Frank
Smith, from New York to Apalachicola,
liorida. This vessel having suffered in
the gale and got crippled, she put into Sa
vannah for repairs. While we were on
hoard the Waring the Captain’ and crew
did all in their power l to relieve our wants,
even at their own discomfort. \\ bite we
were floating in the life boat, a young wo
man, about 1A years of age, caught hold
with us and clung on for several hours.
She held on while we were capsized three
times, but kept growing weaker. At last
we were turned over again, and she was
lost. We all got very much exhausted,
and could scarcely hold on to the boat :
Mr. Allen became very weak, and would
have been lost but for assistance given him.
We were all bruised more or less, and the
salt water made our wounds very, painful.
Captain Knapp did his duty faithfully
and manfully throughout, doing all in his
power to saVe his snip, and when he found
there was no hope, contributed much to
preserving order among the passengers
and crew. He floated for some time, but
while clinging to one of the life-boats he
was struck on the head by a piece of tim
ber and killed.
[communicated.]
Letter Irom Oglethorpe County.
Messrs. Editors : —I have delayed writing
you for several weeks, although intending
to do so, to call your attention to this
county (Oglethorpe) as one of the richest
in minerals of any other county in the
State—Hall, Lumpkin, etc., not excepted.
There has already been discovered and
tested here, gold, copper, lead, silver in
traces, manganese, iron and kaolin.
A gold mine, known as the “Wynn
Mine,” was worked years ago by the late
John Wynn, Esq., and with his primitive
stamps and other machinery, was made to
pay him very well. Within a short time
other mines of gold have been discovered
and tested, lying in the same auriferous
region of this county ; while, within five
miles of the Lexington Depot, Ga. It. It.,
a copper mine has been discovered, and,
from a test of the ore, it is superior to the
famous Ducktown Copper Mines, with the
advantage of only 5 miles wagon, 100 miles
railroad, and then water transportation to
any part of the globe.
Upon one of the newly discovered gold
mines a nugget was found weighing nearly
4 ozs. avoirdupois; and subsequent tests
have shown that there only requires de
vclupemeut of the right kind to produce a
rich return of the precious metal.
11l this _ auriferous region of Oglethorpe
county, it is only needed that labor and
capital should combine to produce relief to
the people of a substantial and reliable
kiul, and while there is nothing left upon
the top of the earth here to reward man
for his labor with remunerating agricultu
ral products, yet we see “there is life in
the old land yet,” and that under
neath the ribbed hills and in the in
numerable gulleys, so unseemly to the
eye, there are to be found valuable
Is and Is for whose a
•puisi vc ’ .' i.y and toil by night. Capi-
ta .’ ■ : •; will develope this region
<• -i l ..site it, wr*. «*: already
a'.'i’- ■*’ c, -nllncos of quick cotnmuui
and vapid transportation of products
frees and ot insistence tn, the inhabitants,
one. of the most desirable in the State!
\Y a have been overlooking these advan
tages—even before the war, believing that
cotton made with half starved mules, and
raekrent fences, barces, and tackle of all
kinds, was the he all and end-all of earth’s
hopes ! Now, when cotton is not King—
but a very great slave to the meanest of
his former subjects while he was “King”—
other matters are at tracting attention and
it is “to be hoped that the result will he
a full development of our talent and pow
ers. So mote it be.
Our Supreme Court is now in session.
I notice, at the Bar, Hon. James Hilyer,
Hope Hull, Esq., A. T. Akcrman, Esq.,
Senator Wm. T. Vanduzer, 30tli Senatorial
District, Hon. Linton Stephens, and seve
ral other members of the Bar from a dis
tance besides our resident lawyers.
A good deal of business is before the
Court, some seven or eight Freedmen
to be tried for felonies.
The cotton crop has now upon the stalks
twice as much in squares and blooms as it
lias had all the season, but General Jack
Frost will soon come along and away it
go.es. If the clerk of the weather could
just keep us dry and frostless a month lon
ger, cotton balds and greenbacks would be
very much plentier in this heat.
Yours respectfully, F. J. R.
Lexington, Ga., Oct., 16th, 1866.
Curious litigation Among the Louisville
Presbjteriniis-Oipjrrel over a Be
quest of §160,000.
Our former well-known fellow-citizen,
Isaac Cromi', who died August 10, 1865,
after bequeathing various portions of his
large estate to his relatives, devised prop
erty and funds, now valued at $160,000,
to ' the Louisville Presbyterian Orphan
Asylum and‘Sisters of 3lercy ofNcw York
—each in equal proportions. Unfortunate
ly, in writing his last will and testament,
the proper title ot neither institution was
giver), as required by law, that in this city
being tiic Louisville Presbyterians Orphans’
Home. Upon tjjo groqnd of this failure,
evidently through waqt of. caption ip draw
ing the instrument, the heirs at law have
instituted suit before Chancellor Turtle for
the estates. The managers of the Presby
terian Orphans’ Home have filed a cross
bill in chancery, and although there may
be a difference in the name their institu
tion bears ami that mentioned by the testa
tor, they feel confident that justice and
equity will award . them the’ SBO,QGO that
the charitable deviser evidently’intended
tor the benefit of the orphans of this city.
But a new dilficjfey lias arisen, and one
that is quite as perplexing g.s the legal.
This is of a theological character, growing
out of the recent dissensions in the Presby
terian Church. The constitution of the
Orphans' Home prescribes thatthe mem
; bars of the Society shall consist of the ori
ginal stoner? of the constitution, the pas
tor, ruling elder’s, /deacons and trustees of
the various Presbyterian Churches of Lou
isville, connected with the Presbytery of
Louisville, the Synod of Kentucky, and
the General Assembly of the United States
of America,
Last night the anniversary meeting of
the Louisville Orphans’ Ilome was held.
After reading the usual reports, George
W. Morris, Esq., moved thatthe portion
of the constitution prescribing the qualifi
cations for membership be stricken out.
This instantly gave rise to _ discussion.
Much iatitudo of remark was indulged in,
but the representations of both parties
manifested the utmost disposition to com
promise and work harmoniously for the
good of the orphan. A number of propo.-
sitions were made, points ot order raised,
occasional asperity of remarks manifested,
and the session of the body did not con
clude until near midnight.
A proposition of Mr. Barrett for the
election of Managers—five from each par
ty—was debated at length, but, pa motion
of 3lr. George \V. 3lorris, an adjournment
was had.
The only question definitely settled was
that those members only 7 could vote at any
subsequent mcctiug who had signed the
constitution of the ocaet j.—Louismlk
Democrat. 3d.
A Beautiful Team.— Eight beautiful
black Loyses, which have been a few times
during the pa.-L tyo or three days in the
streets of this city, have attracted notice
and caused a great deal oi inquiry among
the admires of fine horses. The owner,
who usually drives six of the animals in
pairs, but sometimes ip tandem, manages
them very gracefully i and 33 8$ of them
are fifteen and a half hands high, are ex
actly matched, and travel very rapidly
together, they are just now “the sensation '
in their way. The curious may be glad to
know that the team belongs to Mr. Bellows,
a lawer of Walpole, N. H., who is stopping
for a few days with tin Collector here.
The horses came from New Hampshire
this week, trotting muc-h of the distance,
twelye miles an hour. Each of them,
driven singly, can travel )at the rate of
™ or ? V? an a m fle in three minutes. —Xeic
i ork Express,
IHDSTINCT PRINT.
LETTER FROM GEN. TILLBON.
Hd’qrs Sub-Dipt, of Georgia, )
Ass’ tAdj. Gen.'s OmcK,
Augusta, Ga., October 15. 1866.)
Gentlemen .—1 have the honor to ac
knowledge the receipt of your communica
tion of the Bth inst., forwarding copies of
resolutions adopted in public meeting by
the citizens of Henry county.
In reply, I beg leave to make the follow
ing statement: On the 18th of May last,
reports reached these headquarters of out
rages upon freed people and threats on the
part of the citizens to shoot Mr. Phillips,
agent of the Bureau, if he dared to arrest
any person for whipping a “damned ne
gro. ’ ’
May 25. —Similar reports were received.
July 20. —Information reached these
headquarters of the existence of a gang of
jayhawkers in Henry county, who were
whipping, robbing and killing freed’people,
and driving them from plantations where
they were employed.
July 31. —I addressed a letter to the
Judges of the Inferior Court and the Sheriff
of Henry county, calling upon the civil
authorities to enforce the laws and protect
the freed people.
This letter was sent through Mr. Phil
lips, who reported its delivery, and the
reply of the Judges and Sheriff that they
“could not do anything.” He further re
ported that the outrages upon the freed
people still continued.
August 22. —OneG. D. Gardiner whip
ped a freedgirl most unmercifully, the
blood was oozing from her back and arms
when she presented herself before the
agent. Gardiner was arrested by the sol
diers on duty with the agent, and after
wards released on a writ of habeas corpus
issued by the Hon. S. 0. McDaniel, Judge
of the County Court. The agent was in
structed to re-arrest Mr. Gardiner and
hold him under General Orders No. 44
(o. s.) from Headquarters of the Army—
unless the civil authorities instituted pro
ceedings against him. The Judge of the
county was informed of the instructions to
the agent.
About that time the gang of outlaws,
before referred to, murdered a freedwoman.
The agent reported that he asked the
Judge if the guilty parties would be tried
by him if they were arrested by the agent?
The Judge replied that he would not —
that the arrest would be illegal. In addi
tion to these reports, others were received
from Captain Walbridge, A. S. A., Com
missioner at Atlanta, andCaptainEhlersat
Griffin—that freedpeople who had beeu
subjected to cruelties in Henry county, had
appeared before them to make complaint
—bearing upon their bruised and bloody
persons the proof of their statements.
Capt. Walbridge states that frequent
complaints reached him from Henry coun
ty, that the inhabitant! attacked the schol
ars and teachers of freedmen schools—
stoned them on their way home and threat
ened “to kill every nigger or white
man who upheld the establishment and
continuation of the nigger school. He
further states that he notified the civil au
thorities and called upon them to remedy
the evil, but they took no notice of it, and
claimed they could not. In one instance a
freedwomen was fearfully beaten —her per
son outraged and afterwards subjected to
cruelties so atrocious and revolting that a
description would be unfit for publication.
On one occasion, after Mr. Phillips had
arrested a man in pursuance of orders from
these Headquarters—a mob of armed citi
zens of the county, numbering from one
hundred to two hundred, compelled Mr.
Phillips to release the prisoner. On an
other occasion a Uuited States soldier in
the performance of his duty, was fired upon,
and on many other occasions the rightful
authority of the Government of the United
States has been insulted, defied and treated
with contempt by the citizens and civil au
thorities of Henry county.
Mr. Phillips reported tojine personally,
that he called upon the Sheriff of Henry
county, and asked him to arrest certain
parties charged with committing' outrages
on freed people ; the Sheriff replied, that
“it would be unpopular to punish white
men for anything dene to a negro—it
might be unsafe—that he was not going
to obey the orders of any damned Yankee
—and that the rebellion was not over yet
in Henry county.”
Facts which have come to my knowledge
through other sources, leave but little
room to doubt the truth of this report.
But whether or not the civil authorities
have at any time used the language re
ported, is of little consequence ; it can be
established by positive proof that they
have not diligently exercised their author
ity to preserve order and maintain peace,
and that they have shown no little activity
in releasing prisoners arrested by the
Bureau agent. Notwithstanding that the
agent is acting by virtue of a resolution of
the Constitutional Convention of this
State and in compliance with the laws of
the United States—the civil authorities
have constantly and openly asserted that
his acts were illegal and void, thereby
giving aid and countenance to bad men, I
and weakening the only power which
sought to protect the ft -ed people,.
During the time Mr. Irhuips has hold
the office of Agent of th Bureau, he has
been repos tedly threatene*‘ with death by the
citizens of the county if he dared to exe
cute his orders, and has received many
anonymous communications to the same
effect. On the. 19th of August his office
was a second time fired into by a band of
armed men, and he compelled to leave the
county. The more important of the fore
going statements do not, by any means,
rest solely upon the report made by Mr.
Phillips. The truth can be established
from affidavits and official documents on
file at these Headquarters, by the testi
mony of officers of the army and citizens of
the State—beyond shadows of doubt, and
in a manner to convince any impartial tri
bunal. All peaceful efforts having been
exhausted and failed ; the civil authorities
having shown themselves unable or un
willing to protect the freed people, in their
rights of person and property, or- to bring
to trial and punishment, persons guilty of
inflicting monstrous cruelties upon them ;
there was no alternative but to use military
force in compliance with General Orders
No. 44, above referred to.
1 shall hold the prisoners and maintain
a garrison in Henry county until the con
duct of the people, and the action of the
civil authorities warrant the belief that the
laws will be enforced and all classes of citi
zens protected. Longer to trust mere pro
fession, in the presence of facts in my pos
session, would be to indulge in criminal
credulity,
As the publication of the resolutions sent
me tend to give the impression that the
military authorities have acted in an op
pressive and tyranical manner, without due
invest 1 gution or knowledge of facts, I shall
publish the foregoing statement.
I have altogether mistaken the charac
ter and intentions of the people of this
State, if, after reading this statement, they
shall decide that my action has been hasty,
ill-considered or too severe.
I am gratified to add that this is the first
instance in this State when the efforts to
restore the supremacy pf civil law, in a
manner to protect the rights of all citizens,
irrespective of color or condition, has
proved so nearly a failure.
I am, very respect’y, your ohdt. servt,
Davis Tillson.
Elilali Poster, Esq., Chairman; A. M.
51. Campbell, Esq., Secy— McDonough,
Henry county, Ga.
Stone Mountain jjemale college.—
On the 13th instant a meeting of the
-trustees of Stone Mountain Female Col
lege was held, consisting of the following
gentlemen, to-wit: J. T. Meador, Turner
Goldsmith. H. p. WoQtten, W. S. Heren
don, E. 11. Dean, B. F. Veal, Lewis Tura
lin, W. W. Veal, J. L. Hamilton, 8. B.
Wight. J B, Stewart and Thomas John
son.
The Rev. James McDonald was elected
chairman of the Board of Trustees.
On motion, the names of Wm. A.. Moore,
A. K. Seago and Col. Jared I. Whitaker,
of Atlanta, were added to the Board of
Trustees.
On mqtiqn of Dr. Hamilton, the former
committee bn business wefc discharged.
The election of a President and Secretary
being next in order, the following resolu
tion was offered and unanimously adopted :
Resolved, That the Rev. H. C. Hornady
be and lie is hereby elected President of
this Institution, and that Mr. T. W. Chan
dler be elected Correspqnding Secretary.
On motion, Messrs. J. B. Stewart, J.
L. Hamilton, E. R. Dean, B. F. Veal and
Turner Goldsmith were appointed by the
Chair as a committee to confer with the
Rev. H. C. Hornady and tender him the
Pr esidency.
On motion, Messrs. H. P- Wootten, J.
I. Whitaker, W, A- Moore. Jhamas John
son, B. F. Veal, W. a. Herndon and J.
L. Stewart were appointed by the Chair
a Committee to whom all matters of busi
ness should be referred.
On motion, The Atlanta and all other
papers throughout the State were request
ed give this publicity.
James McDonald, Chairman.
F. W. Quarles, Secretary.
. Stone Mountain. Ga., Oct., 13, 1866.
The Effect of Railroads.—Mr. De-
D.ow. the eminent statiejan, in an article
in a Nashville paper on the effects of rail
roads upon cities, says dial between 1830
and 1840, the gain in valuation of proper- i
tv at Charleston was $5,160,829, which j
CpL Gadsden said was clearly traceable to :
the Hamburo railroad, which had not
expended half that sum. The gain was !
more extraordinary in Boston, which was I
$74,000,000 in the years 184i -40, upon as
ospepdfture of $30.000,000 in railroads.
In the fcanjo period Aew York showed an
actual decline’ which reused the energies
of her capitalists and enabled them in the
end to turn the scales. In 1840 the dis
trict around Boston had a population of
172.000 and in 1850, 293,000, —an increase
of 70 per cent against 35 per cent in the
previous ten years. In the same period
the valuation of property rose from $l2O,- !
000,000 to $266,000,000, upon an expen- j
diture of $52,000,000 for railroads.
Mr. Horace Greeley on the Black Race.
A few years back Mr. Greeley gaVe his
views on the negro race, which we repro
duce for their admirers to-day. He said :
We.believe the Caucasian race natural
ly dislikes and recoils from intimacy and
association witli the African, and that is
Ibe real reason of negro exclusion votes.
It the blacks of this country were morally,
intellectually, and politically the equals of
,®. w mtes, we think this repugnance would
still be manifested—that intermarriages
between them would be rare, and general
ly impelled by depraved appetite, rather
than ennobling aflectiou. This is our be
lief, and we act upon it.
******
question to be determined is
this: Has the Caucasian or white race an
essential repugnance to association on
terms of equality and intimacy with the
Ethiopian or black race?” 'Protracted
observation and an earnest desire to know
the truth have led us to the conviction that
such a repugnance does exist, quite apart
from and independent of any que: tion of
slavery or anti-slavery, African equality or
inferiority to Europeans in intellectual or
moral elevation. There are exceptions,
but they only serve to establish the general
rule. We believe that, if there never had
been a slave in America, this repugnance
would nevertheless have existed. We find
it quite as strong among the immigrants of
last year, who n ;ver saw a slave, and never
till recently a black person, as among our
citizens who remember when New York
was a slave State. We believe the time
never will come when blacks will be gener
ally invited to the balls, soirees and enter
tainments or' their white neighbors of like
fortune and general culture —that the in
termarriage of the whites with blacks will
always be repulsive to the feelings and
tastes of a preponderantly white commu
nity; and that the association of blacks
with whites on juries, in military or fire
companies, as judges on the bench, or
counsel at the bar, though it may in some
eases be effeettd, will never become general
nor permanent, because it goes against the
grain.
All this affords no reason for denying to
fellow-citizens, no matter of what color,
those political franchises and civil'iramuni
ties which are the natural rights of all cit
izens. Our own State's refusal of the
right of suffrage to poor colored men is a
palpable violation of the fundamental basis
of our Declaration of Independence. But
while it is clear that citizens should be
equal before the law, it does not follow that
it is best that Blacks and Whites, Malays
and Choctaws, Moors and Chinese, should
be mixed up in the same community. We
think it is not best, but conducing to many
social and moral evils; the majority of our
people still more decidedly think so. Thtyv
sometimes evince a willingness to pursue
the ends by means, to our minds, unjusti
fiable and revolting. Hence (as we under
stand them) such votes as those just thrown
in Indiana—votes harsh in their effects,
yet impelled by an instinct which cannot be
successfully resisted. The great mass of
the free white people of this country, how
ever they may a indemn and detest slavery,
and even though they may ardently desire
to see the African race enlightened, enno
bled and elevated, do not wish blacks for
their neighbors and associates, but would
have the Caucasian and African races sep
arated into distinct and independent com
munities asGod placed them at some period
■anterior to the date of Profane History.
And if this be an instinct, as we believe, it
were idle to hope that it can be permanent
ly defeated by any dexterous manceuvering
or stern resolutions of numerically feeble
minorities.
That repugnance of the whites to the
blacks, says the Cincinnati Enquirer, is as
strong to-day as ever. It is an instinct
springing out of natural laws, and can not
be overcome by human enactments. Yet
we have among us those who teach, and
want the country to adopt, the doctrine
that color is simply an unnatural prejudice,
which can be overcome by the enactment of
laws to place the blacks on the same social
and political equality with the whites.
Beauties of the World to Come.
Beautiful Zion built abovo;
Beautiful city that I love;
Beautiful gates of pearly white ;
Beautiful temple, God its light;
Beautiful trees forever there—
Beautiful fruits they always bear ;
Beautiful rivers gliding by;
Beautiful fountains never dry ;
Beautiful heaven where all is light;
Beautiful angels clothed in white;
Beautiful cr.owns on every brow ;
Beautiful palms the conquerors show ;
Beautiful robes the ransomed wear;
Beautiful all who enter there!
Russo-Amerlcun Alliance.
THE EASTERN QUESTION.
New York, October 12.—The follow
ing extract from the Vienna Press will ex
plain what is thought there of the Anier
teas Russian alliance. The Press says a
correspondent writes; that the cabinet of
the Tu Merit? IS ffifirp- all in'its power to
prevent the America n republic from ob
tainim. a foot-hold in the Mediterranean by
the purchase of an island in the Grecian
Archipelago. It is necessary for France
to prevent the United States, who so strik
ingly hindered Napoleon from meddling
in the trans-Atlantic affairs, from them
selves meddling in the oriental question.
In this matter English interests agree witli
those of France. It is for this reason, it is
said, that England offered to lend financial
aid to the Sultan on condition of his resist
ing the brilliant offer made by the Cabinet
at Washington for the cession of a part of
the Island of Miles. But Russian inter
ests are diametrically opposed to those of
the Western powers. It is necessary and
sound policy on her part to form of the
United States an interested ally in the
question which is about to come in the
East. It is well-known at St. Pesters
burgthat the American republic has no
intention of taking any share of the spoils
in the event of Turkey being divided.
Her intentions are to prevent France
from acquiring any benefit, now or in fu
ture, from the catastrophe that might fol
low the breaking up of the Turkish Gov
ernment and country, and, as far as Eng
land is concerned, to act in such a manner
that her power in the Indies will be bro
ken. _ These are also the two objects which
Russia has in view.
Singular Death and Resurrection.
—The following remarkable case is from
the Albany Knickerbocker of Wednesday :
Night before last a child of Wm. Wells,
residing in the town of Bethlehem, a short
distance from the city, died rather sudden
ly, as the family supposed, from an attack
of diarrhoea. To all appearances the child
was dead, and it was accordingly prepared
for the grave, and actually laid in the coffin.
The coffin containing the body was placed
in the front room, after having been thus
arranged, the family retired. The
funeral was to take place yesterday. Dur
ing the night, however, Mr. Wells heard
a noise in the front room; and supposed it
was the cat or dog that had got in there.
He went in to drive it out. Imagine his
surprise to find the body of the child turned
in the coffin. He raised it up, and the.
little thing opened its eyes, looked up and
commenced crying. Life, animated life,
was there. The father’s heart leaped with
joy. The mother again clasped her child
to her bosom. The physician was sent
for, and the whole neighborhood were soon
aroused. Nourishments were administered
and the child yesterday was doing well.
What the President will do.—We
have the assurance from parties at Wash
ington, who profess to know, that Presi
dent Johnson will firmly adhere to his pol
icy, as against that of the Radicals. On
the other hand, we have the declaration of
the New Yogk Herald —which we give for
what it is worth —that
A witness who ought to know, declares
that in the event of a Radical triumph
throughout the North, the President wdl
say to the Southern States and to the
world—“ I have submitted my plan to the
people, and so far as the people have had
an opportunity to act upon it, their verdict
has teen in favor of the proposed constitu
tional amendment. Under the circum
stances, the best advice I can give is that
you (the Southern States) adopt the
amendment, in order that you may be re
stored to the Union, so that all the people
(that is, all the States represented in Con
gress) may consult upon the future of our
great country,”
The Laclede Races.
St. Louis. October 12. —Today has
been an exciting one on the Laclede Qourse.
The first race, mile heats, freo for all
feather weights, premium SSOO, was won
by Count Bismarck. Time, 1:45 and 1:45}.
His competitors were Bushwhacker, John
Scott, Prairie Boy and Blue Flag.
The second race, two mile heats, free
for alb premium SI,OOO, was won by Mug
gins. Time, 3:41 and 3:42}: The com
petitors were,'Stonewall Jackson, Derby,
Ring Master and Cupper.
The third race, three mile Jieat3, free for
all, premium $2,000, was won by Harry of
the West. Time. 5:35} and 5:56, This
was the most exciting race of the week.
The time of the first heat i3 said to be re
markable.
Troubles with the Coolies.—Fre
quent revolts are reported among the Coo
lies in Cuba. On the 25th uit., they killed
the foreman of a factory. Their resent
ments are so violent that they do not hesi
tate to avenge an affront with murder, and
if the object of their revenge escapes, they
often commit suicide from sheer despera
tion. Numerous instances are recorded
where several, who had been punished by
the Mayor Dome, or overseer, have hanged
themselves in a groupe!
To-Morrow.
BY 11. W. LONGFELIIOW.
’Tis late at night, and in the realm of sleep
My little fatribs are folded like the docks;
From room to room I hear the wakeful
clocks
Challenge the passing hour, like guards
that keep
Their solitary watch on tower and steep;
Far otTl hear the crowing of the cocks,
And through the opening door that time
unlocks
Feel the fresh breathing of To-morrow
creep,
To-morrow! the mysterious, unknown
guest,
Who cries aloud : “Remember, Barme
cide,
And tremble to be happy w ith the rest!”
And I make answer: “I am satisfied;
I dare not ask ; I know not what is best:
God hath already said what shall betide.”
Wreck or the Evening Star.
SERMON BY REV. Pit. SMYTH, AT THE PRES-
BYTERIAN CHURCH.
The Rev. Charles B. Smyth, D.D.A.R,
of the Presbyterian Church, corner ol
Thompson and Houston streets, New- A ork,
delivered an address last Sunday oil the
“Lessons for the clergy, from the news
papers’ account of the wreck of the Even
ing Star.” He took his text from Psalms
evii, 23 —“Who go down to the sea in slips
and do business in the great waters, .Ac;
The disaster of the Evening Star, lie
said, afforded ample opportunity to the
clergy to do good by wholesome advice.
They could portray the scenes that occured
at the time the vessel went down, arid im
press upon the minds of their hearers the
great lessons to be learned from the loss ot
so many abandoned persons. They might
do great good, first, in denouncing those
men who sent to sea vessels unable to stand
rough voyages and which have not suffi
cient means for the saving of life, such as
life boats and life-preservers. It had been
too long the custom of the leading men of
steamships to send forth “vessels of ginger
bread” which could not with, tand the gales
of the. sea. The day would come when
they would find that their doings were re
membered by an Almighty power. There
was a Gcd who would visit them with His
vengeance, and His judgments they would
have to dreaff. For the loss of the hun
dreds of helpless women and children
through their neglect they would be
“damned to depths deeper than the depths
of the oqean in which perished the victims
of the Keening Star disaster.” Again, it
seemed that it was the duty of the clergy
to call the attention of their flocks to the
fact that God appeared to have at all times
a certain and great means of punishing sin
ners who delayed repentance. In meeting
out justice to sinners, Providence, in this
disaster, had been consistent. When So
dom and Gomorah were consumed, had
there been found a proportion of righteous
men in those cities, God would have spared
them, but the proportion was not found,
and the cities were destroyed. And who
could say that God’s mercy would not have
been exhibited in like manner to the ill
fated Evening Star, had there been a suffi
cient number of righteous souls on board
to avert this anger from flic wicked. It
was sad to think of the 87 abandoned wo
men, the circus company, and opera troupe,
all persons of a class more or less noted for
their disregard of religion and their sinful
ness, being engulphed in a moment and
sent before the judgment seat with all their
sins upon their heads. There were a lew
persons saved, and they, with one or two
exceptions, were not of the abandoned
circus or opera class. All these facts
afforded the clergy opportunities to call
their congregations to reflect upon the jus
tice of God and the wonderful ways in
which He pursues His course of reward
and punishment—the one to the righteous,,
the -other to the evil-doers. Life, they
might show, was itself only a voyage, and
that but one vessel could carry us to the
port of our destination—heaven —and that
vessel was Christ. ~
Crumb’s from Hill’s Haversack.
We find the following army pleasantries
in the last number of Gen. D. 11. Hills ex
cellent magizene—the Land ice Love :
Two dazzling dressed young officers
wearing the “true blue” came one day for
me to play for them, which 1 did with as
good a grace as might be. After I had
finished, one of them with a very gallant
bow and smile said ‘I aui surprised and
sorry that so good and pleasant a lady
should espouse so bad a cause.’ ‘Ah, I
replied, ‘Shakespeare says ‘there’s nothing
either good or bad, but thinking makes it
so. ’ Looking rather perplexed ho says at
last ‘Shakespeare—ah ! yes !he is one of
our Virginia generals'! ! The bard would
have riseji from his grave at such an accu
sation (that is if he had heard it) spite of
his malediction on whoever should move
his sacred bones.
One day, a lank visaged specimen of the
genus homo, carnc in wearing an old cloth
coat much toe short in the waist and
sleeves uith th . tut ■ labels from off sar
dines boxes!! o:i h.s shoulder to designate
his position ;n P e Cijue militia, i laud
ing rile a large envelope tearinga very red
tape appearance, lit said in a voice of
Linked sweetne-s long drawn out.
Miss, there i my c nomistut,. I coins to
git you to read it fur me. Them Dutch
letters is rutlier too much fur me, I haint
got no book larnin no how, though I have
got to be one uv Uncle Sam’s ossifers.’ I
read his commission; at its close he said
reflectively, ‘Dad used to say Elic, you
aint never goin to be no account. I wonder
what he thinks now that I’ve got a shore
enough letter from the Governor. Some
of the boys said he’d.spelt my name wrong.
Elic’s my name —Elic Sander. Sander's
my middle name. I said ‘well it’s all
right—Alex is only an abreviation of your
name.’ ‘What in thunder is abbrevia
tion ?’ I explained.
’Yaas,’ said he, ‘but I don’t like it be
ginning with A. I hate that letter worse’ll
the whole row. I had to be mighty nigh
beat to death ’fire I larnt it.’ This same
hero after awhile went to a store to get
shoulder straps. The clerk covered the
counter with the glittering composition of
‘Bullion’ and veliet. ‘Elic’was amazed and
delighted ; he priced a great many—find
ing the Col's straps with the eagle on
them, to be but one dollar higher’than
some others, lie bawled out ‘darn a dollar,
who cares for a dollar ! dim me them with
a hen on cm ! ’ Proud bird of the free !
what a fall was there !
A distinguished clergyman came to
preach to brigade, when the enemy
was “all quiet along the Potomac” after a
sound drubbing. Someone had made him
a present of real cheese and crackers, the
spoils of some U. S. sutler’s wagon, which
he was quietly enjoying by the road side,
while the troops were marching past. It
was not long before the rebel sharp shooters
opened fire upon him. “Isay, Jim, it’s,
the rale artic-cle. ” “I wonder if the Par
son’s in the blockade-running business.”
“Mister, I’ll whistle Yankee-doodle for
you, if you’ll gin me a smell of that thar
Yankee cheese.” “Ibaint had nothing to
eat in three days, please sir let me have a
slice of that crumb on your whiskers. ”
Absorbed in his pleasant duty and perhaps
in bis meditations, (be reverend gentleman
bad not heard at first the pattering shot
around him But when he became con
scious that he was the target for all this
desultory fire, he began to heat a retreat.
Just then a long legged, and gaunt speci
men of rebeldom stepped up to him, took
off his old slouch hat, made him the most
horribly awkward bow acd said, “not any
forme, thank you kindly, parson, you are
powerful good, but that thar cheese would
be too excitin’ to my feelins. ”
Two gallant cavalry generals, a friend
tells us, were in the habit of joking each
other about the poverty of their respective
States. General G—of North Carolina
was accustomed to taunt General Y—of
Georgia with the whortle-berry proclivities
of his people. The orher \vould retort by
alleging that the “ tar-heels” lived on
persimmons. These jokes alienated the
heroic brothers in arms, but their mutual
good feeling came near being broken off
on one occasion. As General G—was put
ting his brigade into caufp, he observed a
squad of men drawn up under a persim
mon tree near the spot, which he had
chosen for his own tent. “Who are you
and what are you doing ?" asked General
G—. The sergeant saluted him with bis
sabre and said in the most respectful man
ner, “I have been ordered by General Y—
to guard this persimmon tree until General
G—should come up, and then turn it over
to him for the use of his brigade !” The
sergeant made good his escape: but twas
a long time before the practical joke was
forgiven by General G—.
t A Pensacola Vessel Lost.—The
United States steamer Newhern, from New
York, via Key West, reports having pick
ed up on the Bth instant, off the coast of
Georgia, the Captain, Second Mate and
three seamen of the British bark Ambrosia
for Queenstown. She was’in a severe bur
ricane and went to pieces on the 6th inst.
The Captain and crew were forwarded to
New York. The Ambrosia was cleared
from Pensacola by J udah and Leßaron,
op she 19th of September, with a cargo of
lumber and deals.
Why Gen. Wofford Resigned.—The
Cartersville Express says that Gen. Wof
ford resigned his place in the Congressional
delegation for the following roasonji:
At the solicitation of his numerous
friends, he reluctantly consented to serve
them, because he hoped to do them good
in our national council, but as he had not
had that privilege, not being recognized by
the authorities at Washington, and fearing
j that his position will have the contrary ef
fect, he having been a Confederate Gen
eral, has resign*! his position to give place >
to one, who perhaps, will be loss obnoxious
to said authorities at the national capitol,
thereby increasing our chances for an early
recognition. The General will continue
his exertions in behalf of the poor and
destitute of the land, as well as for the gen- :
eral good of his late constituency, in hi* I
more private life.
A Carious Diplomatic Dispatch.
The following is an extract from a letter
undressed to Maximilian, the original of
which is in possession of the State Depart
ment at Washington. The wtiter of this
letter, M. F. Eloin, is a Belgian who pos
sesses tlife confidence of Maximilian and
his vile, and is one of his most influential
anti trusted advisers. He holds the office
of Counsellor of State to Maximillian, and
is now on a mission to Europe:
Silt; Hie article of the French Moni
tcur denying that two French Generals,
Osmond and \ riand, have permission to
assume the Departments of War and Fi
nance proves that from this time the mask
is shamelessly, aside. The mission
of Gen. Castemau, aid-de-eanip and con
fidential servant of the Emperor, although
secret, can hu\e no other aim, in my judg
ment, than to provoke a solution as soon
as possible. With a view to explain its
conduct, of which history must be thejudge,
the French Government wishes that an ab
dication should precede the return of the
army, and that thus it maybe able to pro
ceed alone to recognize anew state of af
fairs capable of securing Its own interests
and those of its subjects.
f have a firm conviction thatyeur Majesty
will not give this satisfaction to a policy
which must sooner or later answer for the
odious character of its acts, and for the
fatal consequence which must follow them.
The speech of Seward, the toast to Romero,
(by Gen. Grant,) the attitude of the Pres
ident —results ot the cowardice of the
French Cabinet—are grave facts destined
to increase the difficulties and to discourage
the bravest. Nevertheless, I have a firm
belief that tbe abandonment of the cause
before the return of the French army would
be interpreted as an act of weakness ; and
as the Emperor holds his authority by a
popular vote, it is to the Mexican people,
freed from the. pressure of a foreign inter
vention, shat he should make anew appeal.
It is from it that he must demand the
material and financial support indispensa
ble to the existence and increased great
ness of the Empire. If this appeal should
not be heard, then your Majesty, having
accomplished your noble mission to the
very end, will return to Europe with all
the prestige which accompained you on
your departure, and in the midst of im
portant circumstances which cannot fail
to arise, you will be able to play the role
which by ail considerations belongs to you.
Important Legal Decision.—A de
cision has beeu given in the Probate Court
of Sumter county, Alabama, embracing the
following points:
1. The ordinance of the State Conven
tion, and the different acts of" the Legisla
ture, for the protection of administrators,
executors and guardians, are valid; and
investments made by them in good faith,
in the late Confederate securities, under
color of law, will row be upheld ; the loss
falling upon the estate, and not upon such
executors, administrators or guardians.
2. Contracts made during the war, which
recognized the lawfulness of Confederate
bonds and Treasury notes, and which were
then valid, will not he pronounced void.
3. Collections of debts due an estate, by
the personal representative', in Confederate
Treasury notes, will be uphold if made in
good faith, even though the debt was due
before the war, and the notes became
worthless in the hands of the administra
tor.
4. AY here rights had already vested be
fore the surrender, or acts have been per
formed under the laws then in force, the
public policy which existed at the time such
rights accrued, and not present public
policy, will control the question of their
legality; and loyalty to the National Gov
ernment does not require interference with
such past transactions, if honestly made,
and in accordance with the laws of the State
at the time.
5. The administrator in this case, hav
ing in good faith sold a large amount of
cotton, by the advice and order of the Pro
bate Court, in 1803, for a fair price, and
having taken a note ror the purchase
money from the purchaser, which was de
livered to the guardian of the heirs, and
afterwards collected by the guardian in
Confederate money, he is not liable to ac
count again for said cotton ; although the
sale was made with reference to the mar
ket price in Confederate money.
Life too Short for Strife.— Charles
Dickens relates tbe following of Douglas
Jerrold :
Os his generosity I had a proof within
these two or three •year:-, which it saddens
me to think of now. There had been es
trangement between us —not, on any per
sonal subject, and not involving angry
words —and a good many months laid pas
sed without my ever seeing him in the
streets, when it fell out that we dined,
each with his own separate pat.. 1 ' in the
ijtrtmger’s RoonYof tb A Club. Our hairs
were almost back to bark, and 1 took
> r. (I
am sorry to roummber, ami did not look
that way, P•; : had sat long, ho
openly wheeled his chair around, stretched
out.both hati.U in an engaging manner,
and said aloud, with a blight and loving
face, that I t can see as I write to you :
“Let us be friends again. A life is not
long enough for this.”
Jerrold was not a Christian, hut his con
duct in this case was worthy of a Christian
character. On a dying bod how insignifi
cant will appear many things about which
we contend in bitterness and wrath ! Life
is too short, its inevitable sorrows so many,
its responsibilities so vast and solemn, that
there is, indeed, no time to spare in abus
ing and maligning one another. Let. not
the sun go down on your wrath. Never
close your eyes to sleep witli your heart
angry towards your brother and fellow suf
ferer. See him and be reconciled if you
can. If you cannot sec liim write to him.
If ho is a true man and a Christian, he
will listen. If he is not, you will have done
right, and your Mini will be bright with
he sunshine of Heaven.
A Child Three Years-and-a-Half
Old Sentenced to Imprisonment at
Hard Labor.—Shortly after midday, on
Saturday, two children, named Bryan—
one a girl of about eight years, the other a
boy aged three years and six months—were
arrested by a police constable in Westmore
land street for soliciting alms. They were
taken to the College street police station,
and charged in due course, and were then
brought before the magistrate, Mr. C. J.
O’Donnell, at the head police court. The
charge was proved, and the magistrate
made his decision. The decision was that
the girl should undergo imprisonment in
Grangegorman Penitentiary for fourteen
days, and be kept at hard labor, and that
the boy, three-and-a-half years old. should
he sent to Richmond Bridewell be there
detained for fourteen days, and kept to
hard labor! The next questions were,
what clothes he should be dressed in, and to
what hard work put ? Never contemplat
ing that such a youthful prisoner would be
sent to jail, tb e board of superintendence
bad made no provision in their wardrobe
for him, nor the in-pector-genenfi defined
what hard work was suitable for his age.
The result was that the humane governor
was obliged to procure some slight articles
of clothing for the poor creature, and send
him to the hospital ward to be taken care
of. Meanwhile, the inspectors-general have
been communicated with, and by their in
structions the local inspector has forwarded
to the Government a report on the case,
accompanied by a copy of the magistrate’s
committal. —Dublin Paper.
A Friend of the Human Race.—There
are men now living on the banks of the
Merrimac lliyer who are eating the bread
of charity, either public or private, who
were reduced to pauperism in consequence
of having been the clients of Ben Butler.
In order to pay his exorbitant charges
after a course of foolish litigation, they
were literally obliged to sell themselves out
of house and home. The Big Boy Blue,
who has been blowing his horn so lustily
out West, and threatening the President
with impeachment, swallowed their entire
substance, their haystacks, barnyard fowls,
kine, sheep, pigs, horses, harrows, rakes,
patent thr i ning machines and other agri
cultural implements and equipments, with
out t c least remorse. He swallowed ail
th *v had, and gaped for more. The
daughters of the horseleech were among
his ancestry on the female side.
We have alluded to the above circum
stance to show that a professional philan
thropist and lover of the negro race can
talk finely about the rights of men, equal
suffrage and eternal justice, and yet be an
extortioner, a devourer of the substance of
widows and orphans, and an impoverisher
of all who have the misfortune to be in his
power. —Boston Commercial.
Who art!Bankers in Great Britain.
—A correspondent writes: Those only
I are bankers in Great Britian who are au
! thorized by law. From the Bank of
, England, the greatest monetary establish
' ment in the world, down through Jot es,
! Loyd & Go., Smith, Payne & Go., Hankey
; tk Go., Barclay, Bcvan & Go., and a score
j of other names classic in the financial
world, no one can exercise the craft with
out the sanction of an act of Parliament.
The names first mentioned, Rothschild and
others, are those of merchants, who deal
in bills of exchange, loans, stocks, bills of
lading, cargoes and invoices of the staple
products of the world. In English par-
lance, the banker, merchant, brewer,
manufacturer, warehousemen (equivalent
to our wholesale merchant,) jobber and
tradesmen, constitute the line of business
men, and the _ order in which they are
named their business ranks. The brewers
take third rank, because the great brewers
have for a hundred years been possessed
of princely fortunes. So ancient and fixed
arc those designations that our ..entirely
changed business nomenclature is produc
tive of no end of misunderstanding on the
part of Englishmen.