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WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 10.
Too Wikli i,!kr Dirt-Eating.
By telegrams received from Washing
ton, we are informed that a delegation
from the Legislature of Arkausas had ar
rived there, which had been sent by the
Legislature of that State, to ascertain the
prospects and terms of reconstruction and
restoration, and to represent the true state
ol the feelings and sentiments of their peo
ple, which they think have been misrepre
sented and misunderstood.
We are sorry to find the Southern peo
ple imitating the present Rump Congress,
sending j arofatetie committees to the
North and to Washington, to beg au
diences of the desperate and un-trupulon ,
Radical majority. It would be more dig
nified and judicious to stay at home and
put in operation a system of State laws,
which would relieve llv-rr State from any
reproach on account of unfair legislation
towards the blacks, thau to be aduzunt m>
ifwrW
the hour at Washington. Tlie atfion of
the Southern legislatures and the general
conduct of our people should be permitted*
to speak for us. If the Radical ear cannot
he reached in this way', and their minds
convinced* it were worse than folly to sup—
post* that a vagrant committee, sucking
on an whiskey and hobnobbing with puri
tanical oath breakers, can effect any change
in the conduct of such-men as now direct
the lcgL-1 alien at \\ asliington.
Wi» say that we are deeply mortified to
see ahy of the Southern States so far for
getting their past history and high renown
as to have the cause of their people hawked
about, the streets and vile purlieus of
Washington city, by committees whose
action and statements must he unauthor
iz 1 arid without legal .sanction. If these
men are sent there to iofluenee the legisla
tion, of Cong i-e.-.t by some outside pressure
which it is supposed they cuo bring (6
hear, their mission is improper and wrong.
Thy Legislation of the country ought not
to be subjected to extrinsic and improper
influences, hut should he based upon the
eternal principles of truth and justice. The
, outh during the last thirty years has
been constantly warring while in the Un
ion against such practices. It was by such
outside influences as these the Southern
States are about to adopt, that the aboli
tionists finally succeeded in overthrowing
the constitution, and plunging thocountry
into the late bloody war.
It was but a few days sineg wo saw that
■South Carolina had a sort of Self-constitu
ted representation in Washington, seeking
to ascertain the ultimatum of the Radicals,
and enlightening Washington society as
to the true condition oft ho I’almetto State.
We had thought that the Southern peo
ple very well understood the Radical pro
gramme, and that (he position ofthe whole
South in relation to our Fedora' affairs
was clear and unmistakable. These South
ern mi <sionarics to the Radical heathens
at Washington will produce no other effect
there than to lessen the respect which is
now entertained towards the South by all j
right-thinking inch in the North and
West.
'i’he members of the present Congress
know just as much of- the true Mmtiuonntu
of the Southern people now, as they will |
after a score of missionaries shall have j
hoot the “pregnant hinges of the knee”
to the negro loving Stevenses, and poured
into their profane ears the “ sad story of
their country’s wrongs.” We are tired
and disgusted with this sycophancy and
want of manly bearing. The policy of the
Radical majority is clearly to encourage
such manifestations of restlessness and
fear. Their whole course since the return
of peue has been shaped with the view to
produce such results. They need them
just now more than ever to strengthen
them in the line of policy which their hate
dictates, but which their fear distrusts, j
'l’he Southern people arc merely playing j
into tin- hands of these extreme men by
the exhibition of such undue restlessness
and concern as is indicated by the presence
of the Southern missionaries at Washing
ton.
Wo hope and trust that no other South
ern State will follow the bad example of
Arkansas in this matter. And just here,
we desire to say, that the action of our |
own Legislature at its recent session, in
rejecting a proposition to send a like com
mittee to Washington, has received the
almost unanimous approval of our people.
No possible good could be accomplished
by such a mission, and we have just seen
how it might produce harm.
We must make up our minds toleavethis
whole matter with the President and ;
the Conservatives on our side against the
Radical Dcstruetionists on the other. We
can do nothing which will so much j
strengthen the President as to continue the 1
firm, upright and manly course which lias j
already marked our conduct since the close i
of the war.
We have great faith in the firmness, ■
prudence and wisdom of the President, j
Wo feel very sure that each Southern dele- ;
gatiou which goes to \\ asliington but adds |
to the embarrassments of his already try- I
ing and perilous situation. The Southern \
people should neither by act or word
afford the Radicals a weapon to strike down i
the President. His defeat would be but
the precursor to the utter destruction of j
■Southern society and the total overthiow of
Constitutional liberty.
A Grand Mistake.
The Governor of Ohio, in speaking of:
tho amendment, says it contains provisions j
which, in the wisdom of the national legis- j
laturo, are necessary to secure permanent !
peace throughout the country, and correct j
, \ ii« existing in States lately in
rebellion. He is not without hope that the !
Southern States will reconsider their re- i
Pvt ion of the amendment. —Sort her a Tel- \
We do not know faun what source the |
Governor of Ohio derives the information
upon which ho predicates his hope that the
Southern States will reconsider their rejec
tion of the amendment, but we are very
sure that no such indications have been ;
made public, either through the press of j
the South or the leading Southern states
men. The press and radical loaders of the ;
North had just as well look the truth in
the face at once, and cease their efforts to \
produce the impression that the South can
be worried into the ratification of the pro
posed amendment. Every sensible man at
the North knows the South ought not to'
ratify them. Every honorable man there
feel- that were they in the place of the
Southern people that they would not en
dorse and approve their own humiliation
and shame.
The idea that these amendments contain
provisions which arc necessary to secure
the permanent peace of the country, has
long since been exploded by the uniform
good conduct of the Southern people since
the close of the war. The testimony oi
General Grant and other distinguished
Northern Generals and statesmen ought to
be conclusive on this point.
M ill tho Governor of Ohio refer to the
report of General Grant, made to the Pres
ident soon after the close of the war, upon
the tone and demeanor of the Southern
people, and see if that astute and able of
ficer concurs with him in die belief that
the peace of the country will be iu constant
peril unless the odious amendments are
adopted t Gen. Grant ought to be a good
witness iu the eyes oi the Ohio Governor,
who was a subordinate officer under jhim
during several years of the war, and we
should think that his testimony in our be
half ought to convince the Governor that
the South and her people can still be trust
ed. w
A Delightful Excursion.
By special invitation from Col. K. W.
Cole, the polite and energetic Superin;
tendent of the Georgia Railroad, and Mr.
K. N. Kimball, Superintendent of the
Southern sleeping ear line, we enjoyed the
pleasure of an excursion yesterday, in
common with a number of our leading and
prominent citizens, to Belair, on one of
the new and elegant sleeping cars, recently
invented arid patented by the Southern
sleeping car line.
The object of the excursion was to test
the merits of this new car, and to judge
from actual experiment, of the superiority
which i# claimed for it o ,7 er the sleeping
cars now in use. Having seen and occu
pied the sleeping cars in use generally on
the great Northern roads, and thereby be
coming somewhat familiar with, their
adaptability to the wants of the traveling
public, we think we arc competent to give
an opinion as to the relative merits of the
car, on which we made our pleasant trip
yesterday.
This car is manufactured by Pullman,
Kimball A Ramsey, and is of tasteful,god
afid feebly'fin* hi-d,
both externally and internally. The up
holstering is gotten up in the most fash
ionable and modern style, and gives to
tlie interior of the ear an appearance of
elegance and comfort, highly pleasing and
gratifying.
The great feature in this upw car is the
| airiness and fine ventilation Which the pecu-
I liar arrangements of the births afford to
i passengers, even when it is crowded to its
utmost capacity. This ear is wider and
higher than those heretofore in use, and
, hence the berths are wider and more roomy
I than any we have ever seen. It is fitted
j up with small but neat and comfortable
1 dressing rooms in each end, which are, by
1 the means of sliding pannels and doors, i
: made entirely private, thereby enabling
ladies to prepare their toilets as privately
and comfortably as if in their own houses.
! Everything that ingenuity could dictate or
taste suggest for the comfort of passengers
has been provided for in the most liberal
; manner, and we doubt not that the enter
prising proprietors will soon find their car
supplanting all like carriages now in use.
Uu arriving at Belair the company was
invited to pa rtake ofa substantial lunch,
which was, accompanied by the usual
amount of spiritual comforts. Champaigne
flowed freely and under the genial feelings
inspired by liberal libations,sentiments were
offered and drank in the old Southern
style. Several short hut happy speeches
were made and everything passed off in
the most pleasing and delightful manner.
N\ e noticed the presence of the newly
appointed commander at tliijs post, Gen
eral Sweeny, who, in response to a cat],
made a short address, in which he gave
utterance to sentiments which, if acted up
on by the people of the North, would soon
restore harmony and good feeling between
the two sections.
In returning to tho city tho locomotive
was put to a very rapid speed to test the |
comfort of the car while at a high rate of i
travel, and all were delighted and astonish- j
j ed at the easy, smooth and gentle motion
which it retained, even at the greatest
velocity attained, which was at the rate of
about forty miles an hour.
NVe congratulate the Georgia Railroad
Company upon tlus valuable acquisition to
their rolling stock, and Ctm assure the
traveling public that this line, ns long at
least, as it is under the charge of the pres- !
| out energetic and efficient Superintendent, j
j will continue to leave no stone unturned '
j to make it the cheapest, most comfortable !
1 and speedy road in the South.
The Mysterious Expedition from An
napolis.
The Washington quid mines are sorely
puzzled about the mysterious expedition
which has just been fitted out in the waters
of Chesapeake Bay by the United States
i Government, and for once the letter writers
| are at a deadloss to account for thisstrange
proceeding.
It seems that the Federal gunboat
Gettysburg was quietly and secretly pre
pared for sea, and left Washington on
Christmas night, having on board, it is
said, some of tlm leading personages con
nected with the Government. The Gettys
burg ran aground a few hours after start
ing, off Horse Point, near Annapolis, and
up to the present time lias resisted all ef
forts to get her off.
The steamer Don, which arrived at An
napolis, from New York, the day after the
accident to the Gettysburg, was chartered
by the Government, and immediately the
stores and cargo of the latter were in the
most secret manner transferred to the Don.
It said that Mr. Seward, General Grant,
and perhaps other high officials willgo,
out in the Don, hut where or for what
purpose remains still a mystery. Our own
opinion is, that neither of the gentlemen
named nor indeed any other important
personages connected with the Government
will go out iu the Don. We suppose that
she is merely a dispatch vessel, designed to
take out to some of our foreign ministers
important Government dispatches—noth
ing more.
The Methodist Church South.
Our readers are doubtless aware that,
at a General Conference of this body, held
since the war, two important changes in
their organic law was proposed, and by a
vote of the General Conference submitted
to the different Annual Conferences within
its jurisdiction for ratification.
One of these changes proposed to sub
stitute “Episcopal Methodist Church” in
place of “Methodist Episcopal Church
South,” as it now stands for the name of
the society. The change appears to us a
very slight and trifling one, but it would
scorn that there is something about the old
name which is fixed in the hearts of
Southern Methodists so strongly as to
defeat the proposed alteration. The laws
of the Church require that changes in the
organic law shall he ratified by a throe
fourths majority, and so far as the Annual
Conferences have acted the vote stands.
For change of name, 954
Against “ 397
Twenty-three Conferences out of twenty
seven have voted, and it is not probable
that the four now to act will increase the
majority sufficiently to effect the change.
Another question proposed to the Annual
Conferences was a proposition to admit lay j
delegates to seats in the Church Councils.
The voice of the Church, so far as made
known through the Annual Conferences,
has pronounced against this change also.
The vote on the proposition is
For Lay Delegation, 1005 ]
Against it, 36S '
The four Conferences within the juris
diction. which have not yet acted, may ;
possibly adopt this amendment by a suffi
cient majority to secure its final pa-sage, i
hut the better opinion of the Church j
Journals is that both of these amend- '
ments will fail for want of the necessary
three-fourths majority.
The East India Empire.—The total i
area of ali the governments of India is >
1,466.576 square miles: the British States
occupying " '7.412: the Native States.
627,M0, and the French and Portugese
possessions, 1,254. The gross total popu
lation is 150.584,297. viz: 131,990,901 in
the British States: 4",376,150 in the native,
and 517,149 in the foreign [possessions of
France and Portugal.
The Maine Legislature has voted to sus
pend sj>eeie payment until April 15, isos.
Radical Pabulum.
“It would be#u-t as easy to get a jury
in the North to cultvict a person of mans
laughter for shooting a mad dog as to get
a jury of rebels to find a rebel guilty upon
a charge of killing a negro. —.Savannah
Corresj/'jiidenl of the X. Y. Times.
ZZ The Northern people will find out after a
while the true state of Southern sentiment.
Just now the press in the interest of the
Radicals, are flooding their columns with
the most atrocious slanders upon the
South in order to give some show of justi
fication for the violent measures now being
concocted at Washington. The most bare
faced falsehoods are published at the
North, and the conduct of'the Southern
people most cruelly maligned to furnish
an excuse for the devilish diatribes of
Sumner, Stevens & Cos. No doubt the
puritanical negro worshippers of New
England with the whites of their eyes “in
a fine frenzy rolling, thank God, in the
same pharisaical tone of their ancient proti
typies that “we are not as they.”
Commenting upon this libel of the Sa
vannah letter writer, the Chicago Post,
the most unscrupulous, vindictive and
utterly depraved of the Radical press,
says:
“This is strong language, but it is hardly
stronger than facts from all parts of the
South would seem to demand. The condi
tion of (he negro was never worse than
it is to-day. lie would be better oil' in
slavery than under (lie operation of “-My
Policy. - ’ But the time is not far of! when
m Unj rtn.tn, a.I IHT W I IlSfrfbHh, TfflT
civil equality of all men will be recog
nized.”
We deny 7, in the name of the entire
Southern people, that the facts from all
parts of the South justify any such state
ment. On the contrary, the whole legis
lation of the Southern States since tho
adoption ofthe Emancipation Amendment,
has been bused .upon equal rights and
equal protection of person and’ property to
all classes of our inhabitants.
We admit that “the condition of the
negro in the South has never been worse
than it is to-day. ” This is the result of
their sudden emancipation, and the
abolishment of that patriarchal system
and Christian care which their masters,
while they were slaves, extended to them.
The’poor negroes have been taught to look
upon their late masters as'their worst
enemies, and their conduct towards them
in die past two years has been such as
might have been expected from an igno
rant and suspicious class acting under the
influence of mingled fear and hate. For
this the South is not responsible. Neither
do we greatly blame tlie poor negroes.# It
is the class of New England white-livered
money-loving missionaries, of which the-
Savannah correspondent is doubtless one,
which has produced the estrangement
between the races, and stirred up the bad
blood which causes the negroes to lose the
confidence and esteem of their late masters
and friends.
In Had Company.
Mr. Slovens then made an exhaustive
argument in support of his bill, (for ter
ritorializing tlie Southern States) which
was listened to with marked attention.
Messrs. Joshua Hill, of Georgia,and A. J.
Hamilton, of Texas, sat near Mr. Stevens.
Mr. Pike of Maine followed, denouncing
‘•Mv Policy,” and urging Congressional
action.— N. Y. Tribune.
The above extract, from the Washing
ton letter of the New York Tribune, was
evidently penned with the view of pro
ducing the impression that the distinguish
ed Georgian alluded to was a supporter of
Stevens’ revolutionary bill for destroying
tho State Governments of those States late
ly engaged in a war with tlie Federal Gov
ernment. Mr. Stevens’ bill then under
discussion embraces the plan upon which
that violent and vindictive Radical pro
poses to reconstruct the Union. It pro
poses to abolish, the .State governments
entirely and substitute, in their stead, a
government which shall be organized by
the votes of all the negroes in tlie South
and such white people as have never given
aid or support to the late struggle for in
dependence.
Wo cannot believe that Mr. Hill gives
the support of his name and influence to
such an unconstitutional and degrading
measure, though his immediate presence
near to Stevens and Jack Hamilton, the
Texas renegade and black leg, would give
some show of plausibility to such a suspi
cion.
We have been under tho impression that
Nr. Hill was a warm supporter of the
President’s policy, and we are somewhat
at a loss to discern any good reason why he
should have given the sanction of his
presence to tho “denunciations” of that
policy by Stevens and “Mr. Pike of
Maine.” Whether he is the advocate of
Mr. Stevens’ plan or not it is very certain
that his name will now be quoted as
another of the leading Southern men who
are opposed to the President’s wise and
constitutional plan of restoration. In this
view of the case it becomes a matter of
sincere regret to his friends in this State
that he has afforded the Radicals with a
plausible reason for claiming him as one of
their adherents aud in opposition to Presi
dent Johnson. i
A National Convention.
The Richmond Examiner says : The
New York World, a journal whose utter
ances are well worthy to he weighed, oppo
ses the project of holding a National Con
vention. If assumes that the dominant
party will refuse to adopt a plan which
would give them less power than they now
possess over the matter of amendments.
We cannot deem this a sufficient objection.
The question lies between the adoption of
the constitutional amendment, the plan for
a National Convention, and the unqualified
rejection of the amendment by the South
ern States. Now, the World is correct in
assuming that the South desires uo change
iu the Federal Constitution. The consti
tutional amendment is, in our judgment,
injurious and degrading, and we are there
fore compelled to reject it. But wc do this
in no spirit of defiance, irritation or offence
to the States with which we expect here
after to be politically associated. We are
not, as the Radicals affirm, anxious to “dic
tate" the terms upon which we shall re
enter the halls of Congress. On the con
trary. we deeply regret the division of
opinion between us and the majorities iu
the Northern States, touching the mode in
which the Government shall be adminis
tered. W e are. therefore, ready at all
times to consider propositions from the
Northern States, which are sent to us in a
friendly spirit, and intended for our free
acceptance or rejection. If we have no
right of free choice, then it is needless to
go through the empty form of considera
tion. The very proposal of the amend
ment does, however, pre-suppose such a
right on our part.
NY e think therefore, the South would
be ready to meet the North in a National
Convention, to consider all existing politi
cal issues, and all propositions, on either
side, fbr'amond wonts of the organic law.
The disposition of the South, in such a
body, would bo Conservative, and her
counsels would be to adhere- to the existing
Constitution. But if the Northern States
should be of opinion that changes should
: be made therein, the South would be
willing to enter upon the discussion in a
candid and liberal spirit. It is obvious,
however, that such a body should be fresh
from the people, and should embody the
ablest, wisest, aud surest statesmen of
each section, chosen freely by the people,
without respect to test oath; or other con
siderations than personal fitness. Unless
it were a thoroughly representative body,
it would possess no value whatever.
NVe would be glad to see such a body
convened. NVe believe its assemblage
would do good. The comparison of opin
; ions by the able men of both sectiohs, we
are cure, would elicit some compromise by
which harmony would be secured The very
; presence of such a body would tend to tran-
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 16, 1867.
quilize the public mind and reassure con
fidence. Such . a proceeding assumes that
the Southern States and people have
rights as a part ofthe government. It is
vastly* preferable to the plan which
proposes to treat them as mere conquered
provinces, to be dealt with as the eonquer
ors please.
The other plan to which the World seems
to lean is to reject the amendment and trust
to luck for the balance. Now, this would
be a perfectly Constitutional course, but it
would be interpreted as indicative ofa hos
tile and stubborn spirit, which sought simply
to defy the North, and would be made the
pretext for acts of Congress which would
work us much mischief, even if some of
them should finally be set aside by the
courts. The South would certainly strain
a point to remove such a misconception,
and for tlys reason we are disposed to
think that the rejection of the Constitu
tional Amendment should be coupled with
a proposition for a National Convention.
If our General Assembly shall suggest this
Convention, the matter will be put fairly
before the voters of the country, and it
will be hard for demagogues to find good
grounds of objection to a measure so fair
and conciliatory.
The North Carol pi a Act of Amnesty.
The General Assembly of North Caro
lika-Mi 'l** 11 "r -
Nashville Union and Dispatch , that the
spirit of a true peace and civilization is
opposed either to penalties for past .politi
cal differences, or to responsibility for
acts committed during the state of war
It lias therefore passed an act granting
general amnesty and pardon to all officers
and soldiers ofthe State of North Carolina,
or of the late Confederate States armies
or of the United States, for offenses com
mitted against the criminal laws of the
State of North Carolina. The object is
that no one within the limits of that State
shall be called into question for any act
performed while a belligerent, and as such
during the late civil struggle. It is a
declaration on the part of North Carolina,
that whatever was done in good faith as a
belligerent, by either side, in tlie late war,
shall not be converted into crime. As the
act embraces matters Os general interest,
we append it, and commend its spirit to
our own legislators :
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of North Carolina,
and it is hereby enacted by the authority
ofthe same, That no person who may
have been in tlie civil or military service of
the State, as officers or soldiers of the
militia, officers or soldiers of the home
guard, officers and soldiers [of the locai
police, .officers and soldiers of the late
Confederate States, or as *officers and sol
diers of the .United States, shall be held to
answer on any indictment, for any act done
in the discharge of any duty imposed on
them purporting to be by a law of tlie State
or late Confederate States Government,
or by virtue of any order emanating from
any officer, commissioned or non-com
missioned, of the militia or home guard,
or local Police of North Carolina, or any
officer, commissioned or non-commissioned,
ofthe lata Confederate States Government,
or any officer, commissioned or non-com
missioned, of the United States Govern
ment. That no one of the above named
officers or privates, who now are, or may
hereafter be indicted for any homicides
felonies or misdemeanors committed prior,
to the first day of January, A. I)., 1806,
shall be held to answer for the same, but
shall be entitled to a full and complete
amnesty, pardon and discharge from the
same, upon tho payment of the costs :
Provided, They shall not be taxed with
the payment of the costs upon any indict
ment preferred againt them from and after
the passage of this bill, or in other words,
that no officer or privates in any ofthe
above-named organizations, against whom
no indictment is now pending, shall be lia
ble to prosecution for any offense commit
ted against the criminal laws of North
Carolina prior to the Ist day of January,
A. I). 1866, as aforesaid.
Sec. 2, Be it further enacted, That in
all cases, where indictments arc now pend
ing, either in the County or Superior i
Courts, if the defendant can show that he
was an officer or private in either of the j
above-named organizations, at the time, it
shall be presumed that ho acted under
orders, until the contrary shall bo made to
appear.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That all j
private citizens, who, on account of age, or
from any other cause, were exempt from j
service in any or all of the above-named
organizations, who for the preservation of
their lives or property, or for the protec- :
tion of their families, associated them
selves together for the preservation of law j
and order, in their respective counties or j
districts, shall be entitled to all the benefits
and provisions of this act.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That no
person who may have been in the civil or
military service of the State, or late Con
federate States government, or in the ser
vice of the United States government, in
either of the above organizations, shall be
held liable in any civil action for any act
done in the discharge of any duties im
posed upon him by any law or authority,
purporting to be a law of tlie State or late
Confederate States government.
Difficulties of Territorializing.
Our Radical friends find some little diffi
culties in their way, so far as regards terri
torializiug the South, and reducing ten
sovereign States into the condition of ter
ritories. The New York Express thus
mentions some of them :
“ 1. It is a judicial question, to be de
termined, not by Congress, nor by rim
President, but by the Supreme Court of
the United States. Five Judges there can
stop any such Radical revolutionary pro
ceeding.
“2. It becomes the Northern holders of
the bonds of Virginia, North Carolina, Ala
bama, Louisiana, and others of the ten
territorialized States, to consider if, as
State corporations, these ten States are ex
tinguished, as contemplated by the Radi
cals —whether there exists any corporation,
or any body, to pay their State bonds and
State obligations.
“The ten Southern Statesmay, perhaps, !
be thus freed from their debts by the Radi
cals—very large amounts of which are in
Northern hands —and so, perhaps, what is
intended as a curse for them, may turn
out to be a blessing in disguise.
“All we have to say to the South just
now, is, stand still, under all this Radical
thunder and lightning in Washington. It
will kill more Northern than Southern men
in the end. Endurance is now the great
virtue needed at the South.
“The precedent of this territorializing
act is, if possible, worse than the principle.
Establish it, and it is established that a
majority of States can rule out a minority,
and then reduce them to Territories, to be
governed by Congress. J nus, Mas
sachusetts and Pennsylvania may some
day, have brought back upon them the
rod they administer to others. Indeed, if
in Washington’s Administration the re
bellion of Shays in Massachusetts. and of
the whiskey people in Pennsylvania, had
been punished, as it is now proposed to
punish the Rebels of the South, both
Massachusetts and Pennsylvania might
now be mere Territories in iieu of State;.
The American Cent.— The first copper
cent, says the St. Louis Republican, was
proposed in 1782, by Robert Morris, the
great financier of the Revolution, and was
named by Jefferson, two years later. It
began to make its appearance from the
mint in 1792. It then' bore the head of
Washington on one side and a chain of
thirteen links on the other. The French
Revolution soon after created a rage for
French ideas in America, which put on the
cent, instead of the head of Washington,
the head of the Goddess of Liberty—a
French liberty, with neck thrust forward
and flowing locks. The chain on the re
verse was replaced by the olive wreath of
peace. But the French liberty was short
lived, and so was her portrait on our cent.
In its stead, a staid classic dame, with
fineiy chiselled Grecian features, and a
fillet round her hair, came into fashion
forty or fifty years ago, and continued until
about ten years since, when the much
smaller and more com euient mcke cent
appeared, with a flyiQg eagle in the peace
of Liberty's head, in order that it might
not be mistaken for the five dollar gold
piece. In the present new cent the Liber
ty head has been restored.
The London Times says that the com
plications growing out of the Alabama
claims can easily be adjusted.
(HR WASHINGTON tOERESPOADENt’E.
Return oj the Ex% rsioiusts—Stevens and
Ashley's Planhad. Supreme
Arbiter "J Political—Cameron
and Greenback^*.Stevens and Political
liijluence—Fiu Trf la 1 Matters—The East
against the Wests-General Steadman—
New Year s y in the Capital—
—Amusements, t ~ etc.
Washing* Januaiy 2, 1867.
The Cnngresaon 1 Excursionists who
have been frighu mg their Radicals
friends, who were I ft at home nearly out
of their witale.st the Tiospitality they met
with in certain parte of the South should
soften their hearts, are expected to return
to this city to-night, aud will be in time to
appear in their seats when both Houses of
Congress are called to order at noon to
morrow. There wil hardly be a quorum
present however, anu it is not believed any
business will be accomplished, although it
is able that some of the
measures looking to the reconstruction of
the South, have been matured during the
recess and will then be presented. Thad.
Stevens has one plan not yet definitely un
derstood, and Ashiey of Ohio, Chairman
of the House Comm tee on Territories,
lias another; loth jof riiem will soon be
stated. There liaSj never been a time when
so much uncertainly existed in Congress as
to what ought relation
NajUunali ijjtiCil*i^**^PPlßfc«!fcersr* sut
to agree in every particular of each measure
under consideration, and'there will be a
general discord before long unless Stevens
can exert influence enough to prevent it.
He is yet looked upon as the great dictator
and umpire on all occasions. But at
present the various propositions to revolu
tionize the Government, impeach the
President, abolish the Supreme Court, and
establish anarchy throughout the land,
altogether, arc so monstrous that even ex
treme Radicals are beginning to pause and
consider. They are afraid to try the dan
gerous experiments proposed. It is a
positive fact that letters have been receiv
ed by Radical members of Congress in
Washington from their constituents and
political friends in the North, to the effect
that the business prospects for next Spring
are so gloomy that something must be
done in the next two months towards a
restoration of the Union. The strife is
beginning to tell sorely upon the purses of
the extremists.
Thad. Stevens and Simon Cameron (the
latter was President’s Lincoln’s first Secre
tary of War) are both being claimed by
their respective friends as Senator from
Pennsylvania, in the place of Hon. Edgar
Cowan, whose term expires on the 4th of
Match, and both are extremely anxious for
the honor. Stevens relies entirely upon
his strength as tlie ieader „of the Radical
party, and Cameron rests nis ease upon a
superabundance' of greenbacks. . All tlie
indications at present are in his favor.
Thad. has got all the influence Forney
and his Press in Philadelphia, and Chroni
cle here, can muster; but that can hardly
outweigh Simon Cameron’s store of legal
tenders. The Radicals in 1 Ynnsylvana have
the idea that Stevens is of more use in the
House than he could be iu the Senate.
His energy 7 and activity in that branch lias
been unfortunate for him. It is a-very
great mistake to suppose that Stevens will
soon “ shuffle off his mortal coil,” as many
have predicted of late. He certainly gives
no evidence of it at present, and announces
his intention to live to be Senator, as
well as liaVe several others of his pet
ideas become practical facts; but his asser
tion will admit of a very, great amount of
doubt, both as to getting into the Senate,
as well as to reconstructing the'South, ac
cording to his peculiar notions with regard
to the proper way of accomplishing that.
About two-thirds of the financial items
which appear as sent from here to tho
North and West, are mere speculations—
particularly with regard to the operations
of the Senate Finance Committee and the
House Committees on Ways and Means
and Banking. A favorite report seems to
be that there is a strong desire for an infla
tion ofthe currency among the members
of the Banking Committee. JR appears
from the re’arfaci3lh“()\vei'; i rttiarohly''f(v'6
members of the nine composing it arc so
disposed, and the sense of Congress on the
question lias not yet been definitely tested.
The West wants it; hut will the East al
low it? There’s the rub! And as New
England has ruled heretofore, it is very
safe to predict that she will continue to as
sert her supremacy. The session of Con
gress, preceding the recess, was not quite
iong enough to admit of a snarl on finance;
but it is bound to come. Tlie tariff, with
its iron interests of Pennsylvania, and wool
interests of Illinois, is certain to create a.
rupture and some bad feeling. These
Radicals quarrel with their dearest partisan
friends when money is at stake; but where
they arc all united on the subject of mak
ing it out of the misfortunes and prostrated
condition of their fellov-countrymen, they
harmonize perfectly well.
Gen. James B. Steadman has arrived in
this city 7. Rumor lias, on several occa
sions in the past, assigned this gentleman
to the position of Secretary of War, when
it should please Mr. Stanton to retire from
the pursuits of that Department; but ru
mor in this, as in every other instance in
which the name of Mr. Stanton was
connected, proved to be ferfectly bare
of verification. Steadman called at the
Executive mansion to-day but important
public business prevented him front seeing
the President who has been for the. past
week almost constantly engaged iu private.
The first of January was the time assigned
for the War Department to lose its chief,
and as it is well enough known that Gen’i ;
Steadman aspires to that position, and is j
held in high regard by the President, the j
fact of his arrival here might be beaming ;
with significance were it not that no one j
believe; Stanton will ever retire. The j
radicals declare that his position is ulti- j
mately intended for Senator Cowan who
will be rewarded by tho President on the
fourth of next March. It is dangerous to
hazard a prediction on the subject.
New year’s day in Washington was duly
observed; but a minglied contribution from
Jupiter Pluorins of rain, snow and slush
rendered pedestrianism very unpleasant i
and the characteristic exorbitant charges j
of the hackmen in this city of magnificent ’
distances made itself felt considerably by j
those who were determined to/visit. All the \
dignitaries in the capital, excepting Secre- j
tary Seward and Wells, received their
friends. The President was paid respect
by a very large number of citizens and
strangers after the hours for official recep- j
tion were over, and all parted well im- !
pressed with his ease and courtesy. The
negroes —with one exception, and radicals j
generally kept away from the white House
—the former since the interview with the
President of the. Fred. Duglas delegation
which occurred last winter, rival their white
brothers in tlie House of Representatives
in maligning and traducing tlie President.
They are taking lessons in the art, and suc
ceed admirably.
Amusements here are in a flourishing
condition. The Comedian, Joe Jefferson,
closes an engagement to-night at the Na
tional Theaffe when he appears in the Oc
toroon, an ante war drama, changed since
then to suit the Northern taste. Jeffer
son has been extensively patronized during
his engagement here. His Rip Yan
Winkle, tlie crowning character in which
he appeared, attracted crowded houses
every night To-morrow night the Great
Maretzec Opera Troupe open for eight
nights, at the National Theatre, to be suc
ceeded by Maggie Mitchell. Chanfrau is
playing Dundreary at Mall's new Opera
JJouse. Melzeroth nail is being used for
lectures. Dr. Shelton McKenzie, one of
the editors of Forney s Pi css, lectures there
this evening on the “Lights and Shades of
L-ish Character.” NN bile lectures are the j
order of the day, there are many here who i
wouldn’t have the slightest objection to
listening to “Johnny Reb.” and some j
other effusions from Dixie: but, of course, ;
in the present reign no such pleasure is an- :
ticipated. Radicalism would go wild with
horror, should such an event take place in :
the ‘'nation's capital.
The weather still remains very cold and
cloudy, with indications of more snow.
Sleigh-riding was barely inaugurated
yesterday morning, when a misty rain des
cended to put it entirely aside, and the I
“ jingling of the belis was of very short
duration. “Better luck next time. ’is the :
hope of devotees to that amusement. A
skating park, which opened last wc-ek in
this city, is now closed lor want of ice.
The members of that clue are also courting
arctic blasts. . .
The Congressional Investigating Commit
tee have teen giving very great attention
to the affairs cf the Ac-w lork Custom
House, and it is stated that a very bad
condition of things has been unearthc-d in
which many parties accuse collector Siuythe :
of being the author. It is declared here that
his resignation will be banded to the Pres
ident within a very few days. Time will
prove the correctness or falsity of these
assertions.
The Mexican mission of General
Sherman and Minister Campbell is ended
for the present. The former has had leave i
to go to Ohio, and the latter is coining to
I NVashington. Arlington.
Speech of Reverdy Johnson —Ills Thrilling
Allusion to the Incarceration of Mr.
i Davis — Ashley's Demand for Impeach
\ vlent —One Man Legislation in Congress
—Radical Caucus on the Impeachment
Question —Promises to the Aokansas
j Delegation—Their State to be Admitted
j if they Adopt the Amendment before
\ December, perhaps —Grinned and It ash
bur nes UtVittS on that Topic—Stevens en
route to Harrisburg to look after his
chances for Senator —The Jacobins still
Wincing under the Supreme Court De
cision—The Test Oath — Wearing of the
Gray, etc.
NVashington, January 4, 1567.
The powerful speech of Hon. Keverdy
Johnson, of Maryland, in the Senate yes
terday, on the bill to take away the par
doning power of the President, is general
ly regarded as one of the most complete
vindications of Constitutional law ever
uttered by that masterly exponent of its
principles. Two or three vindictive radi
cals made the attempt to reply to one part
of Mr. Johnson's argument, but their
ability and reasoning, in comparison to the
utterances which had been given by the ;
Maryland Senator fell completely without
the pale of uLility. Mr. Johnson s allusion
to tlie silent prisoner still lingering iu
those dreary casemates by the sea,
sent a ue ill to the bosom of every gener
ous audito", and enlisted still further
sympathies in behalf of the fallen chief,
whose 'ang incarceration, without the
"Iw natfon mto msgrace
and disrespect with foreign powers,
i. NVisconsin Sonator, among the most
radical of all radicals, vindicated his _ party
in the Senate from the imputation of
having a disposition to sympathize with
tho subject of Mr. Johnson,s appeal, as
would bo evidenced by them remaining
silent, and sprang to his feet at the earliest
opportunity to “protest,” as lie said,
against the Government being assailed,
(nobody was assailing the Government;
but these radicals always have an idea that
the nation is being outraged, the flag dis
graced, and that something else of that
nature is going on,) as inhuman and un
generous, and repeated for the thousanth
time that old cry for blood, which is char
acteristic of radicals who don’t fight.
There are many such of that ilk who
make very brave speeches.
Representative Ashley, of Ohio, is con
siderably non plussed on the subfect of his
resolution to impeach some high officer of
the Government, and lie hits wild, not
knowing particularly who to impeach,
whether it should be the President, Secre
tary McCulloch, or one of the Judges of
the Supreme Court. It'was generally un
derstood, a day or two since, that he would,
on Monday, introduce a bill to effect the
former; but since tlie publication of that
disposition on the part of tho representa
tive, so true to his Ohio constituency,
there has been a change. Careful counts
have been made oi the members of tho
House who would give it hearty support,
aud it does not appear that its advocates
oanmuster, innumerical(strength, sufficient
to give popularity to the measure. The
original intention to impeach the President,
it is now thought, will be modified con
siderably, notwithstanding NVendell Phil
lips, Fred. Douglass, two or three strong
minded females, in New York and Massa
chusetts, and General Ashley are anxious
to try that game on. Other prominent
Radicals think it “ won’t pay,” but assert
that the country could bo brought to the
point of justifying such action. Much that
is mysterious now, however, remains to be
uncovered next week. Then we shall have
better Opportunities to know upon what
the political doctors have agreed since Con
gress adjourned over. The strongest prob- j
abilities are that they have agreed upon
nothing, and there will be still more legis
lation on the principle of every man for
himself. That has been the style of things
for some time now in Cougress. Each man
is endeavoring to make as much political
capital as possible for himself, and gives
his neighbor none. At present the idea
seems to be that he who offers tho most
monstrous proposition and carries it
through safely, is the. greatest statesman.
There are many aspirants for greatnesg.
The Radical members will hold a caucus
this evening in tno Hall of the House of
Representatives. They will set in judg
ment. on the several propositions to im
peach the President, with particular refer
ence to Ashley’s resolution. It is the ad
vance court of secresy ou the subject, but
their deliberations will very probably ap
pear published in the papers of to-morrow
morning.
The Arkansas delegation wlio are here
have been very. well received by the Pres
ident and Cabinet, and some few of the
.Radical Senators and members, as if in
return for the hospitality shown the Con
gressional excursionists when they were
being entertained in the South, have also
been making themselves pleasant and
agreeable. The delegation has received
assurances from some of the Republican
members of Congress, that if their State
adopts the Constitutional amendment now
pending by the first of next December she
will be admitted into the Union; but
other Radicals give no assurances of that
kind. On the contrary, they preach.in op
position thereto. Only as late as yester
day, two of them, the ex-Reverend Mr.
Grinnell, of lowa, (who does not come
back to the next Congress, although Rous
seau’s cane last session gave him a chance
for martyrdom) and Mr. Washburne, of
Illinois, declared they would not ad
mit the excluded States even when they
had ratified the amendment. That is,
however, another question for caucus con
sideration. The assertions were made yes
terday, by the lowa man, asking the Illi
nois Representative (in the course of a set
speech by the former) if such was not
his views, and having been answered in the
affirmative, like all.true todies immediately
chirped acqtiiscnce. Grinnell goes back to
sheep-shearing and preaching the Gospel
in lowa. His interest in the former gives
him great concern in the new tariff bill; but
it is not known that his devotion to the
latter has any good effect whatever, a more
thorough, hater, the South has not. His
enthusiam in that particular can never
spring from the teachings of his bible.
Thad. Stevens is about to leave the
purlcus of Capitol Hill for a short season.
“Tis true, ’tin pity, and pity ’ tis, ’tistrue,”
his friends think ; but yet circumstances
have arisen, and those circumstances are
immediately connected with the election
of United States Senator by the Pennsyl
vania Legislature, which makes it neces
sary for the “Great Commoner,” as For
ney delights to dub the veteran radical, to
confer with his political associates at home,
and .that quickly, if he hopes to defeat
Cameron and his long purse in the contest.
Ashley and Boutwell will try their powers
at leading the House until Stevens returns.
It is very generally believed that the Presi
dent will veto the bill which passed the
Senate yesterday, (it passad the House, it
will be recollected, on the first day of the
session) taking away his pardoning power.
Who is there that would imagine other
wise? Indeed it appears very certain, friflffi
the character ot present legislation, that
the President must veto at least two thirds
of the bills which will he presented to him
at this session. The veto message of the
District Suffrage Rill is completed, and will
go in on Monday or Tuesday. All the
members of the Cabinet, excepting Mr.
Stanton, are known to concur with the
President in his views on the measure, and
it is not doubted that the Secretary of
War even objects to such wholesale legisla
tion in favor of Sambo, right here where
lie Stanton, not Sambo) has property, and
a residence of long duration.
The strong disapproval of the Jacobin
element in Congress, to the late decision of
the majority of the Supreme Court, de
monstrates itself in divers manners every
day. The sanctimonious members declare
they have lost all respect for that branch
of the Government, and the wordly. mem
bers, of which Stevens is a shining ex
ample, apply to it language more remark
able for emphasis than eloquence. They j
are alarmed at the prospect of future decis- j
ions from that tribunal, knowing that their
legislation has been conducted in direct
opposition to the principles of . that law
which it is the duty of the judicial branch j
of the Government to declare. 1 here are '
many who are disposed to believe that this
Congre.-.-. will not do anything towards re
organizing that court. I confess to very
different opinions; constant observance
during the several sessions in which the
Radicals have had full swing, convinces
me that there is nothing which they will
not attempt to perpetuate their organiza
tion. Their leaders are crying out lustily;
against the Supreme Court. Its abolition,
or at least its reorganization is to be made
a popular measure, ii possible, and Con
gress will be the first, as well . as the last
power to appeal to on all questions, invol- i
vine law, the Alpha and Omega of all dis
putes, natural, legal or political, lhat is
what some of the Radicals hope for, but
others, and the majority of them only ad
vocate reorganization. M hat is to be !
done, however, has not been definitely 1
agreed upon, nor is it likely to be for some ,
time. It may be left for consideration by
the Fortieth Congress. |
It is thought that the Supreme Court ]
will pour another broadside into radicalism 1
on Monday next, by pronouncing against I
; the. legality of the test oath. Judge
Grier will pronounce the decision, which
will be made on Monday certainly, if he is
; able to attend court. For some days past
| he has been confined to his house by severe
illness. His head remains clear however,
I although his locomotion is out of gear at
, present.
The Chronicle of this morning pro
! claims loudly against the wearing of grey
apparel, which the editor has noticed
j widely indulged in here. The spirit of
fanaticism certainly runs very high. The
j article in question is an attack in all prob
j ability upon a younger sou of the Pres
: ident who attends a military school, and
i wears a grey uniform. It will not be a
| matter of surprise if some fanatical mem
ber of Congress, following the advice of
1 the Chronicle should not introduce a bill
I before iong to prohibit tlie wearing of grey
j cloth —and the introduction of a measure
1 to change the uniform of the cadets at the
NVest Point Military Academy would be
regarded as no less than a patriotic measure
of no little prominence.
NVashington weather for the past week
has been of various kinds. NVe have
had snow and rain, sunshine aud clouds
sleigh-riding and mud. This is a latitude
where the weather is not to be counted on. j
To-day it may be as bright and cheerful as
the cloudless sky and warming sunbeams
can make it, and to-morrow we may have ;
dreary rains or drifting snows —there is no j
safety in predicting either. To-day it lias i
been very pleasant, the now skating park
is open, and skaters of all sizes and both j
sexes are gliding around and about it—all !
"ViOMMewent l- largely-in- ■
dulgea in of kite by the fair sex. New
- has had possession of the Capitol
for so long that its institutions are becom
ing prominent. As yet, however, beans j
and brown bread tor Sunday breakfast, ,
ala Boston has kept out of notice. So |
mute it be forever. Arlington.
Election of Judges and Solicitors.
The following is-the result so far as re
ceived at the Executive Department:
OCMULGEE CIRCUIT.
Hon. Augustus Reese is elected without
opposition. . *
FOR SOLICITOR GENERAL.
Bowdoin. Kenan. Key. Blount.
Baldwin, 2 248 1 5
Greene, 1 6 20 94
Jones, 4 3 187
Putnam, 84 3 10 20
Jasper, Morgan, NVilkinson, no returns
yet.
COWETA CIRCUIT.
lion. Hiram NVarncr, in DoKalb, re-'
ccived 26 votes. NV. 11. Hulsey, for
Solieitor, 26. In Troup county, NVarncr
57, O. A. Bull 17; Hulsey 76.
MACON CIRCUIT.
lion. C. B. Colo elected without opposi
tion.
FOR SOLICITOR GENERAL.
Bass. Simmons. Snead.
Bibb. 436 199 59
Crawford, 24 212
Dooley, 7 79 67
Houston, 22 213 51 j
Macon, 4 10 198
SOUTH WESTERN CIRCUIT.
FOR JUDGE.
Strozier. YLason. Scarborough.
Calhoun, 11 20 1
Decatur, 168 14 31
Dougherty, 107 75 5
Sumpter, 34 45 287
Simms received 201 in Decatur, and 3 in
Sumpter.
FOR SOLICITOR GENERAL.
Smith. Rutherford. Brown,
Calhoun, 12 4
Decatur, 133 244
Dougherty, 80 65 3
Sumpter, 349 14
Baker, Lee and Worth to hoar from.
PATAULA CIRCUIT.
FOR JUDGE.
I. C. Bower. J. F. Clark.
Clay, 53 87
Early, 74 56
Quitman, 33 44
Terrell, 50 106
Randolph, 143 129
Stewart, 89 . 251
FOR SOLICITOR.
Parker. Stewart. Barron.
Clay, 8 76 .12 ' ' 3
Early, 79 44
Quit-map, 39 37
Terrell, 82 76 19
Randolph, 95 163 2
Stewart, 91 114 75
NVebster and Miller to hear from.
FLINT CIRCUIT.
• FOR SOLICITOR.
Anderson. Hall. Fitch. Carter. Aycock.
Monroe, 67 29 50 2
Newton, 371 14 2
Pike, 31 46 15 115
—[Milledgeville Recorder•, January Sth.
“ Effectual Cailing.”
Lord Jeffrey, learned “law-lord” as lie
was, was once considerably puzzled by a
simple-minded country Scotch parson,
whose parish lay upon the Frith of Clyde,
and had become gradually overspread with
fashionable villas, to which families from
Edinburgh and Glasgow resorted in sum
mer and autumn. Over these new comers
the worthy pastor persisted in exercising
the same spiritual jurisdiction as lie had
been wont to do over his rustic parishioners,
particularly insisting in examing the heads
of every house on the “ shorter catechism,”
in tlie presence of their children and ser
vants. It happened one autumn that the
late Lord Jeffrey, after the rising of
the Court of Sessions, came to spend
the “long vacation” in tho parish
of L ; and soon after his arrival the
minister gave the customary notice from
the pulpit, that upon a certain day lie
would “ hold a diet of catechising” in the
district which included the dwelling of the
eminent judge. True to his time he ap
peared, and the whole establishment being
collected in the drawing room, what was
Jeffrey’s consternation when the minister
began the examination with him by saying
in a solemn voice, “ My.lord, will you tell
me what is ‘effectual calling?’” Never
was an Edinburgh reviewer more thor
oughly nonplussed. After a pause, during
which the servants looked on in horror at
the thought that a judge should not know
his catechism, his lordship recovered
speech, and answered the question in terms
which completely dumfounded the parson:
“ NVhy, Mr. Smith, a man may be said to
discharge the duties of his calling effec
tually when ho performs them with ability
aud success.” — Exchange..
The Beat! of the Year.
j The death roll of the year includes many
! names distinguished in politics, in the
i church, in authorship, and in art. The
New York Post notes the following :
j The ranks of the authors have been
: thinned. Frederika Bremer died at Stoek
j holm early in the year; Jared Sparks at
j Cambridge, in March ; Joseph Mery in
France, in June, and Count Gurowki at
NVashington, in May.
Among the dead statesmen and political
leaders are Daniel S. Dickinson, .Lewis
' Cass, John Van Buren, Elijah F. Purdy,
Moses F. Odell, James Humphrey, Sena
tors Foot and NVright, and Commodore
. Stockton. Prince Esterhazy died at Batis
bon in May, and Marquisd’Azeglio in Italy
in January. In October M. Thouvenel
closed his long and active career in
France.
Gordon Gumming, the famous lion
hunter, was accidently killed in Scotland
in March. Professor Henry D. Rogers, a
distinguished savant, also died in Scotland
in May. John Ross, chief of the Chero
kee Nation, died at NVashington in Au
gust.
The sculptor Gibson died in Italy in
January last, seventy-five years old. and
sir. Charles Eastlake, President of the
British Royal Academy, died at Pisa just
as the new year came in.
The most prominent clergymen who have j
died during the year are Drs. Gumming
aud Pise, of the Roman Catholic Church ; j
Dr. Eliphalet Nott, President of the Union j
College; Dr. Hawks, of this city; Dr.
NVhewell and Rev. John Kc-ble in Eng
land. and “Father Prout,” in Paris —the ,
last named better known by his pseudonym
than by his proper name of Mahoney.
General Scott died at NVest Point on the j
29th of May. Admiral Pareja, commander j
of the Spanish fleet in the Pacific, com- ;
mitted suicide. John S. Rarey, the horse ;
tamer, died in Ohio in October; Robert j
B. Mintum, one of our leading merchants, |
died on the 9th of January; Gerard Hal- i
leek at New Haven in the same month; i
Simeon Draper and Police I nspeetor Car
penter in November, and General S. R.
Curtis in December.
Miss Ann Eiiza Leak, of Florida, the
lady “born without arms, is expected in
Macon in a few days.
NEW SERIES, YOL. XXYI. NO, 8.
! Thick-Soled Gaiters—Advice to Ladies.
j NVhen the celebrated physician Aber
nethy died, report said that, besides a will
i of some interest to his heirs, in a pecuniary
point of view, there was found among his
effects a sealed envelope, said to contain
tlje secret of his great success in the heal
| ing art, and also a rule of living, the fol
! lowing of which will insure longevity.
| A large price was paid for the sealed
j envelope. It was found to contain only
these words : “To insure continued health
and a ripe old age, keep tlie head eopl, the
i system open, ard the feet warm.”
Dry feet are warm feet, generally, if the
I system is healthy. To keep the system
i healthy, the .circulation must be good. The
| circulation is not good without exercise,
■ and exercise can only be really valuable
when gotten up by walking. Riding in a
] carriage is not exercise at all; it is mere-
Ily inhaling tlie air. This is very well
as far as it goes, but the lungs are not in
full play without the individual is walking.
Horseback* exercise is very good, and is au
improvement on carriage riding, but it is
not tlie kind of health-creating play of tho
muscles nature demands. It is action—ac
tion of the entire body—-and walking only
will procure it. Now, tlie ladies of Eu
rope, particularly those of England, under
; stand this thing. They walk miles per
day, and if any of our pale beauties desire
; to knmv how 7 the English keep up their
| fine color, clear complexion, aud.superb
; busts, we tell them that it is out-door exer
! cise, walking in the open filling the
■ lungs with pure oxygen by rapid movement
: on October day, when the suu
I Stints bricliayvmha'tlig clear fduo sky is
above. This is the soeret of tho rich blood
j of the English women, attd their almost
i universally fine looks and matronly beauty
| at fifty, when at that age-our American
women are pale, sallow, and wrinkled.
To enjoy a walk.thick soles are needed.
Stout, well-fitting calf-skin gaiters, neatly
laced, will always “setoff” a pretty foot,
and improve a homely one. To guard that
sensitive portion of the human frame (for
the solo of the foot is keenly sensitive to
the changes from heat to cold, or dryness
to dampness,) the boot sole should be ;
thick, and as well made as human ingenity
can do it. Then even in moist weather, or
in a rain storm, the foot can be protected;
that insured, all is well with the lady.
Ladies, walk more; take long walksf*
get tired —no matter how tired—tired mus
cles in any well woman IS to 10 only proves
that they need to be used; flabby muscles
proves that'’action is wanted, and such
muscles also prove that the system lacks
tone. They,are like a violin with tlie Vet's
loose; the strings, are without Vibration,
and the instrument is dead. Buy the best
of calf, halt boots,* ladies; exercise in !
them till you are well enough ta gol
out, well-clad in all weather. NVear no j
rubbers, if you can avoid it. They are I
bad for the feet, If you need to paddle in |
the slush and soft snow of spjing, put on
rubbers, for the feet must be kept warm
and dry, but use them as little as possible.
NVear, when out of doors, double-soled
shoos; take all the open air exercise you
can by walking, and .you will be, in your
old age, as line looking as you are now;
and, moreover, the next generation will be
as proud of you as the young fry of old
England of their stately mothers. NVe
have seen in Hyde Park, London, on a
fair day, hundreds of grand-mothers, fresh
and nearly handsome, and scores of moth
ers with marriageable daughters, which—
had we been in the marrying line, we
should hardly have known which to have
popped flic question to, so dazzling was
the real beauty and youth ol' both. Our
American ladies can possess these charms
and carry them into the age of three score
if they will walk more in the open air, and
inhale daily tho health-giving properties
which can be obtained in wearing out a
couple of pairs of the tiptop ten-dollar
gaiters per year. NVe hold that one ten
dollar pair of walking shoes will save
twenty doctor’s visits at five dollars each.
Take your choice, ladies.— Exchange.
The Late Bishop Leonidas Polk.—
NVe take the following reminiscenses of the
late Bishop of Louisiana from a recent
publication :
An incident is often related which occur
red at the mouth of NVhite River. The
Bishop, from constant living in the open
air, a great deal of e: v ; m,J - . a mm
perate habits,. Had acquired an appearance
of robust habits ; lie always wore, even in
the days of thin boots, soles as thick as tlie
present balmoral, and had an overcoat of
pilot cloth capable of resisting all weath
ers. Landing at the mouth of NVhite
River to take a boat for Little Rock, he
found the regular packet did not leave
until an early hour in the morning, and
that no one was allowed to sleep on board ;
lie was, threfbre, compelled to go to the
tavern, which at that time enjoyed a most
unenviable reputation, as the resort of
robbers, gamblers and cut-throats, the
former members of .Murrell’s gang. There
was no one in the miserable place but
himself; lie sat with the landlord by the
fire until some time after dark, when the
inn-keeper advised him if he wished a
place to sleep, to secure it before tlie boys
came in, as they were now drinking aud
gantblingon board the flatboats at the wharf
and would be up before long. He was
accordingly shown into a long room with
some dozen beds —none of flic cleanest in
the world—where bis host left him to go
to bed by the light of a candle stuck in a
bottle. Everything was so exceedingly
filthy, that, protecting his head with a
silk handkerchief, lie turned up the col!ar(of
hiscoat,.took offhis boots, which he placed
by the side of his bed, which, by the way,
he had chosen near the door, and compos
ed himself to sleep. About mid-night lie
was aroused by the rush of feet up the
stairs, and in a few moments the room was
filled with men, who began to undress as
soon as they entered, and appropriated the
various beds ; one man was left out, and
coming to the side of the bed, he addressed
himself to the Bishop : “N\ ell, stranger,
I am going to turn in with you.” The
Bishop merely looked up and said : “You
cannot come here, sir.” “Oh ! there’s two
to one that lam coining.” “Vou cannot
come here, sir.” “You do not mean it. I
ant coming,” accompanied by a volley of
oaths. . “You cannot come here, sir,” was
the still quiet answer to this. The man
began to falter, evidently not liking
appearance of determination ; the others
culled ou! hot to quarrel with the fellow,
they would settle with him in the morning,
and they would make room for him’ in one
of the other beds.
Early in tlie morning, while they were
in their drunken slumbers, he was up and
away,, steaming up the river. On reach
ing Little Rock he met some old friends,
and on chancing to mention this, they told
him men had been killed in that house for
much less, and they considered it a won
derful escape. One asked, “Did the fel
low see those boots?” “Yes, they were
at tlie side, of the bed. ” “Ah, th at ac
counts for it; he concluded that any one
who wore such boots, and such a coat, and
was so quiet, must he armed to the teeth,
and was certain if he touched the bed he
would have been shot.” The Bishop’s ig
norance of the risk ran saved him, but his
constitutional bravery never allowed him
to hesitate a moment for fear of oonse
quences.
A short time since, a friend met Mr.
McMakin, of Mississippi, who was speak
ing to some gentlemen, and affirming to
them the truth ofa story often repeated
at the Southwest, that at least twenty
years: ago, upon McMakin’s addressing him
at the table as “General,” and being cor
rected and told it was Bishop Polk, replied:
“ I knew he was a commanding officer in
the department to which he belonged.”
i As au instance of his readiness in con
versation, he was once at church, where he
heard a brother bishop preach, the subject
of the discourse being principally the
travels of the writer in Europe. As they
were coming out of the building, a friend j
remarked to the Bishop of Louisiana: j
“Do you call that the Gospel ?’ ’ To which
Bishop Polk replied: “ Oh, no; that is
the Acts of the Apostles.”
State Items.
Gen. Henry It. Jackson was recently
j married to Miss Florence Barclay, daugh
| ter of the late Hon. Thomas Butler King,
of Savannah.
The body of a young man, named Phil
lips, of Floyd county, was found on the
26th of December, near the Cave Spring
Road, ten miles from Center. It is sup
posed he had been murdered. Two men
have been arrested on suspicion of being
parties to the murder. The supposed
principal has escaped.
Central Railroad and Banking
Company. —The stockholders of this Com
pany met yesterday morning to choose
nine directors to manage their aflairs for
the ensuing year.
Twenty-six thousand seven hundred and
sixty-one shares were represented by per
son and proxy, and a large majority of
those present decided on electing the old
Board as follows : Wm. M. Wadley, J. F.
Gilmer, Andrew Low, John R. Wilder!
Wm. B. Johnston, John Cunningham!
Geo. W. Wylly, Edw. Padelford, Jas. J.
Waring.
The Board will meet this morning to
choose a President, when the former
efficient President will of course be selected, j
—Savannah Advertiser, Bth.
News and Other Items.
Ilartiord is to have 'a fishing club.
Mount Hood is in eruption.
hour thousand emigrants a month go to
; i exas.
Newark is to have anew Catholic cathe
dral.
Early Spring—a baby jumper.
Texas is now the land of promise.
A negro rebellion is expected in Cuba,
j A man was murdered in London for
j being a teetotaller.
[ Cincinnati has a $300,000 dram shop,
i High rents threaten to destroy Memphis.
! Armies of rats are traveling through
j Indiana.
, Forty-five Popes have been exiled from
: Rome.
i Ihenew play of ‘‘Ours” is by Artemus
>\ ard.
„ r^.\ e Providence Journal has been sued
tor libel. Damages SIO,OOO.
* The Neapolitan Rothschild lias retired
irom business on $40,000,000.
M hen is soup likely to run out of the
sauoepan? \\ hen there is a leak in it.
Chicago lias been seven days without a
i divorce case.
An infuriated female badly pummcl-cd
; the local editor of a Columbus paper,
j Government detectives are in Montreal
j looking up evidence against Surratt.
L A light .mustache is the only facial
j adornment considered irreproachable in
1 Pari:,. >
Some Washington “speoials” arc styled
‘flash literature.
The eotton crop of Egypt this year is
estimated at '100,000,000.
An Egyptian Temple is to be one of the
attractions of the Paris Exhibition.
Tlie cotton crop ol Texas is estimated at
from 150,000 to 200,000 bales, against
383,583 in 1859.
1 lie orthodox Jews in New York propose
to erect if college.
Charred elephant’s foot is one of the
rare dishes” indigenous to India.
; Buffalo has anew poet who has found
Ins way between two covers.
A New York paper lias offered Charles
Dickens $25,000 for a story.
Pekin is going to have an American col
lege.
Government detectives are in Montreal
looking up evidence against Surratt.
_ A nice old lady in llacino, Wis., left
>150,000 to iund an orphan asylum.
. A young lady who permits a kiss should
imitate the British cabman ; who on most
occasions gives his cheek.— Punch.
A child, lost three days after the evacu
ation of Richmond, has been restored to its
mother.
Mr. Kramcrcliristianton’s house in Mil
waukie was destroyed by fire.
A Gothamite is lecturing on “Spiritual
Gammonology. ”
A woman in Manchester, Ohio, died
from swallowing a corn worm.
Civilized man drinks $200,000 worth ot
champagne every year.
A bushy head of hair saved the life of a
man who fell from a house in Springtied
and struck upon liis head.
Two sisters, left in a state of utter desti
tution, employ themselves in cutting wood
and hauling it to Mobile.
During the last two weeks no less than
twenty-one persons have been burned to
death in the fires that have occurred in
the various tenement houses in New York.
Horace Greeley has received an invitation
to lecture before a G alveston, Texas, lite
rary society, but declines for want of time.
The municipal election in Chattanooga
on Thursday resulted in the election of the
whole Radical ticket by a large majority.
General Sterling Price and bis three
daughters reached New Orleans from Cor
dova, Mexico, on Wednesday.
Cameron is said to be willing to sup
port anybody if they will only support him
for the U. S. Senate.
If the Prince Umberto marries the niece
of the Duke of Modena, the Princess will
have a fortune of $20,000,000.
in that State.
An exchange, commenting on the su.
pcrabundance of criminal news, .says it
looks as if the whole continent were rap
idly becoming incontinent.
The Prince Imperial of France has been
presented with a complete set of Dickens
works.
A Western railroad company has adopt
ed the eight hour system in its machine
shops, and reduced the wages to corres
pond with the labor.
_ It is said that since tlie pulpit denuncia
tion of the “ Black Crook,” the front seats
at Niblo’s Theatre are crowded nightly by
grave and reverend gentlemen in white
neck-ties.
The railroads of this country employ
two hundred thousand men, and at least a
million of men, women and children de
pend for their support upon the railroad
interest.
Why does a sailor know that there is a
man in th'e moon ? Because he lias been
to sea (see). ' , .
A New York engineer is about to build
a steel steamer, which will make a speed
of thirty miles an hour.
Only men who are ill-bred take salt with
their lingers or peas with a knife.
The difference between “mind” and
“matter”. What is mind, no matter ;
what is matter, never mind.
What trees increase and multiply and
bear most fruit after they are cut down ?
The Christmas trees.
Why can persons occupied in canning
fruit, stow away more of it than anybody
else ? Because they can.
The - New York Pont says that about
fifteen thousand workers in the various
branches of shipbuilding are out of em
ployment in that city.
The Sherman, Texas, Star is edited by a
boy in bis teens, who also does the type
setting. liis paper is said to be quite
readable.
An exchange thinks that the Fenian
Sisterhoods are 1 letter armed for conquest
than the Brotherhoods.
Sixteen people have been kicked out of
the Baris Bourse for refusing to pay debts.
The submarine cable between Florida
and will be ready for the public in
March. The maximum soundings give
845 fathoms.
The joint' stock gambling company at
Spa. have made a profit of 200,000,000
francs, or $40,000,000, during the year.
Where is Butler ? Sir Frederick Bruce
bad all his spoons stolen the other night.—
Prentice.
San Francisco is increasing in size with
wonderful rapidity, and a visitor of ten
years ago would hardly know the place.
“What’s the difference between the late
Sultan of Turkey and the present Sultan ?
One is the Sultan as v;as, and tlie other
the Sultan Az-iz.
If'yougotoa ball in France, abstain
; from talking to your partner; and, if you
j are a young lady, do not stare “with
| effrontery,” but reply civilly when spoken
to.
A late poet says:
“I gallop up the steeps of fame
To win my lady’s hand.”
Precisely; he does it to give a gal a-pup
(gallop up.)
Mr. Henry C. Bidden, a member of the
bar at New Orleans, has been committed
for perjury, for swearing falsely that ho
had property to the amount of SIO,OOO,
in order to stand for one Cronan. He has
been admitted to bail, the security being
fixed at SSOO.
A Scotch Earl, Lord Fife, gave Madame
Vestris a thousand guineas to allow a cast
to be taken of her leg; the Earl died and
this cherished leg was sold for half a
crown.
“There’s our Jeremiah,” said Mr
Shelton, "he went off to make his livin'"'
,by his wits.” “Well, did he succeed 1 '”
J inquired his. friend. “No,” said the old
man with a sigh,, and significantly tapping
his head, “he failed for a want of capital.”
The Scientific American has a strong
i argument in favor of using yhotogram
| instead of. photo graph. Grammatically
[ and analogically this change should be
made, or why not put down telegram,
which was so thoroughly discussed when
first introduced.
William B. Astor, John Jacob Astor
and W. W. Astor, and a great many more
rich men, are in ashington. They are
said to be frightened at the extremes into
which the Radicals threaten to plunge the
country. So arc New England shippers
and capitalists.
The people of Chicago, who went into
ecstaeies over the supply of. pure water
recently introduced into the city from Lake
Michigan, are now puzzling their brains
with the problem of how to get rid* of the
dirty water. They are afraid to turn it into
the lake, lest it will return through the
tunnel, so they propose to send it south
ward to enrich the Illinois farms.