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OLD SERIES, VOL. LXXVI.
Chronicle & Sentinel.
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Fiendish Malignity.
TFk,- ladies of Home, Ga., gave an enter
tainment iii that city on the night of the 3d
inst., for the purpose of raising funds to
repair and renovate the Methodist Church,
which had been despoiled and robbed by
the Yankee soldiery while the town was
occupied by th; Federal forces. Some of
the young gentlemen of the city assisted
the ladies in the good work, which praise
worthy conduct has been the <auso of their
incarceration in the Atlanta jail. The
reasons given for this most shameful and
unmanly am 1 -1 only maud the act tlie
more odious. The excuse is, that these
young men exhibited disrespect towards
“the best government oii the planet,” by
the presentation of a tableaux in which
the Confederate flagamiuniform Were dk- ,
•ping’d. This was ttW TftttiSn for which
the arrests were 1 made.
The Conner, in noticing this unmanly
and tyrannical interference of the military,
gives the following description of the whole
affair, which fully explains the conduct of
the ladies and gentlemen who were instru
mental in getting up the exhibition, and
places the matter in such a light as must
cause a blush of shame to mantle the check
of every true soldier and right thinking
man it>tlie country:'
“Tho entertainment consisted* of I’lays,
Charades, Tableaux, songs, Ac. Among
these His-nen presented on the stage was a
Tableaux, entitled the “(JlTleer’s Funeral.”
As this scene has been magnified into
something wonderfully treasonable, wo
will describe it. Wo will premise that
it was a <!<>n/edr.rati- Oilicer’s Funeral.
No one connected with the entertainment
had, probably, ever seen the Funeral of a
Federal Ollieer. Tlio manager’s idea
seems to have been to represent her idea of
the original of such a scone. In the centre
ofthc seene a as a eotlin, with a lady dress
(d iu deep mourning kneeling beside it,
ami a little girl standing near—both in the
attitude of grief. Four soldiers, dressed in
Confederate 1 grey, with their arms folded
over their guns,' tilled the angles of a hol
low square, and a fifth held a drooping
Confederate Hag over the head of the
colfin. The Hag was not exhibited
huh ire nor after this particular scene,
which lastedonly some 30 or 4.) seconds.
'l'ho spirit of tiro whole scene was hu
miliation, and it was a painful re
minder of the “lost cause,” its griefs and
sufferings. No one connected with I lie
exhibition had the least idea that this
scene was likely to bo regarded as an exhi
tion of disrespect to our Government or
its officers. In fact, they had an assurance
that no notice would bo taken of the
matter, in the fact that the Confederate
(lag had been exhibited fora similar pur
pose on the stage iu tlds place some weeks
previous, and no notice was, until after
this exhibition, taken of it liv the military
authoritii s, and no order has over been
published here prohibiting such exhibit
lions. The order for tlio arrest of these
gentlemen is said to have- been issued by
Gen. Thomas. If that is so we must be
lieve that he has been greatly [deceived in
regard to the facts of the case.
“We arc not going to assort that these
arrests wore made lor purposes of revenge,
or that it was uu eagerly sought for occa
sion to exhibit power. We will, however,
lie rely slate the billowing fact : At tho
exhibition on tho M inst.", an officer of tlio
Freedmoifs Itureau was present. Vs soon
as the curtain was raised exhibiting tho
Tableaux of tho “Ollicer’s Finland” he
Walked out, and was hissed as lie went, by
some inconsiderate lads iu the back part
of the audience, now much more or less
trensui there may have been in this hissing
than there was in an exhibition of the
Confederate Hug iu tlio manner and for the
purpose above described, wo will leave
others to conjecture.”
whoso Tove of country was so shocked by
tho “Officer’s Funeral,” have felt the same I
decree of indignation if, instead of the
four Confederate grey soldiers and the I
Southern Cross, there had been exhibited
the same number of “red jackets” with
the British lion floating above them?
If the ladies of Rome should get up
another Tableaux, we recommend to them
tho representation of the death of Nelson,
on the deck of a British man-of-war, with
the Union Jack of Great Britain unfurled
above, and guarded by four British tars in
their appropriate naval uniforms. Would
this he treason ?
Or perhaps the death scene of the great-
Napoleon upon the bleak and inhospitablo
hill-top of St. Helena, with his few faith
ful officers and friends standing around bis
dying couch, and bathing bis burning tem
ples with their gushing tears (all in tlio
gay ami captivating French uniform, of
course), would make a tableaux at once
pretty, sugg stive and entertaining. IV ould
that be treason?
Avery beautiful Tableaux could be pro
duced representing the scene on board the
British man-of-war Java, when her gal
lant Captain Lambert lies mortally
wounded upon his own deck wrapped in
the folds of the British flag, with Bain
bridge, liis victor, kneeling by his side,
severely wounded himself and supported by
two of his officers, and tendering back to bis
dying, but gallant, prisoner, the sword
which, by the fortune of the battle, had
fallen into his hands. Would this be treason?
Even the Autocrat of Russia has never
attempted to prevent tho down trodden
and oppressed Poles from showing their
love and veneration for those gallant souls
who poured out their life-blood iu tlio
cause of Polish liberty.
This day in Russia-Poland, a Tableaux,
representing tho daring feats or mournful
death of one of their warriors or statesmen,
would roe ive the encouragement of Rus
sian officials. Is our Government a worse
tyranny than that of Russia?
Would not a Tableaux at Mozart Hall in
New York, representing the death and
burial of the lamented Stonewall Jackson,
draw crowds to witness tho touching
spectacle? Would that bo treason there?
By simply changing the locality—docs that
become seditious here which at the North
would be inuocuous aud harmless.
“O, consistency what a jewel thou art!’’
Southern Temper. The X. O. Times
refers to a recent speech of the maimed Con
federate General Hood, recently delivered
in that city, as indicative of a sentiment of
devotion to the Federal Union, which
widely prevails among those lately known
to be hostile. In a sketch of his address
the writer says:
After speaking of the deeds of valor per
formed by Irish soldiers and officers in our
late unhappy war. the General turned
upon his eruteh, and, with an earnest elo
quence as unexpected as it was sublime,
pronounced a glowing apostrophe to peace.
No man who heard the utterances of the
“broken soldier” on that occasion could
fail to be impressed by his sincerity, and
the hearty desire he manifested to bury
beneath the dark waters of Lethe all the
bitter recollections of the past. He had
seen enouuh of war ; enough ot its sicken
ing and desolating consequences, and he
looked forward with prayer and hope to an
era of peaceful industry, when the sword
and the spear should be forgotten in the
use of those more worthy implements, the
plowshare and the pruning hook, and the
thunder of ordnance be replaced by the
hum of trade and the buzz of machinery.
Such is the desire and earnest prayer of
the ki eat major ..y of the Southern people.
—A r . V. Journal of Commerce.
President Johnson in 1563. —The fol
lowing letter lias been unearthed, and
found it.-- way into the public prints recout
“ Xashvilik, November -1. 1S«I3.
“ Totlu Hon. M. Blair, rostmaxter General:
*1 hope that the President will not bo
committed to the proposition of States re
lapsing into Territories and held as such.
1f he st> ers clear of this extreme, liis elec
tion to the next Presidency is without a
reasonable doubt. I expected to have
been in Washington before this time,
when 1 could have conversed fully and
freely in reference to the policy* to be
adopted by the government; but it lias
been impossible lor me to leave Nashville.
! will be there soon. The institution of
slavery isgone, and there is no good reason
now for destroying the States in raving
about the destruction of slavery.
“Agtm.isw Johnson,”
,1 Ramble Among the Leading Business
Houses of Augusta.
In resuming our ramble among the busi
ness men of the city our attention was
' called to the busy and stirring appearances
!of the store about midway between
Jackson and Campbell, on Broad street,
south side. Upon'entering we found that
the interior of the building was literally
• alive with the buz and whir of many
voices, all engaged in examining and price
j ing the various articles on exhibition and
! for Kale. Although from the piles of
j goods which we saw packed up on the side
walk, marked and ready for shipment to
: different points, we had expected to find
the interior thronged and animated, we
j confess tSiat we were not prepared to find
I such strong evidence of lively trade as was
j presented in the different portions of the
; main sales room.
' This thriving and weil-conducted busi
| ness is carried on by
J. M. CLARK & SONS,
. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN'
GROCERIES, FINE LIQUORS, PROVISIONS
AND FAMILY SUPPLIES, NO. 278 BROAD
STREET.
| Ihe senior member of this firm has been
; in business in this State and South Caro
:ni: _■ ar . .
f tlon bf which has been spent in this city in
1 the Grocery trade. Asa merchant of expc
j rience, enterprise and energy, he stands in
j the front rank of tho business men of Au
! gusta. Courteous and polite in ids deport
ment —always anxious to please his pat
rons —he has become a great favorite with
country merchants and planters. However
pressed with business, he has at all times a
pleasant smile and friendly word for those
who call to examine his stock or make pur
chases. Thoroughly conversant with all
the details of tho Grocery business, he is
enabled to make his • purchases at such
times and in such quantities as to have
on hand the class and styles of goods which
the wants of the country demand.
John W. and Amos K. Clark, the junior
members of the house, and the sons of the
senior, are both young men of fine charac
ter ami good business habits. Both were
in the Southern army—the first being a
member of the Clinch Rifles, in the fifth
Georgia regiment, commanded at the be
ginning of the war by the lamented Gener
al J. K. Jackson, and the' latter served in
Cobb’s legion. He was, up to the time of
General Cobh’s death, on duty about his
headquarters, and won from that Christian
patriot and gallant soldier, the warmest
testimonials of his confidence and approval.
At the close pf the war, entering into
copartnership with theirfather, and taking,
as they did, almost the entire control of
the business, they have succeeded in estab
lishing for the house a large and lucrative
business. As an indication of the charac
ter they bore in the army, we mention the
fact that almost daily someone or more of
their old comrades in arms send them or-
to fill, relying entirely upon their
known purity and probity of character to
protect them from the possibility of loss or
unfair dealing.
This house keeps a large and well se
lected stock of leading groceries, which
they offer at reasonable prices. In connec
tion with their Grocery trade they carry on
a large milling business, having purchased
and refitted the excellent Merchant Mills
in this city formerly known as the Car
michael Mills. Here they manufacture
the very best family flour, in largo quanti
ties, and which they furnish to their cus
tomers at the very lowest rates.
, : : : ;Vi; ■;
one UMMUh StgjbelS of corn and SBSU
five hundred bushels of wheat. With this
weekly supply of fresh-ground flour and
meal they are always ready to furnish their
customers with the very best article, sweet
nnd fresh from the mills.
Merchants and planters visiting the city
should give the house of J. M. Clark &
Hons a call before making their purchases.
We will insure them a pleasant reception
and fair dealing.
The Herald and the Tribune.— The
attitude, says the Richmond Times , of the
N. Y. lhrald and Tribune, two leading
journals of New \ ork, with reference to
tho impeachment of the I’resident, is l
among tho curiosities of the age. The j
New York lhrald favors the measure,
while the Tribune bitterly opposes it. The |
antagonism is ominous, however, as Ben- i
nett invariably goes with the current, and
would advocate a plurality of wives if he !
| lived iu Utah, or would clamor .for canni
balism if he edited a paper , where human
I flesh were the favorite food .of those who
! “advertised iu the New York Herald .”
| Greeley lias a queer, battered and weather
i beaten article which he calls a “con
; science,” whereas Bennett sold his to the j
\ devil years ago, and has managed to thrive
wonderfully without it ever since. But I
j when he strikes a public man it is very :
certain that he is “down.” When they j
J were popular he grovelled at the feet of i
l’ieree and Buchanan, but when they lost j
1 ground he sprang at them likttoi mad dog.
Negro Emiqbation. —We learn from
the Charleston yews that for two months
past alar s o number of the colored farm
hands of that State'have left the middle |
and upper districts, and have gone in j
largo numbers to the South and South
west, They have gono to all sections of
the Southern country—Mississippi, Louisi
ana, Arkansas, Texas and Florida. This
last State appears to be the favorite, and
some live thousand to six thousand at least
have passed through Charleston bound in
that direction. On Saturday last, the
steamship .1 dele left Charleston for
Galveston, Texas, having on board .some
three hundred to four hundred. The
number that have left the upper country
in wagons, it is difficult to estimate, but
wo have heard tho total number that have
left put down at twenty-five thousand.
Large numbers have gone and are still
going West from various seetions of Geor
gia. Labor is in consequence very scarce.
St. Michael's Bells.— The vestry of
St. Michael's Church, < Tiarleston, have
addressed a petition, endorsed by nearly
all the United States officials in Charles
ton, to Congress, humbly praying that
“honorable” body to relieve them from
the payment of the import duty of 35 per
cent., under the existing tariff law, upon
the bells of St Michael’s Church, which
were sent to England to be recast.
River News. The steamer Hard
Times arrived from Savannah on Sunday
night. The Tiro Boys was at the wharf
yesterday. There were no departures.
Tlio height of the river at the Bridge was
5 feet 9 inches.
Better Late Than Never.—ln look
ing over the Charleston Courier, we notice
that the Editor has been presented with a
free ticket on the Savannah Railroad. This
reminds us that we were the recipient
some weeks ago of a similar favor from
Col. Cole, the accomplished and efficient
Superintendent of the Georgia Railroad,
for which we now return our sincere
thanks.
Young Men's Library.—At the an
nual meeting of the Young Men's Library
Association of Augusta, held on the 21st
instant, the following officers and man
agers were elected for the present year:
< ieo. T. Barnes, President.
R. R. Bullock, Vice-President
J. W. Wallace, Sec'ry and Treasurer.
managers.
Geo. M. Tkew, D. B. Plumb,
John Bones, A. C. Ives,
Joseph Milligan, f. M. Peck,
Charles T. Smith, Librarian.
Sentenced to be Hung.— The Louis
ville Journal of the 24th contains a dis
patch from Franklin, Kentucky, as fol
lows:
William P. King and Abe Owens, train
robbers, who subsequently kiiled Harvey
King, one of the band, were sentenced to
be hanged on the 22d of March.
The remaining ten prisoners charged
with robbing the train were granted a con
tinuance until J uuo.
The Financial Volcano.
Sensible men in all parts of the country
: are looking forward with great -concern to
the conduct of Congress as necessarily in
volving, to an alarming extent, the finan
i cial welfare of the country. The conduct
j of the Congressional majority since the
j opening of the present session has been
i such as to bring the finances of the country
i to the extremist verge of safety, and has
j already entailed the loss of millions upon
j the industry and commerce of the Ameri
j can people.
j There never was a time, perhaps, in the
! history of our Government when the old
proverb, “capital is timid,” was felt with
J greater force than now. The possible ex
■ treme fluctuations in the value of gold,
growing out of the revolutionary action of
the Rump Congress, and the prostration
of many branches of manufactures in the
Northern and Eastern States, taken in
connection with the failure of the cotton
and provision crops of the South, portend
a financial storm which, otice begun, will
bring ruin and suffering to many thousands
of those who are now esteemed wealthy
and strong.
Prudent men everywhere are taking in
canvass and trimming their sails to meet
the first shock of the ceudar storm.
Where and when it will first break
is becoming more and more apparent
every day. Wall street is even now
trembling under the impulse of the
coming gale, and already the “ spot like a
man’s hand” can he descerned in the finan
cial firmament.
Confidence is lessening to an alarming
extent, and crafty suspicion has taken the
place it formerly held. Distrust of the
stability of the present measure of values,
and the perilous extremes to which in ail
probability the price of gold will be pushed
by the breaking up of the Union of the
States by the formal action of Congress,
tend to keep up the feverish excitement,
and will, in the end, bring upon us a crash
which will bury beneath tho ruins of the
Republic the private credit of her best
and strongest citizens.
The slightest giving way in commercial
circles will cause the volcano over which
we arc now slumbering to break forth in
all the violence and fury which its pent up
fires can throw upon us. Panic after panic
will ensue, until the credit of the country,
with its Commerce and manufactures, will
become buried beneath the lava of its firery
blunders.
That we are not mistaken in our views,
is, we think, clearly shown by the excite
ment which prevailed in Wall street last
week, growing out of tho failure of the
house of A. J. Meyer & Cos. The New
Y r ork World, in noticing this failure, says:
“Great excitement was eaused'in Wall
street yesterday, resulting in a partial
panic, by the auqounceuuint that the Bank
of North America had suffered the loss of
$200,000 through the failure of Mossis.
Moyer & Cos., brokers, and that tlio Presi
dent of the bank had died yesterday morn
ing at his residence, No. 25 West Thirtieth
street. Tho news spread rapidly, and
gained in extravagance as it flew, till what
at first was but a mole hill became aug
mented into a mountain. Strange stories
were set in circulation about the bank, its
president, and the firm alluded to, and
soon other firms were said to bo involved.
Tin* consequence was that tire stocks tum
bled, aud that a general distrust was begat
in the market. Business was conducted
on all sides with extreme caution. As far
as can be learned, it appears that Messrs.
A. J. Meyer & Cos., brokers, doing business
at the corner of Broad street and Exchange
place, overdrew their account yesterday on
the Bank of North America to tho amount
$219,000, and wore unable to meet their
obligations when expected. Tho checks
were presented on Wednesday morning
by a member of the firm, but, as they had
no deposits in tlio bank at that time,
tlio paying-teller declined to assume tho
"tht-gi* -an tffCTi*ap" r j
pealed to "the President of the bank—
John P. Yelyerton, who, having full con
fidence that security would promptly be
furnished, certified the checks. In the
afternoon it was reported that Messrs.
Meyer had sustained large losses in Penn
sylvania stocks, and then that they had
been completely ruined by the failure of
another company. These reports and the
failure of Messrs. Meyer to produce the
required security, wrought so much upon
the neryous system of Mr. Yelverton that
he was seized with an attack of apoplexy
that evening, and died yesterday morning
about nine o'clock.
“The commotion at tho Brokers’ BoaVd
and the Stock Exchange was very groat
yesterday afternoon. In addition to what
lias been stated above, it was said that
some stocks that had been “cliqued” for a
long time were thrown on the market by
the banks that hypothecated them. There
were rumors that several prominent firms
had failed with heavy liabilities, and the
excitement on the street during the after
noon was intense. Tho President of the
Open Board of Brokers, Mr. E. B. Hart,
made a speech to them about 3 o’clock, in
which ho said that Messrs. Meyer & Cos.,
witli their lawyer, were then closeted with
tho directors of the bank, and that the pro
bability was thai a satisfactory settlement
would bo made.”
Tinkering on the Constitution.
The recent action of Congress in regard
to the organization of the Supreme Court
shows very clearly that the Radical major
ity now in control of the Legislative de
partment of the Government will not be
controlled or influenced by any of the
limitations of power contained in the Con
stitution of the United States. It has
become painfully apparent that wherever
and whenever the spirit or even the strict
letter of that instrument stands between
them and the objects of their malice, that
its plainest provisions will be explained
away by legislative resolves or overthrown
by legislative enactments.
There is uo restriction of power, no limi
tation of rights contained in the organic
, law of the Government which is strong
j enough to hold them iu check. This dis
; regard of the plainest provisions of this
| once sacred instrument by the Radical
1 Congress has already brought forth the
i bitter fruits which the enemies of free gov
ernment have sought to produce. Every
man (and woman too, wc might have said),
: at the North has become a Constitutional
expounder. The teachings of tho fathers
! of the Republic- -Washington, Hamilton,
Madison. Marshall and Jefferson—are no
longer regarded with even the common re
spect accorded now to pot-house politicians,
and stay-at-home patriots. The progress
which has been made in the last few
months in this destructive tendency to ex
plain away the wisest and plainest restric
tions of power placed upon the legislative
department of the Government, is rapid
and alarming. On every hand we find the
endorsement of this shameful disregard of
i legal restraint
The National Intelligencer, in comment-
: ng upon this new and destructive ten
deucy, says : “The amount of loose think
ing respecting the Constitution and its
obligations is really wonderful. To some
men it is a mere agreement of the people,
' to be set aside by any election return or
town meeting resolve. Others regard it
as a written instrument to be turned and
twisted into any meaning by an act of Con
gress. To others it is indeed the funda
tal law of the nation, to which the assent
of every individual in it is formally pledged,
and from the obligations of which no man
can escape save by expatriation or amend
ment. The will of the nation is far more
sacredly pledged to its observance than ii
it held an election every year to ratify it:
provisions—for every election that is held,
ever?- vote that is east, every law that is en
acted, every decision that is rendered, ever}
' sale that is made or title that is conveyed, L
an endorsement of the Constitution, anc
proceeds on the assumption that until it L
authentically altered it dees ex press the sov
j ereign will of the nation. There may be £
I question raised about an act of Congress or:
i popular vote representing the public wiil
but there is none about the Constitution.
True, doubts may be rai- ed as to the mean
ing of certain provisions, yet every yea;
I these are diminishing, for the tribuna
I whose duty it is to interpret them hav<
j passed upon most of them of doubtful con
i ao man, therefore, has a nghi
j to r i S e in Congress or anywhere else, bui
. especially in Congress, and proclaim thai
1 the will of this nation contravenes in auj
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 6, 1867.
1 particular the Constitution of the United
1 States. For that is the most solemn and
formally authenticated expression of the
public will that is possible, an I must stand
as the resistless fiat of the nation until,(in
constitutional convention assembled, the
sovereignty of the nation abrogates and
amends its provisions.”
The Supreme Court.
The Radical attack upon this venerable
and conservative branch of the United
States Government is as fierce and vindic
tive as that made upon the President
the United States at the opening of the
present session of Congress. Boutwell’s
bill—which was, with such disgraceful'
rapidity, rushed through tho House- de
claring that no one who had at any time
given aid and comfort to the Confederate
cause shall ever practice in the Courts of
the United States, is but an indication of
their purpose to nullify all the decisions of
the Court which may be antagonistic to
their line of policy.
Another scheme is now proposed by Mr.
Williams, of Pennsylvania, who has intro-,
duced a bill which requires a full bench;
that is, all the nine Judges to sit and con
cur in any opinion involvingConstitutipn 41
questions, or the -atidity of State laws'
which may lie brought up on appeal from
the District or Circuit Courts. It is known
that no question of law growing out of the
Constitutional powers of Congress over the
lately seceded States can secure the unani
mous vote of the Court. The political
complexion of the Court, as it now stands,*
is a guarantee that the Rump will have,
on all questions affecting their rights and
powers over the Southern people, the sup
port of at least three of the present mem
bers of the Court.
But in addition to this, there is the possi
bility that, from Providential causes, there
will often be a failure to have tho nine
Judges present necessary to make a decis
ion. In* this view of the matter, it be
comes painfully manifest that the intention
of Congress is to cripple the power of the
Court to such an extent as to deprive it of
the right to decide Constitutional questions
at all, unless their opinion shall agree
with the Congressional majority for tho
time being.
A still more bold and Radical measure
has been canvassed, which looks to a re
peal of all laws now in force, regulating
and prescribing the method of taking up
cases on appeal from the District and Cir
cuit Courts.
The last clause of the 2d Section of the
3d Article of the Constitution, declares
that
“In all other cases before mentioned the
Supreme Court shall have appellate juris
diction, both as to law and fact, with such
exceptions, and under sueh regulations, as
the Congress shall make.”
If Congress fails to make “ such regula
tions ” aspire contemplated by this clause
of the Constitution, for taking up eases on
appeal, then, the Radicals claim, that the
power of the Court as an appellate tribunal
cannot be exercised. This can be effected
either by the repeal of all laws now of force
which contain “such regulations,” as we
have before stated, .or the -.Congress can so
amend these “regulations” as to complete
ly destroy the functions of the Court in its
appellate character.
It were perhaps vain to examine whether
such legislation, and particularly the bill of
Mr. Williams, would not, in itself,,be un
constitutional. That it would be so pro
nounced by the Court we have no doubt.
By the common law of England, from
which we borrow our whole judicial sys
mn Kfeitl that tfMBjJBIIJjM
of the Judges could determine the law of
the cases submitted. The power to regu
late the vote of the Court upon any class
of cases, cannot be claimed by Congress as
growing out of tho power granted in the
article of the Constitution just quoted,
which only gives the right to Congress to
regulate the. manner in which cases may
be brought before the Court on appeal. It
certainly “does not embrace any power to
regulate its vote upon questions of law or
its modes of proceeding, and is confined to
law and fact, in mere appellate matters.”
But then if tbe Court should decide such
legislation to be contrary to tbe principles
and spirit of the Constitution, and of no
effect, these can be no doubt but that the
Radical Rump would concoct some other
plan for the destruction of tho Court, and
with it the overthrow of constitutional
liberty in America. We shall see.
Tiie Destruction of Landmarks. —
The Nation, one of the ablest weekly jour
nals now in course of publication, is thor
oughly Radical on tbe slavery question and
the question of “races, ’ ’ but its feet are still
planted on tbe earth—it has not been lifted
by the swelling stream of party feeling en
tirely from the foundation, so as to be swept
along at the mercy of the current on which
the “majority” party are now riding. In
an article upon the suspension of the
habeas corpus it makes these remarks, viz :
The Supreme Court re asserts solemnly
the jurisdiction of Congress over personal
liberty, and denies tbe right of the Execu
tive to touch it arbitrarily, aud forthwith
some of the very men who were most
frantic last summer in exalting the Leg
islature and denouncing, the President’s
usurpation begin to talk of “impeaching"
the Judges for doing what they were
bound to do, before God and man, come
what might. "We have commented else
where on the conduct of the Court in
embarking in a discussion on points which
came in no way before it. But we hope
this whole matter, grave and important as
it is, will open the eyes of the public to the
great danger there is that the Breaches of
saw and of propriety into which over-zeal
on behalf of the right now carries us may
be one day used against us in defence of
the wrong. It is not very long since there
was a majority in the United States on
tiie side of wickedness, and we may all.
live to see it again ; if we should, we may
have sore need for our own protection of
all the forms and traditions of the law and
the Constitution.
Virginia papers are alarmed by tbe rapid
disappearance of the negro population
from that State, and advise that no effort
should be spared—such as kind treatment
and good pay —to retain them within the
State limits. Estimates from V ashington
put the reduction of this class since the
close of the war at 190,000. The Rich
mond Whig says:
Their efflux from the State, as the
figures referred to manifest, has commenced
on a scale absolutely astonishing. The
fear is that it wiil continue. \ ear after
year the Gulf States will be enabled to pay
higher and still higher wages. They will
outbid us, who raise only wheat, corn, to
bacco. oats. &c. This, coupled with the
more congenial climate they offer, will
tempt many negroes from \ irginia to those
States to engage in the cultivation of cot
ton. rice and sugar. Our contiguity to
that African paradise, the District of
Columbia, and the facilities forgetting into
Northern States, will also cause a steady
drain upon this class of population. We
will thus lose on both our Southern and
Northern borders, while we are losing at
the same time by an unparalleled and mys
terious mortality.
The Receipts at Columbus.— The re
ceipts of cotton at this place to date, says
the Sun, are over 35,000 bales. The most
sanguine now think that, for the entire
season, ending September 1, between 45.000
and 50,000 bales will be brought here.
Very few believe the latter figure will be
reached. The majority of cotton men,
however, express the opinion that over
I 40,000 bales will be the total receipts. For
the last three months ours has been tbe
highest market of any neighboring inland
city. To compare the prices here with
those ol coast cities, three cents must be
added; for in those places the cotton is
quoted with taxes paid. Here the buyer
pays the tax.
The celebrated trotter Ethan Allen has
been sold in Boston to Z. E. Simmons, of
New York, for f 10,000.
1 OUR WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE.
The tear against the . Supreme Court —
Conservative Radicalism a failure—
Mongrel Conventions in the Metropolis —
The Citizens at 6fle Mercy of Congress
—Mational Democratic Reorganization
The President in favor of the Move
ment —Impeachmen t played out —Stevens
j Eulogizing Raytiiond—Clerical Com
pensation, eie.
asKUSGTON, January 24.
The war against the Supreme Court has
| already been commenced in Congress, in
- tbo passage by the House of the resolution
reported by Boutwell, from the Judiciary
j Committee, abridging the rights and
privileges of the Supreme. Court. It lias
also been referred to the Senate Judiciary
Committee, and the impression is that it
' will be very shortly taken up and passedby
that body. It was not thought that any
attempt would have been made to destroy
the decisions of the Supreme Court before
the next session, when it is very generally
understood that numerous insane dogmas
are to be brought to kght; but of late the
Republican leaders have determined to
pave the way now for what the}- intend to
inaugurate more fully next session. The
Democratic members made quite a lengthy
fight over Boutwcii s resolution, when
it was first introduced and made the Radi
cals very angry by their persistence in
refusing to give wav |o them. .They (the
latter) were partieryjdy opposed to debate
night long by a lively minority of Demo
cratic members, and several of the latter
took occasion to express brief but emphatic
arguments against the revolutionary
scheme before the vote was taken. Bout
well, the author of it, has announced him
self an enemy to the Supremo Court, and
will take that ground in his race for the
leadership of the blouse of Representa
tives in tho next Congress, where he has
Butler and Stevens to contend against.
Upon the two topics of impeaching the
President and reorganizing the Supreme
Court, lie is among the most intense advo
cates ; but how he wiil succeed in accom
plishing his purposes in both respects is
questionable. One thing is certain, tlie
new theory of Conservative-Radicalism
which sprung into existence upon the dis
cussion of Stevens’ Enabling Act is at
a standstill. It does not. seem to
make much progress, as the majority of
the Radicals who opposed it now begin to
declare that their opposition to it is on
technical grounds. . Others, however, op
pose it from principle, as in the case of
Representative Dodge, of New l r ork (tho
Republican member who succeeded last
session in illegally ousting Mr. Brooks),
who wishes it understood, that in voting
against it, he does not abandon the party
which elected him; but Messrs. . Stevens,
Boutwell and others, think very differently.
There is much interest to know how these
recalcitrant Radicals will vote after Stevens
has made his closing speech on the hill,
upon his call for the previous question,
and poured iiis anathemas down upon the
deserters, as he undoubtedly will. lie
is not used to being opposed by the
members of his own party, and daily
becomes more bitter against those
who have dared to object to his decrees.
Mixed conventions of white and black men
are now being heldalmost nightly in Wash
ington to make preparations for the next
elections, when tho blacks assert that their
chance will be at hand. It is the intention
of the unrestrained suffrage men to wage
unrelentless war against all who did not in
the beginning advocate their policy, so that
the latter-day saints who would now truckle
to negro suffrage are not likely to gain any
thing by the appstacy. The citizens here
feel, or rather express, very little interest
in the fate of the Metropolis, as they are
aware that Congress, which is all- powerful
with regard to jurisdiction over this Dis
trict, means to give no hoed whatever to
their desires. The place is filled with
fanatics, who rejoice over the downfall of
the old landmarks, and not having any in
terest themselves of any kind in the wel
fare of the old residents, are working,
beaver-like, to accomplish the degradation
which is sought to bo brought .upon them.
The day when the President’s veto beanie
powerless in the Senate was an unhappy
one for Washington -It is no wonder that
fill i illiiiipr-'" “t
magnificent distances’™Na; well be ac
counted among the things that were.
Various' indications point now to tlio
reorganization, without any entangling
alliances, of the old Democratic party, and
the sentiments of several of the most
prominent members is for a national con
vention in the city of New York at a
period not far distant. This, it is thought,
will bo productive of much good, . as the
extremists are carrying things with too
high a hand to resist successfully well or
ganized opposition. Friends of the Presi
dent —gentlemen known to be in confi
dential relationship with him—assert that
he favors such a mode, and will aid it as
far as lies in his power.\ New York is
mentioned as the place for holding the
convention, in order that there may be
no possibility of its plans and organization
being disturbed, as might be in other cities
of the North, where radicalism is rampant.
The immense Democratic majorities yearly
rolled up in New York city is a guarantee
that a convenntion there would be success
ful in its meeting. The various national
committees are now in correspondence with
the executive committees on tho subject..
There will be a sound organization before
the next Presidential campaign.
Impeachment is about quieted for this
session. It- was found to be a card that
would not take, and the original advocates
of the dogma are going back on their re
cord as fast as it is possible for them to
write and speak detractions of that policy.
They assert that there lias never been any
attempt to proceed to immediate impeach
ment, which every one knows is untrue, as
when Ashley first drew up his bill it was
his indention and desire to have it consider
ed and passed upon by the House right
away. All the reports, therefore, which
have been made to the effect that the Ju
diciary Committee had issued subpoenas,
Ac., to distinguished parties are incorrect.
They have done nothing in the matter, not
knowing where to begin. Some of the
Radicals base their hopes upon testimony
to be elicited when Surratt is brought to
Washington, when, if possible, they would
make it appear that the President was im
plicated in the assassination of Mr. Lincoln.
They will also endeavor then to trump up
again that charge against Ex-President
Davis, and meet thereby additional failure
and contempt of honorable men.
Raymond has at last reached a position
where lie can bo found when necessary,
and Stevens of late lias recanted his opin
ion of that member, and actually eulogizes
him in complimentary terms, which is very
pleasing to the subject of his enconiums.
It is asserted that he will either to-day
or to-morrow make a speech on the Ena
bling Bill of the Pennsylvania Radical,
in which he will take the strongest grounds
in its favor. Its passage is looked for by
the extremists without the reference to
the Reconstruction Committee proposed
by some of the members of that party.
The clerk-- are likely to get their twenty
per cent, additional compensation in a few
days. Poor fellows ! they have been long
enough looking for it, and it has seemed
that Congres:. after having put an addi
tional two thousand dollars to the salaries
of its members and liberally rewarded the
officials of die Senate and House for doing
nothing half the year round, were disposed
to over! k the claims of clerks in the
j different departments, many of whom have
families actually suffering for the neces
saries of life in consequence eftheinade
j quate salaries.
! -The Senate is now daily engaged on the
j Tariff Bill, and among those interested in
; lobbying there is 'much excitement as it
progresses. The representatives of the
different interests affected by its provisions
- are here in great numbers and leave no
stone unturned in advocating their claims
to protection by legislative enactments. Jt
is the intention of Senators to proceed in
| the discussion of the Tariff Bill to the ex
| elusion of all other business until its pas
| sage. That is wi- r than debating im
: peacliment problems. .If this Congress
should remain in session much longer the
Radicals, the pious members of that party,
would succeed in making the Hall of
i Representatives a place of ribaldry and
j vulgarity of the lowest kind. It is not
very long since Stevens, who is not noted
j for morality at any time, and Spalding in
dulged in a series of puns and repartees
which would hardly have graced a bar
: room, and of late these lutle interludes
! have become quite common. The last
bon mot i'll was given by tne ex-Reverend
: Grinnel, of lowa, who, evidently recalling
; his experience as a preacher, and possibly
j being somewhat ashamedot them, suggest
' ed a rhyme to while away the tedious
: hours of night session during the filhouter
! ing siege the Radicals were subjected to on
; the twenty-second, which went as follows :
“ And are we rebels yet alive,
Aud do we yet rebel.
And is it not amazmg grace
That we are not m neli.
Who is there that will not admit, after
this, that Radical influences have not com
nletelv demoralized tne little preacher ?
Betides brine particularly ardent in the
i blood letting ‘'school of politicians that
I member goes to parodying his own hymns
: to bolster up the religious influences of the
| party that owns him. It is probably a
fortune tor his soul that be was not re
elected after the caning he received last
winter. The time between his castigation
and the Domination in his district was too
short to admit of his martyrdom becom
ing widely known. Arlington.
[communicated. J
Editors Chronicle & Sentinel: Your
! suggestions do not meet. the points. The
j proceedings of the Radical Congress have
! not so sadly affected any other Railroad in
; Georgia. The general influence thereof,
for evil upon the country, is too plain to
■ be overlooked.
You refer to pue surplus and I to anoth
! or. The allusion was to that one which !
, Mr. Barnett, in a meeting of the Stock- ,
! holders some years ago, proposed to divide, !
i and for making the suggestion lost his j
} official head. Ho recovered his head but j
we lost the bonds.
The stocks and bonds of which you spoke j
are good; so much the better. But do i
the Stockholders receive any income front .
them ? Instead of $4,000,000 you show j
that tho Georgia Railroad is worth $5,000,- i
000.
As you say upon that, the depreciation j
approaches 50 instead of 70.
Neither docs your correspondent “L.”
answer the question’s. He understands im
position, and not my motives. The “pub
war, upon ‘dividends from its $50,000 worth
of Georgia Railroad stock. Mr. “L.”
says we are “wholly” dependent on tho
•income received from the Georgia Railroad
Bonds, &c. Not exactly so, but very large
ly. And if it be as be says, there is the
more reason why the Trustees of that insti
tution should learn from its Treasurer the
causes rtiat have contributed to so heavy a
decline in the value of its endorsement.
He is right, too, when he.insinuates that
this is one reason why I take so much in
terest in this matter. But I have no
thought of doing any one or anything
injustice, much less “great injustice. ”
I want the Georgia Railroad stock to sell
for K)0 in the Augusta market. That is
commendable. I want tbe Stockholders
to receive yearly good dividends—no one
will object to that. That those results may
bo brought about, is what I amafter. How
is that to be done ?
, It is true, as Mr. L. says, tbe circula
tion of the Bank has been paid, $500,000
ol it. That fact ought to appreciate the
stock. The repairs on the road, the neeos
sary rebuilding and other large, extraordi
nary expenditures, might reduce the net
income, but not depreciate the market
value of the stock. The price of freights
on the road has pretty well kept pace with
everything else. And, withal, the difficul
ties of the country, short crops, a’nd every
thing else, the read has done a good busi
ness; and, before the completion of the
Central Road, did a heavy carriage of
freight and passengers. The past month
or so, I am informed, yielded about SIOO,-
005 per month, net income. It does not
appear that there arc any indications of a
falling off in the business. And still the
Georgia Railroad stock is down to 70 —it
may be less to-day, in Augusta.
Respectfully, D. E. B.
[communicated.]
Commercial Manures.
Editors of the. Chronicle & Sentinel ;
Gentlemen:— Your well-timed and
forcible article in your issue of the 22d
inst., on commercial manures, inviting
those who have tried any of them to pub
lish the result of their experiments, has
induced me to avail myself of your invita
tion and give my experience.
Believing, as you do, that if we want to
farm successfully under the present labor
system, wo must cultivate less land, and
cultivate it better; that is, prepare tbe
soil carefully aud manure abundantly. I
determined last year to try what deep
plowing, assiduous attention at the proper
time, and artificial fertilizing could do, as
compared with the old system of scratching
the land with an instrument called a
“Scooter,,” and leaving the atmosphere to
supply the elements of fertility.
1 cultivated a few acres of thin red clay
M>iiiiipiiniii(i»i! mm
the usual garden vegetables. I had the
land well broken with two-horse turn plows,
then cross plowed, and then bedded. All
this was done in season and at the proper
intervals of time. I used tbe fertilizer
known as Reid’s Phosphate, manufactured
by Messrs. Brightwell & Barrow at Matey’s
Depot, Oglethorpe county, Ga. I selected
this because I knew the manufacturers,
and was confident that the article was un
adulterated, because I believed that the
Super-Phosphates of lime are the most
valuable of all the manufactured manures,
from the fact that they stimulate the crop
and permanently improve the soil, and be
cause this fertilizer was the only one of
Southern manufacture. I sowed it in the
rows for cotton, and in the hills for corn at
the rate of 250 lbs. to tbo acre, and planted
the seed on the manure, and I cannot bet
ter give you the result than by referring
you to the following certificate which 1
gave the manufacturers at the end of the
year:
Athens, November 6th, 1866.
Messrs. Brightwell cf Barrow—Gentle
men : f have used Reid’s Phosphate this
year on cotton, corn, Irish potatoes, gar
den vegetables, and grass, and have found
it to bo the most valuable fertilizer I know.
On fourteen acres of poor red land, near
Athens, I have picked over five bales ofcot
ton. X have gathered twenty-three and a half
bushels of Corn to the acre, and the grass
seeds sown in my front yard late in April
withstood tho protracted drought of this
year, and are now as thick and strong as
if I had sodded the space which they cover.
Os Irish potatoes and garden vegetables, I
have had an unusually large crop. My
onions from seed were finer than any I
ever raised before from buttons. So cer
tain am I that your fertilizer is the best j
thing to renew our lands and give us
healthy and early crops, I mean to use it
next year on my plantation, in Oglethorpe
county, to as great an extent as my means
will allow. ‘ Respectfully,
Wm. M. Browne.
Without manure, with so unpropitious
au agricultural season as that of last year,
I should not have made more than from
200 to 250 pounds of seed cotton, and from
300 to 500 bushels of corn. I remarked
that this phosphate gave the crop such a
start as to enable it to bear the drought—
that it matured the cotton earlier thau
any other artificial manure (except genuine ;
Peruvian guano) I ever saw tried, and that j
its fertilizing properties are not exhausted j
by jtlie crop to which it is applied. 11
tested the last named property by planting |
turnips where I had previously planted j
and gathered an unusually abundant yield [
of Irish potatoes, and without any addi- j
tional manure I had as large a crop, both j
in quantity and quality, as I ever saw.
The character of the manufacturers is a :
guarantee against fraud or deception as to |
this manure, and this renders it es- j
pecialiy valuable to planters now, none of j
whom can afford to pay SIOO per ton of i
2,000 lbs. for red dirt with a guanoish !
odor.
I can only say in conclusion, and without j
attempting to judge of other fertilizers, I
that I mean to use Reid’s phosphate on j
my plantation on every acre I plant; I
intend to plant no more than I can manure
abundantly.
Y'ery respectfully yours,
William M. "Browne.
Stability in Legislation and in ;
Trade. —A recent publication of tbe
revenue receipts of the United Kingdoms
of Great Britain and Ireland for the year
I ending December 31st, 1866, contains the j
following abstract of the sources from ;
whence the revenue is derived, and a com- ]
parison of the same with the receipts from i
the same sources in 1865 :
Year ended » Year ended
Dec. 81,1866. Dec. 31, 1866.
Customs £21,915,000 £21,707,000
Excise 20,610,000 19,649,000
Stamps 9,291,000 9,639,000
Taxes 3,403,000 3,364,000
Propertv-tax 5,458,000 7,603,000
Post-Office 4,375,000 4,250,000
! Crown lands 327,000 314,000
j Miscellaneous... 3,340,662 2,673,478
Total £58,783,662 _ £69,196,478
i A large number of interesting deductions
| can be made from the foregoing exhibit.
It will bo seen, in the first place, that
| somewhat more than two-sevenths of the
j entire revenue for the year 1866 was
j derived from cu-toms alone. In the next
place, it may be observed that the total
revenue for each of the two years is very
nearly the same, which is quite remarkable
when contrasted with the extraordinary
fluctuations in the gross annual returns of
our revenue.
European .Steamer. —One of our lead
ing commercial firms expect, at an early
day this week, from New York, th 2 steam
ship Pioneer, said to be in all respects a
first cla.-s freight}’ sc-rew steamer.
Messrs. W. B. Smith <2 Cos., of our city,
| are now engaging freight for this vessel,
and they expect to fill her with dispatch,
j The time is at hand when the commercial
necessities of our city will require steam
communication with Europe, and we hope
our merchants will lend a helping hand and
assist in making the voyage profitable, and
thereby secure a good start for the future j
1 line.—' Charleston Courier, January 28. I
Special t'orrcxpc ndcncc 0/ the Baltimore Gazette
FROM WASHINGTON.
| The Reconstruction Bill in the House-
Speech of Mr. Raymond—A “Th rilling
Incident ’—A Congressional Interchange
) of Compliments—A Sign of the Times
Governor On- in Washington—Re
■ ' e L‘ of the Radicals—Propositions
of t hies Justice Chase , &c., dr.
Washington, January 24, iS67.
The floor and galleries of the House of
Representatives were densely crowded this
morning, and hundreds of ladies and
gentlemen remained in tiie lobbies, unable
to gain admittance. -This was partly oc
casioned by the dry discussions in tho
Senate upon the Tariff Bill, but chiefly lie
cause it was understood that definite
action would lie taken to-day upon tiie
“Reconstruction Bill” of Mr. Stevens.
Contrary to expectation, however, the
latter graciously yielded the floor for a
more general debate, and Mr. Raymond
made a remarkably neat speech. He op
posed the destructive project of Stevens,
and expressed himself in favor of the
“Constitutional amendment” as a finality,
if coupled with another providing penalties
for future secession, lie also'favored a
slight modification of the third section of
the “amendment.” At 4 o’clock it be
came evident, from the number of members
who got permission from Stevens to be
heard upon the bill, that the question
could nqt so ngtrijy£±g.flayw »
wq’YTC'--'xy-tor-iiio::. A fl.is
member is put in charge of a special mat
ter by a caucus. He introduces the mea
sure, makes his speech, and demands the
“previous question.” It is sustained by
the House, and it then rests with him solely
whether it shall be debated at all, or if so,
who shall be the speaker , and to what ex
tent they shallbc heard ? For the time bring
the favored member is the autocrat of the
House, and it frequently happens that Mr.
Stevens is elevated to that despotic dignity.
The permission of debate conceded by him
to-day upon his bill, is relied upon by
those Republicans who are yet reluctant to
take the final leap to a practical conflict
with the other branches of the Govern
ment, is evidence of a pause in the mad *
career of revolution.
What modern novel writers of the pres
ent day would call a “thrilling incident”
occurred in the House during the “morn
ing Aour.” A bill authorizing the State
of Tennessee to accept the land grant pro
vided by tho act of 1862 for educational
purposes being under consideration, Kel
ley went out of tlio way to charge the
President, in a swaggering mannef, with
being an “usurper.” Mr. Cooper (whose
rolatjon to t Ire family of tho President is
known to tbe public), in reply, applied an
epithet to the “member from Pennsylva
nia” of a character which, in the “old
barbarous age of tbe Republic,” was held
to cut off further debate. But Kelley
seemed ambitious of a repetition of the
compliment,'and he received it with com
pound interest, upon demanding to know
if his veracity was called in question. He
sought to lessen his disgrace, but immea
surably increased _ it, by charging Mr.
Cooper with complicity with the President
in his usurpation, laying emphasis upon his
position and pay as his private secretary.
The whole conduct of the Pennsylvania
member was evidently mortifying to the
vast assemblage present, a feeling I in
stinctively participated in; but upon learn
ing that he wasnot a native of this country,
and affords but an exceptional sample of
the known characteristics of bis own', my
sensitiveness became less acute. Upon
the close of this little episode members
flocked around Mr. Cooper, cordially
shaking his hand; but, to the immortal
honor of the other side of the House, not
a member approached the desk of Kelley.
Asa significant sign of the tjmes it may
bo mentioned that the bill . introduced by
Mr. Wade in the Senate to-day, in regard
to tbe allotment of circuits for the Judges
of the Supreme Court of the United
States, provides for tbe appointment, by
the Supreme Court of the United States,
of a Marshal, with a salary of $3,500, and
for the appointment, by the Supreme
Court of this District, of its Marshal.
Mr. Fessenden to-day reported in the
Senate, with amendments, the Hom e bill
making appropriations for tbe legislative,
? s '’7 r, *^M^ncSmcMsapp?qimretor
temporary clerks in tbo Treasury Depart
ment $50,000, provided that the Secretary
of tho Treasury be authorized, in his dis
cretion, to classify the clerks authorized ac
cording to the character of their services;
for contingent expenses of Interior De
partment, - for laborers, office furniture,
&e., $4,000; for the purchase of the
Glover Museum, SIO,OOO ; for facilitating
communication between tho Atlantic and
Pacific States by electrical telegraph, $40.-
000; lor compensation of two watchmen
at the President’s House, $1,440; do.
three iu the dome of Capitol,' $2,750; for
person to take charge of heating apparatus
of library of Congress, SI,OOO. Each night
watchman at the Treasury Department
shall, from the Ist day of July, 1867, re
ceive a compensation of S9OO per annum.
The visit of Governor Orr, of South
Carolina, and several other prominent
Southern gentlemen to the Metropolis has
revived speculation as to compromises. I
am far from thinking that the Radical
leaders could he induced to favor any
practicable plan of settling the difficulties
which now distract the country. Their
purposes are widely different. Every act
and word of theirs pointedly exhibit rather
a firm determination to interpose every
obstacle in the way of a peaceful solution
of the existing embarrassed sectional rela
tions. There can be no doubt, however, of
the great anxiety of the South that per
fect union and harmony should be restored
to the whole country, nor that they would
be willing to sacrifice much to bring about
so desirable a result. It will be recollected
that Judge Chase, in a Speech he made in
Philadelphia some months ago, favoring
the adoption of the famous “Constitution
al amendment,” suggested the propriety
of some offer bv the South, and,that about
the same time ho proposed to the Presi
dent a plan of adjustment based upon tbe
prepositions contained in that amendment,
with tho substitution of impartial suffrage
for the second and third sections. I
understand that gentlemen now here, who
arc known to have the confidence of the
great body of the Southern people, repre
sent that this proposition of the Chief
Justice would be cheerfully accepted inqny
form which Congress should prescribe ; or
rather (which embraced an additional con
cession) that the South would accept as
the condition of universal amnesty and un
restricted representation, impartial suf
frage and representation according to the i
voting population. 1 mention these facts, ;
not in the belief that any practical result j
is in the slightest degree probable, but
merely to show tlio people of the North
the true attitude of tho South, so that
they may contrast it with the revolution
ary programme of the Destructives.
Manufacturing in the South. —The
Baltimore Sun. remarks that among the
changes which are likely to result from the
late conflict between the North and the
South, those of a commercial arid manu
facturing character promise to be the most
conspicuous. Before the war, the natural
course of business was to semi cotton from
the South to the Northern Atlantic cities
for the purpose of being manufactured or
re-shipped to Europe, receiving in return
-ueh goods as the planting Satesconsumed.
Now, the tendency is to localize the busi
ness of the South —to produce there, as
far as possible, the manufactured goods
required for home consumption. With
the growth of manufactures in the South,
the advantages of cheapness on the spot,
will be realized, and eventually she may
undersell others, and send her surplus
direct to such foreign markets as are in
need of them. Asa symptom of this in
troversion of trade, it may be noted that
between seventy and eighty cotton mills
are now said to be in process of erection
in tbe Southern States, besides sundry
woolen ones, all tending to the change in
trade and business to which we have ad
verted. Nor is this tendency confined to
the South solely, but seems to be actuating
the people of the Western States also.
There, too ; increased attention to the
manufacturing enterprises is manifested,
promising changes in commercial affairs
not anticipated ten years since. Those
have been expedited in the South by the
late conflict of views antagonistic to those
entertained by tbe manufacturers of the
Atlantic States.
All manner of Mexican jobs and pro
jects are haqging about tbe Committee
rooms and looking in at the lobbies of the
two Houses —one of them proposing a
modest loan of $50,000,00" to Juarez
(whereof so much as S2O 000,000 might—
and might not —get out of M as.ungton);
aud there is an Ortega loan of nxe amount
lying around loose; but it is quite unlikely
that either of them will ever get launched
in the shape of a bilL If soo,ooo,ouu
were lent in Mexico by our Government,
her military banditti would doubtless Lave
a good time while it lasted; but, except
those bonds,” there would be no trace of
it in existence next year. A. j. Jnoune.
Rothschild’s Paris abode is an immense
building seven stories high.
NEW SERIES, VOL. XXYI. NO. 6.
Georgia Items.
! As we predicted in our last issue, the
bark Eventide. Park master, loaded with
! lumber, from the mills of Gen. Birge., on
the Satilla. was wrecked on the Pelican
| Shoals, at the mouth of that river. The
bark aud cargo were sold at public outcry,
in this city, on Monday, and brought
SI,BOO. —Brunswick Courier. Jan. 25!
The Admiral was gotten off, and is now
; at anchor near the city, making about 12
’ | inches of water an hour. It is presumed
j she will be condemned and sold. — Ibid.
The LaGrange Reporter notices the
death cf Mr. Wiley Alford, one of the
oldest citizens of that place, which oc
curred a few weeks since, lie was seventy
five years of age.
The Macon Journal <6 .Messenger of the
25th says : The novel case alluded to in
our paper of yesterday as before the Supe
rior Court, in which re-payment of a debt
which had been cancelled in Confederate
scrip, was demanded, came to a conclusion
on the same day. The jury dismissed the
case, directing each party to pay an equal
proportion of*the costs.
I\ e are gratified to learn that matters
have been arranged to secure the comple
tion of the Atlantic & Gulf Railroad to
Bainbridge,. in Decatur county, at an early
day. .V friend in that place, writing.us
on the 23d. instant, says:
“The railroad meeting yesterday, yvas a
Eptfr; “iffra ‘ yToJWfi more promised. The
grand jury recommended $50,000 by the
county, anil the City Council of Bainbridge
wjil take $50,000 more. This will secure
the road at once.” — Macon 'Telegraph.
Death of Hon. T. 11. Trippe.—We
learn with regret from tho Cartersviile Ex
press, of the 25th inst., of the sudden
death by apolexy of lion. Turner K.
Trippe, which took place at CassviUe, his ,
residence. the 20th inst.
Judge Trippe has borne no inconsidera
ble part in public life in Georgia for nearly
a half century. A lawyer by profession,
be has occupied the positions of Solicitor-
General, Judge of the Superior Court
during a term of eight years, and latterly
’ Judge of the County Court, all of which
positions .be adorned, adding thereto the
dignity of tho gentleman and the faith of
the consistent Christian. His integrity was
incorruptible—his manners genial. He
was conservative in liis political sentiments,
and represented the Conservative party in
tiie Convention in 1860. The Judge was
66 years of age at the time of his death,
and our State will keenly feel the loss 6f.
another, of her distinguished sons at this"
critical period, when she so sorely-requires •,
the aid of every philosopher and states]....;
man.— Savannah Republican. ■ • ’'
The following is from the Rome Courier i
of Saturday: :
On yesterday, the 25th instant, parts of
Company D and G, some fifty-nine men,
of the 16th Regulars, under the command
of Captain Mills, escorted by Captain De
la Mesa, of tbe Freedmen’s Bureau, ar
rived on the 2 o’clcock train, and immedi
ately arrested four young men of this place,
Capt. L. T. Mitchell, Lieut. R. F. Hutch
ings, Matt. Pate and Henry Wells. A
squad was also detailed to arrest Henry
A. Smith and Dave Powers, but this has
not been done up to this writing—they not
being found.
What is the occasion of these arrests is a
matter of conjecture. It is supposed to be
because they took part in a charitable en
tertainment, in wliic-h “The Officer’s
Funeral” was a tableaux, wherein tbe Con
federate flag, was exhibited. The prison
ers wore*carried to ihe court house under
heavy guard.
Since the above was in type, we learn
that Powers has been arrested, and that
the above conjecture as to the cause of
arrest is correct. . Wo are told that Capt.
De ia Mesa says ho has orders to arrest all
who took part in the exhibition, both
ladies and gentlemen, but that he will only
execute it on the gentlemen.
Bail was refused, but a writ of habeas
corpus lias been sued out for their release,
before Judge D. M. iiood, of tbe County
Court. The result is not yet known.
The Dawson Journal says of the late
Judicial Election in the. Pataula Cireut:
of ifie late election
Wpftcd-ytihatfhe farmer'Juigc and Solicitor
were both re-elcrttid, was erroneous in
regard to the latter officer—Cob S. W.
Parker having a majority of eighty-eight
over both bis competitors.
The Cutlibert .Appeal says : Our com
munity participated iu rather a remarablc
ceremony on Wednesday evening—the
burial of a man and his wife in the same
grave. Our fellow citizen Mr. John Lan
drum and. his wife died on the day previ
ously within five hours of each other.
Such things may and do take place in case
of epidemics, but are very rare in their ab
sence, as in this instance. At one fell
swoop the angel of death harvested the
united heads of a family, leaving one son,
“tiie lone scion of his father’s house.”
A Y’alu able CAfteo.—Messrs. Crane
& Graybill .cleared the bark MaUeville,
Captain Waite, on Saturday morning last
for Liver; 001, with a cargo consisting of
2,499 hales of upland cotton, weighing
1,146,667 pounds, valued at $372,298 25 ;
and 198 bales of sea island cotton weighing
69,213 pounds, valued at $41,656 ; total
weight 1,215,890 pounds; total value
$413,955 25.
The MaUeville is one of the largest
vessels of her class that ever entered this
port (924 tons) ; was launched in Novem
ber last, making her first voyage to this
port. —Savannah Republican.
—.~n**yv 40BHIM.
The Lesson Taugfit ny Georgia.
If South Carolina had taken the advice
of John C. Calhoun, and built a conli
nental railroad westward to Knoxville,
Charleston would have become the great
seaport of ]die Atlantic for the Southern
States. What South Carolina lost by fail
ing to take the advice of the old man Cal
houn, Georgia gained, by taking tbe ad
vice of die young man Alex. 11. Stephens.
Georgia became tbe empire State of the
South, and South Carolina became the
cauldron of politicians. It is a notable
fact that when a preacher, a lawyer, or a
doctor fails in liis profession, he turns
politician., and'keeps his friends in a stew
until he dies. So when a State drops in
ternal improvements and turns old fogy,
we may. expect to find a political
conservatism which holds on to old
things without learning new tilings.
So it . was with South Carolina.—
Neglecting the advice of Calhoun she hung
on to a dead theory instead of reaching for
ward to. a live fact. She argued that in
ternal improvements by a State would,
under any circumstances, ruin tho people,
and persistently shut her eyes to the fact
that Boston, with her Western Railroad to
Albany, New Y ork, with her Central Rail
road and Canal, Baltimore, with her Ohio
Road, Pennsylvania, with her Pittsburg
Road, and Georgia, with her State Road,
all proved that State aid to Jlaiiroads, un
der some circumstances, would not only
ruin the people, but build up metropolises
and empire-. And so South Carolina, and
perhaps Alabama, talked politics, whilst
Georgia dug dirt. . The result has been, j
what ? Atlanta, which was a wood sta
tion, when Montgomery was a town, !
is now a ck- whilst Montgomery is!
still a town. By arc-r vnt census, Atlanta j
is found to have a p , Ration of 20,228,
being about 4,004 more than Montgomery.
How do we account for the growth of At
i lanta and the towns upon the State Road,
j w.lnoh can boast no natural advantages?
; The solution of the enigma stares us in the
[face. .Boston..AewYork, Baltimore and
every large Western city, has solved it.
I D is, the completion, by. State assistance,
! of a great continental railroad, connecting
; the seaport of the State with the great
| living, laboring, throbbing heart of the
I Northwest.
i . Let the Legislature of Alabama see to
it, that what Calhoun saw in his old age,
and what Alex. Stephens saw in his youth
j —that wealth, enterprise, State stability
j and State independence, must draw • their.
: sinews from the great West—may be iuade
the purpose of Alabama.— Montgomery
j Mail. > ’'' ■*
\ The total taxable property in California,
1 as shown by the report of the Surveyor
! General for the current year, is about
’ $190,000,000, which is a gain of $7,000-
j 000 over the previous year. The largest
i increase in any one county wa3 in Butte—
j amounting to $2,500,000 —because of tbe
i construction of the Marysville railroad.
: Nevada county came next, with a gain of
$1,000,000, because of the development of
! the quartz interest at Grass Y'alley. San
; Joaquin added $850,000 to her wealth by
j the development of agriculture and the
[ copper trade. Santa Barbara, which had
i ial.leu very low during tho great drought,
; gained $630,000 by the return of good
: pastures, and the rise in beef and mutton.
| The State is flourishing.
i Anew settlement has been formed in
! Lower California, about 70 miles from
I Guayamas, under a grant of lands from the
Mexican Government, The place is called
Mulege, and being well located with refer
ence to the. future development of that
; country, it is expected to acquire import
ance. The colonists have associated with
’ them several citizens of San Francisco and j
formed the Peninsula Plantation and j
Homestead Association.”
Sews and Other Items.
The Radicals have dropped General
Grant for the Presidency.
The aggregate capital of the Poston
banks is £41,000,000.
The English language is the vernacular
of seventy-five million of people.
What is the surest way to make a hen
lay ? Cut her head off.
Who was the oldest lunatic on record ?
Time out of mind.
A man in Norwich, Conn., bitten by a
dog, obtained £BOO damages.
There were no beggars in Boston in
1073.
The Detroit Post is edited by Carl
Schurz.
The preserve dealer’s motto —“lean.”
The hypoerit’s motto —“ I can't.”
M hat notes interest you most ? Those
where early falls the due.
“Bill Arp " is Mayor of Borne, Georgia.
Lawyers’ mouths, like turnpike gates,
open for pay.
The young lady wlip was driven to dis
traction, had to walk back.
The “Forty Thieves” are having an ex
cellent run in New York.
Paris is taxed ten francs for every head
of its population.
i jhljclelpina supports a society lor indi
"** ino nmgnwrtiood of Ottawa," Cn., is
nightly serenaded by wolves.
M hat dust is most blinding to the eyes?
gold <kfet,
San Francisco is trying to get rid of its
lager beer saloons.
What is the riddle of riddles ? Life, for
we have to give it up.
. only man not spoiled by being lion
ized was Daniel the Jew.
iwo years ago, luesday last Fort Fisher
was taken.
Chicago has 150,000,000 feet of lumber
pned in its lumber yard.
Philadelphia has more Methodism than
any other city in the world,
There is a man in the moon, and a man
and woman in the honeymoon.
. A church steeple in Hartford, Conn.,
is proped up to keep from falling.
A New York merchant says the remedy
tor dull times is to advertise.
Oriential colored laces which will bear
washing ■ are. anion* the novelties of the
season;*-* .
' ■ Wiwas'tjie'lazk'st man? The furniture
dealer ; find', foung.es about
; afi-tiitffimio.' “7 ~ ;
- The-boy' who was caught looking into
the future, lias been arrested for trying to
see the show without payment.
John Halpine has been fined £l5O in
Rochester, for falsely.accusing a negro of
chichen-stealing.
A New York judge has just decided that
a husband haying two wives is liable for
1 goods sold to Lot]i of them.
.A great brute of a husband” advertised
m the morning papers for a u stout 3 able
bodied man to hold his wilifs tongue ! r *
Why is h newspaper like an army ? Be
cause it has leaders, columns and reviews.
Which is the most intelligent, the man
Vihojaiows most, or the one who has the
most nose ?
Sixteen hundred divorces have been
decreed in Massachusetts in the last six
years.
two thousand men-have, during the
past ten years, been killed in English coal
mines.
What a striking countenance, said the
lankce to the elephant when 1m hit him a
clip with his trunk.
An Italian boy, seventeen years of age,
walked from Chatham, C. W., to Detroit
to hear Ristori.
It often happens, when the husband .
tails to no home to dinner, that it is one of
his fast days.
Go to strangers for charity, acquaint
ances for advice, and relatives for nothing
and you will always have a supply.
The only poetry a handsome, girl ap-
A woman in Philadelphia, ninety years
ol age, jumped out of a third story win
dow and killed herself.
New 1 car’s was the coldest day in
Galveston, Texas, since 1859.* The mer
cury stood at 28 degrees above zero.
The gamblers of Cincinnati are in a
state of high dudgeon at being interfered
with.
Greenbacks'“arc said to have been cir
culated on both sides in the New York
Senatorial caucus.
Can a man who has been fined by the
magistrates, again and again, bo said to be
a refined man ? ’
A newly-born Ottawa child has but one
eye, and that is in the middle of' the fore
head, an inch and a half above the nose,
Ira Van Y erburgh, a Pennsylvanian,
recently deceased, has left his property,
valued at $45,000, to his betrothed, who
is to take possession when she is twenty
one years of age.
A Mauch Chunk gentleman, the other
daj’, soid a lot ol oil stocks ibr twenty-five
cents. A year ago he paid Ibr them
SI,OOO.
.If you are going up for the Civil Ser
vice examination, which ought you to mind
most, your p’s or your q’s '! Your p’s, be
cause p will make any ass p-ass.
A French newspaper offers to give an
nually $l2O as a wedding portion to the
noorest and most virtuous girl indicated
by its subscribers.
A citizen of Galveston was arrested by
the military for wishing the Freedmen’s
Bureau in warmer quarters than any on
the Gulf coa-t.
Fashion affects even the price of coffins.
A dealer says that since the introduction
oi caskets lie can hardly give away his
stock of old fashioned coffins.
The local of the Vicksburg Herald lias
seen a puppy with eight legs, four tails,
and only one head. It was too dead to be
of any use.
A large dog entered a Portlander’s
kitchen on New Year’s morning and grab
bed the turkey; the bold raider got away
with his plunder.
The trouble in the New York Board of
Couneiimen has been settled, and the next
meeting will probably be a peaceable one,
ana the inkstands put to their proper use.
The pork-packing season at Chicago is
drawing to a close.
Mrs. Colt, of Hartford, Ct., is about to
erect a handsome church edifice in that
city—cost $50,000.
It is said that more snow has fallen in
Cleveland this winter than during any pre
vious winter for thirty live years.
A neatly dressed old lady, with a white
cap on, in Paris, will black your boots i'oa,
a penny.
The game in Virginia is said to be per
ishing from hunger, being unable to obtain
food on account of the deep snow.
. The New York Post says it requires an
income of nearly ten thousand dollars to
i live comfortably in New York.
j Large quantities of herring are going to
; New York frozen together in solid masses,
i from the banks of Newfoundland.
By the returns of the city passenger
railways of Philadelphia, it appears that
their receipts during 1800 amounted to
$2,890,208.
An effort is being made in the Illinois
Legislature to ensure the extension of the
Canal from Chicago to the Mississippi, at
or near Rock Island. The estimated cost
of the enlargement and extension is $4,-
000,000.
Reports from the West are to the effect
j that the Indians are better organized than
| ever before on a basis, and calcu-
Llatecftoabj-jiittph mischief.'’ to emigration,
-tmiess dip /na-t’Stttv.frtii leisures arc adopt
[. ed to brus-StaiA in subjdgtadik ;'
•• Tos^h)iaiadiJrt^^Uuficc' f^> ; Fraocei:he
’■ Ktftpcrdr - that*.«S??im}!wt possess an
army on" foot*' of- 800,000 men. ’ When
Prussia boasts of an army of 1,2<Kt,000, the
Imperial estimate cannot he deemed ex
cessive.
The latest statistics ofthe new Metropoli
tan Main-Drainage Works, of London,
show that the .total length of sewers at
present completed is eighty-two miles.
f i he work when finished will have cost
£4,200,000.
The profits of a San Francisco merchant,
who sent a cargo of grain to Philadelphia
in the ship David Crocket, are estimated
at $75,000.
General A. C. Meyers, late Quarter
master-General of the Confederate States
and a native of South Carolina, is at
Fontainbleau.
The New Orleans Picayune says that
no constitution of Louisiana has ever con
tained a single provision on the subject of
slaves, or mentioned the topic of slavery.
The Osage Chronicle urges the develop
ment of the rich coal fields in Kansas,
which underlie, as is claimed, one-third of
the country at a depth of btA a few feet
from the surface. Tt considers that if a
railroad ever goes through there, the chief
source of wealth will be t heir coal.